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[usurpers]

Name: un: eren jaeger
Date: december 10th
Format: text

the snow isn't snow. not all of it.
the flurries taste like mint and there are things blending with them. the elders said they sound like ice pixis.
i couldntc atch anything the melt right onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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me
ate on e
but i heard compla;ning

[ obviously someone would complain if they got eaten! a few moments later: ]

the elders have stories about them being part of The Courts, changing the seasons. nasty, mischievous, know how to hold a grudge if you don’t like the cold, but nothing’s happened to me, at least.

does anyone know more about these? any try to catch them to confirm? if they caused this storm, makes a lot more sense.

Comments

[niespodzianka]

Eren
what the fuck

[usurpers]

what is it?

un: nel zelpher

[guillotine]

Check yourself in to see a medic.

[usurpers]

If I feel anything abnormal, I will. What’s your concern?

[ not hounding her, just genuinely curious. maybe she knew something about these buggers. ]

[guillotine]

”the flurries taste like mint and there are things blending with them”

[fiddlestick]

[ Yeah he can only make half of that out. And he can feel the cold coming from the bond ]

Eren please go inside before you freeze.

[usurpers]

I have tea.

[ he's AWAKE and warm now!! no! ]

[fiddlestick]

I don't think the tea's helping that much. I can't understand what you're saying.

un: persephone

[joies]

Stop eating pixies, Eren. That can't be good for you.

[But joking aside, the next part... really catches her attention. Courts? That brought the change of seasons?

That's familiar. A little too familiar.]

It wouldn't surprise me if they caused the storm, creatures like that tend to care for little besides their own entertainment. Maybe I'll try to catch a few myself to ask.

[A beat, then another message follows.]

Did you hear anything else about these Courts?

[usurpers]

It didn't do anything.

[ . . . let alone eating a pixie doesn't phase him as much as it should. huh. ]

Good luck. They'll run from you, too. And I don't know how many words it actually spoke. [ fire dragons, and all! and squeaky tongue. ] Only the basic stories from around here [ and a little extra ]. Do you know those?

[joies]

Yet. The stomach issues still have time to develop.

[And Persephone doesn't even think it's that... weird. Look she's a changeling, this shit is normal back home - ]

It still warrants some investigating, and I think I have better luck wandering through the snow than most.

[Since she's like. Literally hot now. Though the cold is also making her feel really sluggish. She's pretty sure she's taken like three naps today already - ]

I do not, please enlighten me. I'm very curious about these stories.

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[sylphid]

what did it taste like?

[The pixie. And someone needs to ask, right?]

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[usurpers]

Sharp mint, stronger than the flakes. When you inhale your mouth feels fresh, almost icy.

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[sylphid]

hm...

text | un: reddeer

[rightfoot]

Don't go around eating people. Pixies?

[usurpers]

Not usually.

[ usually ]

They made it sound like lesser faes, but they sound the same to me.

[rightfoot]

... Yeah. I mean, people don't usually eat people.

[ the fuck, my man ]

I mean, it doesn't really matter what they are. Should you really be eating them?

[ why are people ]

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[hippocarnival]

you what

[How is he even supposed to respond to "I ate one".

It's a while before he offers more of a reply]

i caught some in a jar

the coven told me about the same

their language disappeared when the courts did so nobody could understand them

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[usurpers]

[ eren knows that's rhetorical so reread if you must, child. but !!!!!! ]

Where're they now?

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[mirshikar]

Back where I'm from, changing the seasons wasn't pixie work. It was my work, along with the other monarchs from the great seasonal courts.

But. You ate a goddamn ice pixie. You sure you're fine? If that thing complained on its way down, there's no telling what it still could do to your insides.

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[usurpers]

It was gone before then. [ it had a v nice CRUNCH to it tho ] So you’re fae?

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[lonewanderer]

eren don't eat things that can curse you

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[usurpers]

I’m ten years too late for that.

[ lmao ]

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[whydogs]

Cool story.

[Bro.]

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[usurpers]

Cool.

[ guess we’re punning now ]