BREAKDOWN
PLANSBreakdown of things I hope to accomplish at various points in the year:
✖ I'm hoping to use this timeskip to develop Hiro's CR and also have him get involved in the Unseelie aspect of the Drabwurld, specifically trying to get involved with the R&D department that Saber's setting up. Update - post-timeskip: busy with R&D stuff from April until about Yule, then disappeared to fulfill the task given by Black Shuck.
✖ I want him to help with the spire projects (specifically spire 10 thanks to his quest) and also spend a lot of time at the Station, building technology that will work outside of the station that he can sell for profit/possibly be building things for Lumina's chocobo ranch. (Also building cat toys for Shijima. This is important.) Update - post-timeskip: the team of natives and sorcerers Hiro recruited during his quest helped finish Spire 10 and he spent very little time at the Station during timeskip. He built a few things for Lumina and Shijima.
✖ He'll also be building up his magical ability by acting as Lemina's Junior Premier, learning how to control his magic and also recruiting for her. He's going to spend a lot of time to effectively wield his magic. Going to learn how to use his crossbow too. Also depending, he may be learning some mild sorcery from Loki. One of his boons will be healing magic so he'll be attempting to be Tadashi be Baymax help that way. Update - post-timeskip: After their fight in June, Hiro hung back on the Guild and just acted as Junior Premier whenever Lemina needed him. He had a few students he checked in with but was largely hands-off while also learning how to control his fire magic and his wind magic. Learned to use a dagger instead. Has mastered level 1 illusion spellwork from Loki and will be looking into runic magic.
✖ If he behaves and proves himself, he will be playing a very large part in the R&D that Saber's setting up in Spire 10 acting as the Head of Project. Once that starts he will begin questioning how to make off-locket communication devices and teaming up with Rin, most likely. Update - post-timeskip: Saber named him head of project at the end of March 2701. When Rin didn't teach him right away, he circumvented her and learned to make the devices himself (accomplished by June 2701.) He's been working and will continue to work with Rin to further develop their partnership and create more tech to sell.
✖ Notable dates include a certain unhappy anniversary in the spring (sometime in the first part of April) that will cause him to basically shut down, along with his 15th birthday (headcanoned August 22nd) Update - post-timeskip: Both of these were acknowledged.
✖ CR-wise he'll be going to extreme lengths to keep in contact with Jason Todd and Loki until the three go their separate ways over the timeskip (possibly developing a friendship with Billy Kaplan via Loki as well?) Around April he'll most likely meet Joshua Kiryu and learn some very important things about him and gain a troll-guardian. Around March most likely he'll also meet Leo Valdez while unfreezing people via fire magic (tentative?) and also he will officially meet Nico di Angelo and soothe the tensions between him and Lumina, who he will also occasionally pop in and visit. In July he'll take a month off to go explore the northlands with Thrall. He'll be in contact with various people he's assisted so far and just let them know he's available if necessary but otherwise he'll be mostly exploring on his own. I want to also use this time to send him to some of the neutral territory (maybe Redgate) and also maybe make some Seelie CR since right now he kinda hates all of them. Update - post-timeskip: Jason and Hiro have had a turbulent year that ended with them splitting up for good until Hiro gathers the nerve to crawl back and apologize. He's developed very close friendships with Loki, Billy, Shijima, Eren, Lumina, Lemina, Thrall, and Howard. He's developed an extremely close friendship with Nico di Angelo as well and has since realized he has romantic feelings for him that he's yet to act on. Joshua Kiryu continues to act as a guardian angel and one person Hiro can be about 95% open and honest with and receive real answers. He developed a friendship with Leo Valdez as he assisted him thawing the Station in March and they spoke of developing secret meeting places during Samhain, along with talks of Leo's apprenticeship. In July he explored the northlands with Thrall to heal the earth and during Yule Thrall made him a member of the Frostwolf Clan. During Samhain, the Black Shuck sent Hiro on a mission with Nico to lay the dead to rest so January-April has been spent traveling.
