Forced Time Off Work
The General of the 1000th Legion grunted to themselves as they entered the Kentron, the centre of the Rethan government. Gath Tsoriou was an utterly colossal Rethan, standing at 3.2m tall and covered in cream and brown plating, with nearly black skin. They were a soldier-caste Rethan, not normally someone...Read More »
Little Date with a Big Guy
The Twenty Below Cafe was built and catered for Rethans that worked in the Below Twenty Legions or for the Legion of the High General, but since it was the middle of the day, the place was pretty much empty apart from one table in the corner. Relkir was very...Read More »
Games, Walks and Talks
Being large, heavy creatures, Rethan cities were built to be very wide and not very tall. After all, when the average height of a Rethavok is 2.5m, it gets expensive building skyscrapers that can contain said large beings. The roads in Rethan cities though were even wider, designed mostly for...Read More »
Dinner and Drinks
Gath tapped on the table, lost in thought, minding their own business. They had admittedly not had a good day. A day filled with medical appointments. None of them good. It turned out, being shot 30 times while on an adrenaline-fuelled rampage protecting the innocent as a young adult was...Read More »
Day After A Great Night
Relkir panicked for a moment as they woke up from one of the best sleeps they’d ever had. They weren’t in their own bed. They were sharing with someone else. Or, well, they were? It was a very, very big bed, Relkir couldn’t reach either edge if they stretched their...Read More »
Suggestions About The Lake
Rethais never enjoyed reading through paperwork in the throne room. It wasn’t a particularly satisfying or comfortable working area. Sure, it worked fine for meetings and discussions, but for quieter work, it was useless. And while, yes, Rethais was the High General, they could change these things, there was never...Read More »
Invitation to the Lake 1
“Hello, Kuta, are you busy?”
Kuta blinked as Taliv poked them in the side. The other seven 11th Legion Rethans in the room all fell silent.
“Kyr Kuta, the High General is speaking to you…” Taliv whispered.
“Oh… OH!” Kuta immediately got up and straightened themselves out. “Kyr Rethais,...Read More »
Invitation to the Lake 2
Captain Ignair nearly jumped out of their skin as they opened the door and was greeted by the General of the Retha of all beings.
Ignair was a very, very young soldier-caste Rethan who used to have bright red plating, but the plating on their arms was charred black, and they...Read More »
Villa By The Lake
“You seem to get pretty exhausted when you shadowjump, Little Bitey!” Kayel mocked as he peered from the doorway, as he heard a loud thump in Retvik’s otherwise empty bedroom.
Kuta grunted as they picked themselves up off the floor. For a change, Kuta wasn’t wearing their standard scary Below Twenty...Read More »
Siblings-by-Partnership
Everything had been very, very pleasant so far, but right now, the High General wanted to spend some time with their siblings, and it turned out that the Lake had a jacuzzi, something Gath had always wanted to try, so that was what Gath, Lysar and Kuta were all doing...Read More »
Three In Shot
“This is pretty.”
Limilian Lake was a large large freshwater lake, but its centre was very narrow, to the point that it looked like a rough figure-eight from above. Still, even at the narrow point, the distance between the two shores was about half a kilometre, and the Limilian Lake provided...Read More »
Potentially Unreliable Evidence
“Did you get any information?”
Kuta repeatedly bashed their head against the table. They had been doing so for a good five minutes. Anything to distract them from the dizziness, the migraine, the bubbling anger in the back of their mind, screaming that Kuta wasn’t safe and needed to lash out....Read More »
Sedated Two Ways
Really, Gath was in the way. But no one dared attempt to move the colossal Rethan from Relkir’s side. Doing so would be to risk harming themselves. In fact, Gath had been involuntarily sedated in a bid to stop them from going Defensive Stance at the sight of their poor,...Read More »
Unwanted Contact
Despite the fact that Relkir had been caught in the crossfire of an assassination attempt on their sibling, the High General, they were feeling pretty good. Not only had their beloved poten-partner Gath been by Relkir’s side the entire time, but they also got to spend extra time with their...Read More »
A Shorter Future Than Desired
It had taken way too long, but Gath had finally convinced Retvik to bugger off for a bit so they could have some privacy. Gath didn’t like having to pull rank, but Retvik was getting clingy-defensive over their injured sibling, even though Relkir was doing a lot better now. And...Read More »
Throwing Balls At Cute Animals
Gath watched Relkir literally skip towards them in a cheerful and flamboyant way. Relkir had finished work about an hour ago, and, after a quick trip home to clean themselves up and take off their governmental red and black armour, they had requested to meet Gath in a small park...Read More »
Stuttered Questions
Gath grunted to themselves as they finished a call with one of their external captains. While seven of their captains worked alongside Gath, three of them had separate jobs, and had been inducted into the 1000th Legion while continuing their duties elsewhere on neutral territories.
