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lliribee-go-lightly · 1 year

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frogs

You're walking in Caledon Forest one day when you see two specific sylvari on a walk together. One of them, perfectly serene, is happily pausing to wait every few steps while the other goes delightedly ricocheting off, regularly disappearing from view in one area only to suddenly reappear in a completely different area moments later. Her returns to her companion are, to a one, sprinting full tilt at xyr before coming to an abrupt stop mere inches away so as to excitedly present xe whatever it is she's found.

For xem part, you don't see xe flinch a single time; each return is met with the same affectionately solemn acceptance of whatever is being handed to xyr.

As your own path brings you closer to them, the serene sylvari notices you watching them curiously; you suddenly have a sense of an idea of going closer, overlaid with inquisitiveness and… general amusement maybe? You're not entirely sure; it's decidedly not your thought.

You come closer, and the inquisitiveness changes into a sense of greeting, like two people saying hello. You're not quite sure what's happening, but you do have manners, so you wave your own greeting at xe; the other sylvari has disappeared off again.

Now xer sends you a sense of calm delight and amused mystery, and shows you xem clasped hands. "Oh?" you ask, and xe open xem hands to reveal–

Frogs. Multiple tiny frogs. Who, despite being frogs, and therefore working with significantly less in the expressions department, are still managing to look distinctly confused as to how they ended up in the hands of this random, perfectly calm and sedate sylvari.

The riddle is solved, for you at least, when the other sylvari suddenly appears directly to your left, making you jump. She visibly vibrates with excitement as she presents her companion with, somehow, yet another frog.

It looks just as confused as the others.

The moment the frog is accepted into her companion's hands, still with the easy solemnity of each previously accepted offering, the sylvari is haring off again. You watch as her companion carefully maneuvers all but one frog onto a single hand, and then delicately holds the one on their other palm out towards you. In your mind's eye you see an image of the same frog, and with it comes that sense of inquisitiveness again, and an idea of taking it.

You take the frog. "Thank you?" you say.

Xyr smile brightly, eyes squinting nearly shut in satisfaction. Then, with a final nod to you and a sense of farewell, xyr turns away to continue xe walk.

You look at the frog you are now holding. It looks about as confused as you feel.

#my characters #llirimir #blacklight zither #gw2 fic #my writing #note: zither's pronouns are Anything starting with x; Especially if it's not strictly grammatical #pick something with an x in front and slap it down baybee! pick another thing with an x and slap it down next!#character introductions #llirimir is a ball of sunshine and rainbows <333 #zither is luminescent in similar ways to deep cave fungus #xhey've got xe own thing going on it's great <3 #why is lliri catching frogs? it's fun!!!!#~~maybe she thinks zither eats them. she's hunting!! for her good good friend!!!~~#(zither probably does not eat the frogs lliri catches for xe djfjjshf xem ARE however fond of crickets)#(woe to any crickets in the area when lliri finds this out <3)#silvered words

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