✖ Other people to meet/build CR with: Rin, Eren, Sakura, Katsa, Shijima, Vol'jin, Saber, Sakura, Merida, Ellie, Colette. Update - post-timeskip: Has built better CR with Rin, Eren, Shijima, Saber, Merida, Ariadne, Colette, Prince Edgar and Katsa. Has met Sakura, and Ellie. Has also met and built decent with Grell Sutcliffe, Wan, Johnny Storm, Teresa, Clarke Griffin, and Lia de Beaumont.
SUMMARY OF KNOWN DETAILS
So far Hiro's only participated in the battle and also tried to play with the jabberwock. Also will soon discover he cannot, in fact, rebuild a special robot friend and will be very upset about that. Otherwise whatever! Update - post-timeskip: Haaaaaaaaaa.
SPRING 2701
SPRING IN 2,701 (Mar, Apr, May)
- MARCH - The new King of Birds, the Roc, brings late snowstorms across the drabwurld; shardbearers must combat its magic to un-freeze each other, natives, and whole areas. Monarchs are still around and boons still occur.
- HIRO'S MARCH PLANS - Hiro will be using his newly learned fire magic to help unfreeze people (team up and meet Leo? Also team up with Merida at some point.) He will also be spending time between Spire 10 and the Station, most likely trying to set up residence in both places. He will also be recruiting for Lemina's magic guild and attempting to learn more about the R&D sanction of the Unseelie that will be housed in Spire 10. Update - post-timeskip: All true save for teaming up with Merida. Hiro worked with several people this month during the freeze (Leo, Johnny, Howard, Wan, Lemina, Katsa, etc.)
- APRIL - Shardbearers shall be struck at various moments by the sound of harp-playing which inspires distractingly, disablingly intense and wild emotions, but be unable to determine the source! Shardbearers will discover that they can follow the sound only in their dreams to the dream-image of a harp which magically plays itself. Smashing the harp in their dreams will disable the spell which affects their waking moments. This is the last month monarchs will be visibly around and which boons will occur.
- HIRO'S APRIL PLANS - Hiro will be hearing the harp and stuck struggling with keeping said-emotions under wraps and will probably explode on someone. Once he figures out how to smash the harp it will be done so. Update - post-timeskip: Had a near panic-attack about his harp and had a loooong talk with Joshua about how the harps worked and also a long talk about death and morality after Hiro smashed the harp. Spent the entire month of April locked away doing research and hiding from everyone/ignoring his CR.
- MAY - Golden swans will migrate to the mainland from the southern coast, devouring newly-planted crops and seeds; slaying them turns them into solid gold swan figurines. (also the Monarchs will be gone, lockets stop working, people opting out go to sleep.)
- HIRO'S PLANS FOR MAY - Once he finds out that the swan figures can become money, he'll most likely be taking his newly-booned cat and chasing/terrorizing the swans to get money. When Mochi won't have any of it, Hiro will team up with Shijima to kill swans and get money. Update - post-timeskip: The first of May was spent hunting down Jason Todd. Afterwards he made his way to Lumina's farm and started building automatic feeding stations for her chocobos. He also hunted swans with Shijima without Mochi (did not boon the cat.) Also researched in the background and worked on his communication devices. Worked with the Guild when he could.
SUMMER 2701
SUMMER IN 2,701 (Jun, Jul, Aug)
- JUNE - It becomes clear that the areas the Jabberwock spent too much time in will grow nothing and have become barren; includes areas around Caer Glaem, the Cothromach, the Station, other parts of the map. Shardbearers may attempt to heal these areas.
Treun holds its famous summer tourney! The purse is 5,000 gold marks for each of these competitions: Magical Duelling, Mounted Joust, and the Melee! The competitions go over the day, featuring many famed individuals participating in secret, and the revels continue over nights. A mod post will go up for this event.
- HIRO'S JUNE PLANS- He's not going to participate in the tourney but he IS going to set up a giant betting pool for non-participants to get involved. Since a lot of his friends are also competing he will most likely spread a few rumors about the stats of the fighters to mess with the odds. His healing plans will take place in July instead. Update - post-timeskip: Betting pool still happened and he almost got his ass kicked for it. Nico di Angelo saved him and his friendship with the boy started. Also handed out communicators to his very close CR. And also found out Lemina was offering the Guild to Seelie shardbearers, got pissed, and stopped talking to her. Hiro's work with the Guild went on pause.
