[Flayme]

"Alright..." Nym nodded. He felt horrible for making Ivan upset, and at the same time was feeling suddenly upset, maybe even angry... Which was an emotion Nym rarely experienced. He knew disappointment, fear, and anxiety all fairly well, but anger... It wasn't something he naturally felt, at least not most of the time. Now though, thinking about Ivan and these humans, and how they were basically forcing dragons to suffer through heartache for their own gain... It was appalling. Dragons, weren't like dogs or cats. Dragons were intelligent, sentient, they loved and felt loss just like humans did.

Suddenly Nym felt a boiling sense to help Ivan keep his kits longer this time round, or something, he deserved to enjoy the company of his children he carried for so long.... He wasn't sure what that meant he'd do though, it wasn't as if he could actually do anything against these scientists... They basically had them all on lock down. He could try to at least be a comfort for now, especially since it had been his own blundering inquiry that was making Ivan upset right now... If it meant letting Ivan snuggle up to him to make him feel better, then so be it.

"Goodnight, Ky." Nym huffed lightly and let himself flop against the larger dragon. It was so warm in the cave, his emotions were now a mess, and Nym was finding that drowsiness was too hard to fight any longer. "I'll see you tomorrow..."

[labprotocol]

Ivan didn't return back to the cave until early morning. He'd spent the night in dragon form swimming deep under the water were no one could get to him. It also took some of the weight off his back and feet, so he didn't have the constant reminder that he was pregnant again. With elven kits and only a month and a half left before he'd give birth. They were so much safer inside him. They couldn't take them away while they still needed him to survive. He couldn't go through that again. He wouldn't let them touch one kit. He'd be smarter this time. He'd hide during the delivery, he wouldn't let them bring their doctors and let them take his kits while he was still in pain, still in labor with what they viewed as dollar signs. Somehow he'd trick them. He'd make them believe he'd had a miscarriage or he'd... do something. How would he hid them?

Ivan swam in circles until he began to drift off in exhaustion. He'd be sore tomorrow and Ky would probably lecture him on how he needed to get plenty of food and rest. He wasn't sure he could stand hearing again how his health wasn't just his own anymore. As if he didn't know that!

Still dripping wet and cold Ivan slipped back into the nesting cave and wedged between the two dragon. He buried his head in Nym's shoulder and let Ky wrap him in warmth from behind.

[Flayme]

"Aha! Reva!" Han was literally bouncing as he came into the lab. He was nearly twenty minutes late, but nonetheless seemed to be very excited about something, and with the briefcase at his side, it looked as though it wasn't going to be long until he shared exactly what was so exciting with the entire laboratory. "C'mere." He slammed the briefcase onto the table in front of him, grinning like a cat.

"I was just up at the main building." Han smiled. "I was given all five doses of hormones to use however we see fit." He flipped the case open and plucked out a vial of clear liquid. "I think if we pump up Ceral and Nym with this... Maybe Lago, we'll be in business in no time." He rolled the vial between his fingers. "I think I'll stick Nym with a double dose.... From what I'm aware, he's been on suppressants for a while." It made sense, nobody wanted to deal with a horny carrier dragon in heat, so suppressing heat cycles was usually the option, as sterilizing dragons was illegal. they were too rare a species. "I want to make sure he's in heat as soon as possible and I don't want to have to wrestle him down more than once, it's a pain in the ass, especially once he catches on to what we're doing...." He looked to the woman expectantly. "As soon as we can get him ready, we'll inject Nym, and if it proves effective, we'll try it with Ceral next."

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When Nym awoke, Ivan was snuggled up against him. He stayed still for a moment as he tried to blink awake, and then draped an arm over Ivan to pat him, and keep him close. Unlike the morning before, Nym was really in no hurry to leave the cave. He was comfortable and pleasantly warm. He was glad Ivan was back, he'd become worried when the water dragon had sauntered off the night before.

Instead of trying to get up, Nym let himself stay still, and matched his breathing with his two companions. He was sure that he probably smelled like both of them by now.... He couldn't discern his own scent from theirs anymore... Did this mean he was marked? it was a strange thought... Maybe he'd been marked this whole time. Ky had basically slammed right into him his first day there after all.

