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10.18 - Names

Junyi and I have decided beforehand that the child will have two names, one in her tongue and the other in mine. So after hours pouring over books and the family tree, I have finally come up with name for the child. I had to think about what generation the child is, how many strokes the characters can have, the time of possible birth, the alignment of the starts... it takes so much time I can't believe I got it done before the baby's born.
Yuonshi "Eternal Dusk"
Edae "Butterfly of Memories"

Yuonshi will be for the boy and Edae for the girl. I would do a divination on the names but heaven knows I'm not very good at it, not to mention I've already used up this month's chance. I hope the children will cherish the name and carry the hope in the names within their heart.

10.19.04 - Journal Entry
Junyi

I watched after Chayton for a little while because Xaria seemed completely exhausted. I don't see why she's so worn out; Chayton's an absolute angel.

Of course, that might've been a front. It's a well-known fact that children behave better in front of strangers. Heh.

Speaking of sweethearts, though, I also got to meet the two cutest little girls; Winny and Elle. Both were extremely interested in Chayton at first, and my own baby afterwards when it began bombarding their minds.

In between dealing with that other woman and four children, I was pretty overwhelmed, so I don't remember TOO much of what went on, but I do know that Elle seemed more interested in mindspeak than her sister. I didn't get a chance to listen to both of them long enough, but I think I can safely go out on a limb and assume she's a bit more proficient in mindspeak than Winny.

Of course, Winny seems more proficient in normal-speak than Elle. She's very outgoing, talkative, friendly... I'd really like to meet their parents someday; they must be wonderful people to have such wonderful daughters.

The baby adores them both; I can tell already. Maybe Elle just a little more than Winny, since she was able to better communicate, but I'm sure the difference is barely noticable. When the baby is old enough, I should think about setting up play dates.

Excitement~!

I wonder if the house is ready to move into?

10.23.04

Junyi couldn't help but sing to herself as she stepped outside the clinic for a breath of fresh air.

"Particle man, particle man- doin' the things a particle can. What's he like? It's not important. Particle maaaaaaaan."

Pausing to twirl unsteadily, Junyi continued walking, a happy smile on her face as she made her way down the street.

"Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows. Particle maaaaaan."

The song continued cheerfully, with Junyi stopping every so often to giggle. "Person man, person man. Hit on the head with a frying pan! Lives his life in a garbage can- per--"

!!

The sudden jolt of awareness from the baby shook Junyi out of her giddy trance. Pausing, she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end as she sensed a distinct presence directly behind her. Close enough to...

A cold hand clamped down on Junyi's shoulder, tightening its grip when she jumped. "Is he depressed, or is he a mess?" a calm voice whispered as its speaker leaned close to Junyi's ear. "Does he feel totally worthless?"

Junyi sighed as she began to relax. She knew that voice. "I wasn't aware you liked They Might Be Giants."

"I try to keep up with your brother's preferences," came the cool reply. "It makes it easier for me to communicate with him." Gently turning Junyi around so that they were face to face, she smiled. "It's been a long time."

The look on her face as she studied Junyi was, for once, full of amusement.

"Lady Siarim," Junyi answered politely, bowing her head.

"I told you to stop calling me that," the woman sighed, lowering her gaze. "Ramory. It's Ramory now. There's no point in holding onto a name that no longer exists."

"May I just call you by your first name?"

"I was just about to suggest that."

"And were you planning on telling me why you tracked me down, Chence, or am I going to have to jump through hoops for an explanation?"

An emotionless laugh. "I wasn't looking for you. I was looking for your brother. He gave an address where he could be reached, but when I came to collect him, I learned he was off in some strange place. Dragonlamp, I believe it was?" Chence folded her arms across her chest. "When the owner of the house informed me of this, I felt obligated to track you down." She gestured to Junyi's belly, a teasing smile on her face.

"And were you planning on telling me about this, Junyi, or am I going to have to jump through hoops for an explanation?"

Junyi felt her cheeks flush as she avoided Chence's gaze. "It's a long story."

"You were impatient."

"...Yes."

Chence shook her head, her disapproval locked away in the back of her mind. "How strong is the child?"

"Pretty strong." Junyi shifted her weight uncomfortably. "It projected early."

"Did it?" Chence arched an eyebrow. "I admit that comes as a surprise to me." She quickly fell silent, but the intended message was clear. I didn't expect that you would have a child that strong.

"I think it came as a surprise to everyone," Junyi admitted. "Especially since it's only..." She cleared her throat nervously. "Half..."

The response was gentle, but blunt. "I think we all expected it would be," Chence murmured. "You always did seem more comfortable around them."

"Is that... bad?"