- JULY - Violent anti-shardbearer demonstration in Daonna results in the hanging of a dozen Seelie and Unseelie shardbearers in the city square. Whispers insist that ancient shardbearer Martin Maskmaker is behind the clever fox-masks which magically hide the identities of the killers and help them leave no trace.
- HIRO'S JULY PLANS-If Hiro gets IC word he's going to start trying to work on solving the mystery despite not having clues about the killers. However he will be spending the entire month of July traveling with Thrall into the northlands to assess the damage of the area and start trying to heal them on their own. Update - post-timeskip: Did not do anything about the anti-shardbearer demonstrations but instead spent the whole month with Thrall traveling to the northlands to heal the destruction from the jabberwock.
- AUGUST - Leathann's Festival of Lights is the second week in August, a curious local celebration timed to the arrival of fireflies which will this year mark the induction of the new Oracle; overnight the boats which comprise the Water Market all seem to have vanished, and natives float candles on the river out to sea and let paper lanterns fly, while in the distance the Tower of the Oracle glows golden through day and night.
- HIRO'S AUGUST PLANS- Depending on if he can get there, he might go down and check it out because pretty lights and fireflies and stuff. Around the 19th or so, he'll be organizing a beach trip with friends as a guise to celebrate not only his birthday (August 22nd) but also Jason Todd's (August 16th.) Update - post-timeskip: Came back from his journey with Thrall and immediately was whisked away by Nico to Leathann for the Festival of Lights. Celebrated his/Jason's birthday on August 20th. Background research. He apologized to Lemina this month as well. Guild work is still less but he's helping where he can. R&D research goes back into full-swing at the end of August.
AUTUMN 2701
FALL IN 2,701 (Sept, Oct, Nov)
- SEPTEMBER - The magical power which allows shardbearers to understand Drabbish and each other goes haywire; affected characters will be heard speaking their native tongue! All their writing, however, will still be seen as Drabbish. The annual Treun wreath festival! Harvests are very poor, but the spectacle and scope of the dancing, grain-giving, and public drunkenness are as riotously whole-hearted as ever. The festival ends in drunken bread-riots, however, and fires set in the garden district. The public calls for Fortuna to abdicate his position
- HIRO'S SEPTEMBER PLANS- Language shenanigans! Let's see how many people he no longer understands. Hiro speaks and understands English and Japanese fluently. No other plans thus-far. Update - post-timeskip: He pantomimed stuff with Wan to learn meditation methods better! He also started learning how to write and translate things in Ancient Greek for a certain present for a certain demigod. Month was spent heavily doing research and development and mostly stuck to the Spire save for his time with Wan at the Station near the end of September.
- OCTOBER - 25-30 - SAMHAIN! Sun does not rise; characters can go wherever they please; Black Shuck makes another appearance; giant party on the Cathraon. Mods will post logs for this.
- HIRO'S OCTOBER PLANS- - Samhain! Hiro's going to attend Samhain and probably get into a lot of trouble because it's a giant party. He's going to try to approach Black Shuck with Nico di Angelo and force Eren Yeager into a suit because it's hilarious. He'll probably also be easier to trick into dancing with his CR and he'll be mingling around to meet new people as well. October otherwise is completely open and planless. Update - post-timeskip: Early October he researched blood granite with Edgar, but otherwise pretty much nothing about this has changed other than the fact that approaching Shuck was a Bad Idea and he and Nico were tasked with traveling the Drabwurld to lay the dead to rest. Hiro's secrets about Nico were revealed to Loki after he stopped the fight between Nico and Lumina. Loki also gave him his first kiss to prove it was no big deal. Hiro pushed him in the face a lot. Also began planning secret clubs/safehouses with Leo Valdez and made a lot of new connections.
