#Smallen

[ahamkara-apologist]

Passing the time between experiment runs by doodling baby Eliksni

+ an attempt at Riis-era Eramis with her own beanlets, before it all went to shit

[spiderlaria]

Eliksni studies... The beloveds

[the-light-finds-its-way]

BEHOLD THIS AMAZING ART DONE BY THE SWEETEST EVER AND MOST TALENTED @mossygreensdoodles :DDDDDD

They made this and sent it to cheer me up, and by the Traveler did it work!!!!! Will take pictures when it's printed and framed on my Destiny wall!!! :D

[sanchomps]

for the Big Restock, these misraaks charms will be available again! i ordered a lot more so hopefully everyone can grab one!

Big Restock happens on October 28 at 5pm ET! 🦀 https://shop.sanchomps.com/

[neonanarchystudios]

Baby Eliksni are hug shaped

Here is my Titan Atlas and his adoptive Smallen son.

[keviriksiskellofhearts]

“Time flies by when you was just a hatchling being raised by Variks to being a youngling being dressed in house judgment clothes like a doll..cant lie and say i never had an embarrassing moment with an adoptive parent who was..too proud when seeing my growth haha.”

🎨: Me

[ahungeringknife]

365: April 1

I know all the Mithrax people are mad or whatever his lore got changed

I think it's fine

like it's actually fine I'm not being sarcastic. He's old. People fucking Go Through It

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Viksis was curious when the door to his bedroom irised open and Esis came in. Viksis had been getting ready to go down to the City for the day and getting dressed. He made a concerned noise when his daughter walked right over and snuggled up against him, fitting her head under his. "What's this?" he asked, curling his four arms around her comfortingly. Esis didn't say anything for it. "Must be serious," he said at length, "or about another?" Because he knew Esis' heart well enough at this point. He loved her dearly and not just being parent and child they were good friends.

"Yes," she said softly.

"My. Someone who drew the interest of my little spark brained daughter. It might be a Vex," and she laughed at the teasing.

"Nooo," she said as he squeezed her. "And it is less I am interested and more I am aware of his great interest in me," she said.

"Ah. Sit, I need to get your brother dressed as well," and he had her sit on the bed. It was a bed for a Baron but even larger than that as it wasn't unoften their small children joined them in bed and sometimes that number was... plentiful. "Gasknir," he called and went to get his son who was playing with baby Ivo.

"Daddy look, she waves," Gasknir pointed at Ivo.

Viksis looked gently at his sweet, if very stress inducing, son, "Yes. She's done that before. Now its time to get out of your jammies. We're going to the City," and he picked Gasknir up to take him to the wardrobe. As he did he looked at Esis, "So who is it?"

Esis made a soft noise he could only catalog as mild distress. "You cannot tell aunty. At all."

"Oh. It's Misraaks then?" he asked mildly, not particularly surprised. He was old, not blind, willfully or otherwise. He was aware of how the Light Kell looked at his daughter, the way he unthinkingly used honorifics with her he didn't with anyone else.

"What! Is it so obvious?" she demanded.

"To me but I am around the Kell more than most," Viksis said and undressed Gasknir of his soft purple pajamas. "Your aunt hasn't noticed," he added. "She'd be insufferable if she had," he groaned. "Also he's the only person your aunt would be pissy about," he sighed and helped Gasknir into his underclothes.

"True," Esis allowed at length. "He is nice but seems so... stuffy-" Viksis laughed.

"He can be that way, yes," Viksis said.

"He's also a Light worshiper."

"Yes, they are House Light, that is what they do," Viksis said putting on Gasknir's breathing apparatus, which he still hated, and nose tubes for ether. He looked over at his daughter, "Is that a deal breaker for you?" He'd heard of Eliksni not getting together for more petty reasons than a difference in religious practice so it wouldn't surprise him. Especially Esis, who like him was a devout machine worshiper.

"I don't think so," she said. "But if you court a Kell you must do as they do. I don't know if I could worship the Light."

"Misraaks won't care. He also knows I am a machine devotee. He never pressured me to switch despite joining House Light or being a Splicer," Viksis said as he let Gasknir pick out what color tunic and pants he wanted to wear today.

