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[deepstar]

Type: Video
Sender ID: deepstar ( Khalid )
To: General
Subject: Just Wyvern Problems
Warnings: NA

[ The feed starts out a little dark, honestly. But one can definitely hear the heavy breathing of some sort of creature. ]

Come on, girl, you have to let me out sometime.

[ Light suddenly shines through and one can see Claude's hand pushing up a large wing and exposing the vast expanse of white scale. ]

Apparently she thinks that I also need to stay in her nest. You'd think we've gone back in time where she had just been a baby and me a kid spending nights in the aery together. That's not what this is about though.

[ The camera pans to Khalid, who gives a little wave before pointing back to his wyvern. A white wyvern in a nest, wrapped around two eggs. Claude is still holding a wing up so that he can catch sight of his best friend. The wyvern just releases a little groan and a huff. ]

She had them just the other day. Chances are if you don't see me for a while it's because of these little guys. I'd hunt down anyone who cursed me with this luck, but how can I be upset seeing at how pleased she is? What a proud mother.

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[refantasma]

You might like visual novels, then.

Yes. They're nasty.

[multidisciplinary]

[ Zelda laughs. ] She may not have intended to at the start, but, well, the atmosphere gets rather difficult to resist after awhile.

[ Spoken from experience... ]

Awww! How precious! You'd have to have a heart of stone to break up something so adorable.

[emet_sulk]

How lovely. Will you be taming the hatchlings as well?

[deepstar]

More than likely. I don't think I'll bond with them like I did their mother though. Not sure she'd take too kindly to that, even if they are her hatchlings.

[deepstar]

"Difficult to resist," you say?

[ Definitely subtly asking if she is talking from experience. Seems like an interesting way to say that Azita was just going to falter eventually!

But he laughs. ]

No, it wasn't heartless. Nights can get really cold in the desert and an aery is no place for a kid to sleep.

[deepstar]

I'm guessing those are novels with pictures in them.

Now. These poisonous bites... How is it administered? A gland in the saliva? Slightly hollow teeth through which the poison seeps in?

[refantasma]

I think so? I haven't really had the time to play them.

[Nico's face screws up at the questions.]

I dunno. Magic probably. I was busy leading my army against other monsters.

[sunsetking]

[A pair of twin tails wag at the compliment.]

Careful now. You might make someone jealous with those compliments.

[deepstar]

Ouch. I wouldn't want to do anything of the sort.

Poor girl doesn't deserve that.

[sunsetking]

Absolutely not. She deserves much better.

[deepstar]

Ouch. Not sure if that was an insult aimed at me or at you.

[multidisciplinary]

[ An emphatic nod. ] Yes, because of the pheromones in the air. They aren't perceptible to most people, only those of draconic or reptilian races. It is much like any other need-- when you are hungry, your body tells you to eat; when you are tired, your body tells you to sleep. Resisting just makes you hungrier or sleepier.

[ No, she hasn't caught onto Claude's subtle ask, but she'll happily prattle on anyway. ]

You grew up in the desert? [ Her eyes light up with obvious intrigue. ] I spent a lot of time there myself when I was a girl. The chief of the Gerudo tribe was a close friend of my mother's, and even after my mother died, Urbosa was there for me while I was growing up. I paid her many a visit when I needed time away from my father.

[deepstar]

[ Honestly it's fine if she doesn't catch onto what he's saying. Khalid laughs all the same. ]

That's a very technical explanation of why you, personally, would know it's difficult to resist. Especially if, you know, such things are only to be able to be perceived by reptiles or other animals.

[ A wink. Maybe she'll get what he's implying now. Doesn't matter now - he's moving on! ]

Almyra is a pretty big country. I live in the capitol, in the middle of the desert. You have the plains up north and then the more coastal beaches and port cities down south. It's not exactly the most hospitable of climates, so I'm a little surprised you'd choose that for your "get away from home" location.

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[withermarked]

We haven't spoken before, but I'm curious--what... manner of thing is she? Still learning about all the creatures here.

[It's not hard to guess 'some kind of dragon' of course, but even that much could be wrong depending on where it's from. And he's not sure beyond that.]

[emet_sulk]

No? One would have thought the mother would trust you above all others. Or is it jealousy that is the issue?

[deepstar]

Well... She's not really from here. Her companion that resulted in these guys is, though.

As for the what, she's a wyvern.

[deepstar]

Jealousy. When I was out of the country, I had to use a different wyvern. Azita was not happy about it and let me know it later.

[phoenixdominant]

I would think so. When there is an addition to a family, it usually calls for congratulations and sometimes gifts.

Speaking of, is there anything I might do to help ease your burden?

[deepstar]

Well if you're going to ask... Kind of left a blanket where I was planning on staying. I might need it.

But if you really want to offer congratulations, I think you know what Azita would be all too eager for.

[ Fish ]

[phoenixdominant]

[He chuckles softly.]

That, I think I can do. I will prepare some snacks for the young mother. And bring you some fresh blankets as well.

[deepstar]

[ The relief is clear on his features. ]

Thanks. I really appreciate it. She'll probably let me go once she doesn't feel as tired and vulnerable.

[sunsetking]

It’s directed to whomever you think it is.

[deepstar]

Aww, Leona. You should learn to be kinder to yourself then.

[sunsetking]

Shame. Here I wanted to say the same to you.

[deepstar]

What are you talking about? I'm the nice person ever to myself.