Jaybird

@hybridlore

oh goodness no! I wasn’t upset at all.
honestly, I won’t get upset unless you insult a family member. I might be hurt if you said something really mean to me, but my anger only gets aroused in defense of my clan. 😉

@loopylin
lol. Me too!!

@koshka

ouch!! I’m not that mean to him.
🤣

Rory 

Rory began dropping all of the screws in a bucket, but his eyes constantly returned to Leo’s face as the older boy talked.
“what sort of things did you design?” He asked, his voice still quiet with hesitant caution.

@loopylin

Ah, me too. If anything RPs can at least give poor, mistreated characters a chance at a happy life.

@ellette-giselle

Leo

“Of course I have. I’m an engineer, top of my class. It was the most fun I’ve had in… Well, there’s not much like it. So much energy. Such precise, perfect lines.”

He grinned, picking up a bolt. It was a hex bolt, smooth and surprisingly new. Close to the size he used on the Mantis. He rolled it between his fingers.

“I…[Read more]

@koshka

Rory 

Rory looked up, interested. And for once, he didn’t keep it in check. “Did you ever use a laser welder?”

@ellette-giselle

Leo

“Aye, you got it. Nearly everything built out of wood uses nails or screws. Metal stuff like big buildings use heaver screws, welding, bolts, all sorts of things.” He leaned back on his heels eyes going distant. He rolled a bolt on the palm of his hand. “Back home we used a lot more Laser welding, but screws and bolts are…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Haha, so true though 😂😂

@whalekeeper

Ahh, I gotcha. Well I’m glad he’s doing well!!

I have yet to ask him what he thinks about all this… My brother is the kind of guy who shrugs and asks if he can have ice cream for every meal at the hospital. 😂😭 I remember as a little kid, I wanted to have a surgery so I could have extra treats.

I get that, my brother would proba…[Read more]

@koshka

Rory

Rory gave Leo a cautious smile and took the screw. He looked it over, feeling the ribbed sides. “These are to hold things together, aren’t they?”

@ellette-giselle

Or…Leo didn’t have emotional breakdowns as much as serious temper problems and protective issues. Silvia had a lot more breakdowns because she couldn’t understand what was going on (she’s about 5 years younger than Leo).

Leo

“Sure.” He dropped to one knee by the bucket. “This,” he picked up a screw “is a screw. A Philips head…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

gotcha!

@koshka
I have no idea!!

they probably would have just had emotional breakdowns together. 😂

@koshka

Rory 

The gentleness in Leo’s voice and look reached out and touched Rory. He could feel himself relaxing, despite his paranoia.
he watched the older boy reading through a list of things to do. I’m not your new captain, or comanding officer.

Rory has never heard anyone over him say something like that, and the words continued to play…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I get it. XD

I wonder how Leo and Rory would have gotten along when Leo was a torn up 13 year old. Or even 16 year old at the beginning of his own book. It’s been great fun to write him as a fully developed character.

@ellette-giselle

Leo

He frowned. Something was…off. He sat back against the edge of the table, eyebrows quirking and lips pinched.

Rory was tense. Too tense. Kinda like a rubber band pulled tight or a soldier at attention.

Oh. Leo could have smacked himself. Instead he sighed and let a small, serious smile slip into place.

“Rory, I’m not…[Read more]

@theducktator

I used to write everything on paper, and I did have paper but I used it all for drawing while we were away, and all I have left is my prayer journal and I’m not going to write stories in that. 😉

I have a license and I still don’t have a phone. They’re not all they’re cracked up to be. Mostly time eating temptation. &#x1f64…[Read more]

@hybridlore @theducktator

I don’t own a phone. Yes, I’m an adult, but I hate phones. Phones are only good for calling friends and listening to music. And they aren’t worth the money when I can use the house phone for one and the laptop for the other.

anyhow, I’m using my mom’s phone. I don’t have my current novel on here and I’m not just goin…[Read more]

@koshka

exploring this younger Rory is so interesting!! He is who he is later on, but when he’s older things have been balanced and refined. He also has hope and he is more carting towards others. It’s just so strange to see him like this.
I want to write a book about him in this life stage.

@koshka

Rory sat down on the couch and pulled his knees up to his chest. A moment later he slammed his boots down and sat rigidly. He needed to stop being so vulnerable.

Leo grinned as he set down a few empty pails. “You do know what a screw is, right?”

“Yes,” Rory said quickly. It was a lie— sort of. He knew screws were one of the things in…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I think you were interested in this?