>>35087578

You hang sideways off the tree, staring at each other till Sheszka whines in your arms. You skip down the last few steps, placing your chare on the ground- she spares the elf a moments glance before she books it for the trees, vanishing into the underbrush.

The elf is... comparatively tall. An inch or so less than you. Standing face to face, he breaks eye contact first, muttering.
"I- ah. Sorry. I was sure this was the right tree, miss. I'll just- I'll just be going now."
He turns away, scratching at his head to hide his embarrassment- which is, in all likelihood, about to get much worse.

>"Mom's still asleep-"
>"Erics? Uh, Dad? Stop-"
>Grab him, shake him a bit. Just until you stop feeling irritated.
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>>35087593
>>"Mom's still asleep-"
Showing up at this time the nerve, don't have time for this its early

>>35087593
>>"Mom's still asleep-"

>>35087593
>"Erics? Uh, Dad? Stop-"
I assume the words are interrupted because we're tackling him or something like that.

>>35087578
You glorious bastard i am recovering from surgery right now and this just made my day

>>35087593
>"Mom's still asleep-"
Tell him that leaving his kids for the first quarter of their lives is not endearing him as a father to us.

Rolled 61, 19 = 80 (2d100)

>>35087593
>>"Mom's still asleep-"
>>"Welcome home?"

>>35087593
>"Mom's still asleep-"
"So, you must be Erics, me dad yes. You decided to leave before we hatched, I feel like I should be angry at you."

Give him a good stare. All sis eyes, full force. See what he says.

>>35087675
*my dad, yes.

>>35087593
DADDY!?

>>35087666
>first quarter of their lives
WOAH WOAH WOAH there.
We're going to live a lot longer than four months.

>>35087675
Yes! He must be made to feel the judging eyes of the Big Sis Stare!

>>35087593
>>Other
ask for his name
>"Mom's still asleep-"

might as well make sure it's the right elf first before we make a scene

>>35087593
>>"Mom's still asleep-"
Oh hey, it's dad

>>35087712
>>35087675
I only feel the most passing of grumpyness at him.
So if some stuff like this goes down, we should probably immediately forgive him afterwards.

>>35087700
Well it's still the first quarter of our physical development. He missed our childhood and most of our adolescence.
We have just a little under a week before we reach adulthood according to the latest pastebin update.

>>35087593
>An inch or so less than you.
Damn, Papa is tall as shit

>>35087761
Yeah, he's HUEG.
I like that.

>>35087593
>"Erics? Uh, Dad? Stop-"

Let it be known, for the record, that despite the prior discussions of your father, that you were cordial.
And also that I was surprised.
Not even one vote to treat him like oversized maracas.
Writing!

>>35087593
>Grab him, shake him a bit. Just until you stop feeling irritated.
>"Mom's still asleep-"

>>35087848
I'm sure SpiderMama will be all the angry spider for us

>>35087848
I'm fairly sure we had generally agree don being "cordial" to our father.
Just that we have no reason to give a spiders ass about him.

>>35087848
well we don't really know him, so I say it's bit to early to really hate him or like him... I still say we call him Erics instead of dad though.

>>35087848
We don't want to hurt the guy.
We're just interested in him and kind of emotionally hurt he wasn't around.

>>35087848
We call him Eric, and make him feel the full sting of our estrangement from him.
Having his daughter(s?) not care about him at all is far more appropriate and painful

>>35087899
>>35087877
B-but anons
I totally do care for him, and worried he'd get hurt out there

>>35087871
I care about him

>>35087899
And sons!
Ephram and Zach will probably just give him a look, and then ignore him completely after that.

>>35087848
>>35087899
seconding this. He is not Dad. He is Eric.

>>35087939
I feel the opposite.

I mean, for real. He was only gone a month. While kind of a dick move, he came back right quick enough.

>>35087950
that and calling him eric risks spidermoms anger

>>35087950
Fast growth leads to different perceptions. He should have been around for the initial stages more so due to the nature of our developmental stages.

>>35087939
We should still be hurt, but that is fucking ice cold man. I'm all for being angry, cause that'll burn off. Emotional damage, not so much

>>35087956
So? We're a teenager we're allowed to be angsty.

once again thanks to reqm

Speaking of development, I'm reminded that whatever thing killed grandma is still out there.
I think we should make it a family project, right before we reach adulthood, to hunt that thing down and kill it.

>>35087950
I agree. I mean, how was he to know that we were going to legitimately speedrun our childhood.

>>35087959
Like I said. Kind of a dick move, but he came back right quick so I can forgive 'im.

Slightly hurt. That's it.

>>35087578
Nice story, I am all caught up too.

It seems (it wasn't exactly clear) that we tend to discard failed silk creations, but spiders actually eat their own silk to recycle it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web
>Webs allow a spider to catch prey without having to expend energy by running it down. Thus it is an efficient method of gathering food. However, constructing the web is in itself an energetically costly process because of the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk. In addition, after a time the silk will lose its stickiness and thus become inefficient at capturing prey. It is common for spiders to eat their own web daily to recoup some of the energy used in spinning. The silk proteins are thus recycled.

>>35087981
>how was he to know
By asking Mom?

>>35087959
On the other hand, we did have a whole past life that we remember, so we can sympathize with his viewpoint.

>>35087991
we really SHOULD be eating expended silk, yeah.
But we don't. I assume for cultural reasons.

I'm all for being a bit angry at him but still seeing him as dad.

>>35087981
All spiders speed run childhood. The evolution didn't make us into an adult. It just changed our size/coloring.

We're still not fully grown. The other siblings are the same developmental age that we are.. just not the same evolution.

>>35088000
There's also the reason that Elle collects all of it when she can in order to have extra silk to work with.

>>35087991
To be fair, I bet it taste really gross, it's not like real life spiders have taste buds like we do

>>35087930
>And sons!
I am sorry, I didnt know of a good way to pluralize children for that one.
But honestly I think the boys will care about him even less.

I think Lyra would be mad at Eric, since him having been away probably reminds her of her distant "old" family, she really loved how Mom is there for her, so I think she would resent Eric for being like her old family.

Also I want to have a contrast between Lyra and Sara who will adore Eric for being a Mage.

>>35087950
He decided to leave for a month or two while his children were due to hatch. That's fairly dickish.

Not saying I want to act like an angsty teenager and start hating him, just think a little coldness is in order.

Elfdad better make up for his absence if he wants us to act like a loving Spiderdaughter.

