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ladymirdan · 1 year
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Time for another of my (not so) silly headcanons:
Tw: amateurish armchair psychology.
Sometimes I browse reddit or Facebook against my better judgement and I come across the usual “who could permakill Lucius the Eternal”-thread. And the answer is always “my blorbo could do it”, when everyone knows that is absolute horseshit.
For me the answer is pretty clear cut but I hadly ever see anyone else say it.
The only one one eho can kill Lucius is the best swordsman in tha galaxy, himself.
And it is (in my mind) very clearly set up to be the answer.
In 40k there is the whole idea that he gives himself scars after a “worthy” battle, but in the books that is bullshit. He started cutting/hurting himself after he lost a duel. Its how he relives anxiety.
The guy has insane issues right from the start and I really wish BL could go further with exploring that. Most space marines are mentally broken to the point of no longer seeing themselves as human, but we don't really see the extent of it. So we have to put some pieces together ourselves (and do some heavy projection).
I honestly think the “solution” to the Lucius question is suicide. He is obviously skilled enough, and he wouldn't take any pride in it. Who else can say the same?
(and no, bird boy doesn't count. That happened before Lucius was blessed)
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katesfoxhole · 2 months
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As far as I've been able to determine, Mordian and the Mordian Iron Guard first appeared in the 2e Codex: Imperial Guard (or possibly White Dwarf 184 but they came out around the same time). And then nothing happened for 17 years. No new lore was added until Mark Clapham's novel Iron Guard came out in 2012, and even he only added one little tidbit--that people living on the dark side of a tidally locked planet tended to like bright colors.
I am writing some fanfic featuring a Mordian regiment, and I've made up a few headcanons or my own.
One is that, reflecting their tidally locked world, they tend toward a kind of binary thinking. Both men and women can serve in the Iron Guard, but regiments are segregated by sex (the Cain novels outright state this is the norm for the Imperial Guard anyway. And of course, nothing's stopping the Munitorum from pulling a 597th if you want a mixed regiment; the Adeptus Terra don't giveadam about some silly local custom). It's fine to be gay, but not bi or pan--pick a side, fence-sitter. Same with gender--being trans is okay as long as you cross over completely; no boymoding, no being genderqueer or agender.
(In case it needs to be said, these are not supposed to be good things btw, this is a flaw, a cultural blind spot.)
Presumably nothing naturally grows on Mordian--the day side is blasted by instantly-lethal amounts of solar radiation and the night side is, well, always nighttime. The only place on Mordian where you see plant life is in manmade gardens and greenhouses. So I've written my Mordians to be weirded out by nature. Their dialect of Low Gothic doesn't even have words for things that are not manmade--that isn't a forest up ahead, it's a very tangled and untidy orchard. How dare the trees grow wherever they want to instead of in neat rows?
I have an unwritten scene where some HQ POGs are making fun of a Mordian recon report: "Are they still calling the river a canal?" "Give 'em a break, they've never SEEN a river before."
They are also--at first--absolutely terrified of sunlight. After all, on their homeworld, dayside = instant radioactive death. The first time they land on an earthlike world, a commissar has to almost shoot someone to get them off the dropship.
Canon Mordian names tend to sound Germanic. I've expanded that to include names from other mid-European sources, particularly Estonian, Lithuanian, and Ukranian. Presumably a lot of the original settlers came from that part of Earth.
It's not as hard as it sounds to keep those fancy uniforms clean. Mordian has an STC for high-tech, moisture- and dirt-repelling fabrics. Textiles are one of the planet's chief trade goods. Mordian Iron Guard are positively horrified by soldiers from other worlds who show up in grubby cotton twill. Yeah, it's hard to stay clean while soldiering in the field, which is why you don't want your uniform making it worse by ABSORBING sweat and dirt omg.
Iron Guard officers wear gold gorgets similar to the ones popular in 18th-19th century European armies. Senior noncoms and NCO vehicle commanders wear silver ones. I'm not the only one who's had this idea.
