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 Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:24 pm
Rhine's Expression Rhine's face bloody from where Cassara had slapped him, he slithered through Gaia. Rhine was too bulky for the indoor glass stores, so he stuck to the outdoor stands. He wanted a vase that was something simple so that the flowers would stand out and not the vase. It took him several stands before he found the perfect one. Next door to the shop was a tattoo parlor. Rhine was most interested. He sat and watched as a current customer was getting a design on their back. He wanted to go in, but wasn't sure if he was welcome. "You looked interested." The assistant came through the door, and smiled at Rhine. "May I help you?" Rhine smiled, the more he watched the more he would love to have a tattoo. He nodded. "Do you do flowers." The assistant nodded. "Would you like to come in and see some of our patterns. We also do customs." Rhine nodded. The assistant was pleasant and led him towards the back, towards a thick book. Rhine saw a Jasmine flower, and smiled. That was what he wanted. "Would you like to add some meaning to it?" The assistant smiled. Rhine thought that the flower enough held enough meaning, but wondered. "Do you have something in the pattern of my necklace?" The assistant's eyes went wide, a grin ear to ear. "You know that does remind me of a couple rune symbols." The assistant flipped a few pages, and pointed them out. Rhine wasn't sure about the Rune Ing just yet, but the Rune Odal sounded something along the lines of him. He nodded slowly. After a few they had arranged a nice design. "Is there something we can add to the side? Something swirly" Rhine asked. The assistant smiled, and showed him a few designs. Rhine found one he liked. It took several hours, and many tears later before it was complete on his shoulder. Pretty it was, and worth it; but it still hurt. When he tried to walk he limped. The assistant wrapped his shoulder, and gave him care instructions. As Rhine walked out he hoped that it would please Jasmine. After all it was a mark of affection towards how he felt for her. However, he wasn't too sure how his mother would take it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:14 pm
Surprises Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Instead of going straight home Rhine decided to drop into the Agency. His slither was hampered by a fresh tattoo on his right shoulder. His face had dried blood from where Cassara had slapped him earlier. A few bite marks still lingered in various parts of his body from his training trip a few days previous. Rhine paused a moment to read the sign, he snorted, reminding himself to let his mother know. Rhine entered and went straight for his rug, near his favorite window. This was one place Casssara had yet to take from him. As he stretched out to rest, the gnawing thought of having to deal with her when he got home made him angry. To make matters worse mom was going to see to it that they at least tried to get along. Rhine hoped that Jasmine would show up. It had been a while since he had last seen her. He had a promise to keep... Ecavi Jasmine had decided to go for a visit to the adoption agency, still stuck in her dragon form. She'd tried relaxing, trying to make herself change back, but it hadn't worked. She figured a trip out of the house would make her feel a little better, Tabby is weird, and getting used to her isn't the easiest thing to do. Luckily Ecavi had agreed to get cable as soon as she found out that Tabby needed it, Min doesn't want to imagine how not getting it would have gone. When she arrives at the building, she doesn't see the notice that's been posted but rather notices that Rhine is by the window in his usual spot. She grins widely almost at once- it doesn't cross her mind that she doesn't look like she normally does around him. "Rhine!" she greets him, walking over to him. Her steps on her front leg are gentle so she doesn't put too much pressure on the bracelets that are around it. Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine lifted his head at the sound of Jasmine calling his name. It was her sent, her voice... Yet, something was very different. She wasn't in human form, she was in her dragon form. This pleased him to see she still did have one, but worried him as to why she was in such form. "Jasmine..." it was a question as much as a statement. He nuzzled her in the shoulder area. As he leaned in, his right front leg almost caved in but he caught himself just in time and managed just a wince. "Your front legs, they hurt you?" He looked down and noticed not only the bracelet he had given her, but another and both were cutting into her. Ecavi Still smiling, Jasmine looks at him. His expression is kind of funny, the mix of interest and concern- no doubt it's odd that she's in her dragon form. The tone he greets her with makes her laugh quietly. "Hi!" she says brightly, returning the greeting nuzzle and then starting when he suddenly flinches. "You ok?" she asks, leaning back to check- he looks all right to her. She takes a seat, then looks from Rhine to her wrist, and smiles when she looks back up, "If I tried to run or something they'd hurt, my wrists are bigger like this but the bracelets still fit ok." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres "Well, if you decided differently about the bracelets let me know. I will find a way to help you get them off." Rhine sighed softly. He didn't question her form just yet. Rhine gave a grin as she checked him out. With his nose he pointed the bandage on his right shoulder. "Go on unravel it. It is all about you." When she unravels it the tattoo he had just gotten done is revealed. "I know what I feel." His eyes were deep, and he an ear to ear grin. Ecavi "I like them," she beams, "But thank you~" Jasmine eyes the bandage curiously, not bothering to try to conceal it but rather amplify it so she can get some answers. Her grin widens when he tells her she can unravel it, and she sits up and pulls it off gently. When the fresh tattoo is revealed her brown eyes widen and her mouth falls. He got a tattoo?! Her eyes ack to the present. Min has never seen Sunny mad, she's always been so nice and calm- a lot different than she is now. Once Sunny walks by grumbling, she looks over at Rhine, who is looking over her. She shifts behind the rug a bit, but smiles and shakes her head at Rhine when he apologizes. "It's not your fault, if I had better control I wouldn't have changed here," Min replies, "Or I'd just change back." Sundragyn Sunny re-emerged, clutching a rather ratty old trench-coat. It's a strange shade of olive-beige, stained in several places, with the bottom hem coming unravelled. "It'll do," she declared, dropping it into Min's lap. "It's not much, but you can hardly go home naked. Cultural taboos, and all that. Sure, it's fine to go about naked when you don't look human, but..." She shook her head. "Besides. You get cold. Ashes. Look, guys. You promise nothing... nothing inappropriate happened? I don't have to call your parents? You swear?" Sunny narrowed her eyes. Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine dropped back down onto all fours, snorting in Sunny's direction. "I'm positive there is nothing to worry about." You could almost feel the disgust in his words. Rhine thought to himself. "Great another over worried adult..."Rhine slithered towards the door. His back turned as Sunny handed Jasmine the coat, and she put the it on. Manners still mattered even although it really didn't mater seeing as he's already seen her naked. Ecavi Min looks down at the coat with evident distaste, but knows she doesn't have any choice for Sunny is correct about not being able to walk around naked in a human form. She looks at Rhine when he assures Sunny there's nothing to worry about and is almost offended by the disgusted quality to his voice when he says it- but she turns and nods to Sunny. "Nothing happened," she affirms, "I swear." Things are suddenly looking up. She just has to get home without seeing her mother and she'd never have to find out! That can't be too difficult, she's done it before. She stands up, letting the rug fall to the floor, and puts on the coat, making sure it's all buttoned and tied. She kneels down and straightens out the rug again. Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Hearing the rug hit the floor, and the final rustle of the coat Rhine turns to face Jasmine and Sunny. He is slightly more calm, and lets out a long sigh. Rhine turns his head and looks directly at Jasmine his voice is hesitant not sure how Sunny will take it. However, he manages a smirk. "How about that address Jasmine..." Sundragyn "There's no need to talk to me that way, Rhine," Sunny said, a bit sharply. "My job here is to watch out for you guys. I cannot do that if I do not have this place, and I can't imagine what would have happened if someone had walked in, discovered something which, innocent as it may have been, certainly looked bad, and gone to report it to my landlord." She sighed, and murmured, half to herself, "I am a Singer of the Tribe. The Tribe's not much, these days, and I was only ever a junior Singer before we broke apart, but these days, I'm really all there is. I'm the most senior Singer still alive. I'm the last ever trained. I'm the only one to take this responsibility. I will if I have to." Sunny shook her head. "If you say nothing happened, I will believe you," she said. "At the very least, this is a learning experience for us all." She laughed dryly. "Min, I'd suggest a bit of practice on your own, try to keep this from happening again. I'll help, if you need it. If we're going to live among humans, we have no choice but to follow their ways." Somewhere in her memory, some of the history she had memorized as part of her trade clicked into place. " We take their shape, we take their ways, we take their face and voice to hide our own, and this we do until we can be ourselves, and this is the splitting of Last Home," she recited in a strange, sing-song voice. "Song four-hundred-seventy, verse twenty-seven." mouselet Kem rushed into the agency. He'd left the lovebirds at the local Free Ranger HQ to make a full report, and because he didn't know how Sunny would react to total strangers.
