Hearing footsteps emerging from the back of the cave, Armen turns to greet his friends. "Guys!"
Drake, who had been talking to Grayson and Mia, looks at his best friend, waving. "Hey Armen!"

Armen laughs slightly, rushing over to the three. "Dude, what took you so lo-"
Once the new strangers were in his sight, the boy stops in his tracks and screeches. "HOLY JESUS WHO ARE THEY?!"
Quickly, Mia puts a hand over his mouth. "Oh my god, please don't freak out. We'll explain everything later, okay?"
Armen nods as the elf drops her hand from his mouth. Grayson goes over and nudges the boy forward. "Introduce yourself, I swear they're good."
"Grayson please, i'm not a little kid." The boy rolls his eyes and waves his friend off, walking to the other group.

Despite saying this, he still spoke softly. "Ah, hi. I'm Armen, nice to meet you!"
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Rage stared at the dark-haired boy, making him uncomfortable for a moment, before grinning. "You're almost like another Evanz! Say, are you Welsh too?"
Hollow groans. "Oh goddamnit RAGE. NOT NOW."

They go back to bickering, leaving the other two among the Crew to introduce themselves properly.
"It's nice to meet you too, Armen. I'm Evanz." The welsh replies, shaking Armen's hand.
"Hey, i'm Fluke. And the two idiots fighting again are Rage and Hollow. Hollow being the blue-haired one." Fluke added, shaking his hand as well.
Armen smiles slightly. "Well, you all seem nice. But why ask if i'm Welsh?"
Rage's voice pops in. "BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WELSH YOU'RE A SHEEP-"

Smack!

"THE JOKE IS DEAD GET OVER IT!" Hollow exclaims.

"IT'S NOT DEAD UNTIL I DIE!"

Wack!

"Why you little-!"

Lots of hitting and yelling came from the two as the others laughed.
"Ahah, man. You guys sure are weird." Drake, who walked over to see what all the commotion was about, commented.
"Yeah, but not as weird as us, i'm sure." Mia joins in as well, smiling.

"Oh please, you have no idea-" Fluke stops for a moment.
He thinks silently, wondering about something that the four adventurers wouldn't have known of.
"Uhh, Fluke? You alright?" Grayson asks, waving a hand to the blank stare the blonde had.
Shaking his head, Fluke raises a hand to stop him. "Hold on."

"Hey guys!!" The blonde calls for the two friends' attention.
Thank god he did, because Hollow was pretty close to punching Rage.

In the face.

Hard.

Which would probably knock him out cold.

"What??" Hollow asks, dropping his fist and letting go of the red-wearing male.
"Oh thank god." He whispers under his breath.
"This isn't over." The blue-haired male whispers back.

"Can we still do our..." Fluke started, then started waving his hands around in strange gestures. "You know, thing?"
"Ah, the 'thing'." Hollow thinks to himself aswell. "I guess I can give it a try."
Drake, Mia, Grayson and Armen watch in confusion.
"Thing?" The mage asks.
"Hopefully, you'll see what we mean. I'll be doing the honors, if you all don't mind?" Hollow looks over at his three friends.
Evanz and Fluke give the thumbs up, and, while Rage does the same, he does it begrudgingly.

Nodding, Hollow attempts to step outside.
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"WAIT!!" Grayson quickly grabs hold of Hollow.
"Agh! What?? What is it?!" The blue-wearing male screeched, instantly backing away from the entrance.

The ex-commander quickly peeks his head out, looking around. Apparently the three had been in the cave long enough for it to be late afternoon, meaning no signs of the Empire. Nightmares haven't appeared yet either.
"All good?" Mia asks, peeking outside as well. "Oh wow, were we really in here for that long? It's going to be night again soon."
"Yeah, It's strange." Grayson replies.

After a few more seconds, the blonde nods, then turns and gives everyone else a thumbs up.
"We're good, for now."
Drake and Armen breathe a sigh of relief.

The Crew, on the other hand, had confused looks on their faces.
"Uhhh..?" Fluke drawls, not really sure what to say.
"What was...that about?" Rage asks, crossing his arms.
"We'll explain later." Drake replies, laughing anxiously. "It's quite a....'story'."

"Okay...?" Hollow looks over to Grayson.
"May I?" He questions, gesturing to the cave entrance.
Grayson nods in response. "Hah, yeah, go on ahead. Sorry about that!"

"Alright. You lot may want to stand back, or find a wall to lean on." The blue-haired male continues, walking a little ways away from the cave opening.
He stops in a small clearing, with little branches scattered across the grass due to the four adventurer's running.

Drake leans his back on the cave's wall, Grayson right next to him. Mia stands not to far from them, arms crossed. Armen stands with the other members of The Crew; Fluke leaning on Evanz, and the other having his arms crossed as well. Rage keeps his eyes on his boyfriend, waiting and hoping.

Hollow picks up a stick from the ground, holding it close and centered to his chest, inbetween his clasped hands. Closing his eyes, he starts humming a strange tune. This lasts for a moment, before he kneels onto the grass, placing the stick on the ground. Then, Hollow puts his hand softly onto the grass, feeling it slightly until he stops at a certain spot. "Hmm..."

While this whole thing is happening, Grayson whispered to Drake. "This looks really strange. Do you think it could be a type of magic?"
The ender hybrid shakes his head. "No, i've been the only mage for god knows how long. There's no way-"

Hollow clenches his hand into a fist. He stands up abruptly, raising his fist high into the air.
Suddenly the ground shook, the trees dropped more branches and leaves, and birds cawed. Then, it stopped, and a giant water sprout emerges from the ground.

He opens his eyes, heaving as he looks above him, the excess water from the sprout raining onto of him. Looking at everyone, Hollow smiles cheshirely.
"Well, that answers that!"