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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:49 pm
 The Mishaps[ My Friends and... Enemies? ]
Note: If you or you're mishap isn't here, it's because we haven't met you yet. ;P
Wycliff
Status: Friend, unknown of where he is.
Aphrodite: "He's so smart! At least from what I can remember from the last time I saw him, he reminds me of Garreth."
Cat: "He's got better table manners than my own kids, I'm envious of Tor."
Shavira
Status: Aqaintance/Friend, unsure of where she is.
Aphrodite: "Shavi! O: I miss her. And I don't even remember what she looks like."
Cat: " Such a colorful child. x3"
Rexier & King
Status: Friends, waning crush ( Due to lack of interaction ).
Aphrodite: "He's so sweet, neeh I don't know what to do with myself. "
Cat: " Hehe, Aph's gotta crush. x3"
Lenore
Status: Friends, leaning towards best friend.
Aphrodite: "Len's soooooo cool! Her Tv's possessed and stuff."
Cat: " She's so pretty, and she reminds me of myself. Scary."
Reid
Status: Aqaintance
Aphrodite: "He's cute."
Cat: "..."
Diemos
Status: Best Friend, though unsure.
Aphrodite: "I miss him, it's weird. I get mad sometimes, because we were close and then he went and dropped off the face of the earth. Then when I'm mad, I get sad because he's not here... and then I don't know what to do with myself. I try not to think of him."
Cat: "Deimos so far has appeared to be a sweet kid with his heart in the right place... most of the time. He's gotten more mature with age and seems to like Aphrodite's company."
Bergerac
Status: Friend, misses dearly.
Aphrodite" "D: BEEEERGEEERAC! I MIIIIIIISS YOU! ...I wonder if she's getting along with Ed..."
Cat: "Oddly like Ike, she's a very quiet baby. Though unlike Ike she does show a vast amount if curiousity, I hope she's doing ok."
Malachi
Status: Unsure
Aphrodite: "He's too damn quiet, and the last time I saw him didn't really leave me with a good impression... I hope his head isn't still bleeding. ;P"
Cat: "He's so cute. Well behaved, too! At least last time I saw him as a baby, from what I heard he became a trouble maker... But any kid that misbehaves once with Bax is marked as a trouble maker for life." @__@
Tamary
Status: Aqaintance
Aphrodite: "She was cute, and she didn't try to eat me like a certain spider... Last time I saw her was at the pool and her dad was checking out Uncle Bax's butt."
Cat: "Whooo, teething must of been hell."
Aladon
Status: Unknown, haven't seen him in a long time.
Aphrodite:"Hehe... he was a silly baby! Nearly tried to eat me too. At least he didn't do it again." D:
Cat: " Very curious! And very adorable."
Cato
Status: Kinda Sibling, Not really looking forward to becomming his brother.
Aphrodite: "He can be so immature, it's hard to find level ground with him." #__#
Cat: "He's comming around, I hope he grows out of the "gimme" stage... and gets some friends."
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The Gaurdians
[ Our Caretakers ]
Torikonero
Aphrodite: "Doood, he's a llamma! How cool is that?"
Cat: "Kind, wonderful house guest. I hope he's doing ok."
KiiMeLwi
Aphrodite: "..."
Cat: -thumbs up with a grin- "She's awesome. I hope to get to see her again, the last time was the picnic when I first arrived at the HQ"
Silencer Wolf
Aphrodite: "..."
Catherine: Bumped into her a few times at the Mishap Events.
Chao
Aphrodite: She was nice, was talking to Uncle Bax."
Cat: "..."
Jizzy
Aphrodite: "Aunt Jiji! I miss her so much, the last time I saw her was when I last saw Deimos. "
Cat: "Good friend, nice and hardworking! A bit messy but all is well"
Varlen
Aphrodite: "Mama he's the soot man right?" Aphrodite didn't get a very good impression of Varlen, even more so it's been taken a quite along time to convince her he's not covered in soot.
Cat: Catherine thinks of him as a rather nice guy, a bit a social-clastrophobe though. Besides that fault, Catherine admires his spell casting abilites.
Rabid
Aphrodite: "Her name was Rabid? xD And for all this time I was convinced her name was Bubbaflah, she was nice."
Catherine: " A good friend, a little stiff at times, but still nice. "
Pink Dog
Aphrodite: "Who? Oh, the guy from the pool... Wasn't he like checking out uncle Bax?"
Catherine: "Eh, I didn't get much of an impression of Pink when I got to see him, he was quite and kept checking out Bax."
Salem
Aphrodite: "Whoot! Salem is so awesome, he's gonna make a great dad."
Cat: -blush blush blush-
Kanilea
Aphrodite: "Mama thinks she's cool."
Cat: "I'm so worried about her."
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MM HQ Staff
[ Without them where would we be? ]
Jabir
Aphrodite: "He's kind! And very tall!"
