The Keeper's Daughter: An Adventurous Dragon's Quest
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[X] There's another carriage here in a heraldry of wings and feathers with gold trim. There's a kid on top of the cart fanning her large mottled wings and staring angrily at a harp.
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[X] There's another carriage here in a heraldry of wings and feathers with gold trim. There's a kid on top of the cart fanning her large mottled wings and staring angrily at a harp.
No. of Votes: 8
[X] You've heard of that most mythical of entities, the dog, and you wish to behold it. Find one.
No. of Votes: 4
[x] THEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODS! You know you promised dad but you've literally never seen a full proper forest before and you REALLY WANT TO!
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 13
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[X] There's another carriage here in a heraldry of wings and feathers with gold trim. There's a kid on top of the cart fanning her large mottled wings and staring angrily at a harp.
No. of Votes: 8
[X] You've heard of that most mythical of entities, the dog, and you wish to behold it. Find one.
No. of Votes: 4
[x] THEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODSTHEWOODS! You know you promised dad but you've literally never seen a full proper forest before and you REALLY WANT TO!
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 13
Welp, looks like ya'll have chosen to meet Aurora then and find out a bit more about the ol' adventuring group Luna's dad was in back in the day.
Update 3: B I R D S
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The trees sing to you a sweet, sweet siren song of sun and shade in equal turn but you're strong! You promised your dad you wouldn't wander out of sight of town and you meant every word of it. And while you wouldn't mind exploring to try and figure out what, exactly, a dog is you're content to wait on that particular mystery until you reach the capital. After all, it's not every day you get to speak with an angry harpy glaring at a harp like it personally spited her.
So you decide to walk over to the other girl and give a wave and a holler. She looks up and when she does you see a certain owlishness to her features. Also the fact that she's got feathers along other parts of her that aren't wings which have just poofed up in surprise or agitation or defensiveness. You don't know really, hard to tell, it's your first time meeting someone with wings other than your other parent.
"Howdy there! My name's Luna!" You greet her, hand extended upwards for a shake. "My dad and I just got here and I'm bored so you wanna talk and do stuff while we wait?"
There's a moment of hesitation before she puts the harp down and leans over, shaking your hand. "M' name's Aurora and sure? I guess? Ain't got no reason not to, not like my mom or my ma told me not to." And with that she hops down off the carriage and brushes herself off.
"So what'd you even want to talk about?" She eyes you, a bit of suspicion on her face and you blank out for a minute before an idea comes to your head.
"Have you ever seen a dog?" The expression on her face suddenly goes slack with confusion. "Because I really want to see a dog outside of picture books."
"Wh- No? Yes? Kinda but only once?" Aurora answers back, surprised. "There's not exactly a lot of space for dogs back home they just kinda… Fall through the clouds if ya don't watch them carefully enough. Most people don't got a place that can let a dog in anyhow." She shakes her head and leans forward. "The Cloud Lands really only let flyin' things in so most people got birds or gryphons or hypogriffs and other winged things. Was kinda hopin' to see if I could find a dog on this trip to pet in all honesty."
There's an embarrassed but defiant glare from your new friend as you gasp, starry eyed in wonder. Finally, at long last, you've found a kindred spirit in this world. Someone else who has the goal of finding a dog. "LETSGOLETSGOLETSGO!" You shout, grabbing her hand as she yelps in surprise.
"What? Go where? Do what?!"
"DOG FIND GOOD YES LET'S GO!" You start hopping in place, excitement no longer contained. In moods like this before you've melted stone (you were trying to blow out your birthday candles) and shattered steel (you'd finally managed to fly.) "LET'S GOOOOO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?!" You beg the other girl as she grabs the harp from the roof of the carriage.
"A'right, a'right fine! Just… Calm down a bit would ya?" Aurora soothes, hands held out in front of her, the harp clutched tightly in a fist. "Okay, now, if we're gonna go dog searching the first thing we're going to need to do is to think about where a dog might be."
