Tal'at waited, listening to the heartbeat of his friend and the baby. It seemed he was right-- there was a newborn ready to hatch. Big Bog approached, humming and pressing his snout to the surface. Tal'at clambered up on top of the gemstone, listening to the thing inside tap just beyond the wall.
... A moment passed. Perhaps it was stuck. Tal'at had a similar fate as a child-- had another gembound not come to save him, he would have probably starved in his prison. A shiver went down his spine and quietly, he whispered to Big Bog.
"They are stuck. We should help. Break the gem. Free the baby," Tal'at recommended to Bog, blindly twisting his face towards the furry boar. There was little Tal'at could do to help, himself, being smaller than the stone himself. Still, he had diagnosed the problem, hadn't he?
A thump greeted his call, and the boar relaxed a bit, bolstered by the sign of life within the egg. He didn't know if there'd ever been a "dead" egg, but he dreaded the day he came to find out. Another tap came, and Czernobog grinned, tilting his head to snuffle at the surface of the chrysalis, as if to scent out the babe inside. Nothing but mud and swamp swirled into his nostrils, but he guarded the thing still.
Stuck. Help. Break. Gem. Free. Baby.
The boar's hum slowed to a stop as he rose his head to peer at Tal'at, as if considering the order, before rising, slow and a bit unsteady. Uncertainty made him hesitate, before he raised a hoof - and an eyebrow - and tapped at the egg's surface next to the bat. It didn't make so much as a dent, but he didn't dare put any more pressure on the gem. After all, he could break right through and hurt the baby inside! Frustrated, he snorted at his tiny friend. "Tiiiiny," he tried, slowly, attempted to remember some of Willow's lessons. "Couuuuuld. Huuuuuuurt. Baaaaaaaaby," the pig finally rumbled out, ears perking up and lips splitting into a grin at the success.
He tip-tapped at the egg again, just to drive the point home, tail wagging cheerily.
@Kiratana
Her ears flicked gently as the sound of speech filtered through the walls of the chrysalis, the steady rumbling slowing to a stop, as the shadow pulled away ever so slightly. A gentle tapping to the gem brought her attention to the darker portion of the shadow, pressing a flat foot gently against it in curiosity, hearing the low drawn out rumbles of speech that had her tilting her head.
Hurt?
Something in her mind seemed to connect the dots, her foot drawing away from the edge of the chrysalis as she shifted about, letting herself get comfortable before throwing her foot out against the inner shell of her home, hearing the quiet crack before her foot broke through.
Pulling her leg back, the infant shifted around, pressing more of her weight against the weakened portion of the chrysalis, feeling the rest of the wall give under the pressure, tumbling free with a quiet grunt.
"Speech"
'Thought'
@Talat , @Czernobog
Big Bog spoke in his usual slow drones, but this time he was really trying to make a whole sentence. The bat clicked his tongue on the roof of his mouth softly, ears twitching. "I understand Bog. We should be... Careful with baby." He stretched his wing arms around the round shell, trying to get a better feel for what they were working with-- when the shell cracked under him. Quickly, the bat realized that chrysalis was going and in an instant he scrambled up and took flight, gliding back over to the Big Bog's back.
Butt facing the newborn, the bat listened to her strong, steady heartbeat. "Welcome little one," he cooed, shifting around on the boar until he was quite comfortably nestled against the pig's large, hulking neck. "We are the... Children of Rot." His sweeping orb face finally craned towards the newborn, but from his position on the Big Bog-- it was a bit difficult to see the new life bellow, probably. Not that it mattered for Tal'at.
Understand. Czernobog beamed at the assurance, dancing in place. Be. Careful. Baby. A nod, and the boar watched as the bat stretched out on top of the egg - only for it to break open, sending Tal'at flying back to perch on the pig's back. For his part, Czernobog let out an ecstatic snort, head moving down to snuffle at the little babe's skin in welcoming. Welcome. We. Are. Rot. He nodded in agreeance, huffing. "Weeeeeeelcome, baaaaaaaaby!"
Another tip-tap of hooves in celebration, and the hog was sinking down to rest on the swamp floor, front legs moving to bracket the tiny hippo protectively. It looked healthy, but then, he didn't trust the big electric cat not to come back and try to hurt it. Not an Old One, but strong. They will be Mighty, Czernobog thought, humming in approval, snout pressed up against the newborn's stomach.
@Kiratana
Lifting her head, the calf blinked the haze from her eyes, ears flicking about as her head swiveled, everything wasn't tinted brown? Movement near her brought her attention to the large form beside her, legs bracketing the small area she sat as though attempting to protect her. A pleased growl echoing in her throat at the simple action, flat feet tapping against the ground with a quiet squelching sound from the mud.
"Welcome little one,"
Her movements paused, staring at the large boar as her head tilted, was he the one that spoke? No, he wasn't. That was the first voice she heard. So there were multiple people here? Allowing her gaze to roam, the calf could barely make out the small gembound clinging to the boar's neck.
"We are the... Children of Rot." the bat had said, prompting a curious tilt of her head, mouth opening slightly to poke her tongue from between her jaws.
"Weeeeeeelcome, baaaaaaaaby!" There it was, the drawn out rumble that had to be the boar's voice.
Turning her attention back to the boar, the calf heaved herself to her feet, stumbling slightly on unsteady feet before grunting. Bumping her head against Czernobog's snout, and turning her attention towards Tal'at, simply staring in hopes that her intent to head bump the smaller gembound would come across easily.
"Speech"
'Thought'
@Talat , @Czernobog