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Andra Hawksdaughter
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I think Kyne has chosen Lucia, and that's wonderful! They all need a night of feast and relaxation, that's for certain! Wonderful Sere! :D
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Thanks! Heh. As per normal.... that came out of nowhere....
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Kane
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Lucia is always the first child I adopt with my characters. I look forward to her story!
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It occurred to me (after I wrote it) that after all the days and weeks and probably years Lucia sat under Kyne's poor dead old tree, probably the goddess knows her very well....
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Eight: Man Proposes (or Woman in this case):

Morning, after the dawn-meal, I decided to front Selalla. She was hiding something - or, perhaps not precisely hiding.... but certainly not being forthcoming.

She forestalled me, by the simple expedient of saying as I came up to her, “Sit, please. We need to talk.”

Now.... I do truly value - and love - Andur’s mother. But.... since I’ve been with his family, I’ve hardly ever had things go - exactly - as I thought they should. And that means I’ve felt like a cat with it’s fur mussed backward.... Needless to say, perhaps, her greeting sent me almost to flash-point, and I had to take my temper firmly by its tail to keep it from running away into Cyrodiil - or Hammerfell!

I consoled myself with the knowledge that at least I was learning to control the least attractive aspect of my personality.... and I bit back a sigh of epic proportions. Selalla simply smiled - as if she quite well knew exactly what was going on within me, and was determined to make me as uncomfortable as possible.

So I gathered patience - not an easy task for me at all! - and settled cross-legged (as she could not, and how mean of me to do it....) to the small rug beside the fire. “So then. What’s toward? And - remind me to talk to you about Lucia before we’re done here.”

She grinned - not the mother goddess just now (which made me marginally less uncomfortable in some way).

“Well. A while back, I heard about a possible way into the Alik’r. I sent out some feelers, and the people involved.... well, they need help first. No surprise there - cross my palm, I’ll snatch your bacon from the fire after all. So. We should send someone to deal with these folk.... and I think that someone should be Tankot.”

I know I sat there with my mouth all but resting on my chest. What??? “Selalla! He’s a child! What do these people need done? He’s....” I couldn’t seem to get breath to continue.

“Our race - we’re never truly children. You KNOW that. And Tan.... he needs to do something - grand - and this should be it. Please. Don’t go all over mother hen on me. I feel it more than you do (well, how could I not?) - but he’s a man in the eyes of our world. And he’s - at loose strings, like a kite that’s slipped its bonds with earth. He can but fail, Siara. It’s up to him of course.”

“He can DIE, Selalla!” I jumped to my feet, ready to run - somewhere. But Andur was there to hold me while I sobbed - and to settle me on his lap eventually.

She stared implacably. “Yes. He can die. So could you. Or I. Or my sons and daughters. Or Dendi. We are who we are. We do what we must.” She turned to poke at the embers of the fire for a moment, probably to gather her thoughts.

“We cannot choose for him. He is the one who brought me this information, and who asked of me that I let him be the one to go. It - may be the only way to avoid a continuing war with the tribes - do you understand? We have been gone long and long - centuries - from the Alik’r. It - is - the ideal solution. But we MUST not cause tribal war.”

I quieted - as something warm and green filled my soul. Ah.... so - this was an Aedric thing... Kyne was involved. And that meant.... well, I wasn’t at all sure. But I hoped it meant that she would have a care for this boy....
Edited by Serethil, Dec 1 2016, 10:02 PM.
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Ooh very mystical....well good luck to him if he is brave enough to go and prove himself in a dangerous adult world.......but if he is murdered...well Selalla might have to swallow that matriarchal wisdom of hers and live with it to her end...hmmm!
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Eh, think you Selalla doesn't know that? She does.... and her soul is not less disturbed than Siara's. But she's had more years to understand....
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Very good update...and another "child" who is....not.
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Actually, he's probably around 12.... still young enough to fall apart, but old enough to be a thief.... and small enough to get in and out of tight spaces. It's what he did in Riften after getting dumped there - he wasn't left with Grelod thankfully. Nor did he get involved with the TG - also thankfully. He just kept himself in food and clothes and a little gold, and hid out at night wherever he found a good spot.
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Andra Hawksdaughter
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Oh dear lord, another to worry over. I can see how Siara feels about Selalla, bot loving and annoyed as hell! I'll try to be patient as I wait to see how it goes with both Lucia and Tak! Very good Sis!
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I'm having a bit hiatus - I had to make a boy to play through the mod, and it's not like "instant". We'll be back when Tan gets to where he needs to start.

