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[ohhdeer]

[ the video is shaking when it comes on, a view of the ceiling, the walls, and finally a face as its owner props it up somewhere to hide trembling hands. the figure in the feed is a rather pretty redhead whose gender isn't immediately apparent, with wide gold animal-like eyes, deer-like ears, and a small set of jet-black antlers curving back from the hairline. ]

I-- H-Hello, I-- [ a pause, throat working, and he passes the back of one long-fingered hand over his brow, shaking and trying in vain to control it.

after a moment, he takes a deep breath, tries again. ]

Hello. My name is Asa. I-- [ he worries at his lower lip, an ear flicking as if catching a sound somewhere beyond his room. ] I don't.. really know all that well what's.. going on, but-- but I'm looking for some people. [ if he's been kidnapped for what he is, then he can't really expect his friends to be there--other than perhaps his brother--but it can't hurt to ask for them. ]

There would.. be a very tall man. I guess-- I guess he's almost eight feet? He'd have gold eyes like mine, but his hair's black and he answers to Heartwine. And.. a-- a blond girl with the nicest voice you've ever heard, and a guy around my age who looks like a sky full of stars, and.. a.. tall.. blue person with fins.

[ he offers a polite nod. ] .. Thank you. [ and ends the feed. ]

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[target]

blue with fins? that's a new one

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[ohhdeer]

[ peering at the text-- and blushing a little, tugging at a few strands of tangled hair. ]

O-Oh, well. He's.. sort of a.. mer-person. Or.. was.

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[target]

was? what, did he make a trade with an old sea witch?

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[ohhdeer]

[ he chokes back a hysterical little giggle, pressing a white-knuckled fist against his mouth to hide it. ]

.. F-Funny you should say that. But-- no, he. Um. Was changed by someone else. By.. accident, but..

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[fly_like_pie]

[Ned doesn't mean to be rude, but, yeah, he's a little stunned. Come on, he doesn't even realize he's using the video feed--]

W-what?!

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[ohhdeer]

[ asa startles at the exclamation, expression a little-- well, deer-in-headlights. ]

I-- I'm sorry, should I.. repeat it?

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[fly_like_pie]

Oh, no, no, no, I'm sorry! I, uh... sorry.

[Lightly patting his cheek. He won't say a thing. Nope.]

Um, what do you mean "sky full of stars?"

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[syllogism]

Those are some rather intriguing and unusual descriptions.
I hope you wouldn't mind elaborating, but it's hard to understand how anyone could look like a sky full of stars.

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[ohhdeer]

[ another ear-flick, brows drawing together faintly. ]

Well.. I.. honestly, I don't know how else to describe him. He looks like.. like someone cut a human shape out of the sky. You can.. touch him just like any other person, but--

[ a little helplessly: ] Well, he's Nyx's son. Gods' children tend to be inexplicable, I think.

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[syllogism]

Got it. If that's the case, I suppose you really can't get much more literal.
What about the other two, then? Do the eight-footer and blonde with the nicest voice have any other distinguishing physical qualities?
How'd you become acquainted with God's children?

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[adlered]

[ there is not enough what in the world to describe irene's feelings on this. but alas, she'll settle for a simple comment. ]

My my, you do associate with a rather interesting crowd of people- [ a pause. ] Asa, was it?

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[ohhdeer]

[ a startled blink, because honestly, asa's never really thought about it that way. other than his brother, after all, he's known the others for a good portion of his life. ]

Oh, I.. I suppose so, yes ma'am.

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[adlered]

[ irene doesn't like knowing people her whole life. she knows people and their secrets but the idea of knowing people like asa probably does isn't something she likes. ]

There's nothing wrong with it, after all they sound rather intriguing to me. Do the other two have names?

[notmydiagnosis]

[ Shaking. Fear. Allow Crane to ping in almost immediately, all kind words and an easy smile. He's hear to help you. ]

There's large number of species on board. Give it time.

[ohhdeer]

[ large number of species? this place makes less and less sense the longer he's here. ]

Is it.. some sort of.. of collection?

[notmydiagnosis]

That's one of the theories going around.

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[slayer_not_player]

Easy, kid. [Tillman gets the feeling that this is a newcomer. He's not generally part of the welcoming committee, but there's something about a frightened youth that triggers his 'protect' instinct. He would never say as much, though.]

I've seen a guy with fins around the network. Don't know if he's your guy, though. He got a name? [He's scrolling through old posts to see if he can find that fishguy again.]

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[ohhdeer]

[ he knows not to get his hopes up--after all, he's sure oren isn't the only finned half-breed in his world--but the news is heartening, anyway. people seem much more accepting here than in his world, as well. ]

His name is Oren. He's also very tall, and he has these lovely iridescent scales here and there, and his walk is a bit awkward since he hasn't actually had legs that long.

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[slayer_not_player]

[Tillman smiles just a bit because the kid managed to finish a sentence without stuttering. It's a good sign.]

Ah, guy here goes by... Eridan. And he looks kind of gray. Sorry. [Probably should have asked for the name without mentioning the fishguy. HINDSIGHT.]

[za_rodina]

[Russia is enraptured with those ears and antlers. For a long moment he lets his purple eyes linger on the video feed, and then he schools himself. He flicks his own feed on, smile pitched just so to be contrite.]

I'm afraid the people you talk of aren't on board. [And he would know, having spend hours scouring the network to memorize names and faces.]

[ohhdeer]

[ said ears droop, swiveling back slightly in disappointment. ]

You're.. You're sure?

[za_rodina]

Da, I think I'd remember someone who looks like sky and stars.

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[wont]

[ Such a strange co-mingling of features in this one, so strange that Alayne cannot help but reply. Bright red hair — Tully red, much as Sansa's was once — but eyes like a deer and horns like a stag — the Baratheons' sigil. ]

How may a man look like a sky full of stars? [ It seems both frightening and lovely. ]

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[ohhdeer]

[ it's hard remembering that not everyone is familiar with the many, many ways half-breeds might differ in appearance and abilities. ]

Well, he's-- he's the son of a night-goddess.

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[wont]

[ Asa is not the only one who has difficulty remembering that the passengers of the ship are strangers, from homes much different than his own. Alayne's eyebrows lift in curiosity. ]

A night-goddess. [ She wonders for a moment what a night-goddess would like, if she were to have a son who looked like a sky full of stars. ] We've many gods in Westeros, and many more in the lands that lie across the Narrow Sea and beyond. A god of fire, the Seven, the children of the forest, the Drowned God — but never a goddess of the night.

Is she a sky full of stars as well?