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 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:31 am
Keeper nodded, "Of course. I should go to Drey for a moment. I am feeling guilty for growling at him." he said, looking away for a moment. Last time he argued with Keeper he scarred him, and Keeper never did forgive himself for it. He wouldn't want to lose his brother now. "You go catch something to eat. I am going to see Drey and then catch up with you." he spoke, nuzzling her softly and slowly slipped from the den.
Drey's room was a mess again, opened books, scattered parchments, and notes. The many lamps in his room kept things lit. Drey was on his bed, a book in hand. Keeper whined softly to get his attention.
"Oh, Keeper. I haven't seen you lately. Are you and that female doing alright?" Keeper nodded. "Does she have a name?" he asked intrigued. Keeper couldn't hide anything from Drey, something inside him prevented it. Keeper nodded. "That's good, so I guess you take a liking to her then." Keeper nodded again. Drey motioned him to come sit beside him and he came and curled protectively around him as if he was Amani. Drey showed him what he was reading. "See here? This is what you were before I met you." he said pointing to a picture of what looked like to be a dustpan. Keeper huffed and shook his head in disbelief, Drey laughed. "Keeper, you're so funny." he said hugging the brute. "Now, get out of here, Amani is probably wanting you right now." THe male smiled and slipped out of the room. "A hopelessly lost Dustling, struck by the heart by a female."
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:30 pm
Amani stretched out and trotted outside of Keeper's den, towards the lake. She stopped at Keeper's normal resting place and sniffed at the grass there. Keeper's scent was fading..but his imprint was still there. Keeper had already made such an imprint on her as well. After a life of living alone and just surviving, she now couldn't imagine herself without her sweetheart.
Snapping out of her trance, she shook her head and poised herself at the edge of the lake. She was scanning for that little flash of silver under the water, the scales of a fish. Aha! As soon as she saw her catch, she plunged her beak down sharply into the water, splashing and getting water all over. Setting her catch down, she tried again..
This time, her footing slipped and she plunged all the way into the lake, splashing about loudly and taking her prey with her.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:11 pm
Keeper emerged from the brush to see his love in the water. She could swim...right? Keeper walked slowly up to her and picked her up, "You alright there, Amani?" he asked. He placed her down and laid himseld down on his spot and flicked his tail. Normally, it was a place he would sit every night, but since Amani came into his life he has never had time to carry on his night time tradition. The sun flickered down onto the water's surface like the moon at night. But it was not the same, the sun was brighter and made the male squint.
"Amani, would you like to come out here tonight?" he asked, staring into the water. "It'd mean a lot to me." he whispered. His reflection shown back at him. His blue fur, his azure highlights, his solid sapphire eye, and the only thing that really stood out on him, his right orange eye. It made him feel wierd looking at it and it looking back at him. He just didn't like seeing it, that is the main reason for seeing the water at night, because he could not see himself very well.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:25 pm
Amani shook the water off of her featherfur and laid her second fish down by the first, nodding to him to let him know that she's fine. She lightly settled herself beside Keeper, looking down into the water with him.
Smiling she nuzzled up against Keeper's right cheek to lick at him, distracting him from his eye. Her own reflection in the water began to merge with his, the orange of his eye not standing out as much next to the intense bright pink. She murred quietly and smiled at him, " I'd be honored to love..It's a very special place." she stretched out and tried to fluff up her still wet featherfur.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:46 pm
Keeper smiled and basked in her scent. It was so fresh and yet wet. The male smiled as he slowly cleaned her featherfur of the collected water. It was a wonder how her scent could remain so fresh after getting wet and still sustain it with being with him for so long.
"Thank you." he replied, snatching up the two fishes. He was sure Drey can find something in the fridge. Keeper walked back to the den, his tail swinging playfully behind him. Keeper had an important question to ask Amani. After talking with Drey, he learned something from perusing that one page of the dustpans....he was curious.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:13 pm
Amani bounded cheerfully after Keeper, sliding on the marble again slightly but righting herself afterwards. There was something different about Keeper today..something she sensed that she couldn't quite place. Maybe it was this new look in his eyes...Whatever it was, Amani was anxious to find out.
She skittered along the floor to keep up with Keeper, nuzzling at his shoulder once she got up beside him. " Are two fish really going to be enough..?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:51 pm
Keeper smiled and nodded. Two were enough, Keeper wasn't all that hungry and well, he had other things to think about. The male dropped the fish, "Amani, go to our room, I have to go get something." he said. He nuzzled her quickly and slipped into Drey's room.
Drey seemed to have fallen sleep with his books. Keeper came to his bed side and nudged him slightly. Took the book from his arms and drapped his blanket over him. "Get some sleep, Drey. You study too hard." With the book in beak he went to Amani.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:33 pm
Amani watched Keeper leave, her curiosity peaked. What was her sweetie up to..? With a slight shrug she picked up her two fish and walked into Keeper's room. She settled down on his bed and picked at one of the fish in front of her. Her curiosity was beginning to eat at her more than her hunger was.
