Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Yeah, um...you wanted my parents to look after your child?" Katie asks, a little confused.

 

"It might, but there's several variables in that child, as well as the child that will breed with them. It's a lot more complicated than it is on paper."

 

"I was wondering if they'd be interested. Your parents, according to Xlentia, were strong, clearly raised you right, and aren't at the end of their lifespan. Xlentia won't let my child remain in this reality, and has already arranged for it to be reanchored into yours... So I could only think of your parents as the choice to care for my child." Xephyr says.

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"If you say so."

 

I nod, looking to Aral'hrah, Orchid, and Faelah.

 

They all seem to be waiting for you to finish up with Runo, who just shrugs after realizing he's holding everything up.
"Well... any preliminary plans we should aim to get done in the two weeks we have?" Aral'hrah asks.

 

"Well, they're only thirty something, and water guardians live just over double a human's lifespan..." Katie says, "I guess I could ask them if they'd be willing to look after another child, since they said they'd be coming home soon."

 

"Get to know each other. It's your home land, so if there's anything around that they should know about, you should tell them."
I offer some ideas.

 

"I'm getting out of this rig in a couple days, anyways. Would you mind if I spoke to them about it? It... wouldn't be your average child."

 

"Well, they'll be home in a couple days, luckily, so sure!" Katie says happily.

 

Eklir, prickly as always, scowls.
"Talk about that stuff to the enemy?! Like hell!"
Gau sighs. "Can we please just shove him off a cliff and have me take responsibility for it?"
Fuela nods.
Orchid and Faelah seem eager to, half-bowing to you.
Runo just shrugs. "Why not?"

"I'll see you then, I suppose!" Xephyr says, smiling.

 

"Ok, I'll meet you at my house!" Katie says happily, leaving.

 

"Because that's not what this is about."
I answer, walking to Eklir, and standing near him.
"Do you understand what's happening here?"
I ask him.

 

-Two days later-
Xephyr steps through a portal to Katie's house, a bit weary and uneasy on her feet.

"Yeah, you want us all to be buddy-buddy so we can kidnap some poor human fool and use him as bait to butcher the rest." He snaps.

Gau just buries his face in the dirt as Fuela pats him on the back, rolling her eyes.
Runo just watches, otherwise oblivious to what's going on.

 

"And you're choosing not to cooperate. Why is that?"

 

"Because we're not doing that right now!" He snaps.

 

"You don't understand why that's the case, do you."
I ask, but it's less of a question.

 

"No, I don't understand why we're dawdling here instead of getting the plan laid out!" He growls.

 

Xephyr steps out onto a sandy beach, a large pirate ship occupying most of the ocean in front of her. An air guardian seems to notice Xephyr from the crows nest, and they whistle down to the ship.

A short while later, Katie and her parents walk off of the ship onto the beach, smiling as they head toward Xephyr.

 

Xephyr waves as they approach.
"Hello, Katie!" She says happily.

 

"Change takes time. So do alliances. Right now, your chief doesn't entirely trust us. If he doesn't, and we storm the castle, people go back to fighting. Of course, there will always be fighting, yet if we are allies, this fighting will not be on a large scale. Personally, I'm not taking down a race of humans unless the fighting mostly stops. Understand me?"
I explain.