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Telling a Found Secret: Part 1

Have been up thinking for a little for a while to how he was going to tell Luthor to some of the things that happened with Pepper. As Pepper said that it would be good to be truthful to those you care for. It was just hard as it was something that he didn't admit to himself until he was stopped, which made Ciaran think lots about it. So he was just a little fidgety as he thought as it didn't help that he wasn't aloud to walk around to help him think, which aggravated him more. His tail tip wiggling as he thought then sorta cleared his thoughts. "Heya, Aden could I talk with Luthor?"

Aden gave him a long look from where he was sitting, "Can I trust that you will behave?" He asked, he'd come back from a break not long ago and had to stitch the teen up yet again and he was able tempted to leave it so the boy was in solitary until he healed but given he said that he was alone so long in the white room he'd talked about, "If you think that you can make it through the meeting without getting yourself hurt I might be able to allow another visit."

Ciaran looked around innocently about what had happened with Pepper. "Yes I can. I couldn't help that Pepper scared the crap out of me," he answered as he wasn't going to say to why he had gotten scared. "It won't happen again, Aden. I promise you that," he added.

He gave him a long stare before he patted him on the head, "If you do I will punish you with kisses." He told him, sticking his tongue out at the boy. He walked over to the door that led out into the hallway and called for a tech, giving him his orders, waved, then stepped back into the room once more, "Alright, she is gonna fetch him for us. Just give her a few minutes."

Ciaran wasn't planning on hurting himself anymore than he was already even if he did a few times after Pepper left to find something sharp to relieve his stress, but from what Pepper had said and done had kept him from doing so. So he just stuck his tongue out to reciprocate that he wouldn't need a punishment. "Ok," he replied with a nod. Now he would just have to think of a way for him and Luthor to be alone.

It was a short time later when Luthor appeared to the summons of his friend, having been rather close by as he was stalking the area, wanting to look in on Ciaran but at the same time not wanting to bother his friend if he were sleeping. Hearing from the tech that Ciaran was awake and looking for him made him head in his direction eager, wings flapping behind him as he made his way to the Hospital Wing, sliding to a halt at the door then stepped inside, "Ciaran?" He murmured, walking over to him, "Hey, how are you?"

"Heya, Luthor!" he said sitting up just a little more in the bed. "I'm doing good, despite hurting myself a little bit when Pepper came and visited me," he replied as he motioned to Luthor to sit next to him. Also gathering the courage to ask Aden if he would leave them alone for a little bit. "Heya Aden could you leave us alone for a little bit, I really promise to be good," he said as nicely as he could.

Aden looked at the pair before he gave a slow nod, "Don't let him do anything dangerous, Luthor." He told the white haired spawn before he headed out. This would give him time to get a cigarette if nothing else.

Luthor watched him go before he moved to take up the seat that was near to Ciaran's bed, dragging it closer to him, "You go hurt by Pepper visiting? Are you alright?" He asked, sounding quite worried over his friend's well being.

"Well he scared the crap out of me by just lurking at the door until I spotted him and thought of the other Pepper and the explosion that landed me here," he answered and for the fact that he was having nightmares about that explosion and the one weird dream of a white room. "I'm all right. I just tore some of my stitches in my back as I tried to hide. But I be glad that you are here, in any case," he added trying to say what he wanted to say.

Luthor gave him a worried sort of look before giving a little nod of his head, "So long as you’re alright now." He was sure that by now Aden must have fixed him back up which was nice. He shifted as he reached into his pocket, taking out a deep, dark colored gem and set to fiddling with it in an unconscious manner, "I hope it didn't add to much time to how long you’re going to have to stay here."

"I am," Ciaran said in a reassuring measure. "I don't think it was all that bad. On one of Aden checks he found it and fixed it up. Tho if I do get hurt again I don't think that I will hear the end of it or him trying to give me kisses as punishment. But I don't plan on getting hurt more," he said as he thought that Aden was a good man if a little strange in Ciaran's book. "I hope too as I want to very muchly get out of here," he added as he saw that Luthor was playing with something. "So what are you playing with there," Ciaran asked as he pointed to the dark gem.

Luthor prickled a little at the idea that Aden was threatening Ciaran with kisses, man he wanted to give that guy a serious kicking some days... and he would if it weren't for the fact that he was the only semi decent guy around this place other then his family. He shook his head to clear his momentarily violent thought and he lowered his head down to looking at the gem, starring at it, "Ahh... its... a jewel I picked up recently." He murmured, running his thumb over the surface of it, "Its... important."

Ciaran looked it over just a little more as it did sorta remind him of the beads that were made by a gluttony spawn that had help him make that key chain he gave to his friend. "Well if you want it in a setting of some kind, were it cant get lost. I know of a spawn that is a whiz at anything artsy, a gluttony/Chasity by the name of Dritan. Maybe in one of our outings I can take you to meet him and have that jewel set, that is if you want to,"

He looked very uncertain, "I... maybe, I can't risk it getting damaged in anyway." He said, looking up at Ciaran then down at the jewel as he stroked his fingers over it again thoughtfully. He didn't want to considered what could happen in the jewel was damaged given what it consisted of, what was wrapped and kept safe inside of it.

"I'm sure there are ways of setting it in something that wont damage it but keep you from losing it. I have seen jewelry were the main piece is wrapped up in metal but still freely moves around in the metal setting. At least just meet him and I'm sure he can give you advice on how even you can do something. He was the one that help me make the key chain that I gave to you," Ciaran said reassuringly as he could tell that it was special to his friend but didn't know to why. He shrugged that thought off as if Luthor was going to tell him he would and he wasn't going to pry.

"Ahh... I will think on it." He murmured, giving Ciaran a smile before he settled back into his chair. A part of him wanted to leaned over on his friend again to look for comfort the way his friend had given it last time but he didn't feel as though he should always be bothering Ciaran in such a way. The other spawn had his own problems after all and he didn't need to be burdened with all of what Luthor had done in his life time in the name of allowing Pepper to remain innocent and naive.

Ciaran had now started to get a little fidgety as he was struggling with himself and to what Pepper told him echoing in his head. Itching his arm a little as he was trying to figure out away to say something, as it was hard as he didn't know how Luthor would take it. "Luthor there is something that I want to talk with you but as of right now only Pepper knows it as it was something that happened when we were both talking the other day. But I don't want others to find out about it," he said still a little nervous about the whole thing.

