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[theidlemaiden]

𝘏𝘪 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 — 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢ï𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 — 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!

[A combination of deep exasperation and resignation doesn't show in Altaïr's 'handwriting', but if it could, it absolutely would.]

We discovered a pair of mated lizards in the woods of Solvunn some time ago. One appears entirely normal, the other is half-mechanical, with gears in its midsection. It should clearly be dead regardless of where those gears came from, and yet it both lives and has fathered eggs.

[Unspoken: 'That's fucked up, right?'

Hilda's handwriting interjects, clearly addressing Altaïr. ]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 “𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥” - 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦! 

[He feels as though he should be too dignified and composed for internal bickering in front of others but he absolutely is not.]

Miracle implies the presence of divinity. This is clearly something else. I would like to know what, and to know whether any other Summoned have encountered anything similar.

[ Somewhere Hilda is rolling her eyes and mimicking him but thankfully everyone else is spared the theatrics. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴.

 

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!

( ooc: visit the lizards here! and you may get replies from either one of the new parents or both! don't worry about posting order, thread jacking is encouraged ) 

Comments

[monomachy]

[somehow sees that altaïr said he looked closely at the lizard's junk, does not ask that burning question]

So it's as if a piece of it was simply... taken out and replaced?

[hey what the FUCK]

[theidlemaiden]

[ Diana, no please. Accept their weird child as he is. ]

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯...𝘺𝘦𝘴? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩! 𝘖𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵.

[monomachy]

[she can accept their child and still be weirded out!!]

Neither am I.

Does he seem otherwise... healthy?

[aquilus]

I would count the fact that he is alive despite being half made of hears as being extremely healthy on its own, but yes.

[monomachy]

Strange. I think I would like to see the creature, even if I have no expertise to offer.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳! 𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘴. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

[monomachy]

[GRUMPY FACE]

Yes, that's impossible to miss.

[aquilus]

[She's seen it up close, even.]

Is it now.

[monomachy]

[it was less grumpy, at the time]

Are you not a proud parent? I think that calls for being the opposite of grumpy.

[aquilus]

[Different circumstances get different faces.]

I would imagine my children to be more human and less lizard. Or mechanical.

[monomachy]

Sometimes life takes us down a different path than we imagine for ourselves.

[theidlemaiden]

[ Is she imaging the flirty exchange of messages? She has to be right? The Altair she knows doesn't flirt.

Whatever. She'll file it away for later. There's more important things like taking an opportune moment to tease him further. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮! 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘧. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴.

[monomachy]

Wise words. But let's not dream too big.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

[ All of this is written of course like Altair can't also see what's being broadcast right to him as well. Hilda is nothing if not relentlessly shameless when she finds a kindred soul in roasting someone. ]

[monomachy]

[diana has had a year to learn that gently teasing your friends is actually normal, so she's happy to go along with this.]

Absolutely. Perhaps we should periodically wear hoods as well. As a show of support.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢! 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥?

[aquilus]

[This look but in real life.]

No.