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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:03 pm
"What a wierd place.." Erik mumbled as he entered the shop, looking up as the door opened slowly. He grasped a ticket in his ahnd, in which this adress ahd been written. It'd been a rather curious discovery involving an old book and a mussed up spell. Or soemthing like that.. All Erik remembered was a blast and then setting out his eyebrows and having the ticket in his hand. That was good enough for him..
"Hello?" He called out, looking around, though the place seemed a bit deserted.
The place was deserted, Chao and Hikari and all their respective children had not come to the shop yet that day. When they did arrive at least one of them would marvel at the newly unlocked door and wonder if the other had left it open, as they both recalled locking it.
"Hello?" a feminine voice in reply to Erik. "Is someone up there? Are you here with the new shipment?
Erik blinked. So there was someone here.. "I dunno anything about a shipment, but I have a ticket with your adress on it, if that's anything.." He said, looking around in search for the voice. He heard this kind of wierd thing happened all the time aroudnGaia. Magic tickets with wierd emssages, disembodied voices.. It was part of what drew him to the place.
"Oh dear, another ticket already?" the voice's tone shifted to a fret. As Erik looked around it became clear that the echo was originating from an open door just down a hallway that led off of the main room.
Following the voice, Erik peered into the hallway. "Uh.. Yes.. Does it belong to you? I just sort of found it.. kinda.. maybe.." He said, stepping into the hallway, still searching for the voice.
"Well yes, everyone finds them, otherwise you wouldn't be here," the voice is boarding on amused as it bypasses his inital question.
The door to the staircase creaks open a bit more as a fresh scented breeze floats out, beckoning Erik down towards where the voice is echoing from.
Feeling the breeze play across his face, he turned his yellowish eyes towards the staircase. "Oh.. Well.. Uh.. Explain please.. This is a Gaia thing, isn't it.. I'm not to familiar with Gaia things.." He said, escending the staircase cautiously.
Peregrin looked up as the steps echoed with the slapsteps of the man descending them and mentally sighed, glaring at his ticket listing as if it was the cause of his suffering.
"Of course it is a 'Gaia thing', or are you new to this world?" he asked, brushing off his heartpattenered boxers as he stood.
"New I'm afraid.." He said, making it to the bottom of the staircase and looking over spotting Peregrin.. He paused.. "Uh.. Are you aware your pants are missing, or si that a Gaia thing too?" He asked curiosuly.
The poor conductor twitched slightly, the ticket listing bouncing in his hand. The issue of his missing pants was slightly sore one.
"Yes, I am quite aware of my lack of pants. The draft in this place is a wonderful reminder. But, now then, you -what's the word, 'newb' is it?- have you a reason for barging into this place or are you merely sightseeing?"
Erik supposed it was just this guy.. Good.. He didnd't really feel liek taking off his pants in this damp place. "I found.. make.. accidentally encounter.. well.. I dunno but I have this ticket and it has your adress on ti and I thought it might belong to you.. It has a message on it and I don't know if it matter smuch to you or not.." He said, rambling slightly.
'Figures.'
There's the gentle echo of a laugh somewhere in the Junction as Peregrin's eyes flicked back to his ticket listing. Ignoring the phantom voice he pulled out a pocketwatch which glinted dully in the muted light of the Junction as he flicked it open to examing the time.
"Mmm... yes... in just a minute of so then." He held out his hand, looking back to Erik, "ticket please."
"Uh.. sure.." Erik, still disoriented and confused, moved to Peregrin and handed him the ticket.. "What does that message on the back mean anyways?" He asked curriously. "It didn't seem to make much sense."
"Maybe it will in time, perhaps you should take care to remember it, hrm?" Peregrin answers without looking up, checking time and date to the time and date in his listing.
Finally the conductor looks back up, "second compartment, fifth row, aisle seat on the left," the last part of his sentance is nearly blared out as the sharp whistle of a train as the Naviat pulls into the Junction.
Erik blinked and toddled off obediently.. "Second compartment.." He counted, stepping inside.. It looked empty.. "Fifth row.." He counted down the rows. 'Second seat.." Looking up, he blinked and lifted a finger, openign his mouth, before closing it.. "I think there is someone in my seat!" He called out in a bit of panic back to Peregrin..
Peregrin didn't answer, having returned to the book he'd managed to get Cheshire to bring him.
At Erik's cry the little boy sleeping in the seat made a face and returned to wakefulness, blinking his grey eyes open. Upon noticing that there really was someone standing by his seat he scrambled up and eyed the tall stranger with sleepy eyed caution and uncertainty.
"Ok.. Erik.. calm down.. This is Gaia.. This is normal.. I heard about this.." Taking deep breaths, he was pacing violently, shaking his ahdns in attempt to calm himself.. "Children come from all sorts of places in Gaia.. Trains, Bottles, books.. This is normal.. This is.. ARGH I'M NOT READY TO BE A FATHER!" Erik finally shouted, flopping down in the seat next to Berial, shoving his face into his hands.
Berial felt a bit sorry for the man.. He did seem to have a lot of problems.. Hesitantly aprroching Erik, he patted his back. "no sad.." He said, patting him..
Erik chuckled.. "Heh.. Easy for you to say.." He sighed, looking over at Berial.. "Well.. I.. I guess I should go find the pantless man.. Come on?" He said, extending his arms and picking up Berial from the seat.
Berial cling to Erik's arm with fright as he was picked up. He didn't want to fall. CLinging to the older man he sort of wimpered.
"PANTLESS MAN!" Erik shouted, disembarking the train. 'OIh pantless man! Is this yours?!"
Peregrin didn't bother to look up as the shouting started from the train, though, as Erik stormed over and the train made its silent exit, he did thoughtfully reflect that he missed the calm of the man from before, the one with Sourire. Ah well, hindsight is twenty twenty and all that.
"No, he's not mine, he's your's now."
Erik paled.. "Mine? But.. I.. I don't knwo what to do.. I.." He stammered, grasping Berial tightly out of nerves..
Berial watched on.. So he was staying with this man now he guessed.. He seemed nice enough, panicy though.. Berial's stomach gave a small rumble. he ahd been on that train for a while, ahdn't he? He wasn't sure.. Tugging on Erik's shirt.. He pointed to his stomach..
"Hungry.. I.. Goodness gracious.. I don't knwo how to cook.." He said in a panicky vocie, looking to Peregrin as if in hope of salvation..
"Then I suppose you'll have to learn to cook," Peregrin stiffly replied to Erik, then, finally looked up and spared Berial a small, warm, smile.
"There's a kitchen upstairs that's currently stashed with food, I think the wench and Cheshire just got back and should be up there and perfectly willing to share."
The wench? Erik looked very much like a deer in headlight, but he sighed.. It was a Gaia thing, right? "Ok..." He said softly and hitched Berial up to get a better grip on the boy. Sighing and ascending the stairs he looked about.. " Hello? Cheshire? Uh... wench?" He called out.
Peregrin smiled a bit to himself as he heard Erik call out with a greeting of 'wench.' "Not the freshest ink on the page, is he?" he remarked to no one in particular (or perhaps just the Junction at large) and was rewarded with the echo of a laugh.
"Pere? That you? Gotten over your fear of the upstairs and come to get your pants back?" Chao called, swinging her head out of the doorway to catch sight of the owner of the masculine voice.
Cheshire, currently stationed in his mother's arms, grinned warmly as he caught sight of the new people. "Erik! Berial!" he called out, waving in greeting.
Chao blinked when she realized it was not, in fact, the slightly grumphy, currently pantless, conductor. Her wings twitched and her brow furrowed in confusion, "you're not Pere. Why're you in our shop?"
Erik felt a bit of shock at eharing his anem called, and he shrunk back at Chao's tone.. "I found a ticket and came to return it.. I.. I found him.. I don't really know what to do.." His said panick creaping back into his voice.
Berial looked over at his name as well, yes that was his name.. Seeing a child about his age he grinned braodly. "Alo!" He said, waving back. He seemed friendly.
Chao's look softened a bit at the near panic in Erik's voice, she shifted Cheshire in her arms and stepped out fully into the hall, "ahhhh... I see. I take it your little one arrived on a train then?" That made... four so far? If both she and Hikari had managed to encounter all of them....
Cheshire grinned broadly as Berial returned greeted him, "lolo!" he squirmed a bit until Chao let him down and then toddled over, tripped over his own feet at the end to gently whap Erik's right leg.
Righting himself he looked up and tilted his head, "down?"
"Down.." Berial repeated, tugging at Erik's shirt.. He wanted to go down..
Hearing the child's request, he couldn't really do much else other then oblige. Setting Berial down, he looked back up at Chao.. "Yes.. Is that normal? I'm new here in Gaia and well, It's all rather overwhelming.."
Chao grimaced and scratched at the back of her head, causing her haphazard bun to further unravel. "Well... it's not normal exactly, but it's not the first time it's happened. Chesh here came on a train- the train from down below and similar things happen all around Gaia. Children always seem to be popping up and turning unsuspecting Gaians into parents."
Cheshire grinned and happily hugged Berial as the other was let down, "good to meet you!" he chirped.
Erik sighed and rushed his fingers through his black locks. "Well they cound't have picked anyone more unsuspecting.." He said.. "Oh.. the pantless man downstairs said there was a kitchen up here somewhere. I'm inept at cooking and he said you might be able to help me.."
A bit shocked at the sudden hug, Berial quickly overcame it and returned the hug warmly. "Nice to meet you, too. What your name?" He asked, smiling. "You're braid pretty.." He added as an after thought. He did love pretty things.
"Inept at cooking, hrm? You'll want to remedy that," Chao replied with a solumn nod of her head, "but for now, yeah, the kitchen's pretty well stocked. Are you and your little one hungry?"
"I'm Cheshire," Cheshire replied without hesitation, leaning back to peer at Berial and gently touch the mark on the other boy's forehead.
"Your marks pretty..." the whisper of names ghosted the back of his mind before falling away, leaving him just as clueless about the marks as before.
"The little one is.. I think his names Berial.." Erik said softly, watching the two childen play.. "I just.. Goodness.. I'm not made for this.." he said, lookign around for the kitchen.. "Why couldn't it have been a fish.. FIsh are so easy to care for..."
Berial nodded, his hand moving and grasping the marks on his arm. "You no have marks, right?" He aske. He had only jsut noticed them really.. He was the only one who had them, right?
"You've had him for what, ten minutes and you're already giving up and comparing him to fish?" Chao asked, eyes hard as she headed towards the kitchen. "I hope you're not planning on shoving him off into some orphanage, he's your responsibility."
"I have marks...maybe..." Maybe they'd dissapeared since he'd last looked? Cheshire tilted his head, then pulled up his shirt to see if his marks were still there.
There they were, marks, which looked more like long healed scars, were splayed out over his stomach. The Passenger looked from them to Berial's curiously. "Not the same," he observed.
Erik shook his head furiously.. "No.. I'd never.. I just.. really like fish... I have about 20 at home.." He said, stepping into the kitchen and glancing about for something to make.. Opening the pantry he spotted some pasta.. well.. thta would be easy enough to make.. Getting a pot to boil the water, he set it and sighed.. "I'm jsut a worry wart.. I tend to.. uh.. mess up and I don;t really want to do that with a kid.."
Beial eyes the marks.. They were difference.. "why?" Berial asked.. They both had marks, but.. Cheshire's weren;'t anything like his..
Chao stashed a small lump of salt into the water and put on the lid, taking a seat at one of the chairs she and hikari had dragged in the other day.
"I'm sure you'll be fine, the Passengers seem to arrive at more of a toddler, child like age, or the ones that have arrived so far have, so you won't have to deal with diapers and such. And if you really feel the need for guidence there are a million books on childcare out there."
Cheshire shrugged and let go of his shirt, "I'unno..." he seemed to ponder the situation for about five seconds before shrugging it off and smiling at Berial once more, "wanna play?"
Erik's face lightened greatly. "Books.. I hadn't even thought of that.." A smile finally creasing his lips he sat down to wait for the water to boil. "If they have a book on it, then I guess I'll get one.. I.. I do want to be a good parent... guardian.. uh.. thing.." He siad, chuckling awkwardly as he didn't really know what to call himself.
Beriall nodded fiercly, smiling. "Yeah!" He said, getting to his feet. "What you like?" He asked, wishing to be nice and offer his friend a say, though he knew he wanted to play hide and seek.
Chao chuckled and gave the curious man's shoulder a fond, sympathitic pat.
Cheshire grinned and spun around in a circle, thinking of the games his siblings had taught him. "Hrm... hide n'seek? Tag?"
Chao chuckled and gave the curious man's shoulder a fond, sympathitic pat.
Cheshire grinned and spun around in a circle, thinking of the games his siblings had taught him. "Hrm... hide n'seek? Tag?"[/color
Erik simply sighed as silent feel upon the kitchen.. The lack of significant noise unerved him and he fidgeted slightly before remembering. "Oh!" He said suddenly and began ruffling through his pant's pockets. He pulled out a wallet, a bunch of crumpled napkins with notes written on them, some coins, what looked likea dragon fang and finally a balled up picture.
"You seem to know a bit about Gaia, and it seems liek a long shot, but it'd be so nice to have soomeone I know here.." He rambled as he uncrinkled the picture. As sson as it was a spread out as possible he pointed to the teenage girl in the picture. "Have you by any chance seen her? She should be in her twenties about now and she was the one who I first found out about Gaia from."
"Hide an' Seek!" Berial exclaimed exitedly and did a small dance in place. "I want seek! You go hide and I go find you." He said, looking for a wall to properly count on.
Chao perked slightly, 'hrm'ing when Erik pulled out a wallet and then a picture. She blinked at the familar face that stared back to her and pointed, "yeah, that's one of my best friends. Jizzy... or... Mahlah, right?" She made a slight face, feeling paranoia creep up on her. There was always a chance that someone might be connected to Jizzy's sister....
But no, she didn't feel like the Junction would, oh... well, pick was the only word for it (these magical buildings in Gaia always seemed to have a mind of their own anyway), someone so malicious so she put the thought out of her mind.
Cheshire grinned, "kay!" he cheered and scampered off, manuvering around boxes and dustpiles until he found a desk which he could hit under. The Passenger settled in and silently waved to the spider who seemed to perk as he invaded its space.
"Mahlah? Nope.. She was always Jizzy for me.. She was my babysitter for some time before she left.. to here I'm guessing. She talked about this place a lot before she elft, so I supposed she came here.." Erik said, a fresh smile on his face now that he was sure that there would be at least on friendly face here in Gaia. "She was always an odd one, so now I'm guessing this place is perfect for her."
Berial folded him arms, tucking his head between them and leaning against the wall. "1..2...3..5...4..7..18..22...15..18...10!!!! READY OR NOT HERE I COME!" Berial counted slowly, then spractically shouted as he turned around and began his search. Starting off looking behind some old boxes in vain.
"Baby sitter, hrm?" Erik looked like he could be older than she was. Chao chuckled, giving her wings a slight russle and vaguely wondering once again what Jizzy's exact age was. "What world do you originally come from then?"
Cheshire kept his hand over his mouth and kept as still as he could, not wanting to attract attention to his hiding place.
"I'm Terran.. from Earth.." He said, nodding as if confirming his own statement. "It's very different from Gaia, really different.. I mean... apples and potatoes different.." He said, extending his hands out wide as if to show the huge difference between them.
Scanning around the dark room, he weaved past the boxes, keeping quiet in an attempt to sneak up upon his friend's hiding place. Passing the boxes, he strode right past the desk where Cheshire hid, looking in the cabinet right besided it, the doors creaking open as he peered inside to find only cobwebs.
