38th Metal

[godsays]

[ video ]

[ Opens on a bunny, here thanks to Scoot, nosing against the camera enthusiastically WHAT IS THIS THING IS IT A NEW VEGETABLE CAN I EAT IT and this may accompany an alarming glimpse of bunny teeth. ]

Oh, stop it.

[ Zane nudges him back from the camera, giving it a clear view of him and his fluffy mane and his stupid ears. ]

He needs a name.

[ And suddenly, the bunny FREEZES. He may have detected a noise. Or responded to a gamma ray. Or become alarmed by a rumble in his own stomach. He suddenly dashes away, and runs smack straight into (and bounces off of) the bed's headboard.

You can just hear the eye roll in Zane's voice. ]

Honestly, he is the stupidest...

[ video goes off. Comes on again, a while later: ]

[ video ; filtered FROM sylvanas, no bunnies in sight ]

I'm Sylvanas's warden now. I'd like you to come to me first if you have any particular problem with her or... anything.

Comments

[semifreakingnormal]

Dude, the Admiral came through.

[godsays]

I was going to say thank you.

...once I had more of a name than 'Stupid'.

[semifreakingnormal]

Aw, he's not stupid, he's just....[stupid] what's the word - excitable.

[godsays]

His reactions to any new thing are first to try and make friends, second to eat it, and if he can't do either then he runs away.

[fridgetothefire]

I think you should name him Pietro.

[godsays]

...who's Pietro.

[fridgetothefire]

My brother.

His power was speed, but I don't think he ever did learn to look where he was running.

[godsays]

Well, this one isn't very fast. And haven't we all learned our lesson about naming rabbits after people? When Daneca showed up after the last time.

[filtered]

[deadliestviper]

[Beatrix has seen Sylvanas with two wardens before and knows she's done well under neither of them. Zane, she's aware, is a different personality than before, but her wariness for her friend makes her speak up.]

How has that been working so far?

[filtered]

[godsays]

Badly, so far. [ He's frank about it - it's not a secret that she hates wardens, he thinks. ] She doesn't want a warden.

But I still think there's more to her. [ Even if she had succeeded in supremely irritating him. That reflects more on his self-control than it does on her character. He should be able to stay calmer than that. ]

[filtered]

[deadliestviper]

There's definitely more to her than that.

[Not that the details are hers to share; they're all Sylvanas', and she doesn't have all the facts anyway.]

I'm sure she's difficult to work with. She's already made up her mind on most things. I think she needs someone who understands her.

[filtered]

[godsays]

I don't. Understand her, I mean.

I'd like to.

[beingdifferent]

You should call him Boris! He looks like a Boris to me.

[godsays]

Are you sure? He looks more like a... Stupid.

To me.

Maybe a Kelsier.

[beingdifferent]

Kelsier is a very nice name, though. It doesn't sound stupid at all.

[godsays]

You're right. Definitely not Kelsier, then.

voice

[worthyofalittlework]

Hadrian. It looks like a Hadrian.

voice

[godsays]

...who's Hadrian.

[ He has this feeling that all of you are just suggesting names of idiots you know. ]

voice

[worthyofalittlework]

A bumbling idiot.

[Private]

[bybloodandhonor]

My name is Tirion Fordring, and I'm Arthas' warden.

I have something of Sylvanas', given to me by her last warden for safekeeping before he left. You should probably take it.

[Private]

[godsays]

Yes - I will.

What is it?

[Private]

[bybloodandhonor]

It's a necklace of sentimental value.

[anewlanguage]

[Cain grins, showing his own teeth]

'Stupid' is the first compliment before you fall head over heels, you know. I think you're a bunny fan at heart.

[godsays]

I do have two now.

[anewlanguage]

And neither of 'em harvested for their lucky feet, or popped into a stew. Yeah I think you're on your way to being an enthusiast.