Marlene
*She'd pout jokingly before crossing her arms* "I don't know... I feel pretty cross... However. A hug might change my mind!...Might!" *She'd smile before running over to her and leaping on her in the form of a hug* "Have at thee!..Oh?" *Just there, just on the blade of grass at the rivers edge fluttered a blue butterfly. Ah, Miho. Her clan was passing through the mountains too weren't they? They shouldn't give them any trouble... None of them were humans, nobles, or positions in power... At least so she thought.* "When we get to the next town, I hope there will be a festival... It's spring time nearly, typically that is the season they hold them. Mountain villages love that sort of environment I would presume... They seem to be more so community based I think."
Donnie
*Watched as ai pouted and crossed her arms she couldn't react before ai was ontop of her hugging her she tackled ai back and rolled around in the grass with her* `"Hiaayaaaa!"` *She would tickle ai on her stomach over and over until she would submit she couldn't get to hear ai tell her about the clan until after she stopped tickling her* `"Maybe hopefully there will be, one if there is a town or a village that's nearby as far as I saw there is wilderness more wilderness and even more you guessed it wilderness."` *She chuckled as she looked at ai pulling her into a hug in her chest with the biggest smile her chest like pillows*
Robert
*Came running out the dungeon covered in cuts bruises and blood he slammed into the carriage he screamed out ysildeas and ai's name* `"Ai! Ysildea!!"` *He limped to the front of the carriage he could only assume they were alive, his left eye shut as blood covered it and his left side of his face his left arm leaned against the carriage for support as he heaves out of breath he moved over to try and get on the carriage he couldn't he was to weak despair set in once more, for all he knew his friend and lover was dead he limped to aslan as aslan leaned and got lower to the ground a smart horse he slid his leg over onto his back he held onto the reigns around Aslan with his left hand also practically useless other then moving the reigns left or right he hit the reigns and Aslan began to move with the carriage*
Marlene
*She sat up curiously, Faedons voice?* "Oh, he's returned! Should we head- he sounds.." *No, nooo Ai. No. Remember? Worry less. It was probably fine.* "We should head back and regroup... We can all maybe sit around a fire and tell of our adventures. Do you think he found as much treasure as us?" *She smiled and helped Ysildea to her feet.* "I should probably give Roku a bath too... I hope she didn't destroy the cloak we found, that's about all the clothing she has left until we get to the village." *She'd chat and joke with Ysildea all the way back to... The..* "It's- its gone?" *...What? Why was it gone??* "He... Left us behind?" *She just slowly looked over to Ysidlea as her wings emerged from her back.* "To the air then?" *They'd have a begger birds eye view, and with the trees at a loss for their leaves given the season it'd be easier to see and track down.*
Donnie
*She leaned up as she was lifted to her feet she spoke* `"I don't know we will just have to find out. How much stuff he found."` *She would give her a pat on the head she spread her wings to fly back to the area it wasn't a long flight she saw in the distance the carriage was moving not to far as she flew higher* `"You probably should and tell your husband to bathe he reaks."` *She would say but when they saw it was gone she spoke* `"Over there it isn't moving that fast."` *Her wings glistening in the moonlight as they would hear his voice again*
Robert
*Rode on Aslans back as he spit up blood his white teeth coated in red along with blood over his lips and chin he called out there names again.* `"Ai! Ysildea"` *He called out ysildeas name a little lower as he held his stomach groaning leaning down on Aslan his head to the side of Aslans body as he felt his body was to weak to hold up his hand went limp on the reigns as aslan continued.*
Marlene
*She flew beside Ysildea and kept pace with her. Spotting the carriage, she didn't see Roku... Maybe she was on the inside resting in the coffin. She tried to land on top of it but Faedon had the reigns.* "What... On... Earth- Ysildea!" *They needed to stop the carriage before he crashed it.* "Faedon- what are you doing? Where are you going??" *She landed on the cart rather than on Aslan but even sitting was difficult with how fast he was going. Her plan was to use the stability to crawl forward and stop him but she didn't have very good balance on something moving.*
Donnie
*Flew down Infront of the carriage and pulled the reigns of Aslan back to slow it to a stop aslan chuffed angrily and eagerly ready to get going as if he could sense something powerful and wanted to keep going further away from that sense. She landed on her two feet and walked around as Faedon was on Aslans back* `"It's stopped there."` *She would say calmly as she looked at his destroyed kimono it looked like it had been through hell and back, burn marks slash marks holes in it scuffed and filled with dirt and dust and blood, she couldn't see faedons injuries as he was leaning over aslan she pulled back faedon by his shoulder gently as pulled him seeing his face all messed up with blood cuts and bruises, and his chest she gritted her teeth he had some of his stomach flesh exposed and his right thigh flesh his arms even worse so his right arm had holes in them you could nearly put your fingers through them his left arm was coated in blood as well, she pulled him off the back of Aslan and helped him to the floor he also had no sword with him and had burn msrks across his back chest and neck his pants were still soaked in water*
Robert
*Looked half dead as he was pulled off of aslan his right and only good eye stared into the sky as he was pulled off he groans softly and turns his head to the side to breathing heavy before speaking* `"Where were you two I searched all over the dungeon with Roku."` *He closed his eye and tried to relax to catch his breath as fear was still in his body from seeing that knight something about that knight shook him to his core.*
Marlene
*Roku was gone... She had searched everywhere while she was tending to Faedon... She was gone. And seeing the state he was in... She slooooowly looked up to her but didn't say a word... Not a damn word. Should she worry...**Now**? He was a man? He could adventure by **Himself**? Had they gone down when she was first concerned he probably wouldn't look like this and Roku would still be alive. She needed to figure out what to do and be angry later... And she **Would**...Be angry later.* "Stop talking.." *Or he could keep talking and die faster- was she the only god damn one who had common sense??? If Ysildea hadn't gone down, she wouldn't have gone down, thwn Faedon and Roku wouldn't have gone down, then Roku wouldn't have gone BACK down and she wouldn't be **Dead** Right now.* "I'll use the book... Find what we need.." *Or she'd try. The stronger medicinal herbs she didn't recognize nor could she even pronounce.*
Donnie
*Held onto Faedon, as she didn't dare look up at ai she was ashamed, guilty and full of regret, if she did as she was about to speak she heard ai say stop talking so she would become silent as she held onto faedon quietly as she rested his head down she got some things from the carriage and pulled Faedon up and into the carriage making space to set him down in the middle of the carriage she would sit down beside him and look at the mess she caused quietly.*
Robert
*Couldn't hear much but he would fall silent as he was fading In and out of consciousness breathing weakly he was confused where did they go in the dungeon? The bird said they fell down a hole, but the dungeon was wide and vast it could have been anything he had taken the wrong path, unlike ysildea didn't get the luxury of fighting weak undead mindless drones, he fought everything, everything in that dungeon to find them definition of I'll find you and 'walk through hell and back' for someone he couldn't have known that though.

