Riley's Links
The first demon he met in his life, surprisingly - and they only met because she was dying, and looking like a feral kitten, which caused someone to just throw her off at the doorstep of his vet office. He didn't quite know what to think of demons before meeting her, and afterwards he.. perhaps doesn't know too much still, but is at least informed that not all demons eat newborns and bathe in virgin blood, apparently! They can actually be pretty alright? After he made sure that the hedgehog will live, he decided to just leave them be, not exactly determined to try and spark a friendship, as his usual Riley self.
I mean, the guy saved her life. That's certainly enough to like someone for sure. Thanks to him the burns on her body are only limited to small parts of it rather than living in - or worse, being dead as a little scorched shell of a person. She tries to keep in touch with him at least slightly - as hard as it is with that guy. She'd love to help him open up a little, but.. perhaps it's not her thing to do. From the start he insisted that she doesn't owe him anything and that he's just happy to help people, so, for once, she just backed off a little and limited herself to being grateful to him for life.
At first they seemed genuinely scared of any contact whatsoever, acting jumpy and anxious around people, very much like Riley. ...Not much has changed about that, to be honest, Lady is still as nervous and untrustful as ever, around people, that is. Around his pets, though, is an entirely different matter!!
At this point, even though he still can't say he KNOWS much about her, Lady is his most trusted petsitter, and his pets LOVE her. She can visit whenever she wishes!! And he really appreciates that she took in the Chao he had to foster for a while. He's sure that it'll be happy with her, and quietly he's certain that it'll make *her* happier in the longer run, as well. They seem so fond of each other already~!
Riley is wonderful. He's compassionate, nervous around people, and loves animals. He's blatantly a sweetheart that means no ill harm, but this is exactly why she's a little hesitant. He's too perfect. Too nice. And it conflicts with everything she knows about people. It confuses her, but she's glad to've been proven wrong, and wants to know more about him. Whether he has a choice in the matter, or if he'll even know it's her, is entirely up to debate.
Riley enjoys hanging out with Atlanta. He's mainly curious about her aquarium based bar which sounds like an absolutely wonderful place to him, but other than that she's just a pleasant person to talk to. He's kinda worried when she talks about regular bar brawls and such like it's no big deal, but, well, it's her business, she must know how to deal with stuff like that, he guesses. He doesn't really consider her a really close friend, but still a friend nonetheless.
A good animal friend and somebody who comes across quite nervous. Luckily Atlanta found that the animal fact is something he can talk about with confidence and thus it is a subject she actively tries to bring up around him a lot since it seems he can talk about that with ease. Is very interested to learn more about him though, he is a cutey. But not the kind of cute to try and get to first base with. Plus with how nervous he tends to come across, it's better that she doesn't even try. At least he wants to help her with the aquariums in her bar!
Oh, um, they were.. quiet? But looked nice? But also kinda judging?? It was, the littlest bit unnerving. He hopes they didn't think, like, that he was hitting on her wife or anything, cause that- that wasn't his intent in the slightest! ..They were also making an, um, fairly.. interesting design-wise scarf, he believes? ...Okay, by 'interesting' he means it was kinda ugly, but, like, to each their own. Maybe Willow liked it or something. Still, um. Nice.. quiet person!
....Hm. Pleasant company...
Uh, met her in a forest while she was.. fighting her wife. Both women are.. kinda scary, to be honest - but er, Willow turned out to be really nice! She adored Persi, and he's glad she did, I mean who wouldn't, Persi's cute. I mean- uh, yeah, and he liked.. her enthusiasm. I mean, it both scared him and intrigued him. He likes her approach to her job too - all people who enjoy helping others for one reason or another are, well, good people, obviously. Though she's helping them in a much.. more.. dangerous way than him. He hopes nothing bad happens to her on any of her cases.
Oh man oh man oh MAN what a cutie! Like, she just wants to grab and mush his cheeks together and tell him he's going a great job! Cause Riley here is doing a great job! Like, how many vets do you see around? I mean, the 'vets to full-time asshole' ratio is pretty wide! We're talking like, at least 1:16. So hey, lady luck was on her side when she met this huge tiger and, wow, she was really impressed! That's not sarcasm!
