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 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:08 pm
Switch took one look at the shirt and chuckled softly to herself, then focused on helping him put the pants on. They were a little big, but after she rolled the waistband a few times they fit fairly well. They weren't for toddlers, but they weren't for adults, either. Once she pants were on Switch grabebd the shirt, moving to stand so she could shake the dust from it, too.
"Looks like he's got your sense of style already." Came a rather idle comment directed towards the Guardian. Once the dust was more or less off of it, she knelt back down. "Okay Ryan, reach for the sky!" She lifted her arms above her head, to both play along and to also show him how its done.
"Yep, the kid is now Ryan. Congrats Dad, you have a name for your boy now." Switch hummed, pulling the shirt over Ryan's head once he lifted his arms for her. "So I think now is a good time to try talking nicely to him." She suggested, fixing the shirt.
"Hehe, Ryan, you look like a pumpkin! So cute." The blue-haired woman was laughing happily.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:13 pm
Greloren glanced over at the kid. "What's that supposed to mean?" He eyed the clothes the kid had picked out. "... 'Reach for the sky'?" He scoffed, rolling his eyes. Kids brought out the worst of people. Especially women...
Ryan grinned and raised his arms up like the nice woman had. Once the shirt was on, he glanced down and 'pet' the puppy. "P-pumpk-kin?" He finally spoke, looking at the nice woman again. But it had to be something nice because she was smiling and making a happy noise.
"Hey! He spoke." The man stressed the pronoun, hoping that Switch would notice. "Good kid." He directed at Ryan, who scooted over to put Switch between his guardian and himself.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:22 pm
"Oh come on now, were you raised to not have fun or do you just forget how much fun being a kid could be?" Switch scolded when she heard the scoff. She clapped when Ryan mimicked her word and nodded. "Yes, a pumpkin! You see them on Halloween and you give them funny or scary faces. They're orange and they have green leaves and a brown stem!" She informed Ryan; sadly she didn't have one to show him.
Her gaze lifted to the man when he actually said the pronoun, grinning in pride and clapping for the Guardian. "Progress~!" She cheered for the man, then turned her attention back to Ryan. A soft smile came to her lips and she leaned forward, hugging the boy softly.
"Its okay sweetie, he won't be mean to you anymore." Switch promised him. "And if he's really mean to you again, you come back here and tell me, okay? If you Promise to do that I`ll promise to give your Daddy a lot of trouble!" When she asked for his promise, she held out her pinkie finger and hooked it with one of his pinkies. "I promise it'll be okay! You should go over and say Hi to your Daddy."
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:29 pm
Greloren frowned. "I've blocked most of my childhood for a reason. It wasn't pleasant." The man had a feeling she was mocking him with her cheer. Why had this kid picked him? The kid could've done much better... He glanced over at the boy. "Well, c'mon kid... er, Ryan."
The boy blinked at the description of a pumpkin. What? He stared as she did something with one of her fingers and one of his. "P-p-promise? D-don't w-w-wanna..." He reached over to rub at his shoulder for a moment. "Hurt."
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:45 pm
"Ah, I'm sorry to hear that." Switch said seriously with a sigh. "Then maybe this will be a good thing for you. You wouldn't want Ryan to go through what you did, after all." She smiled at the Guardian. A real smile; she wasn't mocking, she wasn't teasing and she wasn't being sarcastic. She still hated him for what he had done to Ryan, but at least he seemed to be rounding some corner.
"I promise, Ryan. Here, I'll go find something so you can call me! One minute." Switch stood up and hurried down one of the ailes; she'd seen the item before during her cleaning frenzies, and she thought it would be perfect now. There was rummaging noises, a crash or two, but eventually Switch came back, holding a pair of walkie-talkies. She tested them both, then knelt down to Ryan and handed one of them to him.
"These are walkie talkies, they'll let us talk from long distances!" She informed him. "You see this big red button here? You just press that, and speak into this part here--" She demonstrated for the boy, and when she spoke next her voice also came from Ryan's walkie-talkie. "And we can hear eachother!" Once she was done showing him how it worked, she stood up and walked to her desk, writing something on a piece of paper before walking over to Greloren.
"And this is for you. Incase you need help or have questions." The paper had her home number as well as the number for the shop. "I'm only helping you for Ryan's sake." Her eyes were narrowed again, making it quite clear she didn't like him as a person. But if involved Ryan, she would do anything to help.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:07 am
"The past is past." The man shrugged. There was no changing it. He glanced down at the boy and sighed. "No... I don't." ********, he was stuck with the kid. Joy.
Ryan tried to see where the woman had gone and jumped at the crash(es). Then she was back and holding two little things. He took the one she handed to him and peered at it. Press the red button and- "Ah!" He gave a start as the nice lady's voice sounded from his walkie talkie.
Greloren took the piece of paper and glanced at it before folding it and putting it in his pocket. "Thanks."
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:28 am
"Well, I'm glad you admit that. The past may be the past but, for better or for worse, it made you the man you are today." Switch hummed out when he submitted to not wanting Ryan to be raised like he was. "But you were very mean to poor Ryan." She ruffled the little boy's hair, but was looking at his Guardian. "I think you should get down to his level and apologize to him. You would want someone to apologize to you if they hurt you, right?" For the breifest of moments, Switch glared at him, just daring him to refute her logic.