The book was filled with very detailed description of plants and had very detailed pictures of them hand drawn with color and where they're found, most of which could be found around mountain sides more so in the dwarven nation seeing as everything is nearly pristine I'm the forest no human intervention other than the path they followed.*
Charles
*Was summoned once more by faedon as he muttered words of summon she appeared inside the carriage she sniffed around and began to eat an arm she saved from a bandit as sat down and nomed on it as her vision and eyeballs and ears began to reform once she finished the arm she set the bones down, and she would slowly stand up and blink at faedon and ysildea she left the carriage to look at the moonlight not wanting to be in the carriage at the moment she needed a better view of the surrounding, she walked and climbed ontop of the carriage and quietly looked around blinking occasionally they were missing one, Faedon had summoned her again she didn't know why nor did she care she would simply stare looking up at the moon but looked down and saw ai and flew down with her wings and walked Infront of ai as she held the book*
Marlene
*She ran through looking at every plant and bush and flower... There were... A LOT of them. It was a freakin forest! If she could onl- Roku?..She stared at her before scolding her.* "I thought you had died! What were you thinking?? **What** In the devil posessed you to leave when I told you to **Stay**! Look at what happened!!" *She gestured to the carriage, then to her.* "I thought- I thought you were gone... Does that bother you?? Does it bother you how selfish- no... No of course it doesn't." *She lowered her head to where her hair fell down the sides like curtains* "Go wait by the carriage, its safer there. Or don't listen to me at all... You're better at that." *She couldn't look at her right now, she was already having a hard time and she didn't need to make it harder.

