Inbox for sticksandbones

[sesa]

I will make this pretty later

(Spoilers I won't, I always say I will but I won't-)

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INVENTORY:

-Grenade Launcher with 3 ammo stacks (refreshes monthly)

-Nondescript gaming console (it's an offbrand Nintendo Switch)

-Some glowing star rocks from an investigation with Elsword in the Deep Woods

-A little knitted dragon from Elsword that I forgot to link and am too lazy to find now

-1 Kotatsu that he keeps in his room at the lab. It's red with light beige birds on it

-His toolbox from Rhodes

-A workshop that connects to Gnosis' lab via a breezeway. He lives there with Passenger now

-3 erythrites, used to make Passenger a pair of earrings

Comments

[sticksandbonesmods]

You misunderstand my existence. Though it is no fault of your own. Centuries ago, fragments of the cosmos' power fell into the sea from the cliff above. We consumed the power, much like you have, and it changed us. I consumed more than any here. Look.

[The serpent nods it's head around the waters. The waters surrounding the shining whirlpool are filled with life, and they all shine like the sun, moon, and stars.

She returns it's attention to the two of them.]

I still do not understand why you would gift me anything. I may accept. But I am not a kind one, the way the Sun and Moon are.

[mooninthewater]

Well, sure! But I misunderstand the existence of a lot of people, so of course you wouldn’t see me avoiding them, regardless. I think it’s important for anyone — gods or mortals or other ethereal creatures or otherwise — should always have the opportunity to have something that makes them happy.

Besides, I’ve never met a single soul who’s actually unkind call themselves that. I think you’d be a really good friend. You probably have a lot of really cool stories to tell!

[ And, well, the sun is being offered again into the water. At least it’s not fragile, so Mizuki isn’t all that concerned with chucking it through the waves. ]

[sesa]

[Mizuki is such a good boy. Sesa…knows that there’s a very real chance they could be making a mistake here, and this serpent could be offering them some kind of fair warning before they eat them. But that isn’t enough for Sesa to want to stop Mizuki, either. He has a kind heart…he wants to see the good in everyone. How could he go against that?

And, well. If the creature wanted to harm them…it would have already. He has to just keep telling himself that.

He leans over the edge of the “raft” to watch (sortof, he has to shield his eyes a bit with his arm) as Mizuki offers the sun once again.]

Mizuki is right. We have nothing to gain by giving you this offering, nothing beyond knowing that you having it may make your existence that much brighter. Even if it is just by a small bit.

[And maybe they are unkind. Maybe they won’t be grateful. But it’s what Mizuki wants.]

[sticksandbonesmods]

[The Cosmic Serpent listens, tilting it's head. It's gaze is impassive before finally, it nods.]

I will accept this sunlight, then. But what sort of stories would you expect? I often sleep.

[forwander]

Not particularly. What's done is done... and though I do not know if it's necessary, I may as well inform the others here not to touch anything. I expected this sort of behaviour from Doctor Add...

[wow Add's not even here to defend himself smfh.

Elliot leans back into Sesa's touch, grateful for the comfort. At least one person here sees reason (every Terran here will see reason). He takes a moment, breathes deep, and then starts to pen a note.

...

And then Vash comes in with his specific brand of bullshit and this is when Elliot gets up to lightning bolt near the house from across the Grove, clearly too exhausted and pissed off to deal with this properly. Meanwhile, everything in the notebook is getting Worse.

Bro, he's so tired.]

[forwander]

[Fortunate. Very fortunate. He's sized Sesa up numerous times (impossible not to do that when they've been so touchy with each other all this time), but now is a good time to really realise how much he's packing here. This is not just one large dick. It's two, slick and ridged, and Elliot wants them both stuffed into him, thanks.

When they're both bare, and Sesa makes that comment, Elliot can't help but laugh low in the back of his throat.]

Come now. You've seen me myriad times before...

[Oh, but he is hard-hard. Dripping, even, with his pupils blown wide and, of course, those tailfeathers are going to stay flared until well after they're done.

He's never been in dire straits like this before, and distantly wonders how many rounds both of them will have to go before they're satiated for the time being.]

I am yours, my love, and you may have me any way you see fit.

[mooninthewater]

Oh, it doesn’t have to be your experiences or anything like that. Everyone has stories and wisdom to share, through all sorts of mediums. Where we’re from, people even come up with little pictures within the stars and make up stories about them. [ Usually Minoan stories, of course. ] The experiences of everything and everyone is precious. I could even share some of my stories with you. Sesa and I have so many manga between the two of us, you’d never be bored~! [ Mizuki— ]

There’s nothing more beautiful and worth preserving than those stories that people want to share.

