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@cottaarcs
Cotta parenting vs Arc parenting
Terra: I can't just let some stranger into my house around my wife and kid. I know! I'll take them to the CCTS relay with me. They'd never try anything dumb around a group of soldiers, right?
Saphron: Oh, cool, a nice Grimm! Come right on in, little buddy.
Like any normal little boy, he had no problem crawling onto the Grimm’s back with surprisingly strong grip for a mere two-year old. He kept cooing and making pleased noises now that he was significantly higher up.
Adrian looked up to Saphron, as if to say, Hey! Mom! Look at what I can do!
“Is somebody playing horsey? Awwwww.”
Saphron felt stupid for putting her scroll away, because she just ended up whipping it back out to take another plethora of pictures. She was very tempted to send them to Terra, but she didn’t want her having a heart attack at work.
Terra snickered a bit at Steele’s dedication to remaining clean after the compliment. It would have warranted an eye roll if it weren’t for the fact Terra wasn’t sure if he was serious or not.
“Obviously you’re excused for being messy if it’s because of Grimm. Oh! That reminds me, if you do get roughed up, the infirmary is in the middle of the site.”
It wasn’t much of an infirmary as much as a quickly-placed prefab building with a bunch of medical signs on it.
“If you need extra supplies or clothes just let me know and I’ll take us into town when we have time.”
@paragonofvirtue from here
The visible wear and tear on Cinder’s clothes concerned Saphron greatly. Her mind jumped to a thousand and one assumptions all at once before she finally spoke up.
“You poor thing, are you alright? It’s getting cold and dark out. How about we go to my house so you can fix up your clothes in peace.”
It was a quick and spontaneous offer, yes, but Saphron was too much of a humanitarian.
@minigun-stilettos from here
Maybe were Terra still in grade school she’d get all blushy at the compliment; instead, she opted for a simple look of surprise.
“Oh! Um... thank you?”
“If I knew we were supposed to dress to impress, I would have gotten us to wear our Viridian Secret lingerie.”
Saphron’s flirtatious joke warranted a behave yourself glance from Terra. Saphron giggled at her wife’s sudden stern features then stepped out of the way to let Coco in. Besides, with her just in her underwear, it was getting cold with the breeze getting in.
@txnkxred mentioned you in a post
…a starter. | @ cottaarcs “The curse of…
Terra didn’t want to make Platino feel uncomfortable, but Argus could really use the help of someone who knew their way around some serious hardware. Terra was good with circuitry and basic programming, especially in the communication’s field, but other than that her skills were more specialized.
But, Terra wasn’t Atlas. She wouldn’t use up people then ignore them when they outlived their usefulness. If she wanted something from him, the least she could do was give him the time of day.
“I… understand your hesitance to help out. What with the fall of Beacon, the scary recordings of Atlesian Knights attacking civilians; those who design machines might as well be pulling the trigger on every weapon they’ve touched.”
He could go on a whole spiel about all the flaws with the Atlesian Knights and criticize their kingdom of origin until the heat death of the universe, but now was not the right time to rant and rave about his detestation for Atlas. After all, nobody traveled across the sea for help unless they absolutely needed it.
“My hesitance is based not on the fall alone, if at all, miss. I simply lack faith in others and have a hard time believing that what I can provide will be used properly. It certainly wouldn’t be the first or last time that such a thing has happened, and with the way those military fops can be, I can safely assume that they could and would do such a thing, and I would rather not have my name be on them if they go haywire from all the ‘fixing’.”
An audible sigh left Terra. He was right. Not only was it likely the military would misuse his tech, if it had his name on it, he would be the one to lose reputation. Not just Atlas, assuming they took a public relations hit at all for it.
“You got me there. I’m not much of a blacksmith or anything, but I’m really good with tech. Especially in communications. CCTS circuitry, software, all of that stuff.”
This, unfortunately, was the point where she’d have to tell him that his fears were well-founded and he was right to not want his name on possible misuses of technology.
“Whenever Atlas flips the wrong switch or misinterprets my instructions, who gets blamed? The Grimm? No. The soldier who messed up? No. It’s me.”
Who better to keep secrets from military men than a military man? They were pretty good at it, and in this instance, it just happened to work in Terra’s favor. She appreciated his sentiment, closing the door behind them both for now with the press of a button on a door panel.