"I also... worry."

"About what?"

"Members of our outfit have been saying things. The twins have been keeping any overly negative communications off the air waves and reaching the House but... I've heard things. About the Kell of Light."

Viksis finished dressing Gasknir. He helped his son put on his tunic and fit his lower hands with gloves as he tended to not mind them and would bang them into things. And of course his hood and cape. Viksis thought it was very sweet Gasknir had a favorite Guardian. The Young Wolf's consort no less! But he always wanted to wear a hood like his favorite Guardian Shin. Once he was dressed Viksis let him go run around again and he went and sat on the bed next to Esis. "Yes, I've heard them too. It's why I've had the twins do that," he said. "You want to know if they're true?"

"I think it's fair I know who he is and getting any personal information out of him you'd think he wanted me to crack the shell off him," she huffed. "Not as though I haven't tried to ask," she rolled her eyes.

"I don't know the full story or the whole truth," Viksis said, "I only know where our stories intersected."

"You knew Misraaks?"

"Knew of him. When our crew ran with the Spider's outfit there was one name you did not say: Misraaks. In the same way Devils did not speak the name of the Wolf Kell Skolas you did not speak of the pirate captain Misraaks." Esis nodded slowly understanding the gravity of that statement. "From what I understood he was a ruthless Captain oh no House. Dumped half his crew and family out in the Reef to fend for themselves."

"And when we became ship bound?" Esis asked.

"By then I believe he was no longer a Captain and subjugated by the Awoken in the Reef," he said gravely. "But I do remember members of Spider's outfit always spoke badly of Misraaks. Coward through violence, easily baited, a fright in a fight, and utterly ruthless."

"The Misraaks now doesn't seem like that man, daddy," Esis said.

"Yes. But that was a long time ago. Before you were born. Before the Reef War even. People change. And it seems Misraakskel has changed for the better. I would not be surprised if his daughter is directly related to that."

"What do you mean?"

Viksis thought back fondly of his own father. A ruthless nightmare of a Baron with so much power it had made the Kell nervous. But when Viksis had appeared in his life and his following children it had done a lot to smooth out those hard edges and jagged points. It was had to be ruthless and horrible when you loved something so precious as a child. "It's hard to be a blood lord and a father," he told Esis. "Because you know what you're capable of but you never want your child to be afraid of you. Having Eido tempered whatever blood lust Misraaks had and it seems to be for the better since I also hear them calling him Kell of Kells." He chuckled when Esis rolled her eyes.

"He will be Kell of Kells when papa comes back," she scoffed. "A story. Nothing more."

"Likely," Viksis agreed. "Did that satisfy you, my dear?"

"Yes. Thank you, daddy," and she got up.

"What are you going to do with that?" he also got up to go get Ivo. The hatchling cooed as he picked her up and Gasknir effortlessly crawled up onto his hip, his lower arm holding his son in place.

"Well he can't even speak to me about anything not work so he'll have to do that first," she said and he laughed.

"It might take a while," Viksis said.

"As if you'd know. You've been with papa for centuries," she huffed and was following him out of the room.

"It still took him almost a full year to act on his feelings," Viksis chuckled. "Well spoken crew leaders are all the same in this regard," he sighed and Esis giggled as they left his room and headed for the teleporter.

"I can wait," she said. "I'm in no rush," she assured Viksis.

[pop-six-squish]

AAAAAAAAAH BERUNOV GOT ME THE BABIES FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!! MY VERY OWN WIGGLE AND A BEBELIKSNI

[mantleoflight]

// @baronofhousespider !!!! LOOK AT THESE CUTIES!!!!

Forbidden smallen

[trickstersaint]

an aromantic person is someone who (fill in the blank here) // april 10 2024

[the-light-finds-its-way]

I imagine that once Ace is old enough to know he has two dads and no mom, mother's day rolls around and Ace asks his dads, "Who do I call my mommy for mother's day?"

Cayde shrugs. "I suppose anyone you want, kiddo!! The sky's the limit!"

