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Keppit wiggled her toes in her boot... there was something in there she knew it! Glancing at her key, which was over on the end table, she pulled her foot up onto the sofa and started to unlace her boot... there just had to be a rock in there or something... and as long as there wasn't anyone here in the store they wouldn't be put off in case her foot smelled... which in all likeliness (being a zombie) it probably did.

*LP walked in with a little fae beside her and willow in her arms. The poor tiger was still is some pain* How many times willow must I tell you to take it easy. That back of your's will never stop hurting if you don't quite rough housing for a little while.

*The little fae girl snickered* Me think you funny Miss. Pretty kitty too! *she clapped and laughed as willow stared at her.*
*Willow murfs at being called kitty and stares at Ophelia. Happy that the little Fae keeps calling her kitty.*

Keppit glanced up at the seemling misfit trio... "Hiya Lp... and Willow.... and company." she grinned good naturedly... it had taken her quite a while to prefect a grin that wasn't scary coming from a zombie facade, but she had somehow managed it. "How are you all today?" she shook her boot until a small rock fell out onto the floor, then she slipped the boot back on and began lacing it up again...

*Ophelia wrinkles her nose and blinks* Ewww!! Someone poopy? *she little fae tugged on LP's shirt.*

*LP let outa chortle laugh* Hehe No Ophelia it's just the smell of feet you'll get use to any strange smells around here XD *She nodded to Kip* Hi kip how's the un-dead life going? Oh and this is Ophelia isn't she a cutie?

*Ophelia smiled widely and innocently and waved to kip* Hi miss lady woman person!

*Willow mrowled at Kip looking at her.*

Keppit smiled and waved back... "Hello miss Ophelia". She finished lacing up her boot and returned her foot to the floor. "Sorry about that smell, I didn't think that anyone was going to be in here, and there was a rock in my shoe. Most uncomfortable." She wrinkled her nose at Willow "Heya cat."

*willow's eyes narrowed -what is it with calling me cat?- she let out a disgurntled murf and removed herself from LP's arms still moving around sorely.*
*Ophelia blinks* Me no miss..... Me just Ophelia! Nope, no miss in meh name. *She blinks* Ohhhh!!!!! TOYS!!!!! *she got side tracked from seeing all the plushes she runs up to a Black dog plush and picks it up* I want this one! *she shouted excitely.*
*LP's hand went to her head* Oy, Ophelia hon you'll have to wait till iris shows up and ask her if you can have one. Okie *looking back at Kip she chuckled* Kids she's a handful and when willow gets better, or turns into a child I think I'm gunna have my hands past full. What do you reckon?

Keppit just laughed... "I think you'll find a way to manage." She watched Willow stalk around sorely... poor tiger... Keppit kicked back, used the coffee table as a footstool and leanted back into the sofa... this was a good place to be... "So what's new with you?"

*LP shurged and sat on the opposing couch* I hope so. As they are they are a handful
*The little fae Awwed at having to wait* Can I pway wiff it? *she questioned huggling the pup plush and fluttering over to LP and sitting down beside her Holding up the plush in her face*
*Willow blinked and Jumped onto the nearest shelf. Which wasn't the best of ideas but still good enough where she could hide from the fae.*

"Yeah but you know you love 'em... that's why you put yourself through all this..." She glanced up at where Willow was sitting... it looked a little dangerous, but as long as Lp didnae mind.... "Good thing these sofas are cofortable... " she sat for a second... "Hey... what was opening the trunk like for you?"

*LP chuckled* opening or seeing what's inside of it? I mean when I opened it tenez had to try his key frist 'cuse willow was a twin to luican so yea... Anywyas it was all fun and stuff... Idon't really remember I jsut know I was hyper.... *looking at ophelia* Sure you can play with them, they aren't off limits but you must put them back
*willow layed inbetween two plush toys and watched everyone content on where she was.*
YAY!!! *opehila hops up and runs to grab some more plushs from the shelves* We have tea party! And we eat sweet stuff!

With a small 'ding', Lenta swung the door of the Velveteen shop open, one hand wrapped tightly around her key. As soon as she entered, Lenta shoved her free hand into her pocket, her head lowering slightly as she spotted Keppit and LP. She knew them both; Keppit from the Floppi Center, and LP from an earlier encounter. However, she couldn't help but feel like she had walked into some big, important conversation. To make up for it, she pulled a chair to the other side of the room, sitting down in it and pulling her legs up to her chest. Her spare hand was pulled out of her pocket and wrapped around her knees. Lenta let the key dangle, then used the now-free hand to warm the arm wrapped around her legs.

*LP looks up at lenta* Hey, why sitting over there? come on and join us I don't mind

*THe little Fae saw Lenta and ran over hpyerly* HI!!! Miss lady woman person!!!1 Join me With the Plush? We having tea party!
*willow closed her eye's and tried to sleep with all the noise the Fae girl was making.*

Not long afterwards, there was another soft 'ding' as the door opened once more. Moo stepped inside, holding the door open for Acia to dart in after her, then letting it swing closed and looking around the shop. She flashed a grin of greeting to LP and Keppit, sent a wave towards Lenta, and was about to speak when Acia interupted.

"We're baaaaaaaaaack!" The glider shouted, darting over to hower in the middle of the room. Acia spun in a circle, taking in the shop at a glance, then completely disregarded the humans and shot over towards the tiger nuggled between two plushies. "Willow!! It's sooo good to see you again! How've you been?!" Sure, Willow looked kinda tired. But she wasn't asleep -yet-, so she would surely want to talk, yes??

Lenta opened her mouth to reply to LP, but then Moo entered; with the distraction, Lenta was able to avoid LP's invitation. She didn't want to interrupt anything, and she wouldn't have spoken anyways... It hurt just to sit there. Maybe she should've gone home...

But, Ophelia was still there.

"Hi there." Lenta murmured in response, the words muffled because her head was pressed against her legs. "Umm... A... tea party?" Well, Lenta liked kids... She couldn't just say no, could she? The shy girl lifted her head slightly, so that she could speak clearly. "Sure, I guess so..."

*Ophelia Squealed* YAY!!! NOW WE NEED TEA AND SWEETS TO EAT!!! *she blinking watching Acia and she pointed up wanting Lenta to look* Flying Mousey thing! Lookie!

*LP sighed* Good lord this is so gunna be a mad house... Acia dear Willow's got a hurt back don't be careful she's been grouchy 'cause of it. *Looking to moo she blinks* So your back hun? Where've you two been? *afterwards sighing at Ophelia while rubbing the back of her neck* Kiddo I don't think the shop has cookies and tea, I'll go look in a second but I doubt it....

*Willow nodded softly to acia watching her as her tail twitched*

"That's Acia." Lenta mumbled, slowly placing her feet on the ground. "She's Moo's Velveteen, and she's a sugar glider. They're like squirrels, but with flaps of skin between their legs." Okay, so that wasn't true (at least, not the squirrel part), but Ophelia didn't look like the kind of faerie that would sit around for a long explanation. If Lenta could even muster up the confidence to give her one...

"How about we have a play tea-party?" Lenta offered, folding her arms against her chest. She felt... well... sorta cold, and a bit vunerable, with her feet on the ground and all. She didn't like it.

Glancing over to LP, Acia nodded slightly before turning back to Willow, alighing on the shelf and bending to pat the tiger's paw reassuringly. "Awww, I'm sorry, Willow. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll feel better soon." She paused as Ophelia's cry reached her, then sent Willow another sweet smile. "I'll be right back, kay?"

Whirling around, Acia jumped off the shelf and took to the air, darting direction towards Ophelia and hovering just inches from her. "I am most certainly NOT a mouse! I am a sugar glider! And even though mice are nice because Trea is a mouse, I am NOT a mouse. See the tail?!"

Moo watched Acia in silence, rying to decide if she should try and shut the glider up, but finally decide it was a lost cause and returned her attention to LP, shrugging. "Back enough. Just been busy... We've finally found a chance to drop by, though, so here we are."

*Ophelia Laughed at Acia* Your a funny Mouse! OHHHHH you talk to! Wanna pway Tea party!? I get kitty! *she ran over to willow*

*LP started laughing so hard she almost fell off the couch* Acia give up dear Ophelia dunno the difference. She's too young. *Looking to moo* wanna help me find some tea and cookies? She'll drive me nuts if I don't. *nodding to the little fae girl*
*Willow's eyes narrow and she shakes her head at acia; then looking at Ophelia she snarls as if to say touch me you get scratched.*

Lenta watches silently, then quickly pulls her legs up to her chest once more; It was painful to sit there without any protection.

"A regular tea-party it is, then." She murmurs to herself, wrapping one arm around her legs and using the other to finger her key. For a fleeting moment, she found herself wondering if her Velvet would participate in tea parties... And then, the thought was gone, and she just smiled to herself.

Before Acia could reply, Ophelia had bustled off to get Willow; the glider immediately followed, once again alighting on the shelf, this time infront of Willow. "No, I will not play, little fairy person. And neither will Willow, because she's hurt. So there! Go bug Lenta now." The glider was still a bit miffed about being called a mouse. Deciding to ignore Ophelia, the flopped down on the shelf beside Willow, smiling at the tiger. "I'll protect you, and you'll get better and everything'll be good again."

Moo chuckled softly and shook her head, raising an eyebrow at LP. "I doubt you'll find anything. They don't have much food here that I know of Maybe in Nar's basement, but he doesn't exactly strike me as a tea-and-cookies kind of guy."

*LP shurged* Well then I run out and buy a box of cookies and tea or something to drink... if you odn't mind watching willow I'll take the kiddy with me then you only have to worry 'bout the "kitty" *looking to acia* you could atleast humor her she's only a kid.... just 'cause your smarter than her and understand things better doesn't mean she knows what your talking about. Would you rather her call you squrill? That can be aranged
*Ophelia's eyes teared up and her bottom lip began to quiver, and she walked over to LP and pointed towards acia and willow* Kitty and mousey mean!
*Willow mrowls a thanks to acia*


Acia blinked, turning to look over at LP. She opened her mouth to reply, but choked up and snapped it shut, glowering over at the woman. The little fairy thing had started it!! Acia was NOT a mouse (nor a squirrel, though that was closer), and this little whateveritwas had called her onne even after she told her she wasn't! Then the fairy was going to bother Willow, who was already hurt and cranky, so Acia had gone to help.

And now... And now the little fairy was calling her mean!? She wasn't mean?!....was she??? Jax and Adroi and Coen and Lyrus never called her mean! ....Admittedly, they couldn't talk much yet, but...but...she wasn't mean!!! She was just defending Willow! Or...or maybe she was mean?! Maybe she was turning into an mad evil scientist like Aeo had said!?

The glider jumped to her feet and took to the air, summoning perhaps a larger gust than was necessary in her haste. She darted over to LP and Ophelia, pausing just long enough to mutter an 'I'msorryI'mmeanIdidn'tmeantoI'lljustgonowbye' before ducking around them both and towards the door, opening with a gust and dissappearing outside.

A protest died on Moo's lips as the glider darted outside. Instead, she sighed and rolled her eyes, heading for the door after Acia. "I'll go find her..."

Moo I'll get her. If you can watch Ophelia. I think it might be best if I go talk to her... I mean after all this is my fault. *She looked at Ophelia* And you will be getting a talking to as well after this is over with. You stay here and be good play with the plush toys and not with willow. Understand? *LP walked over to moo and put a hand on her shoulder* won't take me long. Or shouldn't...

*Willow sighed getting up and and jumping down from the shelf she was on to follow LP walking sorely but still she had to go... after all this was acia.*

*Ophelia sniffles and nods softly watching acia fly off.*

"Ehh..." Moo hesitated, one hand on the doorknob. Sighing, she shook her head. "Were it anyone but Acia, I'd say yes, but I doubt you'll be able to find her. She wouldn't have stuck around, I'm sure. She probably headed home. She doesn't get upset often..." Moo shrugged slightly, flashing a faint smile. "I really don't know what to expect. Wouldn't want you to risk a shock."

*LP looked at Moo* Hrmm well how 'bout you take willow and go find acia then? Tell her I want to talk to her. I mean after all I do beleive this is mostly my fault for having the Fae kid with me *she said the last part in a low voice.* I thought iris might be around...
*Willow nodded and pawed at moo's leg she knew she that this might cause her more pain if she went but she'd rather find acia than seeing her friend mad*

"Well..." Moo trailed off, glancing down at the tiger pawing at her leg. Finally she nodded and carefully picked up Willow, holding the little tiger in her arms and smiling to LP. "We shouldn't be too long.. And don't worry about it. I think 'Cia just overreacted. She's normally very good with kids..." Trailing off once more, Moo shrugged and turned back to the door, opening it and heading out to search for the glider.

