43 Happy place (1/2)
Lurk had decided to retreat into the advanced menu.
It was, of course, the most logical place to go to, since his more emotional side of him had shortcircuited. Now he could look on with a sage and calm demeanor. Of course, he was alone here inside the Advanced menu, the mana circles ticking along around his avatar in the middle of it.
”Ah, such a soothing rhythm, and order that does not suddenly leap out at you and crush your world with too heavy demands and responsibilities...But it cannot be that bad can it?...”
Lurk quickly peaked out of the advanced menu, seeing himself still being utterly shocked and being shaken back and forth by Sala as his dim eyes stared ahead. He quickly retreated back to the advanced menu.
But unfortunately, he caught a glimpse of four runes wiggling around him as if demanding his attention. The four runes all seemed to be collapsed Avatar states that all were connected to his own. They were dancing around his head but he did his best to ignore them.
”Ahh.. so soothing this calm place...” One of the runes bonked him on the head. Or it might have been outside influenced that was being translated into this calm happy place inside his mind.
Lurk released a sigh, and brought the four runes to a halt in front of him, opening each one up, he saw the four goblin avatars still not locked down, their body indistinct and their faces merely basic templates and not defined as much as his own or Lula's.
”Please enter a name.” Each rune said towards him, waiting to be integrated into the system properly, the name seemed to be the most important thing before the form of the avatar could take place...
”Why is the name so crucial...” Lurk pondered over this but he could not ignore reality much longer, he sighed and steeled himself mentally and closed down the advanced menu, reality returning once more to his senses.
”Lurk?! Sylvie what happened to him? can you heal him?” Sala's voice was the first thing that he heard she sound desperate after her usual head bonk did not stir Lurk to react.
”Uhm I do not think so... oh look he is awake now!” Sylvie was unsure but her eyes lit up seeing Lurk being aware again.
”What happened Lurk?? You kinda blacked out there for a while??” Resti asked looking slightly worried, she had seen him meditate like this before. Of course, it looked more gracefully than the shocked look on his face and then him going half unconscious.
”I forgot that the real enemy was not the evil curse... damn ravenous trait...” Lurk said to them, the last bit mumbling it quietly to himself. The evil trait was more obvious with how it was pushing his will to act, but the damn ravenous trait just seemed to flow perfectly with him. And of course, combined with the Fertile trait they combined into the true strong enemy that was now crushing him down.
”Huh?.” ”what?” ”Sala does not get it” The girls all looked at each other and then Lurk.
”... Haaahh... Right, so you are all pregnant... Sala somehow is again... Thought that was not possible...” Lurk said in a rather flat tone as he rubbed his chin, he was actually not sure on how soon a woman could be pregnant RIGHT after having given birth. But this did not make sense.
”Ooh! Great!” Sala said grinning widely, nodding to her self feeling great for forcing the issue Sylvie and Resti were having.
”Huh...?... uhm.. how do you... oh..” Resti was a tad dismissal but she did remember that goblins were extremely fertile... they would make children even with the most barren of women... Regardless of the time...She looked down at her stomach and kinda froze, it was one of those moments where she had not really thought that far.
”... I'm glad, master.” Sylvie smiled sweetly at Lurk sitting up straight, Lurks flat and strong facade that he was trying to hold up, melted when he saw Sylvie smile and her tail whipping around happily.
”Oh, that's good... You actually have two kids, so I guess its twins.” Lurk smiled now Sylvie's smile infected him and calmed him down. He turned to look at Resti who was holding her stomach.
”Are you ok Resti?” Lurk said with some concern.
”I... I'm just... a little scared... ” Resti said quietly, she had after all been living a normal life with her mother in the village, though she was ostracized a little due to her elven nature, she had not really been around many of the boys in the village and mostly kept to studying with her mother and doing her chores... She suddenly remembered her mother and a tear came to her eyes.
”... I... What would mother think of this...” She gave a quiet sob to herself, she suddenly felt Lurk hug her and she cried into his shoulder. She also felt Sylvie hug her. She cried for a while. When Sala who had been looking on feeling awkward, she was not used to this way of acting but she did feel sad, which was odd for her, plus normally having a -parent- focus on a child like she had been doing.
Normally goblins would just ignore their young, the chief deciding where and how they would be placed in the tribe, she just felt she needed to make strong offspring. But meeting Lurk now her way of living had changed, and Lurk had definitely wanted Lula to be with Sala and him as much as possible.
The mood in the air from Resti was affecting her somehow, she was not used to this as she could somewhat relate. even her eyes became misty, causing her to wipe her face.
”Sala thinks that is silly!” She reacted like she normally would, and projected frustration or anger and try to take back control of the situation.
”Sala thinks that your mother would be happy if your mate was strong and there to protect you!” Sala said out rather loudly, as she kept wiping her eyes that kept getting misty.
”If you feel safe and... Happy with your mate...” The misty eyes turning a lot wetter.