I shakily raise my paw up and point a finger towards it.
"Hey… keep talking" I say to it. If I want to even try to listen to it speak, I have to get used to the sounds it makes. I can barely understand it as is, but I can still understand it.
"R-r u sur?? U don look wel…" this time I force myself to not cover my ears. My head starts to really hurt. As if I'm suffering the worst headache in existence.
"Keep… going" I persevere and say this.
In response to my answer, I see the shifting figure in front of me take a step towards me. I force myself to not step away from it.
I…I can handle this… just… gotta get used to this.
As if noticing me not moving away from it I notice something around behind it starts moving side to side extremely fast audibly making swoosh noises.
'Is… is that its tail?'
"O-ok! My nam is Inv! Bu u can cal me whatev yo wan! I weally lik you fur! Wha yu nam???" it says. I find myself kind of being able to understand what it said.
Well at least I know it's who I expected it to be. But I didn't really expect it to… turn out like this.
'Ok… ok… it's fine… it doesn't want to hurt you. It clearly just said it likes my fur…'
"You like my fur?" I find myself saying out loud in surprise.
"Y-ye! It relly pretty!!!" Inv says to me.
Even with the way it sounded I find myself a little embarrassed. I guess after so long not being able to talk to another being even the simplest compliment can make me embarrassed...
"Well… thanks… my name is Joseph by the way" I say while trying to push down the embarrassment.
"Joey!! Tha suhc a good name!" Inv says what I can only assume excitement. Slowly but surely, I'm starting to get used to the way it speaks.
After being able to tolerate looking and listening to it I get another good look at it. Tall, very tall. Inv is at least 3 heads taller than me, basically towering over me.
Its skin? Fur? Is somehow shifting in color. From a bright blue to a very dark blue. And its eyes. Looking at Inv's eyes I still struggle trying to look at them. It's like my brain doesn't want to process whatever I'm looking at.
"T-thanks. Your name is… nice as well"
Hearing this the towering Inv Abruptly moves right towards me. It takes all my will power not to step back and jump off the ledge to my death.
"Weally!! U lik my nam!? No on as eve say tha befor!" Inv says what I can only assume is happiness point blank in front of my face.
Not prepared for this, I close my eyes trying to shake off the dizziness from looking at his eyes from close up. I can practically feel the heat radiating from Inv being so close to me.
"A-ah… sowy i didn maen tu scar yu agan" I hear Inv say this while I keep my eyes shut and can hear Inv take a couple steps back.
I slowly open my eyes and see Inv moved a little bit away from me but still pretty close.
"It's… alright…" I squeeze the words out trying to assure Inv its ok.
After taking a moment to calm myself I look back at Inv… whose tail is quickly moving side to side again.
'Ok, let's try to actually make some conversation this time'
"So Inv… what brings you all the way up here?" I say trying to sound as calm and collected as I can.
"W-wel… u sea i climbe d up er to lok fo a mate…" Inv says to me in a quieter voice than I've heard so far.
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Oh shit, did I just hear mate?
"I-i hav gon in ever y direction lokin fo a mate. I clim up her hopin to fin som one and foun u!" Inv says while putting their paws together (are those paws?).
"Nu on as acceptd me… alwa runin away or kil me… b-but u havn run way or kil me!"
Hearing what Inv is saying I can already tell what they're about to ask next. I've played their campaign before, and I know how it ends.
I watch as Inv squirms around on the spot and I can even see the shifting blue colors on Inv start to turn into a light shade of red.
"W-w-w-wold u lik to b mates wit me?!" Inv screeches out and I'm left dumb founded.
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Mates? I've never even held someone's hand before and all of a sudden, I'm being asked if I want to be their mate? This is like asking some stranger on the street if they want to get married and be together for the rest of their lives.
I'll just say no. What's the worst that can happen? They kill me?
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For some reason however… I can't bring myself to deny Inv's proposal. Am I seriously fucking considering this? Am I seriously that desperate for any form of contact with another being that bad?
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I look at the quiet Inv in front of me squirming on the spot with an even brighter shade of red shifting around their skin at this point.
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"Are you a guy or a girl?" I ask this question to Inv.
"H-huh!!? i-i am mal… b-but i ca be any thin u wan!!!" Hearing Inv's answer I look up.
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Well… he doesn't seem so bad so far…
Looking back at him I try to take in as many features as I can about him. Stick like arms. Weird looking eyes. Strange looking shifting skin(fur?). Oh, and there's also the egg bomb laying right next to him. Great, I could die any moment with him and I'm still considering this…
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The more and more I look at his nervous gestures and the way he looks at me though…
I look at him directly in the eyes and see him nervously dart his strange looking eyes away from me.
I'm not sure why but…
'Fuck it'
I walk up to Inv who is looking at me with what I can only assume with surprise. I put my paw on his chest and immediately it feels like thousands of tiny spiders are crawling all over my paw. But with already having to deal with the way he looks and the way he sounds I quickly shake off this feeling.
I look up at him while he looks down at me, his face an extreme red at this point.
I seriously don't know why but…
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"Weirdly Enough, Your Cute"