#i'm constantly fighting with myself to not start writing that or i'll never finish mythos

[roxaeri]

because you reblogged the post about mr. Barlog smale horse sleeping on his bed. would slepnir do it too in atreus bed? Like the fam is staying over at the farm and slepnir comes in and adds himself to the dogs. atrus luckely being slowly squished out. basicaly the next morning waking up and seeing all his pets on his bed still sleeping and piled atop of each other. (he maybe should consider to not adopt more)

Alright, I decided I’m gonna two for one on this, because world building~But First: MDD SleipnirEven as a pony, Sleipnir’s just too damn big to fit into Grandma’s house when Atreus and Aloy and Calliope spend—hm, maybe about a week on the rez. Because sometimes you just need to go home, but Io:nhiòte also wants her friends along because it’s been A While since she’s seen Calliope and she only has so long before she goes back home to France.So’s, how I’m thinking this goes down, since Sleipnir has fulfilled the shunka (dog) part of shunka wakan (horse; there’s no English equivalent for wakan but one of the closest things would be Sacred, or holy. So Sacred Dog, if you want a literal translation)–Sleipnir is the house horse. He hangs around outside with any of the dogs or tame rez dogs that wander through.He peeks in the window of whatever room Atreus in is. Bedroom. Living room. Hangs around the porch.“Alright, kid.”“What?”“Borrowed a saddle from my cousin that’ll fit you. Probably make it easier for you on the ride. Now, so your father doesn’t kill and/or sue me if you get sick or something down here—you don’t have to do the whole ride. Unci’s got a trailer for Sleipnir if you get tired. And he’s a pretty chill pony, but this is his first ride and I don’t know how he’ll react to being around the other horses.”“And what does that mean?”“He could get excited and want to run with the horses at the front. Happened to me on my first ride when I was little. But we’re going to try to keep our little group towards the back near the roads just in case any of you get tired.”“Okay.”“But we’ll see how he does when it’s just us. Calliope. You’ll be taking Unci’s horse. She’s older, so she’s calmer.”“Come, winyan, I’ll show you while they’re busy.”Growing up with Rost, I’m sure Aloy knows how to ride. Positive he would show her.“Okay, since I don’t know your land even half as well as you do, you’re the one who’s going ahead, right?”“Yeah. Atreus, Aloy’ll help you keep him calm, alright?”“Yeah, okay.”“Nervous?”“A little, but I trust you.”And maybe Sleipnir’s skittish at first. He’s worn a saddle before, but he’s never had a rider out in the field. At first he does try to run with Io:nhiòte’s horse when she goes past, but they get it to the point where he keeps pace with Aloy’s.“It’ll be better when there’s more than just me helping you out.”“Okay.”And it is when they finally go out as a group during the ride. Atreus makes it through the whole day and ride to the next stop. They’ve all decided to camp out there.But kid can’t sleep and wanders just a bit away from their little group to see Sleipnir in the little corral that’s set up.Horse wanders over and just kinda stands by him.Io:nhiòte doesn’t see him around camp and finds him by the corral and good lord her heart–Kratos gets texted a picture of Atreus asleep against Sleipnir through the bars of the corral, who’s lying down himself. And when Atreus calls him the next day–“You’re not bringing the horse home.”“Dad–”“An entire field is better than a stable here in the city.”“But dad–”“You already have three animals here. And I’m sure Io:nhiòte and her grandmother wouldn’t mind you going back to see it.”

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Secondly: Trickster Atreus, even further in the timeline than Future Mythos and Modern Mythos, because I love Trickster Fam just as much as Awkward FamDefinitely when he’s past Adult and Mature (physical wise, I guess, since he’s a full blown trickster here)Atreus at this point has been A Dad for awhile and Sleipnir—wouldn’t be so much a newborn? Like, I’m not sure what to call him but he is still a Small Pony. Maybe only knee high to Atreus and Sleipnir is just Dad is TallBut he’s also really young, like still a baby compared to the rest of his siblings. So of course, little eight-legged pony just cuddling with his trickster dad. Usually falls asleep like that.And Atreus waking up, just expecting his youngest baby—but they’re all there.Jörmungandr’s draped across his neck and Hela’s head in buried into his back and Fenrir is sprawled across his legs and his face tucked beside Sleipnir. As always, the pony’s curled in arms against his chest.“I didn’t hear any of you come in.”“We know you best, and we know how to sneak around you.”“Yeah, I guess. Wait, how did you get inside? Brok and Sindri made that lock.”“Fenrir broke it.”“… You know what, yeah. I guess you would.”