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Taking another long drink from the coffee mug, Isi tried his best to keep his mind on the topic at hand. It was hard to sit in the seat when he felt the need to give Eiry a dose of Nyquil and make sure that he was out of commission before he could really relax in the company of a friend. Now, he was just worried and anticipating what chaos Eiry might bring about next. It always worked out that way. If they weren't currently interacting with Eiry, then he was bound to do something to entertain himself, which usually involved eggs, string, or copious amounts of petroleum jelly.

"Honestly," Isi said in weary reply, "I haven't been able to reign Eiry in, so I don't know how much help I'd be if LuLu became troublesome. You're welcome to come share your woes, though, and perhaps bash heads for ideas." As Josh continued, Isi tilted his head, listening in, "Yeah, I'm really glad he does, because it gives him plenty to eat." Isi shifted in his seat, crossing his weak ankles and uncrossing them.

"Well, at least she's getting constant attention instead of none at all." The boy, leaned forward and put his finished mug on the coffee table. He had done away with the drink fairly quickly, a sign of his nervousness. "Other powers? Um..." Isi took a moment to think, glancing at his brother for help, "He can become intangible...But so far that's all the abilities that I've seen from him. He may yet have more as he grows. Being able to bring plants back to life, like he does, is a side effect from absorbing the death from them. I'm sure though that he'll develop something else later on."

Drifting through the house, Eiry passed through the walls, checking the upper levels of the home for a certain something. He leaned into his own bedroom and found that the animal he was looking for wasn't there. Eiry went through the rest of the walls, ran into Yvette, the second floor's female ghost, and made his way to Rivener's bedroom. What he was looking for would certainly have to be in there...

"Beauregard?" Eiry said aloud, looking around his brother's array of things. "Beauuuuureegaaaard...?" For a moment there wasn't any movement save the willow tree outside of Rivener's window, but at length a familiar balloon lump of red floated up from the covers of the bed. The groggy looking whale's bow tie was all skewed from sleeping and he blinked his eyes at Eiry.

"Beau Beau!" The minty raevan exclaimed happily. He floated over and scooped the whale up into his arms, "Come, come! What melodies can you voiceweave for us today?"

The whale crooned and hummed a couple chords in a warbly tone.

"Beautiful! Astounding!" piped Eiry happily, he hugged the whale tight and drifted out of his brother's bedroom.

Rivener didn't speak while they crossed the living room, for fear of his voice attracting the guardians' attention. Like Lulu, he didn't want anyone interrupting them mid-quest. Thankfully they passed that gauntlet soon enough and the pair of floating half-bodies found themselves in the kitchen, where Riv could finally turn and answer. He kept his voice low, releasing Lulu's hand and floating ahead to rifle through drawers in search of the item they needed.

"How you do it is: you scrunch up the edges of the bag so that it seals around your mouth, then you blow air inside. It puffs up like a brown paper balloon! Then you hold the one end closed with your hand, and with the other hand you go CLAP!" Riv demonstrated slowly and quietly, bringing both hands together for a moment, pausing in his search. "The paper balloon explodes with a bang! It's really loud... Ahah! Here we are!"

The Scorpion lifted out a lunch bag from one of the many drawers lining the counter, grinning. "Now all we have to do is FIND the little bugger... We should keep the paper balloon blown up the whole way. You do it like this, see?"

Riv brought the bag to his lips and blew, then held it out with the end part tightly closed, showing it to the girl. He then opened it and aired it out, shaking the thing to get all traces of his breath out. "You want to be the one to do it?" Riv asked, for some reason knowing that the bunny would enjoy having that responsibility. He handed the bag over. "Be ready to pop it when we find him!"

Aphismet shook his head softly at himself, watching both boys. They seemed to be in a competition about whose Raevan would be the more trouble. It was rather entertaining, but a little worrisome; Eiry could be a pain, and if Lulu turned out the same way it would be a problem, wouldn't it? Surely that lovely little thing wouldn't end up like that, she was so sweet...

Aphi was about to get up and fetch Isi a refill for his coffee when Josh spoke to him, startling the chef. "Ah? ...Oh, I don't mind not saying anything. It's nice to see Isi being so talkative for once without biting anyone's head off. Uhm, yes, my Raevan is Rivener... I don't know what else I could tell you about him." Aphi ran a hand through his hair, smiling sheepishly. He didn't quite know what to say. "He's a Sigel, and since he grew up he's become much more... I don't know, manageable? He's somewhat responsible now, it seems. So I think that Lulu should be alright as long as she's with him."

Brown eyes darted over to Isi for a second. "Although lately I'm getting the impression that Eiry listens to him less and less. Maybe he doesn't like Sigels? Or more likely Eiry is close to being a Sigel himself? ...Ugh, no offense Isi, but a Sigel Eiry makes me very afraid..."