"I passed through Earth once," Chao replied with a nod of understanding, "and well... everywhere I've been seems pretty different than Gaia. I can't say I've ever been to another world where children seem to spontaneously pop up as much as they do on Gaia...."
Cheshire nearly giggled when Berial moved past him, but clamped his hand harder over his mouth to keep himself from uttering a sound when the other Passenger was so close.
"I've never seen children spontenously pop up at all." He added and stood as the bubling had grown louder, the water haing come to a boil.. TOssing the uncooked pasta into the pot he stirred it slightly. "At least the food is similar.." He said witha small shrug..
A bit dissapointed to not have found Cheshire, Berial glanced about again. "Alo, SPider. COuld you tell where Chesh is?" He asked a scuttling spider, and recieved no reply.. Chasing after it, as if to force it to answer, he stumbled over his loose shoelace and tumbled to the floor. Bpeering up he saw under ther desk. 'Found you!"
"Food is food, wherever you are," Chao replied sagely, leaning her cheek against one hand.
Cheshire grinned and laughed beneath his hand as Berial scuttled after the spider. When the other Passenger landed just outside his hiding place he grinned and nodded, "I found!" he agreed and scuttled out of his hiding place, brushing off the cobwebs.
"Berial's turn to hide!"
"But they serve some wierd stuff in some places." Erik said with a slight grimmace. Like Blubber. He'd only had to try it once, but he never really found it to appetizing.. at all.
"Okies!' Berial exclaimed. This was dreadful fun. Scurrying off, Berial found himself a large tipped over box and crawled into it, closing the lids and trying hard not to chuckle at the fun he was having.
"Like organs..." Chao said with a ligh shudder. When food was scarceone didn't complain but some people ate things, like... hearts and livers, and even brains for fun! Ugghhhh....
"One... six... three... seventyeights... goldfish... tweleve... thirteen... fourteen...nine... eightsteen... twenty... ten!!" Cheshire called out, counting slowly, eyes tighly shut beneath his hands until he reached ten at which point they sprung open and, grinning, he began to search around.
First he checked the cupboard, but, finding nothing but the cobwebs Berial had found, he turned around and began to search. Checking beneath chairs and desks as he walked around the perimeter of the room.
"Or blubber.." He menationed aloud, shuddering. "Who would want to eat such things?" He asked open air, stirring the pasta a bit more. "Maybe I should invent something that would make it maybe bearable..." He muttered then to himself. He seemed to go off on tnagents a lot.
Hidden safely in his box, he felt very proud of his hiding place. SHifting as his leg began to bother him, dust rose in the air. SNiffled, Berial held back a sneeze, until he could no longer. "Achoo!" Came the sneeze from the box.. Well there went that.
"I don't know..." Chao replied, shaking her head. "Silly people with weird taste buds I guess. And could you invent something? I mean, it's all about taste, so you'd have to be able to alter taste buds or something, right?"
Cheshire darted over to the sneezing box and threw it open, grinning at Berial, "found you!"
"I guess I could try.. Though I'd need to find soemthign to test it on.. Can't have my tounge exploding, now can I?" He said, quite seriously for such a possibly humourous comment.
Berial chuckled and tumbled out of the box. "You better hider." He said. Cheshire ahdn't given his location away at all.
Chao grimaced, sticking out her own tounge, "ugh, no, ooowwwww, that would hurt so much."
"I jus no sneeze," Cheshire replied with a shrug, flopping onto the other boy.
(compilation to be continued..)
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:32 pm
Erik's Journal I don’t really know what I’m doing now.. I never expected.. I mean, I guess I should explain, but it’s hard.. I heard about it.. About how kids seem to show up out of owhere here, but I didn’t believe it. Until I landed myself a kid. His name is Berial.. He doesn’t seem any older that 4 and I have absolutely no clue what to do with him.. Don’t get me wrong, I’d never abandon the kid.. I’m just nervous.. I’ve never been a parent. I don’t really know what to do. Tommorow I’m even going to pick up some of those parenting books or something. AT least to have an idea.. I mean, it must be an honor of some sorts, I guess, to have been chosen to get this kid. ….at least I don’t have to change diapers, right?
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:36 pm
Berial didn’t think he’d been in such an interesting place yet.. Erik had toured him around the hillside house, from the living room with it’s giant fish tank and the octopus, who seemed very friendly, to the bedrooms where he and Erik would be sleeping, even the kitchen was cool to him, but this room. This room was the best.
His eyes took in everything, from the gears on the walls, to the vials on the tables, to the odd assortment of feathers and teeth that hung off the walls. The room was filled with a strange assortment of smells, none of which Berial could quite place and the sound of clicking gears and bubbling solutions filled his ears.
“And this is my lab. It’s where I work..” Erik explained.. He felt rather awkward, showing someone around his home, but he had to.. Berial would be living here afterall.
”It coo..” Berial said, not really paying much attention to Erik, but was now looking at a small pouch that lay open on a table, with a glittery powder spilled from inside of it. His hand reached out to touch it, but his hand was quickly grasped by Erik’s.
“Uh.. not wise to touch that, no.. It’s fairy dust.. If you would have sprinkled it on yourself you would have been hovering for weeks, no.. I brought you here so you wouldn’t be as curious, but you shouldn’t ever come down here without me… ok?” Erik tried to sound fatherly, and he managed to succeed to an extend.. He felt a sense of pride as Berial nodded. Maybe he could do this.. Smiling and nudging his glasses up the bridge of his nose and took Berial’s small hand in his own and continued to guide him through the lab. Maybe he could really do this.
I mean, if he could handle his eyebrows being singed off, he could certainly deal with a kid, right?
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:33 pm
Erik considered himself a newcomer in the land of Gaia. Even though he'd already spent a few months here, a good percentage of that had been spent inside his home, or specifically, in the lab and he truly hadn't gotten much of a chance to see anything. But now with Berial in his care, he'd goten the urge to leave the house and take Berial around shopping for some things. Erik felt bad for having Berial's room so terribly bare.
As he forced his wa through the bustling streets of Gaia however, he thought that this may eb one of his less brilliant ideas. Berial was the kind of child who wanted to see and touch anything and everything, which made him evry hard to keep track off.
"Berial, hold my hand.." He said, grasping the child hand as his eyes darted around. He didn't like crowds.
Berial, on the other hand, was having the time of his life. There was so much to see, so much to hear , so much to do.. He'd broken apart from Erik on at least three seperate occasions already to go peer through shop windows that now Erik wouldn't let go of his right hand, but he didn;t midn too much. They were still streaming past all sorts of people and shops and his mind could barely keep up.
The sound of windchimes from one store caught his attentiona nd he tugged on Erik's sleeve to stop him. "E'ik.. E'ik.. There.." He exclaimed exitedly poitnign at the windchimes.
Erik looked over, it looked liek a nice enough shop, though in the back of his mind he sorely wished this wasn't one of those shops where children spontaneously came out of nowhere. He wasn't quite adjusted to having one yet. Bustling through the crowds of people, he manage to force his way inside of the shop, which to his joy, was rather empty.
Taking a deep rbeath he released Berial's hand, which gave the child the cue to go zooming around the shop. "Be careful, Berial! Don't touch anything!!" He cried out, sighing as Berial peered over several cases of who knows what..
It took them a good hour or so to leave the shop. Berial liked the trinkets so much that it was hard for him to decide what he wanted. Eventually, they settled on one of the windchimes that had attracted them here, a lantern for Berial's room, some crayons, a journal (which Erik suspected Berial didn't really like much besides the cover art), a small crystal ball which Erik amde a note to try and study as soon as they got home and a beaded bracelet, whcih Berial had already put on before Erik ahd a chance to bring out the money.
Fiddling with the tassle that hung off the side, Berial reachd out for Erik's hand again as they emerged from the shop. "Thankies!" He exclaimed, hough he wasn;t sure if Erik had heard due to the loud noises of thier fellow shoppers.
Heading back home proved to be a harder task than they though as they fought against the flow of pedestrian traffic. Erik's glasses were askew on his face and he didn't seem to be able to last very long. Ducking into the nearest shop to avoid the crowds, Erik later learne that this was a bad strategy.
He's entered a shop full of cogs and gears and other metalic shiiny things that made him forget about a budget and want to buy everything in sight. Berial seemed to think the same way, as he immediatly let go of Erik's hand to go chase a flaoting cog that was whistlign near the ceiling.
Two sprokets, a gyre and a Robot Crab later, they finally emerged from the shop, Erik's wallet a little lighter, but he was very very happy. He'd very quickly grown an affinity to shopping.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:29 pm
~~Playgrounds~~Jizzy Jazz It wasn't typical for Erik to be outside, and frankly, he didn't enjoy it much... He sat on a bench in the playground, very stiff as if he was scared of some sort of beast or something would come out of the lush greenery around him. The only outside place he enjoyed was the beach, and this playground was certainly not a beach... Watching Berial play in the sandbox, he felt a tinge of relief that at least he was enjoying himself, but then again, it had been his idea.
Berial was blissfully unaware of Erik's loathing of the outdoors, or the amount of sand that was now creeping its way into his shorts. He was having way to much fun trying to build a sand castle. The key word being trying, as his attempts had so far ended in a large blob of sand, but he didn't mind. Sweeping some sand onto the pile he was smiling widely as he imagined what sort of people would live in his castle once it was done. Flamefire123 "Adian I don't want to go to the stupid playground" Reiha let out a large annoyed sigh as she was tugged along. If she had to be outside she rather be at that other park they went too, with the trees and maybe see Sei again. Or go to the library where there were books.
Adian let out a sigh and continued to tug his little headache along, "You haven't left the house to play since you met Sei and now you're going to go to the damn park and have precious childhood memories or so help me god I'll ground you again"
"You can't ground me for no reason" Reiha shot back as she tugged on her captured hand again. Not that she expected to break free now but it was more for her pride then anything else.
"I can do as I wish" Adian replied, "I'm in charge of you" With that he let her go and pushed her too the play ground, walking over to a bench and sat down. He glanced over at the other man who was on the bench but since Adian was purely straight and the guy wasn't female Adian wasn't interested. Jizzy Jazz Erik had begun to sorely regret his lack of thought upon leaving the house as boredom began to set in... He could have brought a book or something, anything... When voices caught his ear, he looked over at the pair coming into the playground... As the other man sat down on the bench, he looked over at him, he looked a bit older than Erik, mid twenties he guessed, and glancing at the child he'd brought, he noticed they didn't really look a lot alike at all... Gaia just was that kind of place where kids just popped up out nowhere, he supposed... In a feeble attempt to shatter his boredom, he made a weak attempt to strike up conversation... "I... cute kid...” He said, meekly... Surely he could have thought of something better than that.
Berial had looked up at the commotion as well, though he was grinning. Maybe this girl would come and play with him. Getting up from his spot in the sandbox, he didn't bother brushing the sand off his front as he went towards Reiha, any sort of shyness or embarrassment forgotten for the sake of fun. " 'Alo. I'm making a sand castle, will you help me?" He asked plainly, smiling at Reiha. If someone helped him, then his castle could be huge! Flamefire123 Adian blinked and glanced over at Erik as he spoke. His blue eyes looked over the man for a moment and then smiled. Adian may pay more attention to females but he was never rude to his own gender. Even if he hadn't made contact with his friends for a while. They always wanted to go out drinking and he had nowhere to put the kid. Not to mention he opened a beer once at home and she flipped. Adian shook his head and then snapped himself back to the present.
"Yeah, but she has the personality of a cornered wet cat" Adian informed the stranger, resting his arms over the back of the bench. "But she is cute." Adian frowned slightly as he saw an oddly tattooed boy approach his cornered wet cat. Well this will be interesting.
Reiha glanced over at Berial with a suspicious glare. She folded her arms and frowned deeply. She glanced at the sand and then at him. 'You can't make a sand castle without water" she mentioned to him, "You need water, to make the sand firm enough to mold" she nodded. How she knew this was any one guess. She never had been to the beach, or even a lake, or any body of water larger then a puddle. She wasn't a big fan of swimming. Jizzy Jazz Erik had figured as much after watching their little row coming to the playground. The girl didn't seem like the type who'd go around in dresses and dollies by what he'd seen. He watched Berial approach the girl and he too frowned. Berial was pretty mellow kid and he hoped that the girl wouldn't claw at him or something... "She didn't want to seem too eager to come here though... I thought all kids liked the playground...” He said his eyes on the kids.
Berial looked over at his lump of sand, then back at Reiha and smiled. It made sense enough, and it certainly would explain why he couldn't build it up very tall. "I didn't know that. Thanks." He said, feeling quite good at having learned something new. Looking around, he spotted a small duck pond a short while ahead and he went off towards it, causing Erik to stand up and shout out. "Be careful by the water!" He called out, not sitting back down from worry. Flamefire123 "Reiha hates to leave the house but she likes being someplace new" Adian said with a shrug. "She only left the house willingly twice. Once when she ran away to the library and when I took her back after she's been grounded. She likes parks but she only been to one with trees so I thought here would be a nice change of pace. I'm sure she'll like it once she gets the stick out of her a**" Adian said honestly, watching as the boy ran to the water and smiled. Reiha wouldn't get near that, she hated taking a bath, he was surprised, and he thought kids love baths.
Reiha watched as he ran off and sighed, looking around for a bucket or something. He’d never cart water around well like that. She looked around, he must of been using a bucket right? Who would make a sand castle without a bucket near by? Well the kid didn't seem too bright so she wouldn't put it past him to just try it with his hands. Jizzy Jazz Berial bent over the pond, scooping up some of the water in his cupped hands and started back towards the castle. He didn't seem to notice that the water was dripping out from his palms and by the time he'd gotten back to the sandbox, there was no more water in his hands... He blinked, a tad confused, before he saw the trail of droplets that followed his path from the pond... He frowned. "It didn’t work...” He said simply...
Erik sat down once Berial had left the pond's side, glad he hadn't fallen in... "Berial likes it outside... I... I don't really, but he does...” He said. "He always wants to go somewhere or do something... He gets downright fidgety when you ask him to sit still...” He said. He chuckled lightly as Berial noticed the water was gone... "And he's not terribly bright, but he tries...” Flamefire123 Reiha watched as he did that and titled her head to the side. "You'll never get any water that way" she told him with a sigh, "You need a bucket, or a bowl or something that can carry water but wont leak. When you cup your hands together there is a hold in between your two palms. You'll never get water from the pond to the castle that way" Reiha lectured, not harshly, just trying to make him smarter.
Adian grinned as some joggers ran by. Mmmm, he sure did love exercise clothes. His eyes followed them till they were out of site. "Hmmm? Oh, yeah, Reiha can sit still for hours" he mentioned, a little bummed that the joggers were gone. "She'll sit there and read till my eyes cross. I don't get how she can do it." Adian saw Reiha lecture and grin, "and I swear she's smarter then me. And while that's fine and dandy the fact that she knows it makes it very hard for me to get her to listen to me" Adian said with a sigh but shrugged, "Though she gets weird if I ever get really mad at her" Jizzy Jazz Berial listened to Reiha and he nodded at the end of her lecture, still smiling. "You're very smart...” He said, looking around now for something he could use to hold water to bring it to his castle... Maybe he could even make a moat. "Do you know where there is a bucket or a bowl?" He asked her then, seeing as he couldn't really find one upon scanning the playground.
"Berial can just... space out... from time to time... He listens to me well enough I guess, but its hard... He's only been with me for a short while and well... I keep thinking I'm not cut out for it...” He said, watching Berial speak with Reiha, glad that he was still smiling, but it took a lot to make him stop... Flamefire123 "Yeah" Reiha said shortly. It wasn't pride that made her say that, it was just fact. She knew she was very smart, it's one of the reasons she was smart. She wasn't nether proud nor ashamed of her intelligence. It was just fact, one she kind of liked. Being smart meant she didn't have to rely on others. "I dunno, you didn't bring one and I don't see any around here" she said honestly.