It took almost two hours looking for everything she'd need with a couple of breakdowns in-between. She'd gotten enough to fail a couple of times, and she would. It was very, very difficult to prepare and she wasn't a doctor, botanist, or herbalist. Another breakdown where she tried to not mix in her tears annnnnd done! For how much was work was required, this really didn't produce much. Only one dosage? Jesus christ. Oh well. She'd take it back to the carriage with the book in one hand, and the vile of green everything under the sun in the other. She'd pass it off to Ysildea when she got there so that she could administer it to Faedon whilst she read the instructions and simultaneously instigated good dreams so his muscles wouldn't tense.*
Charles
*Blinked at ai, quietly as ai was yelling at her she didn't quite understand why, she wasn't the smartest, ai told her to stay yes, but faedon ordered her to follow? It was like a dog with two owners one says sit the other says come which does it follow? As ai ai gave her an order to go back to the carriage she silently went back to the carriage, and stood beside it quietly her numb expression staring off in the forest as droplets fell from her eye's she didn't know why she couldn't feel anything. But they fell nonetheless and she stood there quietly like a good summon and following orders.*
Donnie
*Had pulled out her blood flame book of spell guidance and began to look at spells that could help with healing, she read a few spells '**Blessing of the blood moon**' grants passive healing for small cuts and wounds not helpful '**Hand Of Blood And life**' requiring 3 type of magic switching in-between them... Maybe that could work it could heal fatal injuries, last one she found was '**Butterfly Patchwork**' a mechanical summon a butterfly the size of a human and had all the tools of a doctor on it in it's mechanical arms it had. She shook her head she didn't know how to cast it or if she could cast it right she set the book down with the pages open.

Taking the vile and everything else ai had gathered and got to work unwrapping his bandages and following ai's instructions once done she finished all the applications sewing kit that was in the carriage it wasn't much but enough to make stitches out of it once done she wrapped his wounds all up. She opened the dragon book and began to read for the spell to remove the enchantment on his arm no better time then now right, after a couple pages of reading her hands were in faedons dried blood but whatever the book would be fine. She found a spell began to chant it a blue magical circle appeared over her palm as she channeled her magic into it, it grew up into her arm in many large circles up her forearm*

*And Infront of her palm and hand as it spun clockwise on the outside with it's draconic symbols and counter clockwise on the inside the carriage glowed slight as the dragon magic began to broken in his arms that would allow it to be healed by magic, potions and other means now.* `"There... The enchantment on his arms are gone..."`
Robert
*Would would have good dreams as ai used her magic to give him a better sleep, his panting died down to gentle breathing as he fell into a deeper sleep only with the occasional wince and grunt of pain in his sleep every dozen minutes or so*
Marlene
"Thank goodness..." *She sighed softly before retreating into the far corner of the carriage. Bringing her knees up to her chest, she wrapped her arms around them and burried her head within them... Right now she just needed a little bit of space. They were all here, all accounted for, safe, and now she just needed to calm down. Eventually they would all be in a good emotional and physical state to resume travel but for right now everything was just in chaos. How did he go down there and come back destroyed while she and Ysildea had bit a few scratches AND a big payout?? It didn't make sense.*
Donnie
*Left the carriage to give ai space seeing as she needed time for herself she went to the front of the carriage and grabbed the reigns and hopped up she spoke* `"Roku get inside please we are going to continue our journey."` *She said as she sat down and made Aslan move with a flick of the reigns.*
Charles
*Quietly entered the carriage, ai said go back to carriage this also meant inside so she would go inside shut the door she would move to the opposite corner and stare at the wall quietly blinking, for about an hour after awhile she moved over looked to ai doing something she hadn't did before and hugged ai's head gently and quietly blinking as she looked down slowly with a numb expression she looked down towards a book and a quill with ink she moved over and picked it up examining it taking a piece of paper she wondered if she could write something down 'sad?' she showed it to ai tilting her head*
Marlene
*She wasn't too responsive when Roku hugged her, but she'd lift her head slowly with glossy eyes filled with tears before nodding and shifting to sit on her knees.* "Sad.." *She'd point to the paper, and then to her, and then to herself.* "You... Make me sad" *She told her to be safe- she **Always** Told her to be safe since the very first day they met. Be safe. Two words... She ignored damn near everything and she wasn't stupid. She understood and she knew that for a fact.* "It hurts, it hurts me.." *She sighed and tried to explain* "You hurt people who love you when you nearly *Die.* I mourned you, you know. I thought the coffin I'd find for you would be more than a sleeping place- do you understand?" *She gently pet her head... And then just pulled her into a hug* "Don't scare me like that ever... Not ever, ok? Not ever!" 