*LP waved to moo and sat down on the couch with a sigh*
*The little Fae walked over to LP and looked at her* I do something wrong? *She gave LP this big puppy-dog eyed look.*
.... *LP just looked at her for a while with out saying anything, afterwards muttering* go play with the plush toys.

*Lp looked over to lenta* you haven't said much.... s'matter?

In truth, Lenta hadn't been paying attention. Once Ophelia had fluttered off to bother Acia, she had slipped into a daydream. However, LP's words pulled her back to reality, and she blinked before answering softly.

"Nothing. Just thinking." And, she had been. But man, they were some sorta thoughts...


*LP shurged looking at Lenta* Welll thinking makes one's head hurt.

"Not mine." Lenta replied, without looking at LP. She cleared her throat, and let the volume of her voice rise a bit. People (er, mainly Fenwrit and Mauli) told her that she was hard to hear sometimes, and she didn't want that to happen in front of a fellow owner. That would've been horrible...

"I like thinking." She stated simply, her fingers running down the cool metal of her key.

*LP shurgs* if you say so.... stilll think it makes you head hurt.

"What sort of thinking do you do?" Lenta asked softly, finally lifting her head to look at LP.

The kind that gets you into trouble *LP said with a soft shurg watching ophelia.*

Lenta laughed, although it was so soft of a sound, it could barely be heard. Then, she slipped into silence, processing this information and letting it float to the back of her mind.

"You like getting into mischief, then..?" She murmured, looking away from LP once more

Well not like..... *She pondered* More like you should say mischief finds me... 'cause that's the way it works. Willow and Ophelia included
*Ophelia's head lifts up as if to say wha? she then goes back to playwith the plush toys making them attack each other and such.*

Lenta nodded, storing that information as well.

"I like to... think about things I read. And daydream." She mumbled in response, staring down at the ground. One hand was still wrapped around that dab-blamed key.... She hadn't let it go, 'cept for that one second earlier, and it had quickly found its way back into her hand. It was as if she was afraid that someone would enter, and quickly snatch it away from her.

The door opened as Moo finally returned, stepping in with a sigh and walking over to one of the couches. She dropped onto it and set Willow on her lap, gently petting the tiger's back. For a short while she was silent, then looked up and shook her head slightly. "Couldn't find her.."

*LP ohhhed at lenta* well sounds fun enough *looking to moo* nau? =.=' well when you see her tell her LP wants to talk to her, will you?

"I'll tell her," Moo promised, cracking a smile. Yawning, she picked Willow up and set the tiger on the couch beside her, then stod and started back or the door. "Well, I'ma head home. Wanna be there when she gets back. See ya 'round, peoples." Without waiting for a reply, she waved a goodbye and slipped out the door, heading back towards the House.

*LP walked into the shop struggling with a fighting Willow to try and keep her away from Ophelia. Not really a smart idea condering tigers have claws and teeth.* Weeellll atleast someone is better. *she rolled her eyes up to look at ophelia and then back to willow who was currently trying to claw her way from LP's grasp* One of these days I'm so gunna need stitchs cause of you willow. You know that right. *she took her free hand and opened the shop door and sat willow down. No sooner had willow got down Ophelia took off and lighted on the nearest ceailing fixture that hung out of reach of willow. Whom by now was going nuts.*

-Nayati watched the whole affair rather nonchalantly from the counter, silent for a long moment before he finally climbed to the edge, leaning lightly over to look down at Willow, an ever rare moment of teasing touching him.- "Really Willow.. to let such a tiny little thing get you so upset. Getting upset will only make her do it more. Little kids are like that."

*LP murfed at nayati* it seems it's more than just ophelia making her pset. Look at my arm T-T *she held out the slightly bloodied arm* Imma gunna try to find some sort of towel or bandage for that *glares at willow* Behave now I'm tried of having you always being mean. *with that LP dissapers into the side room she knows normally holds supplys.*

*Ophelia giggled before fluttering over to nayati and landing on his head her legs crossed indain style.* Willow just grumpy! She not like bucket of wet stuff dropped on her. Me didn't do that on porpus!

*Willow just sits there stareing at Ophelia before coiling her muscles and making a jump onto the counter. She had to claw her way up but she managed. Sitting down bwside nayati she shurged, her fur still a bit damp.*

-Nayati, always the 'older brother' was growing used to be hung on.. with hyper crackmunkies.. rambunctious Tayale.. and a little fae sister of his own, he was beginning to resign himself to the duty, so he didn't fuss to much as she landed, listening with a light flick of his equine ears.- "Well.. that's good.. On purpose would be mean. Maybe if you said you were sorry, or actually tried to help her dry off she wouldn't be so upset."

-His eyes followed LP as she left, frowning a little. If he hurt his mother he'd be in deep trouble.. maybe he should tell LP about that thing that some of the cats at home have.. no claws.. umm.. ded clawed?-

*After a little while LP walked back out cringeing slightly. She'd found the only disinfectant in the place to be rubbing achocal[sp?] and poured that on the wound. Which now as a result burned but it was better than letting it get infected. She had found some bandages to wrap the wound with as well.* I'm gunna get you all some frist aid kit stuff. You have a really crappy supply. *she looked at nayati and whent to leaning on the nearest wall.*

*Ophelia blinked* Me say sorry. Me always say sorry! But it was funny! Willow looked like a mouse! *she turned into a wild fit of giggles.*

*Willow stared at Ophelia, she was ready to tear the little fae to peices but she didn't want to hurt nayati. She murfed wishing she was able to talk like nayati. 'least she could speak her mind then. Not sure that everyone would want to hear it...*

-Nayati snorted a little softly, crossing his arms.- "As pretty as you are flower fae, you've got some real thorns. Much more like a nasty rose then a pretty little iris."

"Looks like both of you need to be declawed, or learn to be nice."

-It didn't make sense to him.. as much as he and his siblings got on each others nerves.. they didn't hate each other.. they didn't fight THAT often. As a matter of fact.. if something were to happen to him he KNEW that atleast Caub and Chocolate would be there at his side making sure he was okay. His tail flicked thoughtfully back and forth.-

-The soft click of puppy nails against the floor sounded, and the small Tayale pup appeared from the back room, nose in the air, sniffing at the new visitors. Apparently not remembering her last visit with Willow, she began to to plod up towards the small tiger cub, giving a happy "rawrrrrall" greeting.-

*LP looked at chocolate with a lofted brow. Before speaking to nayati.* I always get stuck with the nutters Willow's got other siblings, Mel whom is a walking jutebox, Bara who's pink but a guy; which is funny; Fallen whos' about as bad as me xd as well as alot of others. Those two just don't get along. Willow gets along fine with everyone else. *pondering of the declawing and then chuckled* If I declawed willow then she'd had a harder time playing with her food. I don't think that too wise. Besides wouldn't they just grow back when she grew?

*Willow looked at chocolate and lept down beside her stareing at the larger than her tayale pup. She poked the pup in the nose softly with a claw, seeing what the pup would do.*

*Ophelia looked into nayati's eyes her head tilted. She had stopped her giggled and now looked slightly worried* Rose? Me? Hun? *she was confused in the most possible way.* Me always nice thou! *she protested*

-Looking slightly startled for a moment, the pup flopped down to it's bottom, sitting as her tail wagged a mile a minute, tongue lulled happily out of her mouth.- "Bruffff?"

"I don't think so.. The kitties at home don't get them back, they're gone forever, and they can't hurt things. But.. they still catch mouses and stuff." -He pondered on the thought softly.- "What about gloves, until she learns not to scratch people unless she has to?"

-Trying to peek up at the fae, and not doing a very good job, he tried to explain slowly, like he did to Adhara.- "Iris' are soft gentle plants. Beautiful and elegant and graceful. Royal almost. Roses are very pretty.. but very mean, cutting you with large thorns when you get to near. If you're laughing at your sister when she gets hurt.. that's like thorns to her feelings.."

*Willow blinked and stared at chocolate. She had a brow lofted catishly. She growled soflty at the pup and then pounced on it Trying to knock it over.*

*LP just shook her head watching willow.* She knows better, when we get home she'll end up with tape on her front paws. It's rahter funny watching her get it off. whee

*Ophelia blinked* Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *not that she really got it but she nodded* Otay! Me pretty!

-The pounce made the pup raise her ears softly, happily. Play!? Backing quickly, with that soft puppy like crouch, she woolfed some more, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce back.-

-Sighing a little softly he laughed, stating simply.- "Yeah well, I guess."

*Willow watched the pup, her head tilted. Not sure she liked the fact that the puppy was barking at her.*

*Ophelia smiled* Wanna play!? *she asked nayati.*

-Chocolate bounced softly in her crouch, seemingly being pulled back and forth by her tush and wagging tail. But finally, as she saw an opening, she pounced forward herself, attempting to catch, and lay a large sloppy lick against the cub.-

-He glanced down to Willow, who seemed preoccupied enough before he nodded lightly.- "What do you want to play fae?"

*Willow's eyes grew wide and she tried to move outa the way but the floor was to slick for her to move as fast as she needed to, the pup had hit her. She hissed at it as she was being licked.*

*LP rolled her eyes at willow*

*Ophelia ponderd* Could play catch? *she mused*

-Giving a happy little bark, she begin to sniffle in the cub's fur softly, before giving another affectionate lick.-

"We can try, my hooves aren't always the best for it but.." -He trailed, lifting his 'hands' to try and shoo her off his head and out where they could play.-

*Willow paused looking at the pup as she was sniffed and then used her back paws to try and remove the big lump of fur from off top of her. The pup being larger she was afriad of being squished.*

*Ophelia pondered.* wha you wanna play?

*LP just kinda dozed*

"No no, catch is fine. We just need to find something to use as a ball." -Looking lightly around for a moment, he tried to spot something, willing to make a ball if he really needed.-

-Taking the paw 'kicks' as playing, Chocolate lay softly, still sniffing at the kit, paws rested around her, quite obviously amused. Now... if only this toy knew how to pet.-

The door flew open with a loud crash, and a strong gust of wind swept into the shop, charging straight through and fading just as it reached the back wall. In the midst of the sudden wind, Acia tumbled in, rolling head over heels through the wind and obviously trying to keep her eye on something still outside the door. There was a loud screech from outside, and the wind abruptly switched directions, whipping around the wall and behind the door to slam it closed--effectly smashing a taloned hand that had appeared through it. The talon pulled back, the door closed completely, the wind vanished, and Acia dropped to the ground.

For a moment the glider just stared at the door, then abruptly burst into laughter, dancing a little victory jig and pointing towards it. "AHAH! You didn't catch me, you great stupid bird thing you! I won and you lost, and now those squirrely dealies'll be perfectly fine and happy 'cause you went and got your hand smashed! HA!"

Still giggling, the glider dropped to sit on the floor, making a series of faces at the still-closed door. Then, remembering where she was, she blinked and looked up, glancing around once before flashing a sheepish smile. "Hallo. Sorry about that."

*Ophelia looked around.* Where ball at? *she fluttered around the room looking for something*

*As soon as the pup laid down Willow let out a rather loud growl like rowling noise that would normally atleast make something move.*

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*LP who happen to be badly placed behind the door when it oppened got a face full of door. Which woke her up and she murf* oooowwwww What hte hell is the big idea slamming the damn door in my face!!!! Do you relize there are people in this pl...... *she stoped when she saw who it was and why they did what they did she stood there for a second*..... oh, hi acia *she was rubbing ehr face and moved away from the door.*

-Chocolate's ears perked curiously at the sound, but the sudden action at the door, brought the pup up in a confused jolt, jumping back in fear before she 'stood her ground', barking and growling at the door and strange new creature.-

"Ughhhh.. Chocolate.. hush!" -Covering his ears, he glanced towards the commotion, eyes widening as he noted the sugar glider.- "Acia!?"

"Mom said you were gone! What are you doing here?" -He crawled nearer the ledge, looking down at her with a curious glance.-

Acia's head snapped back towards the door at LP's exclamation. The glider winced and looked away, sighing softly and mumbling an apology. "'M sorry about that, Ms. LP.... The bird thing was chasing me, didn't mean to hurt you..." Well fudge, there went her good mood. And now the little Tala (Moo had one, so she recognized it) was growling at her, and... Wait, she knew that voice.

