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Greloren sighed happily as their little wispy creature spotted several others just like it and zoomed off. He lowered his arm, not dropping the newspaper, but relaxing some. The half-elf rested his other hand on top of Ryan's head, the bumpy boy having scooted towards his guardian to cling to one leg. There were lots of people here! And he'd spotted the crazy girl from the bus. The others... he didn't know, but they could be crazy people too!!

Greloren's head snapped up at one point. Luring people?! You mean he'd been LURED here to get a FREAKING SEX TOY?! Grrrrr.... The half-elf wasn't exactly in the mood now to help out, but stayed silent. Others were already asking what was going to be required of them. He wouldn't offer his help just yet. But he wasn't going to back out just yet either.

Green eyes wandered the room, falling on each person within as they reacted to 'her' news. From the little Gargoyle that nodded, to the Alien woman who agreed to help, to the pair who quietly talked amongst themselves, to the dark man who questioned her and finally to the small, unrelated group that seemed to be waiting for an answer.

"A good question." The figure with Switch's voice answered, turning a little bit to look back at a nearby shelf, stepping over to it and reaching out to take a hold of a red plastic cup with a white interior, the kind frat parties tended to favor. "You do what I cannot, and what she has failed to do." 'Switch' said, holding the cup tenderly and observing it sadly, a hint of pity in its expression. The cup was set down, and around it formed a gift box, a red one with white ribbon. "There are eight items in this room, this cup included, that are aching for a home, each of them so close to bursting to life. There are seven Guardians here, and one boy willing to help." Green eyes moved to observe Xbalanque, who was staring suspiciously at the figure wearing his Na's appearance. "Now don't worry, you will not have to foster them. You are going to deliver them." At this point, the figure was under the impression that they would all help without much delay - the Alien woman was all for it of course - but it would not hesitate to lock them in here if need to, to use the smoke creatures to 'persuade' them to do as asked.

"I will watch your children while you do this for me." 'Her' head tilted and a sweet smile rested on her lips. "Will you help me?" 'She' repeated, still not expecting any resistance.

(( Guardians! Here's a kinda fun part (and now we understand what I meant when I said "COP OUT YAY!")! Each of you has 'One Free Curio' they can give to a friend if they wish. The item is up to them, and they just need to PM Switch Gear with the custom form...and of course I need to know who gave them the Curio. You can't keep it for yourself, and if you can't find someone who would want one, we're going to have a flatsale to give the rest of them away.

For example...the cup 'Switch' held? I offered my 'One Free Curio' to DecayingThorn, who accepted and sent me a form for a Plastic Cup Frat Boy. Any questions about this, just ask Switch/Enoh! ))

Aw, man! Ryan was ignoring her! Evari pouted at that, narrowing her eyes at the bumpy boy in a 'You're gonna regret that' kind of way. No one was allowed to ignore Evari! Especially not people she knew! Ooooh, when she got her hands on that boy! She tugged at Xai's hand to try and pry herself free, but the Ursontaean's hand didn't budge even an inch. Bah! Let goooo! Whispering sounds caught her ear and she looked around, spotting another group whispering to themselves. Hey! Heyheyhey! Secrets didn't make friends! If they were gonna say something they should share it with everyone else too! Evari wanted to know what they were saying.

Unlike her daughter Xai paid no attention to the other in the shop just yet, though she did blink and glance back at the man who asked what they needed to do to help. Ooh, true! She didn't even think of that! That kind of thing was important, wasn't it? Hm..true! Oh dear. Luckily Switch answered the question and Xai turned back to her with obvious curiosity. Do what Switch couldn't and what...'she' failed to do? "She?" Xai couldn't help but ask. Was there another person somewhere around here they didn't know? She kept quiet after that, listening to their instructions with a little headtilt and wide, curious eyes. Ooh! Did this mean they got to go digging around for items? Oh, what fun! This wasn't bad at all; how strange that Switch had to send these weird smoke creatures instead of simply asking herself. Oh well! "I would be happy to help!" Though she'd already said that, she figured it'd be safe to reassure the nice lady after being told their task. Evari was bored now, grumping and hanging limp from Xai's hand with a little swing side to side. Let gooooooo! Like magic Xai finally released Evari's hand and sent the girl to the floor with a tiny 'oof!' Oops! She blinked and looked down at her daughter.

"Are you alright, Evari?" Evari nodded, rolling over and scrambling to her feet. Hm...where to go where to go...Faris? Ryan? Kay? Oooh maybe the new kids! Ohoh! Or she could grab and play with the little weird thingies with the one eyes and the burping and the high-pitched voices! So many decisions. The life of Evari was certainly a tough one.

