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Tweak says, "It's for my prince."

The Messenger (messagingly) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-12-31 17:45:00

Entry tags:

aeris gainsborough, akin iyapo shing kaalnikanjlo, aoi 'santa' kurashiki, arianna, ashikawa mitsuru, danielle 'dani' phantom, excel, flonne, gokudera hayato, kuroba kaito, kurow, lady, tazendra, yuffie kisaragi, {great}, {kishitani shinra}, {kokuto mikiya}, {nicholas d. wolfwood}, {{{akatsuki chika}}}, {{{almaz von almadine adamant}}}, {{{heiwajima shizuo}}}, {{{isawa hako}}}, {{{james t. kirk}}}, {{{mao}}}, {{{spock}}}, {{{tailmon}}}, {{{tavi}}}, {{{toboe}}}, {{{van}}}, {{{zelgadis greywords}}}

Who: Everyone
Where: The Southern Fields
When: Day 303?? Late
What: A little squiddy said...

[Should you have followed a squidrat that STOLE YOUR THING! YES THAT THING! or just one that was acting oddly, or even just a Delphinus who knocked and said there was a picnic arranged...

You eventually find yourself in the soft light of the southern fields, surrounded by wildflowers and the wary shret looking at you balefully from the ceiling.

In the red glow of the saltwater pools here... seems multiplied, many pockets of water scattered throughout the field, a breeze surrounding them... If you look INTO one, you seem to see somewhere else... hear the SOUNDS of another world...

But before you get that far, there really IS a picnic!

A few checkered blankets have been spread across the soft moss, and are filled with salads, a few fruity, girly wines and drinks, fruit slices, cubed cheese, egg custard, a variety of cold cut sandwiches. (and a few loaves of fresh bread and pies.. because Link is Link.) ... there is also a very, very burned thing of cole slaw. The squidrat by it is eating it PROUDLY.]

((OOC: GOOD END COMMUNICATION! GO. GOOD ENDERS, feel free to start a thread with your name, you'll be visible and audible in the pool, both of your connections are a little wavy and watery though...))

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	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-03 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	[only side eying those tentacles for a couple moments] Practically ancient. Some of the fresh blood, huh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Yes, though I'm the second-oldest Canis left. Until you arrived. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Never really left. Just took a long time to fill a work order for Foreman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Ah, right. What was it like being an ant? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Pretty simple. Not too much thought required. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Interesting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 04:35 am UTC (link)
	Just what are you, anyway? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 04:46 am UTC (link)
	An Oankali-human construct. Do you know what an extraterrestrial is? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 04:53 am UTC (link)
	Not at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 05:16 am UTC (link)
	Three of my parents were from another world, two were humans, from Earth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Mating with five people. That must be fun. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-04 05:27 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure it is; I haven't been an adult that long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-04 05:47 am UTC (link)
	Good luck. I'm Antillar Maximus. Call me Max. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-05 01:28 am UTC (link)
	Akin Iyapo Shing Kaalnikanjlo. Call me Akin -- that's my personal name. The rest is family and home. It's nice to meet you, Max. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-05 01:59 am UTC (link)
	That's some family name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-05 02:09 am UTC (link)
	I do have five parents, and that only mentions three of them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-05 02:13 am UTC (link)
	Sounds nice. You must have one bloody good home life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: [Picnic threads]

akin2squidrats
2012-01-05 02:17 am UTC (link)

I did. My human father died before I was born, but when I was less than a year old, my other parents took a new mate, who was like a father to me. And my home village had a lot of family -- the village was made of the kin of my Oankali mother and father.

It was a little difficult when I got older, mostly because I thought I was ready to be an adult, and everyone there saw me as a child. But, I gather that's not unusual for children about to become adults. More so for humans than Oankali males and females.

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	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-05 02:27 am UTC (link)
	Huh. Well, I guess I couldn't argue that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-05 02:28 am UTC (link)
	[nods] Do you mind if I ask what your family is like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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max_fury
2012-01-05 02:35 am UTC (link)

If we were in Alera, I wouldn't tell you. But this is different.

Antillar's the name for people who aren't recognized as a legitimate member of a family. My father's a High Lord, in charge of holding the Shieldwall that keeps the ice men at bay from the country. It's a daily fight.

I have a stepmother. Every now and then, she tries to kill me. I try not to get involved in anything too big back in Alera, so she doesn't think she needs to try again.

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	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-05 02:39 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. I don't really understand 'legitimacy' -- it's not something I've ever had to deal with -- but I know some places consider it important. Why would your stepmother consider a child someone she had to kill? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-05 03:05 am UTC (link)
	A child? It wasn't too long ago she put a sword through my neck. It's just a stupid political thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] akin2squidrats 2012-01-05 03:12 am UTC (link)
	It seems stupid to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Picnic threads] max_fury 2012-01-05 03:15 am UTC (link)
	That's because you're a smart kid. My half-brother, Crassus, stands to inherit my father's title and power. She's just worried I might challenge that sometime. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)