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Send me ‘Dad’ and a question and my character’s Dad will answer it.

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“I fell down a hole,” the boy snuggled against his back, “but I landed on squishy moss and it didn’t hurt, and then the nice ladybug lady was there, and she said to wait here and she would find you, and then you came in and you looked sad so you needed a hug because when I’m sad Ronin hugs me and then I’m not so sad and when Ronin looks sad I hug him and he smiles and says it makes it better.”

✘ - "Attack hug!" Nod took a flying leap from the arm of the couch, landing on Nod with the fox teeth's back and wrapping his arms and legs around him.

Nod staggered at the sudden weight on his back, craning his neck to get a look at his attacker. “NOD! What are you doing here? Ronin didn’t tell me you were visiting.”

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“But it didn’t look like soap or smell like soap, so how do you know to wash your hands with it even if it’s out?” Nod wiped his chin with his sleeve, “and if there was a party, there would be lots of people, because Mai says that parties are when lots of people get together and play games and eat and stuff, and I wouldn’t be there because I don’t like when there’s lots of people and when there are too many people Ronin carries me and if Ronin’s not there I cry until Ronin comes and carries me, or Miss Orla or Mrs. Marne.”

The boy thought for a moment, “but I would share if there was a party, because I’m good at sharing and Eben and I share toys and cookies and honey brittle.”

““But it looked eata... edi.. able... like some you eat!" the boy's brow wrinkled in confusion.

Nod chuckled at the little boy, he looked so confused, “Why would I have something to eat in my bathroom?”

He put on a pot of mint tea to brew. The little Nod would need something to get the taste of soap out of his mouth,

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Nod gulped down the tea, and it tingled on his tongue, getting rid of the last of the soapy taste.

“But it was out and no one was eating it,” Nod licked a little dribble of honey from the edge of the cup, “if it belonged to someone, wouldn’t they be eating it, or put it away so people know it’s theirs? Ronin says I should keep my food in my cupboard and not leave it out because that’s how he knows it’s mine.”

The boy took another big swallow of tea, dribbling a little down his chin, “and every time I see Miss Glory she tells Ronin if I’m eating enough or not, and she tells him I can have snacks whenever I want, but when I say honey brittle should always be my snack, she says no, but sometimes Ronin lets me have honey brittle for a snack, but sometimes we have bread and jam or dried fruit or nuts.”

Nod pouted again, “but not soap, because it’s not for eating and our soap is better because it smells like Ronin and it doesn’t pretend to be sweets.”

““But it looked eata... edi.. able... like some you eat!" the boy's brow wrinkled in confusion.

Nod chuckled at the little boy, he looked so confused, “Why would I have something to eat in my bathroom?”

He put on a pot of mint tea to brew. The little Nod would need something to get the taste of soap out of his mouth,

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“But it smelt like a cookie,” Nod said sullenly, gnawing on the fiddlehead pickle Nod with the fox teeth had given him.

It was sharp and a little salty and it made his mouth tastes a little less like soap.

“And it looked like the pretty sweets that Queen Tara has when we have tea,” he continued, “and things shouldn’t look like sweets unless they are.”

““But it looked eata... edi.. able... like some you eat!" the boy's brow wrinkled in confusion.

Nod chuckled at the little boy, he looked so confused, “Why would I have something to eat in my bathroom?”

He put on a pot of mint tea to brew. The little Nod would need something to get the taste of soap out of his mouth,

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Character development time! Give me some interesting questions about my character and I will answer.

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“I had to stop reading him reports when he started signing,” Ronin laughed, “he wanted me to tell him who everyone in the reports were, and why they had done what they did, and if the report has gotten as far as my desk, that often defies explanation.”

Ronin followed his double up the stairs and heard the sounds of shrieks of laughter and excited yelling.

“The boys sound like they’re having fun,” Ronin grinned.