- NOVEMBER - Inmates from a magical island prison-colony of Leathann have escaped, and some manage to reach the mainland and begin causing havoc! The government of Leathann posts rewards for the return of these criminals, dead or alive. Many are legitimately dangerous mages and sorcerers; others are simply individuals who are debtors to the state and couldn't pay their taxes!
- HIRO'S NOVEMBER PLANS- He may try to team up with some people to go after some of the criminals but for the most part he'll be using the month of November to research High Queen Morla and complete a quest for Ariadne. Update - post-timeskip: First two weeks of November alternated between working on the quest for Ariadne and researching stuff for R&D. The end of November was spent with Lumina traveling to Spire 9's city to work with the vampires to make copies of her chocobo books.
WINTER 2701
WINTER IN 2,701/2,702 (Dec, Jan, Feb)
- DECEMBER - YULE! Giant hunting party with both courts trying to catch the White Hart! Mods will post logs for this.
- HIRO'S DECEMBER PLANS- He's going to wind up building an army of snowmen and one very special Snowmax at the Station if he can get there. Otherwise no real plans. He'll be celebrating Yule/Christmas and provide presents to a lot of his close CR. Update - post-timeskip: Haha he basically exchanged presents with people, argued with Nico until Nico agreed to take him on Shuck's task, ventured on an overnight trip with Thrall to become a tiny Frostwolf, argued with Jason about Nico and cut their ties temporarily and ditched the spire to head out. Last month he researched stuff for R&D. Last month he actively worked with the Guild.
- JANUARY - Caer Scima is at last entirely rebuilt, and grander than ever!
- HIRO'S JANUARY PLANS- Definitely going to return to CS to see how it's been rebuilt. Otherwise he's pretty quiet this month. Update - post-timeskip: Definitely did not return to CS and definitely did not remain quiet this month. Spent the month traveling and training with Nico.
- FEBRUARY -Parrais holds its Ostara Feast! A local celebration of and competition in the arts, chalks harvested from the coast are all dyed and given to local children the full week before, and the whole city is mostly covered in their murals. By the feast's end, several famous elven artisans and musicians are found with their throats slashed.
- HIRO'S FEBRUARY PLANS- He's going to end up bouncing off to Redgate with Billy Kaplan to crash in Loki's dorm and also try to break into the fancy-schmancy library. May also end up meeting a handful of the Seelie in Redgate. Update - post-timeskip: Went to Redgate with Billy to research more/bond with Billy/crash in on Loki. Billy and Loki figured out his romantic feelings toward a certain son of Hades that Hiro adamantly denied. Hiro gained access to the Redgate library for research. In addition, he traveled to Mair and met Grell who spoke with him of death, magic, and runes as she helped him with the next leg of his task for Shuck.
SPRING 2702
SPRING IN 2,702 (Mar, Apr)
- MARCH - The skeletons of unburied soldiers killed in battle begin to rise, devouring whatever living beasts or people they come upon until their skulls are struck off.
- HIRO'S MARCH PLANS- Gonna double-check that this isn't Nico's work and then use a combination of magic and other skills to kill the skeletons. Update - post-timeskip: Rejoined Nico! This probably was tied into their initial task anyway. Also met Jason again at the end of the month and it went as poorly as one would expect. Jason told Hiro how to fix it ("come home", basically) and Hiro shied away from the idea.
- APRIL - Great numbers of imps and fairies begin to go missing in both castles, to the point where many everyday tasks go unfinished!
- HIRO'S APRIL PLANS- Start devising ways to accomplish the daily tasks with inventions while hunting for the missing imps. Update - post-timeskip: He's lost Jason and it's that time of year again. During Yule he set up a meeting with Joshua on the anniversary of the harp-smashing so they could chat and review everything wrong with the world. He also had a friend-date with Merida where the same sort of things were discussed. Lastly, he received a quest from the Unseelie monarchs just as he was getting ready to go find Jason to apologize one last time.
- MAY - End of timeskip.
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Well... he supposes he is now. Time to roll with it.
He waits patiently for Hiro to return, and when he does, he glances at the bag. Hiro probably won't need three quarters of that.
So it goes.]
All right. I hope you've eaten; it'll take us until noon to get there.
[He starts down the slope.]
