Beth Scastein
First mention (by name): 9.40 GG
First appearance: 9.40 GG
Species: Selphid
Status: Alive
- Beth
- Elizabeth
- Elizabeth Scastein
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| 9.40 GG | “I—I am Elizabeth Scastein. Or did you want a fake name?” |
| 9.40 GG | Scastein was a combination of ‘Scala’ and ‘Frankenstein’, a fitting blend. As for Elizabeth? Well…Selphid-Geneva had thought of calling herself ‘Marie’ or ‘Marie Curie’ after one of the most famous female medical practitioners to ever live, but she’d had the feeling everyone might do that. |
| 9.40 GG | Elizabeth Blackwell was another famous woman, so Selphid-Geneva had stolen that first name. She wasn’t sold on the new moniker, first or last. She wasn’t good at coming up with names. |
| 9.40 GG | “Well, ‘Elizabeth’, you’d better have a good reason for not presenting properly. The Lizardfolk here got wind of the Gathering Citadel’s destruction, and every settlement in the region is whispering about the Minds and the Forgotten Wing company and casting eyes at us. You are from there, aren’t you?” |
| 9.40 GG | The two Selphids pressed in, both physically and in a way that Elizabeth would have described as someone leaning over and staring at you if she were still Human. It was beyond handsy—the feeling of two other species in such close proximity. |
| 9.40 GG | However, it did not feel like inappropriate sexual conduct, more like general closeness. Which she was glad of—then Elizabeth realized she might not even technically be ‘female’ in a biological sense since Selphids had no variance in sex. Also, and this was funny—the way one of the two was prodding her rather reminded her of her heritage. |
| 9.40 GG | The Selphid-Italians were waiting for her response. So the first real struggle Elizabeth had to deal with was…what did she say? |
| 9.40 GG | She was…deeply cynical, she realized. Geneva Scala was that after so long of seeing the Minds and the deaths she had been unable to prevent. But Elizabeth? |
| 9.40 GG | Elizabeth replied slowly. |
| 9.40 GG | The other Selphid was stretching, and Elizabeth realized Teyis was following her around the body. Twining around her like someone in a sleeper hold. |
| 9.40 GG | To lock her down, she realized. She tried to dodge, but he just ‘grabbed’ her, and while both were infinitely malleable, there were weaknesses she realized. Teyis seized Elizabeth’s body where she was elongated, like someone performing a joint-hold; if she stretched, she might snap at these critical junctures. |
| 9.40 GG | “Before that. You, Elizabeth. Did you have anything to do with what the Minds wrought? What happened there?” |
| 9.40 GG | Elizabeth began, but there was a lot about Selphids she really didn’t know about. For instance, lesson one about Selphids? |
| 9.40 GG | This dour statement explained much of the Selphids’ way of life. It came from Teyis and was accompanied, to Elizabeth’s rather surprised amusement, by a chatter of voices. |
| 9.40 GG | A nursery. Elizabeth was horrified as a Human and entranced as someone studying this unique culture. Selphid biology was still largely foreign to her—and she was a Selphid!—but she had picked up enough to understand their life cycle in reproduction. |
| 9.40 GG | Thus, even Elizabeth’s body was being ‘fixed up’ as someone spread an unguent over the exterior and a Selphid [Embalmer] did the same job from the inside, scolding Elizabeth all the while. |
| 9.40 GG | Thus, even Elizabeth’s body was being ‘fixed up’ as someone spread an unguent over the exterior and a Selphid [Embalmer] did the same job from the inside, scolding Elizabeth all the while. |
| 9.40 GG | Selphids had, uh, an interesting palette too. They would happily devour component parts of the bodies they entered. But the thought of eating more insects made Elizabeth queasy. |
| 9.40 GG | Nevertheless, Elizabeth was already making use of their help. One of the Selphids grunted or made a wet expression of air bubbles as they turned over a set of sewing needles. |
| 9.40 GG | Beth inspected the needles and then turned to Teyis. The affronted Selphid frowned. |
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