"Sunny! We've found her!" he called as he came in. Only then did he stop and notice Rhine and Jasmine. Jasmine in...a really old and tatty coat. What on earth had been going on here anyway? Ecavi Jasmine is surprised by Rhine's question, blinking and turning to him. She doesn't get a chance to answer before Sunny interjects sharply, which makes her wince. Feeling guilty after Sunny's comment, she nods slowly- she certainly does not want to be the reason they can't use this building, especially if it's so important. "I-" Min hesitates, then manages a quiet apology, "Sorry.." She doesn't say anything else while Sunny explains her job, and the state of the tribe. But she does nod again to show they told the truth about nothing happening, and agreeing to practice. "Wha-?" She turns to the door when Kem bursts in, exclaiming that they've found her. Her who? It takes her only a second to guess Tilia, crossing her arms and looking at him curiously. Sundragyn "It's all right. Everything turned out okay," Sunny told Min. And then, as Kem burst in, her entire manner changed: one of immense relief. "Oh, thank you, thank you! Tilia's okay? Is she home? Where has she been?" She fired out questions without pause, her face rather flushed. "What did she say?" She gasped for breath and leaned against her desk. "What a day." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres With the confusion caused by Kem's entrace Rhine nuzzles Jasmine's hand and whispers. "I'll see you soon." Then before Rhine can be apart of any more trouble he slips out the door. mouselet "She is okay, she's not home yet, and she's apparently employed at a..." Kem paused, realizing that Jasmine was still there. "A place you're not going to like hearing about," he edited.
He took a deep breath before continuing. "The place has a decent reputation, at least, and Tilia's been hired as a musician." He shrugged as if to say he couldn't understand why or how. "She's pretty safe and we haven't heard rumors to indicate she's left the building since she got there. We just have to figure out how to get her out."
Though, of course, that was the whole problem now, wasn't it? Kem braced himself, hoping Sunny wasn't going to burst in anger. Some people...naming no names...were inclined to do that, and he hoped he wouldn't have to add her to that mental list. Ecavi Jasmine watches Sunny and Kem quietly when she is surprised by a nuzzle on her hand and Rhine slithering by. She watches the door shut behind Rhine and then looks back at Kem just as he gets to .. wording his sentence carefully. She blinks, and decides she's in enough trouble- even if she wants to hear where this is going, her best bet is to go home. She can catch up on the misadventures of Tilia another time. Without a word she backs up towards the door, turning and leaving just about the point where Kem says Tilia was hired as a musician. Pulling at the coat to check it's closed well, she starts off in a hurry back towards home. Sundragyn Sunny nodded a goodbye after Min and Rhine, and turned to Kem, her eyes wide. "So she's not home yet... But she's safe?" She took a deep breath, and her expression turned suddenly suspicious. "What sort of place? Please. You have to tell me. I have to know." She thought she might be able to figure it out within five guesses, but she wasn't inclined to want to do that.
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Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:36 pm
Delay It was after super when Rhine returned home. His tattoo had been re-wrapped. Cassara was in her room. As Rhine slithered towards his empty rug he noticed Ceres was sitting on the sofa waiting for him. Ceres stood up arms crossed. "So you think by coming home after supper you can get out of punishment?" Rhine's ear fins laid back, and his tail went between his legs. Rhine thought to himself. "First Mom gets angry, then Sunny, and then I come home again and Mom is still mad."Ceres sighed and knelt down to Rhine's level. She could see he was in thought, and smiled trying to warm up the situation. "What is bothering you?" She looked him once over, and noticed his shoulder that was wrapped. "Did something happen while you were out?" Rhine hesitated, and then shook his head. "Nothing happened..." He sighed. Ceres laid a hand on his back. "We'll talk some more tomorrow when you've had some extra time to think. Also I'll expect you to complete your punishment tomorrow. Hopefully it will do both of you some good." Rhine nodded, but didn't say a thing. Ceres turned to head to her bed. Rhine smiled, and paused. "Mom..." He paused. "Never mind, I will wait till tomorrow." Ceres nodded. "Have a good evening." "You too." Rhine slithered off to his room.