"Reiha's been with me for a little bit as well. I think we both know I'm not cut out for it but what else can I do? My sister's too young to take care of a kid, my dad's too old. I don't want to put her in an orphanage because I think she just run away. So we're both learning to just try to deal with each other for her best interest and I'm still working on her realizing that I'm not trying to screw her over or something. She keeps on expecting me to do something horrible. I just don't know what yet" Jizzy Jazz At this Berial frowned slightly, looking around again... "Does this mean my sand castle won't work?" He asked, sadly, looking over at his lump of sand... All the people that were going to live there, what would they do.
"I'd feel horrible leaving Berial in an orphanage and besides... I'd be scared to as well... I have this odd feeling that this pant less man that was at the place where I found him would track me down or something, as odd as it sounds...” He said. Poor Peregrin, not a pleasant job and the man seriously needed some pants... Flamefire123 Adian burst out into laughter. "Ohhhh, that b*****d, I remember him. He ditched me with Reiha and this damn grumpy crow that has attacked me several times" he complained and looked around. "Luckily he was out hunting for some food when I pulled Reiha over here so we should be left alone for at least a little while.
Reiha looked over at Adian as he laughed and frowned. She then looked at Berial. She walked over to Adian and the stranger; she walked briskly with her head high so no one would know she felt a touch of fear at approaching a strange man. Why was she so scared of men? Grown men? She didn't mind boys her own age, but she didn't like men. "We need a bucket" she announced to the men. "Or a bowl. Or something that will hold water. Jizzy Jazz Erik chuckled idly... SO Reiha came from the train as well... How many more kids had come from that place? Feeling a bit more lighthearted he smiled over at Reiha as she walked towards them, listening to her request... He frowned as she thought. He hadn’t even brought a bottle of water with him, so he didn't have anything with him... "I'm sorry... I don't think I have anything like that...”
Berial had followed Reiha as she went over to the bench and he pouted at Erik when he said no. "But E'ik...” He said softly, pouting. "We need it to make the castle... Where are the people going to live if they don't have a castle...?” Flamefire123 Adian frowned and reached down to the small bag he brought just in case he might need something. He actually thought a head. That was new for him. He pulled out a water bottle and grinned as he handed it to Reiha. Ha! He managed to get her something she wanted. Go him....right?
"Thanks" she said quickly and without much more walked back to Berial, "Here, we can carry water with this" she explained, walking over to his pile of sand and dumped the water that was inside on it. Soon they had a nice pile of wet sand. Reiha said down and started to mold. Jizzy Jazz Erik looked over at Adian, glad that he had thought ahead. Erik had left the house without thinking much at all, and he couldn't bear to watch Berial pout... "Thanks...”
Berial beamed up at Adian. "Thankies!" He exclaimed and rushed off after Reiha, flopping down onto the sandbox and rushing his fingers through the wet sand before starting to try and mold something that would probably end up being a turret. He bit his lip, focusing on his task to try to build the best castle he could. Flamefire123 Adian glanced over at Erik and shrugged, "No problem, I was determined to make sure Reiha couldn't complain about anything reasonable" he explained and then put out his hand, "By the way, I'm Adian" he said with a smile.
Reiha was helping, she read some on castles and was trying to mold it to look like one of the ones she seen but she wasn't doing all that well. She wasn't very artistic visually but she was alright. It just would help if they had more then just their mere hands. Jizzy Jazz "My name's Erik...” He said, accepting Adian hand and shaking it, a nerdy sort of sense of pride within him. He didn’t normally handle other people well, he was rather socially inept.
Berial's turret was looking, like a larger pile of sand as he began to try and shape the top to resemble some sort of turret. Looking over at Reiha and her part, he smiled. "You're good at this, Ms... Ms... What’s your name?" She asked her, just now realizing he didn't know her name at all. Flamefire123 Adian was comfortable with people, he always have been. And since he was such a horn dog he got along with both genders pretty well. So long girls didn’t mind being flirted with shamelessly. He found flirting fun, and it always seemed to lead to more fun if it leads to anything at all.
"I'm Reiha" she said simply, "Not Ms. Just Reiha" She looked up at him, and then put out one sandy hand. "What's your name?" she asked. She didn't remember if he told her or not but if he did, then she forget so might as well ask and get it out of the way. Jizzy Jazz Erik looked around at the playground around them, shifting in his seat... He itched to read something or invent, he wanted to go back home, but as he looked at Berial, he knew he wouldn’t be able to say no to the child yet... "Is it hard for you to say no to her?" He asked, wondering if it was just a skill Berial possessed.
He took her sandy hand with one of his own and shook it fervently. "Berial, and that's my Mu, Erik." He said pointing a muddy hand over to where Erik was resulting in some wet sand getting onto his shirt, though he didn't seem to notice. "He has a big lab at our house with all sorts of bubbly things that he won’t let me touch...” He said, going into detail, just because he felt like it. Flamefire123 Adian glanced over at Erik, "It might be" he admitted, "If Reiha wasn’t such a p***k about what she wanted. She rarely asks me for permission or even tells me if she's going to do something. She just...does it. I can't say no to her because the opportunity never arises."
"Mu..." Reiha stopped when he said that. She looked up at him with wide eyes. "Do you know Sei?" she asked quickly. "Sei had a mu too." She didn't pay attention to the park about the lab, she was more wondering if she knew someone who knew her first friend. Jizzy Jazz Erik looked over at Reiha... "I'd be careful... She looks like she might be the type that it's hard to say no to... I know I can’t refuse Berial when he asks...” He said, watching the kids play.
Berial shook his head... "Chesh has a Mu too; her name is Miss Chao... I've never met a Sei...” He said honestly, not realizing it was a big deal as he went back to working on his sloppy turret. Flamefire123 "Ehhhh, if she ever asks I'll find. For now I'm trying to just keep her under control" he admitted, looking over to the pair. "Berial looks well behaved at least. Real cute kid. What's with all the stuff on his arms?"
"Oh" Reiha frowned and sighed, "Oh well" she shrugged, "Sei is real nice. Though he's kind of scared of Korbin it's okay because Korbin would never hurt him" Jizzy Jazz "I don't know...” Erik said... He was always worried about his arm... He'd tried to even wash it off, but the marking wouldn't fade, they even seemed to shift and change from time to time... "He had them when I found him on the train... He doesn’t even know what they are...”
Berial didn't notice the frown as he moved to make another turret. "Who’s Korbin?' He asked now, sounded interested in him. Flamefire123 "Well that's weird" Adian said, looking over to him, "Well it shouldn't be anything to weird. I mean, it isn't hurting the kid obviously but you ever take him to a doctor about it?" Adian asked, "Just you know, to hear their opinion on it"
"Korbin is my best friend" Reiha said proudly. "He's big and strong and protects me. He's very handsome too with flashing gold eyes" she described. Jizzy Jazz Erik looked over at Berial... He'd never once complained about the mark on his arm... "I suppose... I guess I just figured that a doctor wouldn't know anything about it, but then again, Gaia is an odd place...” He said.
Berial ooohed... "He sounds so cool! You think I could meet him someday?" He asked excitedly, his hands dropping the task of the castle to pay rapt attention to Reiha. Flamefire123 "Yeah, don't I know it" Adian rolled his eyes and shrugged, "Oh well. You ever bug the pant less dude about it?" he asked him, "I mean I doubt he knows anything but wouldn't hurt to ask"
Reiha grinned, happily, she loved talking about Korbin. He was her best friend after all. "Of course, in fact if he gets done hunting he might come around here. He's very good at finding me" Jizzy Jazz Erik shook his head... "To be honest, he kind of scares me... He doesn’t seem too pleasant, but then again... I guess I'd be pretty grumpy if I was running around that train station without any pants.
Berial ahh now, his mind already imagining some big golden eyes dog, cattish beast sort of thing and frankly he couldn't wait. "I hope he comes...” He said, nodding his head. "Does you Mu let you keep him in the house if he's so big?" He said, his over imaginative mind already straying to giants. Flamefire123 Adian snorted and remembered him, "Yeah he is a little b*****d. I've had no urge to go back because he just ditched me after I found Reiha, very rude sort of man. But not scary. Then again" Adian held up his hand as if trying to judge his height. "I think I was taller then him...."
"I don't have a Mu" Reiha said quickly. "Adian is not my Mu. He's...something else" she said, shaking her head. "But not my Mu. He use to let Korbin in the house all the time but he got mad 'cause I went to the library with out him around and now Korbin can only come in at night" Jizzy Jazz Erik chuckled... He wasn't particularly tall, and even if he was taller, he was easily intimidated and hated confrontation... "Still, I've been keeping an eye for any sign... I mean... I used to think it was a tattoo until the designs shifted... Anything can happen here, and well... it's driving me mad...”
Berial blinked. He could have been fooled. Adian had certainly acted like Reiha's Mu... Listening to her story he nodded. "Erik gets mad too when he can't see me... He says it's not that he's really mad, but that he's scared...” He said, turning back to the castle... "Maybe Adian was scared...” Flamefire123 Adian wasn't all that tall ether, but he gave the illusion of being tall because he was so gangly and thin. Which was fine, he liked the goofy appearance to match his goofy nature. And if he DID get into a fight then the person expected a weakling. "Yeah, I imagine that drive me nuts too"
"He yelled" Reiha said with a frown, an annoyed one as her hands continued to mold her castle. "But he didn't hit him" she whispered, "That' what men do when they're mad they hit you...I think...I can't remember" Jizzy Jazz Erik leaned back on the bench. "This place is crazy and I'm not sure I'm up to it... I kind of miss Earth sometimes and its normalcy..."
Berial frowned. If he had hit her, then he himself would have gotten mad... "Only bad people hit...” He stated simply. He didn't believe in violence, but then again, he couldn't remember a situation where he'd been forced to use it. Flamefire123 "Earth?" Adian asked confused. He was born here on Gaia. Never heard of Earth. Not surprising. Adian isn't exactly a news hound. More interested in how own life then the main events.
"I guess" Reiha murmured watching the castle and pulling back, "Done" she said, it didn't look great but she managed to get a window in there and she felt awful proud of that. Jizzy Jazz Erik nodded... "I'm not originally from Gaia... I only came here a few months ago from Earth, had to hop a portal to get here too... “He said... It was odd for him to meet someone who didn't know of Earth... "It’s... very normal place...”
"It's so cool!" He said, looking at it... His side was a bit lopsided, but the effort was obvious. "Now the prince and princess and all the people can have someplace to live...” Flamefire123 Adian laughed, "How boring" He stated as another female came walking buy. He grinned and watched openly. "I love the strange" he said proudly as she walked back. "Just love it"
"Good" she said and rose, dusting the sand from her pants, then shaking it from her pants, just so it fall into her boots. She looked around, "Want to try the swings?" she suggested. Jizzy Jazz Erik flushed and seemed to shrink slightly as the woman walked by, his shyness getting the best of him... "I... I'm just not used to it, I think.. I like to know things for sure... I'm a scientist...” He said.
Berial stood up, the sand from his shorts tumbling down into the sandbox... "Ok!! You wanna go first? I can push you." He offered, stepping out of the sandbox and heading towards the swings. Flamefire123 "Really?" he asked, "Hey, no worries, I would think a place like this would be damn exciting to a scientist" He mentioned, "I mean you got a bunch of new stuff to figure out right?"
"Sure" she agreed, walking over to the swings and getting on. She couldn't remember the last time she was in a swing but she did know she loved to swing. This no memory thing was weird. Jizzy Jazz "It is, but sometimes I get overwhelmed, especially when it comes to magic... There's so much magic in Gaia, it's kind of scary sometimes... Though I have been trying to learn magic, too...” He admitted.
Berial got behind her, and he pressed his hands against her back, pushing her on the swing. His blighted arm tingled slightly, but he didn’t notice as he pushed again, smiling. Flamefire123 Adian opened his mouth to respond but nothing came out as he stared at Reiha getting pushed. "Holy cow" he muttered, "She's letting Berial touch her. She freaks if I put a hand on her head. Well fights and swears. I need to fix that..." Adian shrugged and grinned. Glad someone could get Reiha to chill.
Reiha was grinning too. Her legs moved in and out naturally as she gave herself a natural push. She let out a laugh as she came rushing down. She forgot exactly how much she liked this. IT was like flying. Or as close as she'd ever get. Jizzy Jazz Erik's eyes went to the kids and he smiled... They did seem like they were having a lot of fun... "Maybe she just warms up to him since he's her own age, or at least closer... or maybe it s awierd train-child thing...” He said. shrugging.
Berial started to laugh as well, pushing her a bit harder so that she would go higher. "Swings are fun." He declared as he gave her another push, and he hadn’t even been on one yet... Flamefire123 "Passenger" Adian said, "That's what the girl who worked there called them. Passengers" Adian watched as Reiha was pushed. "It's probably more the age thing. I don't think she liked you ether honestly" Adian admitted.
Reiha grinned back at him, "Even more fun when you're in the air" she called back to him happily. "You should try it soon" Jizzy Jazz "Passenger... That seemed appropriate, much better than train-child... He looked over at Reiha and nodded... "Maybe, but then again, I'm a stranger..."
Berial nodded, but continued to push her... "Soon then...” He said, feeling gleeful, especially as he recalled how upset she'd been upon arrival. Flamefire123 "yeah, you also cower" Adian said bluntly. He didn't hide things. "It's sort of hard to be scared of someone who cowers. No offence” he added with a grin.
Reiha laughed as she pumped herself higher and got some extra help. That was nice. Soon she was going as high as she could go. She felt like she could go over though. She wanted too. Jizzy Jazz Erik chuckled softly. "None taken... I know I do... I'm just not good with people... Fish I can deal with, but people...not so much...” He said honestly.
Berial gave her another push, but he looked a bit worried as she began to go higher... "Careful. You might flip over...” He said, watching the swing carefully so she didn’t do a full spin. Flamefire123 Adian grinned, 'I believe I like you Erik" he told him, "It's refreshing to find someone aware of they're own weakness. You seem to be dealing with me just fine though. Last time I checked I'm not a fish"
"That be cool" Reiha said simply as she pushed harder and swung up. She suddenly jumped though, when she was at the top of the arc. For a second she flew. Then....landed. She gave a small wince but let her head fall back as she landed on her feet, and hand. "That was fun!" Jizzy Jazz Erik shifted and grinned at the compliment... "Yeah well... Gaia's been good to me so far I guess... It's hard not to be outgoing here, there so many things to discover...”
Berial had actually been really frightened as she left the swing, horror had flashed briefly across his face and he left his post to go to Reiha, but as she lifted her head and spoke, he felt much better. "You're not hurt, right?" He asked, worried. Flamefire123 "Right...discover" Adian said, twisting his head to send a special grin to a passing mother. She flashed him her wedding ring. Adian just waved and laughed. "Lots to discover is right dude"
"Nope" Reiha said easily, standing up and dusting herself off. Her knees might bruise but pain meant little to the girl. "Your turn" Jizzy Jazz Erik blushed at Adian's forward behavior with the woman... He knew he'd never be able to be that confident around anyone... "I... I was thinking of a more scientific perspective..."
Berial grinned at her as she proved to be ok. He had been scared... "Ok...” He said, moving over to the wing and hoping on, making sure to grab onto the sides tightly as he began to swing. He didn't feel like jumping off quite yet. Flamefire123 "And that" Adian started, "Is your problem. Women, I have found, are the best experiment in the world"
She wasn't going to push him. She wanted to fly, and for a second she did. Reiha walked over to the swing and started to push. "Pump your legs back and forth" she instructed. "And lean back when your legs are out. That will make you go faster and higher" Jizzy Jazz Erik looked confused. "How? They're so... so... irregular and unpredictable...” He said, his hands waving around as if to exalt how odd women really were to him.