Cat: Catherine had a hard time grasping a good feeling from him. He's sweet and kind though, maybe it was his origins that made him hard to read magically. So far he's one to be trusted.
Maggie
Aphrodite: Wasn't with her long enough to get a good lasting impression.
Cat: "Very kind and generous! Without her I would not have been so interested in adopting Aphrodite."
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:00 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:13 pm
 [ The first night of many to come ]
The midafternoon sun drifted through the wide windows, illuminating the room. The electric lights were off, the sun was enough for Catherine. The dark haired plump woman stood by the window, thinking back and trying to remember. It had nearly been a month since the first time she had entered the Magical Mishap Adoption agency and shop, she remembered that day very vividly. Walking along the busy sidewalks of Durem, she recalled at the time she was in the middle of an errand, but the once deep brown eyes caught glance upon the sign for Magical Mishaps from behind her dark rimmed glasses, she knew she had to go in.
Flopping over and landing face first on her bed, disrupting the sleeping Baxterfullous that was only a mere foot away from flustered witch. "You know pacing about the room like a fool is not going to get your answer any sooner." The sleek black cat glanced at her with a single open cobalt blue eye. Catherine pouted at him and hid her face from him under a pillow.
"I'm just nervous Bax," she muffled. "Am I really cut out to be a mother?"
Memories of her own parentage didn't give her much hope that she would be better than they were. Even so, her past would come to haunt if she didn't let it rest in peace. She rolled over, the pillow landing beside her, she stared at the barren walls of her loft, the empty boxes that piled about. Reaching over towards her nightstand, she took hold of her glasses, apply them appropriatily on her face. Once more her mind wandered, memories flooded her mind of that fateful day.
Walking into the shop, she recalled, the first thing that caught her eyes was the statue of a black cat. Peering over at it smiling at the craftsmanship, it was so beautifully made! Dropping her shopping bag by the door she glaced over towards the shelves that were filled with qaunties of potions and ingrediants, just what she was looking for... or was it? Walking forward and loud hummed errupted behind her. Spinning around, skirt twirling, facing the exit of the shop she realized the noise was from the statue. The glowing cat statue. Soon after, that's when she had met Maggie and Jabir, and the explanation fo fthe shop and the Magical Mishaps. It didn't take her long to consider the options and had submitted her form to be a hopeful gaurdian soon as the opportunity had a arise.
That was a week ago and the day for the new gaurdians to be chosen was a day late, Catherine was more than nervous. She didn't expect for herself to be chosen, but she had a sinking feeling she was going to be. Her divination skills weren't has fine tuned, but what can you rely on?
Her room was half packed away, but most of her things were still in their places along the shelves and tables in the loft. Baxterfullous was unhappy with the situation all together, more with how Catherine had been acting that entire week's worth of time. She was jumpy, moody, and down right hyper. Catherine had neglected her work and studies often, and gotten her hopes up too far high to properly catch incase it fell.
Hours had passed as she waited, the mid afternoon light faded into the faint evening, and Catherine had exhausted herself into dreamless sleep. A shuffle of sound broke the silence, Baxterfullous lifted his head to see where the source had come from. As he sat up from where he had originally laid, his cobalt blue gaze pierced through the darkness that was the loft gracefully leaping off the bed and towards the door.
The soft light that crept from beneath the door illuminated a thick envelope that had been pushed through from underneath, the cause of all the noise. The light was just enough for Baxterfullous to read the whom it was addressed to.
To: Ms. Catherine Moonfire
From: The Magical Mishap Shop and Adoption Center
Hmmm, he thought as he prodded the letter. It's far too thick to be a rejection. He rubbed his paw against the thick envelope, there was something heavy in it. "Light on." His deep voice commanded, the lights barely flickered. "I said LIGHT ON." Furrowing his brow he yelled loudly, the lights quickly turning themselves on.
Catherine sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Bax.. what's going?" she mumbled sluggishly as not only did his loud command wake her, but the lights did not help. Her glasses were askew on her beautiful round face, she raised her hand to fix them properly. She felt a weight drop on her lap, looking down at the heavy envelope that had fallen in her lap. Baxterfullous almost smiled at her. "I don't think it's a rejection letter, but I wouldn't get your hopes up too high..." He flicked his tail under her nose as he ran across her lap.
Confused she stared at the envelope in her lap... Was it? Could it be? Her name was written clearly and the from address was too. Carefully she opened the envelope, pulling out a few photos, a letter, and a key. Her light brown eyes glittered with happiness, she errupted into a fit of screams and giggles. Picking up Baxterfullous and spinning around hugging him tightly. "I WAS CHOSEN!!" She jumped up and down squeeling, Baxterfullous flailed out of her arms.
"Read the blasted letter!" He yelled as he poised himself on the bed. Calming herself she picked up the letter and read it aloud.
