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"I's not lyin'!" he said to Sammi, crinkling his nose.

The boy readily clasped Alome's hand with his own frigid palm, quite used to being lead around. Still, he moved slowly, stepping carefully to make sure there were no rocks or roots or anything else to trip him up. He hated falling. It was understandable, though- the ordeal was scary enough for a kid that could see, let alone one that had no way of knowing what was coming up.

He plunked down near the water. Frogs? That sounded interesting enough! Maybe if he could figure out what the frogs smelled like and sounded like...he could try and catch his own! Even if he couldn't catch his own, he was still curious as to what these 'frogs' were.

"Yeah! I wanna see da fwoggies!" he said excitedly.

While he waited for the creature, he pulled off his shoes and socks, scooting closer and closer to the water carefully until he was close enough to plop his feet into the pond. Oh, that felt nice! He giggled happily, kicking his feet and wiggling his toes.

Todd allowed the girl to put on the gloves, though he didn't much like them and he frowned down at his hands. Why wear gloves? You couldn't feel things as good! So what if frogs gave you warts (granted, his nonchalance likely stemmed from the fact he had no idea what warts were to begin with)?

He heard the slosh of water as the girl wandered back off and into the pond. The zombie wiggled excitedly at the impending prospect of new information. When the girl returned, he twitched his nose. Oh, he could smell it. He leaned back a little- it didn't smell too good. And then, rather suddenly. He leaned back forward and snatched the frog from the girl's hands. With his mouth. The frog dangled from his mouth, kicking wildly. Todd was careful not to use his teeth (that would be biting and biting wasn't good, right?), even if it was terribly hard to exercise such control.

He spat the frog out quickly though. Gross! It tasted as bad as it smelled. "Yucky. I don't think I wike th' fwoggies."

For the first time in Samantha's short life, she was being ignored. The halfling was so used to being spoiled, so used to being center of attention along with her sister, that this caused a serious blow to her ego. She sat down on the grass, and folded her arms. Fine, if they didn't want to play with her. Fine. She didn't care.

But the truth was, she did. Alome had been stolen away, by a boy who probably had cooties, though he claimed not to. He probably had them, and just didn't know it.. It wasn't fair. She wanted to play too. And so thinking, the usually bright eyed toddler began to cry. "Not fair, not fair!" She cried. "I wan play too!"

Why was she invisible? Why didn't other people notice she was there, wanting to play too? It wasn't fair. Not fair not fair not fair! She didn't seem to notice that Alome was upset as well, no. She was too focused on herself. And as every toddler knows, crying is a good way to get attention.

Sammi looked up, blinking. She clearly hadn't expected to be noticed by anyone. Her arms went around Jaella, and she hugged the teen. "I inbisible, Jae," she sniffled. "No one wan play wiff me. I all alone." She had the typical one sided toddler logic. If she had been invisible, one would think that Jaella wouldn't have been able to notice her. Do you think this crossed Sammi's mind? Not a chance.

"Not fair.." She muttered, before looking up at Jaella. "Ooo wan play wiff me, Kitty?" She asked hopefully. Kitty wouldn't ignore her. Kitty was her friend.

Todd backed up quickly a few steps when the girl shrieked at him, tripped over a small rock and likewise falling onto his butt. He scrambled upright, hearing the girl approach. His own lip was trembling (he didn't like being yelled at! He was just curious!) and his sightless eyes were starting to water. He sniffled and pouted.

"Don't yell!" he said. "I wasn't gonna eat it! Fwoggie tastes gwoss anyways!" he said defensively. "I was just cuwious..."

He pulled his hand away and tugged the gloves off. They were making his hands sweat and itch! He didn't care if he got warts or not at this point. He flexed and wiggled his fingers afterward, planting them in the moist grass next to him. He squiggled a bit as the smaller girl clambered into his lap. He'd never had anyone so close before! He could smell her good and for a moment...his lip twitched, flashing a little teeth.

But nothing further happened.

"Oh...s'okay dis time." he said. "I wasn't gonna eat fwoggie, weally! Just wanted t' taste him..." To her question, he stuck out his tongue and crinkle his nose. "Icky! Like mud and yuck!" he said emphatically. Ew...he wasn't gonna put frogs in his mouth anymore, no matter how hungry he got or how much he wanted to bite!

He wasn't quite sure how he felt about being a human (or well, undead human to be technical) chair. He half wanted to wiggle away and have his own space. He...wasn't used to having people glom all over him. Plus, having such body heat, such a flesh-smell so close was making him want to bite. Even if he wasn't fully aware of the why.

The new smell was distracting, though, and the toddler's nose twitched. Oh, he'd smelled that before, but never as close, never as pure. He took a deep breath of it. Mm, it was a nice smell.

He took the chocolate from her hands, chewing it. Hm. Hm. It was...okay. But Todd was a carnivore at heart. He liked meat and meat-flavored products the most. He outright disliked vegetables. There were some other treats he'd eat that weren't meat but...it was obvious what took priority.

"Hm. S'okay. Smells really nice." he decided with a self-agreeing nod.

Sammi gave a relieved look up at her friend. "See me?" She asked with a smile. "We play tag? Maybe Lome and Todd play tag too?" She wondered aloud. "Maybe lots of people play?" She asked hopefully. "Lots of new fwiends, kay? Help?"

Thali eventually got tired of talking to someone who wasn't answering, 'Huh, boring conversation anyway.' She thought as she walked over to Maru and Luke. "Hi guys, what are you up to?" She asked, before she looked to Ben. "Couldn't you make yourself useful?" She asked.

"What about you?" Ben demanded. "You're going around talking to people, while you could be getting lunch ready!"

"I'm being useful!" Thali retorted. "I'm introducing myself to people."