Luthor lifted his gaze to look over at his friend, tilting his head to the side, "Oh?" He asked, looking a little curious if perhaps a little worried. He wondered what Ciaran had to tell him, after his last talk with Pepper he was pretty sure that it could be most anything... people had a lot of secrets and the ones closest to him made him worry the most about what those secrets were, "You know you can tell me anything, I am not one to spread the secrets I learn." As much as he wished there were someone he could share his secrets with... he shook his head at the thought to get rid of it.

Fiddling with his fingers as it was hard enough to admit it to Pepper but then he was a little scary then too. "Thanks, but if you need to talk about something I will listen to you too," he said as that what friends were for to help and comfort those they cared for and taking a deep breath before he began. "Well you know to how and why I went crazy for the first time, well there was a side effect from all of that," he started to say as he was trying very hard to squish the feeling of wanting to cut himself to relieve the stress. "It was something that I didn't even admit to myself it was happening until Pepper saw what I was doing and stopped me and made me start to admit that when I get stressed out and before I start to go insane I would cut myself to relieve that stress and I would hide the signs that I was doing it within the scars I already had from the first time I did it," he said nervous to what would happen next.

Luthor's eyes widened a little and he gave the smallest of nods as he processed the information that Ciaran had given to him. He blinked a couple times then reached out to lay his hand on top of one of his friend's hands, giving it a little squeeze before he lifted it up so he could get the back of it a kiss. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say at this moment, what he should do. The idea that Ciaran hurt himself in such a manner was worrisome, more so that he claimed to be his friend and was completely blind to his suffering, "I am sorry, Ciaran." He murmured, "I... am not sure what I should say... I don't think anything I could would make it better but... its alright, it couldn't turn me away from you Ciaran." He said finally.

Ciaran started to cry a little and smiled as it was very nice to have others that care for him to were he could be open with them as that had been destroyed when his mother had left him in the Labs so after that he really didn't fully trust anyone. Ciaran wanted to cuddle his friend more than what Aden would allow so Ciaran pulled Luthor in closer to were he could hug him the best he could. "You don't need to be sorry, Luthor. As it was a dirty little secret that I even kept from myself as I thought it was a good thing to help with the stress as that is what I kept telling myself. It wasn't until Pepper yelled at me to stop it did I realize that it was something bad. It was something else that I didn't want to burden with others either," he said his tail slowly twitched. "It also goes along with my fear of being forgotten and really not trusting anyone to the fullest, well until now because I have you and Pepper that I can fully trust. Well just listening to me makes it a little better,"

The white haired spawn wrapped his arms and wings carefully around Ciaran, not wanting to aggravate any of his injuries but wanting to sooth him at the same time, "Of course, I will always be here if he you need me, I will listen and do what I can for you just as I would for Pepper and my Dad. You are one that means a lot to me, Ciaran." He told his friend, giving him a smile.

Ciaran hugged his friend back not wanting to let go as he laid his head on the side of Luthor's head as he thought the hell with Aden as he would just give that those kisses of his full of feathers if he tried. "That’s good," he murmured "But I will always be here for you too Luthor as you mean a lot to me and for the things you have done for me too," he said thinking of all the things that his friend had done for him.

Luthor gave a little smile as he held his friend in his arms, wishing there were something more he could do for him, to ease his pain. While he knew he might be able to help to heal him he also knew he needed to be careful with his power. When it came to his friends and family his powers weren't something he wanted to use often unless it needed to be done, "Thank you, Ciaran." There were things he wished he could get off his chest but he also knew the dangers that came with the secrets he'd collected over the years, things he didn't want others to know so they could remain innocent of them.

Ciaran started to purr a little as he sorta wished that it wouldn't end. He wished that he could do more for Luthor as he knew that he wasn't a good liar but maybe he thought there could be someway of helping him, Ciaran just have to think on it. "Your welcome, as I like to see you happy and when I get out we will do lots of fun things and get you to experience new things too," he said as he nestled part of his face in Luthor's hair as it always felt so nice and it smelt nice too, he thought.

Telling a Found Secret: Part 3

He gave a nod of his head, "We should see about finding some of those on one of our outings so we can find more places that we want to go." He said, seeming to be quite pleased with the fact that there was in fact the sort of thing that he had been thinking about in existence. He most certainly wanted to find both the local information and beyond that, for when he was able to go on a longer vacation then just for the day.

“When I get back to my place I will have to see what Sokan knows and to what I can find and if we do find some of that information when we have an outing," he said as he thought of all the fun they both could have. "So the first outing we should be the beach as it sounds the funest right now, how does that sound with you?"

"Thank you and thank Sokan for me as well." Luthor murmured, seeming quite happy over the idea that Ciaran was going to do all that. He gave a quick nod of his head as well as a fluttering of his wings, "Yes, I think the beach would be a lot of fun if we did that first."

"I will," Ciaran replied very content that there would be lots of fun adventures ahead of them, which helped him with his feelings of not wanting to be in all of these bandages. "Ok we will do that as then I can find out the different things that can be done there beside just swimming and playing in the sand, even tho those do sound fun," he relied as he was also getting excited as he would be doing something that he had ever done before and get to do it with his best friend too.

Luthor was rather excited about the up and coming trip, he wanted to help in some way so he would see about asking his Dad or maybe even Aden about what else one should plan for a trip to the beach. He wasn't sure how useful either of them would really be but they were the only ones that he could think about talking with about something like this. Everyone else around was either probably to young or they wouldn't give him advice any sooner then they would talk with him due to who and what he was.

"I can't wait." He murmured, wings fluttering again.

Ciaran started to make mental notes of what things he would have to ask Sokan when he got back and some advice as well. "Well I just thought of something that after the beach if we aren’t too tired we could also go to a nice place and eat that is located near or on the beach," he said as it was something he just remembered hearing about. "I can't wait either," he added as he was very excited and just wanted to heal faster.

"That would be nice, getting to eat out anywhere other then the cafeteria would be an nice change of pace." He said with a smile, then lifted his hand to lay it over one of Ciaran's, "How are feeling?" He asked of his friend, "Are you tired?" They had been talking for some time and he was worried that he would exhaust his friend when he needed to relax and rest to heal up.
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That it would, tho the food here isn't all that bad. Just a little boring." Ciaran said as he thought of the interesting foods that Sokan would make and even teaching him how to make. Maybe sometime he would have to make Luthor a meal, but at a later time he thought to himself. "I'm doing good," Ciaran answered with a little lie, but he just didn't want Luthor to leave just yet. "Not yet, so don't worry," he said as he scratched him head thinking some more.

