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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:11 pm
The carriage was a simple affair, a chair connected to some wheels and a handle. The butterfly house was empty, and frankly Tara had been surprised the exhibit was even open. Then again, apparently the zoo wanted everyone to come experience all parts of a butterfly's life.
Next to the stroller sulked a brown silk covered girl. Aysel had choosen the zoo as her 'treat', in hopes that the animals would make her feel better. So far it had been a disaster. Half the animals were hibernating and frankly, Aysel would have been enjoyed being back in the warm house herself.
Inside the stroller a boy was snuggled so deeply into the blankets that only the blink of innocent eyes showed. The woman pushing the stroller looked exhausted and as if she wished to be the one in the stroller being pushed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:32 pm
Keiji had been the one given the task of bringing Vishal out somewhere so that the twins could play on their own without the interuption of the new baby. Yoko was so jealous of the attention his younger twin gave to the baby that Keiji thought it would be good for Tsu and Yoko to play on their own. Shin was away on a job, hunting down who knows what because he didn't want to quit his job just because he had gotten some donations from the ones that gave him Vishal to care for, "This is called a zoo. Nothing here so spectacular as in Shin's books but animals none the less." He was saying to the boy who was bundled in a coat that was a size to big, along with a scarf, mittens, and a hat that was under the coat's hood. Shin would no doubt tease him that much more about being a mother but... he didn't want the little God Child to get sick.
"So where do we want to go..." He mused, looking at some of the things on the map of the zoo, "Hrm, you know the herpitarium and the jungle exhibits will both be quite warm. What do you think about going to see those?" He asked of Vishal.
Vishal looked up at him then gave a grummbling sound, he didn't much care where they went so long as they got there soon. Standing there starring at this map was boring him... he would rather be at home gnawing on Yoko! Or being luffed by Tsukiko... he lifted his little, mitten covered hands up to tug on blond hair to demand they move onwards!
"Alright, alright. I bet you would like the retiles. They are kinda like monsters."
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:53 pm
As the trio slowly exited the butterfly exibit, Aysel shivered against the bite of the chill winter wind. "Mommy...." the girl whined, "I'm cold...." Pressing up against her mommy, she slipped the bottom two hands in her pockets and the top two in her sleeves. "Can't we go someplace warm 'ext?"
Stopping and pulling out a map of the zoo, Aysel's mom scanned the exibits. Penguins? Cold. Bears? Sleeping. About the only things inside were the creepy crawlies. Quickly the woman vowed not to even meantion the spider exibit, a shiver running down her back at the thought. "There's the Reptile House, or we could go to the gift shop?" came the suggestion. Though more expensive the gift shop sounded far better to the mage than snakes and lizards and things.
"Reptile House!" Came the quick reply. The gift shop sounded like too much of an attempt to end their outing. It was the luna moth's treat and she was going to milk every last bit of it, even if her annoying little brother had to come too.
Aysel's mother barely kept from sighing as she steered the stroller down the path. The walk was short and soon they were pushing the doors open to a warm dark room. It was long and lit a bit oddly. Each glass covered exibit was brightly lit, but the room itself was on the dim side. At least it was warm.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:08 pm
"There are just something about snakes." Keiji told his charge, shaking his head. Maybe it was the whole biblical thing? The snake in the garden that tempted Eve? Would make sense why an angel would get unsure around such a beast. Vishal though had reached forward and plastered himself against the side of the glass starring at the cobra and the snake starred right back at him.
Vishal gave a giggled, patting the glass as if he were trying to pet the scaled creature that was behind it. Not something he could seem to accomplish which made him give an angry sound before looking over at Keiji in a demanding fashion.
"Ahh, sorry. Your not allowed to pet the snakes." He explained, blue striped wings giving a flutter when he heard voices as someone else joined them in the reptile exhibit. He looked over his shoulder a moment, getting an odd sort of feeling. It was rather... de ja vu for some reason. Like when he'd first looked at Vishal's Relic, the angel shook it off though since he didn't know what it was exactly, "Want to look at the next cage?"
