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[featherduster]

too powerful

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Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

I wouldn't be friends with people I don't like. So I'd just avoid them.

1/3

[featherduster]

[ YOU CAN JUST AVOID PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE? ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[


CAN HE JUST AVOID KNIVES FOREVER???? ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ No, no. That's stupid. It'll never work. Knives always just finds HIM. ]

That's smart...

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[THAT WAS A CONCERNING ARRAY OF EMOTIONS]

...I've...had a few stalkers before...usually we can chase them off with some polite threats. I don't think that would resolve anything here, though. A proper security system would help.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ dwbi ]

Stalkers... suitors who couldn't take a hint?!

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

Suitors? No way. Where do you come up with this stuff. Just, uh...fans? One guy definitely couldn't take a hint though.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

Stalkers are either that, bounty hunters, or insurance agents. And I don't think you're an outlaw.

How'd you get a fanbase, though? Are you famous?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

No...uh...well...kind of?

[radiating discomfort]

S-Class Hunters are famous since they're strong enough to clear almost any dungeon. My little brother is one of the strongest S-Classes out there, and I work with a lot of other S-Classes because of my job. I'm a monster tamer; my facility raises monsters to help Hunters clear dungeons. Pretty recently I did win a competition that probably made me pretty famous, but before that I was famous by association with my brother and my monsters.

[wait

frowns]

Insurance agents are stalkers?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

Sometimes they're hitmen.

... Can you show me some of the monsters?

[ Emotionally like a golden retriever tentatively wagging tail to meet new friends ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[he kind of wants to ask more about the hitmen, but he's VERY easily swayed into showing off his kids]

There's a lot of them, so just a few, okay?

[the surface of the water is kind of perfect as a stage for a series of monster illusions, so he focuses on one at a time as he brings them to life: an energetic griffin big enough to ride appears in one corner, front claws just barely dipping into the water as Lethe tries to get the illusion just right; on the opposite side of the pool a pair of black and white skittish unicorns huddle; a big, beautiful, lazy white stag sprawls out next to the unicorns looking like it will never get up again; a fluffy black lamb rolls across the surface of the water in a comical display of playfulness; the giant, spiky black dragon curls around the edge of the pool with one eye cracked open; a shining blonde pegasus fluffs its wings proudly; an incredibly round bird floats--not flies, but floats--through the air with a jewel-colored snake looped loosely around it; a cute fennec fox-like creature with two horns appears next to Minuet and does its best to look as adorable as possible, like its begging for pets; beneath the surface of the water a long, serpentine form swims laps around the pool.

Lethe illusions a lil lion guy onto his own shoulders at the very end, positively radiating love and longing]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ Lethe will feel the genuine childish wonder at each new monster appearing. The impulse desire to reach out and touch, even knowing they're mere illusions. A more grounded, scientific sort of curiosity. And something that can just be summed up as WAHHHHH CUTE!!!!! ]

They're incredible...

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[Lethe is clearly SO PROUD!!! of every single monster there!!!! he's like an excited parent showing off his kids for real]

They're great. Most of them are still growing, but they're already well-behaved. You should stop by the facility someday and see them in person.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ EMOTIONAL TAIL WAG INTENSIFIES ]

Do you think they'd like me...?

[ One fear: one of nature's perfect creatures doesn't like him ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[beams!!! yes. love his children. they're so cute and perfect. appreciate how cute they are]

Of course. You have to take their personalities into consideration though. Blacky and Whitey are skittish, so they'd need a lot of coaxing for you to get too close. You can bribe them with food. But others like Blue and Songie are overly friendly; it'd be harder to keep them off of you.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ Nodnodnod ]

I can do that, no problem! I can't believe I've never heard about them before, you've been holding out...

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

They don't exactly come up in casual conversation. And I figured it's boring to hear about for most people. If I had my cell phone I could show you pictures of all the kids, including my little ones, but that's a Red quest I'd rather not finish.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

It's not boring at all! What other chance would I have had to learn about other worlds like this?

Besides, if it's that important to you, of course I'd be interested.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[weh,,, he is equal parts pleased and flustered]

It feels a little one-sided just bragging about my kids. Especially since they're not all human kids. Some people are particular about that. Why don't you tell me a little bit about your world too?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ That's.... cute.

No Man's Land though, distinctly uncute. ]

Styx wasn't exaggerating whenever he said most of that's a drag.

Besides, I asked! And why would non-humans be less important?

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

Some of it sounds nice. You still find places to enjoy yourselves, so it's not all bad.

[gives a shrug and lets the illusions of the monsters slowly fade, one at a time, until just the illusion of the little lion settled around his shoulders remains]

Non-human kids are just as important. Family is family no matter the shape. Not everyone feels the same way, though. It'll be an uphill battle just to get the little ones enrolled in school. --Not the monsters, of course; their intelligence is high, but they can't speak.

1/2

[featherduster]

[ "Places to enjoy yourselves..." Brief fantasy sequence of how Lethe in a NML saloon would go.



Whew. ]

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

How'd you end up with human kids, anyway? Doesn't really sound like you were running around siring.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[mykidisthebest]

[he'd have a great time in a saloon,]

Siring... I guess I technically gave birth to them. But not like humans have kids.

Re: Day 69 (nice), emotionshare

[featherduster]

[ ......?

??


???????

He's thinking SO hard about this ]

... Go on...