#obv nari is the mother

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Got obsessed again with cult of the lamb so I drew my shittens ❤

I think I'm gonna make an au or maybe I'll just draw them for fun

Also drew them getting scared by something just to show their eyes open, they all have 3 expect Uriel and I think is really cute

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Time to discuss magic in toa. This isn’t too spoilery but I’ve still tagged it as just in case.

So each wizard (or witch) has a different colour for their magic, which is great in fights and stuff but also I think give us a little insight into their character. Obvs this is head canon but I like a bit of colour theory and stuff so why not:

The Arcane Order-

The arcane order look like they represent primal forces. So Skrael is ice and a bit of wind (think Boreas), Bellroc is fire and Nari is nature.

Skrael Ice Blue: ice is symbolic of coldness, being aloof, mixed with the blue it can give off a childish nature (shown by him chuckling at Steve). It’s also associated with intensity and narcissism which I think is very fitting for Skrael. He’s a very intense ice mage.

Bellroc lava/flame red: fire is associated with hot bloodedness, a temper which Bellroc seems to have more of compared to the others. Red is the colour of danger, war and determination. Bellroc is the more upfront attacker. The engager and it shows in their magic.

Nari Forest Green: Forests are associated with nature but also spirtualism. Nari is quite unusual and as said in the show can feel all spirits. It reminds me a little of the swamp episode in atla. The colour is also associated with balance, which was something Nari wanted. She may feel that the decimation of humans creates an imbalance in terms of her spirituality. One association of forest green that I find interesting is persistence. And looking back over wizards. Nari is persistent in the persuit of her goals and her ideals. She keeps running from the order because she thinks they’re wrong.

The ‘good’ guys-

I get to be a bit more in depth with these guys since we’ve had them and explored them longer.

Claire violet: our new sorcerer in training. I quite like Claire. She’s been thematically purple for a while and it suits her quite a bit. Purples are famously associated with nobility (due to being an expensive dye to make), and in a sense Claire is nobility by the loosest terms. Her mother is a councilwoman, very important in Arcadia and would be a modern equivalent to nobility. She’s also powerful. Douxie and Morgana both consider Claire powerful in terms of magic but her inner strength is just as good. She leaves her home to go with Jim, perseveres when her brother goes missing and keeps fighting for the side of good. Violet is associated with ambition as well. Ambition in tv has become sort of a bad thing but Claire is ambitious, she does well in school, sets goals for herself and follows through to accomplish them. Brother in the Darklands? Okay I’m going to save him.

Morgana golden yellow: ah Morgana, our sort of redeemed sorceress. Credit where credit is due she really did just want peace. Ironically yellows are associated with happy emotions such as joy. Which would make sense if we’re thinking about the Morgana with Gwen. A joy for just the two of them. Gold obviously is associated with wealth and excess. She’s royalty, sister of the king. Of course she’s wealthy. But gold is also extravagance. And although Morgana doesn’t seem the type to attend vanity fairs and parties she does like her flashy magic. Conjuring in large numbers, appearing in flashes of light. Angor Rot. She indulges in her magic. An often overlooked association with gold is intellect. Morgana is extremely intelligent. She thinks things through, her plans last years. She managed to accomplish her goals through careful planning and had the intelligence to see where Arthur’s war was going.

Merlin lime green: Merlin is a character I feel conflicted about. He did care about people but those he cared about seemed to suffer terrible fates, not to mention how verbally abusive he is to Douxie. Similar to Nari, lime green is for nature and balance. Merlin does seem to have a respect for living things but it can be overridden by balance. Merlin works for the greater good and only the greater good. With the exception of choosing to save Douxie. Lime green is also associated with confidence which is Merlin. He’s confident in his plans and ideas. He doesn’t think he can get things wrong. Wizards don’t make mistakes indeed. Ironically greens are also associated with stability. Which in a sense yes he provided stability. Douxie got a home, Camelot is implied to be kept safe by his magic protecting the denzins, Arthur got a powerful sword to keep peace. Plus all the merlin is one of the most famous wizards ever. He’s someone people know they can go to to fix things. Even if he only wants to work for the greater good.

