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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:26 pm
Chin now giggled at the expression Sabriel wore as he got upright again. She made her way to the nearest chair and collapsed into it. "Sounds painful." she agreed sympathetically. "She's a pretty inventive lil tyke, though - no claws or teeth, but she's still dangerous!"
That hurt. And look at her! Thylassa was laughing! He straightened up with dignity and coiled his tails around his feet, trying to look as though it hadn't hurt one bit, and trying to think of some way to get back at her. Sabriel couldn't understand what Gullien was saying, but he glared at her anyways. She was probably being rude.
His ideas fell on the totoro plushie still sitting in the stroller. Hm...
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:01 pm
"Yeah, she's a little bit of a handful. Not really violent though. I don't she knows how much that eye thing hurts. They're hard, ya know? I suspect she'll be a real pain when she gets big enough to walk, though. Your's looks like a piece of work too though. What are those, whips? He probably does a fair amount of damage when he's in a mood." Gullien settled comfortable on the floor in a cross-legged sit, settling Lassa into the crock of one knee. "I take it he doesn't play nicely with others at all?" She tickled at Lassa's tummy with one hand and quickly scritched behind Sabriel's ears with the other. Definately feral.
Lassa giggled on Gullien's lap, happy to be cuddled. She could still see the other Mishap over Gullien's knee if she craned, but who cared? The other Mishap was poopy. She fixed her gaze on Chin instead, cooing happily. She'd take a nice quite tall person over a mean not-totoro baby anyday. Maybe Chinchille would start chanting again!
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:21 pm
"Yup, and he usually is in a mood. I'm not sure he likes anyone." Sabriel winced away from Gullien's fingers, surprising Chin a bit - she expected him to swipe. "It's a relief he can't get out of cribs and playpens and stuff - I can't imagine what he'll be like when he can walk." She slid down off the chair to sit on the floor with them.
Chin noticed Thylassa looking and smiled back, elated the baby seemed to like her. And she was so cute! "Hey, 'Lassa." she said with a wave. "Does she like books at all?" she asked Gullien, reminded of the book they'd been reading together before the two came in. Maybe it was because she actually looked like she'd enjoy it, rather than just grumble the entire way through...or something had gone through on a psychic line. Either way.
The mean non-totoro baby found himself ignored, even more annoyed for it. He frowned at the floor, his ears pinned back (they still tingled from the brief scritch) and started pulling at his sweater again. Stupid girl.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:33 pm
"Aw, he'll probably calm down when he gets older. Can't stay in a mood forever." Gullien grinned down at the little cat-mishap. Cute. He looked rather like on of her kits from way back when. "I can see him playing rough when he gets older though. Has he teethed yet? I bet you get a lot of chewed stuff."
Lassa fixed her top two eyes on the other human, cooing again and waving her arms happy. It wasn't quite a wave, but it was a good attempt. Me, me! Look at me!
"I'm not sure if she likes books or not. She's still pretty much at the chewing on them stage. But she likes hearing rhythmic voices. Chanting, singing, reading aloud, that kind of stuff. What about this guy?" She waggled her fingers on the ground by Sabriel.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:54 pm
"Nothing's impossible." She sure hoped he'd grow out of it. "And sort of; there's all these dragon plushies with little puncture marks all over the room, but he hasn't been gnawing on anything else, or not that I've noticed. Maybe they're just really chewable?"
Sabriel gave Gullien's fingers a halfhearted swat, distracted with shredding the sweater. At Lassa's coos, his frown deepened. Oh, that was it...
He withdrew his paw to point it at the totoro plushie, big, innocent eyes fixed on Gulli's face. "Cat?" he asked. Gimme?
Aww! She was waving! Chin waved back using both hands, nearly laughing again as she replied, "Sabriel's more of a music fan; he practically fell asleep today when I was reading to him, right before you guys came in. He's reeeally picky. Aw, you're just the cutest..."
She paused and looked slightly embarassed. "Er, sorry."