LuLu greedily snatched up the bag from Rivener. “Yes.” She examined the paper device in awe. This small bag held the promise to gain revenge on Eiry. She fluttered with joy. The female frei’s hand reached out to gently trace over the ruffled creases that Riv had put into the bag with his previous handling. She then brought it to her parted lips and attempt to reproduce the same effect that her sigel counterpart had made. As she blew into the bag, her tanned cheeks gained a pink tinge from the unfamiliar exertion. LuLu paused for a moment to recollect her breath. This was more difficult that she thought it would be!

LuLu glanced down at the bag again and noticed that its structure was slowing deflating and caving in on itself. The rabbit frei gasped in terror. The bag was broken! LuLu frowned and pressed it once more to her lips. She gave a few fierce blows in an attempt to form the bag into the round shape she desired. Her cheeks colored into a labored red. LuLu took the bag from her mouth when she was satisfied with the results. Ah-ha! She knew that that the bag could not be broken already. She had just gotten it after all.

However, in a matter of seconds, the bag was shrinking away and emptying of its air. LuLu felt her chances of pranking Eiry fading along with it. What had she done wrong? The frei thought over Riv’s instructions carefully. As a precaution she even mumbled a few to herself to make sure she did not skip over anything.

“Get bag… Breathe… Hold it tight… Pop it” The words ghosted off her lips.

LuLu emitted the tiniest squeak when she realized of what she had done wrong. The raevan took a closer look at her grip on the bag and noticed it was quite lacking. The frei refilled the bag with air and this time made sure she had the firm grip that Rivener had requested. LuLu waited for a few tense seconds. The bag did not deflate. LuLu looked up at Rivener with a prideful smile and took his hand once more, “Ready.”

Josh glanced ay Aphi then gave him a pleasant smile. “That is good. LuLu needs to meet a few more mature raevans. I’m sure it will do her well if they brushed off on her a bit.” The boy stopped when he heard mention of sigels once more. So, Eiry was close to being a sigel himself then. Josh thought back to LuLu and her own antics. She seemed very far from the maturity that Riv had or the independence that Eiry possessed. He wondered just how she would act once she took that step towards being a sigel. That was a scary thought too.

Josh jumped slightly at Isi sudden exclamation. For a boy who denied his irritability, he was doing it in a very snappy way. Josh couldn’t help but give a small chuckle before he sipped at his water and set it down again. He piped up, “Those both seem like very dramatic changes. What else is different when a raevan become a sigel?” Josh wasn't sure how well the two guardians sitting across from could answer this question; both their raevans seemed to have out grown them a bit. He concluded that it was a question worth asking though.

Once the sink had filled up to a point where Beau could settle in it comfortably, Eiry smiled satisfied with his work. He lifted the small red whale in his arms, tickling underneath his chin. "Ready now! In you go," he said, giving a twirl before placing the squirmy whale into the water. Beauregard splashed a bit, trying to sink himself into the water as much as possible, giving happy hums and thrums. Eiry chuckled. He had many pets, and taking care of them, tending to their needs, always made him happy. Glancing around, he moved over to the window to open it, pushing against it's frame so that it slid up after a couple forced pushes from the minty raevan.

"Damn thing," Eiry muttered, "So old and weary this thing is!"

Then he heard someone knock on the door. Raising his brows, Eiry fluttered his wings so that he was back at the sink. Beauregard was having trouble getting water onto his back. "Hullo hullo," the frei answered to his brother as he gently helped wash the red whale, "Come in." Beauregard gave a happy squeal, prompting another chuckle from Eiry.

Isi chose that time to lean over and place his mug on the coffee table. Leaning his elbows on his knees, the boy listened again to the conversation, quickly quelling himself into serenity once again. He remembered the first couple of times he met with Rivener. At first, the frei was fine with him, but after they became a family, things took a turn for the worst. But, thankfully, they were much closer now and quite fine with each other. Isi rather liked having someone to watch scary movies with.

"It's strange how much they change over time," Isi agreed, "I'm sure your Lulu will go through huge changes before she ever becomes a sigel! And just think, it'll all happen so fast, we'll hardly have noticed."

Rivener had been more than disappointed that Eiry wasn't opening the door, instead calling for them to come inside. The Scorpion wasn't so sure that would work, and he was trying to think of something to say that would force the minty frei out when the cute, fuzzy little thing at his side decided to take the situation in hand.

Riv watched with raised eyebrows as Lulu burst into the room like she owned the place, floating right up to Eiry brandishing that bag and -*POP!*- exploding it right in the Will-o-wisp's face. Beauregard was in the sink, probably an innocent casualty of the joke-war. With wide eyes, Rivener watched and waited for the reaction. Lulu had done it perfectly: now how would Eiry react to a dose of his own medicine?