Douxie sky blue: my sweet summer child, too pure for this world. I love Douxie’s magic. The way he uses it is cool. Douxie gets creative with the way he uses spells and tools. Which strikes me as a very fun but also free way to use magic (traits associated with the sky). And Douxie seems to value freedom a fair bit. Like when he let the lady of the lake go just because it wasn’t right or when he tells Claire that her magic is her own. His blue is in many ways opposing to Skrael’s. The traits are truth, reliability and wisdom. Douxie is for the most part a pretty honest guy. He’s pulled some scams but he doesn’t withhold the truth about Jim, or blame others for the messes he makes. He’s very reliable, despite Merlin acting like he’s a bane on his life. Douxie encourages people, acts as support and does what he needs to. Wisdom is a little harder to pin on Douxie. I mean for 900 years old he’s intelligent but he doesn’t seem to have that sage wisdom I normal think about when someone says wise. But he is. He’s used all of his past experience and understanding to guide him. He does think things through to the point where he’s fully aware taking on two full powered wizards is going to kill him.

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR OCS MOM

FUCK YES THANK YOU

i included the links to my aesthetic boards for them, i love them all so much

Ok Khianna is my dunmer hero of Kvatch, she was arrested for accidentally killing someone after a group of men attacked her cause she’s a dunmer. She fell in love with Marty Boy and after he died, she ascended to the mantle of Sheogorath and then found out she was pregnant. She gave birth as Sheogorath, and their daughter was named Rikh’aash (more on her later). She’s a devout worshipper of Boethiah and is a mage, using primarily fire magic.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/khianna/

Volkaalë is my beautiful Altmer baby, she’s one of my favorites. She was part of a wealthy and well known altmer family back in the Summerset Isles, and her parents arranged a marriage between her and the son of another family. While they were courting, he was really kind, but after they were married, he was an asshole. Very abusive, incredibly unhealthy, and so she ran away. She ran into the imperial ambush while she was trying to flee to Solitude. She avoided going to Balgruuf about Helgen for the longest fucking time because she wanted to keep a low profile. Accidentally got roped into the dark brotherhood, but she enjoyed the family aspect of it, and the money didn’t hurt. Once she knew she was safe enough to do so, she went to Balgruuf and effectively started the main quest. After the failed fight w/ Alduin at the throat of the world, she knew she needed help, so she went to Solsthiem to recruit some folk and accidentally started the Dragonborn DLC. She and Miraak made a deal, cause she had met Herma Mora before and she wasn’t a fan, so if he helped her with Alduin, she would free him from Apocrypha. She has a thief build and uses dragonbone daggers and the shrouded armor.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/volkaal%C3%AB/

Eleuin is my bosmer, she and her twin brother (the hok) were arrested for stealing, as they both live on the street after their parents were killed. Her brother went to Kvatch and then saved it, and she went to Cheydinhal. They met up again and she met Martin, and they then separated again, she met Lucien after she (regretfully) killed a man after he caught her trying to steal some food. He took her in and she grew very close to him and Vicente. Lucien cared for her very strongly, and she accepted an offering of vampirism from Vicente against Lucien’s suggestion. After his death, she killed everyone in Applewatch in a fit of rage. She met back with her brother and Martin (brother and Martin were smoochin), and helped them to close the Oblivion gates. The brother and Martin knew that they would likely die before the end, so they requested that Eleuin marry them after the battle of Bruma. She was gravely wounded in the final battle and woke up about a month later to find Martin had disappeared and her brother had become Sheogorath. She was alone. Flash forward 201 years, and she was traveling south from Morrowind through Skyrim to Cyrodiil, desiring to revive the brotherhood in Cheydinhall. She was then captured in the ambush, and on the way to Whiterun, heard of Aventus Arentino, and then due to her killing Grelod, she was reinstated to the brotherhood, where she reunited with Lucien as a specter. She uses shortswords and the Blade of Woe after she was gifted it again.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/eleuin/

