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 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:18 pm
"I live in a tent," Jesse answered with a shrug, and yawned again.
"Stop that."
Silas clumsily took the bud, nearly crushing it in his clumsy hands and then unfurling his palm to look at it.
"Ooooooh..."
He looked around again, hoping to see something to give in return.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:24 pm
"That's interesting," Nat said, biting her tongue a moment later to resist yawning again. Biting when you had serrated teeth wasn't at all a smart idea, but whatever. "Hmm...so."
She realized she had no idea how to hold a conversation. Usually her experience with other people involved trying to kick their teeth down their throats.
Hmm. Well, he was missing an eye....good conversation piece, she supposed.
"What's with the patch?"
Pleased simply that the boy had liked the gift, Fiore sucked on his hair.
"Foh," he said, pointing to himself.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:29 pm
Jesse arched a brow, as if asking the girl if she was, in fact, serious. He lifted the patch to reveal a gaping hole and no eyelid to speak of while replying:
"Oh, it's just a fashioned statement."
He lowered the patch again and snorted slightly. If the chick didn't run away, she was worth talking to.
Silas, still looking around, snatched a shiny rock from the pavement and held it out to the other boy.
"Tai," he replied, thumping a hand to his chest.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:34 pm
Nat's ears flicked a bit, but otherwise she gave little reaction. Huh, neat....she wondered if it had been torn loose of the socket, or maybe scratched out...she doubted Jesse was the type to whine and cry after getting losing a piece of himself, and so was rather impressed.
"Nice," she said simply, nodding slightly.
Fiore's eyes widened in shock. A gift? For him? Wow... he took it gratefully, smiling wide and toothless.
"Tai," he parroted, nodding as he stowed the rock in the bumble bee shaped pocket on his onesie. "Taaaaaaii."
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:38 pm
"I dunno what I'd do with two of 'em, really," Jesse said absentmindedly and shrugged, leaning against the wall himself.
Silas smiled broadly, drooling on himself a bit. He wiped the saliva away with a tiny fist and burbled incoherently.
"Foh!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:42 pm
"Two could be seen as excess, yeah," Nat said, sliding down against the wall to squat, tail tucked between her legs. She gave the man a longer once-over, investigating everything the flickering halogen streetlight would allow her to see. ...hey, was he missing a finger, too?
By now excited fit to burst, Fiore gave a high pitched laugh at the recognition and launched himself at Silas on a whim, hugging him. Hopefully he would yell and try to run away like Mummy did when he hugged - though he had to admit, it was fun while he tried to hold on.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:46 pm
Jesse syaed facing forward for a moment, but when his eyes trailed down to Nat he noticed her glace at his hand.
"What?"
Silas let out a surprised, excited squeal of his own and squeezed the other infant, giggling insanely and trying to not topple over.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:50 pm
"Nothing, just looking for the missing piece," Nat said. "What happened?"
Fiore could have shrieked with joy. Not only did he have a shiny present, he was in the company of someone who liked hugs. In his short life he'd mostly figured every time he'd ever attempt it he'd be met with nothing but cries of disgust. He hugged Silas and cuddled against him, laughing.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:54 pm
"I was in a bar in Durem once. Bad place, that," Jesse started, "Anyways. This man said I was cheatin' him outta money 'cos he sucks hard at poker, right? Says a man can no way get four aces. 'Course I had cheated, but thass' not the point. I flip the guy off, and he says 'put that down or I'm gonna bite it off'. So he did." Jesse lifted his hand then, examining the nub that had once been his middle finger.
"Lucky I'm left-handed."
"EEEE!" Silas squealed and squeezed, snuggling the other boy. He didn't know what this arms-around-the-other-person-thing was, but he liked it!
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:03 pm
Natalia laughed.
"That's the best story I've ever heard," she said. "Sorry you got it bit off and all. But good s**t, that makes a good story."
Letting go after a bit, Fiore investigated his companion more closely.Spiky hair, orangey skin, weird little marky-thing under his eye...he was foggily reminded of a mark Mummy had had the other day, a dark ring under her eye that turned all purple and green. She'd come home with her teeth all red and drippy and in a good mood, but the mark had discomforted him.
"Booboo?" he asked Silas, poking the mark slightly.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:06 pm
"Eh, whatever," Jesse shrugged, "Didn't hurt none, an' I still have the other do do my good work with."
He liked this chick. He really did.
Silas shook his head gently, not knowing how else to react. It was certainly not a boobo. It was his magical birthmark!
...he just hadn't figured out what was magical about it yet.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:42 pm
"Didn't hurt?" Nat asked skeptically. "Why, he bite it off so fast you didn't have time to miss it or what?"
Looking unconvinced, Fiore poked at it again, hoping it wouldn't suddenly spurt the red stuff Mummy was so often splattered with. When it failed to spurt, Fio gave a sigh and flkopped against Silas again. chewing on his hair habitually.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:47 pm
"Ah, no," Jesse replied, laughing, "I have me Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with...sum'm what starts wit' an 'a'. I can't feel pain. Really. Try." He looked down at the woman as if challenging her.
"Mmm," Silas said simply and pressed his forehead against the boy's shoulder, snuffling up his hair.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:56 pm
Insentivity to pain? Nat was instantly envious and deeply relieved she hadn't sought out a fight. At the invitation her ears laid back and she eyed him as though certain he was joking, then shrugged.
"Eh, okay."
Quite casually, she leaned over, sniffed briefly at his arm, and bit him.
Fio giggled, his vine-like hair wriggling.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:59 pm
As promised, there was no reaction aside from a look of mild interest. Jesse'd originally intended to flip out on her before revealing teh truth, but foudn that he was far, far too tired.
"Not a thing," he shrugged.
Sy gave a surprised little squeak and nearly fell back, clinging hard to Fio. Tentacle hair?! His eyebrows raised in surprise.
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