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 Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:36 pm
Youkochylde ((Thanks, Kamiki! biggrin We're having a blast with it.)) Youko's tail was tucked between his legs as he trudged back into the house. "What was it this time?" asked the soft voice from the couch where Envy was curled up with a copy of 'Magic's Price'. The green eyes peered up over the edge of the book, one slender finger tapping at the cover as he watched the irritated fox come in. "Taco Bell. At four am. Do you REALIZE where I had to go to find a Taco Bell that was still open at 4am? What happened to the days where fast food places were open 24 hours!?" Envy snickered, listening to the rant and watching Youko pace around the livingroom as if giving a fillabuster on world hunger. Then again, judging from how often he'd been making midnight runs out to the stores, world hunger took a back seat to MOM hunger. "Did you find one, though?" "Yes," he growled, planting himself on the couch and curling up again. His eyes closed as he nuzzled against Envy, the fox still tired from the work on the baby's room at Karma's and here. He'd been doing nothing else really. "And she's happy. S'what counts." Envy just smiled, trailing his fingers along the dozing kitsune's ears. "You're happy too," he whispered, not loud enough to wake Youko. "I can tell that much."
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:36 pm
"You're eating AGAIN??" Dave asked as he came into the kitchen, catching Karma in mid-snarf of a bowl of cereal. His fiance didn't look up from the magazine she was reading, not offering an answer. "You're going to pop if you keep going like that." he teased, moving past her to get a soda from the fridge.
"I -wish- I'd pop...or even feel full for that matter..." Karma grumbled, swallowing her mouthful of marshmallow bits and oats.
"It can't be picking up -that- quickly, can it?"
"Oh it can, and it is." the foxcoon sighed. "I feel like a sieve with a cannonball in it. The only thing that stays in my belly is whatever passenger I have down there, but I eat, and an hour later its like I never had anything at all."
"You CAN ask me to get you things, you know. You don't have to keep sending Youko out."
"I -tried- to ask you last night and all you did was grunt, roll over, and go back to sleep." she pointed out with slight irritation. Dave quirked a brow.
"You tried to wake me up last night?" he asked, recieving a sigh in response. "Sorry..."
"I just asked Youko if he could check the Taco bell down the street and see if they were still open this morning, that's all. I didn't expect him to drive all over town looking for one that was."
"Well, y'know, most women would enjoy having their own personal slaveboy." he pointed out. A cutting glare from his better half made him flinch. "Sorry..." he muttered "I'm just teasing, you know..." It seemed like, regarding this case, anything he said was the wrong thing.
"I'm not trying to treat him like a slave, he offered to help and so I'm calling on him when I need it. That's all. I told him if he ever started to mind, to tell me so. Or if he couldn't, to tell Envy to tell me for him."
A moment of silence passed between them as Karma went back to her cereal.
"The nursery looks nice." Dave offered, trying to turn the conversation back to a positive note.
"We're almost done in there." Karma nodded, softening her tone. "Youko was exhausted by the time we finished getting the crib and dresser inside and put together so we're going to hold off putting in the changing table till he's feeling better."
"We have a changing table?"
"The wonders of Ebay." she smiled.
"Well, hey, don't move it in just yet, all right?"
"Oh? Why not?"
"Well, I was thinking..." Dave began, scratching under his chin in idle thought. "Remember when I drew that design for that gal at work when she was having a baby and wanted a mural to put on the wall?"
"Sure, the lions and--waaaiiiittt...." Karma said, quirking a brow. "You want to put one of those in OUR nursery?"
"Well, yeah! I'd draw a new one, of course..."
"..."
"And I'd make it colorful..."
"..."
"*SIGH* And I promise it won't be something that'll give the baby nightmares... stare "
"All right, well, if you put it THAT way..." she broke into a wide grin. "Sure, that sounds great!" Dave flashed her a smile in return, popping the tab on his soda and leaning against the counter.
"I've got a day off on Monday, I can get started then. I mean, it shouldn't take you guys much longer to be done in there, right? You don't mind holding off for a few days..."
"Nope. I don't. I have a feeling Youko certainly doesn't. He and Envy are going to set one up over at their place too, so...I'm sure any breaks he can take, he'll greatly appreciate." Dave pushed off the counter and sauntered across the kitchen, pausing to kiss Karma on the forehead.
"If you want any tacos tonight, try a little harder to wake me up. Even depraved sex fiends deserve a break once in awhile." She bapped his shoulder in response, but smiled.
"I'll have the bucket of ice ready."
