They'd ditched Jayberry somewhere a long time ago and hadn't returned to the tunnel ever since. She'd pleaded for them to stay but at this point, Agony was fucking down with her sniveling uselessness, always crying about how Blackberry had abandoned her and way too depressed about Shimmerberry. Yeah, that had sucked a lot, but that useless sack of shit had died cycles ago and she was still all worked up about it.

Fuckin' annoying as shit.

So. With no reason to be sticking around anymore besides those loving familial bonds, Agony hit the road and hadn't really stopped. There really wasn't anywhere to stop, so they just forged ahead aimlessly, sometimes pausing in places for a while, a few days at a time, although they'd taken it easy in Orion for a full cycle, but they always picked themselves up and continued.

What a boring, pointless existence.

Wrapped up in dull, mindless thoughts, they almost missed Huckleberry through the trees. They'd been in Eridanus for a couple of days now, just kind of walking around. They'd passed by the Kingdom's garden, but had avoided it pretty widely. Flowers weren't really their thing, but there were at least plenty of easy, lazy mice around.

But they jolted to a stop when they caught sight of the strange hybrid because thought immediately sprung to mind. They could just barely see the blue set between their eyes and it sparked an old thought into their head. They needed a better look.

"Hey!" He called out into the trees, a little rudely, barging through the undergrowth to get closer. "Hey I'm talkin to ya! Hold up!" They stomped up until they were right in front of the hybrid, eyes squinting to try and clear the fogginess from their gaze. It was certainly easier to see it up close - it was still blurry but it was enough.

It looked a bit like a young moose, with wings and clawed feet, and it immediately connected in Agony's mind, after all the stories Jayberry told about her dumb family, that they had to be facing one of her siblings. It could be...Elderberry? No, that one had a long neck and a bird's beak. Oh, and he was fucking dead. Perhaps Baneberry? She was more moose-like, no? But Jayberry had called her massive, as big as their father. This one was barely taller then Agony. Then it must be Huckleberry.

"Hey, you Huckleberry?" they blurted out, eyes narrowed, and tensing a little. Jayberry had called them a sniveling coward, but that was fuckin rich coming from her. This former Bloodberry could still be dangerous.

Agony sneered. So maybe Jayberry was actually onto something, calling Huckleberry some useless whelp. He basically freaked out when they showed up in front of him. Agony's paws folded over their chest a little angrily at the less-then-warm greeting from a family member, but they supposed it only made sense, since they were, uh, not really a typical hybrid. "Uh, I'm asking. Duh. The name's Agony. And I know your name because my mom talked about you sometimes. And, you know, the rest of your fuckin family." Maybe it wasn't a good idea to bring it up, Huckleberry looked a little tense, but Agony didn't seem to care.

In fact, they very much wanted to see how shocked they'd be when they told him their dead name. Ah, yeah, that'd be funny. To be honest, if they attacked, Agony probably wouldn't mind. Dying would be nice. So they uncrossed their arms and opened them up, giving him a crooked smile. "You might know me better as Gojiberry. And my mother's name is Jayberry. She told me all about you."

Agony burst out laughing at Huckleberry's reaction. Oh, yeah, that was good! That was excellent! They haven't seen a reaction like that in a long fuckin time! ""Hey! No need to freak out! I'm not gonna hurt ya! I ditched my mom, she's a pathetic piece of shit. And if you call me Gojiberry I'll fuck you up, got it? I'm Agony." It probably was a baseless threat, seeing that Agony wasn't really fit to beat anyone up anytime soon, but they still frowned seriously.

The expression passed a moment later to just an arrogant grin. "Uh, I don't really want anything. Just saw you in the trees, kind of, and thought I'd say hi. Family should get to know each other, right?"