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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:20 pm
The food looked innocent enough, but you could never be to careful. Still, he'd been the wimp for a while, so Karan decided it was his turn to take a risk. One pointer finger dipped into the applesauce, the other into the oatmeal, and both entered his mouth at the same time. A strange taste to be sure, but delicious! Grinning, he stuck a hand in the oatmeal and then in his mouth, nodding. It was good!
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:34 pm
Demare stared at Karan a little blankly at first before looking to his own food, contemplating the style of eating. Hands? Was this stuff finger food? It wouldn't hurt, it seemed... Dipping a couple of fingers into the oatmeal, he scooped out enough to fill his hand, then quickly stuffed his hand into his mouth.
...Hey, this was fun AND good. And very gooey like the bananas Guinevere had shared with him that one time.
Taking his other hand, he dipped that into the applesauce and did the same as before. He couldn't help but giggle a little bit, his wings twitching happily.
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:37 pm
After some experimenting, Karan discovered that the oatmeal was thick enough to stick together, whereas the applesauce ran through his fingers when he tried to get more than a little. But when he held his applesauce-dripping hand over the oatmeal and then scooped out the flavored bit- mmmm, delicious! Giggling with delight, he pointed, wondering if Demare would like his idea. Even if not, both foods were pretty good alone.
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:43 pm
Demare pondered this for a moment, pausing his oatmeal covered hand before he stuck it in his mouth. At the same time...? It couldn't hurt, right? Sticking the oatmeal hand into the applesauce so it would just cover, he proceeded to stick the new mix into his mouth to taste.
...It wasn't bad, actually. In fact, it tasted better than it did by itself! With a soft squeal of delight, he repeated the action again, eating a little slower to salvage the taste.
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:47 pm
Peering at Demare sideways, Karan sat up a little straighter and moved with more grace and thought to his moves, emulating the older Legend. Taking time didn't make the food taste any better, but it did make the taste last longer. Humming delightedly, he thrusted his hand back into the bowl, submerging it a little further than he'd had in mind. His sleeve dripped clumps of oatmeal onto the rest of him, but Karan didn't seem to care. The food was good, the space was good, what company he had was good, and that was all he really cared about.
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:58 pm
Out of the corner of his eyes, Demare noticed the mess Karan was making. Maybe it was because he had sleeves... Looking at his hands for a moment, however, he realized that he wasn't any better. The loose part of his bandages had made their way into his food, one of the cleaner ones starting to sink into the applesauce due to being so wet now. Lifting and gathering up the loose ends, he began to shake the bandages, little bits of oatmeal and applesauce flicking about.
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:26 pm
Karan squealed and whipped his arms up to shield his face from the flying food, sending more splattering in the other direction. This was fun! A bit sticky, but fun all the same.
DS dropped a thin stack of napkins onto the grass, taking in the scene shockedly. "What... a... mess!"
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:39 pm
Demare stopped waving his bandages about, glancing up at the guardian woman for a moment. What was a mess? Taking another look around, he realized what she was talking about, and giggled sheepishly, hiding his dirty hands behind his back.
"I sowwy," he said shyly with a bashful smile.
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:16 pm
Resuming his copying game, Karan shoved his soggy sleeves behind him. They started to feel icky, and he knew that his guardian would insist on doing the whole washing thing again because of it. Best to be nice and see if she'd forget the whole thing. "Sowwy."
Again the temptation to melt from the cuteness was hard to resist, but possible. "Aw, it's okay loves. But we'll have to get you cleaned up, and I'm sure your going to be missed soon..."
Sirius, who had dozed off, blinked. "Hrm? Are we leaving so soon?"
"I think so. It looks like they got breakfast, at least. And we'll have to get Demare home soon."
It took all of a minute to clean up, shoving the messy bowls into the bag, and using the napkins to clean everything as well as possible. It was a temporary solution at least.
As DS approached Demare to clean him, she paused. What would be the best way to handle the bandages? Surely they were there for a reason, but wouldn't fresh ones be better? As a test, she tried to unravel one, doing it slowly to see how the child would react. The last time she tried to remove something without a Legend's permission, she'd nearly lost a nail.
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:34 pm
As DS started to reach toward his bandages, Demare's hand shot up quickly and pressed hard against her palm, his two extra eyes opening partially as his two bi-colored ones narrowed into a glare. It seemed that was all it took to awaken Demian, and poor Clare was too off guard to even fight for control.
"No," he almost hissed, his wings stiffening a little bit. "No touch."
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:44 pm
Yep, it seemed that they all were temperamental about something. Normal enough. Still, she wasn't going to let a sticky-armed baby get her messy too.
"Okay then, I won't touch. All I'm going to do is wrap a couple napkins around your arms, and let Neko-san deal with you. Okay?" It wasn't a plan she liked, especially handing a mess she'd made over to a pregnant woman, but there wasn't any choice.
Karan sat back and chewed his sleeve. Mmm, appley~
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:50 pm
Demare's extra eyes closed once more as he put his arm down, still glaring up at the woman. "Fine," was all he said, hesitating for a moment before holding up both arms for her to wrap the napkins around them.
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:56 pm
DS was more focused on Demare's arms than his eyes, and hurriedly wrapped the appendages in thin napkins.
Less occupied, Karan did notice the eyes, and frowned. Did that happen before? Whatever it was, as long as his friend was still okay, he didn't particularly care. But while his caretaker cleaned the rest of their picnic spot, he crawled closer to Demare.
"Dmah okie?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:23 pm
Once the guardian woman was done, Demare began to shake his hands about a little, wondering just how well the napkins had been put on. Ugh... now they were stuck to him... His wings twitched slightly at Karan's approach, and only his eyes turned to glance at the boy. Was he okay? He was FINE... Was there any indication that he wa--...
CRAP.
Demian, what's wrong? Clare piped up, still saddened that he had to leave so suddenly.
Demian was quiet for a moment as he tried to figure out how exactly to explain. I think... he saw them.
Clare, however, was very confused. Saw what? What did he see?
My eyes.
Your... eyes?
My real eyes.
Demare opened his mouth to say something, but no words would come out. Dang it... DANG IT! No one was supposed to know! Neko was the only other person to see them... The only one that was SUPPOSED to see them.
N-no one... must have payed any attention before...
This ruins EVERYTHING!
Demian! P-please... calm down. It'll be okay!
How do you know that?
I...
How do you know that he won't just abandon us like they did before?
But Demian, he--
He's not like us, Clare! He's different! Don't you get it? He's not like us!
Clare was quiet as he tried to think. Demian did have a point, but Karan was still Karan... And Demare would always be Demare.
M-maybe... we should tell him...?
What good will that do, idiot? It's not like he's capable of comprehending what we are.
You'll never know unless you try...
...Curse him for being right. But the point still stood... Karan more than likely wouldn't understand. However, Demare wouldn't be able to voice out his words like he could think them. ...Dang it.
"I... explain when bigger," he managed to put together. "But... I fine."
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DivineSaturn Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:32 pm
"Gooh." As long as he was fine, whatever he saw didn't really matter. He'd find out later, and that was good enough. Why bother rushing?
With slightly sticky hands, DS picked up both Legends and settled them on the Tala. "Let's go."
"To?" Sirius stretched his wings, preparing to take off.
"Legend HQ. You've been there before, right?
"Um... sure." Not that it had been a pleasurable experience, but whatever. This time he'd wait outside.
Another good stretch, and he lept into the air.
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