Warwick's roommate walks in and just stares seeing Warwick's wound and the monster behind him.
Warwick quickly gets up, "I will literally give you ten pure gold coins if you keep your mouth shut," he states, pulling ten gold out of his pocket.
Demoko turns, not sure what's about to happen.
"Is that a werewolf?"
"Kind of, yes," Warwick replies cautiously, as Ester sneaks behind him to shut the door.
Demoko sits up, "Please do not be scared. I will not hurt you."
"Can I hug it?" the roommate asks cautiously.
"What?" Warwick and Demoko ask in unison, as Warwick follows up with a "Why?"
The roommate turns, and scratches his head, "For reasons. And, why am I on trial! You're the one who brought a werewolf into the dorms! Honestly, I should report you..." he continues defensively.
Warwick, Demoko, and Ester just look at each other with confusion and concern.
"Okay, first I need to know why? Because this is a weird, unpredictable response," Warwick states.
"I'm a f..." He mumbles in a way that can barely be understood, as his face starts turning red.
"You will have to speak louder if you want me to hear you."
"I'M A FURRY ALL RIGHT! He looks soft and cuddly, and this isn't an opportunity that happens every day! All right!" He blurts out, his face bright red.
"A what?" Warwick asks in confusion.
"I think I've seen them on CSI. They dress in animal costumes and-" Ester start's explaining before the roommate cuts her off.
"NO! Th-that's a mis-portrayal. We're j-just fans of anthropomorphic characters. Like the Disney adaptation of Robin Hood. Our fandom gets a bad rep for what a few of us do. Any group has bad people in it, you can't judge the whole by the few!" He frantically tries to explain.
"Anthronomic-what now? Explain with English." Warwick asks, trying to solve the puzzle.
The roommate pulls out his phone, and shows a picture of a blue raccoon with yellow stripes, and stars on his cheeks, "This is me."
"So, furries are people who think they are blue raccoons? Why?" Warwick asks.
Throughout the conversation, Demoko is just looking back and forth between people trying to understand this seemingly confusing topic.
"So, you find the werewolf attractive?" Ester asks.
"Not like that! I... I kind of see him like you would see a stuffed animal, but a person..."
Warwick looking through his phone, states, "So you want to cuddle anything that is an animal with human characteristics? I don't see the point, but I think I understand the what."
"That pretty much sums it up, yes."
Warwick sees something on his phone and smirks, "So, does your family know?" Warwick asks smugly.
"They can't! They would disown me and stop paying my tuition!" The roommate states quickly, as he looks truly terrified.
Warwick gets a flashback to Demoko's look of pain at the town square, then shakes it off.
"Well, you see. We can't have anyone finding out about Demoko- the werewolf here if you catch my drift."
"I do not catch your 'drift'" Demoko concernedly states.
Warwick sighs, "It's a threat to ensure your safety. Don't worry about it."
The roommate gulps, "You're secret is safe with me. C-can I hug him?"
"Don't ask me, ask him." Warwick states.
The roommate walks up to Demoko, his face looking like it might smear red on anything it touches, "Can I hug you?"
"Yes?" Demoko responds, still concerned and under the influence.
Warwick starts patting himself down, "Ester, did you see an oil lamp around here?"
"You had one when you were at the bottom of the stairs, but it wasn't with you when you found out you were banned."
Warwick looks down, with his eyes a bit glossed over once he hears the word "banned."
"If either of you sees it, get it to me... Don't rub it, and if a lady comes out of it give her no information. Just bring it to me..." Warwick slowly states, having a hard time dealing with the loss.
"I'll let you know if I do," Ester states.
"Are hugs normally this long?" Demoko asks, his ears lowered.
"Okay, Josh, back it off," Warwick states, as the roommate stops and steps back.
"My bad... You know, if you need more room to rest from your wound, he could always split my bed instead..."
"Yeah... I'm not trusting you right now... I'm going to go find that CSI reference," Warwick states, pulling out his phone.
"WAIT! Type in DifFurEntly in youtube instead," Josh blurts out.
"Okay..." Warwick searches them and finds the Easter Fools episode.
About three in a half minutes in, "What the hell am I watching?" Warwick asks in concern.
"I think those are eggs?" Ester asks.
"Yes, we're weird! But this is a better representation than the stupid CSI episode!" Josh informs defensively.
"Is he passing eggs like gall stones? I don't get it. Why is the peep the devil?" Warwick asks.
A couple minutes in later, "Is this entertaining?" Warwick asks.
"Yeah... We're weird, but we're nice!" Josh states, continuing to defend himself.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Warwick yells standing up.
"I didn't mean anything by it! I'm sorry..." Josh informs, stepping back and tripping into a sitting position on his bed.
Ester steps back as well, as Demoko looks away.
"I've never seen you even show a sign of anger before Warwick, what's wrong?" Ester asks.
"Nothing. A mistake in strategy. Possibly regret, I don't know how this stuff works. I'm autistic, these emotion things are hard for me to comprehend," Warwick tries to explain, before getting defensive.
"Sounds like a copout," Josh states.
"What did you say!" Warwick angerly states at Josh.
"It sounds like you did something you regret and have too much pride to admit you messed up. I'm not saying you're not having a hard time recognizing the emotions, but the fact that you think it could be regret suggests you know full and well what you did wrong," Josh states, as Warwick angerly clenches his fists.
Warwick sighs, and sits down, "You're right, I can't fix it, and it may not have even worked..."
"I do not hold it against you master, you did what you thought was right," Demoko informs.
"Aww, he's so cute!" Josh states in response.
"Well, I need to get back to studying. Not all of us have it so easy," Ester states, before carefully leaving the room.
"So, how do you plan to cover up that wound?" Josh asks.
"I have a Rest skill now, I can heal a lot faster by resting."
"Yeah, it looks like it's a few days old. I'd make sure to get some antibiotic on it."
"If I had some, I would," Warwick states with a sigh, "Honestly, I completely forgot about the possibility of infection. Will you go get me a bottle of rubbing alcohol for a gold coin?"
"Sure," Josh answeres. Warwick hands him a gold, and Josh leaves the room.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
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