Naryñia is my gal, I adore her. She is a dunmer of House Telvanni, the niece of Neloth, and a very high figure within the Morag Tong. Her sister died when they were very young, she drowned after a storm sprang up while they were swimming in the ocean near tel mithryn. She grew very bored with the technical legality of the murders within the Morag Tong, and after days on end of prayer to Mephala, decides to sail to Skyrim. She kills Grelod as a challenge to the Brotherhood, and forms a strong sisterly relationship with Astrid upon meeting her. She is sent on a contract to Riften, and meets Brynjolf in the marketplace the day before completing the contract. They have a verbal debate, both being intrigued by the other. The next day, she goes to Goldenglow Estate and ruins Brynjolf’s attempts to complete his contract, kills Aringoth, and burns the estate to the ground. Mercer is obvs pissed, and the guild and the brotherhood meet up and discuss jurisdiction and shit. Mercer decides that Nary is a threat, and takes her to Snow Vale Sanctum. She comes back with Karliah, stabbed, pissed off, and ready to fucking kill Mercer. As the chamber filled with water after killing Mercer, she goes into a panic attack due to PTSD from her sister’s death. After Brynjolf and Karliah get her out, she shouts for Odahviing, revealing her role as Dragonborn to the duo. Brynjolf and Karliah try to hunt her down to ensure she is ok and they find her in Blackreach, continuing research on crimson nirnroot cause she’s a lil fuckn nerd. She is a mage, using primarily shock magic.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/nar%C3%BFnia-telvanni/

Rikh’aash (we’re back to her lol) is a half dunmer, half imperial DemiPrince. She was born in New Sheoth, and was raised by her mother and Haskill. She was very adventurous, and often popped over to other Daedric realms to visit her aunts and uncles (except molag bal, we hate molag bal), but she always wanted to go other places. She and Khianna got into an argument, and she yeeted herself out of New Sheoth, landing on Nirn almost on top of the imperial ambush. I like to think that, as Akatosh!Martin would never intentionally put his daughter through something like that, he was aiming for a soldier to become dragonborn, but Rikh’aash landed on him and she accidentally became dragonborn. After escaping Helgen, she was ecstatic, and spent about a year just travelling. I haven’t developed much of her story yet, but I know that she meets Erandur and they form a strong father-daughter bond, and I know she grows very close to Teldryn Sero. https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/rikhaash/

My newest gal, her name is T’Savi, she’s a suthay khajiit, so she’s cat... but tiny. She’s also gonna be my youngest character, being about 14 ish. Based on many different charts on khajiit forms, suthays go to about the elbows of normal nords. So they smalllllll. I don’t have much backstory on her, I just made her like… two days ago. I think I’m gonna have her originally be part of a trading caravan, I’m not quite sure how she gets looped into the main quest, but I want her and Brynjolf to have a very paternal-child relationship, because I adore the idea of Brynjolf taking in a young, child ldb, especially since Bryn often possesses the one brain cell shared by the thieves guild, and would be very upset at the idea of Mercer sending this infant cat alone to an island with many many trained mercenaries.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/tsavi/

Vallitha and Lysabyth sort of go hand in hand. Vallitha is another altmer, she was the daughter of two thalmor generals who tried to remove the forsworn from the reach. They were killed, and Vallitha was basically adopted by the forsworn. She was raised with the ideals of the reachmen, and became a briarheart. She was raised alongside Lysabyth’s parents, and after their death, took her in. Despite her and Lysabyth’s parents growing up together, she and the girl took on a sibling relationship, rather than a maternal relationship. Due to all Vallitha’s time in Markarth, she became friends with Ondolemar, who secretly supports the reachmen’s efforts and the two often compare contrasting life stories. During the Cidhna Mine quest, she instructed Lysabyth to run and hide to escape capture. Lysabyth was found by Ondolemar, who escorted her back to Druadach Redoubt, and was kept safe on Lysabyth’s command. Lysabyth’s parents were very close with Madanach, and she is expected to inherit the reign of the forsworn after Madanach passes. Lysabyth begins at age 15, and at 17 becomes the dragonborn, and fulfills my dreams of kicking Ulfric in the dick in a siege of the Forsworn and the Empire on Windhelm. Vallitha is a necromancer, and uses fire magic, and Lysabyth uses duel war axes.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/vallitha/

