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Ah, how I love surprises. Not to mention diaries, but we'll skip the diary bit since I'm at least writing in this damn thing. Neko stopped by the other day, and after numerous attempts to get me while at home, he succeeded. Yes, he. It seems that Neko somehow turned into a man, though I'm still unclear as to how this happened, I'll have to ask him about it sometime.

But back to the visit. He brought along a friend of his, Tahki, who's a small fairy of some sort, called a feien I believe. She's... unique. I don't want to write down any negative remarks about her, because she was very friendly and you can't help but like her, though if I ever had someone like that living with me, I assure you I would go insane. The sad thing is, I may end up with a feien like Tahki.

While Neko was over here he asked me to hold out my hand, and against my better judgment, I did. Which, for future reference, I will never do again. Before I could say anything he had dropped this odd colored mushroom into my hand. 'Lo and behold, it was one of Tahki's offspring. The horrors I'm to face in the next months if the bloom turns out to be like her, I cannot even begin to comprehend. Neko told me a little about the feien, and basically most of it was nothing common sense wouldn't have informed me of later on, though I prompted this information just to make sure I didn't do anything stupid. We chatted for a little, mainly about the "bloom", and Tahki seemed to like my piercings. Along with my ears and wings. I think she found my ears and wings interesting because hers are similar. I've personally never found my ears attractive, they remind me too much of a dog's; floppy and almost constantly twitching and swinging back and forth. Though they're pointed... and they don't have hair. I was fond of the ears my old body had, but what can one do? I'm stuck with these, but I'll admit, it is kind of nice to hear someone say they like my ears. And I've found that since Tahki commented on them, they're more tolerable.

But I'm getting off topic, back to the mushroom. Neko told me that it's from a cold and an earth feien, which means it may not like the sunlight. Thank the gods for that, I abhor sunlight and keep the curtains over my windows at all times. I have to think of a name for the thing, which I've already come up with a few. Oddly enough, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what the feien will look like, and how it will act. Though if it's anything like Tahki I don't know what I’m going to do. I'm thinking about leaving it in the spare room upstairs in a pot of dirt for awhile. There's nothing in there, and it's almost always completely dark, which makes it rather cold. If its element is cold, it should appreciate the atmosphere, right? And if it's earth, well... hence the pot filled with potting soil. At the moment, the mushroom is sitting on the nightstand in my bedroom, in the pot. My room is dark and quiet, but I think I left some music playing, will that have any effect on it I wonder? Tonight I'm going to leave it on the seat of my bay window to see if moonlight has any effect on it. I rather like the moonlight, though it's a little too bright for my tastes (when the moon is full, that is). I’m hoping none of this will harm the mushroom. I hate to admit it, but I think I'd feel bad if I did anything that would damage or have a negative effect on the little thing.

Ugh, is this new body turning me soft?

Oh s**t, that's not good. The washcloth seemed to hurt the little guy. It's got wrinkles on it now... and the color is a little dull. Damnit, I just knew I'd screw this up somehow. Well, since it liked the potting soil I put it back in there, and it seems to be recovering somewhat. I hope I didn't do irreparable harm to it, I know Tahki would be upset.

Come to think of it, I'm a little upset too. I hope it'll be okay. I'm not quite sure how I'd break it to Neko or Tahki if I killed it... well, if these things can be killed, that is. I'd rather not find out the answer to that question though...

It seems to like the dirt quite a bit, I think I have an experiment in mind that it might like. Gods, I hope it likes it. That'd be just like my luck if this experiment hurts it again...

Not good. It appears that the shroom is still feeling a little 'under the weather' so to speak. Even spending the night in the pot with the potting soil didn't seem to get rid of the wrinkles completely. It seems that maybe I've injured it permanently? Or maybe it will just stay this way until the feien itself arrives. I hope the little guy will be okay. Neko said that it takes most feien about a week or two to arrive, so I think my feien might be here soon. I'm looking forward to this event with mixed feelings, because on one hand it would be nice to have someone else in the house with me, but on the other hand I don't want that someone to be like Tahki. As I've stated before, I don't know how well I'd be able to live with someone so hyper and bubbly. But then again, if my feien did turn out that way I wouldn't really have a choice, would I?

My friend, Arreat, visited early this morning. She seems to be doing fine, I'm going to go into any details on what happened between us, but it seems to be getting better for her. Which puts some of my worry to rest, I care for her a great deal and since it was all my fault in the first place, I felt very out of character for awhile with the guilt and worry I had from the whole ordeal. I don't think her 'friends' are bugging her too much about the... mark, except for maybe Dalner. From what she's told me of him, I don't like him. At all. And trust me, it's not a good thing when you're on my bad side. I have the urge to talk her into letting me meet with him, but I know she's smarter than that. I'd probably kill him if given half the chance.

I left a message on Neko's answering machine this morning after Arreat left, I figure when she gets back she'll want to know what's going on. I did mention that I fooled around with the experiment concept, and that the shroom didn't take too well to some. I think I even mentioned that the shroom is still a little unhappy, but hopefully that'll change soon. I don't plan on doing anymore experiments, I'm just going to let it sit in the soil and wait for the feien to come. I'm sure it'll be fine, it's not like the things that I did seemed to seriously hurt it, right? Right.

