The Daily Inconveniences of an Au Ra: Tongue
The twins request to go out for ice cream ought to have been innocuous enough, but he'd spent enough time in their company - and answered enough of their questions - to recognize the shifty look in their eyes as they glanced eagerly between each other. Someone was about to win a bet, and he suspected regardless of who it was, he would be losing.
Still, he was content to humor them, more to spend time with them than for any penchant for the sweet treat. Alisaie insisted he order something for himself (and none too subtly at that), so he contented himself with an ice pop, which was thin enough to fit comfortably between his horns (a concern, he noted with some amusement, that had not occurred to either of the twins in their scheming), and which offered a mild sweetness that was much less likely to make his stomach churn than the sugary cream the two of them ordered.
It didn't take long to figure out what their game was. They peered carefully at him as he licked at the ice, watching his mouth with a hawk-like focus. If it had been anyone else he might have been uncomfortable with the scrutiny, but it was the twins, and undoubtedly their focus was nothing more nefarious than some new curiosity they'd cooked up between them. So he let them watch, their own ice cream melting in their cones, confident they'd eventually figure out what they were after or, more likely, just ask.
"See, I told you it wasn't forked," Alisaie declared in a hushed voice, elbowing her brother. Keshet arched an inquiring brow that went unnoticed.
Alphinaud glared at her, scooching further away. "Yes, well, neither does it appear to be blue, unless you now seek to propose some sort of two-toned argument."
His second brow rising to join the first, Keshet gave into his own curiosity. "What are you two fighting about this time?"
Alphinaud flushed, jumping as if he'd forgotten Keshet was there. "I'd hardly call it a fight. Just a... debate, of sorts."
Alisaie huffed, taking a bite (a bite!) out of her ice cream before answering, "Alphinaud thought your tongue was forked."
"You thought it was blue!" Alphinaud protested in return.
"My tongue? Why do you... You know what, never mind, that's hardly the weirdest thing you guys have wondered about." He stuck out his tongue, which was a perfectly normal pink color and not forked in the slightest.
They both squinted at it, leaning in as though they might divine his secrets if only they were an inch or two closer. "It is rather long though," Alphinaud observed, and Keshet shrugged, returning to his ice pop as Alisaie stuck her own tongue out to compare.
"Why would my tongue be blue?" he asked, baffled.
"Some lizards have blue tongues," Alisaie asserted with surprising confidence for someone who'd just been disproven.
"Ah. You guys realize I'm not actually a lizard, right? Just lizard-adjacent."
"We know. We simply delight in determining wherein lie the similarities," Alphinaud said.
"It'd be cool if your tongue was blue though. Or forked. Either or," Alisaie added, biting off another mouthful of ice cream.
"That would be cool." Oh well. He'd just have to settle for "slightly longer than average", he supposed.
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keri!!! there's a new ken doll with the i am kenough hoodie that has a different face and it looks like ryan!!!
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The only problem--
2024??? HE WON'T COME HOME FOR A YEAR???????????????
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