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A man with blue skin entered the clinic with a frown. He tugged along a toddler, who was dressed in a yellow raincoat and wooden shoes and snorted all the while. On his face was something that looked pretty much like a strange mask.

On the man's other arm was a blue girl with red hair, who looked around curiously, but seemed rather peaceful in comparison to the blue boy with the mask.

"Come on, Otieno, Nila needs to get her check-up...damn..." As the man noticed Nicodemus he blushed because of using such a bad word in front of children. "Uh...hello young man."

Otieno snorted. Not another stupid one...he looked interesting though.

The next one in the door was what appeared to be a foxcoon girl, her purse slung over one shoulder. Multitasking was apparently NOT a forgotten art as she dug through her purse, managed to click her car keys onto the loop at the side, chatted on the cel phone that was held in the crook of her shoulder and narrowly avoided stepping on a toddler.

"Yes, Daddy. I'm there now." She smiled to the two little ones, and lingered back to wait her turn. They had been there first, so it was only fair that they got signed in and such... or whatever had to be done. "Yes, and I'll probably be home in about an hour." The girl's ears pinned back then and she let out an exasperated sigh into the phone. The effect was that half the cel was now buried under dark grey fur. "Yes, the car is still in one piece. Smartass." The last word was muttered under her breath, wisely. "NOTHING! I didn't say anything. I'll be home soon, love you!"

Hitting the 'end' button on the phone, she slid it back into her purse and fished out the compact-sized plastic case that she had come here about to begin with.

"And the last little piggy ran aaaall the waaaaay home~!"

Robert squeals in his father's arms, squirming and clenching his tiny toes as Pippin tickles them. They both share a laugh, albeit a strange one, outside the clinic's doors. The grown man sports a rather unusual hairstyle - but when doesn't he? - and is decked out in clothes hued to match his new blonde locks. It's a mystery as to what Robbie's hair will turn out to look like, as only colourless fluff grazes his baby head.

Tossing the baby rather haphazardly against his shoulder, Pippin enters the clinic with a grin on his face, as per usual. Faced the other way, Robbie chews and drools on his balled fist, his eyes wide and eyebrows arched in interest. This place is new!

"Hullo, hullo!" Pippin greets in general, scanning the room for any sort of familiar face.

Nicodemus looked up, tossing the magazine aside with a little growl. He caught the end of the Blue man's words- grinning slightly at his embarassment. His father cursed all the time, he was used to it.

"Hello-" He lifted a hand and waved, eyes watching the two smaller figures curiously before someone new popped in behind the group. She was busy on the phone and made her way to a chair.

Sudden activity. Nico watched all of this with interest, nodding a greeting towards Pippin as he entered and gave a general hello to everyone in the room.

Ranjit smiled and dragged Otieno towards Nicodemus with a fake smile. "Well, Oti, sit down and wait until I manage to sign up Nila." The baby didn't move in his arms and just watched in a very silent manner and not quite typical for a baby.

"Tsk..." Otieno shrugged and slowly removed the mask from his face to allow the turtle like pet to sit on his lap. "Readin' ?" The boy pointed at the magazine Nicodemus had been holding.

As Ranjit greeted Pippin with a small hello he almost bumped into the seemingly busy girl. "Oh my, so sorry..."

Suddenly Nila made grabby hands and her blue eyes showed some interest. "She seems to like you..somehow...yeah..." Ranjit was hopelessly confused. What a day...

Grinning, Raven let her purse hitch up onto her shoulder and held out her arms. "I can hold her if you like, while you're signing up," she said, wiggling her fingers a bit to tease at the baby's hands. "I love kids."

Then again, that was EXACTLY why she was here.

"I'm Raven," she said, speaking obviously to Ranjit, but her attention was ALL on Nila. "Raven Kitsune. And who's this lovely little girl?"

Youko had made it plain and clear from the moment Raven had needed a bra that he was NOT going to be a grandfather anytime soon. Hence the little compact of pills that she'd been ordered to come here and fill once Youko realised that they were running low.

