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 Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:59 am
"Almost done, just a few more houses..." Kakui mumbled to herself as she stopped by the front door. Reaching into her almost-empty bag, she removed a small object and a note, which she carefully fastened to it before setting both down and goign on her way.Quote: Dear Lena, We haven't met yet, I'm afraid, but I've visited the Eden Project HQ a few times before. I'd really like to get to know everyone involved, so I'm delivering presents to everyone (I find gifts make good first impressions). I hope Tyyne doesn't feel she's too old for it. Maybe I'll get her something new when she becomes a teenager. ~Kakui 
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:40 am
Reserved for rp at the HQ 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:51 am
26th June 2005
Participants : Tyyne, Nalini, Jessila and Shouko ( Artifical Anonymity )
( copied from AIM session )Shouko nervously shuffled her feet as she knocked on Tyyne's family's front door - or at least she hoped it was their front door. Fingering her obi as she waited for someone to come, she once again pondered why she had come. Of course, she wanted to see Ty again, and it had been a long time, plus she hadn't been at the HQ when Sho last visited.. But to actually seek her out at her home, not invited? Shouko seriously hoped Tyyne or her mother wouldn't mind... Loud footsteps could be heard from the inside as the door was opened with a quick movement. "Heylo ?" A small girl round about Shouko's age opened the door and blinked several times trying to recognise the other one. "I'm Nalini. What do you want ?" Just as she spoke such words a curly blonde one smacked the smaller ones head and sighed. "Don't tell strangers your name. I don't go to the door and tell everyone I'm called Jessila." Both of them were quickly into an argument and the door was almost forgotten as a quiet voice greeted the well-known friend. "Shouko ! Nice to see you." Tyyne shoved her siblings out of the way and hugged the missed friend as hard as she could. "I missed you already." Having been ready to flee at the sight of a stranger at what she thought was her friend's door, Shouko was relieved when the blonde with the soul of a daisy came to her rescue. " I missed you too - where've you been?!" Naturally, seeing as the other girl hadn't been around, Shouko assumed that she'd been away for some reason and had forgotten to tell her friend. "At home." Ty blinked and took her friend's hand to lead her into the apartment, which was obviously becoming too small for the whole family. You could see pets lying around or playing everywhere. "We had a lot of things to discuss because Mam says we're moving into a big new house. We don't have enough space here anymore." Ty smiled shyly, but she was overwhelmingly happy to see Sho again. "Do you want to see my room ? Yes ? We could play with all of my plushies." Needs to be continued....
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:31 am
The piece of paper was shaking in the small hands as Jessila ran through the apartment just about to burst into Tyyne's room. "The lantern needs something ! It needs something to become a baby !" The blonde one called out and flopped onto the Eden's bed without even asking.
Ty blinked and kept brushing her plushies with an unusual patience. "What are you talking about, Jessila ?" She asked in a gently voice as she finally turned towards the older sister. The Realm girl waved with the paper and read it's content out loud. "Matches fiery potential..." She mumbled and nodded quietly to herself.
"We can tell Mom when she comes back and then we can go on a shopping tour, just like we did when I needed the jewelry." Tyyne added as she put the plushies back on her bed.
"Let's go and buy it on our own !" Jessila shouted out and caused Nalini, who had just entered the room, to look at them very astonished.
"Buy...what ?"
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"Can't we go to a..smaller store ?" Tyyne suggested as she followed her two more active sisters through the shelves of a big shopping mart. Jessila and Nalini had been talking about an emergency and that the lamp would probably die out if they don't buy anything. The Eden girl didn't really believe in this imagination, but she wasn't keen to find it out.
Their mother was busy with their newest two twin siblings and Ronin and Kyoko were still on their trip and after all Nobu was doing something with his friends. It was just too plain obvious that they had to do the shopping.
The three girls strolled through the different parts of the big shopping building but it wasn't easy at all to come to a conclusion. Was it a girl ? A boy ? A bird ?! Beeing completely confused they all quarreled about dolls, cars and plushies but they weren't able to find something useful.
"Big problem." Nalini said as they moved towards the elevator to check out another floor of the building. Right now all the toys weren't what they wished for and if there had been something nice their pocket money hadn't been enough. It was a torture !
As the elevator doors opened Nalini and Tyyne started to cough whereas Jessila smiled broadly. "Parfume !" The others sighed and shook their head to show that they weren't fond of the overwhelming smell inside this section. The curly blonde one seemed to enjoy it though and so the sisters had to suffer for a few seconds until they reached the place where lingerie was sold.
"Take that of your head, Lini !" Jessila snorted as the dwarf girl put a bra on her head. "Lookie, I've got ears." She giggled as her sister pulled it of her white hair. "Stop doing this it's a bra, it's for girls'...you know..." She blushed a bit and pushed the lingerie back in it's place.
Ty instead was checking out the sales and suddenly spotted something very funny. "Hey, look at this." She said just loud enough to get their sisters' attention. "What do you mean, Ty ?" Nalini asked as she looked at the piece of cloth the Eden girl was pointing at.
The special thing were heart boxers to be precise and all the girls stared at the male clothes with a grin. "It has hearts...for girls." Nalini said and looked at the price. "Boys can wear it." Tyyne added and smiled as she noticed it was cheap. "Birds can make a nest in it..." Jessila commented as she moved to the cashier.
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As Lena arrived back home she stared at the lantern on the couch table with disbelieve. A pair of cheap heartboxers was put on top of the lantern and the lamp itself was glowing more than usual and sent out a feeling of joy.
The mother blinked. "What's going on here ?!" Lena was sure that this child would be strange somehow, if it enjoyed those kind of boxers...for sure...
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:39 am
Lenachan358 It was a bright day and a blonde ponytailed girl made her way towards the so-called Eden Project. She was holding a magazine in front of her and kept looking at all the celebrities and pretty colorful pictures as she moved through the door. Tyyne lifted her chin and looked around. Empty...as usual when she had been here the days before. Although she wasn't fond of too many people around she missed some company anyway.
Sadly she moved over towards the couch, lay down and continued reading Mouse Pachinkorelli Despite the sugar cane and Belinda using him as a source of entertainment, Sylvest seemed to have enjoyed his previous time at the Eden Project house. Therefore, Mouse decided to bring him up there again. It would always be a long walk from home, but at least the weather was starting to cool off a little. Upon opening the door, they saw it was empty except for a blond-haired girl looking at a magazine. Mouse believed that she had seen her from the beach party before... Bird Draggon "Auugh. C'mon Rumkai, let's go."
A door was shut, none too gently mind you, and a skinny girl dressed in black and blue stomped across the thick slabs of concrete that made the sidewalk, a small brightly colored butterfly trailing behind.
Raven continued to complain. "Mom won't even notice us gone with that stupid... new..." Raven groped for words, "... purple-haired-thing!"
Rumkai must've said something unwise, because he was instantly met with a cold stare. "You're in league with them, I see. You backstabber."