" Dear Ms. Catherine Moonfire,
We would like to congragulate you on being chosen as gaurdian for the Magical Mishap who we have nickenamed 'Wasp'. It was a very difficult decision, but we feel it was for the best. Enclosed within this envelope is: the key to you and your mishap's room within our headqaurters, photos of 'Wasp', her back story, a certificate, and her infirmary report. Please arrive at Magical Mishaps as soon as possisble, she is waiting for you.
Sincerely ,
Maggie
Magical Mishap Shop and Adoption Center Owner " Without another moments notice she took a small duffel bag filled with a few days worth of clothes and supplies, with Baxterfullous by her side she had left for Magical Mishaps. An hour or two later she had managed to walk the entire way to the shop, entering as they asked to. Catherine and Baxterfullous were greeted by Maggie and Jabir, they then showed her to the tiny Mishap.
The one they nicknamed Wasp, was so beautiful she was like a fairy princess. Catherine watched her sleep quietly inside a tiny basket, she was reminded of her childhood memories of pixies and fairies that would visit her in her dreams. Maybe, this little one was who she was waiting for? Who knew.
Soon after they were shown to their room, high up and on the third floor. Catherine took note of the balcony, how close the mini shop was, and the fact that they were the only ones living on the third floor. Using the key she was given, Catherine opened the door. Her duffel bag on her back and in her hands she held tightly the tiny basket, she peeked into the room. A single bed, wardrobe and a washcloset... hmm not bad.
Baxterfullous jumped onto the bed, testing it's comfort level. "It's bigger than what we have at home." He said quietly, minding the sleeping baby. "The room's larger too." She whispered as she quietly closed the door behind her. She settled the tiny basket upon the bed, afterwards her duffel bag on the floor.
Not long after settling herslef, she quickly visited the Magical Mishap's minishop and emptied her pockets of gold. Now with atleast the needed supplies, Catherine quickly went back to their room with the still sleeping mishap.
The plump dark haired witch took a seat on the floor by the bed, the basket near her. Watching the young magenta haired mishap sleep she felt now was the best time to read the mishap's back story, seeing at the time she aquired it she was too happy to bother reading.
Momnets had passed, Catherine had then read the story, but didn't know what to say. Her brown eyes lifted from the page and glaced at the sleak black cat that was now kneading her pillow. "It's such a sad story Bax..." She frowned, folding the paper and placing it back into the envelope.
The noise and the shifting of the bed, made the tiny baby stir. Rubbing her eyes, she then sleepily looked about. Her pale yellow almond shapped eyes then fell upon the round witch, she then let out a loud and long cry. The small mishap was frightened, she had no clue where she was or who that woman was! " WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !" Boy did she have a set of lungs, despite being so small!
Baxterfullous jumped up and off the bed, landing in a fluster. "The princess is awake." He smirked as he the slipped out of the room to explore the HQ. Catherine frown, baxterfullous always left when things never went in a way he liked. Taking a deep breath she scopped up the tiny mishap, bring her too her chest and cuddling her. "Shh.. it's alright sweet heart...Please don't cry... it's ok I'm not going to hurt you."
The tiny mishap's crying subsided to a small whimper, maybe this lady wasn't so bad. Her little wings began to flutter as she nuzzled... maybe she was scary despite being so big. The tiny mishap felt an odd feeling inside, as though she had already knew her.. a bond that she hadn't felt with the long neck or the other lady.
Catherine, move her away from her chest, holding the tiny wasp mishap in her hands. "It's alright baby.. it's ok.. I'm going to be taking care of you.." she said in a soft motherly tone. The tiny mishap calmed her self as she was then settled back into the basket, rubbing her eyes still sniffling. Catherine gave her a smile as she then gently wipe her eyes of those tiny tears with a hankercheif. Catherine then took her seat once more on the floor besides the bed, right in front of the tiny wasp mishap. "You need a name..." she smiled, trying to lighten the mood.. "You were intended to be a love spell... and well look at you now, I bet when you're full grown you'll be as beautiful as the love goddess herself! ...That's it! I'll call you Aphrodite!" She smiled triumphantly. The mishap that was now named Aphrodite looked confused. "Booooooooooo?" She burbled, cuddling the hankerchief.
Catherine frowned. "You don't like it?" She then gently pet the top of Aphrodite's head, making the baby coo. "You will, you just don't know it's your name yet." Speaking of which, Catherine then removed the certificate of gaurdianship from her bag. Taking a pen out, she wrote in the name of her Mishap. "There...now it's official."
"Oooo?" Aphrodite blinked at her, What a silly lady she thought. Though the silly lady was being nice to her, maybe she wasn't so silly after all.
Catherine smiled at the tiny Aphrodite, tickling under her chin gently. The magenta haired mishap giggled and cooed, smiling at her. Maybe... Catherine thought as she dug through her bag, taking out an eye dropper. Reaching over she took a bottle of milk, uncorking it and filling the eye dropper with milk. She scooped up the tiny Aphrodite, holding her carefully in her hands, feeding her with the eye dropper. ...I can be a mother after all.< Episode 1 End. >
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:27 pm
 [ Pre-Mishap Entry # 1 ]Date: Oct 30th 2004
Sometimes I 've wondered why we've been placed upon this green earth... why are we here? I've been searching for a purpose in my life that I just can't seem to grasp... maybe someday I'll find it. I shouldn't depress myself so horribly, it's not right.