[labprotocol]

Infected with Han's excitement Reva jumped from her chair to look the vials over, already pulling her phone out to call in a dozen handlers. "Suppressants huh? That makes it all the more delicious. The little brat has probably never had a heat before, it will be that much more intense." She was practically bouncing. "Yes, two doses would be good. Would you like to do the honors?" Handlers were armed with dart guns and dragon prods, but they weren't cleared to inject hormones. That would be one of the scientist's job.

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Role: Handler, Captain
Name: Devin
Gender: Male
Description: 6'3, wiry muscles. Dark intelligent eyes. A pinched face with exaggerated cheekbones. Soft spoken, monotone, but enunciates clearly. Wears dark heavy combat clothes.

Six of the handlers waited outside the nesting cave while the other half went in to procure the dragon.

Ky woke with a jerk leaping to his feet and snarling. "What do you want? Ivan isn't due yet."

Devin shrugged. "We've got orders to take the tundra dragon in to med lab. Dr. Reva believes he might have contracted something while with the humans. Very serious. She simply want to give him a check up."

[Flayme]

"If you don't want to, then I would be glad to do the honors." Han nodded, still smiling. He'd done plenty of injections before, it'd be fast and simple as long as Nym agreed to come easily. "You're right, I don't believe he's experienced a heat cycle before, according to his records Nym's been dosed with suppressants for quite some time... Probably before he even needed them, you know how dragon masters get, they're paranoid. They don't want their dragons being tempted to run off and leave home... Heat cycles put carriers in quite the frenzy, as we're aware." He paused. "Once Devin and his crew bring him in, we'll finally be able to get the ball rolling on his breeding, and those kit reservations."

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Nym was suddenly on full alert, he'd never seen this strange man before, but he did recognize a couple of the crew members. "Check up?" He spat. His usually calm, passive demeanor was suddenly gone. "I've lived with those people practically my entire life, what could I have possibly contracted? I was quarantined before coming here-" He was practically hissing at them now. He was not in the mood to deal with these humans, especially after hearing about Ivan's kits the night before.

"What exactly do they think I have?" Nym glanced at Devin. "Why can't I be checked up on here?"

[labprotocol]

Devin rolled his eyes and motioned for the others to surround the dragons. "Don't know. Don't care." He shrugged. "I'm not a doctor."

Ivan froze and scooted back to the far corner. He didn't want trouble. If they thought he was a danger to his kits, if he fought, they'd lock him in one of the isolation rooms until he was due. Then he'd never have a chance of saving his clutch. "Just go with them," he whispered. "They can't do anything to hurt you."

Ky growled and moved in front of Nym. "He doesn't want to go."

Devin ignored Ky and spoke to Nym. "Shift to human and come forward with your hands held together in front of you." When Nym didn't respond right away, Devin motioned for the others to raise their weapons. "Come on boy. You don't want to be causing trouble."

[Flayme]

Nym glanced from Ivan to Ky and then to Devin. He was about to back up Ky's statement that he didn't want to go anywhere, but when the men's weapons came up, he found himself suddenly nervous about what they might try to do to him, or worse, to Ky and Ivan. Slowly, Nym let his feathers lie flat and he shifted. He knew that this crew could be rough... And he didn't want to cause commotion that could get Ky or Ivan in trouble. If he'd been completely alone, it might have been a different story.

"Alright..." Nym finally relented and offered both arms forward. It was humiliating to be led around like he was some dangerous animal. He had lived with humans for decades.... No leash, no tether, simply his word. Why it couldn't be trusted anymore, he didn't rightly understand. "Take me to wherever it is I need to go..." He gave a reluctant glance to Ivan and then Ky before returning to face the humans. "When will I be coming back?"

[labprotocol]

Devin cuffed Nym's arms in a dense inflexible metal that wouldn't bend if the dragon decided to shift. Then shoved him outside the cave.

Ky growled, but stayed where he was. Nym had left out of his own free will, sort of.

"Don't worry we'll bring you right back," Devin sneered. "Wouldn't want the red one to start missing his whore." Some of the handlers laughed as they prodded Nym forward. They weren't gentle, several of them still angry about Nym's resistance when he'd arrived.

They took him out of Avalon and loaded him up in the back of a large metal carrier truck, chaining his hands to a ring in the wall while several handlers sat on a bench across from him. They laughed and made snarky comments about his future pregnancy for the whole fifteen minute drive to the med lab. Reva and Han were waiting outside when they arrived.  

