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Jizzy was relapsing again. She could feel the spider crawling over her, the hairy legs, the pincers. She would have hugged her legs if her ankle hadn't been broken. She was shivering now, her eyes spacing out elsewhere.

Tal did notice this and clung to Baba tightly. Mother did this from time to time but he never liked it. No, not a bit. "Ma." He said, trying to catch her attention.

She was trembling, rather strongly, but she nodded. "No spiders.." She repeated, but fear did things to a person that logic couldn't often overcome. "No spiders.." She repeated as her whole body trembled with the feeling of legs all over her.

Tal blinked several times, hugging his doll tight. "Ma.." He mumbled again looking at his mother, then he turned to Cato, pointing ov er at the table. "Ma." He said again in a soft tone.

Jizzy sighed and the trembling lessened. "Right.." She was coming back to reality. "No spider, right.. I..I'm sorry." She whispered, ashamed of herself for relaspign that way.

Tal sniffled as the other boy didn't really reply. He clung to his doll tightly, gazing out to the table. Was she alright?"

Jizzy looked up at the foriegn voice. "Oh, yes. SOrry.." She mumbled. She was still a bit out of it, but reality was coming at her very quickly. She took one of her crutches into her hand and lifted herself of the chair, her bandaged ankle lifted above the ground and she started towards Tal.

Tal mumbled sadly, but as Jizzy approached him he smiled. 'Ma!" He exclaimed. SHe was ok, right? He entnded a small arm out, the other keeping a hard grip on Baba.

Jizzy picked Tal up with one hand. It was rather easy when he helped himself climb up. He clung to her tightly as she limped back, sittign down calmly. "Deimos.. Well.. He's alright.. I'm trying to teach him, but he keeps setting things on fire." Her lips quirked into a smile.

Tal listened to the adults and he smiled as a familiar name met his ear. "DAY DAY!!" He cried out. His big brother was fun!!

"Hullo?"

The shy, almost whistling child's voice echoed hesitantly through the empty ballroom, a pair of large eyes scanning the tables from behind orange-tinted lenses. Anitia was nervous - she hadn't been back to the Home since Mama had adopted her, except maybe to her room to play. What if they were mad at her?

Of course, her siblings didn't have the same reservations. With a squeak, she found herself scooped up by her older brother Cody as the golden-haired boy came through the doorway, lifting the bat-child to his lean shoulders. "Come on, Neets, you're blockin' the door."

A small figure zipped past Anitia's head, spinning in circles. "Oooooo, look, there's a stage!" Cried the blue-skinned pixie, dancing in midair with glee. "Can we dance on the stage? I bet it'd be AWESOME!"

"Weren't we gonna play pirates?" Asked another voice. Like a mini-stampede, a group of children entered behind Anitia and Cody, some darting around to explore while others followed their siblings toward the other side of the room. The speaker was a little boy, roughly six or seven in human years, with spiky brown hair that flopped into startlingly intelligent green eyes. Beside him, a slightly younger child with dark purple eyes and long, matching hair grinned almost shyly. "Yes, pirates would be a fun game. We could play on the stage!"

Cody glanced at the little dragon with a friendly grin, which grew wider as Anitia squeaked "Garreth!" gleefully. Laughing, the boy swung his little sister down so she could run to the dragon-child. "Well well, guess you didn't have to worry after all, huh, Neets." He winked at the toddler just behind the curtain. "Hello, I'm Cody, 'Nitia's big brother."

"And I'm her big sister, Kaiarnai!" Announced the pixie, zipping in figure eights. Her skin was pale, dusty blue, long hair like a streak of thick, dark sapphire. Her blue jeans and bright pink shirt were obviously tailored for her short size, as was the diamond-like pendant she wore at her neck. "You can call me Kai, though, everybody does. Wow, that's Garreth?!? I thought he was LITTLE!"

"Compared to you, not likely." Cody teased. Kai stuck her tongue out at him as she fluttered backwards. "I can still zap you, dirt-head."

Kai actually stopped buzzing for a moment, hanging in midair to gape at Aprodite, and Anitia's grin grew until it looked like she was going to burst with glee. "Well I'll be switched." the little blue pixie muttered, awed. "I hardly ever meet anyone my natural size."

Zipping down to the bat-toddler's head, the girl landed with a light shimmer of blue energy and bowed cheerfully. "Nice to meet you guys. Neets was showing us 'round, since we'd never been here before."

"And what's this I hear about a pirate princess?" Cody grinned engagingly at Nariko. She was rather cute - actually, she reminded him of Nia or even Neets when she was confronted with new people. Or Karaya, for that matter. Then again, at least she wasn't hiding. A step up from his little sisters. "You know, pirate princesses are warriors where we come from - they're the best kind."

"Like Auntie Siker!" Said another small boy, ducking his head. Slightly younger than his brunette brother, this one had curiously golden eyes and looked rather nervous.