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@bydevilside      that’s your first problem,   you don’t know the z’raas—   more specifically arias,   like your uncle and i do.   so take my word for it,   and do less—   a whole lot less.   and don’t get cocky when it comes to them.   not saying you should be scared,   i raised you better than that—   but be alert.   [one clasped hand then moves to pinch the skin between her eyebrows as her head tilts down to stare at the table.   she had spent years,   longer than x has been alive actually,   creating a comfortable distance between the z’raas,   and unfortunately that meant her son as well.   but now?   years of civility and distance was thrown out the window,   because of him.    but she also owed it to him,   to be honest.   and she would rather relive that point in her life through conversation than possibly jeopardize her son.   heaving out a sigh,   her hands reverted to their clasped state as she stared at him now;   stoic,  yet rattled]    listen,   this issue is  /much/  deeper than you think.   believe me,   i would’ve taken out the z’raas years ago.   but i couldn’t—    it would’ve risked not only my life,   but yours and..   ace’s.   one of us  /is/  them,   so our family and theirs had met at a common ground,   we don’t bother them and they don’t bother us.   but now—   that truce is thrown out the window.   i’ll..   figure out a plan.   what i need from you?    keep yourself alive,   and don’t disregard what i have to say when it comes to this,    whether you like it or not.    

@tearudown                 i should’ve been smarter about it,  i know that..  and i’m sorry.  for not telling you,  too.  —i thought that if i gave myself more time and stayed low then i could figure out a way to smooth things over before they ended up..  well—  like this.  it was a risk that i had to take,  and i probably should have thought of the consequences beforehand.   [  being honest was the simplest solution here,  because it’s exactly what he should have done with her from the start.  now was the only chance to start doing things the right way;  and from his position he needed all of the help he could get.  ]   i know that i can still fix this..  somehow.  truthfully?  i’m not scared of the z’raas.  i’ve ran from this long,  and i’m betting i could keep myself alive even longer.  what i need is a plan. 

@bydevilside       [she assumed the dreaded conversation would have to happen sooner.   and while she did advise him to tell her before it fell onto suspicious ears,    the thought was there.   somewhat—   although he lied right through his teeth.   the weariness radiating from his frame warranted a subtle eye roll as he  occupied the seat across from her.   hands remained tightly clasped together on the tabletop separating the two as she lets out a soft sigh,  followed by a small shake of her head]     and now,   twenty-three of them are dead.   brutally slain by the demon you sold them out to—     do you understand the gravity of this situation?     our family and the z’raas are  /not/  allies,    nor do we like each other.    we only share some common ground with—     that’s not the point,     i understand why you did it,    and i’m not mad about that.    i’m more upset you waited for me to hear it from anyone else than you instead.    that,   and they won’t rest until  /you/  and the rest of us are dead—    especially arias.

@bydevilside      i don’t see why it makes you nervous—    unless you were already nervous to begin with.   but i’m glad your home too..   i’m sure touring in places you don’t remember is  /extremely/  stressful.

@tearudown          please don’t call me xavier,  it makes me nervous when you say it.  whilst that doesn’t ring a bell to /me/,  because i’m completely innocent—  it makes me glad that i’m home.  touring is stressful. 

@bydevilside      at least you’re self aware..  to an extent.   oh,  i don’t know xavier—   maybe that a certain someone messed with the wrong person—   now that person wants everyone dead.   ring a bell to you?

@spellwritings 
            that  i  did  not,     enlighten  me.

@TAlNTEDRUNES 
            
                   as  she  is  with  practically  everything.

@herarrows 
            
              i'm an adult. kind of. she was right.

@TAlNTEDRUNES 
            
                      without  being  dragged?    consider  me  shocked.

@herarrows  ,, well killing hunters does that.  but thank you.  and that's good.  I'm chilling honestly. 

@clawedelegance,            nikki,    you  look  well.    and  i’ve  been  alright,    you?

@herarrows    perhaps 

@TAlNTEDRUNES,            julie  lawry  pink.

@herarrows ,,  it's  that  or  pink .  but  julie  lawry  pink. 

@herarrows   ,,       you  know,   here  and  there  .   as  usual. 

@rippingthroats,                    hi  miss  kat,   that  i  am.    how’ve  you  been?

@herarrows    :           she's   not   very   nice   to   me   either  .   it's   more  a   mutual   badmouthing   each  other  

@throatsripped,                 yeah,   i’ve  heard  you’re  a  prick   —   no  offense.

@herarrows   :      she  and  i  are  friends.  .  .  actually  that's  not  true.   i'm  not  exactly  nice  to  her