#pilot.txt

[starmocha]

Xavier playing the piano for his baby

Rafayel singing a Lemurian lullaby to his baby

Sylus singing a lullaby to his baby (THE BABY LIKES IT because she's also tone-deaf like him)

Zayne helplessly playing the kalimba for his baby (both of them are suffering)

Caleb singing a lullaby to his baby (MC is suffering)

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replaying an old favorite thanks to the news :]

[starmocha]

😔 I spent all afternoon writing wholesome toddler fics, so the absolute mood whiplash now knowing their fathers have all at one point were slutting it up on a stage—

[starmocha]

Can't access my laptop for a few days even though I have finished things I want to share 💔 instead, here's something silly from my notes app 🥲

LADS TEENS & THE INTERNET

Snowdrop: most likely to livestream playing video games while casually helping you with your college homework (he is 14). the tips he receives is enough for him to rent his own small starter apartment in Linkon City (his parents do not know his latest hustle), but he just enjoys shooting zombies in the head while drilling people with complex math equations.

Birdie: most likely to hack EVER successfully as her weekly practice. her true goal is hacking Onychinus, but she has yet to surpass her father, and instead Sylus hears all the way from his study the biggest "FUCK." from the Darling of Onychinus as her laptop is accompanied by a voice-over Sylus had previously recorded: "Oh, no. Not there yet, my little birdie. Better luck next time."

he is smirking before he resumes his shady business phone conference.

Starlight: most likely to have a homebody vlog channel with 2 million followers tuning in to watch her lounge and eat takeout food while living her best girl life (the entire all-boy high school next to her all-girl high school are loyal subscribers, calling her their "coquette princess" / "the sleeping beauty of Linkon City").

No one ever tries to doxx her because she has the dirt on everyone. If she's going down, she's taking everyone with her. Is besties with Auntie Simone... Xavier is not exactly happy with this.

Coral: most likely to be behind on new lingos. he often wonders why his father is better versed in his generation's trends than he is... he dabbles in some social media with a decent number of followers, but there is a lengthy period between posts, resulting in his followers joking that he has forgotten his passwords... (He did. And his accounts.)

Little freeloading fishie is busy out here touching... water?

Pilot: most likely to have a cooking channel........ where he yaps about random things in his life. He's not trying to teach you how to cook, but he is spilling all of the secrets about Uncle Gideon's love life and Auntie Tara's "accurate" fortune telling. Always down to collab with other content creators. Seems to know everyone... May or may not be on the Farspace Fleet's watch list.

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When it comes to secret-keeping, you can divide the toddlers into three groups:

Snowdrop and Birdie are the best at keeping secrets. No amount of bribery, threats, or coercion can break their steel resolve. Nothing is slipping past those lips.

Coral is also good at keeping secrets. He won't spill the beans, but he would be miserable the whole time. In fact, he would prefer you not share secrets with him. The only secrets he can handle is his and his Mommy's time with the stray cats around Mo Art Studio. But it's also because for some reason Rafayel is too oblivious to the whole thing.

Pilot promises he will keep your secrets, but 5 seconds later, he forgets and accidentally starts telling stories involving the secrets because little boy here is a certified yapper. 😔 On the other hand, Starlight does not care about your secrets, and if they come out, they come out 🤷‍♀️

[starmocha]

Xiuuuuuuuu ~~~~

It's missing the babies hours here 🥺. I've been wondering: what kinds of students were the babies?

OH, ALRIGHT.

I know I touched upon Snowdrop a bit. 🤔 But I think academically-wise, all of them are good students and top of their class, but uh...

Snowdrop — He's really too smart for his own good smh Little guy here has been hustling his classmates on the school playground since the age of 8. He's an all-around ace and golden boy, who knows how to use his wits and cuteness to get what he wants.

By the time he is 14, he is tutoring people during gaming livestreams... college students. He is tutoring college students. While shooting zombies in the head. We love our little multitasking king 🫶

Starlight — The "It" girl. All of the girls want to be besties with her and all of the boys have crushes on her. She has the natural making of a leader, but... she does fall asleep in class a lot. And during lunchbreaks. And recess time. At this point, the school is concerned, but her parents have literal medical reports to show that she is fine. She just likes napping. 🤷‍♀️

Coral — Little daydreamer with his head in the clouds. 🥺 He's constantly fantasizing about life outside the classroom and gets distracted by the most innocuous things like a leaf in the breeze or a cat napping on a rooftop. But he's too sweet for teachers to be upset at, especially since he does get good grades in class and seems to understand the lessons just fine.

Birdie — Some time during the middle of grade school, she tries so hard to fit in, but is subjected to being outcasted. The faculty knows she has a powerful father, but her classmates view her as "a spoiled rich girl". After several attempts to fit in (and accidentally endangering her life), a lengthy talk with Sylus helps her realize she doesn't need to fit in. She is perfectly fine the way she is. As she enters middle school, she channels the same energy as her parents and that makes her stand out and now others want to get closer to her.

