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Brisa held the hug, figuring that maybe Curio needed it. "Whatever happened, y'know I won't judge you for it, right?" she said, gently. "What's in yer past don't change who you are to me."

Brisa's heart jolted. Oh, Curio. "Hey," she said, trying to keep her voice soft. "That don't make you a monster." There was definitely a spike of anxiety at the knowledge that Curio had killed someone but... the regret she felt was palpable, and self-defence was the surest reason a mon could...

Brisa's tail flicked. 'Certain things'. Curio had been through a lot, she already knew, but Curio hadn't given up too many details. She wasn't sure whether to push... but she'd spent enough time as a ball of nerves around Curio, and talking about her own shit had really helped her. So... "What...

Brisa smiled at the thought of a presidential Curio, or even just Curio on the campaign trail, on soapboxes and shit. She was such a maverick, it was bound to be interesting if nothing else, especially if she was running against humans. "I'd vote for you," she said, with less irony in her voice...

Brisa nodded. "I get that. And hey, when you get home... good luck. I have a feelin' you could change a lot if you care as much as it sounds like you do, and I reckon that you... that you're a decent enough gal to change things for the better." Ugh, was that the best she could do? Curio didn't...

Brisa nodded. "Well, you don't gotta talk about it if you don't want to. But just between you 'n' me..." She knocked back a little more cider and perked an ear conspiratorially. "I sometimes think I wouldn't much mind staying here. Just, stay on Cibus indefinitely. Folks're a bit strange, but...

Brisa listened, nodded, chewed it over. Yeah. That all tracked. She should have expected as much. "Survival is a right that prevails over property," she recited, grimly. "Thought you were confessin' to somethin' worse than that." She let out a low whistle. "I tell you what, I wouldn't want to...

Wait... What? "Did I hear that right? You... steal? Yer a thief?" Maybe it was okay. Curio was from a different world, where humans were on top. This was well outside of Brisa's jurisdiction. But still.

"Yeah. I'll try it." Brisa tried to relax. Sharing food wasn't such a big deal to Cibus natives or most of the posse. Why should it be a big deal now? She should just calm down and enjoy the food and company. At least it was quiet and not public in their dormitory. She picked out some of the...

It didn't look like there was room service, but... Brisa looked at the prone riolu and sighed with a smile. Curio deserved a break. Brisa could be her room service for today. Brisa quietly let herself out and returned some minutes later with a small hamper of food taken from the Guild's...

The rooms seemed fairly consistent with each other, mostly varying by two- or three-mon configuration. Brisa identified an unoccupied three-bed with a layout she liked, a deep window sill, and proximity to both the study and the rooms of some of their friends. "Hey, Curio—how's this one?"...

"Huh. That sounds... good. Although I'd be surprised." So, Curio had a teaching gig once? Brisa would have to ask about that. There was so much that was interesting about Curio that she hadn't heard about yet. "Hell, let's go find out."

Oh, okay, okay, Curio was already assuming they'd room together. Great!! Sort of!! ...Brisa had never... never been in a- a... a relationship before. Not ever. But she was pretty sure you didn't start cohabiting before you'd even agreed that's what it was you were in. ...What if it went wrong...

Brisa and Curio arrived from the crossroads, Brisa far more bewildered than Curio over the scale of the settlement. Toffee the corviknight gave them a short introduction to the various amenities and arrangements, and Brisa followed along, tracing mnemonic symbols with her tail on the floor as...

Her ears. Her fuckin' ears. It was killing Brisa not to know if Curio could tell how flustered she was about to get. She supposed it wasn't all that big a surprise that Curio was catching on after how that meal in Spinda Café went the other day. Oh fuck... "Y-yeah, great. ...It's this way to...

Brisa shrugged. "I'm used to a lot warmer, but chill winds ain't so bad so long as I can keep fed and keep movin'." She looked around at the power on display and wished once again that she had her real body. She'd feel a lot safer in a body that could take a lashing from a Legendary and give...

<><><><><> Brisa stepped through the portal, and felt the world around her shift. The temperature, the wind speed, the ambient scents, the noise, even the air pressure. All different. They really had stepped through to a different part of the world. She looked around at the modern, urban...

"Yeah. This planet is fuckin' wild," Brisa said, with feeling. She moved towards the portal, still smiling with only a tinge of anxiety. "Come on, Curio. Let's go see what 'Destiny' looks like."

"Alright." Brisa turned to the portal, and her gut unsteadied itself as she psyched up to approach. "Y'know," she said, half to Curio and half to herself, "when I signed on for all this, I wasn't too worried. I didn't have much to lose. Now I'm movin' to live somewhere new with you 'n'...

"Hey there," said Brisa, smiling. "Not at all." Hey, how about that. She smiled now. At least once a day. In no small part due to Curio. "Are ya ready to go?" she asked, indicating with a heft of her bags that she'd fully packed.