Berial listened and followed her instructions, having a bit of difficulty at first but he soon got the rhythm of it. He laughed as he went higher, his hands still clasped onto the swing's side, but he wasn't thinking about it anymore. Flamefire123 Adian laughed, "You should meet my sister" he mentioned, "She is neither nether odd nor irregular. She's straightforward, sensible and downright boring. You two should get along" he called out, patting Erik on the back, rather hard but in a friendly way. "Besides that's the fun part of women. If you play the game their way than you get all you can ever want. So long you make it clear what you want and then give them what they want. And if those wants don't match up then you go before things get sticky" Adian said with a shrug.
Reiha still helped him by pushing but she grinned. He was fun, a bit...not stupid, and just naive more. He just didn't know things yet. He caught on pretty quick though. That was good. Jizzy Jazz Erik chuckled awkwardly and shook his head... "I'm just not used to people... especially girls... I couldn't really... I get all flustered and I always say something stupid, or I talk to much or something...”
Berial was laughing, grinning as he went higher and higher, though as he climbed up, he started getting a bit scared frankly, opening his eyes and looking down... He was very high up... Stopping his legs from swinging, he called out to Reiha... "You can go again...” He said. He felt a bit unnerved up so high. Flamefire123 "Some chicks dig that' Adian said with a shrug, "Me I like to sparkle them with my witty dialogue and my charming sense of humor" he said and laughed.
Reiha watched as he stopped moving after he got to a certain point, and then she remembered how he acted when she got high. Was he scared of heights? Jizzy Jazz Erik shrugged... "Your approach sounds like it could work... I know a few chemistry jokes, but that’s about it..." He said. "And fish... I know a lot about fish...”
Slowing down, he hoped off the swing as it got to a safe speed and grinned at her, not really showing any signs of fear now that both feet were on the ground... "You can go again if you like...” Flamefire123 Adian laughed, 'It dose work pal it works VERY well. You see the guys that go by looks alone; they tend to be kind of assholes. Me I'm also sweet, plus I'm not hideous, just not Prince Charming
"Alright" Reiha said, climbing back on, "You should try jumping from high up though. It makes you feel like you're flying. I have a friend with wings you know" she said starting to pump her self. "He can fly" Jizzy Jazz Erik grinned awkwardly, listening to Adian's works as if taking mental notes of every word. "You seem to have thought about this a lot...” He said, nodding as he went over what Adian had told him... Maybe he could risk being, a bit less shy...
Berial shook his head... "I'm fine...” He said, but his interest piqued as she mentioned this friend of hers. "I've never met anyone with wings, but Lazare and Aiolos can fly, but they don't have wings... They're sprockets...” He said, getting behind her as he started to aid her swing. Flamefire123 "Everyday since I was 13" he said honestly. "I enjoy women" h said it without shame or pride, it was simply fact. "They're fun and I enjoy sex. I enjoy sex with women and I hope they enjoy it with me" Adian ended this with a shrug.
"His name is Kasch. He has big white bat wings" she explained, letting her arms go out as she flapped them. "He's taking care of a bird and has an egg. He likes Korbin and we learn about birds together" Flamefire123 Erik's cheeks went a bright red at hearing Adian speak so calmly about sex and women. He himself was a bit of a prude, some would say... "I... that... interesting philosophy...”
Berial sounded very interested and he listened closely, but he watched Reiha as she let go of the side, and his pushing became softer... "Be careful, please... You could fall...” Flamefire123 Adian laughed and glanced over at him. "Don't tell me you don't enjoy it" he ordered lightly, pushing him Adian was shameless. He just sat there grinning his stupid grin.
"So?" Reiha asked as she leaned back, though she grabbed the swing again. "I'll be fine Berial" she promised, "I'm not hurt easily, not seriously hurt at least" Jizzy Jazz Erik's cheeks flushed deeper as the subject was pressed on... 'Well... I wouldn't know... I mean... I've never..:” Great, now he was mumbling like a fool.
Berial began to push a bit harder again, but he was still cautious... "But still...” He said softly... "Just because you don't get hurt easily, doesn't mean you should get hurt..." Flamefire123 Adian blinked and looked over at him with a look of pure confusion on his face. "You're a virgin!?" he whispered it like it was blasphemy. Or impossible.
Reiha grinned, "Korbin will like you" she told him as she straightened up and pushed harder, wanting to jump again. "He feels the same way" Jizzy Jazz Erik didn't think his face could get any redder. His ears were even flushing as he coughed and adjusted his glasses on his nose. "I yes... well. I'm just 17... I mean... “He said, mumbling now.
Berial noticed her desire to go higher and he kept up his steady push, as long as he could see her and make sure she was ok... "That's good..." He said... "I think I'll like Korbin too...” Flamefire123 "17? Hell by that time I was getting laid pretty regular" Adian said, straighten up, all trace of joking gone. He was oddly serious about this, at least oddly serious for him.
"You might, he can be mean but only if he thinks you're not worthy of me and since he thinks that of everyone he's quite mean" Reiha just laughed, "I love him though" Jizzy Jazz This did not make Erik feel any better and he seemed to shrink in his seat as his face just kept reddening... "Well, I lived in a very small town and I was home schooled and..: He was babbling, as if trying to find some excuse for it...
Berial nodded. He sounded just like he was very overprotective of Reiha. "You're lucky to have him to take care of you...” He said. Flamefire123 "Home schooled huh? I guess that would help your shyness" Adian mused, "Hmmmm, that's a pickle of a problem. Now you got a kid, much harder to get laid when you got a kid to take care of" Adian said with a serious nod.
"Yes" Reiha said softly, looking up at the sky, "I am. I don't know what I would do without Korbin he's so...perfect, for me" Jizzy Jazz "I didn't really think of it that way... I was much more worried about him getting into my lab and getting hurt or something... God knows, I get hurt enough there. Like this one time, I burned off my eyebrows, not on purpose, but it happened...”
Berial smiled. "I have Isaac, I guess, but he likes to spend a lot of time in Erik's lab... I'm not allowed in by myself, so I can’t go..." Flamefire123 "I know I know" he said, waving it away, and not letting the topic drop like he could tell Erik wanted him to, "But I'm just saying. It's harder to get laid. Though chicks dig kids" Adian mused and shrugged.
"Who’s Isaac?" Reiha called out as she swung back and forth. "What is he like?" Jizzy Jazz This rung odd in Erik's head. "They do? Wouldn't it make them, all weirder?"
Berial kept pushing as he explained. "He's purple and Erik calls him a gyre, but he looks like a small person and he has this little ball that he rolls around and it can explode and bounce really really high... He likes to crash into stuff with it...” Flamefire123 "Huh? No, I just meant they like to coo over them" Adian said, and glanced over at Reiha, "Well they'll like to coo over Berial. He's cute and sweet. Reiha would probably cuss them out."
"Gyre" Reiha tested the word on her tongue and nodded after getting it. "He sounds cute" Reiha said and as she reached the top of her arc jumped, high into the air, her arms spreading out as she let herself fall. Jizzy Jazz This made a lot more sense... "Yes... I guess so... He is a cute kid, and he's soft spoken, so yah... I guess the girls would like him...” He said.
Berial felt fear grip him again as Reiha jumped and as she spread her arms, he grew even more worried... His blighted arm tickled as he watched her, moving slightly, though he would have never been fast, or strong enough to catch her... "Be careful...” Flamefire123 "Yeah, so use Berial sometime. You don't have to get laid but go out on a date, have some fun. You're too serious" Adian told him, hitting his back again. "All this studies you do. I haven't you mention a friend since we met"
She landed, with a thump, she was laughing as she hit the ground and she fell back. "I love doing that!" she called out before she jumped up. Jizzy Jazz "Well... I don't know many people here... Just you, Chao, she's another guardian, and I know my old baby sitter from a few years back is running around here somewhere.." He said softly... "I didn't really leave the house much until I got the ticket...”
Berial was at her side as she fell back, relief on his face as he saw she was ok... He was obviously a bit scared of heights now, and the mark on his arms seemed to be darkening, though it was probably just a trick of the light as it took its normal shade soon... "I... you scared me...” he admitted. Flamefire123 "Well what's wrong with this Chao person?" Adian asked. Didn't Hikari mention someone named Chao? Adian couldn't remember. Hikari was sure cute. He grinned in remembrance then shook his head. Adian tended to stay away from mothers. They wanted commitment mostly.
"I'm sorry" Reiha said, looking up at him from the ground, and then glanced at his arm. "What's with your arm?" she asked him, pointed to the marks. Jizzy Jazz Erik's cheeks took on a smaller blush now and he shrugged... "Well I only just met her for a short while at the train station... I... She probably doesn't remember me.."
Berial looked over at his arm idly and shrugged... "They're my marks... I've always had them...” He said, though, he somehow doubted he had, but then again, he'd had them as long as he could remember.. Flamefire123 "Well then go see her again" Adian said with a shrug, leaning back. Then paused for a moment, "You aren't homo are you?"
"They look cool but they were darker for a moment" Reiha mentioned. "Do they do anything?" Jizzy Jazz Erik shook his head fervently... "No, no, I'm not... not that they're anything wrong with it though... I just... I like girls...” He said, stumbling over his words as he waved his hands in denial.
Berial looked at them, and he honestly didn't see the difference... "They change sometimes, but that's it...” He said... He didn’t know much about the mark that crept up his arm at all. Flamefire123 "Well good" Adian said, "Not that anything is a problem with it but still" He shrugged slightly and was fine with his slight homo-phobia. It was normal in his mind, at least for guys like him.
"Weird" she said with a shrug and got up. "I don't remember where I was before the train" she said, "I came here on a train" Jizzy Jazz "I just get... scared...” He admitted, sighing... "I'm not made for social interaction...” He said, shaking his head...
Berial looked at her in awe. "So did I...” He said... "It was big train and it was really empty and then Erik came on and he took me out, and it was kind of scary because of the pant less man, but then I met Chesh and Chao upstairs... Do you think all kids come from trains?" He said all this very quickly and very excitedly, with hand gestures and all.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:42 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:43 pm
~~Bullied in the Park~~Flamefire123 Adian held Berial's hand in his, letting Reiha walk free as he walked them from his house to the park. It wasn't really that much of a walk but with the trafic they were crossing and the fact that Berial acted like a kid all the time the man felt the need to hold his hand. His blue eyes looked at Reiha while they crossed the street but she just held on to Korbin and walked calmly at their side. He really didn't get this girl at times but he prety much gave up trying to understand Reiha. Finally they reached the crowded park and he let go of Berial's hand.
"Alright squirt and she-squirt" she grined and scaned the adults, grining when he saw an attractive mother of two who was just sending her kids out to play as well. "You go have fun and I'll be over there" he pointed to the woman paused and then found another pretty woman, "Or over there. If you need me" he waved and stauntered off.
Reiha rolled her eyes at Adian's anticts but ignored him quickly as she turned to Berial. She loved the park, though she admited she liked it better when no one was there but on this sunny Satuday afternoon there were lots of kids running around. From young teenagers to tiny babies with their mother's hovering near. And plenty of kids their age, not that Reiha was really intrested.
"So Berial what would you like to do first?" shea sked, turning to her friend, Korbin resting on one arm. He would proably disapear for most of the trip, perfering to watch from the shadows to protect or sometimes he used this opertunity to hunt. With so many people around Reiha has never been hurt before, unless she triped or something and Korbin couldn't attack the ground. Jizzy Jazz Berial felt quite glad that Aidan had held his hand as they crossed. It amde him feel safer, especially since Erik did the same thing, and he figured it simply wouldn;t be the same. Looking around at all the people in the park, he shrugged. His eyes went briefly to thr swings and he gave a bit of a shudder. They still weren't his favorites.
"I 'unno. What do you do when you come?" He asked. This was only his second time here. Erik didn;t really do outside much. Flamefire123 Reiha came a lot because she loved the park and being outside. It also gave Adian plenty of time to flirt and it gave them something to do 'together' without them actually having to do something like, you know, talk. Sometimes REiha played with other kids, but most of the time she didn't. She had Korbin to play with after all. He was better then kids.
"I go on the swings alot" shea dmited, but noticed he shuddered when he looked at it. "Let's go down the slide though" she said, grabing his hand, Korbin flying from her arms.
Korbin wanted to get a better veiw then her arm besides REiha would need her hands when she played. He landed on the play structure she was running too. Kids looked at him but when ever one got too close he let out a loud caw and scratched at them. He never got on (sadly) but he managed to scare them away. He was perched on the slide so only Reiha and Berial would be able to go down it. Jizzy Jazz "The slide sounds like fun!" He said, girnning, rushing up to it, ot noticing Korbin's agressive behavior towards the kids who approached the slide. Looking up the stairs, he seemed to stop for a moment and debate just how high it was. Apparently, he deemed it fine and started his ascent up the steps. Flamefire123 Reiha noticed the pause though and went behind him, "Don't worry, we can go together and I'll protect you" she told him with a g rin as she took his hand and ran up the stairs with him. She didn't pay much mind to Korbin. Just amazed the kids by pausing to pet him before she crouched down near the slide.
"See I'll get on, you get on behind me and hold on tight, then we slide down and you'll land on me so you don't get hurt. Plus I know how to stop on this so I'll be fine" she asured him, sitting down and waiting for him to get on too. Jizzy Jazz Berial listened intently to her isntructions, obviously a bit daunted by the height of the slide (even though it wasn't that much). Settling himself down behind Reiha he scooched up close to her, raping his arms around her waist tightly. He didn;t want to show her he was scared, but he couldn;t help himself. He jsut didn't like heights.
"m'ready.." He said, closing his eyes slightly as he braced himself. Flamefire123 Reiha loved them. She loved being high above, letting the wind rush over her, standing as high as she can, just wanting desperately to jump and never fall. To just fly and fly forever. But she couldn't do that. She wasn't a bird, she was just...Reiha, a human girl. But with Erik's help she'd learn magic and she'd learn to fly.
"Okay Berial, hold tight. One. Two. And Three!" with that she pushed them off, letting them fly down the sun warmed plastic and laughed as suddenly it all came to a blinding stop when she hit the padded foam like floor. She giggled and turned to Berial. "Do you want to do that again?" Jizzy Jazz For a moment, Berial sat very, ery still, his grip unwavering.. It.. it ahdn;t bee that bad. The wind had actually been, kind of nice.. Daring to peek open an eye he noticed that they were safely on the floor and he lessened his grip on Reiha slowly, before letting go. That wans;t that scary at all.
"'mmk.. Could.. could I try by myself this time?" He asked, daring. Maybe he'd even keep his eyes open as well. Flamefire123 "Sure, by yourself is fun too" Reiha said, smiling as she jumped up, a claw could be heard from Korbin. She looked up and saw other kids were trying to slide too. "Korbin be nice" she lectured, shaking her finger firmly. She didn't want other kids to not slid. It wasn't like it was her slide.
Korbin grumbled and griped, flapping his wings. Normally when hew as told to be nice the bird just left. He was hungry anyway and needed to get some hunting done. Besides he's seen Berial protect Reiha before. Poorly but well enough. He really needed to eat something. Flamefire123 "Sure, by yourself is fun too" Reiha said, smiling as she jumped up, a claw could be heard from Korbin. She looked up and saw other kids were trying to slide too. "Korbin be nice" she lectured, shaking her finger firmly. She didn't want other kids to not slid. It wasn't like it was her slide.
