"Huh? He got in a fight with Malice and survived?" Dreameater asks. "That's kinda surprising. Though I wonder how Malice took that since he has Faolan's memories. Kinda like fighting yourself? Hmm..."

Catch slowly nodded " I thought so to but Victoria had done the same thing first... well she took the name Victoria after the fight so maybe Faolan did something similar?"
He added
" but I'm not sure how that really went down between the two of them... I know Catty hates seeing me in dreams and hates that I'm still alive and what I know about Malice though is he still thinks he Faolan..."

Crystal gave a small, but slightly cheery nod at first, “Yeah, maybe if we get the time at some point, I’ll see about joining you for that,” she replied.

Though with what Fiona said next, the girl bit at her lip and shrugged before saying, “Well, it’s really because I just haven’t said much about it at all, to anyone actually. There haven’t been many times or reasons to bring it up.” While Crystal didn’t necessarily like talking about herself, or her home and such due to all the weight and emotions that whole area still carried, she knew she couldn’t just never mention anything about it..

She soon looked over and added, “But I don’t mind, if you have any questions, I’m more than willing to answer them. After all, we’re supposed to be getting to know our own team better anyway.”

Fiona observed the way Crystal responded to what she said. She had to remember--this was more like the first time she was really getting to know Crystal, and the same vice-versa. While she was a bit surprised, the Elemental gave a friendly smile, "Yeah! We can both start sharing our stories with each other!
...And it doesn't have to be where it's so crowded, either."

For a moment, she focused on following Kyle with Crystal back into the hallways for the time being. There were still plenty of residents around, using the moving sidewalks, or other forms of transportation... But there were less people than in the cafeteria.

"So, to start... Where are you from? I'm guessing it's not from around here? There are humans here, but... They seem a lot different."

The girl returned the Elemental’s smile with a soft one of her own and an agreeing nod, “Sounds nice,” she replied. Crystal appreciated Fiona’s consideration, and how she seemed to understand there was some difficulty for her just open up and talk. Especially around busy areas or a lot of people.

After following Kyle away from the cafeteria, Crystal both felt a bit more at ease, and more nervous at the same time. Being away from the crowds of the cafeteria was nice, even with people still coming and going by, but she knew the closer they got to Crimson, the more nervous she’d feel too..

The girl looked over at Fiona when she asked her question, “Well, I’m from a place called (insert name here because I still haven’t thought of one even though it’s been many years and I probably should have by now), and yeah, this is all so much different than what I’m used to. With the exception of there being humans here, and the most basic things, I’m not sure there’s much else that’s similar.”

Interest emanated from Fiona's big eyes as Crystal spoke. "Do you have automatic moving doors where you're from?
...I mean, that's one of the weirdest things I've seen here... That, and the moving-room-elevator thing. Oh, and those cars we rode in! Some of those look like they have faces...

I'm from the Land of Dreams, and I haven't seen many things like that, either!"
(The Land of Dreams likely has even more magical stuff but...
...I'm just going to say Fiona hasn't dealt with many of them. XD)

"Huh... And does nobody know what happened to him after that?" Dreameater asks. "Or what really happened?"

“Oh, no, we don’t have anything like those,” Crystal started, “Doors that move on their own, elevators, cars, that plane thing.. none of that kind of stuff exists there. And I agree, they are definitely different..” The girl wasn’t particularly fond of the cars and elevators and such, but she did see that they were useful, especially for this world at least.

She thought for a moment, considering the question that soon came to mind, “So, what is it like growing up and living in The land of Dreams..?”

Catch grimaced as he rubbed the back of his red hair " ... I'm sure someone does know, I just haven't had the chance to ask more after my last talk with Victoria... " his voice drifted as if he wasn't sure if he should talk about it or not.

" that was yesterday when Cat had his last vision spell and it hit him pretty hard " Anna chime in seeing her little brother hesitation " and after this one that just happened, it really seems that Faithful and Faolan are triggers for his visions... and they really seem be trying to show something but he can't " she looks up at her partner and scoots closer to him to pat Catch arm, the tiger Fairfin was deeply concerned for her partner

Dreameater goes quiet for a moment afterwards, watching Dreamcatcher and Rihanna thoughtfully. "... Well, hey, if it's Faolan and Faithful trying to show you something, we could try forcing the vision at some point?" he suggests and then shrugs, "Not that I know anything about how that'd work, if you can even do that... And getting Cataclysm out of you needs to be a top priority, too. Hey, has anyone figured that out yet? How to go about that?"

