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 Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:38 am
April 5th, 2004~
In a great stroke of luck, I was able to obtain this lovely bloom! A Feien bloom...
What fairy will it call forth? I don't know. The flower type is unknown to me, even though I did do a cursory flip through my book on botany. I wasn't really expecting it to be in there, though!
I found it a nice dish, a white ceramic bowl with purple edgings, and put it in a little bit of water, leaving it in the shade next to an old hourglass of mine... me and my knick-knacks!... but when I came back, I found the water strangely cold! o_O
Maybe it LIKES being cold?
To test this, I have moved the flower over to the air conditioner, turned it on, and let the bowl sit right in front of the coldest part. I can't quite bring myself to put it in the fridge....
Later on...
Wow, it seems to really like the cold! The petals are more... upright? Springy? Whatever it is, it makes me feel relieved instead of on edge like I was before, a little bit...
I'm going to put some ice cubes in the water and see what it thinks of that. ^^ Let's see how it likes REAL cold.
Even more later on...
o_O
Oh, wow! It REALLY likes the ice... or the ice really likes it... or something! The ice is kinda.. growing out and flowing around the bloom like it's alive almost. I've never seen ice form that fast... but the petals aren't really cold to the touch or anything. How odd.
This bears watching, but the bloom looks to be in the peak of health. I'll keep the ice tray full just in case it needs more, although this ice doesn't look to be melting any time soon.
*falls asleep on the couch, the ice tray resting on the top of the couch's back, with Kree perched on the armrest and watching the blossom intently*
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:39 am
April 6th, 2004~
Oh dear.
I slept all night on the couch... and I think I hit the ice tray and knocked it over while thrashing in my sleep. sweatdrop Now I'm all WET. And the couch is all wet. gonk And there's no more ice!
It seems like the flower doesn't need it though. o_O The ice from last night is still there, though it seems to have stopped at the limits of the dish... it's overflowed it a little bit and made some pretty icicle designs but hasn't actually 'sloshed' (if ice can slosh) onto the table.
The blossom itself still isn't cold ot the touch, the only chill I feel is radiating from the actual ice. How very odd. There's definetely some magic at work here.
I need to figure out a way to carry the blossom to Feien HQ. I know nothing of the other guardians of Feien, and that should change as soon as possible! The more I know about the Feien the better I can care for my own bloom.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:39 am
April 6th, 2004~
The bowl broke! gonk Well, I should have been expecting it, I know that water expands when it freezes... the strenght of the ice was enough that it broke the bowl! Right in half, down the middle. It's still held together by the ice though.
Darnit, that was my favorite bowl. sweatdrop Oh well...
I moved the bowl over by my computer, putting the bowl on a plastic tray so that it won't get drippy on my desk if it starts melting at all. I have lots of homework to get done today, but I still want to keep a close eye on my flower. Maybe I'll find some time to research flower types, and see if this bloom is anything like any normal flower species.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:39 am
April 6th, 2004~Got some of my work done, so I decided to take a break with my flower. heart The cracked bowl is beginning to chip off of the ice, no good, now it's just making a big mess! sweatdrop So I made my bloom a new home. Something a little more classy. I got one of my plastic goblets (glass breaks too easily) and put some water in it, but not toooo much. Then I carefully used some ice tongs to pry free a chunk of ice from the middle of the broken bowl, a chunk with the flower in it! That was a tricky business. sweatdrop I managed it, fortunately, and carefully put the flower and ice in the center of the goblet. The same thing as before happened, with the ice forming, but this time I was smart and the goblet did not crack. ^^ It looks quite pretty now in fact:  I can carry it around easily by the goblet stem, without it being too cold. ^^ Kree is very interested in the blossom; shi's only a little bit bigger than it is! And they're similar in color. I told hir it would be a little fairy someday, and although I don't think shi understood my exact words, shi knows it's something special.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:40 am
April 6th, 2004~
*Kree hops over to the blossom and clicks at it, tilting hir head in all directions*
Yes, shi's pretty interested in the little thing. Shi's taken to sleeping near it (something shi does often, because shi's just a little dreamlet) and walking around wherever the goblet is at the time. Like she's keeping an eye on it and everything around, just in case.
Today was all and all uneventful once we got the bloom safely ensconced in the goblet, probably the permanent home. ^^ Perhaps tomorrow we will go to Feien HQ and meet the others.
