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 Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:26 pm
 8.16.04 Lenta Remy woke up, vaguely aware that he had been sleeping.
(XP Moo's turn!) Moofuls ((XP I refuse!......'cept....I have to show off Isto's mohawk ;D))
Banda was, once again, painting, papers and watercolors strewn randomly around the table. That was the benefit of being an artist. You could make a huge mess, but no one would care if your picture was good enough. The problem was...this one wasn't exactly turning out good enough. Lenta Remy stumbled into the kitchen, his stomach growling. The teal SM was staaaarving... He hadn't eaten in a day! But, that was his fault for sleeping so long. He hopped up onto the counter, tugging a package of uncooked noodles from the cabinet. Mauli seemed to have given him her cravings for noodles... He hopped back down, trotting dutifully over to the table before jumping up into a chair. And there sat Banda, and the sight of his friend almost made him jump out of his fur.
"Whoa! Hello there, kiddo." Moofuls It took Banda a while to notice Remy. His back had been turned towards the teal SM, and he was busy trying to decide what color he should add to his picture. Finally, he turns for the orange, nearly falling ontop of Remy as he reaches towards it. "Oh, hallo! Sorry, I didn't...er...hear you. But now I see you, so it's alright!" Lenta "That's okay." Remy grins, hopping up onto the table beside Banda. "Nice drawing... That's a pretty swirl." He nods, then rips the noodles open, offering part of it to Banda. "Noodles?" Moofuls "Thank you!" Banda chirps, puffing up proudly at the complement. "An' no thanks, I'm not hungry." Pausing, he steals a glance to the picture before returning his eyes to Remy. The picture could wait. He couldn't hold a conversation unless he saw what the person was saying. "I should prolly start cleanin' up, anyway. Isto's gonna take me out in tha forest 'gain t'day! He'll be here soon." Lenta "I'll help you clean, then. Mauli should be home from the hospital soon..." Remy trailed off, staring down at the picture. He then shook his head, forcing a smile onto his lips. "She's been awfully tired lately, but I know she'd never skip a chance to go to the forest." Moofuls "Mauli's at the hopsital?" Well, that got his attention. He had never actually met Mauli, but he'd heard lots about her (^_~). "What's wrong with her?? Is she okay?" Lenta "Nothing's wrong with her... She's staying with a friend there." Remy shrugged, looking at Banda as he spoke. "Some guy who got stabbed... She and Mom freaked, but I didn't know the kid, so I suppose it wasn't very important to me at the time." Moofuls "Oooooooh, I see." Banda seemed extremely relieved by this. Humming tunelessly, he begins to pile up the scattered papers, careful to put his nearly completed painting on top. He carefully closes all the watercolors, but leaves the supplies and cup of water on the table. "Isto'll pick 'em up for us when her gets here. He's got thumbs now." Mid.Night Shiro walked into the HQ tiredly, he walked over to a nearby empty couch and laid down careful not to hurt his arm. He sighed inwardly feeling his stomach growled he stood up and went into the kitchen. He opened the cabinet and took out a can of Cambell's Chicken Noodle Soup. He took out a can opener and attempted to open it but it was harder to do with one hand. Lenta Mauli laughed, following Shiro into the kitchen. "I'll do it, t'least until you getcher strength back." She said, taking the can from him and popping off the top. Then, pulling a pot from the cabinet, she filled it with the soup and some water, then shoved it onto the stove and turned on the burners. "Go ahead, sit down, and i'll make you summat else too if you want it." Mid.Night Shiro looked up, "Thanks. I think I can handle doing the rest." He said chuckling softly. He stood by the stove waiting for the soup to finish. Lenta "Suitcherself... Want a grilled cheese sandwich?" She asked, pulling some bread and some cheese out of the pantry and fridge. She then pulled a frying pan from the cabinet, buttered two slices of bread and put them down, then a slice of cheese on top of each. Lenta "Mauli can gerrim too... HEY, MAULI!" Remy shouted, startling his adoptive sister.
The fifth-stager rolled her eyes, shooting a glare over her shoulder at Remy. "Yes, dearest loving pain-in-the-tail?"
"Couldja put these cups in the sink for me 'n Banda? An' put the paintin' stuff up?" Remy asked sweetly, sniggering behind his mask.
Mauli abandoned the sandwiches long enough to scoop the cups up, then she dumped them into the sink. Scooping the brushes and pictures up, she placed them on top of the cabinet, grinning. "They'll dry there. C'n I go back to what I was doing?" There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Go ahead." The teal SM supressed a laugh as Mauli turned back to her cooking. Mid.Night Shiro came out of the kitchen full, he enjoyed the Chicken Noodle Soup. He walked over to an empty couch and laid down letting his motionless arm lay against his stomach. Moofuls The deaf SM beamed his thanks to Mauli as she transferred the paints and papers to the counter. Turning, he hops down to the chair, then to the floor stepping towards the door. "We c'n wait for Isto in the den. S'more comfortable in the- Oh, nevermind. Hiya Isto!!"
Isto waves vaguely in greeting as he steps through the doorway, striding over to the chair Banda had just vacated and sinking onto it, grinning. "Sorry I took so long. Had to find a shirt... Moo still hasn't gotten back from Rais', so she didn't got shopping yet. Ready to go?" Lenta Mauli finally polishes off her grilled cheese sandwiches, then sits down at the kitchen table, staring at the pattern of the grain. She hadn't noticed Isto... Prolly 'cause she didn't recognize him. Moofuls Deep breath. "Let'sgolet'sgolet'sgolet'sgolet'sgo." For being deaf, Banda sure talked a lot...
Snickering, Isto stands, cracking his knuckles (on the normal hand. The metal one didn't really crack..) before stepping towards the door. "C'mon, then."
Isto's face was turned away, so Banda had no idea what was actually said, but he figured Isto was taking him in the forest like her promised. So, he glances to Remy, figiting excitedly. "Comin'?" Lenta Mauli's head jerked up at the sound of Isto's knuckles, and she stared, her eyes wide. "Whoa..."
Remy grinned, then nodded. "Yup! Oi, Mauli, you coming?"
Mauli was a bit too flabbergasted to answer.
Stifling a laugh, Remy leaned close to Banda, mouthing the words 'She thinks he's hawt' to the deaf SM. Moofuls Banda nearly doubles over in giggles, glancing back to Mauli before skipping after Isto towards the door. "Remy's comin' with us, 'kay?"
Isto waves in reply, meaning it was fine with him, then twists the knob and pushes open the door, stepping outside.
"Thumbs are handy," Banda chirps knowingly, pausing just inside the doorway and yelling back to Mauli. You couldn't blame him for yelling... He wasn't sure how loud he was speaking. "You should come! It'll be fun! Promise!" Lenta Mauli didn't answer; she just stood and followed, her eyes wide and her jaw hanging open.
Remy burst into peals of laughter, then began to sing as he exited the HQ behind his sister. "Mauli and Isto, sittin' in a tree!"
"Keep singing that and i'll rend your guts through thrice with every weapon I posess." Mauli turned, glaring down at Remy.
The teal SM grinned cheekily. "Rend me asunder, and i'll have Fenwrit blow your head up." Moofuls Isto was a good six or seven feet ahead of the group when he heard Remy's 'song', stumbling slightly and nearly falling over before managing to catch himself. Clearing his throat, he steals a glance over his shoulder to the siblings, then returns his eyes forward, merely laughing softly to himself as he leads the way to the forest.
Banda had, of course, missed everything Remy and Mauli had said. He didn't seem to mind, however. He was more interested in the way the light was slanting out over the forest, fading quickly as dusk approached, painting the sky a magnificent array of purples, reds, and golds. He fixed that picture in his mind, determined to paint it once he returned home later that night. It would be brilliant.