*Gently pulling away, she sniffled and wiped her eyes.* "Roku is ok? Are you ok?" *She'd wait for her to write... She honestly didn't even know she could. They'd need to find a small notepad for her and although not convenient, at least she could communicate somehow.*
Charles
*Would hold her as she saw her glossy tears, she didn't understand but looked around and grabbed a soft white clothe and padded her cheek gently close to her eyes so not to many tears came out on her dress. As she said roku was the one to make her sad she tilted her head until she said it hurts people when someone nearly died? She didn't understand the concept of being hurt emotionally but she was learning based on ai crying and her expression linked it to the word sad, now linked the word love to sadness if she did something to hurt herself so she would be more cautious on being injured or doing something without '**Communication**' with ai she was after like a machine even though she was living and breathing taught to obey and listen she looked down at the paper slowly as she was pulled into her a hug she nearly dropped the quill and ink. 

As ai pulled away she looked quietly back down at the paper scribbling her words down it would be direct and small words* 'I ok. I don't understand most things.' *She looked up then began to write again ai would have to be patient with her since she was a slow writer* 'wont scare master again. I sleep where ordered when ordered, two order from two master confuse I' *She understood what ai was trying to say but couldn't put what she wanted to say into words as her vocabulary was lacking some words were misspelled only by a single letter easy to understand, and make out.* 'had water drip from my eyes when master yell I don't understand.' *She turned her paper around to ai so she can read.*
Marlene
*Master?? Oh gosh no, she'd correct that really quickly.* "Not master... Friend. My name is Ai. Aaaaaiii. Roku. Ai. Roku. Ai" *She pointed back and forth between them* "ともだち...Friends. I am your friend" *She was also confused... Roku didn't really seem to be able to have or experience emotions which was frustrating... But she also didn't know. She'd have to ask Faedon one day.* "Do you know... How... You feel? Do you know what that means?" *She knew the word for sad, so it was a start but that meant she knew what that was.* "Can you tell me- hm... Can you tell me how Roku is feeling?" *Well I mean, it was worth a shot.*
Charles
*Looked up to think before looking back at ai as she pointed back and forth between them friend... They were friends? She never had a friend before.* 'i never had friend only masters. I accept.' *She wrote down ai's name to remember it she didn't know how to spell her own name as it was just given to her about a few days ago.* 'sad' *She wrote she began to grasp the concept when ai was sad she had these strange crystal like water droplets fall from her eye's and when ai yelled at her she had them fall from her eye's so she came to the conclusion she was sad and happy* 'happy Can't explain it, sad came when ai yell, it make me sad. Makes me sad when can't explain what want to ai. But happy that someone that talk to her even if yell' *She blinked as she turned the paper back around for ai to read*
Robert
*Nothing changed in his status only his breathing became ragged after awhile the bruises on his chest and side along with the kick from the holy knight didn't help. His dreams would just be of him laying down playing with foxes around him he smiles in his dream at least here, he was safe from reality for a bit. Reality was overrated he thought in his subconscious mind. He didn't get any better but also didn't get any worse from this point just in limbo*
Marlene
*She decided, to learn a little bit more about her.* "I'm sorry I yelled at you, but you hurt me, and I felt you didn't care about that.." *She looked down at her pad before pointing* "Do you know where you come from? Roku comes from where? Mother? Father?" *Maybe she came from nowhere* "Home? Where is home Roku." *Actually... This was a really good opportunity. Faedon was already asleep anyway so this would work out in the way that she wanted it to.