"But, you're welcome. I'll help if you need it...but he is your son now." The woman was looking around her incredibly messy shop. "The clothes and the walkie talkie are free this time." She said, clapping the dust from her hands with a little sneer of distain. She didn't like dust at all. Or germs. "But don't worry, they won't turn into kids. I can tell." Making that point clear was necessary; she didn't want him to let Ryan freeze on account of a fear.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:12 am
Greloren scowled and sighed. He hadn't really meant to hurt the kid. Down to his level? The half-elf started to get angry, thinking perhaps it was a reference to his short stature. But he recalled what the woman had done earlier when talking to the boy. And so he knelt.
Ryan gave a start as the arm-pulling man knelt down and backed up a few steps, clutching the walkie talkie tightly. This caused the man to frown, realizing that this kid was now actually scared of him. Great. He'd been a parent for only an hour and already he'd terrified and injured the kid.
"Err... listen, kid. Ryan. Sorry about hurting you...." Quill chirped and flew over to land on the kid's head, causing Ryan to yelp and jump. "Quill says he's sorry too," Greloren added. The little dragon stopped in the process of nesting on the boy's head to look over at the man and chirp in a sort of "Say what now?" tone.
Ryan stared at his guardian. "Q-Quill?" He tried to see on top of his own head, peering upwards, which caused Quill to squawk as his perch became unsteady.
Greloren reached out and grabbed the pudgy grey dragon. "This is Quill. And I'm Gre- er... I mean, your father." Wince.
The boy looked for a moment at the man. "D-Dad-ddy?" A small smile appeared and he ran into the man, hugging him and causing Greloren to lose his balance.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:42 am
Switch backed away from the two, quietly observing. Her gaze shifted to Ryan for a moment while the man was making his rather awkward apology. Kids were impressionable, but they were also pretty resilient if you let them be. Because of the bond that the shop formed between them, the blue haired woman was sure that Ryan would forgive and accept, and she was equally sure that the Guardian would come around. It was just one of those things.
Her fingertips pressed to her lips to avoid laughing out loud and bringing attention to herself; the dragon was adorable! Their little conversation ended with Ryan hugging an unbalanced Greloren, and with that she clapped her approval, but only a little bit...and not that loudly.
Switch walked around the pair to get the red blanket that had been forgotten in the entire fiasco before wandering back to them, kneeling down beside them and holding out the blanket to the man.
"I don't hate you as much as I did when you walked in here tonight." She confided in the new Guardian with a bright and almost childish grin, happy that he had more or less submitted to his fate.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:57 am
Greloren awkwardly patted the top of the kid's head, glad when Switch showed up so he could have an excuse to get up. He took the blanket and started to fold it up when Ryan reached up and grabbed a corner and tugged. The man let the child take the blanket, which made Ryan smile. ... Damn that kid was cute when he did that.
"Er... uh, thanks... I guess." Well, she wasn't slapping him. That was good.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:18 pm
"You're welcome." Switch said happily, her angry demenor vanishing. "But I'm not sorry I slapped you. Twice." Smiling, she brushed herself off again. Damn dust. There was a moment of silence before Switch decided to talk again.
"So...What are you going to do?" She asked, in a voice similar to a Teacher asking her students what they learned that day.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:30 pm
Greloren reached up to touch his cheek for a moment. "I don't think you need to slap me again....." The man glanced down at the kid he was now in charge of. "Uh... go ask my girlfriend what I'm supposed to do with a kid?" was his answer to her question. Hey, at least he was admitting he didn't know anything. That was the first step!
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:47 pm
"Good." Switch grinned, probably replying to both the not needing to slap him AND the fact he was going to ask for help. "Now is a good time to start. Make sure you hold his hand nicely on the way home, its easy for kids to wander and get themselves lost. Especially if they have black hair and skin." Chuckling, Switch picked up her keys and started ushering them to the door. She was tired, her hand hurt and she just wanted to go home!
"Sorry to rush you out, but its been a long few days and I'm exhausted. You two should get acquainted with eachother and them get some sleep!" She said, shooing them out and shutting the lights off before locking the door. Leaning down, she ruffled Ryan's hair and gave him a hug. "Remember the walkie talkie! Be a good boy for your Daddy! Daddy, be a good boy for Ryan!"
The blue haired woman waved, then ran down one of the streets; she didn't have a car, so she wandered everywhere! "If you need me, just call!" She called out.
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:44 pm
Greloren blushed a bit. "Sorry for keeping you so late... I just kinda.. panicked." He headed out the door with the kid, glancing down at the boy as the woman took off. Hold his hand? But... so gay. The man settled for grabbing the kid's arm again, though a lot gentler than the last time. 'I'm so getting this thing a leash...' He thought as he headed off with the boy.
Ryan kept a tight hold on his walkie talkie, watching the lady leave him alone with the arm pulling man that was his Daddy. He'd rather be going with the nice lady, but daddies were supposed to be really nice. Maybe his daddy just hadn't known he was a daddy and so hadn't known to be nice! That was it!
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