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/lysabyth-woodhart-valakh/

Karellia and Azæzel also go together. Karellia is half bosmer, half maormer. She is a werewolf, and has been for a long time, she was turned by a rogue werewolf who also orphaned her. She lives in the icy caves north of windhelm, near septimus’s outlook. She hunts and eats stormcloak patrols, and was tracking the stormcloak group that was apprehended by the imperial ambush. She was also caught, and after her escape, began heading back north where she was kidnapped by a group of vampires. Azæzel is an altmer, and was merely a traveling mage and alchemist who accidentally wandered into Dimhollow crypt, where he met Serana. He led her back to Volkihar, where he joined the coven there as a vampire lord. Karellia was held captive in the cattle pens. He and Serana pitied her, so they set her free and blamed it on the rogue vampires conspiring against the coven. Karellia went back north, to her cave, where Serana and Azæzel later found her, and recruited her to help them kill Harkon. Karellia is a master archer, who wears primarily simple leather armor. Azæzel is a mage, who uses the magic of nature to control Spriggans to fight alongside him.

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/karellia/

https://www.pinterest.com/roscoe810/aesthetics~-the-elder-scrolls-ocs/az%C3%A6zel/

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Another update~  April Fools obvs

XXX

It was Monday, thank Mother Meowry. It meant Philipe and Felicia were at school, leaving him looking after only four kids. Calvin had disappeared to do some business dealing, leaving Étienne with the kids. Ed was busy at Work Earning Big Money.

Étienne knew that as the papa of these children the expectation was that looking after them would come naturally like some gift of the universe, but quite honestly the triplets were in the terrible twos and Georgie had just escaped the harness in the middle of the arcade. Usually he did not take his kids to the arcade but Daniel had whined at him in his four-year-old speak about wanting to go, and through will power managed to lead the pack (literally by dragging them on his stubby legs towards the arcade). Étienne, in order to keep his children together, sensibly had them on a long rope and little harnesses. Sure, some parents judged him for the move, but hey, he didn’t see them walking around four little insane kids.

When they entered the arcade, he was relieved that the kids were happy to play the games and he thought he could relax. However… Georgie had managed to Escape somewhere in the arcade.

The triplets were in their terrible twos. Étienne knew he had to quickly wrangle Georgie, yet he was not keen on dragging the kids from the game they were absorbed in… quickly looking around the area, he determined there were no railings for Daniel to get his head stuck in (because Daniel somehow still managed to get stuck in the friggin’ weirdest places), he decided to take a chance.

Like, Calvin can’t criticize what he doesn’t know right? (He was having a burning jealousy over the beta’s natural tact with children - to be honest, he was half wondering if the cruel gods had made a mistake making him the omega; he certainly felt like the worst papa ever to walk the earth, not that he actually ever told anyone this).

Giving the kids another look, he quickly walked towards the direction he suspected Georgie had waddled. Finding his child in a matter of moments (much to his relief) standing in front of the Princess Maker game, he quickly scooped him up under an arm, gently chastising.

“Georgie, you should not wander and make papa worried.”

In response Georgie reached out with a chubby hand and tugged on one of Étienne’s ears making him wince. Gently shifting him, he quickly walked back to where he had left his other children.

Except the other children were not there; heart thumping and aiming somewhere down amongst his stomach in panic and fear, he looked around, tail twitching. Where the hell could his children have disappeared to in like a minute?! They were just there playing the game!

God was he going to have to do that embarrassing parent thing and call his kids on the intercom? The intercom of shame… the intercom of others judging…

“Étienne.”

He winced. It was a voice he knew and hated from numerous PTA meetings. The voice of his enemy.

Forcing a smile, and trying to ignore Georgie who was struggling even more in his grip, he turned towards Stuart. Stuart was a fellow omega, who seemed to have the Perfect family. In fact, beside him was his three-year-old, standing there Perfectly Behaved with no leash in sight.

“Stuart, how pleasant to see you,” Étienne lied through his teeth, trying to ignore the fact Georgie had somehow grabbed his tail and was chomping on it.

