♉Dakota Silver♉
Female | 19 Years | Location: Zodiac House | Mentions: All?

Dakota nodded to Lily, before turning to reply to Lillith when she felt a shift. Someone was messing with the nature nearby. After a quick eye roll directed at Lillith Dakota spoke. "Whatever. Mine was better no matter what you say. And dont eat all my strawberry's!" Dakota said as she snatched a few. "Go explore the grounds or whatever. Make some changes to your room if you want. I dont care. I want to go check on something though so I'll be back in a bit." Dakota said before hopping off the counter and tossing away the core of her apple as she walked out of the house and into the forest. She attempts to find whoever had connected with the nature but ends up failing. "Old fashioned way it is then..." She murmurs before walking further into the forest, Shifting into a large wolf silver wolf with blue eyes as she walks before she attempts to track down whoever was in the forest, eventually she finds the scent of chard wood and follows it.

Darius was slightly disappointed that he didn't get a rise out of Millicent. Out of all the times she'd done that to him, he just wanted to get back at her this once. He rolled his eyes and kept walking forward, towards the celestial magic that he felt coming from an object in the distance. It had a slightly friendlier feel to it, almost like a hearth ward. Darius was almost certain that it was a mark from Dakota to help lead them to the house, but before he could investigate what it was, a much stronger feeling washed over him. A pulsing burst of magic erupted from another direction, causing him to start faintly. He numbly recognized it as the magic used to shift. Although he wasn't always... Himself when he shifted, he was still himself enough to remember the feel of the magic in his veins. He could practically taste the similarities.

And the similarities it held with the hearth sigil.

Darius let out a soft sigh of what could only be relief, his strides growing longer as he redirecting himself towards it. He'd leave Millicent to sense it on her own. He was just eager to meet up with Dakota, get to the house, and hide away in his own room so he didn't have to bother with living in the damn forest. His brown hair was mussed and had a single leaf sticking out from behind his ear. Although he had made an effort to keep clean, he had lost the will to do it, and dirt smeared his scarred up face. Not to mention, he was starving. Over the months here, he had only gotten a meal due to his stress-induced transformations causing him to hunt down things such as deer, almost like a werewolf. He often woke up with no recollection of the event and found himself laying beside a hollowed-out carcass in the morning with blood smeared on his face.

Thankfully, blood wasn't on his face, for once. It attracted flies, and Darius hated flies. He tended to scrub away the blood before they could come bother him, although traces of dried blood remained under his dirty fingernails and patches appeared beneath his clothing. The taste in his mouth was... Horrifically unpleasant. While his teeth were admittedly in better condition than they'd ever been from gnawing on bones for marrow in his lion form, the aftertaste of raw deer was remarkably unpleasant. He felt like a feral cat.

He felt like more of one when he bristled at the sight of an unfamiliar wolf crossing his path. A giant silvery wolf almost materialized in front of him when he passed through some particularly dense brush. He tensed, heart pounding for a moment as he made sense of the situation. Darius quickly realized that the source of the shifter magic originated from that wolf.

Dakota.

Darius felt himself relax, though only marginally. He took a few steps towards her, making his presence known by his signature grunt, though this one was less aggressive than the one he fed Millicent. He leaned up against a nearby tree, rubbing his torn-up hands together as he observed her.

"It's about time I found you," he muttered, sounding mildly annoyed, though the irritation was not directed at Dakota. "I've been wandering around in forests for months. Miss Mythic Bitch is lagging behind, by the way." He nodded his head behind him. Wow, Darius, aren't you so nice to Millicent?

♉Dakota Silver♉
Female | 19 Years | Location: Zodiac House | Mentions: Darius, Millicent.

Dakota growled softly before shifting back and standing up. "Its not my fault you decided to play forest man rather then go to a damn town." Dakota grumbles as she dusts herself off. "Its good you see you Leo." Dakota says after a beat of silence before continuing. "Quick question though. Why are you with Millicent? Last I checked you two didn't exactly get along..." Dakota says as she starts to walk towards Darius.

Before he had the chance to respond to Dakota, Millicent appeared behind him to chip in with her shrill voice. Darius's shoulder grew visibly tense, and he had to regain his composure to avoid just slapping her at the noise of her voice. At least Beast Boy wasn't too terrible of a name to live with. He could tolerate it, although he still found it rather incriminating. He let Millicent explain her side of the story, though he had to resist the urge to remark at how stupid she'd been for just assaulting some random person.

"It doesn't matter where I came from, all that matters is I want to get as far away from her as I possibly can," he snarled, flashing an almost acidic look towards Millicent. "I need a damn shower. The lake is worthless for getting clean." He absently began to pick at his blood-caked nails, trying to clean them. They looked like they'd been chewed down to stubs over the past few months, with the cuticles beginning to fray. His eyes, although typically appearing bloodshot from a lack of sleep, looked especially ghastly.

Darius bowed his head and shook out his messy hair. A few twigs happened to spring out. "I couldn't go into town, I have no money, and I wasn't about to mug some human. Oh, and by the way - Why the hell are we down here?" he glared towards the sky, the hair along his nape raising. "I didn't want to go into town in case my powers disappeared thanks to what-ever-the-hell banished us to this place."

