video

[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

[empyrean_mirror]

I'm not arguing that, but I don't think it's the inevitable consequence of all forms of governance to end in this kind of scheming. Certainly, we don't come from worlds where there's an alternative, but isn't that the point of striving for better? If we don't believe it's possible, what would we even be working towards?

[It's not that Kaveh's naive, not really. And the thing Khalid implies about his world and his role in it...

Well, there are things Kaveh's not gonna poke at on a public network post, because unlike SOME PEOPLE he has TACT.]

I'm not actually upset. I'm just glad to hear things are going well, even if fatherhood is happening a bit faster than most couples tend to bring children into the equation.

[deepstar]

I don't think it's impossible to achieve, just difficult. First, it means creating a culture where people don't feel the need to scheme and plot for their own ends. It just takes time and, ironically, scheming to out do those that are greedy.

[ Sylvain's here now so it's probably only a matter of time... ]

Anyway, this isn't my first time raising a wyvern. Yet I'm happy to share the experience with someone else.