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 Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:43 pm
"Dancing?" The bells on Liǎng Yí's hat and collar jingled as she tilted her head. "Sometimes. Nii-san and Nee-san like to dance." As for her, she preferred fighting to dancing, but she wasn't about to engage someone bigger than she was with no reason. "I've never played a videe-game." Was that something new? And why would she have to be shown instead of playing?
Sighing, the pup exhaled, blowing a tuft of pink hair out of her face. Hide-and-seek was definitely out. And she'd be at a disadvantage in tag. Whatever Liǎng Yí chose, she wanted it to be something she could potentially win. And if she could, she would.
Her mind raced through the possibilities, discarding unusable ones. Slowly, an idea began to emerge. "What about a treasure hunt, oneesan? We could work together!" That way, no matter what, she would win! "We could look for something, ne?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:12 pm
Ness looked around the room. She peered from one corner to the next. "Hmm... what would you consider a treasure? I have lots of cool stuff here... but.. i see... You like games. Games are cool. I just like anything that is fun. Cuz, I love having a good time."
Ness kept picking her brain trying to think of a good treasure. If it were up to her.. it'd be the perfect song on the jupebox. Or... her long ice cream spoons.... She couldn't think of what would be good to find. She asked in the back of her mind who all these Nii-san and Nee-san's were. Maybe they were her family? She'd find out in the morning.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:41 pm
The thought of a treasure at the end of the game was enough to make it Liǎng Yí's first choice. She did not doubt that the older Numa had a ton of cool stuff to go inside her cool house. And nodded in the affirmative, causing her bells to jangle again. She did like games!
"But," she said quickly, "you don't have to know what the treasure is ahead of time, oneesan. That way, you can play too." While Liǎng Yí's goal was usually winning, she could be a team player as well- as long as her team won. And it was often more fun when everyone played.
But what would the treasure be? They had to have some sort of idea, but for once Liǎng Yí's mind was blank.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:26 pm
Ness was standing there. Suddenly a thought popped into her head. Would Liang even go for that? Why not try? "What about my hair brush? I own a big thick wooden brush with wide spread out bristles. Let's find that... I don't even remember where it was!" Ness's tail consented to this idea. It liked the idea of finding a brush.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:38 pm
At first Liǎng Yí wrinkled her nose. A brush didn't sound like anything special. After all, it was just a brush. But this oneesan talked about it with such fondness that it had to be something special. Maybe a rare or unique brush. And maybe she had another one, that she wouldn't mind lending to a certain inquisitive pup.
From that, Liǎng Yí's mind was made up. "Okay! Where did you use it last time, oneesan? I'm sure we can find it!"
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:43 pm
She knew immediately. "Oh yeah.. I think it was in my bed!" But, when she thought about that... She had moved her bed around every day for hte past few weeks in her wrestlessness. "Oh.. I think... my bed is near the window..." She looked over towards the wall. The big basket overflowing with pillows.
Brushes... oh how Ness's tail loved the idea of knowing just where her brush was. And, here was a nice young girl.. who wasn't tired at all... Ness's tail was about to take over all her thinking for her.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:02 pm
Liǎng Yí's eyes lit up as she took in the bed. It was so big and with so many pillows! It looked very comfortable, and was another of the wonderful things that this oneesan had. She couldn't wait to explore it, and finding the brush would make it even better! Excitedly, she bounded over to the basket and put a paw on the edge. "Can I look, oneesan?"
Maybe later, if they got tired, she would be allowed to sleep there. Not that she didn't sleep well at home, but that bed was just a whole new experience waiting to be had.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:29 am
Ness followed her over. "Of course you can look! Feel free. Any pillows you dig up. I'll set them aside so they don't bury you while you're looking. That way, we'll be working together." Ness's tail kept curling up around her. While Ness was deep down hoping Liang's family wasn't missing her too much, she was glad she found her. Having her here at night when she'd normally be alone was nice. It was comforting.
