caughtinanetwork | 13 ♐ Video ♐ B100B100ds Gone Wild

[The video flickers on in someone's lap, and that someone happens to be sitting somewhere high- perhaps a fence? The fence isn't important. What's being filmed is important. Kind of.]

[If you are into two intensely muscular alien men wrestling. Then it is important.]

[To anyone who can recognize the two trolls, it's obviously Equius and Darkleer with the latter keeping the other pinned down to the ground. To anyone unfamiliar with them, it looks like a pair of near identical twins with only Equius' broken horn and slightly less muscular frame being the only differences.]

[Both of them have obviously been at this for a while, if the sweat slicked over their bare torsos is any indication. They're both breathing heavily, breaking apart briefly and just staring at one another. Then Darkleer ducks in, there's a scuffle, and Equius is slammed to the ground with the two of them locked together- muscles flexing, long hair tossed everywhere, skin rubbing against skin. There are gouges in the earth from too much STRENGTH.]

[Whoever is holding the SFC makes a very soft honking noise.]

[Darkleer starts to speak as he struggles to keep Equius down.]

Come on- you can do better- [A grunt.] -don't give up so easily-

[There's a buck, and Darkleer gives a breathless chuckle but doesn't let go. Another soft honk from the camera holder.]

That's it- [A pause as he finally notices the SFC.] Gamzee are you filming this?

[ooc: Replies might come from Darkleer, Equius, Gamzee, and every mix of the three!]

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Matesprit? Can he talk to other things people normally can't?

[Why else would it seem unusual that someone couldn't talk to it? He is interested in these quirks but he'd rather see more of them before he makes inquiries.]

The list of questions she posted had a lot of words and things in it I didn't know.

Yes. Summoner Lysunder, if you wanted to speak to him. He can communicate with animals, even creatures as small as insects.

[It's definitely going to be an afternoon full of explanation, but Darkleer doesn't mind. Exchanging information is something he actually likes.]

I could help you, if you liked. Which words gave you trouble?

That's really neat! Do all trolls have abilities like that?

[Despite the troll's offer Fai worries about asking too much at one time. He's put up with the boy's curiosity so far though, so it's probably okay. Let's just stick to a few questions at a time.]

What's claustrophobic? Or prank call? And uh, are troll relationships really that complicated?

Heh... No, not all of us. Depending on the color of blood a troll has, they have a higher chance of getting such abilities.

[That is quite a few things he has on his mind. It turns out it will not be only Alternian things which he will be explaining. Well, no point in putting it off.]

Well, claustrophobia is the intense fear of being in an enclosed space... Such as a closet, although what is too small of an area could possibly vary. A prank call is when you call someone with the intent playing a joke on them. As for troll relationships, I do not find them any more complicated than a normal relationship with another but I suppose that is a manner of opinion.

What other kinds of things can trolls do?

[He never said they were troll-specific things, but that's certainly the direction things are going to turn.]

I guess they might just seem complicated to someone who's not used to seeing them defined that way... [Or someone who's not been in many relationships themselves.]

So do all trolls have a lusus and is each lusus different?

Well, all trolls are generally very durable and tough. Some trolls can create psionic energy and use it to burn things or move them about. Others can communicate with the dead. I knew one troll who could influence the actions of others with her mind. Trolls who have blue or purple blood are often immune to things that influence us mentally like that, however.

[He doesn't mention his own ability to just... fade from public perception, almost invisibility but not quite. That is something he prefers to keep to himself, most of the time, although a few know it exists.]

That's right. I had a horse lusus. Lysunder had one that was a bull. Miss Feferi has a... very old creature which lives deep beneath the ocean, at least the one on our world.

So many different things... Would Mister Lysunder mind if I ask him about being able to talk to animals?

[That's all right, Fai won't be bringing up his potential for magic to anybody any time soon. He still appreciates all the information that Darkleer is readily providing.]

Does anybody have their lusus here?

I doubt he would mind much at all. I could get him to speak to you right now, if you'd like.

[That question makes him pause as he goes through the list of trolls in Vatheon in his mind. Does anyone have their lusus brought to Vatheon? He doesn't believe so...]

No one's own lusus is here, but during the last, ah, winter, I did manage to be reunited with the lusus of someone I knew a long time ago. I could introduce you to her, if you would like. She is most certainly a more gentle lusus than some others I have seen.

[You are being all too kind to him, but Fai has reached his capacity for meeting new people for a while. His voice still shows his interest, but his insecurity is starting to surface.]

You don't have to do anything like that... You've already helped me out a whole lot with everything you've told me. I'd, um, like to meet them both eventually though.

Well, whenever you would like to, feel free to leave a message in... Ah, has your brother taught you how to leave messages in someone's inbox yet?

He hasn't, but I'm sure he will if I ask him to. Thank you for answering all of my questions, Mister Darkleer.

It is no trouble at all, Fai. I do not mind speaking with you.

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