For now, bedtime. In a REAL bed, not on the couch, and absolutely NOT with an ice-cube tray. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:40 am
April 7th, 2004~I couldn't take my bloom to school with me... carting a goblet and flower around on the bus isn't really a good idea, and I doubt my professors would stand for it. o_O So I left it at home in the shade again with Kree. It seemed to be okay when I got back, so that was a good thing. ^^ When I came home Kree was sleeping right next to the goblet. Shi seems quite devoted to it already! I did some research today. At first I thought the bloom reminded me most of an orchid, but now I think it's a bit like an iris. Irises are my favorite flower, but I see them open most often... this one looks more like a closed up iris in a way, which is why it took me a while to associate them. ^^ But a bit of searching found some pictures that remind me a lot of my flower: And here is a nursery that grows very similar icy-blue irises. These are a lot like my little Feien bloom! It's pretty neat that my favorite flowers seem the most similar to my bloom.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:41 am
April 8th, 2004~
Yesterday I made my first trip to Feien HQ! I met several of the Feien there, and they're really something to see! So tiny... I was afraid I might accidentally squash one or something.
My blossom and I got to meet Seamus, Tosten, Sunil, and Ares. They seemed interested by the cold, cold ice. The bloom seemed... um... well, okay with it, I suppose. I think Sunil took offense at the ice being cold though, and interpreted it as the flower not liking her. Oh dear.
Today I have night classes, so the flower will be staying home again - it's just not safe to take it on public transportation, and I know my professors would not be pleased with a glass of frozen liquid in the computer labs! Kree will watch over it as always, I know. Shi's quite the faithful guardian to it now.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:41 am
April 10th, 2004~
Oh dear, I missed a day...
Kree grew up! Shi's a bit bigger than shi was before, now able to look into the goblet without standing on anything. Shi's pleased about this because shi can keep closer watch on the flower now! Shi is also practicing flying off of the dresser where the flower is right now.
Today I think I will buy some things for my Feien. I'm thinking about some blue and silver glitter - icy colors - and a blue 'sword'. I always loved those little cocktail glass toys, and I think it'd be great if my Feien learned to use the sword.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:41 am
April 11th, 2004~
o_o Oh my goodness! My blossom....
*the page scrawls off here, as if the first message was written in a great hurry*
*a few lines down the page, the writing resumes, in a slightly different color ink*
My blossom... she emerged! My Feien!
It... well, it rather startled me, actually. I had the goblet and blossom on the shelf right next to my desk, busily working away on yet another school project, when suddenly I heard a CRASH! I jumped, and looked. The blossom had fallen off of the shelf! o_o Or so I thought...
I picked up the goblet and the blossom fell out of the ice, which was broken, with hairline cracks everywhere. Bits of ice fell out onto the carpet, and I realized the petals of the bloom were pulled back like an empty banana skin.
That was when she hit me, right in the back of the head. "HEY! Hey, you! Are you really a hyoooooooman?"
Scared the living daylights out of me! She was hanging onto my hair, and I couldn't see her, and I was scared if I reached back for her I might hurt her with my fumbling, so I MADE myself calm down and sit down. "Um... yes, I am."
"Are you SURE?" Little cold hands climbed up my scalp, then I felt little feet, and... she peeered down over my forehead like it was a cliff, so I got my first glimpse of her upside-down, hair hanging over her face.
It startled me. "Eeeek!" She blinked and pulled back, then I felt her feet push against my scalp and she was suddenly in front of me, little wings buzzing like a hummingbird's, one hand on her hip.
"You're big enough to be a hyoooman," she chirped, and shook her head so that her hair fell back into place. I saw her little unicorn horn then, and managed to unfreeze myself enough that I could hold up one palm to her.
"Hello, I'm Sosiqui... I've been taking care of you all this time."
"Oh, I know THAT, silly," she said, giggling. "That's easy knowing." She landed on my palm, the soles of her feet still chilly from the ice. She walked up it to my wrist, then knelt down and pressed her tiny ear to my pulsebeat. "Heart sounds..."
Then she POKED me. With her horn. And drew blood! It was all I could do not to jerk back in a reflex action that probably would have thrown her off my hand. She dipped one tiny finger into the blood drop and tasted it. o_O "Yep. Must be hyooman after all." She looked up at me. "Okay, Sosi-hyooman. Can I have some ice, please? It's hot in here."
"Um, um, sure, okay..." I babbled, still a bit overcome, and went and got a teacup, dropping ice cubes in. I was about to add some water when she stopped me.
"That's good, just put it down, okay?" I did so, and she slipped into it as if it were a jacuzzi, and leaned back with a sigh of pleasure. "Ahhh..."
