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Post by Morgan on Sept 7, 2020 0:20:16 GMT -6
Pao had to be the happiest Tat-Lung in existence. She had a lovely family, with lots of brothers and even a sister, some nieces and nephews, a human to play the roll as her parent... Oh yeah, and two stunning girlfriends that loved her and each other very much. Yes, Pao could hardly imagine being happier- though she does wish that her girlfriends would come live with her. She understood though, that they didn't really want to live where she did, and Pao couldn't imagine leaving her family behind, even though she did love her ladies very much. She did also feel a little outcast from her family... She'd love to start a family. It was all she really wanted, at this time in her life. It was a conundrum, that was for certain! However, Pao was happy for the most part, and spent a lot of time with her family and mates. She can only imagine being happier when she finds out what the 'present' her girlfriends had gotten for her was. They had been hinting about a present for weeks, and Pao was starting to get impatient. She wanted to know what it was! She went to sleep one night right beside both of them (Morgan had stuck out their tongue, said 'yucky', and called it a tat-pile, but Pao knew it had been a joke, since they had also jokingly said that to Seimei and Ryuusei as they tended their nests) and woke up... In a dream. A very special dream! She turns around to look at the landscape of this amazing dream, and catches sight of her lovely girlfriend, Tsuki. "Tsuki!" She practically calls to her! She runs up and cuddles into her in the dreamscape. "You two should have told me you were planning this- oh, but won't Tenpei be sad?" She looks a little concerned. Tsuki shakes her head, chuckling. "Doll, this is all for you!" She replies. "Tenpei doesn't really want to raise any, and you know my feelings on the matter- but you... We know you would love to have some of your own! So, if you will have us..." Pao was completely overjoyed. "Yes, yes, of course- I'd love- wait- Both of you?" She could not be happier than she was in this moment. "You mean, Tenpei also wants to-?" Pao could hardly imagine that Tenpei would also want to have a clutch with her... It was really touching. Tsuki playfully swats her with her tail tuft, and then scoffs. "Of course doll, but we need to hurry. After all, Tenpei would like to start right after we're done here, so that all of our babies can grow up together." She gives a loving, but sly grin to her beloved. "You do think that the human would help you raise them? Four is a whole lot, and you know that we'll always be there for you if you need." The Agate sets off after that, tail tip intertwined with Pao's. Pao was so happy that had she been a human she would have cried. "Oh, thank you both so much! This is my dream! I am sure that my human would serve them just as well as they serve me if I need them to." Pao said, starting off down to the cave with the lady agate. While others (including Tsuki) probably spent time marveling at the gems here, Pao was buzzing with such excitement that she didn't really even notice their luster. The pair show up in heart of the dream, and Pao takes her mate's twin-fingered front paw. "Thank you so much, my love! I don't even know how I will make this up to you two!" However, the agate simply smiled at her, nuzzles her mate's five-fingered paw, and then her muzzle. "Okay, my love- we need to, well, you know." Of course Pao knew, this was as instinctual for them as it was for other species to do, though their way was different of course. Pao grins, widely. "Of course- of course." She conveys in the tat-tongue to her.
The pair speak in tandem, undoubtedly like Pao and Tenpei would in the next dream- "We have come to honor the old ways, and to bear new life and care for them." Pao was practically buzzing with excitement, tail twitching in anticipation. Tenpei simply regarded her mate with a loving gaze, and then focused on the ritual to be done ahead. |
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Post by Darky on Oct 28, 2020 11:58:28 GMT -6
Tink.. tink.. tink..
A soft swoosh and a silence.
The coins disappear among the riches.
The form of the ghostly tat-lung fades to reappear hovering before the sworn pair.
"Mind to mind.." they begin in solemn voice as magenta eyes seem to pierce right through.
"Heart to heart.." The mist dances around the room in interwoven patterns, layer upon layer of colours and shapes forming and disappearing in ordered fashions.