If Deimos had been difficult before he only became more so as the woman spoke of the parents going out to deliver things for her while the children were forced to stay behind. He didn't like it, he didn't like it one bit! He didn't want to stay behind in an unhappy building with people he didn't know or even want to know. He wanted to stay with his parents... its why he he wrapped himself around his Daddy Reu best that he could, hands grasping at him, "No... Don't leave me behind." He murmured, gazing up at Reu in a frightened manner.

Jiang looked at the boy before he reached up a hand to stroke it over his hand in a soothing manner, "Shh, shh... its alright Deimos." He murmured in a reassuring manner, not wanting for him to be so scared... not that he wasn't always scared of something but it seemed to be to a different degree at the moment since he thought they were going to leave him behind. As he soothed him his gaze lifted to looking up at Reu, "Are we going to help deliver things?" He asked in a hushed voice.

Reumiae sighed. "I'm afraid we must." he told his mate and pet Deimos's head. However, the dark haired man turned to look at "Switch". "May we take our younger son with us? Deimos is better not left with strangers." he said, holding the boy protectively. "Wynn may stay if he chooses but if we are allowed to take Deimos, it would be best."

The figure looked around, smiling lightly at those that offered to help, the smile faltering at the ones who both questioned her and...seemed to want to take their children. Now that simply would not do!

"I'm afraid I can not describe accurately how horrible it would be if the children materialized here, and even worse homeless!" Its green eyes was on Bastion, seemingly shocked and mildly disgusted at the thought. Children without parents, how horrible! "As for those of you who wish to bring your children...I'm afraid I must ask you to leave them here. I am here, and the lovely Faris will be protecting them right along side me." A small smile was cast towards the eager little Gargoyle, before it's attention went up to the mass of chittering gray matter. "I'm afraid the children and I have some very important matters to discuss, so please don't think ill of me...the shop can't wait any longer." It said gracefully, snapping it's fingers.

The ball broke apart, once more becoming seperate and bouncing around the room, each of them taking a trip into the shop and returning with a decorative box. The boxers were easy to carry, light and about the size of a ring box. Boxes in tow, each creature flew back to one of the Guardians, shrieking loudly in pure joy. The room became a loud mass of quickly chattering creatures, who handed their box to the Guardians while using their power of hypnosis to convince them to leave the children behind, to help Switch, and of course where to bring the item.

The box that the figure held had disappeared entirely; apparently it decided that Xbalanque would NOT be going out just yet.

(( The Guardians can leave whenever now - And now is the time you get to RP with your invited buddy! Well, uh, the RP will be done when I, you know, finish the art...but fear not! I will let you know when the art is done, and you can start up the RP with the other person on your own. Remember to label it "[ARR] RPTITLEHEREYAY"!

The RP itself is simple - The Guardian has to convince the new Guardian to take the gift somehow! Feel free to abuse the Shop and Switch with the explanation/convincing. The gifts themselves are like hammer space, so even the TV can fit in it like it's nothing! Don't forget to discuss with your partner where the nutbars would have them go; would the Guardian go to the house, or perhaps a chance meeting at that crazy questionable trophy shop in town? It's up to two of you!

If you have any questions, just ask!

Also I'm assuming the Guardians will be gone for most of the Meta now, so I'll let you know around when they should come back. Delivery takes a lot of work. >3 ))

Once the Guardians left the shop, the figure that looked like Switch smiled, flickering out of view and reappearing in the centre of the gaggle of children. It was the heavilly robed figure again, and when it spoke it's voice echoed with two genders.

"So." It started, it's shadowed and hidden face taking a note of all eight children that were left with it. "Anyone want a snack?" It asked sweetly. The gray creatures, who had stayed behind in the shop itself, shrieked with glee and started bouncing everywhere, off of the walls, off of the kids (but no longer going through them). Like before, it was a mad house of insane gray things. Who apparently all wanted food.

Reumiae sighed, snuggling Deimos a bit. "Stay close to Wynn okay?" he whispered, petting the boy's hair a bit and trying to calm him down. "He'll keep you safe." Which, wasn't really true. The other tot was powerless to keep his brother safe but Reu could at least give him the illusion of confidence right? Well, as much as Deimos could ever get.

Wynn grinned, floating over to his brother to hug him. "C'mon, Dei! Let's explore!"

The man sighed and turned to Jiang sadly. "We may have to separate a little for this." he said softly.