The glider perked up slightly when she heard Nayati and turned towards the counter, craning her head to peer up at him. "Hallo Nayati! I was gone, but now I'm back! And I'm here because...I didn't know how to get back otherwise? So I came here, 'cause I know where Moo's is from here."

-Quickly fumbling towards the seed near the edge, he placed his hoof against it, watching as a small twist of vines grew down the side of the counter, sliding down them. He glanced back up to the young fae for a moment, but she'd be okay, winged and all, before he turned back to Acia.

He tried to peek for injuries carefully in that boyish attitude of "I don't really care, even if I seem I do", quite certain from the way his mom had been worried that she'd be missing a leg or something. She 'seemed' fine enough though.-

"Well that's clever enough, where'd you go in the door though? I don't think I've ever been anywhere 'dangerous' in it before.."

-Seeing Nayati near the strange thing, her vocalizations dropped, and she stood there still almost protectively, waiting for the 'big scary monster' to try and get Nayati.-

Acia watched in silence as Nayati slid down the vine, grinning appreciatively at the trick. So that was his ability...thing! It struck her as odd that she hadn't known before. ....Oh well!

The glider was perfectly fine after her ordeal, or, at least, at a glance. A few of the vials were missing from the belt on her thigh, and the pouch where she normally kept marbles for her slingshot was visably empty, but no physical harm was done.

She shrugged and started over, but paused almost immediately at the Tala's defensive posture, deciding it better to reply from where she was. "No idea! I've never been there before, nor do I hope to again. And it wasn't exactly dangerous. I just accidently zapped one of the bird things when I was helping the squirrel..things, so the other bird came after me."

Lenta slipped through the door, her hands jammed into her pockets, the key around her neck. She paused on her way in, eyes widening as she spotted Acia. She was back... Moo would flip when she found out. And she looked okay... That was good. Biting her bottom lip, Lenta pulled a chair into a free corner and sat down. She hummed softly to herself, eyes locked on Acia as she imagined what Moo would say when Acia got home, safe and sound.

[[LP disspaered somewhere with in that time if you want to read it starts at page 223 post 7]]

J.D. walks through the market district. Everything has been hectic since the collapse of Gambino Tower and the resulting destruction. When she finds free time, she likes to get out and just breathe for a while. It has been general nasty out today--cloudy and murky, with the sudden, occasional spring downpour. Her boots are covered with mud from the uncobbled side streets, and her jacket feels heavier than usual in the damp air. Her steps slow as she nears the familiar toyshop, and she lifts her head to look through the display window.

The shop isn't very crowded at the moment, but it looks a bright and dry haven from the stormy skies above. The breeze is picking up, and J.D. gets the feeling that more rain isn't far behind. She moves toward the door of the Velveteen Toychest, trying to knock the mud off her boots the best she can. Although the results aren't completely satisfactory, it's the best she can do under the circumstances. Giving her coat a last shake, she opens the door and heads into the shop.

It's nice to be out of the chilling air finally. She makes a wide circuit of the room, looking to see who might be in the shop today. Her eyes linger on the magical chest, as always, but eventually, she makes her way to the couch. Usually, she would just sit on it as is, but her jacket is wet from all the rain, so she pauses to remove it, revealing the t-shirt beneath. Her arms are cool suddenly, without the protection of her coat sleeves, but she folds up the jacket and places it on the floor, near the corner of the couch. Finally, she takes a seat on one section and runs a hand over her hair to get the fly-aways off her face.

*LP walked into the shop out of pure boredom and tired of the rain. She was singing to simple plan's 'Welcome to my life' she had her eyes closed as she walked head banging. Willow followed her into the shop and shook dry as soon as she was inside.*

J.D. looks up and smiles lightly as she spots a few familiar faces escaping the rainy weather. It's LP and her Velveteen, Willow, now a small tiger. LP, like most of the Velveteen Toychest denizens, knows her as 'Indyana'. She's been meaning to rectify this, since she is now certain that she will be staying in central Gaia for a while, but she hasn't quite gotten around to it.

"Hello, LP, Willow," she says after they have made their way in.

*LP blinks and turns off her music. The song was finished anyways. She smiled and nodded taking off her head phones* Hey.... indy isn't it? *she knew the face she was just kinda bad with names. She wrung out some of her shirt so it wasn't as sopping.* I really should get a hoodie or jacket or something so I'm not always soaking wet.

*Willow ran over ot the lady and start sniffing at her feet. Mrowling she wrapped around indy's legs.*

"Yes, Indyana, although I'm going by J.D. now," she answers LP, watching the young woman ring out her clothing. Meanwhile, Willow scampers over to examine her legs and boots with interest.

"Hi there," J.D. says, slowly leaning over and putting down a hand for Willow to see.

*a soft half squeek is heard from beneith a pile of toys, and one wolfen eye peers out at them sleepily. for a moment she had forgotten where she was, untill a sudden reminder from the massive dolls, or they were at least to her, that lay ontop of her. Squeeking, again she wriggled herself free and began to bound around behind the dolls, slipping from shelf to shelf as quietly as she could untill she was on the other side of them, near the door, carefully hiding in the guise of a doll, watching them enthusiasticly*

*LP ahhed and nodded* okay JD *she yawned and shook her head slightly.* How've you been? *LP's eyes caught some sort of movement but she couldnt' tell wath. Her hand reached around behind her as if she was gunna to pull out a dagger looking for what could ahve caused the movement..... paranoid as one would call how she was acting.*

*willow nuzzled the hand and tried to paw at it. For some rason she was rather hyper. did she get into the sugar again?? or maybe the cat n**?*

*watching LP for a moment she grew completly still, barely breathing, hearing her own heart race inside her chest as she prayed that she wouldnt be discovered*

J.D. also has a reputation for being paranoid... of course, considering her line of work the paranoia is warranted. She is tracking the noises too, although she is fairly certain by this point that whatever it is, it isn't a threat. She keeps most of her attention on Willow.

The tiger decides to nuzzle the hand, so J.D. takes that as a sign that petting would be welcome and moves up her hand to rub behind Willow's ears.

*after a few moments she dared to move into a more comfortable position, trying ot make it look as if she were a doll that had just fallen over, quickly taking a few deep breaths when she believes she is safe again, but still wary; being the size of a kitten wasnt always that easy, specialy with the threat of being stepped on*

*LP moved over to the shelves swiftly and looked for the source of the movement and paused at the shelves looking at them. She wasn't always jumpy but sometimes she had her reasons. She saw what she thought was a plush out of place, but on second glance she wasn't sure it was a plush at all.* Hello what do we have here?

*Willow murrs and tries to crawl up into JD's arms. She wanted to be held and pampered likea proper little tiger should be.*

*bites back a eep and struggles to keep calm, watching LP from the corner of her eye, feeling sweat forming on her brow and her body begin to shake gently, tensing up and ready to bolt should she reach for her*

J.D. watches as LP rushes to investigate the noises, looking a bit disturbed. Willow, however, is begging for attention, so she gently lifts the small tiger up onto her lap so she can pet her more easily. Willow is bigger and leaner now, a perfect replica of her larger counterparts.

Such a beautiful Velvet, she thinks.

She tries to keep an eye on what LP is up too as well, wondering what might be bothering her.

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Appernetly this one was never finished either.

Iden pulled open the door and shuffled into the shop with Toby tucked under her arm, peering around to see if there was anyone about.

*LP was singing along to sorry i'm not prefect as she walked along the street willow beside her, she was in a sorta mood where she wanted to find the most extrem songs and listen to them and sing outloud with them, she had people stareing at her as she entered the toy shop*

*willow pawed at LP and mrowled. Which made LP open her eyes and smile when she saw the girl with the chocolate lab*

-Shortly after Iden Yume entered the store with her velvet mouse Trea crawling about her shoulders. In her hands Yume held a small kit of pre-school water colors and some paper.-

Iden wasn't any stranger to singing at random, but as she plopped down onto the couch, she had to stifle a grin nonetheless. It was always somehow funny when someone else was doing that sort of thing. She did return the smile, raising her hand in a small wave, then let it fall as she peered at the stranger's companion.

She was about to say hello when someone else entered. After a moment of biting her cheek, she greeted both, albeit softly. "Aah, hello."

*LP smiled taking off her headphones and smiled sheepishly* allo. *she picked up willow sitting her on the desk* Hi yume, long time no see. *then she looked over to the new girl* I guess you've a velvet there. *she nodded to the plush with a smile* Tis great to have new owners.

*willow jumped from the desk to the nearest couch almost missing and then heads over to iden and sniffed at the plush.*

-Yume beamed at them both- Allo there! -she sets Trea on the floor and opens the water colors ontop of the paper, there is a container inside for water already. Trea goes to work dipping her paws or tail in and... creating... pictures-

She looked down at the plush in her lap and nodded, affirming, "Aah, yeah. I'm Iden.." She really was awful with introductions.

She let Willow sniff at Toby, not fearing any harm to him, and looked curiously to Yume and her painting mouse.

Hi I am Yume.. did I say that already? -She put her finger to her lip looking puzzled for a moment and then smiled again adressing Iden and Trea- this is my velvet mouse Trea. She was a plush too.

"She's very lovely." She smiled, fingering her mutt plush's ear. "This is Tobler," she added, resisting the urge to fidget, nervous though she was.


-Yume looked at the girl and Tobler- He is cute. Why are you tense?

Aah, damn. Caught her with that one. She tugged thoughtfully on Toby's tail, lifting her shoulders in a shrug. "I just, umm..get that way, sometimes."

-She smirked a bit and looked down to Trea who was busy making nonsense marks on the paper and having a blast. She then looked to Iden- Would you mind if I sat by you? I understand being nervous, I get that way sometimes but not as much anymore.

"It's fine, I don't mind." She smiled, shifting a little. It was a bit unnerving with someone around who seemed to be rather good at reading her.

The basement door opens, and Naraka comes wandering up looking red of eye and rather ill. He blinks stupidly in the bright light of the midafternoon sun and drowsily assesses the room. "Hello," he raspily greets the current patrons of the store. He gives Iden a glance, and then goes over to his pile of piano left in the corner, with the intention of reassembling it.

Iden was a bit surprised to see Naraka come walking up into the sunlight, being used to Vlad and his inability to tolerate it. She was worried by the look of him, though. Maybe it was being in the sun that made him look so ill? "Aah, afternoon.." she ventured, not quite able to keep the concern out of her voice.

Nar gives her a nod, trying to be friendly and not sullen and grim like he feels. Seeing her funny look, he explains, "I really couldn't sleep, so I decided I might as well be useful and put my piano back together." He blinks at the sunny window, squinting. "It looks nice out."

"Oh, I see." She tilted her head, wondering if there had been anything in particular keeping him awake, but decided maybe it was better not to know. "I thought that vampires couldn't, aah..take being in the sun?" She can't help but ask. Here she'd thought 'Blade' was complete and utter nonsense, like most any vampire movie. Not that it stopped her from liking it, but that was beside the point.

Feeling as though he really can't do two things at once this afternoon, he turns himself around and says, "No, most vampires can't. All the ones I've ever met. But I made a trade off. I am not as strong, not as fast. My eyes can't see in the pitch black like they used to. I can't turn into a wolf or mist, or a bat. I can't float or dissolve completely into shadow. I can't ressurect the dead. But, I can walk in the sun without burning into a crisp. It still irritates, and after a few hours in the bright sun I go blind and get sick and dizzy, but I don't roast in a matter of minutes as I would ordinarily. I have two days at the most."

*LP shakes her head vilovently seeing nara and then yume and iden she chuckled and scartched hte back of her neck.* ^^; must've zoned out.... hi nara ^^ *she caught the words roast* Ohhhh are we haveing a cook out? *all of what he said hit her* Ohhhh wait.... nevermind >.>; sorry

*willow bats at the dog softly and pur-moews wanting to play, but seeing it doesn't move she noses at the iden's hand.*

Her mouth shaped into a silent 'o' as she considered his answer, which was somewhat more elaborate than she'd expected. It seemed like one hell of a trade, but..well, not burning up would certainly have its own advantages. He'd have time to get himself somewhere out of the sun, at least. Trying to stifle her curiosity at least a little, not wanting to pester him to death with a dozen questions, she let herself think for a moment longer so that when she opened her mouth they wouldn't just come pouring out. But she could get them into one. "Oh, I see. Could you really do all those things?"

But then, her hand nosed, she noticed Willow again, and she idly gave the tiger a gentle scritch behind the ear. Toby, plush that he was, simply listed to one side at the batting.