... And so I met Amalthea.
What an interesting little girl.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:43 am
April 12th, 2004~
"I want that. And that. And that." Amalthea pointed rapid-fire at everything in the window of the Feien shop, then moved on before I could even blink! I held out one hand in front of her to keep her from flying away, and she whirled on me. "Wha~at?"
"Slow down, and tell me EXACTLY what you want." I said patiently, smiling at her. "I'm happy to get you what you want, okay? But you have to slow down."
"Okay, okay," she sighed, and sat down cross-legged on my hand. "That." She pointed at the sparkling jar of magic dust , and the pile of genuine silver glitter. "Those are shiny, and I want them."
"You want them, please, remember?"
She rolled her eyes and scootched so that she was sitting on the edge of my hand, her legs kicking off the side. "I want them please."
"Okay, what else?"
"That," she continued, pointing at the jar of magic gems. "And... ooh! Is that a sword?"She flitted off my hand, moving quick as could be, and practically smushed herself against the window ogling the cocktail rapiers. "I want one of those! Be a brave warrior of the sword! Hah! Yaa!" She flitted down to teh sidewalk and picked up a pine needle, swishing it around as if fencing... badly.
"Alright, we can do that... but you can't poke me with it. Or Kree."
"Fine, fine," Amal giggled, returning to my hand. "And... that," she decided, pointing at one of the gum wads. "I can slice it up with my sword. Good practice?"
"Yeah, if you must cut something, that'd be a good one," I agreed. "You can put it back together after you slice it and keep trying as long as you want."
She clapped her hands. "Yay yay yay!"
"And... I'll get you a plastic chest, to hold all that." I grinned as she squealed over the little chests, and picked out the grey one. "Okay, happy?"
"Ye~es!" she said, kicking her legs back and forth, then jumping off my hand only to flit up to my head. She was pretty darn good at flying... "And one other thingie, Sosi-hyooman?"
"What's that?"
"Do they got books on magic in there? I feel the magic all around, all tingly..." She twirled around on my scalp; I could see her reflection in the shop window and feel her feet twisting tangles in my hair. "I think it's magic, anyway, and I want to use it! I feel it when I fly, it tickles."
"I'll ask Rik," I promised. "For sure. Now let's go home and I'll make the order, okay?"
"Yep yep," Amal agreed amicably, staying on my head but sitting down. I smiled. It was good getting to know her.
We were going to get along great.
So, I've set aside these first few days, I think, for bonding with my little Amalthea. Once we know each other well... then we shall meet the other Feien. I hope she can make friends.
And yes, I do need to get her a magic book or some kind of instruction... hmm.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:43 am
April 12th, 2004~
(technically the 13th, but eh)
Amalthea grumped her way over my pillow. "Can't sleep," she frumped, hopping up onto my forehead and aiming an ill-placed kick at my nose. It missed.
"Hey now." I reached for her and managed to get her into my palm before sitting up in bed, and switching on the light. "What's going on?"
"Can't sleep," she insisted, flitting an inch into the air and kicking her feet at me. "All the magic is tickly tickly tickly. And it's hot." Her face did look a little flushed, and I frowned. I liked a good cozy bed... but she obviously didn't. I'd put her to bed on my nightstand, in a nest of softest tissues, but here she was, awake as could be and taking me with her. "Fix it. Please," she added, as I opened my mouth.
"Alrighty..." I got out of bed and went into the kitchen, yawning, with Amal darting around in front of me, flitting from side to side like a nervous hummingbird.
"Doesn't tickle so bad when I flitflitflit," she explained, then sighed happily as I opened the freezer and the cold air came out. "Feels good, I go in there..."
"NO! Um, no you can't!" I closed the door quickly before she could zip inside, and she turned around and frowned at me.
"Why NOT?" This time, she actually did kick my nose. It didn't hurt or anything, but...
"Because," I said patiently, rolling my eyes, "there's no air in there. You'll suffocate. And don't kick me."
"... oh," she said, then eyed the door skeptically. "Are you SURE?"
"I'm not going to let you test it. If you run out of air, you DIE."
"Are you su-"
"YES."
"... you don't have to get all hissy about it," she grumbled, and sat on my head.
"Sorry. It's late and I'm tired." I apologized. "I'll make you a bed that you might like better... want to pick out a cup?"