>>35088000
Another possible explanation is that it just tastes bland and meat is delicious, so arachne only do it when food is in short supply?
but then again, that would reduce the amount of population a location can support

eh, I think we should call him Eric until he feels like a dad. I'm not saying blow him off for not being here but still he did choose to leave because he didn't like staying in one spot for to long so I don't think we should throw our arms around him and cry daddy right off the bat

>>35088024
>He decided to leave for a month or two while his children were due to hatch
I think it's important to keep in mind that it wasn't a corporation, or his boss, needing him to go on a business trip while his wife was pregnant and his children growing up.

He just wanted to go and explore some ruins.
This is a dad deciding he really just wants to go do some skydiving or mountainclimbing rather than stick around for his kids and wife.

In short:
We have conflicted feelings for him.

>>35088105
no shit

>>35088105
Pretty much, all the points everyone brought up are perfectly valid, Lyra is jsut a ball of emotions

>>35088105
Not really conflicted. We have no feelings for him at all. Except vague resentment for not having been around, but we didn't really need him either, so he is just unimportant.

>>35088145
YOU don't got feelings for him maybe, but piles of people admit to being angry, or missing him, or worried about him, or glad he's back...

>>35088161
I don't see why Lyra would have feelings about him ? He is literally a complete stranger to her.
Because he fertilized her second mom ?

>>35088192
for all the reasons previously described. That's the best I can do without infinite-same-discussion-over-and-over.

>>35088192
The same reason any 12 year old who had a parent missing for their life would have feelings about said missing parent.

>>35088244
That was me and I never really thought about my dad at all to be honest. The idea of being mad at or hating or missing him is really weird to me.

>>35088244
But she isn't 12, and more importantly, she isn't mentally a child. She already had a live.
Kids growing about without one parent mainly suffer from being reminded of the lack, which isn't the case for Lyra.

>>35088260
other people in similar situations have different responsesMy dad was away for the majority of my childhood doing vague business and I still care 'bout him.

>>35088273
I've never met my father. I have no feelings what so ever.

>>35088134
exactly, she cant decide if she wants to hug him or hit him, or something in between.

>>35088266
she did have absentee parents in her past life though, so feelings for a somewhat absentee parent in this life would probably be... complex to say the least.

>>35088290
OK. That's got very little relation to this because of the first part of the post you quoted.

>>35088266
12 is the closest age we can compare in human age, in that she has almost hit puberty but not quite. But you are right, the Arachne lifecycle isn't really comparable as they seem to reach mental maturity much faster than they hit puberty.

Arms crossed over your chest, you stare him down as he tries to slink away.

He doesn't recognize you. He doesn't even recognize you!

No- It's, okay , no. He left before you hatched. And you evolved. He really wouldn't right? It makes- It makes sense. It still hurts, though. You don't like this. You bite your lip as he backs another step away.

"I'll leave, right? Ah, no need to bother you, my apologies-"
"Mom is still asleep."
It's hard to recognize your voice, thick with emotion. There's a bite to it you don't quite like, but you can't keep it out.
"Wha?"
"Mom. Nialla? You are Erics, yes?"
"I- Yes. I am. But then- You're-"
"Lyra. My name is Lyra."

He steps back, looking you over, peering at your shell, your face. He blinks frequently, reaching up and stroking the stubble smeared across his face, muttering to himself.
"She's already- shouldn't it be- no, I only shaved once-"
He clears his throat, eyes wild.
"I- How long was I gone? It shouldn't have been- It wasn't that long, was it?"

He's clearly distressed, though you're not sure what exactly for. The sticky feeling in your chest is still there, a painful ball clenched tight beneath your ribs.

>Why is he worried? He left.
>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.
>Other (?)

>>35088332
>>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.
Let's go get Mom

>>35088332
>>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?

>>35088332
let's take him up to the nest.
>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?
It's been like a month. But you missed all the good little kid bits.

>>35088296
>she did have absentee parents in her past life though
She did say that she didn't resent her family for never being there. So I see no reason for complex feelings in that regard. Maybe vague resentment, after she had gotten so used to a loving family with Mom, but even that is stretching it.

>>35088329
She got the mind of a 20something, because that is what she is.

>>35088332
>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?

oh man he thinks he was gone for YEARS because we evolved so fast and Mom evolved so slow!

>>35088332
>Why is he worried? He left.

>>35088332
>Other (?)
Answer his question, let's see where he's going with this.

"You left before we hatched. I am almost a month old."

>>35088332
Wake mom up NAO!

>>35088357
He thinks he's had a rip van winkling.

This is humorous to me, and I am struggling HARD not to feed into it for a bit to mess with him.
Because I do that with every rip van winkling victim.

>>35088332
>>Other (?)

Pretend that he got trapped in some time magic and has been gone for years

>>35088332
>>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?
>>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.
let mom deal with this, we got to find our wolf

>>35088273
But >>35088244 implied the standard reaction would be some kind of emotional attachment, not that 'well SOME kids would feel differently'. Given I assume mom cares about Erics still I'd hardly advocate alienating ourselves from him long-term in the situation. But given the situation it's strange in my mind, especially given our MC's long life experience given their past life, to have an initial reaction to him much different from meeting a stranger.

>>35088332
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.
>Other
"For your information, it's been almost a month. But to an Arachne, that's all of our childhood and most of our adolescence."

>>35088332
>get a little mad
he was still away from your family for most of your childhood, how could that be "not long"

>>35088332
>>Why is he worried? He left.
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.

>>35088332

>It's been long enough
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.

>>35088332
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.

>>35088376
have you considered your reaction is non-standard, perhaps?
And also doesn't really fit the situation, since we asked about him several times and seemed to plan for him being back.

>>35088332
>Long enough to miss out your childrens childhood
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.

>>35088332
>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.
>Other (?)
We have been growing very fast.

Mom, Erics has returned.

>>35088397
We only asked about him, twice or so ? And that only because he is important to mom, and to Sara to an extent, or at least her situation.

>>35088357
>>35088367
>>35088368
It would be beyond dickish, but I'm sorely tempted to say he's been gone for years. We all thought he ditched us.

NOT voting we say this. Just.... It would be fucking hilarious. Evil, but hilarious.

>>35088412
Yes.
I'm not voting for it either, but it is EXTREMELY tempting.

>>35088398
Ouch.

>>35088332
>>Maybe this is the point where you should wake up mom.

>>35088412
I wouldn't do that, but we can definitly leave it ambigous for him until he meets mom.

