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 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:45 pm
The werewolf laughed at Len's grabby hands and happy shout of enthusiasm for this 'Glop'. Azumi had never understood how on earth babies like this stuff, but she didn't complain. It was so much easier to just have to pick jars of a shelf and know that your child was going to eat it rather than having to go around listening to,"but I don't like that!"
"Shhhh!" Osso said as he put a hand to his mouth. His second favorite song was going; the one where Jack falls into Christmas Town and starts slinking about. A basket full of giggles left the boy when his favorite skeletal character jumped out of snowman.
Azumi smiled and shook her head before putting the movie on pause, which was retaliated with a 'hmph' from Osso. Crouching down to a little above Lenore's eye level, she finally put the spoon into the 'glop' and took out a little to feed to the gray child.
Osso sniffed and the scent, too, made his stomach rumble more, but when he saw it was still cold, he stuck his nose up at it and just went back to staring at the frozen screen.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:37 pm
Lenore eager opened her mouth and sucked at the spoon to get every last jelly-like bit of the Mash. The taste of curried peas and sweet milk filled her mouth, and she eagerly grabbed at the jar.
"More!" she demanded of Azumi, though she was reluctant to let the spoon out of her mouth because of the delicious lingering taste. She looked over at Osso, who seemed to be steadfastly staring at the paused screen.
"Osso want Glop?" she asked as she kept her mouth open wide for another spoonful.
The skull gave another creaky laugh, rolling its eyes madly in Azumi's direction.
"Wouldn't give the little omitl telpochtli that slime if I were you. Nasty taste for nasty children, yesss..." it trailed off as its ivory eyes caught sight of Lenore glowering at it, and shut its eternally grinning maw with a snap.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:21 pm
Once Azumi finally got the spoon out of the girl's mouth, she shot a hard glare at the jade skull just as Lenore did. When the odd thing finally shut up, she dipped the untensil back into the glop and gave it back to the eager child.
When his friend's question caught his ears, the bone child dared to take his eyes off the frozen screen, thinking that any minute it might come to life and he'll miss something. He shook his head quietly in reply, longish pale blonde locks swishing in front of his eyes.
It was at that precise moment that a chortle sounded from the boy's hood and out skittered Klaz, the tiny murk gwipple, and perched on Osso's shoulder.
A smile appeared on the black and white face as he gently pet the little creature with a finger.
Azumi dramatically slouched when she heard the chortle,"Osso" she said not looking at him,"what did I say about bringing Klaz?"
Osso simply looked at his mother and exclaimed,"Klaz!"
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:44 pm
Lenore looked at Klaz in fascination, not sure what to make of the little stowaway Osso seemed so fond of. Not wanting to be left out in the pet-sharing, she clucked her tongue loudly.
"Cole!" she called, facing the dark space underneath Crow's bed. A sound like a death rattle came from under the lace bed trimming, sending a chill breeze into the air.
"Cole! Cole!"
A shadow crept from underneath the bed, under Azumi's feet, and pulled itself off from the floor, materializing and solidifying. A reptilian creature that looked as though it was half-rotted loomed over Lenore, its ruby red eyes fixed on her face.
Lenore reached up to pat the creature's nose fearlessly, smiling and pointing from it to Osso and Klaz.
"Osso, this Cole. Say hihi, Cole!"
The creature sniffed at the air slightly and opened it mouth wide, uttering another death rattle purr.
Lenore giggled and turned to Azumi.
"Cole mah doggie!"
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:55 pm
This time Azumi did fall on her butt in start from the shadow creature's appearence. A sheepish smile was given in a reply to Len's introduction. "It's very lovely," she said. The animal's black color always did put a plus on Azumi's list of good pet traits...But the partially decaying thing? Ah well.
Osso opened his hollow eyes as wide as they could as he watched this odd creature materialize from shadows. "Cole! 'is Klaz!" the little boy thrust his finger to his shoulder, only to find that he was pointing to thin air. Looking around him in utter confusion the bone child finally felt the little imp inside his hood. "Klaz! c'mount!" ordered the boy even though his voice was still all happy and excited.
Klaz clicked his beak and refused to come out...But eventually gave in to his strong urge of curiosity to the little girl. Tiny gryphon like head peered out from behind Osso's shoulder, green lamp like eyes staring owlishly at the other pair.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:29 am
Lenore crawled forward to inspect Klaz. Cole edged forward with her, alert to any danger that he had to protect her from. Smelling the scent of a graveyard on the tiny creature, Cole untensed a little. Nothing from Lenore's home environment would hurt her (though they would have been mad to try it around a Mastiff-sized zombie-dragon, anyway).
