Story Event - Nomes

[monochromatically]

Who; Mono and anyone! Open to all!
What; A Network Story and a Log for the event!
Where; All around Aterat!
When; Early August
Warnings; None to start, but if something comes up I will update.
Note; So I'm thinking this could provide some options. The network could be a fun chat story time, the log for after-story experience, or we could mix it up and people could reach out to Mono via the network if they come across Nomes and the log doesn't grab you. You are also totally welcome to do your own thing with Nomes if you want. Also if you want something personal written up, I’m happy to do so! My plotting post is over here



The Mystery of Nomes - Network Video - Open

[ Mono is not known for doing posts on the network on his own unless it’s strictly necessary. Not that he’s anti-social or anything, it’s just that the static feedback caused by his own abilities gets annoying and a bit hard to explain.

However, here he is with a slightly confused little scrunch of his nose. ]

Anyone ever hear of Nomes before? They’re these little things in my world, at least I think so. They’re a little smaller than me, and they got pointed hats that cover their faces… Kinda like those funny capped mushrooms you see sometimes? Or those hats they make kids wear in school when they do bad, I guess.

Um… Anyway, you see them in pictures and stuff around the pale city. But… I think I saw one once, maybe? It’s kinda fuzzy. I think it happened before a long time ago-

[ By which, the boy means a long time ago. Which is odd coming from someone who looks to only be about 12 at best now. But Mono is far older than he looks, and there are so many cycles he’s been through. ]

Back when I was exploring the hunter’s cabin, there was this little guy that hurried out of a drawer I had pulled out. It was really surprising, ‘cause of all the other stuff I saw in the cabin... So I followed it up to a different part of the attic. It made a funny almost squeaking sound. Seemed really scared, but I guess that’s fair since being little is scary sometimes and I’m bigger than them.

Its shadow was kinda weird, though. 'Cause didn’t match the shape of the nome, right? But other than that, it looked just like the picture I saw! Guess you don’t see shadows in drawn pictures unless someone draws them though, so that makes sense.

I dunno if it really happened or not, could’ve just been a dream too, I guess.

[ And the boy falls silent, tugging the brim of his cap a little lower and rubbing at an eye with a sleepy little yawn. ]

Dunno why I remembered them now… But I guess I was just thinking about stuff.



You get Nomes! And you get some Nomes! Nomes for everybody! - Log - Open

Mono hadn’t thought much beyond the weird need to share the story about the Nomes on the network. He put the tell-phone away, took a nap, and then tugged on his mail-carrier cap and grabbed the bag he used to carry the messages for work to head out the door. The boy almost misses the raspy squeak coming from somewhere in his bedroom, but maybe it’s one of the cats… They make funny sounds sometimes!

Plus, he doesn’t want to be late to the delivery service, so he glanced over his shoulder curiously but kept walking. Mono did stop long enough to grab the little lunch Ignis usually had packed on the kitchen counter before hurrying out the door for the day.

What he hadn’t expected, perhaps what no one expected, was that the day would entail far more than carrying mail. Either interrupted by texts asking more questions about the nomes for good reason, or being stopped on the street when someone recognized him and needed help with their newfound guests. “Huh? What do you mean you saw one? They aren’t here, they might not even be real in my world??” He started, but stopped when he realized this was Aterat and just about anything seemed possible here…

So colour the boy curious as he eagerly hurried to follow and see.

Comments

[monochromatically]

Yup, huge. Like bigger than my whole head! [ Or the size of a small dog, that made more sense, Mono. ] Nope. At least I don’t think so, aside from a couple kinds that have weird faces instead of normal. But mostly they’re just really big, regular moths. Do you got experience with ones that can do that kinda thing?

[harrythelizard]

Not moths, no. Pixies? Sure, but not moths. They sound pretty cool, though.

[monochromatically]

Pixies, huh… They must be annoying if they can make you fall asleep, I already got sleepy when I wasn’t normally today. [ Boy has got too much to do for naps!! ] They are neat. I wish I had more time to see them back then.

[harrythelizard]

Faerie magic can make you do all sorts of things, but pixies are mostly bark, honestly.

[monochromatically]

[ A pause… He’s never heard that phrase, Harry. ]

They bark?

[harrythelizard]

[He chuckled.]

No, I mean they talk a big game, but they don't do much in the way of actually cursing you.

[monochromatically]

Ohhh… [ Mono filed this away to remember later if anyone ever said anything like that again. ] So they just try to seem dangerous but they’re not that bad.

[harrythelizard]

I mean, most pixies can cast some pretty annoying hexes, like making hair grow on your tongue, but nothing life-threatening. [He chuckles.] It's usually best to just act intimidated if you aren't.

Yours sound a lot more fun.

[monochromatically]

On your tongue?? Ew… I’ll remember that if I ever meet a pixie.

But yeah, I think mine are more fun for sure. At least they don’t do anything weird like that!

[harrythelizard]

[He couldn't help but chuckle at that.]

On your tongue, but don't worry. You can pay 'em in pizza.

[monochromatically]

[ Pizza… The kid is committing that to memory. ]

Pizza? I think there’s a place here that makes that. I’ll try that if I ever meet one, thanks!

[harrythelizard]

Yeah, there is.

[And at the thought of Ivy, his tone changes to something...softer?]

It's a whole thing, though. They won't just take it. The dew-drop faeries don't call me the Za-Lord for nothing.

[monochromatically]

Why wouldn’t they take it if they like it? And They call you the ‘Za-Lord?’

[ Kid’s got so many questions now, so many. ]

[harrythelizard]

That's a long story.

[He ran a hand back through his hair before responding further.]

But faeries are really arrogant. They don't like the idea of being beholden to anyone, unless they've decided they like you, and even then it's pretty begrudging. I got a dew drop faerie and his friends to help me once, I paid them in pizza. Now I'm the Za-Lord.

[monochromatically]

[ Mono was kind of glad now that he hadn’t run into something like them before. He isn’t sure what ‘beholden’ means, but he guessed it was bad enough that fairies didn’t wanna be that to you. ]

So you’re a wizard and a Za-Lord! And those fairies decided they liked you enough to help ‘cause of the pizza.

[harrythelizard]

Yeah they...rally at my side in battle. It's...weird, but mostly because they're 6 inches tall.

[monochromatically]

[ Mono doesn’t think their size sounds that weird, compared to everything else. He’s used to being small and up against very, very big things. ]

I dunno, when you’re little sometimes you gotta deal with stuff bigger than you.

[harrythelizard]

You know, Mono, I think Toot Toot would like you.

[There's a pause.]

He's their leader, or at least the leader of the dew drop faeries in Chicago.

[monochromatically]

Yeah?

[ That was probably good, he thinks, that one of these faeries might like him if they were as hard to win over as Harry made them sound. ]

So he’s the one in charge of the ones you know, but there’s more?

[harrythelizard]

There's probably thousands, hundreds of thousands, but I don't know. I think your friends sound better.

[monochromatically]

Wow… That’s a lot!

[ An understatement, Mono.

He tilted his head, though, wondering if that were true. He did think his sounded pretty great. They at least had seemed nicer than other things were! And good company as long as they felt safe around you. ]

Yeah, I kinda think so too. Too bad I can’t show you what they look like, though, but I guess the story is all I got.

[ Unbeknownst to Mono, they would not, in fact, remain just a story. ]