"Man, that's... Kinda cool to think about! We've got two worlds with humans that are super different from each other." Fiona commented, wondering even more about Crystal's homeworld.

Until the human girl asked her own question about Fiona's life. "It was... Awesome. When I was a kid, my family mostly lived up in the sky. We'd travel for blacksmith and weather control work. I could only ever do one of those, though...
...But we camped out a lot! The views were always the best! Especially when I was with my brothers and sisters." She started off, a nostalgic little smile appearing on her face.

The Dreamer prince wasn't sure on that, he knew forcing a vision was possible he done it with Blue help, but then again that when they both almost died by Cataclysm... that event revealed many concerns about the red Nightmare, not only was what he believed to be the truth of Cataclysm condition with how sickly he appeared but the Nightmare was also a lot more painful then his previous dreams...

Dreamcatcher rubbed his thumb along the edge of his mug, something was very troubling " I.. can do vision voluntarily, I did a few with Blue before the City got attacked but I...I really don't know if that a good idea..." he admitted nervously" but everyone keeps saying that I should try at some point... it's like what we talked about earlier in your room, I know we need to know just what Catty is capable of and my gut tells me he what been behind everything or at least a big part of my problems... I know the last time I seen him he was more then just sick and feeling cold, he looked emaciated, like he was wasting away but it didn't make sense with how much powerful he has in that last vision, I know if it wasn't for Blue he probably would have killed me even though it still seem like that would have killed him to... Cataclysm seem insane... " the Dreamer prince was doing more then looking back but also remembering what he felt " ... or maybe it desperation? But I don't know why... why he was so sickly but powerful, is it really because of my silver blood? " Catch took a big swallow of his hot chocolate before adding more, he was very uneasy about the red Nightmare " and after what happened in the city... you didn't hear what he kept saying, over and over again... something big was happening, my gut keeps telling me something bigger then we really know..."

Anna ears pin back with a worry expression, there had been a lot of unknowns and fears involving Cataclysm and the Nightmares in general but with recent events also brought new hopes to " don't forget Cat... everyone been working hard on trying to figure out that cure that Purity took... if it can remove the curse in her why can't it for anyone else? " she looked towards Eater and said "We just have to figure out how it was made "

Catch glace over to his Fairfin, he didn't have the same hope in his eyes, his eyes turned back to his mug and stared at the warm liquid "... I still don't know... it doesn't feel right... I mean I'm glad for Purity she doesn't have a Light Eater anymore so she won't become a Nightmare but why did Void have something like that in the first place? Why was it in a place that anyone could pick it up?.... why does it feel off?... is it wrong for me to not trust that this will work or we should even try it?"

"Well, if something evil comes out of whatever happened to Purity, then I'll eat it," Dreameater remarks, raising an eyebrow at Catch and then glancing down and rolling his eyes at the look Glory just gave him, "Or we'll just figure out how to destroy it like we will everything else. Besides, it's the Vaseterm working on this for you, yeah Void probably would've had something evil in that since he's a jerk and all, but we're not getting this for you from Void, it's the Vaseterm. They're probably just as suspicious as you are about it. No matter what happens, we're going to freaking kill Cataclysm, you're going to be fine, and then we're going to kill all the other evil things." He looks very determined with that declaration, but then relaxes some and leans back again. "So, don't worry yourself sick, unless you like being a tasty snack for a Nightmare."

"Couldn't you at least be a little nicer?" Morning Glory huffs at her partner.

"What?" Eater snaps back, "I am being nice!"

Catch looked up at the Nightmare, still trying to process all what he said because his mind was hung up on the first part of his conversation //... he going to eat it?.... //

The guards had equally confused and disturbed looks on their faces.
Anna curled her nose and said her thoughts outloud " that just gross Eater "

Being able to taste the disgust of everyone around him makes Eater feel rather proud of himself. "You know I'm a Nightmare... I picked a pretty good name for myself, didn't I? There's nothing else I love doing more than eating~" he taunts back at Anna with a toothy grin.

