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harpieunion · 11 months
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What’s really sad is that I’ve had an oc for 10+ years named Nihil who’s Italian and has long black hair and is a FUCKING WHORE and now I can’t talk about him without think of/making others think of Ghost.
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voltswaltz · 1 year
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they're gonna kill someone
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dinoberrypress · 1 month
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Home of the Academy, Zephyr’s Rest
This week and next we’ll be talking about the fae courts you’ll meet in Little Wolves, our folk-tale TTRPG about werewolves in The Enchanted Forest. To start, we’d like you to meet The Witch Court, who make their home to the north in the cliffside town of Whisperer’s Canyon.
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Structures are connected by carved hallways or weaving bridges, built with the canyon’s stone, and the cliff is lined with brick towers, porches, and balconies at every level that make it perfect for any broom-riding or feather-bearing witch to land or take off from.
The Queen of Witches is the Arch Witch of the Academy. Over time, as anyone loyal to this court grows in power, feathers sprout from their bodies and they begin to take on the body of a Harpy.
When a Queen is ready, they choose a successor and retire to the Harpy’s Roost.
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Detail from The Four Queens art, illustrated by Grendel Menz @grendel-menz
The world of Little Wolves is vast, and we have many secrets to share with you~
If you’d like to know more, follow our campaign on BackerKit! Soon, we'll visit the Pumpkin Court. 🎃
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decided to finally sit down and sketch out Maferzin since she's been deserving some love lately. It was fun to finally get the idea out of my head and have a reference vs. site art. All of the spirals in the roost are technically amphitheres, screechy like harpies and carry a terribly unsettling laugh like hyenas.
I don't know if I'll get the energy to properly line this, but it was a fun little sketch to tinker with so far ; w ;
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when you and your partner are so in sync that one gesture from them pulls you completely into their schemes and shenanigans
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The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
[ID: [Lycomedes'] eyes were sharp enough. "Who is this man, Pyrrha?" "No one!" Deidameia had seized Achilles' arm, was tugging at it. At the same time, Achilles answered coolly, "My husband." I closed my mouth quickly, so I did not gape like a fish. "He is not! That's not true!" Deidameia's voice rose high, startling the birds roosting in the rafters. A few feathers wafted down to the floor. She might have said more, but she was crying too hard to speak clearly. Lycomedes turned to me as if for refuge, man to man. "Sir, is this true?" Achilles was squeezing my fingers. "Yes," I said. / end description]
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The Mark of Athena, Rick Riordan
[ID: Percy's expression said, Help. "That was a prophecy," Octavian insisted. "It sounded like a prophecy." No one answered. Annabeth wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but she understood that Percy was on the verge of big trouble. She forced a laugh. "Really, Octavian? Maybe harpies are different here, on the Roman side. Ours have just enough intelligence to clean cabins and cook lunches. Do yours usually foretell the future? Do you consult them for your auguries?" Her words had the intended effect. / end description]
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tigerlyla-of-metinna · 3 months
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Emhyr Wintering With The Witchers Pt 5
Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4
The next day...
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*Sounds of footsteps on stone*
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Emhyr: Are we culling more monsters again, Geralt?"
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Ciri: Sorry to disappoint you, father.
Emhyr: Cirilla!
Ciri: I heard from Geralt how you dealt with the harpies and the necrophages. I wish to see you in action for myself. So I will be your companion today.
Emhyr: Not disappointed, daughter. But are you sure? The mountains are dangerous-
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Ciri: Stop treating me like a child! I am a witcher! I grew up here, trained here, and slain more monsters as much as you've taken human lives!
Emhyr: Cirilla-
Ciri: Ugh! Enough! We are to get rid of the basilisk roosting not far from here. The wyverns are bad enough, but a basilisk near its territory will drive away the wildlife and we will have to hunt deeper into the mountains. Let's go!
Emhyr: Lead the way, daughter.
Later...
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Ciri: There! Get behind me father! This beast is more dangerous than it looks.
Emhyr: We will manage. Both of us!
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Eskel: Ciri, how did the hunt go? Any difficulties dealing with the basilisk?
Ciri:...
Emhyr:...
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Basilisk: SCREEEEEECH!!!!
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Ciri: FATHER!!! GET OFF HIM YOU FILTHY BEAST!
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Emhyr:...................
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Ciri: We did quick work of that giant turkey, didn't we father?
-to be continued!