>>35088412
We cant say we didn't think about it

>>35088332
wait... could it be that he was just completely ignorant of the growth rate of arachne?
if we were an elf child at 3 weeks, we would probably still be blind and wriggling.

>>35088356
Yes, but even the other sisters seem to be mature much faster than humans relative to their physical age. Heck, they all learned to talk, read, and write in 2 languages in under a week.

>>35088332
>
"You were gone for 12 years, Mom looked all over for you"

inb4 we convince him he got zapped to the future in the ruins

>>35088332
>Why is he worried? He left.

>>35088441
Stop making it SO TEMPTING to convince him he's been gone for dozens of years, anon.
There's no reason for it other than it being delicious.

>>35088447
Yes, but I still expect them to have very different feelings about Eric then Lyra does, because they actually grew out of childhood, while her childhood is a long time ago.

>>35088441
>could it be that he was just completely ignorant of the growth rate of arachne
Yes, it's very possible.
Which would make me angry because that means he's enough of an idiot to not even consider "oh, wait, she's not an elf and maybe I should ask about differences in pregnancies and child-rearing to make sure whether I'm needed or not".

>>35088449
don't, that is cruel

>>35088441
this completely changes my opinion of him

>>35088332
>Other
facepalm then:
>Mom and you never discussed the biological difference between your species did you?
>Arachne mature VERY fast, I am 3 weeks old.
>I am much happier knowing this was an unintentional misunderstanding.

>>35088441
i think its more he assumed you have to be at least a couple years old to evolve, Mom was already adventuring with him for a while before she evolved.

>>35088482
its not just his fault, mom should have explained it too

also, why in the world would he assume that children will go from babies to full grown in weeks?

>>35088502
I don't think the evolution matters so much as childhood.

>>35088441
There are so many halfway decent excuses for his absence- Maybe he thought the eggs would hatch slower, maybe he didn't know how long it takes arachne to grow.

Chances are 50/50 that hes a colossal idiot, but still. I don't know where to vote on this.

>>35088495
More likely he was aware and the evolution on it's own threw him.

"You don't know how long you've been gone? Pull the other one. I've got eight.

>>35088513
>>35088514
Not knowing how long they need to hatch isn't really a good excuse, he ran away. So he should have asked when his children would start noticing him missing.

>>35088397
Have you considered YOUR reaction might be non-standard?
There are lots of reasons why someone would have feelings about an absentee parent, but generally they're triggered by specific things. For two easy examples, if your friends have great dads (in this case) and you'd love to have one, or your single parent is too busy with work and such to bond with you, you'd naturally want a dad. Or if there was a bad break-up or the like and you can see the lack of a second parent is taking its toll emotionally or just in terms of work, you might feel resentment.

But in all of these cases your emotions are not triggered by the PERSON, but rather what they represent, to your living conditions or your other parent or your social standing or whatever. Between Lyra's previous life giving her perspective, and mom basically managing perfectly fine as a single parent in every way, none of those things are really relevant. This is very different from, say, a family where the dad is simply absent a lot for various reasons (I have an uncle that spends lots of time on ships as he's a captain for example), but is home occasionally and whose partner makes sure that their children has a relationship to their dad even if just through pictures, stories, hell just general positivity about him and mentioning him often.

>>35088478
You see, I thought of this reincarnation differently than you seem to. I always felt it as more of a "Yeah, I have these memories, but this is my life. That past life is just something that happened".

It wouldn't make sense to have our verbal ticks we got from mom if it was the way you seem to be treating it as.

>>35088519
have some mercy on the guy, he just found out that his 3 weeks old children are all adults and he missed their childhood by accident.
I am not one for holding a grudge over such a thing

>>35088537
Are you legitimately arguing we don't care at all about him, when we've repeatedly shown we seem to care at least a little?

we seem to be getting slightly off topic here, besides does it even matter, he might just be an idea or a little frazzled this time in the morning, or even on edge about meeting his potential kids

>>35088514
Let's not go making assumptions first, let's hear what he has to say and then we can decide on what to do.

Get the facts first

>>35088544
Me neither.
3 weeks of absence isn't really a huge deal, to me.

>>35088544
Again, technically not adults yet, just really close.

>>35088558
Why do you not care at all about him but do care a lot about our siblings and mom?
the difference is 3 weeks.
yea we don't know him, but he is distraught and clearly he didn't realize arachne mature faster than elves. So its not like he even intended to abandon us

A little bit of cold, a little bit of care, and it's time to get mom?

>>35088593
Sounds good, lets get the poor sap some answers

>>35088593
yea, no twisting the knife with the cold though, just a bit of tsundere

>>35088593
Clearly MOOOOOOOOOOM A CREEPY GUY IS TRYING TO CLIMB OUR TREEEE

is the best option.

>>35088586
good point, sexual maturity occurs at 2 months, so adulthood is probably what... 3 months?
we are 3 weeks old, meaning about 1/4th of the way there.

>>35088593
Oh yes

>>35088590
I think you missed. Or misread.

>>35088586
I don't think we've hit puberty yet? reqm was hinting it'd be the coming week?

>>35088593
sounds about right, maybe with a bit of dicking him around by tricking him that he has been gone longer then he really has just so whenever we think of day we'll always have one very found moment which will always bring a smile to our face.

>>35088614
how is it? we know its dad.

>>35088542
Our past memories still give her "perspective", they are pretty clear afterall.
Why wouldn't the verbal ticks make sense ? She learned it as a foreign language, since she still remembers her old one. You easily get a verbal tick speaking a foreign language.

>>35088544
>he missed their childhood by accident
No, he run away on purpose, knowing he would not be around for their hatching. Thats not on accident.

>>35088558
>when we've repeatedly shown we seem to care at least a little
We haven't, we have been shown to be vaguely curious. It took us three weeks to even bother finding out about his species.

>>35088593
More cold, I see no reason for care.

>>35088619
adulthood is at 1 month according to REQM last thread, so we are more like 75% of the way there.

>>35088638
I'm against that

I honestly think its hilarious that mom and dad never are such goofs that they never discussed the biology differences between the two of them

>>35088619
>>35088634
One month from birth, I'm fairly certain. He hinted at it happening soon last thread..

>>35088593
Why care ? Polite yes, he didn't do us any personal harm.

>>35088646
Nah, we've pretty obviously shown care for him, whether you want to deny it or not.
Hell, we even put him in the "family expense account".

>>35088537
No dude. Your reaction is very non-standard.

