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 Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:59 am
nacktime Anyone? (MSN PD With Revon & Keivlos)
Quote: Ah, another bright and sunny afternoon, the Raven lazily opened one eye as a beam of sun hit him directly in the forehead. A hiss, and then he slunk away to a new area of the house. He hated the sun. No, he wasn't a creature whom was nocturnal, there was no real reason for him to hate the son, yet, he did. The fact that it was the middle of summer and he was a black bird really didn't help. Feathers were horribly itchy when you were sweaty and sticky. Keivlos had abandon his overly large sweater and cream pants a week ago. The heathen child had now taken to running around the house in his boxer, (really a pair of pants he had ripped to shreds).
In an attempt to escape the heat and the light Keivlos wandered over to the opposite side of his complex, a side which contained a door, a very special door, for you see, Keivlos didn't know where it led....but it was special. Usually there was some sort of spell on this thing, something which forbade him to open it no matter how long or hard he screamed and scratched. But for today when he reached out his hand and gave this round thing on this square thing a tug...The raven's eyes glistened as he stepped into a new dimention.
The shiny red thing wasn't at home. Keivlos knew this well enough. Neither was golden blonde thing, "mother" as she had so instructed him to call her. It was...a perfect opportunity to explore the house. So many squares, so many squares to go behind. Frantically the raven ran through the halls of Mister Mitsu's abode. SLAM! CREAK! SLAM! The sound echoed throught the small area until behind one square stood a familiar looking refecltion.
"REVIE!" Screamed Keivlos, jumping upon his brother. ....Locked up. All locked up. Why was his brother all locked up? Quote: The boy tended to be rather quiet, quiet and alone. But he prefered that. This new person... could he really trust the new person? The man had said he was Haruki, Ha was the dub he'd been given. The bird didn't have any real reason to dislike him... still he didn't know him. He hadn't seen his brother either. They'd taken Keivlos another way before, a mirror image of himself. He hadn't been able to find him since. No matter how much he searched around the room of the house, he never did find the other black skinned boy. He'd tried to ask Haruki about it, but the man simply stared at him flatly as he stammered, the look was almost as if he was annoyed. Angry? The young raven wasn't sure, however it troubled him to think of being hated, dislike... He still wasn't good enough.
Was that why they took his brother away to another place? Because he wasn't good enough to be with him? The boy let out a minor whimper tugging the cloth up over his face with his hands before slumping further into the collar. No, that couldn't be it, was it? He shook his head as if the block out the thought. Just forget it, forget about that bad, bad idea... Haruki had never yelled at him, he never said he hated him... right? His wings fluffed up slightly as he blinked trying to reassure himself. Although it wasn't working well.
Yes, Haruki had given him the room, but he always told him to go there and be quiet. He also said that unlike the tech's might have said, to tried to tell him, that he wasn't his father. He'd repeated it a few times as if the boy wouldn't understand then gone back to reading. It was obvious wasn't it, even if he tried to deny it. Haruki didn't like him, did he?
The boy sighed slumping down onto the bed. He'd failed, he was a failure. A useless mess that everyone would hate, that was it. He should just hide in here forever, that was how it would be. No one would find him here.
Or would they? The loud closing of a door caught the bird's attention. Haruki never slammed doors, never ever. Someone else was here. The boy sat imobile on the as another loud sound echoed in the hall, closer this time. Then his own door was the subject and he watched in silence as the knob shifted slightly, then quickly. Then it opened.
However who was on the other side wasn't what he'd expected at all. It took only a brief moment before the other figure leapt at him while yelling his name loudly. "L-lo..?" Quote: Teeth barred and Keivlos opened his mouth and tugged into one of the wings on the side of Revon's head, with much gentel gusto. Keivlos may not have seemed affectionate towards his brother, in fact sometimes it seemed as if Revon were only some sort of toy for his selfish amusment, however, the older boy truly did adore his brother. As is the case with many twins, they may have been the opposite of each other, but you can't have one with out the other. Should anything happen to Revon, well then ....it can't be sure what would happen to the boy, but he definatly would not be the same.
More suckling, gnashing and gnawing on Revie proved to Keivlos that this was indeed his brother (not that he really doubted it) it was Revie. The older bird sighed and frowned at his brother. "WHY...You locked up!" Shouted Keivlos. He meant it as a question but it came out more of a command or comment than anyhthing. Really, the raven was curious. His brother, unlike him was not one to like such a room as this...Revie must have been being punished for something, punishment was never good either. When Madeline threatened Keivlo's she always used sleep...Keivlo's hated that. So hate meant punishment.
"..." the raven smirked. "Revie has been bad birdy." The eldest said, his eyes shining with mischife. He knew his brother would not like this, however it would pay into Keivlo's wish. A wish which ended with a full and happy stomach...a full stomach of food from Mister Mitsu's kitchen. No good eats behind his side of the square.
Keivlos's stomach growled and he tugged at Revie. "Revie allready bad, help Keivlos find food...be not bad." Quote: Yes, indeed it was his brother. Even after the test of chewing which the boy willingly sat through. He simply blinked curiously as his brother finally finished tugging at his feathers rather painfully. Still even through the wincing he never made a sound, simply waiting until his brother curiosity over the identiy of the boy was satisfied, and infact he found that it was Revon.
"L-lock u-up?" He almost mumbled quietly tilting his head slightly. Obviously it was right, his brother had saidit. "H-ha not ho-home... h-he lock d-door?" He said quietly, still questioning it. Certainly he had reason to if Keivlos was here. Though he clearly remembered the red-head locking the door as he left, so how..? From the door that never opened, that one in the living room? He frowned momentarily before shaking his head and managing a weak smile. "H-ha say do-or should b-be l-lock." He finally stated tugging slightly at the cross he still wore around his neck.
Revon hasn't expected what came next, however it did bring the response the other raven wanted. The boy's face fell quickly at the mention of bad and he seemed to shrink back again from any happiness he'd shown momentarily. "N-no... not... n-not b-b-" He swallowed trying the word again. "bad." He shook his head a few times before stopping. No, if Keivlos said it, it was true. However, the next comment deemed that he could save himself from such a name. "F-food?" He nodded slightly shifting to move toward where the kitchen was. Althought he paused briefly at the door to wait for his brother and let him take charge, merely pointing toward where the kitchen was. Quote: Uncaringly Keivlo's lifted a hand and began to scratch at his head, working his way around the scalp and then down the back of his neck. Mumble, mumble...mash mush! Revie wasn't speaking again. Noise, it was simply noises that flowed from his lips. How cold Keivlo's understand anything his brother said if he actually wasn't talking? The young one stuck a finger in his ear, picking at imaginary wax wedged behind the right opening.
Goobely mush, mush the raven didn't know how much longer he could take listening to this soft, what to him sounded like, a whimpering noise. "SHUT! Nosie hurts Kevie's ears!" The raven suddenly screamed, as his hands reached foreward and he grabbed revie by the collar of his large shirt, tugging him off the bed. Down, the hall trecked Keivlo's now with Revie in hand. "SPEAK RI!" he shouted again, not understanding that how Revon was speaking was actually normal compared to his ideals.
"You hush when raw in mouth." Said Keivlo's impatently as he wandered about, slowly too, for the weight of another child was hard for him to carry. Eventually the bird came to what he had been looking for. A rectangular beaming white object infront of his gaze. Keivlos didn't know what it was, but inside he knew lay the goodies to feed and silence his growling tummy. With a thunk, Keivlo's dropped Revie to the ground where he lay. "Louddz! Shhh..." tried to coo to his stomach. Looking back at Reivie Keivlos added, "...if you is not careful. It eat you....see is angery." He pointed to his tummy which let out a growl. THUNK! ....Owch. There went his hand fisting himself in the stomach. Goo dthing he was little and it probably wouldn't hurt much. Quote: He expected a lot of odd things from his brother, however the sudden screaming at him to be silent managed to catch him off guard. Still opened mouthed as he was literally drug out of the room then hefted down the hall until they managed to reach the kitchen he found himself unceremoniously dumped onto the floor. Which was rather clean, so it didn't matter to much save for the possibly minor bruises in the future. Still the boy could only stare in awe as the other child babbled nonsense, however to him it was the bible. Stomach eating him? It was quite possible, isn't that where food went?
He was left slightly uncomfortable at the idea and shifted under his brothers gaze uneasily. His brother hadn't yet redeemed him as good so he was on thin ice, now for being locked up and the making bad noise that hurt his ears. He was a very, very bad bird. He glanced down at the floor a moment before pushing himself up to his feeting and moving to open the fridges door for his brother. "H-ha say-" He stopped, not speaking further. He made bad noises, that was right.
However within the fridge was what was to become the evenings meal. Vegetables, some noodles to stir fry, and some steak to be cut up and cooked with it. All ready for when the man got home from dealing with work later. Which of course meant it was for Keivlos now, if he wanted it that was. Not that there was much of a selection, Haruki tended to buy food on a day to day, or every other day schedule. He didn't keep too much stocked up. Quote: The older one coughed choked and sputtered as the fist impacted, but other than that not much happend. Thlunk, went his body against the fridge as the boy threw himself over the immensly large object. What ever noises Revie was making didn't matter to Keivlos. Even if the boy thought his brother had something important to say he wouldn't have listened anyway. With twisted fingers, Keivlos reached his hand around the cold metallic handels and pryed is wriggled his way till the door was open.
Cheek pressed up against the cold ok door, one gray eye slowly peered in as the light barely flickered on. Inside his head, Keivlos could hear his heart rappidly thump and skip a beat. That green stuff...well it was no good Keivlos felt sick to his tummy when he sampled it. Actually, he was never one to get sick, he just found them horrible tasting. Next to the green a pile of some obsqure object and....A quick inhaled gasp, what was that devine smell? "Reeeeed" whimpered the raven as he flung open the door and grabed the slab of bloody raw meat sitting on the fridge self.
Ever so carefully Keivlos began to withdraw his treasure from its chilld pedastool. Here and there a drop of the thick red liquid splashed...but that didn't matter for soon Keivlos would be lapping it up. But first...A red eye flickered and turned upon Revie. Brother needed sustanence. One step...two...click, clack, shuffle Keivlos soon stood over Revie. "It will eat."