The butterfly merely fluttered onto her shoulder and made himself comfortable. Raven heaved a sigh, and entered the Eden HQ. Perhaps she'd see Alex! Raven brightened at that thought. Freize The weremutt made his way towards the housing of the Eden Project, lifting a hand to rub at one of his temples slightly. Another mostly-sleepless night... Damn insomnia. His joey had wanted to get out, though, and whenever Eva was around others he seemed to get himself into trouble less... Good... So he decided to bring him.. Because, as usual, the little guy refused to go alone. The mentioned kangaroo-boy was cradled in one of Freize's arms, on his back, legs and arms dangling down. He stared up at the sky silently, tail swaying contentedly below him. It was a sunny day, and the sun felt good.. Freize waltzed inside, his Eden turning his head now to look for playmates. Dulcea Tea climbed over a fence, headed for what had become his new point of entry, the back window, mumbling something under his breath. As he started to walk across the grass, it became a little easier to tell that he was counting off, though not in English. True, he didn't know that the words were actually numbers, but he was expected to remember what the count off meant. To him, they were just moves, an aerial for odeen, a stalled backflip for dva, tree chetireh and pyat were.. Oh shoot, well, he'd figure it out before Coach drilled him. With a practiced positioning, he leapt through the window, scuttling toward the main room curiously. Hmm.. Who was that? Tyyne? Woah, he hadn't seen her in a while! "Tyy!" He yelped, rushing toward her with open arms. Lenachan358 The golden eyes moved as she noticed tons of people enter and a shy smile crossed her face. "Hello." Trying to recognise all the people Tyyne was overwhelmed as Teagan hugged her. "Erm..hey Tea." She said, still feeling a bit awkward.
Putting aside the magazine she looked around. She knew some from the Beach Party and of course she knew Raven...but who was the kangaroo ? "I haven't seen all of you in a while." She smiled. At least she was a little bit less shy than before. Mouse Pachinkorelli Tyyne! That was it! "Hi, Tynne. It's been quite a while, hasn't it? And there's Raven and Teagan, and... who have we here?" she said, noticing a child who looked charmingly similar to Teagan. "Why don't you say hi, Sylvest?" The octopus lad shufffled a bit and his extra arms squirmed with nervousness. "'Lo," he managed to say, though he seemed to be completely focused on an apple juicebox. Bird Draggon Raven waved ecstatically to those she knew-- and didn't know-- while looking around crazily for Alex. ... No sign. Bother.
She couldn't help but blink at the amount of people in the building. Ah, there was a challenge; naming all of them. Rumkai supplied a few names-- like Teabag and Sylbum --while Raven ticked off those she knew. There was Tyyne and Teagan and Sylvest and...
Hello~. Who was this?
Raven scurried over to the new kiddo's side and crouched down. "Hiya!" she said cheerily, ignoring Rumkai's comments about how drab the walls were in here and how empty his stomach was. Freize Scanning... Ah, Eva only knew one person. Oh well, it was Tea, and he was plenty fun. The little fellow perked slightly, having jumped out of his Da's arms before they entered, and he was heading towards the familiar boy before someone new came up and greeted him. He tilted his head and then smiled brightly, hoping for a new friend, lifting a hand and waving first to the girl, and then towards the other toddler. He gave a tilt to his head, one ear erect and the other drooped. Lotsa people to play with today. He paused as he saw Rumkai, brows arching, a look of what only can be explained as childish wonder coming to him as he pointed at it. What WAS that? Freize smiled towards Raven, and then Mouse, speaking out towards everyone when he said, "He doesn't talk... Yet." He was still hoping he could get him to make some kind of noise.. He let out a disheartened sigh. "I'm not sure why." Dulcea Tea took a step back from Tyyne, thinking maybe he'd upset her. With a little smile, he shoved his hands in the pockets of his jacket and looked around at the others. Raven, Eva, Tyy, and Sylvest. This would be fun! Remembering something Coach had said "Standing still is a good way to lose your touch", he looked around curiously and settled on a place on the ceiling to hang something he'd brought with himself, a long rope that he stretched from one side to the other, hanging fairly loose. With a little self count off, he tugged himself up onto the rope and hung upside down, watching them from his new vantage point. Lenachan358 "Yes Miss Mouse, we were really busy with moving into the new house, but now we're settled." Tyyne answered as she watched Teagan doing his gymnastics. "Wow...you can do the same tricks as Rick in my favourite Soap Opera." She stared at the Lemur in awe for a while. That was sooo freaking cool !
Perhaps he wasn't as bad as she thought...
As she heard the comment on Evarobby Ty turned towards Freize. "I used not to speak too, but now I can. It's probably normal." Mouse Pachinkorelli "I don't think it's much to worry about," Mouse said to Frieze. "All kids have their little quirks... and he doesn't seem like a sad kid or anything. Just give him some time." She smiled broadly at Evarobby, charmed by his facial expressions and the aura he gave off. He'd grow up to be quite a character. Sensing from Mouse that the kangaroo child wasn't a threat, Sylvest walked up to Evarobby to say hello. On the way he noticed Teagan hanging upside-down; the octopus lad tilted his head sideways as far as it would go to make eye contact with him. " Hi, Tea!" he said, then quickly returned his head to its proper place- keeping it tilted like that made him a bit dizzy! He finally made his way to the grinning Evarobby. " I'm Sy'vest. Who're you?" Bird Draggon Rumkai was delighted to have another admirer-- or, so he called anyone who glanced his way that wasn't Raven. Flicking his wings, he was airborn, and he floated lazily around the smaller child.
"I don't think it's anything to worry about," Raven reassurred. "My... uhh... my mom's new... kidthing... doesn't talk much either."
She turned back to Evarobby, noticing the sudden abandonment of Rumkai and the pointing finger. "This," she introduced, "is Rumkai. He's a flutterboo."
Raven's attention was snagged for a moment by Teagan's amazing acrobatics. Her mouth dropped open. Freize The weremutt paused to think a moment before relaxing again, smiling a bit as he watched the toddler. "Yeah... Guess I shouldn't worry so much.." He let his arms fold over his chest, simply watching his Eden for a few seconds before going to pipe up, "His name's Eva.. Erm, Evarobby, but we call him Eva." The little guy turned at his name, pleased Freize was there to get his name across for him. The fact he couldn't tell people made him upset sometimes.. He turned back towards the flutterboo, examining it curiously as it flew around him. He smiled after a few seconds, deciding he liked it. He liked flutterboos.. He blinked as everyone was suddenly looking at the ceiling, grinning as he spotted Tea. That was high! Teagan was so lucky to be able to get so high without a bookshelf or anything. Eva liked heights, after all. He lifted a hand to wave cheerily up towards him. Now he knew lotsa people! Sy'vest, Karoko, Tea, Belinda, and this nice girl with her flutterboo! Lots! That made him happy. Dulcea Spotting the blonde boy, Tea wriggled down the length of the rope, trying to think of a way to help him up. "Wanna come?" He chirped, offering a 'tail-up' to anyone that wanted it. True, he had training in a few hours, and Coach would come looking for him if he didn't show up, but he didn't want to go downtown just yet. It was more fun here with friends. "Anybody wanna help me throw a party for Momma?" Lenachan358 "Nice to meet you, Eva." Tyyne mumbled as she looked at Teagan. Impressive...Perhaps he knew other people who could do that...and such people would come to the party ? Glancing at the magazine she moved over to Raven, because she was the only other girl available. "I could help with the party..." She announced and lowered her head to whisper. "It's sooo cool, right Raven ?" Mouse Pachinkorelli "A party for Ul? That might be lots of fun. What would you need for it?" Mouse asked, though not entirely sure if she could make it to such a party or not. "I could make cookies or something..." Sylvest made a visible face at the mention of cookies. " Cooks're eww," he said quietly, knowing that wasn't the common opinion held on baked treats. Bird Draggon "S'nice to meet you, Eva!" Raven said cheerily. She spinned around and grinned at Tyyne. "'Course it's cool!" Raven nodded. "Hi, by the way. I haven't seen you in.. forever."
Rumkai, amused by this new kid, lightly landed on top of his nose and stretched his wings luxuriously.