Well, my feien arrived today. She's really pretty, though her hair is... weird. There's this one part that sticks up, and she can't get it to stay down. She's rather polite, though she can be a tad bit rude at times. Though I'm used to dealing with people worse than her, so it doesn't really bother me. I'm sure it'll wear off shortly though, she just has to get used to me. I'm a rather hard person to get along with, I can get many people to agree with me on that.

I called Neko right after I found Ava and left her a message. I'm hoping she'll get in touch with me soon, though I think she's still off on her "journey". I hope she gets back soon, and in one piece, Ava won't admit it, but I think she's a little lonely being the only feien in the household. Plus she wants to meet her mother, and her father and her siblings if we can find them.

She seems a little too... sober to be Tahki's offspring, so it's a little surprising to see her the way she is. I wonder if she gets her personality from her father. Only one way to find out, right? Maybe I'll have to talk to Neko about it, since obviously she knows Ava's father.

I came across the feien shop a little while ago (it's not that hard when you know what you're looking for), and I told Ava about it. Naturally, she wanted to go right away, and I consented. She's at the door waiting right now, I just thought I'd write a quick entry in here about this.

I'm hoping there'll be other feien there for her to meet, at least one. I can't be sure, since we're not the best of friends, but I think she's a little excited about getting to go. Since it's a shop, it must have some sort of things it sells, right? Maybe they've got things for feiens (I would hope they do), so I'll look and see if maybe there's something there that can break the ice, so to speak.

Ava and I went to the feien shop earlier today, though I stayed silent and out of the way for the entire outing. There were a few feien there, more than I expected to see really, and I think Ava enjoyed herself. She mentioned that one of the feien that was there was her sister, so I'm glad she was able to meet one of her family members.

Naturally, she won't admit that she had a good time, but she's been asking me ever since we got home when we're going to go again. I'll have to take her soon, and hopefully she'll be able to meet her mother and father. She hasn't said anything to me yet, but I think it bothers her that Irisa has met their father and she hasn't. It's nothing personal against Irisa, of course, but Ava just feels a little left out I think. I tried to cheer her up earlier, but as that always goes she just told me she wanted to be left alone.

Ah, will we ever get along?

Rhia stood outside the shop and gestured with her head for the feien to go in. "Come on, I'll wait right out here for you, okay?"

Rhia smiled and nodded as Ava hesitantly left her shoulder and took flight, zigzigging towards the door. The little feien looked back at her bond, still a little unsure, and Rhia motioned with a hand for her to go, "You'll be fine, have fun, Ma'pe la."

Ava finally smiled a little and nodded herself, giving Rhia a small wave before flying into the shop. She landed on the nearest table, stumbling a little on her landing before gaining her balance and straightening her shoulders. She turned her green eyes to the feien already present, and was a little unsure of which one to approach first.

"Hi everyone," She called out, loud enough for anyone close to her to hear. Well, might as well let them all know she's here, right?


Ruya stood and walked over to greet the new feien in the shop. Thank goodness someone was here, she was starting to worry Sunil would be her only company.

"Hello." She ave a small wave to the juvenile with a smile. "My name is Ruya. And you are?"

Sunil just snorted and retreated back into the dark part of the bookshelf. She didn't feel like being friendly and Ruya would ruin any attempts to be anything else.


Ava cast a wary glance at Sunil, a frown forming on her lips, but she quickly placed a small smile there instead as she looked up at Ruya.

"Hi, I'm Avangelyne. It's nice to meet you," She paused for a moment before adding, "Actually, you can call me Ava. It's alot easier to say than my full name."

Ava blinked a few times and studied Ruya for a moment, her brow creasing a little. "You... have wings on your head. And your hair is two different colors, I like that, it's very pretty."


Ruya shot Sunil a quick glare, catching onto Ava's wary glance. At the comment on her hair, she reached up and tucked one side behind her ear.

"Thank you. The wings on my head are a genetic mutation passed on by my dad."

She crossed her arms over her chest, still not entirely comfortable with her bi-colored hair. She studied the juvenile for a moment before remembering her manners.

"Anyway, it is very nice to meet you Ava. Your full name is very pretty."


A bright orange Feien floated lazily into the shop. A string tied around his waist held a small vial with a swirling black mass in it. He smiled as his absently played with it, landing on the windowsill. He noticed many Feien in the shop now. He scanned the room half-heartedly, until he came upon one which he thought he knew...

"Ruya?" eek


Irisa flittered into the shop to see if she could collect some observations. Or if the shop had any notes that her bond lacked regarding feien or magic, perhaps.

There were... a lot of feien in the shop. Some which Irisa recognized (including her sister), some which seemed new. She wondered if she should greet any, but her bond pointed out earlier that she had fallen rather... behind in her work. So she settled with a wave.

Granted, it was hard to do her work without any PAPER that she could use (what was taking that delivery man so long?) so hopefully she could just... memorize for now (even if she wasn't a memory feien like Nero was).