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:38 pm
Youkochylde Quote: Dear Diary - What. A. Weekend. I'm very glad that it's the holiday this weekend and we have off otmorrow. I don't think I could take anymore. This weekend, we painted up the spare room here, moved in the baby's furniture and such. We went with green and purple themes here because of the fact that we still dont' know what gender the baby will be, and because I'm just a big fan of the colours. *Shrug* Either way, I think this kid is going to do well. Not only will it have two rooms all to him or her-self, but they'll have four doting parents as well. Right now, however, my back is killing me. AGAIN. And I have to go over sometime to Karma's to help finish up over there. Dave wants to make a mural of some kind on the wall there.... I keep having nightmares of a Drip-fest in my kid's room. --Youko
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:39 pm
Youkochylde Quote: SHOPPING!! biggrin I love shopping. Especially when they deliver the heavy stuff so that I don't have to worry about throwing out my back and ruining my sex life for the next month. Granted, there's nothing saying that I have to be doing the work, but I digress. The shopping that I did yesterday all got delivered today and I've been working on setting everything up. I got a baby monitor (Of course)  I found a nifty little light that works like the sticky stars that you put on the ceiling. It collects sunlight and lamplight during hte day, then glows at night.  And of course... the main part of the nursery. The crib, a dresser and all the bedding and accessories.  Granted... they don't match the colour scheme I had planned. But once I bought them, it didn't take much to repaint the nursery in a different shade. I'm picky that way, and I just like how this looks better. I also got a little bookshelf to put all of the baby's books on, and a toybox... OH! And a rockingchair. What is a nursery without a rocking chair?? Well, I should go for now... Envy just got home and saw the new room, and he's giving me that 'You need a straightjacket' look. -- Youko
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:40 pm
Quote: Dear Diary, I'm sure Youko knows something about the delivery truck that stopped by this evening with things for the nursery... I haven't actually gotten around to asking him yet as I couldn't resist opening it and spent the evening getting it all arranged and set up. Dave was a bit irked that the new accessories didn't leave him as much room to work with the wallspace. I told him he's going to have to content himself with the area over the changing table. Its not like the baby is going to need the entire wall covered in big googly-eyed Dave-esque foxes, lions, what-have-yous. I threatened him with a fate worse than castration if Scrotor makes an appearance in there...even subtly. He agreed to be good and, from what I can see from the grease pencilling he did tonight, its a decent design. It looks like he's decided to draw a skunk, a frog, a raccoon, and a fox. That's what it LOOKS like anyway, I don't know for sure. Guh...I weighed myself this morning and since the pregnancy started, I've already put on five pounds. Having to eat all the time is driving me nuts. I sat down with Dave this morning to watch a movie he'd rented and I couldn't even make it through the movie before I had to get up and get a peanut butter sandwich from the kitchen. And don't get me started on waking up in the middle of the night feeling like someone stabbed me in the gut, the pangs are so bad. Christ, are they SURE its a baby?? Maybe its a really big tapeworm. O_o
--Karma
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:41 pm
Youkochylde Quote: Dear Diary - Karma's convinced this kid is some type of alien podbeast that's going to just keep gaining weight and bulk until it bursts free in some macabre birthing ritual, leaving her a withered husk as it goes off to devour the rest of the world. Maybe we need to watch just how much sugar she's getting at night... Then again, I'm not going to be the one to tell her that the Haagen Daas is offlimits after midnight. And we thought Gremlins were bad. NOT feeding Karma after midnight is infinite times worse. -- Youko
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:42 pm
Quote: Dear Diary, As of tonight, I'm off to a convention for the rest of the week and I'll be home on Monday night...possibly Tuesday morning. I had really thought I'd be able to weasel out of going as the last thing I want to do in my state when I feel achy, bloated, and hungry all the time is be closed up in a hotel with a bunch of fat, hairy, sweaty manchildren wearing doggie ears. Dave, however, reminded me that he bought the plane tickets months ago and we were obligated to show up. I have promised myself one thing -- I will tell nobody that I'm pregnant. Because the only thing worse than having to mill around with these creatures is to have them coming up to me wanting to touch my tummy. ANYWAY, I really would like to find out why it was that Youko shrieked and ran when I spilled water on myself in the kitchen when he came over to help with the rest of the nursery and I tried to make us lunch....I think he's been shorting himself on sleep lately. I know he's -weird- but he's never been quite THIS bad before. Dave's started painting his mural...its really not looking that bad. Its a little tacky against the lavendar wall, but its not like the baby is going to be born with fashion sense. All he or she will see are big friendly animals that are smiling at the pretty baby in the crib. Anyway, I have some more packing to do. Hopefully the house doesn't burn down while we're gone or anything...here's hoping --Karma
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:43 pm
Youkochylde Quote: Dear Diary - Welp, I'm about to head out the door. I promised Karma that i"d be there for at least the first day of the convention, because I didn't want her to wind up overwhelmed. I'm tkaing a few of her favourite foods... well. FOOD. And hoping that it makes her feel better. I'll be back by tonight, however, so I'll be able to get some work done on the nursery and do some more shopping. --Youko
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:44 pm
Youkochylde All... I did... was suggest that she hold off on the anchovies til after the flight... *Crawls off now* 
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:45 pm