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He doesn't go anywhere without that backpack though so he doesn't even think of the fact that Thrall's eyeing it. He nods eagerly, already moving faster to keep up with the orc's stride.]
I'll be fine. Where's there?
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Thrall slows down a little so that Hiro doesn't kill himself trying to keep up. While they're on the way, the least he can do is tell a little story.]
Nowhere terribly exciting, I assure you.
Would you like to hear a story while we walk?
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Always. [A grin.] What kind of story?
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I know a few. Would you like to hear about how someone small turned the tide of a great battle?
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Also please don't pick him up yet, he wants to pretend he's getting taller still. Even if this is a pain in the neck. Literally.] So how does that one go?
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Legends tell of a boy born to the Frostwolf clan who was very small and weak. It was thought he would not survive the harsh winter, and many other orc clans would have given him the mercy of a swift death.
But that went against the Frostwolf way. The clan is family, the chieftain said. A sickness spread through the camp that year and should have killed the runt-- but the boy lived on, small and resilient, while a few other infants died.
As he grew to maturity, it became clear that he would always be small for an orc. He was always the last to eat, the one who could not kill a beast by himself. He was often given the least desirable tasks. This frustrated him but it was the way of the clan; whenever he passed his Om'riggor, his rite of adulthood, he would be accepted as an equal to the others.
What the boy lacked in brute strength, he made up for in cleverness. He was smaller and able to travel by himself relatively unseen. He became the hunter then. He stalked the wolves as they tracked their prey. He watched the big cats and learned how they slid through the woods without disturbing a single branch.
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Stealth then. This particular orc knew a thing or two about being sneaky and that probably saved him a few times, huh? So what happened as he kept growing up?
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He learned how to make traps as well. Most hunters in the clan were not the patient sort. They tracked prey and then they killed it, because they had the strength for it, and the numbers. He caught smaller prey but he was learning-- and very quickly at that.
The day came for his Om'riggor. This was his chance to prove he was equal to the rest. He was sent out to hunt by himself-- something he was accustomed to, by now-- and a single spear. His chances were not good because of his perceived strength, and some of the women expressed concern for him. There was no way he could pass the test.
Night came and went. In the morning, the boy had not returned. However, as the chieftain prepared to send out a small search party...
[He grins a bit.]
A huge, hulking shape came shuffling into the camp. The hunters jumped to their feet, armed with spears and axes. 'Clefthoof!' But why was a clefthoof attacking the camp alone?
And then the clefthoof slumped over. Beneath it was the small orc, who had spent several hours dragging it back to camp. He wore its blood as proof.
From then on, they would call him Beastslayer.
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Seriously? [How even...] I bet everybody in the camp felt really stupid after that. How'd the Beastslayer do it? What happened to him after that? [Confirm the rest of the story for him please and thank you.]
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He made a pit trap out of a hole that another creature had left, then lured the beast over. After that, it was a matter of killing it with the spear. Hauling it back was likely the result of plain orc stubbornness. Beastslayer joined the clan's hunting party, and all was well for a time.
[He goes on.]
But not for all time. The ogres, their uneasy and violent neighbors, saw how strong the clan was. They attacked while the hunters were away-- a coward's move-- and torched the village.
The remaining warriors put up a good fight, but they were outnumbered. Some of them were placed in cages. Some were tied up. Some were... already dead when Beastslayer found them. While his brethren made a concentrated effort to take the gates back from the ogres, Beastslayer slipped into the shadows to see what he could do to even the odds.
He passed by the guards unnoticed, untied people when he could. And then he found the clan's loyal wolves clapped in irons. It infuriated him to see the orcs' hunting partners and companions imprisoned so. Anger flowed through him like never before... so he broke every single chain with his bare hands.
[Ah, here's the hill they need to ascend.]
Just as the ogres were about to execute the chieftain, Beastslayer appeared over the rise with his hunting party, the rescued prisoners, and two dozen wolves. Much blood was shed that day, but there was no doubt that Beastslayer's deeds had helped save the village.