He said fatly as he leaned down next to his brother. "Be good...say AhhhhhhhhHHHHHiiiie~" It was meant to start out as, "Ahh," but turned more into a personal battle cry as Keivlos pried his brothers mouth open with one finger and shoved one fat bit of bloody raw stake in it. Quote: His brother seemed quite pleased with the fridge, well once he recovered from hitting himself first. The boy waited patiently before his brother took over pulling the thing wide open to reveal the somewhat meager contents. Not that Revon could complain, he was fed rather tastey meals each day that were freshly prepared with these ingredients. Everything was always fresh, though he did tend to like eating the meat more. The idea of eating plants made him think of killing pretty flowers. Something he couldn't become comfortable with.
So instead the boy waited in silence as his brother dug out what pleased him so, the package wrapped neatly in paper. Which meant it was meat, well Revon prefered that as a snack anyway. As the boy opened the paper package it dripped some chilled blood onto the floor which Haruki would be cleaning up later. However, for now the other raven toddled up to him and quickly pressed on his mouth until he opened it and shoved the meat in. Revon would have gladly obliged had he been given time to, but his brothers eagerness ended with his jaw being slightly wretched as the chunk was pushed in.
The first thing that came to the somewhat bewildered boy's mind was that it didn't taste the same. That, and that it wasn't as good cold. He liked it warmer, or maybe even room temperature. Still, the flavour wasn't bad, and it was a new texture. Revon was becoming used to the new textures due to the various meals Haruki cooked, and so this was nothing new. So he simply chewed and tried to keep from having blood dribble out of his mouth because the chunk was too big. Another of those things Haruki had been making sure he didn't do. Quote: The once apprehensive boy now began to relax as the expression on his brother's face changed from worried, to unsure, to comfortable. Ah yes...that was right, chomp, chomp tear off the raw, suck chew and eat all these words that Madeline had taught him, that he dare not speak in public echoed only through his mind. She was so tired of him using the same wored for "eat" that she had forced him to speak a new one at dinner every night. Not that he had spoken, but he did remember them...all of them.
A few minutes of nibbling at the rough and uncooked meat and Keivlo's pulled it away from his brother. Now it was his turn to feed. That thing living inside of him wasn't happy with how it was being treated and it demanded something to make it quiet. To make it go away. To make it dissapear.
A nasty sound of ripping tendons and squishing fliuds filled the air as Keivlos ripped a large chunck apart from the original piece of the puzzle. Half gurgle half swallow...it was a noise which filled the room as he ate his fill. If anyone had been curious as to why he was chowing down on read meat like their was no tomarrow...after all how would he get the idea to try something most others believed to be so despicible, his like had been discovered by smell. This stuff smelled devine. Not to mention he had tried little things before. A taste of a mouse here....birdy leg there...bugs....life...he liked it, and he liked it decaying and rotting, smelled wonderful and was easy to chew. Except bones, he didn't like those....
"Keivlos!" Came a voice from behind, as he turned to see Madeline facing him. The boy simply stared a roll of red dribbling down his chin. More than anything the blonde thought her son and his brother had hurt themselves. However, Keivlos took it as a sign of something different. He fled, faster than a jack rabit in july to await a time when it was safe to return.
The woman stared blankly. So...things were ok. Looking down at the only one left infront of her she sighed. Oh dear...Mister Mitsu would not be happy. Quote: The boy had only a few moments to get the bite before his sibling tore the meat away and began gnawing on it himself. Which was fun, Revon hadn't been too hungry anyway, Haruki had cooked a decently sized breakfast as was habit. So as the other child began gnawing away at the thing hungrily like a wild beast, Revon enjoyed chewing up the rest of his bite properly before swallowing. However no sooner had he finished that action hefore he heard his siblings voice called out loudly from an unfamiliar tone. The boy quickly glanced over his shoulder at the woman standing in the door as he hunched up to hide in the shirt's collar. This action of course staining part of the cloth with the blood still showing on his own chin.
However, he soon got to watch as he brother upon seeing said woman darted away as quickly as possible, or even faster perhaps. Revon certainly hadn't known his brother was so fast. Still with him went the woman, with her went the sound of the door closing. So his brother was behind that door?
Revon didn't have much of a chance to ponder of this before the sound of another door opening and footsteps, familiar even steps that he knew y memory already, sounded in the hall. Then a silence, then a voice that was obviously trying to remain as calm as possible. "Revon... what have you been doing?" One that seemed to be coming from clenched teeth. Even without looking back in the direction of the man he knew that Haruki was about ready to snap out an order, or two. Haruki didn't like messes, and it was easy to see that there was blood all over the kitchen floor and dribbling down the way that Keivlos ran, as well as the kitchen door open. Wrappings thrown to the side, and part of dinner ruined. Not to mention bloodstains on his own shirt. This wasn't how you greeted a neat freakw when they got home.
"U-uh.. H-h-a..." The boy stammered, barely managing the few words before the man simply pointed in the direction of the bathroom. Revon needed no second action to go scampering as he was directed. Bath time it most certainly was.
After the boy had dissapeared into the other room the man sighed, rubbing his temples. "Uhg... I really hope he didn't actually eat that stuff, but it is all gone." He mumbled to himself shaking his head lightly. "Well better clean this up before I end up taking him to the hospital for food poisoning." He added heading to get a towel. However, he never did need to take Revon to the hospital that night. Be that a good... or slightly frightening thing. 
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:16 am
 [H]aruki was less than thrilled. No this went far beyond not thrilled, this went into a section called utter annoyance. Which was nothing out of the ordinary for the red-head. The raven had done little wrong really, he'd been quiet(he never spoke), polite(he hid too much to be noticed), and obedient(he just wanted to be accepted). He shouldn't have been so annoyed with the child, but he was. He could get over the fact that his employer had the nerve to toss this child, one of twins, at him carelessly and say 'enjoy the ride.' Frankly, he didn't want to enjoy the ride, he didn't want to be part of the ride.
[A]nd he'd lost some of his privacy because of the ride.
[T]he door stood open even now, allowing the newest threat to his sanity to come and go. The other twin. Keivlos as he'd been dubbed. More like loose cannon. That kid needed more medication that Haruki sometimes thought to perscribe to himself. A good sedative would be nice. Maybe then he'd stop babbling about the red, screeching 'NO SLEEP' at the slightest mention of bed time, and in every way causing terror. Ah yes, Haruki could certainly have done without Keivlos. Revon might have made an alright neighbor(though not a good child to care for), but Keivlos was just out of control. Madeline seemed like she needed help with him in his opinion, anyone would really, but he wasn't about to offer any. She was the reason that door was open.
[W]hy would he want to help her? She'd caused him more than enough trouble to earn a slight dislike. Shifting his posture in the chair the red-head once more turned his gaze to the book in his lap and began reading. Even if there was a new child to be dealt with he wouldn't be changing his lifestyle. Revon would just have to adapt.
peaking of Revon. He was currently in his room assessing the new place he'd been given. It wasn't large, but not small either. Adequate was the word to use for it. He'd taken a liking to the small cove which Ha had allotted to him after explaining that it was his room. If the room was a mess he had to deal with it, thus cleaning it was his duty. Haruki had made that clear. Along with another thing. Laziness would not be tolerated. Especially when it came to those worksheets. Haruki had gone beyond telling him to color them, he'd set out to teach the young bird to both read and write better than most children his age. It wasn't about ego either, he just didn't want to deal with a dumb kid. Haruki had explained that bit too, thus began those studies. It certainly explained the desk the caretaker had brought in soon after his arrival.
[T]he other main note Haruki had pounded home. He was not in any way his father. Madeline might insist on being called 'mother,' but if Revon so much as dared any of that he'd be in for a world of trouble. The raven wasn't much for speech yet, thus he had little to fear of slipping up. Ha was definitely enough of a name for him.
[H]e didn't mind it all though. Ha had been nice despite being strict. Besides he cooked well and didn't force Revon to talk to him. The Raven wasn't exactly used to him yet, nor the blond woman. He'd taken to calling her Lin. The full name was much to long for him to say in a timely fashion, the same problem that Haruki's name proved to have. Simply put, everyone, including his brother, ended up with shortened names to save Revon from spending an hour with one sentence. It saved their ears too. So no one seemed to have a problem with the shortcuts, but who knew maybe one day someone should chew off the already insecure raven's ear for it. Only time could tell. In the meantime he was trying to adjust to the fact he was now in a 'family' setting with two new people he wasn't used to near him. Well adjusting was part of life, his brother liked them. He should too...right?
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:18 am
 [W]hat exactly is my employer thinking? And despite the attempt to claim this is all in the contract I highly doubt that this qualifies. Spending time in a class watching children and RAISING one are completely seperate affairs. This simply proves that my employer lacks sense I suppose. Not being able to tell such things appart proves it if nothing else would. Still, the fact remained this child, this Revon, is now in my care. I need to bring it up to behave like a good citizen. It sounds easier than it will be.
[C]ertainly this is going to test my patience. Revon isn't such a bad child, however his sibling... Keivlos. That is another story. I hope that psychotic munchkin stays on it's side of the door at all times. Though after the incident with my hair I doubt my hopes will prove useful. That twin seems to think all things red are fantastic and that they should belong to him. This ranges from attempting to cut his brother, for blood is red, to chopping off my hair. Now it's not as if I find my hair so important, it doesn't need to be long. The idea of allowing a brat to have his way however, that I will not go along with.
[P]erhaps I should be worrying about Revon's health more than the child's attempts to chop off my hair. He seems far too skittish. Each encounter he has with new people tends to begin the same. With Revon trying to duck away from it, this certainly cannot be healthy for the boy. Though I'm not one to tell him what to do, let him hide if it pleases him. Just so long as he keeps me out of his games. I'm not filling in the gaps for him. I'm not his father, I'm nothis mother, I'm his caretaker. I teach him what he needs to know, I keep him dressed, fed, and in one piece(assuming his brother doesn't kill him) and that is it. It is not my job to explain why he won't talk, why he hides. If people ask they will make do with being told to ask Revon. It's as simple as that.
