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Grian tossed and turned in his bed before shooting up abruptly, he groans when he realizes he's still in the stupid game. The avian teamed with Zombie Cleo and Etho this time around and is trying his best to not cause problems if he can help it. the avian has lost all his memoires and sees everyone as netrual at the moment, but something keeps plauging his mind, its in his dreams and nightmares but everytime his wakes he can't remmber what he's forgeting.
Grian untangles himself from Etho and Cleo before heading down stairs to pour himself a glass of water when he hear footsteps. Grian wips his head around nearly spilling his cup. In the shadows lies glowing purple eyes "Whos there?" Grian asks placing his mug down. No responce, as the bird man steps closer a light turns on up stairs removing the dark corner reveling nothing to be there. "I swear I'm losing it" He mumbles to himself rubbing the temples of his head.
"Grian are you ok?" Etho asks coming down the stairs Cleo behind him. "I'm fine" Grian lies, the two had taken in the stray bird like he was an injured animal they just wanted to keep him safe. "Are you really fine?" Cleo asks moving beside the avian. "I'm fine i swear just- I just feel like I'm forgeting something is all" Grian sighs picking up his mug and sipping his water from it. "I think everyone has that feeling" Etho states pulling himself up on the counter.
"Its not just forgeting, its like theres something i need to do, its important but i can't put my finger on it" Grian groans leaning back on the counter. "Maybe its your secert task, maybe your forgeting something you need to do for it?" Cleo suggests. "Maybe" Grian sighs placing his cup in the sink. "Maybe Scar can help, he keeps claiming his sunflower farm is healing" Etho suggests. Scar, Scar, the other players name rings in his head but he has no memoires of knowing him before this.
"I'll ask him" Later Grian headed out on his own to the sunflower feilds. There he found the Scar covered man making some unfair trades in his opoion but Grian isn't one to spoil a good swindle. Once Gem had left Grian approched "Grian! welcome to trader scars, what can i do ya for?" the chipper man asks a glint in his smile. "help and counseling hopefully" Grian says, Scar nods and leads him out to the porch. The two sit down in the rocking chairs under the oning. "whats plauging you my friend?" Scar asks "Its just, i feel like I'm forgetting something, something I'm suppost to do, I don't think its related to my secert task at all though" Grian admits wrapping his small wings around himself.
"I see, you want the help from the healing powers of the sunflowers?" Scar asks Grian rolls his eyes "This is serious Scar, I don't need some cheap deal to get a life, i need help" Grian stated, Scar looked a little offened "Grian, you take me as a swindler of goods? how dare you, I promise i'm not scamming you friend, I'm the up most loyal, I'll even make you a deal" Grian listens "go on" the red sweater man says. "If for some reasons my sunflower tonic doesn't help you in your endeavors, I'll owe you my life and you will owe me nothing" Scar states. Grian nods "and if it does?" he asks waiting for the catch.
"Then you owe me loyalty while on green and yellow, and nothing more" Scar says sticking out his hand, "do we have a deal?" the man asks. Grian contemplates for a moment before shaking the man's hand, it felt familiar somehow. Scar smiles "great!" The vex says standing up and heading back into his shop to come out with a yellow liquid in a glass bottle. "this is honey infused with my lovely sunflowers, mix a spoonfull in a glass of hot water or tea and memories should return but its not instant it will take time" Scar states handing the bottle to Grian whos still skeptical.
"thanks" Grian mumbled "anytime, tell your friends about your amazing exsperance at trader scars!" the cheerful man says waving Grian away, and the avian can't help but smile, he likes that vex guy even if he still isnt sure who or where he came from. Back at base Grian put the honey in his tea and sipped it carefully, once the cup was gone Grian waited going about his day. After awhile Grian forgot about even drinking the tea, and after setting the server into chaos with Etho, Grian was feeling pretty good.