Veliir was originally from the 500th...Read More »
A Proper Vacation
“I feel like they are testing us.”
“Why?”
“They are keeping us together.”
“Because we are triplets.”
“No, to see who is the worst and who is the best. And the worst is clearly me.”
“Relkir, just because you are not physically strong, does not mean you are less than us! After all, I am...Read More »
Meeting At The Clinic
“What in the name of the damned Light are you doing here?”
Important Rethans making awkward doctors appointments later in the day when there were less people around wasn’t that uncommon, but Kuta was genuinely surprised at how aggressively Relkir had just hissed at them. In fact, Relkir’s anger was so...Read More »
Blocked Parent
“The High General does not wish to see you.”
The glistening, gold and red-armoured General stared at this short, white-plated Rethan standing in front of them, blocking their way.
“Move, child.”
“No. The High General does not wish to see you. You ought to leave.”
Revan Rethianos was not used to being told no....Read More »
Holiday Planning
Relkir grinned as they rolled onto their side and inspected Gath, who was lying on their back, fiddling with a communicator. They had been staying at Gath’s place for the last couple of days, as Relkir had been given some more forced time off work. Their boss, the High General...Read More »
Ready to Fly
Gath grunted as they lugged their carry-on bag and Relkir’s carry-on bag up the mobile stairs and onto the shuttle, to where their seats were. Their main suitcases were already in the hold, all they needed to do was climb aboard themselves. Thankfully, the flight was going to be somewhat...Read More »
Banikan Holiday Villa
“Well, that is convenient!” Gath smiled as they and Relkir lumbered down the path, dragging their luggage behind them. They had just gotten off the bus that had taken them from the space port to the collection of holiday villas they were due to be staying at. “In fact, this...Read More »
Arena Tour
“Firstly, it is great to see you, sibling. Secondly… what the actual fuck?”
Relkir was well known to not swear much, so that statement caught pretty much everyone off guard. Relkir and Gath had come to the Great Arenas for a private tour, given by none other than the Lightbearer himself.
“What?”...Read More »
Weird Gifts for Relkir
“Heya, Relkir, you alright?”
It turned out that Gath was very popular among the house fighters of the Great Arenas, and everyone had spent a great afternoon having fun and chatting. Somehow, that afternoon turned into drinking games in the evening, combining into a celebration of multiple things. Also, it seemed...Read More »
Snapped Boundaries
A knock on the door woke Relkir up, but Gath had hardly moved. To be fair, both of them were hungover. Or maybe still drunk. Relkir wasn’t sure. Probably the latter, since both they and Gath were on holiday, and all they’d really done so far was eat and drink....Read More »
Chat Before Leaving
“It is funny, you wish to spend the last day of your holiday, here with me.”
“Penultimate day, but yes.”
While most of the Twelve did have sub-districts in Palaestra, all three Panelixian races lacked one. The Torr only ever visited Palaestra on business and the local travel and tourist industry was...Read More »
Divorced Restraint
Rethais did their best not to growl as they slammed the door to their private office shut, then made their way to a simple desk. The High General normally did meetings in the Grand Hall of the Kentron, a colossal room with a massive glass wall that overlooked the city...Read More »
The Parents
“I cannot believe Rethais keeps on letting me take time off…” Relkir muttered as they stepped off the plane behind their poten-partner. Both ahead and behind Relkir and Gath were a handful of members of the 1000th Legion, and two of Gath’s captains.