"Unusual, but not evil. Who am I to dictate what you do with your life? It's simply unfortunate that you could not wait until you found your--"

"Have you people ever considered that I'm not STRONG enough to pick out the one out of literally billions of people in these worlds to--"

"Hush." Chence gently put a finger to Junyi's lips. "Think of the baby, please." She sighed. "I did not intend to offend you; that is just how things are. We simply have different values."

Junyi lowered her head in shame. "I... I'm sorry. I just..."

"I know it's an uncomfortable subject for you. Please forgive me for bringing it up."

A look of absolute seriousness suddenly crossed Chence's face. "I had another reason for coming."

Junyi raked a hand through her hair, heaving an annoyed sigh. As much as she enjoyed the company of old friends, being around her own people always tended to have that effect on her. "Yes?"

"The master of the house sent me to find you. He accompanied me but I assume we took different routes to locate you. I require directions to Dragonlamp."

Junyi narrowed her eyes. "Why didn't he just tell you? Why'd he send you after me?"

"Because I require your key."

"But I need it to--"

"Retrieve your brother, which is what I intend on doing. It will be returned when I am through with it." Chence narrowed her eyes slightly. "Please do not force me to pull rank."

"You can't pull rank on a civilian." Still, Junyi reached into her purse and produced a small mirror as she clumsily imprinted a map to the gate on Chence's mind. So what if Junyi couldn't do it perfectly? Chence was advanced; she could find logic in pure chaos if she needed to.

Chence accepted the mirror politely, nodding her head as she attempted to sort out the directions Junyi had given her. "I will return quickly. In the meantime, please take care of yourself and the child." With that, she turned to leave.

"Chence... wait."

Chence paused, but didn't turn around. "Yes?"

"If it's... If it's a boy, I..." She lowered her gaze. "I was planning on naming the baby after him. .....If it's a boy."

A wistful smile crossed Chence's face. "I know." With that, she continued walking, and soon disappeared into the night.

10.27.04 - Journal entry
Junyi

I bought the best halloween costume ever, and I look GREAT in it!



Meriko and Kimini are the best costumers ever.

Now I need to work on Boyan and Melody's halloween costumes. They decided they wanted to go as Link and Malon from the Legend of Zelda; they'll be so cute! I already finished Boyan's, but Melody's needs some work still.

10.28.04 - Journal Entry
Junyi

So there I was, sitting in the living room with a quart of ice cream. Minding my own business. Baby was chattering away about WUFF and WUFFITUDE.

Suddenly, Yeu just BURST in, looking irritated (as usual) and cursing under his breath.

He was a LOT prettier than normal.

I think I'm falling in love all over again.

Heart! heart

10.28.04

It wasn't too difficult locating Yeu. All Junyi had to do was follow the trail of irritated thoughts until finally...

"Yeu, open the door."

Junyi knocked gently on the door of the storage room Yeu had barricaded himself in, and paused, listening for a response.

"Yeu, open the damn door."

There was a old mirror hanging behind the door, and frankly Yeu didn't feel like looking at it. The time passed without any recgnition because there was no clock in the room and Yeu had lost his watch at the little incident.

He, yes HE, frowned at Junyi's knocking, wishing silently the woman would go away and let him rot in peace. So he tried to ignore the knocking.

Junyi gritted her teeth, her eyes narrowing as she knocked a bit harder. "Yeu, I know you're in there. Open the goddamn door. NOW."

"Leave me alone." Yeu replied sourly, trying to keep his voice the same as before the incident.

"Not until you tell me what's wrong," Junyi countered. "Open. The. Door!"

"Just leave me the F*** alone!" The man(?) screamed back, accidently letting his voice become more unmanly than he had intended.

Junyi's eyes went wide. She didn't SENSE anyone else inside, but if Yeu had found someone else; someone STRONGER than her... It's not THAT difficult to shield one's own mind...

Oh HELL no.

"You're not alone in there, are you?" Junyi shrieked, pounding on the door with all her might. "Open the damn door! NOW!" Her eyes welled with tears as she continued to bang on the door. "Or I'll take an axe to it; I SWEAR!"

"TAKE A CHILL PILL AND LEAVE ME ALONE YOU HEAR?" Yeu shouted back, anger finally replace all of his reasoning.

Junyi took a step backwards, her breath catching in her throat. She considered it a blessing that the baby was asleep and apparently unaffected by the sheer intensity of the emotions flying around.

He's with another woman. One who can shield her mind and is stronger than me and...

Her first impulse was to scream back at him, but she found she didn't have the strength for it.

Instead, she sank to the floor, burying her face in her knees and uttering a loud sob.

There was a silence, then the same voice sound again. "Oh, please don't do that. I've had a very bad day, I don't need you to add on to it."

"Shut up!" Junyi shot back, sniffling miserably as her mind grasped for an adequate response to the woman who'd just stolen her man away. "...Whore!"

Well, that was eloquent.

There was a pause, than the door suddently was flung open as a woman with dark hair and a maid outfit stepped in front of Junyi with her hands on her hips.