Raven's face lit up at the mentioning of a celebration. "Party!" she whooped. "I'd be happy to help! I mean, with anything. Better not cook, though, 'cause of all these feathers..." Freize The little squirt started as the 'boo landed on his nose, blinking before going crosseyed and letting his head tilt itself to one side. He had been going for where Teagan was, wanting to be up high too... He wriggled his nose and smiled, but decided not to touch. Freize said not to touch any of the pretty colorful things at their house because they would break, and he didn't want to break the flutterboo. His attention lasted for only a little bit before he grew slightly bored. And so he went to the older boy, ignoring the creature on his face the best he could, nodding cheerily. 'Course he wanted up! And he'd help with the party too!... He remembered those party shinies Tea showed him... Hm.. Freize shifted, gaze averted to the floor. "Erm.. I'm not too good with parties.. But me and Eva can sure lend a helping hand... And... I guess I could get Ajani to make a pie.." Eva grew somewhat excited at the word pie. PIE! There'd be pie! He beamed. Mouse Pachinkorelli Thinking of the party was all well and good, but then Mouse remembered something. Something very important. Something that she was going to be late for if she didn't hurry up and skedaddle. "Crap- sorry; but I have to go. Sylvest has an eye doctor's appointment in half an hour. Bye, everyone--" She snatched up Sylvest swiftly and hurried out the door, all the while muttering "ohcrapohcrapohcrap...!!"
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:51 am
Quote: Glad to be away from his mother a bit, he had a lot of feelings like that lately, Teagan rustled through a rack of shirts, mentally marking the ones he liked. Honestly, he'd been having a lot of new feelings, not like the Kits did when they were a bit older than him, but some, and they were starting to get to him. He hadn't told Her though, it would give her a reason to take him to the doctor and restrict his training privelages if he was sick. Quote: "Alright.. We're here." The weremutt huffed a bit before setting down his joey, who appeared somewhat uncertain about the carrying coming to an end. Freize looked down at Eva, "Don't wander too far off.." And then he turned to look through the clothes for something to put his Eden in. The little guy watched him uncertainly for a moment, clad in one of his only pairs of clothes that were still intact.. He soon grew bored though, and turned to march off among the racks of clothing, making sure to try and remember where he saw his Da last.. He stopped near the lemur, having yet to see him, staring up at the clothes thoughtfully. Woow. They had lotsa these here. He didn't quite understand why (he was still learning the importance of clothes,) but it was kinda neat.Quote: Apparently noticing the tot before he was noticed himself, Tea lifted a small white jersey with a little wave symbol off the rack and held it out to the kangaroo, "You'd look cute in this." Alright, maybe phrasing it that way would seem a little... Creepy, but it was what he thought. That was another thing, he'd been thinking things were 'cute' a lot more often. Quote: The boy's head turned, ears swivveling towards Tea.. And he smiled after finding out who it was. He took no offense to wording, taking the extended jersey and examining it thoughtfully. Tea liked this? Hm. He pondered over it for a moment before lifting his eyes curiously, seemingly asking whether or not he should put it on now. He was getting good at communicating without speaking. Quote: Tea nodded, quirking an ear along with a bright smile. "You can put it on here if you want, or you can take it back to the dressing room, I could help if ya want." It seemed like a strange offer to most people, but he was being sincere, he really didn't know if the kid knew how to dress himself yet. "I think I'm gonna try these on." He held up a few shirts, the front one didn't really look like it was made for a guy, which was, in fact, because it was made for a girl. Not that girly though, just a baseball shirt cut tight for a girl. Quote: The toddler smiled at the offer, but gave a shake to his head and held the jersey with one arm and watched as the older boy pulled out a shirt. He looked it over thoughtfully and then nodded his approval, although he didn't have too much of an opinion on all of that clothes stuff. He then began changing into the jersey, not really caring all too much. After getting it on, his stretched out his arms and looked down at himself thoughtfully. Well, it was comfy. Eva smiled some. Quote: Tea looked the child over appreciatively, "You look adorable!" Ok, that was a bit much, but eh, the tot didn't seem to care so much about his little quirks. As long as no one had a problem with it, he could say all the odd things he wanted. Though, he was starting to draw some attention, now that he was taller than the racks, before he had always been hidden from view. Without a hint of modesty, he slipped off his jacket and pulled his shirt off over his head. Pausing for a moment for a reason he couldn't figure out himself, he flashed another smile to Eva before pulling the other shirt on. Quote: Eva smiled brightly, just picking up the older boy's appreciation and not really thinking too much on the comment. Compliments really didn't have much of an effect on him- he didn't get them all that much.. But that was just because of the way his mind worked. He waited to see Tea after the lemur changed in order to return the approval, just feeling as if thats what he was supposed to do. He rocked back and forth, flip-flops making squeaky noises.. He blinked, a bit confused as to why the boy stopped in the middle of changing, but he returned the smile, albeit a bit uncertainly. He gave a clap of his hands afterwards and nodded once again, letting the older Eden know he approved. Quote: Moving to stand in front of the mirror, Tea started to pose, trying to see what it made him look like from every angle. Doing a particularly silly pose, he tried to wave Eva over, trying to make it look like a game so the other wouldn't think he was 'weird' liking to see himself so much, "Try it, it's fun." Quote: The squirt arched his brows as he watched the older boy, unable to really understand what was going on... He had no real ego himself, no great personal view on himself. Or other people, really. He was Eva, they were whoever they were. End of story.. So.. The posing was kinda wierd. He gave a tilt to his head, hesitating before going on over to play with a smile, trying out a few poses himself. A bit uncertainly, seeing as he didn't quite get the point, but as long as it was fun. The joey just wanted fun, after all. Quote: It took the lemur a bit to notice the other one didn't seem to find it as fun, but once he did, he changed back into his normal shirt, then paused to figure out what the littler one would want to do. "So.. Are you hungry?" Food was always a good choice, and Beckie had told him there were some pretty good restaurants around here, even one with mango chutney. Quote: It was fun, but he didn't quite understand the point. Eva mainly just thought it was fun 'cause he got to goof off.. That was always okay in his books. He tilted his head as they stopped the game, curious, but after seeing Tea change he decided to do the same. He tugged off the jersey and went back to his normal look. His ears flickered a bit at the word hungry, his eyes darting back to the older boy and a bright smile appearing. He nodded. Food was always good! Quote: Setting the things he had picked up back on the rack, he'd come back for them later, Tea reached for Eva's hand and looked around for the joey's father, knowing from experience with his own mother how much parents would freak out. "We gotta find your dad first. Then we can find good foods." As if anticipating a question about his own parent, he added, "Momma knows I'm here by myself." Quote: As soon as something was reaching for him, the little guy basically attatched himself to Tea- albeit it was just his hand right now. Eva could get somewhat clingy sometimes, as Freize knew most of all. The boy's ears drooped slightly at the mention of finding his Da- erp... Where was he? He turned his head to look around, and then nodded and began plodding off towards where he thought he saw him last. He smiled brightly towards the older boy afterwards, excited about good foods.. He wondered why anyone would wanna be away from their parent, but that was just because he was completely dependant on a parental figure sometimes. Must be the pouch-joey inside of him. Quote: Tyyne was still insecure as she walked through the different pieces of clothes. This looked more like the boys pieces...where were the girly ones ? Everytime somebody looked at her she blushed awfully. She just wasn't used to wear her hair open, but it had grown a lot and mum had mentioned that it was awfully pretty like this. As she looked up she noticed someone familiar near by. Hadn't she seen this man at the headquarter before ? He was the father of the baby who didn't talk, right ? The young girl moved up to Freize and a slight smile crossed her face. "Hello Mr..." Quote: Feeling the rather tight grip on his hand, Tea suddenly thought of what Coach would say if this little one bruised them. With that in mind, he did something that was very lemurlike, but uncommon for a male, he pulled the child onto his back. Sort of like a piggy back ride, but higher, more instinctual. Now the little one had more places to hold on to, and his hands were safe. "Better?" He asked with a little smile, speeding up his walk a bit now that he wouldn't have to keep a steady pace for the joey. From about ten feet away, he noticed one thing, bright blonde hair. Tyyne! And there was the boy's father too, what luck! Quote: Freize turned slightly as he heard a voice, brows arched slightly. A warm smile came across his face as he recognised the girl from the last time he was at the HQ. He moved to face her, "Freize. You can just call me Freize." He glanced about, now noticing that his child had wandered off.. Internal sigh. Hopefully he hadn't tried climbing the racks or something.. He turned back to the girl, smile back, "Can I help you?"
