{Video; UN: elvenking}

[tauraran]

{He is a king without his elegant trappings - but, really, he doesn't need them. The robe he wears catches the light with the smallest of motions, glittering faintly as if precious jewels are woven in the fabric. His hair is bound into a single thick braid that lays against his back and his circlet is elsewhere - as are his rings.}

How many parents reside in Lunatia? Are you separated from your children if so? {The flickering light on the table before him is all the illumination he requires as he works on a sketch. The drawing depicts trees and a variety of animal life beneath their mighty boughs.}

My fear for my son increases by the day and I have found no relief for it. I hardly realized how helpless I could feel as a father.

{His attention shifts from the sketch of the forest to a second sketch of a face much like his own - yet different enough that it must be his son.}

Comments

[tauraran]

That is likely so, however you give off a certain feeling. You remind me of one of the Valar. {Much like Hades had.}

It seems strange to me that your mother would keep your identity a secret. {Strange and unhelpful.} Do you like the idea of helping things grow from seed to flower?

[ragingnature]

Well, in my case I am the Goddess of Spring. Growing flowers and other plants is kind of everything my abilities encompass. But I suppose since I'm supposed to be joining the Goddesses of Eternal Maidenhood she didn't think it would be helpful if I knew I was a fertility goddess?

Maybe she doesn't know... [ Though she doubts that. How could her mother not know? ]

[tauraran]

I would not say Eternal Maidenhood is your...ah...calling? {There is a tinge of amusement in his voice, but it isn't cruel.} I do not know how gods manifest their powers, yet would it not follow that since you can grow flowers, you could also grow a child in a mother's womb?

[ragingnature]

When I was younger it seemed like something I could do. Now... It certainly isn't. [ She sighs and lowers her head. ]

Um, I don't think it would work like that. I think... I think maybe I could make a woman or a man more fertile but they'd still have to do things the natural way? Similar to blessing lands so that the crops planted in it grow healthy and plentiful.

I honestly don't know how being a fertility goddess is supposed to work.

[tauraran]

No child should be considering such things. {Unless their parents are failing them utterly!}

Regardless it leads to the same outcome, does it not? All children are born from "seeds"; the "seeds" only vary greatly in size and shape. {Most of them come from eggs, which could technically be equated to a plant seed, yes?}

You will learn by doing.

[ragingnature]

Yes, I suppose so. But unlike with plants, which I can grow from nothing, I'm fairly certain I couldn't grow a person. [ Except she probably could. After all, she and many of the goddesses were made rather than born. ]

I wouldn't even know where to start.

[tauraran]

Have you ever tried? {Life is life in his eyes. It is only the bias of the parents or the race or the species that makes certain lives more important.}

The root of creation is love.

[ragingnature]

Using my abilities on mortals? No, it's a little awkward to go up to someone and ask if they want to have children and tell them I could help them. Especially if it doesn't work.

A-and it's not like it'd work on the Moonblessed either, so I'd have to ask Prismals.

[ She supposes there's also animals she could try her powers on but that doesn't sit right with her either. ]

[tauraran]

It is a shame your power will not work on Moonblessed. I know of a lady who would welcome it.

{Children are such a gift. He would offer himself too for her experiments if his wife was with him.}

[ragingnature]

Yeah, same. [ She sounds disappointed if only because she's thinking of how upset Konoha was after the dragons. ]

[tauraran]

Wouldn't it be nice to see a centaur foal? {He is all for it. He would be the best godfather. That baby would be spoiled.}

[ragingnature]

It would! [ Her head snaps up, a bit surprised they were thinking about the same person. ]

They'd be adorable.

[tauraran]

{Konoha is the only longing mother-to-be that he has met.}

I believe, here, they would have an extensive family.

[ragingnature]

[ She wouldn't be surprised if there were others that wanted children, she just hasn't met any. ]

I'm sure they would.

[tauraran]

{He is one of them. Legolas is his only baby, but he has grown so tall now. Thranduil always wanted more.}

Do you think they walk as quickly as a horse would?

[ragingnature]

[ Persephone is firmly in the "maybe someday" category. ]

I don't see why not. Though I suppose it would make them more difficult to keep up with when they're smaller.

[tauraran]

{Don't wait too long, goddess.}

I personally think the effort would be amusing.

{Chasing a baby centaur? Sign him up.}

[ragingnature]

[ She's immortal. And given her mother waited nearly two thousand years before creating her. ]

Maybe it would be, just a little bit.

[tauraran]

{But babies are so cute. You have no idea.}

I care for a herd of Elks; their young like to play.

[ragingnature]

[ She really doesn't. Though Eros' younger siblings seemed mostly cute. ]

How do they play?

[tauraran]

They like to test their strength and speed. I do not mind tiring them so that they behave for their mothers.

[ragingnature]

I see. [ She's reminded of the baby dragons but she's not going to say that. ]

That sounds pretty cute.

[tauraran]

Incredibly so. {His little Elks are precious to him. He practically raised his favorite mount by hand.} I am fond of the adults too.

[ragingnature]

I imagine so if you're helping raise them from when they're young.

[tauraran]

The creatures of the Woodland know me. I have never had issue with them.