“It is not time off. You are a...Read More »
Dazed Rethan, Disowned Spast
Levik sighed to himself as he sat in the hospital bed, going through various banking apps and transferring funds to a new account he had made under a Torr-owned bank that didn’t ask too many questions. Really, Levik was desperate to get out of the hospital, to go anywhere but...Read More »
Grieving Recuperation
Relkir didn’t mean to frown, but they did as a timer went off, reminding them to take their medication. Sure, they were finally out of hospital, and had been staying at Gath’s parents’ place for the last few days, and things overall were pretty good, but Relkir was concerned that...Read More »
Macromera Rest
Relkir normally hated the large mansion that the High General traditionally lived in, and avoided going there at all costs, but since it was Macromera, Relkir had somewhat been forced to stay for a couple of days.
Macromera, at least for Rethans, was always a family get-together. Three days of festivities....Read More »
Giant Advisor
“Hello, little one!”
Despite technically only being 2 months old, Litvir was somewhat taller than average. And because they were skinny and adolescent, physically about 15 years old, it was possible that Litvir would grow taller. However, most beings, Litvir included, felt absolutely tiny when confronted with Gath, the Keeper, the...Read More »
A Little Proposal
Relkir took a long, deep breath as they finished up the last few bits of work, jotted a few things down, then picked up an oddly shaped box that had been sitting under their desk all day. The box was a little too big to fit in their satchel, so...Read More »
Explaining Partnership Traditions
“How does a marriage work?”
Relkir glanced up from the script they were working on, not really sure how Litvir, the young Rethan member of the Twelve Anew, had managed to get in. Sure, they had knocked, and Relkir had said they could come in, but the door hadn’t opened, Litvir...Read More »
General-ous Decisions
“Alright, good meeting, the rest of you may leave. But Lysar, Ritlir, Tessar and… you, Relkai, I want to speak to the four of you, here, in private.”
“Is… is something wrong?” Relkai asked.
“No, no. I actually want advice.”
“Is that why Relkir is not here?” Tessar grunted.
Relkai Skiaovoros was the rather...Read More »
School Troubles
Litvir shivered nervously in their seat as they sat in front of Captain Mathenon, one of the many, many Captains of the 901st Legion, representing both teachers and school administrators. Mathenon was the headmaster of Litvir’s school, and had called Litvir to their office at the end of the day...Read More »
Signs of Adoption
Now that Relkir was definitely, permanently in a relationship with Gath, they were spending more and more time just living at Gath’s place. Sure, Relkir was a Captain of the 47th Legion, with their own nice place and all that, but Relkir’s home was tiny, and it only really fit...Read More »
Elkayne Theories
Relkir couldn’t deny that they were briefly scared as something pulled itself through the shadow underneath their desk, but as they realized who it was, they did quickly calm down.
“Hello, Kyr Elkay…” Relkir got up from their desk so the dark being could get up, then stood to one side...Read More »
Plans for a New Legion
“Good day, General Vaksavar.”
“Good day, Rethais. What are you doing here today? You should have other obligations.”
Rethais never enjoyed speaking to the Master of Generals. Yes, Rethais out-ranked them, what with being the leader of the entirety of the Rethavok, but Vaksavar carried a lot of weight and was more...Read More »
Unknown Legion Planning
The last few days, Gath hadn’t been around. According to one of the Below Twenties, Gath was busy doing a “morale tour”, where they visited the local Junior Stratoi and spoke to the younglings before they started their exams. Lately, due to Gath’s illnesses, they had been sending 1000th Legion...Read More »
Promotion
Something very strange was going on. Very, very strange. Relkir had been in another meeting with General Ritlir, who had been asking a lot of different questions. All of a sudden, both Ritlir and Relkir got messages from the Master of Generals, instructing them to both go up to the...Read More »
General Settling In
Relkir breathed a quick sigh of relief as the last of the 99th Legion left their massive office.
Most of the desks, all with a privacy wall and a potted plant, present were for the 99th Legion’s researchers, but there were three meeting tables by the entrance, and a closed off...Read More »
A Proper Proposal
It was late. Far later than usual. The sun had gone down a couple of hours ago, and the area had emptied out, people going back home before the harsh winds picked up. Gath though, they never really minded the windy chills. Reminded them of better and worse times. A...Read More »
Armour Designs
“Good evening, General!”