Recently Baxterfullous has been acting strange, it may be the foretelling of an odd Hallows Eve that's comming... hmm I wonder if Jack is going to behave this year.
- Catherine
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:33 am
[ -Magical Mishaps First Picnic Event- ] Participants: Everyone, including non-gaurdians! ... Even grumpy ol' Bax! -The Picnic-This was the first interaction with nearly the entire inhabitants of Magical Mishap's HQ. Catherine met a few of the adults and seemed to be making friends. Aphrodite finally figured out how to fly, was covered in chocolate for a while and collided with Deimos's head a few times.
The first event was hide and seek. Deimos was seeker for the first round, Aphrodite doesn't seem to have grasped the concept of the hiding part of hide and seek quite right, but she's learning... slowly.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:18 am
[ Pre-Mishap Entry # 2 ] Date: Dec 25th 2004
... I missed out on this years holiday's festivities in Durem again, though I gon't regret it. smile I spent my entire day with my good friend Duke, countless times before I've written how he is like long lost brother to me. He makes Bax jealous for some reason and I don't have the foggiest clue as to why. ^^;
The day was just beautiful, it was so nice to see him again. I don't often get to see him anymore, he's always so busy on trips to who knows where. We talked about things that were on our minds and walked about in the feilds just outside of the city. We took a train to Barton Town and went ice skating on Bassken lake, though Ol' Man Hogan wasn't too happy with us. He he. We went all the way to Aekea to get Duke a new pair of pants, I wasn't very fond of the bots there though. ( Personally I thought they were illegal. ) Atferwards we took the train back to Durem and had dinner at home. ( A treat from Baxterfullous! ) I was sad to see him leave so soon, but hopefully I'll get to see him again.
- Catherine
For the holidays I recieved:
1 box of cauldron cakes from my sister Bellarose ( My favorite.)
2 pairs of socks from my dear Gran' Auntie ( Hand knitted with little cats and moons on them!)
1 new witches Hat from Grans
A brand new broom! Duke made it himself!
And take out order by Baxterfullous. .-. ( Not sure where he got the money )
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:23 pm
[ Moving in. ] It didn't take much for them to realize that they needed to finish unpacking, and Catherine realized it was her job alone! Mainly because Aphrodite was too young to understand what 'cleaning up' or 'unpacking' was and Baxterfullous was a pompous loaf, enough said.
Taking advantage of Aphrodite's new found flight, Catherine once more place that magical protective bubble around her flying baby. The bubble was clear, about the size of a basketball and glistened in the light leaving a trail of sparkles that faded as soon as it reached the ground. Immeadiatly Aphrodite zoomed her way around the room, giggling happily. "Whee! Whee! Whee!" She squeeled with delight.
Catherine wrapped a bandana around her head, tying her long hair back, her typical garb of fancy peasant shirts and skirts was unseen, today she dressed in a palin long sleeved shirt and jeans. Her bare fet walked about the carpeted floor, pacing back and forth with wand in hand. "Hmm.. this is going to take some elbow grease and Magick." she smiled at her daughter. "What do you think Aphrodite?"
"FWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" She shrilled in delight as she then collided with Catherine's head.
"Oof!" Catherine stumbled a few steps, feeling the magical sphere rub against the side of her head, she regretted letting Aphrodite try a tiny bit of candy. Sighing, she smiled as she hugged the sphere, the little baby wiggled with pure and utter sugar filled joy.
"This is your room..." she began. " ... And I want it to be special for you, something that you'll like when your older, but you'll like it when your small." She pondered as she stared at the barren walls. Stationary, Aphrodite began to see the wonder of toes. "Wooh."
Their things were in boxes pressed against the wall outside in the empty hallway of the third floor, all the furniture was covered in a white tarp and pulled into the middle of the room. Buckets of what looked to be paint were on the floor, brushes laid besides them.
"My sweet little valentine, I'm going to need your help." Catherine said while holding the magical bubble in her hands, smiling at her tiny Aphrodite. "I know you don't understand alot of things at this time, but you shall grow quickly and I want you to be happy throughout your life here." She hugged the bubble a bit. "Now my sweet let us concentrate..."
Catherine closed her eyes as a gentle wind blew up from beneath them, a soft glow surrounded them both.
Aphrodite blinked, staring at the glow that surrounded her and her mother, it didn't feel scary.. it felt.. nice. She crawled closer to her mother's chest, staring up at her confused.
