Nexus and DLI. Coming Home

[dens_extra_pups]

Hardy: *finishes 'Loch Lomond' and then gets a rotten grin on his face as he starts playing something else. 'Yellow Submarine', to be exact*

Ironhide: *frowns and listens a moment, but then puts down his drumstick and starts playing the beat with his hand and fingers*

Senaiji: *waits the right time to join in with his guitar*

Bathilda: *eyes dancing as she joins in with her little oboe*

nexus Kae Yau: *stops swapping BS with her alter sister and stands to belly dance with much chest motions and foot stamping*

Cora: *joining in on the big trunk that always sounds like a base drum* :D

Yau Fei and Thomas: *baby flames trilling along as they dance*

Denver: *blank look for a moment, until she recognizes the song, then she's snorting and joining in at the right moment*

baby: -Yellow mamarine! Yellow mamarine!-

Lady Yau: *laughs and feeds fire babbies bits of flimsy*

Cora: *dancing as she sits and drums*

nYau: *hair tossing as she dances to the finale of the tune, is making little bell like puffs of flame in time to the beat*

Tobias: :D

Ironhide: *challenging look as that song ends, and then he's drumming the beat to 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da*

Hardy: *laughs out loud as Bathilda joins in*

Denver: *more snort* -Y'u're a dork, 'Hahd.- *affection*

Ironhide: *drumming*

Cora: *joins in*

nYau: *never missed a beat with her dancing*

Thomas and Yau Fei: *neither did they!*

Senaiji: *dancing a little in his chair as he plays*

Bathilda: *tapping her foot to the beat as she plays*


elsewhere


Jake: *looks up from where he was staring into the campfire in the dragon nest* D'yall 'ear th't?

Beau: *quietly* Shhh. *listening*

Jesse: *starting to grin as Dallas reaches for his guitar* Fairy music.

Jethro: *has pulled out his penny whistle and is now playing along softly, his eyes serious*

Dallas: *joins in as Jesse scoots for her house*

Beau: *going to get his fiddle, a slight grin crossing his face*

Dixie: *small frown* D' y'u 'eah th't music, Beau?

Beau: Yes'm. Ah'mma join 'n 'n a moment.

Matt: *perks as he hears Jake start drumming. Hurries to get his instrument*

Dixie: *chuckles softly and goes to make sure the music makers here have drinks*

Epps: *out there rocking out as he bangs on a rock with a stick*

Jesse: *laughing at him even as her violin sings along to the music she hears*

Will: *dancing with his wife and actually grinning*

Annabelle: *also dancing over there with the Epps kids and Lizzie*

Lizzie: *rockin' out!*


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Ironhide: *finishes the tune and then lifts his brows and looks at Hardy as he hears other instruments also finishing up*

Hardy: *breath catches as he hears that. Eyes glisten*

Denver: *trying not to wibble. She heard the others joining in, too*

Ironhide: *and then he's snorting and joining in as he hears a penny whistle start to play 'Another Brick in the Wall'*

Hardy: *laughs and also joins in*

Senaiji: *listens a bit and then grins and starts up*

Denver: *laughing muchly now*

Bathilda: *wrinkles her nose at her friends, eyes dancing with delight as she joins in*

nYau: *dances with the other people that she can hear*

flame babbies: *poofing!*

Lady Yau: *singing in the Ifiri tongue!*

Ironhide: *starts singing the words in his deep voice*

Senaiji: *will just join in. And go a bit wide-eyed as he hears other voices also singing with them*

Denver: *has to stop playing for a few moments. She's getting a bit weepy because she remembers what a fan of Pink Floyd her dad is*

Bathilda: *just stood up to dance even as she plays*

Cora: *looks around as she distinctly hears another set of pipes take up where Denver's left off*

Hardy: *eyes widen over his flute*

Denver: *surprised by that, looks up*

Lady Yau: *also looking up*


elsewhere


players in the nest: *don't look up as a mist starts rising up around them*


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Lady Yau: *eyes go to her husband* Ye feels t'at, lad?

Hardy: *looks a bit spooked as he lowers his flute without a break in its music* Aye...

Tobias: *fur poof. Is sitting up and looking around*

Denver: *a bit wide-eyed now*

Fiona: *suddenly just there as the players start over, her eyes sweeping the room even as she pipes*

Hardy: Och... *looks spooked and tearful*

Denver: *startles*

Senaiji: *has the outline of his other form showing faintly around him even as he studies the first Piper*

Ironhide: *ditto*

Cora: *frightened* What's happening?

