"I agree!"
"Alright, I'll be on my way now!", the bird said but then it just stayed there on Blythe's shoulder, not moving an inch. In actuality, Chester simply decided to send the swarm of insect clones to the whale's location instead of himself.
"That's a nice book you got there! I don't think it'll be necessary though.", it said and still hadn't moved at all.
'Well, it was a whale, so....no hands to write with. He was a cheery fellow, though; I'm sure he'd be glad to help any way he could!"
"Creatures in the dungeon develop special traits. They're infused with magic after all. If it had some kind of... telekinesis, or hidden limbs, It wouldn't be too farfetched. Someone had to have written the sign...and it certainly wasn't the plant." Basil shrugged ever so slightly.
".....?" Basil glowered at the bird for a moment, before shaking his head. As the adrenaline of the fight and his previous argument faded, the man began to feel the ache of worn muscles, and the pain of freshly mended bones.
"Oh yup, it definitely has magic.", the bird replied without elaborating further.
As suspected, or not suspected, or not thought of at all, the whale was indeed there, where Demi and Dakath found it. Physically there, at least. It seemed... out of it. Staring off into space, not responding to the environment around it. It wasn't dead, that was clear, but it was mentally elsewhere.
Some of the moths hovered a foot away from the whale's eyes while others landed on top of it.
Noticing this, Demi would hear Blythe hopping along and stopping to walk normally. The way her body moved were nothing short of strange. Sure, she was joking at most, but... sometimes there's moments where you need to stop. It's one of those. Rare, but no impossible.
The whale doesn't respond for a few moments, before it suddenly jolts up. Or rather, it's body vibrates a bit, and it shakes, given it can't physically move itself upward. It blinks a few times, which given the size of its eyelids, takes a few moments.
The demoness turned to Blythe, before sighing and breathing in some more smoke. "You didn't do anything, so 'our asses' isn't really an apt descriptor..."
"I was waiting for a time where I could strike, but... I was a little worried you wouldn't want me and them hurt... So I changed my mind immediately after...." sheepishly, she would sit and tried laying her head on her shoulder, looking at her if it's allowed or not.
"Howdy buddy! Sorry if we disturbed your slumber. Some adventurers from above asked us to find you. They want to know if there are any exits that may lead out of this dungeon, other than the one they arrived from of course. Would you be so kind as to tell us? Please?", the insects very politely asked.
"So... what do you wanna do after we get out of this? Do we go on another murder spree again~? More of that, Shing Shing action~?"
(Nice)(Gonna get back to this today if people are still interested.)
(Take ur time!)(I lied, not getting back to it today cause I spent most of my time home sleeping off pain. Will be back tomorrow hopefully and will start making more time for this in my schedule.
"Exits? Well, ya see (&%#!&Y(_)(&." The whale tries to speak, but it all comes out in incomprehensible, ear-grating static. "And then ya make a left turn, shimmy a little bit to the right, and there ya go! Home free."
"Can I jump off with you then~?" she replied with a giggle, "Though the first one is definitely a must-have after this..."
"Oh, sorry. We couldn't hear that very well and we have a rather poor memory anyway.", the moths said as some of them left the swarm before returning a moment later with a pen and paper which they had gotten somewhere.
"Ack! I wanna jump off a cliff too! That sounds FUN!", the parrot replied and laughed.
"Write it? Well, I could. But I think it'd be better if I just showed ya the way. Ye can bring yer little friends here, and it'll be much simpler than writing down some silly lil' instructions."
"I was just joking, dumbass..." Demiólke sighed and chuckled, "I just... want to get the hell out of here already."
"Aw, alright then. We'll be right back.", the insects flew off with the pen and paper.
"Well, you're in luck! The whale just said that it'll show us a way out once we return to it. Don't ask how I know. Ack!", the parrot responded.
"Eh, probably not. If the whale wanted to hurt you guys, it would have done so already and it wouldn't have tried to warn you about the grass. It doesn't seem like it wants to eat you either, shockingly enough."
"Don't call me a dumbass, hubby!" she pouted
"My little pet already got the way out then!" she clapped, switching just as soon as she puffed up her cheeks.
"I'm not your pet, dumbass!", the parrot clapped back both figuratively and literally.
"Ehhh, my dummy wummy head isn't that sharp, so... I'll trust your word for it~ <3" Blythe smiled, "If it comes down to a fight though, I can play a little rough to anything, rightttt?"
"..." Neltharion sighed and looked away, there was no good answer she could give to that.
"But Demi, I'm not tired! Can't Bly go and explo- OW!"
"What? Are you concerned~? Although, it's not just my safety I have to consider but our- MMMFFFFFF"