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:31 pm
8.18.04 Moofuls
Isto was dozing on the couch, only recognizable by the green tail draped across his stomach. Why, you ask? Well, that's simple. He was in fifth stage, and had a pillow over his head. Pillows made things quiet...and quiet meant he could take a nap. Home was noisy. But here.... Here was good. Keppit Jen doesn't see anyone around that normally talks to him... so he sits down to practice his twei pipe... he didn't think that it would bother anyone, he was getting very good after all... however once put to his lips... instead of a lovely harmonising flute sound... it screeched... very loud and very peircing... he pulled it down and noticed that there was a peice of glue stuck over the whistle bit... so he tried to pick it out... then he tried the whistle again... SCREEEECH!!!!... still more glue... Moofuls
Though the pillow muffled most sounds, loudly screeching pipes were not one of them. Gritting his teeth, Isto pulls the pillow more tightly over his head. When that didn't help, he lifted it slightly, yelling out at the little brown SM. After all, it had to be Jen. Isto would know that pipe anywhere. "Jen, get a new hobby!"Keppit Jen startled at hearing a voice from the sofa... he stared wide eyed at an anthro Sm that he'd never seen before... "Sorry Sir... I didn't mean to wake you up... " There was something strange about him... Had Jen seen him before? He couldn't really tell... it's been a while since he'd been to the Hq... and there WERE a lot of new Sm's... Moofuls
"Sir?" Isto reluctantly opens his eyes and sits up, yawning and setting the pillow aside. Almost without thinking he runs his fingers--the normal ones-- through his mohawk, checking to be sure it wasn't bent over sideways or anything. It wasn't. "Don't call me 'sir', short stuff. makes me feel old." He pauses, grinning, then continues. "How've you been?"Keppit Jen 's mouth falls open and his breath catches in hs throat... Isto, his brain tells him.... it's Isto... He's not a... He's a... Jen continues to stare. This couldn't be right... Jen didn't even know that Isto had been one of the ones to get an Item... all of a sudden his breath came out in a sob... "Isto... you... you're..." He sobbed again... then he felt very stupid sitting there acting like a baby... but this only made him feel worse... so he quickly turned his head so Isto wouldn't see him cry in case he couldn't get ahold of himself... after a moment he spoke, still turned away... "You... look good." Moofuls That...wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting. In a matter of seconds Isto was back to his adult stage and squirming free of a t-shirt, moving around to face Jen. "Oi, what's wrong? Did I do something?" Keppit "NO... no... I'm just tired... I've been here all day... " Jen still was turned away and as he turned to look at Isto again he was startled not only by the fact that he was closer, but also by the fact that Isto had changed back into the version Jen had always known.... it startled him so much he gasped...then he tried to get control of his breath again "I don't like that... but you're you again... " Jen just sat staring at Isto... looking like he was about to bolt or burst into tears... still he just stared with wide eyes... Moofuls
Isto was...confused, to say the least. It takes him a while to realize what the problem was... "Ohh....." Sitting, he changes back to fifth stage, absently reaching back towards the couch for his shirt. "I changed a few days ago. Sunday night. You didn't know I was going to be fifth stage?"Keppit Jen scowls... "no... I haven't been here much. I've been studying. Mom made me learn some of how to read... " His face contorts again... "I can read a little now... It's all because she's making me learn Monkey Signs... she thinks it'll be nice if I ever meet your new brother... she makes me study a little everyday... " he runs a paw under his nose and sniffles... then turns and picks up the pipe and starts picking at it again... then he glances up at Isto and frowns... he returns hie eyes to his picking but can't help himself... "Is it worth it? *mumbles* willyoustillwanttotalktome " Moofuls "Talk to you...?" He blinks, then laughs, the sound somewhat muffled as he pulls the shirt back on. "'Course I still want to talk to you!! I haven't changed any, really. Just appearance-wise. I'm still the same as I was before. Just...with thumbs and a mohawk." Grinning, Isto move back around to lean against the sofa, returning to the subject of Jen's reading habits. "Well, good! Reading's important. There're all sorts of things you can't do without being able to read. I enjoy reading..." He shrugs, "Maybe you just haven't found the right book? You can borrow some of mine if you'd like."
He falls momentarily silence, thoughts wandering to his little..big... to his brother. "Banda stayed home today. He's not feeling well... Moo thinks he's just got a little cold, so I'm not worried. I'm learning SMSL as well. It's easiest for talking with him... Cool kid, you'd like him." Keppit Jen turns and looks at Isto... looks him up and down... then he frowns again... "Your new brother is a lot of work." then he picks up his pipe... completely cleaned... and plays a little melody that he made up himself... only one wrong note... it sounded quite nice to him and he couldn't help but grin a little... "I wasn't going to learn... but you can't do Monkey signs without spelling... I got a book on it. It's by a Skull Monkey named Wendy... she's deaf too.................................................................. ............................................................................ that means that your brother can't ever hear my pipe.... wait til I tell mom that... she'll be wishing she'd gone deaf next... " he glanced up at Isto... Moofuls
"He is a lot of work," Isto admits, shrugging. "but he's worth it. Banda can't help that he's deaf." He falls silent when Jen begins to play the pipe, expecting the screech from earlier... pleasantly surprised by the tune that takes its place. "I didn't know there were any Skull Monkey writers... Banda's teaching me. And yup, he can't hear anything."
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:34 pm
Reserved 8.19.04 Keppit Jen sits quietly... thinking to himself... he was very lonely so he played his pipe... a tragicly sad slow melody... tragic mostly in it's cliche'ness.... he didn't care though... He only really had two friends... both were older... and now one was anthro... that was almost like not being a Skull Monkey anymore to Jen... He wanted to be happy for Isto... but it was very hard... Moofuls
Banda was curled up on the couch, working his way through a large book entitled 'The House of the Scorpion'. Every so often he would freeze, soundlessly mouthing a word in an effort to understand it, moving along only when the meaning finally came to him. Reading was something he was usually good at, but this book was a bit confusing. But confusing books were good, because they taught him new words that he couldn't learn otherwise. Now all he had to do was learn to pronounce them right...
Out by the lake, Isto was once again skipping stones, thought this time with a more contemplative air about him. As he walked along the lake shore, he would occasionally pause and bend to pick up a stone, judging the weight before casting it out over the water, counting the skips. Seven. He was getting better. A meaningless skill, but it was something to keep him occupied. Keppit Jen sat... and a tear rolled down the eyes socket of his skull... but it was ok... nobody was there to see... if they had been there then they would have made him stop playing his pipe a long time ago... that's what always happened.... and come to think of it, it was very unfair!!!! how was he supposed to get any good if Mom didn't let him play in the house... and nobody else let him play anywhere else... life was unfair... it made him hopping mad! actually... hopping mad sounded like a good idea... so Jen hopped... and then he hopped over to the table and then up on the table and he jumped up and down onthe table and then up and down on the chair and then around the room... upseting all the furniture in the process... by this time he was grinning ear to ear... and then he hopped up onto the window seat... and saw Isto way out by the lake... he stopped hopping and just stared... Moofuls
Isto had no idea he was being watched. Actually, even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have cared. But, it wasn't as if that mattered, because he didn't know. So he just continued along the lake shore, scooping up a handful of pebbles and picking out any that would sink rather than skip, dropping them back to the ground. Quiet was good.... Nice, quiet, peaceful afternoon. Lemonlime Essence sighed, looking around the room. Slowly, she exited, her eyes falling upon Isto. She smiled slightly, advancing towards him. "Decided to use the .. screw, did you?" Keppit Jen had made up his mind to go out and sit with Isto... and he'd take a pillow to throw at him too, since he was always sleeping on the sofa... Jen hopped down off the window seat... and gave it one last hop over to the sofa, where... Jen's eyes went wide... and his mouth dropped open.... there was another Sm on the sofa... he looked about Jen's age... All Jen could think about now was how silly he must have looked hopping around the room... "How long have you been sitting there!? I mean... " he looked at the state of the room... it looked bad "Did you see me... um... I'm not crazy you know... " Jen blushed. nothing went right lately ... Moofuls Isto jumped slightly when a voice shattered the silence, drapping half of the rocks in his hand in the precess. He glances over his shoulder to Essence, managing a somewhat sheepish grin. "Aye, I did. I'm happy with it."
Banda hadn't noticed....anything. He was having trouble with one word: ambiguous. What the FART did that mean? Ambiguous... He felt the sofa shift as someone climbed on, but finished his paragraph before looking up, only able to catch the last bit of what Jen was saying. "You're crazy? Umm...I don' think I am. Or maybe I saw ya wrong? Can't hear, so... What?" Lemonlime She stood slightly, looking to her feet as she moved foward. She had heard him subconciously, yet she was not aware until she said "Oh, I'm glad you're happy." She blinked, sitting, looking him over, grinning. "Love the hair. Oh .. is that paw metal?" She said in awe. Keppit Jen realises what he's just done... and blushes all the way to his tail tip... he didn't mean to call banda crazy... he hadn't realised it was banda.... he was calling himself crazy for goodness sake! well NOT CRAZY! but it's the same thing... now how was he going to... "no... not you... me... I was... um... hopping mad... " he stopped and tried to spell it out in Monkey sign... he was ok... but he tended to spell phonetically... then he realised he was standing on Banda's paw... he looked down at it and removed his foot.... he realised that he must look pretty silly standing there on the sofa on one foot... then he fell off to the floor with a crash and just layed there... tail and one back paw still on the sofa and he covered his eyes with his paws... *sigh* "I always look like a right idiot" Moofuls
Chuckling, he sits at the edge of the water, absently tossing the rest of the pebbles into the lake, eyes following the ripples. "Thanks. It was kinda a shock at first...but I like it." Pausing, he blinks and glances over, lips curved in a faint frown. "You didn't know I had a metal paw?"Lemonlime She blinked, feeling rather stupid. "I .. never really looked at your paws." She felt guilty for not knowing, and looked to the ground. Moofuls The deaf SM watches Jen curiously, unable to keep from giggling softly he tried to explain himself. He hadn't even noticed Jen on his foot...Not surprising, really, considering the circumstance. He was about to reply when Jen...fell off the couch. Jumping to his feet, Banda scrambles to the edge of the couch, peering down at Jen. "Are you alright????"