"Ooh, cup." She stood up on my head as I opened the cabinet door, then she lightly hopped from my head to the wooden shelf. I watched her prowl among the cups, most of them taller than she was. "This one," she decided, finally, tapping the side of a fancy teacup, one that was smaller sized out of elegance and made of bone china with blue swirls on the side.
"Like the good stuff, huh?" I said as I reached in for the cup. She hopped into it as I picked it up.
"It's pretty, and it makes a nice sound when I touch it." She ran her hand along the edge of the cup, listnening to the soft chiming sound that really good china or fine crystal makes when touched gently. "My colors, too."
"Okay, this will be your bed," I said. I opened the freezer - to Amal's delight - and got some ice out. She hopped out of the cup for a moment so I could put the ice in, then snuggled down among the cubes with a sigh of pure bliss.
"It doesn't tickle so bad in here, not at all... and it's so niiice..." she said happily, nestling in and hanging her arms over the sides. "I can sleep in this..."
"Glad to hear it," I yawned, and carried the cup back to my bed, where I put it back on the nightstand. "Want a tissue blanket?"
"Nawww... this is good," Amalthea said with a tiny yawn. I could see her eyelids drooping, and my own eyes desperately wanted to follow suit.
"Good, good... good night, Amalthea. Sweet dreams, don't let the bedbugs bite."
"Bugs?! Where?"
"... it's just a saying. Good night, Amal."
"G'night, Sosihyooman."
*click*
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:44 am
April 14th, 2004~
"It's not here yet. Are you SUUUUUUUURE it worked?" Amalthea groused, flitting from the windowsill to my head, rapping on my scalp with one tiny fist.
I reached up and she hopped onto my hand, but kept shifting back and forth and stomping her feet as I lowered her to eye level. "Yes, I'm sure Rik got my note. He's a busy fellow, you know, and two new Feien blooms were fostered out last night. You'll get your stuff eventually."
"I want it now," Amal grumbled, flitting up to sit on my computer monitor. "Want to fight. Want to learn magic..."
"I don't know how to teach you," I said with a sigh. "We're going to have to ask someone."
"Do it soon?" Amal begged, wriggling all over. "It ITCHES sometimes. Except not when I'm in bed."
I nodded. "Here, let me make you something. Kind of like a... chair. A beanbag chair of sorts." I stood up and got a small ziplock bag, then filled it with ice.
Amal zoomed around. "What are you doing? How does the ice come out of there?" she asked, prodding the fridge's ice maker with one foot.
"I'll explain it sometime," I said with a shake of my head, and sealed the bag. I plopped it down on my desk. "There. You can lounge on that, and it should help the itch?"
Amal threw herself down on the icebag chair with a little squeak, then let out a long breath. "Oooh... I like that. I like that a lot..."
"Glad to hear it."
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:44 am
April 14th, 2004~
I came home with the bag in my arms, and in that instant Amalthea swarmed all over me - how she managed to swarm with only one of her, I'll never know, but she did - and began tugging at it with great energy. "What's in it? What's in it? Give it to meeee~!"
"Hang on, hang on," I laughed, carrying the bag to the table as she zoomed around. I put it down and she landed next to it immediately, shifting back and forth and fluttering her wings.
"Is it for me? My stuff? Let me see!" She bent her head down and used her horn to rip through the plastic in one swift movement, then was INSIDE the bag before I could blink! "Oooh!"
"Amal, get out of there!" I yelped, opening the bag. "You could suffocate!"
"Suffowhat?" She hopped onto my nose and flitted up to my head. I sighed and sat up straight.
"Suffocate. It means... you'd run out of air. And then you'd die."
"Are you suuuure?"
"... Yes."
"Let me see what's inside? Pleeeease?" Amal put her hands on my forehead and leaned over, trying to see.
"Okay. No, it's not the stuff we ordered, but it's better..." I pulled the book out of the bag, and she immediately jumped off my head to hover over the cover.
"S-p-el.. spell!" Her wings began vibrating quicker. "Spells! Is it a magic book?!" She grabbed the edge of the cover in tiny hands and tried to tug it open, but it was too heavy.
I laughed. "Yes, yes, it is a spell book, from the main shop." I opened the cover, and we found the ice spells page together...
"WHAT?!" Her indignant shriek rang through the whole room, MUCH louder than lungs that small should have been capable of. "The ice page is BLANK?!?!"
She stomped off and threw herself into the cup of ice (which still hasn't melted o_O) with a petulant, complaining sound. I sighed and rubbed my head.
Looks like... well, life's not going to be all sunshine and light. Then again, is it ever?