Pilot — Overly enthusiastic certified yapper has to spend one hour daily being quiet during lessons and not allowed to answer questions, because as his teachers learned, this boy will go down rabbit holes about the most insane topics ever. At one point, his teacher was late to class, so he started teaching his classmates himself... he was quite good actually. 🤔

[starmocha]

Ok now I'm curious, which one of the kids is an actual 95% innocent sweetheart? (cause I figure MC's menace genes are always present in some way so it's never a 100%) or the closest to it?

Is it baby Coral? 🥹🥹🥹

Ooohhhh ok, this is how I see their genetics working lol

Snowdrop — 95% Zayne in terms of looks, personality, and behavior, but MC's 5% menace gene is there to wreak havoc. As he grows older, that gene gets stronger and will soon dominate over most of the personality traits he inherited from his father 💀

Birdie — 50% Sylus, 50% MC. Baby girl is a perfect blend of her parents' genes. 🙂‍↕️ But Sylus delights when her mom's personality traits shine through (when she's mad/feisty lmao).

Coral — 60% Rafayel, 40% MC. A near perfect blend of both, but his Lemurian side is slightly overpowering MC's genes. Baby Coral is the sweetest out of all the toddlers. Aside from his lullaby time with Rafayel (non-negotiable, zero leniency. he must have his lullaby time with his dad 🥺), he is the most easy-going of all the toddlers and rarely gets upset or cause trouble (intentionally).

Starlight — 10% Xavier, 90% MC lmao baby girl inherited her father's hair and eye colors, and narcolepsy......and that's it. 💀 Her personality and behavior are mostly her mother's, but Xavier adores that, so he's thrilled that his daughter is practically a mini-MC he is so whipped for them both lmao 🥹

Pilot — 100% Caleb 2.0 in looks, behavior, personality, and the cilantro-hating gene, I fear. Baby boy took one look at his mom's genes and went "nah, I'm good, ma 🙂‍↔️" 💀

[starmocha]

pls i need o know how attached to their dads the toddlers are i.i

every since that headcanon to cheer up the sick anon, about zayne being caught about to leave but little snowdrop is awake and runs to get his little jacket and shoes and then you incorporated it into one of your fics, i think that little boy is attached to the hip with his dad. the only reason he doesn't go to work with dad is because he can't.

🥹 I am more than happy to share!

Toddlers' attachment to their respective father from most attached to... least attached.

Birdie — She loves her daddy the most in the world (she loves her mommy, too, but this ain't about her right now lol). Whenever Sylus is away from work, be it temporary or a longer period, she gets incredibly sad and lonely. She has a tendency to wait for him either outside his study room or his bedroom, and as seen a few times already, she will fall asleep outside his room waiting for him to come home. She will cry for him when she is upset. His lullabies make her feel safe and when he is home, she will follow him whenever she could (with her plushies accompanying her as her entourage). The world is scary and dangerous, but Sylus makes it safe for her.

Snowdrop — He's his daddy's double, so of course, he feels it's important to always be by his daddy's side. And as his daddy's personal doctor as well, it's also absolutely necessary for him to always keep an eye on his #1 patient. That said, he also understands his parents have important jobs that will leave them busier on some days. He keeps a brave face on, but he wants his parents home with him 100% of the time. He's still a small boy, but he is already unconsciously hiding his feelings to not make his parents stressed or worried. Of course, his parents won't let this go unnoticed, and will shower him with endless love and their time.

Pilot — His daddy is his best friend, and best friends should play together often! Like, always! But he learns early on that that can't always be the case. He still doesn't understand why his daddy's job makes him leave for long time, and he does get lonely waiting for his daddy to come home. Little boy here stays busy, because his daddy would always tell him to take over while he is away. A co-pilot will always help support his partner, and he will not disappoint his daddy! And when his daddy is home, they get to eat braised chicken wings together, and little boy has a lot to share with his daddy during his absence. Nonstop yapping for hours, but Caleb wouldn't have it any other way.

Coral — He's fine chilling by himself lol Rafayel is the attached one. He is small and the world is big. There's so much to explore and befriend! There are kitties to pet and feed! No time to waste! But then nightfall comes, and he waits for his daddy's lullaby. It's their ritual. It's always been their ritual. Ever since he was still a wee little fishie still growing in his mommy's tummy. Without his daddy's lullaby and the longer he stays awake past his bedtime, the crankier he gets and he's no longer a sweet little fishie, but a grouchy little boy who is definitely the Sea God's son.

Rafayel may or may not have recorded a CD for his little fishie, accompanied with an intro: "Heyyyyyyy, my little fishie~"

Starlight — boy bye She loves her daddy. She really does. Of course she does.

But little lady here is a busy girl! She doesn't have time for a needy, clingy man. (/J) Her day is packed full with cartoons, sleeping, playtime, sleeping, lunch, sleeping, tea parties, sleeping, evening cartoons, sleeping...

She could probably work her daddy in for 8PM. Conveniently, that also happens to be her bedtime.....

That said, she still loves her daddy. She really does. She loves it when he makes little light animals to play with her. She likes reading with him. Gardening with him. Learning to play the piano with him. Eating fried chicken at midnight with him... And sleeping on his chest. Her dreams always seem sweeter when she sleeps on his chest. She wonders why. Oh, well. She has a play date she needs to go to now. Bye~