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Vin whistled a happy tune. Listening to his voice echoing out through the stagnate air. The two where heading out yet again to the beach. It seemed to be there favorite local spot to relax and have some fun... and on the plus side it kept the little blue baby content.

The wild elf adorned in a full body of tattoos removed his shoes just as soon as they finally hit the sand that lined the grain plane from the smooth concrete sidewalk.
"Yay we... are finally here!" Vin said smiling down on the grumpy looking Arranos. The baby obviously had a look of 'let me down' written across his face, but his guardian wasn't going to allow such a thing.
"I'll let you down in a minute," Vin mumbled, reaching around to retrieve the rolled up brown colored towel from his backpack.

The guardian set down the child and began unrolling the soft towel out. Unaware of what Arranos was getting into.

A bright red and white looking creature began to scurry across the sand. Kicking up sand with every foot step it took. Arranos saw this and instantly thought of the animal as a toy. With a happy resounding gurgle the giggle. The blue baby began his hunt.

Lucien was grummbling as he walked down along the beach, it had been a while since he had been here, almost a year or something like that. He looked out over the water, watching it come in and out in waves. His tail swished back and forth a moment before his attention was draw to the ones that were following him and he gave a sighing sound. This was so embaressing... By the time he'd made it to the beach with a whole swarm of various critters following after him, mostly the winged kind. Butterflies, bees, moths, dragonflies, and a few other types. Lucien lifted his hand and waved it to attempt to get them to drop back a bit but that only worked for a moment before they returned.

Shaking his head he turned to look around, catching site of the others that were there, normally it wouldn't mean anything to him. There were people everywhere after all. It was the fact that the necklace about his neck seemed to react to them. He looked down at the sixwinged gem curiuosly.

Vin sighed in relief and flung himself backwards into the sand. It was hot out, but it was still a rather nice day. No clouds hung from the blue sky. Vin finally woke up to reality.
Where’s Arranos?

"Arranos?" Vin shot himself back up and panicked like no other. "Arranos?" Vin scratched at his head. Looking to his left, a trail of two lines edged there way down through the sand and down a small hill.
"Ah.. ha!" Vin mustered up.

Following the two lines. The guardian found the baby of blue. Almost with his hands around the red crab, who was annoyed by the time the guardian had found the two.
"What are you doing?" Vin reached out and latched onto the child. "Next time don't run off like that!" Vin smiled. Arranos returned a grumpy grin.

Arranos pressed his face into the guardians shoulder. Yawning a bit, being a little tired out from the heat of the sun. The blue baby began to rub his head back and forth on Vin's shirt.

Lucien lifted his hand up to run it through his hair, brushing it back. He didn't say anything just watched the other man and the child before looking down at Nova's crystal, curious upon whether or not what he was guessing was true. He wanted to ask but would it seem a little off? To go up to someone at random and go 'excuse me but is your child an Iridae?' instead he sat down in the sand looking over the water but listened closely.

Maybe he would get a clue that would tell him what he needed to know? Then he would be able to ask them things he'd not been able to ask the Medium. He gave a sound of relief as a few of the bugs flittered off, butterflies, to move lazily about Arranos seeming drawn to him due to his coloring, maybe they thought him a flower Lucien thought to himself.

Vin's elf ears perked. Hearing the rustling of sounds behind him in the distance. Stiffening his pose, Vin turned his head to the left to see who it was that had arrived at the beach.

It was a man. Clad in red and black, one who had to be the oddest looking people he had ever seen in his life... but that’s not what caught his Elvin eyes. It was the gem hanging off his neck. A six winged butterfly with a smoke pouring out of it. Vin's eyes grew large in size as he quickly turned away.
Are they stalking me now?

Vin shook his head and smiled down to Arranos. The baby had a grumpy looking grin on his face. Peering over his guardians shoulder. Arranos' pinched his eyes and he focused on the child with multiple arms. Making a grabby hand reach out motion with his own hand.

Vin gave Arranos a pat on the but as he sat the child down on there brown towel. Obviously trying to ignore the two as much as possible.

Lucien looked over at the small, multi armed child a smile appearing on his lips. She reminded him of someone that he knew. He lifted his normal hand to give her a small wave then to the father, since the man had been polite enough to nod at him, "Nice day." He preferred the warm weather even if it brought out all sorts of bugs that wanted nothing more then follow around the crystal that he wore.

He was, at the moment oblvious to what the parent to the blue child was thinking, it was chance that brought him here and he was trying his best to keep quiet, not to ask a bunch of questions of the two of them.

It was hard though... and finally he blurted out to Blaed, "This is gonna sound odd but... is she an Iridae?" He flushed a little after he said it, as if it were one of the hardest things the teen had to do. Of late though he'd gotten into the habit of keeping to himself and those closest to him. Addressing strangers was a bit odd.

Arranos grumbled with a frown on his face. Staring blankly up at his guardian. A look of 'how dare you!' written on his face. The child's emotions seemed to change just as much as his own diaper does.

"What’s up?" Vin whispered, trying to keep his voice down. But his Elvin ears twitched as a single word violated his hearing. 'Iridae' Vin heard the two talk about.
"They must be..." Vin mumbled again, but this time a not just to himself.

Arranos tilted his tiny figure to the left, trying to avert his eye sight around his guardians frail figure. Trying to keep the other child in his own range of sight. It was her wings and the string that hung off them that intrigued him the most. Having the urge to chew on the string.

Lucien gave a sigh of relief then smiled, "Yeah, she is too." He said, motioning to the one around his neck. He could relax a bit now, had the man not known what he was talking about he didn't know how he would have reacted, no doubt have been rather embaressed. He looked over to Metis for a moment then back to the crystal, "Its hard to believe that this crystal will change into a child." He said, his long scorpion tail swishing back and forth behind him.

