droptheious: (Used to be the world was too far away)
Varian ([personal profile] droptheious) wrote2021-06-20 12:39 am

Deer Country inbox



CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE THROUGH TO RUDDIGER. PLEASE LEAVE FOOD AT THE END OF THE BEEP. MESSAGES CANNOT BE GUARANTEED DELIVERY IF FOOD IS NOT PROVIDED.
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
FERN Follow me
SHIRO Varian -Have you heard of 'Mother Mercy'? We might have a problem.
PAIMON fern's mate ,. are you conscious. ?
ZIB hey you know how you suddenly grew horns and a tail...
FERN V?
USAGI Hey, Vivi. Are you... how are holding up after... everything?
MELIUS Ahraan! Faaz! Hi kos fahdon!
RAPUNZEL Hey, Varian? You in there?
SASUKE You're Melius' friend Varian, yes?
MAKO Hey. It's Mako. You been out to the sea ice yet?
AHIRU Heyyyy Varian
USAGI So, Rapunzel and Cass are here.
PETER Hey, uh, Varian!
LUZ Varian. I'm messaging you about this since...
STAN LOOK I DON'T LIKE YOU BUT WE ARE BEING SLANDERED RIGHT NOW
FERN hey, so i made this bet with Stan about you and him
FORD Varian, have you been contacted by someone asking about the portals we built?
FERN Uh, hey.
ZIB Hi Varian, this is Dib. I need advice on something...
USAGI VARIAN! WANNA MEET MY OMEN!
MAUL Are you still having trouble sleeping?
FERN are you made of copper and tellurium?


 
TO:
SUBJECT:
DIPPER It's pointless asking if you're okay but...
ANGE Hey, Ange. Just checking in on you.
RAPUNZEL So. Hey. I learned a fun thing about...
ADAM Shiro's a teenager now and he's being an idiot.
KORRA So hey. Do you remember me joking that...
MAUL My corruption came back
PETER HEY. Hey Peter! I found a meme!!!
PETER Happy birthday! It's not a lot but...
USAGI So. Fern being human sure was a thing that happened.
FERN A list of Coronan/German words...
JOHN No one has ever been inside an empty room.
MAUL You never stop clapping.
ANGE You can only buy used mirrors.
K If a spoon was made of gold...
LANCE If you rip a hole in a net...
MELIUS The word swims upside down is also swims.
ORPHEUS Every time you clean something...
PETER Is the letter S or C silent in the word 'scent'?
EDDIE Turtles can never have sleepovers because...
WU If you run in a straight line for long enough...
MAKO It's impossible to touch any reflection that isn't your own.
OSCAR While we sleep our brains make stories that scare us
RYAN Beef jerky is just a cow raisin
USAGI You know how people think snowflakes are...
DIPPER Do twins ever realise that one of them was unplanned?
BELLA History classes are only...
SHIRO Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed
FERN Did you know you did an Arthurian Legend?


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laminae: (serious)

[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-17 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry Varian, this is what you signed up for. On the upside, even as awful as they're currently feeling, those emotions are helping Fern sort out a few aspects of his identity. Namely who he is in relation to his friends and family, and that even though he's (trying to be) his own individual person, that doesn't mean he's alone. And that isn't something that's just left over from Finn - this is something specific to himself. Fern.

Not that that's something he's about to dwell on right now. Right now he just desperately wants Varian to be okay. His jawbone feels like it's - in the way, or something. Still too solid, and his heart sinks when he hears that his boyfriend is struggling.

... Maybe he's got the right idea, though. Maybe they just need to get out and do something fun for a little while. Get used to this.]


Oh - uh, yeah. Sure. I've been wanting to check out the Watchtower, out in Crenshaw? That might be fun?
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-19 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's a smile he's incredibly relieved to see. Fern relaxes a little, squeezing Varian's hand back. Okay, this is a good step forward, they can do this.]

Cool. Let's go, then.

[Fern turns to head out of the lab and up to the main floor of the house. He isn't going to bother with shoes, because even with normal human feet that isn't occurring to him. He does, however, pause and decide to run up to their room to grab the family demon blood sword, just in case. He isn't totally sure he can still make grass swords, so this seems like a safe bet.

It won't even take them that long to get to the Watchtower, since it's connected via the lamp network. All they have to do it hope out to the front yard and then boom! They're arriving within a few seconds. With the gloomy weather the place looks ominous, which makes Fern more excited to check it out.]
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-20 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least this date seems like it'll be slightly safer. Or at least, there'll be less fire involved. Fern being less flammable like this is the second positive he's noted so far, the first of course being that he can eat food like a regular person.

He's happy to keep his hold on Varian's hand as they travel to the windmill, his sword shoved safely through his backpack so it's out of the way. When they arrive he looks around, taking in the area. It isn't all that far away from the farms, but he's never actually seen the place in person before. It's appropriately creepy, and he lets out an impressed whistle.]


Let's go inside and check it out, and make our way to the top. [Not having stretchy limbs means they need to climb up there the old-fashioned way.] I bet the view up there is great.
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-22 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Really, if it was a full-on dungeon Fern would be absolutely thrilled and probably forget about all that anxiety he just had. But this is still pretty good, and it's a good motivator for him to give this a try and see how it goes.]

