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Wow, that's just adorable! And such a cute kiss on the nose at the end... astarionhappy

Originally Posted by Sini
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Ha-ha! “My parents don’t do that!” grin

Originally Posted by Sini
The new year began for Sceleritas with Astarion pulling him up the wall by his neck until he was at eye level. His face almost touched Sceleritas's. Scelertias still held onto the still-smoking match he had used to light the rocket Astarion Jr. was bound to. Junior flew into the darkness with a loud and joyful “HUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”. Astarion then turned himself into a bat to follow the little ones.

Laughing, the little one sat in the snow with his rusty white fur. So Astarion brought the little one home while he shouted "Fly with the rocket again, Daddy". They had stolen the rocket from Felogyr's Fireworks and thought it would be a good idea to use it that way.

Now they both clean the floors in the palace.

...At first the little Lord thought that the best and most innovative approach to cleaning the floors would be to pour all the water from the bucket onto the floor and dress the proverbial bucket on Sceleritas' head. The result - a big dirty puddle, wet shoes and Sceleritas swearing bad words - did not quite suit him (well, except for the last point - here Astarion Jr. chuckled happily and even wrote down some words in his notebook as a reminder). But something had to be done about everything else...

“I... I did wrong...” - The little boy furrowed his nose thoughtfully and wiggled his elf ears. “But what did I do wrong?” Scleritas rounded his eyes in surprise, hearing such a confession from the little heir. “Yes! That's right!” Astarion Jr. had an epiphany. “I should never have touched that bucket to begin with...” The little boy made an aristocratic contemptuous gesture with his dainty fingers and snorted proudly, copying his daddy diligently. "It's no business for a Lord to mop some floors! I have to create an army of undead that will horrify the world! Then they'll mop the floors, do some other things, and I can sit on my dad's and my throne and play and eat all the candy..."

Sceleritas had no sooner mentioned Bhaal in vain than the heir flew into his father's study, ripped the page with the spell “Summon Ghouls” out of his book, and came rushing back. Sceleritas decided that learning black magic was the perfect thing for a child to do and, with a gloating grin, dutifully brought in a few fresh Harper corpses, having fished them out of the sewers near the secret passage to the castle (spy work doesn't always end well) for the young heir's necromantic experiments.

Astarion Junior was doing his best to recite the spell. He frowned his eyebrows and squinted his eyes, and even the tips of his small ears twitched slightly. The pile of flesh stirred and began to take shape. The first ghoul was a lump of flesh, and where some creatures had a tail, it had a leg sticking out. And on the leg were horns. The second ghoul came out better - pretty passable, but horribly fat and with a huge bone ring instead of a nose. “Ha ha!” Said the heir and pulled the ghoul by the ring, the ghoul grunted and sat down in a puddle.

- Kill me! - moaned the first failed ghoul, writhing in agony.

- Meat... Fresh meat... Yes..."- the second one wheezed.

- No! Wash first! Meat later! - Astarion Junior pointed his finger imperiously at a muddy puddle on the floor where one of them was sitting.

- I... I can't..." the ghouls gurgled.

- Why is that? - The little one's ruby eyes rounded with surprise and indignation.

- I have no hands... Kill me... - the first ghoul wheezed.

- Boss... You are My Lord, - the other grunted. - And I'm the boss. Your right hand. I am the ultimate ghoul. - The ghoul proudly displayed a bone ring on which the unholy symbols of Bhaal burned brightly, much to Sceleritas' surprise. - I was created to sit in a puddle, grunting and giving orders to everyone. And you will give me meat... Fresh flesh... And I will devour it... And I will devour him right now too, to make him work well... - the fat ghoul opened its huge maw, aiming for a unlucky ghoul.

- No! Ew, ew, you can't! Daddy, daddy, there's ghouls! Sceleritas stole your book and summoned the ghouls! They don't listen to me! Daddy!

Originally Posted by Sini
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Oh, very atmospheric! One can imagine what Astarion would have looked like in the old movie... astarioncool

To lift your spirits, a beautiful video of our beloved Astarion's most touching and romantic lines:

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