Korbin grumbled and griped, flapping his wings. Normally when hew as told to be nice the bird just left. He was hungry anyway and needed to get some hunting done. Besides he's seen Berial protect Reiha before. Poorly but well enough. He really needed to eat something. Flamefire123 Reiha grined at him as he slid down. She saw he was afraid and geussed that Berial must have a fear of hights, after all he mentioned he was scared of flying and didn't like to look at the swings. Well she'd find a way to help him get over that. AFter all heights were nothing to be a afraid of. Unless you were falling from them.
Reiha sat on the slide and quickly pushed herself off so she could celebrate with Berial in person. She loved the rush of the wind, the sudden thud when you were done, the thrill of it all. She laughed when she hti bottom and hugged Berial.
"I knew you could do it" she told him honestly. "It's fun isn't it? I wish I could go on a really big slid where you'd fall down and down for a long time. I think slides are over too fast" Jizzy Jazz Berial didn;t exactly agree. He was content with the length of this slide. He thought it perfect actually, but he said nothing, only smiled. "Maybe we'll find a bigger slide for you.." He offered, smiling.
Looking around for something that didn't involve high thigns as much, he spotted the sandbox, free of people. "Can we go play in the sandbox a while?" He asked, smiling broadly over at Reiha. Flamefire123 "Sure that's fun too" she said with a smile as she walked over with him, looking around and noticing that Korbin was long gone. She shrugged and went to sit in the sand. It didn't matter because she enver been threatened at the park before. Besides she knew he was hungry.
"So have you ever made a sand castle?" Reiha asked, "Adian said you got to get the sand wet and then you can make it" she reached down as she played in the sand, pulling it up into a moutian that quickly crumbled. "Hmm, we need water" Jizzy Jazz Berial nodded, remebrign this tidbit from their first meeting, but he had yet again failed to rememeber to bring anything to hold water in. Frowning for a moment at the sand, he suddenly screwed up his face as a nasty smell reached his nose. A shadow cast over Berial's form and as he looked up he looked down quickly as the ashed from a cigarrte butt fell into his eyes. Wiping at his face frantically, he whimpered lightly.
The teenagers which had coem to loom over them only chuckled, slightly, one of them shaking his cigarette into the sandbox again. "Get a move on, brats.. Playtime's over.. Flamefire123 Another bully laughed as he flicked his ciggerate to the girl who was glaring at them. Unlike the boy she didn't freak when it hit her, just brushed it away like it was a fly. He shruged though ahd smirked at the pair. "Aren't they just cuuuuute" he calle dout in a mocking tone, reaching down to pinch reiha's cheeks, she just brushed that aside too.
"We can play here as long as we like" Reiha said, voice calm and low as her eyes remained steady on the boys. Her body was tense though, hands ready to fist and fly. she didn'tknow where this control, this knowlege came from, but she did know to wait, till they make the first move. Jizzy Jazz Berial's eyes were slightly red and teary from the ashes when he finally managed to wipe it all away and he looked up, taking Reiha's determination as an example and nodded vehemently.
One of the girls laughed as she stepped over into the sandbox, reaching down and shoving Berial into the sand. "Weren't you brat's taught to listen to your elders? We said scat."
Berial, only looked up at her from his sprawld position on the sand,s tarting to get up again.. "We.. we can play here as long as we like.." He said, his voice gaining strght as he got up, onl to be pushed down by the girl as soon as he managed. Flamefire123 That was the only motivation Reiha needed. She leaped forward, landing on that girl like a rabid money. She bit. She scratched. She pulled. She hit. She kicked. She did anything she could to cause this girl pain.
"Leave my friend alone!" she cried out loudly, making half the playground turn to look at her as a large hand plucked her from the gril and threw her to the ground.
"Get off her!" the bully yelled and kicked her hard once. Smirking at how she groaned he kicked her again and again. Every time she made an attempt to get up he'd just kick her down again. Jizzy Jazz It was Berial's turn to fight back now. His face grew angry and the mark on his arm started to writhe as he launche dhimself onto the man who was kicking Reiha, the force of his sudden pounce making the teen stumbled and fall to the ground where Berial procceeded to aim for his hair and yank it, hard.
"You won' hurt, Reiha!" He said, yanking harder and harder, before reinforcement came and plucked up Berial by the back of his shirt. "LEMME GO!" Berial cried, flailing as he was held off the floor. Flamefire123 Another bully groweled, turning as he found Reiha clinging to his leg, he kicked ehr off and was about to kick her when suddenly a fist came flying though the air to smack straight into his face, a man's fist. He fell back, hitting the sand that didn't cousion the force of that fall.
Adian was here. He stood there, flecking his hand as he glared at the teens. "What the hell are you doing to my daughter and her friend?" he demanded. Adian by himself really wasn't that scary but he worked all day carring heavy boxes from one place to another, normally running. He was strong and he had endurence. He bent down, looking down at Reiha worried then back up to the kid holding Berial. "You better let that boy down now" Jizzy Jazz Most of the group had fled upon Aidan's arrival, leaving only around 4 or 5 of them left, including the man holding Berial. "And what if I don't?" He said, being a big guy himself, he felt he could take on Aidan.
Berial flailed some more, his face screwed up as he tried to kick his assailant, but to no avail. Flamefire123 Adian gave him a deadpan stare, pulled back his fist and socked him once. He had no respect for those who beat on people smaller than them. Especially kids like this. They were over ten years older then Reiha and Berial and they wanted to bully them!? That was just wrong. Adian grabed Berial and carefully but forcefully dragged him away.
"Next time pick on someone your own size!" he snarrled, holding both kids now, pissed as hell. Then turned away from the kids to take Reiha and Berial away for some medical attention and pampering. Jizzy Jazz The remained of the group didn;t think twice before scattering, the two that Aiden had punched, scurryign away, holding thier face (and presumably broken noses)..
Berial stayed close to him, rubbing at hsi eyes again now that the danger had passed. He looked over at Reiha. "you 'kay, Reiha?" He asked quietly, the amrk on his arm still shifting slightly. Flamefire123 Reiha nodded, though she was holding her side and stomache kind of tight and her face was twisted slightly in pain. She just kept her mouth shut though. If she opened it she might throw up or worse, cry. So she wanted to keep quiet. The safety of being sure she wouldn't do ethir.
Adian frowned and set down the two. Berial wasn't really hurt all that much but Adian rubbed an arm over the moving mark a little worried before turning his attention to Reiha. "I'm going to need to look at your stomache ReiRei" Adian said softly, reaching down to her arms.
"No!" Reiha whispered quickly, holding her body tighter. "I'm fine" So she could talk without crying or puking. That was good to know. If she just waited a little bit it would stop hurting. She was sure of it. Jizzy Jazz Berial frowned at Reiha. "Reiha.. Does it hurt?" H asked.. From what he ahd seen, she'd been kicked quite a few times. He could only assume that it hurt.. If it did, why didn;t she let Aidan help.. Mu's always amde things better.. Flamefire123 Reiha wanted to shake her head and say she was fine, that there wasno reason to look under her shirt but she promised Berial to tell him when she was hurt so she nodded slightly, winceing a little.
Adian sighed and reached forward. He grabed her arms, ignoring her strugles as he quickly pulled up her shirt and gasped. There was an arangement of brusies from the kicking, already forming, most red and throbing. Adian sighed and let go of Reiha's arms, there was nothing he could really do.
"Geez Reiha, I'm sorry" Adian muttered, rubbing his hair and then looked at the two. They needed something fun, something to take their mind off of this. "Would you guys like to go see a movie...or have ice cream or I can take you to a toy store" he offered, trying to buy them some happiness. Jizzy Jazz Berial looked about ready to cry, and at the same time, he looked almsot murderous.. The shifting of his mark intentsified as he moved over to Reiha and pulled her into a hug. "m'sorry.. I won't let them hurt you again.. " He told her.. As for the bruises, he was rather confident Erik would have something that would aid in the healing.. He didn;t respond to Adian, wanting Reiha to choose. Flamefire123 Reiha smiled at him as she hugged him softly, carefully as she just leaned against him for a moment, letting herself rest in the comfort of a good firend. There wasn't often that she got stuff like this. Wasn't offten that she allowed people to comfort her like this. Berial was different though, she could trust him.
"Let's go to a movie" she said softly. Movie was nice, you could let go of the outside world so easily in a movie theature. Jizzy Jazz Berial nodded in agreement, letting Reiha loose from the hug, but moving his ahdn to hers and holding it as he looked up at Adian. "I'd liek to see a movie too.." He said, though it was obvious that if Reiha had said that she wanted to jump of the Empire State (not that he even knew what that was), he would have said he wanted to do it.. Flamefire123 "Alright" Adian smiled and helped the pair down. He took Berial's hand and walked with them, slowly for Reiha's sake, down to the movies, he got them far to much junk so by the time they were out they be hyper as hyper can be and hoped that it be enough to make the horrible memory less horrible.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:44 pm
Erik had been holding out on his work ever since Berial had started living with him. Anything that he wasn't at least 70% sure of had been shoved into the mental filing cabinet labeled 'Later.' He just couldn't risk it. What if something exploded and half the house was taken up. Or if he produced some sort of deadly gas that seeped up into the house. Or if he summoned some sort of demonic hell-hounds.. No, he stuck to relatively safe things while Berial was in the house.
But today was the first day Berial was not in the house while he was. Adian had taken the kids out to the park and, after a while of pondering Erik decided that this would be a prime opportunity to try out some of those more dangerous things, some of those thing stashed away in the 20%, 15%, 10% chance of success.. Like the Poppins Bag.
The Poppins Bag was an easy enough concept, even if it wasn't so easy to do. He'd named the experiment after one of his favorite childhood movies. Basically, all he had to do was tap into some pocket dimension and manage to tie that into a bag. He kept telling himself that as he set up the crystals around the summoning circle, placing a large duffle bag inside.
Pushing his glasses up onto his face e glanced at his notebook and was met with his long 'Things that Could Go Wrong' list and it was a long one at that. He could get accidentally sucked into who knows what dimension, or vice-versa, something could get sucked in here. Things could explode, implode, and the fabric of time-space could be ripped apart at the very seams.. He pulled handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his brow, brushing away a strand of his neatly parted hair that had fallen askew. He had to remind himself that he didn't have the power to rip apart the fabric of tim-space even if he wanted to.
And with that reassuring thought, he began.
He'd spent nights memorizing this chant, and he still had it laid out on the table in front of him anyways, a complex runic speech where a single mispronunciation could change the entire effect and make him sprout daisies from his nostrils.
"Raidho Gebo Fehu!"
And he immediately ducked as the light filled the circle and he remembered that it was Fehu not Fehu. Covering his head with his arms, he took for cover as the lab began to rumble and the light from the circle grew brighter and brighter.
The was a deafening ripping sound and Erik whimpered. He hadn't meant to ruin time-space, he really hadn't..
And then the rumbling stopped, the light faded and Erik dared peek open a single eye and peer around at what nothingness looked like.. It looked an awful lot like his lab. Standing up, he realized that it hand;t been destroyed at all. He almost let out a sigh of relief before a loud groan made him snap around and look into the summoning circle.
The duffle bag was ripped clean in half (Erik quickly realize that THAT had been the tearing noise he'd heard, not the fabric of space time) and a pair of large boots were lain at the end of them.. There were legs attached to the boots, and a body to those legs. His eyes widening and widening as he went up and up until a pair of yellow eyes (too much like his own) met with his and they widened simultaneously. He felt like he was staring in a mirror. A mirror that made him look.. kinda scruffy, but a mirror nonetheless, and before his mind could formulate any other question, two almost identical voices (the scruffy reflection of him had a slightly raspier voice) uttered in unison.
"Who are you?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:45 pm
~~Slightly Scruffy~~Jizzy Jazz The previously talkative air in the living room had fallen as Erik looked up at his counterpart sitting at the couch in front of him. They looked, the best comparison would be twins. They ahd the same color eyes, the same color hair, the same facial structure, but at the same time, it was obvious how entriefly different they were..
Scruffy, as Erik had grown to call him as to avoid confusion in his own mind, was jsut that, scruffy. His hair was a bit longer, his face and ahnds a bit roucher, his posture tougher, his build more defined.. Instead of wearing glasses like Erik did, Scruffy wore sunglasses, which Erik had learned were prescription. This hadn;t surprised him.. Him and Scruff were, in essense, the same person.
Sure Scruffy was some sort of Alternate Reality him, but he was him none theless, and while, at lfirst hesitant, worried he had brought Evil!Erik into his dimmention he soon came to realize that Scruffy Erik was jsut that... Scruffy..
"You got any ciggarettes around here?" Scruffy asked, his voice only slightly hoarser than Erik's as his eyes scanned around. He wasn;t that phazed about being dragged into an alternate dimmension, even if his counterpart here seemed rather.. Wimpy..
Erik shook his head. "Sorry.. Even if I did have some, I couldn;t give them too you. I'd be dangeroes to have something flamable inside the house. Not to mention it's unhygenic."
Yup.. He was a wimp alright.. Flamefire123 "Alright, alright" Adian groaned as he ushed the two sugar high kids out of his car. He knew it was a mistake to feed such a large amount of sugar to two five year olds but Adian's guiltly concious made him not care. OF course now he cared when he had Reiha saying things a mile a minute, and having serious mood swings, at least twords him. He felt like by protecting the pair he managed to break though another barrier that surrounded Reiha's heart (and hopefully he wouldn't get assult charges) but that didn't mean that Reiha would actually, you know, be nice to him or anything. Worse of all now he had to dump Berial on Erik which meant Reiha would be pissed 'cause she was alone. Adian wondered if he could talk Erik into watching Reiha again. Then the hyperness would be his problem....No, no. Adian couldn't do that to the poor kid. He geussed Reiha would just have to be his problem.
"No dolphins and whales are mamals" Reiha lectured Berial as they were getting into a slight argument over what a dolphin was. "I read a book on it and everything. Dolphins and whales breath air, just like we do. They also look a little different from fish. Anyway, they're mamamels. They have hair too, only it's hard to see. They can hold their breath for a LONG time to, that's how come they can live in the water"
Somebody shoot me was all Adian could think as he happily rang the door bell for Erik's place. Jizzy Jazz Erik jumped as the doorbell rung and he twitched slightly.
Scurffy only looked at his counterpart, rolling his eyes and getting to his feet. He was halfway across the living room before Erik snapped abck o his senses.
"What are you doing?" Erik hissed, apparently horrified.
"Getting the door, you idiot. What does it look like I'm doing?" He said, disbelieveing that his counterpart could really be that dumb. Reaching the doorway, he clicked the locks and opened up the door. Flamefire123 "Hey Erik" Adian greated, reaching down as he plucked Berial up and shoved him in his hands, using that gesutre as an excuse to move past him into the house. He was never one to wait paitently for inviatations or such. After all he walked into this house before without so much as knocking they should be happy they got that much out of him "I brought Berial back and..." Adian trailed off as he sat another Erik, he blinked and looked back, instantly noticing the difference between the two. Adian reached over and grabed Berial again, just setting him down now. "Okay...anyone mind explaining the new twin?"
Reiha walked in after Berial, Korbin on her head, a soda that she was still drinking in her hands. Sipping on the cola she looked at Scruff with intrest. Then she looked back to Erik, then back to Scruffy. With nothing more than intrest in her eyes she finally shrugged and turned.
"He's not a whimp like you Erik" Reiha announced walking in then pulled out the crystals. "Look I've been practicing. Elea ie' dome" she said proudly and the crystals alight with a soft glow, she grined up at Erik proudly. Jizzy Jazz Scruffy laughed at Reiha's words, shutting the door and trudging inside. "Seems like this girl has got you pinned dead on.." He said to Erik.
