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[hedalexa]

[Inbox Lexa, she'll never expect it.]

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/voice but also wtf peony....

[hedalexa]

...Peony why are you even awake.

Do you mean right now?

[hislittleflower]

Um.

'Cause I was fighting things in the woods. And I was thinking; you know who would like this? Lexa.

Not right now. I didn't think you'd be awake.

[hedalexa]

Rulers seldom sleep long or deeply.

[Sure, she was dead but that didn't rewire her brain to correct a lifetime of training that told her she couldn't risk relaxing for even a moment.]

I will accompany you.

[If only so she didn't die. No more endangered blonde girls on Lexa's watch, thank you.]

[hislittleflower]

Wouldn't know. I sleep like the dead apparently.

[Peony did in fact sleep with the innocent ease of a child. Her head hit the pillow and she was asleep normally.]

I'm...uh, already in the woods. I could double back to meet you?

[hedalexa]

[There is no swearing or muttering but there is an alarmingly quick shuffling of fabrics, the sound of Lexa's bare feet on the floor and then her grabbing things.]

I will find you. Which direction did you go in?

...and don't touch any strange shrines or flowers.

Survival - 14

[hislittleflower]

I know that. I'm not dumb.

Umm....

[There's the sound of twigs crunching under her feet.]

Nnnnnorthish?

[hedalexa]

I would never call Glinda dumb either, and yet she is a wildcard in the woods.

I'll bring Kova, even if I can't find you he will.

[hislittleflower]

[Peony laughs breathlessly.]

Now you're making a game of it to hide.

[hedalexa]

Peony. If i have to tie you to a tree it will not be a sex thing.

[hislittleflower]

[And that's a louder laugh.]

You talk a big game, Commander. All bark and no bite? [In the tradition of all bards, she needles at Lexa's pride.] You'd have to find me first.

And I love these woods.

[hedalexa]

[Peony definitely woke her up at 2am for some company in the woods and a probable sex thing, didn't she? Lexa merely sighs, refusing to rise to the bait and just continuing to get dressed as Kova purrs at the tome.]

I won't be long provided you don't try to run off the face of the world.

[hislittleflower]

[Hearing Kova purr, Peony makes some coo-ing noises back at him. Lil furry sweetheart.]

Hmmm. Tempting.

But as I woke you up, I won't be an arsehole.

[hedalexa]

Mmn. I'll stop by the dining hall on the way and get us some food, just in case.

[hislittleflower]

Uh-huh.

Watch out for the mermaids. They'll try to drag you home if you give them a chance.

[hedalexa]

Merma... Those fish women?

[hislittleflower]

Oh Lexa.

[Honey. No.]

People call them mermaids.

[hedalexa]

...Why?

And why would they drag me home? I mean -

Well.

[She's heard a story or two, okay, but they've never actually tried anything and she'd stab them if they did.]

[hislittleflower]

I don't know. Mermaid, I guess maid because they're women. And Mer for Merrian Sea. Because they like the water.

It's what Nimhue's lot do.

That and sing sailors to their deaths. They're kind of cool.

[hedalexa]

I am not surprised you would think that is cool.

Do you need me to gather anything else before I come?

[hislittleflower]

Mmmmmm.

A cow as white as milk, a ton of liquid gold.

[She's joking.]

Just the bare essentials.

[hedalexa]

[Luckily this is voice because Lexa definitely goes a little cross-eyed trying to work out when gold became liquid and why the fuck Peony would want a ton of it and a cow, even in jest.

It was definitely too late of an hour for that kind of joke. Lexa rubs her eyes, finishes strapping on her weapons and calls Kova to her before she says anything else.]

I'll be there before you know it.

[hislittleflower]

Promises, promises.

[But Peony clambers up a tree and sits herself down there to wait.]

[hedalexa]

["Before you know it" isn't strictly true, of course. It's the woods and even a tracker takes time to find their way, especially in the dark. Lexa is good though, as one who had no choice but to be good or die tended to be and after a time she finds herself at the base of a tree looking up as Kova purrs against the trunk.]

At least you didn't get eaten.

[hislittleflower]

What animal in their right mind would want to eat me?

Watch out Lex.

[She isn't addressing Lexa, but Kova, as she jumps down to meet them. Despite whatever misgivings Lexa may have about Peony wandering about the forest at night by herself, she had come equip. Her long blonde hair was coiled tightly around her head in their customary plaits - but bare of the usual flowers and sparkling accompaniments.

On one hip she wore the dagger she had won at the Summer Tourney, the other she wore a curving sword. A small quiver of bolts was strung onto her belt and a hand crossbow was strapped onto her back.]

I half expected you to leave me out here for the wolves.

[hedalexa]

True. [Who knew what Peony had been in, consumed, or just generally been up too? She might poison the poor beasts. Kova purred and looked like he was about to bound up the tree after her when Peony jumps down, all Lexa does is turn slightly to look at her, a hint of a smile pulling at the corner of her mouth. When she's down, Kova rushes over and bumps into her legs, purring loudly. He was getting quite big.]

I wouldn't do that to the wolves.