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"A dog?" The large, befeathered woman before you tilts her head, looking down at Aurora in confusion. "Now honey why do you need to see a dog so bad for?"
"Cause I wanna pet a dog and Luna ain't never seen one." Your friend states plainly, folding her arms. "An' you taught me that it's important to be good to your friends and I'm gonna be good to mine by showing her a dog. Please Mom? Help me out here?"
The larger bird-like woman heaves a sigh and looking closer you see the family resemblance there. Same light shade of color on the feathers, same sunken in look around the eyes, same general look of defiance and spite at the world around them. "Alright Aurora, alright. I'll tell you where you might be able to find a dog." She replies as her daughter pumps her fists in the air. "IF you promise me that you'll not antagonize the poor dear."
"Wh- Mom I'd never-!"
"We know you wouldn't hurt the pooch, Aurora." Another voice interrupts and you look around to see… An even larger, more intimidating and heavily feathered woman stepping out into the light from a shop. You immediately assume it's Aurora's other mom or mum or whatever she called her. You say this because your new friend immediately tries to bail out and run away only to get sweeped up in a bone-crushing hug. "But we also know better than to think you won't try to, say for example, hop on its back and ride it like a horse."
Aurora just groans and blushes. "Maaaaa! I wouldn't do that, I'm not five anymore!" She complains, struggling to get loose. "'Sides if anyone's the one that ya gotta worry about doin' that it's Luna there." Your traitorous comrade points, drawing the attention of both adults.
"Oh? Really?" An eyebrow arches from the larger of the three birds. "Ohhhhh, you already made a new friend! I'm proud of you sweetie." A tired groan is the only response from the spiteful ball of feathers and sullen looks in her arms as the proud mama hen chuckles. "Well now, anyone brave enough to be friends with my little spitfire over here's definitely gotten a good impression out of me. My name's Bardiche and this is my wife Cassidy."
You wave happily back at both of them. "Howdy and hello!" This gets a smile from the two adults. "You, uhhh, already know my name. Still, nice to meet you!" You hold a hand out for a shake and repress the wince as a hearty and firm handshake ensues from two titanic walls of muscle and feather.
"So you from around here kiddo?" Cassidy asks, rubbing her daughter's hair in between fussing about her feathers.
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So you decide to walk over to the other girl and give a wave and a holler. She looks up and when she does you see a certain owlishness to her features. Also the fact that she's got feathers along other parts of her that aren't wings which have just poofed up in surprise or agitation or defensiveness. You don't know really, hard to tell, it's your first time meeting someone with wings other than your other parent.
"Howdy there! My name's Luna!" You greet her, hand extended upwards for a shake. "My dad and I just got here and I'm bored so you wanna talk and do stuff while we wait?"
There's a moment of hesitation before she puts the harp down and leans over, shaking your hand. "M' name's Aurora and sure? I guess? Ain't got no reason not to, not like my mom or my ma told me not to." And with that she hops down off the carriage and brushes herself off.
"So what'd you even want to talk about?" She eyes you, a bit of suspicion on her face and you blank out for a minute before an idea comes to your head.
"Have you ever seen a dog?" The expression on her face suddenly goes slack with confusion. "Because I really want to see a dog outside of picture books."
"Wh- No? Yes? Kinda but only once?" Aurora answers back, surprised. "There's not exactly a lot of space for dogs back home they just kinda… Fall through the clouds if ya don't watch them carefully enough. Most people don't got a place that can let a dog in anyhow." She shakes her head and leans forward. "The Cloud Lands really only let flyin' things in so most people got birds or gryphons or hypogriffs and other winged things. Was kinda hopin' to see if I could find a dog on this trip to pet in all honesty."
There's an embarrassed but defiant glare from your new friend as you gasp, starry eyed in wonder. Finally, at long last, you've found a kindred spirit in this world. Someone else who has the goal of finding a dog. "LETSGOLETSGOLETSGO!" You shout, grabbing her hand as she yelps in surprise.
"What? Go where? Do what?!"