Holding up her hand in front of Roku's face, she'd give a little nod* "Trust Ai. 

**Sleep**"

*Once she was out, she would be able to simultaneously control both of their dreams and merge them into one. In her dreams, she could have as deep, as loud, as high pitched or as soft a voice as she wanted. She could make text appear in the air, or draw them with her hand. She'd appear in a simple white, summer dress. No stockings, no shoes. Faedon was here somewhere, but Roku would find herself laying amidst the grass by a little pond.*
Charles
*Bowed her head to ai as she said she hurt her, that was a good question she had no inclination to where she came from, she had masters that called themselves mother and father of hers was that what she meant. As she looked at ai's hand over her face she slowly fell asleep falling down slowly the quill and ink and pen fell out of her hand but she held onto the piece of paper. As ai would get into her head and try and search for a dream there was nothing only blackness with her floating in a void of emptiness with her knees huddled to her chest. Bust once the dreams were merged she had looked around the beautiful scenery and squeaks at all the sights. Her dress she leaned up slightly looking at the pond quietly she formed a mushroom like cloud and began to float as she sat on it, she made it as soft as pillows, and would float forward she never experienced a dream before! She had no preconception of ever speaking with an actual voice never wished she could speak so it would not even come to her could she even imagine what it would be like? So many possibilities but her head was always empty she floated across the pond quietly on her little cloud.*
Robert
*Began to get sense of his dream it was beautiful to beautiful was ai here? He also gained sentience here so he stood up made his way to the pond and saw Roku? Roku floating around on a cloud?* `"Oh hello Roku if your here where is ai..."` *He looked around for ai slowly in his dream he anticipated her to appear with tea.*
Marlene
*She popped into existence with white cat ears, and a little white cat tail. She wanted to see one in real life, but the dream world would have to do. Floating down onto the ponds edge, she looked over to Faedon and waved.* "Hello my love. I thought in this way, I could get her to talk and speak... It seemed like it would be much easier.." *Geasturing Roku over, she would smile with a light tilt of her head.* "It's fun, isn't it? Could you try to speak? You can use any voice you've heard before... Or you can make one of your own. Try to say your name. Roku. Ro... Ku.."
Robert
*Looked at her as she was in a little cat form he smiles brightly as she called him her love he picked her up her up and rubbed his face into her happily and cradled her in his arms rubbing her belly he couldn't help it he was the biggest cat lover!* `"What are you trying to learn from her...? What happened outside I don't remember much of anything memory is all fuzzy."` *He would say as he looked at Roku*
Charles
*Floated over to them on her little cloud she formed tea in her hand as she remembered Faedon was making some so she poofed it into her hands with a cup and kettle poured some tea into her cup before offering it to them. As ai told her she could use her voice she would speak in ai's voice* `"Roku? Could you try to speak?"` *She mimicked ai perfectly before speaking on her own* `"I Roku, Roku had voice?!"` *She freaked out with a numb expression still on her face she fell back on her fluffy cloud and spilled her tea she hid inside the cloud* `"How Roku speak?"`
Marlene
*Her whole face flushed pink as he nuzzled her* "F-faedon.." *She hugged his head agaisnt her chest and nuzzled into his hair... They matched! She loved this color the most.* "I don't know what happened... Not to you in regards to your injury anyway. We found you like that, nearly unconscious... If anything I should be asking you that question." *Oh, tea? She let herself down from Faedons arms to accept it.* "Good girl Roku... You remembered.." *She gently pet her head before taking the cup. It didn't have much of a taste in the dream world, green tea was as close as the taste would come.