Having zero emotional reaction to something like this would be extremely rare. Most people would feel SOMETHING.

The exact reaction would vary greatly. Ranging from the heights of ANGST to just feeling sort of unsure how to feel.

But trying to treat this like a complete non-issue with zero emotional impact on the character for us to consider is just silly.

>>35088646
>I see no reason for care.
But plenty of people in the thread do

>>35088646
you are projecting very badly, nothing indicated he missed it on purpose.

he left because he has fucking wanderlust from everything we heard.

>>35088593
Not to big on the care. Distant is fine. We've more important things to do.

>>35088646
>>he missed their childhood by accident
>No, he run away on purpose, knowing he would not be around for their hatching. Thats not on accident.
For the HATCHING, not for the entire childhood. he is completely befuddled by the fact we appear to be so big
He expected to come back and find a baby that hasn't learned to speak, walk, talk, or even see yet. and is not going to remember those missing 3 weeks. You know, like a 3 weeks old human baby
heck elves probably age slower than humans, he probably expected to come back and find the equivalent of a 2 days old human wiggler

>>35088646
>characters in fiction don't act like I do!
>RABBLE RABBLE

>>35088694
Then he was idiotic. I knooow the kids are about to be born... but I HEARD THERE IS THIS WICKED COOL HOLE IN THE GROUND!

>>35088677
How does that show we care ? He is our family, that has nothing to do with caring about him, and again, when did Lyra show she "cared" about him in a emotional sense ?


>>35088690
Which is why I said I see no reason to care.

>>35088694
He didn't get kidnapped, he knew kids were on the way and still left, thats pretty much on purpose.

>>35088711
>I knooow the kids are about to be born... but I HEARD THERE IS THIS WICKED COOL HOLE IN THE GROUND!
complete the though
>Rolls 1 on knowledge arachne biology
>"Don't worry, I will be back so soon they wouldn't even realize I am gone"

>>35088709
What are you even talking about ?

>>35088720
I think we should just start ignoring this guy. He's obviously already decided how he feels and refuses to be swayed by any argument.

>>35088703
While I agree that we should give him the benefit of the doubt in the case that he didn't realize how fast Arachne mature, he did still leave his pregnant and about-to-give-birth wife in order to go ruin-exploring when she told him she needs to go home to lay eggs.
That annoys me.

>>35088677
I'm getting the vibe that shes more upset he didn't recognize her- like now that shes got a taste of what a family is like shes desperate to have a complete one
Shes going to be crazy clingy when she gets someone of her own

also holy fuck we're at 147 replies

>>35088760
It's a very heated topic

>>35088742
The guy going on and on about how nobody would care about an absentee dad because he didn't.
Even though he apparently does, because he keeps going on about how much he didn't care, which means he has some kind of absurd emotional baggage there he's not talking about.

>>35088720
>He didn't get kidnapped, he knew kids were on the way and still left, thats pretty much on purpose.
He left on purpose, he came back on purpose, he was gone a time that would be insignificant for an elf, but significant for an arachne, he is confused and distraught because of this discrepancy. This confusion and distress suggests that he does care and he didn't realize what his mistake one.

He left on purpose, he missed out on most of childhood out of ignorance, he expected to be back in time to miss nothing

>>35088720
Do you know what wanderlust is? and did it occur to you that he thought he would have been back before they hatched as clearly neither of our parents remembered the biological differences

>>35088746
There has yet to be a argument. At no point did Lyra ever express any kinds of feelings, positive or negative on Eric or his absence. Thats just how it is.

>>35088720
It sounds like you care a whole lot considering how much you're fighting this

>>35088783
She did, but you can continue not acknowledging the times we wanted to know more about him and include him in our life.

>>35088746
Obviously. He also completely missed REQM detailing how hurt Lyra feels from all of this.

>>35088739
To be fair, we're very much our mother's daughter. We can totally understand wanting to check out wicked cool holes in the ground.

>>35088770
>>35088792

Thats a completly different anon.
You confuse the guy talking about his absentee dad, with me, saying I see no reason why Lyra should have any special feelings over Eric. Which is my personal opinion, which others may share or not, but the Qm asked.

>>35088778
That would have been mighty callous of him though.

>>35088799
Qoute it, because no, she didn't

>>35088799
You can feel free to throw out a quote or link to one of those times.

>>35088806
yeah. Checking out wicked holes in the ground is actually a pretty damn good excuse for all this.

>>35088817
Yeah. Seeing your kids born is no where near as important or cool.

I BET YOU'D LOVE ME IF I WAS A RUIN!

>>35088815
the several times we asked about him, adding him to our family account.
That's curiosity about him and wanting to include him in our life, yo.
Deny it if you want, but it's there.
>>35088816
I'd prefer quotes of us NOT caring.

Can anyone point to any instance of lyra expressly not caring? Or is that all just RAMPANT projection?
Because reQM just said we felt kind of hurt by all this.

>>35088759
Ok, this argument is perfectly fair, that is a big mistake on his part and he deserves some flak on that. But if we rag on him for something it better be a mistake he actually made.

for that matter though, mother let him leave because it was "in his nature" to wander and failed to explain the growth rate of arachne to him

>>35088838
We asked about him exactly twice. And it took us weeks to even bother asking about his species, which was the second time we ever talked about him.
And why wouldn't we include him ? He is part of our family, Lyra doesn't hate him.

>>35088864
>ask twice over the course of three weeks
Yeah, seems like we care. We brought it up fairly regularly.

>>35088861
>Can anyone point to any instance of lyra expressly not caring?
Can anyone point to any instance of lyra expressly caring? Or is that just RAMPANT projection?

>>35088880
Are you being serious ?

>>35088861
I don't think so. We've always had that absentee-kid hurt-care thing going on.

>>35088900
>instance of lyra caring
We asked about him, and included him in the family.
You seem to have ABSOLUTELY no instances of us not caring, though.
I can only conclude that you are either projecting or trolling.

>>35088904
Have we?
I honestly can't say I every noticed Lyra caring before this thread.

>>35088922
>and included him in the family
Again, if we don't care, why would we dney him being part of our family ?

>>35088936
'cause that's our money yo. Would you let a stranger on the expense account? No. Because if you would, I would be on your account using all your money.

>>35088936
If we don't care, why would we have gone out of our way to ask about our dad's species?

Jesus people, can we stop this already? Already close to 200 posts and only two whole story posts.

>>35088936
>no counterexample, just attempts to discredit other people's example
So, there's no instance of lyra ever not caring in the entire quest? Got it.

