#catmanderratmander

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Back into my comfort zone with some asura from the art party!

@joydrawsart and @catmanderratmander

[kerra-and-company]

Weylon, how do you think Ari's been holding up since you betrayed the warband?

Oh this is MEAN! Going STRAIGHT for the jugular. Very valid of you.

Weylon fully looks like you just walked up and punched him in the face. Or stabbed him. Or both at the same time.

His jaw drops and he tries to say something, but he ends up just mouthing words unintelligibly for the first few seconds. When he does get his voice back, he manages to force out, "The fuck?! Why would you ask me?"

He takes a breath, glaring at you.

"She's--fine. Now. She has that asura, and Brook, and Ca--she has people. No thanks to me. Fuck off and find someone else to bother."

He turns away from you and storms off.

[mystery-salad]

📂📂📂 get folder'd

>:0 you folder me???????? 💖

📂 sylvari stomachs function like pitcher plants, and if it's digestible by the acid they can eat it. Their diet has a genuinely wider possible range than the other races.

📂 Asura are largely insectivores, though they can eat other foods in moderation. They've modified many of their own traditional dishes to be a bit closer to Tyrian dishes but with a different composition of insects. Giant insects such as wasps are farmed with hives much like cattle in Kryta!

📂 humans have delicate diets in Tyria! They weren't originally from this world, and their bodies are still evolving to perfectly survive here. Lots of allergies and intollerances, they must eat more carefully and have gotten creative with dishes within their capacity to properly digest foods. Eventually they'll be fully adjusted to Tyrian food, but for now they're still getting there.

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@catmanderratmander

I dunno, guys; she IS a Dynamics graduate.

[kerra-and-company]

So Cio, how are things with Ari? How did that start?

Cio blinks for a second, then smiles. "Your broad question gets a broad answer--pretty damn good. I'm very happy, and so is she.

"As to your second question, we were both assigned to the same airship during the Pact's assault on Maguuma. That ship crashed like the rest of the fleet, unsurprisingly, and we were on our own for a while."

"To be clear," she adds, "we weren't officially together until about two years ago, but you asked how it started. And both of us, injured, making our way through the jungle is how it started. Or, I suppose, us arguing on the ship."

Her smile, which had faded somewhat, comes back brighter. "I called her 'furball' for a while after we met. She called me 'Sparks.' Still does, actually."

[kerra-and-company]

💌💌 give me one for a fellow catrat duo and one for Kerra/Nisha/Canach!

Gladly, tyty!! :D

💌 - Cio and Ari stick together pretty closely from the beginning of HoT through the beginning of PoF, at which point they're separated for a bit while Ari does some scouting for the Order of Whispers. One of Cio's acquaintances in the Priory notices that she's a bit down and teases her about missing Ari. Cio responds with "Of course I miss her. Fuck off and find something better to gossip about." (Notably, they are not romantically together at this point.)

💌 - For the trio--the three of them kinda-sorta try to keep their relationship under the radar during LWS3. The actual amount that it's kept secret is relatively minimal, though they do manage to avoid too many gossip magazine articles.

[kerra-and-company]

For Kerra and Nisha, what are some pet peeves you have about your partners?

Nisha looks at Kerra, who looks like she's thinking way too hard about this, and just says in an incredibly deadpan tone, "Nach leaves his shield in front of the closet and Lin never wears matching socks."

Kerra's pulled out of her thoughts and starts laughing. "What??"

"You don't! And I never know if we've entirely lost one of the socks or if it has been paired with one of yours somehow--"

"I like to mix up the patterns! No one can see them but me most of the time, and it's fun--"

"Then do it with your socks, but not mine!"

Kerra gets a mischievous look on her face. "So you don't want me to borrow your clothes, then?"

Nisha's glow flares, and xe hides xyr face in xyr hands. Muffled, xe says, "Not my socks!"

Kerra leans over and kisses xem on the cheek, and though xe keeps xyr face mostly hidden, xe leans into it. "Okay, love."

There's silence for a second, and then Kerra starts. "Oh! I didn't answer. Uh. Nach keeps putting my boots away in weird places, and you still insist on handwashing all the dishes at home."

Nisha's head jolts up. "I need to make sure that jade tech dishwasher works correctly and I haven't had the chance yet!"

"Yao promised me they looked it over. And we're not dealing with the Void anymore."

Xe sighs. "I'll set it up as soon as we get back home. I promise."

There's a pause, and a more somber mood falls over both of them. Nisha leans xyr head on Kerra's and says to you in a very final tone of voice, "I hope that answers your question."

[kerra-and-company]

2, 4, and 9 for Nisha!

Ooh, Nisha ask, for sure for sure! :D (And thank you!!)

2. a song lyric to describe their love life

You get a couple different snippets from different points in the evolution of said love life, because that is the compromise my brain came up with in order to maybe make a post with rambles later on:

Now I hear sounds in the hallway Rocking chairs are moving on their own I'm falling for you So much so that it's freaking me out

(Freaking Me Out, by Ava Max)

Maybe I'll crash into you Maybe we will open these wounds We're only alive if we bruise So I lay down this armor

(Armor, by Landon Austin)

Just be my friend And when the night is cold, get close And on a good day, love me most But call your mother every other Sunday, babe And don't pretend, if you need my hand, hold tight Sun or moon or rain or shine Who needs a metaphor when I can love you even more?

(At My Back, by Madds Buckley)

4. a song lyric to describe their personality

Gonna go with this one:

Face down in the desert now There's a cage locked around my heart I found a way to drop the keys where my failures were Now my hands can't reach that far I ain't made for a rivalry I could never take the world alone I know that in my weakness I am strong But it's your love that brings me home

(Brother, by NEEDTOBREATHE)

9. a song lyric to make them cry

Probably more parts of this song than this bit that apply for this question, but this is the most relevant:

I'm in need of a savior, but I'm not asking for favors My whole life, I've felt like a burden I think too much, and I hate it

(Silence, by Citizen Shade)