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 Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:11 pm
Crow shook her head hard, waving him over.
"Aw, no, you're not intruding! Hell, it's a public space. C'mon over." she said as kindly as she could. He seemed a little jittery - she hoped she wasn't spooking him off.
"My name's Crow. Nice to meet you," she said, wrapping her towel around herself and getting up. She smiled as pleasantly as possible, still ignorant to the fact she was showing sharp fangs at the poor guy.
Lenore waded ever closer, eyes fixed on the bundle of blanket in the man's arms. Was that... a bird-skin? Feeling a little wary, Lenore crept closer and stepped out of the water. Moving stealthily over the sand, she tried to see what on earth what the man was holding. What little she could see looked a bit like a dead bird - and she didn't like that, no, not at all.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:25 pm
Newt's eyes dipped down to the flashes of skin, looking steadily more and more relieved as the towel tucked them from view. He didn't make any move towards her, but at least he wasn't running away. "Are... y-you a vam-vampire of some sort?" He managed weakly, not noticing the little Mishap that had taken interest in his bundle.
The little creature in his arms stay still, though, like a rather strange looking doll.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:46 pm
Noticing she wasn't making much progress, Crow slowly approached the new guy like she would a wary animal - she just didn't want to scare him off.
"Vampire? Nah, not me. Have a friend who is, though. Me, I'm...heh. A total cliche, really," she said jokingly, poking at her teeth in vague curiousity. "Demons're thick as midges around these parts. I crossed paths with one and..." she shrugged, grinning, and waved clawed hands around airily.
"So! I take it you've got a Mishap, huh? Boy or girl?"
Lenore stared at the bundle with slitted eyes, growing more agitated by the second. Why on earth would this man be carrying around a dead bird?! The indignity! The cruelty!
"Hey," she said tightly, poking the man's shoulder. "Whatcha got there, anyway?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:54 pm
Newt's eyes darted back and forth, "Er... I.. ah..." He still had no idea what she meant, but it was at that point that the little bundle decided to give a sudden cry, waggling it's tiny clawed fists and the nervious man gave a jump of alarm. "Ah-" He quickly juggled the odd baby in it's blanket, reswaddling him clumsily, "Ah, b-blast y-you woke him...!"
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:03 pm
Nearly ready to give up on being friendly, Crow quirked an eyebrow at the man and watched as Len launched her sneak attack.
Oh, thank goodness, it was still alive! Breathing a sigh of relief, Len ignored the man's accusatory tone and looked at it.
"A baby... with a dead bird on it's head...?"
Taking another step forward and closing most of the gaping distance between herself and the man, Crow looked at him in bemusement.
"So, I told you my name. Usually there's an exchange, pleasantries..." she said patiently. "Or are you the quiet type?"
She felt a bit bad for some reason, the vague feeling that maybe she was scaring this poor man senseless flitting in the back of her mind.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:15 pm
"Ah... s-sorry-! S-sorry... ah... N-newton," He shifted his grip on the bundle again to offer a hand to shake, although his boney fingers were trembling. "And... actually... his n-name is C-cro as well! Ah... f-funny... er... w-well, he l-looked like a scarecrow and... er... it was sh-shorter and st-stuck quickly." He babbled nerviously, and nodded to the baby in his arms.
It indeed looked like an odd doll made from bound straw and taxidermied parts, the burlap face shaped oddly like a friendly, golden-eyed human baby's, complete with a patch stitched directly over his nose. He continued to gurgle and scream and giggle as though thouroughly amused with each jump and hop and flinch he could make the scarecrow of a man holding him produce.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:30 pm
The kind expression slipping back over her features, Crow listened attentively and nodded.
"Newton...that's a nice name," she said. Glancing at the baby, she grinned and waved. "Heya, little guy. I guess I don't have an excuse if I forget your name, huh?"
"Scarecrow? Huh. I'm Lenore, nice to meet you," Len said, taking Cro's hand in her own and giving it a quick shake before letting go. She eyed Newton curiously, fighting off the curious urge to poke him again to see if he'd tip over. He seemed....a little fragile. She inclined her head to him politely, water dripping into her eyes.
"Nice to meet you, too," she added quickly. "Sorry I poked you. I thought Cro was a dead bird."
Trying hard not to lose this new thread of progress, Crow pointed at the blanket thrown over the sand, hers and Len's things strewn over it.
"Would you like to join us? I've got some extra food, iffen you're hungry," she offered carefully.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:41 pm
"Er... I... w-wouldn't want to impose," Newt blushed, bundling the baby up tighter than befor to keep him from wriggling too much.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:58 pm
Crow shook her head patiently, smiling.
"No, you're not, not at all. I wouldn't mind the company," she said, determined to make friends. Grabbing her shorts and dragging them on, she ditched the towel and sat down on a far corner of the blanket, trying to give Newton his space. She cracked open the cooler and held out a sandwich warily, wondering if he might take the sudden movement as a threat.
"Want some?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:07 pm
He shifted forward, finding he had little alternative, save for appearing horribly rude and sat with his strange squirming baby on his lap. With a freed hand, he reached to tentitively take the offered food, although it was clear he seemed worried that she might have alterior motives. "Er... th-thank you," His breathy voice was even more untrusting than his tremble.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:13 pm
Lenore threw herself down onto the blanket next to Crow, reaching for another sandwich and tearing into it in a rather pirahna-like way. At Crow's nudge with an elbow, the girl sat up and smiled at Newton apologetically, taking small bites.
"So. Didja make him?" she asked, pointing to Cro. "I like his...bird-skin thing. I thought it was dead first, but I like it now since he's alive. Glad you didn't kill him or nothin'." Taking another bite, Len regarded Newton with curiosity. "Are you dying? You don't look so good."
"Lenore!" Crow hissed, nudging her again. It was completely true that the guy looked a little peaky... hardly dying, though. Maybe just really, really highstrung.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:32 pm
At that point, Newt did shift self conciously to bring his skinny legs up on either side of the little mishap, "Ah... y-yes- B-but I'd n-never k-kill him! *H-he* w-wanted me to.. to b-burn him b-but I c-couldn't-" His tallowy skin had reddened across his cheaks and nose.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:39 pm
Lenore's eyebrows shot up.
"Burn? As in, set on fire and reduce to ashes?" she asked, stunned. "Who'd want you to do something like that to a baby?"
Crow looked as shocked as her daughter.
"Good grief, that's awful! Jeez, Newton. You're a good guy, standing up against that guy and keeping Cro. Not a lot of people would do that." Of course, Crow's opinion on most people was relatively low, so perhaps in reality it was different. And maybe not.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:50 pm
"M-my old master was v-very... ah... s-strict. He wasn't f-fond of... er... mistakes." Newt shifted the baby onto his legs, and leaned in to kiss the fluffy baby feathers of his hood.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:10 pm
Crow's eyes flashed for a moment as she thought on what Newt said. Looking coldly angry for a moment, she shrugged it off with a sigh.
"Some people suck," she said flatly. "This guy sounds like a couple people I know."
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