[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

[geonomy]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...

Comments

[nerdeology]

That isn't exactly the reason I take issue with them...

[It's not like he's keen on animal abuse or anything, but they're hardly cuddly friendly puppies. He has issues with dogs even when all they do is bark, never mind the wild and savage hellionized versions.]

[save_the_souls]

Oh, right. The hellion part's not good either.

[Still, hitting doggies!! It seems wrong to him.]

Yeah. Hope it's not something like that on the other end. [...] Do you think this place has dogs?

[nerdeology]

I hope not.

[Did he say that too fast? Dammit he probably did.]

...I mean, everything seems to be oversized, here. I'm not sure I like the idea of giant dogs running around.

[save_the_souls]

[............Turns to look at him]

Mikleo...do you....not like dogs?

[??? ??? ???]

[nerdeology]

I didn't say that!

[Okay, not... in so many words...]

...Dogs don't like me.

[save_the_souls]

[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

-- Don't you blame the dogs! They are wonderful companions!

[ALLEN THERE AREN'T EVEN ANY DOGS HERE]

[nerdeology]

I can blame them if I want! All they ever do is bark at me!

[HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS YOUR ONLY INTERACTION WITH THEM]

[save_the_souls]

That's just how they talk when they don't recognise someone!

[nerdeology]

Well I don't like it! They make me nervous!

[And that's the closest he'll get to admitting it.]

[save_the_souls]

[HEATHEN

But he huffs. Right okay, maybe he's just run into some barky dogs.]

Maybe we just need you to meet some calm dogs. Ones that don't bark much.

[THEN YOU'LL SEE!!!]

[nerdeology]

[ALL DOGS ARE BARKY

THEY HAVE INSTILLED A LONGSTANDING FEAR IN THIS CHILD]

I haven't met one yet. Animals instinctively can perceive seraphim, and dogs always end up barking at me.

[save_the_souls]

[he thinks about it....yeah, there's Kiter on his ship, but he's a puppy and way too excitable. Too much for Mikleo. Same with the foxes and the direwolf pup. Hmmmmm...]

I see....


Well, I guess I can't really judge, not when I'm scared of lions...

[Not that it'll stop him from trying to make Mikleo to see the light of dogs. But hey, he has time. He needs to find the right dog first after all]

[nerdeology]

[......lions are such a reasonable thing to be afraid of, though...]

I suspect you'd take issue with the Lord of Calamity for more reasons than just the "akuma" part, then.

[Thank goodness he's not Doggybeard, or Mikleo might have had to rethink his devotion to the sub lord role.]

[save_the_souls]

[Yeah, but not so much when he fights much, much worse on the regular]

......He's a lion?

[nerdeology]

Half-lion, more like. He has the head of a lion, with clawed hands and feet, and... sort of a tail.

[It was more of a glowy whip-thing covered in razor blades, but the basic concept was there.]

His body is that of a man's though. A huge one, at least.

[save_the_souls]

...Nngh.

I guess it fits the name...

[Terrifying though]

[nerdeology]

Mm. Technically that's his title... his name is Heldalf.

[A beat, and then-]

Edna always called him 'Kittybeard', though. I guess it took some of the edge off.

[save_the_souls]

...Kittybeard....


[Yeah. Yeah it does kill the edge a little bit there]

[nerdeology]

Yeah. ...Admittedly, none of us have called him that to his face. I'm not quite sure how he'd react.

[It's a lot easier to mock him opening when one is safely away from his terrifying domain.]

[save_the_souls]

Probably...not very well, if I could guess. He doesn't sound like the type to have a sense of humour.

[Looking like a big imposing lion, a name like Lord of Calamity. Yeah. Probably not as quirky as the Earl]

[nerdeology]

...No, probably not.

[Oof. Talking about specific hellions is probably a bad idea- still too close to home, and still something he hasn't even properly discussed with the people he ought to yet.

He shifts somewhat uncomfortably in his spot and leans forward a little, resting his elbows on his knees to gaze out over the cliff.]

The animals here are supposed to be pretty unusual, aren't they? Size-wise, that is.

[save_the_souls]

[Allen can sense his discomfort, so he'll go along with him for the subject change]

Mm, very big. I imagine it's from the mystical energy of this place. Causes them to reach sizes that they normally couldn't.

[nerdeology]

It's a very strange thing to see... malevolence can do that to animals, too, but I don't really sense any.

[Oh goddammit and now he's circled back around again. What the hell.]

Rather... it feels different. I'm not sure what to think about it.

[save_the_souls]

Yeah...

[Nice to know bout malevolence though]

I remember about a year and a half ago, we came by another planet that reminds me of this one. I'll have to reread Beverly's reports on it, jog my memory.

[nerdeology]

A report? I'd be interested in reading that, if you know where to find it.

[It may not help much from a spiritual perspective, if her resonance is as low as he recalls, but it might shed some light on a few things anyway.]