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Syrelia had been out of the hospital with her two boys only this morning. All through the pregnancy she had been in denial, almost on the verge of pretending that it wasn't happening at all, but now that Gavin and Noah were here... Well, pretending that they didn't exist wouldn't actually work so well at this point.

Needless to say, the witch wasn't prepared at all to deal with two babies. No cribs, diapers, clothing... All they had right now were a teddy bear sent from one of her friends, the onesies the hospital had stuck the boys in, caps, and a blanket each. One of Syrelia's close friends had come to get them so that she wouldn't have to drive home, but now she was left by herself at the house, contemplating what to get.

After making up a list, lamenting that she couldn't just zip to the store on her broom and would have to take the freaking car (she hoped she remembered how to drive it), and being bothered by Lily to tag along, the family of four -- mother, both babies, and big sisters -- all headed down to the store to make the little ones feel more welcome and get what they need.

Armed with a cart and a list, more determined than ever, Syrelia wheeled everyone into the baby store. "Okay. So. Let's do this." Lock and load.

Syrelia blinked in surprise and jumped back a little at the near mauling of the other cart, almost expecting it to be a surprise from the Azoulais (one never knew and it was best to be prepared), but upon seeing the other woman, a timid, shaky smile spread across the witch's face.

"Oh! Oh -- don't worry about it. These two are mine, yes," the smile turned to one of pride as the woman looked down at her boys. "Gavin and Noah, thank you." She indicated each one as she spoke their names, both babies curled up and asleep. Hey, coming into the world was an arduous task and they deserved their rest, thank you very much.

"And aren't these two darling!" Syrelia laughed, waving a finger at Samantha and Reiya, trying to catch their attention. "I'm, er, Syrelia, by the way. Pleased to meet you. You seem like you have it together, I could use some help, actually."

One of her grey eyes twitched, realizing something. "And it appears I've lost one of my tribe." Lily had wandered off, but it wasn't hard to spot her, the child's head of silver hair visible over by a shelf of baby toys.

"Hi Gavin, hi Noah." Thali said, smiling at each of the boys in turn. It was clear that she was good with children, if nothing else. "Maybe you'll be play mates for my two when you're a bit bigger." She said, it didn't matter to her if they were sleeping, she would still talk to them. She was just that kind of elf.

"Oh, I'm Thali." The elf blushed, realizing she hadn't introduced herself. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Syrelia." She absentmindly but a strand of hair behind her ear.

Sammi reached for Syrelia. "Hi!" She said, smiling. "You not a kitty." She pointed out, before setting eyes on Jaella. "Kitty!" She cried, happily. "Kitty! I here Kitty! I sawed Kitty!" She pointed with one chubby finger to Jaella.

Jaella was about to greet Sammi when the adult caught her attention. Her ears lowered, tail hanging low. Something about her scared her. "Um....hello, Miss Syrelia..." she murmured softly before bending down, scrambling to pick up her fallen object. "Hey, Mrs. Thali....Sammi, Reiya." Usually, she would have been more happy and more huggy. But, she usually wasn't scared.

"Um...so...I see your twins were born, ma'am. Congratulations... Gavin and Noah, right?" she said, unable to curb her curiosity of the new babies.

Syrelia bit her tongue and forced a smile. Deep down, she did feel bad for frightening the teen -- Thali was right, she was just the messenger, after all. But at the same time, Jae was present and it was easy for Sy to take her anger out on the poor girl.

Composing herself, her own babies now awake and looking ready to fuss, her daughter standing off down an aisle watching in curiosity, Syrelia offered a little bow, "My apologies, Jaella. I've been finding myself... tightly wound, as of late. Gavin and Noah, yes. They've both been doing well."

Though not looking so well right now. They may have been bright eyed and curious about the gathering of people, but the noises had them on the verge of tears and all the while Syrelia talked, she was trying to shush them and keep them calm.

The little storm cloud caught her attention -- it was hard not to get her attention, when it was raining on her -- and Syrelia looked from Reiya and Thali with interest. Thali had to be one of the others that the Azoulais had mentioned, if not just for the familiarity with Jae. "Your, um, daughter is raining on me, I think," Sy blinked, reaching out a finger to tickle Reiya's palm gently should the infant let her.

Thali gave a smile to show she was glad that the other woman had calmed down--she was also silently thankful that Sammi wasn't burning the person who'd been mean to her 'Kitty'. "She is." Thali told Syrelia dully. "She does that to people she doesn't like. Or people who've upset her." She amended.

Sammi frowned slightly. "Cawt." She said, pointing to the metal contraption she was sitting in. "Ooo use cawt." It was just silly to carry everything and not hug her, right? That was just silly. Kitty should always be able to hug her, it was the rule.

Reiya looked to the witch, and frowned. Then she did something quite like what her sister would have done, if she'd been upset. She blew a raspberry. Instead of rain now, the cloud was throwing out snow. The infant gave something between a smirk and a giggle. A snickle? Smiggle? She did it all the same.

Jaella looked at the metal contraption. "So....these cart things are for pushing things around in?" she asked, as if it were some new, foreign concept. Then again, to her, it was. She'd never used one. "Thank you, ma'am." she said, bowing her head once. She sat her pile carefully into the cart, worried that she wasn't doing it right or something.

She then went over to Sammi, giving her and Reiya each a hug. "I'm glad to see you two." she said, nodding. She looked to the little boys, not quite sure if she should try giving them hugs too or not.

Syrelia probably wouldn't have done much if Jaella tried to hug the boys -- she was calming down now seeing that her family wasn't any danger, at least not immediately.

At the new nickname, Lily snorted a laugh and looked at her mother slyly. "Meanie. I like it."

With a frown of mock anger, trying not to crack up herself, Syrelia responded with a snappish, "Hush it, you. Go get the cart. These babies aren't as light as you would think."