[Flayme]

Nym's heart beat sped up immensely as he was taken and shoved around by the crew. He didn't like these people. They were loud, and rude, and the comments they were making about him getting pregnant were making him nervous. He missed his own humans. His little boy and girl who had always been so gentle with him. He had decided sometime the night before that he didn't want to get pregnant while he was here at all, not if it meant they'd just his children away and rebreed him over and over again...

He stayed quiet the entire time, figuring that if he just endured and got this over with, the faster he could just go back to Avalon... Where there was at least some semblance of normal.

When he was unloaded and he spotted Han and Reva though, Nym felt himself panic. He did not like Han at all. The man was awful he yelled, and had pinched and pulled at him the entire he was being unloaded the other day. He didn't want to know what the man had in store for him.

"No-" Nym looked around frantically. No, no. I don't-"

"Nym!" Han cut Nym off, and beamed at him. "Thank you for complying with us today! We've been a little worried about you!" He looked to Reva. "Haven't we?" He looked back to Nym and then Devin's crew. "If you boys would be so kind as to take Nym inside to the check up room, we'll get you in and out of here, lickety split." Han grinned again. "Won't we Reva?"

Nym shook his head. He couldn't transform right now, they'd just dart him, but he was becoming extremely distressed. "W-What am I getting checked for? I feel fine-"

"Ah Nym, we just notice that you've been a little mopey... Want to make sure it's not the beginning of something serious." Han said reassuringly and then ushered for Devin to bring Nym into the lab. "It'll all be over in just a few minutes."

[labprotocol]

The crew took Nym into a bright room with a examination table covered in crinkly paper with cartoon dragons and eggs printed on it. "Get on." Devin unlocked the cuffs. Then he backed up to the far wall and stood in a defensive stance, watching Nym with three other handlers.

Reva and Han entered the room afterward. "I'm so glad you came willing," Reva said as she took his blood pressure and heat beat. "How have you been feeling? You seem a little tense."

[Flayme]

"I- I'm fine..." Nym said only half truthfully. Physically he felt completely fine, but he was becoming more nervous by the second. He tolerated the stethoscope and seemed to calm down a bit as Reva checked him over. He didn't have any beef with her... Just Han... Who was in the middle of snapping on a pair of gloves and rolling a vial of something between his hands.

"Uh-" Nym blanched as he watched Han take the vial after warming it up and stick a large needle into it. "What's-"

"Simply a booster shot!" Han flat out lied... Well sort of... It was a booster of hormones, yes. "We just want to make sure your immune system is up and working properly. You've never been in contact with dragons like this before, and they haven't been in contact with anybody who's been exposed to so many human diseases like you. We want you all happy and healthy, believe me, you're going to feel much better after this is all over. Now put out your arm. Don't think about getting snappy either..."

"I don't need a shot-" Nym started, but it was already too late, Han was coming at him with the needle. Nym tried to duck away, but with his hands bound and suddenly two crew members on top of him he was held still while Han shoved the needle right into his bicep. Nym let out a pained gasp and squirmed a bit. He didn't want whatever chemical they were sticking in him... Well, in him, it was a big dose, of whatever it was. "Oh god-" Nym whimpered a bit, and wished he could claw his way out and escape... If only he were a bigger.

"There, it's all over." Han finally yanked the needle out and then patted Nym on the arm. "Not so bad, was it? You're all done! I told you it'd be quick."

"That's- That's it?" Nym looked confused. They hadn't done much checking up on him at all. "Why?-"

"You'll be feeling more... Energized." Han picked his words carefully. "In an hour or two, I'm sure." He grinned, and then looked to Reva. "Is there anything else we need to keep Nym here for or is he free to go back to Avalon?"

[labprotocol]

(Thanks for role playing with me :D. I'm hitting the sack. Good night)

"Nope. That's it." Reva helped Nym off the table. "We told you it would be quick.You should trust us more. We just want whats best for you."

The trip back was less eventful. Devin escorted Nym back to the nesting cave before unlocking his cuffs and shoving him towards the entrance. He made sure Nym was inside with Ky and Ivan before leaving.

Ky rushed Nym in human form. He checked Nym's skin all over looking for signs of injury. "What did they do to you?" he growled.

[Flayme]

((Alrighty! Nighty night! :3))

Nym was full on shaking by the time he was toted back to Avalon and thrust back into the nesting cave. He was immediately glad to see that Ky and Ivan were both still there. He had been half worried that they would have been toted off somewhere too.