"DOG FIND GOOD YES LET'S GO!" You start hopping in place, excitement no longer contained. In moods like this before you've melted stone (you were trying to blow out your birthday candles) and shattered steel (you'd finally managed to fly.) "LET'S GOOOOO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?!" You beg the other girl as she grabs the harp from the roof of the carriage.
"A'right, a'right fine! Just… Calm down a bit would ya?" Aurora soothes, hands held out in front of her, the harp clutched tightly in a fist. "Okay, now, if we're gonna go dog searching the first thing we're going to need to do is to think about where a dog might be."
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"A dog?" The large, befeathered woman before you tilts her head, looking down at Aurora in confusion. "Now honey why do you need to see a dog so bad for?"
"Cause I wanna pet a dog and Luna ain't never seen one." Your friend states plainly, folding her arms. "An' you taught me that it's important to be good to your friends and I'm gonna be good to mine by showing her a dog. Please Mom? Help me out here?"
The larger bird-like woman heaves a sigh and looking closer you see the family resemblance there. Same light shade of color on the feathers, same sunken in look around the eyes, same general look of defiance and spite at the world around them. "Alright Aurora, alright. I'll tell you where you might be able to find a dog." She replies as her daughter pumps her fists in the air. "IF you promise me that you'll not antagonize the poor dear."
"Wh- Mom I'd never-!"
"We know you wouldn't hurt the pooch, Aurora." Another voice interrupts and you look around to see… An even larger, more intimidating and heavily feathered woman stepping out into the light from a shop. You immediately assume it's Aurora's other mom or mum or whatever she called her. You say this because your new friend immediately tries to bail out and run away only to get sweeped up in a bone-crushing hug. "But we also know better than to think you won't try to, say for example, hop on its back and ride it like a horse."
Aurora just groans and blushes. "Maaaaa! I wouldn't do that, I'm not five anymore!" She complains, struggling to get loose. "'Sides if anyone's the one that ya gotta worry about doin' that it's Luna there." Your traitorous comrade points, drawing the attention of both adults.
"Oh? Really?" An eyebrow arches from the larger of the three birds. "Ohhhhh, you already made a new friend! I'm proud of you sweetie." A tired groan is the only response from the spiteful ball of feathers and sullen looks in her arms as the proud mama hen chuckles. "Well now, anyone brave enough to be friends with my little spitfire over here's definitely gotten a good impression out of me. My name's Bardiche and this is my wife Cassidy."
You wave happily back at both of them. "Howdy and hello!" This gets a smile from the two adults. "You, uhhh, already know my name. Still, nice to meet you!" You hold a hand out for a shake and repress the wince as a hearty and firm handshake ensues from two titanic walls of muscle and feather.
"So you from around here kiddo?" Cassidy asks, rubbing her daughter's hair in between fussing about her feathers.
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There's no excuse on this one taking so long I just got distracted honestly.
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Luna: excitable as a dog about finding dogs!
[X] "Nope! I'm from the Keep! Now, you said you knew where we could find a dog?" You bounce eagerly on your feet, waiting for an answer...
[X] "Nope! I'm from the Keep! Now, you said you knew where we could find a dog?" You bounce eagerly on your feet, waiting for an answer...
I feel like "ma" might be more appropriate given the accents they have. Just my opinion though.
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[X] "Nope! I'm from the Keep! Now, you said you knew where we could find a dog?" You bounce eagerly on your feet, waiting for an answer...
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"Nope! I'm from the Keep! Now, you said you knew where we could find a dog?" You bounce eagerly on your feet, waiting for an answer. There's just an answering chuckle from the proud parents as they stare down at you, your companion feebly struggling against the loving death-grip she's stuck in. Then there's a moment, a moment of confusion that passes between their faces. Bardiche looks down at you, eyebrow cocked.
"Wait, the Keep?" She asks, setting Aurora down. "Huh. Wasn't aware there was a keep in this region." She mutters to herself, scratching the back of her head. "Been quite some time since I was out here so it's not entirely unexpected but still..." And then she's all smiles again, ruffling your hair. "Heh. So where's the keep at exactly? Might pay a visit there sometime soon if I get a chance."
