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 Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:25 pm
Journal Entry: 10/15/07
So, I got this phone call from the boss a little while ago and we had to go to D-corp. Apparently the dragons were rebelling and we were supposed to do something to make them stay. Yeah, right. That so didn't happen. One of the mean black dragons was hissing and she started fighting with just about everyone. I saw some people get hurt... Chath, the boy I met at the mall and who's in a couple of my classes got his arm bitten off! And Liggy got hurt, too. Chath's dragon fell and really got hurt...
Bob and I got hurt some, but we just had small acid burns. I think everyone there ended up with some, as much acid as there was dripping everywhere... But all the adult dragons left D-corp... I wonder what they'll do now. After all, we're created to be paired with a dragon... what will happen to the little kids? Will D-corp stop making more kids? Will they find more dragons?
I guess I'll see, eventually.
-Alaqua
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:55 pm
And then there were three....
It was a rather typical, eventful Saturday at the Ledell household. The five minidragons and imps were outside bothering Ala and Bob as they enjoyed the cooler weather, Ala lounging in her favorite tree. Reign was off to the mall, probably looking at the frilliest dresses she could find. And Niki was trying to sit at her computer and work while the twins ran wild around the house.
The phone rang and Niki yelled at the boys to quiet down as she reached for the cordless and pressed the talk button. "Hello?" She listened as the person on the other end spoke for a long time, her mouth moving into a frown that deepened as the conversation went on. As the phone then went dead in her hands, the house went silent.
"That was quick..." She muttered, slowly putting the phone down and processing what had just happened. The phone call had been from Rouge, who'd explained that the twins were needed to return to the ship for some reason or another and she was thanked for her help in caring for them... The woman slowly stood and walked down the hallway, tears brimming in her eyes as she saw the two bedrooms empty. Aiden's was as messy as ever and Shito's was very organized, other than the two cars in the middle of the floor that the boy had probably been playing with right before he'd been beamed up to the ship.
A little later on, Ala trudged back into the house to hear the sound of someone sobbing. The girl frowned and slowly padded down the hallway to find her mother in Shito's room, crying. "Mom...?" The girl asked, worried.
Niki swept her first daughter into her arms, still upset. "The twins had to go back... they were needed for something... I didn't really understand what they were saying... but the boys are gone!" The woman broke down and leaned on the koala girl heavily.
Ala awkwardly patted her mother's back, wishing Reign was here to help. She helped her mother get to her own bedroom and set Niki onto the bed. "I'm going to call Reign, okay Mom?" The girl was still in shock some and was trying not to break down crying like her mother.
A quick phone call and Reign was rushing home as fast as the public transit system would take her. Finally, the chimp girl got back to find her sister and mother crying. Between the two, they managed to tell Reign what had happened and she joined the two.
"They could've given us a bit more warning..." Reign muttered later as the three tried to pull themselves together and make dinner.
"They sounded rather panicked..." Niki said as she and the girls made a salad. "I guess something went wrong and they had to pull the twins out, but... it doesn't seem all that fair, really."
"Yeah..." the girls muttered and the three sat down and tried to become a family once again like they had been before the twins' arrival. But it was going to be hard for all three.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:00 pm
Lookie what I found!
Christmas had come and gone at the Ledell household. Niki had put a ban on any more critters coming into the home, as the crowd of imps and mini-dragons was more than enough the way it was. Everyone in the family was tired of the pesky things and currently Bob was chasing them around the yard while Alaqua sat in her favorite tree, which was now bare in its winter outfit.
The koala girl was staring off into space for a while before she realized that her dragon partner had stopped chasing the critters around and was now happily inspecting something at the base of her tree. She shrugged, figuring he'd found another branch and was playing with it like usual.
Inside the house, Niki was washing dishes when she suddenly heard a girlish scream. The woman nearly dropped the plate she was holding at the sound. Quickly, she placed the dinnerware away and ran to the back door, peering out of the sliding glass doors. She puzzled over the sound for a moment, for it had come from the backyard, but Ala was fine and none of the imps or dragons could make that kind of a sound. "The monster's got me!! Help!" Niki opened the door, wondering what this girl could be facing.
As the door opened, Bob and Ala turned to look at Niki. Ala noted that her mother looked confused, but Niki's attention had turned to the leaf that Bob was holding in his mouth. It seemed to be struggling to get out of his grasp.
Sighing, Niki cautiously approached the brass wyrmling. "Let me have the leaf, Bob." The dragon let a growl out, but at a sharp word from his girl, he let go, grumbling up at Ala.