Luthor nodded in agreement, all the best foods in this place were the ones that were ordered in from various places so he was eager to see what else they could at the place Ciaran mentioned. He tilted his head to the side when Ciaran mentioned that he was doing good, watching him closely, "How about you lay back and relax while we talk?" He suggested, scooting his chair closer so that even if Ciaran laid down they would still be near enough that they could touch hands. Having grown up with Pepper as a friend he was just as hands on as the dark haired spawn was as a result.

Ciaran nodded as laying down did sound nice as he was starting to hurt a little from sitting up and was a little grumpy inside his head as he just wanted to leave this place and do thing with his friend. So he slowly layed down to make sure not to show that he was in a little pain. Once laying down and saw that Luthor moved in closer and touched one of Luthor's hands. "So is there anything else we want to talk about beside on planning things out?"

The white haired spawn seemed glad to see Ciaran laying down as he was and he laced his fingers with those of his friend, "Other things to talk about?" He murmured, something instantly came to mind and he was tempted to speak of it but was sure how to approach the subject. Maybe they would talk of that when they weren't in the Labs, far away from the eyes and ears that reported to Vampy he decided as he gave his friend a squeeze, "Not sure."

Ciaran murred as he gave Luthor’s hand a little squeeze with a smile. "Ok, well we can always just sit here. I like being around you even if we aren’t talking. There will be other times to talk as much as we want," he said.

"I will stay here if you like while you rest." He offered, not having a lot to do today himself he figured it should be alright for him to stay where he was with his friend. No reason to wander off if he could look after Ciaran while he slept, it would likely make him feel better as he rather liked to look after his friends.

"Ok, that is really nice of ya to do that. I hope that it isn't going to take up your time," he said as he really didn't want to be a burden to his best friend as he felt that it wouldn't be far to do that if he wanted to do other things as he has already taken some of Luthor’s time today.

The white haired spawn gave a little shake of his head, "Naw, I don't have to terribly much to do other then look after those I care about. Since your one of them its alright for me to do doing just that." He gave Ciaran a smile, not wanting for the other spawn to worry. In fact he wanted for him to rest and relax, to get to feeling better, "I will be here when you wake up so you sleep for as long as you need."

Ciaran gave a smile as he thought that was very kind of Luthor. "Thanks and I will we have much fun to do once I get all healed up," he replied as he did feel much better for Luthor being there and didn't have to worry to much about Aden being himself. "I'm glad your once of my best friends," he said as he gave Luthor’s hand a squeeze as he drifted off to sleep.

One of his best friends, it was a title that Luthor found to be rather nice and one that made him smile. He leaned back in his chair, fingers laced with Ciaran's as he watched his friend sleep. Ciaran, like Pepper and Almas, was one of those that he wanted to protect. He'd done a poor job of it thus far but he was going to try harder from now on he thought to himself giving a bit of a smile as he realized the first one he was going to have to protect him against was Aden.

Getting Free After Growing More: Part 2

Ciaran murmured a little at his hand being squeezed as he listened to what Luthor had to say. "Ok," he replied as he didn't want to be rude to Almas or attract more attention to the fact that he has no pants on. Following Luthor into the rooms and being quite as he walked and make sure he made little sound as he could. "Sounds like a plan and ok," he answered softly. Tho Ciaran hope that Pepper was out as he was embarrassed enough from Aden he didn't need anymore.

Luthor made a quick search of the room, checked in all of Pepper's normal hiding spots before giving Ciaran an 'all clear' motion with his hand, "Just close the door and lock it if you want to." He told his friend, plopping down on the edge of his bed, stretching out all over before flopping back on it, "Ahh... that's nice, far better then that chair I was sleeping in." He gave a flap of his wings so as not to squish them to much, always forgetting about them until he laid on them or rolled over onto them and then smiled, "Mmm... Ah! Right... clothes."

The white haired spawn pushed to his feet and went over to dig around through his dresser, holding up a couple pairs of pants, "You can try these on, see if either fits right." He told Ciaran with a smile.

Ciaran waited for Luthor to look for Pepper as he stood there his tail swishing slowly behind him and tugged at the sleeves of the coat and trying to resist the urge to scratch is new scars and they were so very itchy. He smiled he saw Luthor gave him the all clear. So walked it the room. "I can do that," he replied and shut the door and locked it behind him as he walked over to were Luthor had flopped into his bed and had to giggle a little as it was very cute looking. "That it would be,"

Watching Luthor go over to the dresser and looking for pants as he then brought some back over. "Ok," he replied as he took one of the pairs of pants and tried them on and held his tail up high to were it wouldn't get too in the way. The first pair were just a little too snug but the second pair worked as they were low enough that he wouldn't need to cut a hole for his tail and good he thought as he was planning on returning this to his friend once he got more of his own. One the pants on and Ciaran giving the a little tug to make sure they did fall off and when they didn't he shed the coat. "So how do I look?"

Luthor looked away when Ciaran set to dressing to give the other spawn his privacy, while he didn't care one way or the other about nudity himself given he'd grown up with a streaker for a brother, he had noticed it bothered Ciaran. As such he wouldn't stare... he starred at the wall until the other boy asked what he thought and he turned to look at him. He starred for a long moment, thoughtfully, taking in the details before giving a smile, "You look good." He murmured, even the scars couldn't detract from the fact that Ciaran was a good looking young man he thought to himself, lifting a hand to scratch it against his own scars that he'd gotten the same day that Ciaran got many of his.
"Want to come lay sit?" He asked, moving to sit down back on his bed while watching his friend.

Nudity had sorta grown on him or at least when he was with Luthor as it mostly had been shock at something different and nothing he had really done when he was young, but he was very comfortable with Luthor and trusted him with his life. He looked himself over and wished that he didn't itch and found the scars interesting looking.
"Sure," he murred as he walked over to Luthor and sat next to him. "Tho I do wish that they didn't itch,"

Luthor reached a hand out to take a careful hold of Ciaran's hand, looking down at the scars that he had, again wishing he'd been able to somehow save Ciaran from this pain before he lifted his hand up to press a kiss to his wrist gently. Due to the way he was raised he was a little oblivious to the idea of person space, blame that one a brother that showed affection by chewing on those he loved... he gave Ciaran a smile as he drew back, "Might be since they are healing that they are itching." He suggested.

Ciaran liked having Luthor close as he really never had personal space as he liked be close with those he liked. He just had so smile when Luthor kissed his wrist and moved in closer to Luthor were they were touching and wishing that this didn't have to end. He like Luthor and he kept him calm to the fact that he didn't have to worry about going insane. "I think that you are right," he answered as he then gave a scratch the bigger scar and felt the stitches. "Crap," he said softly as he leaned his head on Luthor as he didn't want to see Aden right now but knew these stitches had to come out or it would do more worse than good.

