Elliot walked back into the clinic yet again. The young red head looked as if he was looking for someone. Perhaps a doctor. In one hand the boy was carrying a red game boy advance in the other he had something small clutched tightly in his palm.
Youko padded into the clinic, a small toddler in his arms as Raven trudged along behind him. The foxcoon girl was NOT amused by this trip and scowled as she looked around and didn't see anyone else. No wait... there WAS someone else. A redheaded boy she didn't know... with a Gameboy! Grinning, she reached into her pocket and made sure hers was still there, as well as the wireless connection that she used whenever she and Kendall played Pokemon together. Maybe this kid had that game too?
"I'll be over here, daddy," she said, waving him off and walking towards a set of chairs near where Elliot was. She didn't speak to him or get his attention yet... no sense in looking like you were desperately wanting diversion, after all. That was when she noticed something else in his other hand. Curiosity got the better of her then and she tilted her head to the side, ears pricked up. "What's that?"
Youko watched her go, then went to the counter and signed in, cradling Omi against his hip. It wasn't that anything was really wrong... but it was high time Raven got her vaccinations for school, regardless of how much she hated needles. Once they were signed in, he moved to a set of chairs near the desk, bouncing Nozomi on his knee as he watched his daughter.
Elliot jumped a bit supprised. He laughed and looked around a bit nervously leaning in when he opened his hand he showed a white pearly tooth. " I losst it today...so I want the doctss to gwue it back in..." He said with a bit of trouble. Without the tooth the little boy sounded funny when he talked.
Kaze looked over at the Maternity Clinic as she saw a handsome kitsune walk in with a (not-so-happy) baby. This piqued the wereduck's interest: she loved children, and even if she couldn't aquire an appointment she'd love to see all the happy families and babies.
She let out a happy 'squee' as she dashed to the door of the clinic. She took a deep breath and adjusted the Ducky Hat that rested on her head before poking her head in.
"Um... h-hi?" she squeaked as she looked around. Seeing that she wasn't the only one there, the wereduck scuttled in and softly closed the door behind her. She looked around at the cute (a lot of things were 'cute' to her) waiting room before quietly sitting down in one of the chairs, wringing her hands nervously.
Ala landed outside the clinic and folded i her wings, she looked at hte building and smiled, she was a very happy woman right then, and would be even happier when she was pregnant. With that thought in mind she walked up tot he door and pulled it open entering. She looked around "Hmmm not very busy this mornin." she mused to herself
Youko waved to the two newcomers, Omi bouncing in his lap as she chased his tail. It was a grand game to her... he would flick his tail here and there as the girl chased after it and tried to grab hold. It kept the toddler amused nearly every time, and he was grateful for that.
Raven blinked, staring at the tooth as her eyes went wide. "They can do that?" she asked, looking up to Elliot. "Really?? Maybe they can glue this one back in before it comes out!" She smiled then and huffed out her breath, one front tooth wobbling slightly as she did. It had been loose for a few days now, and part of her was scared to death that she was going to wind up walking around toothless for the rest of her life. Her father had sworn that it would come back with an adult tooth, but she wasn't sure if he was serious or if this was another situation like "The goldfish will come back, you'll see!" and he had just gone out and bought another one when he thought she wouldn't notice.
Kaze sat up in her chair before waving back.
"H-Hello, I'm new here, umm..." Kaze noticed that one of the prongs of her Ice Gauntlet was getting rather warped due to the wringing. She meeped and put her hands to her sides like a military soldier before nodding, "My name's Kaze... Kaze Taco." She took a moment to look at the darling little girl chasing his tail, and over at the two children talking about teeth.
"You have such darling children..." she smiled, almost dreamily.
Ala's tail moved lazily behind, her wandering up to the male who had waved she introduced herself with a smile "Hello there, I'm Ala"
Youko beamed a rather proud smile, glancing to Raven, then to Omi. "They're wonderful," he answered, despite the fact that it had taken a near knock-down/drag-out fight to get Raven into the car this morning. He couldn't blame her... he hated needles too.
"That's Raven," he said, pointing to the foxcoon currently talking with Elliot. "And this is Nozomi." The toddler waved cheerily, grinning from ear to ear as she finally caught the elusive tail and began picking at the fur.
" Yes she said they can do al sorts of things! And the boy next door! He came back with a mouth og metal it was cool!" Elliot said waving his arms in the air until he heard the new information about gold fish.
" Ah your gold fish dissappeared too!?!" Elliot asked amazed. " Mine came back but it had white spots it was so cool! Mommy said it was magical!" HE said in awe that he wasn't the only one with a missing gold fish.
Kaze waved back to Nozomi, and the toddler's smile seemed to be infectious as Kaze soon found herself with such a smile on her face.
