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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:43 pm
Dear Diary,
I'm going to kill Peri. If he didn't go and get involved into this.. this... dragon non-sense, then I would not be molested at 3 in the morning. I'm enjoyed working for a clinic and keeping *normal* hours. So this tech shows up, tells me that if I don't want Peri coming to pay me a visit, I'm to call in sick and show up at D-corp tomorrow. Guess I have no choice. I can't exactly switch practices, I've barely gotten established here. There's no way I can get a decent reference with the switches pulled.
I guess I'll have to see what it is this company wants. Hopefully it's something simple like Peri using me on a refrence or something. Ohh... I hate calling in sick.
-T'rin
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:51 pm
-Where Family is Reunited
By the time that T'rin Coleman finally made it home, Kate had fallen asleep in the passenger seat. The girl had simply collapsed in a heap after screaming herself into hiccups. She was even still hiccuping in her sleep. Gently the young man lifted her out of the car, managing to get her flopped on his shoulder without waking Kate up and inducing more screams.
Slowly he made it to the revolving door into his apartment building. No sooner had he made it inside though, then he was stopped by the doorman.
"Dr. Coleman?" The man said, almost apologetically, "I'm sorry but, we don't allow dogs in the building."
With a frustrated huff, T'rin spun to face the man. "This is not a dog. It is my daughter," he tried to explain patiently.
"I'm sorry sir but rules are rules..."
It took nearly a full hour of arguing with the doorman before he could even get his landlady to come settle the dispute. As soon as the woman began to sniffle, T'rin knew his case was lost.
Finally they reached an agreement. T'rin would find a new place, and in move his stuff out within the month. However, Kate had to sleep somewhere else, and Dr. Coleman just knew he would be as well. Time to go pester the man he hated most. His brother. After all, it was his fault anyway.
They were, not quite, homeless for the foreseeable future. While a little wary about what a stay at Perilas's house would do to his new daughter, T'rin was too pissed to care...much. Besides the man now had a son so perhaps he'd be a little more careful about his ah--nocturnal-- activities...So here he was, sleeping beauty on his shoulder, pounding on the door of one Perilas Coleman. Which was just as well since he was supposed to be meeting his brother's and their kids at the waterpark the next day regardless. It just goes to show, the universe really did hate him.
Inside, the knocking brought forth slight chaos. The family had been rather lazy about unpacking everything, especially stuff they hadn't needed right away. Peri could be heard yelling at Kal to be careful not to knock those boxes over with her tail and trying to calm Piper down, who was excited about the possiblilty of one of her friends coming over (though none knew where they lived as far as he knew) and Nibal attempting to get Kal under control, which caused the dragon to race about the living room, almost tripping Peri.
Finally, the man arrived at the door and opened it, wondering who would be standing outside. Needless to say, who he saw was the person he expected the least. "T'rin...?" This was the brother he and Talner had tramatized as a child. Why would the man volunteer to show up at Peri's door?
Much as T'rin wanted to punch his brother's lights out (not that he was in any way capable of violence), he really didn't want to wake Kate up. Instead, the man settled for glaring at his much older brother. "May I come in?" he asked coldly, far from his normal timid self. Shifting Kate slightly to releive his cramping arm, T'rin glared even harder at his brother, almost daring him to comment.
"Uh, sure..." Peri was still unsure as to why his little brother was here, but he stepped aside to let the man in, hissing at his own kids to be quiet as he spied the sleeping child T'rin was carrying. Peri shut the door gently and gestured his brother on into the apartment. "We just moved a little while ago, so we're still unpacking..." He said in explaination of the boxes around the room. The man gestured towards the couch.
Nibal managed to get Kal into his room and told her not to tear anything up. He shut the door and went into the living room, peering at T'rin. He recognized his uncle and grinned at the man, pointing at Kate. "Who's that?" About that time, Piper bounced into the room and started to say something loudly when Peri shushed her. She walked around the couch and looked at the sleeping girl as well.
