This is a blog that is dedicated to my Cult of the Lamb Au titled "Rise of the Ancients". I will be sharing artwork, fanfics, and polls regarding my Au. Feel free to send me some asks if you are interested in learning about Emory, Tepes, and the Bishops.
Why, happy birthday to the little fella. I bring presents on behalf of both pantheons. From the Red Crown I bring a new set of shears to help with the wool trimming. From the Gray Crown I bring a mechanical toy duck. It floats on the water and swims around after winding it up.
Emory: "Thank you so much for gifts. I have put away the shears for safe keeping but they will be put to use."
I know I have been inactive for a while now, but it was for a good reason. I have been planning to explore the Cardinals with each of their own stories and thanks to my dear friend @hotchocolatedemon I have been able to start Ruhin Moonhoof's story.
So keep an eye out for the prolouge of Ruhin's fic called 'Clues of the Past'. And I am wanting to make this fun for all of us, so now you all can vote on the rest on the rest of the Cardinals to see who is next and when that is done, you all can vote on a theme for the next Cardinal. I hope you all have fun with this.
“Tag 9 people you want to get to know better” Game
It's uh. Been a minute. Sorry about that I got employed.
The internship was super fun :D but it's over now :( but I'm only in class on MW now :D with 6 hour back-to-back classes and a notably difficult schedule :(
Sorry, questions! I love questions. Love me some excuses to yap. Thank you @hraugur for tagging me and also reminding me I'm on tumblr.
Reading: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. I'm really enjoying it so far, very gory and striking and interesting all around.
But this:
Oh. My God. I devoured this book like an all you can eat buffet after a four-hour hike, gluttonous and greedy and ravenous with it holy fufuckckk.
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth has gotten me on an AJW kick so I'm gonna binge all his books before I move onto any others. If you like the idea of a trans boy chatting with ghosts of enraged abused girls to overthrow a Victorian asylum, read this book.
Last Series: TV: I don't watch too much TV tbh. I am watching the newest season of Jujutsu Kaisen and want to watch The Apothecary Diaries soon.
Games: Tomodachi Life lol. I've had my current island since 2018 and am way too emotionally attached to it lol. I'm so excited for the new one, I kinda want to make YT videos of my island playthrough.
You all are invited to my Tomodachi Life LTD island btw. I'll make a penthouse for you with free breakfast and a hot tub.
Last Film: I think the FNaF 2 movie in theaters last December. I'll be watching Wicked and Wicked: For Good with a friend this weekend though.
Last Song: Listening to Nowhere To Go by Bad Omens right now.
Sweet or Salty: Sweet stuff omg I am a fiend for desserts.
Coffee or Tea: Usually coffee, but I've been on a tea kick lately. Coffee makes me anxious and tea goes really well with stevia and some fruit.
Working on: My Modern AU fics, but mainly some original short stories I want to publish in literary magazines. That's another big reason I've taken a break: those are due in early February, and honestly, I'm really nervous about those. It's not my first time publishing original works, but. Flskangelkja. I'm so anxious. I want my stories to mean something, and they can't mean anything if they're absolute shit.
It's fine. It's all good. I just gotta get better, you know?
Reading: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It's been a couple months since I've picked it up. Pretty much all of what I've read this month so far is narilamb fanfics lol.
Last Series: TV: I don't really watch much TV either, but I actually hung out with my neighbors Amanda and Davis tonight for homemade pizza and board games, and I ended up sticking around for another hour so Amanda introduced me to her favorite anime, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. It's very character-driven, which I absolutely love, and it's a wonderful watch so far! I'm only three episodes in, though.
Games: Cult of the Lamb, fucking obviously.
Last Film: Uhhhhhhh I don't remember? Tbh, I think it might have been Polar Express with my family on Christmas Eve.
Last Song: Literally right now listening to "What is Love?" by TWICE lol. I wanna know know know know. you should watch the music video it has so many cute movie references
Sweet or Salty: Mmmm I just had hot chocolate so I'm going with sweet right now
Coffee or Tea: Tea all the way. I have it once a day, usually. This morning I had matcha
Working on: The Risen Lamb and The Fallen God. It's been my soul project since Cult of the Lamb came out, but I began this full rework in November 2023. I just organized my outline for chapter 18 of 20 today!
