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 Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:15 pm
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01.15 CONTENTS
02.15 Meeting with Aaron/Darcy [PRP]
TODDLER
03.15 I'm a mother now [Diary Entry]
04.15 Chew Toy [Solo RP]
05.15 DVD Store [ORP]
06.15 TOY Store [PRP]
07.15 Dresses for children [Solo RP]
08.15 Ribbons [PRP]
09.15 Mechanical Birds [ORP]
10.15 Grocery Shopping with a hyperactive child [PRP]
11.15 Playing Hero [PRP]
12.15 The Strigoi [Solo RP]
13.15 Secrets and Tails [Solo RP]
14.15 Blood [Solo RP]
15.15 Friends [Solo RP] ....][01..15][....
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:56 am
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COLLECTING MAYA
RP located in the guild
I went to the caves and collected a little girl today: Maya. She is a strigoi: a type of vampire. Well I suppose this means I'll be needing to go to the library and collect some books! Oh dear: and they say that parenthood is difficult? I think my task was just made a little bit more difficult. She's awfully sweet though: I can't really tell that she is anything other than your average toddler! I'm so glad to have her in my life. ....][02..15][....
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:54 am
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I'm a mother now...
Dear Diary,
It has been a while, and for that I’m sorry. Maya has been… well, not quite the handful I expected her to be. I have an odd collection of books on the strigoi, a type of shape shifting vampire… which has me a little bit fearful for her future. I believe I am well equipped for her future, I’m not scared of what I’m capable of, but what her future will be like due to the choices she makes herself.
She’s a bright, attentive and curious child, not different from an other toddler I’ve had the chance to meet. She does like to bite and chew things (do you know how awkward it is to walk into a store and explain to the owner that you are here for a chew toy… for your daughter?) and I haven’t managed to break her of the habit yet. I’ll figure it out soon though.
Confidence! Your name is Amy. Hah.
We’re planning on visiting the zoo together soon, and doing all sorts of mother and daughter activities.
She toddles around well by herself, and has picked up a couple of words. Her favourite seems to be ‘mine’. But from what I’ve seen from the internet, this is normal enough. Maybe she’ll grow out of it.
I’m looking for other children to introduce her to. I think she needs to meet others more…like her. Maybe another strigoi, if there is. She’s supposed to be able to shape shift… I wonder when this is going to happen, and what she’ll turn into.
I have to introduce her to family, but haven’t managed to cross that boundary yet. I’m excited, but just a little bit nervous: I know that there are many like my brothers who will adore her, but I wonder if my own parents will approve. Its an adoption, not a birth…
Maya just walked into the room. I think she wants to be fed. I’m going to find something for her, and then deal with the rest of the problems. I’m excited though. Woo! Me, a mother.
This isn’t something that I actually expected to have happen, but we’ll see where it takes me. I hope nowhere too scary…
Maya. I’m a mother. Which reminds me.
I wonder if she’s potty trained, or if its something I’m expected to go through with her… uh oh.
I’ll figure it out.
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:03 pm
....][SOLO RP][....
CHEW TOYS 
“Mine?”
Amy looked up from her laptop and paused, watching as Maya walked into the room with a giraffe. Well, not quite a giraffe. Her toddler held the object in both hands, pausing to nibble at the neck. There was something vaguely… well.
Entertaining.
“Yours, Maya?” she asked, her voice touched with amusement. Her toddler, her strigoi. She had noticed the way the child seemed to like to nibble and chew on things, and it had been an entertaining sight. Teething was supposed to be something all toddlers went through, but Maya seemed to have sharper teeth and the normal teething instruments had not quite done the trick. It was pretty expensive as well, trying to maintain such a large collection of toys for her child to chew through.
This was something new, something a friend had recommended. Stronger, tougher, meant for canine sometimes.
Was there something wrong with giving her toddler a chew toy that dogs would have trouble ruining in a month?
Maybe. But it was better for her budget.
