asgardeventide | thr33 • [action + video]

[action; open to ash, kieran, and anyone else who might have reason to show up at tz's hive.]

[An egg shows up in her block. Okay. Eggs were showing up everywhere, right? She must have missed it. And then Terezi gets closer, and then Terezi smells it properly, and then Terezi promptly loses her shit.

So, a miniaturized version of her lusus just, you know, appeared in her hive and she totally knows what to do about it. (This is a lie. Terezi has no idea what to do.) After around thirty minutes of dancing around it and staring into it and trying to see if her lusus will communicate with her, Terezi manages to drag some semblance of wit together and wraps the egg in her shirt, clutching it to her chest as she makes her way from her block into the common area of her hivesuite.

About two hours later, Terezi has ripped the center out of one of the couch's throw pillows and placed the egg of her lusus in the hollow. The couch suffers a similarly violent fate; she pulls every piece of fabric and cushioning she can find off the couch and the human bed sitting in her block. Some things stay intact, but others are torn as she meticulously arranges them into a thick, soft pile at the base of the skeletal remains of the couch. In the hours following, anyone who might show up would see her, in a shirt and her fantastic rainbow-patterned boxers, curled up asleep with the mangled throw pillow-turned-nest tucked in the cradle of her arm, with her forehead just lightly resting against the surface of the creamy white egg resting in the middle of it.

Some time later, when she's awake and clearer minded, she decides there's no point in keeping it a secret and fumbles with her bracelet, clicking the video feed on.]

Greetings, everyone! [Her mouth twists in thought.] I am aware that many of us noticed the eggs that appeared--seemingly at random!--around the city, and were also aware that there was a collection block in which our findings could be placed. After participating in this strange hide and seek activity myself, I discovered the presence of another egg inside my block. [She pauses for dramatic effect.] While I initially assumed the instances were one in the same, I very quickly discovered that this was an erroneous assumption on my part! [Carefully, Terezi lifts the egg from her lap into the view of the camera.]

Behold: Not a mere egg, but the egg of my lusus! After conferring with others I have determined that this is far from an isolated event. Regardless of my initial misunderstanding I still have reason to believe that the two are related.

To other trolls here, I'd like to know if anyone else found their lusii appearing conveniently soon after engaging in this festive egg search. I am aware that Nepeta and Equius received their lusii, in addition to myself. Additionally, did any items randomly appear in your possession? Can we see if this event can be replicated? If so, it would be useful! If not... [She shrugs, lackadaisical, and plops her eggmom back into her lap. For a moment Terezi looks like she's about to terminate the feed, and then she sucks her teeth and pauses for a second.]

Also... uh. Would anyone happen to have any information on caring for dragon eggs?

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[The sound of trills and chirps rolls in her head and Terezi may or may not have tears in her eyes, still tightly closed and not opening any time soon, lest Ash see. It's been a sweep since she heard-- oh, oh fuck.]

{little one little darling, terezi dear~ precious baby girl how are you? how is my little one? excited, the infant dragon wheedles out saccharine words of encouragement. she can smell terezi's fingers through the shell; she longs to reach up and curl around her thin wrist and sing her to sleep. some day, some day.}

Hi, mom. I'm... fine, [Terezi says, haltingly. She doesn't bother projecting telepathically, because she knows her lusus can perceive things about the world from her confines inside the egg. It's easier to talk.

She doesn't think about calling her lusus by the human word. She's heard it so much it spills out without her really considering it.]

[this feels like eavesdropping on something deeply personal, something ash can't remember having and isn't sure he wants to hear. he's not sure terezi would really forgive him that either]

Well done, Terezi. I think you have it from here.

[he meant that praise wholeheartedly, but there's no more reason for him to stay and risk leaking his feelings into this reunion. quiet and careful, he stands and heads for his room]

[Kieran may have overestimated himself, in storming off. And he may or may not have been listening at the door to make sure crazy troll chick behaves herself and Ash is alright. But the casual observer would never know that because by the time Ash opens the door, Kieran is sitting casually on the bed, poking through Ash's notes.]

Settled?

[ash is not really a casual observer. he shuts the door carefully behind him and sits down on the edge of the bed, takes off his boots, sets them neatly next to each other at the foot of the bed. then he slowly falls over sideways until he runs into kieran. it's only then he starts to shake. he's angry, sick, sad, relieved, scared, all at once]

Settled.

[kieran doesn't seem surprised by this turn of events -- he's ready for it, actually, and has his thoughts tightly reigned in. the overwhelming anger still leaks through where they touch, but there's really no helping that. it doesn't show on his face as he turns and lifts ash so that they can lie down. his fingers immediately start combing ash's curls back.]

You're too good, Ashes.

[once kieran moves him ash seems to remember he can do that, sprawls over kieran and clings. he's not projecting, because it's pretty obvious he's a mess and kieran doesn't need that unless he asks for it, but he's still wholly present]

Not that good. I almost bolted when you shut the door. Don't hide, I know you're angry. I'm angry. It's not crazy to be angry, is it? Not fair, either, she doesn't know anything, but not crazy.

[he hesitates, then shrugs and stops hiding. he doesn't need to actually answer ash now.

he's fucking furious. she doesn't know about the Surveys, no, but he thinks that terezi is selfish and rude and arrogant and doesn't think of anyone but herself.]

[ash is angry, kieran is angry, but this actually makes ash relax with a sigh. he's allowed to be angry, he's not just being self-righteous and broken. it's not that he likes kieran's anger or that kieran's angry, but at least it's not twisted up with every other damn feeling in the book]

You're not really wrong. Something happened to her, but she threw this away without a clue what it can do. Like me and the gun, remember? Except I was just being a big baby and that didn't hurt anybody.

It's pretty obvious. She got mindfucked by someone and now she doesn't trust herself not to do that kind of thing if she had their ability. This Talent can't do that... And it's damn self involved.

It's hard. Blah blah. You control your shit for other people.

Tch. Kids.

[ash nods against kieran's chest, that was basically his conclusion too]

It's self-involved. Pretty sure she really is a kid, though. You make her think of an adult, that scares her. I don't count, too pathetic.

[he snorts]

Sometimes helping people involves a lot of getting kicked in the face.

...don't leave me again for awhile, though. Gods, I really am pathetic.

[he doesn't care, though. he can only project one thing at a time, so he's going with possessiveness. my kai, mineminemine]

[Kieran frowns, pressing his cheek against Ash's hair.]

You. Are not. Pathetic.

It's not like I don't need you any less, but if I stayed I would have ruined your hard work.

I'm a little pathetic. But I don't care, I'd rather be pathetic and have you.

[he reaches up and tucks kieran's hair behind his ear, runs fingers down his jaw]

I know. And you did it, so I stayed. And now it's done and I'll probably smack some more sense into her later. Not today.

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