♉Dakota Silver♉
Female | 19 Years | Location: Zodiac House | Mentions: Darius, Millicent.

Dakota sighed, "I swear to god, If i have to cover up a murder..." Dakota mumbles before replying to Darius. "We are out here because the last thing we want to do is have 12 crazy Zodiacs destroying a town and exposing us all. Plus this is a good location for everyone. Forest for earth signs for Virgo, me and Capricorn, a lake for the water signs, plenty of open sky's and fresh air for the air signs and enough dead trees and logs to be burnt by you fire signs. Even if I dont like that it would be close to the forest." Dakota says as she rubs at her eyes. "Also please ell me you did not bathe in the lake...."

♓Lily Gander (Pie)♓
Female | 18 HY/9,000 ZY| Location: Zodiac House -> Lake | Mentions: No one, Open

Her eyes opened hazily as she lifted her head. She started to rub her eyes in hope that would clear her blurry vision and after a few moments everything became more vivid and normal. "That nap was nice.." she murmured as she started to lift her body up and off the bed. She gave a yawn as she made her way to the door, feeling more energised and ready to do something. Pie closed the door to her room, making it creek once more before it fell silent. Suddenly Lilly stopped not far from her zodiacs dormant rooms and began to think. What should I do? I mean..I may as well enjoy this time staying at Earth before we have to go back to our planets.. And this is a wonderful time to get closer to the others.., all the thoughts filled her mind, and the more she thought about it the more she couldn't choose on what to do. Hey! Maybe there is a mass of water nearby, and I could just stay there for a while. She was happy with her final decision and wore a warm smile as she went down the wooden flight of stairs that lead to the first floor.

She first noticed that everyone had fled the living room they were all once in, but moments later she heard voices in another room. They all must be hanging out. The thought slipped through her mind just as quick as it came. She felt a bit reluctant to leave the house though without telling someone. It's not like I'm leaving forever. Just for a few mintues. She pushed the thought aside as she reached for the front door. In an instant she felt the warm air of the outside hit her face lightly. It was certainly warm outside, but that's just more the reason to find a small pond or lake to chill in. She closed the door behind her as she set out to find the illusive water. It was fairly easy for her to find water, mostly because she was a water sign and she was naturally drawn to the liquid. After a few minutes of walking a faint dirt path she saw a vibrant lake that was sprawled upon the land. She smiled with glee as her walk became a small sprint towards the water.

When she reached the water she lowered herself onto her knees and placed the tips of her fingers in the water to feel it. It was cool and refreshing, tempting her to just jump in already without shedding her dress. She then began to take her dress off, leaving only what humans called "A bra and underwear" or that's what Pie thought it was called. She was sure this was the proper attire female humans wore when entering the water. She remembered when she visited the ocean she noticed how females wore something similar, so in her mind everything was normal, but alas she didn't know there was such thing as a bikini. The poor girl knows little to none when it comes to Earth things and was lucky enough to find people who helped her before Taurus lent out a hand to her and the others so they may stay at her home.

She placed the dress in the nearby grass before entering the water. She couldn't help but feel at home in the water. Her long flowing hair drifted behind her as she started to swim in the direction of the center of the lake. This is so calming.. she thought, listening to the soft chirps of crickets in the distant and the small lapping noises of the little waves she was making. She closed her eyes, pleased with her decision of coming out here.

"Where else was I supposed to bathe?" he snapped, unamused by Dakota's almost accusatory statement. "Unless you'd rather me come in with deer blood spattering my face. It's bad enough I have it under my nails." The Leo hurried his plucking of his nails, the dry blood coming off in red-brown flakes. Despite his typical loner attitude, being alone for so long in the woods had began to take its toll on Darius. He was much more talkative than usual, even if it was in the form of a plethora of complaints.

Darius gave up on cleaning out his nails. He ran a bandaged hand through his hair, defeated. However... His hand caught a dead leaf falling from above. At first he thought nothing of it, figuring one just floated down earlier and he hadn't noticed it, but then another fell. Then a few more.

He looked behind him and saw Millicent with her hand pressed to the tree. Had she done this as an attempt to get at him once more? Darius hardly noticed the water in her eyes, or her thousand yard stare skyward. Even if he had, Millicent hadn't given him any reason to care for her well-being. Darius gave her only a long, tense look with his golden eyes before he returned his gaze to Dakota, folding his arms over his chest.

"What direction is the house?" he grumbled, his voice slowly abandoning him. He'd gotten out his need to talk to someone other than himself. Social desires of a social animal fulfilled, he wanted little more than to escape into a den where he could finally have a comfortable place to rest, even if rest hardly ever came easily to him. He'd take nightmare riddled dreams on a comfy bed over nightmares in the hard, uncaring branches of the tree. While the nature signs may feel warmly embraced by their wooden friends, Darius had never felt a more painful slumber. If anything, the twigs poking into his scars only worsened his dreams.

♉Dakota Silver♉
Female | 19 Years | Location: Zodiac House | Mentions: All.

Dakota sighed before answering Darius. "If you payed attention, not far from the lake is a boulder with my sign carved into it. You should have noticed it as a Hearth Sigil. Go on ahead. Once you find the boulder just follow the path and it will lead to the house. Aries, Aquarius and Pisces are already there." Dakota said as she looked worriedly over at Millicent.