That in mind, Irisa began to take stock of which feien were in the shop. She wanted to see how often magic got used in normal life.


Ava looked for something to say to that, but couldn't really come up with anything other than a 'thank you'. It's not that she didn't like her full name, it's just that it was odd compared to the other feien names she had heard... and a bit long.

"Who is your father?" She asked politely, before adding on a second question, "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"


Ruya whirled at the sound of Neruo's voice, smiling widely.

"Neruo? Hi! I haven't seen you in a while!"

She started in his direction, only to remember he hadn't seen her since she had grown. She stopped and twirled quickly for him before adding, rather unnecessarily, "I grew up!"

Sunil scooched out and peeked over the edge of the shelf again, recognizing Neruo's voice. Stupid feien. She shook her head at them and then retreated again. It seemed like someone was getting closer, but she was probably imagining it. Getting paranoid or something.


Neruo fluttered over to her, smiling. He finally landed near her and stood to his full height against her. Measley, he knew, but highly entertaining. He laughed aloud, seeing how short he was now.

"My my! The little lady has grown quite a bit! Where was I when this happened?" he chuckled. "Has Silva seen you, or am I the last to know?"

He detatched the vial from around his waist, handing it to Ruya. The purple swirls within the glass seemed to quicken their pace.

"I was out learning potion-concoction, and I made you this. It's a warping potion. I thought you might like the colors."

He smiled and waved to the other Feien, bowing politely.


The current feien in the shop consisted of Avangelyne talking with Ruya, a female blue feien among them who's markings resembled a full body suit, another female blue feien who's markings resembled a human bikini without the straps, a feien with long pink hair but black wings that also arrived, and an orange feien with leafy wings. The latter seemed be joining along with the conversation Ava and Ruya were having.

...Irisa really wished she had that pen and paper so she could start taking her notes. This was an awful lot to memorize.


Ava noticed Irisa had arrived and gave her sister a stiff wave before shouting, "Hi Irisa!"

She looked back over to Ruya, who seemed to have forgotten about her and was now focusing on a bright orange feien with curly hair. The curly hair intrigued Ava, but since he also seemed caught up with Ruya, she simply smiled back and nodded her head in acknowledgement when he bowed.

She shrugged lightly and turned away from Ruya, surveying the shop for the first time. It was a little unnerving, being in here without Rhia, but she felt she was doing fairly well. She only wished Irisa wasn't the only member of her family here... none of the other feien present looked even remotely close to herself and her sister, so she believed she was safe in guessing none of them were related.


Ruya sobered mildly at the mention of Silva, but kept smiling. It was good to see Neruo again.

"Silva has seen me, but you're hardly the last to know. You haven't been around much lately."

She reached out and took the potion he handed her gingerly before holding it up tot he light.

"It is very pretty Neruo, thank you. But what does it do?"

Ruya glanced apologetically over at Ava, realizing she had skipped out in the middle of a conversation. Hopefully the juvenile would be understanding.


Neruo laughed, scratching the back of his head. "Well, if you do intend to use it...just throw it against the floor, and the resulting smoke will transport you somewhere within a 10 yard radius. I made it myself."

He smiled to Ruya and floated over to one of the new Feien. She was white and red, he noticed, and he had never seen her before. He walked up to her, hand outstretched in greeting.

"Hello! I'm Neruo. You must be new. Enchante."


At Ava's calling, Irisa cheerfully waved. Hmm... well, it was as good an invite as any to get closer to the conversation. Which was nice, because as much as she was trying to gather data, Irisa didn't want to seem like she was eavesdropping or some other such rude thing.

With that thought, she flew over to where her sister and the other feien were.

"Hi, sister." Irisa nodded. "How are things going? The shop seems... even more crowded than last time."

Irisa glanced around the shop, noticing the large number of feien. Not too many of them seemed to be talking to each other at the moment, though, besides the orange one and Ruya.


"Excuse me?" Ava blinked at Neruo for a moment, a frown dancing across her lips as he said a word she had never heard before.

Great... he was saying stuff she didn't understand, just like Rhia. She looked down at his outstretched hand blankly for a moment and then seemed to realize what it was for. She smiled and grasped his hand firmly, shaking it up and down once before letting go.

"I'm Ava, it's nice to meet you. I really like your hair," She smiled and for a moment was silent, almost seeming to suppress a giggle, "It's very... curly."

She looked over at Irisa and shrugged a little, slightly puzzled at the two-tone feien's choice of words, "I... don't think anything is going anywhere. I've never been to the shop before, I've met more feien in the last five minutes than I did in my whole life! Of course I'm still fairly young, so I guess that's not saying much."


Talonfaust glided soundlessly in through the open window of the shop and....nearly flew directly back out again when he saw just how many feien were inside. Good GODS, the shop had been barren for weeks, what had suddenly attracted everyone again??

Hovering in mid-air, he narrowed his eyes a bit, took a deep breath, and ventured forward anyway, heading directly for the bolts of cloth without looking at anyone. So much for a quiet outing, he thought sourly. All he'd come for was to attempt to try and find the same pattern of cloth he'd used to make the "shirt" he'd worn as a juvenile that was now too small for him. He'd tried to get used to simply not having it and found he couldn't. Therefore it was, perhaps, time for a replacement.