"Are you alright, Ciaran?" He asked, concern in his voice as the other spawn leaned against him in such a manner. He wondered if his scars were hurting him, "Do they hurt? Should we go back to the Doctor? I know he’s a pain but he does know what he’s doing when it comes to his job." He would merely have to kick the guy if he set to hitting on anyone when he should be healing Ciaran instead he thought to himself.

Ciaran sighed. "I'm fine, but I just realized that if my scars are healing then the stitches that I have in will do harm if left in too much longer," he said as he didn't want to deal with Aden now especially to what he thought they might be doing. "They don't hurt but I think they might sorta stop itching if the stitches were out, so I would have to go back to him. Tho I don't want to. I know he does. But its just the thought of what he might say and such," he answered but then he thought the quicker it was over the quicker he could hang out with Luthor.

He chewed on his lower lip in a thoughtful manner then sighed, "I wish I could help but that doesn't sound like something I could do for you." He murmured, wishing he were able to help with the stitches but Aden was the professional when it came to that sort of thing and as such his expertise would be needed. It sucked though since they had just escaped from him. He shook his head, "If you like I can kick him if he steps out of line with you."

His tail slowly swishing behind him as he did wish Luthor could, but after that he didn't have to return back the medical ward unless he was hurt again and that was a nice thought. "Well if he does you can and that would be helping me or I could give him a face full of tail feathers," he said and thought to what that might look like. "Lets get this done and then we can then do what we want and not have to go back,"

Luthor gave a smile and a nod of agreement, pushing back to his feet. As much as he would love nothing more then to curl up with Ciaran so they could nap dealing with his stitches was priority one right now. He stretched out all over before giving a smile and a nod of his head, "Alright, lets do this." He murmured, heading across the room and unlocked his door, quietly opening it, peeked out, and then started to slip forward quietly so once more they could be careful about not waking his Dad as he was sure the Fallen needed his rest.

Ciaran followed and got back to his feet as he just wanted to be done with the medical ward as it reminded him way too much about the time he was insane even if it was a little better than the white room he had stayed in. "Lets," he said as he followed Luthor to the door and was being a quiet as he could as they crossed the living area.

Luthor was quiet on the way back, mostly thinking about how they had been so lucky to get away from Aden without to terrible a problem only to have to go back to him. If only he had a way to take care of Ciaran on his own he thought to himself over and over again, then gave a smile when they got to the Hospital Ward once again, "We will make it as quick as possible and get out as soon as possible." He said to Ciaran in a reassuring way, "I am sure it won't take to long to long to remove stitches... let’s just hope he doesn't hassle us to much."

Though hoping for something of that nature was doomed to failure... a moment after the two spawn came into the room Aden turned to look at them, looking them over from head to toe then grinned in a delighted manner, "Back already? That was... fast now wasn't it? Enjoy yourselves?"

Ciaran had also been thinking on how to deal with Aden and all that he could think of if Aden got to fresh was to let Luthor kick him or give him a face full of tail feathers. "Yes we will as I just want to hang out with ya," he replied with a nod. "I hope so too," he added as he gave his a scratch. Hearing the comment that Aden made Ciaran's feathers fluffed out a little. "I don't know what you are talking about, but all we did was get me some pants. Anyways I think that I need to get my stitches out as the scars itch fearsly." he said trying to get Aden’s mind out of the gutter.

Aden gave that bigger of a grin, "Getting into Luthor's pants, eh?" He asked, then tilted his head to the side, "Get your stitches out? Come here and let me have a look." He wanted to look his wounds over to make sure that the stitches indeed needed taken out or if he were just being bothered by them. He did like Ciaran but the spawn didn't seem to want to behave himself when it came to letting himself heal up.

The white haired spawn's wings lifted up, giving a flutter, and he gave a bit of a grumbling sound at the strange jokes that the man was making, arms crossing over his chest. He felt the urge to shake him but when it seemed he was actually going to do his job he refrained.

Meeting Ella: Part 1

Ella grumpy as always as she walked around the Labs just wandering and making the techs scared especially the female ones. As it gave her the most joy in doing so. She was glad to find out that her sister found a new home to live in and sometime soon to check up on her to see how she was doing. Tho she thought to herself that maybe sometime she would have to find a place for herself to live in. As for living in the Labs was sorta nice to give the techs living hell but they tended to be boring at times. But for now she was content as she was looking for her next victim.

Luthor was padding around the Labs looking as though he were deep in thought, something... he wasn't quite sure yet what, was going on with Almas. He didn't know what but he was going to try to figure out soon enough but he supposed whatever he was doing Luthor felt like he should be happy because Almas seemed happier of late then he had seen him act since... well... ever. His father had always had a sort of sad air around him but of late he seemed to be walking on air, kept busy with work, and wasn't around as often as he had been of late either. He should be happy for him but instead he was... suspicious. He wanted to know what was going on but would never figure it out.

She really hadn't been totally watching to were she was going as she just wanted to surprise techs as it wasn't too much fun to let them know that you were coming. As one of her wings have her a nuzzled her cheek as they also like scaring the techs too. Looking around and she found that there were no techs around until she could slightly hear someone walking around as a evil smile crept on her face, but as she rounded a corner and not double checking to just see how close. But instead of scaring the person she ran right into the white haired spawn.

Luthor gave a little jump when he felt someone run into him, someone rather... short. He took a half step back before looking down at the girl that was standing there in front of him him and he tilted his head to one side, curiously, "Hello there... you lost?" He wondered if she was here for one of those parent meetings, she looked to be about that age if he had to guess from looking at her.

Ella looked up to see that the person that she had run into wasn't a tech that she was looking for. One of her wing growled a little that is just what it like to do and to its owner was still in a sorta foul mood. She checked him out to make sure that she was truly seeing another older spawn like her and not seeing things as her wings fluffed out. "Sorry about that," she said in a rush and huffed that he would say that she was lost. "No I'm not lost. I live here for now," she said as she gave him a little glare.

"Ohh?" He asked, wondering if she were a child to one of the people that worked here. He wondered on that, it seemed a little odd that they might keep another here, "I live here as well, my name is Luthor." This was a surprise of a meeting but not a bad thing and he was actually kind of glad to have someone to talk with, it allowed for him to get his mind off of the things that were currently on his mind.