Nar snorts at LP. "I doubt you'd really want me for a cookout." He then turns back to Iden with a small smile. "Well, yes, and probably more. My vampiric family was enormously influencial in the many provinces now known as Romania around the... tenth or eleventh century and back. We were recognized by our silver hair and red eyes, a trait that all of us developed at the point of our turning. I really wouldn't be surprised if your er... friend has heard of us. I was never really considered part of that Aristocratic crowd, though, so I'm really not too knowledgable on my history. Irronically, I learned a lot of it from a friend of mine down in Guatemala. He researches vampires as a hobby to keep himself sane. Anyway, we were pretty standard when it comes to the Slavakian vampires. We had a lot of animal forms, but I had a tendency to take only one, and that was my wolf form... mist sometimes."

He frowns, thinking, wondering how to explain. "I think some of the things we did were taught, but because I was more like a pet or a plaything and not one of them, I was never taught those things. Like our ties to the undead. I'm supposed to be able to influence the dead somehow, but I never learned. I really don't want to anyway."

*LP watchs him slightly pouting* well I said sorry. *she shurged it off and puts on her head phones once again and turns the cd to a different song more upbeat. Watching the two sorta wondering why nara was so hard to get along with sometimes. She brushed some of her hair outa her eyes and watched the two looking to see what yume was up to.*

*Willow saw nara and jumped from the couch iden was sitting on to warp around his leg trying to get some attion from him. So she was a bit of an attion hog, oh well.

She listened intently, always interested in most any sort of history, and here she'd been presented with a sort that was entirely unfamiliar. She really didn't even know much of anything about the general history of the time he'd mentioned. Most of what she knew was later, the most she could really place was that was about when the Hungarians had started trying to get their hands on those provinces, and that they'd managed to occupy Transylvania. Beyond that, what she knew of even the regular sort of history was pretty much nothing. She tapped a finger to her lips, thinking on it. "Oh," she repeated. "I never realized there were vampire..families."

But at the mention of what he'd been, she turned pensive, really not sure what at all to say, if anything. But that did explain something, at least, giving her something of the reason he wanted so to help her. Since she didn't know anything to say to that, she passed over it for his mention of the dead, musing quietly to herself, "'All the dead that he can come nigh to are for him at command..'"

"Yes, well, some vampires, especially the more modern sort, don't consider themselves as being of a particular vampiric lineage. One of the interesting parts of my family was that we could breed and produce dunpier, and also other full vampires. I suppose that's why the tradition of family was so strong for us. There were more vampires around back then, too. Now we're all scattered around, so it seems. Globalization broke them all up. My family is all but extinct anyway. It's irronic that I, the lowly creature, would have been the last to survive." He gives out a sardonic, barking laugh.

"What's that you're saying?"

*watching the two she feels slightly left out and rahter lost just by catching some of what they had to say because she had her music low enough to atleast notic if they said something to her. She looked at willow and then walked towards the window leaning on it looking out. She watch the clouds go by.*

"Dunpier?" It sounded familiar, or at least had a familiar sound to it. She wracked her brain, trying to dredge up what she could remember from the bits of things she'd looked into. Finally, she hit on what she thought might be it. It was worth a shot, anyway. "Is that the same as dhampir?" She formed a wry grin. "I suppose there is something to it.."

"Aah, sorry. I was thinking out loud. It was just a bit from 'Dracula,' is all." She had an almost sheepish look, a bit embarrassed to admit to reading that sort of thing.

She glanced over at LP, realizing she'd sort of been left hanging, but not knowing what to say.

Nar shrugs a little. "Yeah, I think so. the halfbreeds. I'm used to Chac's pronunciation and spelling. I think it's French? Anyway, I never did deal much with that sort of thing. It wasn't something I had to worry about. Like I said, everything about my family and my kind of vampirehood were completely lost to me. All I knew was what came most naturally, like changing shape and hiding in the dark. All the things that were useful to a feral beast. I've learned all this recently. Anyway... yes, we could have children. But any of the vampires I've come across these days can't, so I think it's a fairly rare trait."

He makes no comment on her admittance, but does give her a rather funny look. He follows her gaze to LP, and says, "Hey you. How's your arm?"

*Looking up she shurgs softly taking off her head phones again stopping the song it was on.* Okay I suppose... *she still looked at the sky*

"Sounds like they're the same." Then something occurred to her, and Iden furrowed her brow, thinking. "Drac had kids," she noted, partly to herself. "I'm not sure from when, though, if it was before he became a vampire or something.."

She didn't take much notice of the funny look, rather having expected it. Absently, she wondered what had been wrong with LP's arm, but it wasn't any of her business to ask.

"Oh. That's not very surprising. Children were very popular back then for one reason or another." He sighs, wishing he didn't have to think about that particularly unpleasant person. Or imagine what sort of fate his children befell. "I don't know anything about him or his vampiric family. I was way out of the country by then, and I haven't returned to Romania until very very recently. I can't help you."

*LP looks at the two watching them, she was slightly interested by the mentions of romania but she wasn't includeing in the matter she looked for willow, whom had by now made her way to the toyshelves again and found a place to nap. She walked towards the door.* not that anyone cares but I'll be back in a little bit. gunan let willow nap *she nodded to the tiger and opened the door stepping out.*

"Someone had to inherit. Only one of his ever did, though, I think." She shrugged, tapping absently at the sole of her shoe. "It's all right, it's not all that important anyway, in the long run. I'm only curious."

She bit her lip, inwardly cringing at LP's comment when she stepped out. Ohh, Iden needed to learn when to shut her mouth and not be so curious.

Now, there was a fairly big chapter on Dracula and Vlad in this book I got, but I didn't read through it, being uninterested in the clicheness of Dracula. I did read an interestingly wierd little story about one of his authoritative exploits though. Some merchant lost all his money, and offered a reward if someone found it and returned it to him. A Christian found it and gave it back, but the man, not wanting to give the reward, accused him of stealing some of it it or something else. They ended up taking the case to Vlad, who saw through the merchant's scheme and told the Christian to hold onto the money until its rightful owner could be found and that was that.

"Well....." He frowns, wondering what exactly is unimportant and whether she really wants to hear him talk about vampires or not. "I don't know," he concludes hopelessly, shrugging his shoulders.

"LP, don't be silly," he growls after her. "Just because we get to talking about something doesn't mean we want you around?"

*she pauses and looks at nara* Geeez, I know that but still... forget it. I'll be back in a sec. I.... have... I have to er... find someone. *she nodded slightly.*

-Yume looked around to spot who had come in to play. She had stepped outside for a moment to get a bit of fresh air. Trea was still in the room playing with paints on a now...colorful, paper-

"I just, well..it would be nice to know, but don't fret over not knowing, yourself." She tugged at one of Toby's ears once again. "It's not the end of things if I don't find out."

Hearing LP, her shoulders sagged. Here she'd been talking at Naraka this whole time, and it was probably what was driving LP off. "Sorry," she mumbled, looking down.

Not your fault *LP called at whom ever said the sorry and let the door close. She walked towards the hustle and bustle of the street and then ducked into an allyway.*

*Willow heard the door slam after LP's voice and jumped looking around. Sighing she shook her head and looked at the others with a sigh she mrowled jumping off the shelf she was on and moved over to iden. Nuzzling her to say sorry for LP's behavoir.*

He sighs and answers a little sullenly, "No, I don't know anything about Vlad, if that's why you were so curious." He turns himself around and begins to fit the pieces of his piano back together.

"Not specifically, I'm just..curious in general, I guess." She shrugged, adding in a mutter, "I just like knowing things." She hadn't meant to cause him any sort of frustration.

She petted Willow absently, worrying at her lip. "S'alright, there."

-Yuem looked around as she walked past LP over to Trea. She cast a glance over her shoulder to LP as she left, without Willow, that was odd.- Naraka! -She started to move and then stopped.-

*willow looked at the two... and murfed*

Nar looks back over his shoulder, his face appologetic. "I kind of got the impression that you were asking because you might like to know a little bit about me. If you want to know about vampires, I have a friend who is just obsessed with them. I can ask him things. If you want to know about Vlad, he might know a thing or two. Hell, he might even have a thing or two that belonged to him. But I can only tell you about my own personal experiences."

He jumps when Yume shouts at him. "good god, girl, what is it!?!"

-She blinked and blushed sheepishly- I was happy to see you and was going to pounce and hug you. -She frowne d a little bit- Then i remembered how that went over the first time I did it to you.

"About you, and about vampires, anything you'd want to tell me." She smiled a little. "I can ramble on about the hsitory, the stories, things I've found in books, but not everything's in books, and with what is, who knows what of it's true, or exaggerated?"

She flinched at the sudden bit of shouting, giving Willow another scritch. Things were crazy today, apparently.

*Willow murrs and nuzzles into idens hand. Looking at the door waiting for LP to get back.*

-Trea looked to Yume from her startled position, boy she had no sense sometimes. She twitched her nose a bit and laid her ears back concentrating on Yume-

He considers this and says, "Well..... I can tell you a few general things about vampires that I know. But mostly it would just be personal stories. If you don't think I'm being egocentric by telling you, I wouldn't mind, but you see, I really have not a lot of other information."

He glances at Yume. "Oh, go ahead, if you must. I'm in no condition to resist."

-She gave him a soft smile and bowed her head for a second before looking up to start talking. Though when she did, it was soft as a whisper even though to her she sounded normal- Actually, I don't really need to. I think for once, I'll actually wait.

"If..if you don't mind, I really would like to know." She didn't want to be prying at him to tell her things he'd rather not.

She ran a hand down Willow's back, smiling at the tiger.

"Well.... no, I don't really mind. I uh..." He glances over at Yume. "I don't know how much everyone else would like to hear about it, though. And now I'm a little lost. I don't know where to begin. What kind of things would you like to know?"

-She closed her eyes and imitated a nod as best she could look then picked up Trea and sat on the couch.-

*Willow purred and crawled into iden's lap and layed down watching nara; -ohhhh boy a story =D -*

"I, um.." She shifted when Willow decided to occupy her lap, wiggling a foot that had, by this point, gone completely asleep, and considered. She had a feeling 'everything' wasn't going to cut it as an answer, but specific things had flown right out of her head, now that he asked. "I just..I don't know. I don't even know enough to know what to ask." She grinned sheepishly, knowing that probably wasn't the sort of thing he wanted to hear, then cast a glance over at Yume. "Anything you're, umm..comfortable with?"

I tried to ask him the everything question once too and I don't recall us getting very far. -Her voice still no louder then before-

Nar fixes them both with a somewhat pitiful glance. "You're both making this rather hard on me. If you don't give me something to talk about, I'm just going to start telling you everything about my life, and that might just disturb you. Are you sure you want to know everything I'm willing to tell?"

*LP appered back at the door shoving a small box into her pocket and seemingly put out something on the side walked and steped back into the shop pulling her hair back out of her face, before entering back into the toyshop cracking her neck. Once inside she leaned on the wall beside the door watching everyone. She slipped a ninja star back into her pocket.* hello again... *she muttered softly sounding kinda mellow.*

*Willow's head perked up and then she layed it back down watching nara.*

-Yume tried to say "I am" but it only came out as a squeak-

"I can't help it," she murmurred in response to Yume. "There's too much to think of. What'm I supposed to do, ask something horrible and inane like 'what's it like,' or something?"

She bit the inside of her cheek, stroking a finger down the back of Willow's ear. Did she want to know everything, even with the way he made it sound? Whether or not she'd come to regret, well.. "Yes."

She looked up when LP re-entered, nodding. "Hey."

Naraka sighs a little, and says, alright then. Let me collect myself for a moment, and figure out how I'd like to start. Starting is always the hardest part."

*Looking at nara and then to the other two* Cant' be that hard. Every story I ever heard started out with once apon a time.... *she said in the most serious voice, her face still held a mellow look, as she watched them.* So should I have brought popcorn for this?

*She nodded to Iden* Seems willow found a good napping place.

-Yume purred and looked to Trea, her voice was let back to normal- Start from how you became a vampire maybe?

Iden nodded slowly, running her fingers through Willow's fur. Not only had she roped Nar into talking about himself, he'd ended up with something of an audience to tell everything to. She doubted that helped much.

She smiled over at LP. "Good to know I'm a comfortable...err, a comfortable something, anyway."

Naraka waves his hand in the air. "Alright, alright. I don't need suggestions. Hold on..." He comes wandering over and has a seat on the floor in front of them. He gazes around at the three, wondering how well this will go down. "Alright, but you all have to promise that you're not going to make fun of me or... or hold any of this against me. Alright? And..... wait, do I smell smoke?" He wrinkles up he bridge of his nose. "Who's been smoking?"

