27 Lage 4385: Trying to Ask Mirhandrax
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delight_in_wtI scrambled up the garden-maze wall -- it was sort of a knotwork of living wood supporting a canopy of big hammock-like leaves. It looked like it was meant to be climbed up. At the top, I perched on one of the hammockish leaves and looked down.
The first thing I noticed about Mirhandrax is that he was huge. Now I know what Boomsy's thinking and yes everyone is tall compared to me. About the only Prime I can loom over is Sythyrs (if zie's not flying over my head). But I didn't say Mirhandrax was tall. Nightbloom is tall. Mirhandrax is huge. I don't mean "huge for a Prime." I mean "Seven staring gods I didn't know Primes came in that size." Archonandi and two other adventurers and I once fought and barely defeated a river-gunch. Mirhandrax looked like he could wrestle one bare-handed and win.
I was starting to ask, "Are you Mirhandrax?" because that seemed polite even though I was pretty sure there couldn't be two house-sized Gormorror in Vheshrame when he threw back that massive head of his, thumped his chest with both fists, and roared at the sky.
I squeaked in surprise and almost fell off the wall. The Gormorror leapt at me, reaching for me with one giant paw. He caught me around the waist, lifted me from the wall, and set me down gently on the ground at his feet. "Whoops," he rumbled. "Sorry, didn't see you there, little miss."
I heard a little high-pitched giggle from his direction, and blinked at him until I saw a tiny face peering at me from around Mirhandax's head. There was a little child sitting on the Gormorror's shoulders, tiny arms disappearing in the bear's thick mane. "'gain!" the child yipped.
I admit for a moment I thought the child was a small monster because his face was all melted down the left side, with no fur at all and one ear missing. Then Mirhandrax said, "In a moment, Wazey," to him and I realized he was just a badly scarred Cani boy. Mirhandrax peered down at me. "Are you all right, little miss?"
"I'm fine are you Mirhandrax WOW you are huge?" I was still a bit rattled actually.
"I am, and I am." Mirhandrax smiled at me. He looked pretty normal for a Gormorror, apart from being enormous. (This is kind of like saying "It was a nice house, apart from being on fire.") He had a thick body with proportionately short legs and long arms, a long broad muzzle, and long shaggy mahogany-brown fur, especially long in the mane around his head though short on his face itself. He wore ordinary Prime clothing, if by "ordinary" you can mean "using enough material to make five complete outfits for me". Red-brown leather breeches, a beige poet's shirt, and a vest to match the breeches but with a tribal design tooled into it. No shoes.
"'gain?" Wazey asked. "Please?"
"You've a good hold?"
"Y'sir."
"Excuse us, little miss," Mirhandrax said to me. He threw his head back, roaring and thumping his chest, then fell to all fours and charged down one of the maze paths.
"Wait! I wanted to ask you something!" I dashed after him.
The first thing I noticed about Mirhandrax is that he was huge. Now I know what Boomsy's thinking and yes everyone is tall compared to me. About the only Prime I can loom over is Sythyrs (if zie's not flying over my head). But I didn't say Mirhandrax was tall. Nightbloom is tall. Mirhandrax is huge. I don't mean "huge for a Prime." I mean "Seven staring gods I didn't know Primes came in that size." Archonandi and two other adventurers and I once fought and barely defeated a river-gunch. Mirhandrax looked like he could wrestle one bare-handed and win.
I was starting to ask, "Are you Mirhandrax?" because that seemed polite even though I was pretty sure there couldn't be two house-sized Gormorror in Vheshrame when he threw back that massive head of his, thumped his chest with both fists, and roared at the sky.
I squeaked in surprise and almost fell off the wall. The Gormorror leapt at me, reaching for me with one giant paw. He caught me around the waist, lifted me from the wall, and set me down gently on the ground at his feet. "Whoops," he rumbled. "Sorry, didn't see you there, little miss."
I heard a little high-pitched giggle from his direction, and blinked at him until I saw a tiny face peering at me from around Mirhandax's head. There was a little child sitting on the Gormorror's shoulders, tiny arms disappearing in the bear's thick mane. "'gain!" the child yipped.
I admit for a moment I thought the child was a small monster because his face was all melted down the left side, with no fur at all and one ear missing. Then Mirhandrax said, "In a moment, Wazey," to him and I realized he was just a badly scarred Cani boy. Mirhandrax peered down at me. "Are you all right, little miss?"
"I'm fine are you Mirhandrax WOW you are huge?" I was still a bit rattled actually.
"I am, and I am." Mirhandrax smiled at me. He looked pretty normal for a Gormorror, apart from being enormous. (This is kind of like saying "It was a nice house, apart from being on fire.") He had a thick body with proportionately short legs and long arms, a long broad muzzle, and long shaggy mahogany-brown fur, especially long in the mane around his head though short on his face itself. He wore ordinary Prime clothing, if by "ordinary" you can mean "using enough material to make five complete outfits for me". Red-brown leather breeches, a beige poet's shirt, and a vest to match the breeches but with a tribal design tooled into it. No shoes.
"'gain?" Wazey asked. "Please?"
"You've a good hold?"
"Y'sir."
"Excuse us, little miss," Mirhandrax said to me. He threw his head back, roaring and thumping his chest, then fell to all fours and charged down one of the maze paths.
"Wait! I wanted to ask you something!" I dashed after him.
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Date: 2010-08-03 11:46 am (UTC)Mirhandrax sounds like quite a substantial and imposing ... nursemaid?