Surprisingly, Essence's comment seemed to cheer Isto instead of bother him. Grinning, he lifts the metal hand, reflecting a ray of light across the water in the process. "Don't worry about it. Means I'm not as much of a freak as I thought, if some people don't notice.." Lemonlime She gasps, shaking her head. "You're not a freak at all." She frowned. "Whoever said that was mentally deranged, or drunk. Either way is good." Keppit Jen sighed again... and looked up at banda from the floor... Banda was trying not to laugh at him... "yes.... thank you. I'm a clutz lately... Eveything I do I do wrong... " Jen was signing as he spoke... "I'm sorry ... I was calling myself crazy... well I was telling you that I wasn't crazy... I'm Jen..." He spelled it Fen... F after all was very close to J... He picked himself up off the floor... "What are you reading? Mind if I come back up on the sofa?" Moofuls
Isto laughed aloud with her statement, grinning his thanks as the sound faded away. "You hit it right on the mark, my friend." ((Moo: HEEEEEEY)) Still chuckling softly, he returns his eyes to the water, then abruptly flops down backwarsd to lay on the grass, staring up at the cloud-splashed sky. "You've no idea how many would disagree with you."
Ahh, now he understood. But he was still a bit confused... Jen's lips had said Jen, but his paws had said Fen. Which was it? Banda decided he would just avoid saying Jen's name as much as possible, then ask Isto tonight when he got home. "I'm Banda. The book... It's called 'House of the Scor-pie-on'. Isto gave it to me." He'd never heard the word 'scorpion', and hadn't had a chance to figure out what they were....so he was pretty close, right?Keppit Jen looked down at the book.... "That's Isto's favorite book isn't it? That's the one about genetics..... " Jen stared at the book "is it any good? Does it really have scorpions in it? " He looked at Banda who was looking at him strangely... Jen blushed again wondering what he had done now... Moofuls "Yah, it is. He told me I should read it. It's very good, but I don't know a lot of the words. I...don't know what a scorpion... scorpion? is. But it does have them, sorta." After speaking, he silently reeated the word 'Scorpion' a few more times, just to be sure he was mouthing it right. If you mouthed things right, they came out right...usually. When he looked back up, Jen was blushing for some reason. Banda tilts his head sideways, blinking. "Did I do something?"
Keppit Jen blushed even further... he felt like he'd never stop blushing for the rest of his life... "No... and you were saying it right.... I'm not sure... but I think that a scorpion is a kind of bug with a tail.... my aunt Emelyn has three scorpion skelletons in plastic globes... they're kinda creepy... but also kinda neat... " Jen ploped down firmly on the sofa and then noticed his arm was scratched... he held it up and noticed that his arm looked a little buff so he flexed it once... then tiwce and put it down again... Moofuls
Banda puffed up proudly when Jen told him he was saying it right. He listens...watches carefully as Jen continues, nodding sagely as if he saw scorpions every day. "That's kinda how they're described in the book, so I think you're prolly right. But, see, there aren't many scorpions in the book, just people whose last name means scorpion." Keppit Jen turns to look at Banda... "But it's got clones in it and that's almost just as good as bugs with tails.... " He stares straight ahead thinking about Aunt Em's Scorpions... he signs since he's not looking at Banda "I think I'll try and get my Aunt's Scorpion skelletons so you can see them..." Jen turns and grins at Banda Moofuls
"Good point....Clones are weird. Isto says all the SMs we know are clones, 'cause Quiet harvests them for parts to make new ones, or summat." Banda seemed rather confused by this statement... He was probably mixing it up somehow. Oh well. A slow grin spreads across his face as he reads the paw signals, cheerfully replying. "Thanks! You speak SMSL good. Not many know how..." Keppit "My mom go tme a book on it... I can't show it to you right now because Ed has it.... But it taught me a lot... it's by this grown up Skull Monkey named Wendy... she's green..." Jen looks at his paws... then at banda.... "Hey what's the sign for green anyway?... not the spelling I mean... the sign... " Moofuls
"Err, I dunno..." Trailing off, he shrugs. "I never really learned much more than the basics... Most people don't know it anyway, and I can read lips preddy well, so I've never really needed some... Green was one." Keppit Jen leaned back again and sighed deeply... "that's very sad you know... not you... but everyone else... not knowing it at all so that you don't know some of it cause... because you never get to practice..." He looked at his paw and spelled out green... g...r...e...e...n... then he turned to Banda again... "What's your favorite colour?" Moofuls Banda shrugs slightly, the motions of Jen's paw pulling his attention away from his face for a moment. Green. "Well, most people don't have a reason for it...so why learn if it won't do ya any good? I've never met anyone else who couldn' hear." Again he shrugs, looking up in time to catch Jen's question. "Umm... I don't have a favorite, I think. I like...most colors. I paint! Do you?" Keppit No not. really... I tired it once... But I can't draw very well... let alone paint... I make puppets though.... and I play this pipe... not very well so it's probably best that you can't hear me... my mom is always throwing me out of the house to play it... and Isto told me to knock it off yesterday..." Jen looked a little pained "and besides that Wendy Monkey is deaf too... and she wrote a book on it... so there's bound to be a lot of people out there who are deaf too... and I think everyone should learn it... or not... and then it's like a secret language... that would be neat... a secret language..." jen signed out 'Banda's secret language'... and he girnned... Moofuls
"I paint sounds," Banda commented quietly. Clearing his throat, he cocks his head to the side, shrugging. "I don' think Isto meant to hurt ya feelings... He was really, really tired yesterday. Acia doesn' leave him alone, so he doesn' get much sleep at home." He grins faintly at the idea of a secret language, nodding cheerfully. "Well, mebbe we shouldn' let anyone learn it! It'll be our secret language! 'Cept, Isto knows a bit... an' I think some other people do too, but I'm not sure."Keppit Jen turned and looked at Banda... man he was good at reading facial expressions... Jen hadn't mean to let anything pass over his face... "Isto didn't hurt my feelings... I know the piping's no good...." He studied Banda for a second... " I don't think that I have ever even thought about looking at a sound... let alone seen one... will you show me what a sound looks like sometime... cause I figure you'd know better than anyone else... and as for the secret language thing... it's ok that Isto knows... but My Aunt Em knows too.... but we could force her to be the cookie making member of the club... and Idon't think that many others know it... and even if they did... we could make up a new one when they do!" Moofuls
Banda had learned to read faces nearly perfectly... These things came in quite handy for knowing the intentions behind a person's comments. "I wouldn' know. I can't hear it." He didn't seem upset. Merely resigned. "I don' see how it could sound bad." Banda smiled hesitantly, looking away. "I can't remember much of 'em... It's been a long time since I've heard anything. But, dunno.... I want to hear some how.. So if I can't hear sound, why not see it? Sure, I guess... If you want to see." He seemed somewhat embaressed by the topic, and eagerly switched subjects. "Yah, Em! I like cookies. We'll jus' be careful, an' no one'll learn our secret language." Keppit Jen grinned again... "we'll be super careful...." He turned and looked out the window and could barely see Isto... "We have to let Isto in though... so it's you and me and Isto and Aunt Em the cookie maker!!... we can call it.... um.... silent partners... or.... um.... sound deviod.... or maybe umm.... I can't reallly think of anythin good.... maybe it shoudn't even be a real name... just something that we made up a sign for... and we could make up signs for our names.... hey... how do you sign your name without spelling it? .... I been spelling it this whole time... " Moofuls
"We'll come up with summat, I'm sure!" Banda grins, paws figiting and spelling out words and letters at random. "Sign my name without...?" He shrugs. "I've always just spelled it. I'm not sure if there's another way."Keppit "Well wendy said in her book that it's common practice amoung Skull Monkeys who can't hear to make up a sign for their name... you don't have to.... but hers went like this..." Jen made the sign for W and then the sign for writing mixed with the sign for reading... "If I did it... I think I'd out in something about being strong... I work out all the time you know.." Jen nodded his head... Moofuls "I have heard of that, now that you mention it.... I think I'll make up one for myself. I-" He pauses, blinks, then stares at Jen, recognition dawning on his face. "I've hearda you!! You're Isto's friend, 'cause he said...he said.... One day you'd be big, an' you'd beat tha stuffin' outta him!" Keppit Jen looked shocked...... "I don't think I'll ever be able to beat Isto in a westling match... ever.... especially not now... "Jen glanced out the window... " Banda.... do you ever think about the fifth stage?" Moofuls Banda giggled. "He's not that tough." Tilting his head, Banda shrugged. "You mean for me? Nah, not really. I mean, it's prolly be cool.... but not yet, you know?" He follows Jen's gaze out the window, noticing for the first time that Isto was out by the lake. "I was talkin' t'Isto when he changed, ya know. He was normal and then.. poof, he was anthro and had a mohawk! 'Twas weird..." Keppit Jen muttered... "Probably"... then he figured that Banda wouldn't mind correction... so Jen turned and looked right at him and smiled... "Pro-BB-ably... Prolly be is very close though... enough that I knew what you meant... " He face fell... "It didn't scare you when he changed? All of a sudden someone I was talking to just up and turns into a human wihtout asking anybody...that would scare me." Moofuls "Probably," Banda repeats, mimicing Jen's speech. "Was that right??" He didn't care in the slightest when someone corrected his speech. Actually, he was grateful. The more he was corrected, the better he would be able to speak in the end. Grinning sheepishly, he nods. "Yah, it did scare me... I screamed and ran to find Moo... And Isto got all confused, 'cause he didn't know he'd changed." Keppit Jen watched Banda as he repeated the word... "yup that's it... He didn't change right in front of me... but it still scared me... It's like he's someone completely different.... I want to be happy for him....I hope he's happy for himself, but it's too wierd... I don't know if I want to be a human monkey... I like being me... I don't think that anyone is going to make me an item anyway..."
