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"Yes, but on a much more sensitive scale. Alcohol and othe mind-altering substances do it aswell." Mark frowned at her. Lidiya watched as Kitara headed upstairs. "'Trina awake?" she asked, preparing to stand up herself.

"I've tried that. I even ate it with my arms." The Vampiress said. She stood, sliding her coat off her shoulders to reveal her usual attire - or atleast what had become her usual attire on Gaia. She headed up the stairs, heels clicking on the steps. She had a present for the little pup - after breakfast ofcourse.

By the time Kitara and the pup made it back to the Kitchen, Lidiya was sat there again, her hat on the table infront of her and pinned down to in under her elbows. She'd put Katrina's present underneath it, ofcourse. The Vampiress smiled at the little pup as she walked in. "Goot morning, devochka" She said. She seemed to be mixing her languages more often lately.

Lidiya smiled, looking across the table at the pup. "How are you today, little one?" she spoke sweetly.

"Join the club." Mark said, stretching. He sat his empty mug on the table infront of him and slumped back, yawning. Lidiya smiled at him, and then back at the pup. "I have your present with me." she grinned, her pearly white fangs shining.

"Yeah, I said I'd bring you back a present from where I come from, didn't I?" The Vampiress nodded. She glanced briefly at Kitara, watching her prepare Katrina's food.

The Vampiress looked at her for a moment, then lifted her hat to reveal a small, fluffy object object beneath it. It was a little Ushanka hat - clearly old, but in in good condition. "I know you like these hats." she said pushing it across the table to her.

The Vampiress gave a huge grin. She thought the pup would like such a gift. She got out of her seat and bounced around to Katrina side to give her a hug. Mark just snorted a giggle.

Lidiya grinned back at her, her inhumanly long tongue reaching out to return the lick. "I thought you'd like that." She said, squeezing her fluffy little body.

The Vampiress nodded. "Yeah, better take it off when you eat." she said, recalling the pup's messy habits.

Mark yawned, rising to his feet. He wondered where Kaiser was - and why the smell of sausages hadn't attracted him to the Kitchen... Not that he needed to eat. "Kai in the playroom?" he asked, despite the fact that he could hav just looked through his eyes. Lidiya nodded, then glanced over at the pup. "Do you know Kai?" she asked, wondering if the pup remembered her life as a baby.

Lidiya nodded, smiling. Mark raised a brow, looking between the two as he wondered what Lidiya was doing now. "You don't like him do you?" she asked.

Lidiya laughed. "Aren't you a doggie?" She said, smiling. "What's wrong with doggies?" Mark shook his head as he wandered off, heading upstairs.

"He's nice y'know." The Vampiress said. "He'll play with you if you want him to." Upstairs, Mark peeked in through the Playroom door again, where Kaiser lay awake, curled up, but awake.

"You've not come to drag Kai downstairs have you?" The wolf said quietly. Mark shook his head. "No, but Mistress seems to want you down there." he shrugged. The Wolf sighed. "I heard." he said. Lidiya watched the little pup as she finished her meal. She smiled at her, resting her head in her hands. "You wanna meet him properly?"

Lidiya tutted in disapproval, shaking her head - though she said nothing further on the matter. "Trying to eat without getting messy lately?" She smiled.

"Good." The Vampiress smiled. "Won't need so many baths that way... And you can wear your hat more." she grinned. She looked up at Kitara for a moment, saying nothing for a while. "If I build my own home, where should I build it?" She asked.

Lidiya nodded. "Yes, but my real question is how close am I to build to you?" She grinned.

Lidiya nodded. "It is, but I still intend to be relatively close-by." she said. Mark came wandering back downstairs, Kaiser padding along beside him. He wandered into the Kitchen, though the Wolf remained at the doorway. "I'm going out." he said.

Mark grinned back at Katrina, waving as he did. By Lidiya's orders, he dug into his pocket and relenquished a large handgun, which he placed on the table infront of her with a heavy thud. She didn't permit him to carry it much around here. What exactly determined whether she allowed him or not, he didn't know - but he didn't much care. The Vampiress smiled as he left. "Bye." She looked up at Kitara as Mark and Kaiser walked out. "So, what are you doing today?" she asked, picking the weapon up.

Lidiya raised a brow, seeming just as confused as Kitara. She hadn't noticed the pup had been staring at the firearm. She unloaded the weapon, placing the magazine and gun in seperate pockets of her coat as it lay on the back of the chair.