“Yours, honey.” She confirmed, nodding as the toddler walked on unsteady legs towards her, stopping in front of the desk and sitting on the floor. An odd squeak escaped the giraffe, and this time Maya had to stifle a slight giggle.
Well, it was pretty darn adorable.
“I’m almost done logging the books for the month, and then we can go out and grab something to watch, okay? Movie night, right?” there was some silly new DVD that had been released to do with dragons, something she had a feeling her child would enjoy.
New books were set to arrive at the store tomorrow. More books on myths and legends, more books on the strigoi. She wasn’t quite sure what she had signed up for even now, but she had a feeling things would work out. She would need to speak to them again, to determine the challenges she would come across raising a strigoi. A vampire, almost. A shapeshifter, nearly.
Maya would be a handful when she grew up, but Amy was confident she would be able to deal with things. At least for now.
“Mine.” Maya echoed, pausing as she clenched at the toy, causing it to squeak again.
Her favourite word, other than food and now.
“Alright honey, just a couple more minutes.” Amy smiled. The logs, the movies, and then she would need to send the email inviting her family to meet Maya.
Maya…
Mine.
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:46 am
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DVD STORE
RP located in the guild
Went to the DVD store to pick up something to watch for the evening and instead ran into children and DVD eating shadows. Amy's not sure what to make of the event, but Maya is fascinated to have met people her own size: three of them! ....][05..15][....
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:59 am
....][PRP][....
TOYSTORE
RP located in the guild
IN PROGRESS ....][06..15][....
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:10 am
....][SOLO RP][....
DRESSES FOR CHILDREN
Amy flipped through the catalogue, pausing as she looked at a couple of the dresses. They were different, more ornate than the children party dresses she was used to making or ordering herself: it was a different catalogue from a new designer she had never ordered from before. But… they suited Maya, and thus it had caught her attention.
“Maya? What do you think about this one?” reaching for her toddler and bringing her up to the sofa, she pointed to a couple of pink and white dresses with enough ribbons to overwhelm any girl. So far Maya didn’t seem to have a certain preference in clothing or in colours, and seemed to enjoy any of the dresses Amy put her in.
Maya looked at the page with concentration, frowning as she chewed on her lower lip. It was quite an adorable sight, really. Pausing, she pointed at a pale rose coloured dress with a frill and a tiny little cap around the shoulders in a matching shade of rose.
“Really? I think so too.” Her tone was thoughtful as she ran her hand through Maya’s loose crimson hair. It was getting longer, and Amy was contemplating between cutting it and giving her toddler a short and chic look, as to letting the child grow it out. It was quite fun to braid (sometimes Amy felt as if instead of having a child, she had a little doll to play with) and Maya didn’t seem to mind the errant red curls. “We’ll order a couple, have you model them for me.” Yep. Definitely. Amy had her own live doll to play with. “And if things go well, we’ll sell them in the store, alright?” although maybe if she edited the dress lightly, changing the ribbons to some of a darker rose shade… her mind contemplating, she reached for a glass of red wine.
“Mine?” Maya asked, her tone amused and somewhat playful. Her eyes were full of mischief as she eyed the book, pausing as she flipped the page to display some more in darker, vivid colours.
“Do you like these better?” she asked her daughter, only to be met with a slight shrug. Confirmation then: Maya didn’t seem to mind either way what Amy put her in.
“Pretty.” Was the noncommittal statement that left her lips.
“Pretty.” Amy echoed, and laughed. “Come on honey, let’s go shopping. It’ll be fun to see you model some of these clothes for me.”
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:20 am
....][PRP][....
RIBBONS
RP located in the guild
IN PROGRESS ....][08..15][....
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:17 pm
....][ORP][....
MECHANICAL BIRDS
RP located in the guild
IN PROGRESS ....][09..15][....
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:19 pm
....][PRP][....
GROCERY SHOPPING WITH A HYPERACTIVE KID
RP located in the guild
IN PROGRESS ....][10..15][....