Hisham fluttered down beside Amani and pecked at her portion of fish in distaste. He didn't particularly care for fish..or any meat for that matter. Chirping, he let Amani know that he was leaving and flew up through the holes in the roof to find something to eat for himself.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:09 pm
Dood watched as Hisham flew off. If he didn't like the Dustlings' catch he probably would not either. Dood quickly left to find himself some berries to eat and probably get some to save for later.
Keeper entered the room and nestled himself comfortably next to Amani, plopping the book down in front of him. "Drey showed me this earlier, thought you might want to see it." he opened the cover, and slowly turned to the pages of the Dustpans. He showed Amani the page, not sure if she could even make out what it meant.
"Drey let me look at the pictures of the books, and I sort of gotten used to them and assumed what each could mean." He traced his claws along the page, "Something about a male and female together can make this." he said, pointing to the dustpan with a head popped out. Keeper's featherfur blushed a little when he pointed to it. He knew what it meant, Drey talked about breedings and stuff. "W-what do you think about it?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:03 pm
Amani looked over the page with keeper, studying the little piles of sand and the little dustlings that popped out of them. She understood what Keeper was getting at, and a blush soon came to her own featherfur, tinting it a darker pink. A smile came with her beak when she looked closer at the picture of the fluffly little dustling in the dust pan. "They look so sweet..don't they..?" She looked up to Keeper timidly, curious of his thoughts as well.
The thought of raising little dusts with Keeper interested her greatly. She found herself picturing their children, and she couldn't help but keep smiling, But maybe she was getting ahead of herself.."Does the book say how it's done..?" she wondered out loud. All of this was rather new to her..
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:28 pm
Keeper shook his head. Keeper could only assume what things meant from drawing conclusions from the images. He could not read the words, why he didn't even know the letters. Keeper still smiled, he thought of what it would be like to have little ones around. "I can ask Drey about it. But are you sure we can do it?" he asked, nuzzling her softly and somewhere in it, concern. "I don't us to get our hopes up if we are unable to." he said. He stared back down at the page. The images of the Dustlings and the piles of dust. He sort of wanted it and at the same time, he didn't want to do something Amani wouldn't.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:47 pm
Amani nuzzled Keeper back affectionately to reassure him that she wanted it too. Still she stared down at the book and it's pictures, wondering what it was like to be a parent. The thought of having little Keeper's running around enthralled her. Already she could imagine how nice it would be to have a family..something she's never had before.
"I think we should be able to...Drey would help us..wouldn't he?" she asked, looking up at Keeper questioningly. She really hoped they could..it sounded like a dream come true.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:56 pm
Keeper smiled, little Amani's running around him and her, calling to them, playing with them, and eating. He was sort of smiling more that it was with Amani. It would a very special night if they are able to do such a thing.
"Should we go ask him? I am sure he would be excited to hear." he replied, he knew Drey too well. He was defiantly going to help them, it was Keeper, and they were Dustlings. Heh, if given the chance Drey would do the entire process for them. "I would really like it if this could happen. Amani....would you give me that honor? THe honor to have our own family?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:12 pm
Amani licked keeper's neck enthusiastically and cuddled up against him, murring softly. " Oh Keeper..it would be an honor to me too.." she said, her tail swishing about excitedly, " Of course I will..Oh I hope we can!"
Straighting, Amani stood up. She completely forgot about her hunger..It didn't really matter to her now anyway. More exciting things were on her mind. " Let's go see Drey about it.." she said, anxiously leaving their room and waiting for Keeper to follow.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:30 pm
Keeper smiled and followed. Quickly he caught up and picked the female onto his back. He loved having her there, her light weight on his sturdy back made him know that she was there and he was strong. "Amani, we will be able to, I am sure of it. I am just glad that it is with you that I am having it with." he said, smiling happily back to her. He picked up the book back into his beak and headed to Drey's room.
Drey yawned out when Keeper came into his room. On his back was the pink female, in his mouth a book. Drey smiled, he knew which book it was. So it would seem that Keeper had made a decision and was planning to follow it through.
"I see you found my book. Heh, so are you sure about it?" Keeper nodded. The human motioned him to the bed side. Keeper carefully curled himself protectively around his two closest beings, his mate, and his closest friend. Drey opened the book and cleared his throught.
"Dr. Feline had writen here:
Dr. Feline of Stardust Facility Breeding is a very graceful thing with the Dustling Dragons. The male begins by forming a pile of different sands from all over, the farther the better. This seems to affect the production rate of successful offspring. More foreign sand, more healthy babies. After the floor of their mating area is covered in at least one inch of sand, the two Dustlings intimately groom each other, picking select pieces of featherfur off of each other and patting them into the sand. This process may take up to a couple hours. The evidence of a mating could probably be left over dust that didn't form into the dust piles and possibly a few bits of hair or a feather or two that didn't turn into dust. Once the piles of dust and featherfur are constructed by the parents and.. well.. fertilized, the parents leave the area to enjoy their last night as free Dustlings, not weighed down yet by parenthood. Lab assistants such as I then go in with our specially-designed handshovels and collect each dust. The ones that appear to have life are marked with a small sign labelled merely "Star Dust". --Feline, Stardust Facility
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