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[deepstar]

Type: Video
Sender ID: Khalid | deepstar
To: General
Subject: Hatching Time
Warnings: None

[ Initially, only Claude's face appears on the feed, alongside is wyvern. She is resting her chin on his shoulder and that hand of his is giving her a pat pat pat. So much patting. ]

I'm sure you all remember me talking about this several moons ago, but hey! The time finally came. I was starting to get a little worried, considering I have no clue what the incubation time for wyvern eggs are here. Everything went smoothly though, I promise. They actually hatched a few days ago, but I wanted to give them some time.

[ Now the video feed shifts, away from Khalid and Azita, and onto the little baby wyverns. Special guest star Leona is also present, already holding a small lizard in his arms. Seems like it's already attached. There's another one, in Claude's arm. ]

Leona and I are going to be co-parenting these kids for a little while so -

[ Unfortunately, Claude gets cut off. With Leona shoving the man's face, ears folded back. ]

Don't say it like that.

[ Too bad Khalid is unbothered, catching Leona's hand and winking. ]

Sorry, gorgeous. I meant co-parenting the hatchlings. [ Another laugh and moving right along. He's looking at the camera once more, ignoring the grumbling from behind him. ] As you all can probably tell, one little one is spoken for. I don't know about this one, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Ironic that they'd hatch while we're having issues with wild wyverns.

Comments

[philancer]

[ Wow, Reigan. How dare you try to make this get all serious on him without warning.

But he… actually has an answer for that now. Even if he still looks a little uncomfortable about admitting it. Or being called out this way in the first place. ]

I’ve started to. More than I ever had back home, at least.

[deepstar]

If that's the case, then I'm happy for you, Sylvain.

[philancer]

[ He squints. What are you up to, Claude? ]

What about you?

[deepstar]

[ Wow. Who said he is up to anything? ]

What about me?

[philancer]

[ You're always up to something. ]

If anyone had more secrets than me back at school, it was you.

[deepstar]

Sure I did. When you enter Sreng territory, do you say you’re a Gautier?

[philancer]

[ He's not sure what Sreng has to do with this, but the question still makes him laugh. ]

Uhh. No. I don't need to. All they need to do is take one look at my hair and they know exactly what my name is. Apparently, they have a word for our family that basically translated to "fire hair".

...Why?

[deepstar]

You know that actually makes sense. Silly question that I thought would relate but apparently doesn't.

So you really think that I would've been able to walk around Fodlan freely if I entered the country under my real name and title?

[philancer]

[ Sylvain just blinks at him again, completely lost now. ]

Your... real name and title??

[deepstar]

Sylvain. I'm not Fodlani. Still a Riegan, but I didn't step foot in Fodlan until I was in my teens.

[philancer]

I did know that much. My guess has always been Almyran. But what do you mean name and title? Claude von Riegan wasn't fancy enough for you?

[deepstar]

"Claude" was given to me by my grandfather, Gautier. People would start asking questions if I were to walk around using Khalid.

Becoming the heir to Riegan was technically a step down status-wise.

[philancer]

[ His head already hurts.

Khalid. What the actual fuck. ]

Am I going to be murdered in my sleep tonight for learning top secret state secrets?

[deepstar]

Cute that you think I'd go out of my way like that.

Besides, it's not like any of that matters here, right? Claude. Khalid. Doesn't matter.

[philancer]

So what's your real title, Khalid?

[ He's pretty sure he doesn't want to know. ]

[deepstar]

The same kind of title that Dimitri should have. Just of a different country.

1/?

[philancer]

2/?

[philancer]

3/?

[philancer]

4/?

[philancer]

5/im done i think

[philancer]

What the fuck do you mean you've been a secret prince all this time?!

[ Oh, he has definitely almost started an international incident then, at least three times. ]

1/2

[deepstar]

[ BRB HE IS LAUGHING BECAUSE THAT REACTION?

Absolutely priceless. 100% what he hopes other people from Fodlan will do. ]

[deepstar]

[ Then he calms down, wiping a tear from his eye. ]

Surprise!

[philancer]

[ He needs a drink. Or ten. ]

So your stint as the Duke was... what, a ruse? A plot? Are you going to be invading next once Edelgard gets done with all of us?

[ He doesn't actually believe that, but this is a bit more of a shock than he'd anticipated. ]

[deepstar]

A near decade-long stint in Fodlan would be one hell of a ruse, Sylvain.

I don't want to invade, you knucklehead. What I want is just the opposite.