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...Beastslayer had to kill everyone in order to save his own people. Even if he didn't want to, he had to in order to do what was right. Right? [He's starting to pick up on the moral of the story here and he's not sure if he's interpreting it right. Or if he wants to.] He led the rescued into battle to defeat their enemies.
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He did what he had to do in order to help his clan, which meant risking his own life to free the captives. No one thought he was capable of such a thing. Some would see it as foolish to sneak off as he did and leave his hunting party without another warrior.
[Hiro is fishing for a moral, so Thrall sets him straight.]
Sometimes, risks need to be taken. And sometimes salvation comes from where you least expect it.
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The story definitely sticks with him though.] Peace is an option back there now, isn't it? Beastslayer made everything okay again by nearly sacrificing himself. [There's a beat.] ...do you really think it's okay for someone to take those risks even if everybody around them keeps telling them no?
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[He has no idea what Hiro is planning, but you'd bet that would ruin this trip. Still, there's a hint of concern in the way his ears twitch, the angle of his mouth as he glances down at the boy.]
Hmm... You will do what you want regardless of what I tell you to do. [His voice lowers, quiet and serious against the backdrop of an otherwise chilly and sunny morning.] So I will tell you this: you must think of more than yourself.
I do not speak only of the end result-- of the people you might be trying to help. If you take a risk and you die, you hurt everyone who cares for you. You rob the world of your potential and your presence. [Thrall shouldn't have to remind him of that. Tadashi's death changed everything for Hiro.]
When I am in battle, it's easy to run to the front ahead of my troops and fight as fiercely as I did when I was very young. But I have responsibilities. If I were to be killed, there would be no one to take my place, and the Horde would fall into chaos.
However, if there is something only I can do-- like something tasked to me by the spirits-- then I know I have to take that risk.
It has to feel right. And the sacrifice, if it happens, should not be a needless one.
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[There's a shift in his demeanor, guilt cropping up slightly as they keep walking and he does his best not to meet Thrall's eye. The orc's right, of course. He'll do whatever he wants regardless of what anybody tells him, but the words reflect a lot of what Loki told him a month prior.
He has to think about everything more clearly. Less about himself and about the people around him that this is going to effect. Wasn't he still mildly upset that Tadashi was so selfish that he left Hiro behind? And now he's doing exactly the same thing. The words don't even need to be said for him to pick up exactly what example Thrall's thinking of.]
I'll be okay. And I know. About the sacrificing I mean. It won't be unnecessary if it ever happens. [He cautiously peers up again.] I'm being careful here.
[Subject change. Let's do that.] So how many other stories exist like the one about Beastslayer?
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I trust you.
[But he won't push, even now. He'll let Hiro come to him, as he always does, and provide the kind of teaching or comfort he'll need. His eyes wander back to the path ahead of them, though his ears pick and turn a little at this and that; he's always alert.]
There are countless stories like that even without including those immortalized in lok'vadnod. Each clan has their own heroes and their own legends. The clans are united now, but the stories live on as stories do.
[It must've been a long story indeed, because there is a dark shape in the distance that looks a bit like a cave, and Thrall is heading towards it.]
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And let me guess. You'll tell me more of those stories when we get to...wherever we're going? [A beat.] Where are we going? [And why are we going to a cave. What is this. Are we going to the Batcave? Has he evolved to actual Robin?
But he trusts Thrall enough that he'll pretty much follow anywhere.]
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If I may ask... [The cave looms ever closer.] Why are you staying in a place that is so remote? Does it have to do with research?
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[Not that it's making a lot of difference since Hiro's still running off to do whatever he wants, but details.] People keep coming out there to check on me and everything.
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[He hikes up to the entrance of the cave. It looks like a camp has already been set up. There's a spot for a fire near the entrance, just outside of the cold wind and moisture it threatens to bring with it. A few assorted ramekins of brightly-colored powder sit on something like a tiny altar. There are also bowls filled with things representing the elements: purest water, a feather for air, some smoldering incense for fire, and a smooth rock for earth. A decorated spear leans on the wall beside them.
Thrall sets his pack down and begins taking more things out of it. The first to unroll are a few fur blankets, and he sets these in a comfortable place so the pair can sit down eventually. The next thing is hunting leathers by the looks of it, and a wrapped handaxe.