The screeching stopped as Niki took the leaf into her hands and the leaf seemed to almost give a sigh of relief. "There, there..." Niki comforted it as she walked back inside.
Alaqua raised an eyebrow and glanced at her dragon. "Mom's flipped. Gone wacko. She's definately lost it..."
Bob agreed.
Something seemed a bit off to the girl. "Hey, Bob.... where did you get that leaf?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:14 pm
Journal Entry: 01/03/07
I've been rather down lately due to the twins' unexpected absence. The girls and I have struggled to keep going over the last several months, but it seems we might have something to help cheer us up now. Bob found a leaf outside the other day (Yeah, I know.. middle of winter, there shouldn't be any leaves) and I just feel that this is... special.
After all, Reign came from a piece of paper and the twins came out of a necklace. Gaia's just wierd like that, it seems. But I brought the leaf inside and carry it around the house with me and talk to it. I've noticed the girls giving me strange looks on occasions, but I'm not crazy.... Right?!
I have to be careful and keep an eye on the leaf, because Bob likes to try and take it back from me if I'm not watching. I caught him at it twice just yesterday and shooed him off, which earned me a grumble from the dragon. I think he's lonely, being the only male and all... poor thing. The first time he managed to take the leaf from me, I found him talking the poor thing's leg-er... stem? off. I rescued the poor thing from the talkative dragon and was then forced to listen to Bob grumble as he followed me around for a while.
Maybe I am going crazy....
-Nikiana
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:09 pm
Planting Time!
"Mom!" came Ala's shout throughout the house. "I'm gonna be late for class!!" The girl paced the floor in the entryway while waiting for her mother to hurry up.
"Sorry, sorry, Ala. But you should tell me more than an hour in advance that you have an extra class today..." The woman rushed around the corner and opened the door, nearly tripping over a package on the front porch on the way out. "What the...?" Niki muttered as she picked the flower pot up and read the attached note. The woman read through the note twice before Alaqua tugged her mother's sleeve.
"C'mon, Mom!" The koala girl gestured to where Bob was waiting at the vehicle.
Niki sighed and set the pot inside the house on a little table just inside the door. "Hey, Reign! Come take care of this for me!" She removed the leaf from her pocket and set it next to the pot. She sighed and went towards the jeep to get Ala to her class.
Reign wandered out from her room, curious as to what her mother wanted her to do. She spotted the pot and read through the note. "What?!" She picked up the leaf, which trembled a bit. "So... you're a kid?" The girl sighed. "And I'm apparently supposed to plant you," Reign was now talking to herself more than the leaf. "Seems like Mom wasn't going crazy after all..."
The chimp girl dumped some of the soil into the pot and placed the leaf in while carefully adding more soil to support it. "Suppose I should water you..." She muttered when she was finished. The leaf gave a sort of a nod or wave, Reign wasn't sure which, but she assumed that was a yes. The young woman got a cupful of water from the kitchen and dumped it into the pot, placing the leaf on the kitchen table for now. Her mother could always move it later.
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:51 pm
Thankyou again for participating in our corporation. Without you D-corp would not be as successful as it is today. So to further ease both your and our sucess in this, please fill out the following forms and send them back in the envelope provided. (PM them to "D-corp")
Signed,
D-corp
Child's Form Name:Age:Gender:Aspiration(s)/Goal(s):Dragon's Name:Dragon's gender:Dragon's type:How is your relationship with your dragon?
Parent's Form Have you had any medical troubles:Have you had any phychological troubles:On a whole, how would you (as a parent) say your child is doing in all aspects of his/her life?
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:52 pm
All in the Family
The car ride home had been... strangely quiet. Cassi had been terrified of the sight of Niki in the driver's seat and so Reign sat in the back with the child while they headed home. The boy was still upset about having to leave Kate, even with the promise of seeing her again very soon.
The jeep pulled into the driveway of the Ledell home and Niki was rather relieved. Now they would just have to get this little kid adjusted to their home, which would hopefully be easier here at home.
"We're home!" Niki announced to the house as she entered, smiling as she spotted the potted leaf at the door. "Oooh, you need more water..." The woman muttered, picking the pot up and carrying it into the kitchen, leaving Reign and Cassi alone in the living room.