He clearly loves his animals and clearly prefers them to the company of people! Like, the dude's huge and made of BEEF what does he have to fear? ...Okay serious talk, something must have happened to him, all things considered. She isn't gonna go poke about, but she's... a bit concerned for him? Why is he so meek around people? What CAUSED that?
His cousin's little daughter, really similar to Riley's mother. A pretty little thing.. it's.. unfair, that she would die. But it's also.. somehow.. reassuring, that the whole family passed on, and no-one had to miss one another.
...Though some bodies were not identified, and some never found.
And he swears he's seen a little golden lioness just recently around the suburbs. But there's plenty of those in the world, right?
Umm.. Ra told her about uncle Riley, but she can't remember him. He was probably nice, cause Ra likes talking about him. Or maybe he's dead, and that's why she talks about him nice? Dunno.
He remembers her the most - of course because she's the oldest, and at the time he and his father visited the Nadirs, Ra was in the age of 'dragging uncle Riley off to play doctor and examine every single plushie she had in her room because she could not yet play with her newborn siblings'. Adorable girl! And frankly he was kinda thankful - certainly making a fool of yourself in front of a child would not hurt as much as awkwardly sitting with family and not knowing what to say and stuttering on every word. He believed her to be dead as well, but.. Her body was never found. So there is a chance, right?
Uncle Riley! He was delightful, she remembers!! She was a stupid lil' kid back then, but she remembers he always would put up with her and play with her when the adults couldn't. He was the only not-boring one. She remembers he was stuttering quite a lot, which was funny to her then, and now it's.. um.. kinda. Adorable. He was studying to be a vet, too. Now he is an actual one - she saw his office. She even saw him a few times and he.. he was.. well, he looks great for um.. over thirty.. guy?
Technically, since he's their only living relative, and her and Cleo are not adult yet.. should he not be taking care of them..?
Um.. poor.. poor boy? He's uh.. seen them like.. thrice in his life, maybe, when Pat was a toddler.. so um, perhaps the emotional bond was not too big, but still it's.. of course, upsetting hearing that your nephew died together with your cousins. It was certainly a push towards finally moving somewhere where he could meet people, and not be a forever alone freak at an abandoned farm with all the nearest family dead or being lonely freaks on their own. Uh. Fun.
Maybe he saw them. Maybe when he was alive. Maybe when he was alive in another way. He doesn't know.
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HIS GLOVE. The one!! After Lilac's death.. he's doing great! Golden eyes, golden blood! His golden mother, she spent too much of her life worrying.. Riley, he worries after her, and his fear of people gets in the way of DISCOVERY. But he's been all around the world, and he's been learning, and learning! He just needs to.. start spreading it to others! They need to know! Of his GREATNESS. And their power!! To KNOW!!! He can speak to so many, but he chooses not to... languages of people and animals alike, he has mastered many of them! And he helps them, too, he saved his lost child's life, which he's grateful for. Well, Riley still has time! And Mini KNOWS he will one day be strong enough to TAKE ON HIS REAL QUEST and FULFILL IT WITH EASE!!!
Er, he knows... she exists...? He wasn't very keen on ever getting to know her better, though. Isn't she like, an old lady now?
Her younger cousin with healing powers. She remembers playing with him when he was little and aunt and uncle visited her parents.
Oh, yes, Raph was uh... showing off his torch-juggling skills in the park. It- it was impressive! Persi was especially impressed.
god he's so sorry for his puppy she was just trying to play so sorry
Oh hey, Raph remembers this guy, sorta kinda! They were the one with the li'l dog, right? When he was doing the fire juggling? Nice guy! Can't say he really got to know him but... nice guy!
Ah, yes, it's that minor celebrity that he accidentally *tripped* just as she came back from an *international journey*. Fantastic. THAT gave him a minor panic attack, and he hopes she's ok, but otherwise she um, she was nice! And she seemed equally as concerned about that whole uh... lost person dealio. That was... that was a bit strange.