escordvi | [ open ] You cannot swim for new horizons until...

Who: G'raha Tia + You
Status: Open
Where: Various
What: MANTA quests
Warnings: TBD

💎 Cat Kneads

[ What can G'raha do other than support a fellow feline? While he cannot, you know, condone all of the thieving. However, it seems like this individual is going to open a legitimate business! Good for him. G'raha loves trying new foods so why not?

He has a treat in his hand. Ears wiggling. Tail swishing. G'raha looks quite excited to try any and all samples. ]

Everything smells rather nice. I'm willing to share the spoils, of course, as I doubt that I can sample them all.

[ That's probably a lie. However! Feel free to pick whatever pastry or bread item you want. ]

💎 Graven Trinkets

I have no idea what we'll find. Though that is what is so thrilling about it, hmm?

[ How can one be a Corsair and not ransack a sunken ship? The items that are rumored to be here are, of course, questionable... Though it's for that reason alone that G'raha would prefer to find them before someone else with a malfunctioning moral compass does.

Yet it's likely a little funny, watching a cat seeking water like he is. ]

You can stay here on the ship, if you'd like. I may not look it, but I am quite capable.

[ He's more than happy to take a dive! ]

💎 Tributes for Elah

[ Fingers tap at his chin in thought. In the water below, there are several shrimp that even he can see milling about. Just minding their own business. The real question - ]

How are we to catch and transport them...

[ No, they aren't particularly aggressive. That's why he's able to watch them like this. G'raha is eying some of the smaller ones, but they are still nearly as large as he!

...And G'raha Tia is not. An overly. Tall... Individual. ]

💎 Wildcard

[ This is your free space area. Don't like any of the prompts above but want to thread with G'raha? Hit me with anything. Additional ones I am interested in are: Touched By Mothlight, The Scales We Shed, and Chicken Run. If you want to plot something out, reach out to me at verthunder on both Discord and Plurk. ]

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[What, he could be right?? Mutated mosquitos. Zack chuckles.]

Attracted to something someone gives? Like what?

[Rhetorical question, he's pretty sure that's what they're going to find out.]

[ He twines his fingers with Zack's. Pulls and tugs him along like some excitable child.

There a chuckle. ]

That's what we want to find out, love.

[What a cutie... Zack follows without another silly comment.

As they start exploring into the woods they'll see that the moths will start to gather and flicker in the air much like fireflies might. They shimmer and give off an eerie glow in the growing moonlight. And they sprinkle the air with a fine, thin shimmery dust.]

Well then... There they are, already. Maybe we're the perfect kind of people they're looking for... They almost look like tiny fairies.

[ Maybe Zack thinks of the glow as eerie. G'raha has seen things that glow that are far more sinister. There are giant butterflies on his star that glow so this isn't anything that he is unfamiliar with.

They are absolutely - ]

Gorgeous. Have you ever seen such creatures?

[ Don't worry, he's heard what Zack has said about the perfect kind of people. ]

...Goodness, though, I should think that you've never met a faerie before. Consider yourself fortunate.

[As eerie as Zack is thinking this is... He does have to agree. It's a pretty special sight to see.]

Never, not even on mako resource missions...

[He grins.]

No fairies, either. Haven't you mentioned the fairies you've met before? Remind me.

[ They are starting to really take a liking to Zack. So what is it, exactly, that draws them to someone? Hmmm. ]

Yes, I no doubt have. They were on the First and, for some reason or another, took a liking to me. More specifically, they liked to enter my dreams to send messages or scare me.

Scare you? What do you mean? Are the fairies little mean guys?

[While he might agree that G'raha is fun to tease, no one should bully him...

Meanwhile, the moths are starting to gather in numbers. Soon enough, there are about twenty of them fluttering around madly around the two of them. Some of them stick to them, and some of them flourish around the two excitedly.]

Look at them. There's more and more coming for us.

Hmm? Mean? Oh, absolutely not. [ He waves a dismissive hand. ] Heavens, no.

[ He holds out his hand, a butterfly landing in the middle. How can he describe the Fae? ]

The Fae have their own natures. My pixie friends actually control the realm of dreams. They are mischievous, yes, but not outright malicious. However, they can take things a little far since they do not know limits and boundaries. They do not possess the same sensibilities that you and I have.

[ There are some landing on his ears now. G'raha's ears flick, dislodging them. But they just land once more and repeat the process. ]

Most of them simply don't like their playmates leaving them alone for extended periods of time. So they do this as a means to get my attention. They even continued to do this when I returned to the Source.

It sounds more like a bunch of little kids that haven't grown up just yet. And you were the one they decided to latch on to. You were probably the funnest one to play with.

[That's exactly right, fae and fairies and pixies are all very childish in their behaviours. G'raha probably ended up the main babysitter, or something.

The moths flutter about and when more land on Zack he starts to t-pose so they have more places to land. It ... tickles. But nothing hurts. All he can feel is the slight tickle and maybe a little lightheadedness.]

Well, I agree with the "bunch of little kids" statement. Pixies are truly pure souls at heart. I can never find myself truly upset at their antics.

[ G'raha turns towards Zack and... Smiles. He makes his way over to Zack and might wrap arms around him. Just to see the moths closer. No other reason than that. ]

How do you feel?

[Zack chuckles, the sound rumbling through his chest. He has a feeling that the pixies also probably thought G'raha was the funnest one to tease and poke at. He's got that air about him.

He settles his hands on G'raha when he wraps his arms around him. The moths are still sticking to him so he doesn't want to move or disturb them too much.]

I feel... Fine, honestly. Maybe a little lightheaded.

[ Lightheaded? So they are, indeed, taking something from Zack. But what is that something... ]

It isn't anything physical that they are taking, so thus it must be something immaterial.

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