Reading: Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson, my cousin highly recomended it to me and lent me the book to read a while ago, just started it.
Last series: Tv: football when having dinner with my dad, last show i watched was the Haunted hotel, Abbadon is my fav gremlin can't wait for next season.
Games: the Reanimal demo, the true little nightmares 3. But seriously good spooky game from what I played and I dread to see what comes next(in a good way✨✨).
Last film: Catch me if you can, I'm trying to watch more of the classics? wanna expand what I know of composition/chr acting.
Last song: Birdcage Blue and Yellow- Yaelokre
Sweet or salty: right now I'd love some pizza.
Coffee or tea: Coffee with honey and cream, but green tea works too.
Working on: commissions and a little comic between Tzinn and Heket, I thought I lost the draft but I found my file! Look at my silly bat sketches.
Omg it's so much, I usually don't reblog chains but let's go!
Reading: So much paperwork and administrative shit you have no idea, if you're french you know the hell that URRSAF, CAF and Pôle Emploi are. If audiobooks count I've listened to howl's moving castle on YouTube a lot, it's a comforting one.
Last series: Tv: Can't remember, it was a loooong time ago cause I barely watch any. Maybe critical role 3 years ago?
Games: I only got my switch, so Monster Hunter generations ultimate. And that adorable fruit game on itch.io when I'm on my phone.
Last film: I don't watch movies either, but here at my aunt's they were watching The Tuches. It's a french movie, and no it's not good. Not the worst tho. The stupid dad is kinda wholesome.
Last song: Kiss the Elden Ring - Starbomb (watch the animation) (the whole album really)
Sweet or salty: Why choose
Coffee or tea: WHY CHOOSE YOU CAN'T MAKE ME
Working on: PaPeRwOooOoOorKkkKk, my lil writing part time job, searching for a home, and some doodles. I don't have my PC so I tried markers? Not a fan.
Also @aveloka-draws you're a wizard, look at my hand after 0.05 seconds of opening a bottle ok ink:
I forgot the joys of traditional ink, but tbh it's because I don't have my GFKPN pen brush right now, it makes everything easy and clean.
Omg no idea who I should tag. I'm gonna feel like I'm neglecting people but my brain is small sorry.
Reading: Nothing im a horrible reader like my writing to reading ratio is so skewed (butttt the last thing i remember reading was the rehabilitation of death by @/bamsara)
Last Series: Ummmm I think it would be the new Fionna and Cake season idk I dont really watch alot (and also just all of my fav shows are in next season limbo)
Games: Shocker to nobody, Minecraft, Cult of the lamb, and also deltarune (theres a bunch more but these are the most recent games i play)
Last film: Technically my last film would be this horror movie my friend was watching and I was watching over her shoulder (i think it was called seven??? Or had seven in the title) and it was about this ego'd up psychiatrist talking with mentally ill people in a psych ward and I was swearing him out cause omg he was such a fucking dick im glad in the end its revealed he was crazy i hope he DIES
Last song: As of writing its rn Kickflip by Hydraa & Txkyocsupo cause I love listening to stuff that sounds like they would be in jet set radio or some skateboard videogame (Also wanna throw in Suicide by Yseult cause I found her in a tiny desk concert and omg shes such an amazing singer n is so pretty, I havent rlly listen to alot of european artists esp french so yeah)
Sweet or salty: Chronic sweet tooth haver </3 but i do love me some salty
Coffee or tea: Never rlly had coffee so tea (plus generally i just like tea)
Working on: a c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-C*MIC 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 tbh i like when im at the point in the comic where its just flow state linearting and coloring but omg im sketching it and every second i wish i could eat gravel n DIEEEEEEE (literally the bane of my existance)
Ooooooooooo reblog game! Been a while since I did these!
Reading: I've not been a very good reader since I was a kid tbh, fell off hard once schools started enforcing it really strictly, took the fun out for me. That being said, I remember loving a book called The Kite Rider? It was about a Chinese kid who's dad was a kite rider but died in a storm or something, long time since we read it but I remember it being a good enough read!