Hardy: *softly* When folk 'o fae blood've got nae place in t' world...

Lady Yau: T'ey as leaves it.

Fiona: *nods and pipes*

Denver: *deep breaths to calm both herself and the baby, then she's joining in once more*


elsewhere


Savoy: *frowns and looks around as he hears the sweep of music that seems to come from all around him. And then he's cursing and startling to his feet as the stone circle that he and his men have been watching just fades out of sight*

Monique: *quiet gasp from where she'd been standing in the gap in the circle and looking out at the forsaken, barren landscape of Iceland. It's not barren out there now, or forsaken. Animals and birds flourish in a landscape that looks semi tropical*


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Cora: *looking around her as the music softly dies away, her eyes wide as she mistily sees a huge circle of massive stones, and a campfire, and people she doesn't know*

Fiona: *nods, and then turns and fades from the living room as she walks toward the people in the nest*

Denver: *falters a bit when she sees the misty view of the circle of stones*

Ironhide: *puts down his drum and goes to get the lemon curd jar before bringing it through the mist and over to Dallas. Offers a spoon*

Dallas: *startled squawk, and then he's laughing and reaching for the spoon*

Denver: *getting up and moving to approach Jethro*

Jethro: *startled by the sudden appearance of someone he doesn't know, is giving Ironhide a confused look*

Hardy: *just swooped through the mist and scooped Dixie up to spin her around* Aunty!

Dixie: *startled squeak*

Fiona: *hunkered by the fire talking to Will, Sarah, and Epps*

Bumblebee: *is wondering how the unprintable he wound up small. Or he was before Mikaela just tackled him*

Jethro: *YELP! Just got sideswiped by Denver*

Optimus: *steps out of his shelter, blue eyes quizzical over a blond beard*

Jesse: *stares at Optimus, then looks at Bumblebee before whooping and racing toward her house. A startled male yelp follows and is abruptly cut short*

Jethro: *trying not to cry as he hugs his daughter and is hugged by her* Whah kin Ah see y'u? 'Ow'd y'u git 'eah?

Beau: *just added himself to that hug and is crying as he squashes his sister and father*

Denver: *crying and hugging family tightly*

Ironhide: *looks up at that, and then has another spoonful of curd* *gruffly* Things'll be alright now.

Dallas: *raised brow* What'd you do?

Ironhide: *snort* You did it.

Dallas: ...Huh?

Ironhide: *nods toward Hardy* Recognize that mook?

Dallas: ... *looks. Surprised curse!*

Ironhide: Yeah, me too. He says if fairy people don't have a place in a world, they leave it.

Monique: *voice raises up over that of children picking wild strawberries, bots wondering why they're small, and tearful reunions* HEY! ANYBODY SEE THE DRAGON KIDS?

Denver: *startles badly*

Ironhide: *looks that way with a frown of concern*

Dallas: Oh, no... *worried* Frankie, Frieda, and Ismakiah aren't in their beds?

Lady Yau: *moving to put a pipe in her mouth and light it* T'ey's back wit' t'eir parents, safe 'n sound.

Fiona: *looks over from where she's explaining things by the fire and nods* Aye. Someone'll need t' tell 'em about the door.

Will: Door?

Char: *comes in then, supporting a green-skinned man as her husband is sidetracked by happy children and wild strawberries*

Hattie: *sees Char and obviously hurt guy. Going to fuss!*

Denver: *watches Hattie* Th't's Ku'Tar Ahronmaul. 'E lives wit' 'Hahd 'n me.

Ku'Tar: *so relieved to see Ironhide sitting and scowling at him, and Denver also present* Oh good. They know.

Hattie: *nod* Now c'mon 'n sit next t' th' fahr, 'on. *in fussy Granny mode*

Char: *gets him settled, and then strides over to Denver, her dress swinging around her bare legs* Denny, y'u know what jus' happened? *ignores Jethro and Beau hugs*

Denver: Our famileh's fahnalleh safe.

Char: *looks around* Dat too. But I meant t'yer place.

Denver: ... -'Hahd, wh't 'appened t' oah place?-

Ironhide: *scowls* -How should I know?-

Denver: *small frown* -S'meth'n' 'appened t' 't...- *to Char* Ah 'ave no ahdea.

Char: *points to the south* It's right ober there.

Ironhide: *gives Dallas the jar and his spoon and gets up to go look*

Ku'Tar: It's in this land now. So is the Island of Funk.

Char: Yeah. *absently tries to wave Hattie away like a bug*

Denver: *wry amusement* Blame th' fairehs.