Crystal listened intently to Fiona as she explained a bit. She found it fascinating that someone could live in the sky, and part of her wondered what that was like. She also briefly wondered what went into weather control work, because as far as she knew, weather just happened on it own and there wasn't a way to really control it. But then again, she was now in worlds with magic, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Although, before she thought to ask about any of those things, a different thought quickly came to mind after it was mentioned, “Oh, brothers and sisters? How many siblings do you have?”

Rihanna did not approve of this message, she didn't think it was funny in the slightest, the Fairfin flare threatening colors of Orange as she Growled " oh yeah! Well I'm a tiger! " she tighten the straps on her gloves ready for a fight with the Nightmare " and I'll show you what my name means! Right in your big stuck up nose you dumb Nightmare! "

" Whoa! " Catch snapped out of it just in time to quickly snatched his Fairfin by her tail as she jumps

"Seven!" Fiona promptly responded, then took a brief moment. This next part she didn't share much... But she always felt it important--it made their bonds as a family even more meaningful, "...I mean, me and four of the others are adopted, while the other three are actually related to mom and dad. Lusio, Cici, and Wynter are them, and then there's Amira, Ray, Dusti, Sera, and me!

That's a lot to remember, so don't worry if you don't."
...Was something often said when all of them were introduced to someone.

"...Do you have any siblings?" Fiona added a question of her own.

"Ha! Not like you can do anything to me, you're just a little bug to me," Eater mocks, leaning forward some to taunt Anna more, "Catch isn't going to let you hurt his dear brother you know, and it's not like you could hurt me anyway--you're a pathetic little Fairfin that's wanting to go up against a Nightmare who's stolen some of /Malice's power!/"

Morning Glory also turns shades of pink, orange, and red, but doesn't immediately jump into action. Instead, she hops off of Eater's lap and hovers nearby him, plotting and planning out what to do with this situation.

Now Catch was upset at Eater to, Anna wasn't someone you could mock and get away with it nor should someone, but the Dreamer wasn't going to step in just yet, instead he was going to trust his sister not to hurt the Nightmare to much...and with that he let go of her tail and said " don't hurt him to much "

"ROOOAAAAARRRR!!!!!" Anna shoot forward and latched on to the Nightmare face and started punching him.

Dreameater snorts, not feeling much of anything through his thick Nightmare skin, and his high pain tolerance doesn't do Anna any favors either. He grabs the end of her tail and pulls her away from his face just enough at least to make sure she doesn't end up in his mouth as he says: "Pfft, are you even trying Anna? I can barely even feel your pitiful little paws! You can do better than that!"

Morning Glory looks around, flying up to examine the other tables, and then says to Anna through telepathy, //Let's work together on this, there's knives and forks on the other tables, I can hold him while you get one?//

Eyes widening at the answer, Crystal couldn’t help the fact she looked considerably surprised. “Seven siblings?” she said, sounding just as shocked.

However, her expression soon relaxed into a more thoughtful one when Fiona said she and a couple of her siblings were adopted. “Oh wow, that’s.. that’s really neat..!” she commented with a smile.

When the question was returned to her, Crystal gave her head a little shake, “No, I don’t have any siblings. It was just me, my mom, my dad, and later on a good friend too.”

"Aw, that's great, too! Some friends really are like family." Fiona beamed, guessing Crystal had to have been very close to all three of them, "What was it like for you growing up?"

( she wouldn't attack a normal Nightmare, but Eater wasn't normal)
Rihanna was letting out Fierce growling and hissing sounds as the Nightmare pulled on her tail and mock her, it was obvious that this wasn't going to go anywhere, not from a front on attack, this was more of a distraction to see what he do and give herself time to think of a plan which paid off with Glory message.

// Thanks Glory! Well get the better of this jurk! // she took a swing at the Nightmare but in a way it be a cover as she looked to the area around her.

There she spotted some of the items her friend mentioned // I see them! Is there anything else? If my hits aren't doing much then i doubt a table knife will! // " well duh! If I use my full power, I make you cry!" She snapped back to the Nightmare, She continued her attack now adding some kicks, she needed to break free or get away some how, that or see about waiting it out to see if Eater would get cocky enough to drop her, if all else fails she just flash him, at this close range she knows that would do something...

