"Nokosi. Nokosi! Oh, spirits, I have an audible voice. I knew if waited long enough," the large, oddly blue, Tauren rambled on as he continued shaking the branch right outside his window. "NOKOSI, WAKE THE HELL UP!" he roared with a particularly violent tug on the branch.
The elf in question woke up with a start and tumbled to the side, circling his arms around the branch before he fell. He dangled there for a moment before hefting himself back up into a sitting position. "Fontaine...not tired?"
"No! NEVER. Look at me, side-kick. Look at how ruggedly handsome, how roguishly charming, how glorious and NOT-incorporeal I am!" Fontaine rubbed his large, three-fingered hands against his massive arms, a grin plastered on his face. "My normal form? No longer incorporeal! I can have a physical form ALL THE TIME."
Nokosi scrambled over the branch quickly and hopped into the room, eager to examine his friend. "So...that means...that the Spirit of Nature finally answered your wish?"
"Yes," Fontaine replied firmly as he posed again in again in the mirror.
"Great!" the elf cheered. "We can do so many more things, now. Oh, can you imagine the adventures? When-" he paused suddenly. "Oh wait...that means I'm out of an animal companion now. All those plans and such." he said, a tinge of sadness in his voice.
"No, no, check it, side-kick." Nokosi raised a comically long brow at the name but Fontaine only grinned. "You have to be the side-kick now, Nokosi. No if, ands or buts. I'm taller, physically stronger," the Tauren flexed once again as example, "and smarter, too."
"Hmp. Just because you understand social cues better doesn't mean that you're smarter, Fontaine."
"I can also read. Can you read, Nokosi?"
"Not really, but I can sign in both Common and Draenic."
The Tauren held up his three-fingered hands, "I have hands now. No paws, so I can do that, too. But I guess you have cleverness going for you," he admitted in the most impassive of ways.
"Yes. Yes I do. I also have FIVE fingers so I can make all of the signs," the elf flaunted. "You know what else? I can still do this~"
As he spoke those final words, a bright green flashed across his eyes. Nokosi was now seeing the world from Fontaine's view; a bonus of having a spirit link with an animal companion.
Fontaine visibly stiffened up, his face quickly dropping in an annoyed frown. "Oh, ha, ha. So you can still use 'Eyes of the Beast', then?" he grumbled.
"You are right, I can," Nokosi saw himself say. "But you can't do that to me, can you? I wonder what that means?"
"Okay, fine. You won't be the 'side-kick' but I still reserve the right to use that as your pet name," Fontaine replied with finality.
"Settled, but what about the whole...animal companion thing? I mean-"
"Oh. About that," Fontaine interrupted, as his original thoughts were lost amongst their squabble. "So, I'm still huge. I don't have to claw and bite the enemies, anymore. I can just break them with an axe or sword," he reasoned, swinging his arms as if he were using said weapons. "You can just ride on my shoulders. Shoot your arrows and such, like one of those mounted weapons."
Nokosi furrowed his eyebrows in thought. He wanted him to ride on his shoulder...as if he were one of the chain guns mounted on the air ships? Well that idea...that was just so...so..
"Amazing! I'll do it!" the elf exclaimed.
"Great. This will be just great. And you know what we're going to do now, Nokosi?" the Tauren asked, placing a large arm around the much shorter elf's shoulders.
"What? Exploring the depths of some vault, cave or ruin?"
Fontaine regarded him with a laugh that turned into a wide, toothy grin. "Sure. You could say that. Generally it's a bad idea to let chicks know that that's what you're there for. You can have the girls with the 'ruins' though," he said, patting his friend on the chest as they left the house.
"...What?"
"Shush, side-kick. Just remember to let me do all the talking, eh?"
Re: Nokosi Summergale
The elf in question woke up with a start and tumbled to the side, circling his arms around the branch before he fell. He dangled there for a moment before hefting himself back up into a sitting position. "Fontaine...not tired?"
"No! NEVER. Look at me, side-kick. Look at how ruggedly handsome, how roguishly charming, how glorious and NOT-incorporeal I am!" Fontaine rubbed his large, three-fingered hands against his massive arms, a grin plastered on his face. "My normal form? No longer incorporeal! I can have a physical form ALL THE TIME."
Nokosi scrambled over the branch quickly and hopped into the room, eager to examine his friend. "So...that means...that the Spirit of Nature finally answered your wish?"
"Yes," Fontaine replied firmly as he posed again in again in the mirror.
"Great!" the elf cheered. "We can do so many more things, now. Oh, can you imagine the adventures? When-" he paused suddenly. "Oh wait...that means I'm out of an animal companion now. All those plans and such." he said, a tinge of sadness in his voice.
"No, no, check it, side-kick." Nokosi raised a comically long brow at the name but Fontaine only grinned. "You have to be the side-kick now, Nokosi. No if, ands or buts. I'm taller, physically stronger," the Tauren flexed once again as example, "and smarter, too."
"Hmp. Just because you understand social cues better doesn't mean that you're smarter, Fontaine."
"I can also read. Can you read, Nokosi?"
"Not really, but I can sign in both Common and Draenic."
The Tauren held up his three-fingered hands, "I have hands now. No paws, so I can do that, too. But I guess you have cleverness going for you," he admitted in the most impassive of ways.
"Yes. Yes I do. I also have FIVE fingers so I can make all of the signs," the elf flaunted. "You know what else? I can still do this~"
As he spoke those final words, a bright green flashed across his eyes. Nokosi was now seeing the world from Fontaine's view; a bonus of having a spirit link with an animal companion.
Fontaine visibly stiffened up, his face quickly dropping in an annoyed frown. "Oh, ha, ha. So you can still use 'Eyes of the Beast', then?" he grumbled.
"You are right, I can," Nokosi saw himself say. "But you can't do that to me, can you? I wonder what that means?"
"Okay, fine. You won't be the 'side-kick' but I still reserve the right to use that as your pet name," Fontaine replied with finality.
"Settled, but what about the whole...animal companion thing? I mean-"
"Oh. About that," Fontaine interrupted, as his original thoughts were lost amongst their squabble. "So, I'm still huge. I don't have to claw and bite the enemies, anymore. I can just break them with an axe or sword," he reasoned, swinging his arms as if he were using said weapons. "You can just ride on my shoulders. Shoot your arrows and such, like one of those mounted weapons."
Nokosi furrowed his eyebrows in thought. He wanted him to ride on his shoulder...as if he were one of the chain guns mounted on the air ships? Well that idea...that was just so...so..
"Amazing! I'll do it!" the elf exclaimed.
"Great. This will be just great. And you know what we're going to do now, Nokosi?" the Tauren asked, placing a large arm around the much shorter elf's shoulders.
"What? Exploring the depths of some vault, cave or ruin?"
Fontaine regarded him with a laugh that turned into a wide, toothy grin. "Sure. You could say that. Generally it's a bad idea to let chicks know that that's what you're there for. You can have the girls with the 'ruins' though," he said, patting his friend on the chest as they left the house.
"...What?"
"Shush, side-kick. Just remember to let me do all the talking, eh?"