“Yes, indeedy,” Stuart replied, looking a little past Étienne. Gritting his teeth, Étienne ignored the annoying way the other omega talked. There was just something about him that made his skin crawl… maybe it was the Stepford wife effect?  Surely he must be a robot from how perfectly his sandy brown hair was coiffed, barely touching the nape of his neck, or how his white skin had nary a freckle or stripe. Or even how his eyes seemed to be that ideal shade between yellow and brown that was on all the popular models. If Stuart was not taking skin whitening cream to hide a stripe or two Etienne would eat his hat. “That’s sure is an interesting way to keep your children in one location.”

“Hmm?”

“In the claw picker machine.”

Horror slowly dawned upon Étienne as he looked towards where Stuart was pointedly looking. There, literally inside the machine where young nekos attempted to pick up a stuffed toy with a giant claw, were the two twins, faces pressed against the glass.

“Mya!” he exclaimed nearly dropping Georgie in surprise, and dying on the inside that this terribly embarrassing moment was of course happening in front of his PTA enemy. However, he knew that he would regret not getting a photo of this. With his spare hand, he grabbed out his phone and took a photo of his two children, Carey and Richard’s faces pressed up against the glass, leaving streaks on the inside.

“Shouldn’t you be busy getting them out of the machine instead of mewing about it on Chatter?” Stuart asked in a rather arrogant manner.

Trying to keep his calm, Étienne responded, “I am preserving this to embarrass them in the future when they are older…” his tail twitching in annoyance. God, Stuart was the worst. It did not help that the omega also liked to boast that his alpha only needed him in the relationship, with the implication that because Étienne’s alpha had a beta that Étienne was somehow Not Enough. One of these days he was going to rip the other omega’s throat out. Taking a calming breath, he decided that blood sport was probably not a good idea in front of three two year olds.

“Isn’t that cruel to be planning to purposely embarrass your children in the future? I know /my/ alpha would never allow such a cruel act.”

Closing his eyes for a moment, Étienne attempted to keep cool at the highly insufferable tone Stuart had taken, the tone that made his skin crawl whenever Stuart decided to boast about how amazing and rich and caring his alpha was (with the implication being that Étienne’s alpha was some loser shitball who couldn’t find a clean shirt if it had just been pulled out of the laundry).

Kneeling in front of the vending machine, Étienne pondered how to get his children out of it… Reaching up through the bottom where the toys dropped out, he managed to grab Richard’s foot. He gave it a tug.

“Myaaaaa!!!” Richard screeched as if Étienne had attempted to rip his foot off, jumped in the air, smacked his head against the glass, and somehow managed to pass out. Panicking, knowing that Stuart was watching and Judging, Étienne’s mind was swirling with what the hell he should do. Meowry, Calvin would know what to do. Why the hell did he have to be out of town doing some stupid business deal to get their art gallery lots of money? He needed him here!

He heard something that sounded like a derisive chuckle come from Stuart and he knew the other man was enjoying his predicament.

“You know if it was me, I would call the attendant… maybe they have keys... you know to open up the machine? Before you kill off your other child in a similarly abusive manner…” Stuart said in a semi amused yet derisive manner, with the subtext of ‘wow aren’t you a shitty omega, who the hell would reproduce with you, what a pity someone even tried, no wonder your children will end up fuck ups with you as a parent, can’t even think of calling the attendant over.’

Turning away, Stuart said, “Come along, Gerald.” Obediently, his child followed.

Glaring at him, knowing that Stuart’s suggestion was the good and logical one, and hating that he should do it, Étienne frowned.

Maybe there was a way he did not have to follow his suggestion… For a moment he wondered if he could just pick them up with the claw, but after looking at the machine and seeing Carey lazily sucking on a squid toy, he knew that he needed to get them out before they ruined any more toys (that he would no doubt be forced to pay for), and he had a feeling that his claw skills were rather subpar since usually games like this were Calvin’s specialty.

With a sigh he stood up, and looked around for an attendant, his hand now holding Georgie’s small hand, making sure that he at least kept one child alive.

Thankfully an attendant was nearby, and once Étienne embarrassedly explained the situation, and the Attendant laughed heartily at the situation (but in a nice jolly manner), he went over and unlocked the machine.