Catch didn't know how to feel, he was both annoyed and slightly amused, but overall just tired, he did however slightly rise one hand to let the guards know this was ok and not to step in. This was a weird play fight and yet it wasn't at the same time, still nothing to get Eater locked up over, besides he still trusted Rihanna and he noticed Glory to // well, there already up to something, I wonder what?//he took a sip of his hot chocolate and set down the mug, he tapped a finger against it...

The Dreamer prince began to think on different ways this could go down for both sides just in case he needed to step in.

//I could go over and ask the guards for some water maybe? But I don't know if we'd want to go quite that far. Hmm...// Morning Glory replies, landing on the back of a nearby char and thinking.

"Nightmares don't cry, you dummy," Eater laughs at Rihanna, "If anyone's going to cry, it's going to be you when you realize that you can't do anything to me!" Then, the thought does creep into his mind about how tasty Fairfin are... and while he knows far better than to actually eat her... he does go ahead and lick her right across her head.

Which very much so interrupts Glory's thoughts. "Ewwww, did you just lick her?!?!" she gasps.

Eater just starts laughing loudly.

That got Dreamcatcher to stand up " Eater-!" He started to growl but Anna interrupted him " Cat! I got this! " She hiss at the Nightmare as she took her arm and wiped her face " your going to regret that Eater! " // Glory! I'm going to flash him, get me the knife and then grab him! // and after that small warning the tiger Fairfin spark with red light instantly before going off like a flash bomb.

//You got it!// Glory replies, quickly flying off and getting a knife.

"I doubt thaAAAAAA!!! MY EYES!" Eater shouts, dropping Rihanna and covering his eyes after being blinded. "Come on! I wasn't actually going to eat you! I know better than that!!" he whines and growls.

While he's stunned, Glory comes back, hands Rihanna the knife, salutes, and then flies up and grabs Eater's ear. "I got him Anna!!"

Eater doesn't react too much, he just huffs and continues rubbing his eyes.

(I should've put this in way earlier but I didn't think about it, but here's a song for the epic battle of Eater vs Anna and Glory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlXC5lkkgI&ab_channel=MrSmegheneghan )

Dreamcatcher knew what was going to happen he seen the red lights from his Fairfin but the Dreamer didn't have time to react before she popped. " tck! " he covered his eyes with his arm.

The guards didn't know what was going on, other then the snappy Fairfin went off and now they were blinded to, which neither one of them liked " hold on! " one shouted as the other summon a weapon at the ready.

Anna on the other hand did not waste her opportunity when freed, she took the knife from her friend and used the closest liquid source to her, Catch's hot chocolate...

The Tiger Fairfin placed her paw in Catch's hot chocolate and Humm the song of her kind, she then dipped the knife into it and then draw her weapon and pointed the blade at the Nightmare

Dreameater slowly lowers his hands and squints his eyes after Anna's already got the knife pointed at him, but he soon begins to realize what's happened... "Hey! Hey Anna, you don't have to take this so seriously!" he first protests and pouts, sensing the holy affect of her magic on the knife, but then another realization sets in. "... Wait... WAIT!! NOO!!!" he shouts, standing up and slamming his hands down on the table in front of him, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE HOT CHOCOLATE ANNA?!?! WHAT DID YOU DOOOO?! YOU'VE RUINED IT!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D DO THIS TO CATCH'S HOT CHOCOLATE!!!"

Morning Glory sits down on a nearby back of a chair again and covers her ears when Eater starts roaring.

The tension in the room was high that even the Dreamer prince could taste it " tck!"// maybe letting them go at each other wasn't the smartest call//
Catch was quickly was trying to get his eyes to focus on what was going down, all he knew was Eater was Shouting and Anna wasn't the only one to be hostile but guards as well.