Ignoring the rukus for a moment, T'rin managed to set Kate down on the couch. Though the girl, shifted and half woke up, it wasn't long until she was completely out again. Satisfied he wasn't going to lose even more hearing T'rin marched over to Peri. Grabbing the older man by the shirt, T'rin began to drag his brother forcefully out of the room, tossing a comment to the kids on the way out, "I need to talk to your dad alone for a moment." It didn't even register that there was one more child then last time in the room. He was utterly focused on well, taking out a lot of issues on his older brother.
Once they were in a different room, T'rin dropped his arm to his side. Fingers curled tightly into fists T'rin hissed, "Do you know what that damn company of yours did!?"
Peri was just a bit startled that T'rin showed as much aggression as he did and allowed himself to be dragged into his own room. Having a feeling this wouldn't be going well, Peri shut the door. "I take it the girl's from D-corp?" He didn't seem too upset about the whole thing and sat upon the edge of his bed. "I'm not surprised. They blackmail a lot of people into taking their kids... you meet some interesting people that way..."
Meanwhile, Nibal frowned that his uncle had poofed so soon and wandered back into his room to make sure Kal was behaving. Piper, however, was intrigued by the girl on the couch. She looked interesting!
"Interesting!?" T'rin's voice cracked as it still did when he was under pressure or upset. "Perilas Alexander Coleman, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be in this mess! Not only do they give me a child, it got me tossed out of my apartment." Eyes narrowed dangerously. He didn't even want to start into the whole sister/mommy buisness either. "You will be putting us up until I can arrange for new housing." He stated bluntly.
Kate shifted around, slowly waking up from the lack of warmth. Slowly her eyes opened to the back of a couch. Odd. "Cassi?" She asked quietly, hoping he was nearby.
"Me?" The man seemed intrigued as to how he was to blame for this. "Well, the only available space right now is the living room. There's not any extra rooms... but you can crash on the couch. You know D-corp will give you an apartment, right? You just gotta pay utilities. Not a bad deal at all." The man nodded. "Plus it'd be just a short walk for her to go to classes and all. Nibal walks back and forth all the time, so it's not a big deal. It's safe, seeing how we're in the middle of nowhere and no one really comes here unless they've got stuff to do for D-corp."
Piper shook her head, though the little girl couldn't see her. "No Cassi here." Unless that man's name was Cassi... "I'm Piper!"
Scowling at the dimmness of his brother, "Yes. You. What else did you think they could blackmail me with?" T'rin snapped, then flushed as he realized what he had said. Turning his back on his brother, he huffed. "I'll help cook and clean while we're here," he offered as a peace offering of sorts as most of the sheer fire that had kept him going since early this morning diminished.
Kate began to sniffle a bit, though she didn't turn to face the new voice. "No Cassi? But... Kate and Cassi always together. I want Daddy!" she protested, pulling in a deep breath and getting ready to throw yet another tantrum.
Peri chuckled. "They blackmailed you with me? That had to be interesting!" He was blackmail material, huzzah! The man decided not to take the easy jab about T'rin doing the cooking and cleaning. "Sounds good to me."
Piper jumped up as Kate prepared to throw a tantrum. "No cry! No cry! I'll get Daddy!" She rushed to her dad's door and pounded on it, bouncing in as Peri opened the door. "Little girl's going to cry! She want Daddy." Here the girl looked at the other man in the room.
T'rin paled. "Nononononono..." he muttered as he hurried out to the outer room, scooping up Kate. "Daddy's here!" he said soothingly as Kate sniffled. "No Cassi? No Mommy?" She blurted out, snuggling into her new dad's arms. Frankly, T'rin was surpised she was adjusting so well, but then again, that was probably why the kids were give out so young. "No... but Uncle T'rin is here and... uh...?" T'rin stared at Piper for a moment before glancing at Peri. "Your cousin!," the doctor finally said. The dog-girl sniffled again, but peeked out at Piper.
