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[mage_hatchlings]

That Hatchling-grafittied Nexus door leads to here, and what looks like the outer door of one of the buildings in the Black Mage Village. Another door has been added next to this one to actually get to the inside of the building.

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[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He sleeps for a long time. Hours and hours. And when he does wake up again, he feels a lot better.

Able to concentrate on things again! Like the fact that he's in the mage's village, with no AV field. And they might not be pleased to have him here. He turns over, to see if anyone is still there.

((*hopes this is okay?*))

[mage_hatchlings]

The hatchling - a different one than when he went to sleep - shifts and resnuggles.

The sounds of a not too normal village can be heard out the window.

Mr. 128 is sitting in a chair nearby, but it seems he might have dozed off.

((*grumble* I thought I'd replied. Lag monster must have ate my post. Jumping down below to Vi's arrival.))

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He glances at the hatchling, taking a moment to be sure it's a different one. Are they taking turns?

And Kuja can't tell if the older mage is awake with his eyes closed, or is actually sleeping. Kuja watches him for any movement.

((*assuming this is after the thread below -- delete if this isn't okay*))

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It would seem they are. And the older Mages are letting them.

The adult Mage is sleeping, but not very heavily. A noise outside the window wakes him and he gets up to waddle over as quietly as possible to shoo away a random overcurious villager trying to peek in at Kuja.

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

As if you could stop a hatchling from cuddling.

Kuja watches the mage, not able to see out the window to see what's happening. He'll wait until Mr. 128 notices him... wouldn't want to scare the mage.

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It would be a difficult challenge indeed.

Mr. 128 looks over from the window, planning to check to see if the noise outside bothered Kuja. He blinks when he sees that Kuja's awake. "O-oh. You're awake."

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He nods slowly, pushing himself up to sit instead of just lie there. "Yes..."

A glance to the window. "What was that?"

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The hatchling squirms a bit, but doesn't wake.

Mr. 128 glances towards the window. "Oh. we don't get very many visitors here. People get curious." Especially when they hear just who is at the inn. "But Porom told us you needed to rest."

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

Oops, he'd forgotten about the hatchling.

"Ah." And they've probably already heard it's him. Possibly why he's here. "They'll have to get it over with sometime." :|

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Which doesn't bother the hatchling. The little poggle just resnuggles and continues to doze.

Mr. 128 nods. "But Mr. 288 told them not to bother you until you felt better."

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

"...well, I do now." A little.

And part of him wouldn't mind an audience... so long as he doesn't have to show how bad off he really is.

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"That's good."

"Someone followed us here from the Nexus looking for you. Do you know someone named Vi de Rosa?"

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He blinks, nodding. "Yes, I do. I think I saw her earlier... what did she want me for?"

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"I d-don't know. She said you had to talk about something, and I told her that Porom told us that you needed to rest. I think she went back to the Nexus."

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

"Ah. I don't think I can go back there yet..."

He's not sure he can stay here either, but he's probably not able to walk yet.

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Mr. 128 nods. "We don't know if it's safe there now."

"She came here, so maybe she will come back?"

[mage_hatchlings]

More quiet whispers and a faint fluttery sound outside the window. And then before Mr. 128 can do anything about it, there's a Waltzlet hanging over the windowsill.

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

"It's safe for you, I'm sure." The mages wouldn't consent to a fight.

He's hoping not. "If she comes back, let her in."

A glance to the window. Hello, Arashi~.

[mage_hatchlings]

Mr. 128 nods, and then goes over to do something about the poggle in the window. In or out? He decides after half a second that dropping Arashi back out might hurt him, so he picks the Hatchling up and brings him into the room.

Arashi waves hi. "Are you feeling better now?"

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He nods to Arashi. "Yes."

"...Thank you for the help." Again. Second time they've had to do that.

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"You're welcome," Mr. 128 replies, and then loses his grasp on Arashi when the waltzlet squirms.

Being winged has advantages, and Arashi makes a nice landing before darting back over to the window and hanging over the sill in the opposite direction as previous, to let someone else out there know Kuja was ok and that he was awake now.

The hatchling sleeping next to Kuja finally seems to register the sound of voices, and yawns as he wakes up.

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He was talking to the hatchling, but it's true for the older ones too.

For some reason this is funny to him, and he's trying not to smile now~. He watches the hatchling beside him, instead.

[mage_hatchlings]

The hatchling blinks up at him sleepily, and then snugglehugs.

Meanwhile, the situation at the window takes a turn for the worse when Blaze tries to fly in the open window while Arashi's still hanging half out of it.

Mr. 128 tries to intervene in the short squabble, but the end result is the larger Mage knocked on his rear, Arashi rubbing his tail-end and looking cross, and a small black toad with lavender forelegs in the middle of the floor.

"The room has a door. Idiots..." Mistral can be heard grumbling outside the window before the smallest Waltz starts walking around the building to make use of said door.

[on-this-stage.livejournal.com]

He tries to stretch out without knocking the hatchling over. Now that he's a little more awake, he knows he should have taken the armor off at least before falling asleep.

And he's watching the Waltz and toad on the floor, still trying not to smile.

[mage_hatchlings]

The hatchling is not knocked over, and just resnuggles.

Arashi glares at the Toaded!Blaze, who tries to escape. Poor Mr. 128 ends up with a toad on the brim of his hat.

It's just then that the rest of the flock come in, under the watch of Mr. 44, and bringing food. There's a bowl of tomato soup and a glass of milk.

Mr. 128 gets to his feet, a bit uneasy about the toaded Waltzlet on his head. He looks over to Mr. 44. "Can you get Blaze off my hat?"

Mr. 44 stares and blinks for a second, not seeing a Waltz on Mr. 128's hat. Until he notices the frog. "Oh. Arashi got mad again?" He carefully reaches for and picks up the frog, changing Blaze back as soon as he's off the other Mage's hat.