14.May.18, 10:19 PM
No he wasn’t, what? That he wasn’t tired? That he wasn’t going to bed? Was the fact that he wasn’t going to bed her calling out his little fib or was she implying he wasn’t going to bed because she was dragging him back to the party or somewhere else? There were far too many questions in his already confused head and Ayontay’s frown deepened, though he didn’t ask for clarification. If he did, Madiquel would definitely know he was lying and possibly trying to avoid her. Not that he was really avoiding her but he wanted her to go back and be social and have fun with the group of people that accepted her and wanted her there. She didn’t need to hang out with the awkward invisible kid that had none of the grace and social skills as his beloved dad.
“Mylo told me you were going and convinced me to go as well,” he mumbled the confession that he only went because Madiquel was going to go. T’ryn had told him to get out more as well and that alone may have had him stopping in for a little bit but knowing Madiquel was going had definitely encouraged him to go and made him stay longer than he otherwise would have. He suspected his oh-so helpful older sister had played them both so they’d end up going and having fun, but Ayontay wasn’t sure why she had done it and then panicked a bit at the thought that she might know he had a crush on his best friend. What if Mylorah said something to Madiquel? Life was just getting better and better since coming to Ista.
“I don’t expect you to follow my whims, Madi,” he pointed out as he started to feel bad about his jealousy over her spending even a fraction of a second with other people. Well, R’dare. But who wouldn’t want to spend time with R’dare? He was pretty awesome and Ayontay counted him as a good friend as well. He also had a sinking suspicion he was being paranoid about no one wanting him there. They were accepting anyone that moved to join the game and if he had been closer or showed interest in playing, they no doubt would have let him as well.
He fell silent when Madiquel did and continued playing the horrible events in his head and how he was feeling about it all when their firelizards were brought up. A small smile appeared when Clover crooned his way and he reached out to rub under her chin. “Ah! Shadow!” Ayontay gasped, shocked that he had forgotten about his loving blue firelizard. He didn’t want the silly thing going to the party, knowing he’d try to eat too much food and possibly sample the drinks left unattended or bother the wrong person and end up in trouble. He told Shadow to go visit with a friend but the little guy sent back an image of T’ryn and disappeared. He supposed all his firelizard friends back at Telgar, though it wasn’t like the trip would take more than a few seconds to get there, but maybe he wanted to stay close. “Clover, can you go find Shadow? I think he’s visiting T’ryn,” he didn’t want to make the detour to his brother and knew Clover would do the deed a lot faster than he would anyway.
“I guess that would be a practical use of time if I’m not going to bed,” he mused, a slight hint of humour in his voice as Ayontay tried to cheer up and not dwell on everything too much. “We’ll get the supplies and then find a quiet area for it.” A quiet place would be heavenly right then after the noise and chaos of the party.
“Mylo told me you were going and convinced me to go as well,” he mumbled the confession that he only went because Madiquel was going to go. T’ryn had told him to get out more as well and that alone may have had him stopping in for a little bit but knowing Madiquel was going had definitely encouraged him to go and made him stay longer than he otherwise would have. He suspected his oh-so helpful older sister had played them both so they’d end up going and having fun, but Ayontay wasn’t sure why she had done it and then panicked a bit at the thought that she might know he had a crush on his best friend. What if Mylorah said something to Madiquel? Life was just getting better and better since coming to Ista.
“I don’t expect you to follow my whims, Madi,” he pointed out as he started to feel bad about his jealousy over her spending even a fraction of a second with other people. Well, R’dare. But who wouldn’t want to spend time with R’dare? He was pretty awesome and Ayontay counted him as a good friend as well. He also had a sinking suspicion he was being paranoid about no one wanting him there. They were accepting anyone that moved to join the game and if he had been closer or showed interest in playing, they no doubt would have let him as well.
He fell silent when Madiquel did and continued playing the horrible events in his head and how he was feeling about it all when their firelizards were brought up. A small smile appeared when Clover crooned his way and he reached out to rub under her chin. “Ah! Shadow!” Ayontay gasped, shocked that he had forgotten about his loving blue firelizard. He didn’t want the silly thing going to the party, knowing he’d try to eat too much food and possibly sample the drinks left unattended or bother the wrong person and end up in trouble. He told Shadow to go visit with a friend but the little guy sent back an image of T’ryn and disappeared. He supposed all his firelizard friends back at Telgar, though it wasn’t like the trip would take more than a few seconds to get there, but maybe he wanted to stay close. “Clover, can you go find Shadow? I think he’s visiting T’ryn,” he didn’t want to make the detour to his brother and knew Clover would do the deed a lot faster than he would anyway.
“I guess that would be a practical use of time if I’m not going to bed,” he mused, a slight hint of humour in his voice as Ayontay tried to cheer up and not dwell on everything too much. “We’ll get the supplies and then find a quiet area for it.” A quiet place would be heavenly right then after the noise and chaos of the party.