((Solo post tonight))
"So... Angel will be okay, right?"
Rot hide his discomfort at the question by wincing as he made another stitch in his own neck. At long last, Om had returned with the hand, keeping it safe in his belly and riding atop a very sleepy but content Piore all the way back to the tavern. Om had attempted to sew Rot's unconscious head back on with the help of Alma's lithe legs, but there was only so much one can do without fingers.
Luckily, the immortal awoke with limited arm movement, just enough to take over the job himself with his remaining hand. "Yeah, she will be," he finally replied, tightening the last stitch and sighing in relief; it felt good to have his body back. Now for the hand. "The person she works with isn't the kind to let her die. Besides, I've yet to see anything stop her peppiness."
He smiled in an attempt to raise Alma's spirits. The girl had been rather distant and sad since returning with her large, clawed hands full of randomly selected books to the bar, only to find it empty. After convincing her to bring the books back, the body-rebuilding process had begun and Rot kept up his attempts to assuage her fears, even if he didn't believe it himself. More and more he felt his brewing contempt for Michael increase over the last few days. He still hadn't heard anything else regarding Key since curing her, perhaps to keep the two in the dark.
Alma yawned for the umpteenth time since yesterday, not getting a wink of sleep since the Angel incident. Now she was starting to relax, or the exhaustion was getting the better of her. "I wanted to dance more with her..." she mumbled, swaying where she sat on the edge of his bed. "She was nice... do you think miss Key likes to dance?"
Rot chuckled. "She just might, my dear." He paused, seeing her wobble. "Get some sleep, Alma, you're about to faint." Om and Piore hopped up on the bed right on cue. She opened her mouth to make some excuse but stopped when the little fox wriggled into her sweater again and poked his head through the neck with a happy purr and a sleepy yawn.
"Kay... night..." she mumbled and slumped onto the bed, instantly asleep. With both paws and teeth, Om pulled a blanket over the two and sat himself on a desk, watching the door like a loyal guard bear while Rot silently continued his personal repairs.
His mouth was silent but his mind was raving. So much was happening, so little time left to think.