The Nest (closed RP with wildchildnod)

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Nod squirmed out of his backpack and looked around, eyes wide, “it’s wonderful!”

There were stuffed animals sitting nestled in the blankets and treasures hanging from the roof. As Nod wiggled to get settled among the pillows he felt the nest sway.

“It rocks!” he squealed gleefully and began rocking back and forth to try to get the nest to move more.

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“Actually, Finn and I shared an apartment all the way up until I got promoted to second-in-command. Then it just made sense to live by myself. The unit we’re in now was the one that happened to be available in officers’ quarters at the time. Theoretically, I could have waited for a bigger unit to open up, but I was living by myself and almost never home, so there didn’t seem to be a reason to.”

Ronin looked around the comfortable office thoughtfully, “an office would be nice though with how much I end up working from home now. The dinner table works out alright for us though. Nod likes to sit on my feet underneath it and play while I work.”

The Nest (closed RP with wildchildnod)

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Nod’s legs were not quiet as long as chickadee Nod’s, and he had to run twice as fast to keep up going up the stairs, but that was alright. He was extra fast for his size; Ronin had said so.

When they got to the top of the stairs, the other Nod led him down the hall to his room. Nod knew that his friend liked to make nest like he did, so he had thought he had built one on his bed, but that wasn’t what his nest was at all.

“It’s the best nest ever!” Nod cheered, clapping his hands and bouncing in excitement.

Hanging from the ceiling of the other Nod’s room was a tear drop shaped nest made from woven sticks, and inside was piled high with fluffy blankets and pillow.

“Can we go in?” the boy asked excitedly.

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“That would be great,” Ronin agreed, “I keep thinking that I should put in for an upgrade, but Nod is so settled in his room now that I don’t want to move him. I didn’t think I was that far behind on upgrading my living quarters though. This place is huge.”

The Nest (closed RP with wildchildnod)

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“I brought toys for us!” Nod hugged his friend, his feet kicking excitedly in the air as the older boy’s hug lifted him off the ground a little.

“It’s good to see you on purpose for once,” Ronin smiled and shook his doppelganger‘s hand, “Nod has been plotting what they’re going to do together all week.”

I have honey brittle for us to share, Nod chirped happily at chickadee Nod.

Nod liked talking with someone who understood chickadee. Words were good and they had lots of uses, but it was more fun to make chickadee sounds.

The Nest (closed RP with wildchildnod)

“I didn’t do it!” Quinn winced when he came up through his tunnel and spotted the crabby jinn general standing there.

Ah, but he had a bottle in his hand, and that was probably worth getting yelled at again.

Ronin raised an eyebrow at the blue caterpillar and held out the bottle to him, “we’d like to visit one of the other versions of Nod.”

“Chickadee Nod!” the boy holding the general’s hand said excitedly.

“Oh, that one,”Quinn nodded, reaching for the bottle.

“Can you do that?” Ronin held the bottle just out of his reach.

“Yeah sure,” Quinn agreed, looking longingly at the bottle, “just need a little liquid substance.”

Ronin rolled his eyes and handed him the bottle.

“We’re going to play,” Nod told the caterpillar happily, swinging his and Ronin’s hands, “I brought toys and games for us to with play, and buttons and beads that we can trade.” 

“Mmm-hmmm,” Quinn tipped back the bottle, gulping down a few swallows.

Ronin gave him and impatient glare, and Quinn stopped drinking to open a tunnel. For someone with such a cheerful kid, the general certainly was sour.

“Thank you,” Ronin tipped his head to the caterpillar slightly, then gave Nod’s hand a squeeze and lead him to the tunnel, “come on Nod, time to visit your friend.”

“I brought honey brittle too,” Nod skipped beside him into the opening.

Quinn shook his head and went back to his bottle. He was half way through before he remembered to close the tunnel behind them. Just as the tunnel closed a happy thought occurred to the caterpillar.

