[ odin is, as ever, worried that he's upset magnus when that first message comes through. he panics a bit and assumes that magnus is writing up some big, angry platonic breakup message that couldn't fit in one message's character limit or something, so when that doesn't happen, he breathes a sigh of relief. this does sort of mean he has to go back and read through it all again so he can actually take in everything magnus said, but. s'cool ]
I'm too lazy to break my messages up! Hahahahahahaha!
Um, so, yeah, I'm a prince. I don't really know how to explain the whole story... but I had to go somewhere else and hide my identity after everything that happened in my homeland. And now I figure, like. I'm somewhere new! So I don't have to hide the fact that I'm a prince anymore, and I'm really proud of my bloodline and my heritage, so it is kind of liberating to talk about it again. Just do me a favor and if anyone named Niles or Lord Leo (the dude who I'm a retainer for back home) shows up and starts asking questions about me, maybe don't answer any of them? Actually, if someone named Niles shows up, don't talk to him at all, 'cause he'll try to flirt with you and/or stab you and I do not want these things to happen.
[ besides, those are alex's jobs. ]
I'll talk to you about my home! That would make me feel good, honestly. I just don't want to make you uncomfortable with the whole apocalypse talk, so... if it gets too much, do the "no thanks" thing, yeah? But if you're okay with it, then yeah. Get ready for some dramatic tearjerking texts at 4am when you're trying to sleep and I've got insomnia or bad dreams, buddy! HA HA HA HA
Um, what else... oh! Don't worry about the dogs. Like I said, they're very big. I didn't think you would feel too comfortable with them. Don't worry about it. If you ever want to try combating your fears (though don't feel like you have to, because that is a hard and unnecessary thing to do and nobody should guilt you into that), I'll tie them up and you can maybe try saying hi to them. Otherwise, Archie can have them when we hang out!
This is the first time I've heard the word genderfluid, sorry. I don't want to say we don't have that kind of thing in my world, but I'm ignorant. But basically, sometimes he feels like "she" and sometimes he feels like "he", right? That's cool! Whatever makes him comfortable. Just take me aside and tell me if I mess up at any point, okay?
Also alsO ALSO ALSO ALSO,
I'm super glad to have met you. Home sucks 'cause it ain't got Magnus, bruh!!
i won't spread your secret princehood. wait, who is niles? apart from flirty and stabby.
[elects... not to respond... to 4 am wake-up text warnings. he resolves to figure out how to put his phone on silent so Alex doesn't wake up and piledrive him through the bottom of their tent]
[he also sort of... dodges talking about combating his fears. he came face to face with Fenrir, and he's still fucking afraid of wolves. he's probably more afraid of them after that. it's just going to be something he lives and dies with, probably. let's not talk about how big they are maybe!]
how old are the dogs?
alex isn't shy. he'll tell you when you mess up. i have a kind of cheat code to know when he's a he or a she but i feel like sharing his gender doesn't help other people be more respectful about that kind of stuff.
[he feels weirdly Touched by the last line. it reminds him weirdly of Jack in syntax, but the emotion behind it is all Odin]
The people who came before me have done some amazing things. There are people in my bloodline who saved the world. My aunt died trying to prevent a great war. My uncle was a gallant hero with no equal. My cousin took after him. We're held up as a royal family 'cause of the deeds we've done and the mark we bear. It's rad.
[ and also a lot of pressure, and man oh man, he is 100% not mentioning his mom even though she's the best hero of them all, let's move on ]
Ugh, so. He's this other retainer. My co-retainer? He's stabby and flirty and snoops around in my past. That's literally all you need to know about him. LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT DUMB STUPID NILES. The dogs! I don't know how old the dogs are. I think they're pretty old. I wanted to get the ones nobody else wanted, so. Y'know.
And, okay. The Alex stuff makes sense. I don't want to mess up at all, let alone enough for him to call me out, but... I respect him a lot! I mean, how could I not? He's a really cool person who you're obviously pretty close to, and considering you like me so much, you obviously have very good taste when it comes to choosing friends. (He kind of scares me, though. Cool people always do.)
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I'm too lazy to break my messages up! Hahahahahahaha!
Um, so, yeah, I'm a prince. I don't really know how to explain the whole story... but I had to go somewhere else and hide my identity after everything that happened in my homeland.
And now I figure, like. I'm somewhere new! So I don't have to hide the fact that I'm a prince anymore, and I'm really proud of my bloodline and my heritage, so it is kind of liberating to talk about it again.
Just do me a favor and if anyone named Niles or Lord Leo (the dude who I'm a retainer for back home) shows up and starts asking questions about me, maybe don't answer any of them?
Actually, if someone named Niles shows up, don't talk to him at all, 'cause he'll try to flirt with you and/or stab you and I do not want these things to happen.
[ besides, those are alex's jobs. ]
I'll talk to you about my home! That would make me feel good, honestly.
I just don't want to make you uncomfortable with the whole apocalypse talk, so... if it gets too much, do the "no thanks" thing, yeah?
But if you're okay with it, then yeah. Get ready for some dramatic tearjerking texts at 4am when you're trying to sleep and I've got insomnia or bad dreams, buddy! HA HA HA HA
Um, what else... oh! Don't worry about the dogs. Like I said, they're very big. I didn't think you would feel too comfortable with them. Don't worry about it.
If you ever want to try combating your fears (though don't feel like you have to, because that is a hard and unnecessary thing to do and nobody should guilt you into that), I'll tie them up and you can maybe try saying hi to them.
Otherwise, Archie can have them when we hang out!
This is the first time I've heard the word genderfluid, sorry. I don't want to say we don't have that kind of thing in my world, but I'm ignorant.
But basically, sometimes he feels like "she" and sometimes he feels like "he", right? That's cool! Whatever makes him comfortable. Just take me aside and tell me if I mess up at any point, okay?
Also alsO ALSO ALSO ALSO,
I'm super glad to have met you. Home sucks 'cause it ain't got Magnus, bruh!!
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i won't spread your secret princehood. wait, who is niles? apart from flirty and stabby.
[elects... not to respond... to 4 am wake-up text warnings. he resolves to figure out how to put his phone on silent so Alex doesn't wake up and piledrive him through the bottom of their tent]
[he also sort of... dodges talking about combating his fears. he came face to face with Fenrir, and he's still fucking afraid of wolves. he's probably more afraid of them after that. it's just going to be something he lives and dies with, probably. let's not talk about how big they are maybe!]
how old are the dogs?
alex isn't shy. he'll tell you when you mess up. i have a kind of cheat code to know when he's a he or a she but i feel like sharing his gender doesn't help other people be more respectful about that kind of stuff.
[he feels weirdly Touched by the last line. it reminds him weirdly of Jack in syntax, but the emotion behind it is all Odin]
i'm glad we met, too, dude.
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[ and also a lot of pressure, and man oh man, he is 100% not mentioning his mom even though she's the best hero of them all, let's move on ]
Ugh, so. He's this other retainer. My co-retainer? He's stabby and flirty and snoops around in my past. That's literally all you need to know about him. LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT DUMB STUPID NILES.
The dogs! I don't know how old the dogs are. I think they're pretty old. I wanted to get the ones nobody else wanted, so. Y'know.
And, okay. The Alex stuff makes sense. I don't want to mess up at all, let alone enough for him to call me out, but...
I respect him a lot! I mean, how could I not? He's a really cool person who you're obviously pretty close to, and considering you like me so much, you obviously have very good taste when it comes to choosing friends.
(He kind of scares me, though. Cool people always do.)