The redhead walked in. "What wrong?" she asked, looking down at the pup as she approached Kitara.

Lidiya sat down on the sofa. She had a feeling she knew what it was now. She nodded slowly, asif to to show Kitara that she had ascertained the cause of it without making the pup hear her say it.

"I will, will I?" The Vampiress smiled, sitting up to accept the up. "I guess I shall." She hugged the pup to her soft, slightly thick side. She was good for cuddles.

"Siamese." She smiled. "Nice and expensive." Her smile formed into a grin. She still sat with Katina, hugging her to her side as she petted her head through the soft rabbit fur of the hat.

Lidiya smiled, noticing Katrina's reluctance to leave her side - and so she joined her on the floor, sitting on her side with her legs folded. She'd let the little pup to all the clinging she wanted - she liked it.

"I see." The Vampiress nodded, smiling down at Katrina "Okay, that sounds simple enough."

"Ah, I get it." The Vampiress grinned. "Are you going first?" she smiled. For those that new her as the sadistic, cruel, and murderous creature she had been on earth, it would have been very odd to see her as she was now. Sat on the floor with a child, smiling and cuddling them as she played games to amuse them. Indeed, it looked odd - especially dressed in her current 'clothing'.

Lidiya smiled and rolled the die, watching it bounce and roll before it came to a stop on 3. She pushed the model siamese along 3 spaces, and handed the die to Kitara. The last time she had done anything like this was in the children's hospital in Florida.

"Not for much longer, no." The Vampiress said. "Why, do you want me to stay?" she asked. Lidiya looked down at the little pup, having not thought the pup would have taken such a liking to her as to be concerned if she left.

Lidiya smiled at her as she rolled the die. "I'll make sure it's close enough for you walk to by yourself when you're a little older." she said, tossing the monochrome cube onto the board. Four. She moved her piece accordingly. "Where's the school you're sending her to?" she asked, looking up at Kitara.

"Well, I hope you're gonna let her do some walking." The Vampiress nodded. "Children need excercise." She smiled down at the pup, watching her take the dice.

"Well surely you wont be portalling her there and back every time?" The Vampiress said. She, ofcourse, had walked a fair way to get to school when she was a child - it hadn't really slimmed her atall, but it had certainly made her grow tall and strong. She rolled the die.

Lidiya smiled. "Well, I could try and settle down somewhere in the middle of that distance." She smiled. "You could take her to my house and she could walk from there." She looked down at the pup as the dice landed on 2. She moved her piece. No doggie yet, it seemed.

"Uh-oh..." The Vampiress said. "Push the button!"

Lidiya watched the mechanised critter run randomly around the board, the tip of single fang just visible under her upper lip. She hugged the pup in mock terror.

"Almost..." Lidiya said, watching the dog charge about chaotically. She glanced up into Kitara's eyes.

Lidiya snorted a giggle - She was open to fun and games, as mature and adult as her mind was. She wondered what it must be like for Kitara, to have the body of a child, and, in many ways, the mind of one too.

"Me too." Lidiya said in self-mockery. She watched Kitara's acting with amusement.

Lidiya smirked, realising that Katrina didn't quite understand what a Vampire really was yet. She wondered if she'd learn that sort of thing in school - afterall, learning about Vampires and things in school didn't sound like it would be an odd thing to do in Gaia. She smiled, moving Kitara's piece back to the start for her.

"You amuse me, little kitty." The Vampiress smiled - feeling the word 'kitty' was more appropriate 'necromancer' or 'demon' at this moment in time. She grinned at Kitara's innocent little face, crimson eyes meeting.

"I think you're gonna win." The Vampiress grinned at the pup as she rolled her die. She Moved five places. And handed the die to Kitara - even though she probably wouldn't catch up.

Lidiya laughed. "Oh dear." she grinned.

Lidiya grinned and took her turn. With a clatter, the dotted cube landed on another five. The Vampiress squealed in childish delight as she bounced with joy... and considerable strain on her corset's front.

Lidiya rolled again. She expected to the pup to win, but she would atleast try and catch up. She moved 3 places - five more left!

"Ooooooh...." Lidiya grinned as she picked up the die, rolling again. She could win! The plastic cube bounced and spun, coming to a stop on three - leaving her siamese one square behind Katrina's piece. "Aww, I'm gonna lose." she sniffed.