Piper looked quizzically up at her father, who sighed and explained. "That's my brother, T'rin, which makes him your uncle. And Nibal's uncle. And his girl is your cousin."
"And Nibal's cousin, too?" Peri nodded. "And Kal's cousin?"
Peri shook his head. "No... Kal's not really related like that..." The man went over and retrieved Nibal from his room, while Kalseru tagged along behind the boy. "Nibal, Uncle T'rin and your cousin are going to stay here for a while..."
Ducking her head back down, Kate risked another peek at the strang bird girl. How weird. She wasn't like Daddy and she wasn't like Kate or Cassi. "You hurt Cassi?" She asked the strange girl, not sure whether to try and run her off or just accept it.
T'rin kept patting the girl on the back, not entirely sure what the hell he should do. (Of course if Peri or Talner were there, both would point out that T'rin took to mothering just like a girl....) "Uh..... Better?" he asked quietly.
Piper shook her head. "Me no know Cassi..." The bird girl looked over at her father, who shrugged. "Who Cassi?" She asked the room in general, wondering who this kid was and why she hadn't been introduced to this Cassi before.
Peri gave a small cough and glanced over at T'rin. "Yes... who is this Cassi she keeps talking about, bro?"
"Cassi me." Kate replied simply, still barely peeking out from her Daddy's shoulder. "Kate love Cassi. Techs doen't. Techs mean." Riled up at the mere thought of the D-techs, Kate bit down on the nearest object. T'rin's shoulder.
The man stifled a yelp, and tried to shift Kate around, though the chiuhua was having none of that. "Er..." T'rin finally replied, once he felt like he wouldn't scream with pain, "There was another...dog..thing... person...." The man squirmed, "She went to someone else..."
"Mommy!" Kate added, "Cassi with Mommy!"
"Mommy?" Peri glanced at T'rin questioningly. Last he knew, he and Talner had managed to make their little brother swear off women all together. "So where is Mommy?" He asked, curious. Perhaps this was the reason T'rin was at the apartment?
"Techs?" Nibal was interested in the conversation now. "You're from D-corp?? You got your dragon yet? I like mine! She's lots of fun an-" The boy's excited speech was cut off by Peri cupping a hand over the boy's mouth.
"She's too young for a dragon yet, Nibal. She'll get to meet her egg when she gets a bit older. Remember how you had to wait?"
"Oh... yeah. Waiting's no fun..." The boy frowned.
T'rin turned around to face his brother and flopped onto the couch, Kate and all with a groan. The girl squirmed around until she could face the new-comers, eyes narrowed at Nibal. The girl growled warningly. The blue boy knew the techs. Maybe he was a meanie too.
"Uh..." T'rin started, then sputtered to a halt. "Uh.. Cassi's mommy. Not Kate's, And I don't know," He didn't include the 'nor do I care' for fear of setting Kate into a screaming fest, yet again. "It was... Gah....Pink and frills and," T'rin closed his eyes and shuddered. It had been horrible.
Peri frowned, then perked up. That meant she wasn't taken! He would meet her eventually, as well since this Cassi was from D-corp as well. Score!
Nibal jumped as Kate began to hiss at him. "She scary..." He whined to his daddy, backing away. Kal did not take well to someone hissing at her blue boy. She charged forward and hissed right back at the chihauhau kid, fanning her wings out aggressively. "Kal, no! Bad!" Nibal wrapped his arms around the green's neck and tried to tug her back out of Kate's face.
Tiny, weak, chihauhau. Big, strong, dragon. For most people it's common sense to let a dragon be. For Kate the hissing meant, "Meanie!" and an attempt to launch herself at the dragon. Thankfully for the puny little girl, T'rin, though off-balance for a moment, had his arms still around Katherine. Kicking and scratching, Kate tried her hardest to bite the nose that was so very close in front of her.
"No, bad. No biting! No Kate!" T'rin said pleadingly, trying to scooch down the couch further from Kal, before finally just standing up and trying to juggle the girl while still moving away from the dragon.