Photos provided by @eycsnow666, KM pics from my PS4 gameplay, and all photoshop edits and captions by me.
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harpieunion · 9 months
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when I’m given the chance to talk about my Little Ladies, imma do it. I love my Whisps. I adore them. And I will make you love them too.
These are the Whisps (I use she/her when referring to them, but they/it is also acceptable). Named so due to a spelling error turned lore, these Will-o-the-wisps are notable for the indescribable and hushed whispering that fills the air around them. The gals are short, two or so feet tall, and act like intelligent toddlers. They have no features other than elemental “crowns” and color differences. More about them individually under the cut.
The Whisps do as wisps do, assist the lost. Be it the person is physically lost, or something else. They will guide you. (Note: whisps are prone to distraction. They’ll get you to where you need to be, just expect a detour or two.)
Anyways they love climbing people and sitting in laps, holding hands, making forts out of any available martial, being cozy, and playing pretend. But make no mistake, these intelligent toddlers are incalculably old.
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Woohooooo you clicked read more I get to talk more about my ladies to yoooooou
First up we got little flower gal. This one is probably the most social and outgoing of the three. Her favored biomes are temperate and full of foliage and life. Got lost heading home from the creek on a summer evening? She’s your whisp. Her skin is snowy white, and would probably blind you as such if the light hit her right. The flower atop her head is forever blooming and decaying, sometimes changing color and type. She’s the tallest when with her sisters.
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Next we got Lil Pebble. She’s aloof and playful, but gets her job done. More of an egg white compared to her floral sister, and her halo of rocks make delightful tinking noises when they softly collide. Did you know whisps could cook? This one can. Hit her up for a great soup or stew. Something to warm you on those cold days she favors so much. Ice and snow, she’ll be there. She’s best friends with all the avalanche dogs.
Please note she is not responsible for anything on Everest.
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Last we got our fire. Either delightfully warm or searing hot, this lady has a fast temper (dewdrop, is that you?). Somehow, she’s the responsible one. Order and neatness and organization. While she’s slow to warm up to people (ha), she also loves attention. All eyes on her! She loves deserts and the dark, being the guiding flame for those needing safety. “How does a pitch black flame provide light?” You ask. I don’t know, I say.
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betaorionis-fr · 5 months
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old art (from 2019), but i'm still really happy with this halfbody portrait i did for Tyr #50031274, my Harpy's Roost trainer.
[image 1: Tyr, a male pose Gaoler with Wind eyes, Orca Tiger primary, Lead Spirit secondary, and no tertiary gene. He is wearing an accent: Enchanted Collector, which makes his mane silvery and gives him braids and golden detailing on his antlers and claws. /end id]
[image 2: half-body side view art of Tyr, showing his head, mane, and a wing-arm folded forwards. He has a vaguely grumpy expression and his wind-green eye gleams slightly behind his shiny mane, which is silvery with warm highlights. There are several braids tied with glowing golden bands, and his dark brown antlers are covered in golden stripes and rings. his main body is Orca white with grey stripes on the fluffy part of his wing arm, and his underbelly and wing membrane are a dark gray. in addition his wing-claws are tipped in glowing gold. /end id]
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ratsoh-writes · 6 months
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Ages updated!!!!
I’m gonna do my best to include all important characters, including some “side characters” that appear often enough! So let’s begin!
