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April's chubby cheeks quickly turned into a fire engine red color. She giggled at Paestri with a smirk. "I-i am April.' She cautiously took one of Task's hands and shook it vigouriously. Surprisingly, April wasn't being too shy today. April's light gray eyes blinked as she saw the gestures come from Paestri, she followed unwillingly curious of what Paestri wanted. "Um..where are I-we going?" She asked in a hushed voice with her eyes ever so often glancing down at the floor.

Paestri grinned and gave the furry Legend the scritch she was offered. She loved the feeling of his soft fur against her fingers, and when the glittery motes appeared then disappeared to reveal Task's true form, the pink-haired girl just gave a squeal of delight.

"Ooooo, you look really fluffy, much fluffier than Mr. Itchy." Paestri smiled, walking up to the male Legend. "April, doesn't Task look fluffier than Mr. Itchy? Doncha think so too, Ulna?" she giggled happily. Paestri was glad she went with her mum to the HQ that day instead of staying at home to bake with her older brother.

Malady frowned at the attention Paestri was giving Task, it didn't like it when Paestri grew attatched to other creatures other than the Intangible. Its shattered eyes tapered in sinister slits as it coiled itself around the female Legend.
He looks dirty to me. it whispered into Paestri's mind.

Paestri clapped in delight once more at Task's transformation. "How do you do that? That looks so fun!" she grinned, staring intently at the furry Legend. The wide-eyed look of awe evident in the pink haired Legend's face was the exact opposite to the Intangible's.

Malady's expression turned livid with a mixture of disgust and prejudice. Anything that did not resemble what the Intangible considered normalcy was not to be associated with. It narrowed its shattered eyes at Task, and noted to attempt at influencing Paestri to ignore him in the future.

Paestri smiled as Task tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, "You have lots of hands, that must be really nice. I wish I had lots of hands, it would make baking easier because my older brother Linny is horrible in the kitchen. Like my mommy, but he cleans up the kitchen really well, much better than mommy or anyone in the house. Big sis Talim doesn't like baking, she says it's too girly. Do you think baking is too girly? And is being girly a bad thing? Ooooo, and who's the Sandman? Is he your daddy?"

The questions just poured out from her, it was natural for Paestri to be asking so many things from someone she only met. She knew little of them and wanted to learn about them, it didn't bother her that she might be making the other person uncomfortable. Then again, Paestri herself rarely felt awkward or uncomfortable (at least not in the physical sense).

Malady sneered at Task's blush and stored that bit of information away in its mind.

((Nooooooobody's here.))

Two faces peer into the shop, twin pairs of green-gold eyes darting curiously about. It appears that the headquarters is empty today, though for what reason neither Legend nor guardian knows. After another few moments of scanning the interior of the room, D-chan gently ushers Dai inside. A soft rain begins to patter against the streets moments later.

"See, D-chan?" the boy mutters. "Nobody's here. Can we please go home now?" His gaze continues to flicker about, looking deep into every shadowed corner. "I mean, those ghosts are still here, I'm sure, ghosts never leave so fast and so easily, it's not like them, you said so yourself--"

"I thought we discussed this," the fox-girl chuckles. "We came here to meet people. If we wait, maybe people will come to us. Besides, I'm tired. It's a hike coming down those mountains." The half-fox sits down in the nearest chair, lifting her paws up off the floor and drawing them up beside her. "Besides, you can't use the ghost ruse to get me out of here. I can see them, too, you know."

"Yeah, on a good day," the boy mutters. His guardian throws a playful glare at him as the boy clambers up into a nearby seat, opening his book once more and proceeding to pour over the seemingly endless pages of indecipherable scrawl.

"Any luck?" The half-fox asks cautiously. There have been times in the past when she has interrupted the boy...and rarely did they turn out nicely. Often enough the child would become snappish and defensive, refusing to speak or even explain what it was that he was doing.

Luckily, this is not one of those times. Dai shakes his head slowly, one small hand running down the page before he turns to the next, the same look of frustrated determination etched across every line of his face. "Nothing. I can't read much of it...just those first few pages."