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:15 pm
8.21.04 Moofuls
Banda was curled up in the den, finishing off the last few pages of his book--the same one he had been reading a few days before when he met Jen. And it was GOOD! Wow, Isto was SOOOOOO right when he said this was a great book! It actually made SENSE now! Only a few more pages.... Emelyn Tam, unamused by her mother's introductions of Milla, wandered off to find something less annoying to do. She thought about going into the kitchen, but she knew that Ms. Tora was in there- and she really didn't want to have to talk to anyone. ...She wandered, instead, into the den, and there, saw a monkey she'd never seen before. She was surprised, and wanted to turn around and leave- but her mother's voice, like a conscience, rang in her ears, and told her it was rude to just ignore someone. She wished she didn't have to talk, though. "Hello," she said, advancing upon the couch. Moofuls Sadly, Banda was apparently not very polite. Whatever the case, he completely ignored Tam, likely because he hadn't heard her arrival or greeting. He remains silent until he finishes his book, then closes it with a sigh of contentment, finally noticing Tam. "Oh, sorry.... Have you been here long? I didn't hear you..." Emelyn Tam wrinkled up her brow, hoping it wasn't evident through the holes in her skull. His voice sounded funny, and he seemed irritated. She sat down, paces from him. "Not long at all." She paused, and realized her mother would be angry with her for not having any manners. "...I don't know who you are." Moofuls
"I'm Banda," he replied, smiling faintly and hoping down from the couch. Being up on it while she was down was an odd angle... it was hard to tell what she was saying. "Who're you?"
Emelyn Tam batted at her own ear, scratching away a minute itch. "Tam." She paused again. "That's my name, I mean. I've never seen you here before. ...Who's your mother?" Moofuls Nodding, he repeated 'Tam', just to be sure he had it right. Once reassured, he continued. "Moofuls adopted me 'liddle while ago. Do you know her?" Emelyn She noticed that strange quality in his voice again, where the words seemed to be echoing inside his mouth, like his tongue was hesitant. She nodded. "Ms. Moo. Yeah- she's one of my mother's friends. Our older brothers are friends." She noticed the book that he'd left on the couch. "I didn't mean to interrupt you." Moofuls "Ahh, then, you know Isto?" He seemed to hesitate every few words, speaking slowly and rechecking them in his mind to be sure he'd spoken right. Blinking, he shrugged. "You didn't! I just finished. S'a good book."
Emelyn Tam nodded. She didn't know how to respond to this SM- he wasn't shy, like some of the other ones that always seemed to be afraid of her, and he wasn't bubbly excited, wanting to go off and 'pick flowers'. It was the sort of... quiet assurance about him, that made her comfortable ...But she wondered if he really wanted to be talking to her, or not- he was hesitating. "...You're not like anyone else, are you?" she said, basically setting aside everything else he'd said. Moofuls
Banda contemplated her words for a short while before replying... "Well... No, I guess. I'm not." He paused, then shrugged slightly, continuing. "I'm deaf. Can't hear a thing..."Emelyn Tam blinked. She hadn't been expecting that at all. She took a moment to give herself the chance to figure out what she thought about it- and she had to admit that it didn't mean much to her, one way or another- which surprised her. It seemed like something that should... make her uncomfortable, or at least fascinate her. "Well, it seems like you can lipread. ...Would you like to go do something? Since you've finished your book, I mean." Moofuls "Yes, I can," chirped Banda. "And I'd love to! Whadaya wanna do?" When Isto was young, he'd been a complete wuss when it came to meeting anyone new, or trying to find friends for himself--because he was different. Deaf was different... but Banda had worked past that. If someone had a problem with the fact that he couldn't hear, then he likely wouldn't want that someone for a friend anyway.
8.21.04 Moofuls
The forest seemed unusually dark for that time of day, cloaked in shadows with only an occasional sunbeam forcing through to lightthe area. However, Isto didn't seem to remotely care. It had been a while since he'd gone on a hike, so why not today? Besides, a little darkness never hurt anyone...Lenta Mauli shoved her hands into her pockets, trailing behind Isto a few feet. She kicked up a small cloud of dust, trying to turn her attentions away from anything that could have... made her get emotional. She didn't need any bloody emotions, not at the moment. Stupid Endy and her killing of shadows, stupid deal with Isto about him being a fifth-stager and... Wait, why -was- that a big deal? He's a fifth stager, why should she be sad? Maybe it was something else... some other odd feeling that she hated.
From the trees, several dark shapes shifted and bulged, their slitted yellow eyes watching the two travellers warily. Moofuls
At the crack of a twig, Isto jumped slightly, glancing back over his shoulder. He hadn't been aware anyone was following... Hadn't been paying enough attention. When he realized it was only Mauli, he relaxed, flashing her a sheepish smile and wave. "Didn't know you were there."Lenta "I tend to sneak up on my foes and eliminate them from behind." She said offhandedly, kicking at a rock on the ground. Then, a slow grin, and she looked up.
At that moment, the shadows chose to strike. They leapt from the branches onto the ground, straight in front of Isto and Mauli. Each of the three were shaped like wolves; hungry, ravenous wolves, with saliva dripping from each shadowed fang like poison from a snake. The first circled to the right as the third went left, surrounding their intended targets like a surrogate sargent would command his troops on his first mission.
It took Mauli a second to respond to the sight, and in that second she had drawn her sword. "Oh." And after that, she let off a few colorful words that might not have been suitable for any small children to hear. Moofuls
"That explains a lot," Isto calmly replied, fighting a grin. A grin that quickly departed as the shadow... wolves... things dropped from the trees. Immediately he begins edging towards Mauli, turning slightly to keep his eyes on at least two of the wolves, a slightly challenging grin returning in reply to Mauli's...colorful language. "If I take two... you think you can manage the third, pirate?"Lenta "I could take on twice as many with my sword hand tied behind my back." She returned the grin, the love of the battle flickering in her eyes. Just to give in to the cocky before-ultimate-doom banter, she tossed her sword to her other hand, clasping her right hand tightly behind her back. "Lessee what you can do, metal man!"
The first of the wolves charged, slamming hard into Mauli's side. Mauli went down, but kicked sideways, flinging the shadow into a tree. She then stood, lunging towards it. The other two circled around Isto, snapping their jaws and flexing their muscles in order to intimidate him. Finally, one leapt, claws extended, heading towards Isto's chest. Moofuls
Two to one with no real weapons? Eh..hehehe, let Mauli taunt all she liked. Isto was keeping his arm. The first wolf veered towards Mauli, and almost immediately Isto lost interest in it. He began circling with the other two, careful to keep them both within his vision at all times. One lunged... And Isto swiped upward with his metal arm, catching beneath the wolf's legs in an effort to toss it off balance. For a moment, it didn't seem to be working. The shadow molded around his arm, continuing in its forward leap. But then the metal took hold and tossed the wolf backwards, leaving Isto with a tear in his shirt and a shallow gash down his stomach.
Lenta Mauli tossed her sword at the shadow, piercing it through it's stomach. "Hah!" She grinned, then it faded away and was replaced with a snarl. The shadow molded around the sword, then stood, it's grin backed by the sharp metal point coming from it's mouth. Gulping, Mauli took a step back, then rewarded herself with another grin as the shadow keeled over. Stupid thing! Shifting a sword around in its insides was probably not the smartest of ideas. She ran over and removed her sword, scowling as her hand was covered in shadow blood. "Oh, ugh! That's just nasty."
The second shadow watched as it's brother was flung away, and it continued circling, determined not to make the same mistake. Waiting for an opening, it then lunged, tackling Isto hard. Moofuls The pounce caught Isto completely off guard, knocking him roughly to the ground beneath the shadow wolf. He ducked sideways to avoid the creature's jaws, then snatched upwards, metal hand grabbing the wolf around the neck, holding back its head. He kicked up towards the shadow's stomach, but instead of flinging it off, they overbalance and...roll over. And again. And again. Scowling, Isto glanced around, searching for some means of getting the shadow off, the metal hand clenched around its throat hardly seeming to effect it. His gaze fell on...a tree. Good enough. He judged the distance, then angled the rolls towards it, intent on ramming the wolf against the tree. Sadly, he misjudged. His back hit, head snapping back against the trunk.. He blacked out. Lenta "ISTO!!" Mauli's eyes went wide, and she darted over towards Isto, but never got there.
