The Gourmet's Lil'snack

A lil' talk

Thorne set everything down once back in her room. Something bugged at the back of her mind though, so she looked at the entry again to find the date. It made her frown. Didn't Humbert say that they came here in the '90s? It kept her up for a while. It couldn't have been Humbert, since he didn't seem to know creatures like her even existed until now. He never said when in the '90s, so maybe it wasn't them at all? It could have been someone just before them....right?
These thoughts kept her up late into the night until exhaustion finally sent her to sleep.
She woke up later than usual the next day. She paced around her home, wondering what to do. She could ask Humbert about the date, but what if she didn't like his answer? It scared her that whatever happened to Tatiana could be related to him somehow. Why did that bother her so much...? With a frown, she went to go find him and see if he was awake enough to talk.

Well, he was still soundly asleep though his piggy-like nose wriggled as he detected her scent.
But the others are well awake.

Seeing he was asleep and remembering what he said before, she left his room's tunnel and went to see what the others were doing.
At the very least, she could listen in and learn more about them from afar. Maybe they'd even know when Raymond was coming back.

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Since it was Sunday morning, Kian and Alex were having a late breakfast as they watch the dumb cartoons. Nothing is interesting until Alex says:
"You know? Humbert shows me how you guys look when you come to this house. You guys looked wild. Like really wild."

She stopped in action, putting her spoon into the cereal bowl as she scratched behind her head.
"Did he now? Well... I remember that our first year here was difficult to adapt..." She tells him.

"Why was it difficult to adjust here?" he questions, his head tilt was the only proof of his curiosity.

"Well...you can tell that is the difference in culture? To where we came, we don't need to civilize and socialize that much..." She confides but lets out the part that they came from Hell.

Alex hummed as he nodded, his curiosity filled as he kept eating.

Thorne was quiet as she listened. Kian's words were less than reassuring. If anything, it made her more wary and worried. It was clear that Kian was a demon like Humbert, but something told her they were very different. She listened a little longer, staying in the lookout spot.

Alex keeps asking about their past, seeing it as a good time to learn more about them.
In fact, it was Raymond who took them here and gave them job opportunities, helping them to adjust to society (human society) and well... Kian confessed that it was hard for them but even more for Raymond since both of them were stubborn and way too prideful to accept any jobs he proposed.
Even that one time, Humbert pissed him off so much that they started to fight but Humbert ended up fully bandaged for 2 months.

"Humbert? Like, our Humbert?" The kid repeated, not wanting to believe that this teddy bear person was violent back in time.

"Damn right! No one wants to get into a fight with him!" She exclaims, slapping her knees.
"Humbert! The kitchen is over there!" She suddenly exclaims as she sees her half-asleep tall friend who entered the living room now.

Thorne frowned at this information. She didn't know what to think anymore, but she'd still try her best to get answers before jumping to any conclusions.
Seeing Humbert awake made her lift her head, but she knew better than to go to him while he was like this. He'd warned her about going near him when he was still half awake.
For now, she left the tunnel to return home and grab breakfast. She still had some food stored. Going to the kitchen felt too risky with a tired gluttony demon wandering about.