tobadzistsiniSep 23, 2025
"Tell me something."
"Tell you what?" The writer glanced up from his phone.
"Why do your alien frogs have pronounced accents?"
"They're the /krink/. And they're not nece—"
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Just answer the question."
He blinked, "What? Their voices?"
A soft growl rumbled in her throat. Suddenly her real self was transposed with a manga-style caricature emphasizing her canines. He shook his head so he stopped hallucinating. 1/x
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"Well... I thought it was funny. Then I figured they were natural mimics and that mimicry helped them integrate among humans faster than if they had weird accents. Even if it was the weird electronic tremor the Visitors in "V" had. But you wou..."
"Fuck your eyes. I do." She finally sat down, "Is that it?"
"Why dya wanna know?"
Paige rolled her eyes and yanked a business card from her modest cleavage. Printed with an antique typewriter font was "Paige Turner. Muse. Reasonable Rates" 2/x
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"Duh. But /why/?"
Exasperated sigh, "I'm a muse. I live on creativity. Like a vampire buying his mortal friend a steak dinner for her being his juicebag. A deity performing a miracle for someone with profound faith. Keep going."
"Where was I?" garnered a steely stare. "Oh... heh. Uh... they're mimics. Smart. Easily fit in. I thought it was funny. It's a survival tactic on Kakrink, like bluejays imitating red tailed hawks." 3/x
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Show threadtobadzistsiniSep 23, 2025
"Also they watched a lot of Earth TV on their trip and picked up those #pronounced accents." He searched her face, hoping he at least gave her an appetizer. Bad enough he knew what she endured with Neil Gaiman. How Richard Madoc was a self-insert in The Sandman but since Madoc had a 'bad end' that made it okay. He shook his head.
"Is that it?"
"So far." He reached across the table and cautiously touched her hand. "I promise you'll be the first to know any developments." 4/x
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Paige smiled and drew back her hand.
"Know what?"
"Chicken butt." He liked hearing her laugh.
"I wish you'd do more silly stuff with Bebe and Tau."
The author sat back, "Okay, but Kiki and Tav" he enunciated Tav so it didn't sound like Tau, "Are they the TEMU Bebe and Tau?"
"No," she blushed. "They're so serious. I wanna have fun."
With a thoughtful nod, the author got back to work. 5/5
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