Unfortunately for Nibal and T'rin both. Kal took the straining and scratching and kicking that were all aimed in her direction as a challenge. Little kid or not, Kal was going to get her! The green strained and managed to break free of Nibal's arms and took off after T'rin, attempting to get at Kate.
"Kalseru!" Peri groaned at the stupid green. "Nibal, help me get her into your room..." He hated dealing with the evil dragons and still wanted to shoot the techs for picking a green for his son. The two started towards the green, who hissed at them, threatening them to even try and take her away before she dealt out punishment to this evil being that had invaded her home!
T'rin stumbled backwards as the very green, very large dragon with sharp pointy teeth suddenly surged toward him. Letting a screech that would rival Kate's, and did cause the girl to pause for a moment, he managed to hop his way into firmer footing. "Meanie, meanie, meanie!" Kate shouted at the dragon as she tried to free her self from the constraint's of her father's arms. Deciding to have the sense that Kate was lacking, T'rin booked it to the front door. Fumbling for the latch, the man nearly dropped Kate and got bitten yet again. Finally he managed to slam the door open, dart through, and slam the door shut again. Panting he unceremoniously plopped Kate down in front of him.
Kal paused at the door, triumphant. She had run them out of her house!! She would've trotted happily off to gloat, but she got tackled by Peri and Nibal and wrestled into Nibal's room, where the door was shut on her. After a moment's pause and some fierce muttering on the other side of the door, it opened just long enough for Nibal to get into the room.
Peri sighed, rubbing his forehead for a moment before going to the front door and opening it. "We got her locked up for now... Nibal's going to talk to her and we'll just be careful not to let her near your kid..." Mentally, he was applauding Kal for the encouragement of getting his brother out of the apartment quicker.
Kate took the opportunity to dash through Peri's legs and back into the house, hunting for her foe. Deprived of a battle, the flopped down and screamed in frustration, kicking her legs. Slowly the screams turned to hiccuping sobs as she sat, defeated, in the middle of the room.
T'rin sighed, or sobbed, it was hard to tell which one. "Maybe.. Maybe I should just see if Talner has any room...." the man said in defeat.
"Just call D-corp in the morning. I know there's some empty apartments still... The D-corp parents can rent them, you know. They're not bad and, like I said earlier, close for her to go to classes..." The man shrugged and walked back into the apartment, leaving the door open for T'rin. "I'll get you two some pillows and blankets."
Piper had just sat and stared as the whole thing unfolded. She went over and patted Kate gently. "It okay. It okay..."
Kate sniffled and replied quietly to the fire-girl in a scratchy voice. "The mean dragon left."
T'rin nodded slowly, exhausted. Stupid brother's, stupid companies and he still had to go into work tomorrow! With another long sigh, the man fished out his cell phone and began to punch numbers. "Hello, this is Dr. Coleman. I'm afraid I have to take another personal day. ...... Yes, I know it's rather short notice...... Yes I'm aware this is not a good start..... I'm very sorry, but it's a family emergency.... Yes, of course..... Bye." Through out the whole call the man kept a wary eye on Katherine, terrified she would burst into tears again. What an emotional child... 'Had to be a cancer' said a small part of his brain, which almost made the man smile.
Piper nodded. "Kal with Nibal. Nibal get onto Kal for being bad."
Peri chuckled softly at his brother. "When I get done with my classes, I can help you move your stuff. Piper can help all day, she doesn't have school yet. And Nibal can keep Kal here so we won't have another... episode..." He glanced over at Kate as well.
"Errr...." T'rin still wasn't sure he wanted his brother's to know where he lived but Peri had been... rather normal today.. almost like a human being rather than the spawn of Satan he usually was. "..Sure... Thanks...." Should he suggest a psych evaluation? Of course it could be the kids..
"Good." Kate nodded decisively. "Kate bite. Dragon no hurt Cassi." The chiuahua ignored the fact that Cassi wasn't exactly there to get hurt. After all, the dragon *might* hurt Cassi.