Relkir looked up from their work. It was pretty late, but the Legion of Advisors had needed to assist the Legion of External Affairs in a teleconference call with the Athren leadership, namely the Distant Moon Singers, who dealt with foreign affairs. However, standing at their desk right...Read More »
Happy Litty
Gath never thought they would have ever said this, but they had ordered way too much pizza. Normally Relkir made pizza, kneading their own dough, making their own sauce and picking out toppings, but the last few days, in the evenings, Gath and Relkir were celebrating with their nearly-adopted kid...Read More »
Heart Troubles
“Hello, kid, what are you doing up?”
Litvir inched downstairs, towards where Gath was standing in the kitchen.
“I… I heard you get up. It is very late. You do not normally get out of bed at all.”
Gath grunted. They seemed to be in a little bit of pain. There was a...Read More »
Heart Recovery
Gath’s chest still hurt, in fact, most of Gath’s body hurt, but at least they were still alive. Just about. Gath wasn’t quite sure, and it didn’t help that they had heard some scary words, things like “they need oxygen” and “life support on its way”, things like that.
Now Gath...Read More »
Swimming Therapy
The public pool at the Phos Public Exercise Centre was very rarely busy. Most Rethans didn’t like swimming, and a lot of them massively struggled in deeper waters. But Relkir had been insistent that Gath do some swimming exercises, because it was a simple, gentle exercise that wouldn’t stress Gath...Read More »
Initial Wedding Ideas
Ever since their heart problem, Gath had barely been working. They worked three days in the office at the Kentron, and one day in their home office. The other three days were spent at home, relaxing, or doing gentle exercises or going on walks, to keep themselves healthy and active....Read More »
Explaining Wedding Plans
“Mama!”
Litvir was in a very bouncy mood today. To the point that they leaped up at Gath and hugged them tightly before even entering the house.
“Hello, kiddo!” Gath patted Litvir on the back in a bid to calm them down. “How are you today?”
“Mama, I am in a very good...Read More »
New Uniforms
Relkir sighed to themselves as they stared at the package on their desk. Outside Relkir’s office, the 99th Legion had all just been given their first set of uniform armour, and the boxes at the back of the room contained enough armour for each member of the Legion for a...Read More »
Oddly Scary Messages
Something beeped.
Relkir’s eyes flicked open. They yawned, stretched, then rolled over to one side, to the small table by the side of the bed. Relkir’s communicator was the source of the beep. Getting beeps in the middle of the night wasn’t that uncommon, Relkir was an important Rethan with a...Read More »
Concrete Plans
Being a General of a powerful but also small and ceremonial Legion meant that Gath could often take time off whenever they liked, doubly so since they had been ill and delegating duties to their captains already. For Relkir though, things were a bit trickier. It turned out the Legion...Read More »
Happy Wedding Invitations 1
“Kyr Elkay! Kyr Elkay! I have news!”
Litvir knew they probably didn’t need to shout, that knocking on the door of the God of Shadow and Knowledge’s office was enough, but Litvir was excited and desperate to share the news. They bounced up and down excitedly, waiting for Elkay to let...Read More »
General Birthday
“Hello, Kyr Rethais…”
The High General was busy looking out of the gigantic window of the Grand Hall, overlooking their almost perfect city. Rethais didn’t have any work to do, but they did have one last meeting, a social one, before they planned to head home. The voice behind them was...Read More »
Already Healed
As Rethavok were prone to going into a feral defensive rage over their threatened kids, as Rethan society began to grow, most Rethans started raising their kids in large nurseries, in order to better protect their babies and also not become adrenaline-fuelled monsters at the sight of their kids being...Read More »
A General Inspection
“A word, please, Relkir.”
Relkir tried to hide that they were caught off guard as a heavy hand landed on their shoulder. They had just finished a meeting between the Rethan government and the Spast leadership regarding information on the attempted assassination on the High General not too long ago and...Read More »
The Wrens and the Wasps
“Dada Relkir, are you busy?”
Relkir looked up from their tablet. They were currently sitting on the sofa, browsing through an armour catalogue, trying to pick out an armour style and an armour colour for their wedding. Normally, Rethans wore a colour based on the combined colour of the two poten-partners’...Read More »
Happy Wedding Invitations 2
“So anyway, what do you-”
Levik stopped mid sentence as he felt something vibrating. He blinked a few times before realising that it was his phone ringing, and he stopped everything he was doing to answer it, ignoring the confusion of his gladiator friends.