As a joke, I've named one of the hives on Mordian--not the capital--Dsenta Vitta. I bent it out of a mishmash of Latin and Estonian and it means, roughly, "where those cunts landed". This is an ancient name, going back to first settlement, and to the Mordians its meaning has of course long since been lost to antiquity.
Anyway, those are my Mordian headcanons. I would definitely be insterested in anyone else's, if you have them.
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"Why is the sky leaking!?" "It's called rain. We were briefed on this."
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dateless-bar · 27 days
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Primarch's Steam Profile
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Some of the frame from: steam profile design
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sharenadraculea · 3 months
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If the primarchs had social media
Lion: There is nothing on his accounts. Not even a profile-picture. Someone is still logging into them every so often. Fulgrim: On all the plattforms. Primarely family-blogger: look at my perfect kids, my perfect spaceship, my perfect partner, my perfect healthy breakfest, my perfect make-up. OnlyFans-account on the side. Get‘s into controversies all the time. Perty: Angry rants. Has spent to much time on Twitter. Old man yells at cloud type of stuff. Jagh: And this is how we‘ll break the speed-limit today! Talks about bikes, how to mod them, drives them around very fast, ect. Occasional horse-pictures. Leman: Puppies! Just cute dog-pictures and -videos, of every canine he encounters in the galaxy Rogal: He isn‘t very good at social media. Sometimes posts bad selfies or pictures of his building projects. Completly ignores all of Pertys hate-comments Konrad: He writes fanfic. Edgy, dark, not very good fanfic. The protag is a clear self-insert and Mary Sue and brings justice to all the settings he puts them in. A ton of spelling errors. The plot barely holds together. He is very proud of it. Sang: He has official accounts with pretty pictures of him everywhere, but he has some private accounts that are just like his art and sometimes cute family pictures. Also why can I see Sang having a Vtuber-persona he livestreams with so people don‘t recognize him? Ferrus: Appears on Fulgrims accounts fairly often. Maybe does some gaming-content on the side Angron: Everything is very sporadic and when it‘s there it‘s pretty angry. Surprisingly talks a lot about issues with his disabilities and that he needs way more help than he get‘s and also all his trauma. Struggles a lot with typing and forming sentences, so it can be hard to understand at times. Roboute: A channel with tutorials for stuff like running a planet or putting on armour. If people ask him to explain something he can just send them a link. Morty: Not very active, sometimes pictures of some funky plants and little texts about them. Magnus: Video-essays. He dissappers for months and then returns with a four-hour-video (minimum) about the most random topic. Hugely popular. Horus: Look at my sexy abs! Look at my huge bicep! Soft-porn-pictures of him and his sons. Probally also had OnlyFans. Lorgar: Social media is great for preaching! So he does that! Deletes all his accounts after monarchia. Vulkan: Food! He loves trying out new recipes from diffrentc cultures! At the start of every recipe is a pagelong story, which people actually read Corvus: Also writes Fanfic. Very, very good fanfic if a bit edgy at times. Kind of has a rivalery with Konrad. Also runs a very active blog, about both writing and justice, with occasional bits about guerilla-warfare Alpharius Omegon: Just the worst trolls. Dozens if not hundreds of sockpuppet accounts. They are having a good time.
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relax-and-read-on · 4 months
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I have not made made a generic hc post about the primarch in a LONG time. I miss it, and it's good for the warhammer tumblr ecosystem. So, without further waiting....
Primarch, and the absolutely shitty gifts they give each others for a White Elephants gift exchange
Roboute: A classic coffee mug (primarch sized!) Filled with sweets and a indestructible fancy fountain pen. The mug say "World Most Okay Dad" on it, and he joke that it apply to them all.
Lion: a stuffed bird. The number of eyes on it is vaguely unnerving. It's unclear wich way is the head suppose to go, and all agree that it's probably an awful mutant bird. Lion is too proud to admit that it's just a really shotty taxidermy he made himself.