[H]owever, in the child's defense. He seems good natured. His brother may be a menace, but Revon tends to listen when asked to do something. He's quiet, though this is due to his habit of stuttering and choosing to be somewhat mute. Most importantly though, he seems eager to please. I think perhaps his problems may be based around the fact that he guesses too much about what people want, what would please them. He's too busy fearing mistakes to be friendly. In turn he doesn't always get the best responses from other children. Still, I'm certain it's something he can overcome. If people are patient with him that long.
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:39 pm
[G]etting Revon out of the house was never really... easy per say... however it was always quite possible to do it. However, today it seemed it was the other way around. Revon wanted to to go out, he wanted to go shopping. And he'd won the war with the red head.
[H]aruki let out an annoyed sigh as he managed to get rid of the latest blond who wanted to comment on the darling little 'daughter' and her pink outfit. One would think people would be more alarmed to see a black skinned, not as in native american, he wasn't racist, but like obsidian. Not only that, but the fact this child had wings, and bi-colored eyes... Perhaps something would have warded them off? He would have hoped, but no. Obviously pink attracted every last blond headed creature the world has ever seen to his vacinity so they could coo at the boy. Not that Revon enjoyed the attention either, it was just that Haruki liked the delays even less. Why, why was it that the boy desired this stupid game so much? What was it called again anyway..?
[D]ance dance... Something about dancing. It was rather useless.
till, enough whining tended to get people what they wanted, and Revon been at it for a while before the caretaker gave in. The boy had seen the game when he was out one day with Line. Someone in an arcade had been playing it. Revon might not have noticed save for the fact the bird tended to enjoy music, he hummed to it when he heard it in private, he wanted to sing it even. Though that was still a bit too forward for his liking at the moment, so he tended to just hum. However this device... It let you sing along to new songs, it seemed to play a lot. Not only that, but you could dance with it too. He'd wanted to play it, but he was too small apparently, still in the brief time he'd seen it he wanted it. So very badly. So rather than giving up on it he found something new out, with books at Haruki liked to tell him to. What it was called, and that he could get one to keep at home. That concept was far better than trying to play in front of people, so the boy had quickly set out to obtaining the device. Today was the day.
["]No, he doesn't want to tell you HIS name." The man said irritably at the latest woman, one who seemed rather shocked at the emphasized word. She glanced back at the large eyes child before waving 'bye-bye' and hurrying off sheepishly without a word. That was good. Less people was easier to deal with. The man walked past the final store between the two of them and this gaming store before entering with the child following him. "Alright Revon, what are we getting..?"
[T]he boy took only a moment before he found the brightly colored box and scampered over to it rather out of character. Though he didn't say anything as he stood by the thing waiting a moment of the caretaker. He was joined soon enough at the man simply raised an eyebrow before shrugging.
["]Alright, but you aren't getting any other fancy toys." Toys... Haruki hated the objects, useless. They wasted far too much time that could be better spent. Still, he was a man of his word. So after briefly checking what all would be needed to use the 'dance pad' as it was called. He moved to gather up the items with the oy following mutely behind to avoid any further notice. It didn't take too long for the total price to be quite a bit. Which meant Revon definitely wasn't getting any new games for a while. Some system to run it on, a game, a memory card, and the dance pad thing. Not exactly a cheap bundle.
[T]he man at the counter didn't make it easier, though after a trying to make chitchat with the red-head and only receiving a deathly glare he shut up. Obviously this wasn't your friendly gamer. Still there was the brief exchange between what was obviously some sore of DDR fanatic, and the man. A once sided one really.
["]Ah! This is a fun one, lots of good new songs. Have you played any of the others? I guess not if you're buying a system." The man was babbling as he wrung up the items. The response he got was simply having the man get out his wallet to pay. Haruki had yet to truly figure out the use of a credit card, sohe'd simply added up the total in his head and intended to pay with cash. It should be a problem, the only other thing Haruki paid for was food, and books. So he'd managed to pull together a decent little savings with times. He simply offered the man the money without a word. The cashier seemed to take this as a sign and took the money, finishing the transaction in silence before handing the man the oversized and all to logo'd bag. "Enjoy your purchase, please ocme again!" Came the all to cheery and fake words, which again met no reply.
[H]aruki had had enough of people today, too fake and happy. They didn't know much about anything save for useless facts. Not what he enjoyed associated with. On the other hand Revon was beaming quietly inside. Inside the bag was his new thing to learn to use, to try out, to have fun with. Something he could enjoy while hiding from people. Not like the flowers at all which where outside, people could attack him out there. Soon he could play on his own until he was perfect at something. That was good, what he wanted. He just had to wait while they headed home, however he was learning that patience was hard when you were excited.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:09 am
A child is expected to know certian things at certian ages. In order to obtain rights to their Dragon(egg), they must prove they can meet these requirements. The following sheet is for your child to fill out, with mild help from their guardian, then sent back to D-corp. (PM ot the mule) Also any changes, even minor such as haircuts, should be reported to the D-corp to be logged and filed.
Thankyou,
The Boss.
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 am
[A] frown showed on the young boy's face as he held the pencil in his hand, eye's focused onthe form before him. Haruki had specifically said that he wasn't helping him with it at all, which meant he wason his own. He'd also said that there would be no cutting corners when he noted the sheet of paper. That meant shortening things didn't it?
[R]evon tapped the pencil once on the table and was about to followup with a second before the rather loud rifling of paper stopped him. No goofing off either.
[L]ife couldn't be called bad, but it was definitely strict. Nothing too noisy, especially not his favourite game. No going out without permission, though that was a given wasn't it? No more eating raw meat out of the fridge. That rule had been added shortly after Keivlos had drug him into doing that. It didn't seem like a big deal to him, it was just a bit of a mess. He hadn't been ill from it as Haruki had warned that he might. And not that he'd admit it in front of the red-head, but it hadn't tasted that bad. Maybe that stuff that he'd mumbled about how raven's did sometimes eat raw meat had something to do with it. He didn't really understand it all, but it was plausible, right?
[R]-e-v-o-n. The pencil scratched neatly across the paper as he spelled out his name along the first line. There, partially done. The next line was fairly easy too. F-i-v-e. No cutting corners there. He'd barely left the line with that. Wouldn't Haru be pleased.
[T]he next question was the easiest of all. P-i-n-k. Then again... Perhaps fuschia? Neon pink? Baby pink? He'd been memorizing the names from the crayons. Blush. That was another. He really liked them all, but pink was definitely the broadest choice. Just pink.
[A]nd now... He stared at the final question frowning once more. His best friend? Well certainly that would be his brother, Keivlos. Then again, it said friend. Could his brother count as a friend? He nipped the eraser of the pencil leaning back as he thought about it before shaking his head. No. A brother was a brother. Which meant, he needed someone else. Some other friend.
[W]ho else did he know? He stared at the empty line for a moment more before scribbling in the name that had come to mind. Y-e-e-s-h-a. She was a friend. His best friend? Well he didn't have anyone else who fit the catagory of friend, so she had to be the best. Hopefully he'd spelled her name right.
[A"]D-done." The raven mumbled quietly looking over his shoulder toward his guardian. The man didn't move, obviously captivated by whatever he was reading for the moment. Which left Revon to his own devises. Well he'd just show his work to his brother, he'd be proud of him. Oh yes, that would be perfect! He'd show his brother how good he'd done! Sliding off the chair Revon quickly snagged his paper from the table and darted for the door that seperated the two apartments and flung it open. He paused for a moment to check for the pressence of one Madeline, who seemed momentarily missing, and continued on seeing as it was clear.
[H]e drug his feet slightly until he saw his sibling and darted up to shove the paper before his brother. "L-lo, see I- I fill-d i-it out a-all on m-my own." He practically beamed as his brother momentarily glanced at the paper, then the smiled dropped with the frown that came. Keivlos didn't say anything though, rather he just slammed the paper on the nearby table and grabbed the nearest red crayon before sribbling out the last line and scrawling his own name on the paper. Bye bye Yeesha, hello Keivlos.
[R]evon simple gawked as his brother did this, only snapping to attention at the call of his name from behind him.
["]Revon, bring it here so we can send it back to D-Corp." Called the authoritive voice that meant to do it right then. It was obvious that the man didn't like Keivlos at all, he tolerated Revon, but he despised Keivlos. Thus retrieving the sheet of paper was more for the reason of getting Revon back over on their side so he could lock the door again and block the raven out. No other reason truly.
["]A-alright." Came the quick reply from the young bird as he quickly looked at his brother. "I- I got to t-take i-it b-back now." He lightly fetched the sheet of paper and jogged back to Haruki and held up the object for him to take. The paper was taken as the man's other hand ushered him out of the doors way so he could shut it. A click sounded that it had been locked once more.
["]Need, must, or have would have been better word choice." The man quickly stated as he glanced at the sheet to ensure that it was... workable. Keivlos had butchered the bottom of it, but it was good enough. There wasn't anything he could do about it anyway. "Be certain you think about that next time."
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:25 am
[M]usic mutely drifted out from under the door, the voice beating quickly along with the techno beat. All so mute, and yet so aggrivating. Hadn't the red-head only a minute before said to turn down the racket?
[F]ingers tightened along the pages of the book that he'd only just reopened as he grimaced. Children were such a bother, why did he still need to take care of this one? Why had he even given in to getting that damned game? He'd been such a quiet little bird until he'd aquired the item, now there was usually some quiet song, or bright dance theme blasting in his once silent apartment. What was it? Perhaps Revon had decided to try to compete with his brother for the title of which twin was more annoying? Well... Keivlos still won, but it was obvious that Revon was going for the title, in his own odd way.
[R]evon had nothing of the sort on his mind as he lightly stepped back as the arrow said. Back, forward, jump, left, left, right, up, down, right, right, jump. It was a stream of commands that he'd begun to get better at responding to without thought. At a younger age he hadn't been able to manage anything save for the lightest level, but now he was on standard. He was getting better at it, the man hadn't told him he was dying for a few days now. Maybe he'd be ready for heavy soon too? A small smile pulled on the boy's lips as he watched aother 'perfect' flash on the screen after a hard combo stream.