-Yume looks down at Trea, then to Iden and Willow- Well we have all been here. -She casts her glance to LP then back at Nara- I asked you this quesion myself long ago so I have no place to hold anything against you nor to make fun of you.

*LP looked at nara and mutteed almost inabulty* bad habbit.... *she scratchs the back of her neck and drops her gaze down to the floor slightly. She was pondering if now would be a good time to leave.*

"I promise," she said softly, simply, meaning it. Then, at the sudden switch to his asking who'd been smoking, she blinked. She hadn't smelled anything, but well..she didn't have the benefit of any sort of enhanced senses. Not that smoking bothered her particularly. She shrugged inwardly, and went back to petting Willow.



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might have to start a new post for this one.

*LP walked towards the shop she was slightly in a soft daze, sleepy more or less. She'd been up most the night for some reason and now was slightly clumsier than normal when she opened the door to the shop to let willow inside as she walked in afterwards leaning on the nearest wall with a yawn.*

Iden wandered in shortly after LP, Toby under one arm as usual. She was looking a bit tired herself, but not to the point of being unsteady, just a little bleary-eyed. She ran a hand through her hair, scratching at the back of her head, before saying anything. "Hello, LP."

*She nodded softly and yawned shaking her head* Allo... ummm think I zoned out when you mentioned your name. *she muttered softly watching willow run up to iden and start warping around her legs. Trying to get petted.*

"That's alright. It's Iden," she revealed, crouching down to oblige Willow and give the tiger a few pets.

Ahhh *she muttered closing her eyes, with a sigh, slightly twitched seeming as if she was hurting.* Nice ta meet you. I belive nara has mentioned a few things about you. But Idon't really remember that was a few nights ago and he was rahter drunkardly speaking. *she gave a soft shurg.*

"Nice to meet you, too." Then she looked up from showering her attentions on Willow, tilting her head thoughtfully. What on earth might he have said? It wasn't that she minded, not really, but she was curious as to what 'few things' he'd mentioned. "Oh, he did? Ah well, as long as it wasn't anything horrible," she said with a grin, covering up her musings.

Nothing too bad, he was just saying something to the effect you was new and all. I doubt nara could say much bad about some people... People like I use to be he'd be all sorts of angry. ^^; *she slide down into a sitting postion rubbing on her ribs* I kinda wanted to appoligize to him 'bout how I acted last night, and you for that matter as well.

People like LP used to be? That was a strange thing to say, but she shrugged it off. "It's alright, nothing to worry about." She smiled, then narrowed her eyes slightly, inclining her head. "You okay?"

*she shurged* I got into a scarp last night.... nothing bad. Just a few scratchs. *looking around* happens when I've got nothing better to do than time to kill.

Tired of crouching, she rocked back into a sit, then quirked an eyebrow at LP. "Well, as long as you come out of it okay, I suppose.." Iden shrugged, then added as an afterthought, "How'd your..opponent do?"

*Lp laughed* he'll heal up in a matter of days compaired to me. IHe's an evil little b*****d he is. *she nodded* stuipd nax thikn he owns everything. That's what ones gets for being dmeon at one point or another.... *she bit her lip rather quickly*

"Nax?" Iden blinked owlishly, finding herself rather suddenly and hopelessly confused. A demon at one point? This just wasn't quite making sense to her. "Oh?" she prompted vaguely, scratching her head.

Yes, he's a demonic cat that's taken up living with me.... *she said scatching her head trying to get out of the subject rather quickly* sooo anyhow..... nice weather?

"Oh, I see." Here she'd been thinking this Nax was a person or something. Well, Iden herself was stuck with a demonic dog of sorts who liked to swing by every now and then for some inexplicable reason. At the abrupt and slightly less than subtle subject change, she shrugged. "It's, err..alright, I suppose. Seems to be getting warmer, anyway."

*Lp thinks for a little bit nodding to what iden said* yur, trees are blooming around where I live. horribly bright greens everywhere. But that's okay.... *she looked around and felt kinda bad about the subject change but didn't want to stay on it* sorry for that subject change.... I try not to inflick my past on anyone that's well un aware of it... *she muttered softly before looking around for something to speak of.*

Iden twisted her fingers through her hair, eyeing the brightly-dyed green ends with a wry smile. "It's okay, I can understand that. So, err..have you had Willow for long?"

I've had willow since a while before halloween. thou she was still a plush on halloween.... I tend to remember by holidays how long I've tended to something. *she offered a smile*

*A tiger suddenly appears in a small alley near the toyshop, covered with scars and a very strange symbol, mark on its back.
The tiger slowly walks out of the alley, calmly going toward the toyshops front door.*

Halloween. Geezus, that was about when she'd gotten that damn spearhead, wasn't it? It seemed..longer, somehow. She grimaced for a moment, then pushed that train of thought aside. "That is a good way to go about it...definitely easier than trying to keep a bunch of dates straight, anyway."

*looking at iden she blinked* something wrong? And aye it is very easy to keep up with the dates that way. Thou I don't think nara would like to remember that night... both of us just about got ourselves killed looking for two of the owners. *she pulled out a dagger from her pocket and started shining it.* Was rather fun thou, for a while anyhow.

*The large feline neared to the door and as it saw the door it changed into black flames, the black flames flowing into the shop through all openings, the keyhole aswell.
then the black flames gathered and formed into the tigers shape, before the tiger's skin became visible as it materialized back.*

"Eh..nothing, really. Just remembering something from around Halloween myself," she waved it off with a small smile. At the mention of almost dying, though, her eyes widened. "What in hell happened that you two nearly got killed?"

At the flame-to-tiger entrance, Iden started, then wrinkled her nose. Did people have to be so dramatic about things? She eyed the tiger warily, frowning.

*In telepathy the tiger replied.*

"~I'm not being dramatic ... I was in tiger form and am to lazy too turn back to my normal form and I was too lazy to open the door...
Oh and I'm Roy by the way for if you didn't realize it yet... hello...~"

*Roy looked up at Iden, his big furry tiger face looked dull and dozed, giving a dorkish look (yes even in tiger form I can look like a dork) to Iden.*

*Lp laughed* oh -THAT- well it was sorta a bad thing, you know when gambions mansion frist blew up.... well it seems there were two of our friends in that rubble and we had to find them, 'cause they're velvets made it here and were safe but the owners weren't so we had to go save them. I went looking for kanth, she owns the skunk, you'll meet her later on thou I suppose, and nara went to save moo, she owns a glider. Anyhow nara managed to find moo and I ended up some how losing the skunk. Nara took moo to the nearest hospital and then came looking for me and the skunk. There was a hurrican 'cause of something the glider 'cause there were zombies see, and the zombies where knocked off the trail. Well they don't really affect vampires luckily. Anyhow the two found me and we started off back to take the glider back to moo when we ran into more zombies. *shakes her head* getting tried of hearing that yet? Anyhow we were chased by hords of them and we got chased into this allyway and the glider flew up stairs trying to get some of the zombies away from me so we three spilt up. I had to use my brillant swordsmen skills to fight off the ones around me. Unfourtnally it only dazed the damn things. I ran upstairs to find the glider and nara actully ended up in the same building. Well we were stuck inbetween zombies from each side and a very long drop from the floor we were on to the bottom. The glider ended up in a room a floor down from us. So we had to battle our way there close the door, after the glide blew up a zombie. Nara and I moved desks infront of the door see. And there was a window on the otherside of the room. So i went and was gunnab e smart and break the glass so we could escape. I had some type of cloth dont' remember where I got it from.... anyhow I used my frist and broke the glass.... broke my hand as well and got a few cuts from the glass but nothing major and we jumped for it with acia, the glider, in my arms. Nara said he'd lead the zombies to the cops and told me to take acia to moo. We bickered about it before I finally let him go. It was gunanb e light soon and I knew it wasn't good for him to be in the light like that, but he insisted so I left him and ran to the hospital me and acia were lucky we didn't run into any more zombies. I finally got acia to moo, whom was awake yelling at the nurse when I walked in. The nurse stared at me and acia 'cause she didn't want animals in a human hospital. I was limping badly 'cause I had hurt me knee in the landing but that was okay 'cause I didn't really feel anything untill I sat down talking to moo. After a while I left moo and came back here to find nara worn out and that's basiclly it.... we both could have been mauled to death by those zomibes or killed jumping out that window.... All dangerous and fun. and now nara doesn't really like zombies I'd think.
[[God >-> talk about needing some lessons in grammer]]

She listened intently to LP, looking aghast at the story. When it was done, she took a moment before replying. "I think I'd be a bit wary of zombies, myself, after somethi--" She never finished, interrupted by the tiger's sudden projection into her mind.

"Jesus!" Iden shoved herself backwards in surprise, swearing. "Talk like that all you want, but keep the ******** out of my thoughts, would you?! I'd really appreciate it, Roy," she growled sharply.

Talking mind-to-mind was all well and good, but the last thing she wanted or needed was someone reading her mind. That invasion of privacy had her more than a little pissed.

*Has almost fallen asleep from the long story, laying down near the couch as he tried his best to keep listening and staying awake.
He yawned giving a soft growl aswell.
Laying his head down he started to purr (Yes I know that tigers normally can't purr, but he's not normal and he has a reason of why he is able to purr.) as he listened to LP's story.*

*LP's eyes widen looking at the tiger and then to iden.* What the..... *she looks at the tiger giving it a pericing stare and then back to iden* there's something one could do without. *she nodded agreeing on the mind speaking.*

*Willow looked around waking up from a daze she was in wondering what the hell was going on.* Mrowl? -ruffly translating into a what the hell-

*LP looked at willow* you could say that. t'would be rather vaild question.

*He looked up at Iden again, he sighed and slowly started to turn to his human form.
Once he was done he sat down on the couch and looked calmly at Iden.*

"Iden relax, I have no reason to read your mind, I only can talk to you through telepathy and hear what you'd say in telepathy back to me or anyone else, but you'd know if I'd be reading your mind...
... If I was reading your mind you'd be dying from pain and you'd be screaming your lungs out from seeing that what scares you most, even if you have never seen it before...
And don't say that you don't have that, EVERYONE has something that they fear so much that they cry it out when seeing it, I have too and so has Naraka..."

*He now looked at Iden with almost angry eyes, that serious he was about it.
He suddenly didn't seem the Roy that they have known for the short period, but another Roy, one that could rip your insides out with his eyes and use them as clothing.*

*LP took out a ninja star looking from both of them and then to the star. Not wanting this to get ugly she flung it all the closest empty wall above someones head.* Both of you Stop it now. If nara comes up here and hears you two talking like that you'll bet he'll be yelling.

Quite frankly I'd rather not hear the Everyone has fear bit myself. *she stares at roy* so if you two are gunna start that I'll just leave. *she walked over to take the ninja star outa the wall*

*Willow blinked and watched LP wondering who'd twitch frist*

"Oh really? I don't recall saying a damn thing, out-loud or otherwise, about what I thought of your entrance." She pushed to her feet, glaring.

"Don't assume, don't assume a ******** thing about what scares me or anyone else!" She balled her fists, fingernails digging into her palms. "You don't know anything. You haven't got any right to talk like that, like you do. What makes you so sure I'd be screaming?"

Iden hardly batted an eye at the thrown star, but she did bite her tongue at the mention of Naraka. Still bristling, but understanding LP's point, she sighed. "You're right. Sorry, LP." Rubbing her forehead, she murmurred, "It just hit a little close, is all."

*Roy frowned and sighed again, wondering why women always act like that.*

"LP, if you have anything to say next time, then just say and don't bother throwing things and stuff, it doesn't impress me...
And you're only damaging the wall because of it and thats a bit useless to do when I only was stating a fact...
You don't have to believe me, I don't care if you do or not, but its just a fact that everyone fears something and people or creatures or anything that tells otherwise is lying and hiding the fact that they do...

But I wasn't going to make a fuss about it so you should relax aswell, I'm not gonna start a fight here since I've been in too many allready..."

"I guess then that you've got a open mind...
It wasn't my intention to hear you're thoughts..."

*He crossed his arms and moved a bit to sit more comfy.*

"And I do have the right to say that, first of all, this is a free country as far as I know, about what you want to say that is and I have my reasons for saying so aswell.
And I'm not going to answer your last question because you are emotionally unstable..."