When the surroundings began to come back into focus his emerald eyes first went on to the Nightmare who was making the most noise and movement, then it went to who Eater was obviously shouting at, Rihanna held her blade tight in her paws in front of him boldly unfazed, then his eyes went to the not the two guards but 5 now surrounding their table with weapons draw, and then he looked past them at the few frightened on Lookers // this got out of hand real fast...//

Catch waves his hands in a calming motion" alright, how about we calm this down a few notches?" He suggested with a nervous goofy tone, he then cuts his eyes towards the guards and adds in a more serious tone"
before the Queen gets involved and we're all on big trouble"

Anna didn't move from her spot, she wasn't going to back down if Eater wasn't " ruin it? I didn't ruin it?! It's been Enchanted! It's still drinkable! If anything it could actually be helpful!
Hot chocolate doesn't do anything but taste good and warm you up! Which yeah, is good and helpful but it's not a cure or medicine! So it's not ruined! "

Morning Glory looks between Rihanna, Dreameater, and all the guards around them, and frowns, coming to the same conclusion as Catch. //Alright Anna, I think it's time to put the knife down,// she says telepathically to her friend, then she says out loud, mostly to Eater, "Just drop it, Eater, you're going to get in a lot of trouble if you keep acting like this, and I don't want you to end up being locked in your room the first day after waking up..."

Dreameater glares and growls at Rihanna, but he's been sensing the rising tension from everyone else as well, and as much as he hates Anna, he does get Glory's point. "....... Fine! I'll ignore this little roach then, but I'm getting rid of that cursed chocolate!" he snaps, though he doesn't move to do anything just yet, not with all the Vaseterm with their weapons drawn nearby. "I'm not going to freaking kill anybody, I'll just get rid of that /stuff!/"

“Ah, um..” Crystal had to think about the best way to explain. “I guess a good way to describe it was quiet..” she started, “We kept to ourselves most of the time and were pretty distant from the rest of everything. As much as we could be at least. I didn’t leave home much at all.. But, I didn’t really mind too much and just kept busy with various things and activities over the years. It wasn’t a normal way to live, but it was enjoyable and calm for the most part.”

Thinking about it, Crystal wondered what it would be like to go back to that kind of life.. She had been scared and technically in hiding, but it was calm and quiet, the only real threat to her being the Ruler.. Letting those thoughts sit in her mind a moment, she realized wasn’t sure she’d want that again. At least, not exactly. The calmness of it would be nice, having a true home again would be too, but for as much danger she had faced on this key hunting journey, part of her did enjoy the freedom she has gotten to experience along side it and wasn’t sure she wanted that taken away again if put back into that kind of situation, even if it was an easier one.

With Crystal's description, Fiona immediately found herself wondering why her family would live that kind of lifestyle... Did it have to do with the way her world was? Then again, she felt she had experienced something a little similar.
"Hey... I kinda grew up like that, too! I didn't get to leave our camp that much--especially when I was smaller. It made visiting the ground extra exciting, though!
...Plus, with the time I spent at home, my family helped me figure out I wanted to be a Shadow Hunter.

I bet the reasons why it was that way are totally different, but it's cool to think we've got that in common!"

// Grrrr, He started it! But fine. I don't want Catch or Weaver to get in trouble because of this moron// she was starting to put down her weapon when the Nightmare insulted her" what did you call me?!" The Tiger Fairfin snapped pointing the knife more fiercely, she glace at the guards and then her friends " hum! I'll let you off the hook this time moron "

Catch looked to the guards and gave a nervous Goofy face as he said " see, everything fine and work out " he then reached over and grab his partner by the Scruff of her neck " I'm just going to take my sister to the bathroom and get her cleaned?"
Anna let out a squeak getting picked up but she didn't resist, she just tucked her lower half like a kitten dose when picked up and still holding her knife.

The girl looked over at Fiona when she mentioned she had lived a similar situation and proceeded to explain a bit more.

Hearing it made Crystal smile a little. Even if their situations had most likely been different, it was nice knowing someone else also understood a bit of what it was like. “Yeah, that is pretty neat,” she replied. “It’s nice you’re family helped you figure out what you wanted to be, too." She paused briefly, then said "If it’s okay I ask, what made you want to be a Shadow Hunter? Did you have any in your family?”

"Sure it's okay!" Fiona nodded, "I mean... You already know I've got some... Weird stuff with my magic. That's one reason why I stayed home a lot." She shifted a little. The Elemental wasn't used to being so open about that part. Especially after she'd sort of been forced to share more about it, since she no longer had the strength to even carry Shockwave.

"I wanted to help my family out, especially since I couldn't do anything with weather. So when dad started showing me stories about heroes and Shadow Hunters... I thought if I could be like them, I'd be able to help not just my family, but other people, too! And fight bad guys! It... Was my biggest dream." A sheepish smile came across Fiona's face.