"But... biting bad..." Piper was confused. Who was this freaking Cassi person??
Peri grinned. This form of torture was almost as much fun as the usual type!
Kate narrowed her eyes. "Biting makes bad people go away," the girl countered.
T'rin carefully kept his eyes away from his brother as he undertook the greatest indignity of all (and Peri and Talner said he didn't have pride. Ha!), thanking his brother. "Uh... Thank you Peri... For.. you know.. Yeah..."
"But... biting hurts a lot..." Piper frowned.
Peri glanced over at T'rin for a long moment. "Eh, Mom would kill me if I made you sleep on the street, you know..."
Kate nodded. "Yup." Wasn't that point?
T'rin laughed weakly. "Yeah, I guess so."
((AIM Rp with Nikiana who played Peri, Piper, Nibal, and Kal))
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:16 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:02 pm
The homework had been sitting there for weeks, a lonely pile on the kitchen counter of his new apartment. Busy, busier still now that he had an adorable, ferocious little daughter to love and take care of, T'rin simply hadn't had the energy to force Kate to work on her ABC's with him. Instead the sheets had multiplied until the entire alphabet was there and her numbers. And a note. Mentioning their lack of completeness. Among other things... So tired as he was, once he got Kate bathed and dressed in her pink princess pjs he pulled over a new box of markers and set the chihuahua at the table. "Kate," he tried to say patiently, "We've got to color these for Ms. Kat. She really wants to see your coloring." The man desperately pasted on a smile for his daughter. Kate beamed at her Daddy, "Kay!" the girl replied grabbing at the box and spilling markers everywhere. Ignoring the mess she picked the purple marker from the box. Recklessly she pulled the first sheet over and began to struggle with the cap. Dumbfounded by the easy acceptance of Kate's homework, T'rin merely plucked the cap off and started to explain the paper and their pictures.    The night wore on and T'rin began to worry about the purple marker. True, Kate had put it aside for a pink one recently but it was going to wear out sooner or later. "Katie," he began cajoling. "Wouldn't you like to color with this marker?" He dangled a yellow marker teasinginly in her sight. With a perfectly serious face the dog looked up. "No," she replied and bent back over her work. "But sweetling, you're purple marker needs a rest," T'rin continued to the utter lack of reaction from Kate. "Daddy'll get some ice cream out if you use the yellow marker?" Kate's ears perked up and she grabbed the the yellow marker. "I want chocolate," came the demand from a head already buried in it's work.    The bowl of ice cream was set down in front of Kate, and swiftly became a bowl of nothing, as the girl licked it cleaner than the dishwasher. And as quickly as the treat appeared, the marker mysteriously disappeared (and was found three weeks later smushed into a yellow stain under the couch).     With Kate's head drooping, and T'rin's voice growing hoarse it was just as well the pair was finishing up. It was after all nearly 9:00 at night! Gathering the paper's by the door, T'rin herded his sleep charge to the bathroom. Kate brushed her teeth and headed to bed, shadowed by her father every step of the way. All tucked in, she was asleep in less than five minutes.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:26 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:51 pm
T'rin stopped by the row of mailboxes and tiredly dug in his pocket for a key. Unlocking the box, he pulled out a few envelopes and flipped through them, dawdling in the lobby of the apartments provided by D-corp. Much as he loved Kate, the man simply felt worn thin with everything that was going on. Spying an envelope with his name hand-written on it, the man pulled it out from the rest of the pile. Sliding his index finger under the flap, Dr. Coleman ripped the envelope open and pulled out the official letter. "Cooperation and support my a**." the man muttered, as he crumpled the letter and stormed to the stairs. T'rin stuffed the letter to him in his pocket and stomped up the stairs. Somewhere around the second or third flight the rush of anger dissapaited, leaving only a simmering background anger behind. Opening the door, he called out, "I'm home!" A young college student, someone the PT had suggested, poked his head out of Kate's room. "Welcome