Frantically, Étienne scooped out Carey and Richard, and checked their harnesses. One two three… wait a moment... where the hell was Daniel!?

God did he manage to actually lose and or kill off a child today?!

The Attendant was busily locking the machine again, when, in the far corner he noticed a smol black ear poking out of a pile of toys.

“Wait!”

Curiously, the Attendant looked at him. “Mya?”

“My other son is in there.” Étienne admitted in embarrassment.

Another jolly laugh, and the Attendant opened the machine again, and, (after another photo for posterity of course!), Étienne reached in and carefully extracted the sleeping Daniel.

“Thankyou,” Étienne said as he quickly checked the harnesses and got his children in order again.

“No problem, this really brightened my day,” the Attendant responded, “You have some cute kiddos there, and from their inventive curiosity I have a feeling they will end up amazing future nekos! Especially with a great parent like you worrying about them!”

Eyes prickling, with what were obviously not tears, Étienne gave a nod, managing to get his voice firm as he responded, “Of course they will be great, they have great dads! I apologize about this inconvenience, how much do I owe you for the toys?”

For indeed as each child was lifted out of the machine they had laid claim to a toy (Georgie who had seen this had begun to cry until he managed to lay his hands upon a kawaii pink alpacasso).

“Oh! For such a laugh don’t worry about it, this machine gets us enough money as it is,” A happy wave as if the thought of money was an irrelevant concept, the Attendant toddled off to do his job stuff.

Standing up, Étienne frowned at his children, deciding that maybe it was better to walk them home, even if keeping them inside made them loud.

Thankfully, due to the fact he had been pregnant with triplets, they had finally moved to a nice house with many rooms. (Having three children in the penthouse was a bad time, and it had become imperative that they have a larger space.)

“Come on,” Étienne said, as he led his string of children out of the arcade, “We’re going home to make cookies.”

“Cookies!!” Daniel exclaimed happily.

“Mmhmm,” Étienne figured at least at home if they fell into a railing, or somehow got sucked into the couch, friggin Stuart wouldn’t be there to judge him. It did not even matter that he was a shitty baker: with the kids helping out, the cookies were bound to fail and... (here his tail twitched at the thought), maybe when Ed came home he would take pity on them and make some good cookies?

Pausing a moment, he looked at his phone, and sent the pictures of the kids in the machine to their private group dad chat, knowing that they would get a good chuckle from this mishap.

Screw Stuart and his alpha, Étienne thought angrily, he had the best husbands! They thought his screw-ups were hilarious – as if to prove a point, Calvin responded rather swiftly with a laughing emoji.

C: “You alright? All the kids alive?”

In response Étienne sent a snap of him looking rather tired, but with all children walking behind him on their lead.

When he was halfway home, (he had paused to let the kids run around in a field chasing butterflies, which of course he had taken like ten thousand photos of; his kids may be fuck ups but they sure as hell were cute), Ed finally responded (probably in between meetings, Étienne thought.)

Ed: Oh my god, did Daniel get stuck in ANOTHER thing?! XD XD What are the chances he becomes the next Mewdeeny? I’ll be home around six tonight, getting off early. J What’s for dinner? Take out? O;

Étienne smiled, appreciating the small jab at his home cooking. The last time he had attempted to make an omelette it had been burnt to hell and back – but Calvin and Ed valiantly had eaten it. (The children of course had better sense, and refused to eat the burnt offering, which had forced Ed to make the rest of the omelettes… soft buttery pieces of heaven.)

Et: Excuse meow! I can make dinner just as good as you! When you get back prepare to be dazzled.

Ed: Guess I will take the acid reflux medicine before I come home then!

C: Me too

Et: >: C Guuuysss you are being mean :’C

In response Calvin sent a picture of himself on the bus, apparently done the business meeting.

C: Look I’m so worried about your cooking I’m racing home to stop you!

Et: jokes on you I’m not even home… (at this point, Étienne sent a photo of the kids in the field chasing butterflies)

Ed: Awwwwwww that’s so cute. Want another one?

