Sora had looped back after getting Pride had left Pisces. He'd taken his stones, and now she was bringing Simon's back here in the diamond basket, draped around her neck and bumping into her chest as she moved. It had been by scent that she'd sought out Morganite, and her ear flicked with distaste. Hadn't they all agreed to leave Canis? Still being here, imposing on the Bonebound--? She was almost regretting this decision.

Since leaving, Sora had earned several new scars (rather fresh) in her flank and shoulder, and stomped on the ground as she noticed Morganite's black form over a ridge of bones. "Hey," she called, less of a greeting and more of a way to get her attention. Sora did not hold the warmth Morganite might have been used to her in her voice, and it was abundantly clear that this was not her coming here to apologize. "We need to talk."


@morganite

Morgan was thin. She stayed here for Charles and Pumpkin, and that was it. She didn't have much reason to leave. Hunting wasn't her forte, but she was making do. She was plump, before, but now she was thin. At least her ribs weren't showing.

"Hi, Sora," she said, some kind of fruit in her front paws, "How are you, are you well?"

At least she still had manners. Despite being exhausted, depressed, and whatever other issues she had.

She looked up, green eyes dull, but she perked up the moment she saw the basket, forcing herself to stand. Her ears went up and she craned her head, trying to see what was inside.

@Sora

Sora eyed her -- the hog was in good shape, despite her scars. She'd been eating and exercising regularly, and the Warrens had more greenery than Canis did -- plus she wasn't above scavenging other Gembounds's kills or snatching fish from the shallows. But Morganite's wellbeing was none of her business. "Yeah, I am," she grunted, and tipped the stone gently out onto the ground. However, she had a leg in front of it, and raised her chin as much as she could.

"I'm going to give you this," she grunted, knowing there was no mistake about to whom it belonged. "But I'm going to make sure you understand something first, alright?" Sora waited for Morgan to respond.


@morganite

What-

Simon.

Morgan froze and took a step back, ears pinning. Simon. The tiny little selfless baby who always coiled around her neck and never said anything but a kind word.

"... What- where did-", she sputtered, and looked up at Sora, breath hitching.

She went to Hydra.

"Y-you could have died!", she exclaimed, her tail low, "Sora- I-I-"

She could barely speak, so distressed over the hog going back, her body shaking.

@Sora

Sora snorted. "The worst thing that happened to me or Pride was the heat and our own screwups." Her head inclined slightly, and she noticed Morganite's disarray. She didn't bother pointing out that it wasn't the hybrid's business anymore -- she wasn't cruel. "I'm making you a promise here," she said, her voice getting softer and hardened by a dangerous edge as she looked down at the stone. "I will give you his stone. I will let you revive it. I will let you have some part of him back, even though it won't be his mind."

She frowned. "But if I ever hear that you've been treating him like you've treated me, if I ever hear that you're dragging him into your trauma instead of letting him live free from it, and if I ever hear that you talked to him like you've talked to me..." She met Morganite's eyes again. "I will take him back, and I will treat him better. Do you understand me?"


@morganite

strong language

Morgan was furious. Her eyes blazed and she hissed, fur on end.

"How... dare you," she said, marching forward, "After all I've done! I made up with Charles and Pumpkin- I've been good! I haven't said a word to anybody about anything that's going on in my head!"

Morgan felt her face grow hot as she started to sob, so angry that she couldn't stop it.

"God- even now you can't get past your own sense of 'I'm right'! You're not right! You're just an asshole!", she yelled, stamping a foot down.

She could barely breathe, struggling to keep herself together and not attack the Gembound in front of her, "You didn't just turn your back on me, you know! You left Pumpkin and Charles- they didn't deserve that! You're fucking selfish!"

Her head hurt and she bit her lip to try to stop crying, tears streaming down her face, "If you really fucking cared, you'd come back and apologize! That's all I want!"

Her chest heaved with her sobs, and she stepped back. She didn't trust Sora. She wouldn't apologize. She was too stubborn and enough of an asshole to spit in her face instead.

@Sora

strong language

[lowkey suicidal ideation] [psychosis]

Sora narrowed her eyes and scooped the stone back into her basket. "Grow up and look at yourself. Pumpkin doesn't need us anymore, especially doesn't need me, and I don't want to be around Charles right now. I don't want to hear about all our fucking problems every second of the day and all the pricks who made it happen. I just want everything to be QUIET for once! Your problems are not the only fucking problems that matter, Morganite. Have you even considered how I might feel? How the Trial might have affected me? Here I was, willing to give you a chance -- willing to give you Simon back, to give his stone to you instead of keeping it when I damn well should have -- and you throw that back in my face." She shook her head, and just... snapped.

"Take a fucking guess, Morganite, and look past your own goddamn nose. I was proud of myself. I adored my body. I didn't have antlers or claws or sharp teeth 'cause I didn't fucking need them -- I loved how I looked. And then the fucking Merchant ripped that away from me, just like he ripped away my family, and while I was trying to keep that to myself like a fucking adult you call me disgusting as if I didn't already fucking KNOW THAT and you have the nerve to get upset when I'm angry about it!"

She stamped her foot. "I have voices in my head, Morganite! I hear the Merchant telling me every fucking minute of the day how I am worthless and how I couldn't protect them and how I should have died instead, and you know what? Maybe I fucking should have. Then I wouldn't have to listen to you bitch and moan about how I hurt you."


@morganite

strong language

"What happened to our family, Sora?", she asked, ears pinned, eerily similar to what Sora had said, so adamant about things not changing.

"You can't even get your own thoughts straight!", she snarled, "Everything has been quiet, everything has been just fine! You're a coward and you don't consider anyone's feelings but your own because you don't give a rat's ass!"

Morgan hissed, an ugly sound, "You're pitying yourself. You're pathetic! Look past your own nose you fucking hypocrite! Fuck being the bigger person- be a good one!"

"You can shut the fuck up about giving me a chance! You never wanted to!", she snarled, spit flying, "You just wanted to make me upset! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE!"

Morgan was shaking, seconds away from losing it, if she hadn't already, "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU I HATE YOU- FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! GO TO FUCKING HELL! LEAVE MY FAMILY THE FUCK ALONE!"

She lunged forward, ears pinned, teeth bared, "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME YOU GOD DAMNED NIGHTMARE!"

Tears and snot and spit ran down her face, her eyes wide and bloodshot. She couldn't take this anymore- if she didn't leave she was going to hurt her.

@Sora

Sora shook her head and turned away, her throat tight as she tried not to cry. There was no need for weakness here, not when she was facing someone who had made herself into an enemy. The hog flicked an ear, and laughed a bitter laugh. "You said it yourself, Morganite. Things have to change because they did." She didn't care if Morganite had anything to say to that -- she was already leaving, the smokey quartz sliding gently against the bottom of the basket as she walked.

/exit sora, unless physically stopped
@morganite

Morganite let out an anguished wail and threw a bone in Sora's direction, uncaring if it hurt or not. She turned tail and bolted, tears streaming down her face. She disappeared soon enough, sobbing brokenly, running off to her den.

She didn't need Sora.

@Sora
Exit Morganite.