As long as he wasn't making a spectacle of himself, perhaps he wouldn't be bothered.


Neruo smiled. "Enchante. It's nothing bad. It's French for 'enchanted to meet you'. It's just a fancy was of saying 'hello'. I learned quite a bit while I was gone."

He took a lock of his hair and pulled it straight, letting it go and watching it boucne back into place. "I'm glad you like it." he said, "My hair, I mean. It's good to play with if you're bored."

He glanced at the two-toned Feien and offered her a hand in greeting as well.


Irisa turned to greet the orange feien, herself.

"Yea... there weren't this many feien in the shop from the few times I've come here so far." Irisa confirmed as she looked around. "It's kind of... overwhelming."

But speaking of getting to know new feien...

"Hello, Neruo. I'm Irisa." she greeted to the orange haired feien that was right next to her. She took the hand and politely shook it. "Also nice to meet you."


"You have...different-colored eyes. My, I am observant, aren't I?" He chuckled, glad that she, too, was friendly. So many new faces to remember! He liked this very much. He folded his wings down again, watching Ruya out of the corner of his eye.

"When did you two arrive, and, are you related are something? Or just close friends? What element might you be?" He was startled suddenly by his rudeness. "Ahh...sorry. Playing sudden 20 questions with you. I'm just curious."


Ava smiled as Neruo played with a strand of his hair. She felt a pang of embarrassment over her own hair and cleared her throat, not wanting to talk about hair anymore.

"I see, well, it's nice to know what it means then. Rhia, my bond, sometimes says things I don't know what they mean, and she won't tell me what they mean either. It's very frustrating sometimes." She frowned slightly, but shrugged a little and looked back over to Irisa, "There are alot of feien here, it's strange to see so many after nothing for so long."

She surveyed the shop again and froze, Neruo's questions not even registering as her eyes narrowed and her body leaned forward a bit. She had spotted a feien over by the bolts of cloth, though she couldn't be sure, it looked like a he and... white wings? She turned to Irisa and then pointed, even though she knew it wasn't polite to point, "Who is that?"


Talon, out of the corner of his eye, saw that someone had spotted him and was pointing in his direction and sighed, his ears flattening. It was hard to pick out what given personalities were and intentions, for that matter, from the blanket of chatter currently battering his ears.

And now someone with a voice he didn't recognize was drawing attention to him. Great. Had rumor travelled already about his and Tahki's humiliation regarding Corvus, he wondered?

He drew his wings up a little higher, though it did little to hide him against the colorful cloth as his white color stood out rather blatantly.


"Yea, we're both sisters." Irisa confirmed to Neruo with a nod and a smile. "Our father's Talonfaust. Who... also happens to be right there."

Irisa blinked, and then peered at the feien by the bolt of cloth before turning to Avangelyne and clasping her hands.

"Ava! That's our father!" she replied with a smile, a small hint of eagerness in her voice. "Did you get to meet him, yet?"


Neruo stretched, seeing that it was time to go. He bowed and thanked both Irisa and Ava for meeting with him, and floated towards the window. He stopped at Ruya, smiling up at her. His gray eyes shined a bit and he gave her a warm hug.

"It's so glad to see you again. Unfortunately, I must be off now, but feel free to drop in on us at any time. You're always welcome."

He waved at everyone who could see him and floated towards home.


Ava made a soft choking sound and her emerald eyes went wide. That was Talonfaust? That was her father?

"I..." Her voice trailed off as she dared a glance back up at the white-winged feien near the cloth. She reached up and gently rubbed her temple, then placed a hand to her stomach. Feeling slightly ill, she looked at Irisa and tried to sound normal, "No... no, I haven't met him yet."

She gave Neruo a glance and a shaky smile, but her eyes were soon drawn up to Talonfaust again. Did she really want to meet him? Yes, of course she did, but then again...


Raylan looked over his shoulder for a moment before flitting into the shop, having snuck out of the house for a moment to see if he could remember where this place was. He hadn't intended to stay long, especially since he didn't tell anyone that he was leaving too far from the house. Blinking his green eyes a few times, the dual-element feien's ears perked up slightly as he heard all of the voices, almost shocked at the sudden large group of people. Everything was so lively! Is this what Tahki had meant by colorful?

Edging over to the windowsill, he sat down quietly as he watched the others for a moment, smiling to himself. How exciting! He wanted to meet everyone, but thought he might be rude to just butt into someone's conversation, especially when he didn't know anyone. Folding his wings down over his shoulders like a cape, he folded his hands in his lap and waited.


Irisa turned to look at her sister. Ava seemed really nervous. The young feien could understand the feeling. She wasn't sure exactly what to do when she first met her father, either. She turned back to look at her dad. Did he even know or suspect?

"I guess... we could go see him together." she suggested with a hint of wariness in her voice. Irisa... never was one to make the first move regarding these situations. But neither was Ava. Still, sitting around there wasting time wasn't going to accomplish anything, so the least she could do was be there for her sister when her sister was also nervous about meeting their father for the first time.


