Q&A Sessions for Orders and Conscience

Question: Brown X Tal'nera

Northwind: Okay, Red's going to stay in quarters for this one...

Cyan: Northwind, one sentence out of your mouth made sense...

Northwind: ...Because Umbitr's going to tell us about Tal'nera.

Brown: Why?

Green: I had to do it. Why not you? You killed me for him, after all.

Brown: Well... what do you want to know...? And who wants to know?

Blue: Us.

White: rosevoltaris?

Northwind: Yep. To both of your guesses. So, Brown, how 'bout you tell us about your partner?

Brown: I-uh... barzul. This won't leak out to his parents or back home... right?

Northwind: Why would I tell them if I'm wiping your memories afterward? C'mon, you have nothing to worry about. 

Brown: Okay. *Take a deep breath and cracks his neck* So, uh, Tal'nera... he's my unofficial partner. His parents tolerate me as a friend because my form is of the House of Sky and because Vac'shar was an old friend who stayed out of the Land-Sky feud. But they don't forget that K'dela's form as a wolf is of Land and that's why we mostly stay clear of them.

Black: They like to send us nasty glares, but Tal'nera was one of the few who didn't care. He's a good friend, Umbitr. I can imagine you and him together. 

Brown: Thank you... now, uh, he mostly trains with us because Vac'shar specializes in the missions. He wanted to get away from all of the family drama and the missions took him off-planet so... yeah.

Black: Umbitr, I think everyone here wants your emotions or something. Yellow and Green are giving you strange looks.

Yellow: Yeah, because I'm wondering at this point if you feel anything.

Brown: I do feel... I just don't like to voice my feelings much. 

Green: So you love him?

Brown: *Somewhat intensely* Yes! Why else would I make him a reason why I want to go back? If he gets out of that hell-hole alive and his parents decide to question him why he was punished, he could get put under something and it could just burst out of his mouth! They wouldn't care that he was their son; they would kill him then and there!

Black: *Whispers to everyone else* Horribly. And Tal'nera wouldn't die then and there. He would be dunked in a vat of Silthir oil and hung out for all to see. The oil would corrode his skin and eat at him over a period of several excruciatingly painful days. 

Orange: Is everyone on your planet a psychopath?!

Black: Everyone in the leadership system, yes. 

Brown: *Sits down and puts his head in his hands* Yeah. I don't want to see him like that... even seeing him in that room made me feel like a... tightness in my chest. I don't know what it was, but I don't want to see him in pain again or feel that sensation. 

Northwind: Umbitr, this is going to keep going until we get a few personal details. That was a good start, but maybe some of his likes and dislikes, or how you guys manage to get together without Vac'shar and his parents knowing?

Brown: Ahh. That. 

Black: Umbitr, what have you been doing?

Brown: Sneaking out at night... stargazing in the forest...

Black: You were going to see him. I should have guessed... that was the only bit of rule-breaking you did.

Brown: Yeah. So, uh, likes and dislikes... I'm pretty sure you guys already know his dislikes. He doesn't like it when he is trapped in a lecture from his parents, he isn't fond of people who are mean for no reason-

Cyan: So, Red?

Brown: After he shoved K'dela into that closet and then walked away like nothing was wrong, yeah, Tal'nera got kind of ticked. He also doesn't like to spend massive amounts of time indoors. It's normal for all of us, but he in particular cannot stand more than three hours straight. He sleeps perched on his windowsill with the windows open. It's really cute, if I do say so myself...

Black: Umbitr... how do you know how he sleeps?

Brown: Uh... I kind of... kind of... snuck over there once to meet him when he didn't show...

Blue: *Writing all of this down on a notepad*

Brown *Doesn't notice* So, yeah. *Coughs* He likes to watch the stars and he points out constellations to me. Sunsets, as well. If there's a time that he can have fun or be funny, he'll take it. 

Blue: *Stops writing* You guys can have fun?

Brown: Yeah, wh- *Realizes* Blue, give me the notepad.

Blue: Eh, I think not. *Yeets it over her shoulder to Cyan*

Brown: Oh, come on!