*He keept looking calm this time, looking at both women.*


*LP nodded to Iden and then looked at roy walking over to him and and stares after taking the ninja star out of the wall* T'was there before. I've thrown stuff at that wall before. *she walked over to him in a clam cool mannor* Well ya know you don't impress many people by being a smart a** either. *she bends down so she's inches infront of him with a grin* I'd rather you kept your powers to yourself. I might not can show you up... but i'm not one to stand by and watch someone so irresponible with powers as such just 'play' pettily with them. I lived in a state of fear all my life. I doubt you can find anythign wrose in my mind 'cept for my nut case family that would love to kill me right about now. There are things about people that should be brought about it. Some that'll end up having killed the cat. Catch my drift?

*she walked back over beside Iden and picked up willow petting her.* Aye, sometimes that can happen. Sometimes people in this shop end up just showing off.... I'd always get bored but never show off to impress anyone.

"I don't 'play', since when I'm in tiger form I can't talk like a human so I use telepathy to communicate, its very simple and nobody has ever become upset by me using telepathy... so I don't see why you and her do...
And using my powers irrisponsible... I don't think you've been alive long enough to understand the real meaning of that...
And I am not trying to impress by being a smart a**, I just am a smart a**...
And that you live in a state of fear all the time is nice for you, but still you have fear of something, but I'm sure you don't believe me and I'm not even bothering to show you, you're just as unstable as you're friend is... though its remarkable... usually its the men that are emotionally unstable..."

*He yawned and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, before standing up.*

"Well I'm gonna go now to find a place to crash and end this conversation since thats best at this moment, unless either of you have anything to say..."

*Looking calmly back at LP and Iden while walking to the door.*

She'd been ready to just drop it, but..damn, that one hit hard. "So what if I am," she spat, "It's still none of your damn business! And you haven't got a ******** clue about what I am or why, so you can keep your brilliant observations to yourself." Green eyes narrowed angrily, Iden snorted in disgust. "You're a real arrogant p***k, you know that?"

She crossed her arms, giving her plush a good squeeze in the process, then nodded tensely at LP. This was all hitting a bit too close for her, and it had her on edge. "There are better ways to impress people than showing off," she agreed dryly.

Then when Roy started on again, she clutched Toby all the tighter. "Good, go right on ahead and leave. I won't miss you any. At least we won't have to listen to you preach about what you think you know about being afraid, or unstable."

*LP stared at him for a long moment before she speaks again this time a little more cocky* Boy dont' insult me. I've been around longer than you think. I so happen to be an ex-demon, I don't gloat often but I don't like your tone. I know showing off when I see it and the fact you were too lazy to do something normally translates into being 'hey I watned to show off' so if you'll excuse me, I wasn't talking that your telepathy was the showing off part either. Dont' jump to conclusions. And if you wish to leave be my guest. I hope you don't let my cockyness stop you from hanging around but I quite frankly have been having a hard time with the idiot I have to take care of at my place and your attitude reminded me of him. *she gave a sout nod*

*nodding in agreement with iden she shurged* He's just bull headed and cocky as everyone else I know. Worse even.....

*He shrugged at the latest outburst of anger from iden and LP.*

"If you like to call it 'showing off' then be my guest, and that you think that being lazy is 'showing off' fine...
And yes I know that I am a arrogant p***k, but I don't care...
Anyway, I'm gonna go snooze, later."

*While walking out of the door he raised his hand and grabbed his mp3 player out of his pocket.

When he was out of sight from them his stomach growled from hunger and he walked into a alley.
He took off his jacket and shirt, sitting down against a wall and he grabbed his left wrist with his right hand.
Putting his teeth in his skin, ripping a part of his flesh from his arm while growling from the pain.
Eating his own flesh to still his hunger, his arm regenerating instantly, but at a slow rate.
After having eaten his half arm he stopped and looked emotionless at it, seeing it heal, his hunger gone.
Wishing he could feel his soul back in his own body.*

"Ugh, what a piece of work," Iden pronounced finally, glowering at Roy until he was gone.

She looked back at LP, wrinkling her nose. "He's got nothin' on--" she started, half grumbling to herself, then hastily amended what she was about to say, "Err, someone I know."

That's why I hate most men *she growled softly watching him leave* Baka, the lot of them. *she muttered* 'cept for those fair few.... *looking at iden she tilted her head* Sometimes I wonder.... but I won't ask. *she yawns*

Iden settled on the nearest couch, tipping her head back and sighing. She was more than glad all that was over with. "I have to admit, I'm not well-acquainted with enough of 'em to know what I think of most. Not that I'm well-acquainted with many people at all."

Then she tapped her lips with a forefinger, considering. She'd decided, in the midst of that wonderful little episode, she could definitely get to like LP. "You can ask if you want, but..it's a helluva 'n answer."


I've known enough to turn to my stomach and make me hate most of them. Nara's one of those few exceptions.*LP smiled softly sitting on the couch beside Iden* Well I'll only ask it if you feel like telling it. I don't like to ask people for information they dont' feel like giving out. And helluva'n answer sounds like it could go one of two ways. *she gave a soft nod*

"Uck...well, here's to exceptional people, no?" She managed a dry grin, smoothing out Toby's fur. "I don't mind telling, it's just..well, I guess crazy doesn't quite do it. And hard to figure out how to put." Scratching her head, she shifted a little while she thought. "One of two ways?"

Ahhh so I get to feel speical then hun *she smiled softly looking at Iden* Crazy covers alot of ground, and one of two ways, why not tell the shorter of the two? I tend to have somewhat of a short attition span. It'll all sink it but it takes it time sometimes. Like with nara's story thou I've heard of some of it before.

"Short and blunt, then. Though that's how it sounds craziest." With a faint shrug, Iden gave LP her answer. "The someone I was saying I know, who makes Roy look tame...he's, err, Dracula. The real one. He's been living with me for awhile now, and..well, saying he's a p***k is putting it lightly. And it's..it gets a more complicated than that, a lot more complicated, but there's your short answer."

*LP looked at Iden* Wow the real dracula? That's got to be one of the coolest, yet most unpleasent sounding things I've ever heard. In a short tale. *she scratchs her head* hrmm he's a p***k eh? Ohhh I'd love to met him.... well I know nax would. They'd mostlikely get along -great- *she muttered, she pondered for a second* so how long is the long version?

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finished in guild

Black hole Ate some rps dunno if any where mine
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The door to the Velveteen Toychest creaks slowly open, the bells over the door chiming only softly as the door comes to rest once more. A green-gold eye peers through the crack between wooden slab and frame, nervous, as though unsure if it is safe to enter or not. "Okay, D-chan, there's nothing to be worried about. What's wrong with you today?" With strengthened resolve, the fox-girl pushes the door open, listening to the cheerful tinkling of the bells overhead as she pads into the shop.

A soft smile crosses her face as she places a white, grey, and orange banded sparieh on the floor. Large bright eyes peer out of a feathered face as the quadrapedal bird hesitantly strikes out on her own to explore the shop. "It's been a while since I've checked this place out," D-chan chuckles, following the chick's process deeper into the room. Soon enough she is surrounded by shelf after shelf of stuffed animals of all breeds and sizes. "What do you think, Sherbert? Was it worth the walk?"

The tiny bundle of feathers sits down and stares up at the array of plush toys in amazement. Never in her short life has she seen so many animals! She can't even name more than half of them! She can recognize the gryphons and dragons, for those are often spoken of in D-chan's stories, as are the cats and foxes...but there are so many more that the little sparieh has never seen before! Things with horns and things with hooves and things she can't find the words for! The chick creeps toward one of the startlingly realistic stuffed animals, nudging it ineffectively with her beak.

"Tricked another one," the fox-girl chuckles as the sparieh chirps a greeting to the toy. "I have to figure out how they make these things so realistic."

LP walked along the road willow following watching her unsure about what she's done to her hair... She had died it birght blue, cut it to about her shoulders and had it kinda whisped up with ends died blackish. She Looked down at willow with a soft irked look "Stop looking at me like that" she muttered. She had on glowing braclets and necklaces. Her shirt was white and black but her pants where thier same old bell-bottomed selves with chains haning everywhere but they had added glow sticks dangling from the empty d-rings. There was also a backpack that looked like a white tiger that held a dragon egg and a guitar.

Willow shook her head and murfed. She didn't like this new look, and she was mad at LP too. Her eyes focused past LP at the toy shop she couldn't wait to get in there, LP could lean on the wall and she could go browsing around the shelves untill someone showed up to play with. Or she could paw at that egg of LP's again trying to get it to do something.

The fox-girl strolls about the room in the wake of her ever curious sparieh chick, eyes looking from row to row, shelf to self, as though seeking out something in particular. Sherbert, on the other hand, knows no such discrepancies. Her tiny wings are not yet strong enough to carry her up to visit the higher shelves, but there are enough stuffed animals among the low shelves to keep her interested for hours, if not days. She constantly chirps greetings to the sightless animals she passes, waiting for replies that never seem to come.

Her guardian, on the other hand, knows better than to speak to the toys. Instead, she looks at each animal in turn, smiling to herself as she names them all in whispers. "Hippo, unicorn, rhino, elephant, giraffe, snow leopard, kangaroo, koala, opossum, falcon...!!"

Her words stop, as does she, as her gaze falls upon the plush resting at eye level. Looking around, as though to be sure that no one will be disturbed by her actions, the half-fox lifts a bat toy from the shelf. A wide smile lights her face as she kneels down beside Sherbert, who turned soon after the fox-girl paused. "Look, Sherbert!" she laughs. "It's a cute little bat!"

LP stopped and looked down at willow and picked up the tiger who squimed and hissed at her scratching her. For the frist time in like never willow was being really childish about this. "Willow now I don't know what's gotting into you..." she struggled to hold the tiger still. "Will you stop that and listen to me!?" she growled softly as they were outside the velveteen shop. "Just because I changed how I look alot more that I normally would doesn't give you the right to spazz out and attack me or be mad at me, you know I still love you no matter what I look like or what I wear and you'll always be my number one baby. Why are you acting so childish?" she asked the little tiger her eyes looking for an answer while her expression remained unhappy.

Willow murfed and finally managed to jump down after giving few more scratchs to LP and then stood at the door pawing it. When it was opened for her she trotted in her head held high as if to say, 'well I'm not talking to you'

LP sat down on the couch and sighed placing her hands in her head. Having willow act like this didn't excatly help her problems.

Sherbert blinks at the thing in D-chan's hands. It looks...well, it looks like a winged rat, in all honesty. Albeit a cute winged rat. But a winged rat, nonetheless. The sparieh pokes the stuffed animal with her beak, expecting it to move with all the fuss the half-fox is making over it. It simply stares at her with shining eyes that seem far to realistic for a plush toy.

As the door opens, D-chan's attention is dragged away. As she watches the woman enter with a tiny tiger trotting ahead, her ears flick back and forth in nervous curiosity. As LP sits down, the fox-girl stands, carefully concealing the bat behind her back. "Hi, there!" she cuckles nervously. "I hope it's okay, I was looking at some of the toys and there was this cute one that I couldn't resist picking up--" whereupon she displays the stuffed animal, ears flicked back sheepishly, "--but I didn't damage it, I promise."

Most people would get out of breath saying all that on a single gulp of air. D-chan just talks too fast.

Upon seeing the tiger, Sherbert chirps joyfully. FINALLY!! One of the plush toys has answered her! The sparieh's tiny talons scrabble across the floor as she makes a mad dash for Willow, skidding to a stop and very nearly bowling the tiger over. She chirps incomprehensibly, but the meaning is clear enough: Hi! How are you? Want to play?

LP looked over at D-chan.... she blinked a few time with a brow aloft at the girl. "ummm..... okay" it took a second for that to resgistar after she started to speak. "Oh, it's okay... Iris doesn't mind anyone playing with the plushs. Just as long as you dust them off when you're finished." she looked the girl over her head tilted and shurged. "I'm LP, I take it you're new around..." she watched the little... dragon? That ran towards willow.

Willow looked at the thing that almost bowled her over she backed up her ears pinning down. Looking at it she scuffed. She wasn't in the mood for socializing with such hyper things. She just gave a soft tigerish nod and walked off towards the plush toy shelves letting her muscles coil up and she jumped onto the shelf watching the thing. She mrowled at it, more or less translating into 'what are you?'

D-chan chuckles in embarrassment, clinging to the plush with one black-furred hand while rubbing the back of her head with the other. "Yeah, I'm new," she chuckles, dropping into the nearest chair with the bat and pulling its wings gently outward. "It's nice to meet you. I'm D-chan." The little bat toy seems to dance as the half-fox tugs at its wings with gentle precision. "So, do you have a Velveteen already, or are you as hopeful as I am?" she asks. It's quite obvious that she hasn't noticed Willow yet.