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:59 pm
Gullien raised an eye at Sabriel, amused by the swat. "You must think I'm the biggest idiot in the world, to think I'm going to give you that after hearing about puncture wounded dragons. Lassa would never forgive me when you ate it, and she'd be right to." Any other plush and she'd be all for it though... other plush... hmm. She leaned back for a moment, bent almost double as she rooted in the stroller's under-carriage. "Here we go!" She tossed him one of the rubber dragons that Lassa seemed to find everywhere. Chewable, durable and not a favorite. Excellent. On retrospect, she pulled out a second for Lassa. "He's pretty cute too." She told Chin, waggling the dragon she held like prey. "Tough little guy. Lassa's a sweetie but she's so fragile. I'm not quite sure how to deal with it. You must really like kids though... have any others?"
Lassa frowned, lower eyes fixing on the dragon Gullien still held. "A bah..." My dragon! Mine! Not his! Give it here. She levered herself up in Gullien's lap, arms reaching for the dragon. Pay attention to me, not him!
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:49 am
Leaning back against the chair, Chin rested her head on her arms and watched.
"A few. But Aramae's left home, and I didn't want Tene and Sabriel together, at least for now. He's kind of fragile too." Her voice sounded a little guilty. Tenebrion did need a lot of support...and the house could be chaotic at times. "And we have this yellow flower too. Is Lassa really? She seems so...um...well, good at taking care of herself. VERY good." she added in memory of the eye-a-pault.
No! Sabriel didn't want a stupid dragon, he wanted the totoro so she couldn't have it! Was that so much to ask? He bunched the sweater in his paws as fists, but gave Lassa the sweetest smile he could, hearing her complain about her mother's choice. HA.
Ooh. And the dragon was moving...
The cat baby leaned forward intently. Then - POUNCE! both it and Gullien's hand were captured.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:58 pm
Gullien chuckled, using the dragon to push Sabriel over on his back and wiggling it into his tummy before withdrawing her hand. Just like playing with a kitten. Snagging the dragon she had initially tossed to Sabriel, she handed it to Lassa, ignoring the puncture wounds Sabriel had left in her hand. She rubbed Lassa's back with her other hand, watching in amusement as Lassa promptly stuck the dragon in her mouth.
"A yellow flower? Eh... she's so-so. She's pretty capable right now. I mean, she doesn't cry much or get her head stuck in the toilet or anything, but she's kinda delicate health-wise. I've never really been like that or known anyone like that, so it's a little intimidating. I'm not always sure what triggers her either. She is inventive though. I'll definately give her that."
Lassa beamed around her mouthful of dragon. Stupid sweater baby. Her guardian was HERS. She didn't even care if he got her other dragon. She still got all the attention. She beamed up at Gullien and Chinchille, drool running down her chin as she gummed the dragon to death. If that none-Toroto tried anything, she'd fling a dragon at him.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:36 pm
Aiee! He latched onto the dragon and tried unsuccessfully to bite it before it was lifted away for Thylassa. It was such an unexpected move that he caught himself purring into the silence. A quiet, clunky sort of rumble, but it was there.
Sabriel looked so mortified that Chin had to grin, scooping him up into her own lap. "Yup, a flower. She's supposed to be a fairy or something. Gah! Sabriel!" She yelped a little as the baby bit down on her hand - he'd obviously recovered. Prying Sabriel loose, she resettled him facing the other way, making sure he couldn't try anything else.
"Ohh, I see." She nodded, thinking off all sorts of reasons why Thylassa could have delicate health. Maybe her extra eyes needed glasses; Gullien would probably start laughing if she voiced that particular thought. "If you...ever need any help," she offered, a little tentatively, "I'd be glad to come over. Though I'm not exactly an expert. Just if it'd be good to have someone helping out, then..."
Sabriel stuck his tongue out at Lassa, sulking across from her. It was his dragon. Grumble.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:54 pm
Gullien snorted as Sabriel bit Chinchille. "Bite him back." she offered simply. Hell, it had worked on her kits. It worked on most kits. Otherwise mother mammals would let their babies starve before they let them breastfeed.
"A fairy? Like, the traditional European winged kind? Man, the damnest things crop up around Gaia, don't they? I can't really talk though. I've got a Nimue watching over Lassa if I have to go out. They're... eh, kinda like wingless fairies, I suppose. But elemental."