Last Series: Hazbin Hotel 💔 Before that though it was Better Call Saul! Highly recommend BCS even if you haven't seen Breaking Bad, although obviously seeing the original makes the second better and more fun
Games: Currently playing COTL after a year in the fandom (go watch on Twitch hehe) but I'm a HUGE fanboy of Mass Effect, RDR 1 and Crusader Kings 3. Play a lot of NBA 2K and FC too but not as much recently :3
Last Film: La Haine! It was an assignment for my French classes and it was AMAZING I'd heard the name before but didn't realise how good the movie really was. Absolutely superb film I highly recommend even if you have to use the subtitles, very very beautiful look into racial inequality, class struggle, youth and suffering, reminded me of some characters from back home too tbh
Last Song: According to Spotify it was "Kush & Corinthians" by Kendrick Lamar but I think I slept through it 😭 Last song I remember was Navajo by Masego, absolute banger of a song so smooth and sweet.
Sweet or Salty: Hmmmmm salty over sweet, but I'm absolutely a savoury person over both. I got fat off kebab and pita, not chocolate and cake, put it that way xD
Coffee or Tea: Tea but marginally, I'm not a fan of either personally. Boba is okay but that's mostly for the caramel-y tasting balls, about the only time I'll choose either drink. I'm a hydrogen homie, drink water guys it's so bussin 😎
Working On: Not a lot! Got a couple poems in my brain that need finishing, a couple gifts for friends mostly I wanna tick off sometime. Progress has been SLOWWWWWW since last year ended horrendously, so my time at the moment is mostly moping and picking up the pieces. Did a few personal poems, I'd show em but they're a bit sad and quite personal to me as a person so, maybe not for now. I do, however, have a snippet of an Anglo-Saxon styled poem I was writing and haven't finished yet about Prince Ælfwine, some of Haraldr Harefoot, so you can have a lil bit of that! Anglo-Saxon poetry was written in alliterative couplets so keep that in mind, it reads weird on purpose I swear orz
Tags (No Pressure!!!!): @alllgator-blood, @foreverandnothing, @theonewhohyperfixates, @yotomazu, @raybuggybug, @esperparade, @tidalfoam, @clawsforalarm, @adair-trashart, @mary-cross and @m00nst4lk3r :D
Thanks for the tag!!!!!! Hope everyone is doing well, staying warm and keeping their heads up. Good luck!!!! <3
Hrrrgrgrgr thanks Joffy for tagging me these are always so fun.
Reading: Not anything currently, I read a lot more in warmer months when its nice enough to sit on the porch.
Last Series: I just got caught up on Fallout. Not the like, biggest fan ever but I do deeply enjoy the amount of dumb silly jokes in it. I like that it doesnt take itself too seriously every second.
Games: Been playing Golf With Friends like every other day with my beloved pookies we have a fucking PROBLEM.
Last Film: I'm watching the transformers movies rn for pure nostalgia and so i can ask a lot of silly dumb questions to SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR later.
Last Song: deep fucking sigh According to Spotify its Tetris Phonk by sma$her and yeah. yeah. that 1min 5 second song lives on a loop in my head.
Sweet or Salty: Salty. At least lately. I'm clearing bags of sunflower seeds like its nobody's business
Coffee or Tea: Coffee 1000%.
Working On: uhh here's a screenshot of whats up on the ol FireAlpaca rn (tho i always have like 5 things open at once)
fucking narlimab because its always fucking narilamb isnt it.
UHHHHH I tag @hysterical-random-things @theonewhohyperfixates @kinghimst @clawsforalarm @starlitsheep @beezy-b33
Reading: Rn it's House of Leaves!! Im in a boobclub and we decided this was our next read, IM LOVING IT SO FAR AUGHHH ❤️❤️❤️
Last Series: Slime Rancher! I STILL LOVE THE SERIES, I JUST HAVENT TOUCHED IT IN A LONG WHILE 😭 I was OBSESSED with ranching my slimes before COTL overtook my brain gngngngngn
Games: COTL, Destiny 2 and Minecraft are the mains ones 8ve been playing lately!! :3 I hope to get back to playing Nine Sols though...
Last Film: I watched Broke back Mountain for the first time a few days ago with friends!! IT HAD ME BAWLING
Last Song: Attention Whore by Suicide Commando
Sweet or Salty: SWEET. ALWAYS SWEET. But not too sweet ;w;
Coffee or Tea: Coffee! Specifically mocha
Working on: MANY things!! Three main ones being:
My Lamb redesign (she has gone through about 25 different changes because I CANT decide what to do)
An art event piece in the server im in!