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:54 pm
Changes Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine slithered into the agency in search of Sunny. Just a day previous Cassara had slapped some fresh claw marks into his face that went nicely with the nasty bites on his tail. The tattoo on his right upper shoulder had a fresh bandage. Sundragyn Sunny barely glanced up from her desk. "Hello, Rhine. Give me just one second.... there." She finished the sentence she was writing, and set down her pen. Her eyes swept over him in some surprise. "Good heavens. What happened to you?" There was something rather familiar about that bandage on his arm; she had a tattoo herself. Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine sat onto his haunches. You could see a difernce, he was more musculer. "Most of the scars and such are from training. My face is from a recent disagreement between me and Cassara. As for..." Rhine pointed to the bandage. "That is my doing, it is a tattoo." Rhine paused. "You can unravel it if you want a look." Rhine smiled. "I've come though to get some advice. Unfortually I haven't time enough to get it on how to deal with Cassara, but someting on more of a personal mater." Rhine's claws tapped the floor. Rhine sighed, almost feeling shameful. "The other day, several weeks ago actually I gave Jasmine a bracelet. She asked me to put it on." Rhine paused. "Something happened to me. I haven't told my mother, and really I didn't think much more of it till yesterday." Sundragyn Sunny came over and peeled back the bandage a bit. "Very nice, Rhine. I quite like the design. I hope your mother took it well." Oh, they grew up so fast. As he continued, her expression sobered. "Oh? What happened?" Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine gave one of those uh looks. "She doesn't know. I lied and said I hurt myself durring training." Rhine paused. "Only you, and Jasmine know. I just did it yesterday." Rhine was going to spill it, but figured showing would be easier explained. He slithered over to Sunny's desk, and grabed a pen. He returned to Sunny and dropped the pen to the floor. "It was a clasp last time." Rhine took a deep breath. He wanted it to happen again. He didn't want to look foolish. He concentrated hard on the pen wishing to hold it. Slowly his claws turned into a humanish form. Rhine shrunk back scared. "What's happening to me..." Sundragyn Sunny smiled, greatly relieved that it was such a little thing. "You're growing up, Rhine. That's all. You think I looked like this when I hatched?" She shook her head, and drew a breath. "We, as a species, have been given the gift of imitation. We shapeshift to what suits our bodies most by imitating the species around us. Surrounded by humans, and, well, people who look human, it's only natural for you to start copying that, in a small way." She was smiling, gently. "It gets easier, with practice. It's normal, and it's only the beginning." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine breathed a sigh of relief hanging onto every word Sunny had to say. "That is good to know." Rhine paused thinking of Sunny in dragon form, and smiled. "Easier with time. Do I practice, or does it just happen?" Wondering how silly it sounded, but that is what it took to make his ice beam stronger. Sundragyn "A little bit of both." She grinned. "You might be, just yet, a little young to change entirely, but once you get that... the more you change, the better you'll be." She started to turn back to her desk, and added, with a bit of a chuckle, "And you should probably come clean about the tattoo as soon as possible." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres "Thank You Sunny." This was a large weight lifted off of Rhine's chest. Rhine paused before opening the door. "I'll consider that, but first I think she needs to calm down about Cassara and me." Rhine sighed. "She is in a threating mood." Rhine opened the door, whispering. "Maybe, Jasmine will like me more if I can manage such a change." Rhine smiled, and the door shut behind him.
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:35 am
Rhine's Diary Entry 8 So much has happened as of late that I can hardly keep up with what I wanted to write. I guess it all starts with the arrival of Cassara. I thought having a little sister would be a good thing. Turns out she's a b***h... Bad part about that is that she doesn't even know or understand the word b***h! As of right now we don't get along at all! She broke down my door, and went through all my things. This lead to a huge fight. I through her across the room, and she smacked a pretty good mark into my face. I went into town to by a vase, and saw someone getting a tattoo. I was really interested, so I got one of my own. I haven't told my mother yet. However, Jasmine and Sunny know. Jasmine sends me into fits of fuzzy feeling. Which now I am proud to say that I know what it means. I also know that I am falling further than a crush for her. I even told her that i loved her. I don't think she took it as well seeing as she told me I was rushing. I can give her space, I can give her time. When I met Jasmine in the Agency after getting my tattoo she was in dragon form. I was massaging her when she transformed into human form. Sunny came walking in. I don't think she was too happy about Jasmine being nude, and I still don't understand it. Although she did sing us a song. "We take their shape, we take their ways, we take their face and voice to hide our own, and this we do until we can be ourselves, and this is the splitting of Last Home," I think I am going to have to look into the ways of Humans, and why there is such an importance of clothing. I don't want to anger Sunny again... The day after I met up with Sunny about how my claws changed into a human form. She says it is natural. I am going to practice really hard. Speaking of practice shortly before my fight with Cassara I went into the Grove to train. I am working on improving my ice beam.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:06 am
