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“Hey Pomni you doing okay?” I hear Ragatha say as I’m snapped back into the conversation the others are having.
“Oh sorry I just zoned out there, I'm fine.”
“Okay Pomni just remember I’m here if you need anything!” Ragatha says a hint of concern in her voice.
I give her a reassuring smile before shifting my attention back to the conversation the others are having. Gangle and Zooble are chatting about today's D&D session, which Gangles been hosting for everyone lately, while Kinger sits contently staring into the distance.
“I was thinking of drawing more art for our campaign, do you wanna help out later?” Gangle says looking to Zooble for an answer.
“Yeah I’d love to Gangle.” Gangle's only response was a smile and a happy hum.
I let myself drift away from the conversation and back to my own thoughts. I should probably visit Jax, I haven’t had time to today since we had lots of activities planned today. I still made sure to visit Jax everyday even if I was busy, everything had been better recently but sometimes things still felt weird without Jax and his antics.
“I think I’m gonna visit Jax.” I say looking at Ragatha.
“Oh would you like company, I wouldn’t mind going with you.”
“Thank’s for the offer Ragatha but I think I’m gonna go on my own, I’m probably gonna be there pretty late.”
“Oh okay!” she said with a slight bit of disappointment on her face. “Remember I’m always here if you need anything.”
“I know thank you Ragatha, maybe we can hang out together some other time.” I say with a smile.
I stand up and wave my goodbyes to everyone as I walk out of the bar.
I arrive at the large tent that holds Jax and gently move the blankets that cover the entrance. The pillow ground is soft against my feet as I walk into the dark, cosy space. I see Jax's abstraction laying on the ground in the middle of the tent. I can tell he’s not sleeping because of the assortment of glowing multicolored eyes staring at me. His head raises up as I walk up and sit next to him.
“Hi Jax” I say as I settle in.
“Today was busy, sorry for not coming sooner.”
“Today Gangle hosted another D&D game. I'm sure you would have loved causing chaos in that.” I said with a chuckle.
“You know even if you were an ass sometimes I miss your shenanigans." Jax simply looked down at me.
“Not much of a response today huh?” I let out a half sigh, half sad chuckle.
“Oh yeah I haven’t told you about the character I’m playing have I?”
I start flowing into idle conversion about the day. Jax lays his head back down and looks at me listening. I wonder if he even knows what I’m saying, but that's besides the point as long as he knows I’m here. I feel myself drift into sleep as my eyes grow heavy and the soft floor seems to disappear beneath me.
I slowly wake up, and my surroundings began to become clear again. I’m still in the pillow fort, it's not uncommon for me to fall asleep here it's where I spend most of my nights. I look around and Jax is nowhere to be seen, which is weird because he’s usually still here when I wake up.
“Jax?” I call out, still half asleep.
I see a familiar abstracted head poke out behind a large pile of pillows. Jax walks out from behind the pillows and I can immediately see that something's different. There’s now two rabbit like ears on top of his head and in general he looks a lot more like a rabbit. I feel a bit panicked, what does this mean? None of the other abstractions have done this, is this bad or good? I need to tell the others about this.
“Um, I-I’ll be right back Jax!” I say as I quickly walk out of the tent.
I speed walk into the main area where everyone else is having breakfast. I walk up to the end of the table and everyone's attention snaps toward me.
“ Is something wrong Pomni?” Ragatha asks, worry evident in her voice.
“Something happened with Jax.” I say trying not to cause anyone to panic.
“What happened?” Asks Zooble.
“I think it’s easier to show you, Caine come with us, you're gonna want to see this.” I look at Caine and he nods.
The group sets out to the tent abandoning their half eaten breakfast. Pomni moves the blanket that drapes over the entrance and the group of colorful characters make their way inside. Jax, who was laying not far from the entrance, sits up as the last of the group make their way in. Jax looks at the assortment of characters before sitting back down uninterested.
“Whoa.” says Zooble looking at Jax with a mix of confusement and curiosity on their face.
“Caine d-do you know what this means?” Ragatha asks nervously.
“I’m… not sure, this has never happened before.” Caine says half of his upper jaw raised and his gloved hand to his face as he thought.
“It’s kind of cute though, he looks like a bunny.” Gangle says from beside Zooble.
Jax looks over at Gangle and glares at her, causing Gangle to let out a surprised squeak and shuffle behind Zooble.
“I think the best thing we could do for now is wait.” Caine starts. “I’m not sure exactly what's happening to him, but there's not much we can do right now.”
Everyone nods in agreement before slowly filing out of the tent.
“Are you gonna join us for breakfast Pomni?” Ragatha asks with a small smile.
“Sorry no I think I’m going to keep an eye on Jax, you can join me after breakfast if you want!” I say as Ragatha turns around with a nod.
I take a seat next to Jax. He opens his eyes for a second as I sit down before closing them again.
“Whats happening with you?”