Trying to do paper crafts with my COTL AU! I've been wanting to try my hand on paper arts for years so nows a good time
But here's a little peak of one of the redesign I did (not finished). Nothing too major, still tweaking her outfits mainly amd structure of hair/wool
Reading: Right now I am reading Ivypool's Heart by Erin Hunter. I used to read this all the time as a kid and I love the nostalgia for the series. I can't give it a rating yet.
Last Series: The last series I played was the Sly Collection a few years ago. It was and still is my favorite game that was until Cult of the Lamb took over, I'm so excited for WoolHaven BTW.
Games: The only game I have been playing is Cult of the Lamb. Got to reclaim my save file since my original save file got corrupted :(
Last Song: What it Sounds like by the Huntrix
Sweet or Salty: Sweets. I have a major sweet tooth, hence why I made a cake today (Orange Zest Cake).
Coffee or Tea: Coffee! I love coffee on a cold winter day.
Working on: A lot of different things.Three main ones being:
first attack on: @sleepyvio @silverrosethepotato @miwachan2 @sunnydbeam @sugarhog05 @snowyrey and @xitsensunmoon(sorry for tagging and bothering BUT SILLIES!!)
@diamondenderm6n @sugarhog05 (I KNOW YOU WERE ALREADY TAGGED, BUT GET GOT AGAIN)
@yourfavoritebarnowl @bearitt-creations @silvertherogue715 @helpmeimawkwardbutfun @camerondoesdrawing @sabrecrane26 @amarynthian-fortress @zemonkeartistog @angyy-chipsy @sinister-sincerely @bilolli @divinit3a
first attack on: @sleepyvio @silverrosethepotato @miwachan2 @sunnydbeam @sugarhog05 @snowyrey and @xitsensunmoon(sorry for tagging and bothering BUT SILLIES!!)
@diamondenderm6n @sugarhog05 (I KNOW YOU WERE ALREADY TAGGED, BUT GET GOT AGAIN)
@yourfavoritebarnowl @bearitt-creations @silvertherogue715 @helpmeimawkwardbutfun @camerondoesdrawing @sabrecrane26 @amarynthian-fortress @zemonkeartistog @angyy-chipsy @sinister-sincerely @bilolli @divinit3a
Happy birthday nadine!!! Noir made ya some ducky themed clothes for your bday hehe they are really excited to celebrate with everyone this special day much love from your auntle noir!! ^w^
Nadine has received a duck onesie from Auntle Noir. He is a happy and excited shitten! Thank you so much for the gifts @galexiadraws
Here's a one shot story for Nadine's birthday, from the blog @emorylighthoof. Enjoy.
Nadine's first flight
It's a nice Fall morning in the Eclipse Passage. A pleasantly cool weather under the orange sky as the sun raises over the horizon. The early risers are just getting out of bed and starting to go about their day while the night owls are returning home to sleep. There is a family, however, that is waiting in front of the stairs leading to the portal slab. A visitor had promised to come on that day, after all.
No sooner than the sun break through the leaves at the edge of the cult grounds a portal opens at the top of the stairs. It's not like the usual way the slab works, and in fact it's not using it, but rather a large sphere oh gray-ish energy, from which a towering wolf steps out of.
As he starts to climb down the stairs, his features become easier to distinguish. He is a ten feet (three meters) tall gray wolf. He has an athletic build, toned but lithe, emphasizing agility over strength, necessary for a hunter. In contrast to the rest of his body, his right arm from the elbow down is all metallic, a cybernetic implant apparently meant to replace what was lost. On his coat, a pattern that looks like the pathways of a circuit board are visible in darker fur, which can only be seen due to his garment, or rather lack of.
All he is dressed with are a hide loincloth, providing the only bit of modesty of the whole outfit, as well as fur bands tied around the arms and legs. over his shoulder is a mantle made of blue feathers, held in place by the characteristic eye-like brooch of the berserk fleece. Atop his head is the Gray Crown, with its characteristic irregular pentagon shape and hexagonal gray eye.
As he steps out of the last step, Emory places Nadine onto the ground, who just run towards the wolf, who has enough time to take a few more steps away from the stairs before crouching down with open arms.