The Vampiress smiled. "You're too lucky." she said, grinning. She decided not to mention the fact that she'd used telekenisis to lower the score of her own dice rolls - though she figured Kitara had probably spotted it. She offered the pup another big hug in her lap.

The Vampiress pulled herself back up onto the sofa, smiling all the while, happy to have provided Katrina with the little extra joy she needed. She crossed one stocking-covered leg over the other, and leaned back. She seemed to be having quite a good day today.

"Near enough." The Vampiress said. "Judging by where the sun is." she said without even looking out of the window - a clear demonstration of her Vampiric conciousness.

"Worn yourself out now?" The Vampiress asked, looking at her over the curve of her raised knee.

Lidiya smiled. "I'm flattered." She said. "...But why?" She looked down over her shoulder at the ushanka-wearing, remote-weilding pup.

Lidiya smiled, looking down at Katrina's fluffy little form. She scooted closer, putting and arm around her to cuddle her against her side. The little pup seemed to like her more than she had thought - the least she could do was return the favour. Perhaps it was just her discipline she disliked... afterall, Lidiya was intimidating enough in the eyes of an adult, let alone a tiny child who barely reached to her thighs. She smiled.

Lidiya petted Katrina's head, allowing her to rest on her lap as she watched her show. She listenened to the sounds upstairs - it was past midday and Kitara's pets were still asleep? "Your pets sure are lazy." she said.

"He's gonna kill himself." The Vampiress said, sniffing. "I don't think he even touched the food I made him this morning."

The Vampiress nodded slowly. "What sort of things do they learn about at schools in Gaia?" she asked. She knew there would surely be some major differences.

Lidiya smiled, grinning down at the little pup. "Ooooh, you get to learn about vampires!" she grinned. She could already picture the day Katrina would come to her asking about her Vampirism.

Lidiya laughed at Katrina's comment. "Well, I'd ram the knowledge into your head, but I don't think Mother would approve." she smirked, patting the pups backside to urge her to get up and eat. "And take your hat off!"

Heavy footsteps could be heard as Rabid climbed onto the front porch of their little cottage house, obviously hindered, her movements were a lot noiser than usual. Thank the skies the door was unlocked because her hands were apparently VERY full.

"Tadaima." She sighed heavily as she swung the door open though was barely able to keep it open halfway as she stopped to awkwardly drag in an armful of stuffed duffel bags. Her other arm was occupied by a large bundle of dark green blanket. "Gimme a hand?" The odd request was rather out of character for the demoness who normally preferred to do things herself, but in truth she was really too tired to bother keeping an air of egotistical defiance towards her burden.

"Thanks luv." The demoness mumbled a thanks to her sibling and flexed the digits in her other arm to relieve the annoying cramps. "Hi sweetie!" Rabid tiredly greeted her pup neice as she moved towards the fireplace to plop down on an area rug. "It's your cousin Sevy. He's coming home to live with us." She didn't have the will to put more effort into explaining, resting the bundle in her lap while grappling for a duffel bag. "Uhuuu..." She whined immaturely when she couldn't reach the bottle poking out of it.

A whimper came from the bundle in Rabid's lap, the precious cargo seeming to just wake up from a long nap. A chubby green arm reached out sleepily, reaching out for a fuschia dreadlock that had accidently brushed his cheek.

Rabid smiled, sitting the bundle up and pulling down the sides of the blanket to expose the pudgy baby inside. "Yup! Grew into a very, very, big boy." She snickered and gladly accepted the bottle, shaking it lightly to stir the contents. "I'll be so glad when he grows teeth and starts feeding and changing himself." She muttered under her breath, looking at Kitara with an annoyed look.

"Baaa-ba!" Sevy gurgled, playing with the buttons on his blue shirt. He knew food was coming, no need to be fussy like he'd seen other babies act back at the labs. Eventually his short attention span changing his focus to Katrina's hat which he tried to reach for with a fangy grin.

"EeeYAAaaa" Sevy echoed, waving his chubby fingers at the hat as the black pup motioned to it. He then squealed in delight at Kitara's wriggling 'toy', going for that target next.

"You would." She muttered a retort though her expression showed she was joking. "Doooown the hatch!" The demoness swayed the prepped bottle and aimed it at Sevy, who engulfed and immediately began suckling like he hadn't seen food in a week.