You nod your head and point back towards the wastes. "Out in the wastes." You answer simply, seeing no reason not to tell her. A choking noise catches your attention and you look back to see Cassidy staring at you, open mouthed, as Aurora looks back and forth between her parents in confusion and Bardiche…
Bardiche has an utterly blank look on her face. "You mean the Keeper's Keep waaaaaaay out there? That's where you're from?" She whispers, staring off into the distance. You nod slowly, staring back at her. "The Keeper's Keep, where the world's strongest necromancer resides, safeguarding the world from horrors best left slumbering. THAT Keeper's Keep?" Again, you nod.
"Sorry, just to be absolutely sure, you mean you live all the way out there in a fortress packed to the brim with the walking dead and a man so hideously, stupidly thoughtless about his best friends that he neglECTS TO TELL THEM HE ADOPTED A KID!" Bardiche screams, pivoting and standing and marching towards the carts. "WHERE IS HE?! I AM GONNA GIVE THAT IDIOT A PIECE OF MY MIND!"
"Dear, dear, calm down, calm down!" Cassidy chases after, desperately attempting to soothe her wife. "I'm sure he didn't mean to-"
"OF COURSE HE DIDN'T!" Bardiche counters. "Keeper's not a complete jerk he's just a moron who forgets to eat if you don't interrupt him while busy and who didn't tell us all that he'd ADOPTED!" Her hands fly to the sky, exasperation clear in every motion. "I thought he'd grown out of this but I really shouldn't have thought that because what kind of stupid, moronic, buffoonish jerk looks his best friends in the eyes and says 'Hold up, I'mma go live in the most lifeless, terrible place imaginable because I don't people well.' and what kind of thoughtless idiots are we that we were COOL WITH THAT!?"
You look to Aurora in a panic who looks back to you and helplessly shrugs, both of you unsure as to what is going on. And from the corner of your eye you see the tell-tale sign of swishing black robes inlaid with runes and a staff topped by a skull. Dad, returning with a cage, held under one arm and a bag piled on top filled with what looks like food of some sort.
He looks to you and waves with his free hand, unawares of the rampaging bird not far away. And then he notices and grins. "Bardiche! My friend! How have you be-"
He doesn't get to finish that statement as he is bodily lifted from the ground and pinned to the wall. "YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" The woman in question yells as Cassidy makes a dive to keep the cage from hitting the ground. "AND WHEN WERE YOU GONNA TELL US YOU'D ADOPTED YOU GIGANTIC JACKASS?!"
Dad just blinks and opens his mouth. "I… I sent you all a letter remember? About the dragon a-and the demons? That letter?" He explains, hands up in placation.
There's a moment of glacial, frozen silence as someone you thought couldn't get any angrier gets suddenly angrier still and goes utterly calm. "You mean the letter you sent ten years ago."
"Yes, that letter."
"The letter that was like any other report you send us about the state of affairs in the wastes."
"W-well when you put it like that I probably could've done with more detail yes."
There's more silence and she fixes Keeper with a gaze. "Keeper, what's your last name?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Your dad breaks eye contact and starts sweating, looking over to the side. "I have one now, I do have one but-"
"Keeper, we all traded something to a monster outside of the world so we could kill a god just tell me what your last name is because I know you've got a new one now Mr. 'I'll sell you my name, I ain't using it.' because if you don't I will scream you deaf, I swear on my life." Bardiche continues forward, deathly calm.
Dad's mouth flaps up and down. "Well you see with one thing and another I couldn't really think of anything so I-"
Bardiche looks at you. "Luna, what's your last name and by extension your dad's last name?"
Dad's shaking his head and desperately mouthing 'no' at you but you can't stop yourself. "I-i-it's… Graves. Luna Graves." You meekly respond.