Again With That Phrase Rhine had gone early morning to meet Sunny at the agency, and on purpose had transported himself back into his room. It was almost lunch time as he sat on his haunches in front of the mirror. Mother hadn't come for him, and for some odd reason Cassara hadn't tried to pester him. Rhine pulled out a stack of magazines. He was looking at the clothing the humans wore, but not necessarily the humans themselves. He didn't see himself wearing layers and layers, or suits. He wanted something simple, something nearly nothing at all. He really liked the suffer shorts despite them going to the knees. A knock on the door startled Rhine. It didn't give him much time to hide the magazines as the door opened. Ceres entered. "You've been in here all morning. Are you avoiding family, or the pun..." She stopped as she looked down. "What are you looking at?" She knelt down. Rhine was turning a shade of strawberry red. He found the fact of looking at clothes embarrassing. "I went to see Sunny this morning. She says I am growing up. I can already transform my claws into human-ish hands." Rhine paused before mentioning the naked form of Jasmine and how Sunny got mad. This paused opened Ceres up to start talking. "As long as you were not out enjoying yourself before your punishment then I suppose putting it off is alright... But enough of that, tell me why the magazines." Rhine sighed, knowing he couldn't avoid it. "Well, yesterday... Remember how I came home late." Ceres nodded, but gave him room to talk. "I went to the Agency after I bought a vase. I was hopping to see Jasmine to show her something." Ceres gave a look of question. "Does it have to do with your shoulder?" Rhine nodded thinking that he should go ahead an fess up to everything all at once... "Yes, it does." Rhine undid the wrap to show her the tattoo. "And what brings you to do this?" Ceres sat down arms cross feeling that this chat could take a while. "It is honoring my family, and Jasmine." Rhine smiled. "I know that family is important, and so is she." Ceres smiled. "I wish you'd talked to me first before doing such a thing, but at least the meaning behind it isn't a bad one..." Ceres paused. "But that doesn't explain why it took an afternoon to do so." Rhine gulped, as he was finding the part rather difficult. "Jasmine was in her dragon form. She was really stressed. I was trying to help her." The words were rolling out. "In the process of massaging her she turned human. I don't see anything wrong with it, but Sunny did." "How so?" Ceres let it slip. "Because when she transformed she naked. She is very pretty." His heart was skipping. He was red. yesterday he was too angry at Sunny walking in to take in how he really felt. Now it was hitting him hard. Ceres gasps. "Nothing happened I hope..." Rhine shook his head. "Again with that phrase. What does it mean." Ceres chuckled. "Sex... It is something two of kind share together when they are in love. But I hardly see you ready for such a thing. However, I can see the misunderstanding." Rhine was now a complete shade of Strawberry red. Sex he thought... These magazines don't describe such a thing. "I was looking at the magazines to find something that I would like to wear... I still don't see why it maters though." "It is a modesty thing. It helps them to feel comfortable around other another." Ceres paused. There really wasn't a good way to describe why clothes were need. "They seem so constricting." Rhine blurted out. "They can be. It is a persons choice. I've let your siblings pick their clothing, if any. This island doesn't get many visitors, so I hardly care. However, your trips to Gaia, or Earth you'll at least need something to cover your groin area." Ceres was talking casually. Rhine blinked a few dozen times. "What area?" "When you manage a human form..." Ceres placed a hand on her lower half. "This area. For you, you'll have a p***s. Girls have v****a's. Still each should be covered." Ceres paused. "Girls as well cover their breasts. Most humans also wear under garments. However, all I require of you is something to cover your groin. Rhine sunk low to the grasses of his room. His head was spinning. "I suppose so." He pointed out a pair of suffer shorts that he liked. "I just wish they were shorter." Ceres nodded. "How about we go shopping together after your punishment. If you find the shorts to long we can cut them off." Rhine smiled and nodded. "However, I won't know if they are too long till I can manage to shift." "True, but you'll have them for when you do." Ceres smiled. "I'll give you a few moments to collect yourself while I get lunch together. After words you'll need to complete your punishment. I am sure you'll find out you do like her. You just need to get to know your sister." Rhine smiled, and nodded. "Thank You Mother." Before walking out Ceres paused. "Also, while we are out we will pick you up a book about sex. Perhaps a play boy as well... I myself am not all to sure of sex. I've never had reason to preform such acts." Ceres smiled, and walked out. Rhine wanted to ask why his mother had never been in love, but decided not to pry. She did after all manage the island, and care for her children. Surely with all that she didn't have time. He mind raced over all the things that had been said between them. He was happy at the thought of shopping for shorts. He was happy they were still speaking despite his tattoo, and a naked girl. He was puzzled over what a play boy was... But, knew he'd know soon enough. He curled up on his favorite rock, and napped while he waited for lunch.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:50 pm