" Sing with me ... " Catherine sung sweetly. " Sing with me my dear sweet lullaby. Guide us, who have their hearts intwined. Paint a picture... from our minds." And with those last words, Catherine's eyes opened, glowing the same soft yellow hued that had surrounded them. The brushes that laid on the floor lifted up and dipped themselves into the clear liquid that was within the paint buckets.
The paint brushes lifted themselves up from the buckets and then towards the walls, as they stroke an image began to form rather vaguely. Clouds formed up on the ceiling and the top of the walls, birds could be seen off in the distance, and the ocean began to form around them. Aphrodite giggled with joy, clapping at the magical sight! Then out of the distance a pirate ship was formed, as mermaids and dolphins were caught in mid-swim to the horizen, and at the bottom of the wall sandy beaches were formed with tiny shells scattered along it. The brush dropped to the ground and back to their proper places, the mural was complete.
The spell faded and the glowing stopped, Catherein too a moment to rest on the floor looking about the breath taking scene. "Your heart is filled with romance I see." She said quietly looking about, and noting the pirate ship. "...And adventure. " She smiled still grasping the sphere.
"A beach.. I never would have thought it." Said Baxterfullous as he made his way into the room. "When you were a child your room was a forest... with this bundle of reckless abandon I would've thought a field of flowers or something hideously girlish."
"Bax..." she groaned. "Don't complain it's beautiful!"
"I'm not complaining I'm noting... and this could be something worth to take note Catherine, this is a peak of things to come... or what already has." He sat beside looking around at the mural. "Remember this is a symbolic look into the mind, beauty is only skin deep."
Looking at the mural that surrounded them, she took a deep breath and undid the magical sphere around Aphrodite. She zoomed up and into her mother's hair, nuzzling happily. Tumbling out and back onto her lap she squeeled at her mother. Apparently she liked the room.
Catherine stood up with Aphrodite safely in her hands. "Alright furniture! You know where to go!" She commanded as the tarps dissappeared and the furniture moved to the proper points in the room. " You too boxes. " The boxes slid into the room and out of the empty hallway, unpacking themselves. Books went flying into bookshelves, clothes were folded neatly into drawings, appliances plugged themselves in, the paint buckets closed themselves, and the bed made itself.
" You know Bax remind me to thank Grans for enchanting my furniture." She smiled flopping down on her bed and yawning a bit, that mural spell took alot out of her. Aphrodite smiled as she laid on her mother's chest, yawning herself, boy doing nothing takes alot out of you! Happily, they both agreed it was a good time to take a nap.
< Episode 2 End. >
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:36 pm
[ Pre-Mishap Entry # 3 ] Date: Jan 1st 2005
This grand glorious year has pasted us and we are now awarded with new revalation and understandings. Frankly, I'm happy I lived to see another year! ( and my broom I got for christmas! Gods I can't get enough of it! )
New Years Resolution: Bury the past behind me and lose a bit of weight.
- Catherine
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:46 pm
[ Out on the town! ]
Out in middle of downtown Durem, Catherine and Aphrodite were window shopping. The sights and the sounds intrigue Aphrodite's little senses. Keeping close to her mother though, for this big wide world seemed a bit too scary to explore!
Aphrodite was a bit more dressed than normal, Catherine didn't her to get sick with the comming cold. She wore a long sleeve pink shirt with a opening in the back for her wings and a bunny embrodered in the front, tiny little pants with a hole in the back for her wasp butt, and booties to pretect her feet. Catherine dressed casually a simple black silk shirt and a pair of cargo pants accompanied by her black mary-janes. The reason they left the safety of HQ, was because Catherine wanted to expose Aphrodite to the world a little at a time, and what better way than shopping?
A new pandy pack on her back ( a gift ), Catherine felt confident that this was going to be a good day. It wasn't much of a long walk from Magical Mishap's main shop front, to the streets of Durem, actually. Catherine was a bit grateful, from where she used to live, it would've taken her two hours to get to downtown.
It didn't take long before they stopped in front of shop front window, gazing inside Catherine and Aphordite caught sights of little ghost prayer dolls, cellphones, robots, and toys! Alas, as Catherine reached for the shop's door, she stopped. It seemed the shop was closed. "I'm sorry..." Catherine began to read aloud the sign, to Aphrodite. "The Bunny Hop is currently closed until further notice, please proceed to our other chain the 'Vaca Hop' until then or visit Cocoway..." Catherine blinked and looked down at Aphordite, she was currently clinging to her mother's necklace, her little wings buzzing to keep her in the air. Pciking her up and holding her in her hands she smiled down at her. Seeing as there was nothing left to do here, they moved onward.
