seasonality ✦ claude

[commandertoolbelt]

[ i know this is baby claude but this is the vibe ]

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[commandertoolbelt]

[ snorts. ]

I'm pretty sure my mom would have put me in the ground if I'd talked back to her. And I'd like to see my dad try.

[ no respect! ]

So that's not normal for noble types?

[shaft]

[ He laughs at that too. ]

Yeah, I'm not entirely convinced that my mom couldn't take my dad. And it's not unusual for royalty where I grew up, but when I moved to Fódlan, the nobility there was more... stuffy.

"Stuck up rich people", I've heard is the more accessible term.

[commandertoolbelt]

Oh, yeah. Those, everyone knows. Always nice to hear there are exceptions to the rule. My friend Piper? Her dad’s rich, too, but that would never stop her from kicking my butt six ways to Sunday.

[ and on that note... ]

[shaft]

[ Claude's laughing when the memory spreads, taking him to a place he can't understand or relate to. Relationships that seem easy and unreadable.

And words that, even without context, seem dangerous. ]

You're... fire? Literally?

[commandertoolbelt]

Literally and figuratively. Figuratively because a prophecy never namedrops, but… Literally, because I’m the first demigod in centuries to have power over fire. So. Yeah.

[shaft]

... Sorry, say that again. Demigod?

[ A demigod with a sexuality crisis?? ]

[commandertoolbelt]

Yes...? Ever heard the word?

[shaft]

I've heard of gods. But demi... I guess that means you're just part one?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ wobbles hand ]

It means my dad's a god, so... I guess that's accurate?

[shaft]

And your mother?

[commandertoolbelt]

A hundred percent mortal, as far as I know. Any godliness that I may or may not have comes from my dad's side, for better or worse.

[shaft]

And that's allowed? Gods are allowed to marry humans?

[ interesting... ]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ something about claude defaulting to marriage is so funny. ]

Uh. I don't know? I don't think they were married, though... I'm pretty sure Hephaestus is married to Aphrodite already? I don't think they can get double married.

[shaft]

You can't have more than one wife...? What a strange restriction for a god?

[ claude: i'm fine with polygamy, but i draw the line at children outside of wedlock ]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ leo makes a face. ]

Look, I try not to think too hard about that stuff, okay? I barely even know the guy, and if we took it all that seriously, all demigods would be related to each other and that's just - kind of gross, and I don't care if it is in line with the myths.

[ do you know how many demigods would be dating their step-siblings or cousins, claude? do you?? ]

[shaft]

[ This jumped so fast to cousin-dating, he's a little lost. ]

Wh- hold on. Is your lineage real or a myth?

[commandertoolbelt]

I mean, I'm definitely real and so is my dad, but I couldn't tell you how much truth there is in the myths or not. I haven't exactly had time to interview the guy.

[shaft]

[ Why is he stuck on this. He takes a moment to step back so he doesn't get caught up on pointless details. ]

I see. So you're... on an adventure to save the world?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ nodding... ]

Adventure, quest - same difference. I don't think Dirt Face wants to destroy the world, or anything, just - the world as we know it? They want to take over, basically.

[shaft]

[ crosses his arms ]

There is always someone like that... Out of curiosity, why doesn't your dad help out? Since he's so powerful.

[commandertoolbelt]

Zeus won’t let him. Uh, that’s the king of the gods, basically. He’s locked down Olympus so they can’t even talk to us, let alone openly help us.

Honestly, though? Even if it weren’t locked down, I doubt they’d bother. They don’t really interact with us much, anyway. I didn’t even know who my dad was until last winter, let alone talk to him.

[shaft]

That's quite the hands off approach.

[ He sighs. ]

You're really young to be shouldering such a huge burden.

[commandertoolbelt]

Hey, I can handle it just fine! Age is just a number, anyway.