Aphismet chuckled sheepishly at Josh's demeanor. The boy seemed a little taken aback. "Ah, don't feel daunted, Josh. It'll all just happen on its own. Just be there for her, and everything will be good! Keep her fed, keep her happy, listen to her needs... I didn't do much of that last one myself, that's probably why Riv was such a-... a jerk before." The white-haired man's eyes slipped to Isi for a second before turning back to Josh.

"If you ever have anything to ask, I'm sure Isi or I will be able to answer. And of course anytime you want to visit again... It's actually a relief to see people coming here to see Isikoro." Aphismet chuckled again, needling his brother.

Josh chuckled, “I would be happy to visit again.” He shot Isi a smile before he continued, “I am sure LuLu would not mind another visit either.” As if on cue…

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!”

Josh jumped up from the couch with a fright. The boy’s leg hit the coffee table gracelessly. He successfully knocked his water onto his feet. His head spun towards the staircase that led to the second floor and where the scream had come from. He gave one last glance at the Delarian brothers before he bolted towards the staircase.

LuLu had no time to relish her victory of the minty frei. Just as quickly as she had popped the bag, a new conflict arose. She ducked to the ground as a red whale hurled itself at her face. The girl’s tan arms braced over her head as she protected herself against a shattering vase and a wayward soap dish. Both objects clattered and splintered dangerously close to her bare skin. She looked up just in time to catch sight of the hazardous crimson blur careening into the shower. The pole supporting the flimsy shower curtain gave way along with the duck patterned plastic.

LuLu ‘hopped’ up to avoid the metal pipe as it connected with the tile. A metallic clang cut through the air. The sound rung clearly in her furry ears even when the pole had settled. This sound was much worse than anything her bag could produce. The rabbit frei nearly floated headfirst into Eiry while trying to avoid the various noises that had suddenly exploded in the room.

A fearsome lavender stare met with Eiry’s scathing red glare. LuLu could almost feel the intensity of his scowl. They were mere inches from each other and it was the ghostly frei who closed the distance between them. Eiry’s voice boomed above LuLu. She shrank backwards as his cold hands met with her shoulders in a brutal show of strength. The female raevan tumbled backwards and hit the ground. Her hands reached back to brace herself. She was rewarded with two fistfuls of broken glass. The raevan released a shrill squeak of pain as Eiry vanish into the ceiling.

She cradled her wounds as she looked to Riv for some kind of comfort. Her palms were dribbling a thin red stream down her arms. It collected in the folds of her dress. “I… hate… him too,” She mumbled between whimpers.

"JUST what I ******** NEED right now!" Isi grumpily cursed as all chaos seemed to break lose about him. Josh had knocked over water, bumped his knee against the table, knocked over Isi's (thankfully empty) coffee mug, Aphismet scrambled up and (in a accustomed manner) flew to the base of the stairs without a moment to waste, and in the meanwhile, Isi was having a hard time getting his legs underneath him in the first place. It only took a few stumbles before Isi was planted behind Aphismet, using the chef's waist to hold himself up.

"Isi, can you get the first aid kit please, from the kitchen?" Aphismet asked.

With a roll of his eyes, Isi released his grip on Aphi's waist and made his way over to the kitchen, gravitating towards the walls so he could hold himself up as he walked hastily to the cabinets, silently cursing the problematic tendencies their life seemed to bring them the whole way. He gutted the cabinets, found the first aid kit, and hobbled back to the living room.

"What in the bloody hell happened?" Isi asked aloud angrily, "And where's Eiry? I heard him scream."

Aphismet hung back from their guest, who ran up the stairs to find Lulu in Riv's arms, the Scorpion in the process of carrying the girl down... Aphi's face turned ashen at the tone of Josh's voice, the chef's embarrassment complete. Why did Rivener have to cause destruction everywhere he went? They'd be having a BIG talk once Josh and Lulu left!!

Rivener had been enjoying Lulu clutching at him like that. It fulfilled the part of him that liked to protect something, and his smile might have been a little out of place as the pair of floating half-bodies rounded the landing and were met with Josh.

The man hurried to pry Lulu from Riv's grip, the Scorpion half-growling in protest but relenting his grasp: Josh WAS Lulu's guardian after all, and after a moment of trying to hold onto the Sigel, Lulu did indeed turn to clasp Josh. Then came the demand for What Happened. Rivener sighed and rolled his eyes, although his posture spoke of guilt.

"We played a trick on Eiry to get him back from the waterballoon thing earlier... And well, Eiry was REALLY startled and broke some stuff in the bathroom upstairs as he recoiled. Then he kinda shoved Lulu to the floor and she cut her hands a bit on the glass... I'm sorry, it was all my fault, it was my idea. Poor Lulu didn't do anything wrong." Riv reached forward to try and pet one of the soft, pale ears in consolation, offering the girl a small apologetic smile. He knew he might get in trouble, but so be it. He'd told the truth, at least.