Eirnae Slytherin-Natenhar (( *Jokes about an 'attack of the plushies!'* xd I said I would, and here's the first batch. wink )) Ever walked by someone's front yard and you just happen to look over and see something that makes you stop dead in your tracks? Just for a second or two, to figure out what in the sam hell caught your attention in the first place? This time the reason is fairly obvious. Unless you happen to be blind, of course. Arranged in front of Youko's home are a series of reed baskets, Eirnae's choice for gift preservation when leaving something soft and easily stained outside of anyone's home. Upon closer inspection each basket houses a single plushie, each of the same general make, but in vividly different colors. Each one is lovingly wrapped up in clear plastic, to protect them from the elements until they are found. Should anyone be a wise guy and try to nab one, at least anyone BUT Youko or his mate, a loud honking noise similar to that of a dying goose will go off where the basket was. Most likely the alarm cannot be disarmed, being a magical spell that was conviently cast by Eirnae's mentor on each individual basket. Should the alarm go off by accident, best to get Eirnae's tocus to the spot right away to dispell the damn thing before everyone in the neighborhood goes nuts. If the basket is lifted by the correct people, the plushie in the basket will happily announce in a far too cheery voice, "Congratulations! I am a soft and cuddly gift for your soon-to-come arrival! The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!" before going still again. This announcement will only occur once per plushie. (( I know, thank god, right? xd ))
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:48 pm
Youkochylde The baskets nearly wound up as mulch when Youko came out of the house with his arms full of trash bags... leftovers from the wallpaper, the decorations, the used paintbrushes and trimming supplies. All of the CRAP resulted in three large bags being balanced as he came outside... and promptly stepped into one of the baskets. "Congratulations! I am a soft and cuddly..." "AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Youko jumped sky-high, bags flying as he hopped on one foot and tried to dislodge the demon-basket. "IT'S EATING MY FOOT!!" Landing in a heap in the grass, Youko blinked up at the red plushie Anio that was staring him in the face with a lovely little lupine grin... and at the basket that was still attached to his foot. "The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!" Fox ears fell back and he quickly glanced around to see if any of the neighbors had seen that. The guy across the way quickly went back to watering his lawn, but the shaking shoulders were a good indication. Sighing, he scooped up the plushie and basket, then picked up the other three. They were cute, he had to admi... "Congratulations! I am a soft and cuddly gift for your soon-to-come arrival! The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!" Okay, apparently more than one of them had the gree... "Congratulations! I am a soft and cuddly gift for your soon-to-come arrival! The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!" Or maybe all of them di... "Congratulations! I am a soft and cuddly gift for your soon-to-come arrival! The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!" "Oooohhhhh... I believe paybacks are in order." They were adorable... and Youko was going to make sure Karma got them as soon as she got back from the convention. The baskets would also come in handy for holding spare diapers and such near the changing tables. For now, however, the fox was plotting. Oh yes... he was plotting. ((Thank you!! *GRINS* I think they're adorable! * Goes off minishopping to return the favour* ))
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:49 pm
Eirnae Slytherin-Natenhar (( The Gift War, episode 2: 'Fox Away!' *Cackles evilly* I'm having WAY too much fun with this. xd )) Eirnae gently nudges Firi with her knees, the pegasus obeying her mistress's quiet command and turning slightly to her right. " Good girl, Firi," Eirnae croons to her winged mount in elven as they swiftly make their way to Youkochylde and Envy's residence, " At this pace we will be done with our deliveries very quickly and be home for a good run." Firi nickers at the word 'run', knowing that word very well indeed. It meant stretching out the muscles of her legs as she galloped with her mistress astride her, the nightmare, Blue, at their side as they took whatever road appealed that day. Of course the nickering doesn't sit too well with the silver puff of fur that Eirnae is cradling in her lap, the little fox fluffing up its tail and yipping into the wind as if questioning the sounds that Firi makes. Eirnae chuckles and pets the fox with a gentle gloved hand, "Don't worry, little one, we are almost there." The fox butts its head up against the offered affection, pleased to have gotten Eirnae to notice it once more. "Ah, there it is!" Eirnae declares as the house comes into view, though they are still a great distance above it. "Time for you to go and meet your new owner, young fox!" she announces before scooping up the fox to adjust its tiny army helmet and recheck the straps to its harness. "Good luck, little one!" she wishes good naturedly before gathering up her strength... ...to toss the fox to her right as far as she can. The fox yips shrilly, not being prepared for the sudden lack of contact with anything substantial. The little thing pedals its paws around in wild circles, trying desperately to grab ahold of...something, anything. Of course then the parachute balloons out of the small pack on its back, slowing its tumbling fall into a graceful glide. The fox looks more reassured, even if a tad scared, as it drifts through the air towards Youkochylde's home. Unfortunately for it, the parachute gets snagged on a bit of the rooftop right in front of the main entrance. So it hangs there, looking decidingly grumpy with a fluffed up tail and flashing eyes, waiting for someone to come home and help it get down. (( The fox's harness is enchanted to declare this message in that same sing-song voice, "Greetings! This fox is meant for your future child! The Slytherin-Natenhar family sends their love!". The helmet will keep the fox's status stable till removed. In other words, it will not need to eat or drink, use the restroom, etc. ))
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:54 pm
Karma hung up the now-smoking reciever and plopped onto the couch, thoroughly irritated. She'd gotten home a day late from the convention, she was moody, she was royally pissed at Frontier Airlines, and to top it all off, she was hungry enough to eat an entire cow including the moo.