"And my uncle is a Shadow Hunter! ...I'm not usually supposed to say that, but you... Already know we're related?
It's... Uh... Supposed to be a secret."

"I am /not/ a moron," Eater growls back at Rihanna as he sits back down in his chair and sulks, crossing his arms and clenching his sleeves. He casts some glares over at the guards, who still have their weapons drawn, and eventually he snaps at them and says, "You can put those things away, I'm not going to do anything!"

Dreamcatcher gave a sigh as he got out of his seat, he looked to the main guards that had been accompanying them " Eater will be fine, you might not believe it but he true to his word then most people, so can you give him a bit of slack? "

The male Vaseterm rise his head up slightly, he didn't like Nightmares, no one here did but so far on their record Dreameater was surprising low on they're Criminal list, if they went by his records they wouldn't even know he was a dark creature " alright, everyone stand down "

" thank you " Catch did a small bow of his head, he then cast a sad smile towards the Nightmare, he felt bad that Weaver got dragged into all of this mess to " I'll be back in a bit " he mumbled // look after him Glory...//and then he headed off towards the nearest bathroom

Dreameater huffs in annoyance and nods his head at Catch. Afterwards he looks over at Glory and complains, "Seriously! You'd think I'm some Omega Nightmare or something! I've got /way/ better control of my temper than these people think! And I keep trying to tell them, I keep trying to tell them I know better, but..." He growls and continues to sulk.

Morning Glory sighs and replies, "They don't know you very well, remember... And you're an unusual Nightmare, too. They're going to have to get used to you, just like you're going to have to get used to them." She then replies to Catch through telepathy, saying, //I will, I'll try to get him calmed down and maybe Weaver can come out again.//

Dreameater doesn't reply to his Fairfin, and instead glares at Catch's cup of hot chocolate...

The male Vaseterm gave a sigh for the others to leave.
The woman one tuned and address the few people who were in the room " everything fine! You can go about your business, nothing to see here "

The male Vaseterm was curious about what the real fuss over thr hot chocolate was about " so? What the deal over the hot chocolate?" He went to grab the cup to examine the liquid substance himself.

-----

At first the Dreamer prince didn't say anything as he walked.

The door to the bathroom open with a Swoosh and he went inside, he didn't have to worry about locking the doors the door did that on their own when someone went in and would unlock when the person got back in front of the door.

"... I went to far huh?" Rihanna whispered

Dreameater jumps up again almost immediately when a hand reaches out for the hot chocolate, and he shouts, "DON'T TOUCH THAT! DON'T DRINK IT! IT'LL KILL YOU!! IT'S CURSED!!!" He lunges with his right hand to grab the cup, but then he stops, being too afraid to touch it with his bare gloved hand, and he doesn't want to grab the Vaseterm's hand either, so after a brief hesitation, he swats the guard's hand away.

Morning Glory shakes her head slightly and hops off the back of the chair, landing on the table now near Eater and giving the guard an apologetic look.

The guard was so confused, he could since there was some kind of magic coming from the hot chocolate but it didn't seem evil " huh? " He went ahead and picked up the cup.

---

Dreamcatcher didn't reply at first, he couldn't get mad at her, it wasn't entirely her fault and he could have stepped in sooner but instead let them go at it "... Yeah, you did " he started and set his partner down in the in the sink.

Anna colors turned pale and she set down her weapon.

" but Eater shouldn't have said those things ether..." Catch gave his sister a soft smile and added as he rubbed her head " I think you did what Weaver would have wanted you to do "

Dreameater's twitchy eyes dart frantically between the cup and the guard, he flexes his fingers anxiously, and he looks like he isn't sure whether he should lunge at the guard to get the hot chocolate away, or if that would spill the dangerous liquid in the cup. "... Nnng.... Hhnnnggg... Y-you...!? The cup...! Aaaaa...!"

"... Eater... You can calm down... It's not going to hurt him, and I don't think he'd purposely spill it on you..." Morning Glory tries to comfort her partner who suddenly seems terrified.

As she listened, Crystals eyebrows knitted together slightly, but her expression was soft as she picked up on the Elementals discomfort at first. Undoubtedly the issue with her magic was a difficult subject to talk about..