The wolf snarled, slamming Isto into the tree once more, then dragged him off behind the tree. Too bad the shadow being didn't know the forest as well as some, like Mauli... He dragged both himself and Isto off the side of the world, it seemed, and both of them tumbled down a few hundred yards into... what else... a lake. A giant, murky, green-slime-covered lake.
Moofuls
A shock ran through Isto as his body hit the lake, effectively waking him. Though, for a moment, he wasn't sure if he was awake. All sound was muffled by the water, and it was nearly pitch black thanks to the slime, bringing a feel of continued unconciousness... It took Isto a while to realize he was awake. And by that time, his arm had dragged him nearly to the bottom. His eyes went wide, and he struck out for the surface, but... his arm wouldn't move. It remained still at his side, continuously pulling him towards the bottom despite his efforts to reach fresh air.Lenta
The wolf abandoned all attempts to get to Isto, instead surfacing and swimming hastily to the nearest lakeside. That's one shadow thing that wouldn't be attacking anything near water again!
Mauli had to lean backwards to avoid falling over the cliff, and instead stared down at the water, her mind whirling. Isto... Water... Fall... Isto! He couldn't swim! She quickly grabbed the nearest branch, then used it to scale halfway down the rockside, then jumped in after him.
From the depths of the lake, something ancient stirred.Moofuls
Roughly ten feet to his side, Isto heard a splash brake the water, head spinning towards the mass of bubbles just barely seen through the gloom. The light wasn't good enough to tell what it was, however, so he set it aside as another of the wolves and continued towards the surface, finally able to see the layer of sludge that marked the end of the water.Lenta Mauli, once wiping a bit of slime from her face, ducked underwater and immediatly began swimming in the general direction of... wherever forward was. What the heck had she been thinking when she jumped in? Oh, wait. She hadn't.
A thin rope, slimy and covered in ink, snapped forward and wrapped around Isto's metal arm. It tugged him downwards, down towards snapping poisonous jaws. Moofuls
A shout of surprise, all but muffled by the water, left a trail of bubbles streaming from his mouth as the limb dragged him downward. His metal arm still useless, his normal hand immediately began clawing at the tentacle, legs striving to kick him back towards the surface. A slight burning sensation began in his chest... He was running out of air. Instantly he redoubled his efforts, eyes fixed on the ink-coated limb wrapped around his arm. Lenta The squid was reluctant to give up its newly-gained prey, and it spared a moment to squirt a bit of ink towards Isto, tugging him down further. If the behemoth had lips, it would have licked them.
Mauli finally spotted Isto, or... what she thought was Isto. The figure was blurred in the murky water, but who else would leave behind a glint and a trail of bubbles? She groggily reached for her sword, slowed by the water that was... watery. o_o Okay, so sue me, i'm running out of fancy word... things. Moofuls Isto closed his eyes against the ink cloud, opening them once more only when he could no longer feel the thick slippery feel of ink mixed with water. The squid pulled him further down... and, for the time being, Isto gave up trying to free his arm, concentrating on getting back to the surface. The burning was growing more painful by the second, and finally it grew to be too much to bear. His mouth opened and he took a deep breath...of water, actions ceasings as he choked open the liquid filling his lungs. Lenta At that moment, Mauli struck.
The squid wretched, the pain flooding its mind. It swam backwards, thrashing in the water, its own blood mixing with the water and ink.
Mauli looped one arm around Isto's stomach, hauling him to the surface as fast as her legs and his dead weight would allow her. Finally, breaking into the air, she gasped and shoved him upwards. Now, to shore... The fifth-stage female took a long breath, then began kicking towards shore, her movements halted and stumbling because of the extra weight.
-Goddangit, Isto, you'd better be alive so I can kick you for not keeping your end of the deal! 'I'll take two', he says... Bah!- Moofuls
Isto was dimly aware of the squid releasing him... Why, he was not sure. But then something wrapped around his waist and began pulling him once more... so he figured it must have just been getting a better grip. Breathing water was now no different than air... It tasted a bit differently...but he was breathing normally now, and that's what mattered... A few final bubbles escaped him mouth before he fell unconcious, lack of air taking its toll. And just before Mauli broke surface, too... How ironic.Lenta Finally, Mauli's feet brushed sand, and she gasped a sigh of relief as she hauled Isto onto shore. That's funny... He wasn't moving. Hahaha. Hah. "Isto... Isto, c'mon, we're back on shore. Isto!" She grabbed his shoulders, shaking him roughly. After a few shakings, she bit her bottom lip, dropping him onto the sand and pressing a finger to his neck. No pulse... Oh, god. She pressed her hands together, one on top of another, then shoved it down onto his stomach. After a few seconds of waiting, she snarled, pressing his nostrils down flat and opening his mouth. Good lord, he was gonna hafta pay her back BIG TIME for this. She pressed her lips to his, ignoring the wave of heat that rushed over her face, then blew hard into his mouth. Then, she blew again, using her free hand to press down on his stomach. A few seconds of waiting, then she pulled away, gasping and squinting. DAMN, she was NEVER going to be a lifeguard. She bent over and smacked Isto's cheek lightly, her eyes narrowing. "ISTO, YOU LITTLE DROWNED MONKEY, WAKE UP!" Moofuls For a moment, it didn't seem to have helped... But then Isto coughed and rolled over onto his side, promptly vomiting up all the water that had chosen to invade his lungs. He groaned, breathing heavily, then wiped off his mouth, rolling back onto his back before slowly sitting up. He seemed disoriented by the fact that he was on land... glancing curiously around, finally allowing his gaze to settle on Mauli, grinning faintly when he realized she was..blushing. "You kiss me, then slap me. Make up your mind, pirate." Lenta A relieved grin spread over her face, and she couldn't help but laugh. For a moment, she just stared, that goofy grin covering her face. Then, she realized she had been insulted, and replied with a curt "Shutup, metal boy." And, with that, she leaned over and kissed him again, effectively 'shutting him up'. For the time, she would be content just sitting there, pressing her lips to his and enjoying the comfort it brought, shoving away the questions that badgered her about the whole situation. He was so warm... So very warm...
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:14 pm
8.22.04 Moofuls The door swings open and Isto, yawning, walks in, immediately heading for the couch. He collapses onto it and drags a pillow over his head, metal arm holding it in place. He hadn't even bothered to go home the night before... Too much walking. Wasn't worth it. So he had slept in the forest... A careful distance from the wolves and lake, but in the forest nonetheless. In a tree, to be more specific. Which explained why he didn't have his shirt. He'd discarded it in favor of his adult stage...but when he changed back to fifth in the morning, the shirt was gone. Figures. Lenta Remy blinked, looking up when Isto entered. Then, a slow, malicious grin spread over his face. He padded over to the couch, propping his front legs on a cushion, then yelled. "BACK SO LATE, EH? MOO'S GONNA HAVE YER HIDE!"
"Remy, shush." Mauli tsked, poking her head out through the doorway to the kitchen. Then, she pressed a finger to her lips, motioning for her brother to come into the kitchen with the other hand.
Remy reluctantly came, only to find himself scooped up off the floor and danced with all the way to the other side of the kitchen. "Oi, nutcase, let me go!"
"Hah! S'what you get for being a bum to others!!" Moofuls Isto's only reply way to pull the pillow more tightly over his head, a low snarl escaping out from under it.
But then Banda arrived, looking rather tired and upset...until he saw Isto on the couch. Cheering, he promptly bounded over and onto it, then climbed up to sit atop the pillow covering his brother head. "IstoIstoIsto, you're not dead!"
"Grargfoogle...."
"Moo was sooooooo mad when you didn't come last night! She was talkin' really fast, and saying' all these words that I couldn't understand!" Giggling, the deaf SM began to jump up and down on the pillow. Apparently he'd done this before.
"Banda, get OFF!" The shout came out somewhat muffled. Not that it mattered, as Banda couldn't hear him anyway.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!" Lenta Mauli danced around the kitchen with Remy, a smile plastered all over her face. Man, this girl was HAPPY. o_o
And Remy could tell. He struggled in her grip, then finally managed to climb onto her arm, scaling over to her shoulders and placing his paws in a manner where he wouldn't slip and fall off. "What the heck's wrong with you, lady? You practically abducted and raped me!"
"Lalala, CAN'T HEAR YOOOU!" Mauli laughed, a bubbly sort of sound, then twirled around fast, making it rather hard for Remy to hold on. Not that she was doing it on purpose... She just felt like doing it.
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Remy gripped tightly, resisting the urge to dig his claws down into her shoulders. He then made a flying leap onto the nearest counter, narrowing his eyes at his sister as he flattened down the fur on his back. "You've got issues, Mauli. And i'm not sure why, but I have a sinking suspicion. I'ma find out."
"You go ahead and try, dearest brother!" Mauli spun over to the counter, reaching for Remy again, but he jumped down and stalked off to the living room before she could complete the deed. She giggled, then flounced - yes, FLOUNCED - over to the fridge, swaying to her own tune as she searched for something to munch on. Moofuls "....wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake- ack!!!"