"Hey Nozomi," she chuckled, "Like coming here with your dad?" She looked over at Raven and smiled before asking Youko a question, "So, are you guys here for a check-up?"
"We're here to get Raven's shots," Youko said, whispering the last word so that the foxcoon couldn't hear him. If he was lucky, he wouldn't have to chase her out into the parkinglot and drag her back in. "She's going to be starting school soon, and needs them."
Omi was on his lap, bouncing happily as Kaze spoke to her, letting go of the tail long enough to answer. "Doker see Wav'n t'day," she said, trying her best to form the words and failing miserably. "See Omi 'nuvver day."
Raven nodded then, sighing as she slouched back into the chair, her toes brushing against the floor as she kicked her legs idly. "My fish was prettier before. It was gold and black and white. When it came back, it was just gold." She looked up to Elliot then, ears pricked forward. "Maybe my fish went to see you and your fish came to see me?" It seemed plausible, anyway... maybe that was why her father had come back with a different fish. Elliot's got lost!
Kaze whistled as she heard that and leaned back.
"I thought people were lying when they said that it doesn't hurt as much when you get older, but it's true," she looked at the ceiling, "I can hardly feel them now. But still... it's for the best, even if they don't realize it."
She practically squeed when she heard the toddler talk. She loved to hear children talk a lot, but she didn't want to act like one of those over-zealous babylovers of doom.
" Hey maybe that's what happened!" Elliot said nodding. " Maybe der on vacationss!" He said. " Oh you have a game boy too!" He said pointing it out. He held out his red SP. " wanna pway me? "
Ala tooks a seat tired of standing "I hope that goes over well, or at least kinda well, my first two grew way too fast to even think about school or shots, it'll be interesting to see what happens this time" she said with a smile "They grow up faster then we expect them too" she mused
Raven just grinned, pulling out her adapter and attaching it to the top of the Gameboy. "Sure!! I play my brother all the time, but he's with mom right now." She dug in her pocket then, pulling out a few games, including the Pokemon Leaf Green and Fire Red, the latter swiped from Kendall's games the last time she'd been over there. "Do you play Pokemon at all? I've got a bunch of the games, and Daddy says that if I behave today and let them poke me with a needle (she nearly hissed on that word) that he'll take me right afterward to prepay for Emerald and we'll get it when it comes out."
Kaze suddenly squeaked, standing up.
"I forgot something! Oooh!" she spun around, still holding Moe.
"It was wonderful meeting you, Mister Youko and Nozomi. Ala, I hope that he comes back, I know that I'll definately come back to this place."
With that, she disappeared in a flurry of feathers.
Ala chuckled "Laters Kaze" she said watching her leave. "Cute little one you have in your lap" she commented to Youko, whom she still didn't technically know but oh well
Youko smiled, nestling in the chair and letting Omi peer around curiously. "She's a Fa'e child... her name is Nozomi and she's getting to be quite a handful. Still, between her and Raven, I'm never bored." He glanced to Ala then, smiling. "Are you here for an appointment as well?"
Elliot nodded and pulled out a few of his games. " I haven't got my shots yet I get thouse next week. But I have to glue my tooth in today!" He said opening his book bag spilling some game boy games onto the floor. " my daddy sends me lots of toys from his work. " He said trying to look for his own Poke' mon game.
Raven grinned, sliding from the chair onto the floor, her skirt arranged over her legs. All in all, she still seemed to favour the bohemian look, the long skirt and peasant top suiting her surprisingly well, considering her tomboyish streak. Youko half wondered if she was finally growing out of that phase.
Like he'd be that lucky.
"I've got both of the wireless ones if you wanna play off those. Unless you have games saved already, then you'll need your own." She poked through the games as well, trying to spot the elusive Pokemon cartridge.
"I've only met a couple Fa'e so far, one was Aylana. " Ala smiled and waved the spaded tip of her dragon's tail at the toddler. Ala looked back to Youko "Yes actually I am, I finally managed to get an appointment with the clinic, my husband and I want another child" she smiled happily
Omi let out a sharp squeal then and latched onto the spaded tail, clinging to it with both hands.
"Watch out, she's teething," Youko warned, chuckling softly. That was when he noticed Jade come in and stared at the rather haggard expression on the woman's face. "You look like hell, Jade..." he ventured warily.
So much for kitsune survival instinct.
Elliot grinned and turned his blue baseball cap backwards he was wearing a very baggy red hoody and just as baggy jeans. He liked the baggy look it was so much more comfortable. Which also gave his mother hell when they went shopping for school uniforms.
" Ah here it is! " He said waving the cartrage in the air. " I got wireless too..." he said flipping his game boy on. " So do you like music?" He asked. " Whats your name?" He asked again waiting for his gameboy to fully turn on.