Erik only flushed. "I.. That's very good Reiha.." He said encouragingly, before looking up at Adian, then at Scruffy. "Uh.. I had a little.." He waved his hands around searching for the proper words he was lookign for. "mishap with some inerdimetional summoning.. Everyone, this is Erik. Erik, this is Adian, his.." He paused, unable to think of a better word. "daughter, Reiha and Berial.. He's mine.."
Scruffy nodded as Erik told his story, and looked over at the people he was jsut introduced to. He glanced at Adian, then Reiha, then Adian again.. "Sorry man, she doesn;t look like you at all.." He said, before his eyes went to Berial and trailed up his arm..
Berial hd been watchign intently at Adian's side, taking things in before he spoke, looking Scruffy dead in the eye.. "You're Scruffy.." He said honestly.. Flamefire123 "No she doesn't" ADian agried, glancing down at Reiha, not even their eye color was the same, he shrugged though, "She's kind of adopted" he told this...Scruffy at Berial called him. Which Adian had to admit seemed to be preety accurate. His hair was longer and he had some dirt on him, and his clothes were cooler. Adian grined, hopefully he'd be more loose than Erik.
"Well lucky b*****d" Adian mentioned to Erik, "You get an easy kid AND now you got a dad for him" Between Erik and Scruffy Erik was definatly more of a mom.
"I know people" Reiha told Scruffy as she sipped her soda and pulled the crystals back to her. She murrmered 'kshonna letting the crystals go dark before she slipped them away, quite happy. "I read the book you gave me too. Do you think you could teach me something else today? Since I'm here?" she asked, turning to look at Scruffy. "Can you do magic too? Is that why you're here? Where do you come from anyway? How come you and Erik aren't the same? Can I see your glasses? Do you need glasses like Erik? Do you think those sunglasses make you look cooler?" Jizzy Jazz "Berial's adopted as well." Erik added in before looking at Reiha, ignroing Adian's words, though his cheeks grew redder.
"Ah. That explains a lot.. You don;t look like you've ever been laid.." He said matter of factly, flopping back down onto the couch.
"Maybe not today.. I.. I used up a lot of magic and I still don;t know if the dimensional rift I made has closed entirely.. It wouldn't be too safe.. M sorry.." He replied, though he was quite pelased at how well she handled the crystals. But he frowned as Reiha flooded Scruffy with qestions. "Reiha.. I don;t know if Erik wants to ans.."
"No, I can't cast magic. I'm here because of this dolt." He amde aquick gesture towards Erik. "I come from Earth. I think the reasons why we aren't the same are pretty obvious. No you can;t see my glasses. Yes I do need them. And no, I don;t think they make me look cooler. I know.." And he said it all jsut as fast as Reiha had asked, before turning to Adian with a cold look. "and I'm not a dad.."
Berial had toddled hisway over to Erik, climbing up and sitting on the teen's lap as he watched the conversation go on. He frowned at Scruffy's non-parenting declaration. If a dad was anything like a Mu, he wouldn;t mind having two.. Flamefire123 Adian's reply to the cold look was a smirk as he rested a hand on Reiha, making sure to avoid Korbin as he didn't feell like ruining how cool he looked by getting attacked by the blasted bird. "Nethir was I" he replied, then moved to flop on the couch. He was content to stay here for a moment, let REiha run off some energy.
Reiha giggled and rolled her eyes at his comment. "I think Erik is cooler" she told him, loyal once a side was chosen, "After all Erik can do magic. I think magic is really cool. I'm going to learn lots of magic and then I'm going to fly. High in the sky. Right Berial?" Flamefire123 Adian's reply to the cold look was a smirk as he rested a hand on Reiha, making sure to avoid Korbin as he didn't feell like ruining how cool he looked by getting attacked by the blasted bird. "Nethir was I" he replied, then moved to flop on the couch. He was content to stay here for a moment, let REiha run off some energy.
Reiha giggled and rolled her eyes at his comment. "I think Erik is cooler" she told him, loyal once a side was chosen, "After all Erik can do magic. I think magic is really cool. I'm going to learn lots of magic and then I'm going to fly. High in the sky. Right Berial?" Flamefire123 "Don't smoke" he said with a shrug as he streatched out his arms on the couch and crossed his legs. Adian wasn't a big man but he was a long one and because of that he tended to take up a lot of space. Not that he ever cared, Adian loved making a precence. To bad he lacked acting talent he would of made a great side kick actor.
Reiha frowned when she ehard the word ciggerate, looking too the ground as she tried to think why that word made her feel slightly stressed, and made a small tickle apear on the back of her throat. Still she didn't say anything, instead turned to Berial.
"That's right, just like Korbin. And sometimes I'll take you with me"m she turned back to Scruffy. "Berial's my best human friend. Oh and this is Korbin" she pointed to Korbin who still brooded on Reiha's head.
Korbin stared at the human, a mental snort in his head. What ever, was just another weak human. Even if he looked stronger he knew he could take them. The eye glasses would be another but there was plenty of other skin he could attack while trying to get the glasses off. Jizzy Jazz Scurfy scoffed. "Damn.." He said, upset that wasn;t able to get one.. He had thought Adian maybe, would have had one on him, but to no avail, and who knew how easy it would be to get his hands on some in this world. He's long since concluded (even before Erik ahd told him) that this wasn;t Earth.
Berial frowned. "Smoking's yucky, Scruffy. You shoul'nt do it. It smells bad and makes your teeth falls out and makes your lungs all yuck and the it kills you!" Berial said, impriving a bit from what he'd seen from commecials on tv.
Erik fought a snigger at the way Berial called him Scruffy, but he looked over at him and it died down.
Scruffy seemed nonchalant enough, but he sighed, as if tired and leaned back. "Ya.. I know.." He said simply.. Flamefire123 Adian shrugged and leaned back, letting his eyes close as the rest of the world continued on. IT was such a hastle to drive to Erik's house. If Reiha wasn't such good friends with Berial it wouldn't be worth it. Still eh was trying to get Reiha to sort of tolerate him. Sad in his mind that he was fighting to please a little girl and loosing so horribly.
"Sometimes..." Reiha frowned and looked up at him, "Sometimes you need something to end your life faster" She looked straight at him, as if she was remembering a time when she tried to do that too. "Sometimes you want your lungs to go black. Just so you can leav ethe rest of the world behind. Sometimes you're too scared to do real sucide so you go for the longer method" Jizzy Jazz Three sets of eyes were immedaitly upon Reiha. Erik's eyes were wide. Berial's slightly frightened. "Reiha.. you shouldn't talk like.." Erik started but was stopped as Sruffy palced a hand on his arm.
Scruffy was looking straight at Reiha, the look on in his eyes showing, just how right Reiha was.. He looked scared, surprised that soemone had so easily read his motives, not to mention that it was a five year old girl.
Erik's eyes went to his counterpart and he seemed to slouch. "But.. wh.."
"You know ******** well, why.." He snapped, leaning back again, breaking eye contact with Reiha.
Erik seemed to shrink even more and his arms went around Berial, giving him a tiny squeeze.. He knew.. They'd talked for a bit before everyones arrival and they'd found out where there lives began to differ..
Berial looked up at Erik, at Scruffy, then at Reiha, shifting in the uncomfortable ai before he voiced his question, softly, and almost scared.. "what's suicide?" Flamefire123 "Hey" Adian spoke up in the time of great stress and only had one thing to say, "Not in front of the kids, Scruffy. We're trying to raise moral and up right people here" His words were calmed and ADian didn't scare at Reiha. the words didn't surpise him. Not when he suspected she was horribly abused before he found her, and was far to smart for her age. Of course she would know about sucide and all that. It did make him sad though, but there was nothing he could do but try to make today good enough for her to forget yesterday.
Reiha watched Scruffy, knowing that he was surpised at how much she knew. In all honesty she didn't read him at all. She just...knew what that life felt like. Scared, so scared but so tempted by a blade, or a bullet that you seek, looking for some for of escape, a deadly escape that will eventually kill you because you don't have the courage to do it yourself. Reiha then glanced to look at Berial before she looked to Scruffy again.
"It's a bad thing that really sad people do when they think they have no other choice. But they're wrong. There's always another option. You can't let life beat you. You're have to be stronger than that. You have to win! Life is hard, but you have to be harder." Reiha turned to looked at Berial, and then she smiled, "But you don't have to worry about that. You got friend" Jizzy Jazz Scruffy looked about to retirt and say something awefully rude to Adian, when a short pleading glance from Erik silenced him.. Despite all thier differences, they knew one another well.. He leaned back and mumbled a soft "sorry.."
Berial listened to Reiha's explaination and frowned.. Why would Scruffy be so sad that he wanted to bad things like that? Looking over at Scruffy, he noiced how Erik and he shared the same sort of ahunted look in thier eyes.. Had his Mu once been that sad too?
Looking p at Reiha though, he smiled at her last words.. "Reiha doesn;t ahve to worry either.." He said. He'd be there for ehr to make sure she didn;t get sad.
Erik smiled weakly, glad Berial had not pushed on the somber subject of suicide and gave the boy another soft squeeze. Flamefire123 "No I don't" Reiha smiled and took his hand. Her bad mood utterly gone as she was a happy child again. She didn't want to leave Berial yet so she looked at the adults. "Can we go play outside for a little while?" she asked, which was pretty amamzing because normally she'd just tug on Berial and go, but since Adian and her's last talk she's been trying to be more...normal.
"I don't care" Adian asured her and he opened an eye, "Make sure you stay close to the house though" He didn't need to worry about their safty since he knew Korbin would watch over the kids better than he would anyday. There were avatages to the stupid bird, sort of like having a free babysitter. And he didn't even have to really feed Korbin, not extra food anyway. Jizzy Jazz Berial beamed at Adian for giving them permission to go and he leapt from Eril's lap and rushed to her side. "Let's go.." He said, reaching for her ahnd and heading otu quickly.
Scruffy watched them go in silence before he let out a a long sigh. Opening his mouth, he started to speak before he receieved a hard slap upside the head from Erik, causing his shades to tilt oddly on his face. "OWW! What was that for?"
"What did you think you were doing?" Erik hissed, his eyes angry. "They're only kids. They don;t need to be told about suicide or murder or curse words, for that matter."
Scruffy screwed up his face.. "They have to find out sometime.. It always happens.. CHildhood doesn;t last as long as it used to...OWWW!!"
Erik had hit him again. He was beng unaturally agressive. "Thier childhood has to last. You do;t know what those kids have been through, so jsut.. jsut be quiet ok.. They've had it bad enough.." Flamefire123 "Reiha already knows' Adian said softly, opening his eyes as he sat up, "But she doesn't need to be reminded" he added, glaring at this Scruffy, "Lighten up dude. You only get one life, might as well enjoy it" he added, meaning what he said fully. It was how he lived his life, trying to enjoy every moment that he could. Because of it people thought he was stupid or shallow but he didn't care. He liked girls, so he dovoted time to geting them. He liked having fun, so he learned to laugh as much as he could. And he liked his family so he spent time with them, including Reiha.
"Mmmm, Other Erik is werid" REiha said as they were outside, Korbin taking up in the air to fly around a little. He wouldn't leave he just wanted to streatch his wings out. "He's all dark and gloomy. I like real Erik better, he's nice and is teaching me magic." Scruffy reminded REiha of things she didn't like to be reminded of. Like depression and sucidal thoughts, and that feeling that if you disapeared no one would really truely care, but that stuff wasn't true anymore. Korbin would care. Berial would care. Even Adian would care. Reiha smiled, it was nice to know how many people would care. Jizzy Jazz Scruffy's eyes flashed slightly and his grip on the chair tightened. "You don't kno.. you ca.." but he was cut off by Erik again, this time by his counterpart placing a soft hand on his knee..
"Are you close with your parents, Adian?" He asked softly..
Berial nodded in agreement, flopping down onto the floor and feeling the grass betweeen his fingers. "He's a little scary, but Scruffy stil's a lot like my Mu.. I think he's jsut sad.." He said, twirling the grass, sounding as if he ahd jsut said soemthing very deep and philosophical, beofre he looked up and grinned goofily. "DO you think if we let Scruffy take a nap, he'll feel better?" Flamefire123 "My dad. My mom died when I was young" Adian shruged, "I'm not saying you don't have a right to be sad" he told Scruffy, "But I am saying to lighten up. Find something you enjoy in life and do it" he told him, "Look, I've had hard times too. Maybe not as hard as you two, but I know what it's like to be sad. You can mope in it, or you can throw yourself into something enjoyable. Get yourself a girl dude" Adian grined now, "And you," he turned suddenly to Erik, "I got this girl, she has a younger sister, 16, tottally legal. I was thinking we'd do a double date. Try to get you out of this damn house"
Reiha giggled, "I don't think he needs a nap Berial. He needs a friend. Like you. Someone bright and cheerful who can make him laugh. Then he'll be better" She was sure of it. "Or maybe he needs a Korbin, someone so dark but loyal that you can't help but look at the brighter things in life" Jizzy Jazz Scruffy sighed.. Erik shouldn;t had said that.. Unable to take the pressure that had been placed on him from Adian's words, he stood. "I'm getting soemthing to drink." He said harshly and walked away.
"I'm sorry for hi.. us.." Erik said softly. "We talked a bit and.. our dimensions were practically the same until that day.. I an a few months it'll have been 5 years and.. well.. I know its no excuse, but.. if you could please not bring it up.. like.. we never told you.." He whispered, askign him softly.. "for now It's easier that way.."
And he forced a small smiled, pushing his glasses up and looked at Adian.. "I.. I guess Scruffy could watch the kids.." He said, obviously trying to change the subject..
Berial smiled.. "I'll be his friend then.." He said smiling, determined to go up to him and cheer him up once they went inside. "That way none of us will be sad.. We could all be friends, right?" Flamefire123 Adain shrugged, "I didn't bring anything up. Anyway, I got a baby sitter who doesn't swear" he mentioned and glanced back at Scruffy before he leaned closer "And I think he makes Reiha think of depression. I don't want to put her under his care till he's happier" Adian explained, being serious for once. He was always serious when it came to family. "No offense or anything, but the way she was talking before...well I just think he brings it out in her. If you want Berial can stay wtih Reiha and Scruffy can have a night to himself or he can just watch Berial, all up to you but I got a babysitter for Reiha" Adian was sure about that, he didn't want Reiha alone with Scruffy, not because he thought he'd do anything to her but because he might remind her of something someone else did.
"That's good, no one can be sad when you're their friend" Reiha said encouraged. "You're just to much fun" And the thing was that he meant it. Berial's kind sweet soul was something that brought REiha lots of happiness. Why shouldn't it work on other Erik? Jizzy Jazz Erik nodded in understanding. Reiha had reacted a bit badly to Scruffy's precense.. Scruffy was jsut sort of somber that way. He wasn;t sure he wanted Scruffy alone in the house though, especially not anywhere near his lab, not yet, so if he did go out, the safest thing would be to leave Berial with Scruffy and vice-versa.
"Will the.." He seemed to have trouble saying it. "date, be casual or formal?" He asked.. He'd never been on a date before. He'd never had time for dating.
Berial smiled at the compliments, playing around with the grass. "You're lots of fun too.. Will you be Scruffy's friend too?" He asked, smiling up at her. Flamefire123 "Hmm? Oh a little formal, nothing suit worthy but wear slacks and a nice shirt" he told him, "When you date a teen it's better to go as glitzy as possible. Especially since you're one your own and suporting yourself so you have that whole rule breaker thing going for you. But you're smart and got that sweet innocent act going to" Adian nodded, "I've learned that really there are lot better things in the dating world than looks" He grined and leaned back again, "After all I'm popular for a reason" Adian was not traditionally good looking, he looked goofy and was too talll, to thin and despite his physical job didn't look musclar at all. Oh no Adian had to reley on other skills.