Lassa inserted the dragon perhaps a little TOO far into her mouth and began coughing as she triggered a gag reflex. Gullien quickly pulled the dragon from the mouth and patted her back, but Lassa had already gone into a coughing fit. The sounds echoed in the library for a long moment until Lassa coughed up a small amount of salivia. Leaning against Gullien she wheezed slightly and promptly stuck an eyeball in her mouth.
Gullien patted her back again, looking worried until the baby settled down. "Bleah. Can you hand me some tissue from the stroller?" Since the patting seemed to be unneeded, she ran a hand through Lassa's hair instead. "Yeah, assistance is always nice. She's my first human baby, y'know? Although, as long as we're talking about assistance, what do you say to making that map? If she ever chokes of something for real, it'd be good to know where to take her."
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:10 pm
"Bite him back?" Chin made a face. "You can if you want." Hm...she'd assumed Bununu-bloom was going to have wings, since most fairies did, but thinking of it, it hadn't really been mentioned. Wings would be better. She could fly away if Sabriel attacked or something, which he undoubtably would given the opportunity.
Following Gullien's request, she leaned around Sabriel and pulled the stroller closer, fishing out a box of tissues from amid a mess of things. She handed them over, watching Thylassa in a worried way. "Is she all right? Good idea -and it could even be fun."
Sabriel, on the other hand, was delighted. That's what you got when you messed with Sah!
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:22 pm
Thylassa narrowed her eyes at the laughing baby. Who liked it when other people were in pain? Clearly a big big jerk. Get the jerk! She flung her rubber dragon. It missed Sabriel, unfortunately, but did leave a nice big drool mark on Chinchille's knee AND the floor. Drool marks were nice and hitting Sabriel's guardian was LIKE hitting Sabriel... but Sabriel probably hit his own guardian all the time. She patted at Gullien's knee, pointing. Hopefully, Gullien would catch on and pat Chinchillie's knee for her.
Gullien bopped Lassa very gently on the head. "Thylassa. That wasn't polite. That was also terrible aim. Apologize."
"Buuuuh..." Lassa attempted to keep patting, one hand now holding holding her head instead of pointing. Unfair! She stuck out her tounge at Sabriel. She was ONLY apologize to Chinchillie! Not-totoro could choke on a dragon for all she cared.
"She's fine. She doesn't usually choke herself, but the wheezing isn't new. The choking... I blame the eyeballs. She's used to chewing on things with tethers . She's got no concept of when to stop putting things in her mouth. Anyway, should we find some paper? I'm sure there's some blank paper around here somewhere. If not, there's probably a really dull book around here somewhere. That's just as good."
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:19 pm
"Either-or is fine with me." Gullien replied cheerfully. Truthfully, she wasn't too much of a reader. "There's probably some blank paper around here for taking notes or something, I hope... people usually take notes in libraries, right?" Hell if she knew. She carefully tipped Lassa off her knee before standing up. She stretched for a moment, fluffing her tail before gently nudging Lassa with it. "Coming or going, squirt?"
Lassa eyed Sabriel, warily. Gullien put her down, so Chinchillie would probably put him down. Not-Totoro JERK clearly didn't learn from one eye-a-pult. Her eyes would fall off and his forehead would be mush before he stopped being a stupid stupid jerkhead. "Nah!" Mind made up, she wrapped her pudgy baby arms and legs around Gullien's leg and seated her butt on one slipper.
Gullien shuffled in place for a moment before she was sure Thylassa was seated. It wasn't the best mode of transportation. Lassa wasn't strong enough to really hold on, so Gullien had to shuffle on one side. Silly-looking and slow, but at least it circumvented the whole 'being picked-up' issue. Glancing over at Chin and Sabriel, she raised a brow. "You wanna ride too, Sabriel?" Just as silly-looking with two as with one. Plus, this way she was balanced.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:36 pm
Chin nobly refrained from comment; she instead focused on pulling Sabriel off. He growled at her. Finally, grudgingly, he let himself be placed on the floor next to Gullien so she could stand up.
Never giving up a chance for more mischief, he toddled over and copied Thylassa, seating himself on the other slipper with a grin at her. He made sure to tuck all 7 tails in, just in case they got stepped on. This was going to be awesome.
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