Catherine felt a bit relieved that not alot of people noticed the tiny Aphrodite, although some thought she was a toy. Miffed by all the nearly negative comments, Catherine moved from the busy sidewalks darting into a store that seemed to be a bit early for halloween. "The Raven...?" She said aloud reading the sign the hung from the ceiling. She turned to look over at the woman at the counter, she wore a witch's hat ( much like the one Catherine typically wore ) and a long purple stripped sweater, her long black hair flowed behind her. It didn't take long for Catherine to find something that caught her eyes, behind the counter there was a most glorious tea set. Made from pure black ceramic and a orange pumkin hand painted on the pot, Catherine immeadiatly reserved one for halloween and ordered a first level witch craft book for Aphrodite when she was older. Then as she was about to leave, multiple tea sets of all the different elements caught her eyes. Aphrodite cooed, reaching for them. "AAAH! ... AA!"
" You think everyone at HQ will like them?" She looked down at her tiny daughter who was wiggling in her hands.
"Yuuuuuuuuuuuuu.." She strained, gave up, simply nodded and gave her mother the "Why of course they would like them you silly, what are you stupid" look with her little tongue stuck out.
Catherine laughed and smiled, and had a bit of trouble since it was such a large order for so many people. They then were informed that their orders were going to be shiped since everything in the store was display only. Happily, with the Raven recepits in hand, they left.
Many hours past since the time they had left HQ, that entire time they walked the streets of Durem with many purchases and shipments that were going to arrive later in that week.
As lunch approached, Catherine wanted to treat Aphrodite to something other than baby food, maybe a low or no sugar pastry and some juice? That sounded nice, so as a surprise, Catherine went a board the train at the Durem train station and went off to Barton Town with the littlest mishap.
The zooming sights amazed Aphrodite. "Oooo!" she cooed, pressing her little hands against the glass watching the world pass them by in what seemed to be a flash. She smiled up at her mother, boy was this so much fun! she banged her hands as though she was trying to press puase like her mother did with the remote for the TV, the zooming picture was starting to go by too fast and she wanted to see!
Catherine was happy her baby was enjoying herself, this was her first outing and what an impression this was going to make. As the train slowed, Catherine scooped up Aphrodite and entered Barton Town.
"Hmm.. where is it?" She said as she walked about, Barton Town was far smaller than Durem so it was usually easy to find your way around, out of the corner of her eye, Catherine spotted it. "Sumra's Bakery! Aphrodite you're in for such a treat... Your uncle Duke took me here for my birthday, the food is delcious."
"Deh...ish.. bah" Aphrodite babbled as she then placed her fist in her mouth, her large bright eyes looked at her other hands... Woah fingers are neat.
Catherine blinked, maybe that was a sign that it was time to eat? With her free hand Catherine pushed the door open, the other hand gently held Aphrodite.
The sweet smells of the bakery filled them, it was nearly overwhelming. Catherine made her way to the counter looking over the menu Letting Aphrodite crawl about on the counter, with at least a watchful eye. Aphrodite sat down, watching her mother a bit, her almond shapped yellow eyes looked around, her thumb in her mouth.
"I'll have a #7 in the bread's section and a #6 in the drinks. Aphrodite'll have a # 11 in the drinks section and a... " She turned to her little mishap. "How does sweet potato sound baby?"
"No."
"...What?"
"No."
Catherine blinked peering her little mishap. "What did you say?"
"No."
A grin spread across Catherine's face and she scooped up her little mishap and spun around. "Did you hear that?! My baby said her first word!" She laughed with joy. "I'm so happy Aphrodite!"
With a very confused clerk staring at them, Catherine blushed, smiling a bit. "Um.. We'll also have a moon dumpling." She smiled sheepishly as their order came, hurrying away from the stares to a table in a corner.
"You know, I bet Bax's is jealous that's it's jus' you and me Aphrodite." she said as she stirred in another spoonfull of sugar into her coffee. Aphrodite clapped a bit and then gummed the side of the moon dumpling. Pooh! Too much trouble, she crawled over and took a tiny piece of her mother's toast and chewed. Smiling, Catherine gave Aphrodite a piece of the egg white in her Bull's eye toast. She made a face, throwing the piece at the plate.
"Aphrodite! " Catherine frowned. "Don't throw your food, if you don't like it put it down gently." She said, her tone was serious, but soft.
Aphrodite stared at her mother, her little eyes wide. That was the first time she had been repremanded...what did she do wrong?
"It's bad to throw your food..." she said quietly as she took a napkin to wipe Aphrodite's face and hands gently. " It's ok if you don't like it, everyone like's different things. " she smiled a bit.
Aphrodite looked at her hands a bit and then up at her mother.. throw food.. bad? Oh well, she guessed she'd try her luck again later.
After packing was left their lunch away in a doggie back and paying at the counter, they left Sumra's bakery and decided to take a small after lunch walk around Barton Town before they had to board the train again for Durem.
It didn't take long before Catherine's feet wandered inside another store. "Pixel Shifter's Nightmare cafe...?" She said in awe staring at the large sign. Aphrodite was too busy staring at the odd toys that they had on display. Little toys , werewolves, and strange rabbits.
Once more they entered a store, looking about and there.. something caught Aphroidite's eyes. She then without a moment's notice erupted into tears. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" She shreaiked as she pointed to a little devil doll. " DAAAAAAAAAAY!" She flailed and cried louder.