Raven had told him once that giving her the pills was like giving her permission to have sex. His reply that she'd never asked him his permission to do something stupid before had left her in stunned silence for quite some time.

Pippin beams and lends an infectious smile. "Very nice to meet everyone," he chimes with a laugh on his voice. Blonde hair falls against his stubby horns, and he completes a balancing act, Robert in one arm and the diaper bag hanging off the other, just to fix his hair.

"Nyahhh~!" screams Robbie happily, falling into a gurgle. He can't quite see anything up here, but any type of excitement is enough to make him laugh.

"Whoops!" Pippin's glasses fall down the bridge of his nose, and as he sets Robbie down on the clinic floor, he manages to push them back up again. "Now you have fun, President, while I wait with the grown ups. Okay? Can you do that?"

Robbie gums his fist again, making his hand and sleeve thoroughly moist. He looks to his father with wide eyes before turning his attention to the nearest person.

Nic's eyes followed where Otieno pointed, "Oh- not really. I've already read it. Mostly. I come here a lot... I guess I should start bringing a book or something."

He glanced towards the turtle-like thing in Otieno's lap. "Interesting pet..?"

Ranjit sighed out of relief and nodded. She looked responsible to him and so he quickly handed the blue baby girl over to the foxcoon. "Her name is Nila and I'm Ranjit. She also listens to fishbaby though."

As on command the blue girl's head turns back to her father who just grins. Quickly her attention is pulled back to Raven. As if the other one was just a hard puzzle Nila's eyes focus on the girl's face, but she stays silent.

"Do you want to come and sign up with me ?" Ranjit asked Pippin, who also seemed to have a bundle of trouble on his own.

Otieno raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Call him Bom. Hold ?" He had experienced that others liked to hold his pet and that Bom didn't mind. So perhaps it was a good way to find others who would like to help him to destroy the couch at home. He had tried several times, but probably he needed some more tricks.

Raven was now more than content to wait her turn, the girl sliding the baby against her hip and holding Nila carefully. "Well hello there, beautiful," she said, grinning as she let the end of her braided hair fall forward and tickle the girl's cheek. She wasn't sure about THIS baby, but MOST babies that she and her father had been in contact with had a thing for hair.

When Nozomi had been a baby, Youko had kept her attention for hours by putting her in a baby backpack and having a set of jinglebells attached to his braid.

Moving to curl up in one of the seats, Raven turned just a bit so that Nila could still see Ranjit if she needed to. "Your daddy's gonna be right back," she promised, bringing up one hand and tickling at the baby's tummy.

Pippin busies himself with a magazine or three, squealing to himself about the latest about this or that, like the magazine junkie that he is. Rather quickly, his attention on his baby son is lost to an article about a new hybrid car.

Robbie doesn't seem at all phased by this, as he's rather used to the partial neglect. His father has a short attention span, that's all..! Instead, the baby's attention is turned on Raven's tail. It resembles his father's coon tail, only in a new and exciting colour.

Falling forward on his hands, Robbie makes a beeline at Raven with the intention of further examing her fluffy tail. His ambitions toward his motor skills has caused a bit of bow leggedness, not that his father has noticed. Stopping, Robbie pushes one hand off the floor and turns his big blue eyes Raven's way with a gaping mouth.

"Er uh.. sure, thanks." Nic took the turthe thing, looking it over curiously before placing it in his lap as he had seen Otieno do. "Is Bom a turtle...?"

"Nah..." Otieno shook his head. How was he to explain the boy that it was a species from space ? "Bom is...Bom. Can make mask." Quickly the small hands tried to show the other boy that Bom was able to be attached to faces, no matter if he liked it or not.

Ranjit signed Nila up and moved back to the seats. He noticed with a smile that the girl seemed completely satisfied with Raven and looked at the magazines as well. Phew...