"Nadine how have you been?" He asks as the little sheep cat hybrid reaches him. "Up you go!" He adds while lifting him on his arms.
As the small child gets into a good position, he hands a duck plushy dressed as a doctor. "Is this for me?" The wolf asks as he takes the offered plush. Getting a nod of approval, he takes a better look at it with his six eyes. "He is quite well made. I think I'll call him doctor Quacker." He adds, before looking back at the smiling kid. "I'm sure he will help me a lot during research. Let me put him somewhere safe in the meantime, though." He adds while letting the crown absorb it into its internal storage.
And not a moment too soon, as two more hybrids come running towards them and tackle the wolf to the ground. Of course, he was expecting that to happen, one of the reasons he put the plushy away, and he also uses his telekinesis to soften the landing, not so much for his benefit as it is for the kids. "Nooo! I'm being attacked by vicious little god killers!" He cries out playfully as he is dog piled by the two.
"You have been felled by the might of the Lightclaws for your weakness!" Claims Ayla as Liesha giggles atop the wolf's chest.
"I have been bested by these might warriors! Woe is me!" He continues as another figures steps out of the portal and climbs down the steps as it closes behind them. This time, a lamb, roughly average size for their species, but quite lean. Their shaggy wool makes it hard to distinguish what features there might be where its visible from under the linen robes and red fleece they are using. Atop their head sits the Red Crown, much the same as Emory's.
"My, how the might have fallen, Wolfgang." They tease while moving to his side. "Felled by a bunch of kids."
"You too shall fall to the Lightclaws! Rhaaa!" Yells Ayla as she tackles the lamb before any other answer could come from anyone. They too play along, tumbling down to the ground.
"Well, look who's talking. It took three to take me down, Leoda." Wolfgang replies while sitting up, still holding the kids so they don't fall. It's at that time the three see who the second person is, finally noticing to be another sheep. Even Ayla, who had just jumped them, just looks in awe.
"What? I'm quite sure you have seen a sheep before me." They say as the parents of the trio approach.
"I think it's because they have only seen one sheep up to that point." Narinder points out while picking Ayla up to let Leoda get to their feet.
"I'm so glad you two could make it here today!" Emory says while taking Nadine from Wolfgang as he hands the child to her, while Liesha climbs down and waddles her way to Leoda's side, who is dusting off their fleece with their hands after getting up.
"I wouldn't miss it for nothing in the world, even if traveling between timelines is not that easy to do." He replies while getting up from the ground. "It's not everyday you get to fulfill a child's dream, even for a established god like me."
Meanwhile, Liesha is circling around Leoda as Narinder puts Ayla on the ground. "Wow, you really are a sheep too!" She exclaims as she stops in front of them.
"Liesha! This is not a way to interact with visitors!" Narinder chides his daughter, but Leoda just smiles.
"It's fine, Narinder. It's only natural in this situation." They reply, before looking at the hybrids, as Ayla comes to her sister's side. "But yes, I have been a sheep since the day I was born, although I might be a bit more than that now." They respond to the two, before pulling the wool from their forehead to reveal their third eye, which opens to look at them.
The two take a step back at first, before Ayla leans closer. "You're just like dad!" She exclaims, before looking at the cat.
"Yes, just like him." Leoda replies as she closes their third eye and lets their wool down, straightening themself up. "They are so cute. I hope I can have some of my own someday." They add to Narinder.
"Well, if yours is anything like me, he is probably be wanting some too." He replies as he reaches to pet the twins. "But I'll warn that they can be a handful when young."
As the two interact, Wolfgang was talking to Emory about a place to deploy the plane they would be using as the lamb held Nadine on her arms.
"OK, this should be enough space." He says as they arrive at a spot with a relatively large open space. "Please stand back." He asks as his crown takes the shape of a chameleon, before moving down the wolf's arm and jumping to the ground, where it expands into a large black circle with the eye in the middle.
From it, a small plane starts emerging from it, just big enough for two people to fit in the cockpit. It's wings are short for its size, with what looks like engines at the tips pointing downwards. There's a ladder deployed on the side, allowing access to the cockpit.
"What is that?" Emory asks as the gray crown retreats to its bearer, resuming its place atop his head.