I think the main issue here is the fact that Lyra DOES care about him, as a father, and that he wasn't around.

She may not explicitly care about him as a person right now, if only for the sake of mom, but she cares about him as an IDEAL and is hurt because Erics, the person, wasn't there to cement the Ideal onto himself, and Lyra is understandably hurt by this, but not majorly so, enough to have a bite to her voice, but not enough to simply dismiss the man.

>>35088951
That's no how it works anon.

Not having any strong emotions for him doesn't equal hate or 'would never give a shot as dad'. Just the fact that mom obviously still cares would be more than enough to play nice and give him a shot. That doesn't mean Lyra would particularly feel anything about him right now though.

>>35088959
Yeah, sure.
I think I'll just ignore the "WE DON'T CAAARE" guy.

>>35088332
>Calm him down, maybe? Take him up to the nest?

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>>35088959

SPIDERBUTT DAD ISSUES IS SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS MAN.

>>35088958
Because mom cares about him? Because no matter how Lyra feels about him he's almost certainly going to be a feature in Lyra's life at some point, so she was curious? Asking about him doesn't imply caring.

>>35088978
don't care any more, you've exhausted the argument.

>>35088951
It was stuff from the entire family, but the majority came from our sister's clothe
we just shared it all because family, and because we don't really have much need for money, unless we try to become a queen or something.

Daddy issues quest when?

>>35088959
Mah nigga

>>35088958
Because of curiousity ?


>>35088969
How do you actively not care ? You don't care by not thinking or talking about a person, and she thought about him maybe three times in the entire time.

>>35088951
He isn't a stranger though, he is still our moms mate or whatever, we have no reason to exclude him from the family.

Seriously, Lyra already explicetly said she didn't midnt he absence of her original parents, why would this be different ?

Look at what you have done father

>>35089018
>Daddy issues quest nau
fixed that for you

>>35088959
I'm just waiting for the next post, I've accepted that this thread is going to be huge

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>>35089018

NOW.

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>>35089018
Right now. ALL ABOARD THE DADDY ISSUES TRAIN!

>>35089038
>How do you actively not care ? You don't care by not thinking or talking about a person, and she thought about him maybe three times in the entire time.
that is a good point
not caring = apathy
not caring = never ask, never talk, never bother, never feel anything

anger, bitterness, etc... those are all caring. its not loving, its caring.

But honestly I don't think we should be bitter about this. it was an honest mistake and we missed 3 weeks. big whoop. remember that we personally have 27 years of past life experience tempering it

>>35089018
Right now

>>35089075
Just ignore that guy, anon.
He'll discuss this forever regardless of what points you present.

>>35089045
Same here, it is nice to see that people care I guess.

>>35089060
too bad this train is late
but that's normal for a french train

>>35089075
Well, my original point was that we would not be bitter about this. But people shit posting because they can't keep two distinct writer apart kinda muddied the issue.

I disagree on the honest mistake though, I think you can expect from him to ask when his children will be born.
But hey, maybe he was trapped somewhere the entire time ?
So no reason to be a assshole about it until we have a reason.

>>35089038
The entire time being 3 weeks. Do you think about your parents once a week?

>>35089111
>Not using a glorious German train

>>35089144
When I was a kid, yes ?
I mean, why wouldn't you ?

>>35089038
Please, just stop. There has been no new content in anything any of you have said for a while now. It's just shitposting at this point.

Okay, fair point, we haven't really talked about him that much. We are not ANGSTING over the situation.

That doesn't mean we have zero feelings on the subject either.

Thus far REQM has depicted Lyra as a bit conflicted over the situation. But no tantrums, angst or extreme emotional displays. This seems perfectly healthy and fitting with the character so far.

>>35089171
Exactly my point. The fact that she even thought about him at all past mom mentioning him once offhand implies she cares. Maybe not a lot, but she does.

Truly the bait is strong yes

>>35089194
>There has been no new content in anything any of you have said for a while now.
Why haven't you stopped then ?
>>35089249
>The fact that she even thought about him at all past mom mentioning him once offhand implies she cares.
I don't see how that implies "caring" in a emotional sense, curiousity, sure, he is her dad afterall, she wondered about why she looks elvish. Thats pretty much it though. At no point did she show any emotions on the matter though, one way or the other.

>>35089286
Jesus christ just stop already.

Holy shit, look at all these posts.

>>35089286
I don't care any more, you're just arguing to argue now.

Here are the instances of Lyra thinking about her dad that I could find.

>Your thoughts interrupt your spiralling ascent, and you voice them as you continue, "Did you build the stairs for Dad?"
http://archive.moe/tg/thread/34110651/#34110651

"I haven't seen him either- Mom said he left before we hatched. His name is Erics, though."
"Ah..."
"And he is a mage, and an explorer. That's how they met?"
"Is that bad?"
"I- I don't think so? We'll see him eventually, I think. The way mom spoke, he's done this before."
"Hmmm. Okay."
"It's hard for you too, right? Your dad is human, he can't fly with you."
archive.moe/tg/thread/34320618/#34327109

>You head towards Jin's cottage as you think. Two, maybe three floors. Maybe an open face- or a wide central pillar to clamber around? There'd have to be stairs or ladders for dad, then.
archive.moe/tg/thread/34772501/#34779140

"Uh- When you were adventuring, yes? That's when you met Dad?"
http://archive.moe/tg/thread/34908834/#q34912561

>"And Erics. He's, uh, not an arachne. I still haven't asked mom what he is- He's a mage though.
http://archive.moe/tg/thread/34557919/#34564724

>Your fingers follow the contours of your face, and you wonder how closely those off pieces reflect your absent father's.
archive.moe/tg/thread/34110651/#34113006

>"Where did our father go?"
http://archive.moe/tg/thread/34063688/#34070954

>>35089286
>>35089305
>>35089312
WHY DO YOU FAGGOTS KEEP POSTING ? ALL OF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RETARDED FOR EVEN STILL HAVING THIS SHITTY ARGUMENT.
Just fucking stop already.

>>35089344
there is nothing wrong with some civil discourse
and everyone is waiting on the author to post the next bit

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>>35089376
not the guy yor talking to but how will pushing the thread to autosage allow the story to progress

>>35089344
People lie in order to get their way, and such dishonesty must be fought. It happened as recently as last thread, with one anon declaring something as fact, which turned out to be flat out wrong once someone actually asked REQM about it.