The sliding door at the back of the house slid open, then shut as Ala entered the house. "Hey Mom!" The girl wandered on through the kitchen and started down the hallway, glancing over at Reign for a moment. "Hey Reign." Alaqua started on down the hallway before coming to an abrupt halt and turning around, peering at the little thing hiding at Reign's legs. "What's that?" She asked her sister, pointing to Cassi.
"Don't you mean 'Who's that'?"
Ala rolled her eyes. "Did it come from the leaf?"
Cassi clung tightly to Reign's legs as the chimp woman glared at the scary thing that had just walked into the room. "No," Reign stated. "Mom's got the leaf in the kitchen. Cassi came from D-corp."
"D-CORP?!"
Cassi jumped at the sudden loud noise and that familiar warm, wet feeling began to spread on his shorts again. "Uh oh..." he said, hugging Reign's leg. "Mommy..."
Ala's eyes went wide. "Mommy?" She pointed at Reign, questioningly. "Does that kid mean you?" She gestured at Cassi, then Reign again. "You.. kid... Mommy...??"
Reign sighed at her sister. "Yes, D-corp gave me Cassi." She turned her attention then to the child. "C'mon Cassi. Let's go find you something to wear. Mom's got a lot of my old clothes still, I think..."
Ala followed the two to Reign's room, lurking at the door while Reign dug about before finding a box that had been shoved back in her closet. "Aha!" She opened it and pulled out a frilly pink dress. "You'll look awesome in this!" Reign glanced at Ala. "Mind?"
Ala shrugged. "Not like it's any big deal or anything... it's just like changing the twins, isn't it?"
Sighing and rolling her eyes again, Reign helped Cassi take off the shirt and damp shorts. "If you're going to hang around, Ala, you can look in that box for some panties..." Reign stated as she got the shorts off and started to help Cassi with his underpants.
Ala blinked as she turned to hand Reign the pair or undergarments she'd found. "Uh.... Reign...?"
The chimp woman just peered at Cassi for a few long moments before retrieving the panties handed to her. She helped the boy get dressed (yes, in the pink frilly dress). "Cassi... why don't you go ask Grandma for a cookie?"
The boy trembled a bit with the idea of leaving his not-scary Mommy's side. "It's okay," Reign reassured him. "She's my mommy and she's not scary. She'll give you a cookie, too."
The boy slowly scooted past Ala and darted into the hall, heading back towards the kitchen. Reign sighed while Ala gave her a funny look. "I didn't know Cassi was a boy! Cassi's a girl's name... and the other kid with him was a girl... and he was in pink!"
"I didn't say anything." Ala stated, trying to suppress a grin.
Reign threw a pillow at Ala, who ducked, giggling. "Well, now to tell Mom that I'm moving out. Cassi's too..."
"Scaredy-cat?" Ala 'helpfully' supplied.
"I was going to say sensitive. He frightens rather easily... plus, there was this little girl with him and he's very attached to her... took us forever to seperate them." Reign let out a long sigh. "Mom's not going to like this...."
Niki had gone outside to fetch the mail while the girls and Cassi had been in Reign's bedroom. She came back into the house, pot under one arm while she leafed through the mail, to find a pink frilly dressed kid peering about curiously. When he spotted Niki, he gave a bit of a start. "You... Grandma?"
Niki twitched. "Uh... Call me Mama, okay?"
Cassi nodded. "Cookie...? Mommy said..."
Niki chuckled. "Let's go find some cookies!" About that time, Reign and Ala reappeared and Niki shoved a letter at Ala. "Letter from D-corp for you." She glanced at the rest of the stack and sighed. "And lots of bills for me... and a cookie for everyone!"
Ala glanced over at Reign. "Heh, good luck breaking the news to her..." She muttered, unheard by Niki as the woman searched out the cookiejar and handed out a sweet to everyone.
"Sorry, little leaf... I don't think you can eat a cookie..."
Cassi scooted closer to Reign. "Mommy... Mama scary..."
"Mama?"
Niki nodded. "I don't wanna be called Grandma. Makes me feel old. And I'm not old! So she's to call me Mama."
Ala almost choked on her cookie as she started to laugh. Reign cleared her throat. "Uh... Cassi's a boy..."
Cassi nodded. "Kate call me Cassi. For Cassidy." He munched happily on his cookie.
Niki just gave her daughters a strange look, then glanced at the leaf. "I'm sorry that our family's so messed up..."
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:30 pm
Now I know my ABCs
Niki sighed as she stared at her whole family gathered about. Reign was trying to get Cassi used to dealing with other kids his age, saying that Kat had said he was terrified at school and clung only to Kate. Apparently, the boy was falling behind in his schoolwork as well. So Niki and Reign had decided to have Cassi come over and Niki would work on teaching him along with her two littlest girls.