[sesa]

[In spite of himself, Sesa has been keeping an eye on the post that Elliot makes. And it...does not make him happy, let's put it that way. He's lost several CR points with both Pure Vanilla and Vash in one fell swoop, and while it will be made up for with apologies and time, right now? He doesn't have the patience for it, at all.

It's around the time when the lightning bolt happens that Sesa takes it upon himself to reach out and close the notebook Elliot has been furiously writing in, pushing it aside before stepping over to where the Liberi ended up when he stood from the desk, wrapping his arms around him from behind.

It's both a gentle hold, and a hold that suggests he doesn't plan on going anywhere.]

Alright. We're going to bed. Come on, no more notebook for today.

[sesa]

I have. And yet, it never gets old, each and every time.

[A rumbling sound, more reptilian than human, issues from his throat as he nudges his nose against the bridge of Elliot's, one of his hands coming down so the backs of his knuckles can brush teasingly along his dripping length. He's had the pleasure of seeing him hard like this before, but this is something else entirely. This is a desperate sort of hardness, one that leaves him smiling fondly as he finishes removing his pants for him, using his tail to pick up and toss the rest of the stray fabric away.

With nothing separating the two of them now, Sesa immediately lays himself across Elliot, reaching down to take his legs behind the knees and carefully guide them around his hips, making it easier for them to rut against one another so they aren't left dying while Sesa asks:]

So...we're doing this, then. ...for real?

[YES???]

[sesa]

Heh. I certainly wouldn't mind returning and reading a manga or two. Though perhaps we could find an actual boat to bring first...

[You know, so he isn't curled up in a ball on Mizuki's noodles like "help I can't swim"]

gagtag

[mooninthewater]

[ Happy Birthday, Sesa!!!!!! ]

[forwander]

[Elliot is busting out the argument pen right now, he's going to say something and it's going to be very much "hey. this is not funny. you're being an asshole. stop"... but it looks like Enciodes is going to handle that while Elliot is absent, because the notebook is closed just as he presses the pen to the page.

His headwings flop downwards.]

I'm not convinced it's late enough to go to bed.

[No, but you need a nap and to be cuddled, you're being grouchy.]

...but if you insist. Let me change out of my day clothes.

[sesa]

There is nothing saying we cannot nap.

[He is Going to wrestle you into bed with him so help him god-

He will also gently guide Elliot away from the desk, taking the edges of his sleeves between his claws.]

Let me help you, mm?

[forwander]

...very well, if you would like.

[He's so tired (existential) bro. But that's fine, Sesa can help him undress and put on his usual flowy loungewear, which he doesn't actually need help with, but.

It's nice to have someone there, he supposes.

Sesa might have to physically drag Elliot down into bed though, because as soon as he's re-dressed his angry brain goes "wait I have to argue" and tries to head back to the desk.]

[sticksandbonesmods]

[The Cosmic Serpent tilts their head up to the sky, as if watching it.]

You speak of Constellations. We too used to have them, before the stars descended to the earth. I remember watching it as a hatchling, unsettled. They're still there, somewhere in the forest. We can feel it- they are kin now, after all.

[mooninthewater]

See, then you have plenty of stories to share~! Don’t worry, we have to build a boat to keep the books from getting wet anyway, Sesa.

It’ll be so much fun. The Grove’s very first manga club!! Truly how the best of beginnings go!!! We can decide on meeting times at a later date. Something that isn’t too disruptive of your sleeping patterns, Cosmic Serpent. Maybe once a month or something like that?

Do you want us to keep calling you “Cosmic Serpent”, by the way? Or do you have a name? Can I call you “Hoshibi”? [ Quite literally just “star” and “snake” put together. ] If we’re friends now I don’t wanna keep sounding so formal, you know??

[ Mizuki, your priorities… ]

Oh! You’re a bit like Us Seaborn, then? How exciting~. I wonder if they’re the things that Father Wolfwood and I found marked on that map? There were tons of stars marked all over it. I had always just assumed they were shrines of some kind.

[sesa]

[Yeah no, he is steering you back away from the desk like no, no baby-]

That notebook is dead to you for the rest of the day. Just pretend it isn't there.

[He takes Elliot carefully by the hand while using his tail looped around his waist to physically keep him near just in case he tries to continue that way, guiding him back towards their bed instead.