>>35089376
Civil discourse uses sources. None of them had any. They all just kept throwing around "I'm totally right because I say so".
This guy >>35089315
was the only one that even bothered.

>>35089409
It won't affect it
worse case scenario, the thread closes and a "part 2" thread is made

>>35089415
Turns out, that guy was completely right about the arbitrary childhood date, though.

>>35089427
>Civil discourse uses sources
We are arguing about what we WANT the EMOTIONAL STATE of our fictional character to be

>>35089415
Oh Everyone watch out, we got a white knight here. Defender of truth and justice in a light novel AU quest.

REQM please save us from this, the wait about elfdad is tearing us apart

>>35089443
>that guy was completely right about the arbitrary childhood date
That there is one, or that that we've already passed it?
The former was the core argument, that bonus growth rate gets locked in at adulthood and not evolution, and the anon I was referring to is http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/35045438/#p35052970

>But no, QM specifically mentioned it last time we evolved and talked about XP. Evolution is where the XP rate stops growing.

As to the latter, this anon was saying we've already passed it suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/35045438/#p35055736

Which is wrong according to the pastebin that was just updated.

>>35089530
Just like elfdad himself.

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>>35089530
Op will surely deliver, friend. We just need to wait.

So, I looked up ReMonster based on this.
The manga looks interresting, but only 6 chapters are translated. So I looked into the light noval (which was the original)... dear god that was one of the worst fanfics I have ever seen.

Congratulations, REQM. Your first real shitstorm, it seems. Two updates in 200+ posts thanks to it.

You are now a full fledged QM.

Only thing left is for you to star hangung out on IRC. Also, have some charms ready to ward off the Curse.

>>35089605
Its kind of a thing with light novels. A lot have a great setting but the actual story is shit.

>>35089632
does it count as a shitstorm if people are politely discussing their emotions?

>>35089647

NO! But that's just how I FEEEEL

>>35089605
Yeah its pretty bad but I'm just reading at this point to see where it goes

>>35089605
REMQ called the MC "Admiral turbo-sue" it fits quite nicely.

There's a momentary sense of detachment as his panic escalates, stuttering and stammering. He left. It was his choice, his fault.

The knot your insides have made isn't getting any better.

You take a steadying breath, stepping forward and grabbing his shoulder, cutting his babbling short. It's still hard to talk. Your throat feels tight, and you're forcing the words out, like it's a struggle just to speak.
"Three- three weeks. A little more."

His breathing slows, evens, though his eyes continue to flicker over your face, your body.
"Three. Three weeks- but you- you're-"
He sucks in air between each half statement, his free hand coming up to clutch at your arm.

You lick your lips- Your whole mouth feels dry.
"Did... Mom not talk about the eggs hatching? About-"
"No- She, she said it'd be soon- I just thought-"

You can't. You can't do this. Sheszka's emerging from the bushes, watching you with a strange look- You step back from the man, from your father, and a pained expression writes its way across his face. Picking up the wolf-girl, you back towards the tree, hugging her close.

"I'll- I'll get mom. I'll wake her up- Just, just wait there, I'll-"
You stammer as you back up the tree, turning and speeding towards the nest when your legs strike the first branch. His eyes never left your face.

You release Sheszka as you walk towards the pile of your sleeping family, gasping for breath in a way completely out of tune with the climb. She watches you with clear eyes as you clamber over to your mother, skirting your sisters, holding her shoulders loosely as you shake her back to conciousness.

"Hnnnnmmm- Lyra? What are you doing? Issss too early, yes. Sleep, little one."
"I- Mom, it's-"
The choked up tension of your voice rouses her far faster than the shaking- legs unfolding, her whole body snapping to attention as she stands. She reaches out and grabs you, pulling you close as she speaks.

>>35089781
"What is wrong? Are you hurt? Are you okay? Lyra-"
"It's not- I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm-"
"Lyra-"
"Erics- Dad is here- Sheszka had to, and I took her, and he's there, but he doesn't know me-"

She strokes your hair gently as you stutter into her arms, leading you back to your sister and laying you down.
"Stay here, little one."
She stands quietly, tucking blankets around you before vanishing over the edge in seconds.

Sheszka patters up next to you, leaning into you. You wrap your arms around her, holding her tight.
"Are you well?"
"I don't know. It's cold and hot and tight and it hurts. I don't- I don't know. It wasn't like this before."
"Mama said crying is fine if you are sad."
"I don't know if I'm sad."

"You don't smell happy."
"I'm not happy- I just- I don't know if I'm sad. I don't know how to feel."
You look down at the little wolf, arms wrapped back around you, returning your hug.
"Did you cry- When?"

She buries her head further into your chest. You can feel warmth spreading, dripping into your shirt.
"A long time."
You hold her as tight as you dare, rocking the little wolf till she falls asleep.

___________________________________________

Mom hasn't come back up yet.

>Just wait. Sheszka just fell asleep.
>Bundle her up and carry her. Look over the edge of the nest.
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089807
>>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089693
Yes he is a turbo sue character, but its more than that. the entire book is written in first person, the character's behavior is cringe worthy and swing like a pendulum while being firmly protagonist centered morality, especially anything related to rape, torture and murder (its not that the character admits to being a villain, he and his loyal followers insist he is a hero and actually try to justify things)
Then you have the fact that it runs on hentai logic... actually in retrospect, this is basically a particularly plot heavy hentai

>>35089807
>>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.
Let's go see

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089835

So it's basically Greek mythology.

But Japanese, and about a man-child instead of a Man-God Child.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089807
>Bundle her up and carry her. Look over the edge of the nest.

>>35089807
>Just wait. Sheszka just fell asleep.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, look over the edge of the next.

>>35089807
>>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.
Sleep well, sheszka. We'll wake you in like an hour when it's REALLY morning.

Until then, we have to stand awkwardly next to the dad/mom re-union.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.
discretely

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.
I want to see Mom chewing him out.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

I have to get sleep, good luck gents!

>>35089872
pretty much yes.
i think the major difference between it and greek mythology is that everything is in first person and the fact the prose is basically fanfic tier.

>>35089835
>>35089693
waaaait
The comics are different plot than the books?

Fuck, I guess my "wait until they're all made into comics" policy is wrong here.

>>35089835
I'm just waiting for the girl that killed him to get reincarnated in the monster world and find him again so she can fuck up his life another time.

>>35089807
>Bundle her up and carry her. Look over the edge of the nest.
He'll come up when Mom lets him come up.