She's recruited Ala and Reign both to help her as she came up with an idea to hopefully open Cassi up a bit and keep him distracted enough to not be terrified by his two littlest aunts. Allete, specifically, scared him the most. Ala had convinced Bob to stay outside for the day and keep the imps and minidragons out there as well.
Niki had found cookie cutters in the shapes of the alphabet at the store and was now finishing up the cookie dough. She divided the dough into thirds and passed one portion of it to Ala, who was helping Allete. Another portion went to Reign, who was of course helping Cassi. The last bit she placed before Evelyn. The three older women grabbed rolling pins and helped guide the younger kids in rolling out the dough. Once rolled out, the kids got to make a cookie for each letter of the alphabet.
Each kid got their own cooking sheet and Niki was sure to label them to prevent any fighting later. While Niki and Reign moved the kids over to the table where icing, sprinkles, and all kinds of decorating materials were set out, Ala combined the leftover pieces of dough together and rolled it out to make some plain cookies, which she placed on another sheet. While Niki and Reign led the kids in singing the alphabet song and counting up to ten, Alaqua cleaned up the kitchen.
Finally, the cookies were done and Ala set them on plates for each kid. She let them cool while the kids continued to sing for a bit longer before taking them over to the table. The kids were excited about getting to decorate the cookies and went at it with a will. Even Allete seemed to have energy, which was saying something, considering she'd about fallen asleep during the singing and counting.
While the kids excited ate their cookies after decorating them, Niki smiled at Reign. Cassi was seeming to come out of his shell a bit. He even softly asked Evelyn if she could pass some pink sprinkles over to him. Perhaps if he could get used to his aunts for short periods of time, he'd be able to handle classes. Plus, Niki had suggested having a private session arranged with Kat. She knew the kindergarden teacher often did that.
While the two girls finished what cookies they'd wanted right then and had run off to go play, Cassi remained in his seat, glancing up at his mother, wondering if they'd be leaving soon. Reign shrugged at her mother's expression and gathered the remaining cookies he'd made before heading towards the door. Niki arranged quickly for Ala to watch her younger sisters before heading off to drive the two home.
Reign thought over going out and buying herself a car. She really needed it...
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:24 am
Journal Entry: 05/21/08
So, I've now got four daughters and a grandson. Man, do I feel old. Gaia's really messed up sometimes. I mean, it wasn't that long ago when Reign and Ala were just toddlers. Now Ala's growing up and hitting her teenage years and Reign's already moved out and ended up with a kid. Silly D-corp. I really need to talk with Alan about that whole deal... The tech even had the nerve to threaten me with another child if I tried interfering!
But now, the leaf has sprouted and we now have Evelyn at the house. And another corporation is following after D-corp and threatened me to take in Allete. So I've got three girls around the house. Reign comes over every now and then, but Cassi's scared of Allete and Bob. He's also still nervous around Ala. Evelyn, he seems to get along a bit better with.
The cooking alphabet lesson was a lot of fun. Now Evelyn sings the song really softly all the time. Allete was more excited about eating the cookies and was upset when they were all gone. Then she went and flopped onto the couch and turned on the TV. I'm a bit concerned about her. She needs to get out and about more... Evelyn seems rather shy, but she plays well by herself and can often get Cassi to play with her some when he comes over.
Ala's now pressing me to teach her how to drive and get her a car. I don't really understand why. After all, Bob's big enough to start flying her places now, but she still wants to learn to drive. I guess she's jealous because Reign's been looking at cars lately. I took Reign out to teach her to drive because she does need a car to get around on her own.
-Nikiana
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:38 pm
Journal Entry: 05/21/08
I got to have a fun dragon class today! Mr. Coleman taught me and Bob how to fly together. He said Bob's big enough to carry me for a ways once we've practiced and built up what he called stamina. Basically, Bob's gotta work at it and he can fly farther and farther! I've been bugging Mom to teach me to drive, but she keeps telling me there's no need. I guess I see why now. If Bob can fly me everywhere, I wouldn't need to drive... But it'd still be fun to learn.
Anyways, Mr. Coleman said that if we go too fast and try to fly farther than we can, that Bob can get hurt! So we'll just fly around the house for a while so Bob can get his muscles ready to fly all the way to school! Mr. Coleman said that'd be possible, but not for a while. He also talked about air currents. He said the air's a lot like water in the ocean. There's things called updrafts and downdrafts and that different levels of the air may have a wind traveling in different directions and that dragons could often sense which height would aid them in their flight.