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:21 pm
....][PRP][....
PLAYING HERO
RP located in the guild
Playing in the snow, Dimitri falls out of a tree and helps her build a village and castle for her favorite chew toy, Dragon. ....][11..15][....
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:20 am
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THE STRIGOI
Maya looked curiously through the pages of the book, pausing as she came across words too large to read and pictures that didn’t make any sense. This wasn’t one of Amy’s ordinary clothing books, and it held fancy pictures that didn’t make much sense either. With a pause, she trailed a finger down the edges of a picture, marvelling at the colors.
“Maya?”
Maya looked up at Amy’s voice and smiled, pointing back at the book. There was curious evident in her eyes, and as Amy approached, a silent question.
“This is a book about the strigoi.”
Amy’s own gaze was curious. She had never explained to Maya what she was, and she wasn’t even sure if Maya herself knew what a strigoi was. Taking the book in one hand and hefting up her toddler with the other to balance her on her hip, she moved carefully to the sofa.
“Do you want me to read about them to you?”
Was it perhaps not the wisest thing to read to a toddler? This was a tame enough book, romanticized so that the photos were not quite as gory as the ones she kept on the high shelf. It wouldn’t hurt, and she herself was curious as to what her daughter knew about herself.
“This is what you are. Or… what I think you are.” She frowned as she settled Maya onto the sofa, taking a seat next to her. Maya curled up against her side, her hand reaching for the book, and obliging, Amy opened it up on her lap. “You’re a stirgoi, something like a vampire… I guess.” Maya paused as Amy turned the page. “They make them seem romantic, and beautiful… which you will be.” She added hastily.
No need to create false hopes and scare her daughter by going on about the more frightening of rumours.
“Strigoi?”
Well, at least Maya could pronounce it. She was doing better with words but seemed reluctant to try new ones. Amy nodded her head, reading out loud a couple of the paragraphs, pausing every so often to make sure that she was editing it into a child safe version.
“Once you’re big enough to read, I’ll give it to you.” She answered, smiling. “But until then, let me know and I’ll read it out loud for you.”
It was about time she taught her daughter where she was from… maybe this wasn’t such a bad thing after all.
Maybe.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:35 am
....][SOLO RP][....
SECRETS AND TAILS
Maya stared at the cat that sat sunning itself on her windowsill, and frowned. She knew it was cold outside, and that it couldn’t be warmer for a creature with fur. She knew that just because it looked nice and sunny didn’t mean it actually was.
Which was why she didn’t understand the joy and contentment reflected on the cat’s face. Wasn’t it obviously better to be inside, and warm and happy and…
TAIL!
Maya watched the way the tail seemed to flick from side to side, up and down and found herself entranced. It was like a tiny little hypnotic wand, it was! Why she didn’t have one herself she didn’t understand. With a frown, she looked at the ginger coloured cat, and then at her own hair escaping the haphazard braid Amy had managed to put it in. She stared at the tail, and decided it was a similar colour enough. She had seen that boy in the DVD store that had a tail, so why… why didn’t she have one herself?
Funny, and wrong.
Staring intently at her backside (or as much as she could without spraining her neck) she felt a bit cheated that she herself didn’t have a tail to speak of. Well, that was wrong, wasn’t it? Completely wrong. With a pause, she felt something start to wriggle. She felt something shift and slide and…
TAIL!!!
A tail that matched the crimson hue of her hair, except a little bit more muted, almost but not quite at the ginger shade of the cat. A tail that was thick and fluffy and growing until it matched the ratio of the rest of her body. Letting out a tiny yelp, she clutched at it to feel pain.
It washer tail!
“Maya, is everything okay?”
Amy’s concerned voice drifted in from the kitchen, and Maya found herself tucking the tail underneath her skirts. No, Amy didn’t need to know yet what she had done… but she wasn’t about to admit (even to herself) that she had no idea how she’d done it.