Undertale: Sans: 65, papyrus: 49, Undyne: 47, alphys: 54,Toriel: 934, Asgore: 933, Grillby: 522, Mettaton: 22
Underswap: Star: 60, honey: 44, Twister: 44, Winter: 1013, Napstablook: 23
Underfell: Red: 66, edge: 43, storm: 44, King: 998, felltron: 21
Swapfell Mal: 60, cash: 51
Horrortale Oak: 75, willow: 59, Miss: 944
Horrorswap Lilac: 70, Basil: 54
Horrorfell Rust: 76, Noir: 53
Underlust Charm: 66, sugar: 52, Amor: 367, winnie: 10
Lustswap Sparks: 59, Salt: 50
Lustfell Lush: 63, Pepper: 51, Jezebel: 212, Marcelo goldenfoot: 455
Lustswapfell Sir: 68, weasel: 52, snow: 61
Lustred Flambe: 55, Pesto: 54
Lustgold Butler: 68, gold: 49
Outertale Pluto: 67, Jupiter: 49, titan: 598
Outerfell Orion: 60, atlas: 52
Outerswap Helios: 44, Artemis 36
Fellswap Lord: 60, mutt: 53
Fellswap gold Wine: 64, coffee: 50, Empress: 1033
Farmtale Peaches: 51, rancher: 46, Rosemary: 550, Yosemite: 501
Farmswap Cider: 50, Barley: 42, Carmen: 85, whisky: 520
Farmfell Ram: 49, pitch: 40, russet: 478, pooch: 489
Horrorfarm Moose: 64, maple: 53
Mafias Butch: 60, snipe: 58, ace: 53, boss: 50, slim: 48, bruiser: 45, tempest: 64, Don: 645, Madame: 647, Mr corgi (aka Charles): 67
Birdtale Quill: 59, crow: 51
Birdswap Mango: 62, papaya: 36, canary: 278
Birdfell Roost: 53, harpy: 42, Lewis: 90
Draketale Alden: 68, Ollivander: 60
Drakefell Barin: 71, Arwin: 59
Drakeswap Hilda: 66, saga: 63
Seatale Fisher: 60, Jasper 25
Seaswap Finn: 59, sails: 27
Seafell Hook: 58, captain: 30
Gastertale G: 80, green: 79
Dancetale Pop: 52, rhythm: 45, salsa: 678
Theatretale Tempo: 50, vibrato: 29
Fallouttale Lens: 69, cricket, 49, piranha: 65
Templetale Zen: 67, shield: 35
Nomadtale Gears: 49, compass: 42, copper: 645, lilo: 21, weave: 126, wisteria: 157, linden: 158
Here’s a quick rundown of a monsters lifespan:
A common monster has a life expectancy of 700 years give or take. The oldest monster in record (that wasn’t a royal) was a Drake monster who lived 732 years.
They are considered infants/babies up until the age of two. Toddlerhood is from 2-6
Children are from the ages of 7-13. Most monsters start public school at ages 7-8
Teenagers are from 14-19. Monsters mature at a slower rate than humans, and so while the body may look grown in the later teen years, they have yet to develop sexual maturity until around 20.
Once 20 they are considered adults, but some subspecies can continue growing up till 30
After puberty in the early 19-22 range, a monster is considered a young adult from 25-190. You can compare those ages to a human in their early to mid 20s physically
Middle Ages range from 200s- 400s roughly
500s are considered older and retirement age, 600s are elderly. Anything past 680 is fragile
The lifespan goes down with halfbreed monsters ( “full” monster parent and “full” human parent) where they live around 600-650 years
The lifespan takes a bigger drop for mages who have an expectancy of 250 years. Witches (humans who have trained to use magic) are known to live up to their 130s if they aren’t soulbonded to a monster partner.
Monsters and half breeds born with the disease called dimming rarely live past their 400s
An exception to the monster lifespan are the “royals”. They take a ritual after being voted into office that binds them to their country, making it so that any decisions they make for the country has to be for its and the peoples benefit (as far as they believe), making them a servant to ebott for the rest of their lives, but extending their life and health in return. The ritual can be broken for the royals who wish to retire and die in peace. The oldest recorded ruler was rumored to be around three thousand
And now the crash!!
For those who don’t know what that is, it’s when all the AUs merged (and my excuse for why all these guys are in the same place lol).
The crash started 17 years ago, and ended within 9 months. Since then no other mystery groups of monsters have been discovered.
Here’s a brief timeline of ebott from crash until now
First day: the land mass that holds ebott appears
Day 2: undertale, underswap, gastertale,, dancetale, theatretale, templetale, all the “farm” AUs, “lust” AUs and the “outer” AUs
Month one: the bird AUs fall from the sky, the nomads stumble out of the forest and the sea AUs mysteriously arrive on ship to shore
Month two, after two months, most of the fell aus (underfell, swapfell, fellswap gold) appear
Month three, the factory (mafias) monsters appear along with the “ghost city” now inhabited and known as ebott city, the capitol. A few weeks later, the fallout monsters appear and ebotts first official hospitals are created
Month four, the royals are finally brought together after threats of inner fighting, and Asgore is voted in as the king
Things settle for four more months, and the new land is explored, vary basic laws are out into place, and things start getting divided into districts.
Month five: Ebott makes contact with several other countries and is introduced to the worlds currency system. Ebotts gold, silver, copper coins is recognized as a currency by the rest of the world
Month seven, the first and only orphanage is founded for any unclaimed children.