Talon's ear twitched, picking out a voice that he DID recognize among the massive throng of others and blinked. That was--That sounded like--

He turned his head suddenly in the direction of whoever had been pointing at him, giving them his full attention to see if he recognized them. The child who had been pointing he didn't recognize but the other he most certainly did.

"Irisa...!" he exclaimed, abandoning the cloth and gliding toward them. Funny...all of the other feien here and for some reason he hadn't thought it would be a possibility that he might run into one of his children. Perhaps he'd just assumed that his luck really -was- that bad.


Ava's gaze flickered away from Talonfaust for a moment to study Irisa. She wanted to go meet him, she really did, it's just...

"He... he looks like he's busy," She said, shamelessly using the situation as an excuse not to meet him just yet. "I think maybe he doesn't want to be bothered. I think-"

Ava visibly jumped as he called out to Irisa and flew down towards her. She looked to Irisa, then to Talonfaust and proceeded to back away from her sister. "I..."

Just then her attention was diverted to a feien who was just arriving, and she hurried away from her sister, calling over her shoulder, "I'll be right back!"

She felt a little gutless at running away like that, she wanted to meet him after all! But what was she going to say? What was she going to do? What if he didn't like her?

"Hello, I'm Ava." She said to the black-haired feien. She studied the three pigtails he had and smiled. "I like your hair, it's very pretty."


Eep! It seemed like in a situation like this, if you hesitated, then your father would just come to you. Irisa quickly turned to her father and clasped her hands as she beamed.

"Dad!!" the young feien greeted. "My sister... er, I mean, your daughter... that is to say..."

She looked at her sister, then back at her father. Then Irisa finally warmly smiled.

"This is Avangelyne, my..."

...at that moment, Irisa paused and stared in surprise as Ava flew off. ER... Did Ava want their father to know? Irisa was stumped. She didn't know what to say, now. Should she tell him, or shouldn't she? Well, of course she was supposed to, but...

She coughed.

"So... yea, that was Avangelyne..." the feien remarked, rather unsure of what to say, next. Irisa by nature wasn't THAT talkative or experienced enough to be able to come up with something in a situation like this.


Raylan blinked a few times as the red and white feien flew up to him, a bit surprised at the way he'd left the other two like that. Was something wrong with her? Was there some sort of sign over his head screaming "COME MEET ME!" that he didn't know about? ...Wait, he was thinking about things too much again. Smiling warmly, he lifted a hand to greet the feien with a handshake.

"Thank you," he replied. "Your hair is pretty as well. It reminds me of Mama's. ...Actually, your markings remind me of Mama's, as well. Very nice, I must say."

Looking to his extended hand for a moment, he'd realized he'd forgotten something. "Oh! Forgive my manners... My name is Raylan. And you are?"


Ava sent a guilty glance in the direction of Talonfaust and Irisa. She hadn't meant to leave her sister hanging there like that, she had just freaked out, as Rhia would have said. She felt a warm flush come to her cheeks at her actions, but thankfully she had a new feien to focus on.

"My name is Avangelyne, or Ava for short." She chose to ignore the comment about her hair, figuring he was talking about her bun and not the... thing sticking up above her forehead. "Really, I remind you of your mother? I haven't met my mother yet, so I couldn't say if you remind me of mine or not."


Talon blinked, confused as Ava suddenly made a hasty retreat just as Irisa introduced her. That...was a reaction he hadn't been prepared for. Biting his lip, he looked back to Irisa and then dropped to a kneel to hug her. As long as she was there, he wasn't going to neglect her, curious as he was about Avangelyne.

"That's your sister, then?" he questioned quietly when he drew back, making sure he hadn't misunderstood. He had every intention of going over to greet her next but...not if she was afraid of him for some reason.

"...is there something the matter I ought to know about?" he asked then, his voice twinged with a bit of puzzlement as he looked toward where Ava had gone and was now speaking to another juvenile. He couldn't help but feel a little stung that she was avoiding him, but had told himself that would always be a possibility...that at least one of his kids may not want anything to do with him.


"A pleasure to meet you. You have a mother, too?" Raylan smiled, resting his hand back in his lap as it was ignored. "I bet she's pretty, just like you. Do you know anyone in your family?"

After a moment, the young feien finally stood up on the windowsill, folding his arms behind his back. Come to think of it, Ava looked a LOT like Tahki once he thought about it more. She wouldn't happen to be one of the sisters he was supposed to have, was she...?


Ava blinked and watched Raylan withdraw his hand, putting one of her own hands to her mouth, "Oh! I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

She smiled slightly and lowered her hand, offering it to the other feien if he still wanted it. She hoped he wasn't insulted by her not accepting his handshake, she hadn't meant to ignore it. At the question of her family members, she sent another guilty look in the direction of her sister and father, deciding that she should go back over there. It was very rude that she had just run off like that, and she really hoped she hadn't hurt their feelings. But she still didn't know what she was going to say or do when she back over there.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do." She looked back down at Raylan and nodded a little, more to herself than to him though, "I know my sister, Irisa... and I'm going to go meet my father, Talonfaust. Would you like to accompany me?"


