"Not often. In fact as far as I know I was the last one. Don't take it personally, their all just used to living within this community and being able to recognize anyone they see. A few tribe members still don't like me actually," Nicola said, keeping his tone low so the other kitsunes couldn't hear.

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"That is not often at all," Casimir muttered. "I'm actually surprised Martin back there didn't check to see if I carried weapons or anything like that."

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"Other guards might have, but Martin knows me and he trusts me not to bring anyone here that wants to intentionally harm anyone," Nicola chirped, hugging Casimir's arm, before he paused and looked up at Casimir, "You won't intentionally harm anyone right?"

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“I will if they harm me or provoke me,” Casimir replied quietly, glancing around warily. “But I’ll try my best to avoid it,” he looked down at Nicola.

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"I doubt that will happen, most of the people here are pretty nice," Nicola chirped. He stopped outside of one of the houses. It was two-story and there were brightly colored flowers in the front. He walked up to the door and pushed it open, "Welcome to my house."

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"...The flowers are nice. Does someone take care of it or does it just grow with kitsune magic?" Casimir asked. He then looked to the door of the house and asked, "Are any of your roommates home? Do you know?"

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"I think Aspen takes care of them. Not sure if he uses magic," Nicola said, gesturing for Casimir to come in as he put Casimir's present under a tree that was set up in the living room, "And I don't think they are-" They heard footsteps upstairs, "And apparently I've spoken too soon."

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Casimir set Nicola’s present down as well but held onto the decorations they had bought. He tended slightly when he heard the footsteps.

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A girl with short white hair, white fox ears, and a tail, came down the stairs, followed by a guy with ruffled blond hair and a sleepy expression. The boy started to wave at Nicola but quickly put his hand down as the girl glared at him, then turned and began examining Casimir and Nicola. "Um, Casimir, these are my roommates, Gwen and Spencer."

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"...Hello," Casimir muttered. He took note of how Spencer had come to welcome him, the visitor, without waking up properly and how Gwen had glared at him. He saw Gwen examining him and he examined her back with narrowed eyes.

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Gwen didn't respond to Casimir, and instead glared at Nicola, "I knew you couldn't be trusted, bringing more outsiders in here. I could get you thrown out for this..." Nicola looked down, not meeting her eyes, "Merry Christmas to you too Gwen, and um, Casimir has permission to be here."

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“At least Nicola knows more about the world than just these walls,” Casimir muttered under his breath. He glared at Gwen and moved a little closer to Nicola.

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Nicola instinctively took Casimir's hand and Gwen gaped at him, "You're DATING? I mean I knew you were weird but I thought you'd at least see the common sense in dating someone from the tribe." She kissed Spencer's cheek, and he looked guiltily at Nicola before heading off to hide in the kitchen.

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"What, you're into inbreeding?" Casimir raised an eyebrow, "I mean, you look like someone that'd be into that kind of weird stuff." He held Nicola's hand tighter.

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Gwen's ears flattened and she hissed, "Ew gross of course not, we breed with the other kitsune tribes if needed, but not-" she looked Casimir up and down, "humans."

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