Et: Oh my god no, non, nope. Please let me rest. Rip me.

C: Ehh?? What we’re only stopping at six?

Et: Yes. Please.

There was a moment of silence in the group chat, during which Étienne glanced up and made sure all his children were in sight (it looked like Carey was busy pulling on Daniel’s tail and no doubt causing an Incident, but hey Daniel needed to learn to fend for himself was the reasoning), before finally Ed said.

Ed: Who’s picking up Phil and Fel from school?

C: Isn’t that supposed to be Etienne?? Since he has the day ‘off’?

Paling at this, Étienne glanced at the time. Thank Meowry, he still had time to go to the school and act as if he had not just forgot his other two kids.

Et: There’s a reason why I’m not home. I am of course picking up the kids. Hmmp.

C: Just checking in, don’t want a repeat of last Wednesday.

Et: I WAS ON MY WAY I JUST GOT DELAYED.

Ed: By fish tacos?

Deciding that he did not want to continue the conversation at this juncture, and wanting to prove he was a competent and good Papa, he managed to corral his children (ignoring the fact Daniel was a little teary from the abuses of Carey) and walked towards the school. God, he had forgotten the leads for Phil and Fel… but they were old enough to walk beside him, he thought.

Phil, despite not being the hockey prodigy, was doing rather well in school. He was blossoming in shumka dancing too, which was pretty good for an eight-year-old. Felicia on the other hand… was more trouble than the four nekos that he was currently leading to school. He wondered if she would have any more scrapes and bruises today.

As they reached the school he realized he was a little early, which was probably the responsible parent thing to do. Unfortunately, as he neared the playground he noticed that his Enemy Stuart was also early, and watching his perfect child perfectly play on the swing. No doubt he was there to pick up his other irritating perfect children.

Étienne always viewed it as a misfortune that omegas went into heat around the same time, because it meant almost like clockwork the minute he popped out another child Stuart also managed to keep up popping out his own perfect kids. Each one of them seemed to be overachieving children, top of their class and perfectly behaved. Étienne half wondered if he was cloning the same child.

Stuart sadly had noticed him. “Oh? Your children are still alive?”

Wanting to ignore him, Étienne felt a slip of horror when Carey squiggled free of the lead and made a beeline to the swing. In almost slow motion he watched as his child launched himself at Stuart’s little Gerald, the impact tossing them both off the swing and rolling into the sand.

Stuart had screeched in horror at the scene, “GET YOUR SAVAGE CHILD OFF MY CHILD!!! DON’T YOU KNOW HOW TO TRAIN THEM!?”

Coolly looking at the scene, and noticing with some satisfaction that Gerald now had a tear in his pants, Étienne released the other children from their harnesses and said, “Well you know, it’s a cat-eat-cat world… if Gerald doesn’t figure out how to fend off potential mates now, he will never succeed.”

Stuart’s face was getting redder by the minute due to his fury, and he rushed over to try to part Carey and Gerald. (Daniel had managed to wander off, a little too close to something he could stick his head in, but quite honestly Étienne had become adept at getting Daniel out of railings of every sort so he was not too worried).  Georgie and Richard however had rushed over to help their brother.

As Stuart was rushing over to save his precious Gerald, Étienne realized with some surprise that Richard was not beating up the little kid, but instead they were /playing/ and it looked like the poor kid was finally having one moment of fun in his life, before Stuart adeptly plucked him from the play tussling.

“Don’t play with them!” Stuart was scolding Gerald, “They are no good for you!”

Étienne watched uncomfortably as Gerald began to cry, obviously distraught that he could not play with the others. Stuart however misinterpreted the tears.

“Look at my Poor Gerald!” He clutched the child to his chest, “Your child made him cry!” (Of course how he said the words, Étienne managed to read “your horrible barbaric children harmed him and now he will never walk again.”)

At this moment the school bell rang and a flood of children came out the building. Deciding not to answer Stuart, Étienne looked at the flood of children, picking out Philipe rather easily, and then not too far behind, Felicia (who seemed to have a new band-aid in the middle of her forehead).

“Philipe! Felicia!” Étienne called, getting their attention. Thankfully they had heard him, and they wandered over to him looking relatively happy to see him.