Now Reiha shrugged, "I dunno. He might not like me. 'Cause depressed people don't like having people tell them to just 'get over it'" Like Adian did. "And I tend to say stuff sort of like that. I dunno. I think I was sad like him once, something looks familiar in his eyes and...well I dunno Berial. I'll try to be friendly" she promised smiling at him.
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:37 am
It was rare for Erik to leave the house, but tonight was a special occasion. Scurfy had been teasing him about it for a while and they day had fianlly come. Erik's first date.
He ahd been fidgeting in front of the mirror and glancing at the clock, straighting his tie and the sleeves of his button up shirt. It didnt look to different from normal attire (aside from the tie). He always dressed with nice pants and a button up shirt. Only this time, he brought out the even nicer pants.
Glancing at the clock again and seeing that Adian would be here soon, he left the mirror's side. Berial and Scruffy were in the living room. Moving over to Berial he cast a glance at Scruffy. They had had their talk earlier. He was to behave. If anything happened to Berial.. Erik felt anger flash in him at the very though, a normally foriegn emotion to him. Turnign back to his child he smiled.
"Berial." Erik said, moving close to Berial and kneeling so they were at the same eye-level. The small boy looked up at him and smiled. "I'm going to go out today.. I'll be back as soon as I can.." Berial nodded, moving and giving his guardian a hug, which Erik returned heartily. "Keep an eye on Scruffy, will you?" He nodded again and Erik smiled down at the boy. The doorbell rung and he got up.
Moving to the door, he waved. "Be good." Scruffy gave a noncommittal grunt and Berial waved fervently as Erik left.
As soon as the door closed, Berial got up and moved over to Scruffy. He had been planning on trying to get closer to the man for a while. He always seemed so sad all the time and Berial wanted to help. It always made him feel so much better to see Reiha smile, so he assumed Acruffy's smile would make him feel just as good.
"Do you wanta color?" He asked Scruffy, looking up expectantly at the teen. Scruffy looked down at him through his sunglasses and grunted.
"No." He said. He had not been pleased with this arrangement. He didn't like kids. Not to mention that he was grumpy from the nicotine withdrawal that Erik had put him through by taking away his smokes.
"What about a movie?" He asked only to get another angry grunt as Scruffy lay on the couch.
"Whatever you want." He said closing his eyes. The small boy looked up at Scruffy and moved closer, his blue regarding him sadly. Why didn't he want to have any fun?
"I want to play with you.." He said, and Scruffy twitched, opening his eyes to see a mopey looking Berial standing beside him. His eyes flashed.
"Well I don't, now go away.." He said rolling around to get away from the toddler's face. Berial's lower lip wibbled and he drew closer.
"But you always so sad.. I'll make you happy.." He said. He'd certainly try. He said he'd be Scruffy's friend and he meant it. Scruffy didn't take the words quite as well. He didn't need some puny kid with some tattoos pitying him.
"Just leave me alone. I don't need you.." He said snappily, keeping his eyes closed, so he didn't see the pain that entered Berial's eyes. His eyes shone with tears and his marks started to shift. Without another word, he ran off into his room.
It wasn't for a while that Scruffy noticed he had said something wrong.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:52 pm
~~Sensitivity (or lack thereof) ~~Flamefire123 "Geez Reiha, I can't believe you actually scared a baby sitter off." Adian groaned as he looked into the review mirror that framed the pounting little girl stroking her crow like some sort of messed up bond woman. He sighed and knew he'd never get that teen to set foot in his house again. He'd be lucky if he didn't get sued by her parents. She wouldn't even take her pay, she just ran.
Adian geussed he just wasn't destined to get lucky tonight. He glanced over to the front seat where Erik sat, still picking noodles from his hair. Adian couldn't even completely remember how or why they were both covered in spegehtii but he did know that this whole, getting Erik laid plan was going to take alot of retooling.
"It wasn't my fault. She basically attacked Korbin. He was merely defending himself and I was trying to keep him off of her!" Reiha argued, holding the bird to her tightly. Adian was going to just drop Eric off but since he had to come and pick her she got to see Berial again, so she really wasn't that unhappy, and if she kinda of prevoked the baby sitter into attacking Korbin well...there was no proof of that, now was there?
Adian sighed a pressed a hand to his forehead before he pulled into Erik's drive way. "If I get a gray hair I swear I'll eat that damn bird." Adian grumbled as he got out of the car. He knew Reiha would wnat to go in and he honestly didn't see a point in stoping her right now. She'd only make her life miserable later.
Reiha didn't really heard what Adian said as she climbed out, rushing up to the door. She paused a little bit before the door, just staring at it, then shook her head. She felt worried all of the sudden. Berial was upset easily and he was alone with a man who clearly cared only for himself.
But she was there and she was his very best friend. Everything would be okay.
Right? Jizzy Jazz Erik remained silent on the ride back, picking the noodles out of his hair. He remembered exactly when the evening had taken a wrong turn, and he remembered it vividly.
The night ahd been going on well enough. Adian's precense made him, less quiet than he was, and he ahd been able to maintain a semi-normal conversation with his date. She asked what he did and he started explaining. She seemed interested, so he went into more depth. In his fervor though, he knocked over his glass of water.
Luckily for him (not), a waiter was passing by just then and slipped on the water, sending him caarrening back and the various plates of spaggetti flying into the air.
Wat came after was obvious and made Erik want to dig his hands into his head in shame.
As they pulled up to the house, he hoped Scruffy wouldn't ask to many questions about why there was still sauce in his hair. Coming to the door, he opened it. "Berial! Scruffy! I'm back." He said.
Scruffy took his time in apprearing, blinking and rubbing at his eyes, his sungalsses perched on his head. "You're early.. Take it things didn't go well."
Erik flushed. "Doens;t matter.. How were things here?" Scruffy shrugged. "Fine. The kid was quiet the whole time."
Erik nodded turning about. "Berial!" He called again, but recieved no response. Turning he glanced at Scruffy. 'Where is he anyways?" Scruffy shrugged and somethign akin to panic filled Erik.
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS!" Flamefire123 Reiha slipped into the house first chance she got. She ignored Scruffy, as he would be called from now on, and Erik, even Adian. She headed straight to Berial's room, because she assume since he wasn't showing up he must be in there. When she reached the door though it was locked. She blinked once, then twisted the knob.
"Berial?" she called out to the door, "Berial, it's me Reiha. Berial?" her voice sounded more and more worried. She turned quickly, to glare at the unfeeling young man who looked so much like Berial's father.
"What did you do to him!?" she demanded.
Adian felt a little confused as he steped in, and since he didn't have a close intimate realtionship with Berial he wasn't all that worried. Reiha locked herself into her room all the time. It was almost habit by now but since Berial was such a...soft kid this might be different. He yawned once and ambled over to the couch. He figured he better just stay out of this one. No point in putting his nose in where it doesn't belong, as long as Reiha toes the line a little. Jizzy Jazz Scruffy's eyes went a bit wide at the accusations. "I didn't DO anything. I just told him I didn't want to play.." He said. Erik shot him a glare and moved to the door, knocking.
"Berial?" He ventured, but no sound came. He knocked again. "Berial?!"
"Go away.."
The small voice came from insdie the room, with such.. anger that Erik almsot reeled. He hadn't shouted, but the fury in the child voice ahd been almsot palpable. Erik's eyes flew to Scruffy. "What EXACTLY did you do?!"
"Nothing! He asked me if I wanted to color and stuff and I told him no.. Then he got all preachy about me being happy, and I just said I didn't need him. I don't need anyone, esepcially not a kid.." He said, sounding slightly miffed.
Erik on the other hand was furious.. It took him a moment before the words that had been written on the back of his ticket floated back to him. "You idiot.." Erik said in a hiss, shooting him a glare and going back to the door, knocking again. "Berial! Let us in!" He asked. He'd deal with Scruffy later. Flamefire123 Reiha had a different plan. She heard an anger in Berial's voice, she never heard him angry before. Distressed, worried, happy, sad, spacy and nutrual yes, but not actually angry. And that man made him angry, it wasn't right.
"You idiot!" she yelled out, walked over to him, "Do you have a single working brain cell? Or did you sell them for a cheap high?" Her tiny hands fisted as her entire body shook. This man made her remember feelings she didn't understand. The feeling of dirt that never washed off, the feeling of a chill that never truly left, the feeling of hate, deep down hate, of the world, yourself and anyone who dared to smile. And she wouldn't let those feelings touch Berial, he deserved better than that.
"He's a good kind soul and you spit in his face! He's a child! He needs someone to need him, otherwise why is he here? Can't you see that? Can't you see that all he wants is to make you smile? He isn't being preachy, he's being honest." Jizzy Jazz Scruffy was gaping at Reiha for a moment. "I.." Erik cut him off though. "Just.. just don't say anything else.. You've done enough damage." He said, turning back to the door, knocking again. "Please Berial.." He pleaded.
Scruffy jsut loked confused. "but what's the big deal.. I didn't even shout.." An angry Erik left the door and turned on him. "You don't understand. Berial isn't a normal kid. And now you saying that.. a normal kid might have been a bit upset sure, but this means more to Berial than it would to a normal kid."
Erik knocked again, before looking down at Reiha. "Reiha.. could you.. try.. I.." He was scared.. What was going on? Why wouldn't Berial let them in?
"I'm going to see if I can find the keys to the door." He said softly, a tad deafeated. He didn't want to have to force his way in, but he saw little other choice. Levaing the doors side, he grabbed Scruffy harshly by the collar, dragging him along with him. He didn;t want Scruffy near the kids. Flamefire123 Reiha continued to glare at Scruffy till he was dragged away, then turned to answer Erik's half defeated beg for help. She took a few deep breaths, showing a control over her emtions that Adian never seen before, and then approached the door, knocking once to alert Berial to her presence.
"Please open up Berial. Who cares about Scruffy? He's nobody, that's why he's sad. I'm sorry, I should have mentioned he might not want help but you got to try anyway. He does need to Berial, he just doesn't know it and even if he didn't it wouldn't matter. Becuase more people need you Berial, people who love you and care for you. Erik needs you, his entire life is just for you. You give him reason to be stronger and louder and less scared. And I need you too. You make me smile and feel happy and warm, and I'm not use to that. Please Berial, open up. We need you out here, and we don't want to be with out you, not anymore." Reiha said quietly, knocking again. "Please Berial, please?"
Adian watched the proud little girl holding the proud little bird beg. He never heard her do anything close to begging before and now, she was. Adian rose from the couch and took a few steps. Wanting...wishing he could do something, he had some control over this desire. Adian wanted to make her smile.
But he couldn't do it. Jizzy Jazz For a moment there was silence before there were the sound of small footsteps that stopped as they appraoched the door.
"Please..go..away.." His voice said again. The anger gone, replaced with oemthing likened to fear.. It was more like Berial than the previous words he had spoken.
Erik returned quickly, Scruffy looking a shamed and close in toe. Ruffling througha ring of keys he saw that Reiha had not been able to get the door open and moved to it. "I'm coming in, Berial.."
"NO!" It was likened to a shriek and the fottsteps rushed away from the door.
Erik's eyes widened but he suck the ky in unlocking the door and opening it.. Inside the room, it was entirely dark. All of his nightlights (which Berial ussuall never turned off) were estinguished. The shades were drawn. Erik felt a shiver as he took a step into the room, his eyes unable to se in the dark, no matter how he tried.
"Berial?" He asked sloly, his hand reaching for the lightswitch, but he clicked it on and off and quickly realized.. It wasn't working. Flamefire123 Reiha was torn between her desire to listen to Berial and the desire to help him. When the door was pulled open to revel a dark room she made a descision, rushing forward, and ignoring the light she seeked out her best friend.
"Berial? You don't have to be scared." she called out, looking around. Her emerald eyes adjusting easily to the dark. She moved though the room with little care, needing to find her best friend. She glanced under the bed and in the closet, seeking him.
"Tell us what's wrong?"
Adian watched them with a small sigh, feeling a sudden urge for a beer. Something to take this harsh edge off. he wasn't built for this, hard feelings, hard days, bad dates. He liked to laugh, when his life become so unfunny? Adian turned away from the door, there was nothing he could do in there. He wasn't good for this kind of stuff, he didn't know the kid, not really.
He couldn't help Reiha. No matter how much he wanted too, no matter how much he yearned too, he couldn't help. He...wasn't needed. Jizzy Jazz Reiha had made a good guess of searching in the closet and Berial was sitting there, his legs pulled up close to him. "Go away.." He said again, sounding terrified.
In the dark it was hard to see, but his mark's were writhing, twisting and pulsing. He raised his slightly, his face obscured by his hair, but the runic mark o his forehead let out a soft red glow which highlighted the fear and the anger that was swirling in the small boys eyes as he gripped his knees tighter. "Please go away..." He pleaded..
Erik could hear what was going on, and he could see the vague glint of red, but other than that, he was walking blind into the room. His heart shattered to hear Berial talk that wy and he opened his mouth to speak, but tripped over the bed and fell hard onto the floor. Flamefire123 "No." Reiha whispered as she slinked into the cloeset and wraped her arms around him. She wouldn't leave him. Flashes of memories, scared and alone in a dark space, rotting...rotting...She clung to him tighter. He wont feel that, she refused to let him feel alone. He had people, people who loved him and she would remind him of that.
"I wont leave you Berial, ever." she swore, holding him tighter, "I don't care what's happening. I'm your best friend, and best friends stay. People love you. Please don't ever forgect that, please. Erik needs you. I need you. Don't worry about the people who don't need you, worry about the ones who do." Jizzy Jazz Berial tried to pull away. He was scared and angry.. He was feelignt his swirl of emotions and he didn't know where it was coming from.. Once he'd seen the marks on his arm, he had been frightened, but the desires that had followed. The anger, the need to hurt.. It had terrified him so much he had shut off the ligths and locked hismelf in his room..
"I'm scared.." He whispered as Reiha pulel him tighter to him. His grip tightened around his legs. "I want to hurt someone.." He said, but his voice clearly said he did not want to hurt anyone.. " m' scared, Reiha.." Flamefire123 "It's okay to be scared." she whispered, holding him closer. She refused to let go, even when he tried to tug away from her. "Sometimes...sometimes parts of you want something the rest of you don't want." she told him.
"the point is to know what you truely want. Hold on to me Berial, hold on till you don't wnat to hurt anyone anymore." she murrmered, "I promise you it will go away. This isn't you." Jizzy Jazz Tears started running down his cheeks as he let go of his legs relucatnly, and looked up at Reiha before practically lunging into her arms, gripping her tightly. He didn't want to hurt anyone.. Clingin to her, he cried on her shoulder sobbing slightly.
Erik blinked a few times, opening hsi eyes to the darkness. The fall had knocked him out a for a moment and he sat up, hearing the soft sobs of Berial. The light from the door allowed him tosee the faint sillohoutes of Reiha and Berial there ande remained silent, for now.. He didn;t want to do anything to upset him. Flamefire123 She held him tighter, letting him cry as part of her heart stopped worring. He was holding on to her again. He knew he wasnt alone. She helped him. She didn't know what was up with the marks and the glowing but right now she didn't care. Let Erik wonder about the details, all she cared about was if he was okay.
Reiha stroked his tattooed arm, trying to sooth the mark as she just let him cry. She would never tell him to hold back. he deserved to cry. Jizzy Jazz He was fine, well, as fine as he could be while crying, until she touched the mark. He noticable winced and pulled away, grabbing at him arm. "no.." He said softly.. It had physically hurt, and not ust his arm.. He felt.. He had felt aweful..
Erik had started the slow crawl towards the closet, careful to feel in front of him since he couldn't very well look at where he was going. "Berial?" He ventured a his hand burshed agaisnt what he assumed was the clsoet door (and he would have been correct).