On month nine of the crash, the monsters finally access the underground, and to their horror, they find three separate chambers housing the starving horror AUs who had no idea everything that was going on above.
Month ten, land is sold and divided, and ebott begins creating large scale farms
May 20, 2007, ebott celebrates their first official year as a country. The capitol city is named new ebott (cause Asgore sucks at naming things and frankly the rest of the royals aren’t much better)
May 30th, the royal guard is finally re-organized
December 2007, ebotts first countrywide gyftmas celebration, also an official design for the flag and coins are voted on and implemented
February 2008, the first official jail is built and used in ebott lol
July 2008, ebott is finally let into the rest of the worlds internet, and electricity reaches more areas besides just ebott city
August 2008, ebotts children and teens discover tik tok, and it is unanimously decided by every one that a standard public school has to be created
Late august 2008, the first public school is finished in city center
September 2008, the number of school sites number around 300, and counting
January 2009, ebott state college is built and open
April 2009, the ebott scouts is formed, and children hoping to join the guard in the future are able to sign up.
March 2010, ebott is opened by presiding countries for international students and charity programs
November 2010, the following of lady magic opens the temple to the public, and takes over the maintenance of what used to be known as the horrors underground. A grotto is transformed into a place of remembrance for those left behind before the crash
May 2011, the core from the stable underground is moved to the surface and duplicated into several other power factories. All of inhabited ebott is at least within an hour of power
May 2012, the stable underground is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Ebotts is opened by presiding countries to tourism
February 2013, because of public pressure from mainly farm, bird, lusts and the temple monsters, human-monster marriages are now recognized under the state as valid
July 2013 A farm monster discovers how to successfully cultivate magic crops from the underground, aboveground. He shares the secret for free, and other farm monsters take initiative to start sharing their own crop secrets. He is awarded the title of prince.
January 2014 Due to complaints about side effects from human foods, money is poured into research about safer ways to process and preserve foods in ebott.
April 2014, mellowmart becomes the largest company in ebott, finally beating out Walmart in scale.
December 2016, ebott petitions to be recognized as a free independent country to the United Nations. Ebott is turned down
December 2017, ebott petitions again to be recognized as an independent nation
February 2017 Immigration into ebott is closed, and monsters begin boycotting imported human goods. The ebott navy is built.
July 2017, ebott is declared an independent nation
March 2018, the royals declare ebott self sufficient in feeding the country when the amount of food related exports finally exceeds the imports for the first time
July 2018, ebott celebrates its first freedom festival
October 2018, the first college dedicated to the arts is opened in the captitol
July 2019, magical spars are declared the national sport after a grueling battle between spar fans and pickleball fans
November 2019, the first echo festival is celebrated in Goldenvalley
February 2020, humans not born in ebott are finally allowed to apply for citizenship, and the process for that is created.
April 2020 the goldenflower festival is organized for the first time
September 2020, several big brands like coco cola, Hersheys and nestle are banned in ebott when complaints of health issues becomes too much
March 2021, Wendy’s becomes the first company to create a monster-safe fast food outside of ebott, and after months of testing, is given permission to sell. Many other food companies follow and begin making separate recipes for their monster customers
May 2022, snails are declared the national animal of ebott, and popular snail breeds are recognized and the society of the domesticated snail is created for shows and licenses
November 2022, a different country tries to declare war on ebott on the grounds of them “stealing” their young working force (immigrant workers). Ebott threatens to close borders to tourists, those coming for medical care, and all outside companies selling in their lands. The untied nations slaps down the country declaring war.
February 2023, a new branch of the royal guard, called the NPTRF (national people’s trafficking relief foundation) or more commonly called the reverse kidnappers by ebotts supportive teens, is founded to combat the rapidly rising issue of monsters and humans being trafficked and dragged outside the country
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amymaleneart · 5 months
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Going Home to Roost (DCA Harpy AU) Chapter 14
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stonegearstudios · 4 months
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Creating a MegaDungeon
So, for a few weeks now, thanks to RPPR, I've been thinking about MegaDungeons as interesting conceptual spaces. It started with Stonehell, but I've been looking at other ones like Highfell, Tomb of 1000 Doors, I backed a Kickstarter called Ave Nox... And unsurprisingly (for me) I started thinking about how I would make one. The guiding thought was "What if you made a MegaDungeon, a constrained and connected space, both above ground and without walls?" From that idea has come 'The Eye of the Storm'
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The basic concept is this
Off the coast of a certain area is a storm, a massive, violent hurricane that reaches up through the atmosphere, out of sight.
