21 ♐ Whistle while you work

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Who: Darkleer and Summoner
When: In the afternoon
Where: The Hoofbeast Feather Hive, Darkleer's room
Status: Closed

While he does have a much nicer and very large workshop in the basement thanks to lots of hard work, Darkleer still likes working on smaller projects while in his own room from time to time. It's nothing grand or complicated, just a little robot cat. His day is somewhat free besides working on the Welcome Pamphlets, so he's taking the time to relax.

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[Yes, take the beast away from her, Dural ain't putting up with this. She un-puffs her feathers, but doesn't stop watching Arden suspiciously. Cats. Or... whatever that weird purple thing is.]

[Darkleer starts to wrap a bandage about his palm before looking up at Summoner's question. He looks sheepish again.]

It, ah, it was a robotic purrbeast, for reasons, but I suppose I will have to... fix it.

[Because now it's scrap. Curse you, strength!]

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...Ah huh, for reasons? [More of a sly smile now.]

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Yes. Reasons. You know...

[His smile is just that of a dork as he fiddles with the bandage, ears twitching.]

[rebull]

Tch- moirail reasons? [Still a smirk, arms unfolding, Arden crawling up to one of his shoulders. He raises a hand to flick at one of Darkleer's ears before drawing in a little closer.]

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Possibly.

[He makes a slightly horse-ish snort at the ear flick, and rubs his arms. He's trying his best not to look too helplessly pale.]

She just watches out for me so much... I hardly know what to do with myself sometimes when I think about it.

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Just be happy.

[Said so plainly as he moves to sit on the bed. Arden hops off him and moves to curl up in the sheets, making a bit of a mess of them if they weren't already.]

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You would think after so long being here, that would be easier...

[Finishing up, he goes to sit down on Summoner's other side- avoiding the horns, of course.]

How have you been doing?

[rebull]

[He lifts his wings, settling them further back and away from Darkleer to let him sit more comfortably- without it being on his wing.]

Ah, all right, you know. Same as I usually am here, heh. Met a few new arrivals, this guy Sanji's pretty all right.

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Oh, good to hear. I think I've seen him on the network, although I haven't interacted with him yet... Perhaps I should.

That reminds me, Kanaya and I are working on a new welcome pamphlet.

[rebull]

Seems all right. Was a cook on a ship back where he came from.

Oh yeah? [A small laugh.] Both of you seem the type.

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I suppose I'll take that as a compliment, then? She's quite an intelligent young woman. I'm pleased I got the chance to meet her.

[rebull]

Intelligent and talented, hard to doubt she's from the holy caretaker's lineage, eh? Dolorosa should be proud. [A smile, leaning back a little, Arden moving to curl up on his lap.]

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I have no doubt of that. [His gaze drifts a little, smile lowering down to something quieter.] I think most of us are proud of our descendents, with good reason.

[rebull]

Most, yeah. [A smile, knowing someone right off the bat who is not proud, so much. But that's because he's a huge ass hole and his descendant's not.]

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[No one cares what that douchebag thinks, so bluh on him!]

You know, I was actually relieved when I first met Equius. I thought for sure that my legacy would have doomed him, in some way. [A soft whistle to Dural, who flaps to his lap after glancing suspiciously at Arden.] That's how the lore goes, after all.

[rebull]

Your legacy? [A kind of snort.] Turned out okay to me. Still a tight ass though, seems to be a uh, blue blood thing though. [Chuckles, shoving his shoulder against Darkleer's, even if Darkleer's a fucking wall and doesn't really move at all from the push.]

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Oh, hush. At the time it wasn't looking particularly good, you know. [It still... kind of isn't, when he thinks about it... And yeah, he's definitely not moving, you are banging a troll built like a starship, Summoner.]

Besides, you never know, there's still that Horuss boy. I don't yet know what he's like.

correct me if I'm wrong but I thought they found out ruf and hor were a couple back then

[rebull]

[And oh how nice that is. Nice-and-sturdy.]

Ah yeah- [Goes a little quiet. Reminds him of Rufioh, not that he had been there long. His brows furrow. Hm...]

[Still though.]

Cute that those two were uh, ya know.

Yes! Darkleer got all excited about it

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Yes, it's nice.

[It's also a reminder that Summoner felt very odd about the whole thing, so Darkleer racks his mind for a way to turn this conversation around.]

I think I much prefer having you all to my own than having to live vicariously through some strange doppleganger, however. It just doesn't compare to the real thing.