Customer's stared at the small high pitched screech that came from the front of the store. Catherine flushed a bit, looking down at Aphrodite confused and then to the point of her stretching hands. A devil doll? ... and the sound she screech was Day..Deimos! Doh! She sighed, comforting her tiny baby. "Shhh.. it's ok.. Please baby calm down.." she rubbed her back a bit. " Please Aphrodite.. calm down."
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy.." She whimpered as she reached towards the doll, if her mom could see things she liked and get them, why couldn't she? It wasn't fair!
She sighed, what was there to do? "Aphordite.. do you want the doll?" She asked, wanting to make sure that what she assumed was right.
"No!!" The tiny mishap pouted.
Catherine winced a bit at the shout. "Do you want to give Diemos the doll?" She asked, now sure of the answer.
Aphrodite strained with the 'y' word. "Yeh..Yeh!" She wiggled, happy now her mother understood her flailing intentions.
Catherine sighed making her way to the counter asking for an order form, but it didn't take long before she realized... she wanted a few things as well. Catherine later decided that she needed to learn the value of self control.
It didn't take long for other shops to catch their eyes... and other items. Now with an Alphonse doll in hand, the only item that they had to carry home due to everything else was being delivered to HQ, they made their way onto the train. The afternoon sun faded from the bright orange to red to then a deep purple, Catherine watched the world go by from where she sat, he head leaned against the window. In her lap laid the napping Aphrodite, asleep atop her new Alphonse Elric plushie.
"Today was rather eventful.. wasn't it?" Catherine said quietly, stroking Aphrodite's hair gently with her finger. Happy and excited, she couldn't wait to get home and tell Baxter all that had happened.
< Episode 3 End. >
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:48 pm
[ Pre-Mishap Entry # 4 ] Date: Feb 14th 2005Valentines...eh, too much pressure on simple holiday, that's what I think. It's not like I'd recieve anymore Valentines for the rest of my life. Alright, I take that back...Duke came by, he knew how I was during this holiday. He cheered me up and gave me a yellow rose. - Catherine
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:36 pm
[ - Second Floor, Deimos's room - ] Participants: Catherine, Aphrodite, Jizzy, Bag, Diemos, and Baxterfullous. The link Posts: 1 - 40 Synopsis Catherine decided to pay Jizzy and Deimos a visit, bringing along a potion she had created for Jizzy's cold. Aphrodite intriducted Alphonse, her doll, to Deimos. He became very jealous... I smell a crush. x3 Anyways, Catherine decided to lighten the mood she gave Deimos a gift that Aphrodite picked out for him. Also Cat offered Jizzy a helping hand, helped her clean the room and gave her a book case.
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:20 pm
[ Pah-cah-gehs and Magic Spells ] Walking back from the laundry room, basket in hand, and Aphrodite settling happily on top with her Alphonse. They were surprised to see many of the other packages had already arrived from their shopping spree a few weeks ago. A few boxes were piled upon boxes, Catherine sighed a bit, since they were blocking the door. Gently with her foot she pushed the boxes out of the way.
Aphrodite peered over the from the basket, flopping ontop of Alphonse. "Wuh dah! Wuh dah!" She pointed to the boxes and then proceeded to sucking her thumb.
"Those are called packages."
"Pah cah gehs?" She said looking up at her mother, her free arm semi-around Alphonse's waist.
" Yep! Those are boxes that have things inside, sometimes you can open them right away and other times you have to wait. Like birthdays and the winter solstice..." She said as she pushed the door open with her behind. Catherine never really worried about keeping the door closed in HQ, everyone was nice and no one seemed to barge in.
"Birff-day? Sol-tush?" The tiny mishap was confused, she nevered heard of something like that before.
" Yep, birthdays are parties to celebrate you being another year older or in your case, maybe another month, but we'll see. " She smiled as she placed the laundry basket on the bed. "Soltice's are to celebrate the great wheel, which is the year... The comming winter is sometimes a scary time, but most of the time it's fun. The grass goes away and snow falls from the sky. Don't worry you'll get to see it soon... but the winter celebration isn't for a few months now... All hallow's eve is though, so you'll going to see a mighty grand celebration!" She smiled lifting up her baby with her beloved plushie from the pile of clean laundry. "..You're still young, you'll understand when you're older."
Woah, that was alot from little Aphordite to process, maybe her mother was right, she'll understand when she was older. Aphrodite then giggled as he mother gave her little kisses on her face. "Mama!" She squeeled.
".. But you know what Di? These are the kind of packages we can open right away!" Catherine smiled and settled her back down on top of the clean clothes. she then dissappeared into the hallway, then within a few moments she was pushing with a large amount of effort some of the boxes upon boxes into the room. Taking extra effort ot make sure none of the boxes fell, knowing all to well a few had glass in them.