[Nope, not using a "playable kids" mod - just did a RG male and set him at .75 scale. I really am not very impressed with playable children....]
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Mommy, mommy, I wan a puppy! Can I...can I?

Yeah....I always find kid stuff more irritating than cute....not all kids of course...just those sicky kids in Fifties movies....like Lassie film kids.
And why do they always have ginger hair and freckles with a missing tooth and have to be called Billy. And they always run to their room and cry face down on their bed when told 'No'.

Yeah....maybe a bit stereotypical there, but you get me!
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Eh - I just don't DO kids. Yeah yeah, I had my own.... but she was a mini-adult at about 4. So that was fine. 12 was NOT FINE - and in fact it sucked. But we did get beyond that.

Basically - I have zero use for kids until they're adult. And I'm not going to say more than that.
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Personally, I love kids. Mine, not so much other people's though. My kids learn early that there are consequences for not listening or obeying that include a butt smack, losing a toy or privilege,or standing in a corner for the rest of their natural lives...

Once, I had a dog who was smart, and observant as hell. One of my daughters had done some odd thing to earn my ire, and was standing ina corner thinking it over. Well, that dog also did something, and I yelled at him, so on his own, he went over to the same corner with my daughter, flopped down between her feet, and stuck his nose in the corner... They made quite a pair... :)

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*snerk* Lovely story neil....

I really.... don't like children. I have ZERO patience, and I consider that children should be minded by their parents instead of bothering me.

There's not enough actual parenting these days. Period. If you can't properly parent your children, then why do you bother to have them? There are certainly ways now to prevent that.

Back when I got pregnant, there was a birth control pill - but because I was a minor, I would have had to have my mother get pills for me.

Wasn't hap'nin. Not then, not ever.

Now I - on the other hand - when daughter was glued to the first BF, INSISTED she either talk to my doc, or go to family planning. I didn't care which. She opted for family planning - and did NOT get pregnant until she was married and they were both on board with that. (Wasn't that first BF she married either.... he was a nice guy for the most part.... but wouldn't have suited her down the years, as she told me much later....)

They are still married. Their daughters are grown. I'm pretty sure they'll be married forever. Do they have issues? Well, she does occasionally, but he's.... oblivious. I think there's always one oblivious person in any committed relationship....

Probably a damn good thing too.
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I love my Son...and I loved him as a child... other peoples kids....not so much. Now I was a good mom and did all the parties, sleep-overs and play dates...etc...all those things that I hated, but he needed the socialization...so, I dealt.

Don't get me wrong...I loved doing his Birthday parties... cause he was happy to combine them as a Halloween party.. and I Looooove doing Halloweenie things! Decorating, cooking spooky type food's...making costumes... He loves it to..so.
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neildarkstar
Dec 5 2016, 11:14 PM
Personally, I love kids. Mine, not so much other people's though. My kids learn early that there are consequences for not listening or obeying that include a butt smack, losing a toy or privilege,or standing in a corner for the rest of their natural lives...

Once, I had a dog who was smart, and observant as hell. One of my daughters had done some odd thing to earn my ire, and was standing ina corner thinking it over. Well, that dog also did something, and I yelled at him, so on his own, he went over to the same corner with my daughter, flopped down between her feet, and stuck his nose in the corner... They made quite a pair... :)

Wish you had a pic of that, btw!
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Well, I got Tan to where he could start the mod. That took all afternoon (after being gone this morning). So tomorrow I'll start the playthrough, and probably have a chapter to write up tomorrow evening. At least the background getting him into it....
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Yay!
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