#progress xd

[justanotherstarlight]

After a lot of pouting (on both sides) he agreed to at least wear the mask 🤗

[borrowedtimeandspace]

The Talk

27. Communication

From this list of gt prompts

AU: Fantasy AU feat. giant-slayer Stan and giant Nate. Cue drama.

Note: It finally happened. I'm skipping a prompt because I could come up with absolutely nothing for merpeople. Well, it's not that I couldn't, but my heart wasn't in it and I REALLY wanted to get to this one. It was either skip or put out something soulless, and I don't think any of us want that. Plus I'm still behind so ehh sue me.

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"What the hell was that about?!"

Stan's pounding heart jumped into his throat as bright amber eyes the size of his head turned to focus on him. It... he seemed just as shocked by Stan's call as Stan was in himself. Despite rushing back in here, determined to get to the bottom of the confusing encounter he and the giant had just gone through, Stan didn't have much of a plan.

"Pardon?"

The sheer volume of the giant's voice, relatively gentle as his tone was, hit Stan like a wave. He bit back the impulse to retreat, to hide from something that could be so noisy without trying. Instead, he straightened his spine and crossed his arms defensively.

"As a representative of the Guild of Giant Slayers, I had entered this place with certain expectations," Stan shot back, projecting his own voice to carry all the way to the giant from where he stood on the top of the massive bookshelf. "The training I have undergone prepared me for a much more hostile engagement than I have experienced here!"

The giant's brow quirked and his head turned to look at Stan sidelong as he slowly closed the thick book in his hands. "Are you asking me why I didn't kill you?"

Stan bristled. None of his training had indicated that giants were the insightful type, and yet this one cut straight to the heart of the matter.

"I am," he answered stiffly.

A tense silence ensued as the pair stared, trying to puzzle one another out. Then, the giant's weight shifted. Stan felt the sheer weight of his steps through the whole bookshelf as the giant moved. He kept one eye on Stan as he set the book aside on a desk that faced the slayer.

"Contrary to what you and your guild may believe, I am not a murderer," said the giant.

Stan's eyes narrowed. "Other members of the guild have been through here. What happened to them?"

The giant gave a humorless chuckle at that, but Stan heard more exasperation in his tone than malice. "The same as happened to you."

Stan fell quiet, contemplating this and comparing it to what he'd been told.

"Not quite the tale you've heard?" challenged the giant.

"Why would they lie about that??"

Stan's jaw clamped shut. He hadn't meant to blurt out what had been spinning through his head.

The giant's dubious look softened a hair, and he leaned his hips against the desk. "As I understand it, bruised pride can cause any number of knee-jerk reactions. Some people might rather spin a yarn about their conquests than tell an embarrassing truth."

"I...suppose," Stan huffed, his shoulders beginning to slump. There were quite a few veteran, and even some newly recruited, members of the guild who had rather inflated egos. Stan rather thought himself more on the humble side, but even his own unchecked bravado was slipping the longer the conversation stretched on.

Another silence fell, this one more thoughtful for each party involved.

Clearing his throat, the giant offered an introduction. "My name is Nathaniel. Perhaps we should talk."

Stan opened his mouth to retort, but nothing came. This giant was disarmingly reasonable, and it was difficult to see him as much of an immediate threat. That clashed with everything Stan had been told about his kind.

He needed to understand. It's why he came back.

"Stanley," he said. "Perhaps we should."

[octocookies]

ABOUT UNDERTRAITOR FRISK: 

- she is always filled with hope and giving up isn´t an option for her                    -  she always put others before herself      - Frisk also stays calm in stressful situations                                                          - one of her favourite things to do is crafting or repairing things ( she never    goes anywere without her emergency kit )  - Frisk is a very loyal and brave person, but she also can be a bit naive sometimes