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strohl stares at this and then does not miss a beat: ]
If that's the case - you think they're talking about a posterior or a person... [ as he
picks up the matching sweatshirt from a nearby rack. the one he grabbed is comically small for him but also its for the joke. ]
strohl stares at this and then does not miss a beat: ]
If that's the case - you think they're talking about a posterior or a person... [ as he
picks up the matching sweatshirt from a nearby rack. the one he grabbed is comically small for him but also its for the joke. ]
[She grins bright at the laugh. There we go!]
I guess that makes sense with the horns. Though — is that an insulting thing? [Cants her head.] I've known people who've been turned into animals before, and some that only got turned partway, but I also know things are very different in other places. Let me know if I'm being rude...
I guess that makes sense with the horns. Though — is that an insulting thing? [Cants her head.] I've known people who've been turned into animals before, and some that only got turned partway, but I also know things are very different in other places. Let me know if I'm being rude...
[ help. she's so cute and nice about it.......... ]
... Definitely was born with them, and I was definitely not a goat, or a cow, or anything else once or ever in my life - I'm a clemar.
[ he'll dip his head a little if she wants to look a little closer since he is Tall, though - his horns are (supposedly, according to metaphor's art book) more dragonlike than anything, and a dark gray in color. ]
Still getting used to people not knowing what a clemar is, so. I get it.
... Definitely was born with them, and I was definitely not a goat, or a cow, or anything else once or ever in my life - I'm a clemar.
[ he'll dip his head a little if she wants to look a little closer since he is Tall, though - his horns are (supposedly, according to metaphor's art book) more dragonlike than anything, and a dark gray in color. ]
Still getting used to people not knowing what a clemar is, so. I get it.
A Clemar... [There is clearly no understanding of what that is or what it means, but she takes this knowledge with the gravitas it deserves.] I'll be sure to remember it. And not make any jokes about goats.
Are there a lot of Clemar, where you're from?
Are there a lot of Clemar, where you're from?
Thanks. [ there's a huff of a laugh about the goat bit, and he nods. ]
And - yeah. Clemar's the biggest tribe in Euchronia, so we're a dime a dozen. We've got a few different tribes - you've seen Hulkenberg around, yeah? Red hair, square bangs, ears out to here? [ he gestures out at hulkenberg's gigantic ears.... ] She's a rouissante, the second biggest.
Otherwise, there's rhoags, ishkia, nidia, mustari, paripus, and... what most people seem to consider normal to us's right out, since people with rounded ears and no horns or tails like yourself, would be part of the rarest tribe of them all, the elda.
And - yeah. Clemar's the biggest tribe in Euchronia, so we're a dime a dozen. We've got a few different tribes - you've seen Hulkenberg around, yeah? Red hair, square bangs, ears out to here? [ he gestures out at hulkenberg's gigantic ears.... ] She's a rouissante, the second biggest.
Otherwise, there's rhoags, ishkia, nidia, mustari, paripus, and... what most people seem to consider normal to us's right out, since people with rounded ears and no horns or tails like yourself, would be part of the rarest tribe of them all, the elda.
...Wow. That's a lot.
[Rosamund blinks. Without context she's going to assume most of these are just humans but a little to the left? Elf ears or horns. Perhaps magic powers to coincide with them.]
Well. I suppose people like me with rounded ears are very common where I'm from. But there's also fairies, and witches, and talking animals, and giants. And the merfolk, and children that have been turned into donkeys, and puppets that might turn into children. Or that's just the one actually, he's a very good friend of mine.
I've also met a dish who was in love with a spoon? It didn't work out.
[Rosamund blinks. Without context she's going to assume most of these are just humans but a little to the left? Elf ears or horns. Perhaps magic powers to coincide with them.]
Well. I suppose people like me with rounded ears are very common where I'm from. But there's also fairies, and witches, and talking animals, and giants. And the merfolk, and children that have been turned into donkeys, and puppets that might turn into children. Or that's just the one actually, he's a very good friend of mine.
I've also met a dish who was in love with a spoon? It didn't work out.
[ looking very warm for a brief moment as he rubs the back of his neck... he can't even deny the "yours" because yeah, that's their will!! give him a minute to be embarrassing here. ]
Prince of Euchronia - that'd be our former captain, Will. A bit complicated, but to make a very long story short, he is the rightful heir to the throne, and the people's candidate, besides. His Highness was thought to be dead by many, ourselves included, but... well, life turns out a bit stranger than that, sometimes.
Beyond that, he's the most trustworthy man I've ever known. The sort you'd be honored to put your loyalty beside. Hulkenberg and I've been traveling with him for... what feels like centuries, honestly, but it's been a few months. Suppose you could say the same for me, in terms of the outdoors. Not much time to be reading when there's a country to be saved.