If they went one way, they had to go the other, and that would mean another bottle for him.

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The Nest (closed RP with wildchildnod)

“I didn’t do it!” Quinn winced when he came up through his tunnel and spotted the crabby jinn general standing there.

Ah, but he had a bottle in his hand, and that was probably worth getting yelled at again.

Ronin raised an eyebrow at the blue caterpillar and held out the bottle to him, “we’d like to visit one of the other versions of Nod.”

“Chickadee Nod!” the boy holding the general’s hand said excitedly.

“Oh, that one,”Quinn nodded, reaching for the bottle.

“Can you do that?” Ronin held the bottle just out of his reach.

“Yeah sure,” Quinn agreed, looking longingly at the bottle, “just need a little liquid substance.”

Ronin rolled his eyes and handed him the bottle.

“We’re going to play,” Nod told the caterpillar happily, swinging his and Ronin’s hands, “I brought toys and games for us to with play, and buttons and beads that we can trade.” 

“Mmm-hmmm,” Quinn tipped back the bottle, gulping down a few swallows.

Ronin gave him and impatient glare, and Quinn stopped drinking to open a tunnel. For someone with such a cheerful kid, the general certainly was sour.

“Thank you,” Ronin tipped his head to the caterpillar slightly, then gave Nod’s hand a squeeze and lead him to the tunnel, “come on Nod, time to visit your friend.”

“I brought honey brittle too,” Nod skipped beside him into the opening.

Quinn shook his head and went back to his bottle. He was half way through before he remembered to close the tunnel behind them. Just as the tunnel closed a happy thought occurred to the caterpillar.

If they went one way, they had to go the other, and that would mean another bottle for him.

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This would be fun to do for the Wander Home Series, so feel free to drop any of these in the ask box for it (you can specify a scene or a part if you want). :)

Reblog if you are a fanfiction author and would like your readers to put one of your fic titles in your ask + questions about it

1. What inspired you to write the fic this way?

2. What scene did you first put down?

3. What’s your favorite line of narration?

4. What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

5. What part was hardest to write?

6. What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

7. Where did the title come from?

8. Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?

9. Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

10. Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

11. What do you like best about this fic?

12. What do you like least about this fic?

13. What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

14. Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

15. What did you learn from writing this fic?

I think I’ve reblogged this before, but it would be fun to get more questions. My stories are here and here.

(Also, I would have just reblogged this straight from eastofthemoon, but tumblr was being difficult with formatting. You should go ask her questions too.)

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For your Wander Home series: 4. What’s your favorite line of dialogue?5. What part was hardest to write?

Those are good ones!

For 4, probably when Nod says “I’ll go stay with Ronin, then,”  after he finds out Ronin has been injured and will have to stay in the healers ward for a few days (from this snippet - I feel like it’s kind of cheating to use this one, since I haven’t finished the third story arc yet, but I did post this part of it already, at least).

It pretty much sums up how simple things are for Nod. If Ronin is there, then that’s where he’s going to be too. It’s the adults that keep complicating things.

For 5, writing the scene where Barnet is really mean to Nod when he takes custody of him in Lost in the Woods. I think I wrote all the scenes around it, and was quite a ways past it in the story, before I actually went back and wrote that one. I just don’t like writing scenes where people are really mean to children (and sadly there was no room in the story for anyone to smack Barnet for doing it, although Ronin came close).

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ciderthewitch:

Cider hummed to herself as she sat on the branch of the apple tree and dropped apples into the basket below.  “Wow, this tree has awesome apples,” she said as she took another one.  “I bet I could make a great pie from this.”

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“I like apple pie,” Nod said, looking up at the witch with Cheep-Cheep held in his arms, “I could help you. I’m good at helping. When Ronin cooks, I stir and sometimes I taste things to make sure Ronin is making them right, and then after we make pie, we could eat it.”