“Relkir! It’s been ages! How are you? Can...Read More »
Father's Forgiveness
“Hello.”
Trimes blinked as they opened the door to their apartment. Ever since the Sudden Darkness, the complications from being touched by Corruption and the loss of most of their left arm, Trimes had been living in an assisted care facility. They had their own private quarters, a bed, small living...Read More »
Ice Cream with Mum
Gath glanced around the little ice cream cafe awkwardly, not really sure what to look at. Ever since their heart problems, Gath had been declared semi-retired, and was basically free to do whatever they want. So Gath had been using their free time to do most of the in-person planning...Read More »
Quick Siblingly Check-Ins
“So, any questions before I head off?”
Relkir looked over their small Legion. They had just explained the plan while Relkir was away. None of them really wanted to go to Relkir’s wedding and Relkir was fine with that, and, in the mean time, Mylon and Skeftin, the two twin captains,...Read More »
First Birthday
Litvir had still felt sad and a bit bruised, but as soon as they saw their beloved mama and dada, sitting on a golden glass beach under a beautiful clear night sky, that sadness and pain very quickly faded. It faded completely as their colossal adopted mother staggered to their...Read More »
The Night Before
Relkir shivered as they stared out into the distance, taking in the view from the balcony of their hotel room. They had spent the day getting their plating trimmed and their skin moisturised, as well as sorting out final bits and pieces for their wedding, like getting their wedding armour...Read More »
Two Humble Ceremonies
Everything was clear, and a gentle wind blew through. The audience was sitting patiently, waiting for the two partners-to-be to arrive. And they swiftly did. Lesii, the mother of one partner-to-be, led Gath down on the left, while Rethais, the twin sibling of Relkir, led Relkir down on the right,...Read More »
After-Wedding Chat
“That was a really nice ceremony!” Kohra mused as he sipped a glass of diet cola. He had wanted normal cola, but apparently full sugar cola was rare in Rethan territories. Sitting with him were the handful of other non-Rethans, namely his brother Levik and Elkay, the former All-Ksa, that...Read More »
House Browsing
Everyone knew to move out of the way of the gigantic Rethan who would regularly stomp through the 99th Legion office. Not because the gigantic Rethan was a threat or anything. The opposite in fact. General Gath may have looked terrifying, but the 99th Legion had swiftly learned that Gath...Read More »
Distant Secret Feelings
It had been a good evening. Rethais has invited both their sibling Relkir and their partner Gath, and Lysar’s sibling Malyr and their partner Jelii to the Grand Mansion, the High General’s home. Ever since Rethais had proposed to Lysar, Lysar now lived with Rethais all the time and had...Read More »
Glossy Temthan Magazines
“I did not think you were the sort of person who enjoyed glossy Temthan magazines, Relkir!”
Relkir regularly got check-ins from the Master of Generals, mostly because Relkir was a non-Below Twenty General working in a Below Twenty building, but also because the Master of Generals was still wary of Relkir....Read More »
Bite Marks
It was rare that Relkir would be home earlier than Gath, but Gath was spending time with their troops in the 1000th Legion lately, making arrangements so that Gath could take more time off work and so the Legion of Heroes could work without their presence. Today in particular had...Read More »
Road to a New Home
“I… do not know why you are inviting me…” Litvir muttered as they arrived outside the building where Relkir currently lived. Then again, “currently” wasn’t quite the correct word, because Relkir spent 99% of their time living in Gath’s apartment across town and only really came back to their own...Read More »
Surprise Medical
Relkir grunted as they were just finishing up a few bits. Everything had been going well, all their work had been dealt with and Relkir was hoping to finish up early so they could help Gath with moving house. All the little bits and pieces had been arranged, the new...Read More »
A Better Home
“Well, what now?”
Gath and Relkir had both set aside five days to move into their new home. Between finalizing the paperwork, boxing everything up, moving it from their two separate homes to their new, much bigger place, getting the new furniture they needed and unboxing everything and putting everything back...Read More »