“I’m not a soldier, so I guess I’m just used to these basic amenities. I’m not going to lie, they work people like me to the bone sometimes, but they let us know that our degrees are worth keeping off kill zones.”
Unfortunately, Terra had seen how Atlas favored skilled individuals. She remembered once a soldier ended up joining up in one of her repairs when his commander learned he had tech skills from a trade school, then yelled at him for trying to join the security forces division and said something along the lines of let some young, dumb kid handle it.
“Just accompany me during repairs in case of a breach for now. And if any alarms ring out through the base, check it out.”
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“Uh-oh. Well, I guess this is payback for Qrow passing out in front of my house.”
Terra knew she had the option of just saying to Ruby she didn’t want to talk about it, but Saphron put her in a strange position of feeling compelled to answer. Plus, when her and Saphron were Ruby’s age, they already knew what it was.
“I’ll explain everything in a sec. I’m putting the vegetables in a separate pan because they cook faster than the meat. Or you can just do what Saph does and put it in the pan when the meat is almost done. She does this so um… she has less dishes to wash.”
The smell of the stir fry was filling the air, the spices and mixtures could make any omnivore’s mouth water. She figured while waiting on the food’s final preparations, she could explain away Saphron’s joke.
“We looked into other alternatives, but what we did was the safest. Anything involving Dust or specialists had too many possible complications. Anyway, a ‘unicorn’ in this context is… geez this is embarrassing… someone who panders to both you and your partner’s tastes sexually and does not inspire feelings of jealousy between the three of you, tending to everyone equally in bed. They’re called this because it is rumored such a situation is as rare as a unicorn.”
“Can’t do anything in regards to that.” She chuckled, wondering when the day would come that her Uncle’s liver would give out on him. Sure, aura was useful and all that, but it was a mere crutch and tool to be used, not to be relied upon.
Looking at what the other was doing, she gave a nod, writing that down and wondering whether or not she should ask Saphron for some advice too. From what she got, Terra seemed to be the more theoretical of the two, that followed the rules of the book well. Saphron was the more practical one that applied her own logic to it.
“Ah I see; Unfortunately I’m not willing to share Weiss with anyone. I owe my life to her and she’s been changed into a Fateless person thanks to me, so we’re somewhat bound to one another.” The topic of fate and destiny was always an interesting one, but Ruby usually kept the whole Fateless stuff a secret.
Then again, Terra and her wife had been nothing, but hospitable and Ruby trusted quite some. “Either way, I added some more spice to my part of the chicken, because I usually eat enough food to satisfy around 12 people or more; Kinda weird side-effect my silver-eyes have.”
“That’s partly why they’re called ‘unicorns’ right there. Not only are people who are willing to experiment with it choosy, some couples outright would never try it.”
To each their own, for sure. Terra didn’t judge as long as every adult was consenting and happy, with no one getting hurt either physically or emotionally. She laughed lightly under her breath not only at Ruby’s strange metabolism but at the fact she got so side-tracked topic-wise when it came to teaching her how to cook.
She supposed she was almost done anyway. They just had to make sure the chicken was thoroughly cooked and not too pink in the middle like she said in the beginning and let the vegetables simmer for a bit.
“You can also experiment with things you like. Saphron likes her meat medium done and her vegetables steamed a bit whereas I like everything almost cooked to a crisp with tons of spices and things.”
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Saphron walked into the quaint coffee shop that her and Terra frequented on their downtime. Terra was at work, per usual, but Saphron was really interested in getting one of those macchiatos that Terra had her hooked on now. Eventually, her gaze met Glynda’s.
What the- do I know her? Dang it, is she checking me out?! Ever since I got married, it’s like every woman in Argus wants to- oh, wait, no, I think she just recognizes me from somewhere.
Keeping her inner thoughts to herself, Saphron went ahead and sat next to the Beacon Professor, ordering the caramel macchiato that her wife introduced her to then introduced herself to Glynda.
“Sorry if this is upfront but… hi! I’m Saphron Arc. Do I… know you?”
Internally Glynda kicked herself a bit. She hadn’t meant to stare. this was going to be terribly awkward.
As the women introduced herself, Glynda couldn’t help but be a bit surprise by the last name. So it hadn’t been her imagination after all. Then she could easily explain herself. She straightened herself up a bit before speaking.
