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[ There's a perfectly ordinary hallway that branches off from one of the main, leading to a downward staircase. If one were to walk down, they would notice how the walls and stairs themselves are decaying, changing as the steps go down from the regular floors and ordinary wood to stone. It leads down, not too far, to a long series of underground tunnels. Mostly man-made, but with natural formations as well. The sound of water running can be heard to the left and loud, scraping footsteps to the right. Which direction would you take? ]

[ooc: open post because I'm bored. Choose anyone. ~~From KH, anyway.~~]

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You have sssome exssperiencsse with them? That would be a great help to me, but would they sstay if they were moved elssewhere?

[what would be really cool would be if he could find a place just like his current den, but not in Radiant Garden. that would be awesome.]

Loads of experience. They're amazing. I think they'll go where the food goes, you know?

[He considers it.]

If you let me take a couple at the start I'm sure I can breed you enough to keep numbers up if they do end up leaving.

[he's looking much more interested in the whole thing now, plus finding someone who not only knows about this stuff but is willing to help is fantastic.]

Of coursse, that would make thingsss mucssh eassier! Are you ssure you do not mind?

Definitely not. You busy now?

[He is totally willing to come over and investigate oh em gee.]

No, we could go now, that would be fine.

[gosh u. i'm sensing an impending timeskip, since his den is all the way over in Radiant Garden. but who knows, there's probably still plenty for them to talk about on the way. he's uncurling and turning back towards the stairs, in any case.]

Awesome.

[Once he's far enough down he'll jump to the ground, thankfully not fall into the water, and quickly move to follow. Timeskips are totally awesome things and should be used in instances like this, though they probably do have plenty to talk about.]

[well, we can say they talked about some stuff on the way, and then the other stuff can be talked about later or another time or whatever. so, timeskip to when they arrive at his den? he's doing the naga equivalent of hustling, because it's still cold and he does not do well with cold. at least there's a nice wave of warm air when he opens the door into the building.]

[That's fine, Aden walks fast. Long legs, you know. The cold doesn't really bother him, though, and the heat will come as a small surprise.]

Do you have heaters set up?

Yesss, Nami helped me with them. He helpss me with lotsss of thingss.

[inside, it's just one big square space, with blankets tacked up along the roof line all the way around to keep the cold out. there's a shallow pit in the back filled with blankets, and a pile of beanbags in one corner. there are three heaters running, all plugged into a generator that's whirring away. a string of blinking Christmas lights is hanging over the door. but the MOST interesting thing is the sizeable pile of bones against one wall, in varying states of clean-ness.]

[Excuse me as I make my way right over to the bone pile. Actually, he's looking around at everything with some pretty intense fascination. He loves snakes. They're practically kin to him ~~and food and toys and everything else~~, so naga are pretty equally amazing. If not more so, because he doesn't know completely how they work. Yet.]

This is amazing.

Isss it? I only have the thingsss I need to be comfortable and happy.

[there's a crate full of in-progress things made from cleaned bones and leather, with some larger things next to the crate. if Aden goes close enough to Axel's nest, he might spot a somewhat scruffy-looking cat curled up among the blankets.]

Doesn't have to have any more than that to be amazing.

[omggg this stuff is all badass he has totally made a new friend. He's totally walking around the whole place investigating, but he's not touching anything. He's not that rude. He'll probably gravitate more toward the bones than anything, although seeing a naga's nest is pretty fascinating. Also wtf.]

Is that a cat?

[ :o he likes new friends! but he is honestly a little baffled by the intense interest in his den. the bone pile, yes, but the rest of it?]

Yesss, sshe appeared after I firsst ssettled in here, I think for the rodentss that came in for sscrapss from the boness.

[Naga are pretty badass, what can he say? Besides, he likes figuring out how anything works. Snakes are just one of his favorites, so naga are by extension. Hi kitty.]

Cool. Does she have a name?

[he looks past Aden to where the cat is, his head tilted, and then shakes his head. looks like the idea never even occurred to him.]

There hasss never been a need for one. I ssupposse I sshould think of one.

[the cat, who is affectionate towards Axel and tolerant of Nami is no longer sound asleep, and is watching Aden warily. if he appears to be moving directly towards her, she's going to get up and leave.]

Only if you feel like it.

[He doesn't name half of his pets. But that's because half of his pets end up as an experiment, or dinner. Or both. He's not moving toward the cat, because he knows he smells like other, weirder animals, and dead things, and that can be off-putting.]

[well, it's something to consider, anyway. he nods and moves to turn one of the heaters down, because it's pretty damn warm in here.]

The beetlesss mosstly sstay under the sscenter of the pile, ssso you might have to dig a bit.

Oh yeah.

[He moves back to the bone pile then, reaching into the inside of his coat to pull out a small, empty plastic container.]

That's fine. Not the first pile of bones I've gone digging in.

If you find any sskullss and want to keep them, you may. I do not have mucssh usse for them.

[and now he's sliding back out the door for a moment while Aden does whatever. he'll return in a minute with a frozen half of what appears to be a pig, slung over one shoulder, and heaves it onto a folded tarp by the wall opposite the bone pile. mmm, lunch.]

[Wh-- Holy shit. Aden watches him go, surprised and a little speechless. This is awesome. Why are naga so fucking cool.

He'll return to Aden already having picked out a couple bones from the pile, but carefully. He ditched his coat on the floor, too, and is in there up past his elbows. A couple of the beetles may or may not already be on his arms. Either way, he looks back up when Axel returns, eyes on the half-a-pig.]

[uhhhhhhhh if i had to theorize it would be because they aren't humans. /um. maybe Aden would like to either help Nami teach Axel stuff or just take over for some of it, now that Nami's busy having a heart and everything.]

I gather you like inssectss?

[He would like to. So much. Oh man that would be amazing, even if he could just help on occasion.]

Yeah. They're kind of a big thing where my dad comes from.

[He's careful not to hurt or squish any of them. He pulled out two more small containers when he shed his coat, and is now carefully placing one in each.]

Along with other thingss many humanss find disstassteful, yes? I remember I assked if the very young verssion of you wasss perhapss part ssomething not human, becausse of the noissess he wasss making. I wasss told that your father iss not human, but I wasss not told what he wasss insstead.

[it's really interesting to him that Aden's being so very careful with the beetles. also yeah, he should totally talk to Nami and ask about it. is he patient and good with analogies?]

[Aden grins brightly at that, clearly proud of his little self. Also yes, gosh. He has to be patient, look who he grew up with.]

Nah. I'm afraid I can't tell you, either. You're right about that first part, though.

[He screws the lid onto the second container, then holds it up to look at the beetle from below.]

Insects, the dead, monsters... They're all celebrated on that world.

It isss no wonder you were sso interessted, then. I finds humansss very interessting, sso perhapss this encounter will have been a good thing for both of uss.

[he gestures at the space around them, including himself and the bones in the motion, and then slides closer to peer at the container Aden's holding. he's never really taken the time to look at the beetles.]