Vishal gave the snake another glance before he nodded and gave no fush as they moved the short distance between where they were to the next habitat, this one containing water with some turtles swimming around in it. It seemed to amuse Vishal quite a bit, causing him to gigle in delight.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:58 am
Slowly the trio made their way down the exibits, not paying particular attention to the group in front of them. At least until Aysel saw the boy's wings.
Only mildly obsessed (and eager for her own to grow in) with wings, Aysel hurried forward to the two ahead of her. "Hi!" The luna moth chirped excitedly. "Are you a D-corp? I didn't know any birds had blue and white wings. They're really cool!" she exclaimed eyes shining with excitement.
Pausing to let the boy answer, she noticed that he was carrying a little baby. Wondering if he got stuck with a baby brother too, the girl grimaced with sympathy. Babies weren't good for anything.
Coming up behind her daughter, Tara hissed. "Aysel.. manners."
Directing her grimace to her mom behind her, Aysel turned back to the winged being. "Sorry, I'm Aysel, and this is my mom and baby brother." The taint of bitterness dripped of the word brother. It was still a very touchy subject.
"Pleased to meet you," the girl's mom added. Korin for his part actually seemed interested, lifting his head up out of the blanket, to try and peer at the two. It was the first sign of interest all day, as most of the time he seemed content to lay back and watch everyone else.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:27 pm
The angel looked up from the turtle exhibit to the girl that was standing in front of him, for a moment looking a little confused, "A... Dcorp?" He asked, nevering having heard of that before. What was a Dcorp? He found himself looking at his wings and they gave an unconscious flutter from the girls attention upon them. Maybe a Dcorp had something to do with wings then from the sounds of her question, "No, I am just me."
Keiji looked over at the woman and baby to give them a nod of greeting before turning back to the one that was introducing the group to him, "My name is Keiji and this is Vishal, he is another of my caretaker's charges. Its nice to meet the three of you, isn't it Vishal?"
He didn't really think of Shin as a father and Shin didn't really think of them as sons so much as stray cats that needed taken care of. Hence why his wording.
Vishal's attention was draw away from the tank to stare first at Aysel seeming to be facinated for a moment with the colorings of the one in front of him. He gave a toothless smirk, pretty! He gurgled at her, "Rawr!" He said, then looked passed her, eyes narrowing some so that he could look then at Korin. His interest stuck there for some reason, maybe it was due to the other boy being his size?
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:47 pm
"Oh," came the dissapointed answer. "Nice to meet you Keiji," Aysel responded automatically. She sort of smiled at the baby who had smiled at her another automatic response. "So he's not your brother? That must be nice."
Reaching into the carriage, Tara tugged Korin out. Still clinging to the blanket, the baby stared at Vishal. Smiling at the two babies, the mage remarked, "Odd isn't it, no matter how old or young, babies immediately arrest attetion."
((Sorry, my internet is really having problems.))
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:37 am
"I think there are times I would almost prefer for him to be my brother, mostly because I am always being teased and called 'Mom' by the other people in my house." He said, flushing some. Ok, so he kinda babied Vishal but what else was an angel supposed to do when they were caring for a Godling?
Vishal wiggled some, as if trying to crawl over Keiji's shoulder so that he could get a better look at the new baby. It definately wasn't Diyaka so who was it? He wiggled a bit more before Keiji himself turned around and shifted Vishal so that he could get a better look.
"They are quiet interesting, hes the first baby I have ever had prolonged contact with actually." He admitted, he'd never seen one in Heaven and here on Gaia while he'd crossed paths with them he'd never really bothered with them since they weren't his and he didn't know them, "Can you say 'Hello' Vishal?"
Vishal looked up at him then gave a grummbling sound that may have been a greeting.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:19 pm
Korin blinked at the other baby, studying him intently. It was short and round and didn't look like his mommy or sister. In fact the other infant looked alot like him, short and round.
