03 🐣 HYJ: Late January - February Catchall

[monsterdaddy]

Who: Yoojin monsterdaddy, open and closed prompts
When: Late January through February
Where: Hearthsong Salon/Stag's Rest Lounge (Castle), in or around the barracks (Castle); other locations TBA.
What: Help Yoojin figure out his gay feelings while he prepares for Budwake, meet a small pink child, show off your illusions for the Meramancers Wanted quest; other prompts TBA. One of them will definitely be a talk with Bulat on 2/7.
Warnings: Will warn in subject headers if the topic of how Yoojin ended up with a small pink child comes up! Also, as always, folks can opt into or out of Yoojin's annoyingly many skills, including the one where he sees your character sheet, here on his permissions page.

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[monsterdaddy]

[Again, Changeling shakes his head.]

Where we come from, things that die... don't come back at all.

[Again, he looks at his dad. A complicated sadness beyond his apparent age--and even further beyond his actual age--weighs his lashes down. He sighs, pulls his knees up to his chest instead, and wraps his arms around them.]

They leave pieces behind, like bodies or fragments, that can become other things... but they don't come back. I know that, and I've seen Dad fight and get hurt so he won't lose anyone else. So I know what it's like, and it's not scary to listen to.

[He thinks about it gravely another moment.]

I'm sure it was scary to live through, though.

[stormkingofshepherds]

[Nathaniel inches a bit closer, reaching out to gently place a hand on Changeling's knee.] ...it was. Most Pokemon can't come back like Legendaries do, and...Macy was the third Pokemon to join my team, but now she's the one who's been with me the longest.

And...even Legendaries don't remember everything when they reincarnate. My team helped a bunch of scientists who figured out a way to bring back Legendaries who were supposedly permanently dead, and they managed to bring back Zapdos. They...they imprinted on me, so I ended up being the one to raise them. And more recently...they figured out how to take human form, just so they could call me "dad."

[monsterdaddy]

[Changeling's wings flutter slightly as he looks up, surprised by the soft touch.]

...Did you... think of them as your child before then?

[stormkingofshepherds]

...not quite. [He has to admit it. He knew they were smart, and he cared deeply for them, and he wanted to raise them well, but it was still more of a trainer-Pokemon relationship.] They were dear to me, of course, as the youngest member of my team. I was shocked, to hear them call me that. But at the same time...it hasn't felt like that large of a change. I'm glad, to have them in my life, to be their dad.

[monsterdaddy]

...I want Dad to feel like that about me, too.

[He turns his face politely into his elbow to cover a yawn, blinks a couple times. Eepy.]

I was born to grant his wish. He created me with the power to do it. But when I was finally ready, he put what he wanted aside and asked me to protect everyone instead. So now... I have to find other ways to make him happy.

What do you think I should do?