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His moment of simple, morning triumph was lost as the door to the house slammed open. Koit's expression all but vanished as everything seemed to hit the proverbial fan all at once. Blinking, dumbfounded, his eyes slowly moved as they tracked first Junior, then Nereus (entering), and then his adoptive father (leaving). It seemed to happen so fast he could hardly process anything happening at all.

What in the world...

"Uhh...."

Mouth ajar, he looked over at Siofra with clear confusion.

"What about the water wheel?"

Brief moments of pride stilled the turning wheels in the builder's head. All that was left was for everyone to hop to and get the tasks done. This waterwheel was going to be bigger and better than ever!


Huh? A voice offering to help? Turning around in air to face her new friend, Alma saw nothing but bushes rustling. "Are you shy? Don't be, I am Alma nice to meet you Pippopotomooses! Can I call you Pippop?" That name was a mouthful and on a job site shorter the better. Worked for her and Chal all the time.

Back to work, "Well, I am thrilled for the help! I need the wheel lifted and set back in place so I can secure it. Please." See, slow down enough and manners can catch even this nymph.

In an uncharacteristically striking moment of clarity, brought upon by the voiced challenge, the demon's hand rushed to touch the tip of his nose with surprising speed. It wasn't the first time such a challenge had been held, and given his movements, he was probably reacting out of reflex rather than any conscious movement. Blinking, he offered a smirk before looking to the last to react: his sister, Soliel. Without moving his hand or changing his expression, his eyes seemed to acquire a new light as he quietly, yet confidently, offered his serious condolences.

"We both know this is for the best."

Cackling loudly, hand still in place, he quickly turned to follow after Siofra before Soliel could react, calling out as he did so with a single hand raised:

"I'll send Remy your way to help if he happens to show up ~<3"

Nice idea.

By the time he arrived at the wheel, most of the sleep was gone from his eyes, yet he clearly was puzzled about the crowd and about what was going on. And about what he should do. So he did nothing, blinking and quietly watching the spectacle from nearby the bushes.

Living on the edge of town the commotion hadn't quite reached the Bel and her two kid's attention. Her brother was getting ready to do his errand running, and her mom was finishing the dishes in the waterbasin. Skylie had been shooed to go play so with cinnamon wrapped in her arms (facing away with her forepaws above Skylie's arms and her hindpaws dangling) the child skipped towards the center of the village blowing her bubbles as usual. The commotion at the water wheel place drew her attention and soon she was wiggling through adult legs asking anyone who would listen what what going on.



Darius had been about to head to start his own daily routine when he noticed the crowd at the waterwheel, "Well that's unusual" he told himself before changing directions and approaching the crowd looking towards the wheel a look of concern crossing his face when he realized something did not look right. "Hey guys" he greeted the pae there only partly catching what starry had said "Need me to do anything specific?" he asked

Oh, that was embarrassing! Rubbing the back of her head the nymph spoke, "Oh, I am sorry. What is your name?" The voice of a male came from somewhere, but was ignored. Repeating herself existed on a timer that started again.

Rather, she looked down to the water trying to see if there was anything big and gray as described. "Are there pippopotomoose here?" Maybe the laughing bush was able to control them somehow?

The bush shook furiously as its inhabitant scuttled deeper into the foliage. A piercing shriek sounded through the village. "Straaaaaaaaanger Daaaaaaaanger!!! STRANGER DANGER!!!! HELP!!!! Lady! Lady!!! HELP There's a stranger trying to bad touch!!!" The bush continued to thrash about, showing a hint of glitter here and there. The tiny voice continued to wail.

Chal had hung back beside Alma, now realizing that something was broken and that this was quite devastating for his extended family's village. He could see the gears working in Alma's brain and knew he just needed to let her do her thing and help out where he could.

In truth, he wasn't entirely sure how this thing was supposed to look and work in the first place, it wasn't like putting together a simple house. "How did the wheel get up there in the first place..." Chal mused out loud. He looked at the two mules that were pulling their trade cart. "We could hitch the mules and have them pull the wheel out... we would need a bigger team though..." The wheel in the water was much bigger than a trade cart.

He hadn't noticed that Alma had been talking to a bush, she had been throwing commands out to everyone after-all, and this was Alma. He really should go look for rocks for her, but he wasn't so familiar with his surroundings and was probably of better use elsewhere. He didn't notice the bush at all until it began shrieking.

Chal jumped aside, covering his ears and ducking. He reached his arm out to grab Alma, wanting to protect her, but she had darted away, putting herself between the bush and the hybrid. He had clearly missed something important. "What was that?" Chal asked, pulling back his hands and standing back up, ringing sounds filled his ears.