Isto's metal arm snatched up, lifting his younger...older... his brother by the scruff of the neck and depositing him on the floor. He then lifted the pillow and dropped it on top of Banda, before yawning and sitting up, only to scowl down at the brown SM.
Banda just smiled... and hopped back onto the couch, this time sitting beside the fifth stager. "I'm glad you're not dead. Where were you all night?"
The scowl vanished...and Isto laughed. He propped his feet up on the coffee table (because there IS one ;D), and moved his hand behind his head, shrugging. "That's for me to know, and you not to." Lenta "That's rather rude." Remy said loudly, flopping down onto the floor beside Banda. "He's got a right to know, as acting older sibling, exactly where you were and what you were doing all last night. It's a privalege bestowed upon us that have... ahem... experience and age benefits, y'see." He spoke slowly, his head twisted towards Banda.
Mauli scooped up a hunk of cheese from the fridge, then her eyes went wide, slowly staring down at her stomach. Oh good lord... What if she ate it and... got fat?! She quickly stowed the cheese, grabbing a bottle of water and a bag of carrot sticks instead. You can't get chubby on vegetables, right? Moofuls Banda had only managed to catch a few of Remy's words, but from what he had seen, he agreed. Clearing his throat, he straightens to glare haughtily up at Isto. "I am your big brother, so you haveta tell me where you were!"
Again Isto laughs, then stands and heads for the door, pausing just inside. He glances back over his shoulder, grinning at the pair. "You really want to know?"
"Yeeeeeeeeeees...." Scowl.
"Ask Mauli." Isto winks, then opens the door and steps outside, heading out to the lake. Lenta "Ask me what?" Mauli stuck her head out through the doorway again.
Remy had completely forgotten about Mauli, Banda and Isto... All he saw was the shining purple fur of Endy as Isto opened the door. He quickly scrambled over, stuttering as he offered her a paw. "M-miss! Are you alright?"
"Bloody 'ell...." Sighing, Mauli dropped her bag of carrots on the table, then bent down beside Banda. She patted him lightly on the head to get his attention, then began speaking slowly. "What did you need to ask me?" quote="Moofuls"] Banda sighed... Isto was gone -again-, and now Remy had left to talk to that purple monkey who he didn't know... But Mauli was talking to him! And Isto said to ask Mauli! Turning to her, he tilted his head, smiling innocently. "Where was Isto all last night?"Lenta
Mauli answered quickly, trying to head off the blush that was rising in her cheeks. "We... I mean, he... Er... He was with me! Yeah! And... we were beating up some shadow wolves! And... Isto beat two of them, mmhmm!" She nodded, rubbing at her eyes to distract herself. If not, she would have continued thinking through the events of yesterday, and lord knows it somehow would have slipped out.Moofuls The deaf SM fell silent, mouth hanging half open. But that didn't last long. He jumped to his feet and ran around Mauli, only to return to his perch infront of her, tapping on her foot. "Keep goin! What happened next?!?! How'd he beat 'em!?!? Were ya hurt!?!" Lenta
"Well, first off, i'd like to say that I completely saved Isto's butt." Mauli laughed, the bravado clearing the blush from her face. "He woulda drowned if I hadn't beaten back that giant squid! But, then again, he took on two, TWO, shadow wolves, so I suppose we're even. I killed one, and he killed one and got flipped into a lake by the other. Then, I jumped after him, and the squid got him! So I chopped off its arm, hauled him to shore, shoved on his stomach a bit and he threw up that water that was drowning him. So it's all good!" Man, what a cheesy ending. But she would rather have... NOT... revealed the truth.Moofuls "GIANT SQUID?!?" This was just gettnig better and better!!! How come HE never got to have any awesome adventures?? Banda watched in open mouthed awe as Mauli related the story, then immediately began questioning her once more. "So, you saved him!?! I didn't know Isto couldn't swim... I can swim! That squid wouldn'ta gotten me! No way, no how! Can I come next time???" Lenta "Yup, I saved him. And Isto can swim... He'd just have to NOT have a giant squid wrapped around his arm." Mauli grinned, ruffling Banda's head-fur fondly. "I'll hafta ask yer mum, but i'm pretty sure she'd let you come. Maybe next time we can beat back a herd of shadow stallions! Fierce, vicious beasts, but nothing we can't handle, right?" Moofuls Banda puffed up proudly, growling as threateningly as possible... which wasn't very threatening. "Yah, we can take 'em!! Moo'll -haveta- let me go! 'Course, she doesn't let Isto... He just does anyway. Ooooooo, he's gonna be in trouble when he gets home!" It was hard to tell if Banda found this funny, or actually felt sorry for his brother. Lenta "Yeah... So'm I..." Mauli trailed off, staring at the wall. But hadn't it been worth it? Oh, soooo worth it... Moofuls Banda wasn't quite sure what to think of Mauli's final comment... He vaguely suspected she wasn't telling him everything. WHAT IF ISTO WAS REALLY A ZOMBIE AND OUT TO DESTROY THE WORLD!?!?!?!....Nah. He shoots her a smile, then heads for the den, humming tunelessly to himself, and mentally writing up his own adventure... One involving three shadow wolves and a giant squid. Lenta
Mauli laughed, watching Banda as he walked off. Then, standing and brushing off the back of pants, she strode out the front door and towards the lake. That's the way Isto was going... right?Moofuls Yes, yes is was n_n Isto was out by the lake, wandering the shore on the opposite side from Remy and Endy. Yawning, he drops to sit on the ground just beyond the water, then scoops up a handful of pebbles, picking one out and skimming it across the surface of the lake. Five. Well, crud... Lenta Mauli skirted around Endy and Remy, careful to avoid hissing at the former and giving up her position. She then ducked into a bush on the other side, careful not to let Isto see her. Hehe, wait until he had a bush full of water dripping over him... He wouldn't be so cocky then! Wait, was he even being cocky right now? Oh well, the water still beckoned! Moofuls Isto was too busy throwing rocks at the water to notice her. (XD) He shuffles the remaining pebbles around in his hand, then decides none of them are good enough, and drops then on the ground again. It's safe to say that he was bored.
Lenta Mauli quickly pulled a hankerchief from her pocket(Y'know, the tough kind that's got ginormous threads and looks like a piece of shaved skin? Yeah, that kind. The piratey manly kind. xD), then dunked it into the water, curling it into a ball and flinging it at Isto's head. Snickering, she curled up in a ball in the bush, eyes peering out as she watched for a reaction. Moofuls The hankerchief caught Isto on the side of the head, and he...fell over sideways, shouting in surprise and snatching for it. When he realized he wasn't being attacked by another squid, he sat up and tossed the sopping hankerchief to the ground, scowling and glancing around for it's source. No one... except a terribly evil threatening bush! He stands and walks 'casually' towards it, eyes narrowing in a glare...
Lenta "HAH!" At that moment, Mauli lept from the bush, tackling Isto to the ground. She grinned triumphantly, holding her head high, then scooped the hankerchied up and dropped it onto his face. "Gotcha! Aha!" Moofuls
Isto chokes back a laugh as Mauli springs from the bush, managing to take a step back before being tackled to the ground. However, the laugh escaped when she dropped the hankerchief on his face. He tossed his head sideways and managed to fling it off, then grabbed Mauli by the shoulders, rolling over and pinning her. "AHA! Now who's got who?"
Lenta "You got me, ah!" Mauli laughed, struggling against Isto's grip, then narrowing her eyes in a playful glare at him. "So, what'll you do now, hmm? Drop a wet hankerchief on my face? Continue skipping rocks? Ain't nothin' you can do to me now that you've trapped me!" She let off another laugh, obviously enjoying the whole situation. Moofuls (
Rolling his eyes, Isto chuckles softly, shaking his head in mock despair at Mauli's 'limited imagination'. "Nothing? Ah, you're right... Nothing at all... Or maybe..." Smirking faintly, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. Oh, right, like you DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. Kissing, Isto decided, was a very good thing... Disregard the fact that anyone could see them. 'Course...what were the odds of that?