>>35089693
>>35089665
>>35089635
>>35089605
That's the thing with light novels.
They're basically teen fiction, complete with self-insert main characters, simple sentences, the works. And Re:Monster takes it a step further into hilarity: Instead of the MC being crap in real life, he's some ridiculous super soldier with the bestest and strongest psychic power ever, and then as he's reincarnated, sets out to make the world his bitch, while keeping his superpower.
The latest chapters (only summarized) have what literally amounts to a spreadsheet of his powers listed. He even gets the ability to combine them, and starts making hilarious super bullshit powers.
Also, he has a harem.
And his fight scenes read like step by step instructions as he lists the powers he used to kill something.

>>35089807
>Bundle her up and carry her. Look over the edge of the nest.

>>35089807
>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.
Maybe just go to the edge so we can hear. I think we need to hear. We're still not sure how to react to this, we need more info.

>>35089924
Nah, same plot. The comics are just years behind the books, that's all.

>>35089807
>Bundle her up and carry her. Look over the edge of the nest.

>>35089807
>>Tuck her next to Sara, head down again.

>>35089835
But they black out all of the good hentai bits. So it's just another crappy self insert eroge. Which is a pain because it was still a pretty good premise and decently developed world.

But the MC did pretty much soil it.
I like the minor characters to Gobukichi and Gobue or "Goblin Kichi" and "Goblin E". Those two are fun

>>35089924
>The comics are different plot than the books?
So far the plot matches, its just that the production quality is much better, and its not from a first person perspective, and there isn't pages of fanfic tier prose, and it was cleaned out slightly. (ex: main character has the power to eat people/creatures to steal their abilities. it is especially potent to eat the heart and brain. early on he needs to dispose of some dead women, in the LN he specifically eats their wombs for "reasons". in the comic he just eats "a few parts" to use his ability theft power)

here is the manga
http://ak-scans.wikia.com/wiki/Re:Monster

here is the light novel
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t4_7X1QuhiH9m3M8sHUlblKsHDAGpEOwymLPTyCfHH0/preview?pli=1
although day 10-13 are missing, they are found in the comic

for stuff after day 60 you can find a machine translation here
http://re-monster.wikia.com/wiki/Re:Monster_Wiki
but honestly the machine translation is such terribly garbled that I can't read it.

>>35089835
Its hilarious. He tortures and murders people for rape- then a while later, he literally establishes what amounts to a rape factory.

Down the tree we go, then.

>>35090060
>>35089970
It was wise of the QM to cut out "eat people, gain powers!" for the type of story he's running here.

>>35089937
Twelve kingdoms light novels were better than the anime/manga by far.
And, before anyone says it, the light novels were actually good, it wasn't just a case of the anime being shit (which I think it was).

Basicaly, Twelve kingdoms was good because there was actual character development. The MC came close to dying several times and grew because of that. The story was just as much about an average Japanese Highschooler growing into a battle hardened warrior as it was about the fantasy world she found herself in.

Shameless promotional done now. So, in brief, not all light novels are shit. But yes, RE:Monster was looking pretty damn retarded, I kept reading because I wanted to see him take over a human city with his "instant harem".

>>35090113
Besides Arachne, much more fun

>>35090113
That was a separate thing from what happened to us, it was based on who the MC of the LN was rather than being reincarnated, honestly if he had included it I would have said something about it

>>35090134
We picked arachne actually.
I think it was a choice between arachne harpy and maybe goblin.. don't remember the last one, check the first thread. (Maybe it was Laima).

>>35090063
and he justifies it with "well they attacked us" and "its ok, because what I did was drug my victims with strong aphrodisiacs and tied them up so they can't masturbate for days until they broke and become willing, also I made rules that they are to be used 1 on 1, instead of gangbangs, and I taught my goblins how to please a woman and made sure they know they are supposed to make them feel good too"

>>35090113
That is actually not a feature of the setting.
See, the MC is an Esper in the far future of earth, people stopped regarding ESP as witchcraft, humanity conquered the stars. He had the super rare power to steal power by eating them, and used it on a bunch of other ESPers so he had ALL the powers in his human life. when he reincarnated into the ReMonster world, he lost all of those powers except his original innate power of ability stealing, which he brought into the Remonster world. locals don't have such a power

>>35090166
spider, bird or moth were the choices.

>>35090166
It was a choice between the three races of the forest, Spider, Harpy, or Moth

>>35090166
It was Arachne, Harpy, and Moth. Don't know where you got Goblin from.

>>35090063
Err... wut?

Can I get an explanation for that? Like, was there reason for that? What possible reason could there be?

>>35090194
>>35090177
This guys got how he 'justified' it. He killed a bunch of older goblins for trying to rape the humans he'd freed from them- they eventually all became his harem.

>>35090188
I'm glad we picked spider.
Most fun option of the three.

My only regret is WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE MOTHS UP TO, I AM SO CURIOUS

>>35090194
Horrible writing

>>35090194
There are some women kept in the goblin caves who are baby factories (because goblins like raping women). So he killed of the command structure and made himself the gobbis king.

Later on when the elves attack he makes them rape slaves.>>35090177
This guy explains the rest.

>>35090194
1. Elf noble asshole attacked him because the elf noble was a retarded git. He brought a squad of 24 elf assassins with him.
2. Goblins rate of conception with other goblins is very low and their mortality very high, so they typically keep rape slaves from humanoids to boost reproduction rate
3. Golbins enjoy sex with human 10x more than they do with their own kind, and elvens even more so because elf pussy is magical. (goblin girls even look like cute human girls)
4. His goblins were getting antsy at no humanoids to rape, so he figured "those elves attacked me and I was gonna kill them anyways... i might as well turn them into sex slaves... but to make sure its ok, I won't allow them to be raped, instead i will drug them until they "break" and become willing

>>35090232
Then when 6 older goblins were leaving because they wanted to go back to raping humans? and he just let them go.

>>35090177
I think he said early on esp was a thing, just the MC did not have any.
Which I'm completely okay with.
We've got more than enough potentially broken powers to exploit.

>>35090238
I can't stop reading it though. There's som much potential in the setting for neat ass stuff to be going on.
At least the comic is gorgeous. The combat is so dry in the fucking novel it hurts.

>>35090236
Seconded, at some point we need to visit the Moths. I am curious.

If we're going to visit, might as well make it productive. Maybe we could trade on their behalf. Their powders are super valuable, but they can't trade with outsiders because they're hunted.

We can ask if they want anything then go trade the powder on their behalf.