It becomes clear whenhe separates a belt, loincloth and shorts from the pile that this is meant for more than just Thrall. He turns to Hiro and holds out the paltry, primitive clothing. This is going to be cold, he knows, but it's part of the ritual.
His voice does not shake. His gaze does not waver in the slightest, though his blue eyes are brighter and sharper in the dim light than ever.]
As chieftain of the Frostwolf clan, I bestow upon you the honor of being a clan member in spirit. You will be granted all the rights of a full clan member. You will be under my protection, now and forever, like anyone else born to the clan. Your wounds are our wounds. The blessings of our ancestors are also yours. Your blood, if shed, will be no different than my own.
[He breathes out slowly. Thrall's gaze is iron. He is taking a risk here, but... he doesn't let it show.]
You will be one of the clan, one of the pack, one of the family.
Do you accept?
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[Though this is starting to look more and more ominous as time goes on. When they enter the cave he stops short, staring into the camp as his eyes roam the area.
Thrall's already been here. That much is obvious and he tightens his jacket around his thin frame as he absorbs what he's seeing. This just screams ritual and though he doesn't know exactly what's going on it's immediately clear that this is important.
He's not sure what the axe is for, and he's even less sure what the clothing--is that a loincloth?--is for. Apparently it's for him. He doesn't take it immediately but rather he's openly staring as his brain loops around at rapid speeds to catch up.
And then Thrall starts to talk. Thrall talks and explains and Hiro suddenly understands what's going on here. The chief of the Frostwolf clan...wants him to be a part of it. It's not entirely surprising once he realizes how close he's grown to Thrall since they both arrived nearly a year ago, but at the same time it is. It is surprising and he knows it's a big deal. You don't say no to something like that immediately. There's the slightest hesitation though.
So many people here have asked him to become a part of big things. Different teams. Different clans. Different guilds. It's a lot. He's pulled in so many directions but...it all seems to seamlessly slide together.
He finally meets Thrall's gaze and the wariness is gone. It's replaced with the most assured look Thrall's probably seen on the boy and he nods tightly.]
Yes. If you think I really deserve the honor, I do. [And then, a beat.] ...what exactly does all of this mean though?
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We have to make an offering to the spirits, of course. That means taking you on your first hunt. [His smile broadens, his eyes glimmering with a spark of mischief.] I will teach you what it is to be a wolf.
It is similar to the Om'riggor except I will be accompanying you. And you are still... a few years too young for that, I think.
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THAT ICON IS STILL CUTE.He'd considered it. He'd just told Loki months ago that he needed to stand on his own two feet and had argued the point, but…Loki mentioned he didn't necessarily have to do that. It's true, isn't it? He could form a new team here and dip his fingers into whatever he pleased to model himself into…well, Hiro 2.0.It was why he didn't say no. It was not only important to Thrall but it was important to him, too. He trusted Thrall not to steer him in the wrong direction and though he would probably continue to mess up and blatantly go against some of his wishes like any normal teenager, he'd do his best. He doesn't seem to mind the light touch, looking up again as he tilts his head in thought. Okay. Offerings aren't unusual. Nico taught him how to do that when they went to visit Shuck.
It's the other part that has him a tiny bit concerned.]
Um. [Hunting? Hiro? Ahaha yeah. Yeeeeah…] You sure about this? [He's all for learning what it is to be a wolf, whatever, that's cool, but. He's from a giant urban city, hunting is pretty much out of his realm of expertise. But then again, if he's going to survive on his own here he'll have to learn.
This is going to end in blood and tears. Possibly Hiro's own. Oh well.] Guess I know what the axe is for now.
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I am sure. Honestly, this is one of those things where I show you and you learn. All pups must learn eventually. [If he's going to be a tiny Frostwolf, he's going to have to watch at least.]
But first, you must shed your burdens and become closer to the earth. [He gestures to Hiro's coat and such.] We show our true selves to the spirits-- no guile, no adornments, and certainly no cotton shirts.
[He's already stripping off his armor.]
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