Punishment or Play Time Thirty minutes into Rhine's nap he was awoken to the calls of Lunch Time. Rhine wished he could procrastinate getting there, and then eating as slow as possible, but knew other wise. He knew he couldn't do so, because he'd already done his share. So the next best thing was hurry things up, in hopes that his pain wouldn't last too long. "Mother I'd much rather go swimming." Rhine said as he stretched his back legs. Ceres sighed. "You'll do anything to get out of this won't you?" Rhine nodded sheepishly. "If she wasn't such a b..." Rhine paused. "I mean witch." Ceres rolled her eyes. "Well, perhpas if you try being nice you might crack that nasty shell of hers that she has towards you. Why don't you take her with you?" Rhine snorted. "Nasty indeed... I suppose I could take her with me." Rhine muttered his breath after a pause. "I hope she never meets Jasmine." Ceres shot a look. "You shouldn't say things like that. Cassara could be your friend in such maters one day." Rhine rolled his eyes. "I'll be sure to remember that when I'm the one kissing Jasmine." It slipped. He hadn't really told his mother how he was feeling, all he had said to her was that she was different from other girls. Rhine held his breath. "Perhaps with that Play Boy we need to pick up some condoms..." Ceres gave him a good once over. "They do say when it rains it pours." "I'm not having sex mother..." Rhine shot it out quickly. "No, not know... But..." Ceres didn't finish her sentence. A tear ran down her cheek. "You are just growing so fast..." Rhine nuzzled his mothers hand. "I'll always be your little boy, and I suppose that I will always be Cassara's sister." Rhine smiled, and slithered down the hall. "I think I will take her swimming with me." Ceres smiled. "Thank You!" Rhine slung his tail around as a means of knocking on the door. Cassara came prancing out. Rhine sighed. "Come on. I am taking you with me to go swimming. It is better than trying to occupy ourselves here for an hours worth of pain." Cassara gave a straight face. Although inside she was actually happy that he was taking her. Her mean streak was a means to get attention. Around dinner time the two returned. Neither had new markings, neither was smiling. Once in the house they went there separate ways. Ceres cornered Cassara. "Was he nice to you?" Cassara nodded. "Then perhaps you can start being less nasty to him..." Ceres smiled. Cassara nodded again. "But..." Cassara didn't answer. Ceres pulled out a package which contained a diary. "Rhine got one in his next phase of life, however, I think you need it earlier on. This way when you get angry, or in one of your moods... Instead of acting it out, you can write it out. And try not being so mean just to get attention." Ceres smiled. Cassara nuzzled Ceres' hand. Then she pranced off to her room. Ceres considered visiting Rhine, but decided it best to leave him to himself and go shopping in a hours time.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:51 pm
Shopping They entered into town, and went straight to the clothing stores. "Hey, mother look at these..." Rhine called out laughing. They were brilliant red, with blue poke dots. Ceres smiled. "Check out these!" She held up light orange ones with brown fish. Several shorts later they decided to try another shop. Several shops later they managed 5 pairs. Rhine's favorite was a pair with white flowers on a purple background. Rhine found a warm spot and stretched out, yawning. "I need a break... Shopping is hard work." Ceres smiled. "I can finish up. Won't take but a second." Ceres herself had never visited a sleazy shop for herself, but for her children she had. She herself couldn't teach them, so she relied on books, and toys. She purchased an anatomy book, a how to book, a Play Boy, and some condoms, and lubricant. Blushing as she paid for it she quickly hurried out. She sat down on the ground next to Rhine. "For the sake of my sanity I pray that, that after Cassara it will be the last time I have to go in there." Rhine laid his head on his mothers lap. "Just what did you buy?" Rhine was almost scared to ask. Ceres pulled them out one by one explaining each. "Anatomy so you can learn about the human body. A how to book, so when you do... You will know how to." Ceres almost choked, she was blushing, something rarely done. ""A Play Boy, something to look at. It can cause some males to get excited that is why I got the lubricant." Ceres was finding it harder and harder to explain. For her girls she hadn't needed to buy a play boy or lubricant. "And lastly, some condoms. Not for now, and hopefully a long way away... But you have them just in case." Ceres looked away. Rhine was lost for words, and blushing strawberry red. "Thank..." He choked, but finally managed. "Perhaps next time we go shorts shopping it will be less embarrassing." Ceres nodded. "You going to the Agency?" Rhine shook his head. "Then we can return home together." Ceres smiled. Rhine nodded. "I hope Cassara doesn't catch me with these things." "Cassara wouldn't be able to tease you because she doesnt know better yet." Ceres said thoughtfully. "Yet is the key word..." Rhine sighed. Ceres nodded. They pulled out the mirror, and headed home.