“okay!” she chirped out loud, peeking under her skirt to see that the tail was still there.
TAIL
This was awesome.
Deciding that it would do well to keep it a secret (for now), she giggled to herself.
Now she just had to figure out how she had done it, and repeat the process.
It took two hours for the tail to disappear, and Maya had only just begun to learn what shape shifting would mean for her future.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:31 am
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BLOOD
Dear Diary,
Maya bit her lip today.
Its not something that happens often. In fact, its not something I’ve ever seen her do. I remember the day I met the siblings and they had bought Maya to me with a leash around her neck: I had been a little bit pensive at first, the thought of bringing in something dangerous to my house being more than I could bear. But this…
Maya bit her lip, and there was blood. She licked it up and didn’t seem to be in any pain.
Diary, sometimes I’m not sure. I don’t even know how to ask her this. Does it not hurt because she is strigoi? Or does the blood balance out the pain? She has never asked for it, she has never seemed to seek it. In fact, I’ve never seen her hurt anyone, intentionally or accidentally. I forget sometimes that she is anything more than my ruby eyed daughter.
The stirgoi are supposed to have blue eyes: maybe this makes her a little bit different. Maybe this makes her… less like them, and more like me. I’m not sure. I suppose time will tell, but…
I’m worried, sometimes. A little bit fearful.
We’ve met many other children near my Maya’s age recently, enough to make her feel really good about herself. We’ve met many other children who are clearly not human, but none who seem to possess the same background as my little girl.
I need to figure this out. I need to meet with someone who has the answers but…
Who?
She’s young enough now that she seems to be happy with the chew toys and the occasional slivers of rare steak. I’m not even sure if this is a proper diet for a toddler, but it doesn’t seem to hurt her at all.
As long as she is healthy…
The dress I ordered for her is due to arrive any day now, and I’m pretty excited at the thought. May and I are going to have so much fun playing dress up. She has a couple of female friends, and wants to know if I can make them something to wear as well. Too bad Halloween as passed, she would have been adorable.
I hear Maya calling for me from the living room. I need to go check on her. I’ll see what happens after that…
My little Maya…
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:35 am
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FRIENDS
Maya paused as she settled the big blue blocks in a semi circle around the dragon lord. She smiled, nodding her head in satisfaction. Dragon had been a little bit upset with her ever since they had returned from the snowy park, to know that he had lost his impressive castle and his impressive town. He had been sulking as well, once Amy had taken Maya out and she had returned with blocks. New toys, toys that didn’t belong in her mouth and toys that had occupied her for the better part of two days.
Silly dragon lord. He hadn’t known that it was because she had been building him an even better town. Petting the chew toy who responded with a tiny squeak, she looked around the room.
Funny. It was so empty, and it made her feel slightly lonely to know that she was the only one playing in this room. It was different from the time she had played with blocks in the store with the boy whose head came off, or the blonde hero who kept falling and landing in heaps. She missed the girl who had claimed her has HERS and the one who made her the bracelet she still wore around her wrist.
Bracelet.
Looking down at her wrist and seeing the way the sugar glimmered like tiny pearls, she smiled. She’d made a lot of friends this week, and the previous week. Enough to make her feel really good about herself, and enough to make her wonder if it could be this way forever.
She’d have to ask her mother to let her invite them over. To show them her room of toys and the dresses her mother liked to make. There was that girl whose daddy called her princess. She knew for sure that the girl would enjoy all this.
Loneliness…
It woke a feeling that she didn’t like. It made her think of times when she had truly been alone, before the two had bought her to Amy. She didn’t like to think about those times: it made her feel cold. Colder than was natural.
Feeling something inch about her mind, she shook her head. No. She wasn’t going to think about those times. It was nice and warm inside the house, and that was all that mattered, wasn’t it?
Wasn’t it?
It was going to be okay.
Petting dragonlord she shook her head.
It had to.
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