It's probably too much to hope for that they'll have hamburgers. [But he's grinning all the same, the best thing about being human is not having to rely on photosynthesis.] Maybe they got coffee. Or beer!

[He's very curious to drink some beer and not worry about it being toxic, so he eagerly heads inside, tugging Varian along. The interior is dark but cozy, and there are a couple of other Hunters resting quietly. Fern looks around excitedly, still not letting go of his boyfriend's hand.]
laminae: (excite)

[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-22 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[It will be the highlight of his entire life.

It's a bit easier for Fern to let the Watchtower distract him. It's run down, reminding him a little of Ooo. Varian has it summed up pretty well - cozy, in a way that makes you a little scared you might get stabbed. He laughs, happy to start with beers.]


Great! Don't worry, I got this!

[He grins as they approach the bar, briefly letting go of Varian's hand so he can hop onto a stool, spinning around before slamming his fist on the counter. And in his best attempt at a tough, growly voice (more ridiculous than anything), he says:]

Two beers.
laminae: (huh?)

[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-22 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pshaw, he's totally got this! Fern looks totally confident despite not looking the least bit intimidating. With his grass body gone he can't even shapeshift into his Green Knight form, he's stuck being a skinny kid with long, gorgeous hair. One who blinks at the mention of trading because oh, yeah, that's a thing here.]

Uh. Right.

[He awkwardly shuffles his backpack off, careful to not let his sword clatter to the ground. It's a bit of a struggle, honestly, what with only having one hand, but he manages it, and digs around in it trying to find something he can trade. The bartender doesn't look especially impressed by this display. So much for being cool and tough.]

I... got some rocks?
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-23 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Meanwhile, Fern is being a little more obtuse about all of this. It hasn't occurred to him that maybe, maybe trying to pretend to be some tough rowdy Hunter when the two of them are clearly twigs who aren't prepared to barter wasn't the best idea in the world. Nope, he's just looking disheartened his coolness isn't working, though when Varian speaks up to support him he....

He decides to double down. Grabbing a handful of shiny rocks, along with a few random flowers that had been growing in his backpack, Fern slams them all on the bar.]


Yeah! I went through so many giant crabs to get these rocks, and you're not gonna find flowers like these growing anywhere in the city at this time of the year!

[It isn't great but it's something. The barkeep rolls his eyes at the display, but will reluctantly scoop everything up and go to pour them two beers.]
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-23 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[It might have been some form of misplaced pity for a sad-looking kid trying to pawn off a bunch of rocks and flowers as valuable, but oh well. It works, Fern looks thrilled, especially when Varian seems pleased too, and he gives the other boy an appreciative grin for grabbing everything as he picks up his sword.]

Sure, dude.

[He'll head over to the table, taking a seat. With that nonsense all solved the other Hunters go back to whatever they were doing, though a few of them look amused. Fern doesn't really notice, he's too distracted by the fact that that worked and they now have beers to drink.]

This place is so cool, we gotta come back sometime.
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-23 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[They've got a good system here, and Fern is quietly glad that he doesn't need to ask for help when he'd definitely need it. Managing his sword is more than enough, given the demon blood sword is meant to be wielded with two hands.

At any rate, he immediately takes up his flagon of beer, holding it up for cheers.]


Right?? Here's to having actual taste buds!

[He'll clink his glass against Varian before downing a few big gulps.]
laminae: (existentialism)

[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-25 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's too excited to toast in the Proper German Way, though he makes a mental note to do it next time. Or at least try to - with the way he's downing his beer getting tipsy is going to be a given. Sorry boyfriendo, he isn't used to having to worry about getting drunk.]

It tastes the same, but it's better somehow? Like I'm drinking the real deal with real guts instead of just magic. [He looks down at his beer, swirling his mug.] I dunno, does that sound weird?
Edited 2021-10-25 22:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-26 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fern grins a little at Varian's encouragement, feeling less weird about his attempt at describing what drinking the beer is like. He takes another big gulp.]

Yeah!! Anything they got here, I'll try. Then we can head up and see the view.
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[personal profile] laminae 2021-10-27 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, thanks.

[Aw geez, this is shaping up to be a great date. Of course, Fern is a very simple person and any date involving a feast is going to be a great one.

While Varian does that Fern finishes off his beer. He downed that thing far faster than someone of his weight and tolerance should have, and it making his head buzz pleasantly. It's making him think that this is all really nice, this creepy Watchtower place, the beer, the effort Varian is putting into this whole date to make it as good as it is despite the roadbumps earlier. Which... aren't really roadbumps, they're more like giant hills. Or mountains. Ones that might not go away, if he decides he wants to find a permanent way to stay human.

Does he even want to do that? Eating and drinking like a normal person is nice, but that's only one aspect of himself. There's - pretty much everything else he needs to think about. And given how he started out having a panic attack, he isn't totally sure what he wants to do about the everything else part. Really, the only good time he's had so far was with food, and he can still eat when he's grass with the scout badge's magic....

By the time Varian comes back Fern is looking a little more thoughtful.]


I'm all about suspicious meat. [Though he doesn't say that with his usual verve, and he kind of looks down at his empty flagon.] Hey, are you having fun so far...?

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