"Soul to soul.." The bells so distant seem to draw nearer yet remain soft and dull.
"Let two, once parted.." With a motion of a claw, they indicate to clasp hands.
"Now, stand whole."
The dream-scape shifts, letting go of all sense physical. The mists gather to envelop the sworn pair, around them, through them, as the cavern becomes a kaleidoscope of colours - patterns upon patterns, layers upon layers, souls upon souls. A strand of mist twists around the pair's clasped hands and grows bright enough to blind, drowning out all other colours.. save for that of each other's souls. The strand moves towards each, and at the point of connection the separation of dreams collapses - it is one dream, one dreamer, one mind, one heart, one soul.
One calling.
Brightness fades and colours return, the ghostly tat-lung moving a claw through the air in ceremonial patterns. Between the clasped hands is a small vortex of mist as two shapes pull themselves into being, fragile and small, nearly as ghostly as the tat-lung themselves. There is not yet eyes to see, not yet voice to speak, only but a promise of one to come.
 
"Behold," they whisper softly, magenta eyes brightest of all colours in the room, as they turn to each, "New life born of old. Who among you takes up duty to raise and care for them?"
The ghostly tat-lung awaits expectantly.
( You may now roleplay to pick your offspring~ )
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Post by Morgan on Oct 28, 2020 14:52:07 GMT -6
Despite Tsuki's otherwise lackluster interest in children of her own, she was incredibly happy to be able to help out her girlfriend. Pao had been sad for so long, and both Tsuki and their other girlfriend Tenpei had been completely unsure of what to do to help her. This idea was an excellent one- to give Pao a nest of her own. Tsuki had been a little anxious to see her reaction- and well, the process. However, it had wound up for the best. Tsuki puts her two-fingered front paws on Pao's five-fingered ones, and butted Pao's head ever so gently and encouragingly as the process began.
Pao was giddy with excitement, and just about bursting with anxiety. Not the type of anxiety that seemed to leave her human absolutely useless some days, but the type of anxiety about new things, changes, beginnings... Her mind was chasing itself with joy. Young ones, of her own! She had been jealous of her brothers' young and here she was, about to have her own! A family for her, as well! And with her mates? It was a dream come true. Quite literally, perhaps.
The process is over before Pao can really register it, but her eyes settle on the spectral forms of her young. Their visages would forever be burned into her mind like a photograph negative- in the best way possible. A little girl- her great antlers as tall as Tsuki's, and her brother, a thin willowy thing that got his serpentine nature from her undoubtedly. She doesn't realize that her mind is empty until Pao squeezes her paw lightly.
Oh. Right. She had to get a move on. She does the tat-lung equivalent of clearing her throat, and then replies- I will raise our young. She knew that was the terms of the agreement that had been struck- and she couldn't wait to get started. It was a new phase in her life, and she could not have been happier. Tsuki was as-ever more present than she was, and patted her talons comfortingly. Pao leans her snout into Tsuki's mane fur, grinning in her dragonish way.
This was the best day of her life!
[Both youngsters to Pao (Morgan account) please!]
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Post by Darky on Oct 28, 2020 16:34:15 GMT -6
"So be it," the ghostly tat-lung's eyes gleam stronger, as the mists begin to swirl again. "To you, now, is a burden and a duty. An honour and a delight. May you carry it worthy."The claws snap together in deafening silence.The ghostly one fades, the vision fades, as the two fragile forms swoosh down to the ground and coalesces into something small and round.As each is picked up, the ghostly tat-lung's face seems to simultaneously appear mere inches beside either pair's head, whispering in echoing bells: "Its time to wake up."The world turns, the dream becomes a blur and gravity seems to pull both all the way back along their path like a rubber-band snapping. Both jolt awake, outside, standing at the front of their respective residence in the cold of the night.Cold on the outside, a fuzzy tingling on the in, and a strange warmth in their hands.When looking down, a tug is felt on the soul.  Is it time to wake up yet? |
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