Alpharius Omegon: They give a series of mysterious CD in blank case, wich is a very rare and hard to read format on most ship! It's the entire series of MLP:FiM, famous lost media in the 30th millenium.
Rogal: A thick, sturdy, and perfectly elegant multi bit screwdriver, with extra standard bits put in the handle. Give a proud presentation on it, explaining it's superior design and all it's ergonomic features. It's 45 min long.
Perturabo: it's a coupon that say "one (1) construction from me and my legion, free of complaining. Valid until the 31th millenium." It's the most popular gift of the night.
Corvus: slipper and kigurumi, all crow themed. They are *adorable*. Sadly, the size is a bit tight and vaguely indecent on the more muscular primarch.
Lorgar: a traditional colchian tea set, with hand dried craft teas! The set is beautiful, and the teas prove to be only mildly hallucinogenic.
Konrad: A very, VERY pretty embroidered set of throw pillow! They have delicate pattern of flower and nature imagery... And are made with human hair. Konrad is very proud of himself, and even more of the absolute bloody screaming his gift create when he explain it.
Sanguinius: put out by Konrad's gift, but he also made a pillow, but this one filled with his own feathers. Has surprising property against nightmare.
Vulkan: He was actually sweet, and brought homemade hot sauce, his mother's recipe! The problem is that the stuff is so strong, it's considered a dangerous chemical in most of the galaxy. Can be used as jet fuel.
Horus: Edible sexy underwear. Insist that whoever gets it has to wear it, and jokingly say that, if they are too shy, he can do a demonstration himself.
Mortarion: a succulent growing kit. Even his most dumbasses of brother should be able to keep a succulent alive, right? Doesn't mention that it's an highly invasive species that will colonise the entire ship of his poor victime.
Jaghatai: a foal. Yes, he carry a whole ass live animal to the gift exchange, and keep insisting that it's an appropriate gift. The horse is chewing on Magnus' hair.
Leman: Mad that he didn't think of bringing a puppy, but he has the most amazing looking collection of smoked salmon, caviar and preserved fish to offer.
Magnus: his patience is wearing thin, but he still offer a perfectly beautiful robe, that act as an honest to good mood ring and change color depending on the person's aura.
Fulgrim: A painting of himself! Wich is actually a joke, it's just a thin and hand painted decorative paper covering the true gift: a painting of all their family, together. Get called a try hard.
Ferrus: a collection of very pretty crystals and fossils! Wich he arranged in a chocolate box, and explain that those are his favorite flavors.
Angron: A punching bag that even *he* find durable. He made sure of it, by thoroughly testing it before giving it out, wich explain it's used appearance.
I know exactly who gets what..... Yall want to know in a part 2 ;)?
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lxvvie · 9 days
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Being in a relationship with Lorgar Aurelian would consist of:
Your relationship being the embodiment of Dating What Daddy (Kor Phaeron) Hates.
Learning to ignore Kor Phaeron's increasing frustration with Lorgar's refusal to leave you be. Erebus on the other hand finds this development amusing.
Lorgar initially admiring you from afar; interestingly enough, it took some time for him to approach you but when he did, it was a fast track into a relationship.
Having a very demonstrative lover in your Primarch. Especially when it comes to physical affection.
Lorgar practically worshipping you, especially because you aren't critical in the way his father and brothers are, which translates into...
Him sharing the drafts of his writings with you.
The Word Bearers venerating you just the same. Depending.
Letting Lorgar ruminate and philosophize freely in your presence. Depending on the topic, you may or may not contribute but the simple fact that he can do so without restraint endears you to him greatly.
Lorgar's very... sonorous voice putting you at ease. Or sleep. Or making you flustered. Or all three and some more. Lorgar, knowing that you find his voice so pleasing, puts this to good use.
When it comes to matters of the... physical nature, two words: corruption kink. From both sides. Lorgar is a very vocal, very cunning linguist in more ways than one.