She clapped her hands together when she uttered her first words.* "Ehhhh?? Such a cute voice!" *She squealed happily and nearly tackled her in a running hug.* "Do you like it? Look! Look you can talk to me. You can say anything. Now... How are you feeling right now?" *She was very excited to communicate with her on a normal-ish scale.*
Robert
*Smiles softly as he snuggled her close to him as she blushed pink he kisses her cheek softly* `"I love you. Well I remember some bits."` *He would saw as he sees her having fun with roku and drinking tea, he would speak* `"Well I think Roku can explain what happened give her a chance to expand her vocabulary with our help my love."` *He nodded it was a good plan but he would say something before he would say that part as he rose a finger* `"I thought I was dead is my body in any good condition?"`
Charles
*Watched the two her eyes peaking out of her cloud we she saw ai coming straight at her! So scary her own voice scared her almost. As she was hugged into ai's chest she was wobbled left to right like a gummy worm in ai's arms* `"Roku um... Happy. Happy ai and master happy Faedon master."` *She extended her arms in around ai hugging her ackwardly not use to hugs* `"Ai can now understand! Roku need paper and quills for when wake up to communicate. When Roku was told to keep master in carriage, annoying bird Roku killed when peck at master arm said ai and ysil fell so master ordered to follow him down to find wife and friend. Master and Roku fought lot of knights screeching two legged beasts that shoot spikes, a demon and knight."` *Her words were quick succession as she was happy to be able to communicate what she wanted to say in real life in words now!* `"Master body very weak spirit force very low need healing spell or master spirit go out."` *She nodded saying this so casually because she trusted in ai to be able to think of a solution in her head ai was basically a genius* `"Ai smartest friend Roku ever had Roku um... Love ai!"` *She would say in an excited voice but her face remained numb she didn't know how to make happy or sad faces* `"Teach Roku to make faces like yours and faedons."` *She pointed to faedons smile.*
Marlene
"You killed it? Oh thank goodness... I despise that wretched thing." *She was just sorry she wasn't the one to do it.* "You fought... What and... And what? We didn't run into any of that. Just zombies and annoying stone statues with sickles.." *His spirt- huh?? She wasn't a doctor!* "Ysildea found a book about dragon magic... She reversed the magic so that he would be able to recive with traditional medicine and spells but until we get to a village and find a doctor... I can only do so much. I will try my best for you." 

*She nuzzled her nose against hers* "I love you too Roku, but facial expressions come naturally.." *She would use Faedon as an example.* "Happy..." *She would tickle him* "Angry.." *She flicked his nose* "Aroused.." *She gently licked his neck and placed a little love bite or two against his skin.* "They reflect your emotions. What makes Roku happy? Food? Animals? Paint it for me.." *She could make anything she wanted to appear here... It was a dream after all.*
Robert
*Chuckled and shrugged off rokus concern he would be fine, spirit force is nothing quite frankly didn't care much about it as she didn't understand when one is asleep or healing the spirit force grows closer to the body to conserve it's self.* `"I'll be fine spirit force just takes this form when I'm injured or sleeping."` *He reassured them both. As ai would '**Assault him!**' *In his ooooown dream he would laugh being tickled and made a fustrated face when she flicked him literally being the perfect example followed by confusion, as she licked his neck he placed his hands on her shoulder his face turning beat red embarssed* `"Aiiii!! Stop!! Your making me all red!!"` *He put his hands out as he tried to stop the assault he did enjoy it but wouldn't admit it as he rubs his neck softly looking at ai with a loving smile he would definitely be getting her back for this.*
Charles
`"Yes we killed it it screams like raaaaaah and Roku slashed at it to make it quiet!"` *She was so happy to explain it and as she said it came naturally maybe she just needed to stop thinking about it it so hard.* `"Oh I know what make Roku happy, Roku little friend."` *She summoned it with her thoughts it was like a little dog of sorts? And would show it off to ai with the a small smile forming.* `"Why ai lick and bite master why master all red?"` *She pointed out looking at faedon as he was basically just staring at ai observing her body from afar in a lewd way*