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[groundskeeperosha]

They wave back just as fast. Starry decides to take a chance, and approaches Resalti cautiously.

"yeah, kids tend to be like that. sometimes, they're just themselves, you know?"

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"i think that might just be a person by person thing, yknow?" They hum slightly.

Sunny gives Resalti a wave. Starry stands, hesitantly, clearly considering whether or not to walk over to kit.

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"From what Ive seen? a little common at least. i havent really met that many of us at that age."

The triplets look back at Resalti, approximately following kits movement. They seem to be having fun trying to mimic Resalti, honestly.

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"i am, yeah. they're really sweet. a little shy though, sometimes."

Starry blinks at Resalti, and tilts their head, curiously. Sunny peaks over Utur's head, and Moonie stays clinging a little to Utur's arms. All three are clearly curious, but not quite sure if they should approach kit or not.

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"alright, thanks. i'll be just a moment."

Utur heads into their house, and returns with the triplets. They're all vaguely childshaped, large bright eyes and two little bumps on their heads that look a little like ponytails or perhaps leaves. One is the colour of sunrise with fluffy clouds here and there, another is a dark midnight blue and covered in little white stars, and the third is a greenish twilight colour with a few clouds and stars visible.

The sunrise child is sat on Utur's shoulder, the twilight one by their heels, and the midnight child in their arms. "Uh, these are my kids. Sunny is the orange one, Starry the green one, and Moonie the blue one." The children give slight, polite waves. "I have another kid, but they're with their dad right now."

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"alright, Ill go grab my kids, if you wanna wait out here? they look kinda different, so uh, just so you know." They smile awkwardly.

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

"ah, right, uh. well to start Ngeštugbar is a species? it's uh, it might be a bit hard to describe just, on the fly but the simplest way I can describe, uh, us is we have... a concept that we're associated with? and we have abilities based around it and stuff. i uh, wasnt expecting to have to describe the species so i dont have a great description ready." They shrug, awkwardly.

"uh... i can. introduce kit to my kids? some Ngeštugbar look more esoteric and some look more uh... average i guess is a word for it? we uh, have shapeshifting abilities, generally, so once we're older we can choose how we look more."

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

What looks like a foxkin couple and their child approaches Utur. The child has a bandaged arm. What appears to be the mother calls out to them.

"Excuse me? Apologies if we're bothering you, but are you the groundskeeper? Doctor C said we should come speak to you." They speak hesitantly, not wanting to raise their voice too much and disturb the children they know Utur has.

@resalti

"Ah, yeah, i'm the groundskeeper." Utur nods, looking over to the small group. "how can i help you? uh, you guys doing alright?" Their voice is soft, but easy to hear. They can't help but glance at the child's arm, worriedly.

They set down the trowel they had been using for the weeds in their garden. "any specific reason why doctor c sent you here?"

[groundskeeperosha]

jackay

"jackay. jackie with an accent. one of several email accounts started by jackie, followed by jackbee jacksee and so on. the jackie equivalent of kenough. i had no clue how to respond to this so im just saying words frankly."

[groundskeeperosha]

Utur blinks, rubbing their face slightly.

"... I'm going to have a really awkward conversation soon, huh?"

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"oh uh, he's here, though he's. kind of emotionally fragile? i'll ask if he's cool with talking with you, though you might have to do it via like, email or text or something. he and my mike have, uh, a history. and there isn't like, a therapist currently available." Utur shrugs, awkwardly. They are very aware of Alam's issues, partially because they choose to be, partially because Alam has developed an inability to keep anything from them, ever. They don't talk to him much, but when they do, they usually find out more than they were expecting.

It's not that bad though, really. It's kind of nice, in a weird way. But back to the topic at hand. "he gets startled really easy, so ill definitely have to give him a heads up either way."

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"uhhhhhhhhh something similar happened to alam, long story." They wave their hand, idly. "I dont really know that much about it, i wasnt like, there at the time. i mean i was on the property, i was kinda stuck there, but i wasnt in the room." Utur rambles, awkwardly.

"but yeah uh. it was a situation."

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"yeah, uh. he apparently volunteered to test the method alam used to make me eldritch? he was very enthusiastic about it too, apparently. though, uh, the whole cult thing definitely made it easy for him to be enthusiastic i guess." Utur shrugs, awkwardly.

"finding that out was wild as hell to me, considering he got kicked out like, pretty soon after-" Wait, they really shouldn't mention most of what happened back them with Alam. "The whole, yknow, thing."

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"um." Utur kind of just... awkwardly stands there. "if it helps it likely wasnt really an informed decision? i mean i was. not fully there for at least a thousand years after." That probably isn't helping. Shit. Utur, being Utur, acts on impulse.

"did you know that due to eldritch genetics, my kishar, sargon and I are biologically triplets?" Maybe they can confuse him into calming down.

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"um. i mean. if they thought you knew and didn't tell them, maybe?" They wince. "if your sargon is like mine, uh, he adapted really well to the process. I, uh. I didn't." This conversation is getting very awkward.

"at least you also have a version of kishar, i guess? that's uh, that's nice." They debate internally on whether or not mentioning that because of eldritch genetics Kishar is their biological sibling would make this conversation better or worse.

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"well uh, that's good at least. weird as hell that sargon is your mentor, considering in my timeline he's one of my siblings." They frown slightly.

"so uh. did you test it first at least? because i can absolutely tell you that for me, the experience hurt and never stopped hurting. im, uh. knew about that?"

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.

[groundskeeperosha]

"... shit, you and alam switched places." Utur sighs, loudly. "i don't really know what happened in your timeline, but uh... in mine, alam, who uh, was my childhood friend, made me eldritch against my will. found out later he'd basically been panicked about me dying or getting hurt and he'd been deified so much by the uh. unintentional science cult he started by knowing what the water cycle is that he didn't realise he could make incorrect choices."

They sigh, slightly. They aren't going into more detail - Alam gave them permission to, in this kind of situation, but it feels... bad - and they suspect a similar kind of... misunderstanding may have happened here.

"are you certain you were on the same page as them? cause me and alam, uh. weren't."

"...Utur? My love?" A man who looks nearly identical to Mike looks at Utur longingly, his starry eyes full of tears. But it isn't Mike, exactly. He has a long, full beard, and wears a plain brownish-white robe, as well as a large, ornate gold necklace.

"I... I can't believe I've finally found you!" He picks Utur up in his arms. Clearly, at the very least, this version of Mike is enthusiastic to see them.

@enterthemikeverse

Utur doesn't struggle against the possibly-a-version-of-Mike, though it's definitely partially because they know they're about to absolutely ruin his day.

"Uh. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm uh, not your version of utur. wish i could soften that blow for you since you seem really happy to see me, but. i dont wanna get your hopes up." They awkwardly pat his shoulder.