"They g-gave me a shot." Nym said unsteadily, his hand clamped over the opposite arm where the needle had gone in. That needle had been large, and Han had been none too gentle, his whole bicep was already sore and throbbing, and he was sure it'd be stiff later. "They would tell me exactly what it was for... But they shot some sort of chemical or something in me." He said worriedly. "All they said was that it was supposed to boost my immunity and energize me... But I'm not sure if I believe them."

So far Nym didn't feel different yet. Not energized at all. Granted, it had been only about half an hour... Perhaps Han was telling the truth and it simply was just a booster shot, and he'd feel a difference in a little while.

"I don't know, it was strange." Nym said unhappily. The whole crew there, the way Han seemed so overly cheery to see him when he'd been otherwise hostile. "I think I want to go back to sleep." Nym continued. Really he just wanted to find a thicket somewhere and slink away from everybody for a while, but he had a feeling that Ky would be unhappy about that, the fact of him being all alone again.

[BabyBelly]

(Oy vey, sorry I can't RP with you guys more. I got weird work hours.)

(Yesterday)

Lago meandered on through the enclosure until he got close to the entry area. There he was, the huge new seeder. "Whoa...that's a big boy." Slowly and cautiously, he approached the giant, black dragon. Even with his poor eyesight, he could tell the new arrival was powerful indeed. He got up close to Kage's unconscious form and began examining his strong body. Hmmm...nice horns you got. Scales look sharp. Is that a crest on your chest?" He got closer and examined the bright red marking on Kage's chest. "Wow, I haven't seen anything like that in a long time."

He looked down at the platform he'd been carried in on, and noticed that someone had cut ropes that had held him in place. "Ha ha ha, idiot humans. What did they think that rope would have done?" He gave a long sniff at the ropes and noticed the scent of the pregnant dragon. "Hmmm...why did he cut the ropes? We don't know how this guy's going to react to us?" He turned back to Kage and took in another long sniff, and gave a disgusted look. He could still smell the sedatives they had given him. "By God, how much did they give you?" The sedative smelled almost like the stuff they had drugged Lago with, only stronger. Lago was curious just how far under they had put the new dragon.

"Well...this just might be a bad idea, but I wasn't the one who cut the rope, so...here goes nothing." He proceeded to gently poke at the slumbering beast. Nothing. He poked a little harder. Nothing still. Lago than proceeded to pat the dragon on the head. He was as still as the dead. "Damn, I think they gave you way too much. Poor guy", Lago said with a sympathetic tone. He switched to his human form and got up close to Kage and opened his eyelid. Pupil didn't move at all, no dilation, no nothing. "You're really that far gone aren't you? I really hope they didn't accidentally kill you with that shit." The dragon was still breathing, but his breaths were long, quiet, and far apart. It wasn't unheard of for humans to accidentally kill dragons who put up too much of a struggle.

Lago sat there for several minutes, just looking at the black dragon breathing. From the sound of it, it almost sounded like he was struggling with the breathing. Too much sedative, and the lungs start to relax too much. Sure this big bad dragon was terrifying, but his power was admirable, and it would be a shame if he passed. In the distance, Lago heard a goat bleating. They had goats in here? He looked back at the dragon and knew that if he came to, he was going to be famished. The goat came into the clearing, and Lago morphed into a dragon ready to fetch this poor guy a meal for when he woke up. He craned his neck back and shot out a long sticky tongue around the goat's neck, snapping it almost instantly. Dragging the carcass back to where he was, he set it down in front of Kage. "Here you go big boy, don't attack us ok?", Lago smiled down at the dragon. He sauntered back into the rest of the enclosure, but before he did, he made a mental note of the cave the other three dragons were in when he caught a whiff of their scent. He planned to introduce himself...later, he was tired again.

[BabyBelly]

(Hey, if you guys feel it's necessary for Lago to be in one of your scenes, you're welcome to use him (within reason lol) when I'm offline. I'm usually doing the closing shift, which is 3 to midnight. By the way, should one of us get a hold of DragonKnight? I'm not sure if he's coming back.)