The large bird-woman smiles back at you, grateful for the swift response. "Thank you kindly dear, I'll be sure to get something nice for your birthday." And then she's all fury again as she stares your dad down. "Graves?! Really Keeper? Really!?"
"I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE!"
"SO YOU JUST TAKE YOUR TITLE AND STRIP A FEW WORDS OFF OF IT!?"
An argument spews forth and you swiftly lose track of it as you hear Cassidy sigh and stand up, bringing the cage and the bag over to you with a smile. "Don't mind those two, kids." She sets down, placing the cage in front of you. "Back in our adventuring days they always got on each other's cases like this. If it wasn't Keeper forgetting to eat or casually forgetting to tell us something important it was Bardiche running off being a glory hound and nearly getting herself killed."
You look at Aurora in a panic who just shrugs back in an equal amount of panic. "Wh-what did you guys do back in the day?!" Aurora blurts out, staring her mom in the eyes with a mixture of awe, respect, and utter bafflement. "I mean ma mentioned you guys killed a god I mean what, but, how did, when did, what did-"
Chuckling, Cassidy shushes her daughter with a finger. "Now now, there's time for stories later. I believe your mother and I promised to show the both of you two kids a dog now didn't we?" Mutely, you both nod as Cassidy smiles back at you. "Well, on this it seems Keeper's beaten us both to it."
You look at the cage and feel your eyes going wide. "You… You mean there's a-?"
And you don't even get to finish speaking as Cassidy opens the door and out pops a sleek black dog with brown spots for eyebrows and a stubby little tail looks at you keenly, panting and licking your face. As you hold the pooch up you can't help but beam in spite of all the confusion the day's brought with you.
"Happy birthday Luna." You hear from far away and look to see your dad waving at you as Bardiche and he stop their argument long enough to let you enjoy the moment. Of course this just starts a new argument about 'not even telling me it's HER BIRTHDAY?!' between the two adults but you just look down at the pooch in your lap and beam as the pup curls up and goes to sleep.
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"So what are you going to name him?" Aurora asks, idly kicking her feet from the roof of her family's cart. "I mean, Killer's a good name if you're looking for suggestions."
You both look at the small puppy dog, idly sitting there with a butterfly perched on the end of his nose, seemingly content with the world as a whole. "Okay, nevermind." Aurora states, rubbing her head.
Stroking your chin, you think… What should you name this dog?
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And then another thought comes to your head. With the adults apparently in the midst of serious discussions regarding 'actually telling us things happening your personal day to day life you absolute dunderhead idiot jerk.' and 'well maybe if you had a more reliable means of contact than 'eh, the post office will find me' you absolute harpy.' it leaves you and Aurora pretty much unsupervised. Which means you can do something.
The only question is what…
[] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
[] "Wanna see if we can teach the puppy tricks?" "Yeah that seems like a plan."
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"Wait, the Keep?" She asks, setting Aurora down. "Huh. Wasn't aware there was a keep in this region." She mutters to herself, scratching the back of her head. "Been quite some time since I was out here so it's not entirely unexpected but still..." And then she's all smiles again, ruffling your hair. "Heh. So where's the keep at exactly? Might pay a visit there sometime soon if I get a chance."
You nod your head and point back towards the wastes. "Out in the wastes." You answer simply, seeing no reason not to tell her. A choking noise catches your attention and you look back to see Cassidy staring at you, open mouthed, as Aurora looks back and forth between her parents in confusion and Bardiche…
Bardiche has an utterly blank look on her face. "You mean the Keeper's Keep waaaaaaay out there? That's where you're from?" She whispers, staring off into the distance. You nod slowly, staring back at her. "The Keeper's Keep, where the world's strongest necromancer resides, safeguarding the world from horrors best left slumbering. THAT Keeper's Keep?" Again, you nod.
"Sorry, just to be absolutely sure, you mean you live all the way out there in a fortress packed to the brim with the walking dead and a man so hideously, stupidly thoughtless about his best friends that he neglECTS TO TELL THEM HE ADOPTED A KID!" Bardiche screams, pivoting and standing and marching towards the carts. "WHERE IS HE?! I AM GONNA GIVE THAT IDIOT A PIECE OF MY MIND!"