[W]ings too moved with his arms as he shifted from each of the arrows to the next to the beat. Balance was needed for this, and so even the odd appendages needed to help him with this. They did weigh something afterall. Actually, at first they had been a real bother, but as he got better they too became part of the dance. If it could be called that. Certainly he moved a lot as if dancing to the beat, but it was more like coordination than dancing. Still good though. And it didn't change the fact that he had fun playing his game and singing to the songs.
[W]ell he couldn't sing well yet, but maybe when he was better at the dancing thing he could spare time to sing along to more than just the chorus. It didn't matter if he sang in here, no one heard him. How he loved his room, even if it had once been invaded by that weasel boy. Usually it was safe, his place to hide. Haruki didn't come in, he'd only knock at the door usually. Keivlos? Well Keivlos could come in, Revon liked having his brother around. Why wouldn't he?
[O]f course, he couldn't sing as well with his brother around, but it was fine. His brother loved him more than anything, so it didn't matter if he could sing well around him. Revon knew his brother loved him, and he loved his brother. They didn't have any other family right? Haruki was a teacher, someone who took care of him. It had nothing to do with family, at least that was what he still continued to insist endlessly. Which was fine, he had his brother.
[A]nd as everyone knew, family was more important than anything. At least to the dark skinned boy. Family meant security, what little security he had. Evenif he was the worst bird ever... even if he couldn't do anything, his brother would love him. That was what mattered more than anything.
[K]eivlos would always, always forgive him. Even when the rest of the world wanted him dead.
[T]he song began to wind down at this point, drawing to it's close in a quick series of moves that sent the boy almost flopping on the ground. Almost, just one more and- miss...
[A] sigh escaped the raven as he watched the text float a moment before vanishing as the screen flashed into the score sheet. So close to finally landing that ending, and he'd missed it again. Well that just meant he had a bit longer. He'd master the game to show his brother, something he could do well enough to please him. Yes, to prove even a bad bird like him could do something.
[W]ith a few steps on the down key he highlighted the 'again' button and hit the sectin of the pad marked 'start.' The lights flashed and the ever cheery voice threw a few encouraging words as the music started. Time to begin again.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:55 pm
 [H]aruki says I should earn things I get. That makes sense. He told me that something for nothing is not a fair exchange. Effort for happiness. That's the exchange he told me I would make by writing this. So I'm supposed to talk about today.
[T]oday was fun. We went shopping. Well Haruki went shopping. It was to find groceries. We do that every few days. We don't buy a lot. Haruki says fresh food is better tasting. I don't see why, he cooks it so why does fresh matter? You know, he really wasn't happy that I ate the not cooked meat. He's been very careful to watch that since. So I don't think I should eat raw things anymore. Unless Haruki says I can.
[O]h, but I forgot. I'm writing about today. We were walking to the grocery store when we passed a doll shop. They had a lot of dolls. Each one was a bit different. Which was nice, but usually I wouldn't want one. Haruki doesn't like buying me lots of toys like that, you know. But this shop had a special one. One like brother's, but... This one was special. A special doll like for me. I really liked it too. So I asked Haruki for it.
[H]e let me go in to see it closer and it was soft. It's got rainbow eyes, and wings like mine. But they're white. It's pink too. With a black and white hat and scarf. Really pretty. It's good for hugging too as long as I'm careful not to break the wings. Got to make sure not to break it's wings, but it's good. I like my doll.
[G]oing to attach a picture of it below. Haruki says that pictures are good for journals. That I should write in a journal more to remember things. So I will. I like writing. It's easier than talking. So I will talk to you again soon, whoever you are that is reading this.
[H]ope you're nice. And you like it. Please like it? I tried to write my very best.
[R]evon.
[A]ttached Photograph
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:56 pm
[R]evon fidgeted slightly as he tugged on his pajamas. Dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead. The word kept running circles in his head. And each time it did the slightly pessimistic bird saw a new sad ending. From the whole explosion being bigger, or a certain red-head not coming back down the stairs. None of them left his stomach at east.
[H]is fault.
[T]he entire thing was his fault. He tugged on the pink striped short and buttoned up the front. Haruki had told him to get ready for bed as was normal. As if nothing had happened that night. But it was his fault. Haruki didn't know did he? He hadn't heard or seen the exchange with the girl. After she left so did the man. The one who wasn't coming back.
[N]ever ever coming back. He tugged his arms around himself, his wings folding protectively around him as well. He didn't want anyone to be dead. No one should be hurt. So why had it happened? It shouldn't have happened. He shouldn't have had to be afraid that Haruki wouldn't come back down the stairs. So why did he need to be so scared?
[W]hy was he afraid that D-Corp wasn't safe now? Before it had been very safe. Always riding the elavator up to his guardian's office while he worked. He had his own corner in it where he could keep coloring books and crayons to play with. Just so long as he was quiet. So why did that room now seem like it might explode?
imple. It was one floor below what had blown up. He knew because Haruki had once mentioned it. That the boss was upstairs. It didn't seem important then, but it was now. Very important. Because that meant Haruki was important. Boses were important and the boss was killed. Did that mean that his guardian would be next? He didn't want to think that, but..? What else was he supposed to think?
[H]e let out a quiet whimper as he finished buttoning up the shirt and peeked out of his room. "Ha..?" He mumbled near silently, hoping that the man wasn't asleep yet. The quiet footsteps suggested that he wasn't, but Revon couldn't be sure. Maybe 'Line or Keivlos where running around. After a brief silence he tried again, this time a bit louder. "Ha...?" A creaking door was the reward a tired red-head looking at him from around the door. Obviously Haruki wasn't asleep yet.
["]Yes?" The word wasn't exactly sugar coated, but he'd managed to keep the mild annoyance from showing through in it. Haruki has just finished getting ready for bed, so what did the child want now? It had been a long day, he'd fallen down a flight of stairs. He was ready to sleep.
[R]evon swallowed slightly before opening his door a bit as he spoke and inching down the hall. "C-can I sleep in y-your room tonight?" It was an innocent request. He just wanted to make sure that his guardian didn't dissapear like the other girl's. He didn't want to lose anyone. Not Keivlos. Not Haruki. Maybe even not Line. But Line would take care of Keivlos. So he had to make sure that Haruki didn't vanish. That was all.
oth eyebrows raised at the peculiar request from the bed. He'd never asked for something like that before. The child had always slept in his own room, so what could have brought this about? Which was a stupid question. He could answer it simply. Tonight. Tonight was a special case. So just tonight he'd allow it. "If you must." He left the door at that, leavin it ajar for the boy was he started back to his desk to stuff one last book back into place. "Get in bed."
[A] mild squeak of what could have been joy escaped the bird as he quickly shuffled toward the room at the reply. That was as close to a yes as anything. He slipped into the the room and did as he was told. Lifting the previously hospital corner blankets up and pausing to glance over his shoulder. Haruki was still putting things into place, but other than that he was as he always looked before all the house lights went off. Plain simple longsleeve top and pants for sleeping. Hair loose and indifferent. It was almost like nothing had happened.
omething had though. Revon wouldn't forget. It was his fault. He might not have been able to do anything about it but appologize, but at least he realized it was his fault. Even thought it was his fault... he didn't want to be alone because of it. He Flopped onto the bed at that, and rolled over to close his eyes. "Dnndietuh." Was the quiet mumble that escaped him durring a yawn. He really was tired so it didn't take long for him to doze off.
[H]aruki only glanced briefly over his shoulder as the child mumbled something under his breath. He still had a few books to file back into place, so he finished that before walking over to the bed. Revon was already sound asleep. Well that was good, he obviously needed the rest. He ruffled the boy's hair softly, a smile on his face before lightly edging him over and laying down on his own side of the bed. This was definitely not going to turn into a habit, but just for tonight. Since it had been a strange day.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:57 pm
[M]isunderstandings are Fun (PD with Revon & Keivlos)Quote: Crouching even lower into his chair, with knees to his chin, Keivlos stared at the clock. With each passing second his pupils seemed to grow smaller. Sporadically a nerve twitched causing him to wiggle his finger, or blink an eye. If it weren't for the small red stone he was squeezing in his hand the raven would have gone mad by now. "Almost done Keivlos," Madeline murmured, with her head turned down to finish the paper she was filling out. Another student report for the teachers logs. Poor thing, it wasn't fair to keep him inside the office like this, but what else was to be done? Haruki was here in his office and Revon too, she couldn't leave him at home. Oh the last time he was alone he had been good, but that was because...the pen in Madeline's hand slipped. "Curses--" the refined woman snapped, noticing that these thoughts were perhaps getting her a bit worked up.
"Keivlos?" Madeline looked up, only to see the raven shift in his seat and bite at the fabric of his fine blue shirt. "Moth...mo-mother is going to get another sheet, all right? Be good." The teacher gently tapped a hand on the top of her desk, before leaving the room. Keivlos would be fine, after all, she would only be out for a few minutes.
How wrong she was, no sooner had the sound of Madeline's echoing footsteps died away, did Keivlos sink to the floor with a hiss. He didn't do much at first, poking his head about here and there, he explored. It was only in her drawer that he found something exciting to catch his attention.
Through the dusty room the faint click of metal against metal was heard...scissors. An with these scissors, Keivlos just knew what he wanted to do. More, he wanted more of the shiny red, but not just any red shiny.
Silently from the room he crept, until in view through a narrow slit of doorway, Keivlos cold see Mr. Mitsu. Quote: Wet. How he hated to be wet. Haruki had finished attempting to towel off his mess of haira while ago and turned to scrubbing at the damp shirt with the towel. No more battle classes inthe rain. He'd just reset the date for another day. He wasn't meant to be out in the water. Besides, Revon might not like being left alone in the office durring storms. He wasn't going to leave the child alone at home all day, the office was a lot safer. There was more security upstairs. But mainly the fact that if Keivlos tried ot hurt him the camera's would catch it. Someone could do something.
He didn't trust the other raven at all. He dislike even living near him. It was solely for the child's sake that he put up with that boy. For that reason alone. He srubbed at the black cloth that was still threatening to cling to his arm in it's damp glory in annoyance. He'd get it try before long. Eventually. That or he'd give up with work for today and just go change. He just didn't want to leave without getting the paper work done.
