06-07-2017, 10:56 PM
The living room of Jade's tower was a cozy space, the orange glow of the perpetually burning hearth encircling Tearen and Rebecca like a warm hug the second they stepped inside. If it wasn't for the imposing, broad-shouldered corpse standing before the fire, one hand brandishing an oversized blunderbuss while the flames lapping at its back gave off a hellish glow, that is.
Jade stiffened, her head turning slowly with dawning horror to look at her taxidermied grandfather. Backtracking toward the door in that split second of panic, her eyes darted towards Tearen, because having a corpse on display in the household couldn't be normal everywhere.
Sensing the panicked turn of her thoughts, Tearen naturally was able to pick up on it and trace the cyclone of worry to its cause. He paused in his examination of the far wall, where the stuffed visage of an ogre grimaced in eternal ogre-y consternation at them all.
The cause turned out to be more immediately troubling than the stuffed ogre head.
"Are we... intruding on a crypt?" The ex-enigma asked, taking a precious moment to scan the room for any other surprise corpses.
Jade had her face planted in her hands when he looked over at her. It was a very unhelpful explanation for the situation. The endless stream of self depreciation and embarrassment simmering like radio static inside her head was no better.
Her reply was muffled through her hands, but her mortification was still pretty palpable. "It's a Harley family tradition!"
"I see," said Tearen. Rebecca chose this moment to wriggle out of his hold with a startling amount of strength. Bec promptly booped her cheek with his nose when her feet hit the floor.
"You have an angel in your house?" she asked Jade, eyes alight with wonder.
The dog-witch slowly peeked out from her hands. "Well, that's just his body. His brain is actually running around in a metal chassis right now, haha..."
Rebecca's eyes widened like Jade had just promised her the entire moon plus a couple of Saturn's rings, to boot. "A robot angel?"
"Well..." Jade pondered this, nibbling her bottom lip. Finally, she gave a slight shrug. "I guess you could say that, yeah!"
A wide smile split the Little Sister's face and she turned to Tearen to tug at his sleeves and gush about this wondrous news. Jade smiled a bit lopsidedly, shifting from one foot to the other to burn some of her nervous energy.
"Anyway, uhm. Sorry about the mess," she said, looking around at her Grandpa's large collection of big game trophies with a worried line between her eyebrows. "I didn't have time to clean up for company, what with all the dwarves slinging dirt across my lawn!"
Tearen's eyes lit up with mirth, one hand smoothing back the stubborn flyaway hairs on the top of Rebecca's head. He hid his smile by gently kissing his little girl's forehead. "I agree, you have quite the infestation. And you don't seem overly eager to ask them to leave, either."
It was true. He could tell from the way her thoughts flared with indignation at the word "infestation" before softening into fondness at the perceived joke. 'Yes,' her mind told him. 'But they're my infestation now, so they're totally okay!'
The Space-Witch flounced onto one of the two low couches in the room with a gusting sigh, arm falling across her face to mask her exasperation. "Noooo, I could never do that! They're fine. I think."
Nodding to himself, Tearen swept Rebecca up into his arms, the grey girl shrieking with laughter all the while. He gave Jade an expectant look as little hands whapped playfully against his chest. "You have a restroom someplace, yeah?"
Oh, right! Jade almost smacked herself on the forehead. D'oh! He had mentioned that Rebecca would probably need a bath!
Sitting up quick, Jade's head jerked in a nod. "Yep! There's a bathroom a few floors up, the transportalizer can take you there in a jiffy!"
Jade stiffened, her head turning slowly with dawning horror to look at her taxidermied grandfather. Backtracking toward the door in that split second of panic, her eyes darted towards Tearen, because having a corpse on display in the household couldn't be normal everywhere.
Sensing the panicked turn of her thoughts, Tearen naturally was able to pick up on it and trace the cyclone of worry to its cause. He paused in his examination of the far wall, where the stuffed visage of an ogre grimaced in eternal ogre-y consternation at them all.
The cause turned out to be more immediately troubling than the stuffed ogre head.
"Are we... intruding on a crypt?" The ex-enigma asked, taking a precious moment to scan the room for any other surprise corpses.
Jade had her face planted in her hands when he looked over at her. It was a very unhelpful explanation for the situation. The endless stream of self depreciation and embarrassment simmering like radio static inside her head was no better.
Her reply was muffled through her hands, but her mortification was still pretty palpable. "It's a Harley family tradition!"
"I see," said Tearen. Rebecca chose this moment to wriggle out of his hold with a startling amount of strength. Bec promptly booped her cheek with his nose when her feet hit the floor.
"You have an angel in your house?" she asked Jade, eyes alight with wonder.
The dog-witch slowly peeked out from her hands. "Well, that's just his body. His brain is actually running around in a metal chassis right now, haha..."
Rebecca's eyes widened like Jade had just promised her the entire moon plus a couple of Saturn's rings, to boot. "A robot angel?"
"Well..." Jade pondered this, nibbling her bottom lip. Finally, she gave a slight shrug. "I guess you could say that, yeah!"
A wide smile split the Little Sister's face and she turned to Tearen to tug at his sleeves and gush about this wondrous news. Jade smiled a bit lopsidedly, shifting from one foot to the other to burn some of her nervous energy.
"Anyway, uhm. Sorry about the mess," she said, looking around at her Grandpa's large collection of big game trophies with a worried line between her eyebrows. "I didn't have time to clean up for company, what with all the dwarves slinging dirt across my lawn!"
Tearen's eyes lit up with mirth, one hand smoothing back the stubborn flyaway hairs on the top of Rebecca's head. He hid his smile by gently kissing his little girl's forehead. "I agree, you have quite the infestation. And you don't seem overly eager to ask them to leave, either."
It was true. He could tell from the way her thoughts flared with indignation at the word "infestation" before softening into fondness at the perceived joke. 'Yes,' her mind told him. 'But they're my infestation now, so they're totally okay!'
The Space-Witch flounced onto one of the two low couches in the room with a gusting sigh, arm falling across her face to mask her exasperation. "Noooo, I could never do that! They're fine. I think."
Nodding to himself, Tearen swept Rebecca up into his arms, the grey girl shrieking with laughter all the while. He gave Jade an expectant look as little hands whapped playfully against his chest. "You have a restroom someplace, yeah?"
Oh, right! Jade almost smacked herself on the forehead. D'oh! He had mentioned that Rebecca would probably need a bath!
Sitting up quick, Jade's head jerked in a nod. "Yep! There's a bathroom a few floors up, the transportalizer can take you there in a jiffy!"
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