home! C'mon Kate, your dad's here!" The young man disappeared back into Kate's room and wheeled the grumpy girl out to the kitchen table. Part-way there Kate slapped at his hands with a frown. "I can do it," she muttered and began to struggle to push the chair over the carpet. Carefully T'rin pulled out the money he had put aside earlier and handed it to the young man as Kate worked her way towards them. "Thank you..." he muttered shooing the man out the door and heading over to Kate. Carefully he scoped her up and settled into the kitchen chair, hugging her close. The girl struggled for a bit. "I wanted to do it.." she grumbled, hands clinging tightly to her daddy's shirt in contradiction. "...missed you..." the girl admitted grudgingly. "Sorry I had to go out for a while... But I got a nice letter from Miss Kat for you." The girl muttered something and he bent down to listen better. "I didn't hear that..." "I DON'T CARE! I HATE KAT!" Kate screamed, tears starting to leak down her face. The girl's fists pounded everywhere they could reach as she twisted and fough, but her lower half remained limp. Even the smallest thing set her off into a tantrum lately. Gingerly T'rin patted the girl's back as she dissolved into sobs, her mood quickly changing. "There, there...." he muttered not sure what else to say, still awkward at this parenting thing. Apparently it worked as Kate slowly calmed down. Pulling out the form for Kate he placed in on the table. "Why don't we write her a nice letter?" He pulled out the purple pen he always carried ever since Kate had insisted on replacing all the pens in the house with purple pens. "I even have a purple pen for you to write with... " He cajoled. For the next ten minutes they went back and forth before Kate reluctantly accepted the pen. "Why don't you write your name here," T'rin pointed. Sullenly Kate carefully printed her name. "And what is your favorite color?" he asked pointing to the next spot. Kate gave him a *look*. "Purple." she replied, leaving off the implicit 'duh'. Carefully she wrote the word down as T'rin spelled it for her. "Best friend?" Again came the look. "Cassi," Kate grinned before her face fell. "Can Cassi come over?" She asked plaintively. T'rin grinned uneasily. "Maybe tomorrow," he replied. With a sigh Kate wrote Cassi's name down on the paper. "Oh, and here she'd like a picture of you!" He exclaimed, nervously peeking at Kate who was propped in his lap. For the first time since she'd gotten sick, a smile bloomed on Kate's face. Busily she bent over and sketched. A head, big ears, some arms and two legs! Her dad watched over her shoulder and sighed. "Perfect.. Uh.. Daddy has to write a letter to.. why don't you uh.. make more drawings?" Carefully T'rin deposited her in the chair next to his, getting some blank paper to draw on. Kate frowned and yanked on his shirt. "Wanna sit with you..." she whined. T'rin sighed. "How about I sit next to you," he countered. With a pout, Kate nodded and the two both got to work. Quote: Dear D-corp, Kate has been a very emotional child and since her recent illness it has not calmed down. If anything she becomes more easily frustrated and tries to hit and bite at some of the least provocation. This frustrated state also slips into crying quite easily. She's been very clingy to me and doesn't like it when I have to leave her with a babysitter for work. Her only friend is Cassi, something that worries me. I took her out to the park a few times but then she got sick and we haven't had the chance to meet other kids, what with being in quarantine and all. And on the same line as her illness, Kate has yet to accept that she can no longer walk. At times she uses the wheelchair I got for her, but unless someone puts her in there Kate prefers to try to get up and walk. Kate's received a lot of bruises that way from dragging herself out of bed or out of a chair. She is very stubborn and doesn't give up. Appearance wise, Kate got a haircut just before getting sick. It's a bob, about the same length as when she first came home but a little less wild. Her bangs have been straightened and she tends to push them out of her face with a headband, that doesn't work much. Kate still wears primarily purple, though she refuses to wear skirts or frilly things outside of the house. This is her favorite outfit: X (in purple), X In purple and pink (Purple the dominant color), X, XSincerely, T'rin Coleman
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