(Author's Note:alula's wings are able to kind of go around their clothes! when they put on an item of clothing the wings are automatically placed on top of the clothes, :-] (cool magic thing) this does not apply for anything other than their clothes, their wings WILL hit you in the face if needed! ^-^)
The trio travel in their little boats for several short hours, as Tubbo guides them carefully to a snowy land, through the ice that blocks easy passageway through the waters. Upon finally reaching land at around noontime, Circe jumps onto the snow and shivers violently. Alula immediately pulls out a brown scarf from their inventory and reaches down to gently drape it around the pig, making Circe snuggle into the touch. Alula then stands up again and puts on a large brown coat, a matching brown winter hat, and brown mittens, as Tubbo puts on his winter outfit too. Once they are dressed properly as to not freeze to death, Tubbo leads Alula and Circe to the front of his...house? Alula gasps in awe at the huge mansion, finding it extremely surprising that such an amazing structure is just the residence for a small family. Circe merely jumps onto Alula's head and lazily curls up, finding this whole business increasingly boring.
The three of them walk into the house, shedding their outside clothes, along with Alula's basket, at the intricate entrance. "Ranboo! Michael! I'm home!", Tubbo calls excitedly, making Alula smile softly. They had never really had much of a family to come home to, hence the large amount of animals and plants they accepted as their family and always greeted upon arrival of their home. Speaking of home, Alula wonders when they should take leave of this place, as the original idea was to venture out in search of whatever was disrupting the peace of the lands far and wide. Meeting a human boy and the little pig that sat on top of their head was definitely not on schedule, but for some reason they don't regret it.
A tall figure walks swiftly down the large set of stairs that swirled around the center of the house, stopping to beckon forward a much smaller figure from behind them. The taller figure reminds Alula of an enderman (which they have plenty of experience with), but also seems to fit in with what seems to be this human civilization. Confused, Alula yet again finds their self tilting their head far to the left, as Circe grunts in displeasure and hops off Alula's head onto the wooden floors. Circe sniffs at the ground before it dashes to the bottom of the stairs, just as the two figures descend to the bottom. Tubbo runs forward and hugs the taller figure slightly, though with a little difficulty due to the large height difference. Circe turns around and looks back at Alula, silently urging the winged being to come forward to the rest of them, since they still stood awkwardly near the entrance. Alula glides over to the rest of them, and once they are close enough they can see that the shorter strange figure seems to be some sort of pig-human-child? Oh goodness, this is just getting more complicated by the minute.
Several hours later after they have all enjoyed a nice lunch, Alula settles down to reflect on a windowsill in a cozy bedroom, which oversees the snowy lands outside the mansion. In the past few hours, they have gotten to know the other beings residing here, learning about the tall figure (who is actually half-enderman) named Ranboo, and the small child named Michael who is actually a pigman. Though it may be because Circe and Michael have some sort of shared ancestry due to them both being some sort of pigs, Circe and Michael have become best buddies, much to everyone else's surprise. When the whole group had ate their meal together at the table, Circe had stolen some food from Michael's plate, making the pig-child giggle in delight. That was the start to a friendship that would be unbreakable...at least for the time being.
While their stay in this mansion has been comforting so far, Alula knows that they must leave soon. Forming connections is wonderful but becoming attached is not something they can bear to do, at least not right now. Alula sifts out a map from their inventory and unfolds it, expertly planning out an approximate route to travel, deciding that the exact path will be accommodated to fit what they see. Leaving tomorrow bright and early sounds like a decent plan, they mustn't stall in case they can help out somewhere else, as there doesn't seem to be much trouble around these parts.
Alula leans against the cold window and watches some cats pounce around after each other, and when they squint they think they spot a figure pick up something before walking through the blowing snow into the distance. Hm.
Probably just a trick of the eye.
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a little ?family? fluff?!?!?!? anyways circe+michael bestfriend arc very cool very cool!! sorry for not updating for like more than a week at this point, but ig take this kinda cute chapter as an offering \o/
this was just buildup still, i promise we will get to more fancy stuff soon D-:
lmk what you think abt this chapter!! ^-^
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