[backdated March 4] Sup Ya'll? (Closed to Vox Machina & Co)

[st_illsinging]

The day after talking to Pike, Scanlan decided it was probably time to actually talk to everyone else. He had mixed feelings considering he knew a whole bunch more than literally everyone else. And also some of them were going to be pissed at him. Again.

Several days of rest had done the Gnome good and he moved to sit down in the lobby. A public place was probably good in case there was a huge fight, right? Settling down on one of the couches, Scanlan spoke into his earring.

Hey, so, you all probably heard I'm here already, but here's my official hello and I'm in the lobby if you want to say hi.

Then he picked up his lute and started playing a little, but he was mostly tuning and fixing - it was as if being in a big battle against a god could damage your instruments or something.

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[st_ubby]

Lillith and Zahra hadn't said much about what they had been facing, but Vex could tell it was something big. And if it had brought Scanlan back to them...

"I'm not sure I want to know what sort of big bad we've run up against when you're from, but I imagine needing to save the world would speed up the forgiveness process. Here, unfortunately, we have nothing but time and more time. And no way to really avoid each other for long."

[st_illsinging]

"Yeah, I'm starting to get that." And even his disguise self would get pretty old. Maybe he'd true polymorph a lot.

"Any tips?"

[st_ubby]

"No hiding. And no lying." She didn't have to think, the words just came out. "You can't rebuild trust if people feel like they can't trust you. You wanted us to know you; you have to give us a chance."

[st_illsinging]

"Alright." He nodded. He'd have to work on the second part more than the first, but often Scanlan fibbed more than lied. "Thanks." He paused. "And Vex -" I'm sorry about your brother. "I'm glad you and Vax are here."

[st_ubby]

"No one can part us for long. You know that." Vex flashed a grin to cover the real hurt knowing Vax had been here for months without her, and the memory of him dying in the water plane.

"We're glad you're here too."