#desik

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Baby Desik opens her mouth and clicks her mandibles together, muttering something.

Saint and Osiris gasp, gathering around their daughter as they anxiously await her first word.

"Da—da—dada!" Desik says, smiling.

Saint cries.

Osiris jumps in and hugs her.

"She said it for both of us!!" Saint musters.

Nodding, Osiris lifts his and Saint's baby girl out of the crib, and cradles her. "Say it again! Say dada!"

"Dada!!" Desik says, and she reaches her little baby arms out for Osiris's face.

Saint leans in, tears falling onto the wrapped swaddle around his daughter, and kisses her. "I love you, Desik."

Desik grabs Saint's face, and clicks her mandibles against the metal.

Osiris chuckles. He leans in and presses his nose to her face, rubbing it gently against her. "Sweetheart, you'll always be our special little girl." He leans in a bit more, kissing Desik tenderly.

Desik laughs. She smiles. And her hands move to Osiris's face, holding it softly between clawed fingers.

All is well.

[beaky-beast]

I’ve been working on these during streams and offline, they are essentially the thing that Maliffirum’s body used to be before they possessed it. In parts of the headworld, but Desik especially, it is common to bind the soul of an animal to a machine; essentially meeting the dependability and strength of steel with the eager to please and often loyal mindset of a faithful mount. In regions where food and water are scarce, they are especially popular.

While there are places that specialize in specifically making these creatures that are part supernatural and mechanical (even going so far as to breed animals that are essentially raised and trained just to be bound to a machine), the more affluent members of society may commission one such construct to house the soul of a favorite mount  so they may bind their soul to the machine before they pass- especially if said mount was about to succumb to illness or injury before their time.

They tend to be built with a heavy lean towards mobility and the most natural and comfortable movement possible. Many of these mounts retain most if not all the range of motion they had in life.

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Out at a con, taking Desik for a walk!!

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Omg so Saint makes bird sounds, specifically pigeon ones, and maybe desik picks up on it, and when she's hanging out with some friends (timeline who? I imagine this is more ‘junior high right now lmfao) her friends start asking her to make different sounds, then, for a bit of fun, her friends ask her what a Phoenix sounds like, and she, without missing a beat, starts talking just like Osiris

AKFJSJFNSJFJSJFJSJF YES THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CANON AND WHAT HAPPENS!!!!!! She mimics her dad perfectly, his mannerisms, his tone of voice, everything, and her friends are so confused. Meanwhile Desik is trying her damndest not to burst out laughing!

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What if Desik becomes a Cloudstrider. The first Eliksni Cloudstrider. That is all.

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Desik bites Osiris nose and tells him to share it with Saint damnit

FKVNSNGJSKGJAJF XD

Saint is laughing heartily at seeing this happen. Osiris screams in pain, and panics, gripping his nose gently and pulling the hands away to see if there's blood (Desik barely made a dent on his nose, let alone drew blood). Osiris just... can't deal with pain like that.

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I went through my Desik tag, and now I'm obsessing over Desik again HELP!!!!!

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My guardian is unwilling to so much as send a sincere 'glad you're alive, best wishes for your recovery' card to Osiris cause they're Bad With Feelings but they are sending them just, so much delicious homemade food. So much. Soups and lasagnas and casseroles and cookies and breads and quiches. No need for genuine displays of emotion when you can just take care of people right? =P (this is vannetsed btw)

Akfjsjfjsjf That's valid af. Words are hard, words hardly mean as much as actions. Osiris much enjoys the food, the love from it, and he shares it with Saint-14 and Desik for sure. :)