Youko was already in bed, Dave was sleeping off the seizure he'd had at the airport from the lack of sleep and she had just spent the last two hours making one bitchy phone call after another to anybody at the airport and Frontier's customer service counters who would listen.
They, of course, denied any responsibility and refused any compensation whatsoever for all of the trouble they had caused. Wriggling onto her back, the foxcoon cast a withering glare at the ceiling. It was not the ceiling's fault, of course, but she needed SOMETHING to glare witheringly at.
Laying a hand over her belly, she gave a deep sigh. That had been another thing...though she wasn't showing yet, the changes in her womb required a bi-hourly trip to the bathroom. She'd told the front desk she needed an aisle seat because of this and so, of course, she'd been put in the window, imprisoned in her seat by a 400 pound cow who refused to move and let her by.
The stewardess had been given the ultimatum of either reseating her or finding out just how well those floatation devices the seats doubled as really worked.
Karma rolled onto her side and drew her knees to her chest with a groan, glad to be back home and exhausted.
What....a horrible week.
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:06 pm
Precious Flame PF runs in, holding something in her tightly cupped together hands that's making high pitched chirping noises. "AHHH!!! WHERE DO I PUT IT WHERE DO I PUT IT crying " she yells frantically, looking for a bowl or a soap dish or something of that nature. She spots a bowl with grapes in it, quickly kicks the grapes out of it kung fu style, and slowly dumps whatever is in her hands into the bowl, then flips it over, panting. "Whew. I uh... brought a little gift for the baby, Karma, Youko. >_>; It's uh... a little experiment of mine... gone wrong." After getting some suspicious glares from the both of them, she exclaims "don't worry don't worry!! I swear it's not dangerous, I just don't like how it feels in my hand!" She flips the bowl over to show them, and inside lies a cute yellow chicky with a tiara on its head. "I was messing around with some fruits I got from Rejuland, and apparently this one makes whatever eats it stay in its current form! In other words... it's gonna be a baby chick forever." She took a breath, and whined, "I figured there was no better place it could go to besides here! Plus, she's got a tiara and everything. Just give her a name and let the baby play with her when it comes. biggrin "
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:07 pm
Karma watched as the chick ruffled its feathers, shook itself off and blinked its violet eyes curiously upward before emitting a shrill chirp and cocking its head at a questioning angle, its little tiara becoming slightly lopsided. Her previous anger at the botched trip home melted at the sight of the infant bird.
"Awww...." she cooed, her maternal instincts not just taking over but pounding her mind's door down with a battering ram and pillaging the contents. "She's adorable, PF...!" She extended a hand to the little birdy as it recoiled a bit, not knowing who she was and, with another chirp, lifted its cute little yellow tail and...
....left a cute little white poopoo on the table.
Karma coughed, cleared her throat, and attempted not to let this ruin the moment as she continued to fuss over the adorable little bird while her mind yammered at her.
"She's just a darling!"
I wonder how long the furniture will survive.
"I'm so glad you brought her over! She'll be a wonderful companion for the baby!"
Good christ, I do huggies come in bird-sized...?
"Awww izzo cy00te and fluffy! ^.^ We'll have to come up with a pretty name for her."
Yeah. Name. I wonder what the Japanese term is for 'Shits more than it eats'?
As though on cue, the little chickie fluttered its wings in Karma's hand and deposited another "gift" on her palm. The foxcoon bit her lip, trying to ignore the stifled laughter from nearby. She and Youko would have words later....oh yes...
((So pretty! Thank you, PF! biggrin ))
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