Revon was sitting in the corner coloring in one of his more flowering books with a pink crayon. He didn't have sparkles crayons here, but the pink was a good shade. So it kept him distracted even as the door mutely opened to show his dear brother. The office was fairly safe. He'd grown to believe that after being reassured by Haruki a few times. Safe enough that he could stay in it.
Haru had his back to the door and was facing the row of books that he kept behind the desk. His attention was on the future paperwork to be done and getting the shirt dry. For now, Keivlos hadn't been noticed. Quote: Ever so slightly fingers curled around the frame of the parted door. Off in the corner he could see Revie, but that wasn't his real objective. The real objective was in front of him, the mass of tangled red, almost flaming hair. Inside, Keivlos felt his heart simply skip a beat and his right hand tightened around the metallic object in-between his fingers. He didn't understand why, but there was something, something about that amazingly brilliant hair which he wanted to make his own. He wanted the red, he wanted the red shiny. Ever since he was little all Keivlos could remember was Haruki's wonderful hair. Today he would have it.
Ever so slightly the boys breath became raged. His, his, his, his...it was all in his grasp now, why if he just reached out his hand. Hesitantly the boy slipped through the door, and weary eyes with black circles underneath them, moved from side to side, as Keivlos took un-even quiet steps. First one foot, then the other, then the next, quickening his pace Keivlos made his way towards Haruki. In a deadly stance, Keivlos raised his hand and pulled his fingers apart, as this scissors opened prepared to attack with their sharp teeth.
"Auh--" It was a sound a struggle, a sound of hope, a sound of worry, all made as Keivlos struck at the target before him. It was a quick lunge. With a silent finish. Quote: Haruki was a lot of things. Aloof, tired, wet, crankly. But there was one thing he wasn't. Relaxed. The man rarely ever relaxed and let his guard down. Nto in his office, certainly not durring a class, and not even in his own apartment. Letting ones guard down was as good as saying ' Yes! Please! Take advantage of me!' in his opinion. Not a smart thing to say. So it didn't take much for the man to catch wind that something was amiss in his office. His first response to the sound of footsteps was to glance toward Revon's corner to check if he was still coloring. Which was likely the only reason Keivlos had gotten so close.
Haruki had assumed Revon just went to find a new set of crayons in a drawer. But that wasn't the case and as the strangled noise broke free the man was pushing himself to his feet and whipping around. Causing Keivlos to miss most of his target. A few tips of the brilliant red hair fluttered down toward the black chairhe'd been seated in a moment before. But no more. Not even a inch of it had been taken.
But that was an inch too much.
Or maybe it was just the fact that the child had the audacity to come into his office and try something of that sort. "Keivlos. What are you doing in here?" There was nothing friendly in that voice. No masking the anger for once. Haruki was not in a good mood. He was crankly from being out in the rain, he didn't WANT to deal with the monster now. He didn't need to. "Why are you in my office? I forbade you to come in here!" Quote: Panting the Raven stepped back. Outside things may have looked calm, but inside the bird was a wreck. For starters he could see the red things lips moving....but he couldn't hear him. All he could hear was some incessant dull thumping sound echoing over and over again in his head. Poor thing...his heart was working over time with all the adrenaline rushing in his veins. "Nng..." no, noise. He didn't like that noise. It hurt his ears. It hurt his head. Dropping to one knee Keivlos shut his eyes and placed his hands to his ears. Go away, go away ugly noise!
But it didn't and again Haru was talking. Eyes flashed open, but instead of seeing Haru, all he saw was that lovely red color in front of his face. He did what a kid could only do...he went after it a second time. "Keivie don't care! Keivie must have it! KEIVIE MUST HAVE IT--" The little boy swung wildy with no regards to where he was aiming the sharp object in his hand. It was madness wich consumed him. Nothing but sheer madness.
It was inevitable, this scene. It had to come some day. It is only so long, before desires consume the soul...and Keivlos had been desiring Haru's hair for a long time now. Half sobbing, part screaming and squawking, the raven continued on with his shenanigans. Heaven forbid Revie step in. This time Keivlos might really hurt his brother.
Revie...for a split second the boy let his guard down and turned his head to make sure his brother was safe for this one. What an odd thing to do, now of all times. He had never cared before, nor would probably in the future...No. He didn't care for his brother. He just wanted to make sure he stayed out of it. Quote: The man glared in annoyance at the child. No response, just a mild noise. Then he knelt down a moment. Really, Haruki was all too aware that KEivlos was an unstable mass of genes. He simply chocked it up that something had gone wrong. That was what resulted in the two children. One got the moral side... the other all the rage. Thus why Revon was overly timid and fearful of upsetting the world. While Keivlos strode on a path all his own.
Even so. Haruki was not a forgiving person.
Especially not when the boy lunged at him screeching and flailing the scissors about dangerously. It was a good thing the teacher was far from slow and managed to jerk back in time to avoid the object. Which gave him enough time to reach out and catch the thing. He winced as the blade grazed his hand slightly leaving a trail of red along the blade as blood dripped from it. Even so, there would be no more flailing it around. Haruki was stronger than some crazed bird.
Revon had been starring in shock until Keivlos' outburst. At which point he quickly began to shove himself to his feet only to be stopped bya glare.
"Revon, SIT." That was all Haruki had to say as he wretched the scissors loose from the boy's hands and caught the two fists with his other. Never again. The child would NEVER try this again. It was too dangerous. "You! You..." He wasn't quite sure what he wanted to say to the child, but he wasn't saying it in front of Revon. He quickly started walking dragging the half crazed boy along with him. Out the door, a few steps. Into Madeline's office. That was where he belonged.
"You stupid, USELESS, MISBEHAVING, WILD BEAST!" He simply wanted to shake the child, try to knock some sense intot he boy. But he didn't have it in him to hurt him. No. He couldn't bring himself to. Besides, it was Madeline's job. But something had to be done. Haruki had been a bit on edge before the event from being out in the rain the entire morning. This had set off some trigger. Instead of pain the anger was directed at something similar to what the child had attempted.
Releasing the first for a moment he used his hand to hold the raven's face firm as a few quick cuts left whatever long hair Keivlos had tumbling tot he floor. Then he was done. A smear of blood was left on the child's face from the blood on his hand as he quickly turned and stormed out of the door without a word. He slammed it behind him, still clutching the scissors as he looked down the hall. There was Madeline. THIS was her problem. "And you..." Quote: Yes. Poor thing, it wasn't his fault Keivlos acted the way that he did. Sure, the child probably had some moral judgment left inside of him. But it was minimal...almost non-existent. Twins were a horrible thing to happen at D-corp, as much fun as they were for the parents, it meant something had gone awry in the process. All you had to do to prove that fact, was look at Keivlos and his brother. Both had more issues than Chins in a Chinese phone book. Maybe someday things would work out...but for now it looked as if everything was heading for the worst.
"Haaeh--" Keivlos stopped and opened his eyes, as ran into the first obstacle in his path, Haruki's hand. Panting the little raven looked up at the bigger and older man before him. On either side of his lips, his face turned into a snarl. "Hnng!" With a jerk, the raven ran his arm foreword with a bit of force, as he tried to continue on his original path. Haru's hand, however, would not budge. Again, Keivlos tried to lunge. Yet, no matter how hard he pushed, he simply could no longer more foreword.
Panic swept over the raven, only intensifying as Haruki snatched the scissors out of his hands. Next thing he knew, he was being dragged away, and Revie was not allowed to come. The child was conflicted as weather to be scared or angered. "LETS USS GO," came a howl from the demon child as finger dug into Haru's arm. No reply from the man however, not even a flinch. A hiss resounded from the raven, as Madeline's familiar office came into view, between the ravens silted eyes.
Again the pounding sound began to pick up in his head...and the struggling stopped as the edges of the world seemed to blend and swirl. Into a daze Keivlo's world seemed to swim. So lost was the bird, that he didn't even hear the snip of the scissors as they cut into his long beautiful white hair. The only thing he could remember was feeling something warm on the side of his face. Instinctively Keivlos let his tongue slide from his lips... Why was there rotten on his face?
Thank god at least Haru had sense enough only to cut hair and not something else, despite how much he would probably love to get back at Keivlos. At least that was Madeline's initial thought as the angry man stormed out from her office. "Mister Mitsu--" cut off. Perplexed she stared at the fuming man before her. What on earth had happened? Something red splashed against the floor....
"Are you all right?" The words were off her lips before she knew it. Quote: Was he... alright? "Why yes. No thanks your your hellion you insist on refering to as a son." How she could let that thing refere to her as 'mother' was beyond him. He didn't even let Revon, the well behave one, call him father. Thus, he simply assumed there must have been something a bit awry in that mind of her's. Some desperate need or another that he didn't understand. Nor did he want to. In fact, he wanted nothing to do with the pair. "I put up with him only for the sake of Revon. To save him from the breakdown that might occure if he was torn away from that... child?" The word slipped out in an almost venemous tone, something more of a question than a statement.
Was that even a child?
"You need to do something about that thing though. Maybe medicine can fix it. Even with all the psychology books I've read I can't begin to diagnos all of that beasts various complexes, issues, and oddities. I wouldn't want to. Who WOULD!?" He was more than a little pissed. He was downright ready to knock someone out. He'd kept his cool all things considered. "I don't know what you plan to do with him. But you should know... you had better control him. Get him in line. Because I am not going to put up with his insane little antics." With that he quickly marched up and thrust the now rather bloody scissors into Madeline's hands and stormed off. They had been closed of course. He meant her no harm. He wasn't going to hurt anyone really. But he was tired of this. Tired of the nonesense. He hated that child.
He quickly shook a bit of the blood that was on his hand off, leaving a few more droplets on the floor before using his other hand to open the door to his office and stepping within while examining the cut.
He'd need to put disinfectant on that. Quote: The blonde woman was taken aback by the words. What? What...what happened. "Mister Mitsu--" Madeline reached out to touch the man. She didn't know why, motherly instincts, or perhaps second nature in comforting. But there was something, something so chill and nasty in Haru's tone that she quickly regretted her decision and pulled her hand back to her side. In front of her was something venomous, something angry something she should be wary of. It was as if Haru had stabbed her in the heart, and the knife just kept slipping deeper with each passing word slipping from the man's mouth.