"You know how annoying it is to prepare this cr-stuff?" Rabid shook her head, gesturing to the bottle that was permanently attached to the baby (at least until it'd run dry). "So what did you do today, Kit-Kat?" She didn't want to make it look like she'd ignore the other child now that a new baby was in the house.

Rabid shrugged, looking almost hesitant to devulge the mystery of what exactly the buddha baby was eating. "Well," She slowly began, trying to sound professional. It made the description sound less gruesome. "As he is of venus flytrap origin and they are insectivorous AND a baby at the same time, I'm forced to prepare a homogenous concoction of formula, vitamins and well, uh... protein... solids."

Sevy obliviously sucked down the contents of his bottle, wriggling his chubby fingers infront of his face while the other hand helped keep his bottle suspended. "Mmph." He grunted once and awhile, bright eyes following each face of the three that surrounded him.

"That's the life." She commented to Katrina, moving on to a different subject. She wished she didn't have to work at the labs every day or keep her shops running smoothly, much preferring to stay home and play DDR too. "Sure you can. He's almost done too." The remark was made as the demoness peered wonderously at the bottle bag that was in the process of being squeezed dry. "What did YOU do today, mummy?" Rabid smirked mischeviously at her sibling.

Rabid's head-wings perked up as the thought registered and the woman snapped her head up to stare at Katrina from behind black shades. "SCHOOL? What the f-, already?" Her voice was a high squeak of disbelief. It wasn't possible she was THAT old yet, was she? Where the hell did time go...?

Sevy made a very loud suckling sound as he squeezed the last drops out of the bottle before plucking it from his own mouth and pushing it away. "Dun." He smiled, proud of himself before twisting around to reach up at his keeper. "Burpy?"

Rabid shut her mouth, looking from Katrina to Kitara with a mute expression. Time flew all right, and from the looks of it she wasn't liking it. "What kinda dancing?" She curiously asked for the purpose of edging away from the subject at hand. "You don't need school to teach you, your Auntie Rabid will teach you how to dance." She gave wry and fangy grin, twitching an eyebrow to her sibling at the same time as she lifting the chubby baby to her shoulder and patted his back rhythmically.

It wasn't long before Sevy let out a couple of loud burps, wriggling his toes in glee as he was set down on to the rug. "CheeeeNAAAAH!" He began calling out immediately, eager to play with his cousin.

"Your Auntie loves to dance." Rabid grinned, playing with her neice's floppy ears. She tried to ignore the look of pain on her sister's face. Even if the expression was so well hidden beneath her pale, stoic complexion it was as clear as day to the woman who knew her best.

Sevy curled his toes as he giggled, rolling back and forth on his bum as he was tickled. "Gaaah!" He squealed and tried to retaliate, rolling onto his knees and clinging to Katrina's skirt for leverage to climb on.

Rabid snickered, shrugging her shoulders as she watched Sevy play with little alarm. "A little. Your mum's better than me, I think though I bet we'll beat her some day!"

Before the baby could react to being placed in a sitting position again, everything went dark as something covered his head. The hat fell down a little past his nose and the green boy slowly felt the material, trying to figure out the situation. He was distracted and quiet for now.

Sevy finally managed to yank the hat off his head, only to stare at it intently before beginning to gum the side. Oblivious to the fact that he wasn't supposed to be dirtying it, he continued his slobbering duty until a rather long yawn interrupted him.

"Yea yea." Rabid grumbled, rolling her eyes though it was probably hard to see that she did so. "I can still kick anyone's a** in first-person shooters." The demoness snickered to herself before realizing the yawn. "Uh oh, looks like someone's ready for bed." She gave a lopsided smirk to the green baby who promptly shook his head no.

"Thanks!" Rabid called to Kitara as she began to get up, flattening the wrinkles in her clothes before reaching down to scoop up the baby. "OOoof!" She groaned mockingly, insinuating that the kid weighed a ton. "Say nighty night to your cousin!"

Sevy made a waving gesture with his chubby hand once he was slung over Rabid's shoulder. "Ni ni, Cheena." He gurgled and lay his head down on his mother's shoulder tiredly.

"Goodnight Katrina," She stopped to smile down at the pup before heading upstairs. "Sorry about the hat sweetie, blame it on me if anyone asks, ok?" The demoness then made her way upstairs with Sevy. She must've been pretending to drop him, because after every few steps the baby could be heard bursting into a fit of giggles.