Fiona: *amused as she walks over* T'was yer doin'.

Denver:... Blame me th'n.

Char: Thought ya said ya were a fee, Denny. *teasing look in those gruff eyes*

Denver: *thrrpts cousin* Says th' gal livin' 't th' bottom 'f th' sea.

Char: It ain't under no sea no more.

Denver: ...Huh.

Ironhide: -No. It's not.- *shows her that island laying a couple miles offshore*

Denver: ... *so confused now*

Fiona: They were both bits of a whole. And now the land's all together.

Ironhide: *vast amusement at something he just saw*

Denver: *looks to see what has Ironhide amused*

Ironhide: -The men can go from this reality to the one they just left. Bobby just jumped out and told Savoy boo.-

Denver: *amused snort* -Th't doofus.-

Ironhide: *shows her the look on Savoy's face after he fired at a misty-looking Epps and nothing happened*

Denver: *cackle*

Hardy: *looks over from armful of Matilda and being BJ pummelled* What is it, Denny?

Denver: Epps made th' git look stupider th'n normal bah jes' lookin' out!

Hardy: *gently sets Matilda down and socks Marcus, then strides over with BJ's head under his arm* What git?

Denver: Savoy.

Hardy: *stiffens and looks over at his wife, who is watching beside her alternate as the fire dances and poofs*

Lady Yau: We's safe, Hardy. Far sight safer t'an if'n we were actually t'ere.

Hardy: Was wonderin' if you wanted t' go 'n make their acquaintance.

Lady Yau: ... *wicked smirk*

Hardy: *so much trouble in that grin*

nKae Yau: *chuckling* T'at's me "Trouble" grin!

Senaiji: *quietly* Also known as "Duck and Cover."

nKae Yau: 0_0 *shocked look for Senaiji, then she's cracking up*

Lady Yau: *smirk turns into a toothy grin that reveals her fangs* Aye, 'tis.

Hardy: Let's not keep the vistors waitin'.

Lady Yau: Pillar o' fire? Or jes' walkin' up 'n sockin' th' git?

Ironhide: *listening in through Denver* -Tell them jump scare. Maybe let 'im see Hardy and Char first.-

Denver: *and now she's got a wicked smirk on her face* Jump scare. Char 'n 'Ardeh go first.

Char: *quizzical scowl* We can't go ta dat place anymore'n you can.

Hardy: We don't needta. *laughs and goes running out through the gap in the rocks*

Char: I'm in dis stupid dress.

Denver: Go scare th' *poop* outta 'em anehway.

Char: *sudden light of trouble in her eyes as she turns and runs after Hardy* *is going to moon Savoy with her shorts*

Lady Yau: *such a wicked smirk, will rush after Hardy and Char, turning into flames the moment she's through the gap*

Ironhide: *feeling of hands in pockets as he watches*

Denver: *follows Ironhide through the gap then moves to lean against husband, and slip her hand in his jeans pocket on the side opposite to her*

Savoy: *half-convinced he's hallucinating, will raise his gun and try to fire at the misty forms of two people he knows are dead... and one who was reported to be dead* *part of it is shock, and part of it is anger at seeing that Denver is expecting*

Lady Yau: *FLAME ON!!!*

Optimus: *had quietly followed* *now BOT ON!*

Savoy: $&$#$#$#$##%$!!! *stumbles backwards, gun going flying*

Cemetery Wind soldiers: *panicking and firing at the visions before them*

dliSenaiji: *suddenly PINpoints in overhead, inadvertently roaring at the sensation of his trip*

Ironhide: *thinks that the timing of that, and its effect, is hilarious. Can barely stand due to laughing*

Denver: *cackles and has to hang onto husband, though that doesn't seem to be terribly easy at the moment*

Ratchet: *from behind them* Must you cause trouble everywhere, Ironhide?

Ironhide: *laughs harder*

Denver: *wheezing now!*

Ratchet: *wants hugs! Stop laughing!*

Hardy: *garbled due to similar laughter over where he is* Look... LOOKIT th' blighters run!

Denver: *sudden startle. Then, mortification*

Ironhide: *shocked look of concern, and then he's PINpointing her home to change her clothes*

Hardy: *sobered at the vanishing. To the Hugh Laurie look-alike they left behind* What's wrong? Where'd they go?

Ratchet: *looks so startled* I... don't know the answer to either question.

