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 Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:19 am
Pepper balked at the question , hesitating to move forward anymore as it was something he hadn't expected. What was he? Some how Espen had managed to touch one of the few subjects that made Pepper uncomfortable; his blank expression was quickly covered up by a ..forced smile, he avoided Espen's gaze when he responded;
"What? What am I? I am l.like you. I come from the ..labs.." He started forcing a laugh into his not so...believable tone.
"And hey I am only mean if I need to be, and I am not lying to you either," He snapped his irritation showing as he tried to force himself and the conversation past the what he was thing.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:03 am
It wasn't the words that convinced Espen, it was the sudden change of behaviour and tone that the creature conveyed that made the hairs on the back of his head relax. Espen realized that this...boy, was just as confused and possibly scared as he was, which meant that he in fact could be trusted. Espen was like him huh? Somehow now, that didn't seem so far fetched.
"S-sorry," Espen muttered, avoiding eye contact. He felt embarssed for over reacting. He probably hurt this boy's feelings too, nobody liked to be called a liar.
Suddenly, Espen found himself confidently rising to his feet and moving over towards him. He looked him up and down, and found that despite the creepy eye thing, and the fact that he wasn't wearing much, he wasn't that scary anymore.
"Let's be friends...kay?" Espen suggested, extending his normal right hand in friendship. "What's yoar name?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:41 pm
Pepper shifted so that he was squatting, that was his hands were free and he didn't have to worry too too much about Espen running off anymore as the kid was now approaching him. Even apologized.
"Heh, no problem Lil' Monster. Names Pepper." He stated with a roll of his shoulders. He thought Espen was neat, he liked how his body seemed to be half a monster. Liked that he had pebbly pale green scales on his body and that he had a clawed hand and foot.
He gave a bit of a stare at the offered hand and shook his head with a bit of a laugh. "I don't shake hands." He explained showing off his two clawed hands with a wiggle of his fingers. "I chew on you instead." He offered with a grin. "That's how I great people."
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:42 pm
Espen made a face that was a little amused and a little worried at the same time. That was a strange way of greeting people, he hoped it didn't hurt. He then looked at Pepper's teeth and shuddered...they were pointy like needles. Still, he had to show Pepper that he trusted him now and couldn't run away, it wouldn't be right. Besides, he wasn't afraid of Pepper, it was just...teeth. Still, Espen felt it best if he let Pepper know that he was afraid before he came closer, in case he did something stupid again.
"Um...Peppa. I dun like pointy tings on my skin. Dun even like buttns." Espen admitted. It actually felt good to open up to him now. "So, jus...a quick chew kay?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:51 pm
Pepper grunted a laugh and then nodded his head,
"Okay okay, but you can give me a chew in return fair deal?" he offered as he reached out to tug on Espen's shorts to bring him forward. Given that he knew that Espen didn't like pointy things he was super careful with his muddy claws.
"Your pretty brave...not everyone would agree to being chewed on by someone like me." He commented as he sat down int he mud, a little mud wouldn't hurt him right? and then tugged Espen into his lap so he could get better acquainted with his new friend.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:03 pm
Espen liked mud, it felt neat and squishy. There wasn't anything else in the world quite like it, and it was fun to play with too. In part to distract himself from the oncoming bite and to clear his head, used his claw to fiddle with the closest patch that he could reach. At the offer for Espen to bite Pepper in return, Espen looked at Pepper . "Dad says I shudden bite," he said, happy to relay that he remembered his dad's advice. "Only when in troble. I'm not in trobel so I don bite." Pepper then called him brave. Espen smiled at the complement, but it was a false one. The boy said that he wasn't a liar, but Espen knew this was one. He didn't blame Pepper though, he understood that people sometimes lied to be nice; this was one of those times. Espen knew he was many things: smart, good looking, strong, cute, funny...but he wasn't brave. Brave people ate their greens. Brave people didn't get their best friends lost in a store and almost cry. Brave people weren't afraid of disembodied heads. Brave people weren't afraid of pointy things and they sure weren't afraid of the dark-and-scary place either...brave people weren't afraid of the dark at all. Pepper seemed like the sort of person that was brave, not Espen. Lost in thought and still fiddeling with mud. He wrote in small, squiggly letters: ESPN
BERAV
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:15 am
Pepper had a strange habit of nuzzling he liked to bury his face into peoples hair and breath in their scent, imprinting them to memory he watched as the little one squiggled onto the ground in the mud. Writing letters he could recognize as the kids name plus a jumble of other letters.
He didn't bite him yet he just simply held onto him like a child may with a doll though he was gentle he leaned his head so his chin rested on Espen's head.
"Well...that's stupid. I bite all the time, not hard of course." He quickly spoke as he shrugged.
"It's how I get to know people. I use to chew on my best friend and everyone I liked....I like you..so you don't need to worry. It's kinda like shaking hands...but I just nibble on people. " He explained, he honestly didn't see what was wrong with chewing on people.
