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Curiously, Osu pushed open the door to the apartment. He hadn't been in here before! But.. Yassu had said something about going to see Aly... and the purple man wasn't in the main room.. or in the kitchen bit.. or the bathroom. So, Osu figured, he must be in here! Proud of himself for working it out, he stepped boldly into the apartment, grinning from ear to ear. The concept of privacy and personal space was, apparently, lost on the young Aerandir. He had run on ahead of Yassu, who (as usual) was taking far too long. Why walk when you could run!?

Pausing briefly for a moment, Osu looked around himself. He couldn't see the purple man... Maybe he was hiding! Or..maybe he just couldn't see that Osu was there. So, Osu decided to make his presence known.

"HI!!"

Osu stared at the larger Aerandir for just a fraction of a second before grinning brightly. She wasn't who he had expected, but she could be a new friend!

"Hi! I'm Osu!" he replied cheerfully, before launching into a tirade of explanation. "'M looking for the puwple man... Al ...Al...Alie! Yassu said he's gonna show me stuffs.. like fire stuffs!" The little spellweaver gestured excitedly as he spoke. It was obvious that he was delighted by the thought of being shown new things.

Ieyasu, by this point, had reached the centre. Entering the main room, and seeing that Osu wasn't there, he began to look about. Where had that little monster gotten himself to now?

"Osu? Where are you?" the kitsune called, poking his head into the community kitchen and storage area.

Osu pondered this for a moment. So it wasn't the purple man then? That was ok! This person was nice! He smiled happily at the lioness Aerandir before nodding enthusiastically. "Ok! Yassu said I need ...uhm..." the young Aerandir screwed up his face for a moment, obviously trying to remember the word that he wanted. "Uhm.. Ken.. Kon.. Kontol...?" He paused again, before deciding he'd be better explaining things properly to the older Aerandir.

"He said I needed to be shown stuffs. Yassu made fire, an' I was thinking how pwetty and cool it was, an' that it would be soo cool if it was all big! Then the liddle fire go 'WHOOOSH' an' it was all big and stuff. Yassu says he think it done by me, but I not know how!"

Seeing that Acia was sitting down, the young Aerandir sat down with a soft thwump, dropping his staff beside him. He took a breath, having made the entire explanation in one go, before giving Acia a slightly sheepish grin.

Ieyasu had looked everywhere in the centre. He had even checked the hot springs to make sure that Osu hadn't decided to attempt an impromptu swim. Seeing no sign of the kid, he frowned. How could he lose someone that noisy? Considering for a moment, he realised that there were other places that he hadn't tried - the ones that were private. Had Osu gone to the apartment area? Heading up the corridor, the kitsune frowned, listening out for Osu.

When his sharp ears picked up the familiar sound of Osu chattering away, he grinned wryly to himself. It looked like Osu had found Alyosha then. He'd need to teach the kid not to go barging into places. Sighing softly, he approached the apartment door and knocked, fully intending to apologise to Alyosha for the interruption.

Osu was intrigued. If he learned this control thing, would he be able to make more pretty fires? Even if it was hard, he wanted to learn. "Ok!" At that point, there was a knock on the door, and Acia suddenly looked unhappy as she moved back. Osu was confused. Why was she doing that?
"Atchee...something bad..?" he asked, not sure what to make of this.

Hm.. that didn't sound like Alyosha.. it was distinctly female for a start. Although, given that he was a kitsune, it wouldn't exactly be impossible. Slipping the door open, Ieyasu stuck his head around.
"Sorry to bother you.." The kitsune paused. Well, there was Osu, anyway. And, what must be another Aerandir. He hadn't seen this one before. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. This must be the Aerandir that Aly had mentioned. Acia, wasn't it? smiled apologetically at her.
"Sorry if the little one there barged in on you. He's a little impatient.. "

Ieyasu was slightly taken aback by Acia's reaction to him. He didn't look that scary, did he..? She seemed to calm down a bit after a moment though.

"Um, yeah.." he began, remaining where he was at the doorway. The yellow Aerandir looked like she'd hit the roof if he came any closer.
"We had a little fire-related ..accident... recently. Alyosha recommended that Osu get some training."

Osu hopped up to his feet, leaving the long green staff on the floor. Confused by Acia's reaction still, he looked between 'Yasu and the adult spellweaver, wondering what was suddenly wrong.

Ieyasu nodded. Acia's request wasn't a total surprise afterall. "Thank you. Anything that will stop him from accidently burning down the house would be a huge help." The kitsune grinned.

Osu looked between Acia and Yasu. He then looked at the other Aerandir and grinned cheerfully. "Ok!" He was really going to learn stuff about fire! This would be so cool!

Ieyasu smiled again. He didn't think Osu would be overly fussed about being away from him. As long as he had someone there with him, he was usually happy. "I'll head out to the baths if you're wanting peace to work on this. Just a warning though - he's a bit of a handful sometimes."

Turning, Ieyasu left the room, closing the door with a soft click behind him. It would be nice to get a little peace for a while. He hoped that Acia would be able to cope with the energetic little rascal. She didn't look like she could say boo to a goose. Well, if there was trouble he'd soon hear about it, he guessed. The baths weren't far, afterall.

"Ok!" Eagerly, Osu ran for his staff, hefting one end of it up. It was still far too big for him to lift fully, so he dragged it over the ground, the trailing end bumping about. Another problem with having such a big staff was that it snagged on things, and he had to maneouver it around them. Finally, he disentangled it, pulled it around and made it out onto the porch bit.

The little spellweaver bounced up and down excitedly. "At-chee, you show me how to make fire??" His bushy tail wagged almost violently. For now, at least, the young Aerandir was thrilled at the idea of learning something new.

"Ok.." Not understanding the concept of starting out small, Osu was a little disappointed when Acia said that he wouldn't be making fire straight away. He quickly cheered up again when she pulled out the matches, watching her curiously. He had seen the little fire-sticks before - Yasu had used them for a few things.

As she lit the candle, Osu's face lit up in a grin. Sure, it was just a little flame, but it was pretty nonetheless. He watched the candle for a few moments, before glancing at Acia curiously. What was she going to do now?