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“Okay!” Cider exclaimed as she jumped back down and picked up the basket.  “We can also make an apple cake too if you want?”  She took the little boy’s hand as they started to walk.  “Apple cake is really yummy.”

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“I like cake!” Nod swung their joined hands, “I’ve never had apple cake. I’ve had tiny apple pies that were just for one person each and apple cider. I like apple cider! Your name is Cider, so you must be really good at making apple cider and we can drink some while we’re making pies and cakes.”

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Cider giggled.  “Actually, I’m better at pies and cakes,” she replied.  “My mom was the real apple cider expert.  It’s why she named me ‘Cider’,” she gave a sigh.  “It’s a weird name, but I suppose I should be thankful since she could have named me ‘Apple’.”

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“Your mom named you after things she really liked, so that must mean she really liked you,” the little boy said solemnly, “Ronin gave me my name, and that makes it the bestest name, but your name is still good, and I gave Cheep-Cheep his name because I like saying cheep! cheep!”

Nod bunny hopped on each “cheep”.

“What’s in apple cake?” Nod asked the witch, “it there honey and frosting and does is smell yummy when it’s baking? Does it have to bake for a long time? We could play games while it bakes. You could teach me new games. I like learning new games.”

ciderthewitch:

“There’s no frosting, but it has apples, cinnamon, brown sugar and good stuff like that,” Cider explained.  “It does take awhile to cook, so playing a game would be a good idea!  Have you ever played checkers?”

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“Ronin showed me once, but I’m not very good at it,” Nod said, “but I like when the pieces hop over each other and then they get to the other side and you get two piese and that makes them better.”

Nod followed Cider into her house, still holding her hand.

“We should make apple cake right now,” the boy told her, “Cheep-Cheep and I will help and then if we make it right now, we won’t have to wait so long to eat it, and we can play checkers, but you’ll have to show me how to play again because I don’t remember how the pieces go and then we’ll play lots and I’ll get better at it because Ronin says when you do something lots you get better at it, then when we’re all done playing and we’ve gotten really good at it, we’ll eat apple cake and it will be good and we’ll have fun all day.”

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“Your mom named you after things she really liked, so that must mean she really liked you,” the little boy said solemnly, “Ronin gave me my name, and that makes it the bestest name, but your name is still good, and I gave Cheep-Cheep his name because I like saying cheep! cheep!”

Nod bunny hopped on each “cheep”.

“What’s in apple cake?” Nod asked the witch, “it there honey and frosting and does is smell yummy when it’s baking? Does it have to bake for a long time? We could play games while it bakes. You could teach me new games. I like learning new games.”

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R O L E P L A Y   C H A R A C T E R   S T A T S   S H E E T

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Tagged by @darkprincenod​

Face claim: none

Name: Nod Age: 8 Gender: male Nationality: jinn Birthplace: Botele, a jinn town a few hours from Moonhaven, although it doesn’t exist anymore. Birthday: November 3 Sun Sign: Scorpio  Residence: Ronin’s apartment, located in the officers quarters section of Leafman housing. Marital Status: Single  Alignment: neutral good

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Drink: juice of all kinds, clover tea with honey Food: lamb’s quarter pasta, roasted mushrooms, most kinds of pasties Day or Night: day Snacks: honey brittle! (and other sweets) Music/Song: children’s songs, especially one’s that have games associated with them Quote: “Maybe Ronin should stay home and play with me.”

Historical Character:  Pet: no, but he wants pretty much ever fluffy thing he sets his eyes on Book: a children’s book series about a boy named Jack and his little sister who go on adventures in the forest, also books about birds or plants Colour: blue Flower: honeysuckle Sexuality: he’s too young for this questions

» L O O K S

Body type: small for his age, but filling out and growing Eye colour: Brown Hair colour: brown Body reference: none really Beauty Scale: 5 of 10 - he thinks he’s pretty average

» T A G G I N G

@not-what-i-meant @mk-jinn @cursedforestqueen