Later that day, Magnus and Cayde are eating ramen at the shop when they hear Ace shout, "DADDY!! DADDY!! I FOUND MAMA!!"

The two fathers look behind themselves and see none other than Ikora Rey hold little Ace in her arms, smiling.

"He's got your heart, Magnus, and your chaos, Cayde," Ikora tells them. "I expected nothing less from any of you."

And all Magnus can think is OF COURSE Ace sees Ikora as a mom. She is literally Guardian mama.

[sanchomps]

shop update is live! invite these bug or crab-like aliens into your home, at your own risk

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[silverolivia-upsidedown]

look at the hatchlings!!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!!

A bit of a late Halloween picture inspired by the festival fo the lost.

With the help having a portal straight into the Last City at the moment, I got the thought of little Eliksni kids visiting Failsafe for trick or treating tickled me.

Eido getting involved too.

[theoldgaylion]

Finally posted the last part 🥺

[plutonicbees]

young just eeps

(next up on young just eeps)

[ahungeringknife]

365: March 27

Grey was dozing when there was frantic knocking at their door. "Grey, Grey!" one of the townsfolk called. That rosed them and they got the door.

"What's the matter?" they asked.

"Skiff! A skiff flew over and it landed nearby," the man said frantically.

"Hmmm," they didn't like that. "Mr. Grey, get my stuff," they called to their Ghost and stepped out of their house. As they did Mr. Grey decked them out in their gear and Stormeater for good measure. "Which way?"

"There," the man pointed away from the village and towards an old homestead that had been cannibalized for building material except for an old barn.

"Make sure everyone stays inside," Grey told him and he nodded and ran back home. Grey headed down the road. Eyes poked from behind curtains to watch but if they looked the person went away, too scared of even being seen by their protector.

Grey saw the skiff before anything else and went invisible. They nocked an arrow as they approached and watched as what looked very much like a raiding party disembarked. Except they came out of the skiff via a doorway and not the drop rings. That stayed their hand a moment. They fired a warning shot at the barn and the arc tether hissed against the wood siding.

"Hey! Grey watch where you're shooting that!" a familiar Eliksni voice called out in Italian.

Grey lowered their nocked bow. "Preksik?" they shouted to confirm. They didn't recognize the Captain's helmet from here though. A soft feeling filled their chest when all the Eliksni waved in a very human way at them.

"It's just us, don't shoot, Lightbearer," Preksik yelled back.

Grey dropped the invisibility and approached casually. The crew was smaller than before. "You guys came back," they said.

"Just to visit," Preksik got to say before not a few Eliksni laughed when Grey was tackled in a hard embrace.

"Woah! Oh, hey there big girl," Grey said, beaming as Braldos was hugging them and purring so hard they could feel it in their chest.

"We've missed you," Braldos said.

"I can see that," Grey laughed and Braldos let them go. "Where's the rest of the crew?"

"Back home," Preksik said. "It is bigger than before and not everyone wanted to come."

"Or was allowed," Viksis said.

"Yes. Or allowed," Preksik agreed.

"Well I can't say it's not nice to see your faces. You scared the shit out of my villagers though," and they all laughed.

"That might have been intentional," Sokrar said and elbowed Viksis in the ribs.

"What's the point of living if you can't scare some humans sometimes?" Viksis asked.

"We also brought gifts," Braldos said.

"Gifts?" Grey asked.

"For your little technologically inept village," she teased them.

"Oh joy," Grey sighed. "Well no one's touched the barn since you left and you're more than welcome to stay there. But we should go to town and show everyone you're back. I know everyone will be relieved to know it's you guys and not an actual raiding party," they smiled.

"Yes," Preksik agreed. "We will not be staying long. Only a few days."

"Aww, just a few days?" Grey complained.

"It is the time we can manage before someone comes looking for us."

"Who'd come looking for you?" Grey didn't understand. No one had cared about them before and they'd only been gone a decade. What had changed in such a short amount of time?

"It's a long story," Viksis sighed.

