AU's on the making

Hey dad, you can... Like... Uhm... Purr?

Oh... Well...

He blinked before lightly smiling, a light chuckle leaving his closed mouth as he lowered his head enough to let her nuzzle him.

I'm always here dad I just stay hidden from... Well, the others...

Hey dad, you can... Like... Uhm... Purr?

Oh... Well...

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐, 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚?

*Void sits with Dewdrop as he listens calmly*

A couple decades of blacksmithing and tailoring can do a lot. Especially when it's to match big people.

Naong: 𝒐𝒉 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍... 𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 [𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒚]

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐, 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚?

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

*Void nods again and releases them, wiping his eye* V: yeah.. I guess.. and I'm glad Smith will be here with you..

Let's put this sadness off to the side shall we? Let's have fun while we can, speaking of fun, I knitted a dress out of boredome-

Naong: 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔? 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆? [𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑, 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅]

*Void nods and sits and watches the two, small compared to both if them as he accepts the pets*

It's not as good as my other creations, but here.

Naong: 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕... 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔

*Void just watches, purring softly* V: Reminds me of the strange holiday Medic mentioned..

Yes, Christmas is the day of gifting, also c'mon Naong, I not once saw you make a dress out of leaves back then and giggling like a toddler, I had to keep up an act as if I didn't see you. Try it on and see how you like it

Naong: 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆? 𝑾𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔 [𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍]

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

*Void nods again and releases them, wiping his eye* V: yeah.. I guess.. and I'm glad Smith will be here with you..

Let's put this sadness off to the side shall we? Let's have fun while we can, speaking of fun, I knitted a dress out of boredome-

Naong: 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔? 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆? [𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑, 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅]

*Void nods and sits and watches the two, small compared to both if them as he accepts the pets*

It's not as good as my other creations, but here.

Naong: 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕... 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

*Void nods again and releases them, wiping his eye* V: yeah.. I guess.. and I'm glad Smith will be here with you..

Let's put this sadness off to the side shall we? Let's have fun while we can, speaking of fun, I knitted a dress out of boredome-

Naong: 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔? 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆? [𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑, 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅]

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆

*I casually open my chest and put the knitting needles in*

*Void pauses before hugging Naong, the slight give in his body now able to be sensed, his body having started it's decline as he speaks quietly, teary* V: I'm sorry..

Hm... So it's already starting void?

Naong: 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅... 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 [𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔]

*The forest stirs, it's branches swaying in winds that lead to its center, sprites flock collectively to their origin for festivities that have been long lost to humans, yet something seems solemn among the trees, something has worn off, something held dear now lays vulnerable.. The frost adorned plants writhe as a mothers embrace falls, fatigue having weakened her protection.. A child now laid bare with an ending now in sight.. the forest grows restless, its desperation following its denial. The sprites seem worried, for a reason not yet known.. Those old enough to understand have already wandered to the forest center..*

Naong: 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