18 ♐ He is a very important 8 year old you see

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Who: A young Zahhak not named Equius plus ~Vatheon~
Where: Throughout the city
When: Throughout the day
Style: Anything
Status: Open
Note: Darkleer is 4 sweeps old aka almost 9 years old in human terms.

Scene 1

For anyone trying to go about their business this morning, they might... not notice a very small "Ahen". It's very quiet. The next "Ahem" is just a bit louder, but it's the third they might notice someone is trying to get their attention.

It is a very young troll boy, some grub fat still in his cheeks and with long black hair that falls in front of his face and down to his very knees. The only thing he's wearing seems to be a tanktop that was obviously built for someone MUCH larger and taller than him; the bottom brushes his ankles. He's trying to seem taller than he is, very important you see! But it is failing due to a few reasons. One, his hair is in front of his face. Two, the look in his eyes makes it very clear that he is on the bare edge before he flips out. Three, there is an extremely tiny white pony following him around and chewing on his hair.

Watch out, 'tho- the large white bird one might see perched nearby seems like she means business.

"Ahem." Oh, looks like the young troll is ready to speak up! "By the order of the Alternian Empire, I order you to tell me where I am and what you have done with my lusus, along with anything else important." He keeps his chest puffed up for but a second before deflating. "I mean. Please?"

Scene 2 - Open

It looks like the young troll boy has stopped accosting random passerby for information. Now that it's noon, he can be found sitting on the plaza fountain with his two 'pets' with him.

Some brilliant local thought it a smart idea to give him an ice cream cone. Judging by the shattered cone all around and his hands dripping with ice cream, it's fairly obvious what happened. The large white bird is cooing and rubbing against his face. The miniature pony? A bit busy licking at the ice cream.

No, the boy isn't about to cry. That isn't why he's hiding his face behind his hair more than he was already. He's had a hard day, okay? Shut up.

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Dural, helpful bird lusus that she is, just tilts her head to the side. If Nepeta could speak BURD, then she would have plenty of helpful advice! But right now there's just cooing and some feather rustling. You are on your own, kitty.

"No, I mean." He pauses, awkwardly, crossing his arms in a way so that he can rub his elbows. "...I break people, sometimes."

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Nepeta sadly is still lacking in brownblood-style animal communication powers, so she is indeed on her own for this. Luckily, she is well-versed in blueblooded strength issues!

"Ohhh, I see! No, no, of course I'm not scared of you." She gives him a wide, unintentionally toothy grin. "I know you'd never hurt me. I'll be the one to hold your hand so that you don't close it too tightly by mistake, and it'll all be fine, see?"

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Good thing he's dealt with toothy grins a lot, even if he tries to hide from the animals that make them. He's only a little disconcerted before he relaxes. "Oh... Oh, I guess that's okay." He wiggles in place for a bit, ducking his head down before peering up from beneath his hair. "That's really nice of you..."

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"It's okay! It wouldn't be right for you to go hungry! Are you ready to go now?" She has every intention of feeding him a whole pile of delicious things.

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Well... Oh, who's he kidding, he can't say no. A shy little nod and he even tentatively holds his hand out to her. "I think so.."

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And there it is again, the gently careful way she takes hold of his hand, her own warm in comparison to his. "Svaeth will come along, he's a very good pony, and I know Dural will as well." To keep an eye on Darkleer, Nepeta can see she's doing her lusus-ly duty by him. And off they go to an outdoor cafe!

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Lusus duties are the most important duties! This may not be her grub, but Dural still has a fondness for silly b100b100ds. So follow she does from the air, with Svaeth happily following in hopes of more treats.

Chiron manages to keep up this time instead of just letting himself be dragged, although he stares at their hands plenty of times just to make sure he doesn't mess up.

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"Here we are!" she announces as they arrive at a nice little restaurant with plenty of seating outside. She holds out a seat for him so that he won't break it by mistake, and once he's sitting down she'll take a seat for herself. Svaeth has happily followed them and she pets him as he hovers around their table. "Lets see. Salads!"

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There's a glance of appreciation when she pulls out his chair for him, and he very carefully takes a seat. He's still eyeing the menus when she speaks up. "I like salads!"

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"I guessed you would! If you get one with carrots in it you could give bits of it to Svaeth," she suggests, reaching out to pet the pony as she mentions him. "He'd like that! ...or maybe we could just get him one of his own?"

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"He would!" This is something he's pretty sure of. Hoofbeasts love carrots, after all. At least, his lusus did. Nice big ones, too. A tiny hoofbeast like Svaeth probably needs tiny ones, 'tho... "So a salad with a lot of carrots."

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Nepeta nods vigorously at the waiter who's appeared to take their order. "One salad just like that, please! And one slice of chocolate fudge cake for me! Oh, oh, and a glass of milk for Chiron - if you can pour it into one of those metal containers you make milkshakes in it would be very helpful, and a pot of tea for me!"

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She remembered about his strength issues! Oh dear, he could swoon. Thankfully he doesn't lest he take out the table and a good chunk of the floor from his fall.

"How did you know I liked milk?"

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"I guessed!" She grins at him. "You remind me a lot of one of my friends and he loves milk, it's his favourite thing to drink."

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Oh, that makes sense. He nods. "Your friend is smart. Milk makes you really STRONG! What else does he like?"

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"He likes ponies too! And building things, especially robots. He likes musclebeast art as well, just for admiring of course. And me! He likes me the very bestest." She laughs - yes, okay, maybe she's flattering herself a little but she's pretty sure it's true!

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"I like all those things too!" He straightens up in his seat, ears flicking straight up in interest. Hoofbeasts and robots and art, oh my! "Who is he? Do you think he'd like me?"

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"His name is Equius! He's my moirail and he's pawesome and I know he'd like you lots, just as much as I do! You'd get along really really well." She nods her head a few times, quite certain of this - seeing as she already knows how well Darkleer and Equius like each other she really is certain, of course.