Raven flipped on her game, letting it load up and selected her game as her brain processed the flurry of questions. "Yep, I like music a lot. Dad says my stereo's on crack because he never knows what's gonna come out of it." Smiling crookedly, Raven glanced up to him, mismatched eyes shining. "I listen to everything from metal to showtunes, and it drives him nuts." At his second question, she just stopped, blinking for a moment before blushing. "I'm such an idiot. Sorry, my name's Raven..." she began, holding out her hand to him. "That's my dad over there, and that my sister Omi in his lap. Well... she's not really my sister, but Dad takes care of both of us, so she may as well be my sister, yanno?"
Ala laughed "Thats always a fun stage" she kept her tail within reach but not so close the todler could do what Luna had done a while back. She glanced at the woman Youko addressed "You going to be ok?"
Jade pulled her attention from the little pink pills in her hand to give Youko a look bordering on sarcastic thanks and desperation. "I can't get it to stop. Always sick. Always. I haven't eaten in days...or kept food down, anyway."
She grimaced at the thought of food and the fact her stomach did a flip to accompany the thought.
" Oh wow! I play the drums! Mommy says that she worried I'ma become a punk when I grow up. " He leaned over and shook her hand. " my names Elliot. I don't have any brothers or sisters but I do have allot of pets. And well Cloud is a bit of a big brother sorta kinda maybe!" He started the game off though he wasn't very good. Raven would probaly beat him.
"You play drums??" Raven looked at him in awe then, grinning. "I'd love to hear you play sometime, are you any good at it?" It wasn't a malicious question... SHE couldn't play drums, after all. Maybe she could talk her father into getting her an instrument to play and then she'd have something to show Elliot next time they met. "I have a twin brother. His name's Kendall, and he lives with my mother. Their house is right across the block from us, we go through the fence to play." Raven leaned her back against the front of the chair behind her, fingers working as she made her move and smirked. This was going to be fun!
Youko's ears fell back as he listened to Jade and frowned. "Gods, that sounds horrible... maybe it's only temporary? When Karma was pregnant, we did a lot of searching about morning sickness and such, and read that some women stay sick for a while." He wished he could come up with something better... and his face showed his concern for his friend. "Maybe the Doctor can give you something to help... or I can find my mother's tea recipe from when she was pregnant."
" I play good! My daddy gives me me a new set every two months from his work place!" Elliot said. " Oh i wanna meet your brother maybe we can start a band together! Um...what will we name it though?!" He made his next move and actually saw an opening to make a hit. Though his mother always taught him to be nice to girls! Raven was tough!
"Dunno if he plays anything.. don't think he does... HEY!" Raven blinked, looking at her now half-dead Pokemon on the screen. "Why you little..." She switched them out then, sending in a fresh one and counterattacked. "My bedroom's in the basement of our house... I bet my dad would let us get instruments and play them down there. He said that he can't really hear my music even when I play it loud."
Jade scowled.
"Would be my luck to be that one woman that stays sick through the whole thing. I got on a scale last night because Dragon pretty much made me...I've lost almost five pounds." Jade sighed and slumped in her chair, growing irritated again. The pills were dumped back into the bottle in her hands, minus two, which were then thrown into her mouth without so much as a hesitation. After a moment to swallow, she continued, her tone mirroring her frustration.
"Lost five pounds AND I have a very uncomfortable set of neckridges coming down my neck and back. This whole thing is messing up my shifting magics horribly. I can't get rid of the damn things and I don't even know how I managed to get them last night. I look like a damn dinosaur."
"Well," Youko began, blinking as he realised that he really could NOT come up with an answer to that. "It's bound to get better?" he offered, giving her a wry smile and a look of 'Don't hit me'. "Look on the bright side... the kid has to be born some time, so it's only temporary."
Omi turned to watch Jade then, tilting her head curiously. That was the white Fa'e's mommy, wasn't it? She half crawled over Youko's lap then, facing Jade fully and beaming a smile at her. "Baby?"
" Wow lucky I want to move into my basement but mom said not until I'm a teen. " He pouted. " Hey that was my Best monster!" He said as it died. " Hey maybe your brother could learn how to sing... or maybe we can get some other kids to play!"
"Maybe we could... I mean, there's a lot of us from here, right?" Raven asked, grinning as she watched his monster go down. "That's okay, you almost killed my best one. Hey, I wonder if my dad would let me get a bass... I like bass guitar." She glanced up then towards Youko to see if he was listening to the conversation, and saw him talking to another woman who looked positively miserable. "I'll ask him about it after we're done here. I'll probably see Kendall soon, I'll see if he wants in on it too. He might be good at singing, he runs his mouth a lot."
Jade smirked at Youko's answer and just shook her head, letting herself lose her irritation. It wasn't his fault she felt like crap.
Omi's appearance also helped her relax a bit. She grinned at the little girl and nodded.
"Yup. Baby," she cooed, now propping her chin on a hand as she leaned forward to look the fa'e over. "You're getting big, Omi...and so pretty!"