Lenta Mauli bit back a laugh as she was kissed, then leaned forward and kissed back. Hah! So he -did- like her! And it wasn't just a 'OMG WE'RE NOT SQUID CHOW' reaction! And, of course, it was completely reali-.... whoa, dude, this meant she'd have to start losing weight! ;_; Being fat was not very attractive to people. Carrot sticks and water all the way from here on out! Moofuls After a while (;D), Isto pulled away and rolled off of her, stretching out on the grass at Mauli's side. He propped his head up on his hands, gaze turning to the cloud scattered sky. Yawning, he reached over and plucked the wet hankerchief from the ground, casually dropping it on Mauli's face, grinning cheekily. "I win." Lenta "Bah!" Mauli's heart fell into her stomach as he pulled away, and for a moment she was glad... It felt as if it had been stuck in her throat for the whole kiss. She swiped the hankerchief off her head, rolling over and wringing it out over Isto's stomach. Then, she pulled it apart, surveying the 'damage' the water had done. "Aww, you ruined it... Look!" She held it up to Isto's face, waving it around so he wouldn't concentrate on it and actually see something. Moofuls "Gah!" Isto rolled onto his side, wiping the water off his stomach before once again flopping down on his back. His eyes follow the hankerchief back and forth...back and forth.... back and forth.... enough. He snatched it away and rolled back onto his side, curling up with the hankerchief under his head for a pillow. Not a very effective pillow, but that wasn't the point. "I'll keep it, then." Lenta "Fine! You do that! I'll expect five dollars to be on my desk by tomorrow, to pay for the damages. And twenty cents for interest." Mauli laughed, poking Isto in the forehead. "And if you muss it up any more, i'll have you keelhauled and strung from the mast! If I ever get another, that is..." Moofuls Raising a brow, he mock-scowled up at Mauli, tossing the hankerchief back at her face. "Five dollars and twenty cents for a ragged ol' piece of cloth? You know what, you keep it. I'll get my own." He fell silent and sat up, looking out across the lake. "I bet we could fix your ship, if we could find it." Lenta "Naw, t'doesn't deserve to be fixed. The thing was a home to mutineers and scoundrels. If anything, i'll just buy a small dory, and take 'er out every once in a while." Mauli heaved a sigh, staring up dolefully at the sky. "I suppose i'll never be a true pirate... I just don't have it in me to kill, maim, steal from or rob bare anything that has a face and can contort it into a pout. But that's okay! I mean, I never had to be a pirate, it just looked cool. Now that... Well, I suppose I don't have to try to be one anymore." She fingered the hankerchief, a small smile creeping onto her face. "Maybe i'll take up weaving." Moofuls "It wasn't your fault..." He trailed off, then chuckled softly. "Mmhmm, pirates kill, maim, steal from and rob bare the innocent...and each other. I'm glad you're not a pirate." Again Isto paused, shrugging before continuing. "You kinda still are, though. I mean, you're just a different kind of pirate. A noble pirate." He blinked, turning questioningly towards her. "Weaving?" Lenta "A noble pirate?" Mauli blinked, then burst into giggles as Isto questioned her 'new hobby'. "Yes, weaving! Then sewing. And I could make ten new hankerchiefs for each you mess up!" She dropped it back onto his face, staring back up into the sky. "Hmmm... Maybe I could be a commodore... And get a gigantic pompous hat." Moofuls "Aye, a noble pirate." He winked, then laughed. "Tell you what, I'll buy you a giant pompous hat to celebrate your 100th hankerchief." Isto grinned, then flopped back onto his back, pulling the hankerchief over his face. "Get to work, pirate. The sooner you're done, the sooner you get your own fleet." Lenta "I'm not going now." She pouted, sticking out her lower lip. "If I do, Lenta'll yell at me more! And lord KNOWS no one wants that." Then, scowling, she scooped a rock up off the ground and tossed it upwards as hard as she could. Mauli smiled as she heard it land a few feet away, then tucked her hands behind her head, closing her eyes and preparing herself for a short nap. Ahhh, life was good. whee Moofuls Isto grimaced beneath the cloth, then pulled it off his face, vaguely tossing it to the ground. "Ahh, I'd forgotten.... Moo's gonna kill me when I get home, just watch. 'Course... Maybe Seth'll be there. Moo's usually in a good mood when he's around." Chuckling dryly, he rolled onto his side, back to Mauli. "I think he's supposed to be moving into the Jivvin House with us." Lenta "Moving in? That's a bit fast." Mauli laughed, then sat up, kicking idly at a rock near her foot. She mused over the thought for a moment, then blinked, her brow furrowing. "I need to get a house... Maybe I could live on a boat." Then, she laughed. "I'd either always be seasick or homesick!" Moofuls "They've been dating for a while now..." He shrugged, glancing over to her. "Longer than I've been alive, anyway." He fell silent, eyes turning to gaze thoughtfully up at the sky. A short while later he again shrugged, fingers playing through the grass beneath his head. "I was going to move out, but... the Jivvin House is so huge, I have a whole wing to myself as it is. There's really no point in moving." Lenta "I've got a room... That's being shared with every other pet Lenta owns." Mauli sighed, pressing her forefingers together, just so she'd have something to concentrate on. "Lenta's never had time to find another house, so we're all squished together. Ry said she'd let us move into her new house... It's gigantic. Not as big as the farmhouse, but pretty big all the same. But then we'd be taking up her space, and she's got her own pets to worry about..." Moofuls "The farmhouse got too crowded..." Isto grimaced and sit up, scooping up a handful of pebbles. "Our family was staying there with Wegs' family, you know, so we ran outta room really quick... Wegs' family's smaller, so they kept the farmhouse, and we all moved... It's alright. Feels a lot emptier than it actually is... It's made to accomodate a lot more people." He paused, then blinked, grinning faintly and glancing to Mauli. "Y' know, I bet Moo'd let your family move in with us. There's plenty of room!" Lenta "Yeah, but you know Mom... The only way she could be persuaded to impude on y'alls space would be if Fenwrit blew the apartment up or... something... Fenwrit! That's it!" Mauli smacked her forehead, then laughed aloud. "We could convince her that he'd grow up faster if he stayed with other Jivvins! And she won't leave him alone there, so she'd move in too, and we'd follow! Isto, you're a genius, an absolute genius!" She hugged him fiercely, then abruptly let him go and began spinning in her seat. Moofuls Whee, hug n_n Isto laughed, casting a pebble out across the lake. Six skips. Not bad, but he could do better... "Course I am! Talk to her about it tonight. I'm sure I can convince Moo easily enough....maybe. If I can't, Banda can. It's hard to get mad at Banda..." Isto trailed off, then sighed and stood, dropping the rest of the pebbles he was holding. "I should probably head home... The sooner I get there, the fewer reasons Moo'll have to hate me." Lenta "Yeah, I guess I should too." Mauli stood as well, still very bubbly from the whole kiss/hug/revelation thing. Wow, was it already getting that late? She sighed, then dusted off her pants, looking back up and smiling at Isto. "Hey... Thanks for listening, y'know? I'm... i'm glad you're here. And... I'm glad that... What happened yesterday, y'know? That was good." She scuffed her foot in the dirt, her cheeks bright red and her eyes averted towards the ground. She had NO idea how to deal with these emotions... Was it... embarrasment? Maybe from choking on the words, but no, not from what happened. Moofuls "Yeah, that was... was good." Isto laughed, though at the same time felt a wave of heat assault his face. Aww, crap. He cleared his throat and flashed her a smile, then immediately looked away, absently scratching the back of his head. "Hey...thanks for getting me out of the lake. I'm still not sure what happened down there, but... just, thanks." Lenta "You're welcome..." Mauli was staring at the ground, her cheeks bright red, so she was lucky enough(or unlucky enough) to miss the blush that passed across his own face. "I think you almost drowned or summat, but it's over now. I'm kinda glad... And then, kinda not." She paused, then blinked, looking back up. Her eyes were wide. "I mean, not that you drowning's over! I mean... I...." Then, another pause, and more blinking. Now she just looked confused. "I think I just lost myself." Moofuls Isto blinked, then laughed. "I know what you meant. And yeah, I... yeah, that was..." He trailed off, blinked, then laughed nervously, taking a step away. "I'munna go now... See ya, Mauli." Lenta Mauli rubbed at her face, trying to dispel the blush that was there. "Yeah... I'ma, er, go find Remy and get going as well." For a moment, she enjoyed the silence in his presence, then she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. Then, placing a kiss on his cheek, she grinned and turned, racing back towards the HQ. "See you tomorrow, Isto!" Moofuls
"See you tomorrow!" Isto waved vaguely in goodbye, still not quite sure of...anything. Smiling faintly, he turned for the forest, soon disappearing into the trees. The past day and a half had been...eventful? Different? Greatbeyondallreason?!....cough. Yah, but, um... he had to go home sometime. And the way he saw it, the sooner her got home, the sooner he could come back. 8.22.04 Keppit Jen makes a decision... he gets up and follows Banda into the den, bag clanking against the floor... He enters the room and sees Banda... Jen reaches into his bag and picks out a torch... he flips the switch and shines it over on the floor near Banda.... Moofuls
Banda jumped visably when the light appeared on the floor beside him, whirling around to find it's source. Not that that helped. The den was dark, and the flashlight's glare didn't help his vision. "Who's that?" heh, rather pointless of him to ask. He couldn't hear the answer anyway. Keppit Jen held the torch up over his head and poinsted it at his face... (he never had liked that scary shaddow effect that holding a flashlight under you chin gave you) and he grinned... "I brought you something to look at... Tawn let me borrow them. Wanna see?" Moofuls
Banda relaxed slightly when he recognized Jen, but the lighting was still strange, so Banda wasn't able to understand half of what Jen had said. He did understand a bit, however, and walked over, glancing to the bag. "What is it?"Keppit Jen grinned at Banda.... "Scorpions..." Then he put the torch in his mouth so that they could see in the bag and deftly pulled out Emelyn's smallest Scorpion from her collection and a wooden scorpion deccoration.... He layed them on the floor and took the torch out of his mouth... "They're from my Aunt Em's collection ... and don't worry, I DID ask first... what do you think?"  Moofuls
Banda's mouth dropped open, eyes moving from one scorpion to the other and back again. "So that's a scorpion... Yah, they look just how they're described! Where'd Em get 'em?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:37 pm
Isto's pet n_n A gift from... me and Acia n_n;; He never really named him.. Just called him 'Kiddo, or Kid' like he does everyone else younger then him.. So, maybe that's his name? o_o
Jack's pet n_n He was a bit reluctant to accept him at first... Jack's not exactly the responsible type e.< But then the liddle creature bit him on the finger, so...now he likes him. Jack's strange o_o; Anyway, he didn't name him yet, so...yeah.