Sherbert watches in amazement as the tiny tiger leaps onto a shelf and mingles with the plush toys. Amazing! She looks just like the toys, only more realistic. And that says something. The quadrapedal bird skitters to stand unsteadily beneath Willow, her claws unable to grip the smooth floor. She chirps something incomprehensible, though it does pull D-chan's attention.

"Oh, and in case you were wondering, the feathery bundle over there is my sparieh, Sherbert," she laughs. Her green-gold eyes blink a bit as she finally catches sight of what has so intrigued her tiny companion. "Remarkably lifelike, these toys are," she mutters, rubbing at one eye in disbelief as she examines the previously unnoticed tiger from a distance. "Incredible."

LP blinked watching d-chan and looked over to willow, who was sitting as still as possible. She chuckled and shook her head. "I have a velvet." she chuckled "and she has a brother too." Watching the feathery thing she blinked "I've never seen one before. Tis very interesting."

Willows eyes move towards the fox girl and her tail twitchs and then she goes back to sitting still. She was use to bleaning in with the velvets she'd done it before when she played hide and seek and paricatlly won. There was a smirk on her face.

"You're lucky," the half-fox chuckles, tossing the bat up into the air. "I've wondered about this place...so you're one of the velveteen owners? What's she like? And she has a brother, too? The two of them must be quite a handful." She smiles over at Sherbert, who stares up at Willow with something akin to awe. "Spariehs are very interesting," she says after a moment. "They're basically just quadrapedal birds. Four legs, four wings. Sherbert over there is just a chick. When she's full-grown, she'll be about the size of a horse, if you can believe that!" she laughs. "I couldn't quite believe it myself, when my first grew up..."

Sherbert blinks quickly up at Willow, as though expecting to miss something if her eyes are closed for too long. The tiger blends in with the other toys amazingly well. It takes all of her limited concentration to keep the tiger from blending in with the other, less animated toys. She chirps a bit as she sits down, as though asking Willow to join her and talk to her and maybe play. The sparieh hates to be ignored.

She shurgs, "I suppose. I dunno she doesnt' get to see her brother much, he lives with a friend of mine. We're the only two owners to have sibling pets. The rest are all in ones." she said softly watching the tiger and then looking to sherbert. "i'd say it's impossible but from what I've seen hardly anything is impossible now-a-days." she said softly takeing off her character backpack and sitting it beside her. "Willow atleast play with the little gal." she finally says to the tiger in a sigh. "You don't have to bother with me just as long as you mind the company that's why I brought you to play."

Willow gave a snarl at her owner before getting up and streaching still looking at sherbert. Her eyes blink and her ears twich listening all around her. Finally she gets off the shelf and sits down beside the animal and pokes at it with a paw to see what it'd do.

"Is there any particular reason why they were split up, if you don't mind my asking?" the half-fox inquires, setting the bat toy between her tall vulpine ears. "I would expect that they might miss one another now and then. I've never had a sibling, though, so it's not like I speak from experience," she adds quickly. "And what sorts of seemingly impossible things have you encountered lately?" she asks, watching as the tiger on the shelf moves and leaps down to sit beside her sparieh. "What's her name?" D-chan murmurs, watching the two small creatures with obvious interest flaring behind green-gold eyes.

Sherbert jumps at the sudden snarl from the minute tiger. Unlike her elder "sister," Hoshi, this sparieh has a number of fears besides soapy water. As the tiger jumps down to sit beside her, the chick shuffles her talons nervously...only to be poked at with a striped paw. She chirps a bit, feathers ruffling until she is little more than a ball of orange, grey, and white striped plumage, before she hesitantly reaches out one talon to nudge the tiger back, claws turned inward to avoid unnecessary scratches.

She peered at D-chan, her eyes could habe been as cold as the little tigers. "T'was how the chest wanted it. You can't agruee with magic." She said softly moving her eyes back to willow. "Willow has her own ideas and thoughts if she missed her brother she doesn't show it. Thou they've only meet once. Had they been torn apart when they were animals I would see that a logical idea. Having lived in spearate house holds all their life I see no reason for her to really miss him." She said softly. "Lucian and willow are Dragon and Tiger, whilest their bond is not as strong as most would like they have their own ways to go."

Willow lofts brow at the bird and pokes it again having been poked at she was wondering why it fluffed up. Looked like a ball now if it wasn't a bird to start with surely she would have pounced on it and rolled it around the room. After poking it a few more times making sure if wasn't going to snap she started sniffing it. Only to sneeze afterwards.

D-chan blinks calmly back at LP even under the cold stare. Her head rests in one black-furred hand as she watches the two fronts of activity, green-gold eyes darting from one scene to another. "You're right...nothing can argue with magic," she agrees quietly. "Not you, not me, not even the spirits...or deities, I guess they could be called," she muses. "Spirits always sat better with me." She looks carefully at LP, her ears twitching a bit. "How do you feel about magic? Are you a mage? Is that how the chests work, by drawing on another's magic?" She doesn't quite seem to understand how things work yet...

Just as Sherbert's feathers begin to settle back, the small tiger pokes her again. A tiny chirp jumps from her beak as her feathers once more fluff out to give the sparieh the appearance of a feathery ball with talons and a beak. A few pokes later and Willow moves closer to sniff at her...only to sneeze shortly thereafter. The sudden noise causes Sherbert to jump a few inches into the air...and destroy what little traction she had on the floor. As she comes back down, her talons scrabble for a hold that evades her until she falls to the floor, legs sprawled across the hardwood.

Yawning softly listening to the other one. "Mmmm I perfer the trem. Powerful Beings, just because they aren't seen doesn't mean they aren't real. I've had many a chats with some of them. None ever helpful." She added in a soft voice watching willow. "Hmmm? Magic? Oh lord no, not a mage. I was to good for that, more like fallen angel." she muttered. "Had my enterny strippped from me." she'd rahter not use the word demon for a while atleast untill she made sure that everything was as it should have been. She had noticed a few strange mis-haps lately around her place. "The trunk? Has it's own magic. Never really asked iris how the thing works. I dun suppose her or nara know how the trunk really works."

The tiger watched the bird and snickered. Looking at the time and looking at LP to make sure she wasn't looking, while the bird was sprawled on the floor she took the advantage of it and start noseing it over to the girls. That is if it didn't start to try to attack or anything. She tryied to keep an eye on all it's legs.

"Powerful Beings is a good term," the half-fox chuckles. "But a bit unwieldy to say. And I've never talked to them, but I'm pretty sure they're real...I've always thought there were beings of power that kept an eye on magic." She shakes her head a bit. "Then again, what do I know? I'm just a writer and a mage and a halfling all at once." Her ears flick against the bat plush on her head upon hearing LP's explanation of herself and, later, the trunk. "So it has its own magic," she muses, tapping the tip of her nose as her mind spirals downward into its place of deep thoughts. "I'd like to see it work someday, maybe try and make sense of it," she snickers. "Curiosity killed the fox."

As Willow begins to nose her across the floor, Sherbert holds as still as she can. In all honesty, the sparieh has no idea what's going on. Not in the slightest. But what if it's some kind of game? Besides, she doesn't want to lash out and maybe hurt the tiger...that wouldn't make anyone happy, least of all the predator. Her feathers lay back against her body, reducing her appearance from that of a massive feather-ball to that of a quadrapedal avian chick. And from there, she just lets herself be pushed around.

"Aye" she said softly not taking her eyes off the tiger. She sighed. "I suppose it did... maybe one day you'll see...." she said softly before shaking her head.

Willow stoped at the feet of the fox and tried to nose the bird into a standing position. She mrowled at the fox girl.

"Have you noticed that curiosity is proverbially one of the major causes of death among small animals?" the half-fox laughs. "Cats, foxes, that poor chicken that wanted to see what was on the other side of the road...granted, no one ever knows if it got run over or not, but it seems rather likely, if you know what I mean." Her attention is suddenly dragged away as Willow nudges Sherbert up to the chair. "Can I do something for you?" she asks curiously, leaning over to better look at the two...and reaching up quickly as the bat plush begins to slip off of her head.

As the tiger tries to nudge her into a standing position, Sherbert gives a bewildered chirp. She rather feels like the toy in this situation! Very carefully the sparieh gathers her legs beneath her and stands. Her size is barely even on the same scale as the miniature tiger, something that would doubtless deflate her ego...if she had one...

LP snickered and shurged. "Quite but there are loop holes.... " she snickered as she remembered a shirt she saw a while back in the clothing shop she frequnts. She wish she could have gotten it. Looking down to willow she blinks waiting to see if the tiger wanted an explaintion on what it just said.

Willow mrowled again at the lady and then poked at sherbert to show her what happens when she does that. She thinks there might be something wrong with it is what it seems.

"Loop holes?" the half-fox chirps, blinking over at LP curiously. "What kinds? I've never come across any, myself...though, really, I haven't looked much. That's my own fault, all in all." As she peers down at Willow, the tiger pokes Sherbert once again, causing the sparieh's feathers to stick straight out and turn her into a ball of feathers sporting a beak and talons.

D-chan blinks for a moment.

And then she bursts out laughing, falling backward in the chair as tears well in the corners of her eyes. "That's hilarious!!" she cackles, resting on hand over her eyes before wiping away the tears of mirth. "Oh my gosh, why didn't I try that?"

Sherbert's large bright eyes blink out of the feathers. She chirps indignantly, her feathers slicking back again of their own accord. It's not nice to get laughs at someone else's expense...especially when the someone else has no idea what's so funny.

The fox-girl finally regains her wits and leans forward again, removing the bat from her head to keep it from falling off. "There's nothing wrong with that reaction, if that's what you're asking," she snickers. "It's just funny and cute. Very cute." Experimentally, D-chan pokes Sherbert gently in the forehead. She is only barely able to keep from laughing her head off again as the sparieh fluffs out again.

LP shurged watching willow "never let your graud down when curiosity strikes is a good one." She watched willow for a second before D-chan starts laughing she hed to bite her lip to keep from laughing herself. Instead she just shakes her head. "Willow you nutty fluff ball." she hisses softly. "I admit I've not seen anything else like it." She said softly watching the poor sparieh get poked again.

Willow blinked wondering if she was sure that the bird wasn't broken, she then sniffed at it again. Once again getting a feather to the nose and started sneezing again. She took a paw up to her nose trying to remove the tickle that was bothering her causing her to sneeze as such.

"That's good advice," the half-fox chuckles, reaching down to scratch Sherbert's neck just beneath her beak, much as one would pet a cat. The sparieh's feathers flatten out again as she chirps, leaning into the attention happily. "Yeah, you'll forgive me for laughing at you and poking at you, won't you?" she coos. The bird's claws click against the floor as her talons flex in pleasure. "I thought so."

Sherbert jumps a bit as Willow again sneezes. Glancing back, finally distracted from the pampering, she blinks at the tiny tiger who has fallen prey to sneezing every time she comes too close. Maybe she's allergic to feathers! Improbable, but not impossible. The tiny bird twitters to herself and sneaks a bit closer to the tiger, nudging her gently as though to ask if she is all right.

Willow sneezes once more causing herself ot sit down. Afterwards a violent shake of the head. Willow lookes around slightly unhappy about the misfourtune.

LP awws at willow. "I kinda hate to be a party pooper but I think I oughta take willow home... looks like she needs a bit of sneeze be gone." with a soft chuckle she got up scooping up both willow and the bird, handing the bird to the d-chan. "so she wont' get stepped on by accident." she said softly, turning to pick up her back pack placing willow apon her head. "It was nice meeting you D-chan." she said with a soft bow, not enough to have wilow tumble off her head.

D-chan smiles and accepts Sherbert happily, tickling the sparieh's underside with black-furred hands. The bird offers a twitter that might pass as a laugh before pushing the fox-girl away. "Besides the lack of traction, she's actually rather good at avoiding people...nowhere near as clutzy as her uncle," she snickers. "Nor as nibbly as her cousin..." She smiles and bows as well, the bat finally falling off her head and into one well-placed hand. "It was very nice meeting you, too, LP," she says graciously before turning and replacing the bat where she had found it.

"I'd best be off, too...Kaen will be wondering where the heck I am and why I haven't brought back his carrots," she snickers. "I hope we'll meet again!" Still cuddling her sparieh in one arm, the half-fox waves cheerfully to the woman before trotting to the door and vanishing into the bright light of summer.