"If you chew on me, it's like telling me you like me too." He continued as he finally tilted his head down so he could reach Espen's top part of his ear. "Now don't jump.." He warned as he then began nibbling on the top of Espen's ear.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:48 am
Espen didnt' jump, but he felt a little uncomfortable. Pepper was right, it didn't hurt at all, as Espen had half-expected. His teeth were still pointy, but it felt more like little pinches rather than stabbing, and Espen could tolerate it.
Espen had once met a dog outside who had done almost the same thing to him and Shane had told him that it was because the dog liked him. Espen guessed that Pepper was just doing exactly what dogs did, and suddenly it didn't seem like such a bad idea. Espen giggled because he was getting a little ticklish now.
"Okay, kay! Stop!" he laughed "My turn! My turn!"
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:09 am
He gave a growling laugh as he tugged a bit on Espen's ear playfully before finally releasing him from his teeth.
"See? Not too bad. Told you there was nothing to be worried about," He stated as he released his hold on the boy so he could turn around and get a good chew on him.
"So where are you going to chew on me? I don't have too many spots without rocky skin...so ears...the base of my throat...finger?" He offered the few spots he had that were lacking in the rocks. He didn't want Espen to hurt his teeth.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:36 am
Espen went for Peppers finger and gave it a little nibble. It tasted weird, probably due to the mud, but Espen thought that it was a funny idea
"Ar ar ar!" he giggled as he bit, then feeling a little silly he stopped.
Looking at Pepper now, he realized how friendly he was, almost familiar. He didn't quite know why exactly, but he thought for a moment and realized that Pepper was a little bit like his father in a way. A little strange, a little scary, but nice and funny too.
"I think yoo'd like my dad," Espen said and pointed towards the direction of his house "We live wound there. Do you have a daddy?" Espen wondered. Not all monsters had dads he knew (and perhaps not all spawn either), but he figured that this one would have to have one, if he was so nice.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:51 pm
It was the second time someone has said he was like a father he only shook his head and ruffeled the kids hair.
"I am tooooo young to be anyone's dad." He scoffed before leaning forward and head butting Espen a bit. When he had been chewed on it tickled slightly and the small little grring sounds Espen had been making made him want to chew on him more.
His grin went a bit lopsided though as the kid asked about having a dad. "Ah...no lil' monster...I dun got one." He responded the words thick in his throat. More than anything he hated the discussions turning on him and his family.. cause he didn't have one.
"Maybe you should head back lil'monster...your dad is probably worried about you.."
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:32 pm
Espen had fun playing with Pepper, but it was true, he noticed that indeed it was getting dark out. Getting caught outisde at night was scary to Espen; truth be told he was afraid of the dark. He nodded to Pepper, feeling a little bad for the fact that he didn't have a dad.
"I didn have one eider for a while," Espen admitted "mine hadda come an get me. Mebbe Peppah's daddy hasta do same ya think?"
There was a pause and silence in the forest and Espen realized that he didn't want to leave Pepper alone by himself in the darkening thicket. He thought that maybe Pepper could share his dad with him on days when he needed one, and that's when an idea struck him! Quickly running up to his ear, Espen leaned in and whispered.
"Dersa seekret key onda bottom ova big fake turdle adda door. Yoo can stay wid me iffda dark-n-scawy pace is too....scary. Kay?" Espen invited, adding "I won tell nobody." and gave Pepper a tight hug before taking off towards his house.
((At this point Jay, you can have Pepper follow Espen, or we could end it here. Up to you. Gotta love how overly trusting Espen is of people once he warms up to them...clearly still hasn't learned not to talk to strangers.))
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:44 am
Pepper only chuckeled and then shook his head as he went to stand up, he was a gangly youth, long and limber for his age.
"I will walk you home...but I do need to get back," He assured the kid as he patted his head with his hand and then squatted back down.
"want me to carry you there?" He inquired as it seemed like a lot more fun if Pepper could run with Espen on his back.
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:18 am
Espen stopped and spun around with wide eyes and a dazzled smile. He loved it when his dad carried him on his shoulders, it made him feel so big and tall! He also felt good having someone else do some of the walking for him, after all he was a little tired by this point.
"Really?!" Espen gasped in excitement as he hurried back to Pepper's side.
Whe he got there Espen looked at the way Pepper was crouched and realized that with Pepper, things were probably going to be different. He was a little bit more like a monster, or a lion anyways...so maybe you couldn't ride on his shoulders, but rode on his back instead. Espen couldn't quite decide so he just stood with his hand at his mouth and looked at Pepper with a puzzled expression, hoping he would catch on that Espen didn't quite know where he was supposed to sit.
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:10 am
He couldn't help but smile as Espen's sudden excitement at a piggy back ride. Really it wasn't all that exciting but to each their own. He shifted so that Espen could climb onto his back and he used a thumb to indicate that he climb aboard.
"I will need you to hold onto the shoulder bones okay?" He stated as he knelt and felt the mud squish into his knees and the crevices between the stones there. It felt really weird.
"Don't forget that I am not a horse...no kicking me in the ribs got it monster?" He stated with a chortle.
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