The storm has been there for as long as anyone can remember, as long as history records, never moving, never shrinking.
The Storm is eternal.
Likewise, it is unknown who exactly first breached the Stormwalls by using powerful magic to briefly calm the winds, but what they found within has become common local knowledge.
Floating islands, suspended on thin air, cocooned in the eye of the storm, rising up. On those islands were ruins of an unknown make, but also strange plants and dangerous creatures. The most dangerous of all being the Elementals that seemed to infest the place.
Over the years many groups have been drawn to the storm. Adventures have breached it in search of treasure and strange mystical reagents, Harpies and other flying creatures considered monstrous have flocked here to roost, and wielders of powerful magic came to study the forces that maintain the vortex.
But none have ever reached Summit, eternally out of reach.
Will you?
So yeah, that's the basic premise of the dungeon. Floating islands inside a eternal storm, progression through the dungeon is like the ascent of a dangerous mountain in some aspects.
The main thought was, most dungeons and MegaDungeons are underground, so could you do the opposite, one where you are under the light of day, exposed to all manner of weather, and where you could physically see in the distance the other levels you were yet to get to?
That also raised the question of how to map out the placement of the floating islands? Eventually I came up with a potential model in Blender
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Yes, it looks nonsensical at first, but it's really just a reference for me. The Outline Boxes represent a potential space where a island could be on the 9 layers of the dungeon, while a Green Sphere represents the presence of an island in that space. That way I can remember the positioning of them all in relation to each other and figure out the connections between them.
So far I've got a loose idea of the one at the top and am working on the one at the very bottom, likely the first island any PCs would land on (and the only one that's not floating).
Lot of work to go and I've still got to figure out things like how i'm going to map the islands (I can't draw) and what system I should build the encounters around.
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goremet-chef · 11 months
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@kelvin-lover look
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its her :] shes completely vile but also SHES SO CUTE GRGGG the best creature
RANDOM NOTES ABOUT HER THAT IVE HAD IN MY HEAD FOR LIKE. MONTHS
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shes shy! shes not canon to any of my active written stories but basically jupiter is the one who found her, he saw her hiding in a bush and was like shit let me back off, but she backed off too and he was like huh weird cuz harpy mutants are usually so fucking annoying and bothersome
when he saw her again he didnt initially recognize her visually, only her behavior made him think it was the same one and he saw the splotch on her wing and learned to identify her that way
hes not stupid so he doesnt ever get close to her obviously, but at some point she approaches him when hes foraging for berries and hes like shit and they stare at eachother and he awkwardly tosses a berry at her and she catches it
its like cat rules, if you feed the cats outside, they are your cats now SKFJSF so thats how that went
she thinks rabbits are cute (if not innately human, you can also refer to how elephants find humans cute. that sort of response)
she does kill sometimes but she doesnt like the taste of the meat typically so she would just leave it
shes an outcast from other harpies due to her behavior getting them in trouble. curiosity is her biggest motive, she wants to know a lot, but that causes conflict or sometimes drew threats nearer to the roost, so they booted her
thats one of the reasons she approaches jupiter, she doesnt really learn? like something bad will happen and theres a good chance she wont see why it happened and do it again SFKSJ shes just lucky she didnt stumble upon someone who could properly fight, like monty or cicero. if cicero didnt kill her, monty absolutely wouldve
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leggerefiore · 5 months
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Honchkrow!Cyrus does not migrate for the winter and he is more than accustomed to Winter. However, he does roost in the evening and therefore demands nightly cuddles with his mate and daughter.
Cyrus is not going to ask to cuddle, so you just go to bed and wake up to your harpy boyfriend clinging to you for dear life and warmth. (Though, he's arguably warmer.) With Cyllene, however, she is going to initiate it by whining. Murkrow daughter must be picked up and surrounded by warmth, or she will stand there with big, sad eyes silently.
You probably peer into your bedroom to see the two cuddled up all the time in the winter, either both passed out or just Cyllene asleep with Cyrus doing some work on his tablet. It's hard to join them because you feel like you will just interrupt them. (If you do, you must sandwich poor Cyllene who just wants to sleep between her parents.)
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