"Dear, dear, calm down, calm down!" Cassidy chases after, desperately attempting to soothe her wife. "I'm sure he didn't mean to-"
"OF COURSE HE DIDN'T!" Bardiche counters. "Keeper's not a complete jerk he's just a moron who forgets to eat if you don't interrupt him while busy and who didn't tell us all that he'd ADOPTED!" Her hands fly to the sky, exasperation clear in every motion. "I thought he'd grown out of this but I really shouldn't have thought that because what kind of stupid, moronic, buffoonish jerk looks his best friends in the eyes and says 'Hold up, I'mma go live in the most lifeless, terrible place imaginable because I don't people well.' and what kind of thoughtless idiots are we that we were COOL WITH THAT!?"
You look to Aurora in a panic who looks back to you and helplessly shrugs, both of you unsure as to what is going on. And from the corner of your eye you see the tell-tale sign of swishing black robes inlaid with runes and a staff topped by a skull. Dad, returning with a cage, held under one arm and a bag piled on top filled with what looks like food of some sort.
He looks to you and waves with his free hand, unawares of the rampaging bird not far away. And then he notices and grins. "Bardiche! My friend! How have you be-"
He doesn't get to finish that statement as he is bodily lifted from the ground and pinned to the wall. "YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!" The woman in question yells as Cassidy makes a dive to keep the cage from hitting the ground. "AND WHEN WERE YOU GONNA TELL US YOU'D ADOPTED YOU GIGANTIC JACKASS?!"
Dad just blinks and opens his mouth. "I… I sent you all a letter remember? About the dragon a-and the demons? That letter?" He explains, hands up in placation.
There's a moment of glacial, frozen silence as someone you thought couldn't get any angrier gets suddenly angrier still and goes utterly calm. "You mean the letter you sent ten years ago."
"Yes, that letter."
"The letter that was like any other report you send us about the state of affairs in the wastes."
"W-well when you put it like that I probably could've done with more detail yes."
There's more silence and she fixes Keeper with a gaze. "Keeper, what's your last name?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Your dad breaks eye contact and starts sweating, looking over to the side. "I have one now, I do have one but-"
"Keeper, we all traded something to a monster outside of the world so we could kill a god just tell me what your last name is because I know you've got a new one now Mr. 'I'll sell you my name, I ain't using it.' because if you don't I will scream you deaf, I swear on my life." Bardiche continues forward, deathly calm.
Dad's mouth flaps up and down. "Well you see with one thing and another I couldn't really think of anything so I-"
Bardiche looks at you. "Luna, what's your last name and by extension your dad's last name?"
Dad's shaking his head and desperately mouthing 'no' at you but you can't stop yourself. "I-i-it's… Graves. Luna Graves." You meekly respond.
The large bird-woman smiles back at you, grateful for the swift response. "Thank you kindly dear, I'll be sure to get something nice for your birthday." And then she's all fury again as she stares your dad down. "Graves?! Really Keeper? Really!?"
"I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE!"
"SO YOU JUST TAKE YOUR TITLE AND STRIP A FEW WORDS OFF OF IT!?"
An argument spews forth and you swiftly lose track of it as you hear Cassidy sigh and stand up, bringing the cage and the bag over to you with a smile. "Don't mind those two, kids." She sets down, placing the cage in front of you. "Back in our adventuring days they always got on each other's cases like this. If it wasn't Keeper forgetting to eat or casually forgetting to tell us something important it was Bardiche running off being a glory hound and nearly getting herself killed."
You look at Aurora in a panic who just shrugs back in an equal amount of panic. "Wh-what did you guys do back in the day?!" Aurora blurts out, staring her mom in the eyes with a mixture of awe, respect, and utter bafflement. "I mean ma mentioned you guys killed a god I mean what, but, how did, when did, what did-"
Chuckling, Cassidy shushes her daughter with a finger. "Now now, there's time for stories later. I believe your mother and I promised to show the both of you two kids a dog now didn't we?" Mutely, you both nod as Cassidy smiles back at you. "Well, on this it seems Keeper's beaten us both to it."