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:07 pm
In a way, Liǎng Yí didn't want any of the pillows to be taken out- burrowing under them looked like so much fun! But her practical side intervened. Her goal was to find the brush, and what the oneesan said made sense. If the pillows were removed as she looked, they could see the other ones more easily, and they wouldn't check the same ones twice.
That settled, she nodded and leaped into the basket. Or tried to, at least. But between the sides of the basket and the mounds of pillows, she was having some difficulty. After a couple of attempts she stopped and looked at the top, pouting. "It doesn't want me to get in!"
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:29 pm
Ness hopped into it. She knew it was somewhat roomy; but she didn't realize it was that deep. Then again, it wasn't often she was digging around for anything. She also started to rummage through. She thought her paw brushed against something hard, but her hand was too big to grasp it. "Hey, I think I might have found something! Can you stick your paw down here and bring it up?" The feeling of almost reaching the goal was taking her in.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:42 am
"Really? Already?" The adventurous side of Liǎng Yí felt that the game was over too soon, while her competitive side was ready for victory. In the end the competitive side won out, as it often did. Stretching onto her tippytoes, she hoisted her top over the edge of the basket, and plunged her paws into the crevasses between the pillows. "I'll see, oneesan!"
The first thing she found was, oddly enough, a spoon. That wasn't a brush, nor was it especially interesting, but she put it aside nonetheless. Then she found something bigger, with what felt promisingly like a handle. "This might be it!"
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:21 pm
Ness saw a lint roller. She put a hand on her forehead. She hadn't realized she was letting so much stuff fall between the pillows in her bed. After this, she would purpose to put things away instead of keeping them in bed with her. "Hmm.... Maybe we gotta dig a little deeper."
Ness then pulled a few pillows out of the basket entirely. Then, Ness found that somehow; she got her toenail stuck in the fabric of one of the pillows. She pressed her eyebrows together as she pulled her leg up trying to free her foot from the pillow without ripping it or undoing the delicate threads in it. "Oh... what's that...." She looked as it appeared something glossy was beneath there.
Ness hoped she could get this little one to brush her hair; alas, she looked like she was much too active to be willing to do something like that. Maybe... if Ness could think of another game afterwards to reward her with.
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:20 pm
Liǎng Yí wrinkled her nose at the lint roller. That couldn't be it. "Deeper... deeper..." As if saying the word would help her reach, she tipped forward and put one small paw as far into the crevasse as it would go. Still, she couldn't feel anything. If it was in there, it was too far for the pup to reach.
"This's hard," she muttered, but didn't lose her resolve. She wasn't going to lose to a bunch of wimpy pillows! Not if- "Huh?" She turned, looking back at Ness in surprise. "What's what, oneesan?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:37 pm
Ness's face filled with exuberance. "I think we might have found it. There's something under the pillow beneath my foot. When I moved the pillow a little, I caught a gleam of something!"
Ness looked up and saw the window. This had been going on a long time. The sun would rise soon. If she didn't make sure they found it soon, she'd lose this perfectly great opportunity like this. Still, she promised to take her home at daybreak. She wouldn't break that promise.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:18 pm
"Finally!" Liǎng Yí exclaimed, diving for it. While it was rather deep for her, she managed to get something caught on one of her long sleeves. Feeling it, she frowned and pulled... pulling loose a stiff-bristled brush with a shiny handle!
Taking it in her paws, Liǎng Yí's eyes gleamed as she held it out to Ness. "Oneesan, look! I found it! I found it!" Never mind that Ness was the one who had actually spotted it, she had unearthed it, and that was what mattered in the end. "We win!"
She waved the brush around excitedly, but also let out a yawn. She was far from a little kid who got tired easily... but it was also far past the time she usually went to bed. "That... was fun," she murmured softly, starting to snuggle into one of the oversized pillows. Even though she was ready for more action, part of her wanted to just take a short nap.
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