Just like Sanguinius is protective of his significant other, so, too is Lorgar when it comes to you. You're not a secret per se but he would much rather you not be around his... extended family. Much. For a plethora of reasons. This is his way of preserving the sanctity of you two's relationship.
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jaal-ama-daravv · 2 months
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Marazhai: No one can hurt me if I’m cold and detached and not emotionally invested in anyone or anything, i am a dracon. untouchable. i am god itself
Rogue Trader: Hi :)
Marazhai: *sweating*
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bleedingichorhearts · 1 month
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I wish to boop an Astartes, as if they were a cat.
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𝕬𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗: You wish to boop the snoot? No, you desire. Careful on who you boopin’ however. You never specified who's, what and the huh.
𝕿𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖉: @kit-williams, @egrets-not-regrets.
What I imagined(can’t find the original.). Have a Mario version too.
TW // Language.
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Dark Angels: To boop such an Knight. You must build yourself up to his level quite literally. He’ll watch you with a semblance of amusement as you pull a chair in front of him and climb on top of it, just to “boop” him? On the ‘nose’ of his helmet? He shakes his head, silly little bonded. You’re lucky he allows you to touch his armor.
Emperor Children: Booping such a diva will reward you with a purr to your name. His form leaning down to let you pursue more of your little “boops” as long as he gets to admire your beauty in it. Perhaps even take your hand in his and kiss it. Slather it in his saliva.
Iron Warriors: To boop this warrior, you’ll have to catch him at the right time or surprise him with it as they are stubborn in their work. So, when you suddenly succeeded in giving him a “boop” while he was fortifying/crafting, he huffs and turns to you before swiping you up in his arms and placing you in his lap. He’ll let you boop him as long as his work gets done perfectly. It is your gift after all.
White Scars: To boop a White Scar is like trying to catch a certain someone underneath a mistletoe, but just for you he will stay still for just a moment when you request of him. Leaning down to your level, he experiences your “boops.” His nose scrunching up, but otherwise— aaannnnd he already off in the wind.
Space Wolves: The booping of the Space Viking comes at the immediate price of some attention. You “booped” him? Do it again. Again! Will you give me some smooches too? Is quite the definition of “puppy.” You might as well scratch under his chin while you’re at it.
Imperial Fists: Booping this bulldozer rewards you with a secret fortification. However, he doesn’t necessarily like you interrupting his work, but he wasn’t doing anything nearly as important as listening you. So, when you “boop” him on the nose, it scrunches up before he just nods in acceptance. Though liking the… experience.
Night Lords: To boop a Night Lord, you must be able to face the consequences afterward. One can’t just “boop” him without having one back! So, the bastard just overwhelms you with his own “boops” to your cheeks, overall body.
Blood Angels: The booping of these vampires is quite easy, really. He’ll lean down at your request, watching as your finger comes out and “boops” him on the nose. Your petite form giggling at him, blood pumping through your veins, and before you know it. You have his fangs brushing up against your neck. Showing you his own little “boops” at your acceptance, of course.
Iron Hands: To boop this one is a lot harder to do. Considering they are the more… “logical” Astartes. You’ll need to be careful or perhaps more smarter? Tricking the Iron Hand into “helping” you with some appliance. You do manage to “boop” him on the nose. His form pausing in his action to help you before he realizes he’s been fooled for your attention. His eyes watching you run away from him as he could only grumble to himself. His heart’s beating in his chest.
World Eaters: Easy to “boop” this one! He is usually always around you when you become more attentive. Anything you do to him and he’s his devouring it as it calms him down greatly. Sometimes more than he likes admit.
Ultramarines: Booping this blueberry is a classic. He’ll kneel down to your level, awaiting the “booping” you told him about. Acting all courageous when receiving the “boop” on his nose, but dying on the inside.