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:38 pm
Learning Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Rhine slithered quickly into the agency to assure his space on his favorite rug. Ceres entered the Agency followed by a prancing Cassara who had yet to learn of Rhine's favorite places. "Sunny..." Ceres called out. "Are you around." Cassara left Ceres' side, and went to explore. She didn't pay much attention to Rhine at the moment. Sundragyn "One minute! I'll be right there!" Sunny emerged from the back room, looking a bit sweaty. "Sorry, moving stuff around. Hi." Her eyes fell to Cassara. "Ah. I knew this was coming, sooner or later." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres "You appear to know your shop as well as I know my island." Ceres was casual in tone. "I'd like to apologize for Rhine. I heard the tip of the iceberg yesterday." Ceres sighed. "He hasn't been exactly the nicest of dragon's since Cassara has come around." She paused. "I think turf war explains it..." Cassara started over towards Rhine's direction. Rhine snorted. "This is my damn rug. Leave me alone." Cassara growled, and sat on her haunches watching him. She knew better with mother around than to try something. Last thing she wanted was another forced play time. Ceres paused a moment to watch them wishing Tinker had come along, but she was busy Tinkering at the moment. Ceres then turned back to Sunny with a sigh. "Is there anything... Anything at all special about Cassara I should know about. I have yet to create her a room for fear of another something along the lines of what happened to Rhine. I thought red skin, maybe fire... But, I wanted to be sure." Ceres smiled. Sundragyn "Siblings fight," Sunny sighed. "There isn't much to do to get around that. My brother gave me honest-to-god scars. Many of which are simply returned from what I did to him, mind you." She coughed. "Fire is... likely." She tapped a finger against her lips. "Judging from what I know of her parents, and given her colour... I'd say that if she has any element, it will be fire." Sunny's mouth twisted. "As for special care... I'm fire myself. There's a slight tendency to be oversensitive to temperature as babies--some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the middle--but nothing major. Find a temperature she likes, and go with that, if it keeps her happy." She grinned. "Might take a little experimentation. Sorry I can't give you anything more solid than that." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Ceres nodded. "Rhine's got a pretty good mark on his face right now. I don't know who started it, but I do know he slung her pretty good before hand." Ceres sighed. Ceres laughed. "At least I do not have to add a volcano to the house... Unlike the rain forest type simulation in Rhine's room. Perhaps she would like something along the same lines, just a tad less wet." Ceres smiled. "Hatchling she may be... But with Rhine as a brother I fear a quick growth." Ceres cringed. "Just yesterday we went shopping for shorts and male type things..." Ceres was a slight pink and didn't further say. Sundragyn Sunny had to grin. "Could be, could be. Fire can be.... unpredictable." Her smile took on a certain smugness. "But many things can." She spread out her hands and shrugged slightly. "Well. I cannot really guess what the future may hold for her. With any luck, she and Rhine'll stop trying to kill each other. Me and Ray certainly did. Mostly. She may indeed grow up quickly... maybe not." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Ceres thought for a moment about fire being unpredictable. "I wouldn't say they have tried to kill one another yet..." Ceres paused. "Rhine didn't actually become angered until she took his favorite rug over..." Ceres sighed. "Perhaps two rugs, or a larger one." Cassara moved from watching her brother to prance around the shop. She stopped when she saw the paper that had been hung. "Mother what is this?" Cassara couldn't read that well just yet. Cassara hopped onto a chair, and placed her two front claws on the wall to try and see it better. Rhine watched his sister. He got up and slithered over to her. He was watching her to make sure she didn't fall. However, made it look other wise. Ceres followed as well. She was whispering aloud what it said so Cassara could hear, and then she looked to Sunny. "Are you expecting real trouble Sunny?" Sundragyn "I don't know," Sunny murmured. "There's a possibility. I'm hoping that they don't know where any of us live. I'm hoping it's only one or two people, not a large group." Her expression was calm, but there was the faintest waver in her voice. "But I don't know if that's the case, and I have no way of knowing. I'm trying to track that package down... whoever it is, they're good. I'm almost convinced, myself, that it was an accident, a freak mislabelling, but... I know it isn't. There shouldn't be any reason for a box of redcap to come through the supplier for a bakery..." Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Ceres listened carefully, and nodded. "Your post doesn't reach my island, for that mater not much of anything makes it to my island without my say so. However you cannot be to cautious. Some creatures have deep magic that can break a portals magic. You'll keep us informed I trust." Ceres sighed, and smiled towards her two. "I just don't know what I would do if something where to happen to them." Cassara could sense uneasiness in her mother. She slid from her stance on the wall, and rubbed against her. Rhine snorted. "Sunny if something does come to pass..." Rhine paused never hoping for the worst, but always expecting it. "It would be an honor to be of some service to our clan." Rhine paused a moment wondering if Clan would be a word, or would it be family. "I've got a pretty decent ice beam now that can hit most any target." He gave a smug smirk. Cassara rolled her eyes at Rhine just as her tummy rumbled. "Carrot Mommy... Carrot." Ceres knelt down, and lifted Cassara from the chair and into her arms. "I remember when Rhine was as little as you..." Ceres paused a moment. "Seems like yesterday." Ceres smiled, and stroked her head while looking at Sunny. "I better get her home. I will take a dozen or so carrots to get her full." Rhine stretched, and stood. He slithered close to his mother's side. "We thank you for your time." Ceres smiled, and left holding Cassara with Rhine following closely. Sundragyn "No. Thank you," Sunny countered. "The Tribe... can use all the help it can get." Smiling, she watched them go, and sat down at her desk, her mind clouded with anxiety. " And the young come from small worlds to this," she murmured, sing-song, " and under our wings they find both comfort and agony... We treasure the old because of the life they have lived, and we treasure the young because of the life they haven't..." She trailed off, her mouth creased into a frown. "Good skies. I hope I'm doing the right thing. Too many lives at stake."
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:49 pm
Five C's Cassara was at the breakfast table before sun up chowing down on Carrots, Cucumbers, Cherries, Cumquats, and Cantaloupe. Shortly after she packed a few extra of each, something for Rhine, and waited at the door for Rhine. It wasn't long till Rhine came slithering down the hall. Half asleep, and yawning he ran smack into Cassara. Stumbled back a few. "What are you doing up so early?" Cassara was trying a different approach than her normal mean tactics to get attention. Instead she was being decent, and mannered. "I want to go with you." She paused. "Please." Rhine snorted wondering if he was still dreaming. Then he noticed the little nap sack in her mouth. "Mother will be worried sick if you go." Cassara batted her eyes fast. "Pretty Please. I can leave her a note." Rhine thought for a moment. "I did that myself once..." Rhine sighed. "I suppose so." Rhine started for the kitchen. "I've got yours ready." Cassara smiled. Rhine was melting a bit inside, and smiled. "Thank You." He nuzzled her. Cassara smiled, and started to try and purr like Rhine did. She was never taught so her attempts were short lived. "We'll have to work on that one." Rhine smiled. Then he left a note, and they were off. Little did they know that Ceres was watching in secret from her room.
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Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Captain
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Kawaii_Hime_Ceres Captain
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:34 pm
Rhine's Diary Entry 9 Lately, I've been spending a lot of time flipping through the books my mother bought me. I think I've just about got down the human body, and how it functions. It is much like a dragons, just smaller and more fragile. I've also taken a look at the Play Boy... The girls in it are naked and aren't as pretty as Jasmine who is clothed. Not that she needs cloths. I am still a tad confused on the whole clothes thing. Although, I'll respect my mothers wishes and at least wear a pair of shorts. I just wish Cassara would stop walking in on me while trying to practice changing. My biggest problem is that I just cannot focus long enough to hold the shape. Speaking of Cassara we are actually getting along... I am planning to drop off the flowers soon, and ask Jasmine over. To help her be able to see the flowers my sisters, and me have built a raft.
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