Berial flinched again, clutching the mark. "it hurts.. it hurts.." He said softly. The mark was hurting him so much.. He wasn't sure what to do.. Flamefire123 "I'm sorry." Reiha said quickly, and moved around to hug him again, this time avoiding his arm. She turned to look at Erik as he moved closer.
"Can you make his arm better?" she asked him worried, her arms wraping around him tightly. she hated Scruffy right now, for doing this to Berial, for making him go though this. He didn't deserve this. he didn't. Jizzy Jazz Berial was wimpering slightly as he shurgged. "I.. maybe out in the light.." He whispered. He couldnt see a thing here and therefoe, couldn't help.
Berial shook his head. He didn't want to go out into the light. Why, he couldn't fathom, all he kenw was that he didn;t want to. Flamefire123 "It will be okay." Reiha promised, leaning her head agianst his shoulder, "We'll make it okay. Take deep breaths and concentrate on my voice. The pain wont seem so bad." she promised him. Jizzy Jazz Berial whimpered but nodded. Reiha would keep him safe. He knew it.. She wouldn't hurt him, and she was tough, so she wouldn't let him hurt her either.. Pulling away from her he got up heitantly, peeking out from the closet. Erik had managed to crawl his way back and was sitting in the doorway..
"Beriall.. I.. It'll be ok.." He said gently, trying to prompt the child towards him. It worked and soon Berial had rushed and tackled him down. He felt Berial in his arms, crying again and he rubbed his back. "Shhe.. jsut calm down.. It'll be ok.." Flamefire123 Reiha watched as Berial slowly make his way to Erik and she felt a little better than too. She knew Berial needed Erik too. She stood up and followed, watching the pair. They cared so much for each other Erik...was violent to Scruffy. She didn't know Erik could get violent.
Did Adian feel that way about her? Jizzy Jazz The mark began to subside as Erik continually rubbed Berial's back, speaking soothing words.. Berial clung to his guardian tightly until the glow of his rune ceased and his mark started to calm. He sniffled slightly before looking up at Erik.. " m'sorry.." He said simply..
Erik gaped at the boy for a moment before pulling him closer. "you have nothing to be sorry for.. It's okay to be scared.. Just.. just know we're here for you.." He said, trying hard to be as supportive as he could be. He was still a bit shocked this was happening at all.
Berial eyes turned to Reiha, his cheeks tear-ridden.. " m'sorry, Reiha.." He said again.. Flamefire123 Reiha looked at him, and then smiled as she moved forward, to hug him tightly, "Why?" she asked softly, "I got to be here for you. Like a true friend. I got to prove to you that I'll always be here." She hugged him tight.
"You can trust me Berial. I'll always be here when you need me, and that's a promise. I never break a promise." she smiled at the boy who charmed promise after promise from her. Jizzy Jazz Berial sniffed holding both his guardian and his best firend close to him. The blight had settled and his blue eyes looked up at Scruffy, who had been leaning up against the wall, guilt written across his features..
" m'sorry, Scruffy.. for buggign you.."
Erik stiffened and held Berial tighter.. "it wasn;t you fault, Berial.." He said. He was still angry at Scruffy. He had trusted him, and it had been provn misplaced. He felt off footed, not being able to trust.. well. himself.
Scruffy looked shocked, before looking away again.. "uh.. Erik;s right, kid.. wasn't your fault.. sorry.." He mumbled. He obviously wasn;t much for words.. Flamefire123 "Berial, you don't have to apologize for having feelings." Reiha tried to tell him. She glared at Scruffy too, glad that he at least look miserable. She sighed and hugged him tighter. She would need to have a real talk with Scruffy. She knew, somehow, how he felt but that didn't give him a right to be an idiot.
And at least he knew it now. He realized he made a mistake. Reiha glanced at Erik, and saw the look in his face. For a moment she reached over to stroke his arm, to reasure him too. Things got complicated for the quiet boy, but she had a feeling he wouldn't change anything.
Adian hovered near the door, listening in, but not watching. He sighed once and wondered. How did Reiha get so adult? She was a little girl, how did she managed to grow up? How did she knew how Scruffy felt? She lived for five years tops, and yet...she had a life time hiding behind her eyes. Why? Jizzy Jazz Berial finally puleld away slightly from them both and wiped at his face.. "I.." He seemed ashamd at what he wanted to say.. "I'm hungry.." He said softly..
Erik couldn't help but smile. This was soemthing normal. He'd jsut had a long night, and Scruffy had not made dinner. Of course he was hungry. Getting up, he smiled at the boy. "I'll see what I can fix up then.. Do you want to come with me Berial?" The boy nodded and Erik looked down at Reiha, then at Adian. "I can;t pormise much, but you're welcome to stay for dinner.." He said.. Esepcially sicne hi and Adian's dinner ahd been ruined as well. Flamefire123 "We'd love to." Adian spoke up. He kenw Reiha would like to stay for a little while, watch Berial, in fact if it wasn't for the fact that Scruffy and Reiha seemed like a bad mix he'd proably ask of Erik would mind watching her for the night. He was sure that Berial would enjoy the company, but Adian didn't like the way Reiha acted when she was with Scruffy. She acted...old, and it wasn't natural.
"Reiha, you'd like to stay right?" Adian learned quickly that Reiha liked to be asked, no matter what.
Reiha nodded once and turned to find Korbin rosting near by. he fluttered off after Reiha entered the room. He knew she'd be busy, but now he fluttered back to land on her shoulder. He nuzzled her lovingly and she reached up to hug him back. Then turned to look at Scruffy again.
"I'd like to talk to you." Jizzy Jazz Erik glanced at Reiha and he was rather sure that he didn't want Berial around for whateevr earfull she was going to give Scruffy. So he jsut put on a soft smiled. "Come on, Berial. You can help me in the kitchen.." He said softly, tking his unblighted hand.
Berial smiled weakly and nodded, toddling of clutching Erik's hand before looking back at Reiha and smiling. "I'll make you something yummy.." He said, before going into the kitchen."
Scruffy only leaned against the wall in silence. He didn't quite feel like being lectured bya kid, esepcially after the shouting Erik had given him, but he said nothing. Reiha was one of those train kids too and a quick glance at Adian and he shuddered.. Erik would shout at him for upsetting Berial, but Scurffy was afraid Adian might go a bit further if Reiha was concerned. Flamefire123 "thanks Berial, I look forward to it." Reiha told him honestly, and smiled at him. She waited till he left before she turned back to Scruffy. "I stand by what I said before. You're stupid." she groweled, "You may be use to being all alone back on Earth but you're not alone anymore. Though you might be if you continue to be so stupid. You had two people willing to care for you, one who understood and one who could forgive all your flaws. And you just spat in their faces." Reiha turned away from the man, eyes closing as her body trembled.
"People don't get to do that often."
Adian didn't move from the room. He watched now, worried what might happen. And he almost smirked at the lecture Reiha was giving. She was acting old again, but this time it wasn't scary it was humours. Or at least it was till she started to tremble. Then he moved forward, worried for the girl.
"Reiha..." he whispered, leaning close but Korbin let out a cry and scratched at him, anoying the man. Jizzy Jazz Scruffy looked down, pulling off his glasses for a moment he cleaned them on his shirt, shame swirling in his eyes. " m' not used to having people care. It's a dog-eat-dog world back where I lived.. It's not safe to trust, or to care.." He said, reapplying his glases. "It's no excuse, but m' not used to it here."
He turned his gaze to the young girl.. She understood him better than anyone could. Even Erik, and it shocked him. "and I have a feeling you're not used to it either.." Flamefire123 Reiha turned to look at scruffy and nodded, "I know." she agreed simply, "But that doesn't mean you have to take it out on Berial. He only wants to help you. He...is so pure. He just wants to be your friend." Reiha said softly ad glanced at him. "And you will need him."
"Reiha." Adian said again, watching the little as he looked between the pair. He wasn't sure he liked this connection the two had. It made...Reiha act like she knew his life. No little girl should know Scruffy's life.
"I'm okay Adian." Reiha said slowly, "It's alright. I have Berial, and Korbin, I'm not alone."
"you have me too Reiha," Adian said softly, "I'm here too. You're not alone, you have a family bigger than just Korbin. We're family." Jizzy Jazz Scruffy's eyes went to Adian for a moment before going to Reiha and nodding. Moving slightly towards Reiha he looked down at the kid. "Alright.. I'll loosen up, but you should too.." He said.
"You're what.. 5? You shouldn't know this sort of stuff. Act like a kid, will you?" He said, and while his tone and words might have beena bit on the rude side, his intentions were good enough. "It's kinda creepy, having a 5 year old lecture you anyways.." He said, starting to walk towards the kitchen. Flamefire123 Reiha raised an eyebrow, then stuck her tounge out at Scruffy's back, "I'll act how ever I want to." she muttered to herself as she held Korbin close to her. She may not act like a normal kid but big deal. Korbin liked her like this, Berial liked her like this. her eyes looked up at Adian, then away as she walked out of the room too.
Adian might like her like this.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:05 pm
The warm arms of someone around him.. His mother's smile.. Her eyes.. He was looking up into them again as she held out her hand to his.. He looked down at his hand.. It was tiny, barely bigger than Berial's was at the moment and hidden inside of a warm mitten. He looked back up.. She was still there.. He took her hand..
His father had lost his glasses.. Scurrng along the floor he looked for them, his palms leaving marks on the cold metal floor of the laboratory.. Looking under a desk he saw them and grapsed them. Putting them on, his vision went blurry as he stood. "I found them!"
He still had his jacket on from when he had been playing outside in the Alaskan snowdrifts.. He'd barely gotten inside when the first explosion rang out. Rushing down the steps, one, no.. two at a time.. He looked up.. A mecha.. A huge robot.. It's arm crashed into another machine, destroying it.. "DAD!" The mecha's metal eyes turned to him.. He saw his father rise from behind a desk. "ERIK! RUN!"
The snow was cold. A blizzard. He had run as fast as he coudl out the door.. He was still running. His feet fumbled and he tripped into the snow.. Scurrying he turned around. The lab was still in sight.. Then a light.. a horrible blinding light and the deafening rip of an explosion.. His eyes took in the light, every bit of it.. until.. blackness.
Erik ripped off the sheets from his form, sitting up and panting.. Bringing his hand up to his brow he noticed he was covered in sweat.. He.. hadn't had a dream like that in years..
Forcing himself calm, he rubbed at him temple, closing his eyes.. Opening them again after a few minutes he looked around.. His glasses were on the bedside table so everything was blurry.. Like the time he'd put on his father's glasses..
Chocking back the memories he lay his head back down and began to recite Merlin's 19 Basic Law's of Magic to himself, to forget what he'd just dreamt of..
By Law 5, he was already fallen back asleep..
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:21 pm
The warm arms of someone around him.. His mother's smile.. Her eyes.. He was looking up into them again as she held out her hand to his.. He looked down at his hand.. It was tiny, barely bigger than Berial's was at the moment and hidden inside of a warm mitten. He looked back up.. She was still there.. He took her hand..
His father had lost his glasses.. Scurrng along the floor he looked for them, his palms leaving marks on the cold metal floor of the laboratory.. Looking under a desk he saw them and grapsed them. Putting them on, his vision went blurry as he stood. "I found them!"
He still had his jacket on from when he had been playing outside in the Alaskan snowdrifts.. He'd barely gotten inside when the first explosion rang out. Rushing down the steps, one, no.. two at a time.. He looked up.. A mecha.. A huge robot.. It's arm crashed into another machine, destroying it.. "DAD!" The mecha's metal eyes turned to him.. He saw his father rise from behind a desk. "ERIK! RUN!"
The snow was cold. A blizzard. He had run as fast as he coudl out the door.. He was still running. His feet fumbled and he tripped into the snow.. Scurrying he turned around. The lab was still in sight.. Then a light.. a horrible blinding light and the deafening rip of an explosion.. His eyes took in the light, every bit of it.. until.. blackness.
Scruffy leapt up from the bed, the sheets that had been over him ftangling up his legs so that in his panic, he remained laying down.
Staring at the ceiling, he gulped.. He hadn't had a dream like that in years now. Not that vivid, nor that true to the events.. He felt his vision become more blurr than it already was, even worse than when he'd tried on his father's glasses.. Wiping at his face, his fingers came out wet..
With a kick he freed his legs from the sheets and turned around, buring his face into the pillow. The wound still felt fresh.. He could still hear the explosion ringing in his ears.. Tears kept brimming from his eyes, soaking the pillow in the guest room Erik had given him.
He did not fall asleep again that night.
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:11 pm
Morning wasn't kind to Erik as he fumbled with his sheets. His sleep after the dream had been riddled with nightmares, half of which he couldn't quite remember, all of which had been awful..
Rubbing at his eyes he groaned, fumbling over the bedside table and putting on his glasses. The room came into focus and he sighed, rushing his fingers through his hair.. He hoped he'd never have to pass a night like that again.
Berial was awake when he stepped out into the kitchen, standing on a stool and reaching up to try to get to his favorite cereal. Erik smiled down tiredly at the boy, reaching for the ceral and passing it down to him.
"Thank you!" He said, smiling and scurrying to the table.. Still on automatic, Erik brought down a bowl and spoon placing them on the table for Berial who once again voiced his thanks and dug in.. At least Berial seemed to have slept well.
Moments later, Scruffy siddled in, looking worse than Erik was, his eyes hidden behind his sunglasses, but obvious red and puffy nonethless.. Erik frowned.. He had not fully forgiven him for what had happened alst night, but at dinner he had tried hard to redeem himself at least..
"Sleep well, Scruffy?" He said, snatching the orange juice that had been in his hands before Scruffy got a chance to drink out of the carton.. Scruffy frowned as the jucie was taken and reached over to the counters for a glass shaking his head..
"nightmares.." He said, his voice low as he looked over at Erik, his eyes peekign out from above his glasses and Erik knew..
"oh.. I.. I had it too.." He said simply. He guessed it wasn;t that odd. They were the sameperson, so it wouldn;t be so unnatural to have the same nightmare, especially of an event so pivotal to both of them.
Looking up from his cereal, Berial finally piped in. "Whassat nightmare?" He said, his mouth half full of Cheerios. Erik resited gaping before he rmeeber, of course, eh was jsut a kid..
"I... it's a bad dream.." He said. A look of confusion crossed Berial's face and the next question practically left him floored.
"Whassat dream?"
Both Scruffy and Erik looked at Berial then at each other.. How do you explain what a dream is? Scruffy was the first to think of soemthing..
"I.. Uh.. It's like a movie.. that plays when you're sleeping.." He said lamely.. Erik nodded.. It was about as good as they'd be able to get it. Berial looked down at his cereal a momentbefore looking up again.
"Can I have a dream too? I wanna see one."
Erik blinked.. He.. he'd never dreamt before.. Erik coudln't remember the first time he'd dreamt, but he couldn;t remember a time where he hadn't. It was soemthign like.. breathing..
"I.. everyone can dream, Berial.. It jsut sort of happens.. when you sleep." He said. It was a lame reason, but it was early, he hadn;t slept well and well.. it was a hard question to answer.
"I don't have dreams.."Berial said softly, looking down at his cereal.. He'd never had a dream.. He couldn't remember even doing anythign in his sleep. He jsut.. slept.. Dreams sounded like so much fun though.. Letting out a soft sigh, he went back to his cereal, not noticing the stunned looks on Erik and Scruffy's faces.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:09 pm
~~Lover's First Meet~~
Summary: Reiha and Adian come over to Erik's and meet Erik's cousin, Ixchel. Chel and Adian hit it off while Beriala nd Reiha share a touching moment, promsing they're be there for each other forever.
Link: Rp goes Here!
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