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BiE 81: Mousdad

By Mandroid
Created: 2020-12-19 13:00:55
Expiry: Never

  1. 1.
    =BiE 81=
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  3. 3.
    >Year 1157 in Equestria.
  4. 4.
    >The sun was beating down on your face as you slept.
  5. 5.
    >Or at least, it was trying to.
  6. 6.
    >Hard to get through the window when there's a corkboard covering it.
  7. 7.
    >Hah. Screw you Celestia.
  8. 8.
    >You threw your feet off the edge of the bed and stretched, releasing several pops throughout the room.
  9. 9.
    >You stood and started your walk to the kitchen.
  10. 10.
    >The rest of your apartment was dressed in similar lighting to your room, with thick sheets covering the windows and only allowing slits of light in.
  11. 11.
    >What can you say? You were not a morning person.
  12. 12.
    >You poured yourself some cereal and threw your coffee into the contraption Anon had rigged up for you on your last birthday.
  13. 13.
    >Your eyes scanned the living room.
  14. 14.
    >He should be out by now...
  15. 15.
    >"BOY! BREAKFAST!"
  16. 16.
    >You heard a body hit the floor from some height.
  17. 17.
    >The door adjacent yours opens. "Dad?"
  18. 18.
    >"Food."
  19. 19.
    >A small hybrid of bird and lion walked out of the shadows closer to you. "Dad, it's too early."
  20. 20.
    >"School is in an hour, Eitri."
  21. 21.
    >Eitri groans. "Dad, it's summer!"
  22. 22.
     
