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[unpocoloco]

Héctor
UN: OLLIN

STATUS: Graduate Student / Teacher's Assistant

ACCOLADES: I write music, know how to play a few instruments, mostly la guitarra.

BIO: !Hola¡ Soy Héctor. Yo hablo español y un poco inglés. I've come to Daybreak to learn a little about all this magic stuff and help out around the Campus. If you need an odd job taken care of, I'm your guy! (Unless you are la policía. Or someone I have borrowed from. If that is the case, do not contact me, por favor.)

© TESSISAMESS

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[unpocoloco]

Do they?
Perhaps she'll hear you out if you explain as much.

[He doubts it.]

But I'm sure you can give them love enough for both of you

[panpiping]

of course they do!!
don't be so silly
that's basic memory magic
even some human seers can do it
without practicing!

that's true that's true
as much as I don't like wearing shoes
I can love shoes quite a lot!
these ones...
deserve pets

[unpocoloco]

Well, there's something new I'm learning

Wist,
Has anyone ever mentioned
That you can be adorable sometimes?

[panpiping]

I bet you'd be good at it!
since you are made of memories
more literally than most

:O!!!!
hee hee

[unpocoloco]

At memory magic?
I never thought of trying.
I guess it's worth looking into.

Ah, see, there you are again with it.

[panpiping]

I can help teach you!
it will be lots of fun!

feel free to tell me as many times as you like
it makes me really happy
but you should know...
I think that out of many adorable humans
you are one of the most adorable

[unpocoloco]

Then in that case,
I am ready to learn, professor Wist.

And what an honor that is.
I'm touched, truly.

[panpiping]

...
there is something I would like to ask of you
but it would be best kept to myself
until we are certain about what will happen
probably

it felt most honest to be upfront
about a fey's demands

[unpocoloco]

oh?

You have terms?
I'm not sure I am up for a contract, Wist.
Unless you mean something else.

[panpiping]

don't be silly, Héctor
I don't do Contracts
with a capital C
they aren't any fun at all

[unpocoloco]

[There's some relief there, but also means a sense of worry that's a little more personal.]

Alright. Good.
You're sure you can't tell me, then?
If it's something on your mind,
you can talk to me.

[panpiping]

it hinges on an "if"
I don't want to sound like I'm expecting the "if"
to go how I want!!

[unpocoloco]

I can understand that.
It is the polite thing.
Still.
I would not mind knowing if you were alright with saying it.
It might be something I could give more thought to.

[panpiping]

that's true
it is something that people normally have a lot of time
to think on

it's just
...
Wist is a Y'rhia Mugmort Moussear
and not a Rivera

[unpocoloco]

Ah, names
Okay, I can work with this.
So, what are you thinking?
Do you want to stay a Y'rhia Mugmort Moussear?
You can add Rivera on the end or you don't have to add it at all.
The rules have changed a lot with that stuff, just like with clothes.

[panpiping]

I want to fit in!!!
something still special
that means something
that fits who I am...
but fits with all of you
just a Rivera
to be as family as I can

[unpocoloco]

I will say for the record
You don't have to change who you are to be a part of a family.
Of this family.
I became a Rivera because I wanted to.
I could have stayed just Héctor or taken some other name.
But let me think.
You could be a Wisteria Rivera.
Or you could be something new.

[panpiping]

maybe because I was a changeling
but it feels like the right thing
in order to keep me as me
growth is being alive
but change is living
it's something truly incredible, isn't it?

I would change because I want to
to become a Rivera because I want to

besides
Wist has only been my name for a short while
relatively

[unpocoloco]

You're right.
It is.

Something special.
Miraculous even, like those little charms.
But I don't know, Milagros isn't much of a name.

[panpiping]

anything can be a name
for a while I went by Fizzybopwig
even with all the languages I know
it was only a fun noise until I decided it wasn't

any fey would be delighted to be a miracle
this fey doubly so!
to be one to you
...
though I'm not really any Virgin Mary?
so the meaning stops at translation and not tradition

[unpocoloco]

You make a good point.

That's sweet, Wist.
And no, I don't see you much as a Mary.
Just as I'm not much like my own namesake.

What about Mili?
It's not a common thing, where I come from.
Heck, Marys and Joses are much more.
But... I don't know, it kind of suits...

[panpiping]

Mili Rivera...
it does seem to match Coco Rivera and Teto Rivera
and it's like милый
so not just a miracle,
but a cute miracle...

is it something
you'd be okay with naming a child of yours?

[unpocoloco]

[There's a lot he wants to say here. He notices the way he and his daughter wound up with nicknames, the way Mili fits into that. He wants to ask what the heck they just managed through text. He wants to say they're a very cute miracle.

But that final question leaves room for nothing else. He knows what's most important here.]


Yes.
Yes, it would be.

[panpiping]

[Slapping some Cyrillic letters into a text isn't hard these days, Héctor, even for non-fey. Just grandpas with grandpa phones.]

then it makes me happy
I like it
I love it!
I hope
I get to be Mili...

[unpocoloco]

[Bullying elders... so rude...]

And I hope,
in that case,
I will get to bring Mili home.

I'll ask soon. Okay?
You talk to Po.