About to speak, Madeline searched for words but found nothing could just come to mind. Yes. Yes she knew about Keivlos. She knew about him better than anyone in this world. The bird could be a little...eccentric at times, but still, for Mister Mitsu to question the child's human quality. Of course Keivlos was a child...he was just as human as Revon, or Madeline, or any of the D-corp kids. How could Mister Mitsu say such despicable things? He...he didn't have any idea what it was like for that child. That...that child's life was probably hell. An here they both were, discussing it as if it were some psychological matter, while he was suffering?
Regardless of the circumstances, those words were unforgivable. No matter what Keivlos had done Madeline would stand by his side. Certainly she wouldn't be letting this one slip by. She never did. Keivlos was always reprimanded for his behavior...the problem was it didn't work. She couldn't bring herself to physical punishment. It seemed all to haneus to beat a child who, Madeline believed had no control over himself. What kind of parent would do that? Only one not fit to be one. So what does one do?
Curtly Madeline took the scissors as she was handed them. "Better get that looked at..." she whispered under hear breath, turning towards the door of her office, " ...it looks infected."
In all honesty, she hoped it was.
Shutting the door behind her, Madeline looked at the groggy raven on the floor.
Yes, it was clear in this case of who was truly the moster here, and it wasn't the small child sitting on the floor. Quote: He quickly slumped into his chair eyeing the mess that had lef ta few nice bloodstains on his pants. Stupid bird. Stupid child. BEAST... THING! Whatever Keivlos was. He hated it. He wanted the brat out of his life, gone for good. The day he didn't see Keivlos again would be the beginning of a better life.
But he'd live. He'd put up with it. Red eyes that had closed when he learned his head back in the chair opened to stare at the boy who was waiting int he corner. Because he couldn't cause Revon the agony of dragging them apart. Revon clung to that creature as if it was his only lifeline. He didn't want some selfishness be what caused that already fragile ego to break. He couldn't be. That was why he'd stopped himself, why he hadn't shaken the child senseless asking him 'WHY!?'
Why for everything.
This anger wasn't about today so much. Oh certainly Haruki had been on edge. Yes, he wasn't in a good mood. But the real thing that was the subject of that venemous rage was what he had to watch everyday. Every ******** day. He watched that little demon torment Revon. Leave cuts, scratches, bruises, and what was worse... all of those mental problems. He could heal those physical wounds at night when Revon was asleep. A bit of magic did that. It was all the problems that stemmed from Keivlos that he couldn't fix.
He had no qualm pinning Revon's fear of flying on Keivlos' canyon dive. He had no problem realizing that Keivlos' constant barrage of 'bad bird' had to do with Revon being so anti-social. That the stutter was caused by the lack of self esteem being bashed into submission daily caused. He'd been through something similar. He didn't like seeing a repeat of it and not being able to do anything about it. If anyting it caused him more agony than anyone knew. So what in gods name was they woman thinking letting a beast like that do whatever it wished?
He sighed digging into the drawer and pulling out the disinfectant. Hehad some for obvious reasons. Keivlos' antics with Revon. So after wetting a cotton ball he cleaned up his hand carefully. Making sure that the entire cut the ordeal had made was clean before dragging out some of the cloth bandages he had in the drawer as well and wrapping it up. He'd chosen not to say a word to Revon up till now. The child knew better than to talk to. It was just part of how things went. Though as he finished and tucked the extra cloth and disinfectant back into place he looked up at the speechless child.
"You're brother is fine. Madeline is with him now." His voice was once more calm as his mind smoothed everything over. Back into place again. "Everything is going to be fine." He managed a small smile to hopefully give the young boy a bit of confidence before working to clean up what mess had been made around the desk by the whole thing. "Once I finish cleaning up we'll go home." He was done working for the day.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:58 pm
[T]he ties that sever (PD between Revon & Keivlos on AIM) Quote: An interesting day to say the least. Haruki had quickly pushed things into order and literally stormed back to the apartment while dragging Revon along with. Obviously it wasn't quite 'fine' and normal. But the boy knew better than to try it out of his guardian. He was done witht he encounter that day, which meant it was locked up in the safe of past events. So it meant end of discussion.
So it had to be enough for Revon. He'd simply been told to go to his room until dinner. He could play his game, do some form of homework, write, snuggle his doll. It didn't matter. Just as long as he stayed in his room with his door closed. No brother. And no Haru. Haruki never came in his room and besides, he'd heard the man go into his own room and close the door. So he was alone for the time being, sentenced to be cooped up and confused. He didn't know why his brother had acted like that, nor what had gone on after they both left the office. He just knew it couldn't be good. Which was rather sad. He wanted them to get along.
He buried his face a bit more into the soft fabric of his plushie, tugging the thing closer as he did. Since they'd gotten home he'd just been sitting on his bed cross-legged wishing it would be better again. That everyone would be happy and things could be like they were. Just like always. He didn't want anyone to be angry. Quote: Bustling inside the doorway, Madeline shut the umbrella she was carrying. Not a single drop of rain on her. Keivlos, on the other hand, was soaked to the bone. No matter how much Madeline had pleaded and begged with him, he refused to get under her umbrella. Or put on extra clothes...or do anything that would prevent him catching cold for that matter. "Oh Keivlos..." with a frown Madeline looked up at the little boy who was curiously tugging at the empty space where his hair had used to be. He was still unsure what to make of it.
"Stay here," were Madeline's last words as she went off to fetch the small child a towel and some dry, clothes (ones with out holes in them), which possibly meant, it would be a while before Madie returned. Time didn't matter however for Keivlos, back in thirty seconds, back in a minute… the small child had only one thing on his mind. Revie. "Revie,reive...bro-ther..." he wanted to share, wanted to share his experience today with the other boy. Wouldn't Revie have something to say about it?
Silently, with rain drops still falling from his wet feathers, Keivlos skittered down the hallway. Ominously the doorway to brother's home loomed in the dark. Never locked the door was, but it never registered to Keivlos that it was always open either. The door was just a rectangle, a rectangle that Revie was behind...well, actually, Revie lived behind many rectangles...Keivlos had to make his way behind all of them first. The boy, finished his mission ,however, in record time had slunk his way into Revon's room.
But instead of the banshee-like scream he had intended for his brother, nothing came out. Quote: That hidious color was pink. Revon's favourite little thing in the world. Well aside from his brother. but the shade was definitely something the raven was more than a little fond of. Probably too fond of. Everything was decked in the color. Bed spread, walls, dressers. If it came in a shade of pink, Revon had chosen that particular color for it. And if not... he'd managed to get it painted that way.
Oh, but not only the furniture stank of the color. Revon too was clad in pink from head to toe. Two ribbons on either side of his head. A mid-sleeve shirt that was light pink with a darker pink set of star shapes on it. As well some dark pink shorts underneath a star themed skirt. Of pink. Lastly was a set of thigh high pink socks with stars randomly sprinkled on them. All in all it wasn't the usual outfit for a young boy. Unless of course you were Revon. Then it was absolutely normal.
At the sound of the door opening the boy quickly glanced up thinking perhaps Haruki was there to say something. Instead there stood his brother looking like he'd been slapped... or something? He wasn't sure. Still a smile came to the boy's face instantly before he chimed in with a greeting. "H-hi, Lo!" Quote: For a minute, all that Keivlos could do stand there. What was this...feeling surging through his veins? With eyes averted towards the ground, the boys finger tips twitched lightly. Everything in the room was quite still except for the silent 'drip', 'drip', 'drip' of the raven's wet hair.
This place, this room...he didn't like it, he didn't like Revies home. What had happened, here? Where were the things that Revie used to love before? Why was Revies room so full, when it had once been so empty. It didn't hit him till then, but it dawned on Keivlos that Revie too was different. His brother, had changed. And it angered him. ...Or was it possibly that it hurt him? Hurt him to think the one thing in his life that was so similar to him, was actually more different. Always, always there had been one thing that Keivlos could count on and that was Reivie. Revie listened, Revie did what he said...Revie was Keivlos, Keivlos was Revie. It was impossible that the bird could be anything different.
"Whaat, isss, brother...weaaringg?" Came the chill voice of the raven, as for the first time in his life, his eyes wandered over in Revon with pure disgust. Yes. There had been many a time where he was not pleased with his brother. But never had there been this much misery and hate in his voice. Realizing you've lost something, always causes the most greif.
"Keviee, does naught like." Quote: Not... like? The boy frowned at that, glancing around the room. He knew that Keivlos didn't particularly like the color, or that he'd dress in a far too feminine way. But... The way he said it. The tone. He'd never heard his brother speaking like that. Today was a whole bunch of new sides to Keivlos he was seeing. He didn't particularly like these sides of his brother either. He wanted to go back to when things were happier. Like that day with Yeesha. That was a good day.
They needed to be like that again.
Instead he could only clutch at his doll and shrink back at the words. Questioning... questioning it. "Why... why i-is Lo th-the only one wh-who h-hates it?" He frowned slightly, practically making the plushie pop with how close he was tugging it. Swallowing a bit of the regret that was trying to boil up in his throat he prepared himself for the second question. "Why is Lo the only one who calls me bad?" It was hard to say that, but it was true. He'd come across a lot of people. All of them had been nice, a bit different, but nice.
Keivlos had become the odd one out. Even Haruki was nicer to him than his own brother. "Does... Lo h-hate me..?" Quote: Not for one moment did Keivlos take his eyes off Revon. With each passing word, the black birds eyes narrowed until they were nothing more than two multi-colored slits glaring at his brother. So this, this was what it had come down too...Revie....Revie was a traitor. Had there been any way to describe his brother that Keivlos knew he would be screaming it halfway across the room, but there was nothing. That was right. There always was nothing. "Always lone," the raven whispered tilting his head down even more so that Revon would not be able to see him. ' Keivie always lone'. By his sides, the ravens fingers slowly began to curl themselves into tight little fists.
"Ta-Ta--" Inside Keivlos could feel his whole body shaking and it truly scared the small child. Revie was a bad birdie...bad...only a bad birdie would be wearing those colors...only a bad birdies don't listen...only...."Haa-ha--TAKE IT OFF," The words came from his lips, with out thought and burst from his lips with out thought.