Still looking him over and decide that he wasn't going to be like the techs as he was a spawn like her so that was a plus in her books and even better that he was a he and not a she as then she just might have been more aggressive as she hated other females, besides her sister for what there mother did to them and forced her to grow quickly to protect her only sister, but now that she was gone Ella didn't know what she was going to do. "That is interesting, as I have yet to meet anyone else that lives here as I just thought it was just me and use to be my sister," she replied as she had heard rumors of others but she didn't trust what she had heard. "I'm Ella," she replied as she might be angry and huffy but she wasn't rude to those that were being nice or at least she tried as her wings did calm down a little but still in there own way watched Luthor.

"There are only two that I know of who live here, well three now that I meet you." He told her, he was sure that if she had run across Pepper she would have remembered him, there was no forgetting his friend after all. He gave a smile when she introduced herself, "It is nice to meet you Ella, where are you off to at the moment? Just walking like me?" She was a cute thing wasn't she? From the pictures he'd seen of the angels and demons he'd guess her one of Kerylia's get as for the angel... he would guess the Kindness one from the color of her hair.

Ella listened intently to what Luthor was telling her and she was a little shocked to find that there was one more besides Luthor, but then she wondered if he had been abandoned like she and her sister had been, but she was very glad that her sister was out of here as it was a very bad place for Nina to be in, tho the place was starting to grow on her, but then she liked the fear that she gave the techs. "That’s cool. I'm just walking around giving the female techs heart attacks and showing to them who is boss," she proudly told Luthor as her two wings gave a wicked smile. "So why are you walking just walking around?" she asked as she didn't know how to ask if he was abandoned here without being too rude sounding so she would wait.

He blinked and then started to laugh a little bit, "My friends Pepper and Ciaran seem to love that hobby as well, I used to go along with Pepper when he was scarring them but... well on my own I can't say I am exactly frightening." He gave a flutter of his pretty wings and laughed. The closest thing he had to scary was his horn because it was black or maybe his scars because they bothered some people, but aside from that he was rather angelic in appearance... far from scary like Pepper.

Ella had to smile just for a second before it when a way as he was totally right that he didn't at all look scary and the horn just was cute not too much more scary. Tho her on the other hand with two wings that could bite ya and leave marks tended to scare people and for the fact of her own eyes also made her scary. "Well its lots of fun and get my frustrations out on to why some one would abandon two young spawns in a place like this. I had to toughen up to protect my sister from everything here," she just said not really thinking to what she has just said as she would have kept some of that information to herself but it was nice to talk to that wasn't a tech that need to be shown there place.

Luthor's eyes went a bit wide at her statement and then he gave her a little smile, reaching a hand out to gently sooth her hair, "Ahh, I see. Where is your sister now, is she still here?" He asked, he didn't seem to think about the danger of getting in biting range of the wings, really he was probably to hands on but the blame fell to Pepper who chewed on his friends and Ciaran that allowed him to be touchy feely all the time with him. Luthor failed at understanding personal space bubbles.

Ella's wings glared at him but did nothing when he got closer as they would stay content unless there owner got really angry or she ordered them to bite people that were in range of being bitten. As she was a little shock that he was brave enough to even ruffle her hair despite her wings and let that smile creep back on. As that put him in her good book just for even trying that without asking, but she was still a little guarded as she learned the hard way that nice things always might have something bad hidden. "She got a new home and left the labs, which is a good thing. Now I just worry about her and hoping that the new people she went with are taking good care of her," she replied to him not really caring herself if she stayed here in the labs or if she did find a home to live in that she could tolerate.

Luthor was a little surprised to hear that Ella's sister had been placed in one home while this girl was still waiting here, the wings that seemed to have mouths and minds of their own might make it a little harder to place her but still... it was something that bothered him a little. Then again he doubted the techs really cared as much about the well being of the spawn that they created, not as much as they should at least, "Well until you find a place to stay you can always hang out with me, my dad and my brother." He offered, "There is Ciaran too, he comes to visit me here from time to time."

"That is very nice of you and it will be something new then to wander around this place alone," she replied as it was very kind of him to do so and found that there was a little kindness in this place to make her think that she didn't have to give up on the whole world and be alone for things that she truly couldn't control. "So besides walking around what do you do around here," she asked as she was a little less grumpy but still hated the things that had happened to her and she could never show kindness to that women that left her and her sister.

"Me? Not to terribly much, I spend a lot of time watching after my father and brother and I do my best at avoiding the Boss of this place like a plague." He explained, tilting his head to one side and looked a little thoughtful. Aside from that how much did he really do? A part of him was starting to think that he really, really needed to get himself a hobby because as he thought about it his life was a little limited. He pushed the thought aside, deciding it was something he'd worry about later when he was on his own.

She listened to what Luthor has said as she did know that there wasn't too much to do around here now that her sister had left, but it looked a little brighter now that she had someone else to talk to, beside just scaring the techs. "Well I don't think that I have see or met the boss, but I do hear stuff from the techs about him. That sorta sounds what I was doing with my sister before she left. But for the most part I have just been scaring techs and eating anything that I want," she replied as it was fun to see the looks on the techs faces when she ate and the amounts that she ate and still had a good figure.

He couldn't but to laugh, "Yes, going into their break rooms to steal off with their donuts was something I used to do when I was younger, it was far to much fun." He said, recalling the looks on their faces when they came in only to find all their treats eaten.

Ella just had to smile as she didn't know that she would ever be happy or even smile to what had happened to her, but she suppized her self that she could still do it even when her sister wasn't around. "It’s even more funnier when they are watching to how much you are eating and not stopping," she said as that never got old in her book.

He gave a laugh, "I bet that you have an edge in that game, huh?" He asked of her, she would be able to likely out eat anyone in the Labs aside from probably Torekane and Coatl, provided the naga was hungry, he thought to himself in an amused manner.

She just smiled. "I do and it nice too when I do get a few of the techs sick from that game and I just have to laugh at them for not being able to hold it in," she said as there rarely the techs would want to have an eating contest with her and it was always the rookies that wanted to prove that they could out eat her only to end up sick or just sick from watching her eat.

"That's great." He said, unable to keep from praising her over her achievements. Perhaps it was not the best thing to compliment someone on but when it came to the techs he rather liked anyone that had their fun in making them miserable... that she was able to make them sick on top of it was an added bonus, "Your quite an interesting little girl, Ella." He was almost sure that this would be someone that Pepper would like given how much fun he had terrorizing those who worked here.

