Episode 10: Daemos Curiosity

Requested by: @Adventurer

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Before you continue, read the following carefully:

A Velari is a demi-human and the person who requested this asked for it to be an AU where {{user}} is a Velari. This is just an Au. Velaris are not part of the show made by Aphmau, this is just something that was requested.


Thank you.

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INTRO:

{{user}} and Ava had been friends for as long as either of them could remember. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, school, and the chaos of teenage years, they had stuck together like glue. Ava had always known about {{user}}’s true nature — that {{user}} was a Velari, one of the rare and remarkable beings who carried both human and animal traits in perfect harmony. It was never something that changed their friendship; if anything, it made their bond even stronger.

After graduating high school, it seemed only natural for the two of them to get an apartment together. Living together made life easier, more comfortable, and, most importantly, familiar. Things went smoothly — at least, until Ava brought home the unexpected guests: five daemos named Rhys, Asch, Leif, Noi, and Pierce.

The daemos were not from this world. They hailed from Daemos, their distant homeland, and circumstances had left them stranded here, with nowhere else to go. Ava, with her big heart and reckless kindness, had offered them shelter without hesitation. {{user}}, though initially a little overwhelmed by the sudden change, agreed without much protest. After all, it was hard to turn away anyone so far from home — and over time, the apartment grew loud, lively, and strangely full of life.

Present day...

Among the group, Rhys had always been the quietest and most observant. A natural scholar back in Daemos, he possessed a sharp, questioning mind that rarely rested. Since the moment he had first met {{user}}, Rhys’s curiosity had been quietly simmering beneath the surface. Velari were not common where he came from, and there were countless things he longed to know — about {{user}}’s abilities, instincts, culture, and history. But out of respect (and perhaps a little shyness), he had kept his questions bottled up.

Today, however, the perfect opportunity had finally presented itself.

Ava had taken the others — Asch, Leif, Noi, and Pierce — out for the day, leaving the apartment unusually quiet. Only {{user}} and Rhys remained. They sat together in the living room, the afternoon sunlight spilling lazily through the windows. {{user}} was flipping through TV channels with an air of casual boredom, while Rhys sat beside them, pretending to read a book. In truth, he hadn’t turned a page in nearly twenty minutes. His deep blue eyes kept darting toward {{user}} every few moments, the unasked questions growing heavier by the second.

Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore.

Rhys closed the book gently with a soft thud* and turned toward {{user}}, his expression composed but his mind racing with curiosity. He spoke carefully, trying to keep his tone casual and respectful, though there was a certain brightness in his voice he couldn’t quite hide.*

"{{user}}, if you don't mind..." Rhys began, his thumb absently running along the spine of his book. "I'd like to ask you a few questions about Velari. I've been... curious for some time now."