#utopia complex

Stella is a handmaiden to her Queen, and has recently lost her father. As the only member of the Laryss family left and being a woman, she asks her queen to give her an exception to inherit her own lands. She is denied and is told to find a husband in 3 months or forfeit everything to the crown. What's a girl to do?

Maybe marry the Alien Scout that just crash-landed in the pond?

Naboluriah is a scout from the Great and Ever-Expanding Greon Empire. He was sent on a mission to scout our Solar system and report back potential worlds for conquest...until his ship broke down, crashed in 1405 Eastern Europe. Luckily, he was found and nursed back to health by his rescuer, Stella. He has to stay in hiding or risk getting murdered by the local population for being a 'monster'.

She proposes a deal.

They both get what they want if they were to marry. He could hide out in safety in her house and lands, and she gets a man who isn't interested in stealing her land, that she can drag out in a disguise now and then to show she's taken!

And no feelings will arise from this, right?

RIGHT?!

They're friendship grows into something more, and soon they can't help but fall in love!

But how do you tell the person you married (whom you agreed your marriage was in legal terms only) that you're in love with them? Especially when you can't even say their name right!?

Eventually, the truth comes to light and someone gives in. But they both have a steep learning curve when it comes to courting another species!

But they figure it out.

To everyone else, theyre Lady Stella and Lord Laryss. To each other, they're:

Staris and Nabola

Does your OC like to cuddle their significant other when they sleep? If so, who is the little spoon? Would they admit it if asked?

Well, here in lies a problem. Chot has wings. Rosa has elbow-spikes.

Chot has to sleep on his side or stomach for comfort, and one sudden jolt from Rosa means a puncture in the chest for him if he was the big spoon.

Rosa being a head and a half shorter than him means a face full of feathers if she was the big spoon

They legit have to sleep face to face.

Rosa DOES have some wax that she can put on her talons and spikes, but its still chancey. A good enough jab will still bruise.

The best thing they could do is hold each other close chest to chest/ face to face. They admit freely that theyve tried and failed.

But hey, they get to look into each other's eyes!

I imagine they tried to get comfortable the first night they shared a tent, but it was more difficult than they thought!

Uzuri: *throws a rock at their tent* "Stop making out! Go to sleep already!"

Chot: "WE'RE TRYING!"

Rosa: "I WISH we were making out!!"'

"Running out in the middle of the night to get a food item they're craving"

"Babe." Came Lavie's voice. Ardou had just laid his head down after finishing up some notes on a project. She had that tone. That tone that rang with the promise of frustration and adventure all in one.

He gulped before answering. "...yes?"

She got up and leaned over his shoulder. "I need cherry pie."

He cracks a grin, "Is that a euphemism?"

"Usually, but not tonight. I need Cherry pie. Right now." She was quite serious.

"So I assume you want me to go down to food-replocopier and make some." He grumbled, getting snuggly.

Then she said it and he knew he would not know sleep this night.

"No, I need a specific pie."

"What pie?" He sat up, rubbing his face.

"The Cherry Pie from Ruby's Diner on Route 412 outside of Helena, Montana, America, Earth, Delta Dimension."

He looked down at her broken leg. She looked up at him with her big kitten eyes. Obviously SHE wasn't going to go get it.

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The door to Ruby's Diner swung open at 2:34 AM. An 8 foot tall Lizardman in a winter coat, purple scarf and boots stomped up to the counter. The few truckers that were in there ran for the other entrance, screaming their heads off. Ruby herself was shaking in her pumps as he walked up to the counter and slapped 30 american dollars, newly replicated, onto the counter. "Two Cherry pies please." He grumbled.

She just gaped up at him, mouth open.

"Oh, Lavie sent me." He remembered to say.

That seemed to snap her out of her state of shock. "L-Lavie? The little manic mechanic?"

"Yeah, that's her. She's my girlfriend and we broke her leg doing- erm! -That's not important. -POINT IS she's not feeling well and assures me that your pie is some sort of 'magic' that'll help her." He manages to stutter out.

Ruby understands and smiles warmly. "Oooh. I see. Here." She boxes up the pies from under the display and slides them over. "So, you two are dating?"

Ardou smiles, a terrifying thing for the unfamiliar to him. "Yeah, hopefully more soon." He looks over his shoulder and fishes out a purple ringbox, opening it to show it off. "Do you think she'll like it?"

"I've known that girl her whole life. And my advice? Get a recessed gem. Girl like that runs around a mile a minute and its gonna snag and take her whole finger off."

He looks at the cut amethyst sticking up in the traditional way. "You're so right! Thank you! I can't believe I didn't think of that!" He sticks it back in his pocket. "I'll get it fixed, thanks so much!" He was about to leave, going for the door.

"Uh, hon? Your pie?"

"RIGHT!" He grabbed the boxes awkwardly.

"And whatever you do, don't stick it in food! You KNOW that girl will swallow it whole!"

"Drat, I'll have to think of something else!" He snapped his fingers and laughed.

He left and the doors chimed as he let them close behind him. He summoned a glowing green portal and disappeared off the face of the planet.

"Poor guy. Gonna get eaten alive by that gal." Ruby chuckled.

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Soon they were back comfortably in bed, snuggled up with pie and a musical.

Lavie leaned on his chest, craving satisfied. "Thank you. I love you babe." She sighed, content.

THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING MY BOY.

Larenn's a thinky boy so this is perfect

(Sorry for not getting to this sooner its been super busy over here)

Used this expression meme set by @tabithajaneart :

40: Sense of humor:

At first, he doesnt have one! He's very straightlaced, by the book in his mannerisms. Exposure to Lavie makes him wanna compete with and impress her. He grows a sense of humor...slowly. But after a bit of polishing his initial corniness, he's quick as a whip!

49: Voice:

Ardou has a low rumbly voice. He can roar like a dinosaur, and human speech didnt come easily to him. His mother/creator Natura got him a tutor on the matter once he showed signs of high intelligence.

His vocal tone is Garrus Vakarian from mass effect meets Piccolo from DBZA.

That’s the name of the story that @lovelyladylavie‘s OCs Ardou and Lavie come from!