Lenore leaned almost on top of Osso as she examined the strange little creature. It was a little homely in her opinion, but Osso seemed to really love it. Besides, she was hardly one to talk when her own pet looked like it had been freshly dug up, chained, and dragged through an alley. Giving the creature a little friendly tap on the head with a finger, she turned to Azumi.
"From cem'try?" she asked. A very faint air of death and grief seemed to hang about the little creature, though it seemed unaware of it. She had recognized it at once as a cemetary-aura, but thought it polite to ask before coming to any conclusions.
Cole sniffed at Azumi carefully as Lenore examined the bone-child's pet, smoke furling from his half-open jaws. Beady ruby eyes examined her from head to foot to tail, and he unfurled his bony wings and raised his hackles in warning. Her scent was unfamiliar, and what he didn't know, he didn't trust. But, Lenore seemed to like her, so he would keep his temper in check as long as she wanted this unknown woman around.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:26 pm
Azumi suprisingly didn't really flinch or scare, just got to her feet and took about a half step away to give the creature space. In her line of work she was used to these types of encounters and was highly skilled, or at least she thought she was. Her only action to hint at dismay was that she lowered her black wolf ears a little and flicked her black tail around her right leg.
Pulling her gaze away from the dragon she watched Osso and Len examine pets and such, a smile falling on to her face as she did so.
Osso almost fell backwards as Len tried to inspect Klaz. The little boy had managed to get the skittish critter out of his hood.
A few chortles and murrs could be heard from the tiny creature after his pet from Len and the gwipple now sat rather calmly in Osso's hands.
The werewolf looked to Lenore when she asked where Klaz was from. With a nod of her head, which made her blonde bangs flutter a little, she replied with a,"mmhmm, he from's a little shop in the near-by cemetary." Then she looked to te still frozen screen of the TV,"you guys want to finish your movie?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 4:56 pm
Lenore felt a distinct sense of unease as she thought about her last experience in the Deus et Dolor cemetary. Surely there were other cemetaries around HQ, right?
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Right. No need to bring up that nasty bit of business unless Azumi asked about it.
Turning her attention to the television screen, that featured Jack with his mouth wide open mid-word, she nodded vigorously to encourage Azumi.
"Movie movie movie movie!"
With a dissatisfied huff at Azumi's lack of reaction, Cole meandered over to Lenore and curled around her, tail wrapped firmly about her tummy. Extending his long neck over the girl, he sniffed at Osso's hair and gave him a calculating look before withdrawing. He bore the same scent of magic as Len, and that link alone put Cole's ever-protective mind at ease. They were kith and kin, and for once he wasn't wary of strangers around his beloved owner.
Lenore leaned against Cole's warm bulk, toying with the exposed bone at the tip of his tail. Waiting patiently for Azumi to restart the movie, she reached over and tugged Osso's sleeve, beckoning him a little closer.
"Osso wanna watch wif Len?" she asked shyly, moving Cole's tail a little so that the boy could sit next to her against the dragon's soft belly. Unsuccessfully stifling a genuinely child-like giggle, she motioned for Osso to come forward again.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:41 pm
Azumi gave a nod and pressed play on the remote. The screen burst to life, Jack continuing his singing as if it was never paused. She stepped back and out of the way of the screen before spotting a chair against a wall, a bookshelf opposite of it. The two looked like they didn't have to be watch closely and with Cole there, it'd be find for her to sit back and read. With that thought lodged in her mind she started to rumaged through the book shelf for anything interesting.
Osso clapped his hands together when the movie started, but soon turned his head to look at the space made for him near Cole and Len. With a smile he crawled over parts of Cole's massive bulk and seated himself next to his friend, though he didn't forget to say a,"sowweh," to the dragon after stepping on 'im.
Klaz had once again skittered onto Osso's shoulder where he hid half way in the hood, peeping owlishly at the dragon when his guardian seated himself next to the little girl.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:03 am
Lenore watched the movie in total contentment, now that Osso was beside her. The alien feelings of child-like happiness fluttered around in her like butterflies - she was always too serious to act like a kid. But now...
She edged a little closer to Osso, listening to the song that blared from the TV's surround-sound, and nestled into the crook of Cole's foreleg, which he then wrapped around her protectively.
Glancing over at Osso again, she gave a smile and a small sigh of relief for not blushing as badly as she had before. This friendship thing was easy, really...