(next day)

When the early morning hours rolled around, Lago had fallen asleep somewhere in the middle of the enclosure, he wasn't sure where. Swamp dragons tended to just fall asleep where they were at, regardless of how close or far away from their nest they were. He'd been having an interesting dream involving himself and the big black dragon, and his big black co--. He was startled awake by some commotion coming from somewhere in the distance. He slapped a claw to his forehead trying to forget and remember the dream at the same time. "Damned heat cycle", he muttered in annoyance. The tingling in his lower gut and loins was getting a little more pronounced. He shook his head trying to wake up and determine where the talking was coming from. His concentrated his hearing and thought the voices were coming from the...cave of the other three dragons. He stuck his nose up in the air and picked up their scent, and the scent of a large group of human guards, one of which he was quite familiar with. He snarled and bared his teeth. "Devin...".

He stalked through the enclosure until he was in seeing (in his case, smelling and hearing) distance of the opposing groups. He stayed hidden, not wanting to give himself away. He heard the guards aim their weapons, and Nym coming from behind Ky, deciding it was best to go quietly. What else could the poor dragon do? If he didn't go, he could have endangered not only himself, but the other two potentially. He knew from experience dealing with Devin, the man simply didn't give a damn about dragons, nor did the majority of the guards. "You little sack of shit. If only I was a little closer." He hated Devin with a burning passion. It was him who had caught him and brought him to this damned place. It was him and his lackeys that prodded and darted him whenever Lago attacked them, which was a lot. Normally, Lago was easy going, lazy even, but something about that man and the other guards got his blood boiling. Unfortunately, he wasn't about to confront the guards, not when there were so many of them. So he reluctantly sat back watched them haul off Nym. It was painfully obvious that Ky and the other dragon inside were upset.

Deciding that now might not be such a good time to introduce himself, he stalked off again, but this time to find Ivy and Ceral. After getting their scent, he made his way towards Ivy's nest. Ceral actually took Ivy up on her offer? That was a little surprising. He didn't think that the smaller dragon was into Ivy that much. He called up to them, "Ivy! Ceral! You two up there!? Something's happened to Nym! The guards took him somewhere!"

[Poppy]

((Omg that's a terrible shift!! I hate those the rare times I get them, they literally take up your whole evening and afternoon. :// And I'm not sure? I see them on but maybe they've just been busy and haven't had time to post? o: ))

Ceral scrabbled onto Ivy and clung onto her as they made their way back to her nest. At least he wouldn't be sleeping by himself tonight, and not on the edge of some crappy lake either. The nest was much more comfortable than what he was used to, and it actually took him a little bit to familiarize himself with it. Leaves and twigs were a little odd at first, but within a few minutes Ceral relaxed and settled in next to Ivy, drifting off slowly curled on his side, his tail swung around towards his front in an odd, protective sort of gesture. If push came to shove, Ceral didn't think he'd mind mating with Ivy. She was nice, thankfully considerate of how he felt about breeding and not one of those dragons that pushed the carrier into it; he could see himself being around her for as long as he could. If he got pregnant, wouldn't that mean they'd leave him in here with her for the longevity of his gestation? It was anywhere between seven and a half to eight months he'd been told, so that would give him more time to spend with her. The thing was he just didn't know the deal about how he felt on carrying a clutch anymore. It was too confusing to think about for the night, so Ceral eventually let his mind settle and slept until morning.

He might've slept longer if it wasn't for his name being called, and he scrunched his nose in distaste at the sound of yelling, pushing his face against Ivy's shoulder and groaning. Something about Nym... a guard..? Ceral soon enough lifted his head from Ivy and squinted down at the dragon speaking. Oh, it was that newcomer. He seemed to be sort of isolated for the most part, but maybe that's because he was just new. Ceral had been like that at first. He'd have to get out of that sooner than later. "What?" he called back, rubbing at his face as he sat up a bit. He nudged Ivy, hoping she wouldn't be too annoyed that he'd woken her up. Ceral still wasn't sure what to think about this new dragon. At first glance he didn't look like any other dragon Ceral had ever seen before. If Ky was with Nym, and he was with Ivy, did that mean this guy was brought here for that new seeder? At any rate, Ceral didn't plan on letting up with Ivy because the other guy was here, but with that being said he wouldn't let it force him into getting pregnant faster either.

"A guard?" Ceral stretched slowly, yawning and flexing his fingers before he hunched over, still a bit lethargic from his wake up call. "Mm, we can't do 'nything if a guard got 'em." Ceral frowned. "They'll bring him back." He was sure they would if they had in fact taken Nym. Ky had shown too much of an interest in the tundra dragon for him to have been taken indefinitely. Ceral preferred not to get in the middle of it, but he guessed if Nym wasn't back by that evening they could all group together and figure something out. Ceral had yet to experience anything bad with the guards yet. Sure, they weren't the most pleasant humans around, but he hadn't fought when he'd been brought here, knowing full well he might stir up shit while he was in the enclosure.