"Didn't I tell you to not curse so easily in front of me?" She said in a angry but exhausted tone.

"I..." Junyi felt her stomach plummet as she stared at the woman in front of her. "I...You..."

"I what? You what?" She said. "Never seen someone in the French maid dress before?"

"Where's Yeu?" Junyi asked quietly, wiping her eyes.

At the sound of the name, the woman paused, then quickly retreated back into the room and locked the door behind her.

.......Figures.

Junyi simply buried her face in her knees, struggling to keep her emotions in check.

"... I'm not cheating on you." The woman's voice suddenly says, although it's a bit muffled. "You know I would never do that."

"...I'm confused!" Junyi wailed. "What's going on?"

"I had a little accident at work..." Yeu said into his knees. "Well... you saw the effects."

Another sniffle. "So... you're the only person in there?"

"No, my great-great-great-grand aunt is here too." He replied sourly.

"......Really?"

Yeu rolls his eyes. "No, duh."

"...No need to be MEAN..."

"If this happened to you, you won't be any happier."

"...At least you're pretty," Junyi offered helpfully.

"If you are trying to make me feel better, it is not working." comes the sarcastic reply.

"...Let me in," Junyi demanded.

"No, not until I figure out how to reverse this goddamn spell."

"...Please?"

"No."

Another loud sniffle.

"I do not want to see anyone like this!"

"I already saw you!" Junyi argued. "Let me in! Please?"

"That was a accident!"

"Yeuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

"Oh don't eve start to 'Yeuuuuuu' me." The former man yelled back. "I'm not taking this thing kindly! I mean, I can't even go to the bathroom the usual way!"

"Just let me in!" Junyi insisted. "I'm your w--" she suddenly trailed off. "...Um."

"... No."

"I'll call your brother."

"NO!" Yeu finally started to sound panicky. "If he sees me like this I'll never hear the end of it!"

"If you're going to lock yourself in there, you can't stop me from getting to the phone!"

"... If I come out, promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Promise you won't hide from me anymore."

"It's hard to not hide when you got the wronge body."

"I won't call your brother. Let me in."

There was a click, signifying the door's unlocked, but it did not open.

Junyi slowly crawled forward, opening the door tentatively before crawling inside.

Yeu was standing next to a pile of boxes in the dark room, but the light coming in from the hallway was enough to illustrate that he was in a really bad mood.

"Sit by me," Junyi whispered, still wiping her eyes as she patted the floor next to her.

"No, just... leave me alone for now."

"Just humor me. You've been gone. Sit down."

"Don't force me to do anything I don't want to do right now, I'm not in the mood."

"...I'm sorry."

Yeu sighed but said no more.

Junyi bit her lip. "You can't hide this forever, you know. You have to leave the house sometime."

"When I figure out how to reverse this thing I well." Yeu said bitterly.

"What if I have the baby before then?"

"Well, we have a big problem on our hands then." Yeu sighed. "He or she will have a major case of gender confusion."

"I was more worried about getting you out of the house so you could be present," Junyi muttered. "I think you look nice as you are, and I don't think the baby's going to care if you're a man or a woman."

"Well, I care!" Yeu muttered. "Do you know how hard it is to travel when you are a woman and your ID says you are a male?"

Junyi shrugged. "Just say you had an operation. I'm sure people hear it all the time."

Yeu gave her a weird stare, showing that he was not amused by her answer.

"I'm just saying it's probably not as big of a deal as you make it out to be."

"You are probably right." Yeu sighed and looks down at himself. "I still can't believe this happened." He muttered.

"I actually like it," Junyi admitted.

"Oh please, not you too." He said. "My co-workers kept telling me how much they like me this way."

"Well..." Junyi blushed.

He threw his hands up but said no more.

"What?" Junyi protested. "It's not my fault you're still attractive!"

"And let me guess, you probably won't me to keep this on." Yeu said, pointing to the old french maid dress.

"That's not my fetish." Junyi shrugged. "You can borrow some of my clothes if you want; they're just collecting dust now that I can't fit into them."

Yeu sighed again, he's been doing that a lot now. "Looks like I have no choice until I can get some of my own."

"Do you want to change now, or do you want to sulk in here a while longer?"

"Are you still teasing me?"

"No."

Yeu slowly made his way to the door. "Oh, how do you wear a bra?"

Junyi couldn't help but smile. "Help me up and I'll show you."

10.30.04 - Journal Entry
Junyi

Awwwwwwwww SNAP.

So I went to this halloween party in Gambino, right? And I brought my laptop just in case anything interesting happened, and now I'm trapped inside the grounds with a ton of people for some reason.

The alarms are going off and Gambino himself says it's just the fire alarms, but people are talking about... zombies?

I gotta get out of here.

Someone... help?