Cole gave Klaz a tolerant look and blew a bit of smoke in greeting. He was hardly in the mood to deal with small furry things that were too curious for their own good - Crow had enough of little buggers of that ilk hovering, burrowing, and flying around the room. Turning his attention to Azumi, he nestled his head on his bulky front paws and glared at her, his jewel-like eyes following her every motion.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:10 am
Klaz brought large mint lanterns to the massive head of Cole before clicking his small gryphon like beak in his own greeting.
Osso slouched down a bit into a more comfortable position. The warmth of Cole's body relaxed the bone child more than ever. As the movie played Osso revisited the questions he had asked himself so many times after his first meeting with Len. Why? Why did she just suddenly stop playing and leave? Eh...Osso shook his head, making blonde locks swish back and forth and fall over his eyes again. Why bother asking those questions when everything was just perfect now? All past thoughts were pushed away and the he, too, edged a little closer to his, or who he personally considered to be, his best friend so that they were pretty much shoulder to shoulder.
Azumi finally found a book of interest from the shelf and she gingerly plucked it out. "Ancient Mayans" was what it was called and anything ancient or having to do with ancient scriptures caught the Noir's eye. She glanced at the happy group on the couch and noticed the decaying dragon staring at her. Bah...she snorted lightly to herself and plopped herself onto a chair.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:52 am
The Tezcatlipoca skull gave a hollow snort as its ivory inlaid eye caught the title of the book Azumi held.
"Careful with the mistress's books, my sweet. Some might get you into more trouble than ye bargained for."
Lenore felt only minor warmth creep into her face as Osso snuggled against Cole next to her. Waiting until the song finished, she turned and looked at the boy, nibbling her bottom lip a little nervously.
"Me an' Osso f'ends?" she asked, almost dreading the answer. She was so happy to have someone she could be comfortable and relaxed with besides Crow - Deimos was a friend, but a friend that made her very nervous and tense. Pulling at the blood-pendant, she looked at Osso shyly.
"Len like Osso. Osso like Len?"
Cole flicked an ear towards Klaz's clicking, acknowledging his presence. Keeping his eyes on Azumi, he let a guttural death rattle growl escape from deep within his throat. He didn't particularly like Crow, but he wouldn't allow this stranger to make a mess of her belongings while she was away.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:02 am
Azumi looked up when she heard that damned skull talking again...and then the growl from Cole. She let out an exhasperated sigh and put the book on the small table next to the chair. With a huff of annoyance to the two she positioned herself so she could see the TV screen, crossed her arms over her chest, and slouched down in her seat. She actually looked a pouting kid who just got scolded for touching one of mommy's necklaces or something.
Osso turned her hollow gaze on Len and gave her his attention now that the that song was over. After she asked her questions he tilited her head for a second before nodding it vigerously,"Len bes' f'end! Osso like Len!" He exclaimed happily. Of course he liked her, he wouldn't be sitting with her if he didn't.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:40 am
"Bes' f'end?" Lenore asked, toying with the new term. Best friend....with a sudden swoop of happiness, Len reached over and hugged Osso, careful to keep her arm-blades out of reach.
"T'ank you!" She said, honestly meaning it. She didn't know how badly she had wanted to be accepted by another Mishap until Osso made it clear he liked her. Releasing the boy quickly, she snuggled up against Cole and watched the movie aptly, glowing inside.
The skull gave another creaky cackle as Azumi fumed.
"T'isn't that easy to get out of, now that ye've taken it!" it said snarkily.
The book that Azumi had set down gave a shudder, and slid off the table back into her lap. Its leather-bound covers waved and creaked as it opened on its own, snapping at Azumi's fingers.
"Ye've touched it, now ye must be reading it!" the skull said, rolling its eyes madly.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:53 am
Azumi started a little as the book snapped at her,"fine!" She picked up the moving object and held it open in her lap, wine hued eyes scanning the pages as she stayed in that slouched position on the chair. "I honestly have to ask Crow how the heck she got you," she mumbled to herself while shooting glares at the stupid jade skull.
Osso laughed and returned to hug. A giggle acted as his 'you're welcome' and he sat back against Cole once more. Hollow sockets went back to the moving screen as he watched three little kids get ready to 'get' Santa for Jack. Osso moved a foot back and forth to the music's tune. He was extremely happy that Lenore saw him as a best friend!
After the song ended, Osso looked at Len from the corner of his black sockets and saw the blood vial around her neck. "Was'sat?" he asked, pointing to it.
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