Prince of Euchronia - that'd be our former captain, Will. A bit complicated, but to make a very long story short, he is the rightful heir to the throne, and the people's candidate, besides. His Highness was thought to be dead by many, ourselves included, but... well, life turns out a bit stranger than that, sometimes.
Beyond that, he's the most trustworthy man I've ever known. The sort you'd be honored to put your loyalty beside. Hulkenberg and I've been traveling with him for... what feels like centuries, honestly, but it's been a few months. Suppose you could say the same for me, in terms of the outdoors. Not much time to be reading when there's a country to be saved.
Edited (no my icon) 2025-06-07 01:26 (UTC)
A little too much so, honestly. [She leaves the bobble head alone for now, pushing it softly back into the shelf.] I only lived about halfway through, but even then it was just awful. How you could come to expect the worst. Then numb yourself over, and march into a trial the next day.
I don't like it. How it makes Death feel cheap. Sure, it's something that has to happen to everyone, but it's not meant to be so flippant.
I don't like it. How it makes Death feel cheap. Sure, it's something that has to happen to everyone, but it's not meant to be so flippant.
[ ah... the more she talks - especially as she reaches the end, the more strohl's expression sharpens, but it's not negative at all. it's this deep, immediate click of understanding, of a statement that resonates. ]
I couldn't have said so better myself, your highness. [ measured, but there's an intensity to it, a simmer that comes on the recognition of injustice. ] Losing sight of the weight of what it means for someone to lose a life is a dangerous road to walk. That this entire thing seems a "game", a form of some sort of entertainment, to whomever is in charge is a damned disgrace.
...I've not the same experiences of time that you all have, but I see where you're coming from. [ a pause. and then, softer - ] And for what it's worth, I'm sorry you had to experience it, too.
I couldn't have said so better myself, your highness. [ measured, but there's an intensity to it, a simmer that comes on the recognition of injustice. ] Losing sight of the weight of what it means for someone to lose a life is a dangerous road to walk. That this entire thing seems a "game", a form of some sort of entertainment, to whomever is in charge is a damned disgrace.
...I've not the same experiences of time that you all have, but I see where you're coming from. [ a pause. and then, softer - ] And for what it's worth, I'm sorry you had to experience it, too.
Oh, don't be. I mean, we're all in this terrible thing together. And I don't know that I would have handled what you went through in that shorter round any better than I did my own. None of it's easy.
[She smiles, if wanly. Then huffs and looks down at her feet.]
Really, though, the only thing I want to do is find these auditors and give them a taste of their own gross medicine. If they want to perfect this "formula", they can do it themselves.
[She smiles, if wanly. Then huffs and looks down at her feet.]
Really, though, the only thing I want to do is find these auditors and give them a taste of their own gross medicine. If they want to perfect this "formula", they can do it themselves.
[ TO SNOWEND
strohl, who still looks just a little green around the gills, is standing in the snowy ground outside of the cabin, hands on his hips, yellow scarf wrapped around his neck. more importantly - strohl jr, in his adorableness, is FROLICKING in the snow, barely just a pair of visible eyebrows and horns. this is paradise.... ]
You're lucky I wanted to be outside too. Freezing my...
[ a pause. he spots rosamund? and immediately stops talking. ] Your highness. [ pause again. ] Rosie.
[ yeah that seems right! anyway ] The great outdoors, yeah? Finally.
strohl, who still looks just a little green around the gills, is standing in the snowy ground outside of the cabin, hands on his hips, yellow scarf wrapped around his neck. more importantly - strohl jr, in his adorableness, is FROLICKING in the snow, barely just a pair of visible eyebrows and horns. this is paradise.... ]
You're lucky I wanted to be outside too. Freezing my...
[ a pause. he spots rosamund? and immediately stops talking. ] Your highness. [ pause again. ] Rosie.
[ yeah that seems right! anyway ] The great outdoors, yeah? Finally.
[Rosamund is in what looks like a thousand layers. She cannot be cute in the cold she can only be prepared. Full marshmallow mode.]
G-great outdoors. Yes. They're v-v-very great-t-t...
[Her archnemesis, winter. But oh look! his CREATURE.
She tries to stoop to pet it but her snowpants and parka are too thick]
G-great outdoors. Yes. They're v-v-very great-t-t...
[Her archnemesis, winter. But oh look! his CREATURE.
She tries to stoop to pet it but her snowpants and parka are too thick]
[ ROSIE OH MY GOD ]
-- Your highness! [ STRESSED!!!! he's immediately starting to unwind his scarf from around his neck, draping it over her incredible marshmallow attire, and then just - reaching to put his hand on her shoulders and turn her right back around. ]
Inside - into the lounge, come on, let's go.
-- Your highness! [ STRESSED!!!! he's immediately starting to unwind his scarf from around his neck, draping it over her incredible marshmallow attire, and then just - reaching to put his hand on her shoulders and turn her right back around. ]
Inside - into the lounge, come on, let's go.
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