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 Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:22 am
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In Stitches
"If they stay in, your flesh's gonna grow around 'em, and that's no good," Nahm explained, gently. "You're not a patchwork, so you don't need 'em to stay. Anyhow, that belly of yours deserves to be nice and smooth." The small knife was held low and angled away, as unthreatening as a knife could be.
His eyes flickered over to Ahm. It would be better if Merry cooperated, but the process could be done either way. Quick would be best. This, too, they had done before.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:17 am
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 2:43 pm
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 3:37 pm
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In stitches
She knew that, she did. Everything they were saying made perfect, reasonable sense, but she just couldn't seem to make herself lie still for them to do it.
Back against the headboard, her eyes kept flicking from the knife in Nahm's hand, up to his face, and over to Ahm where he was sitting a little aways from them. At least until he stood up and headed closer. Then she watched him like a bird watched a cobra that was closing in on them.
"I know," she squeaked out, still not relenting, still tucked and away from them.
Quick wasn't the problem here. Jack, she wasn't even sure what the problem was.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 6:18 pm
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Preparations
She gave him a soft, thoughtful pout as she looked down at him, pale fingers sliding over the back of his hand before circling his wist so she could draw it to her, kiss the back of his knuckles. "The modifications to the robe?" This worried her. She wasn't shaped the same as they were, she had wings, she had horns, her legs bent where their's did not. Alternations had had to be made, and the thing was shorter now, cut through the back. Essential for comfortable movement, but not nearly as covering as it was meant to be. "I don't want to offend anyone."
More kisses, but it was a nervous gesture, a means to make herself feel better. To reinforce the bond between them. Because no matter how much she wanted this, she still worried.
What if the elder disapproved. What if he forbade his grandsons from being with her...
Awful, frightful thoughts that made her chest ache in a way it never had before. The very thought of having them taken away from her, it was too much to bear.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:53 pm
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Preparations
"Not a problem," Ahm smiled up at the worried chimera indulgently; he understood her fears - they crept through his brain too...there were so many things that might go wrong, so many ways this could go sideways - but the elder Grue also knew what his job was. So he would assuage her fears as much as he could, long fingers stretching out to gently stroke her face. "Making you some dark wraps for your legs, to go with it. You're gonna look amazing babe, don't worry so much. We've got this."
Nuzzling at her cheek, on arm supporting her back and splayed between her wings, Ahm tried distracting Merry with affection. "They're gonna love you, Merry. Just like we do. So don't you worry." He dropped soft little kisses over her face, "That's my job."
It would be up to Ahm to present Merry properly. Nahm would be there, of course, but the Elders would be looking to him for the formalized introduction. Was he worried? Yes, some. Was he still certain it would go the way they wanted? Yes, definitely.
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:39 pm
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Preparations
He said it wouldn't be a problem, reassuring her that everything would go fine, that her visit to the tunnels would go off without a hitch, and yet her worry lingered. She was still excited, still eager to see where the boils had originated, their home, meet their family, but still. This was important. She didn't want to mess it up.
Ah, but it was hold onto that worry when he was nuzzling into her cheek, fingers running along her back between her wings. She purred, leaning into those sweet touches, and flared her wings, feathers playing before settling again.
"If you're sure," she finally conceded, hands settling on his shoulders.
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:41 am
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Preparations
"We're sure," Nahm put in. "If we weren't sure, we'd warn you." This was a serious enough matter that false reassurances were entirely out. "You get a little leeway not bein' a grue. Little more credit for trying than we get." He snickered faintly. "We got this, babe, really."
It wasn't that he wasn't at all worried; this was a pretty big demonstration of defiance, a bold move in the constant maneuvering that was grue clan politics, but they were banking on their own demonstrated skills and the value of the time and training invested into them to give them enough time to pull it off, and Merry's energetic sweetness and mischievous streak to charm the elders. The chimera ghoul took this seriously, they knew, and she had put time and effort into learning what she would need to know as a visiting outsider. How this first visit went would set the tone for anything further, and it was a gamble that they felt they could win.
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