Was Irisa that easy to read? Well, she was rather caught off guard. The young feien happily accepted the hug from her father. It was nice to have a dad who really cared about you. Irisa never knew what it was like to have a dad who didn't, although then again, her bond never seemed to care for Irisa that much.

Then again, from what Ava mentioned about Rhia saying about Ava's hair among other things, Ava's bond seemed... well, not exactly parental in the most sitcom sense of the term. And Ava didn't have a fairy godmother like Irisa did. Maybe that's why Ava was even more shy about it than Irisa was.

"Yea, dad. She is." Irisa nodded. "But Ava's been... well, she seems kind of nervous. I can sort of understand the feeling, since... I felt nervous back then, too."

Not that Irisa could read minds, but seeing your father for the first time was really intimidating. It all worked out in the end and she was happy about that, but she imagined that her sister probably shared the same sentiments regarding a first meeting.


aquaphina outstreatched her wings and stood up "only....." she stepped of the ledge and floated down to the floor in a circular swing down. touching foot on the floor and standing up straight "hehe!" she slowly walked twords the other feiens...not wanting to startle them to fly away.


Raylan happily took hold of Ava's hand, giving it one firm and friendly shake as he did. Irisa...? Talonfaust? The smile he had seemed to be permenant now as a warm feeling began to rise within his body. Nero had mentioned an Irisa, and how he thought that she might be his sister. And his father's name was also Talonfaust. So... Irisa, Avangelyne, and Kookaberra. Three sisters... and more than likely, three LITTLE sisters.

"Yes, I'd like that very much, thank you," he said politely, hardly able to contain his excitment. His family... He was finally going to meet the rest of his family.


Talon didn't know why he'd immediately completed Irisa's statement in his head as her having been about to say "my sister", but was relieved to hear that he had been right. That would have been an embarrassing incorrect assumption to make but--

Honestly, what had made him assume in the first place had been something rather miniscule about her, but telling. Atop her head she seemed to be cursed with the exact same problem that he did. One little demon tuft of hair that refused to lay flat and stood straight up. No matter how much he combed it, wet it, flattened it, or ratted it, it absolutely refused to lay down.

At length, he simply nodded. "If she's nervous, then I'll leave the ball in her court." he murmured, remaining knelt. "Its...entirely up to her whether she wants to meet me or not, I'm not going to force it." he sounded like he was having a bit of difficulty with this, but....oh well, that was the safest thing to do right now, he assumed. If he went barging after her, there was the chance he'd make her want to avoid him all the more.

"How have you been?" he asked, looking to Irisa again and changing the subject so he wouldn't dwell on it.


Ava turned and smiled at the pink and black feien as she came close, but soon turned her attention to Raylan. Her brow furrowed slightly at the beaming smile on his face, but she didn't say anything. It almost seemed to hold some hidden secret that he alone knew, but she wasn't going to prod him for information. She was just thankful that he was going to come with her when she went back over to Irisa and Talonfaust.

Turning her attention back to the two feien on the table, she felt her chest tighten slightly as her eyes locked on her father. Oh boy. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly, turning to Raylan and giving him a smile, trying to seem like she wasn't 'freaking out', "Let's go then."

She flapped her wings and took off, faltering for a second before soaring towards the table. She kept her eyes on Talonfaust the whole time, and as she drew closer she gasped softly.

His hair!

As she landed on the table - not even noticing that it was a near perfect landing - her nervousness was forgotten and she rushed over to him. As she stepped up to him, he was at least twice her height, but she didn't seem to mind. She stared, right at his cowlick. Slowly, her hand reached up and toyed with own wonderingly, her emerald eyes glittering happily.


Raylan nodded before unfolding his wings, flapping a few times to get himself into the air, and glided after Ava to the table. One look at Irisa, and Raylan immediately understood why Nero thought them to be related. The feien was black and white bi-colored, almost in the same fashion Nero had been, and had bi-colored eyes. Looking to Talonfaust for a moment, a thought came to mind. It seemed that, with Irisa at least, the colors fought a bit before deciding on half and half. A very nice combination, indeed.

First, introduction to his sister.

"Hello," he said with a little bow to Irisa before holding out his hand for a handshake. "My name is Raylan."


Talon started a bit as, out of the corner of his eye he caught movement and then turned as Ava approached him, her eyes seeming fixed on his head. Or...rather on top of it.

In spite of himself, he flushed a bit. Seemed that the thing that had made him instantly recognize her had made her find kinship in him as well. He was silent a moment and then spoke

"Sorry that it was hereditary..." he told her gently and sounding a little embarrassed, a hand stealing up to touch his own cowlick, feeling it bounce a bit against his fingers before he withdrew the hand, offering her a smile. "Its good to finally meet you, Avangalyne." he said, his words eluding to the fact that it was much more than that, though he didn't want to come on too strongly if she was still skittish. Best to let her make the first move on things for awhile.

Maybe THAT was hereditary as well....she'd gotten his antisocial behavior in a much milder dosage, perhaps.


Irisa was going to respond to her father's question, but at that moment, both Ava and the other feien had flown over. She allowed Ava to meet their father while she turned her attention to the new feien before her.