Unless they don't actually want anything. In that case, I guess we'll just visit and say hi.

>>35090236

Being fragile and harmless.

That is what the Hell they are up to.

>>35090289
The MC wasn't born with it, he got it on earth during his surgical enhancement for making him into a super soldier.
The ability he got was the consumption power (steal powers) which he kept into his reincarnation, hypothesizing that it is tied to his soul, unlike the stolen abilities which were tied to his body

>>35090287
>>35090256
>>35090232
>>35090177
This quest made me consider reading the source material.

Not any more.

>>35090289
Doh, forget >>35090326
you mean to say that esp is a thing in this setting we are using for this quest, and that Lyra doesn't have any? Yea, its fine, and possible
Also, I am not judging this based on the comiucs, this quest is outstanding and so far handles well

>>35090392
Heh. Op Congrats you've written a better quest than the source.

>>35090427

That's not really an accomplishment in this case anon.

>>35090392
Check out the manga at least.

It seems to tone it down a little

>>35090427
I would be impressed if he managed to write something worse

>>35090392
I wanted to check out the source too. I had to turn my brain off while reading it.

>>35090392
I read them before this quest
I thought they were humorous in the attempt at being serious

You wrap a few extra blankets around the wolf-girls sleeping form, and she snuggles into it with a little smile. She flinches a bit when you start to pull he away, tucking her next to your younger sister- but calms down when you throw your blanket over the two of them.

Maybe it's your scent?
She got attached to you pretty fast.

The smile the thought brings you lasts as you pick your way down the tree, towards your parents. Both of your parents.

You can see them, standing amidst the roots of your home, hands gesturing rapidly as they talk in hushed tones. Their voices don't carry, even as close as you are, and you head further towards the pair.

"Nia- I didn't think-"
"I know, yes. I am not pleased, but I can at least understand. I know how you are with time, and we- I didn't really talk about how fast-"
"I'm sorry."
"I'm not the one you need to be saying that too, love."

She sighs, and he runs a hand though his hair, a distraught expression on his face.
"She looked- She looked full grown. She ran away from me."
"Not yet. Soon enough, but not yet."
"How soon?"
"A few weeks? A month? It isn't always the same. Lyra, she- She evolved first. A few of her sisters did the same, but-"

He looks down, leaning heavily on his staff.
"I don't even... How many? Of our children."
Mom smiles a bit at that, though she still seems sad.
"Six. Two boys, four girls- Lyra, Aria, Sara, Elle, Zach and Ephram."
"Are they all already taller than me, then?"
"Just Lyra, I think. Who is sitting quietly in the tree and listening."

She turns, looking up to face you.
"Eavesdropping is rude, yes. Come down here, little one."

>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.
>Apologize, head back up.
>Other (?)

>>35090646
In clarification I find most Jap stuff to have a good premise but the execution is almost always laughable

>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.

>>35090672
>>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
I'm up for trying to make this thing work.
It's just really awkward.

>>35090672
>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
Sara at least could use his help.

>>35090392
so far the manga is fine. should give it a try

>>35090672
>>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.

Be brave little/not so little spider

>>35090672
>>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.

But, we should apologize for eavesdropping.

>>35090672
>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
For Sara. We love our little star arachne after all.

>>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom.
>Try and Talk.

>>35090672
>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
Sara's been looking forward to meeting dad, to be able to show him her research journal.

>>35090672
FORGIVE DAD!
GROUP HUG

>>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.

>>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.
peek out from behind mom

>>35090672

>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.

Make sure to head down without an inch of remorse or shame on our face about eavesdropping.

>>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.

>>35090672
>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.

>>35090672
>>35090787
This is adorable. Seconded

>>35090822
>>35090672
Question.
Can we still kinda hide behind mom if we talk?
Because I agree that is kind of adorable.

>>35090843
>>35090822

"Adorable" doesn't really fit the situations anons.

And we are LYRA we face everything with all that we are!

>>35090822
>>35090843
yes! hide behind mom, peek out to to try and talk.

adorable shy spider time.

>>35090672
I'm for talking about siblings.. but the stand behind mom thing is cute as hell.

>>35090822
>>35090843
I'm not sure how that would even work. "Behind mom" is pretty far away.

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>>35090869
PHfft that's for things we kill.

>>35090843
She isn't that young. And there is really no reason for it either. Cute or not. Which it is, but still

>>35090672
>>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.
Make the effort

>>35090672
>Head down, stay behind mom. Its still kind of hard.

>>35090672
>Head down. Try and talk. About your siblings, if nothing else.

>>35090899
Okay, okay, fine.
I suppose we have no real reason to be super adorable.
I was blinded by it.

>>35090876
>"Behind mom" is pretty far away.
I agree.
That's going to be at least two to three meters. We may as well stay in the bushes if we're that far away.

Behind mom is a ways away. Are people willing to settle for holding her hand and kind of hiding while talking?

>>35091021
I'm okay with that

>>35091021
I prefer no hiding at all.

>>35091021
Yeah, that's fiiine.
I hadn't considered the actual logistics of "behind" when I asked the question.

Spiders'rebig.

>>35091021
yes! thats exactly what i mean by hide behind mom.

Ask him how an elf grew a beard we thought that was a dwarf thing yes?

>>35091041

He's a WIIIIIIIIZAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRDDD

Even Elven wizards can grow beards, Beards are magic after all.

>>35091021
I would prefer no hand-holding and no hiding.
We are not a child anymore!

>>35091021
I prefer no hiding. I wouldn't know why.

>>35091064
makes sense to me

>>35091070
we kinda are

>>35091070
we haven't even hit puberty yet, so yes we still are kind of a child.

>>35091093
Late teenager, really.

I have the PERFECT PLAN to ensure that we have our petty vengeance for him not being with the family!

We shall GROW EXCEEDINGLY TALLER THAN HIM, and have a PERFECT SENSE OF TIME AT ALL TIMES.

>>35091021
No hiding, Lyra isn't a child, she isn't even emotionally as young as she looks.
Maybe brush Moms hand for reassurnace from time to time ?

I'm still baffled by how hyper-emotional she is about this whole thing, but maybe it drives her old memories up.

>>35091084
>>35091070
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>>35091030
>>35091029

Alright, its split both ways.
I'll work something out. Writing!

>>35091070
Sorta are, I mean even ignoring the whole 27 years in the past life, Lyra has shown a sort of childishness a few times in the past, being scared of getting mom angry, wanting to be comforted by her, wanting to make her proud, a sort of youthful eagerness too