7th dawn → video

[resipiscent]

[Riku's face, when he appears on the network today, is a little exasperated, and a little apologetic. Behind him, something tiny and black moves, and he picks his hair up and away from it, pulling it over his shoulder for lack of anything else to do with it. A sharp-eyed observer will note that the black thing is a wing. It's small, but it's clearly a pointy, leathery bat wing. Presumably, there's a matching one.]

So... I guess I was ported out.

[His very first port-out after a year and a half. What a strange experience. Riku pauses. He's pretty sure he... owes some people an apology.]

Uh -- sorry. From what I can tell it hasn't been very long, though...? A day or so tops, I think. I saw Kagami made a post, so I thought I should clear things up.

[He's surprised you all panicked, honestly...]

I guess I should thank you all for worrying, though.

Comments

video.

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I'd like to see that, [he says instantly.] But then, the rainbow drinker thing was just hearsay, is what you're saying. What do they feed on, in the caverns, though? If there aren't other trolls, I mean.

[Riku has a lot of questions. He's nosy as shit.]

video.

[glowsferatu]

I was never there, I couldn't really say.

[ But there are other trolls. They're just all larval. But she doesn't know if that's actually where they feed, so she's not about to mention it. ]

video.

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That's fair.

[He's curious. He's so curious. It always ends up like this for him.]

But -- yeah, so... now I don't know. Aerith asked me if I was still a human, and... I have no idea, frankly. Guess I'd have to ask someone who knows biology.

video.

[glowsferatu]

[ Kanaya knows biology, but mostly in a textbook sense. Maybe enough to teach, but never enough to actually practice. ]

Are you considering submitting yourself to some kind of genetic scan?

video.

[resipiscent]

Maybe. I mean -- it doesn't matter all that much. I don't mind either way, but... it's weird not to know that, isn't it? Most people have some idea at least of what kind of species they are.

video.

[glowsferatu]

Yeah. Learning something big like that, when you aren't sure whether it's a condition or a species, whether it's new to you or has been dormant all this time. These aren't questions anyone expects to make, especially so far into their life.

I hope that you're able to discover some answers.

video.

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Me too. Thanks, though.

[It means a lot. He's never had to deal with this sort of thing, after all.]