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 Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:55 am
Shauna's smile couldn't be any bigger! There were so many children! ...Shauna really needed to find someone her age, but at least she met another girl; she'd met so many boys, probably more boys than girls. "But wait...it won't be too bad on her wings, right?" She asked suddenly after they'd been walking for maybe two of three minutes, pausing the glance at the pair. She didn't want to rust Brownie's wings...
The Benedict Center was coming into view finally, and Shauna's walk sped up subconciously. "We're almost there, Miss Smerdle~!" Shauna chirped, basically skipping over to the door to find...the sign was on closed? The fox frowned. "Aww! Darn!" She sighed, turning back to Smerdle and Brownie and running a hand up through her hair.
"It's usually always open...maybe Miss Alania and Miss Orestae are out today or something...but Asra usually takes care of things too...maybe he's busy." A shrug. "To the beach?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:55 pm
"It would be if I left them alone. Made that mistake once already," she muttered. "But now I know how to take care of them. The water shouldn't be that big of a deal." Smerdle smiled and sped up along with the excited girl, only to find that this Benedict Center was closed. Oh well, no disco mummy today.
"Yeah, the beach is perfect," Smerdle said, grinning. It might have still been a little cold for Smerdle to feel comfortable going in the water, but she wasn't opposed to wading just so Brownie could see how it was. She was curious to see how the kid would react to that much water.
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:25 pm
"Hmm...I see! Well then! No worries?" Shauna asked, turning around and stealing another cookie from the basket. This basket was lighter than a child...perhaps she could get a load off Smerdle's hands.
"Want to switch bundles for a little while? I can carry Brownie and you can carry the basket? It's gotten so much lighter now that we've eaten so many of the treats inside!" She giggled, tilting her head a little with the most pleading look on her face. 'Pleeeeeeease~?' said the look in her eyes, obviously very set on carrying the child. Shauna really needed friends her age! Geeze!
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:18 pm
Smerdle smiled at Shauna's exuberance. "If you really want to hold her you can, I guess." She had never met anyone who really wanted to hold the kid, but there was a first time for everything. Now if only Brownie would behave. Smerdle looked down at the toddler and tried to look stern. She didn't really have reason to be, so it came out kind of comical. "Brownie, be nice." She nodded.
Brownie poked her brownie-covered hand up into her aunt's face. When was she ever anything but nice? Stupid Ant.
Smerdle held Brownie out toward Shauna, prepared to grab the basket in exchange, and Brownie reached out her arms toward the other Shattered and smiled, her little sharp teeth gnashing happily.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:26 pm
Shauna nodded, reaching her arms out with the basket-holding one closer to Smerdle than the other arm, holding Brownie with one arm for the brief moment it took for the woman to take the basket before her arm finally moved to comfortably support Brownie on her hip. Her mouth shaped into an 'o' when she noticed the sharp little teeth, putting a few fingertips to her mouth and giving a tiny little gasp as if she were afraid. "My, Brownie! What sharp teeth you have!" The fox smiled, bouncing the girl once to make her more comfortable.
"Alrighty then! To the beach! Pick a direction, any direction! This is an island, after all." She stepped away from the building and started walking back to the street, looking around. There was a nice beach near the house, but there were beaches all around the island.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:26 pm
"Well, any way is fine by me really," Smerdle said. She didn't really know Gambino all that well, but she knew Brownie would soon get restless without a change of scenery. "How about the shortest way?" she suggested.
For now, Brownie wasn't bored at all. She smiled and gnashed her teeth again. "Teef teef teef," she mumbled. Brownie put her hand on Shauna's shoulder and looked around. Ol' Ear Head was okay.
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:30 am
The shortest way? Well that was easy! They were already pretty close to the beach anyway. "Alrighty then!" She chirped, bouncing Brownie once to settle her more comfortably on her hip. So this was how Elle felt the first time she held Shauna! Only...Shauna was a ball of energy who wouldn't stop bouncing while on Elle's hip, that poor woman. At least Brownie wasn't the same way! Her hips aren't as developed as Elle's were!
"You're so scary~!" Shauna gasped, walking down the street with Smerdle. They'd be at the beach in no time! "So do you guys live around here at all?"
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:34 am
"We live near Aekea. I take the bus over here all the time, but I have a feeling Brownie's going to be demanding a car as soon as she's old enough. She found lots to complain about, even though she can't talk much." Smerdle laughed to herself. At least the kid was still behaving.
Brownie lifted her head from where she'd been lightly poking at Shauna's jacket. Red was a cool color, but hey! Wasn't that water? She pointed at the beach ahead and smiled, careful not to move around too much. If she maimed this girl, they would never make it to the water!
