Today I asked one of my mutuals what they thought about the plural pronouns I want to use for Daemons, and we hashed a few things out together. So now, a group of Daemons has a few classifiers, according to the closeness in relationship between the Daemons' humans, and the Daemons themselves, ranging from strangers in a public place to family, related or not. Here is the list we came up with, on 5 levels from weakest relationship to strongest:
Crowd - a crowd of Daemons. This is generally used when referring to Daemons in a public place who you don't know or recognize at all and have probably never even seen before, ie. Cafe, library, restaurant, bookstore, plaza, elevator, etc. Complete and utter strangers. You don't know them, they don't know you.
Crush - a crush of Daemons. This is usually used in a place that a lot of people frequent very often, but who aren't particularly close to each other. Think school, college, work, mutually favoured places like a specific cafe or the local library. People you see often, but rarely if ever interact with. They're only familiar by their regularity - you've seen them before a lot, but never for long. Passing in the hallways, only ever seen them sitting in that corner, etc.
Crew - a crew of Daemons. This is used amongst people of varying closeness, who definitely interact on a regular basis. Could be coworkers you go out to drink with, classmates you always pick to do projects with, that group of kids+Daemons in the skate park who are teaching you and your Dae how to do a kick flip. Could also be friends you hang out with a lot, the cashier you always go to because they're nice to you, or your extended family who you like a lot.
Club - a club of Daemons. Immediate family, people you love a lot and interact with daily. Siblings, parents, your closest friends who are more like family to you anyways. Found family counts as well. People you love beyond anything. Your spouse's Daemon would become a club with yours, for example. Your siblings' Dae are a club with yours. "The Lalor club all tend to settle as smaller omnivores, don't they?" and so on.
Cast - a cast of Daemons. This is used for multidae, or people who are even closer than family - people and their Daemons who function more like one person with X amount of bodies than a bunch of people together. In other words people who, together, are more like multidae than separate people. Think Weasley twins level of sameness.
Feel free to think of more in the comments! I'm trying to keep the theme of starting them with a "c", if possible. I encourage everyone to make use of these! How close are you to your friends? What category would your Daemons fall into when interacting with others' Daemons?
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