The boy blinked, but being the "pouch-joey" that he was, he didn't mind being carried. OF COURSE not. Freize only had to carry him everywhere. He nestled into the older boy's back and nodded, glancing about cheerily. Now he was up higher too! How great. He perked a bit as he spotted his dad and that nice girl from before, beaming slightly. There was Da, and another kid! Maybe she'd come with them and get some good foods.Quote: "I was about to look for some new clothes, but I'm just not able to find the girl's part of the store." Tyyne blushed slightly nestling around with her fingers nervously. "And I just wanted to be polite and say hello, Mr. Freize." As she heard some footsteps she turned around and noticed Teagan and the other boy coming closer. She blushed a bit as she was reminded of her favourite series on TV everytime she saw Teagan. "Um...hello." Quote: Flipping his hair out of his eyes, Teagan smiled to the familiar girl, not quite grasping why she seemed embarassed. Normally, he would have hugged her, but he wasn't going to risk dropping this little one, that'd be a bad impression, like what had happened with Madeline. "Heya doll." Alright, it was a silly thing to call her, but he'd been watching to much TV. With a polite little nod he turned his attention to the younger boy's father, "I brought your joey. We were gonna get some lunch, is that ok?" Quote: The weremutt nodded, "I see... Thank you, that was very.." His head turned towards the approaching pair, "Nice of you..." He watched the children for awhile, arching his brows at the use of the word "doll"... Hm.. Kids.
Eva shifted slightly so that he could wave enthusiastically at Tyyne, and then at his Da, grinning slightly. Lotsa people were always good. And in his mind, three was a lot. Two was a good number of playmates, and his Da was always good to have around. He relaxed into the older boy's back again, arms drooped loosely over his shoulders.The male nodded a bit, "Ah... That's fine.." He fished around in his pockets for some money, and then offered some to the boy, "Use this for Eva, alright?" He didn't want to make anyone else pay for his kid... That would be rude. Atleast in his mind. Quote: Tyyne blinked several times as she heard Teagan call her doll. Wow, he really talked like the people on TV ! Hopefully they would become friends and then Ty would be extraordinary too. Clutching her hands together she moved her head slightly. "Oh can I come with you ? I haven't eaten anything since today morning." She spoke in a soft voice before turning back to Freize. "It was nice to see you too." "And as I see you still don't speak." She turned to Eva and petted his head slowly. "No problem, at all." Quote: With a little smile, Tea took the money and tucked it in his back pocket, "Will do sir." Wow, that was a new one, sir. That was a good thing he was picking up from his training, none of his coaches took any disrespect. Turning his attention to Tyyne, he held his hand out to her, contact was everything to him, "Sure, whatcha want? Beckie says there are some good veggie places around here, might have to leave the mall though." One ear fell down as he looked back at Frieze, not sure if he'd have anything to say about that. Quote: The little guy smiled after recieving the pat to his head, tail swaying back and forth merrily as he cuddled into Tea's back slightly. He was big on contact too. He tilted his head, resting his cheek on the older boy's shoulder blade so he could watch the girl standing beside him for now and letting everyone work out where they were gonna go.Freize was surprisingly pretty laid back about the whole situation, nodding at the mention of having to leave the mall. That was fine. "Alright... But be warned, he's a picky eater." He smiled a bit, "I'll be around this store if you need me, you can find me here." Quote: Having two sisters who loved contact Tyyne knew why he extended the hand. But after all she wasn't one of those touchy people and now she felt a bit strange about it. Anyway, he was the cool-as-Tv-guy, right ? Slowly she took the hand and smiled slightly. "I don't care. I brought my pocket money, so we can go anywhere." She added and pointed to her chest. Lena had bought her a neck pouch to keep her money save. "Thank you, Mister Freize. We will take care of Eva." Quote: Tea nodded cheerfully, not at all surprised by the thought of having a hard time finding something the joey liked. After all, if he liked sugar cane he must have good tastes, and now Tyyne was coming too, she could help! "We sure will, and don't worry, Momma says I'm a picky eater too, well, not in the past few weeks" He said simply, starting to walk away slowly backward so that he would still be facing the man if he had anything else to say. Tyyne seemed smaller than he remembered, but maybe he was just bigger. Yeah, that was probably it. Quote: The man smiled warmly towards Tyyne, "Thank you. It was nice speaking with you.." He looked towards the other two and gave a nod before turning to go back to looking through clothes.
Eva began growing bored with waiting, and blew out a deep breath that came out as a sort of hiss. Humdedum.. He perked up slightly, lifitng himself a bit to try and let his chin rest on Tea's shoulder, as he could tell they were starting to leave. He felt suddenly a bit uncertain as he noticed them moving away from Freize, but decided he still wanted to go with the other kids... He'd have to fight his inner pouch-joey. He wriggled his toes and fingers to release some of his energy.Quote: Tyyne glanced at her own hand once in a while. Today was a strange day, first she got the new hairstyle and now she finally made some friends. Of course, she had Shouko, but they hadn't talked or seen each other for weeks. "Why are you wearing...this training thing, Teagan ?" Tyyne questioned as she looked at Eva. She wouldn't look at the Lemur straight, her shy nature didn't allow her to do so. But after all she was happy to be not alone. Quote: Turning around so that he was facing the right direction, Teagan looked at her curiously, "Training.. Thing?" Ok, he wasn't the brightest bulb in the bunch, "Oh. You mean Eva?" He laughed, "He's not a training thing, he's my little buddy. Idn't that right Eva?" Quote: The little guy blinked once or twice, ears perking. Whazzat? He didn't seem to pick up on what was going on, probably because he wasn't listening. He just heard Tea say they were buddies, and ask him about it, so he beamed and nodded cheerily. Teagan was his buddy! Of course! Quote: Tyyne felt awfully misunderstood and pointed at Teagan's clothes quietly. "I meant..your...sport suit." She admitted before concentrating on Eva again. The small one was easier, he didn't talk. Quote: Tea blushed, looking down at his clothing, "Oh. Oops, sorry bout that." He gave a little nervous laugh, then tapped the symbol on his jacket, "Coach likes me to tell people about the team, so we can drum up the best of the best." It was advertising basically, but it worked. Silently, he hoped he hadn't upset her by not understanding. Quote: The squirt turned his head to look at Tyyne now, curious as to why she was watching him, although he was smiling so he couldn't have minded too much. He was just wondering if she was gonna say anything. He gave a little wave before lowering his arm back to Tea's shoulder.. His ears perked again and he smiled, tugging at the jacket to get the older boy's attention, his head tilting slightly. He tried to fix his expression so as to ask more about the coach and team and all of that. Sounded neat. Quote: "What kind of Team ? Sports team ? Like...the people on tv winning medals ?" It was so obvious that this girl had been watching TV all day lately to cure her boredom. She needed some friends, but actually Ty was living in the world of series, soaps and comics at the moment. Oh yes...and sport events. She waved back at Eva and smiled. He helped her at least a bit. He could be one of the baby superheros --- or Teagan's assistant. Quote: Tea nodded, "Somethin like that. I mean, we compete in tournaments and win medals and stuff. There's a couple in the next few weeks, I haven't been to any myself, Coach says I'm not ready, but my friend Beckie is competing in the Jr portion of the next one. Coach said maybe I can go for the one after it. That'd be fun, huh?" Suddenly realizing Eva's silent question, he spoke up again, this time more information that rambling, "Gymnastics team, like the stuff I showed you, but seeing if we're better than the other teams." Quote: Eva brightened. That stuff was tons of fun! Teagan was so lucky... The little squirt wasn't all too good at it, but it was fun. And you got to go up high. That was great. He nodded enthusiastically about the stuff that the older boy said, like the Jr. portion or whatever.. Sounded great. He was happy for Tea. He hoped that he found something