"Well, that's a vertical take-off and landing two person plane. Had to bring something that doesn't need to rely on a runway to take flight." He explains as he turns to look at the lamb speaking to him. "By the way, I hope you don't mind a change in my attire. Flying one of these is not exactly something I designed with my mantles in mind."
"Oh, well, I guess it's fine." She responds, as half of the words used to describe the plane didn't really make much sense to her, though her son certainly was interested on the vehicle. "You can use my hut to change."
"That won't be required, but thank you." He says as he pulls on the brooch, moving it up as his clothes shift and change into some jeans, a white t-shirt, a leather jacket and a pair of combat boots. The crown too changes, taking the shape of a headset. "I'm unsure if the gods of your land can do the same, but in my timeline this is something we are able to do after a certain point in our ascension."
"That is certainly convenient." Emory grants with a nod as Nadine's attention shifts to the wolf. "So we are getting into this… Vertical thing and flying?"
"Just call it a plane, it's easier to remember." Wolfgang offers. "But yes, that's the gist of it. I'll be piloting it while you and Nadine are in the back seat, so you can look around as we fly." He explains as the others approach.
"I take from that… Contraption that you are ready?" Narinder asks, referring to the plane as the twins, specially Ayla, rush over to have a better look, but Wolfgang intercept them.
"Not now, you two. It's not safe to be around this when I take off. I'll give the full tour once we land." He tells the two girls, getting a pout from Ayla and a sad "Aww" from Liesha. "Yes, we are ready to take off as soon as we climb inside and you clear the area around it." He responds to Narinder while ushering the girls back to their father.
"And are you sure this is safe?" Narinder asks as Emory passes Nadine to Wolfgang to hold.
"You say that like I wouldn't test my inventions." The Wolf replies while the lamb climbs the ladder. "It is perfectly safe, if a bit low tech for what I could have brought, but my more advanced vessels are too reliant on how magic in my world works to be safe."
"I'm ready to receive Nadine." Emory calls as she climbs into the cockpit.
Wolfgang looks at the lamb and nods, before using his crown to bring Nadine to his mother. Once the child is secure with her, he leaps to the cockpit, using his godly strength to get up effortlessly, before helping the two passengers settle on the back seat.
"Alright, just hold him while we are flying." He instructs while getting the seat straps secured around Emory. "He is just too small to fly alone, after all."
"Yes, of course." Emory responds as Nadine is looking around in the cockpit, curious about all the dials and buttons.
With everything else set up, Wolfgang takes the front seat, strapping himself into the seat, before looking out of the cockpit. "Alright, I will need you to be a bit farther back, both while I'm taking off and landing." He tells the group that will remain back. Once they gave enough distance, he flips a switch to close the cockpit glass.
Soon the engines get started and the plane starts to raise itself from the ground. It then starts moving forwards as the engines tilt to their flight position, and soon enough they are flying.
The flight is smooth, despite the speed the plane is going at. Wolfgang takes a moment to make sure the planned path is set, then turns the auto-pilot on. "Alright, we are in a stable flight now. You can look around without worry." He informs the two behind him.
"Go ahead, Nadine. No need to be shy." Emory says as she supports her son up as he gets up to look at the side of the cockpit. "This is amazing! How does this plane work?" Emory asks to Wolfgang.
"I mean no offense, but this flight won't be long enough to explain everything needed for anything I say to make sense." He replies while checking some of the flight instruments and onboard computer for information on the flight conditions, as well as the migration path of ducks. "Even if the plane had the fuel capacity, we are constrained by the magic isolation coating needed for the plane to behave like in my world, so it could take flight and remain in the air."
"Didn't you say this plane is safe?" Emory asks, having second thoughts about the idea.
"It is, just that we have a schedule we will have to keep to." Wolfgang reassures her. "I got it all planed, so don't worry."
"If you say so…" She responds, still unsure about the situation, but Wolfgang is confident in its safety, at least.
Nadine is too mesmerized by the passing clouds to take notice of the conversation. It takes a few minutes, before the Wolf speaks again. "We are getting close to the migration path, please hold steady." He tells them, before turning the auto pilot off and starting a wide turn, to minimize the g-force of the maneuver.
As the plane levels again, there's another check for the flight path before auto pilot is turned back on. "If you look to your right, you will see something quite special." He tells them, keeping in suspense what is so special, but it quickly becomes apparent what it is.
