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 Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:28 pm
Kafhee? That was an odd- oh, wait. More words. Rosie tried to keep up, eyes squinty as she tried to listen hard and comprehend.
"Oh'pek," she echoed, head bobbing. "Oh'pek Oh'pek."
She gave Caretaker Devil and Oh'pek's friend wary looks, and shook her head.
"Hakin."
Devils.
Snuffling and wiping her nose roughly with a fleshless hand, she pointed to herself.
"Leeeeh. Leeehvvuh. Levhszzali."
Eh. Close enough.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:29 pm
Opec shook his head.
"Roooosie now. Roooosie. Rosie, Opec. Rosie, Opec." He pointed back and forth between them.
Head tilt.
"Hakin?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:35 pm
Rosie frowned. No. That wasn't her name.
"Esht ya Levsali," she said, more firmly. "Lev-sa-li." Not Rosie. Caretaker Devil called her that, and it wasn't her name at all. It sounded weird and ugly. At Oh'pek's question the girl's face crumpled again and she bit her fingers harder than necessary.
"Hakin," she said moodily, nodding at Caretaker Devil. She wasn't a dessicated corpse, sure, but this was hell, wasn't it? Demons could take any form they wanted.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Opec itched his head. Okay. Levsali. Some day, he would talk to her about this whole 'second chance' thing, perhaps when she spoke better English. So instead of correcting bonebaby again, he shook his head and pointed to Hisoka.
"Mommy! HYOO-min!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:41 pm
"Zheh Ha-kin. ZHEH HAKIN," Rosie shrieked, suddenly angry. She didn't care what Oh'pek said, she wasn't stupid. Of course the hellbeast liked Caretaker Devil, they were the same, weren't they?!
Face turning darker purple in anger, Rosie slammed her hands on the table and sent lumps of crackers everywhere. Her little bone-fingers left scratches in the table that grew longer and longer as she kept smacking the surface in a tantrum.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:55 pm
Four things then happened simultaneously to Opec's physiology. His ears flew back, his eyes went wide, his pupils got tiny, and his lower lip started to wibble. The poor boy turned and buried his head in his father's chest before sobbing. He wasn't sure what Rosie had said, but it scared him.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:58 pm
"Oh, my god, Opec I'm so sorry," Hisoka said, getting up quickly and pulling Rosie out of the highchair, trying to shush her. "She didn't mean it, sweetheart."
Rosie flailed, torn between self-righteousness and regret at making the hellbeast upset. She hadn't meant to make him cry. Her conscience nagged at her and she slumped, feeling humiliated.
"Oh'pek," she said feebly. "Oh'pek, ya kuta."
Sorry, hellbeast.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:59 pm
Opec made an angry face in his Daddy's chest and just clung tighter to his shirt. No! You scared him, and that wasn't nice!
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:09 pm
"See what you do?" Hisoka said blandly. "This is why we can't have nice things."
Rosie fidgeted uncomfortably, reaching out to the hellbeast. Oh dear, he really was mad at her, wasn't he. She sighed and absently bit at her fingers, feeling a knot of embarrasment form in her belly.
"Kuta," she said, looking upset. "Kuta ya, Oh'pek."
She looked around, trying to find something to make him feel better.
"Kuh hakin," she said hurriedly. "Esht...esht ya na Oh'pek. Eishii."
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:11 pm
Opec looked up. Hrm. He didn't speak the language, but he could try and figure it out like an adult. He looked down at his fingers. Think, think.
He wasn't a...whatever a Hakin was? Something bad.
He sniffled and gave little chuhs of sadness, ears still down, looking at the bonebaby.
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:11 pm
Hisoka watched the exchange in utter bemusement, and winced when Rosie tugged sharply at a hank of her hair.
"Ow! Bones, hey-"
Tug tug. Clearly, baby wanted down.
"Kee-rhrist almighty, alright, alright..."
Rosie sat on the floor, looking up at the hellbeast, and looking terribly apologetic.
"Ba'va," she said regretfully. "Kuta, Oh'pek."
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