“Papa!” Philipe exclaimed as he gently took his hand, a look of deep concern on his face, “Does this mean you’re making dinner?”

Hearing the conversation, Felicia made a face, “Yick!!! Not burnt omelette again!”

Feeling mortified, certain that the disapproving Stuart was overhearing his cooking failure, Étienne responded with a tight smile, “Let’s gather the others and go home, ok?”

“Okaayyyyy,” with a huff, Felicia stomped over to the triplets, “WE’RE GOING HOME STOP PLAYING.”

The triplets immediately obeyed, having already learnt the terrors of not listening to her.

Philipe had gone to fetch Daniel (who thankfully was just riding the bouncy duck thingy and not stuck his head in a railing.)

With a sigh, Étienne happily guided his children home.

As they were occupied colouring at the dinner table, he opened the fridge; after careful consideration of the ingredients, he picked up the phone and called a take-out place.

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THE COTL X EPIC AU CHARACTER LIST I JUST MADE

no beta we die like pancake polites

The Lamb as Odysseus.

I think lamb is perfect to picture the change of character ody experience, at first they have a pure heart, merciful! But with time and pain the old lamb dies and the ruthless monster is born.

(Fun fact this is more in line with my headcanons for goat but is time to let lamb shine🔥)

The Goat as Polites.

A bit ooc for my goat but I think it's ok, despite them being a little shit I think they are very reassuring and caring for lamb. Funky little goat 🔥🔥

Ratau as eurylochus

I think is an honest role for dadtau hmmm

Narinder as Athena oooor... Hear me out: PENELOPE!

Ok so... Athena is obvious because 1 I'm making a narilamb animatic with warrior of the mind and nari is Athena there obv but also her songs really give me nari vibes idk

But Penelope... Is basically just for the ship nari doesn't fit much with her... But still... will you fall in love with me again IS MAKING ME GO INSANE but yeah... Idk I can't chose...

Leshy as Polyphemus.

There is a line in Polyphemus song that goes "I take from you like you took from me" and that's so leshy coded... Idk I headcanons leshy like a big chaotic beast yes but also like the actual legend of leshy, specifically the ones where he's more of a neutral god that coexist with humans but kills them if they take too much from nature. Also bro get blinded too

Heket as Circe

I love a strong woman that only cares about protecting the people she loves the most, I think Circe is the perfect choice

Also Circe allures men in her palace, cooks for them and then she transforms them into food basically haha is funny in my head.

Kalamar as Poseidon

Before you tell me "but he's pathetic! " yes he is and Poseidon is as well!

I like it to be an escalation of confidence to cowardness. He starts all angry and at the end he's crying in the shower.

Shamura as Zeus maybe but also hear me out : ATHENA!!

Is funny because shamura and Athena have so much in common lol

But first choice was Zeus because Athena was/is taken and I wanted them to still be one of the gods... Also I can see them making lamb choose between themselves and their crew... Evil like the time they made me kill my faves >:( but idk...

But Athena again they have so much in common but also... Having shamura on lamb's side is strange to me but aaaadfd you feel me?

The red fox as scylla

We are the same you and I... I don't think I have to say more 🥴

Claunek as the prophet

Yeah I think is obvious

Chemak as Hermes or Aeolus

Mostly for the vibe and because both give lamb something really important lol

Sozo as Aeolus or Hermes

Same as before

Jalala as Calypso.

Yes yes is because of the crush on lamb

Webber as Telemachus.

Just for the vibes and he's my child

Helob as antinous

Again vibes...

Baal as apollo.

You know at this point I'm going for exclusions but I can see that and I like what I see

Aym ar hares.

Because angry kitty is my fave

Forneus as era

Because she's mother 🔥

Kudaai as Ephesus

Another obvious one, more because of the character than the song I guess

Monch can be Aphrodite

But idk... It's hard because my head goes back to the hares and Aphrodite relationship...

So Aphrodite is open to changes

Mystic seller as Charybdis???

Maybe??? Or maybe not

is hard chat

Anyone that was left out: I don't know who I should give them lol pls help