There's a flight of ducks not too far away from the plane, far closer than most planes could get even, but still not so close as to be seem like you could catch one with bare hands.
Nadine is absolutely ecstatic, starting to stim as he sees them, trying to indicate to get closer. Wolfgang, imagining what his reaction is, has to deny it, though. "Sorry, I can't get closer without scattering them away. This is as close as we can safely get."
Still, being able to fly this close is a dream come true already for Nadine.
They fly like this for a moment, before the plane's instruments pick up something. "We got some more to our left." Wolfgang announces as another flock starts passing on the other side.
Nadine is unable to contain his excitement over it, going from one side to the other of his mother's lap. He is giddy over all the ducks as they fly in the characteristic V shaped formation most migratory birds use.
This keeps going for a good fifteen minutes, before a warning flashes on the console of the plane. "Well, hate to cut things short, but we need to start returning now if we want to keep to schedule." He says as he starts preparing the controls for the maneuver needed.
"Already? That was such a short flight." Emory says as Nadine starts waving goodbye to the ducks.
"Afraid so. All in the name of safety." He says as he tilts the flight stick forwards to tip the plane downwards, starting a short descent to make sure it isn't in the same height as the birds to avoid an accident.
Another wide turn is taken to align the plane to return to the cult, the flight steady and careful as the approach is made. It takes a good few minutes of smooth flight before the plane is in position and changed to hovering mode, slowly descending back to the ground, with Narinder keeping the twins by his and Leoda's side at a safe distance of the landing area.
As it's about to touch down, the instruments start flickering and the engines to fail, but they are so close to the ground already that the landing is soft enough. Still, with the entire system going dark, the Wolf is forced to use the manual lever of the cockpit to raise the glass, the hydraulics used to hold it up thankfully not needing the systems to work.
As he and Emory unstrap themselves, the twins start to run towards the plane, with the adults not short behind. By the time they get to it, Wolfgang has already lowered the ladder and is holding Nadine so the sheep can climb down.
After Emory is on steady footing, the kit is lowered to her by telekinesis as the twins climb the ladder to reach the cockpit for the promised tour, while Narinder and Leoda approach the other sheep.
"How was the flight, Emory?" Narinder asks as he takes his son to let his wife rest her arms a bit.
"It was… I can't even describe it. It was so smooth, it felt like we were stopped in the air and the world was moving around us." She tries to describe as Nadine is stimming on his father's arm.
"It is unlike anything we experienced." Leoda agrees as they look at the plane. "Though I will admit that I never flew on something like that. He used a dirigible when we first met."
"Could he have used it today?" Narinder asks at the mention of the other aircraft.
"I don't think so. As smooth and stable as it was in flight, it was also very large and noisy." Leoda says in response. "It also exploded after a malfunction. I honestly think he only used it then because he wanted to make a big entrance, because he has other better airships."
"I suppose that would make sense. Setting a good first impression is important." Emory remarks about what Leoda told them. "But there is so much more to discuss. Would you like to stay for some tea?"
"I would love to, but I honestly can't answer that because I depend on him to go back home." Leoda says while nodding towards the Wolf.
"Might as well as him." Narinder responds, before calling his children. "Ayla, Liesha! It's time to come back down!"
"But daaaad!" Both call in unison from over the side of the cockpit.
"No buts! Let the wolf pack things up!" He tells them, getting a sad grunt of them both before they start climbing down with Wolfgang's help. Once both are on the ground, he jumps down and sends his crown to store the plane the same way it was brought out.
"Alright, all packed up." Wolfgang says as he returns the crown to his head while the girls go to their dad's side.
"Good to hear. Now, would you like to stay a bit longer to chat?" Emory offers as the wolf looks at the family, then to Leoda, who gestures that they are fine with either.
"Well, I don't see why not. I'm quite sure everyone has plenty of questions that I will do my best to answer." He replies as he pulls on the collar of his shirt, changing it back to the mantle he was using earlier. "Please, lead the way."
And as such, the group moves to Emory's home to spend the next few hours talking each other's ears off.
It’s so nice of Emory to invite Erastrus over! Erastrus promises to get safety gear for the skateboard they gifted on Emory’s and Carrion’s behalf. Hehe oops…
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