That is until the team of three arrived home. "I'm turning in for the night, whos on watch?" Etho asks "me" Cleo says Grian yawns "I'm also-" the bird didn't get to finsish his sentance before flashes of the past lit up in his brain. him, scar, on the edge of a cliff side, Grian was re living the event, he stood there staring at the vex he barely knows, Scar smiles softly at him "its only a game pretty bird, we'll be ok i know it" the moment flashes to Grian holding his lifeless body covered in blood. When Grian open his eyes again he ran to the sink puking in it, the image still fresh in his mind.
Cleo held her hand on the bird's back "its ok G, get it out" she says comforting. Grian wipped his mouth standing up. "Are you ok G?" Etho asks Grian shakes his head "he-" the image flashed again "He was dead in my arms, i- i killed him" Grian says Cleo and Etho look at each other confused "who?" the zombie asks "Scar, i killed him" the avian says it not quite settaling in his head. After that Grian couldn't sleep the image so vivd everytime he closed his eyes.
The sun rose and Grian chose to just not to even attempt his secert task today, he couldn't stomach anything as he stared at the celing, Etho and Cleo told him to send a message in chat if he needs them before they headed out leaving Grian to his own devices. When he finally decided to stand up another wave of flash backs came through this time muliple from diffrent points in time. One of another player, Pearl, laying next to him with a smile "love you too idoit, now go to sleep" she says, another one of Pearl flashes from the past though, fear in her eyes yelling for Grian to stop, for her brother to stop. The scene Abruptly switches to Joel, another player, yelling his name before being slanned by a sword. Then he was up in the sky leaning over the edge, Joel holding his shoulder as they watch Jimmy fall, his brother he some how knew, Lastly an image of him cuddled up to Scar while listening to people talk like old friends.
Grian awoke on the wood floor bdubs standing above him. "You ok Grian?" he asks sticking out his hand, Grian takes it allowing the gaped tooth man to pull him to his feet. "Pearl's my sister?" Grian says confused, "Whoa really?" Bdubs says Grian completly forgot he was there. "yeah, umm" Grian was dizzy again, aparently thats an after effect he's going to have to tell scar about. The avian moved to sit down against the wall "Should i get Etho and Cleo?" Bdubs asks, Grian shakes his head he doesn't want to bother them, "I'll be fine" Grian mumbled. Bdubs didn't believe that for one moment, he sent out a whisper to both Cleo and Etho who appeared with in minutes.
Cleo crouched down beside him "whats wrong?" she asks, Grian felt the room spin "I'm fine" he mummbled automatically "No your not, you look sea sick" Etho says. Cleo picks the small bird up carring him to the bed and laying him down. The two teammates take care of Grian until he can sit up once more without the world spinning. "what did you see this time?" Cleo asks sitting beside him. "Pearl and Joel" he hummed Cleo nor Etho spoke letting the avian take the floor.
"Pearl's my sister" he says "and me and Joel teamed up at some point" he states staring a hole in the blanket. "i feel sick" Grian groans leaning his head on Cleo's shoulder. "I know, I'm going to have a talking too with Scar about this-" She was cut off with Grian falling forward shaking. Grian woke up again, this time he was cuddling Scar, the Vex tighten his grip around the avian, it felt so real, that was until a roar errupted in his ears resulting in a ringing he couldn't take.
Covering his ears Grian closed his eyes waiting for the sound to stop, "make it stop" he grummbled, snap, like that silence. Grian relaxed he was in a feild, it was dark, he was surrounded by torches and Scar was sitting in front of him holding his hands. He said something but didn't quit catch it, next thing he knows he's melting into a kiss with the vex. That wakes the avian up pretty quick, sitting upbruptly up in bed Cleo and Etho sound asleep next to him. He must have been pasted out for hours. Even though the bird felt dizzy and disoriented and it was two in the morning, he felt the need to find Scar, so standing up trying not to fall over and not let the nausea get to him, the bird grabbed his sword from the wall before heading out into the night, he was going to find out what he was missing, and maybe just maybe, its been in front of him all along.....