Banda's pet n_n A gift from Acia and I. He absolutely loves her, though hasn't been able to come up with a name just yet...So I'll update when he does n_n;
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:44 pm
 09.03.04 I don't know where to begin... I honestly don't know where to begin. So much has happened since I last wrote...this will either be a very long entry, or I'll get pissed off and leave half of the things out. Well, let's see... First off, I'm fifth stage now. I have been for...quite some time. And I like it. Scratch that, I love it! With normal adults there are so many limitations... Everyone has different colorings, but they're pretty much the same nonetheless. But as fifth stage, everyone's different. EVERYONE is unique. Not just me. ...Even though I stand out. My entire right are is metal, and I have a green mohawk. A MOHAWK....I love it. I also don't have a shirt... It's rather annoying. Whenever I change, I don't automatically have a shirt. It's a lot of trouble to carry one around...so I usually don't wear one. So, fifth stage is great. And while on the subject, Jack and Banda both grew, too. Jack's an anthro.. S'pretty cool. Very piratish. He loves it. He's been complementing himself since he changed... Arrogant prat. Banda didn't become fifth or anthro or anything, but he is an adult now. Otherwise he hasn't changed at all... He's settled into the family extremely well. Spends most of his time following Moo around, talking with her, or entertaining Acia. Sweet kid... Merf, I'm not sure I can call him that. He's technically older than me. Oh well n_n Anyway, I'm glad we adopted him. Umm... how to explain... I like walking in the woods, you know? So it wasn't unusual for me to be out there... Mauli was following me. I'm not sure why, but I'm glad she was there. We were attack by some of those shadows she likes so much... Long story short, I was pushed into a lake, attacked by a squid, nearly drowned, and woke up to Mauli kissing me. ME. Apparently she'd rescued me from the squid and dragged me from the lake.. CPR, she called it. Heh, maybe...but then she kissed me again afterwards wink So, bad day turned good very quickly. Spent most of the evening out there... She went home after a while. I stayed and slept in a tree. e.< Somewhere during the fight I'd lost my shirt, which was actually Moo's boyfriend's shirt, so I thought it better to find it before I went home. Never found it. Moo wasn't too mad, though.. The next day, I think it was, I met up with Mauli again...but at the lake by HQ this time. Not some creepy slimy lake with a giant squid in it. Come to think of it, what was a giant squid doing in a lake in the first place?? ...Nevermind. Anyway, while we were talking Mauli mentioned how she and her family were going to move in to a friends house, but she felt bad 'cause there wouldn't be much room... So I volunteered to talk Moo into inviting them to stay at the Jivvin House. Mauli agreed, I went home, and within the next few days all the arrangements were made. And then...QS decided to end the Skull Monkies. END. There will never be a new birth, there will never be another flatsale. It's over. Moo and Lenta were furious, Mauli was rather upset and...I didn't really know what to think. I still don't. I've always gotten along well with the younger SMs, and now...everyone's growing up, and there will be none. It just bugs me how, suddenly, the entire fate of your race is decided... Skull Monkies are not immortal. They can be killed, and they can grow old and die. And in a matter of time...we'll all be gone. All of us. We'll just...cease to exist. And it's not even us who made the decision. Some bloody human made it for us. Really pisses me off. But, there wasn't anything I could do, so...continuing. Today Lenta's family moved in. Everything went well enough, I suppose. I still haven't seen most of them. Just Mauli, really. And on that part, things did NOT go well at all. As I'm writing this, it occurs to me that...I never really knew Mauli. I mean, I thought I did, and I'm not just saying this because of tonight, but... I've liked her for a long time. I won't deny it. But I never really got to know her... I never really got to know any of the other SMs except Banda. And Jen, sorta. But Mauli and I... we've hung out, we've talked, but I can't tell you a thing about her. I can't tell you her favorite color, I can't tell you her favorite foor... Heck, at this time, I can't even remember what color her eyes are. But I don't really care anymore. I thought I knew her personality, at least... It looks like I was wrong. Tonight at dinner she threw pieces of roast beef at Acia. Yes, it sounds stupid, but this is ACIA we're talking about. Acia would never hurt ANYONE. Acia would never even think to hurt anyone... She's just about the sweetest creature I've ever had the pleasure to meet, even though she can be a bit annoying at times... But all the same. Who would hurt Acia?! Mauli, apparently. When I entered the room, Acia was curled up on the table CRYING. I didn't even know she could cry! She just doesn't get upset! Anyway, she was crying, and Mauli was standing right there SMILING and talking to that Jivvin egg Moo gave Lenta. She wasn't even doing anything to comfort Acia! She was just letting the little glider sit on the table, covered in potatos and meat, and cry. I can't even begin to describe how pissed I was. How furious I still am. Honestly, I don't know what to think. Mauli's always loved kids, you know? So why would she throw food at one and then do nothing to comfort it?? Was it all just some ACT? Freaking poser... Girls are more trouble than they're worth.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:17 pm
Humhumhum...reserved for RP wif Keppit
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:15 am
Reserved for RP with XBear n_n
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:01 pm
Reserved for Isto's 'hike'
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:46 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:27 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:29 pm
((Reserved for another RP with Mauli xD))
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:15 pm
((Made a new log to include other pets as well. If you're that interested, I'll send the link, but yeah e.<)) Quote: Just found this old notebook again... Read through it a few times. Mm...life was strange. Kinda sucked, looking back. A lot's changed, though. Especially since my last entry. I'll briefly cover it, I suppose... Not really sure why I am, except for my own benefit. But all stories need a conclusion, so why not one for this? Since my last entry...heh...wow.... Umm....how to put this nicely? Mauli and I apologized...sorta. Didn't get back together, but got along again. So that was good... Day after the argument with Mauli, had another fight with Jen. Nearly drowned myself. 'Rescued'....yeah, rescued. Heh, who would've thought...but I'm getting ahead of myself. Rescued by Slush and Xbear. Talked for a while, headed home, attacked by shadows, couldn't move my arm for a couple of weeks. That healed fine, though....hmm... Meh, a lot's happened. I can't go through everything... In brief, I'm married now. To Slush. Bit ironic, that, but.. Hey, I'm happy. We eloped, so don't feel bad if you didn't know. You, being..whoever went to he trouble to steal this notebook. Easily the happiest day of my life. Not to say it was a rare incident. I haven't been upset, or lonely, or sad, or whatever in a long time... Life's been good. Good ridance, HQ. To continue, I'm a dad. Another long story... Mauli's the mum. Don't feel like going into detail on that. It's a girl, named her Kailee... Beautiful child... She looks a lot like her mum, though her eyes are blue-green, like mine. I wish I could see her more often... she's growing fast... Eck, now I feel old. Ah, safe topic. The family threw a big surprise birthday party for me for my 6th month b-day a couple months back. Big party, lots of close friends... It was great. I honestly didn't think most of 'em gave a damn. Not even my family. But...they did. I dunno, I've always known home was home, but it never quite...felt right? And that was when it started to. Hmm, what else...Oh, I've been confined to house arrest since it started snowing. The cold shuts down my arm, and gradually does the same to the rest of my body. Apparently I'm more metal than I thought. A few weeks ago I was driving home (did I mention? Got a motorcycle for my birthday. From Moo's boyfriend, of all people) and my arm gave out from the cold. I wrecked, the bike got stuck in a snowdrift. The house was too far for me to walk, so I tried digging it out. Stupid idea. Cold got to me... I guess I blacked out sooner or later. Woke up at X's later that night, couldn't think straight. I can't rememeber anything that happened for the next couple of days... Just being really hot, or really cold. Back and forth, back and forth... Eh, it finally balanced out. I've been fine since then, but no one'll let me outside if it's snowing. It's irritating, but I'm not bothering to protest... Don't want to freeze again, after all. Annd...that's about it, to my life. Thus far, anyway. But I won't be writing anymore. Banda may take it up, but I'm...Yeah, I'm done. The majority of the memories in this book are bad, and I'd rather not have to think of them. Who knows? Maybe I'll get a new journal. The Before and After. Before, life wasn't worth living. Now...well, I'm glad I was rescued.
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:26 pm
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