fun that he liked so that he could do it all the time.. Da said something about rock climbing or something when he was older.. That sounded good too... Quote: Tyyne smiled and accidently tightened her grip. "Ooooh you will do competitions ? Can Eva and I come and applaud and so ?" She had seen this often on TV, if friends were about the people won and then everyone was happy. "Can girls do...these gymnastics too ?" She wondered as she looked at herself. Quote: He nodded, flinching a bit at the tightened grip but he quickly settled, trying to lead them toward the door to outside and a cajun style grill across the street, "Course they can, Coach is a girl and she's a great gymnast!" Picking up on a little extra meaning, he nodded again, "You could come if you want, you could even come to some of the practices if you want to learn somethin." Quote: He nodded slighty- he had seen some girls do it! And they were really good. He got all excited when Tyyne mentioned the two of them going to watch. That'd be really neat! He wriggled about on the older boy's back for a moment before nestling back into him, resting his cheek on his shoulder.. Tyyne wanted to try that stuff too? He decided she should. It was fun. Quote: Tyyne smiled a bit as she thought about the option. "Sounds nice, but I don't know if I can do it. I saw some girls on TV throwing balls and swirling around with ribbons...is it something like this for girls ?" She imagined herself winning competitions and people applauding and suddenly she stopped. She was NEVER EVER going to perform in front of people. "Umm...do you have to to competitions ?" Quote: He reached a hand back and ruffled Eva's hair before answering Tyyne's question. "Sorta. And you don't have to compete, some people just like to. Like, Coach says I want to prove something to people. I unno." He thought about the different styles, "Some people use ribbons and medicine balls and stuff, I'm better at the uneven bars and floor routines. Coach says she wants me to try a rhythmn routine with some of the older kids though, so I might do that." Quote: The squirt grinned as his hair was ruffled, rubbing his face into Tea's shoulder before going still. He'd let them talk their big kid talk about all of that gymnastics stuff- it was fun, but he didn't get some of the stuff they were talking about, so he let it go. He'd just wait for the food and stuff. Besides, it's not like he could say anything on the matter. Quote: "Alright, I will ask my Mum and she can talk to your Mum and then I will come and look." Tyyne was pretty happy about the arrangement as she looked at Eva. "I bet you're hungry, Eva. I think we should buy something..." Pretty insecure about talking to a stranger behind the bar she looked at Teagan. Could he probably order? Quote: Teagan nodded, "Little guy's prolly starving. I know I am. Anything in particular you want Ty?" While he waited for her to make up her mind, he stepped up to the counter and held up one finger then two, "One order of sweet potatoes, two bowls of vegan jambalaya, and a glass of sweet tea." The man at the bar nodded and yelled something at the cook before telling the lemur he'd call them when it was ready. So, the boy turned his attention back to Tyyne, curious. Quote: Eva nodded slightly at both of their comments about his hunger, ears lifting at the mention of food. He was back to being excited. There may not be a lot he liked to eat, but he did love to eat. He popped two fingers into his mouth, holding onto Tea with the other arm and letting his tail sway about merrily. He let him order, looking towards Tyyne with a smile. They were gonna get food now! What would she get?
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:08 am
Quote: "Some tea...and a potatoe please." Tyyne said in a hushed voice and looked at the floor quickly again. She had never ordered at such a place and she didn't intend to do anything wrong. Her golden eyes wondered if Eva was already able to eat all kind of food. "What do you think Eva would like ?" Ty asked Teagan while petting the small ones head slightly. He comforted her somehow, because he was smaller and she wasn't the one who needed the most help. Quote: The man behind the counter didn't quite seem to hear her, so Teagan stepped up again and repeated it, louder. Then, with a nod from the man, he walked toward a corner of the restaurant that wasn't so crowded, maybe then she'd relax. He waited to sit down though, thinking of how to get the littler one off his back without startling him. "I'm hoping he'll like jambalaya. It doesn't need too much chewing and it's veggie." Nodding purposefully, he gestured to a booth by the window, "Want to sit in the sun?" Quote: The little guy smiled brightly towards the girl as she rubbed his head, rubbing into her had affectionately before perking a bit to look at the man behind the counter curiously, ears perked.. And then he lost interest and dropped back down, just relaxing as they began moving somewhere else.. He was up again, looking towards the booth curiously, and then he nodded happily. He liked sitting in the sun, it was nice and warm.. Now, how to get off? Hm.. He always just jumped off of Da, but that's because he got to sit on his shoulders. This was different somehow. Quote: Tyyne was just about to sit down as she noticed the dilemma about the baby on the back. It was a real fun game, almost like playing family. She smiled as she moved over to Eva and offered her arms. "I can take you, if you want." The blonde girl offered and pushed a strand of her hair out of her face. She still wasn't quite used to this. "You can choose where you want to sit then." Quote: Tea gave a playful little smile, "Or, I could stand on my head till he slips off." He reached an arm back to see how tight the little one was still holding. "I'm kidding of course, it'd be mean to drop him no his head. Well, that's what Momma says anyway, she still apologizes for dropping me sometimes. Dunno why." Shrugging, he set both hands on the joey's arms, "I could pull you up and over if you want, but going with Tyy would be safer." Quote: The little guy wriggled, and then blinked at the boy's idea, brows arched.. He grinned after finding out he was kidding. Eva didn't like being wrongside-up very much. He seemed to like Tyyne's idea best, and using a foot to keep his balance- by lightly pressing it on Tea's back- he pulled one arm from the older boy's shoulder and reached for the girl with a smile. He liked being held, to be told the truth, so moving from person to person sounded like a good deal. Quote: Tyyne reached for Evarobby and tried to get him into her arms safely. She had often seen how to hold a younger one and know she tried to do so carefully. Hopefully he wouldn't start wiggling, she thought. Out of a sudden emotion she kissed Eva's forehead and smiled slightly. "Please don't move too much, you're quite heavy for me." She admitted as she sat down at the table. Quote: Tea settled down across from them, flicking an ear curiously. Heavy? Eva seemed so light for him, strange. Instead of saying anything about it though, he decided to find out what had been going on in the world of friends he'd been missing. "What've you been doing lately Ty? S'been a while." Quote: The boy blinked a bit, ears perking, Whazzat? Heavy? No one had said that before- but then again, he had only been held by adults and Teagan.. Oh well. He tried to keep as still as possible now, pressing his lips into a thin line as he concentrated on not moving. As soon as they were seated, he crawled over a bit, sitting beside her. He folded his legs up, feet resting on the seat as he watched the two curiously. Quote: Tyyne looked at the food and felt a bit uncomfortable..again. "Well, not much. We moved into the new house, but I didn't meet many people. Just my siblings...some of them are on vacation, so it's pretty lonely at home. I watched lots of TV." The young girl admitted as she looked at the Lemur for a moment. "How about you ?" Quote: Teagan nodded, lifting his arms off the table when the waiter came with a plate of fresh sugared sweet potatoes. "I haven't watched much TV since I started with Coach, don't have the time. If you're lonely, maybe you should pick up a hobby, like, I dunno, swimming or something." It was an interesting suggestion, he wasn't quite sure where he'd gotten it, considering he couldn't swim himself. Quote: The boy seemed ot sense the girl's discomfort or something, and looked towards her now, ears drooping a bit. He cuddled into her side slightly, throwing her a smile before looking now towards the food. His ears were back up. He was curious about what sort of food there was gonna be.. He never really watched TV himself, mostly because nobody else really did and he never wanted to sit in a room alone. It was too quiet. The only thing he liked to do was climb. Quote: As she felt Eva