"OFF! OFF" screamed the raven over and over again, as he advanced upon his brother. So close to tears Keivlos was that he had to close his eyes as he lunged upon innocent little Revon. "Why does Revie never listen like good birdies doo-Why CAN'T REVIE BE LIKE KEIVIE!"
A wretched howling scream pierced the air whilst the child gave up in frustration. The disgusting color would come off…would…with a hiss Keivlos fled to the kitchen, only to return moment's later with a sharp kitchen knife from Madeline's side of the house. "Reivie will listen to Keivie…" the bird sniffed as he stared at his brother, backed up against the wall and pushed to the bed. Quote: Always alone? But he wasn't. Keivlos had always had Revon. Revon was always there for his brother, as much as anyone could be. Or so he thought. The boy inched forward slightly toward his brother, as if to contradict the statement, to say he hadn't meant to make the other child upset. That he did love him, and to say how important he was. That he wasn't alone. But before he had a chance to say that Keivlos was stammering something. Then screaming at him. Any attempt to get closer to his brother quickly switched into a jerk back.
Take it off? Was the color so bad? Why... why did only Keivlos hate it so? He wanted his brother to like it. Madeline thought it was pretty. So did Cleo, and... so many people liked how he looked. Why didn't his brother? He sniffled, a few tears welling in his eyes. Why did his brother act like this? He wanted him to be proud of him. Not angry, not screaming at him like this. Not yelling at him about why they couldn't be alike. But they couldn't could they? Because... Because Revon wasn't like his brother. Not completely. Revon loved that difference though. Who would want to have a clone of themselves? He'd never feel unique... he wanted to be different.
"B-because... I... I'm not Lo." He said quietly even as his brother was darting out of the door.
Then he was back. Back with something that spelled trouble. The boy quickly shoved himself back closer to the wall, away from his brother. He'd been hurt before by his brother. With many little sharp things. Glass, pins. Nothing too bad. He didn't mind. It had been because he did something wrong. But this wasn't a toy. This wasn't something small. "K-Keivlos..." The boy clutched the doll closer to him with one arm the other pressed against the wall as if to try and push it down. "Stop..." For once... his brother was scarying him. Quote: The struggle that would peruse could only be one sided. It was clear between the two, which one had the ambition and drive to make it his way. And as far as Keivlos concerned, it would be his way. If sheer determination didn't dictate it as such, Keivlos stregnth would. While Revon was busy playing DDR, Keivlos was out and about running around in his own manner. Swinging from high objects, jumping out windows, the older brother was the stronger of the two. Even if their differences in stregnth were small at this age, it was the small differences that changed the outcome.
Up and down Keivlo's tiny chest moved. In the light of the room, the blade caught the bright reflection and sent a glint in Revon's direction. A toss of his head, sent what was left of the ravens hair flying. He was so used to having his head feel heavy...he didn't like this new feeling, this light---it felt forigen and unfamiliar, like an intruder encroaching on everything he loved and knew. The unfamiliar seemed to be quite a pattern lately. Keivlo's world was changing, changing into a world that very few understood, or cared to even know about...he didn't like these changes, he didn't want to change with out Revie...but Revie was changing too, and it wasn't with him.
"Quit leaking." The words were sharp and un-kind. "How many times must Kevie tell Revie that he hates it when he leaks?" Word by word Keivlos crept in on his brother. In his hands, the boy flipped the handle of the knife about, his grasp shifting, vying for the best position available. "Why doesn't Revie like the shiny red? Haa?" By now Keivlos had crawled onto the bed and was making his way rapidly towards the other small child.
Mercilessly small fingers wrapped around Revon's ankle as Keivlos dragged the scared boy towards him. " --HAA?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH REIVIE?!" The child was back to shouting again, even as Revon struggled and Keivlos dug his finger nails into his twin. "--WHY CAN'T REVIE BE NORMAL? AUGH--" With a struggling shout Keivlos pushed his brother, and with a downward slash brought the knife into Revon's arm.
It was at that moment that the world seemed to drown out and fall into slow motion. It wasn't...immediately that Keivlos noticed his favorite color among the pink pillows and sheets. He simply...stood back for a moment. One eye blinked and then the next.
Since when could Revie, scream this loud? Quote: Revon could only try to slink further away into the wall as his brother's first command came. He knew his brother hated he did, but... but you leaked when you were scared. And he was certainly scared. His brother had done some odd things in the past, but until now he'd never once questioned if they were good or bad. They had to be good. His brother loved him, he'd never tell him something bad. Much less DO something bad to him. That was why he almost regretted looking at things now. It had only brought him frightening thoughts and an even more frightening reality.
The shiny red? He didn't mind it. He really didn't, but in moderation. Things like knives knew nothing of moderation. "L-lo..."
Whatever quiet plea he might have tried to make was quickly silenced as his brother snagged his ankle and drug him along the bed. Revon had never been a loud child, which was likely why hadn't screamed yet. But as his brother's last screeches cut through the air like the knife ran through the cloth into his arm. That was when, for the first time in his life, he was louder than his brother. It was more of a loud howl at the sudden pain that rushed from his arm that caused it which broke into a scream.
It wasn't so much the pain that kept him crying out as it was fear and betrayal. Yes, his arm hurt, but it wasn't as if it was so deep. It was that his brother had done that to him and that he couldn't stop him that really hurt.
When a child was told to be quiet by Haruki, they did it. At least Revon did. So when the red-head heard a screech far louder than he'd ever heard the sometimes mute bird break the silence he'd been enjoying he was quick to attention. The book he'd been cooling his nerves with snapped shut and he was out his door and throwing open Revon's within what seemed a few seconds. What he saw wasn't exactly what he'd expected though.
Or perhaps it was.
He'd known Keivlos wasn't all right in the head, but he'd never truly expected him to go after Revon as it appeared he was now. Still, now wasn't the time to contemplate why the boy was off his rocker. Now was a good time to prove just how useful knowledge could be. The alternative way.
A few steps and a loud 'thwack' sounded as the book Haruki had moments before been reading found it's way to the side of raven's head. None to lightly either. Haruki didn't take pity on people when they'd ticked him off one to many times. Quote: What had he done? It would be quite a while before Keivlos even cared to think back on the present situation at hand. He didn't get it. His head...it was all buzzing and the noises were hurting his ears, he could smell the rotten in the air. "Reivie..." the raven mouthed, why was his brother going on like that? In his right hand, the knife dropped and as it slipped onto the bed, left a red stained trail down the cheerfully colored upholstery. Tossing his head, Keivlos let out a low grumbling murmur.
"...revie...?" As the bird began to come to, less and less he began to like the situation before him. Brother sounded awful. God. Revie was such a girl. The red shiny coming from his arm, it couldn't have hurt that much. It never bothered Keivlos, why did it bother Revie. Revie was always acting like he was hurt, always acting so..."Be quiet." Whispered Keivlos as he shoved himself on top of his brother, covering the screaming birds mouth with his twisted fingers. "Grow up." He didn't want to hear it anymore. Who was this person in front of him? It wasn't his brother. That was for sure. Beneath himself he could feel Revon kick and wiggle. The poor raven, he must have been fighting for what he thought was his life.
It was strange how the two were nearly exact replicas...but Revie felt so skinny and weak beneath Keivlos hands. Revie had been replaced....replaced with some, some sort of girl...some sort of. "What's wrong with you--" for once in his life Keivlos had lost that strange way he used to speak. But then again, for once, he knew what he wanted to say and it had meaning. "Stop twisting." Croaked the raven as he went for his brothers shirt, fingers cached and tried to tare the sleeve. It was the clothes...it was the ugly color...if he got rid of those, maybe he would find Revon underneath it.
That idea was interrupted however, with the feeling of his skull being cracked against something hard. On his back, feathers ruffled and pricked, until once again Keivlos had maintained his balance and recovered from the hit. Viciously eyes turned to stare at the man with the red shiny hair he so loved. What was it Revie was always calling him and Madeline? "Ha-ru......ki." Outwardly hissed Keivlos as he blindly reached back for the blade of the knife. What was he doing here? Couldn't he see, that Keivlos was busy? ...The red thing was always screwing things up. Always messing up his plans with Revie. Keivie was helping Revie...but Haruki never seemed to understand that. --Disgusting monster. Even if it did have that beautiful color to its hair..."NnnAAAGU---" With a screaming lunge, Keivlos pulled his knife and aimed for the one and only thing visibly in his site right now. Stupid man.
"---KEIVLOS!" There was a feminine shout which pierced the air and before Keivlos could find himself even within a foot of his target, Madeline had wrapped her arms around her son. Half tripping to reach him in time, the woman had her arms wrapped around the little boy's waist, pinning him to the bed, while she her self lay flat against it. With a twist of her hand, she soon managed to grab the knife from his fingers. "What are you doing…" came a soft muffled sob as once again the teacher regained her composure and began to stand up, taking Keivlos with her.
The knife hit the floor and the room was silent.
"m-mother?" Quote: Haruki had readied to make sure that boy didn't get up again as he started at him. The boy was lucky though, that woman stopped him. For once she seemed to realize just how out of control the creature was. Just how much help it needed. The man couldn't say that Keivlos was helping Revon in the slightest, if anything he was the greatest bane to Revon's existance than anything else. More trouble than he was worth.
Still, the woman had him under control. Or seemed to. Letting the book he'd been prepared to once again whack the child over the head with in order to stop him drop to the ground, Haruki's own parental instincts kicked in. If that was what you called them. He quickly rushed to the now quietly child.
Revon was still sobbing rather loudly, but there wasn't the loud screaming tone to it, more of a breakdown cry than anything. He was watching everything fall apart. That happy vision he'd had of the world where the household was fine really had crumbled. His brother had said something was wrong with him. He did hate him. Then he'd intended to try to hurt Haruki too... Everything was falling apart and he didn't know what to do.
The raven blinked glancing away from his brother as he felt something tugging the sleeve up from his arm. Haruki? When had he gotten there? The last time he'd looked the man still had the book so? He sniffled slightly and let his head drop a bit as the man tried to get the ripped bits of cloth away from the wound. "H-ha... am I..."