You look at the cage and feel your eyes going wide. "You… You mean there's a-?"
And you don't even get to finish speaking as Cassidy opens the door and out pops a sleek black dog with brown spots for eyebrows and a stubby little tail looks at you keenly, panting and licking your face. As you hold the pooch up you can't help but beam in spite of all the confusion the day's brought with you.
"Happy birthday Luna." You hear from far away and look to see your dad waving at you as Bardiche and he stop their argument long enough to let you enjoy the moment. Of course this just starts a new argument about 'not even telling me it's HER BIRTHDAY?!' between the two adults but you just look down at the pooch in your lap and beam as the pup curls up and goes to sleep.
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"So what are you going to name him?" Aurora asks, idly kicking her feet from the roof of her family's cart. "I mean, Killer's a good name if you're looking for suggestions."
You both look at the small puppy dog, idly sitting there with a butterfly perched on the end of his nose, seemingly content with the world as a whole. "Okay, nevermind." Aurora states, rubbing her head.
Stroking your chin, you think… What should you name this dog?
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And then another thought comes to your head. With the adults apparently in the midst of serious discussions regarding 'actually telling us things happening your personal day to day life you absolute dunderhead idiot jerk.' and 'well maybe if you had a more reliable means of contact than 'eh, the post office will find me' you absolute harpy.' it leaves you and Aurora pretty much unsupervised. Which means you can do something.
The only question is what…
[] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
[] "Wanna see if we can teach the puppy tricks?" "Yeah that seems like a plan."
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So Shadowbringers dropped for FFXIV and that's where I vanished to.
No regrets.
No regrets.
[X] Dog
Old classic. Good name. Excellent game reference. Which game? Oh, there are so many choices - but I'm going to go with Arcanum.
Plus, well. See our last name. I'm sure some of that... let's call it 'practicality' - has rubbed off.
[X] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
On the one hand, as unshaperoned shenanigans go, this is pretty tame. We could be racing all over town! With our new dog, Dog!
On the other hand, the grown-ups' discussions so far have proven hilarious. Clearly this will be even better with peanut gallery commentary.
Old classic. Good name. Excellent game reference. Which game? Oh, there are so many choices - but I'm going to go with Arcanum.
Plus, well. See our last name. I'm sure some of that... let's call it 'practicality' - has rubbed off.
[X] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
On the one hand, as unshaperoned shenanigans go, this is pretty tame. We could be racing all over town! With our new dog, Dog!
On the other hand, the grown-ups' discussions so far have proven hilarious. Clearly this will be even better with peanut gallery commentary.
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[X] Cerberus. Because you read it in a book once and it sounds like a dog type name.
I want to see all the adults so a spit take whenever we call out the name of our dog. They expect a giant three headed monstrosity but what comes round the corner is a slightly clumsy, floofy little puppy.
I want to see all the adults so a spit take whenever we call out the name of our dog. They expect a giant three headed monstrosity but what comes round the corner is a slightly clumsy, floofy little puppy.
Hm... on the one hand, Dog. On the other hand... Calling him "Spot" isn't bad either, given the description of black with brown spots for eyebrows. I'm not going to change my vote, but I'd be happy if Cerberus wins instead. (Why do I equate Cerberus with Spot? Because that's basically how it translates. Yes, Hades, Lord of the Underworld, named his ferocious three-headed-dog "Spot". This tells you a lot about Hades.)
- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
[X] Cerberus. Because you read it in a book once and it sounds like a dog type name.
[X] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
This is goofy, I like it
[X] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
This is goofy, I like it
I am intrigued. Unfortunately, 'YASD' and 'quest' make for a far too vague search criteria.
[X] "Wanna eavesdrop on the grown-ups?" "Oh god yes."