Aphrodite watched her mother toil away at bringing in the boxes, what a silly mommy, she though as she watched. "Mama! Mama sillee!" She giggled and pointed.
Catherine smiled at her baby who was happily playing with her Alphonse doll. She sat on the floor right next to the bed and the basket, placing the first box in front of the her, it was clearly from Cocoway. Carefully she opened the box, digging though the stryofoam peanuts and pulled out a blonde plushie wearing a red coat.
"EH!" Aphrodite squeeled as she then began to fly holding on tightly to her Alphonse, but his weight only made her flutter up. "EEEEHH!" She strained, daring not to leave her Alphonse behind.
Catherine blinked a bit, trying not to laugh she finished dusting off Aphrodite's new Edward plushie and placed it beside her.
Aphrodite squeeled pouncing her new plushie, nuzzling. "Ah! Ah! Bi Brud'r! Bi Brud'r!!" She squeeled petting Ed's head. "Eh big'r den Ah?" She was confused, it was always mentioned that Ed was far smaller than Al.
Catherine sighed a looked up at her tiny baby. "Don't worry about it, baby." She smiled a bit as she then opened another box but this time was not filled with stryfoam peanuts, but wrapped in a blankets was a red egg, with a black coat. "He's here." She said softly almost in awe. "Aphrodite.. I want you to see a faerie egg." She said quietly, lifting up the egg for her baby to see.
"Eh'guh?" she blinked, crawling away momentarily from her toys to touch the side, it felt warm and made her insides to a loop de loop.
"Yes, there is a faerie inside, he's going to be your familiar when you're old enough." She smiled a bit. "His name... oddly enough is Ed."
"Eh!" She cooed, still petting the egg.
"Yep, when you're older she'll be yours." She grinned a bit. "I'll teach you the spell to awaken him and everything."
Aphrodite blinked, the concept was a bit out of her reach, but she smiled at the thought of being able to do the things her mother did.
Sighing she smiled a bit and closed her eyes waving her hands over the boxes and syrofoam peanuts. In a wisp of golden smoke and sparkles the boxes disappeared and it's contents went in their rightful places in the room.
Aphrodite giggled again, that flip floppy feeling came back as she watched her mother cast. She wondered what could that mean? Maybe it'll all make sense later. Catherine lifted up Aphrodite up with her Edward plushie and her Alphonse doll, placing her infront of the TV set. Pressing a button and there before her on the screen appeared brightly colored cartoons. She nuzzled her Al and Ed, laying on top of them, looking up at the brightly colored screen. Her thoughts though were still on the feelings that were in her stomach. It'll all make more sense later.. right?
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:59 pm
[ -The Laundry Room, Yellow Area- ] Participants: Catherine, Aphrodite, Malachi, and Rabid.The linkPosts: 127 - 158SynopsisCatherine and Aphrodite went down to the laundry room to wash their clothes and while they were there they met with Rabid and Ike.
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:32 pm
[ Haircuts and a new job? ] "By the gods Catherine what in heaven's happened to your head. " Baxterfullous looked up from the book he was reading on the floor. Aphrodite, on the other hand, was entranced by the television set before her, nuzzling happily into Ed and Al.
" I don't want to talk about it." The plump witch closed the door behind her, her head burried beneath a cap. She frowned a bit as she then doved into bed, hiding beneath a pillow.
" I can see, at least you recovered with a haircut." He quirked a bow. " How was your first day at work?"
"Except for my head exploding! ... It was.. good." She failed a bit, and then quickly calmed.
" Mama!" Aphrodite exclaimed as soon as a commercial arrived.
" Baby! " She eclaimed in response jumping from off her bed to besides Aphrodite. "Miss me? "
The magenta topped baby nodded. " Mama diff. " She didn't understand where her mother's trademark long hair hair gone. " Mama! Spwodee!"
" Yeah.. mama's head went splody. " She sighed quietly, resting her head on the floor beside her tiny Mishap. " ...but you didn't miss me too terribly did you?" She pouted. "Uncle Bax took good care of you right? "
Aphrodite blinked a bit staring at her mother's face, crawling off Alphonse and Ed and towards her nose. " Mama... go?" She placed a tiny hand on the tip of Catherine's nose.
" Yes.. Mama has to go to work. "
"Why?"
"Well... when people ups get older, they have to make money so they can buy things they need like food and clothes and..."
"Al!"
Catherine smirked a bit. "Yes and Al... because everyone needs a six foot tall suit of armor with a soul attached to it."
Aphrodite fell back giggling. She did miss her mother dearly however and didn't like it when she went away for long periods of time. She laid on the floor infront of her mother's face, suckling her thumb. Staring into her mother's bright brown eyes.
" How about this.. to make it up to you.. I'll take you to my work soon, and you get to help me with halloween." she smiled tickling her baby's belly.
"Eeee!"What a splendid idea! Going to mommy's work would be fun.. or so she hoped.. whatever the heck work was.
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