  23. 23.
    >What?
  24. 24.
    >"Huh?"
  25. 25.
    >You walk over to the window and throw the sheet back.
  26. 26.
    >Sure enough. Your neighbors all had their windows open, many had laundry drying outside.
  27. 27.
    >"How the fuck long has it been summer!?"
  28. 28.
    >"About a month..." Eitri said.
  29. 29.
    >Fucking old age.
  30. 30.
    >You heard a yawn over your shoulder. "I'm going back to bed..."
  31. 31.
    >Oh hell naw.
  32. 32.
    >"Hold up there, poozer. When I was a kid we didn't get to sleep till noon until the last week of June."
  33. 33.
    Liar.
  34. 34.
    >Shut it.
  35. 35.
    >You point to his room.
  36. 36.
    >"Wash up, come out, and eat. We'll figure out something to do."
  37. 37.
    >Eitri groans again. "Daaaaad..."
  38. 38.
    >"Now."
  39. 39.
    >Eitri grunts and heads back into his room.
  40. 40.
    >You don't know what your mom was so on about, parenting is easy.
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  42. 42.
    >You and Eitri sat at the table eating your breakfast.
  43. 43.
    >He was munching down on some bacon you had grilled up for him.
  44. 44.
    >It was nice to hear him calling you dad on instinct now.
  45. 45.
    >It had been...five years since you took him in?
  46. 46.
    >You still remember when you met him.
  47. 47.
    >He had stolen some fruit or something and hidden behind you when the guards chased him.
  48. 48.
    >Shit, but had he looked scared.
  49. 49.
    >Luckily, you were you. A simple "He's with me." was enough to scare the guards off.
  50. 50.
    >After taking him away and getting a meal in him, he had relented and stayed with you for the night, saying that he would be gone in the morning.
  51. 51.
    >A day turned to a week turned to a month turned to you sending him to school.
  52. 52.
    >Fucked if your Griffin kid was gonna be a moron.
  53. 53.
    >Eitri sat silently stabbing his bacon with a fork.
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    >"Eat it. I don't want you passing out when you do stuff today."
  55. 55.
    >Eitri glanced up at you. "Dad, do I have a mom?"
  56. 56.
    >Damn.
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  58. 58.
    >"Every living thing has a mom, Eitri."
  59. 59.
    >He puts down his fork and glares at you. "You know what I mean."
  60. 60.
    >You sigh and lean back.
  61. 61.
    >"You mean a mare who lives with me."
  62. 62.
    >Eitri crosses his arms and nods.
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    >...Fuck.
  64. 64.
    >"I guess you had one a long time ago...but she died."
  65. 65.
    >Eitri swallows some bacon. "How long ago?"
  66. 66.
    >Your eyes meet his. "Very long."
  67. 67.
    >He seems to understand that he won't be getting an answer and goes back to his meal.
  68. 68.
    >"What was she like?" He asked.
  69. 69.
    >Shit, you weren't planning on a trip down memory lane.
  70. 70.
    >"She was...the best."
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    >"She was fiery, and smart, and kind...you'd have liked her."
  72. 72.
    >You look up and see Eitri smiling. "And she'd have liked you too."
  73. 73.
    >Eitri smiles as he eats his breakfast.
  74. 74.
    >"You wanna go see her?"
  75. 75.
    >Eitri's eyes snap up to you. "We can do that?"
  76. 76.
    >"Yeah, had her buried in the royal gardens. We can see her any time.
  77. 77.
    >Eitri twiddles his talons a bit. "That could be cool."
  78. 78.
    >Atta boy.
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  80. 80.
    >The two of you headed out after breakfast.
  81. 81.
    >Eitri complained about your ladder, why you installed it.
  82. 82.
    >Screw off, kid. We don't get robbed because of that ladder.
  83. 83.
    >You made your way to the castle and walked in a beeline to the gardens.
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    >There in the back was a small headstone with the words "Lived: 978-1084" carved on it.
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    >At the foot of the headstone rested a small pool of water, inside of which was a single lotus flower.
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    >Eitri walked up to the headstone and looked around it. "There's no name."
  87. 87.
    >You chuckle as you sit down.
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    Hey pretty pony...
  89. 89.
    >"Her name was Lotus."
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    >He dips his talon in the water. "Has that been here the whole time?"
  91. 91.
    >"I change it once a week."
  92. 92.
    >Eitri walked back over to you. "How long did you know her?"
  93. 93.
    >"Eighty-three years."
  94. 94.
    >Eitri's eyes widen at the number. "Was she your wife?"
  95. 95.
    >"For a little while... she died right after we were married."
  96. 96.
    >You hold up your bracelet arm.
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    >"I got her a matching one of these for her neck."
  98. 98.
    >"What happened to it?"
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    >You point at the grave.
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    >"She still has it."
  101. 101.
    >Eitri is quiet for a little while.
  102. 102.
    >"Dad, how old are you?"
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    >...FUCK.
  104. 104.
    >"Old, kid."
  105. 105.
    >"Eitri walks in front of you. "No Dad. I want to know. How old exactly are you?"
  106. 106.
    >You can see from the look in his eye that Eitri isn't going to back down from this.
  107. 107.
    >"Dammit..." You sigh out.
  108. 108.
    >You lean back a bit and start counting.
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    >"I am...One thousand one hundred and eighty three years old."
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  111. 111.
    >Eitri is left speechless. You had told him that you were one of the oldest things he'd ever see and why, but no specifics.
  112. 112.
    >Eitri just looks at the grave. "Must be nice..."
  113. 113.
    >"It has its ups and downs..."
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    >"And Uncle Anon has been with you the entire time?"
  115. 115.
    >"That and more, poozer."
  116. 116.
    >"What's it like, dad?"
  117. 117.
    >Oh here we go...
  118. 118.
    >"It's...life."
  119. 119.
    >"It's rough sometimes. It's great sometimes. I have my good days and my bad."
  120. 120.
    >You reach out and ruffle the feathers on his head.
  121. 121.
    >"But I'm dealing."
  122. 122.
    >"And you don't get sad because mom isn't around?"
  123. 123.
    >Mom?
  124. 124.
    >Heh. This kid.
  125. 125.
    >"Can't be sad. Gotta look out for you, poozer."
  126. 126.
    >Eitri swings his talons at you as you continue to ruffle his head. "So all you do is look out for p0nies?"
  127. 127.
    >"Gotta do something to keep from going crazy."
  128. 128.
    >"Who?"
  129. 129.
    >"Oh you know. You, Uncle Anon, the entire city if I'm feeling like it.
  130. 130.
    >"Everyone?" Eitri asks.
  131. 131.
    >"Every last one."
  132. 132.
    >Eitri and you sit there for a while.
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    >"Thanks for bringing me out here, dad." He says.
  134. 134.
    >"No problem, kid. I always like to come here."
  135. 135.
    >Eitri has a smile on his beak.
  136. 136.
    >"Wanna go have some fun?"
  137. 137.
    >Now that smile is twice its size." "Yeah!"
  138. 138.
    >"Wanna go mess with Celestia?"
  139. 139.
    >"YEAH!"
  140. 140.
    >You ruffle his feathers.
  141. 141.
    >"Atta boy."
  142. 142.
    >Eitri shoots off into the sky as you prepare to give chase.
  143. 143.
    >You pause for a moment and brush your hand along the face of the headstone.
  144. 144.
    >"See you in a week, babe."
  145. 145.
    >With that, you run out of the garden.
  146. 146.
    >She would have loved him...

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