Down into bed they go, with Sesa pulling back the sheets so they can both climb underneath them. He wraps himself around Elliot carefully, letting Elliot be the little spoon in that respect.]

[sesa]

[Sesa is so glad Mizuki is here. He doubts he would be making much sense to this poor serpent speaking in riddles as he tends to-]

Somewhere in the forest, you say...that may be something worth investigating in the future.

[With others, ideally. Sesa worries he'd just walk into the forest and disappear LIKE SOME PEOPLE-

For now though he's going to continue letting Mizuki do most of the talking.]

[forwander]

That's easier said than done, my love.

[But Elliot stays near, and then he's led into bed and pulled down into it. He really wants to get up and start bitching at people, but he's starting to get a migraine after all of this. No doubt it's caused by the stress and also the Oripathy, but.

Ugh.

He moves his hair so that it's not in the way and strangling Sesa, swinging it off the side of their bed.]

...but very well. My head is beginning to throb regardless...

leaves you on read for 10 days hey lol

[forwander]

[no sesa you're doing this for fake, elliot puts his clothes on and leaves—

No, no, he nods, eagerly wrapping his legs around Sesa's hips like they can remotely do anything without the proper prep work put in. Like, no, he's going to need to get finger-blasted a bit first, they both know this they're not dumb.

But also, consider, grinding to take the edge off, and the way Elliot moves his hips says "desperate" more than anything else. Sesa started it, but Elliot is about to go feral over it. Those ridges brushing against him feel so damn good that he's not sure how he'll act when Sesa is buried in him.

Speaking of—]

Yes, my love, we are. I do wonder if I could take all of you right now.

[Desperately horny brain says yes, logic brain says calm down.]

[sticksandbonesmods]

[... Man, y'all are weird. Sunshiney weird. They don't hate it but it's very strange, especially when they've made their reputation to the outside world known through eating people polluting the seas and intimidating oil rigs. He didn't even agree! ... But she didn't disagree either.]

The Stars made their shrines up above in the woods, to aid mortals against the wretch who controls the fog. As we in the waters here consumed star magic alongside sun and moon magic, we are kin. We all can feel them.

I have no name, only a title. Call me as you will, but do not presume to have tamed me.I will indulge you, for a while.

[mooninthewater]

[ So all totally normal things??? Mizuki doesn't understand, he'd do this, too- ]

Ehe, "Tame you"? We're asking to be friends, not have a pet, silly. Sesa and I promise only to bother you sometimes, and you can always let us know if you're too tired to hang out, we'd totally understand! Maybe when the fog 'round here clears up, I can come take a nap with you, even?

Oh, and... umm, hey, Sesa found these... sort of broken star shards. Do you know what those might be about?

[sticksandbonesmods]

Let me see. I have my suspicions, but I will not presume.

[sesa]

Trust me, I understand.

[It isn't often that Sesa is getting into arguments with people "online", per-say, but he can certainly understand being as upset by something as this and then unable to let it go. He shouldn't feel like he has to. Oripathy is no joke, and Sesa thinks that a lot of people here for some reason don't treat it as seriously as they should, whether they realize it's gravity or not.

Well. He doesn't want to waste his energy thinking about that right now. Instead, he rests his chin on Elliot's shoulder, humming softly against his ear.]

Let me know if you need me to get you anything.

I left you on read for 5 so we're almost even

[sesa]

Mmm...I dare say you could.

[HE CANNOT. HE LITERALLY CAN'T. PLEASE STOP BEFORE YOU SEND HIM TO THE CLINIC

Granted, the temptation to slick up his fingers with just the slick from his sheath is tempting. That's kindof what it exists for, to make intercourse easier...but Elliot is a virgin, he has not been penetrated before, so it's better to be safe than sorry. This is why we harassed poor Ydalir and Heimr like can we have lube please thanks-

Sesa does at least still have the coherent thought required to remind him not to literally kill his boyfriend here, which is why he'll grab for the lube they've been keeping at their bedside for this moment. He's actually experimented with it a little when giving handjobs before, just to see exactly how effective it is. Answer: very. Just a little bit goes a long way, yet even then he ends up applying more than he needs just to be safe.

It's cold, but quickly warming up in the head of Sesa's hands as he lifts Elliot just a little further by the hips, gently edging his tail to one side. A difficult task, given the fact his tailfeathers are flared and the moment he tries to push them down they just floof right back out again. It makes him chuckle as he rubs the lube between his fingers, bringing his hand down to actually touch Elliot's bare skin with it for the first time.]

Love, your tail...