The crew followed Grey back down the road carrying their gifts. As they got closer to town a few windows opened and heads poked out. There was pointing and excited cries as the townsfolk realized these were their Eliksni friends! Doors were flung open and just about every Eliksni was hugging two humans at once with their two sets of arms. Grey noticed Preksik was the only one who didn't but he was a Captain and 'above' that or whatever. They smiled seeing Braldos hugging a teenage girl named Rebbecca, they knew she'd been Braldos' child friend while she'd been here. Braldos even had a gift for her.

Once things were a bit more settled Viksis said, "So something else exciting happened while we were gone." There was some curious noises. The curious noises turned into delight when Viksis and Vasknir both revealed they were caring for children.

Grey had never seen baby Eliksni before and they were... unbearably adorable. And surprisingly fluffy covered in down fluff like a baby bird. They were going to go see a bit closer when Braldos pulled them aside and over to her. "Hey, big girl? What's up- Oh my god!" Grey shouted when Braldos took a child just old enough to be walking from Virnir who'd been hiding all the children in the back for the reveals. "Is this your baby?" they asked excitedly.

"Yes," Braldos said proudly, positively purring. "This is Yius, my son," she said plunking him on the ground so Grey could see he could stand on his own unlike Viksis and Vasknir's babies who were very much still infants.

"Oh my gosh look at this little guy. He's so cute!" Grey hunkered down. "And he's... green?" they asked Braldos.

"Yes. His father is Wind House," she said.

"Never heard of that House," Grey admitted.

"You wouldn't. They're all gone save for some stragglers," Braldos said. "Before we came to Earth," she added.

"Oh he's adorable, Braldos," Grey said. Yius had lost most of his fluff at this stage but still had a collar of down around his neck and shoulders. He was in a simple dress of sorts with a Devils red belt around his waist. "Can I hold him?"

"If he lets you," Braldos said.

Grey looked at Yius and said in the Eliksni language, "Hi, Yius. I'm Grey. You're very cute."

"No! I'm fierce!" he cried and he wasn't wearing a helmet, simply a nose tube to breathe from, so he could bear his little teeth at them.

Grey laughed. "Yes. You're also very fierce. I'm your mommy's friend. Can I pick you up?"

Yius looked up at Braldos. "They are nice," Braldos said.

"I allow," Yius said with the gravity of an old man.

Grey immediately scooped him up. "Oh Braldos he's so adorable. And well spoken," they added, switching back to Italian.

"Yes. Takes after his father," Braldos cooed and gently touched her son while Grey held them. "Very fierce and strong, like mother," Braldos said to Yius.

"Like mother!" Yius cried.

"Isn't that you?" Grey didn't understand.

Braldos took a moment to figure out how to explain to them. "You do not pick a gender to speak of yourself about," Braldos said in Italian. Grey nodded. They were staunchly nothing. "Yaris uses both to speak of himself. But when it is about our son he is mother too."

"Ohhh! Thats so neat," Grey said. "I'm happy for you. Is Yaris good for you?"

"... Probably not but what man is?" Braldos sighed and Grey chuckled. Then quieter Braldos whispered, "Fucks like a champ though," and Grey howled with laughter, nearly doubling over. They did hold onto Yuis though.

"Mommy, mommy," Yuis wanted Braldos because Grey was still laughing. Braldos took the boy back. "They're loud," he pointed at Grey.

"Humans are loud."

"They show their teeth. That's rude."

"Humans show their teeth when they're happy," Braldos explained.

"Stupid."

"Humans are, yes," Braldos said to Grey's detriment.

Grey beamed at Braldos once they got themselves under control. "I'm glad to see all of you. It was a lot quieter without you."

"I'm sure. Now I did tell Rebbecca I had another surprise and I can see her over there looking like she wants to ask about him too," Braldos said.

"Yes. I know Rebbecca and Stephnie have talked about you so much since you left," Grey said fondly. A lot of their people talked so well about their Eliksni friends and how much they were missed. They were glad they finally visited. Braldos nodded and left Grey to go to her other human friends. Rebbecca and her mother Stephnie were so excited to meet Yuis and Grey was just warm all over. What a good day this turned into.