Youko relaxed then, happy that at least Jade wasn't completely annoyed by all of this.
Omi blushed at the compliment and brought up both hands to cover her face and hide. After a moment, however, she peeked out, giggling as she saw Jade.
"She can walk now... sort of," Youko said, grinning and ruffling Omi's hair gently. "And she's trying to talk."
Elliot stuck his tongue out the side of his mouth as he battled with his last Poke'mon who was absolutely going to die at the wrath of this girl. " Awe there he goes you win..." He pouted for a minute and turned his game off. " A guitar would be great! I know we can make signs for people to join!"
"WOOHOO!" Raven crowed, holding up both arms. "I win!" Grinning, she let her hands fall into her lap with the Gameboy, and turned her attention back to Elliot. "That sounds good... we could use someone who plays a real guitar... and keyboards... and a singer. I can't sing, Dad says I sound like a dying yak." She stuck her tongue out at that, sighing faintly. "But I could learn bass."
Jade giggled at the little girl's actions, mimicing her briefly in a round of peek-a-boo.
"Does she give you much trouble, Youko?" she asked from behind her hands, fingers cracked enough so she could see Omi's reaction to the game. "She looks like she'd be an absolute doll baby to take care of."
Youko watched the two with a goofy smile on his face. "She's an angel most of the time... other times, I wonder if someone has left an imposter in the crib." Reaching hesitantly, he played with a few of the curls peeking out of the hairties.
Omi giggled again, ducking her face beneath her hands again and kicking her legs a bit as she continued the game. This lady was fun!
Jade let her hands fall from her face and stuck her tongue out a little at Omi before answering Youko.
"Yani was a good baby most of the time. Once in awhile he'd have his fits, but if he hadn't, then I wouldn't have considered him normal."
" I'm sure you'd be great, Raven-chan!" Elliot said taking her hand. " We'd rock! " He grinned at her then turned to his bag tearing through it as if looking for something. He absolutely forgot why he was there in the first place.
Raven's tail swished behind her excitedly, the foxcoon nearly vibrating in place. "That would be great, I bet we could do really well!" Now her mind was racing, trying to find places for her and for Kendall... maybe some of the others would be interested as well.
Just then, one of the medical staff came out and called her name, and Raven's ears fell back flat against her skull. Shrinking down and hunching forward, she was halfway convinced that if she just made herself as small as possible she'd be ignored... but then she saw her father move to stand and whimpered faintly. Glancing to Elliot as if this was the end of the line and she'd never see him again, she whispered. "I gotta go..."
"S'cuse me, Jade, it's our turn." Youko stood up then, tucking Omi against his hip as the little girl waved 'bye' to Jade, grinning. "Raven!" he called, motioning his daughter over. "Oh stop, you're going to live... we'll be done in five minutes, tops."
Jade waved to Omi as she was whisked away and gave Raven a sympathetic smile. She hated shots too, so she knew how it was to not want to go in and have them done.
Elliot was done fishing through his bag. " Awe really?" He said pouting a bit. Elliot look down for a moment. " But we'll see each other again right? Then next time we can plan our band!" He said excitedly as he waved to the girl. When Raven would come out she would see a sign posted by the door with gum.
Raven smiled then, nodding. "Yeah, that would be great!" She wrote down a number real quick on a bubble gum wrapper retrieved from her pocket. "Call me, okay? If I live." Sighing, she got to her feet then and shuffled towards the office door, trying to prolong the inevitable.
"Oh stop it," Youko said, shaking his head. "We're going to go reserve that game for you after this, remember? It's just a few shots..."
"A FEW???" Raven stopped dead then in the middle of the waiting room, not budging. "You said ONE! Now it's a FEW? Uh uh... forget the game, I want a bass." If she was going to wind up dying for this, it was at least going to be worthwhile.
The kitsune's ears slid to the sides and he turned to stare at his daughter. "You want a what?"
"A bass. Bass guitar." Raven pointed towards Elliot. "We're gonna start a band if I live through this, and I need a bass."
Rolling his eyes, Youko reached and grabbed Raven's hand. "We'll talk," he said, starting to drag her towards the door.
Raven, meanwhile, looked over her shoulder and gave a thumbs-up to Elliot. This was gonna work!
Elliot grinned and waved to the girl. He looked up when Cloud walked in and but his hand on the boys shoulder. " What have I told you about running off Elliot?" He asked Elliot waved his arms.
" Cloud Cloud! I made a friend and she's nice and were going to make a band together!" He said excitedly.
" T-Thats nice. " He smiled at the boy. " Now can I ask why you are here? "
Elliot though for a moment then opened his palm. " I want the doctor to glue this back in!" He smilled teeth showing the missing tooth. Cloud only laughed and patted Elliot's shoulder.