"Oh, hi, Raylan." she smiled as she returned the bow and then took his hand. "My name is Irisa. Nice to meet you."

Irisa paused, and then blinked. Raylan looked... exactly like a male version of herself. At least, the distinctive two tone color was there, even if he only had green eyes instead of green yellow like her's. Was this why Ava was talking to him?

"And... you're my brother, huh?" she blinked, before smiling. "Hey, this means we're almost all together, now, doesn't it?"


Ava blinked at Talon's words and found herself smilng a little sheepishly, her hand gently pulling her hair down to the side of her face before releasing it. It sprung back up to its original position, just like her father's. Her eyes strayed to his wings and she absently opened her own for a moment, still a bit stunned over the hair.

"I..." She frowned a little and cleared her throat, forcing it to be louder. "I didn't like my hair, Rhia makes fun of it. But yours is the same, in a way..."

She tilted her head and made a slight face, not really able to explain her feelings. Where they supposed to hug now or what? She was at a complete loss as to what to do, just as she had known she would be. She looked up at Talon helplessly for a moment and then shrugged, her hands lacing together in front of her, "I... I like your hair. I guess that means I like mine now too, right?"


Raylan nodded a little bit, folding his arms behind his back. "So it seems," he replied honestly, his wings folding back down over his shoulders. "It truly is a pleasure to finally get to meet everyone, and to think that I didn't bring Mama. I'll have to bring her next time, just in case."

Turning his green eyes to the tall white feien, his smile still remained. That was his father... What was he like? He certainly didn't seem anything like Tahki, and his looks seemed to fit his attitude: calm, and seemingly strong. Would he be like him when he got older?


"Our mother? That would be nice." Irisa smiled warmly.

She hoped her was doing well, too, although Raylan gave no indication that she wasn't. It was too bad that she wasn't there, though. She would have liked to see their mother. But her family seemed like they'd run into each other pretty often from here on, anyways, so she was sure she'd see her mother, eventually.

For now... there was another person missing, though.

"Our fourth sister, Kookaberra, isn't here tonight." Irisa remarked as she glanced around. "But maybe she will be, next time. We could all get together, then. I hope you're doing well, brother? Being with mom must be really nice."


Talon furrowed his brow a bit at her and likewise shrugged. "You're allowed to feel however you like about it." he told her and then leaned closer, lowering his voice a bit so he wouldn't draw attention to the fact they were discussing cowlicks if she didn't want to make a deal of it.

"I don't know if you have the same problems, but when I was younger, it drove me crazy. My bond used to tell me that if I wrapped it in tinfoil, I could probably pick up good radio reception." He rolled his eyes a bit and then examined it more closely.

"But...hmm..." he reached out tentatively, flattening the stray bit of hair against her head to see how far back it reached. "...if it really becomes troublesome for you, perhaps you could try buying a circlet from the shop?" He withdrew his touch and removed his own gold circlet then, Tahki's feathers still affixed to the back of it and offered it to her to examine or to try on, should she like.

"You may be able to keep it tucked down, but that's entirely up to you." his green eyes glistened a bit. "Honestly, you wear a cowlick much better than I ever did."

His eyes occasionally flicked to Raylan standing nearby. The black and white coloring kept catching him and making him wonder if this was the last piece to the family puzzle...the last child outstanding that he hadn't met yet. Had he not been worried that Ava would feel neglected, he would have asked.


Raylan looked back to Irisa for a moment, his ears twitching at the word 'fourth'. Kookaberra would be the third sister, would she not? Perhaps she'd meant to say sibling, instead. No matter, he nodded a little bit in understanding.

"I've been quite well, really," was his response, moving his arms out from behind his back. "Mama Ares has been teaching me things Mama can't, and Mama's always telling me stories about other feien. She's a little hyper, but I don't mind really. It's the way she is."

Looking to Talonfaust again, Raylan figetted a little bit. "If you'll excuse me, Irisa... There's something I must do, as I've been wanting to do it for such a long time now."

With a slight bow, the young feien pardoned himself, stepping over to the tall earth feien and looking to Ava as if to ask permission to speak to Talon.


At first Ava felt a bit disappointed in Talon's answer, but she wasn't sure why. But as he leaned close to her and spoke in a low, confidential tone, she couldn't help but smile. At the remark about tinfoil, the smaller feien issued her first giggle since her 'birth'; her bright eyes glittering.

Her eyes rolled upwards as he placed his hand on her head, an odd feeling overcoming her. It was a simple gesture, it probably didn't mean anything to Talon, but to her... she looked back at him as he withdrew his hand and felt a sudden urge to grasp his hand with her own, or maybe hug him. The only contact she had had with feien up until this point was a handshake. Though it was a trivial thing, Talon's hand upon her head made her feel... warm, happy, almost like she belonged.

She blinked and turned her attention from herself to the object he held. Tilting her head slightly as he held out the golden circlet, she lifted her hands and her fingers carefully grasped the cool metal. She examined it at first, probably more than was necessary, and then placed it on her head; the feathers hanging down along the right side of her face. It didn't fit very well, but she smiled anyways. Maybe because of the fact that it was his made it special, or maybe it was because he was the first one to actually share things with her. Whatever the reason, at that exact moment in time she was really, truly happy.

