So the prospect of how Adenn and Paz first encounter each other: it's giving me platonic comedy of errors but with nightmares vibes.
The night they all discover Din is a cubi, Paz is broadcasting so loudly, it calls to Adenn. As the pack doze together that first night, Adenn slithers from the Darksaber on Din's belt across the floor, probably complaining about all the sand, and eventually hones in on the source of all that mental anguish under the imprint of "Mandalorian"
It nestles round Paz's head like a slimy crown to listen to his dreams, purring because... Adenn hasn't had a meal like this one in so long, this will be fun.
Adenn doesn't make itself apparent to Paz for a while, sharing with him impressions of things long past, leafing through Paz's memories to understand him better and comparing him to Din who Adenn honestly thinks has all his priorities in the right place even if Din himself thinks he's a mess.
Maybe Adenn starts becoming more tangible to Paz as a voice in his dreams, and eventually while he's waking, until one day when Paz fears he's actually lost his mind, Adenn finally pops up on his shoulder 🙋
oh my :eyes:
how did i miss this? or worse, forget abt it? >.<
i really like this gradual introduction of Adenn, it slowly sneaking up on Paz. timing it in concurrence with the Cubi discovering is eehhhhh bc of other stuff we've chatted abt but that could be when Adenn finally actually manifests and Paz can't write it off as not enough sleep
i love the slithering thru the sand and Cranky abt it XD
"platonic comedy of errors but with nightmares vibes" is exactly the vibe i want for Pazdenn
I don't need a response anytime soon, I just wanted somewhere to park this
On the topic of Adenn helping the pack collectively contribute to their child's parentage... She would be a nightmare for anyone trying to keep tabs on her with her lizard climbing, eldritch shape-shifting, vampiric-diet driving her to eat outside of mealtimes, latent cubi abilities that make her unfair influential on the modder kids when they babysit, plus she doesn't know her own strength. And all her parents are already inhumanly strong.
I love everything abt this. everything. the chaos. the adorableness. Adenn would 💯 try to break the galaxy by making such a great and terrible creature. I love her. I love her so much. get ready, gffa, mandalore's abt to rise again.
also I'm just calling her ad'ika in my notes bc yes, adorable terror mando babby 🖤
also also this was just too cute and hilarious not to share so voila, "answered"
Apologies if you've already answered this but does Adenn do anything fun with Paz's refractory period?
yes, absolutely. it was briefly touched on at one point in comments but I honestly can't remember what it was in relation to 😆😅
Adenn can and does mess with refractory period and also the nervous system bc it loves fucking with ppl and that is a great and easy way to mess with Paz esp. also Din to a lesser degree but Din kinda already has that from Cubi-ness. Boba... idk maybe it messes with him or maybe it helps him when the nerve damage and scarring are particularly painful bc man's been thru A Lot without Adenn's influence.
yeah, thinking abt it now, Adenn probably doesn't mess with Boba's head too much bc he's already settled and strong in his beliefs for the most part. he does get poked abt his insecurities tho ofc.
Paz remains Adenn's favorite emotional punching bag
Does the darksaber goo have its own character? Does it make sure Paz is taken care of after he's so worked so hard looking after his partners? Does it scold him for not taking enough for himself when he sometimes leaves them shuddering, sated and clean, but with a weird sense of loss and freefall tightening in his chest? Does it ever hold him in his sleep on those rare instances when he rests alone?
Does it ever publicly fuck him under the armour in punishment and lovingly call him a loser, like other symbiotes we know?
once again, this is a smol bite-size bit of a more expansive thing but I don't have bandwidth to write it right now. it will be written tho. I just want the gratification of sharing it now 💀
this is kind of a symbiote!darksaber crossed with haunted!darksaber concept. also, I like the idea that there's a special tie between the saber and Clan Vi(s)zla but not to the exclusion of other folks. it just likes to fuck with them the most bc they're all volatile and often stupid 😆
I'm sorry there's no horny in this, I swear there will be, I'm just tapped out rn bc real life is a steaming pile of garbage and nightmares abt being chased by wasps? in a cult house full of maggots and rotting live vermin, sorry that's graphic but that's apparently where my subconscious is at rn 🤷
that said I really really like your questions here. they sparked some Very Tasty scenes that the brain is refusing to put out. printer broken, change your toner cartridge
notes on Mando'a at the end
There are no words to describe the thing tied darksaber. There are no words for how it communes from some place beyond the veil of stars, beneath Paz's ribs, under his feet.
Kebiin ruusaanete, the thing scoffs, dancing through the bones of his hands as he carefully cleans his armor. Do you truly think yourself worthy? It has been generations since a Vizla was anything like reliable.
(Reliably ambitiousinsaneselfishcruelfoolisharrogant, countless voices mutter and howl in the echoes between his ribs. He does not need a clan history lesson.)
Paz ignores the not-voices swirling through him, languorous and untamed and taunting. He continues with his task.
Pathetic. Have you no shame? What of your pride, Last of House Shriekhawk? Black starlight dances across his vision as he painstakingly traces a new shape on his bes'marbur.
Paz never asks why Adenn is by turns cruel and fond. It is a fathomless thing, beyond the understanding of one man centuries removed from the one who brought it into being.
It is our duty, Adenn doesn't say, and our honor. Tarre knew the faults in Clan Vizla; we ensure they learn.
Adenn tells him things his buire never did, never would even if they had known them. They tell him things shouldn't know. He does his best to keep the secrets slyly shared. They watch and they wait for him to abuse their knowledge.
Tarre called us home, Adenn tells him. It's impossible to parse all of the tones it uses but Paz thinks he can he recognizes some of the louder ones.
Greif. Nostalgia. Anger. Joy.
We were not one, an voice says, shame and regret and more and less. Tarre reminded us. Tarre made sure Mandalore would endure until the end of all.
Mando'a:
Kebiin ruusaanete--blue reliability (probably butchered; from ruusaanyc (reliable) and cuyete (probability, tho probably more in a "could be" way. Mando'a definitions tend to be intense when taken literally and translate poorly to English and--this is enough language nerd nonsense lol) bc I'm bastardizing my way through grammar
bes'marbur--shoulder guard, pauldron, spaulder, whatever the fuck you wanna call it