“Glynda Goodwitch, A pleasure to meet you. I do apologize, when I wasn’t paying attention at all I thought you looked like someone else. I’m a professor at Beacon Academy and I believe one of my students is one of your kin”
“Awww! My little brother Jaune goes to Beacon, yes. I hope he hasn’t been too much trouble. I’m sorry in advance if he’s said something... untoward... to you.”
Not that Saphron was flirting, she very much loved Terra. It’s just she was no idiot and Jaune kind of... was. Their dad made him believe he could confidently walk up to any woman and Glynda was very pretty. Not to mention, Saphron had a chance to embarrass Jaune. Bonus points!
“How has he done, by the way? Making friends? Eating well? Grades up?”
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Send ♏ to find my muse in nothing but their underwear!
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Saphron and Terra were quite dressed down. Looking through the hole in the door, Saphron saw that it was Coco standing before them. She just realized she neglected to tell Terra she offered the former Beacon student a place to stay for a bit but figured this just added comedy to the situation.
“Coco, right? Make yourself at home. Sorry for being so dressed down, we just put our son Adrian to sleep and to be honest I forgot you were coming.”
Terra overheard the conversation on the couch not too far from where they were talking.
“Saphron! If I knew we were having guests I would have put something on!”
Send ♏ to find my muse in nothing but their underwear!
{Sorry for not being on here earlier. I’ve been swamped with work. I’ll try and get to replies today, if not tomorrow <3}
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To the citizens of Arugus, the weather today won’t have been been anything unusual, in fact some might even consider it nice outside. But to the Professor visiting from, and much acclimatized to Vale, it was freezing. Glynda had various bits of business to attend to in the city as a Huntress and member of Beacon Acadmey staff, which wasn’t a bother itself to her, more rather it was the ‘frigid’ temperatures and the need to stay formal despite them that.
it was a free moment in her schedule that allowed her step into a nice, little, warm, coffee shop. She took a moment to rid the chill from her hands as she looked over the menu, allowing herself to relax if just a bit. Idly looking around, she almost double take in recognition both realizing she was mistaken. Still though, the resembles to a particular student was almost uncanny.
Saphron walked into the quaint coffee shop that her and Terra frequented on their downtime. Terra was at work, per usual, but Saphron was really interested in getting one of those macchiatos that Terra had her hooked on now. Eventually, her gaze met Glynda’s.
What the- do I know her? Dang it, is she checking me out?! Ever since I got married, it’s like every woman in Argus wants to- oh, wait, no, I think she just recognizes me from somewhere.
Keeping her inner thoughts to herself, Saphron went ahead and sat next to the Beacon Professor, ordering the caramel macchiato that her wife introduced her to then introduced herself to Glynda.
“Sorry if this is upfront but... hi! I’m Saphron Arc. Do I... know you?”
Terra, where did Saphron hide my baby pictures?
My muse was given truth serum. Ask them questions on anon and they’ll have to answer honesty. They must answer no matter what the question is.
Saphron would be so sad if Jaune hid that thing from her, or worse - destroyed it. However, Terra felt compelled to answer him.
“It’s on the second floor in a little compartment under the desk in the study, but hear me out! She loves that thing. When she misses you guys, she looks at it, especially when the CCTS fell.”
My muse was given truth serum. Ask them questions on anon and they’ll have to answer honesty. They must answer no matter what the question is.
{I got jealous of our muses in my thread with @vermilllionrose so I am now cooking chicken.}
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He soon poured her another glass with a chuckle mixed in with a hiccup in return. “I saw - hic - that look. Don’t worry much on it, everybody’s got their ways of curing hiccups.” He swayed a bit as he drank a bit more. From the looks of things he might go in “Drunk Qrow” mode if he kept up.
“Anything - hic - else I should do for you?” He slurred a bit.
“I can’t tell if you’re making fun of me or have hiccups now. Did I give you my hiccups?”
Terra went ahead and found herself right-side up again. She got up and put away her cardigan on a hook, then returned to Qrow. She figured she might as well get comfortable if she wanted to relax - and being dressed like she was ready for work any minute wouldn’t help her at all.
“Nothing for now. I guess just sit here and talk? Drinking by one’s self is just... sad. No offense!”
