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Kaja's swordstaff decapitates a zombie as Ragnar swoops down. She hears teeth scrape against the metal of her armored boot, but they don't get enough purchase to crunch through, and Ragnar's up again, wheeling for a better strafing angle. There's only three left. She barks commands to her griffin and he banks, flaps, dives.
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segreant
"The sisters and brothers who run the dormitory still have their blessings, so you'll be able to talk with them, and practice with the novices," suggests Kaja.
Gunnar says something.
"Gunnar wants to confirm that you're a deer with wings."
Gunnar says something.
"Gunnar wants to confirm that you're a deer with wings."
castmyown
"I am indeed a deer with wings," says Darren, amused. "I'm guessing he wants to see me be a deer with wings?"
castmyown
Darren raises an eyebrow. "Uh. I'm fine with showing him, probably not in a crowded mess hall, though. The ride - um. Maybe? I'm just sort of worried about being treated like a beast of burden, which I am not."
segreant
Kaja translates.
"He wonders," she translates again when Gunnar says something, "if you are a mini deer and not an elk or something and therefore can't carry people."
"He wonders," she translates again when Gunnar says something, "if you are a mini deer and not an elk or something and therefore can't carry people."
castmyown
"No, I probably can if he's not wearing armor or secretly five hundred pounds or something, but - I don't know, I don't really know him, and I really don't want to get caught in a - 'Novices, novices everywhere, ride the fantastical talking and flying deer!' situation. Because I'm a person."
segreant
One of Kaja's paladin friends, the woman, says, "Clearly you are a person. No one would ride you without permission; we wouldn't even do that to another paladin's mount, and those don't speak."
castmyown
"Thank you. Trying anyway wouldn't work out very well for anyone involved."
castmyown
Darren declines to care. If people expect him to carry them just because they want him to, they are in for disappointment. Pouting changes absolutely nothing about the situation.
Nom, nom. Cabbage, sausage, nutty bread. Dinner.
Nom, nom. Cabbage, sausage, nutty bread. Dinner.
segreant
The food is pretty okay, if not very creative. The paladins and novice all clear their plates and Gunnar says something that Kaja translates as, "Can he at least see now, he wants to know."
castmyown
Darren doesn't think he likes Gunnar that much, but maybe Kaja's translating him unfavorably. "Sure," he agrees, and he finishes his last sausage, gets up from the table, and neatly shifts to fullform. He is a pretty blue-grey deer with wings. Behold.
segreant
This attracts a lot of attention from neighboring tables, too; Kaja stands up and makes placating gestures and nobody attacks Darren.
Gunnar appears to want to pet Darren, though he utters no sentences to this effect.
Gunnar appears to want to pet Darren, though he utters no sentences to this effect.
castmyown
"... Probably should have waited until I was outside," sighs the deer that is also Darren. "Sorry for the ruckus."
Gunnar can - go on wanting to pet Darren, Darren's not going to care, as long as he doesn't start trying without asking.
Gunnar can - go on wanting to pet Darren, Darren's not going to care, as long as he doesn't start trying without asking.
segreant
"Maybe," says Kaja.
Gunnar says something.
"He wants to know if you're soft."
Gunnar says something.
"He wants to know if you're soft."
segreant
When Kaja translates that, Gunnar seems to take it as permission to reach for Darren's fur.
castmyown
It is not.
Darren skirts away from the offending hand (he is a deer, he is graceful enough to manage this, even when surprised) and then nudges Gunnar with his antlers. "Does he usually try to touch people without their permission?"
Darren skirts away from the offending hand (he is a deer, he is graceful enough to manage this, even when surprised) and then nudges Gunnar with his antlers. "Does he usually try to touch people without their permission?"
segreant
Kaja translates to Gunnar sharply. The other lady paladin snaps at the novice, "All right, that's enough, back to the dorm with you and if you talk back about it you'll be on stables for a week."
Gunnar scurries.
Gunnar scurries.
castmyown
Darren-the-deer sighs, and shifts back to human. "Well. I probably could have handled that better, I apologize."
castmyown
"Probably," agrees Darren. "I'm perfectly fine with showing people, just not - randomly being touched or ridden by strange people I don't know."
castmyown
That causes him to brighten a bit. "Good idea, I should do that. Thank you."
segreant
Kaja's friends get up and leave shortly after.
"How are you settling in?" Kaja asks him, voice free of overlay when she's only speaking to one person.
"How are you settling in?" Kaja asks him, voice free of overlay when she's only speaking to one person.