As though to prove his point, the boy closes the book with a soft snap and opens to the first page. Lines have been neatly drawn across the ancient paper, providing boundaries for the elegant yet unreadable script. Flipping a few pages forward, he then displays the looping scrawl that fills the vast majority of the book. Though the lines are relatively straight, there are no guides for the dark ink to follow, creating a rather haphazard appearance. Not only that, the words seem to blend together into a single line of messy letters, thwarting most any attempt at decryption.

"Well, I can certainly tell why most of it is incomprehensible," the half-fox murmurs. "And the first few pages where it's tidy...it's in another language?" The boy nods silently, flipping back to the lines in question. "Man. What a bummer."

"Tell me about it," the child sighs. "Would you mind taking me to the library?"

The half-fox's ears perk. "Eh? What for? You think they might have some dictionaries for that lost language?"

"Maybe...but I'd also like to get some more reading books. It's boring only having the one I can't read!" He smiles over at his guardian, who is shaking with silent laughter.

"I think we can do that," she chuckles.

D-chan looks up, ears flicking wildly as the door opens once more and two new faces enter the room. A bright smile lights her face at the sight of other people; finally, Dai can make a new friend! And she can hopefully have an intelligent conversation; she hasn't had one of those in far too long.

"Hi, there!" the half-fox grins, standing and walking toward the newcomers. "I'm D Spiro. Please, call me D-chan. Who might you be?" Her green-gold eyes flick toward the little girl hiding behind her much taller guardian. "And who might you be?" the fox-girl asks gently, her smile dimming slightly to avoid frightening the already nervous youth.

As Legend and guardian enter the room, Dai slowly looks up from his book. For just a moment, his green-gold eyes meet the wine red ones of the new woman in the shop...

...and then he breaks away, pulling his legs up to his chest and burying his nose in the book clutched tight within both hands. His knuckles begin to pale as he tries vainly to avoid notice, his anxiety getting the better of him at even the thought of having to introduce himself to someone new, let alone TWO someones.

D-chan smiles down at Morosina as the small girl is presented before her. "Hello there," she chirps kindly. "It's very nice to meet you." The half-fox looks over her shoulder at the boy staring so intently at the book mere centimeters away from the tip of his nose. "The book worm over there is Dai," she chuckles. "And don't worry about shyness; I know the feeling perfectly well. Hey, kid!" she calls brightly, chuckling as the boy flinches closer to his book. "Why don't you come over and introduce yourself?"

"You just introduced me, why do I have to come over and do it again?" he asks meekly from behind the leather-bound covers.

"Just come here!" D-chan laughs. "He's stubborn as a mule and shy as a mouse...just don't know what to do with him."

With reluctant obedience, Dai slips off of the chair, clutching the book close to his chest. He comes to rest before Morosina, bowing low before the Legend and her guardian...more to avoid eye contact than out of polite respect. "Hello my name is Dai it's nice to meet you." He bounces up quickly and turns on his heel before scuttling back to his chair.

"I just don't know what to do with him," the fox-girl sighs playfully.

"I did teach him one thing, if nothing else," the half-fox snickers. "Manners are my strong point. That and magic. But the magic doesn't count in this case, because Dai far outranks me in that category." Shaking her head, laughing all the while, D-chan looks around the shop. "Now, I wonder if they have a kitchen...tea sounds really good right about now."

The fox halfling listens intently to Azumi's words as she scans the headquarters. "Dai...well, Dai's never met another legend, and he doesn't get much contact with people outside the family, which is partly because I'm scared to death that he'll let his magic slip and then the whole town will be up in arms trying to 'slay the demon...' But yes. It's nice that Morosina can warm up to people. I just hope Dai can, as well..." She smiles at the woman over her shoulder. "And we haven't been here for more than five minutes now," she laughs. "But this is our second time in the Legend HQ. The first time we came here Dai spotted a ghost. Scared the living daylights out of the poor kid."

Dai jumps at the sound of a voice so close by. His green-gold eyes dart to Morosina, watching him over the arm of the chair, as his hands close the covers protectively. "It's something that I've always had," he replies quietly. If not for his obvious shy discomfort, he might seem like an incredibly rude child. Anxious, he scoots to the far side of the chair and opens the book again.

Even so, he continually casts sidelong glances at the little wolf-girl. She did come and say hi...so he can probably tell her a little more. It's the nice thing to do, right? "I...I actually can't read any of it. It's in another language, one I don't know," he admits meekly. "So I'm not really reading any of it...just trying to find out how."