LP walked out with willow atop her shortly there after having made sure she had everything and headed towards town to snag up something to eat and look for some scarves she had been wanting.

This rp was continued from the Growth RP
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LP murfed leaning againist the door of which her and yume and their charges, willow and trea, had just escaped from. Looking to Yume and then to trea she gasped. "Yume," she said softly, "look at Trea." Amazed that the once farrel mouse was now an anthro child she smiled. "Trea you're sooo cute!"

Willow sighed softly looking back at the door placeing a paw on it, blinking she looked at her paw... why it wasn't a paw at all, it was a hand. She looked at herself. She had a soft mystical tone to her voice. "Wow..." She was lost in thought looking back at the door sliding from LP's head to her shoulder she murred, "I wish I could've helped her.... She was such a sweet heart." Her eyes held a soft saddened look.

Yume smiled and hugged Trea running her fingers through her hair, she was almost in a surreal moment with her mouse now able to speak her mind. "You are so cute!" She looked up to LP and Willow. "You realize Trea isn't the only one with a change here."

Trea looked up and blinked softly with a slight frown. "Helping, would have been, nice." She twitched her nose a bit and stretched her mouth. It seemed the movements of talking would take her a bit of getting used to. She stretched her hands and curled them, making slow movements to get a better feel. It was natrual but still an odd sensation.

Smiling softly LP looked as willow slid down from her head to her shoulder, nuzzling the tiger with her nose she looked back at Yume. "I just noticed, I kinda figured thou." She was beaming offering willow a hand down, so she could walk on the floor if she wished.

Willow winkled her nose, she wasn't use to talking but she wasn't really bothered by the fact she could right now she slid into LP's hand which took her down to the floor. "Yes," her misty eyes looking around. "t'wouldn't it. The poor girl." Her tail flickered softly walking, looking at her paws a brow aloft, before sitting down indan styled. "LP.... can.... we go to a carnival?" she asked in a rather mrowl like tone, that still held that same msytic power.

Yume followed LP's actions and gently set Trea on the floor. She then sat down indian style herself. "hehe Just find a carnival lacking in spirits. That reminds me of a book I once read about carnival's though. Scary book." She yawned slightly and pulled out the crackers she had. "Anyone want one?"

Trea had just stood there for a moment and then folder her ears back her tail curling slightly behind her. When Yume sat down she moved over and climbed up onto her knee. Her ears pricked up the moment she heard the cracker packet wrinkle before it was visible. Her eyes widen and she was eager to get some. Then Yume asked. "Oh oh I want one! Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaase!" She knew she didn't have to but gave her best beady-eyed pleaing face, to which she was given a cracker. It wasn't to akward using her hands, just the thumbs part.

LP snickered as she watched trea, "awww so adorible!" There was something about a mouse giving a human a puppy dog look that was rather sweet. LP looked around the shop. "Yume have you noticed we're back at the velveteen shop? Instead of outside a carnival." Smiling at willow's question she nodded. "Sure next one I find we'll go to.... Oh I dunno yume it wouldn't have been so bad if that one ghost wasn't set on trying to kill us." She watched the crackers come out of yume's pocket. "Mmm.. none for me thanks. I think I'll get me some candy when I get home." She smiled looking at willow, "But willow can have one if she wants it."

Willow's ears twitched at the question looking to Yume and the pack of crackers she got up looking at them with a tilted head. "What are they?" She asked... she hadn't actully had normal crackers before, they'd always been mixed in hamburger that had been cooked by LP, which was pretty good. She got up walking overing to Yume leaning on her knee watching Trea eat the caracker.

Yume smiled watching her eat, crumbs falling onto her dress and Yume's knee. Yuem looked atht eh shop walls. "I wonder why it didn't seem strange that we ended up here. Well, yeah it wouldn't have been. Though I walways thought I would have loved to be nearly killed by a ghost." The last part she smirked to since it had a hint of sarcsim.

Trea stopped eating for a moment. "They are...yummy." She didn't know how else to explain it. She broke a peice off and handed it to Willow. "Try this."

LP shurged, "Maybe because we kinda knew it was time for them to grow. After all It has been since like october since Willow became an animal." Yawning she streached and cracked her neck. "Mmmm yes, being killed by a ghost would actully be one of my better nightmares." She said as if it wouldn't phase her i nthe slightest.

Willow took the cracker peice and took a bite of it chewing it. Licking her lips once she finished she blinked. "Wow... it made me kinda thristy, but it's good." She looked from Yume to LP, "Can I have some water or something to drink. PLEASE?"

Yume stopped to consider what LP had said. "I had forgotten about your other lives. I think after we found them again that it may have started to dawn on me about them needing to change. I didn't think much about it though while in that situation. You know, it is a bit bothersome her brother didn't get to grow. At least we know who the older one is now." She smiled at the thought.

"I am glad, you liked it." She seemed to have a bit of trouble with some of her words, or it may have been the very soft demeanor of her voice. She finished her cookie and let out a large yawn. "Yume, the stuff that fell on you... are you ok?"

Yume hadn't though about it yet and then ran a hand through her hair. "I think I am. I dodged most of the shattered mirror bits."

LP nodded softly looking out the window of the shop. "Yeah... my past." She shurged. "Doesn't matter does it? I'm away from that now. I'll die of old age or of pure bad luck." She nodded softly. Looking over at Willow she nodded, "hang on I'll get you something to drink if I can find something small enough to put water in. If not you might have to wait a little bit or use your hands...." She frowned slightly. She needed to get Willow sized things now. Walking into the storage room she shuffled thru until she found what she thought might work. It looked like a mesuring cup for medicane. She turned on the tap water to cold and filled the cup up taking it back and sitting it down for Willow. "Trea did you want any water??"

Willow frowned to hear LP talk like that and then chuckled at yume. "My bother? That lizard thing with wings!? Ohhh I am older than him aren't I?" She snickered. "But I thought we were twins or something..." When LP brought her the water she smiled, "Thank you" She murred as she took a sip of the water. Droplets dripping from her whiskers.

Yume looked concerned, it seemed to have stirred bad memories for LP. "I'm sorry, though I am sure when you come back things will be good." She watched LP walk back with the measuring cup and the similar thought crossed her mind, they would need small scale things. "I'm glad I live near a craft shop. If you want, I can get stuff for Willow that is small." She chuckled, "Do you think they can fit in doll clothes?" She imagined altering little doll clothes to fit the pair's personality and size. "Oh yes that lizard thing is your brother, from my understanding anyway. Do you not like him? Twins are still brother and sister, or sister and sister or bother and brother. Anyway, one is still older then the other." She lightly stroked Trea's hair.

Trea shook her head to the water. "No thank you." She looked around and thought about home. Then with a thought she looked up to Yume "Does this mean I get a new bed and paints and things?"

LP blinked, "No need to be sorry... and who says we'll come back forever? One of these days my human form will run out and then who knows... I might not remember who I was or anything of the likeing." LP thought about this for a second nodding, "it would be nice to have velveteen sized things, I mean after all I dont' quite have anything that small. And I'm not really sure. I guess it depends on the dollie." She said inspecting Willow, "And yes willow lucain is your brother. And yume I don't really think she knows him that well I mean after all they only met once."

Willow looked at Trea when she said something about a new bed and stuff looking to LP she murred. "Can I have that empty dollie house of yours?? You know the big one in the basement." Even when she was an animal that thing was huge to her. Not being able to blieve that the house was that large she thought that would work as a very nice play house if LP'd let her.

Yume nooded but looked taken back a bit. "Only once? Eeh, time to get them together more often?" She nodded and looked around. "I'll see what I can do about mini items."

Trea slid off Yume's knee and brushed her dress off. Then she started to walk around the store, exploring.


LP smiled, I'm sure willow would appercate that. I think I might start trying to find her like replacia of temples and such things as she might need for ghosts." Sitting down on the couch LP watched Willow whom seemed to be acting slightly odd all of a sudden.

Willow looking around the shop looking for something. Her tail twitched as well as her ears. She walked with Trea a bit before stopping. "I hear someone..." She said softly looking to Trea, before again searching for the srouce of what she was hearing.

"That would be fun for her to have. You two should have a lot of fun with her powers. As for us we need to be going home now. Sorry I can't stay any longer." She stood up and wallked toward Tread picking her up. "Sorry Willow. You two be safe"

Trea looked down at Willow as she slowly rose off the ground. "Sorry Willow, maybe it is the little girl? Good luck though."

They both waved good bye and headed out the door.

LP nodded watching at the two left, she waved to Yume and Trea. "Yeah see you later."

Willow waved bye to Trea as her and Yume left walking around the room before going over to where LP was and climbing up her pants using the D rings and chains. Even thou LP was turning raver she still wore the same pants. After reaching LP's knee where she could sit on the couch she sat on LP's leg looking at her. "You think I'll see the little girl again?" She asked hopefully.

Watching Willow LP looked at her moving some hair for the tiger's face. "Maybe, we'll have to wait and see won't we."

LP having been out shoping for more books for willow came into the shop with a bag full of books in one hand and the other had a bag full of clothing, for she had went shoping as well. Sitting the bags down willow had been sitting on her head the whole time and leapt from LP's head to the desk landing on it rather graceful like looking around her eyes narrowed slightly. Both seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood.

Willow looked at LP and muttered something almost inaduible.

"That's it willow, I've had enough. You're not allowed to talk to those ghosts, watch tv or read books for a whole month unless I'm helping you! DO you understand that? I've had it up to here with you and your cocky attitude and not willing to learn the way you should be taught!" She shook her head and walked over to an empty corner of the shop took out her sword and started to polish it before even saying hello to everyone, "TC, Trea, umm sir, and plush." Was all that came from her inform of a greeting.

With having been scolded as such willow sat down with a sad sigh and crossed her arms. Not to talk to my friends? She thinks she can stop me? Just wait.





LP still mad sighed looking over to TC did her best to give a smile. "I see you got your presant." Looking to the plush in TC's lap she yawned softly looking at willow and trea. She shook her head looking to the man sitting on the other couch. "Sorry you had to see that..." she muttered paying more attion to her sword which she was still shineing when it wasn't in need of shining anymore.

Willow sighed and got up looking at Trea for a moment before she jumped down landing on her feet beside her mouse friend. Her ears were pinned down as she walked towards the plush toys on their shevles. She didn't really have anything to say at the moment but just mearly gave her friend a sideways look that asked if trea was going to follow.





Looking at the sword and then to tc she muttered, "Rather me cut off someones head would you?" She gave another faint smile to show she was kidding and placed the sword back into it's place. She nodded softly looking at the man as she walked towards the couch tc was resting on. "Yes well... ohh and excuse me for being so rude, I'm LP and that's TC and willow's the tiger if you haven't guessed. I suppose you brought Trea today seeing as yume isn't around?

Willow sighed shaking her head looking at Trea. "Why's it all got to be her way? I learn well enough without her help."





LP leaned on the back of the couch almost as if she was going to jump over and sit on the back of it. But she didn't atleast not right now. "What's wrong with her?" She repetted looking at TC, "She keeps asking those da....." she catchs herself trying not to cuss 'cause of TC and now willow this habit was getting harder to break. "... I mean those stuipd ghosts for help in her reading and not learning properly like everyone else... It's really starting to bother me. Everything she does is helped along by the polertragist she calls her friends...."

Willow offered a boost up to trea to get her onto the next shelf of toys before she spoke. "LP thinks I'm getting to much help from my ghost friends.... she's getting mad at me because they're teaching me. Now she's told me I can't talk to them all together much less read any books watch TV or anything of the sort it's like I'm grounded." Her ears twitched as they stayed laid 'pon her skull a sulking look held on her face. "She wants everything done her way. And it's not the way I want to learn...."





Sighing LP shakes her head. "I should just give up..... I can't win everyone that knows there's ghosts are the same. 'What's so wrong with her learning that way' 'Well i'd rather be taught by a ghost' 'If schools had ghosts as teachers it'd be more interesting leave her be if that's how she wants to learn.'" She stopped leaning on the couch to walk over and look out the window.

Willow nodded. "That's what everyone else says but LP doesn't want me to learn from the ghosts...." Her ears flickered. "I guess she just doesn't want me to be happy or something....." Watching LP before she jumped up and grabed hold of the shelf pulling herself up so she was beside trea.





Looking at both. "No one gets it..... everyone else 'round here geats to teach their velvet stuff. Mine... well mine ends up learning from ghosts...." She rubbed her head this thing was starting to give her head ache.

Willow shurged at Trea, "Who knows what goes on in humans minds... all my friends wouldn't hurt me thou."



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