He was having a bit of a hard time articulating it would seem. He gave a bit of a laugh, "Sorry, I don't often go up and talk to people at random." He said glancing over to Blaed, "Was a bit curious though, if I am bothering you feel free to tell me."

Arranos eyed the wavering string on the multi-limbed girls wings. Causing a bit of drool to run down his mouth. It looked like the most enjoying thing in life to chew on. Arranos began to budge and crawl over his guardians lap.

"Did you two say Iridae?" The elf called out. Keeping his frail figure turned away from the other two. Unsure of what he should do in this kind of situation. Vin was beginning to worry, two more Iridae. They must have fallen for some odd reason. Vin looked down at Arranos. Wondering why he had fallen himself.

"Sorry I don't mean to edge my self into your conversations... it's just the moment seemed to be right!"

"My name is Lucien." He said, introducing himself. He knew what it was like to have secrets so he wasn't one to push even if there was that moment of curiousity that he brushed away, "And I shouldn't be as I have seen a lot of odd things but a crystal becoming an angel child..." Even as a Fa'e and even after seeing some weird stuff that seemed a little odd to him. Metis though seemed to be all the proof that he needed that it was true even passed the Medium explaining it all.

"I find myself talking mostly to people I know of late." To much bother to try to make new friends but... this wasn't to bad he would have to admit.

He turned his head towards the voice of the elf that was with the blue skinned child at his question, shaking his head, "Not a problem. If we can start a conversation at random no reason why you can't join." Another guardian then. He wondered for a moment how many of Iridae were around after seeing these two.

Vin watched Arranos warily. Seeing the drool pour from his mouth. Vin reached for the a corner of the towel and cleaned off the drizzle. "What are you doing?" Vin shot the baby a confused glance, only to receive a grumpy glare in return.

The elf reached down and lifted his child up and turned his frail figure around and plopped Arranos back down, but this time the child had no objects in the way of watching the girl.

Arranos giggled and laughed. Throwing his hands up into the air in celebration of his victory. The blue baby tilted his head, seeing the look on the girls face.

"Yeah... I guess I do know much about what you are talking about, but not as much as the Medium does." Vin scratched at his head.

Lucien was quite for a moment as he took in the two little ones, thought on his girlfriends daughter and it started to more and more sink in that he was going to be a father. One of those things that while he had known it for a while now after his talk with the Medium it was sinking in slowly. He lifted his hand up to fiddle with the crystal, watching the way the yellow mist floated around his fingers.

"I have a question since both of you have been through this and I have been unable to meet up with the Medium again to ask her. Do you have any idea of the little ones can hear anything while they are still inside of the crystals?" He'd found himself at times talking to it and he the question had been plagueing him.

Vin raised an eyebrow. Watching the girl stick a hand into her mouth. Tilting his head slightly. Vin lifted up his own hand and stared at it. Thinking that it must be food... and taste good... since she was trying to eat it. Arranos swiftly stuck his fist into his mouth and drool began to dribble out.

Vin tilted his head,
"What... are you doing?" The elf whispered. Staring at Arranos sitting in his lap. The elf shifted his gaze up to the other child and raised his own eyebrow.

"Weird these guys are!" Vin manage to muffle over his hearty laugh.

It gladdened Lucien a bit to hear that, so he wasn't the only one that talked to the crystal. Good, good. He looked down at Nova, smiling some. That made him feel a bit less odd about talking to her while she was inside of the crystal until she came out. Course being able to have one of his questions answered made a multitude more spring to mind, "One other question, what was it like when they appeared before you?" Was it something flashy and bright or would it be a surprise?

He really hoped that he wasn't going to drive the two older men crazy but when he found someone that may know the answers he was seeking he couldn't help but ask them.

Vin slipped his hand out of his mouth and made a slish sloshing sound. Trying to taste if anything was left from his hand. Looking up at his guardian. Arranos released a long yawn before falling back on his chest.

Vin looked down at the baby.
"Looks like some one is getting ready for a nap," Vin shrugged his shoulders. "It looks like I better be heading out. It was very nice meeting you two." Vin stood up and retrieved Arrranos and flung the towel over his shoulder.
"I hope we do get to meet again!" Vin smiled and trudged through the sand.
"Oh and the name is Vin and this little guy is Arranos!" Vin laughed, almost forgetting to introduce himself earlier. He turned his frail figure around and headed off again.

Lucien watched as the one called Vin and his son Arranos headed off giving them a wave, "I hope to see you again too." He called after their retreating forms his attention then went back to Blaed and Metis, "I thank you for answering my questions. I have been rather curious about somethings about Iridae."

And really he had no exact idea where the Medium lived having found her by accident the last time.

"I probably should be going too. I headed out for a walk only and ended up quite a ways from home." He said, pushing up to his feet, brushing off the sand with his hand and tail, "I hope that we get to meet up again too, maybe after Nova arrives she will be able to make friends with Metis."

He was hopeful that Nova did better by making friends then he himself did.

Lucien's hands patted his pockets a moment before shaking his head, "Ah... no. Sorry I don't have anything on me either." He said, feeling a bit foolish for a moment then shook it off. No, he'd had no way of knowing that there would be a need for exchanging adressess so how would he have known that he would need to bring such things with him.

"Maybe we will be lucky and cross paths again?" He wasn't sure on whether or not hoping for such such would help or not but at the moment since they lacked the needed stuff to exchange infor it was all that they had. And he wanted to meet up with them again, especially after Nova arrived.