Month: November 2017

Hey!  Thanks for the random questions!  You’re such a sweetheart.

What is the sweetest/most romantic thing Arcanus has ever done for Ellie?

Alright, so he does do a lot of romantic things for her, but the act with the biggest impact to her is when he kept a promise they had made when he was still serving in the military and they had just begun their relationship.  They fell hard for each other, which is why her betrayal had hurt him as much as it did, and they often would share and compare what was the same and what was different for their people.  On one occasion, they spoke of the fact that they speak entirely different languages and that they’d never be able to communicate without translators.  It was during those talks that they made a promise to the other, to learn their partner’s language.  That he remembered, and learned, meant the world to Ellie and, even though she had learned his language, she felt that her fulfillment of the promise was just something she did for her work as the Shadow Broker.  It came from her self-loathing and thought that she didn’t deserve to connect her actions to the happier times of her life, it just didn’t feel right after what she had done to Arcanus.  To learn that he went ahead with his promise means more to her than any material object because it soothes the pain of loss she had lived with for so many years because it showed that he still loved her through it all.  They may not be able to make all the sounds of the other’s language thanks to their different mouths and vocal structure, but the promise is one that still sends warms flutters through Ellie’s chest.

What’s Ellie/Arcanus’ favorite sex position?

Hm… Good question.  Never thought about it, but now’s a good as time as any!  

I’d say her on top with him slightly sitting up would be their preferred.  Or, at least, any position that would allow each other to run their hands over each other or lean closer for nuzzles or kisses.  Plus, it helps Ellie show Arcanus that ‘yes, he can cede control and relax’ while she takes the reigns.  She’s his kryptonite, so when it comes to letting her control and force him to actually enjoy something besides work, he’s grateful for her care.  Without her, he’d probably work himself to an early grave, but now?  Now he’s actually started to take time to himself, even if he has work on the back of his mind at times for concern that Jane and Garrus are ‘burning the house down’, so to speak.  But I think we all agree he needs to loosen up, lol.

Do they have any pet names they use when no one else is around?

Nothing really huge, unfortunately.  Ellie does call Arcanus sweet nothings like honey, my love, etc.  Arcanus eventually starts to respond in kind with lots of ‘love’ and ‘amora’, but, right now, he sticks with calling her by her actual name, Elyse.  She doesn’t like the name, makes her feel old, but she loves it when he says it and, for him, can take being called her real name so long as he says it in that tender tone of voice he always uses.  Other than that, Arcanus doesn’t understand nicknames or pet names, but he does like it when Ellie uses some on him that, once he looked them up, are signs of affection.

If you asked Jane and Garrus, what’s the most disgusting thing the twins have ever done?

Oh, without a doubt, it was when the twins were sick when they were around 3.  They had caught a bad flu that was deemed too dangerous to expose the other children in daycare to thanks to the twin’s hybrid nature.  The last thing everyone needed was to contract a superbug!  

So that left Garrus and Jane to be stuck at home with two very sick, very grumpy toddlers.  Worse?  They could not be bothered to understand the concept of tissues.  Maybe they were just too young to understand that it’s more sanitary to take the extra initiative to find a tissue instead of rubbing their nose on whatever was near, but, either way, Garrus and Jane were about at wit’s end.  Clothes, blankets, hell, even curtains were not safe.  The twins would wait until they were absolutely dripping before just rubbing it off on something, even sneaking in a wipe on their parents’ own clothing if Jane and Garrus weren’t careful!