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 Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:33 pm
"Uh?" Rusty's eyes moved over to where the Oracle was. "Oh, I'm fine. Just tired." His eyes dropped down at the last little bit of seaweed bread and then switched to look at the empty bol of stew.
He stared at the last of his bread while his mind went wandering elsewhere yet again. This time he was seeing the scenery he had dreamt of earlier again. How he wished that such a place was real but he knew it was nothing but a fantasy his head had made up. A world were his life made sense. He only had those kind of dreams when times were rough with bussiness or some big changes happened in his life. Like today.
He chewed and swallowed the last of his food, raised and straightened himself on his chair. Then he looked over at everyone in the room before asking where he would sleep and stay for the next few days.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:59 pm
Zykariel was more or less silent while this whole thing was going on. He had been righted in his father's hold and his big purple eyes were following the grown ups conversation like a tennis match, bouncing back and forth between Piper, Malik and his own father. Malikhai got a moment's glance and grin when he mentioned Zy's inability to take fire and then it was back to the match. He was making his own conclusions about what was being said though that could only hold his interest for so long.
A few moments later he started squirming in his father's hold, twisting about to look down at the floor. All his stuff! He had to pick that stuff back up. Nym liked the bugs right after they died when they were still squishy, not when they were hard. If it wasn't in his pocket, Nym wouldn't eat it. What a waste of a perfectly good bug. And that was his cookie. He was saving it for later and going to show the rock to Zara. But knowing better than to interrupt the adults' conversation he chose nonverbal cues. Daddy! Tug. Put me down.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:19 pm
He set his son down at the squirming and tugging and tried not to give a laugh as Nym was already sneaking his way to the floor, looking to swipe spilled pocket contents already. Though he did take mental inventory on said pocket contents...after all, keeping inanimate things in there was one thing, but the boy had progressed to bugs. Next thing you know, it would be bigger more alive things.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:06 pm
The toddler squealed and stopped the furry thief in his tracks, scooping him up and holding him tightly in the crook of his elbow, the ferrets lower feet dangling free. "Those are mine but you can have the bug. That's yours." He scooped up the rock and cookie and tucked them safely away in his pockets which took a bit of juggling to make happen with a squirming ferret and his coordination less than stellar when dealing with more than one thing. But finally everything was where it needed to be and he set Nym down and showed him the bug. "I found this for you Nym." Patting the ferret lightly on his head and beaming at the feast he'd provided.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:36 pm
Nym chittered at the boy, forpaws reaching out to take the bug that was offered. Hey sometimes there was nothing better than a nice crunchy bug to gnaw on. And it was protein, everyone loves protein. Thus a chitter and various crunching noises as he nibbled at the rather large beetle.
Malikhai wrinkled his nose as he watched Nym eat the beetle. "Ew..." He didn't like it when Nym ate bugs...they didn't sound nice to eat and they didn't look too tastey either. And it was weird how the thing was purring and eating at the same time in delight. He stuck his tongue out at that.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:55 pm
A slight chuckle at his son, setting him down on the ground.
"Then we'll deal with it as we have to, Piper. and You're here later than usual, Sevilin. what kept you?"
A slight smirk.
"A female Drow, perhaps? I woudl guess that she's not exactly in arthur's league right now."
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:05 pm
"Welcome Nym." Hey, chitters meant all sorts of things but Daddy was polite and so was Zara so it made sense that Nym would be too right? Zykariel brushed off his cookie on his pants and hten took a bite of it nibbling the way Nym did at his bug. But of course after only a few moments of watching he got entirely too grossed out echoing Malikhai's sentiments and turning his face against his father's pants to keep from having to look at the chomping ferret. Beheading a bug was not a pretty sight.
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:07 pm
Be casual, be casual, one day at a time, stop trying to predict and direct the future which hadn't even come to pass yet. So then, taking a breath then letting it out, she attempted to let the concern go. And well if things went south then she could blame it on Malik now couldn't she? That made her feel better. Thus let it go she did. "Alright, a bridge to save for another day."
Of course despite how gross it was, he wanted to watch Nym more or less dismantle and devouer a bug, thus toddling over to join next to his friend and watching the furry creature eat said bug. "That's gross." And yet, he was still watching like most little boys did.