Ironhide: *absent reply to faintly felt Ratchet confusion* //Leak.//

Ratchet: ... Something about a leak? *still confused and a bit zonked from interrupted rest*

Hardy: *understanding and contrition as Char cracks up* Och! Poor Denny!

Ironhide: *meanwhile, explained better*

Ratchet: *boggling now as he understands*

Hardy: *shakes his head, and then looks at his wife and chortles* Should we bring somethin' fine ta eat?

Lady Yau: *grin* Aye. Let's make t'is a proper party!

Hardy: *glances toward the nest* Yuffie should be safe here whilst we fetch the feast.

Lady Yau: *nod* Aye. The kids're arter feedin' 'er 'n Thomas bits o' paper.

Hardy: *offers an arm*

Lady Yau: *takes the offered arm*

Hardy: *and off they go!*

Lt. Wyatt: *just got out in time to see that* What the flying freaky farfle figgits?

Char: *laughter breaks out anew at that phraseology*

Ratchet: I... don't have a good answer for that, Lt. Wyatt.

Ironhide: //We'll be back once we've got something for everyone to eat. Anything you want to try?//

Lt. Wyatt: ...I'm going back inside. If anybody else vanishes, I can't fix it, so nobody bug me.

Ratchet: Er... Alright. *to Ironhide* //...What do you mean?//

Ironhide: //You can eat human food now, numb-bolts.//

Ratchet: //...// *boggling now*

Char: *stretches, and then looks around, side-steps, and vanishes*

Lt. Wyatt: *throws up her hands, makes a dying cow sound of frustration, and storms back into the nest*

Ratchet: //...// *trying to make sense of what you just told him, Ironhide. Hear his confused, brain-broken sound?*

Ironhide: *snidely repeats something Ratchet has told him more than once* //I don't understand mumble.//

Ratchet: *quietly, sounding a bit dazed* //What happened to change me?//

Ironhide: //It happened when you crossed the barrier.//

Ratchet: //...// *quietly* //Hurry back.// *today's been a rough day for him, and he needs familiarity right now*

Ku'Tar: *walks up beside Ratchet then* *quietly, in that gravel-filled, deep voice* I will bring you to my master.

Ironhide: //Follow the green guy.//

Ratchet: *slight start, but then he nods* *out loud and over comms* Alright.

Ku'Tar: *holds out a hand. The other is tightly gripping a wolf-headed staff*

Ratchet: *will reach for the green being's hand*

Ku'Tar: *instinctive sidestep that brings himself and Ratchet to the strawberry lawn beneath the oak tree*

Glock: *runs to meet them with her tail up*

Ironhide: *waves from the porch*

Ku'Tar: *can't stoop to pick the little cat up, so he sticks out his leg for her to climb*

Glock: *soon up on a shoulder and making friendly sounds to the new guy*

Ratchet: *looking around cautiously*

Ironhide: *grumbles* Denver, I have to go rescue the old woman from the oak tree and the cat.

Denver: *snort* Be nahce. Y'u freaked out wh'n y'u first got changed.

Ironhide: *replies aloud and internally as he steps down off the porch and strides toward his brother* Did not.

Denver: -Did too.-

Ratchet: *confused frown for Ironhide* What did you allegedly not do?

Ironhide: -I freaked out about corpses in the turnovers.- *to Ratchet* None of your business. Stop loafing out here and keeping Ku'Tar on his feet.

Ku'Tar: *watches master gruffness and scritches Glock ears*

Denver: -Y'u still freaked.-

Ironhide: -It wasn't about changing.-

Ratchet: ... *small frown, will try and scan Ku'Tar*

Ku'Tar: *is slowly recovering from grievous injury which nearly caused him to bleed to death*

Ratchet: *soft, surprised sound as he realizes he still has all of his scanning capabilities*

Ironhide: You're not all human. *sucks in a breath and then holds it and pushes so that he can briefly manifest his other form*

Glock: *interested in that as always. Sits on Ku'Tar shoulder and curls tail around feets*

Ratchet: *startled blurt, butt on ground*

Ironhide: *facepalm* Look. I can't carry both of you. Get ahold of yourself.

Denver: *coming over now* -'Hahd, quit breakin' Ratchet's brain.-

Ironhide: *looks over at her* Do you have everything packed?

Denver: Ah got 't all packed. *moves to help Ratchet up, carefully*

Ironhide: *turns and runs to get the boxes*

Char: *sidesteps into sight, a bag of fresh fruit in one hand and her husband behind her with a huge package on his back* Dat's kinda fun.