Fiona’s story, and hearing her say it was her biggest dream to be a Shadow Hunter, made the girl smile a bit more, “That’s really great. I think it’s amazing you saw so many positives and felt so passionate about it. With the little knowledge I have of the Shadow Hunters, I’m not sure I could have ever been.. courageous enough to take that kind of path.”

Crystal then nodded at what Fiona mentioned lastly, “Oh, that’s right,” she said, then added with a small laugh, “Don’t worry about the secret, I won’t mention it to just anybody,”

The guard held up the cup and examined it from all sides, he made a few serious thoughtful sounds, and even took a sniff the the hot chocolate.

-----

Rihanna ears rises with that and her colors came back slowly "... Eater a real jurk, I hate how Weaver stuck with him "

Dreamcatcher soft smile faded " yeah... me to... " he looked up, he didn't like it ether but there was hoping they could find something to free Weaver and to save the Dreamer species from the Nightmare curse, he said a little prayer in this thoughts.

"HE SNIFFED THE HOT CHOCOLATE!!" Eater shouts, slamming his hands on the table again and digging his fingers into it. He's staring intensely at the guard and not blinking...

"Eater... Eater, it's ok," Morning Glory says, going over and patting Eater's arm, to no effect.

The guard lowered the cup and blinked a few times at the Nightmare, he never seen one freak out over something like this " what the big deal? Isn't it just honest water or something that you're little fairy do?" he wasn't going to be serious but he closed one eye and looked at the hot chocolate more closely " if it that then what could be so dangerous about it?"

----

" but we'll change that, we're going to help Weaver and everyone else, now starting with cleaning you up "Dreamcatcher smirked and set the knife to the side and began to wash his Fairfin off

"It'll KILL! NIGHTMARES!!" Dreameater shouts, flinching when the guard moved the cup, "It'll freaking KILL YOU!! And it's not even WATER, she did the spell on HOT. CHOCOLATE!! It's... It's...!!!"

"Eater," Morning Glory says, trying to gently shake Eater's arm, "Eater, he's not a Nightmare. You're the Nightmare. He's not going to make you drink it. It's ok."

"Hot chocolate is supposed to make you feel /better!/" Eater continues to protest, not taking his eyes off of the cup, "But Anna RUINED IT!! It'll KILL PEOPLE now!! You need to get rid of it RIGHT NOW!!"

"Thanks a bunch! I was already pretty sure we could trust you..." Fiona said, a faint proud look on her after hearing Crystal's compliments.
"I still wanna run on that path! Even if things haven't gone exactly the way I thought they would...
Y'know... You're pretty much already on the path a real Shadow Hunter takes, too. You're still fighting for the good side with us. I think you've been /really/ courageous!"

Something about that stuck with the Elemental. Things didn't quite fit together. "...But... With the kind of life you've lived, and if Shadow Hunters are new to you... How /did/ you end up with our group...?" She had no ill intentions with her thought process, but said it in a rather bold manner. This realization only hit her a moment later, so she quickly added, "...If you don't mind me asking!"

The Vaseterm rise an eyebrow at the Nightmare " you dark creatures really don't like this stuff? Good to know" he then looked back at the cup, he did wonder what it tastes like but he wasn't going to try anything he didn't understand fully, Fairfin and Dreamer alike were odd creatures " well water in it, so what the big deal? Hot chocolate just hot water with chocolate added to it, and this one got this honest water in it now? " He pointed at Glory " how do you make it? "

" Wheatley your starting to sound like Hagatha " the female rise her eyebrow at him.

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Anna Splash Catch " hay! I'm not the one who needed a bath!"

She giggled and did it again.

Morning Glory briefly glances at Wheatley, but only briefly, as her partner's reaction is much more concerning to her. "Um, I'll explain it to you sometime later, ok Mister Wheatley?" she tells him, then swallows and looks up at Eater.

Dreameater's eyes darken when Wheatley mentions what hot chocolate is made of, almost fully turning black this time, and he gets eerily quiet... "... Did you just say... Hot chocolate... is made with water?" he asks in a rather threatening tone.

//At this point, I don't know what can be done to calm him down...// Morning Glory thinks, biting her lip and turning various shades of green. "E-excuse me, Wheatley, why don't you just go and take that cup somewhere else for now, ok...?" she asks the Vaseterm guard with big, pleading eyes.