That's pretty cool. I didn't know Bob could do all that. Well, I gotta go, I wanna go practice some flying before dinner!
-Alaqua
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:10 pm
Journal Entry: 07/18/08
I got to have another really cool class with Mr. Coleman today! He said Bob was ready to start breathing fire, which is really neat! It took Bob a while to figure it out and I was beginning to wonder if he was even going to do it at all. Then, he sneezed and a small flame came out. I laughed, because his expression was so funny.
Shortly after that, he was breathing fire and even got a bonfire going. Mr. Coleman had brought some marshmallows along and we got to toast some. Bob seemed to like them okay, but he had a lot more fun just staring at the fire. I guess it was entertaining, I dunno. He was sad when we had to put it out, but he's been practicing at home. It's made Mom nervous... she keeps swearing that we'll burn the house down...
-Alaqua
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:43 pm
Journal Entry: 09/04/08
I had another class with Dr. Walker. This time, though, we had it in her office. She said it was something that we wouldn't want people to walk in on. And she was right. It was something she called "Sex 101". I mean, my mom had talked about sex with me... but not like this! Dr. Walker had little diagrams of various body parts (boys and girls!) and what they looked like on the inside and stuff.
She also talked about babies and how they develop. Well, normal babies anyways. Not like me. I was made in a tube at D-corp. But she showed how the baby grows in the mom's uterus and what it looks like at different stages. She even had a few dolls that she said were weighted and scaled to be like infants. One was a full-term baby and there were a few that were premature birth sized. She said that premature babies have lots of problems cuz they weren't meant to come out yet.
It was a really neat class. I thought it was cool and much better than those websites... though maybe not as fun... Dr. Walker also talked about condums and birth control and how they worked and all.
-Alaqua
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:21 pm
Healer, looking for group!
Alaqua smiled as she finished the form. Why couldn't all of her classes be this easy? Simple homework. The girl sighed. She'd be glad when she got too old for school and could stop going. She'd stop going now, but her mom would have a cow. Probably literally. This was Gaia, after all.
She shoved the worksheet into her backpack to turn in the next day. First aid would be something good to know, most likely. After what had happened with the dragon revolt... it would be a really good thing to know. She still had nightmares about Chath's arm getting ripped off from time to time... Shaking that thought out of her head, the girl turned to Bob. "Let's go fly!"
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:34 pm
Journal entry: 09/10/08
So, it's been awhile since I've written. Things have been busy. Allete had a flying class at the facility where she was produced. That... didn't go too well. She fell asleep. Probably from exertion. That kid needs more exercise... Though she doesn't seem to be getting fat or anything. Must be related to her DNA or something.
Speaking of DNA, Allete got to meet one of her 'parents'. And I can tell where her laziness and sleepiness come from! The guy could hardly keep his eyes open to talk to Allete. He's also where she got her horns and scales and one set of her wings. The techs said she'd get to meet her other parent when she got a bit older. I wonder what that one will be like...
Ala's still a teenager, which worries me a bit. She can get rather cranky at times. But... what am I to do? I just hope she'll grow out of it and fast. She and Bob have been having lots of classes and Bob's learned to breathe fire. Which is rather frightening. I just hope he won't burn the house down on accident or something.
Evelyn... is still Evelyn. She needs more friends. The girl's so shy, which is good when dealing with Cassi, but she doesn't speak to anyone else, really. I think the age gap between Ala and her doesn't help much. Ala's a teenager and she's constantly surrounded by little kids at home. Even when Reign comes over, Cassi is along with her, so I think Ala's tired of the little ones. She'd stay with Reign if it weren't for the fact that Cassi's terrified of Bob and still unsure about Ala.
My family is definitely unique... and probably rather insane. Sometimes I wonder how we all make it through the day...
-Nikiana Ledell
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:19 pm
Journal entry: 11/11/08
Mom said I should write in my journal more often. I don't know why. Nothing ever happens in my life. Allete and Evelyn drive me crazy. Sometimes Reign and Cassi come over, but Cassi's scared of me and I never really got along very well with Reign anyways. Usually I just sit in my tree outside or fly around with Bob. He's gotten really good at flying now. We can fly for hours. He likes to try and practicing flaming in the air, which is fun. We scare people sometimes...
-Alaqua
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