♈ Aradia: Be the lusus. [backdated to Sunday]

[psych0p0mps]

[Ahh, it's a beautiful afternoon. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Aradia has just woken up in her room at the castle - wait that's not right, isn't she supposed to be finishing up the outpost still? It didn't even bother to put her in her recuperacoon, it just left her slumped up against a wall, and there's something warm and squishy curled up in her arms -

- oh

- oh oh oh

It's the grub, it's the same grub. The little mac and cheese colored thing the castle gave her and Sollux last year. It squirms in her arms, beginning to wake up too, and then squints its little eyes and lets out a yawn that the journal transcribes as a small orange squeeeeak. - which finally pulls Aradia out of her silence.]

oh my god youre huge


((ooc: open as an open thing! Shiki-mun - we can still do something if you'd like, I just couldn't wait to get started slfajdslfajk))

Comments

[shipper_on_deck]

What's huge?

safljl;kj i lol'd when i saw this in my inbox ngl

[psych0p0mps]

[Oh whoops the journal would be open wouldn't it.]

this grub
he looks like a big fat sausage
i didnt realize they could get so big

lmfaooo

[shipper_on_deck]

[grub? That's a new one.]

Just so you know, they get bigger when they harden.

[psych0p0mps]

oh geez
i guess they would huh
do you think thats going to happen this time?

[shipper_on_deck]

Well, if you play with it enough...

[psych0p0mps]

[... what does that have to do with anything?]

well i guess i could try
he seemed to enjoy it last time
i dont think thats all there is to it though

[shipper_on_deck]

I do suppose nobody could say no to a good striptease.

[psych0p0mps]

[W O W okay yeah good thing Aradia wasn't drinking anything 'cause it would be everywhere. She replies quite a bit louder than she means to.]

what?!

[shipper_on_deck]

You know, where you take off your clothes piece by piece. Put on a bit of a show.

[psych0p0mps]

no way!
oh my god thats sick hes just a grub

[Meanwhile, Aradia's minor freakout has awoken grubface, and he's hungry. He squeaks a couple times and then it turns into a keening wail.]
kweeeeeeee!

oh geez now you woke him up too
i hope youre happy >:(

[shipper_on_deck]

[....whoa. Weird.]

Wait. You were talking about a baby?

[psych0p0mps]

of course i was talking about a baby!
nobody is talking about anything but babies!
what the heck did you think i was talking about

[shipper_on_deck]

Penises. Well, a penis.

[what. You asked.]

[psych0p0mps]

whats a
...
oh no
no its some human sexual thing isnt it
i should have known coming from you

[shipper_on_deck]

[she laughs and lets go of the topic]

So does he actually look like a bug?

[psych0p0mps]

[She can still feel herself blushing fiercely, but ughhh, thank gog for small mercies. She shifts the still-wailing grub and gets up.]

yeah
all trolls start out that way

[shipper_on_deck]

Odd.

Then again, maybe not so much. Human babies are rather weird looking too.

[psych0p0mps]

[on that point you have Aradia's COMPLETE AGREEMENT.]

i know right???
they just look like tiny deformed squishy humans that make weird noises and barf all the time

[not that hers doesn't barf all the time too, but it hasn't yet this year, that's the important thing.]

[shipper_on_deck]

Right. All they do is scream and throw tantrums. Why would anybody want to raise a family is beyond me.

[psych0p0mps]

i dont know
maybe thats why we have animals do it

[Of course, she's saying this partly because grubface's crying is getting on her nerves, and she kind of knows it.]

i guess id better feed him before he starts gnawing on me

[shipper_on_deck]

That's probably a good idea. [a giant worm nomming away on your not-quite-dead-yet body? No thanks.]

What do grubs eat?

[psych0p0mps]

meat mostly
at least thats what i fed him last year
im sure he can eat bugs too though
castle i wish for some meat please

[The castle obliges, dropping a small raw steak into her outstretched hand with a SQUELCH. This she offers to the grub, who quiets immediately and begins nomming with its oversized teeth.]

[rainbowed]

What Was That Squeaking Sound Aradia
Did The Castle Give You A Grub
Does This Mean That I Will Also Be Receiving A Grub

[psych0p0mps]

uh
yes and maybe
that is i have a grub but i dont know for sure if itll give you yours again 0_0

[Why yes she did just say "again"]

[rainbowed]

Wait What

[the look on kanaya's face rn. you don't even want to know.]

[psych0p0mps]

when you were here last time the castle made you um
well im not sure if a grub is the proper term to be honest
it crossed your dna with that of a human named ted
the results were
...
interesting

[thehistorian]

.. 'squeak'?

[psych0p0mps]

its the grub from last year
hes back

eep?

[thehistorian]

I'm sorry, the-- the grub?

[psych0p0mps]

yeah my uh
random magical castle offspring
he still hasnt pupated yet

[thehistorian]

Right, right-- your biological cycles are still a big foreign to me.

[psych0p0mps]

[Grubface enjoys your magical voices and wants to join in!]
baubbubthhhhth.
ba ba ba ba.
well basically its like
grub to pupa to wiggler to adolescent to
pppppfft!!
...
are you done

[thehistorian]

Bit of a cross between a human and a caterpillar, it sounds like, with a lot of extra oddities thrown in.

I imagine in personality and development, it's not overall too different from what I'm familiar with.

[psych0p0mps]

you think?
i know absolutely nothing about taking care of grubs to be honest
apart from which end to put the food in

[thehistorian]

That is a useful first step. Really, human babies aren't terribly hard-- feed them, burp them, change their diapers... for the most part. I don't imagine a grub is terribly different.