Death Guard: This stink bug here is like a moth to a flame. When you “boop” him, he’ll just stare at you. Not a single thought going inside of that brain of his. You were afraid that you might have broken him, but in reality he was just really slow. He’ll rumble and purr in return… eventually.
Thousand sons: This one is a slow one too. To endorsed in his parchments, but he’ll catch on more quickly. Especially since you’re doing it more than once. When another “boop” leaves your mouth, your finger poking his nose. He sighs, taking you by your shirt and laying you down his lap, a slight grin showing on his usual voided face.
Sons of Horus: Booping this Son grants you a mix between a purr and a growl an impressive sound to hear. It stops you in your tracks to “boop” him again as he looks down at you, questioning why you didn’t “boop” him again. He really wants it. Give him another boop.
Word Bearers: Booping this one is also a classic. Kneeling down to your level. He’ll amuse your need to boop him then to tend to his scriptures. Blinking when you do “boop” him on the nose. He doesn’t hesitate to grab your hand when you pull back. Kissing your knuckles with a chuckle.
Salamanders: It’s freeroam to boop these dragons! They are a wholesome bunch! When you “boop” your Salamander he smiles and gives you a (very gentle) boop in return. 10/10 experience would try again.
Raven Guard: Booping these ravens is another classic, but a loving experience. Your Raven coos at you when you “boop” him. His head coming forward to give you eskimo kisses. Do thread your fingers through his hair too.
Alpha Legion: These bright blue mysteries are an easy one to boop also. Perhaps too easy… When you “boop” your Legionnaire on his helmet and run away giggling. His suspicions are high, even higher when his visor is coated in… glitter? Did he just get blasted with glitter by his little bonded??? His brethren laugh behind him. Oh, he so going to get you back.
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lucinda18th · 1 month
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Emperor and Erda. Did this one for Valentine's day and finally decided to post on my old Tumblr acc~
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maranigai · 4 months
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Just some midnight doodles.
Me and my friend @amriagaelraincaller have headcanon that the Emperor used shards of the destroyed eldar pantheon to create some of the primarchs and the primarchs with such... heredity have slightly pointed ears.
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squishyowl · 1 month
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Dove
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ladymirdan · 1 year
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What no one tells you about the Skull Throne is that it is litterally a beanbag filled with skulls.
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Warhammer 40k headcanon
If you visit Trazyn the Infinite's collection, a troupe of Harlequins will show you around the place singing and dancing Oompa Loompa style.
They're not even part of the collection, they're doing it because of some mysterious plan by Cegorach
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dateless-bar · 1 year
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Modern AU / Project: Every Perfect Day
[Lore]
Loyalist Primarch
Loyalist is a conservative stance, particularly emphasizing the protection and construction of the existing order.
-Mersadie Oliton's notes
Currently known contemporary loyalist supporters:
Loyalist Party Leader: Roboute Guilliman
Author, FADM: Lion El'Jonson
Founder of Blood Angel Foundation, Artist: Sanguinius
Scandinavian actor, former SF: Leman Russ
Mongolian racer: Jaghatai Khan
Lead Vocal of Raven Guards: Corvus Corax
EC of Imperial Fists Co.: Rogal Dorn
Leader of Iron Hands Studio: Ferrus Manus
Master from Salamanders Heavy Industries: Vulkan
(Photograph: Euphrati Keeler)
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WARNING: This story is purely fictional. Any characters, organizations, or content mentioned in the text are not related to reality and do not represent any position.
For more stories and character settings, please check my other posts.