moving up to her Tyyne wasn't able to surpress a smile. The offer about swimming sounded fun, but after all she didn't know how to swim. "I can't. I never went swimming before." She imagined herself as a lifeguard or a swimmer in a nice suit and brightened. "But I could try, probably." Quote: Tea popped a little piece of potato in his mouth, taking the time to swallow it before he spoke again, "I think you'd be good at it, Coach says everyone is built from something. I've got strong muscles, so I'm a good gymnast, you look like you'd be fast in the water." He gestured to Eva, "Dunno what he's built for, kind of tiny. Finding stuff maybe." Quote: The squirt popped two fingers into his mouth, a slight tilt given to his head... Swimming..? Whazzat? He had never swam before, so he was kind of out of the loop for awhile.. Something about water...? He shifted a bit as he was mentioned, and then wondered if he was gonna be good for finding stuff later.. Hmm... He dropped out of the big-kid talk for now, looking instead out the window with a cheery smile. It was nice out today... He liked it when it was sunny. Quote: Tyyne offered a piece of potatoe to the toddler before taking a piece for herself. It sounded easy the way Teagan said it...and the best thing was that none of her siblings was interested in swimming. "You really think I look like I'm good in water ?" She asked again and smiled. "Thank you." Her eyes concentrated on Eva for a bit as she cocked her head to one side to look at the younger one. "He looks a bit similar to you, he could be good at gymnastics too." Ty mentioned. Quote: Tea looked Eva over again and nodded, "Yeah, he does doesn't he? He's a great climber too, maybe something like that. And yeah, you do." In an odd little goofy spark, he balanced a chunk on his nose, then flipped it up into the air and caught it in his mouth. "Maybe Coach could help find a good swim instructor, I need to learn too, Momma thinks I'm going to drown some time." Quote: The squirt took the piece, popping it into his mouth and chewing slowly.. His nose wrinkled, it was okay. Sweet like fruit. If it hadn't been for the sugar he probably wouldn't have liked it.. It wasn't that he liked sweet things, either, he just mostly liked fruit and green vegetables. He hated cake and some candies. He nestled his head against Tyyne's arm, wondering if maybe he could do something real big in climbing some day. Maybe he could be the best climber in the world- well, besides Tea. Quote: Tyyne thought about it for a moment and nodded. "I'll talk to Mum about it. Perhaps some others could come too and learn it. Then we don't have to fear beaches and bathtubes anymore...not that I do." The girl added quickly and hugged the toddler slightly. She wasn't so much into physical contact, but if it made him happy, why not ? Quote: Teagan nodded and sat in silence for a few minutes, until the waiter came back with two giant bowls of spicy smelling soup and their tea. It was interesting, because he always found jambalaya sweet, even when they used this many spices. Picking up a spoon, he held a little bit of it out to the joey, "Want to taste it first?" Quote: The boy brightened as he was hugged, but didn't seem to like the silence so much. He didn't like the quiet.. He fidgetted a bit, but was right back up when the food came. He pushed himself forward, nodding a bit and taking in a deep breath through his nose... Hm.. Interesting smell.. He didn't take the spoon, but instead just tasted the soup off of it while Tea held it. His nose wrinkled slightly.. It was.. Okay. He nodded his approval. Quote: Tyyne's mind was busy with imagining herself in a swimming suit, cheering on Teagan and taking care of Eva. It was just like on TV, but this time she was able to participate. "Are you and Eva...relatives ?" She asked out of sudden as she picked up the tea to smell it. Her mother loved drinking tea so she knew there were several different kinds. Quote: He smiled to the toddler's reaction. Lucky shot, he'd found something the joey liked. Taking a taste himself before responding to Tyyne, he was pleasantly surprised at how fresh the veggies were. Then, he turned his attention back to the blonde girl, "Nah, but Momma says we look a lot alike. He's a kangaroo, but he's got stripes, so I can see where she gets it." Quote: The squirt moved onto his knees now, reaching for a spoon and the bowl. He wanted to try eating by himself- although he'd only had a few soups before, so he wasn't too experienced with soup-eating. He tilted his head at the mention of him and Tea being related.. Nah, Tea was just his buddy. He had a momma and Eva had a Da and an Arafel.. And alla that. He began slurping up his soup, tail swaying. Quote: "He's a kangaroo ? Where's his bag ?" Tyyne asked as her eyes examined the toddler curiously. "My mum says, I'm a bit like a daisy. It's a flower." She explained as she sipped a bit of the tea. "Are you a kangaroo too ?" As she noticed the little joey eating she smiled slightly. "You're good at eating already, I think. I guess you're able to talk, but you just don't want to. It was like that with me." Quote: Tea smiled, flicking his black and grey tail, "I'm a lemur." Thinking over the joey's lack of a pouch, he came up with the simplest answer, "I guess cause he's a boy kangaroo." Quote: The boy watched the tail as he ate, and then glanced towards Tyyne as she mentioned him being able to talk, his ears drooping slightly. But he really did wanna talk, he had just... Given up trying. His Da had said it might be because kangaroos don't make any noise, so he'll be a bit delayed or something.. He didn't really understand, but he wanted to talk. So he just shrugged now and went back to slurping up his soup. Quote: "Oh yes...that makes sense." Tyyne blushed because of the obvious fault and decided to concentrate on her tea. "I didn't talk, because my sisters tried to teach me. I was just overwhelmed..." She petted Eva's head slightly before she looked at her watch. "Oh no, I'm already late. I was supposed to be home quarter of an hour ago." Her eyes grew wide. That couldn't happen to her, she was always the sensible one. Quote: Fishing out his wallet, and the money the boys' father had given him, he set out enough to pay for the meal. He waved for the waiter to bring two containers for the soup, afterall Eva seemed to really like it. "I could get Dee to drive? I think she said she'd be waiting at the fabric store." Quote: The boy frowned up at her, head tilting to one side, one ear up and the other down. He hoped he learned to talk soon- even though he had really stopped trying. He didn't understand how someone could use their mouth to try and make noises. It didn't make sense... He jumped when she was suddenly distressed, his frown growing. She was late to get home? Ohh.. His ears pinned back and he let them take care of it, setting down his spoon and fidgetting. Quote: Tyyne was close to cry as she heard Teagan's offer. "Yes please.." A deep frown was shown on her face as she looked around uncertainly. Hopefully her mother wasn't angry or too worried. "Can we...go then please ? You can come over to my house another time and we can play with my dolls or so..." She offered and looked at Eva. "You can of course come too." Quote: The lemur stood, laying a hand on her shoulder before he scooped the joey back onto his back. With one free hand, he picked the containers up, then held his other out to her, "Don't worry about it, if she gets angry it'll be my fault." Quote: The boy hugged the girl before being picked up, trying to make her feel better. He nestled into the older boy's back, frown still plastered on, ears flattened back. He was sad because she was sad, and it looked like she was gonna cry. It made him unhappy. Quote: "We need to tell Freize that we're going." Tyyne suddenly recognised as she got up. Hopefully her mother wouldn't be angry..."You...really would ?" Teagan was so brave. Quote: "Right" He sped to a fast walk, headed back to the front door of the mall and the store they had last seen the weremutt at, "Course I would, most things are my fault anyway." With a little smile he shifted Eva a little higher up so the child would be able to spot his father. "Once we find Dee, want to call you mom so she won't worry?" Quote: The boy rested his hands on the lemur's shoulders, sitting upright, looking around for his Da as soon as they were inside.The weremutt was at the counter of the store, having just paid for some clothes, and was picking up the bags when he spotted them, "Hey... What's going on?" He sensed some sort of tenseness in the atmosphere, his brows arching. And something must be going on because Eva looked pretty down. That meant someone else was. Eva wriggled for a moment, lips pressed into a thin line, brows furrowed. He felt bad.. And he couldn't fix things for Tyyne, so it made things worse.