Vishal's grumbling sound prompted a little gurgle coo in response. Korin wiggled around slightly, freeing his arms from the blanket.
Aysel shrugged thoughtfully. "Uh- I guess being a sibling is better than a parent..." the girl muttered. She made a bit of a face.
Tara chuckled a bit at the boy. "Well, you seem to be doing well," the woman complimented the boy. "Hello Vishal. This is Korin." Picking up the infant Tara shifted him around so he could see Vishal easier. With the advantage of altitude Korin flopped back against his mom.
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:34 pm
Vishal have another sound when the other child was brought up to his level so that he could better look him over. He tilted his head to the side his red eyes intent upon the other boy before he gave another sound and reached his hands out in a grabby sort of way at Korin. He wondered if this one was like the other one? Overly affectionate... with kisses! He supposed he would find out.
Keiji looked for a moment unsure before he stepped closer so that Vishal could better interact with the other baby while he turned to Aysel, "Its not to bad when I am not being teased, then again Vishal is a very good baby." Or at least where Keiji was concerned some of the other people in the house didn't do quite as well with him.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:57 pm
Korin watched the grabby hands sucspiously. What on earth was the other baby wanting? He wriggled back against his mom, tucking his arms in close. The other infant was brought closer.
With one arm, Tara pulled a blanket out and spread it on the floor. Setting Korin on the blanket she gestured for Vishal to be placed down as well. "Why don't we let them get aquainted?" the mage suggested.
Aysel frowned as the other two people began to get absorbed in the stupid babies again. Moving to a different exhibit the girl began to tap on the glass.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:07 pm
Keiji felt a little bad, he hadn't meant to chase the little girl off. She seemed about as interested in kids as Yoko did, which wasn't to much. He would appologize to her later. He didn't meant to make her feel left out or anything.
Vishal was placed in front of the other baby and a smirk spread across his lips before he gave a sound of greeting, waving at him. Ok, this would be the true test, to see if this baby was like the other one with kissing and biting or not.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:21 pm
Korin was most definately not like the other baby. At least for now. If he had the fine motor control though, the infant would be poking the other boy with curiosity. Attempting to wave back, Korin simply ended up smacking the floor with both hands. For a moment he paused. Delighted with the sound Korin had managed to produce, he slapped the ground again with more vigour.
With a bored sigh, Aysel moved onto the next exibit. This one actually had moving lizards in it. Chamelouns to be exact and she watched fascinated as they changed colors.
"Do you and Vishal have any other foster siblings?" Tara asked, using the only description she knew for the two's situation.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:15 pm
Vishal gave a little jump at the sudden sound that was made by the baby's hands on the ground, his elf like ears giving a little twitching motion. He then gave a grin and tried that out himself, bangbang!
Keiji couldn't help but laugh, he was sure that Vishal would be making plenty of noise with what he'd been shown at home, "There is a set of twins as well, younger then I am but older then Vishal. Four of us so far in the care of Shin."
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:41 am
Korin was the one to jump this time, stopping to watch Vishal cautiously. The other boy seemed just as delighted to find a way to make noise as Korin had been. With the assurance that he hadn't upset the boy, Korin returned to his joyful music. Or just noise.. Slap slap slap slap!
"Ah.. I see. It's just Aysel, Korin and me. I'm afraid she's gotten used to having all my attention to herself." Tara smiled down at the two. Odd boy.. "I wonder if they'll want to play the drums when they get older.." she mused out loud, amusement dancing over her face.
Suddenly she sat up straight, snapping her fingers. Digging through the bag that had been hiding on the stroller, the mage pulled out a note pad and writing utensil. Jotting down in silver flowing letters the families address and phone number she creased the paper and passed it to Keiji. "We don't know many people outside of D-corp, where Aysel goes to school, so if you'd ever like to make a PD for Vishal. Or even just need a babysitter... Give us a call."
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