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:44 am
April 19th, 2004~
Ugh... it's been a while since I was able to write in this diary, indeed... I got sick. A cold.
That took some explaining...
(flashback mode)
I blew my nose for the dozenth time, and Amalthea finally decided she'd had enough. "Stooooop snotting up my blankets!" she demanded, grabbing the edge of the tissue and tugging hard.
I blinked at her. "What are you talking about? These are meant for, um, snotting up, as you so delicately put it..."
"But but but... my BLANKETS!" She threw herself on top of the tissue box, as if protecting them.
"They're my tissues first. Anyway, there's tons of them." I brushed her aside and reached for the next one, much to her annoyance....
(end flashback)
Yes, and then there was explaining to her what a cold was.
(flashback)
"Cold is GOOD!"
"... not this kind..."
"Nooo, it IS!" she insisted, picking up a small piece of ice from her 'bed' and tossing it at me. It hit me in the nose. x_x
"No. This is made by... like.. tiny bugs inside..."
"TINY BUGS?!" She looked horrified, and chucked another piece of ice at me, in alarm! "Get them away!!"
"... sigh..."
(end flashback)
Yep. But, well... once we got over that... and the chicken soup fiasco...
(flashback)
"AIEEE! That's too hot! GET IT AWAY!" Amalthea divebombed the chicken soup cup, her wings seeming to wilt as she zipped through the steam.
"That's the POINT," I insisted muzzily, reaching for it with my spoon.
"Nononono! It's melty! OFF!" She flew into the side of the cup with a mighty shove - well, for a Feien...
(end flashback)
Do you know how annoying it is to pick noodles out of deep-pile carpet?
Oh well. Am on the mend now, and am eating ice cream for a sore throat treatment. Unsurprisingly, Amal loves it. She keeps pestering me for bites, and snagging little bits of it when she thinks I'm not looking.
All in all, I think we'll both live.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:45 am
April 23rd, 2004~
I woke up to a Feien dancing on my eyelids. "ITCAMEITCAMEITCAME!!" Amalthea shrieked as she hopped around, using her wings to give her jumps extra height.
I opened my eyes and immediately got one stepped on. o_< "Amal! Knock it off, I can''t get up if I can''t SEE!"
"Eeek!" I heard her wings buzz as if she was hovering, so I opened my eyes slowly and she was...
ABOUT AN INCH FROM MY EYE. "YAUGH!"
"YEEEEK!"
....
I sat up, and we stared at each other for a few seconds. O_O Finally Amalthea landed on my bedcovers and looked sheepish. "Didin''t mean to scare you," she mumbled, kicking at one of the flowers printed on the spread.
I sighed. "It''s okay... just keep in mind that eyes are sensitive... please?"
She nodded quickly. "Comeseecomeseeitcame!" she said, all packed into one word, hopping off the bed, her wings buzzing madly.
I got up and followed her over to the windowsill, and smiled. No wonder she was so excited. "Lookiiiiit!" she giggled, showing off the things that had come from the store. She swished the sword excitedly through the air, filled her hands with glitterdust, pushed the soft gum into interesting shapes, and held the magic gem up to a sunbeam to see the light split into pieces. "Isn''t it cooooool?"
"Yes, very," I smiled, and yawned. "C''mon, let''s get breakfast and then we can get going for the day, okay?"
"Ice cream! Ice cream!" she squealed, buzzing around my head, holding the sword.
"... Amal, you''re not trying to threaten me with that are you? Remember your promise..."
She pouted. "Am not. Just like it, it''s my favorite thing ever!" She swished the sword through the air again, but deliberately made sure it was away from me.
"Anyway, ice cream is not for breakfast, but I put a cup of yogurt in the freezer for you last night..."
"YAY!"
She fenced with the sugar bowl while I scooped some of the frozen yogurt (with little blueberry bits) into the bottom half of a sliced Dixie cup. "Have at thee! Yay!"
Clink, clink, as she hit the spoon... then CRASH! "WAUGH!"
I turned around, only to see she''d hit the spoon with enough force to slingshot the lid off the dish and on top of her! O_O
"Amal!" I shrieked, lifting the heavy china lid off of her immediately. She groaned, and flipped her wings... and whimpered. I winced.
Her left wing was FOLDED, like paper.
"Ohmanohmanohman.... we gotta do something!" I freaked, and quickly got the ice cup! Amalthea hopped in, and... we''re off!
To HQ!
For the first time!
(She made me come back for the yogurt though.)
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