Memories
Names
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She closed her eyes. Curt had been changed two weeks ago. The Decimation of the mutant population had been four months ago. Things were spiralling and she knew it. And there was…unrest. One of Spider-Man's villains, the one with the stupid mask, had led a mass breakout months ago and everyone was stretched thin trying to capture forty-two of the most dangerous villains in the world who had escaped, as well as all the ones still at large. She had a headache, Fury had been fired and was on the run for something he'd done a year or so ago and hushed up, the two hundred or so remaining mutants were gathering in the makeshift camp outside the mansion and Curt had got worse than ever. An insane boy and an insane symbiote together caused more trouble than Jubilee and Bobby on one of their 'super-pranks'. What made matters worse was the fact he was the only de-powered mutant who had been allowed to stay. He was a human in a camp of mutants, a monster in a crowd of freaks.
She opened her eyes and stared out of the window. Curt and Xixy were playing a game that looked like catch, but knowing those two was probably more like Murder. Sometimes she wondered… Xixy acted more like a father to Curt than Logan did. Heaven knew what those two did in their spare time. Xixy had explained it to her. He was the bond-father.
In K'Meeri culture, a warrior close to the spawners of the new being was given the duty of culturally raising the K'Meer child. K'Meer were asexual and reproduced by 'melding' parts of their goo together to create a new being. Any number of K'Meer could be involved in the birth of a new one. The most 'pure' were those created like Xixy, a simple spore off a single parent. Most heirs were created that way. The bond-father's was chosen by the parent K'Meeri and it was his duty to teach the new K'Meer the arts of warfare and K'Meeri honour codes. Tora couldn't complain, especially as she'd studied the stuff Xixy was teaching Curt and hadn't found too much to be annoyed with, other than the basic idea that war was a good idea. She'd managed to persuade Xixy not to include that into Curt's lessons. But the self-defence and honour codes were basically a good idea.
She wasn't certain why Xixy had insisted on giving Curt a K'Meeri name though. But then, Xixy had officially adopted them all into his bond-family and actually, they did all have K'Meeri names. It was just Curt was the only one to respond to his. To be fair, the fact the names were rather difficult to remember and only Tora could be bothered to remember hers and everyone else's counted probably for something. Her name ended up meaning Human-Great-Dragon-God-Who-Is-Our-Salvation. Curt's was something along the lines of Noble-Warrior-Who-Is-To-Be-Great-In-The-Eyes-Of-Dragon. The official name was Xixswaldraster. Xix apparently meant 'Noble' and Swal meant 'Warrior'. Dra was the more common version of 'Dragon', similar to the Hebrew 'Adonai'. Ster was equivalent to 'Great' but when placed with Dra gave 'Great in the Eyes of the Dragon'. Her K'Meeri name used the holy version of Dragon, something that meant Xixy had been in a lot of trouble for bestowing it upon her. The Star at the end of Xixswalstar meant 'Prince', causing Xixy's whole name to mean 'Noble Warrior Prince'. When he became Emperor, the Star would change to Mer, which meant King. He had also told Tora that if he never melded or spored, then Curt, as his first bond-son, would become Emperor of the K'Meer Empire. The Xixswal in Curt's name showed that he was Xixy's bond-son. Tora's response had been short and sweet.
"Meld, spore, I don't care. Just make sure you don't take Curt away from us to be an Emperor."
Xixy had laughed and made a joke about the fact the K'Meer Empire would flourish under the hands of Dragon's son, at which point Tora had rolled her eyes.
She started as someone came up behind her.
"I do love him you know. In my own way."
She turned and nodded at Logan.
"I know you do. It's just he can't see it."
"Xixy's good for him."
"Really Malswaldraster?"
"What?"
"Wild-Warrior-Dragon's-Consort. It's your K'meer name."
"Is it? What's yours again?"
"Drasturamara. Mar means 'Human' and the A denotes gender. Drastura is the holy name of Dragon. Pretty much, Human Dragon. Or Dragon in Human Flesh."
"Really? How do you remember all this?"
"Easy. I pay attention."
"Slim's?"
"Makswalbelror. Leader-Warrior-Eagle-Sight. Well, I say Eagle, but really it's a M'Keeri animal that is similar to an eagle."
"Elf?"
"Valswaltavber. Kind-Warrior-Fast-Leap. Fast Leap is their word for teleporter."
"'Ro?"
"Mekveramara. Weather-Goddess-In-Human-Form. Mekvero is their weather god. So Storm is Mekvero in Human Flesh. But Mekvero is their common name for him. If it was an avatar then the name would be Misteramara Or Misteromaro."
"O means male?"
"Yes. Odd isn't it? The K'Meer are asexual yet they still have male and female gods. That suggests at one point they were, well… like us, the Shi'ar, the Skrulls and pretty much every alien race apart from the symbiotes. I wonder if they're related somehow? After all, K'Meer are the only race the symbiotes can't actually use as hosts."
"Tora…"
"What?"
"Why aren't you a scientist? I can just see you sitting in a lab like Hank, getting all excited over some discovery."
"No. I haven't got the training. You were asking about names?"
"Oh, yeah. Emma?"
"Barstmanara. White-Empress-Thought-Singer."
"Er…Rogue?"
"Nesswalbertasa. Lonely-Warrior-Proud-Hearted."
"Gumbo?"
"Mashternoswalber. Flirty-Cheating-Warrior-Thief. Xixy was annoyed with Remy when he named him."
"Can I tease him about that?"
"If you want to."
"Er… um…Petey?"
"Steswalvaltaso. Steel-Warrior-Kind-Heart."
"That's a good name for him. Why's my name Wild-Warrios-Dragon's-Consort? Is that my main redeeming feature?"
"To the K'Meer, yes. To me, no."
"Aren't you their god or something?"
"I'm not a god."
"You're the next best thing."
"What's that?"
"Someone who cares."
She smiled and looked out at Xixy and Curt, who were now shooting the ball.
"Thank you."
"K'Meeri names were so complicated."
"They gave the truth of their personality. Or in most cases they did."
"I doubt Tora liked being called Human-Dragon."
"She didn't."
A.N. Lots of stuff on the K'Meer. I thought, if I created an alien race, I might as well flesh them out a bit with culture, naming conventions and so on.