"You'll be fine." The quick reply came as the man finished cleaning up the mess of pink shreds and rested a hand on the cut a moment. This was when abilities like his came in handy. Beneath his hand the cut was quickly mending itself, as if time had sped up to fix it. In turn, Haruki got a nice taste of what it felt like to have someone run a blade along his arm. A fair trade really. Not that he enjoyed it much. Still... he let out as sigh as he finished and removed his hand to wipe away what was left of the blood. Yes, as if nothing had happened.
Revon hadn't meant to ask that. He knew he wasn't going to die from a cut. What he was worried about was what his brother had said. Was something wrong with him? Had his brother been right? He glanced briefly toward his brother before he was scooped up from the bed without a word.
They wouldn't be sticking around. Not at all. Haruki simply gave the blond woman a glare that likely told her everything he was thinking. How he thought the child was a monster. That this was the end of the 'happy family' picture she'd wanted to portray. And that she, along with the beast, wouldn't be allowed to visit or see Revon for a long time. At least until they both figured out how to get their issues in order. Until then, it was time to leave and get a new apartment.
With that out of the way he quickly took the bird in his arms and left. Not a word for anyone. He was not happy. He was far from it. And he knew where to let off some steam in quiet. Behind a locked office door. Then he'd get back and start packing. Revon could wait at the office.
The boy's brows knitted as he was left to stare at his brother as he was carried out. So that was it? His brother thought he was awful and wanted him dead... or something. He slumped into the man's arms as they rounded the corner and his brother dissapeared from sight. Out of the apartment. Farther away from what hurt. "Was I wrong?"
"No, it wasn't your fault." Quote: In his ears that horrible thumping sound had seemed to completely take over, he couldn't hear anything else, couldn't see anything before him but the red blur of shadows. If someone had told the raven it was his heartbeat, he wouldn't have believed them. Nothing could cause the despicable feeling which was spreading its way through him like a horrid plague. "Mother..." it was a soft, ever so gentle whisper that Keivlos muttered before he turned in Madeline's arms and shoved himself in a comfortable crook between the woman's chest and shoulder. Before long the little thing was dry heaving, body tense, his fingers digging deeper and deeper into Madeline's shoulder.
If the pain was horrible, Madeline hid it well. Never once did she stop whispering sweet mumbles into the poor Childs ear, even when her eyes were on terrified Revon. Over and over again she stroked the back of his head, "Ssh...ssh..." Haruki had moved in too quick for Madeline to do anything about the crying child on the bed. Not that she expected anything less from Revon's guardian. Haruki may have been even more of an icy person than Madeline, but he was rather caring of his charge. If he did care for anything in this world, it was for Revon. Though, it was some times hard to even imagine that.
Unfazed Madeline watched Haru's gifts do things, which she, a normal person, could never do. However, time at D-corp had opened her eyes to things beyond this world and the next...maybe it was the color of his hair that gave him away, but there was something about Haru which made him special. At least....at least Revon wouldn't be in pain anymore. At least..."Oh Keivlos, what have you done?"
Bending her head, Madeline closed her eyes and rocked her son back in forth in her arms, as Haru and Revon both left the room. Suddenly, she felt very old and very tired...and very lost, she...she didn't really understand Keivlos. It worried her. What--what kind of a mother was she? Children shouldn't be acting like this. Was it really Keivlos? Or had she allowed his behaviors to go on too long? With a deep sigh, the teacher turned and began to walk towards her side of the apartment and towards the dark door at the end of the hallway.
"Keivlos..." she finally asked turning the door knob, "...why did you do it?" Slowly fingers tried to pull the child's head back and away from her.
Expecting to receive a tear filled face give a mumbled answer, the teacher was shocked to find not a single drop brimming from the child's eyelids. ....Then again, when had Keivlos ever cried?
He hated to leak.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:58 pm
[T]hat child truly is a menace. I hope this is enough of a wakeup call to finally get that woman into gear on seeking help for him. Not that it matters now. Revon, nor I will be around to see it. I've already set it up so that we'll be moving to another apartment within D-Corp tomarrow. It was requested that we be as far from those two as possible. I feel they did an adequate job of fullfilling this request quickly. they can be forgiven for creating that thing for the moment.
[A]s for Revon. I'm not certain what to say. He seems to have taken the whole encounter with mixed feelings. He's been very quiet since that night; however, when he does speak it seems there's more confidense in his words. Perhaps finding out that he no longer needed to fear pleasing his brother was good for him. My believe is that Revon now realizes that his brother never did care and has disregarded the old fears he instilled. At least to an extent. This is something I am only able to approve of. The boy needed to learn to live for someone aside from that beast.
[A]nother interesting new situation is the fact that Revon has recently begun trying newer things I would not have thought of before. Not only does he now speak with more sense of self, but he seems to be more willing to state his interests. Certainly the two are connected, but it is still a seemingly rapid change for a few days. Int he time it took me to prepare our new home for living he has begun smiling more and seems more positive. Rather than looking at the dark side of things and thinking of what he could do wrong, he now turns to what could go right.
[T]his is a much brither outlook. I believe it will lead to him living a better life. My only regret is that I didn't think it would be safe to seperate them sooner. It would have saved Revon and myself a lot of grief.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:00 am
[P]ink was a good color. Haruki found no wrong in it, for surely it had it's use. In the right places and situations. This didn't quite seem like one of those places.
[T]he sight before him was one he could have prevented, but didn't. From day one he'd let Revon do as he pleased with his appearance, it was the boy's choice afterall, but this might have been letting it go too far.
[P]ink. Oh yes pink.
[R]evon might have been getting a slightly confused look from his keeper as he stood adjusting one of the glaringly pink ribbons in his hair. A bright color to show up against the lighter strands. One had to coordinate things such as this. A few more tugs to ensure the ribbon was tightly in place and he let the long strings hang down. A check in the mirror said that each tuft of hair was equal enough with the other and an approving nod was given. "Ready."
[T]he child quickly snagged his coat as he headed for the door after Haruki. They where off to go Christmas shopping today. Haruki had said something bout not leaving D-Corp, but the raven had wanted to look nice. He had just gotten his hair done yesterday after all. The sterling white strands now shown a soft pink that might have reminded the world of cotton candy. Hopefully no one would try to eat it. Still, the boy was rather proud of it. He liked the shade, and it felt better than the white. What was it..? Expressing yourself. He was expressing himself in a quiet way. He didn't have to be loud to make his appearance match what he liked.
[T]he same as he didn't need to loud to get his friends something nice. And Haruki for that matter. His brother... he wasn't sure if Haruki would let him get the twin something. Since that day he'd been forbidden to go see the other raven. It was obvious that the keeper wanted to cut connections, which was fine in a way. Revon was sure his brother hated him now, but... he did kind of want to make up. He'd have to sneak him a gift and ask. They let you give cards with notes, right?
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:45 am
Thankyou for all your hard work with us here at D-corp. Your child's dragon egg is near hatching, and we'd like to have you file another report on the progress of your child.
Enclosed is a sheet for them to fill out, you may help them. Also please include any and all changes in your child. Even the smallest detail may become of importance later on.
Sincerely
D-corp
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:30 pm
 [T]he raven eyed the letter that was handed to him cluelessly as his keeper sat down at the table to go through the rest of the mail. One for him? he couldn't recall ever having a letter specifically for him before. So of course he quickly checked who it was from. D-Corp. It was sent to both of them actually, but obviously Haruki had dubbed him old enough to take care of the letter on his own. That, or he knew what it was.
[R]evon assumed both were equally possible.
[C]arefully the child pried the letter open. Tugging out the contents to read over it. One was a form, which didn't make much sense until he read the note. It must have been for Haruki, but it wasn't too hard for Revon to figure out. Actually, it was blatantly obvious. "M-MY DRAGON!" He recalled the visit he'd had previously as he shouted out in surprise. The keeper seemed only to care mildly as he flipped through another letter.
["]Go do as it says."
[T]he statement was fairly empty, but Revon needed no further bidding. He wanted to meet the new friend that was supposed to hatch. The dragon was supposed to be his friend right? And if it was black, then maybe making friends with it would make Keivlos like him more. He really did want his brother to not be angry with him anymore. So it was worth a try... right?
[T]he boy quickly darted for the desk where they kept the writing supplies and pulled out the pen he usually practiced with before heading back to fill out the form at the kitchen table. The sooner it was done, the sooner he could meet his dragon. That was the assumption anyway. And by logic that meant his brother would like him again sooner. Even better.
[W]ith careful practiced handwriting that had become a slight mixture of cursive and print he easily filled out the form. He'd gotten better at writing with all the work Haruki had given him. He might have even been to the point of rivaling his guardian in neatness. Sadly, he wasn't good enough in cursive yet to always write that way. So he'd have to get a bit better.
[W]ell, it was certainly readable. And filled out completely.
[T]hat wasn't too hard. Now... he glanced up at his keeper a moment before speaking up. "Haru..."
["]Yes?"
["]They want you to write a note too."
["]I know." He'd seen Raja dealing with the letter previous with Keanu. Besides, wasn't it his job to know all of these little details?
["]Oh, then should I leave this here?"
["]Yes, I'll deal with it in a moment."
[T]he raven nodded lightly before setting down the pen and heading for his room. Rainbow would be happy to hear about this. Also, waiting out here wouldn't make anything happen faster. He knew that much. Attached Letter Things have gone well enough since the last report. As you may have known due to the relocation of our residence in the dorms Revon and his brother no longer get along. This is more enforced by Keivlos than Revon. Revon still wishes to gain acceptance from his brother, but that seems to no longer run his life. Which is certainly more healthy than before.
The recent separation has allowed him to stop thinking that everything he does must be wrong. An idea that his brother's actions implanted in his head. Obviously this has allowed him to interact with other children far more successfully as well as have an easier time taking part in classes. Both are positive things. As well, they will likely be more useful in the coming classes he'll be facing as a youth.
Another change that has occured due to the fight with his brother is that he seems less restrained about his appearance. Certainly before he didn't mind the fact that he was sometimes mistaken for a young lady due to his clothing choice, but now he's even gone to the lengths of dying his hair a light shade of pink. As I've always allowed him to make choices regarding his appearance, this too was allowed. Still, it seemed like a big jump for him. I can only hope that it goes well. I certainly don't need him to start retracting back into the shell he's finally starting to step out of.
Haruki Mitsu
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