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[gemigod]

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Steven lives in Helian's Glade and can usually be found somewhere in the gardens. Letters can be left on his bed, which is made of moss and several supernaturally large blooms, or the drawer filled stump where he keeps his belongings. He is responsive to network communications but prefers not to speak one on one over them.

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[gemigod]

[Steven doesn't mind getting into the water, so he'll follow along, even if part of that is because he's a bit taken aback. Yet, it wouldn't exactly be fair to complain.

It seems like a lot of trouble to court, stacked on top of a great pile of already existing trouble, but he can't exactly say he disagrees.]

...you'll never get a better chance than this, huh?

[He sighs, but it's with a tone of agreement.]

I guess we'll see if she even notices.

[hippocarnival]

She'll notice. [Those trophies are her pride after all.] But I won't let her know it was me.

[He lets go of Steven's hand, finally, so he can start washing his.] I didn't want to let her have them after what she did to them.

[gemigod]

It's not like I can blame you.

[Steven doesn't have any specific reason to be in the water, but it's a nice summer night, and so he figures he may as well go for a swim while they're out there. He bobs down beneath the water and then emerges, shaking water out of his mane.

Stress is mounting in his chest, but he doesn't want to call Yuya out for doing something that is pretty comparable to his own actions. He is doing his best to take it gracefully.]

We just... have to be careful, okay?

[hippocarnival]

I'll be careful! [Yuya turns around to face him as he lifts a leg to start rubbing the dirt off.] I had help, so... I'm not going to give her any idea who it was.

[gemigod]

[Steven looks a bit more surprised at that part.]

Really? Who?

[hippocarnival]

Um... His name is Laios. He's kind of new. [Yuya assumes Steven's at least introduced himself, because he's that kind of friendly person.] I don't want it to get out he was involved, because... he's one of Calor's servants.

[And also because it would put a target on him.]

[gemigod]

[Oh yeah, that guy. Steven has seen him around. There's seemingly been a lot of new people, recently.]

Wow, yeah... Did he say why he was doing it?

[hippocarnival]

He was helping me. [Yuya shifts on his feel so he can wash off his other leg.] Well, at first he was just moving her trophies so they wouldn't catch fire, while that was happening... but I asked him to help me bury the ones that used to be servants. and he did.

[gemigod]

...Huh.

[Steven is sort of surprised by that - that he'd go from doing something helpful for Calor to actively stealing and destroying her stuff on a dime.]

I guess he didn't realize what they were.

[hippocarnival]

I told him! [Yuya huffs, slightly offended. He's not duplicitous enough to trick someone into helping his schemes. Laios just... went along with it. He didn't really ask after his thought process.] It's wrong that she hung her servants up like that, right?

[gemigod]

[Steven's ears fold back, looking somewhat spooked.]

Of course, it is! I just meant that... he must not have realized what they were when he was just moving them around before you showed up...!

[hippocarnival]

Well, he's pretty new so she probably didn't have time to brag about them first. [He absently twirls his finger around a honeysuckle vine, pulling slightly.]

[gemigod]

I guess not.

[Steven sinks back down into the water, up to his chin. Either that, or Laios is profoundly weird. It's not clear which is the truth.]

[hippocarnival]

[It's both.

Yuya untangles his hand, watching Steven sink further into the water.] But even if they're off her wall, I'm not going back to the kitchens unless I have to.