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sharenadraculea · 18 days
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The Primarchs at the Zoo
Emps is doing family bonding events again, so now they go to the Zoo
Lion: He gets into a staring contest with every big cat at the zoo. Needs to be stopped from getting into a fight with them. Otherwise very well behaved, just staring at animals and making notes. Fulgrim: There is one of those butterfly-houses where they just kind of fly around. Fulgrim is absolutly enchanted. Just sitting between the flowers and waiting for them to come say hi. He also definetly is wearing highly impractical clothes. Perty: Not quite sure what he should do, so he just ends up following Magnus and Fulgrim around. Get‘s to save them, because he thought about taking a powerbank and charging cable with him! Jagh: the pony riding thing is only for kids. This makes Jagh very sad. But he can tell Magnus about all the animals he knows from Chogoris. Tries to steal a horse, a yak and a camel for Magnus (not necessarely in that order) Leman: Wants to befriend every dog and wolf and similar animals. Will bark at them. Then ends up clinbing into one of the enclosures to pet the doggos and get‘s chased away by security. He stole a puppy tough! (Malcador forces Leman to bring it back, because it would be really sad without it‘s parents) Rogal: Not all that interested in the animals, but he really enjoys looking at the architecture. Brought a little sketchbook along for making notes, and some noise cancelling headphones. His siblings still get him to look at some animals and that‘s how everyone learns that Inwit is apparently full of ice-age megafauna. Rogal is just confused why the animals at the zoo aren‘t fluffy Konrad: He was very unhappy at first because there are so many people and it‘s loud and bright and smells. Then Fulgrim bought him some cute sunglasses from the Zoo Shop and Rogal gave him the printed out guidelines for how to care for the diffrent animals, so now Konrad can controll if the zoo is following the rules. As with every family-outing, he has visions of inevtable doom Sang: He is so excited! But some of the animals are very confused by his wings, either thinking he is one of them (very cute, Sang is very happy) or he is prey. Lion needs to buy him ice cream. Well he doesn‘t need to, but it comforts Sang. Then they go to the petting zoo and the goats start chewing on his wings. Sang somehow finds this very cute
Ferrus: He is making artistic photos of Fulgrim. After a while he still get‘s bored with this and goes to listen to Robs animal trivia Angron: Absolutly no one expected him to just plop down in the pettong zoo and feed goats for the rest of the day. The goats are climbing onto him and Angron is just happy. It is very hard to get him home again, Rob: The logistics of running a zoo! He is so excited about that, he nearly forgets they are there for the animals. He made sure to read up on trivia about every single animal in the zoo and now shares this knowledge with his siblings. Morty: He also wants to watch butterflies, but Fulgrim is allready there… after a while they start talking and Morty starts infodumping. Fulgrim finds this too cute. They are later seen walking out of the toilet all disheveled. Things definetly happend Magnus: He is here to do research. Yes, this involves stealing some of the animals. The most dangerous ones around actually. E told him not too, but who would Magnus be if he actually listend? Horus: He is spamming the family chat with photos of well, mostly himself. Sometimes there are animals in the background. Somehow ends up in the penguin enclosure and get‘s soaked. He isn‘t bothered, because the wet shirt accentuates his muscles, but he still get‘s kicked out of the zoo. Emps is very disappointed Lorgar: Not quite sure what he should do at first and kind of ends up wandering around alone. Then runs into Sang at the petting zoo and the goats try to eat his books. They then spend the rest of the day together Vulkan: All those baby animals! He might die from cuteness! He‘s making a ton of photos to share later, including a lot of embaressing things his siblings did. Corvus: They are nowhere to be found at first. Later Vulkan finds them sitting in the birdhouse, petting all the birds. Somehow the zookeepers haven‘t noticed. Konrad does not like this, as it is against the rooms. Alpharius Omegon: They have blended into the masses. No one knows what they did all day, but they return to the spaceship covered in plushies, cheap souvenirs and baby animals. Malcador also forces them to bring the animals back
Bonus: Emps: This was a fantastic idea, he is very proud of himself. Loudly yells about every cool animal he sees Malcador: He is highly stressed out. Why did they decide to make so many kids? Next family trip he‘ll just stay at home Valdor: He pays for everything.
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astartes-on-ice · 30 days
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Ok, but hear me out, what if Motarion makes those noises when he is irritated.
Maybe when someone wants to hug him.
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