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:15 pm
Having a new idea
The brush moved through the long blonde hair as Tyyne sat on her window sill and looked into the backyard. Gaspar and Carlos were playing in the sandbox, while Nalini and Jessila tried their best to kill the swing. Nobu was off somewhere to train and Kyoko was sitting below the huge oak tree as usual.
After all it was a beautiful day and the young girl was brushing her hair. She had decided to let it flow without a ponytail for while. Lena had already helped her to buy some new clothes and now she was dressed in a pretty blue top with puffed sleeves and a smiling sun on the front. Ty also got a new skirt now, which covered her knees and had a design of blue and white stripes. After all, she was very content with these new things and she also had some more in her new cupboard.
The blonde girl turned her head as she heard the familiar sound of the door as her mother opened it slightly. "Hey Ty. Are you alright ?" Lena said as she entered the room and stepped closer to the window smiling at the scene outside. The Eden nodded and put the brush away before she looked at ther mother. "Mum, could I probably take swimming lessons ?"
The older one blinked quite surprised as she looked at her daughter. "Er...sure...why ?" The Eden stared at the floor for a moment before she looked back into her mother's green eyes. "Tea told me about his sports and he said, I could probably do sports too. He proposed swimming."
She bit her lower lip hoping that her mother wouldn't yell at her for a stupid idea.
Lena instead was happy that her daughter finally was willing to interact with others and her lips partened to reveal a broad smile. "Wonderful Ty ! I'll call the swimming school right away and ask if you could come and watch a lesson." Before the Eden was able to respond in any way the mother had already left the room excitedly.
Tyyne sighed and moved back to brush her hair as she looked out of the window.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:43 am
Swimming Lessons - Part 1
Voices echoed through the swimming hall as a young blonde girl entered the building. She looked around pretty scared as she saw several children playing around in the water and splashing at each other. An adult woman, possibly a teacher, was standing outside of the water observing them.
And where was her Mum ? Tyyne sighed out of relief as she discovered Lena behind a huge glass window on the other side of the room. At least she wasn't totally alone. This was still quite embarrassing for her to be 'the new one' and she even had to wear a swimming suit. For her own likings it still showed too much of her pale skin.
She carried a floating tire with her, which had a pretty yellow colour. Tyyne was really thankful that her mother allowed her to go here. She really wanted to have a hobby too and show it to Teagan and Shouko and probably Eva.
The blonde one was shaken out of her thoughts as suddenly someone talked to her. "You have to be Tyyne. Welcome to our swimming course." A female voice said as the girl noticed the coach standing in front of her. "Yes, Miss." The Eden mumbled and looked at her feet.
The woman smiled friendly and put a hand on Tyyne's back to make her move towards the water. "Don't worry my dear until now nobody wasn't fond of learning this. You will see, swimming is fun."
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:24 am
Swimming Lessons - Part 2
Tyyne experienced that swimming was much more difficult than she had thought as she swallowed water for the third time already. Although she had visited the lessons now two times a week, she still wasn't able to swim without help.
Of course she knew how to move her legs and her arms, but the combination was a big problem for her. So she slowly moved towards the edge of the pool and looked into the water sadly.
"What's wrong, Tyyne ?" The coach's voice asked as the young girl just stared at the blue moving liquid. "I...I can't do it, Miss." She sniffed, very disappointed about her own lack of talent. A soft hand moved through her wet hair and the woman shook her head. "Darling, all the others have been here before you, so it's just natural that they're quicker. Do you know the movements though ?"
The blonde Eden nodded and demonstrated that she knew how to use the arms. "I just can't do it...together." Tyyne sighed. She had hoped that she could show this to Teagan and Eva soon and probably even to Sho. But somehow it didn't want to work out.
Her golden eyes grew wide as something hit the water with a splash and she screamed slightly. It was a yellow thing that looked a bit like plank with two neat handles and it floated perfectly. "Alright, Tyyne. Hold on to it and just use your feet." The coach explained as the Eden got acquainted with the new thing. First it wasn't so easy to stay on top of the water surface but she quickly managed to swim through the pool and smiled broadly.
This was nice. At least it felt like swimming for a while. Mom would be proud.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:08 am
Missing two sisters
It was definately strange what was going on since the letter arrived. Just a little piece of paper had changed the whole mood inside the household. Somehow everything seemed far more serious now and nobody would have ever thought that they wouldn't like this change.
Lena moved one hand through Nalini's hair, who was busily putting things into a small suitcase and smiled. "Don't worry, Mom. We'll be back." Was all she said and you were able to sense the excitement she was still trying to hide. Jessila just nodded as something pink vanished inside her bag. "She's right, it's not like we're gone forever or something. It's just a school !" The blonde girl chirped and put a comforting hand on her mother's shoulder.
"And you still have all the others." Jessila added as she pushed another item into the mess inside her suitcase.
Tyyne was sitting close to them on the floor and just watched quietly. It was strange to see someone go away whom you've known since birth. Jessila and Nalini had been invited to go to a special school and Lena had of course allowed them to do so, because they wanted it so much.
Kyoko and Ronin were leaning against the doorframe and Nobu shuffled around somewhere, trying to look for a plushie or anything he could give to them. Gaspar and Carlos were merrily fighting about a candy, because the liberal one was eager to give it to the sisters as a farewell present and the greedy one of course wanted to keep it.
After all the only ones who really seemed happy were Nalini and Jessila. It was an adventure, awfully exciting !
"Your train goes very early tomorrow morning, let's spend the last evening together and play a bit, drink some hot chocolate and have fun, alright ?" The mother proposed and even the teens, who usually weren't into the family thing, agreed.
