Concept:
Aliens with long tails meet human children (oh god)
Blitsk was visiting the human planet, Earth, to study it. They, along with their crewmates and their human companion, were heading into their temporary living quarters.
They had to crouch as they walked through the human nest, being careful of their wide shoulders and long tail.
Humans kept so many fragile things. Blitsk wondered of their purpose as they passed a particularly shiny rectangle on the wall.
"You'll be staying in these apartments while you're here," said the human female, giving Blitsk and the others a small thing they had come to know was "paper". There were symbols on it they did not recognize. They would have to ask Vahlo, a master of the human language.
"I will be staying in this apartment," said the human, gesturing to one of the many doors.
They all looked the same. How were they supposed to remember which one it was?
"If you need anything, let me know. Now-" The human was interrupted by a smaller human running out into the square tunnel.
"Mommy! Mommy!" it squealed, tugging on the female's limb.
Blitsk's ears flattened at the horrible noise. Their crewmates did the same.
The small human stopped in its tracks as the female attempted to usher it inside. It lifted a hand to point at the nearest crew member, which happened to be Blitsk. Their eyes widened in surprise, looking around.
"Mommy," it whispered. "What's that?"
The female cringed, stopping her attempts to hide the little one. "That," she said, dropping down to whisper in its ear, "is my friend, Blitsk."
"Mommy! Is that.. an alien?" it whispered.
"Yes," the female chuckled.
Blitsk's tail lashed impatiently, waiting to be dismissed. Suddenly, they felt something touch their tail, and turned to look.
The small human had taken hold of their tail, eyes wide. Noticing their gaze, it giggled and tried to hide behind their tail by putting it in front of itself.
"Mommy! They have tails!"
Blitsk was unsure of the human custom when it came to tails, considering they had none. They looked at the female for answers.
The female shrugged. "Children, right? If she's bothering you-"
"Mommy! Look!" The little one jumped up and down, still holding Blitsk's tail.
"What is it doing?" Blitsk grunted to Saggl, who was standing nearby.
Saggl knew a lot about human young, they knew. Saggl simply shrugged and grumbled, "I think the young one likes you."
Blitsk turned their head toward the human youngling, remembering what they had learned about what humans called "pets". They reached out slowly with their clawed hand. The little one stilled, looking at Blitsk with wide eyes. They lightly ruffled the youngling's head fur, careful of their claws.
"What's your name?" it asked softly.
"I am called Blitsk."
"Hi, Blitsk. I'm Tessa." The little one smiled up at Blitsk.
Blitsk mimicked the human "smile", baring some of their teeth in a show of affection.
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Hello,
So I have noticed Hayden's honorifics, or moreso how you address nobles/royalties. And I have been nerding at this because I had a past scrapped project relating to nobility.
Why does Hayden is addressed as "Your Majesty" instead of "Your Higness", if to say we are following the standard honorifics? Since princes/princesses are reserved to this titles and kings/queens to the former.
I don't mean to critize, as you can name whatever you can, or this could have been an oversight or it is what it is. Overall, it is nothing major, just an ask on how nobles are addressed.
p.s looking forward with much excitement, keep it up
Hello anon, that's a good question and the answer is: It was a research mistake on my part. From what I had researched, there was "your majesty" (and "your highness," but the page I saw didn't specify that this title would only be for princesses and princes) and "your majesty" for kings/queens. I didn't know that "your highness" would exclusively be for princes/princesses. I thought both titles would serve the royal family or something like that, but thank you for asking me this question because otherwise, I wouldn't have realized the error in the titles 😅 and after doing a second search, it's clear now. Thanks 😁
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