Ironhide: *looks at her, and then gives her a box. Picks up the other three and turns to walk back to Denver, Ku'Tar, and Ratchet*

Char: *slight smirk as she follows*

Denver: *snorts at Char* Y'u're a dork.

Char: Why? 'Cause I listen t' stuff? *shows her the fruit* Went 'n grabbed some food.

Denver: Y'u jes' are. *smirk*

Char: *snorts* Les' git dis stuff back dere. Softy wouldn' lemme bring a moa.

Ironhide: *from where he's supporting Ratchet and holding boxes* We got a dinochicken.

Denver: Le's git th's show 'n th' road.

Ratchet: *dumbfoundedly studying his own hands*

Denver: *snorts at husband* 'N 't's a dahnoturducken.

Char: *mild interest* Dey're dat big?

Ironhide: *snorts*

Ku'Tar: *quietly thanks Jonas as he's given a shoulder of support*

Ironhide: *sidesteps and brings Ratchet back to Ratchet's own house. Looks around* It shrunk.

Ratchet: *surprised sound as he sees that someone's added a mattress and blankets to his bed*

Ironhide: *looks that way too and grins* Go lay down while I bring this stuff to the hall.

Ratchet: *small nod, will move to lay down on the bed*

Ironhide: *gruffly* Everything's going to be alright.

Ratchet: *very small nod* I-If you say so...

Ironhide: *as he caries the boxes out of the house* I made it.

Denver: *moves to cover Ratchet with one of the blankets* Git s'me rest. We'll check 'n y'u 'n a bit.

Ratchet: *small nod*

Denver: *will move to help Jonas support Ku'Tar as the men come in*

Jonas: Should we lay him down in here too? *glances after Glock as she jumps down to snuggle Ratchet and purr*

Denver: Th't mahght be a good ahdea. 'E c'n keep 'n ah 'n Ratchet.

Jonas: *quick glance around for another bed. Spots a nice examining table and nods toward it* Will he be alright there?

Denver: 'E usualleh sleeps 'n a pelt 'n th' floah... Ah trahed t' git 'im t' sleep 'n a bed 'un tahm...

Ku'Tar: *quick, worried look to Denver. Wants nothing to do with beds!*

Jonas: Here. *found the rolled up mat that somebody left in the corner by Ratchet's bed*

Denver: *to Ku'Tar* W'ld y'u keep 'n ah 'n Ratchet? 'E needs t' rest, 'n 'e's Ahrnhahd's brothah.

Ku'Tar: *apprehensively* Yes, Lady. *doesn't realize that that rolled up thing is a bed like he'd like*

Jonas: *unrolls mat and unscrews the valve so that it puffs up nicely. Closes valve and drops mat on the floor* There you go.

Ku'Tar: *mild astonishment now*

Denver: *soft chuckle* *moves to help Ku'Tar lay down on the mat*

Ku'Tar: *big man settles slowly* *quiet gravel* I'm sorry for troubling you, Lady.

Denver: *gently* Y'u ain't done th't, Ku'Tar.

Ku'Tar: *quietly* Thank you.

Jonas: *has stopped in the doorway* *quiet surprise* That's a lot of food.

Denver: *moves to look* *impressed whistle*

Lady Yau: *arguing gleefully with two human form Bathildas, the Lamont and MacKenzie ladies, and Monique Epps and Sarah Lennox about the arrangement of a massive feast as dliSenaiji watches over the side of the nest*

Jonas: *goes to bring his load of fruit to where the rest of the desserts are sitting*

Jesse: *scoots over and slips an arm through Denver's as Char comes to lean on the wall to the other side of the brunette* We's home, Denny.

Denver: *nods, hugs cousins* 'N we's safe.

fox: *small and white, her blue eyes are twinkling as she darts over and dances in front of the trio. And those eyes are familiar*

Jesse: *soft gasp*

Denver: *puzzled sound*

fox: *over to Denver and puts a paw on her knee. Those bright blue eyes dance as her little pink tongue pokes out and vibrates in a raspberry*

Denver: ... *not sure what prompts her to say this, but it just seems to fit* Chrisseh?!

fox: *sparkles and swirls upward into a slender form* Thanks, Denver.

Jesse: *gasping squeak, hand and hook to her heart*

Char: *grabs Chrissy and squashes her hard*

Denver: *MUST HUG!!!*

Chrissy: *even though she's breathless she still manages to squeak. And do it again after her sister joins the glomp*

Denver: *crying now as she hugs her cousins*

Jesse: *softly* Now th' famileh's home. Les' parteh.

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