Ella just now smiled big as it was cool to find some that could enjoy the ways that she liked to torment the techs. "Thanks, I do my best," she replied as she now had to think of new ways of making them sick, but that would have to take some thought into it. "Thanks and your interesting too, Mr. Luthor," she replied as she hadn't see anyone like him yet or if she had when she was younger she didn't want to remember that part of her life that was now over. "So should we go and find out if there are any rookie techs that are stupid enough to take me on?"

Luthor laughed and gave a quick nod of his head, "Yeah, I think that we should. It would be pretty fun to see you beat them in an eating contest." He said, that the girl looked so happy now rather made him happy. It have him an ever so slight twinge of regret that he wouldn't be able to one day have a child of his own but it was one of those things he'd decided upon a long time ago, his blood line wasn't one that needed to be carried on, it was dangerous and it was heavy with so many downfalls. He wouldn't wish all he'd been through, all he could do, and all he had done on any child. Ah well, it wasn't as though he had a girlfriend to disappoint he thought to himself with a mental chuckle as he followed after Ella as they set off in search of some techs.

Ella kept on smiling as it would be lots of fun and she knew that there was always new techs that wanted to prove themselves to one of the spawns, even tho in her mind she was superior to them in all ways. But she was ever so likeing Luthor so very much as he was fun and very nice to talk to and she that if she was stuck here it wouldn't be so bad she thought. As she led the way to a new break room that she had found and hope that word hadn't spread too far. "I usually don't go too long in some of the break room as the techs that frequent those spots learned quick to leave me be and I found a new one that I hope that there will be some rookies inside," she said as she contured to walk as her wings smiled as they knew all of what was going to happen and so much fun too.

"I do hope we find one of those newbie sorts." He told her, it would make for an interesting show to see one of them get beaten so he was all for it. They walked along from where they had met to one of the break rooms, he looked inside then smiled seeing that there was a few guys and two women inside, he gave a grin and looked over at Ella, "There is a good size crowd, I bet that you can find one of them that will play with you."

"Me too as its always the funnest if they are cocky know it alls," she replied as she thought back to the other eating contests that she had done. She looked around the room to see who would be the one to challenge her. Ella did give an evil glare at the women that were in the room and her two wings gave a little growl at them. "You are right, lets find out." she said to Luthor as she walked to the center of the room. "So who of you want to challenge me to an eating contest?" Ella asked the crowd.

The Final Say

A Day Out: Part One

Having talk with Sokan about things and Sokan being a little mad at Ciaran for not telling him about going to Hell before going. But Sokan forgave him as it wasn't in his nature to be mad for long as he didn't want to have Ciaran think that he couldn't go to him if he needed something. So when Sokan heard that Ciaran was planning a outing with Luthor to the beach he made a lot of arrangements for them to have a fun time and Ciaran didn't know to what all of them were he just had directions on were to go and when to do something.

He was very glad that Sokan wasn't too mad with him about Hell and was glad that he help with the beach outing as he didn't know were to start. So with all that Sokan had giving him for the trip in a bag on his back he headed for the Labs to pick up Luthor to were they could have fun, but hoping to himself for right now he could act normal despite on how he felt about his friend.

Luthor was gladdened to hear from Ciaran, that they were going to be going out today. The passed few days and everything that had gone one, everything he'd done, it was tiring and he decided that he really needed to get out, to stretch his legs, to get fresh air and be outside. It was a strange feeling to feel less as though he were chained down to the place, his Dad would be alright without him for a time he decided. Almas seemed to be in a strangely good mood despite the situation at the Labs. His hand with into his pocket to fiddle with the two gems he was carrying with him. There was a darkly colored one, the one he got from Pepper and the brightly colored one that he got from the angel he learned was named Coleth. They were haunting beautiful items and he couldn't help but to keep them with him at all times, wanting to protect the precious memories... even if they weren't guaranteed to be nice memories that he took he still loved them.

Coming up onto the labs as he really didn't want to come back to this place but both of his best friends that he cared for lived here, so he would come back only for them. Then he thought that the gate would be locked and he didn't want to wait for anyone to come and unlock it for him so once at the gate he climbed up it and over the wall, not wanting to let know many that he was here. So going right in and walking into the direction of were Luthor's room was as Ciaran was getting more excited as it would be a fun time at the beach as he walked on quietly and quickly towards his friend.

Luthor came quickly around the corner, not quite running as he made his way toward the front door and a sound somewhat like a cross between a squeak and a gasp escaped from the white haired spawn as he found himself crashing into the very person that he'd been rushing off to find. His wings, still not big enough to fly with, flapped wildly to keep the two of them up as he didn't want to accidentally knock the two of them into a heap.

"Ah! I'm sorry." He said in a rushing, looking at Ciaran and then gave him a bit of a smile, only releasing him when he was certain that they were both stable enough that they wouldn't tip over.

Ciaran made squeaked as Luthor ran into him and returned the smile not minding in the least bit as his tail gave a little wag. "Its ok, so don't worry. Well at least now we can head on our way," he said as he tried to not be nervous. "I have everything that we will need for our outing as Sokan was a big help in helping me get all of the things together," he added as he showed Luthor the bag he was caring as it was a very full looking bag and even Ciaran didn't know what was all in it.

Luthor gave a bit of a smile, wings fluttering as he stepped back, "Really? That was nice of him." He murmured, glancing at the bag and found himself wondering what might be inside of it. It was a good size bag, wasn't it? He looked over his shoulder then back to Ciaran, "Lets go, I am rather eager to get out and breath in some fresh air. Its been... tense, will tell you later though." He laced his fingers together with those of his friend and hurried forward as though there was a fire.

"It was, but then I have never been to the beach so I didn't know were to start," he answered as his tail wagged more. "Lets as it will be a fun day and ok," he added as he wondered to what Luthor was going to say later on but didn't let it bother him as he smiled more as they laced fingers together and Ciaran started to walk back to the entrance of the Labs and to the outside.

Once they were outside of the tall gates of the Labs Luthor tilted his head back, seeming to be drinking in the warmth of the sun, breathing in the fresh air, and otherwise just looking happy and contented. His wings stretched out to their fullest before he looked over at his friend, giving him a smile, "Thank you, Ciaran. You picked the best day." He said, giving him a smile before he looked from side to side. After leaving the gates to the Labs Luthor was officially lost, he didn't know where they were going or which direction the beach was in so he was going to follow after Ciaran, hoping the other spawn knew where they were heading.

