Blaza stared at the moon above him, shifting on the semi-sturdy branch he'd climbed up to.
He'd found and climbed the tallest tree he could find on the edge of the forest, hoping for some solitude so he could think. Ever since Socks had escaped (it's been 2-3 days at this point) he'd been on edge. Though, he felt more conflicted then anything. It didn't make sense, the evidence was right there! And yet, he still doubted his former friends' potential actions.
He was pulled from his thoughts by some rustling beneath him. He tightroped to the edge of the branch, grabbing it and swinging to the one beneath to get a better look.
He wasn't sure what he'd expected, maybe a rabbit, or wolf, but that wasn't what he saw. Nope, it was Dinosaur carrying an unconscious TbhHonest through the woods at the dead of night. He almost fell off the branch, but instead steadied himself and stared. Dino seemed to have noticed the noise, and looked up at the tree curiously, his face lighting up when he noticed Blaza.
"Blaza! Thank goodness, I found Tb passed out in the woods, I-I think he got sick or something." The furry blurted in a single breath.
Blaza glanced between Dino and Tb for a second, just now realizing how pale the crab man looked. Realizing he was just sitting there while Tb had who-knows-what wrong with him, he jumped down from the tree, and ignored the slight pain from falling from that height as he helped Dino walk back toward his base, where the two of them lived. they arrived in a few minutes and laid Tb down on a spare bed, and Blaza left to see if he could figure out what had happened to Tb, leaving Dino and the crab alone.
Dino waited a few seconds to make sure Blaza had left before whispering "he's gone."
Tb sat up with a yawn. "Finally. I almost fell asleep for real." He said jokingly.
"Alright, so there's enough stuff here for me to make contacts that'll make your eyes look brown again. Everything else we'll have to figure out later." Dino ranted, standing up and going through some chests nearby.
Tb eyed him confusedly. "Why is there stuff for contacts in a guest room?"
Dino shrugged. "I dunno. There's a lot of random crap everywhere. Me and Blaza aren't very organized, but it's convenient." He passed the freshly-made contacts to Tb, who had them on rather quickly. (Dino makes contacts fast ok?)
"So uh, why were you in the woods anyway?" Dino questioned, sitting at the foot of the bed.
"Looking for Socks."
"I knew that, but Why would Socks be in the woods?"
"That's where he escaped to."
"What did he escape?"
"The Gulag?"
"WH- sorry, what?!? Why was he...?" Dino lowered his tone in fear of alerting anyone who might've been nearby. Why would Socks have been in the Gulag?
"Because he killed Meme? At the wedding?"
"The what?"
"Do you really- ok. You know Wiktoria, right?"
Dino nodded.
"Her and Meme got married, but Socks shot Meme."
"Wh- How... Is he... is Meme dead?" Dino stammered, half to the air.
"Yes." Tb answered solemnly, though Dino couldn't shake the thought that he sounded more as if he were trying to convince himself rather then inform Dino.
"Why would Socks k-kill Meme? Aren't they- weren't they friends? Do you know it was Socks that...?"
"Yes. No. He didn't shoot him, he killed him. He killed him after he shot him." Tbh stammered.
Dino just stood there melting all his braincells trying to comprehend what Tb had just said. He tried to find words, but all he ended up saying was "What."
"Yknow what? You should probably ask someone else." Tbh said, only half-joking.

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Ah yes, a full chapter about Blaza in a tree and people getting killed after getting shot. L o r e

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