[DragonKnight]

(Just to let you know, I lost track of what's going on and lab protocol has been trying to message me, but I couldn't message him back because he has his pm disabled)

[labprotocol]

((Oh! sorry I didn't know my PM was disabled. How do you turn that on? Kage has been asleep for a few days and Lago, who is interested in Kage is starting to go into heat))

They took Nym? "He's probably fine," Ivy said, but she crouched down to let Ceral on her back before gliding down to the swamp dragon. "They probably just want to talk to him about the importance of breeding. You know what an honor it is, our duty to the race, etc. They can't hurt him. Not with how valuable he is, plus the facility doesn't actually own him."

Lago smelled different this morning. She set Ceral down and rubbed her muzzle against his affectionately before turning to the swamp dragon. His scent was musky and hot and made her lower belly heat up and she squirmed uncomfortable. Unconsciously she moved toward Lago and pressed her nuzzle to his empty belly. His womb smelled ripe and wanting. "Are you.... are you in heat?" Her voice sounded a bit hoarse. She tried to shake the foggy hot feeling in her head and back up a bit.

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Ky's face darkened. He wrapped an arm around Nym and helped him to the nest. "A booster? I've never heard of them doing that before."  He laid Nym into the nest then pressed his nose to his bicep. The faint smell was sweet, but didn't smell unnatural and it didn't smell like a sedative. He crawled behind Nym and pulled back so that he was effectively spooning Nym. The tundra dragon's skin was unnaturally hot.

Ivan's eyebrows were drawn down. He wasn't sure what the humans were planning."Maybe you should some more. You look sort of worn out." Ivan couldn't tell if it was because of the excitement of the morning or whatever they'd injected into Nym. "Will you two be okay?" he asked. He was feeling a little antsy. Ivan had never been one to sleep in late and even though he hadn't slept much the night before he was already sick of being coped up in the cave. "I think I'll go introduce myself to the new carrier."

[Poppy]

Ceral watched Ivy as she went down to Lago. He wasn't sure he could be around Ivy for too long if she decided to take to the swamp dragon. He liked getting to know her, but as it was now, he didn't exactly want to be paired with another pregnant dragon that had Ivy's clutch. Maybe it was a bad idea to get attached. Even though cave dragons were known to be promiscuous, Ceral had yet to mate, and he didn't... feel promiscuous. He knew of a few dragons that mated for life, but if he knew anything about himself, he knew he'd get smug if Ivy mated with Lago as well, and it probably wasn't a good idea to stick around if the pair planned on mating. Jealous? Maybe, but when Ivy said she'd wanted to be with him, he didn't think it included another carrier in the picture.

Ceral glanced down towards the ground, slowly making his way off Ivy's back and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Lovely. The guy was going to be in heat. Yeah, maybe he shouldn't hang around. "I don't wanna... interrupt." Ceral's brows furrowed. He wouldn't still mind being friends with Ivy if she mated with Lago. He knew his own scent couldn't overpower that of heat, and he wasn't the kind of guy to be pushy. He couldn't know for sure when his own heat would be, it was a toss up. Ceral eased back under a nearby tree, picking idly at the ground at some weird looking worms that looped in and out of the earth. "Nym'll be okay. I think he can handle himself. If not, we can always go ask at the gate..?" Not as if he expected for the humans to give them a proper answer though.

[Flayme]

Nym nodded to indicate to Ivan that he'd be fine, he assumed Ky would be too, after all Ky didn't have to stay with him if he didn't want to. "We'll be okay I think..." Nym finally sighed. Other than the fact that he was feeling strangely warm now, he felt alright... Just, sleepy. For once he was glad that he had somewhere designated, and dark to sleep, somewhere cool... And he was secretly partly glad that someone was with him. It made him admittedly feel a little safer... So he tolerated Ky's spooning, and flopped down in the nest.

Nym sighed and then let himself settle down a little. His heart was still pounding like crazy. "You don't have to stick around here, Ky, if you have things to do..." He said quietly. Nym was sure that once he wasn't feeling as upset about the whole ordeal he'd just been through, then he'd be out and about himself. "I'll try not to sleep too long."