"I like it," She said, taking it off and carefully handing it back to him. She was about to ask him more questions when she caught Raylan's eye. Blinking a few times, she realized that he wanted to speak with the older feien. She smiled and took a step back, not wanting to be in way.


Mama... Ares? Perhaps Raylan had a fairy godmother, too? That was interesting. But... she knew what Raylan was talking about when he said he had something to do. So she nodded to him with an encouraging smile, and then stood back to watch. At that moment, she noticed the pink haired feien with black wings was still around, and actively observing the family. Irisa hoped she didn't feel insulted by how apparently no one greeted her yet. Irisa herself, however, really... wasn't very good at greeting people. So she just looked at the other feien and waved a 'hello' wave as she continued watching her brother and father.


Talon seemed reluctant to let Ava step aside as the black and white male approached. He still didn't know him and therefore felt a bit upset that he was interfering with his conversation with his daughter. Before she could move too far away, he put an arm around her back, drawing her close and hugging her tightly for a brief moment, before allowing his eyes to turn to Raylan expectantly, letting Ava go again.


Ava blinked a few times and looked up at Talon as he hugged her, not exactly sure what to do. When he let her go she stepped back, a little behind and to the left of her father. When he let her go she stepped back, a little behind and to the left of her father. She looked over at Raylan and smiled, still slightly perplexed at the hug she had just received.

She felt happy, but slightly confused. They were family, so it was only natural to hug one another, right? Still... she felt a little awkward at him hugging her, they were nearly strangers, how could you so openly hug a stranger, family or not?


Raylan looked up at Talon then, still smiling his happy smile, his wings shifting a little on his shoulders. Folding his arms behind his back, he cantered his head to the left as he spoke.

"Mama says I look a lot like you," he commented, blinking his green eyes a few times. "She told me a lot about you, too. It's good to finally meet you, Papa."


Talon blinked once...then again, seeming thrown literally off-balance by what the boy had just said. Papa? He was....oh gods.

His head swum a moment, seeing three of his children in one place at the same time and he momentarily was at a loss for something to say before leaning in to have a better look at Raylan. This had become part of the routine, apparantly...investigating each child before accepting them. And...this one was a boy. The ONLY boy, as well. He cleared his throat.

"You're the one Tahki kept...?" he asked.


Raylan straightened up a little bit, nodding. "Yes, Mama took care of me," he replied, hoping that that was what the older feien was asking. Bowing a little bit, he continued to smile before hugging his father on his own.

"So, I seem to have three sisters," he commented, looking to Ava and Irisa for a moment. "I'm assuming Koobaberra is all right? I really would like to meet her sometime soon. Please tell her I said hello?"


Talon hesitated, allowing the hug, but taking a minute to return it "Yes, she--she's fine." His eyes skated over the three of them. "If I'd known you were all going to be here, I would have brought her..."

He gave himself a swift mental kick for not allowing Berra to come when she'd asked, but he'd assumed he would be by himself when he visited the shop.

He reached out, touching the middlemost of Raylan's ponytails and allowing himself a smirk. "What's your name?"


"My name is Raylan," he replied politely, returning his arms to behind his back.


"I guess all our loose ends are tied up, now, huh?" Irisa remarked with a smile. "Hmm... maybe we could all plan a family get-together for the future."

Or at the very least, swap phone numbers, come to think of it. Irisa didn't know how often her family could get together, but if they could all RANDOMLY meet together in the shop like this, then surely it couldn't be too hard, at least, which was nice. Maybe there was something to this 'fate' thing, after all.


Rhia opened the door to the shop partway, waving her hand once and catching Ava's eye. The demoness mouthed the words 'hey mushroom' and she raised both her hands, pointing to an imaginary wristwatch on her wrist. She raised one slender brow above her sunglasses and tilted her head questioningly.

Ava twiddled her fingers together for a moment, not wanting to leave but not wanting to upset Rhia. She sent a glance towards Irisa and then switched to Talon. Oh well, she supposed it was just as well. There would be three of them left, and it's not like they weren't talking alreay, they probably wouldn't mind if she excused herself.

"I have to get going," She said, trying to voice the comment to all three at once. "It was nice seeing you again, Irisa, hopefully we'll meet up again soon." She smiled to her sister and looked to Raylan, "I guess we're siblings then, too? I didn't know that, it was nice meeting you, and hopefully I'll see you again soon as well. If you can, tell Tahki I said hello please."

Ava turned to look up at Talon and for a moment was totally brain dead on what to say or do. Her wings fidgeted for a moment and then she shrugged, smiling as she stepped up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist; giving him a light - and very quick - hug. She stepped back and looked up at him again, still smiling. "Maybe I'll see you again, too. I think I'd like that very much. Tell Kookaberra I said hello for me please?"

She gave each feien a quick wave and flapped her wings, taking to the air and swooping out the door Rhia held open for her; her spike of hair bobbing up and down the whole way.