Tyyne felt horrible.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:26 am
Movements
Hello Diary, I haven't told you anything lately, because so much happened and I wasn't able to write a lot. Jessila and Nalini left us to go to a magic school. It's really sad that they're going, although they were loud sometimes. But now everything is so quiet without them and somehow it's strange. We liked it quiet when they were here and now everyone wants it loud. Gaspar and Carlos, the new babies, help to get the house loud though. The green fluffy one likes to fight though, because he always wants to have everything. That's greedy and I don't like that. Carlos is much nicer. But my nicest brother is Devotion and his fairy. He came out of the lantern and sometimes I still feel freaky about his...coming. You know, he just glowed and then he was there. I wonder if all kinds of births are like this. Mom said, it's not like this, but she didn't go into detail. I need to ask her again. I haven't seen Sho for a while. I guess she's busy. Sometimes I walk up to her house but I don't dare to ring, because she could be busy. But I met Teagan and Eva. They both have fluffy ears and tails and Tea isn't freaky anymore, but wears cool clothes and can do tricks like people on TV. Some people'd say he is cute. I'd like to meet them again, it was nice. Do you wonder why I don't wear a ponytail anymore ? My hair is quite long now and I really like brushing it, so I wear it open. I also have some new clothes, which are pretty too. In my favourite colours. I still go swimming from time to time, but I really can't do it yet. Some kids are faster than me and that's depressing, but Mom said I just have to keep on trying, because everyone is able to learn how to swim. But what if Edens aren't able to swim right ? I don't know. It's confusing. Now it's Halloween soon and we decorate the house and I will dress up a ghost. I will be all white and even have a white face and will be a bit spooky. We go from door to door and get candy. Ronin and Kyoko don't want to go, but we will take Devotion and Gaspar and Carlos. It will be fun. I will write more often now. Sincerely, Ty
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:03 am
Halloween This was supposed to be one of the creepiest nights of the year. Wolves howling, glowings pumpkins, fear, vampires...children playing dress-up and running from house to house.
Yes, indeed. A fearful night.
Of course the Caraway children were full of anticipation and had worked on their costumes for quite a long time. The teens of the household including Nobu hadn't been interested or at least they had mentioned this several times. Lena was sure they would enjoy the game, but were just too stuck in their teenage rebellion.
Tyyne being the only girl had been most obsessed with her costume. Her mother had helped her a lot to find the right pieces of cloth and she had even allowed her chaplet of daisies to wilt. She wanted to be a ghost, a pretty and sad one, like she saw in a movie. Not one of these normal sheets with holes.
Lena had combed her hair and arranged a nice ponytail, because Ty was sure that women weren't allowed to let their hair flow in older times. She saw that on TV for sure.
Gaspar and Carlos were completely sure what they'd like to be as well. They were still very interested in the pirates idea and so they both got a small wooden sword, a black patch and a nice headscarf. Soon they were running around the house trying to roll every R as much as possible.
Devotion and his fairy weren't quite sure what they wanted to be and just watched the others. All of them had soo pretty costumes, why should they bother to join in ? Watching was much better the young anima decided. But anyhow the others were bothering him to get a costume and because Ty told him to pick something white and Carlos said he should be a helpful person whereas Gaspar wanted him to earn money, the anima decided to go as a doctor to please everyone.
As the sun decided to go to bed the kids were dressed-up and ready for their game. Lena had been worried about letting them go alone first, but Tyyne was a very responsible person and all of them were so happy as they allowed them to go on their own. Had to be some kind of adventure for them !
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"No take my sveeet." Devotion growled as he looked at Gaspar's hand, who had dug into the anima's bag. "Mine." The greedy Thule announced. What did the colorful one need sweets for anyway ?
"Take this." Carlos added and dropped some of his newly gathered possessions into the little treasure Gaspar was holding.
"Trick or Treat !" All of them chorused as the door in front of them was opened and a beautiful young lady smiled at them. "Aww, you have wonderful costumes." She clapped her hands in a very well studied act and cocked her head to one side to appear as nice as possible. "Good evening, Miss." Tyyne said and bowed her head a bit, whereas Gaspar growled. "Give. NOW !"
Tyyne sighed and shook her head as the tiny fairy hit the Thule's head with one of her small fists. "Arrr..." Gaspar tried to poke her with one of his horns, but luckily without success. "Pirates share. Take some more of mine." Carlos smiled gladly and offered some caramel sweets in orange paper to his brother, who happily accepted the gift.
The lady looked like she was about to shut the door again as the handsome anima stepped towards the woman and announced in a cheerful voice. "Petty !"
"What a little sweetheart you are." The woman chirped and now finally put the sweets into the small treasures, bags and pots.
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Just a few hours later four very exhausted kids arrived back home, greeted by a very exhausted mother and three very exhausted teenagers, who had been troubled by ringing children demanding sweets.
"How did it go ?" Lena asked as all of them entered the living room. Tyyne was calm as usual and was still in awe about her nice custome. Devotion was happy about his success and that he was able to get to know so many people. Perhaps he should really become a doctor later and give medicine to them and make them happy. Gaspar's treasure was overloaded and everytime he made a step he lost a few sweets, which were quickly collected again and put on top of the sugary hill.
Carlos only possessed two sweets, but he seemed quite content as well.
"It was great !" Tyyne smiled and the others nodded before almost falling asleep on the couch immediately.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:07 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:32 pm
Christmas Joy...
Nobody could tell him that it was a bad idea. Really. He had written down pro's and contra's and had thought about for days. Ronin had meditated, played his flute and all the time he had thought about moving out. Of course it wasn't because he didn't like his family, never. But somehow it didn't feel right when he was used to do what his mother and what Kyoko told him. Especially not if you were having dreams about a certain girl, which caused your boxershorts to...well.
So moving out was a very good idea in Ronin's point of view and shortly after the phone call he sneaked out of his room and slowly went down the stairs as the overwhelming smell of cookies hit him.
Kyoko was staring at the piece dough in front of her as her pale hands slowly moved towards it to knead it. There were already some Christmas cookies inside the oven and Tyyne was sitting at the kitchen table as she busily cutted out trees and santa's out of the dough. Indeed Kyoko hadn't believed that Tyyne was such a good company, but she was quite and did what her older sister told her.
Lena was busily decorating the living room and had enough to do to keep the younger family members from eating the decoration or hiding it.
So Kyoko had taken charge of the cookie duty and really enjoyed the baking. She could make sure that the ingredients were healthy and it was obvious that the cookies would be fabulous. Tyyne just made red and yellow dots on the green painted Christmas tree cookie as Ronin entered the kitchen.
"Hey Mo -"
He stopped and blinked as the teenager just recognised his two sisters busily creating cookies. Damnit, now he was trapped.
Kyoko looked up from her masterpiece of dough and glanced at her brother. "Hello Ronin. You're just coming at the right time, could you get the cookies out of the oven ?" The black-haired girl asked and turned her attention back to the dough in front of her.
Tyyne just waved at the brother and smiled slightly before turning back to paint the cookies with sugar icing.
"Actually I wanted to talk to mom." Ronin said and was about to turn around at two eyes glared at him with disgust. "RONIN !" Kyoko growled and pointed at the oven. "That's not very polite of you." She whispered angrily. Within the last weeks he had been just too rebellious for her likings and did things that weren't good for him.
The brother frowned and quickly moved towards the oven, put on some gloves and pulled out the steel plate before hitting the desk hardly with it. Tyyne whinced slightly and accidently coloured Rudolph's nose green as she looked at Ronin with fear. He usually wasn't angry, he was polite and calm and...
"I'm not your SLAVE." He pronounced very slowly and clenched his right fist in anger. Kyoko didn't seem to be impressed at all and just turned around, hands pushed into her hips as she glared at him. It would have looked quite amusing because of her apron, but the seriousity she carried on her face dissolved this thoughts quickly.
"I'm just asking you for a favour and you yell at me and scare Tyyne." Kyoko growled and her eyes sparkled in a mixture of pain and anger. How could he dare ? He was her little brother, she took care of him, she was his.
"NO !" Ronin shouted and had to keep himself from hitting something. Control, Ronin, control...control...
"I'll be moving out, alright. So you can't get on my nerves anymore. Tomorrow I'll go and meet a nice guy called Kendall and then we'll move in together and play videogames and your stupid cookies...are not of my interest anylonger !" He swirled around as he suddenly spotted a very familiar face in front of him. In fact it was Lena's face...
Oh oh...
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