Sevilin merely shrugged. Hey he was comfortable with Zahara by this point...though there were times where she was still about to freak him. "Indeed...seems Zahara is having her instinct bout for the year. I spent my morning though having a chit chat with Arthur. He wasn't ready for that aspect of her." Though personally Sevilin still found it interesting that Arthur didn't know that him and Zahara still ocassionally shared a bed. "So a combination of things more or less. But can't let that stop life and what not. Oh and Arthur doesn't think he'll be by today, he's sore." Reaching a hand down to rest on top of his son's head as he had turned into his pant leg.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:17 am
And if Malikhai was watching well then Zykariel was going to watch too. Of course he'd been half watching by turning his head so one eye could still see the ferret while the other was focused on his father's leg. Now he let go, leaving crumbs on the fabric in his wake and crouched down right next to Nym. "He even eats the guts..." A look up at his friend while he made a face, then broke his cookie in half and handed it over. "Want some? It's chocolate chip."
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:33 pm
Bode looked at hime with those big eyes. "Who are you?" She asked rather casually, though there was a small quiver in her voice. It was obvious that she wasn't going to answer any other questions until hers had been answered first.
Meilikki just nodded her head in understanding. A troubled young cat had fallen into their hands it seemed, and she could see little of his future. Perhaps in time that would grow more imortant to the Earth God's plans, but until then it was one big cloud for her. She instructed Moonstone where to Rusty. After which, she retired to her won rooms to have some paper work looked at. One such bit of Paper included a letter to be sent to Piper later that day, inviting her to the manor ofr a visit.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:06 pm
"I'm Onyx. your guardian. Moonstone's twin, but a prettier shade of color if I do say so myself."
A slight grin at her.
Malik grinned lightly at the kids, before getting himself up.
"I woudl imagine as much. But I think it's time I got dressed for the day, and I'll need to talk with the teachers to be as well. Just do your usual check, but I also want you to check Laudi's roost, see how things are coming along there, adn just leave a report for me."
And with that, Malik went upstairs to get dressed for the day.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:23 pm
Sevilin merely nodded. Oh joy, work assignments...and he wasn't willing to leave Zykariel here anymore because he hadn't spend any time with the boy in the last twenty four hours really, and well...Zahara wasn't a reliable babysitter right now with her instincts...her mind wandered. So then a look down to his son before he crouched down and tapped his shoulder to get his attention at his eye level. "Will do Malik."
"Hey buddy, I have to work. You want to come with me and give me a hand." Sure, the boy would just be tagging along, but he would feel liek he was helping. Sevilin would let him carry something...maybe work on his map reading skills and let the boy play guide, even if he knew where he was going."
He took the other half of the cookie from his friend, munching on it lightly his attention waining from the ferret dinning on the bug. After all, he had a short attention span these days. "Thank you." After all, it was his favorite. But a look to his father as he got up to go get dressed. Oh so we weren't being lazy today, okay. Though as Sevilin got his attention and began talking about work, he drifted off to his own mother, crawling up into her lap. "Can we do writing?"
She watched Malik go off with a chuckle and a smile. He was so one track minded sometimes. And in an odd way it was kind of appealing, but her son caught her attention as he took residence in her lap and voiced his question. A pet at his hair. "Yes, we can. I think that would be a fine idea."
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:28 pm
That got a frown and a half pouty look until he blinked and nodded. " 'Kay." Working with Daddy was usually fun and sometimes he even got to actually do things that helped him. Nodding to his father, he grabbed onto his father's braid and tugged. "Come on Daddy. We got to go to work."
Shaking his head and letting go of his father's hair before the bigger drow tumbled to the ground, he scooped up a still chomping Nym and ran to get his cloak and shoes and Rawr. Coming back down with all his stuff and the plushy dragon held tightly against his chest, he walked over to his friend and held out the dragon. "Khai, will you watch Rawr for me while I go to work? I can't take him with me and I know he'll be safe and happy with you."
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:40 pm
A nod to his friend, reaching out and taking the dragon, setting him on the table next to the paper and ink that had already been brought by a servant a few moments earlier upon Piper's request. "Okay, he can watch me learn my writing." Patting the dragon's head. "Don't work too hard okay?" Because that's what he heard mommy tell daddy all the time.
Sevilin gave the boy a pat on the back before he ran off and stood back up, merely waiting for the boy to come back...and give his dragon a babysitter. But that accomplished he started from the room, looking to his son. "Remember, hold on to me the whole time. Don't want to get lost." Pulling a map from his belt pouch as they continued on and out of the place. "Here, you can be the guide."
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:56 pm
He took the map and held it tightly in his hand before setting Nym on the ground to decide how he wanted to ride. Of course, he reached out adn grabbed a hold of his father's braid. It was like a leash that let him go a little ways.
Unfolding the rather large map, he held it up in front of his face. "Where we going Daddy? I can't tell you which way to go if I don't know the final spot."
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