It felt good to get out of the labs as it always felt gloomy in side and for him just way to many bad memories. "Your welcome and you are very right," he murmured as he felt the warm sun on his skin. Ciaran did know to where they were going as Sokan did show him to how to get there on one of there walks around the town. "So once we get there we will have to check out to what inside the bag. As Sokan told me not to open it until we got there," he said as they walked away from the labs and towards to were the beach was located.

Luthor seemed to grow that much more interested by the bag when Ciaran said that he didn't even know what was in it. His eyes got a bit wide before he grinned, "How cool, a mystery bag." He murmured, reaching a hand up to touch it and his wings gave an excited flutter, "Sounds great! Can't wait to see whats in there." It was his curiosity getting the better of him again certainly, despite his age he was still quite naive about a lot of things in life.

"Very much so," he said with a little giggle as he was very excited to know too as he was sent out of the house when it had been all packed up. "Me either," he answered as he just wanted to run to the beach to find out what was in it and enjoy his time with Luthor. So he quickened his pace to get to the beach quicker. Not too long they finally reached the entrance to the beach and boardwalk area and stopped to take in all of the sites.

Luthor found himself drifting a little closer to Ciaran as they got to the beach. He wasn't used to people at least not in a good manner, to used to those around him being Techs from the Labs. He watched the people around them in an uncertain and slightly suspicious manner but said nothing. Instead he just watched them before his attention went back to his friend, "This place is neat... the people make me a little nervous though." He murmured quietly, aside from that the place looked interesting enough, it was warm, the sand felt nice under his feet, and the breeze coming in off the water smelled of salt.

Ciaran's tail started to wag more when Luthor got closer as he was excited and trying to keep cool. "That it is," he replied taking in all of the sites. "Well be with ya and the people here are a little different to the techs and most are much nice than they are and leave others alone for the most part," he said as he thought of walking around town and the people there, but he really didn't know. "So lets find a quiet place to were we can find out to what is in the bag," he said as he started to walk on looking for a nice place and away from a lot of the people.

That they were heading away from the rest of the people, finding a spot that was all their own had the white haired spawn perking up visibly. His wings gave a happy flutter and a smile appeared on his lips once they were alone. He might know deep down that these people were different then at the Labs it was hard to act as such, he was till careful not to speak of anything important until they were well away from those who could steal his secrets. His wings flapped happily as they got to 'their' spot and he took a couple quick steps over to where the edge of the water was, reaching out a barefoot to poke it into the water.

It was nice to have a spot to where they were alone and this was a nice secluded spot with nice warm sand and water all to themselves. As most of the people stayed to were the waves were the biggest and not to many rocks around but here to there 'spot' there were many and much calmer waters which suited Ciaran just fine and he saw that it also was the same with Luthor. "Having fun poking the water? Lets find a nice warm place and see what is in the bag,"

Luthor nodded, "I've never seen so much water before." He said, turning toward Ciaran and walked over to him, smiling at him brightly. His wings were fluttering rapidly in delight, wanting to see what it was that Sokan had packed up for the pair of them to bring along on their beach trip.

Ciaran smiled, "Yes your right and from what I have been told that there is more water than what our eyes can see," he said as he was happy that Luthor was happy. Once a nice place was found, Ciaran took off the bag and placed it on the ground to find out what could be inside it. Well on top was a very large towel to were they could sit on the ground without getting too much sand on them. Then he took out to which looked to be presents one with Ciaran's name on it and the other had Luthor's name on it and handed Luthor his and then found a note. "Well from what this note says: The both of you have lots of fun today and also play in the water it can be soothing to be in. I have packed different things that can be used in making thinks in the sand and a packed lunch to when you get hungry. But the biggest surprise is that I have arranged with one of my friends of a nice restaurant called the 'Boathouse Inn' for a very nice dinner for the both of you in the early evening. Have fun and see the both of you laters," Ciaran read aloud to Luthor. "Well that was very nice of him," he said as he looked the gift over.

Luthor tilted his head to one side, looking a bit curious as he was handed the package that had his name on it, "That was... really nice of Sokan." He murmured, wow, a present. That was neat! His wings gave another rapid flutter as he set to unwrapping it, unable to hold back due to his curiosity and then starred, "Ahh, neat." He held up the swim shorts for Ciaran to see. They were rather pretty weren't they? Made of an interesting feeling material and seemed to be a similar shade of green as his scales.

"It was," he replied as he opened his own present to find some swim shorts in a rust red color. "Those are neat," he replied and held up his own for Luthor to see. "And they will look good on you too," he said and he had to giggle as he remember to what Sokan has said before he left. "These are made to swim with, Sokan told me before I left to make sure I took a swim and I was confused by it until now," Ciaran said as he looked around to see if there might be a place to where he could change or they might just have to find a place to change on the boardwalk.

Luthor looked over the shorts for a moment, around the area, and then back at them again in a thoughtful manner before he gave a half shrug and set to changing. Nobody was around but Ciaran and he'd changed in front of his friend before so he didn't seem at all high over the idea of going from wearing his slacks to wearing the shorts. He tossed his pants over his shoulder as he stepped into his shoulders, pulled them up, then stepped closer to the water to get a look at himself in its surface to see how they looked on him, "Not bad." He lifted a hand to run the tips of his fingers over his scars before shrugging. They weren't attractive but at least they had healed quickly before he'd suffered to much from them.

Ciaran had still been looking around to find that there was no one around and they could see if others approached, but just as he was going to look at Luthor, Ciaran heard that he was a ready changed so he checked out his short to see if his tail would be a problem and when opening them up he spotted and put a finger through the tail hole. He was happy that there was one as it felt weird to were anything that didn't have one. I might be embarrassed at first to not change in front of Luthor but they had know either other for sometime and he was getting use to the idea. So keeping his back to Luthor he took his own pants off and let them drop to the floor and held his tail up high, stepped into them, pulling them up and then putting his tail through the hole for his tail. He looked himself over see just how many scars he had on his own body at it was a lot, some that were hidden by his pants showed with the shorts and turned to walk over to were Luthor was a little embarrassed because of all of his scars as no one really had been able to see most of them. "They do look great on ya,"

Luthor's wings folded against his back and he found himself glancing to the side when Ciaran changed to give his friend his privacy. It was when he felt Ciaran step closer to him and heard his voice that he turned back to him. He gave him a once over before smiling, "You look good to." He said, before glancing toward the water, "Do we want to go in then?" He sounded rather eager but uncertain at the same time. He'd never been near this much water never mind wandering into it.

Ciaran smiled and his tail gave a little wag. "Thanks," he said sheepishly as he thought that Luthor looked far better than he could ever be. "Sure it will be fun," he said and took Luthor's hand as he led him into the water but not really going too far out into the water.

