Jan 15, 2015 16:48
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And inside the box?
( ... )
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*Offers shyly a small pouch. Within it, there is a small gem, where a single strand of white hair is entwined with a similar strand of dark red*
The hairs belonged to my parents... it's customary for an Alin'sa to gift such a token if she wishes to.. pledge herself to just one partner.
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Ooh, pretty! Interesting effect, makes sense as a ceremonial offeringWHAT DID SHE JUST SAY.
Gently removing the symbol, He stared at it... and then stared at her. "Naoko... Does this mean what I hope it means?"
The look on His face is quite interestingly at odds with His words, though.
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Not marriage but... a commitment to each other in lieu of that? The Alin'sa... don't really believe in marriages. *Doesn't look at him at ALL*
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He'll heave a big sigh and hold her close, saying nothing for a long moment... and then pull away to look her in the eye with a rueful smile. "I suppose I should thank you for keeping Me from looking the fool, then. For the longest time, My love, I've been intending to ask for your hand as soon as... certain matters were reconciled." ((Kyle, off somewhere very far away: AAAAAAUGH! AAAUGH! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FINISH THE CHIBI THREAD, STOP CRUSHING MY SKULLLLLAAUAAUGHTHEPAIN!!!!!))
"Yet it seems that the one who hesitates is lost, as I most certainly am. Lost the initiative, lost the chance, lost My heart to the wondrous lady in My arms... I would dearly love the opportunity to entwine our fates together, My beloved. Let us make it so."
And naturally, Zhil being the romantic old fool that He is, He takes her in those warm, scaled hands to try and seal it with a kiss.
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Tis not an initiative lost, dearest one. It's just... marriage seems to be a shackle and places too much expectations on either. You already have my heart, dearest one. Dost thou need my hand as well? *giggles*
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"I suppose it's all in how you look at it, My darling. I've never seen anything wrong with the promise to love, honor, and cherish one another, but your customs are a part of you, and I embrace them as such."
And now a roguish grin. "I'll take any and every part of you I can possibly get, pretty lady, just so long as it's freely given! If I hadn't made that clear yet, then be aware now!" Here comes some shameless tickling!
It'll pause after a few moments, though, as Zhilbar has a Thought. "..Does this mean I should snag scales from My parents to give in return? I've been meaning to have you meet them for the longest time as it is, so." Sorry, but Zhilbar's family doesn't really do it in the 'hair' department.
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Rehhhhh?
((Think the last panel))
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"...Beg pardon?" Tickling is on hold until this gets cleared up!
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"That... is the applicable custom, yes?"
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I'm... Your parents...
*Is simply shocked?*
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"...Noooo, you're not My parents. I'm fairly sure I would have noticed, darling, what with all the scales and horns and hugeity and incest and all. And I'm not even sure how you'd pull off being both of them at once, nor am I intending to think about that because I don't want My mind going there."
They've been going out for four and a half years. ...Oh, wait, it's ONLY been four and a half years! Gracious, how time flies. Should He have waited for the five-year mark? Still, it's probably appropriate to take care of these things before permanent commitments to one another!
You know what might work? Doing nice things to her until she felt better. Now what to do first, and should that first thing involve a hot tub? This is a Very Pertinent Question.
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It's just... I never thought your parents were still around. *Now out in the open*
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Hmm? Oh, that. "Well, of course they're still around, Naoko! Sure they've been dead for about twelve thousand years, but dead isn't the same as gone."
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So your parents did not leave this plane after their deaths? I wonder why...
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