"Thank you," Roan nodded, hoping his tone would communicate there was no need to be anxious. Maybe it wasn't a pearl? But no, when he held up the little thing to the lighting in the room it shimmered a little better. Definitely a pearl. People paid good money for nice pearls--and xe seemed like it was of no consequence. Maybe xe was rich. Or else shiny things held no intrinsic value. Curious. "Are they so common that no one likes them here?"
He was still thinking when xe rounded with xyr tentacles overloaded with plushies. "Uhm." He raised one eyebrow, then the other. A...peace offering? Or. No. Surely not... But xyr logic could very well be if he liked pearls, he must also like stuffed toys. Which must have meant all the chiming sounds xe made were in some way meant to indicate xe now thought him a child.
Is there a point in this day that doesn't equate to 'hideously embarrassing'?
He sighed heavily and curled the pearl into his palm. Walking toward the eclectic assortment xe was organizing on the floor, Roan squatted beside xem. "I'm actually a grown man," he said with not a small amount of self-deprecation. "But you'll need to slow down if those are their names."
For a few minutes, he thought xe was trying to teach him how to play with the unidentifiable alien creatures-become-toys. But then xe dumped one in a box, and his eyes went wide. "So that's. You? Uala," he pointed to the first. Was xe the one who'd abducted him? With a wry smile he eyed the second. Purple. Winged. Thing.
Is that what I look like to Uala?
He kept the question to himself so as not to encourage/reinforce such a thought.
Xe wandered off with the little first aid box and set it with its much larger incarnation. Roan nodded as xe tossed the first stuffed toy aside and stood in its place. So xe hadn't been the one who abducted him, but xe was the one who'd woken him from his...box. Easy enough. Until xyr tentacles began wiggling and enacting all sorts of mayhem. As if xe was trying to explain what was coming next.
That was when things got terrifying.
Stuffing bandages toward the creatures mouth.
Which must mean something other than I'll be gagged.
Pretending to stick it with an empty syringe.
And what goes in that? ...Pass. No, Uala, no.
Hugging it to xyr cheek so tightly the fluffy thing bulged a bit.
What does THAT mean? Roan felt his eyes go wide, and his jaw dropped open so fast it hurt.
Regret began to sink in that he'd agreed not to leave the room. There was a point where self-preservation and honor had a definite, definite line. But then again, if this was what was going to happen here, what would happen if he was out there? Would there be other aliens like Uala ready to drug him and...crush him to death with xyr tentacles? Reluctantly, he stepped closer to the table xe approached next, his manner much akin to a morbidly curious bystander watching a house burn down from across the street.
No, Roan, xe said and he thought it must have meant not to touch rather than it wouldn't be used for him because wasn't the purple thing supposed to BE him? This was confusing as the inside of a black hole. "Wait, but if that's not, if you're not using that on me, what are you actually..." He watched as the innards of the stuffed animal appeared to project on the wall. "Doing. Huh." Interesting, that a single needle could do that. The medical applications...
...on me. Drugging, crushing, table-ing.
He backed up very slowly while Uala seemed very intent on analyzing the toy. If xe was explaining the findings to him, Roan had no Earthly clue. Less of a clue when the animal, which he had presumed dead or unconscious from the crushing, was marched across the table as if it were frolicking. "Okaaaay," he muttered. "So you're either planning horrible things but I'll be fine, or I'm actually inside a mental institution for aliens and you think you're a doctor."
So much for his day not getting worse.
He was still thinking when xe rounded with xyr tentacles overloaded with plushies. "Uhm." He raised one eyebrow, then the other. A...peace offering? Or. No. Surely not... But xyr logic could very well be if he liked pearls, he must also like stuffed toys. Which must have meant all the chiming sounds xe made were in some way meant to indicate xe now thought him a child.
Is there a point in this day that doesn't equate to 'hideously embarrassing'?
He sighed heavily and curled the pearl into his palm. Walking toward the eclectic assortment xe was organizing on the floor, Roan squatted beside xem. "I'm actually a grown man," he said with not a small amount of self-deprecation. "But you'll need to slow down if those are their names."
For a few minutes, he thought xe was trying to teach him how to play with the unidentifiable alien creatures-become-toys. But then xe dumped one in a box, and his eyes went wide. "So that's. You? Uala," he pointed to the first. Was xe the one who'd abducted him? With a wry smile he eyed the second. Purple. Winged. Thing.
Is that what I look like to Uala?
He kept the question to himself so as not to encourage/reinforce such a thought.
Xe wandered off with the little first aid box and set it with its much larger incarnation. Roan nodded as xe tossed the first stuffed toy aside and stood in its place. So xe hadn't been the one who abducted him, but xe was the one who'd woken him from his...box. Easy enough. Until xyr tentacles began wiggling and enacting all sorts of mayhem. As if xe was trying to explain what was coming next.
That was when things got terrifying.
Stuffing bandages toward the creatures mouth.
Which must mean something other than I'll be gagged.
Pretending to stick it with an empty syringe.
And what goes in that? ...Pass. No, Uala, no.
Hugging it to xyr cheek so tightly the fluffy thing bulged a bit.
What does THAT mean? Roan felt his eyes go wide, and his jaw dropped open so fast it hurt.
Regret began to sink in that he'd agreed not to leave the room. There was a point where self-preservation and honor had a definite, definite line. But then again, if this was what was going to happen here, what would happen if he was out there? Would there be other aliens like Uala ready to drug him and...crush him to death with xyr tentacles? Reluctantly, he stepped closer to the table xe approached next, his manner much akin to a morbidly curious bystander watching a house burn down from across the street.
No, Roan, xe said and he thought it must have meant not to touch rather than it wouldn't be used for him because wasn't the purple thing supposed to BE him? This was confusing as the inside of a black hole. "Wait, but if that's not, if you're not using that on me, what are you actually..." He watched as the innards of the stuffed animal appeared to project on the wall. "Doing. Huh." Interesting, that a single needle could do that. The medical applications...
...on me. Drugging, crushing, table-ing.
He backed up very slowly while Uala seemed very intent on analyzing the toy. If xe was explaining the findings to him, Roan had no Earthly clue. Less of a clue when the animal, which he had presumed dead or unconscious from the crushing, was marched across the table as if it were frolicking. "Okaaaay," he muttered. "So you're either planning horrible things but I'll be fine, or I'm actually inside a mental institution for aliens and you think you're a doctor."
So much for his day not getting worse.
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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