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[jadewine]

[Quite frankly, the whole of this situation has Jae-Ha seething. This tree - this world - is nothing but a glorified cage. As pleasant as some of it may appear, there's no saving the fact that he's locked in, not to mention other people, as well. At the least, he seems to have caught on to that ray of sunshine, which he uses, but it's not as though it continues to erase all of the bitterness that comes with being here.

But nevertheless. —He seems more at ease, than not, when appearing.

. . . A certain White Dragon, though, just to the side of the screen, does not.]

This amber is very impressive, really. To think that conversing across distances can happen instantly was even remotely possible. . .

But ah- More importantly! My name is Jae-Ha, and I'd like to most humbly offer myself to assist anyone who would like a few lessons in flight, as I'm sure that coordination might be—

[He starts, only to be (rudely!) interrupted.] Jae-Ha! [It's clear the frantic, white haired dragon in the background is not at all happy with the situation, glaring at Jae-Ha from behind.] Your 'services' are hardly what is important right now. Get this off of me already!!

[That being Kija's gem is smack dab in the middle of his forehead, courtesy of some wonderful tree sap, therefore forcing the presence of his wings.]

Don't worry, it'll loosen up within a day. [or something]

That's too long! [He practically despairs.] I- I cannot stand to have these horrible things to be around for another second! AH-! [Nooooo] The Dragon Claw is sticky with sap now, too!

[Jae-Ha just lets out an exasperated sigh] They're a beautiful set of wings, Kija-kun. Now you can fly without any of my assistance, even. Take advantage of it. Your complaining will get you nowhere.

I REFUSE!! [Before Jae-Ha can do much of anything, then, a white scaled dragon claw reaches out and all but grabs his arm to get his full attention - and hopefully succeed in removing the stone, leading the feed to cut off short.]


[ooc: replies will come from either or both!]

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[thunderbeast]

[But Hak isn't an idiot. He knows which wound would be riskier.]

Do I still have use of the arm? [That's all the matters about his.]

How much damage did she take? Is she okay?

[backstory]

[ A frown. It's still sort of early and hard to tell, but- ]

Yoon seems to think that you will both make a full recovery. The princess has assured all of us that she is fine.

[jadewine]

Yeah. Either way, knowing you both, it'll be in no time.

[thunderbeast]

[Everything is finally processing a little and he's calming down knowing that Yona will be okay. He still is trying to get everything straight in his head though. He ticks off the points one by one on his fingers to make sure he has them in order.]

We're in the Water Tribe, which has drug smuggling going on that we're trying to get rid of.

Some pervert got drugged, so the three of us went to go investigate--and the guy was where she was all along.

The Princess tried to stop him on her own and sliced up his face, which pissed him off and made him put a hit out on her.

[Wait, he's missing something.]

Did her injury happen that first night?

[backstory]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Not during the occasion with Jae-Ha. But when we went to investigate. [ He frowns... ] The drugs are powerful, so it...took a few days to recover fully.

[jadewine]

[It has nothing with being a pervert, alright. Even in not being a stranger to drugs, it's not like this time he willingly took it.]

I wanted to try and let it be, for how deeply rooted the issue was, but Yona refused to let things be.

[He knew she was right, in the end.]

Many of the Tribe's citizens were addicts.

[thunderbeast]

Of course she wouldn't.

[The princess has a very strong sense of responsibility for the things that are wrong within the entire country.]

It's her country. She would want to help everyone.

[backstory]

[ He nods, eyes closing. She has a strong sense of duty which is admirable. And... terrifying all at once. ]

For now- it seems we have really disrupted things. Hopefully once we leave, things will only to continue to get better from here on out.

[jadewine]

[It's Kija he looks towards this time. Yet another time discrepancy, then.]

. . .Yeah. It was as you say. Things were resolved.

[thunderbeast]

[He nods. There isn't much he can contribute other than his dislike of this situation. Not knowing is something that doesn't set well with him.]

Is there anything else I should know?

[He can't help but feel there is something they are leaving out.]

[backstory]

[ . . . He dislikes lying. But would talking about it truly benefit him? He doesn't think so. Lifting a hand up, it ghosts across the bruise on his cheek. ]

The fact that the princess is safe and all right is the most important thing to me. Everyone is safe. That is all that matters I think.

[jadewine]

[It really is for the better. It's as Kija says again, too.]

Still healing, but otherwise things are fine.

[thunderbeast]

[He has to take their words on it. He's the one in the dark, after all.]

Good. I can't do anything about any of that now, so it's probably best to just focus on what can be done here now.