Nila wiggled her toes and listened to the soft voice. She immediately was fond of this one, she wasn't as loud as some others and not hectic. Calm. So the fishbaby giggled slightly. Until now this was her only way of showing that she liked something as suddenly something caught her attention. Long hair. She didn't know any people with long hair at home and so it was interesting. Nila decided to touch it with one finger carefully.

By this point, Raven had completely forgotten her original reason for being there. As the little girl started to toy with her hair, she tilted her head just enough to bump the end of the braid against the tiny fingers.

However, there was one good thing about being not-quite-human. One pointed ear swivelled as Robbie got closer, and Raven slid her gaze to the side to see the boy's single-minded advance on her tail. Ah yes, the greatest game of all... tail chase. Yet another of her own childhood favourites.

She waited until Robbie was JUST close enough to reach out for the furred appendage and then twitched it to the side, just barely out of his grasp.

Eventually, she was pretty sure she'd lose track of her concentration and either wind up with an ear pulled, or her tail gnawed upon... but it wasn't like it hadn't happened before.

Robbie blinks rapidly, absolutely bewildered. It's gone! Just like that! He falls back onto his padded bottom just at Raven's ankle, his face falling into a determined pout. He pushes himself up into a squat, his weak ankles barely supporting him, and opens his palms to the sky in preparation.

"UHP!" he squeals, and up he does go, as he launches himself full force at the tail with his hands open and ready.

"Make mask..." Nic's eyebrow rose, eyeing the pet suspiciously. That was creepy on a level that one shouldn't discover after accepting to 'hold' said pet. "That's ... neat."

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"Are you here for a checkup, or waiting on your ... sister?" He nodded towards Nila and Raven.

"Sister." Otieno snorted and rolled his eyes. He totally wasn't fond of Nila. "Wan' hav her ?"

Ranjit checked his watch. They were probably supposed to get in quite soon, they were already waiting for a while and he wasn't one of the most patient people.

Nila suddenly noticed another movement and waved to Robbie. Then she turned back to the hair and tugged it slightly and very gently. When the movement became to rapid she stopped and looked at her own hand with interest.

That was the time Raven's cel phone chose to ring again, and she balanced the baby in one arm as she pulled the phone out of her purse. "Hello?"

Almost immediately, the girl's face fell and she got a distinct look of exasperation on her face. "Not yet. No." Leaning back a bit in the chair, she let the little girl tug at her hair, her head tilting faintly. "I'm still waiting, Daddy. Yes, I'll be home soon." Once that was done, she sighed and looked down at Nila. "Sorry kiddo, but I have to get a move-on." She turned to hand the baby reluctantly back to Ranjit. "She's beautiful," she said, smiling to him. "Unfortunately, I have to g-- EEP!"

Just as predicted... her attention wavered and she found herself nearly yanked out of the chair as her tail suddenly aquired several added pounds. The foxcoon wasn't heavy by a longshot, and it was pretty much just reflexes that kept her from tipping over backwards and landing ON the poor boy.

Snickering, she moved to detach Robbie's hands from her tail and tapped a finger on the tip of his nose. "Good one, kiddo," she said, grinning to him. "Got me that time."

The next few moments are pretty much a blur for Robbie, but before he knows it he's back on his diaper again. He couldn't help but feel disappointed; he felt the fur in his fingers for a few seconds!

But then two things happened; the other baby gave him a smile - and Robert can't possibly receive one without giving one back - and the pretty fluffy lady touched his nose. His mood does a 180 and instead, the baby is left grinning in and out.

"BAI BAI~" he booms, obviously getting his lungs from his father. He reaches up and opens and closes his hand in a sort of wave. "BAI~!"

Nic handed the Brom back, hearing his named called. "Er.. thanks. It was nice meeting you-" He made sure the pet was returned before darting through the doors to see the doctor.

"Bye." Otieno attached Bom to his face again and sighed as he peered through the eyelits.

"Hey wanna babysit in future just -" Ranjit sighed as Raven had already left and looked at Nila, who watched him quite sternly. "Fishbaby, come on, it's our turn."

Motioning towards Otieno he waved goodbye to everyone and they went into another door to meet the doctor.