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:27 pm
Shauna blinked. Aekea? Hey! Auntie Ioyla lived there! "Aekea? My Auntie Ioyla lives there! Maybe you know her? She's got horns...and pointy ears...and brown hair and she smokes a lot and swears a lot. My cousin Ilistala's her daughter! Her hair looks like a big flame, and she's got black tattoos and is about...Brownie's size!" The fox smiled, giggling at the car comment. Shauna didn't want a car, they were too big for her tastes. Maybe something smaller...like one of those cool scooters...but you couldn't have a lot of people on those. Okay so maybe a little car would be okay with her. But why was she thinking about cars like this?! She'd almost lost herself!
She blinked and looked down at the little girl when she felt the poking, shrugging her shoulders a bit. "Like it? You've got red in your hair too!" She continued walking even after she'd seen the water, nodding happily when Brownie pointed. "We're almost there! Just a few more minutes of walking!"
Once they'd finally reached the beach Shauna put down the little girl she was carrying so she could walk in the sand with the fox still holding her hand. "It's a good thing it's not so bright today! The sand would be so hot."
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:38 pm
Smerdle didn't really want to get in to why she didn't know many Gaians, so she just shook her head and smiled. "This... Ioyla sounds interesting," she said. "In a good way, I mean." It wouldn't do to accidentally say something negative about the girl's aunt, after all.
Once firmly on the ground, Brownie plopped to a sitting position, taking Shauna's hand with her for a couple of inches before letting go. She immediately started yanking on her shoes, anxious to get her feet into the sand. Her laces were knotted, so she only succeeded in pulling them tighter.
"Brownie," Smerdle said, her voice filled with humor and a bit of exasperation. The woman kneeled and unknotted Brownie's shoes before standing and brushing off her knees. "It certainly is nice out," she said to Shauna.
Brownie cupped her hands around the sand, attempting to pile it into a castle like she'd seen the big kids do. "Boo," she said. It was too dry, but she didn't know that.
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:03 am
Shauna nodded and smiled. "She's my mom's best friend since they were kids. They yell and make mean comments to each other...a lot...but they always end up laughing, giggling and smiling afterwards. I think my mom called it tough love once." She giggled, kneeling down beside Brownie while she tried taking her shoes off. Shoes were such odd things...she could never wear them.
The fox reached over to try and help Brownie, but Smerdle had already done that for her. Nodding to the woman's statement, Shauna looked over to the water. It was nice out, and the sky was gorgeous. At Brownie's small complaint Shauna frowned, suddenly perking up when she realized why the little girl was booing. Was that all? That problem could easily be solved! "You want to make a sand castle? C'mon, let's get closer to the water then to where the sand's perfect for building things!" They could even make a mote that could be filled up by the waves! It'd be fun! Shauna held her hand out for Brownie to take and carefully stepped along the beach to where the sand was a bit more wet.
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:10 pm
Brownie grabbed Shauna's hand and followed her down closer to the water's edge. Her toes sunk into the wet sand and she wriggled them around. She looked around to make sure Aunt Smerdle was following before leaning over and grabbing some of the moist sand. "Koo."
"Yeah, I've got a best friend like that," Smerdle said after a while. Of course, he was off doing god knows what while she was watching his kid, but she had kind of convinced herself that didn't matter anymore. At least Brownie was somewhat well-adjusted now. She looked at the two girls and had a silent flashback to the last time she had to clean sand off of the toddler.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:37 pm
"And perfect for making the biggest sandcastle ever." She said, holding the skirt of her dress up to keep herself from sitting on it when she sat on the sand next to Brownie. "How about we start now before it's too dark?" Shauna offered with a smile, already beginning to gather more sand closer to them so they could start building.
She looked up when Smerdle spoke, tilting her head a little. "Really? What a coincidence! ..Hey look." Shauna's foot twitched a little when something tiny crawled over it. It was a little hermit crab! The fox giggled and picked it up in her hand, finding a few shells next to her tail and holding them up for Brownie to see. "We can use these to make it pretty!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:08 pm
"Yup," Smerdle said, smiling. She backed off, letting the girls have fun together without interruption from the old person.
Brownie sunk her hands into the small pile of sand closest to her and jerked them out again with a squeal when she saw Shauna's crab. It was so small! The only other animals Brownie had ever seen that compared were Sylvester's little octopi. Brownie wondered if she put some of these crabs in a jar if they would fight like the octopi did. "Fite fite," she said. She poked at the empty shells before turning back to the sand. "Bild!" she urged with a tiny chortle. The crabs needed a house!
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:00 pm
Shauna blinked. "Fight?" She frowned for a moment. That wasn't good...fighting hurt people. Her smile returned when Brownie told her they needed to start building, nodding happily and sitting the crab down next to her. Surprisingly enough it stayed. These two weren't going to hurt it so it wasn't scared.
"It'll be a biiiig castle with a mote! And a drawbridge and a tower for the princess! How's that sound? And Mr. Hermit Crab can have his own room too! Can't let him become a bum!" Shauna winked and giggled, reaching over to the pile of sand to give it a little shape. It would be so much easier if they had those handy buckets that had the castle shapes for them to mold the sand into. They'd just have to make do with what they had.
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