Each step he took into the water was a little cautious, eyes going a bit wide as with each step the water got deeper and deeper. It was rather... amazing and made his eyes get a bit wide, "Woah." He murmured, starring at it when the water got up to his knees which in his mind was shockingly high since he had always taken only showers aside from the time he'd bathed at Ciaran's place, "Kinda reminds me of your tub, only a bit bigger... and well a colder."

Ciaran smiled, "Your right it does and there are other things in it as well," he said as he pulled up some sea weed that has bushed his leg and show it to Luthor. "It also feels differently too," he added as he splashed Luthor with some of the water with his other hand and giggled as he did so.

Luthor looked down into the water in a curious manner at the 'other things' that were in that water. He could see some plant life and... he was pretty sure that fish? He took a step forward to follow after the fish as it fled before he turned to face Ciaran. Just as he turned he found himself getting splash and the shock of cold drew a gasping squeal from him, "Ah!" He stumbled back a couple steps, got tangled in some sea plants, and then landed on his backside in the water. He looked down at the cold, salty water that came up to his chest in this position. His wings lifted up and set to fluttering, "Ah... cold, cold..." He lifted his gaze to look up at the other spawn before he pushed up to his feet and made an attempt at tackling his friend, grinning.

Ciaran had to giggle as it was a funny site to see and a cold experience too, but with the warm sun it wasn't all that bad. Ciaran thought that he could get use to this and bring Luthor he with him again and really wasn't paying close attention to when Luthor had gotten back up and when he did it was too late and was tackled and he fell backwards on his back into the water with Luthor on top of his. He had a large smile on his face and was laughing as he was having a good time. Bringing his tail up splashing Luthor some more.

The white haired spawn was surprised and delighted that he wa able to actually tackle his friend in such a manner, if it were Pepper he wouldn't have been able to knock him down but he was able to do so with Ciaran, "Hehe, got you!" He said, wings giving a happy flutter which helped to kick up that much more water in the air since the feathery limbs were also soaked. Between them and Ciaran's tail it wasn't long before the two were soaked from head to toe, not that Luthor seemed to be bothered by any of it.

Giggling in delight and not minding one bit that he was soaked and gave his head a shake letting the water shake free from his head onto Luthor. "That you did," he replied and picked up Luthor and took him to a little more deeper water and threw him a little distance and then did a tackle of his own. "Now I has you," Ciaran said as his tail was wagging fast splashing the both of them even more.

Luthor gave a gasping sound, wings flapping in a pathetic manner as though he were making an attempt at escaping but since he wasn't able to take flight he just splashed water everywhere. His eyes got wide when he was tossed, landing with a good sized splash in the deeper water. He was pushing up to his feet or at least attempting to when he was tackled into the water once more. It wasn't as bad this time around though since he was used to the water and it had him giggling as he shook his head to try to get his hair out of his face where it was stuck at the moment. He was careful in his shaking though so as not to poke Ciaran with his horn.

Ciaran was enjoying himself very much and didn't want none of this to end as he wished that he could say with Luthor forever. He had see Luthor's wings fluttering around and thought it was very cute even with soaked feathers. "So are you still having fun?" Ciaran asked as he stopped splashing for right now as he was a little tired out.

He gave a chuckle and a nod of his head, he was up to nearly his neck in this area of the water when sitting down in it like he was but it felt nice, "Yeah, this is a lot of fun." Something that he really needed, he was far to serious, always had been. Only around a few people was he able to relax even just a little and Ciaran was one of those few. He reached a hand out to push a lock of sopping wet hair away from Ciaran's face to tuck it behind one of his ears then smiled.

Smiling as he came over to sit next to his friend as he was one of the few that Ciaran never had to worry about losing his mind to insanity as it always make him calm in a strange way despite what they were doing or were they were. "That is good. It looked that you need some fun too," he said. Ciaran purred lightly as Luthor moved some of his hair out of his face and then reached is own hand out to take out some sea weed in Luthor's hair and gave it a fling back into the water. "So is there anything you want to do?"

Luthor watched as the strange plant was taken out of his hair and tossed back into the water and he couldn't help but to give a little laugh, "Huh? Mmm, nothing I can think of. I am having fun just as we are." He told his friend, in fact he couldn't think of anything else that he would rather be doing at the moment then what they were doing.

The gray skinned spawn thought for a second to what else could be done as it was nice just sitting here but it was a little cold to be doing it for too long. "Well we could go and see what was in those little pools of water I saw before we go into the water," he suggested and it would be interesting to find out if there was anything in them. As he gave Luthor a smile.

He nodded, "Sure." He murmured, he didn't mind what they did so long as he got to do it with his friend he would be happy. He pushed himself up to his feet and set to work squeezing the water out of his hair and shaking it free from his wings. One he felt a little bit lighter from the water he held his hands out to Ciaran, offering him a hand up out of the water.

Ciaran took Luthor's hand and use it to get up and then squeezed the water out of his hair the best he could for how long it was and he would shake his tail once they were out of the water. Then he took Luthor's hand again and led him out of the water to were one of the tidal pools were.

Once at one of them and Ciaran took a look into one of them as his eyes went wide to find that there was so many different things living in that pool. "Will you look at that, there is so much in there," he said as he squatted down to get a closer look at what was inside.

Luthor gave a smile as he followed along after his friend, kneeling down so he could lean over the pool, watching all the little creatures that were moving about inside. His eyes got a bit wide before he gave a bit of a smile, "Wow... neat." He murmured, reaching a hand out to touch his fingers to the surface of the water which got a few fish swimming up to nibble at his finger tips, "Heh... that feels weird... you should try it, Ciaran."

Watching to what his friend had done and then did the same thing in putting his finger in the pool. He giggled as some of the fish nibbled on his finger too. But then he spotted something weird in the water and plunged his hand into the water and poked the creature and found that it wouldn't hurt him and picked up the starfish bringing it out of the water to show Luthor. "Will you look at this is very strange but interesting looking,"

A Day Out: Part Three

Luthor gave a nod of agreement, all the descriptions of the food made the stuff seem almost otherworldly, far better then he was used to eating in the cafeteria at the Labs, "It all sounds really good." He murmured, seeming to be rather deep in thought as he tried decide which thing on the menu looked the best to him. He wanted... everything! But given that he couldn't exactly eat everything he kept looking until he spotted something interesting, "Ohhh, look at that." He pointed at an option where you could get three different entrees but in a smaller helping of each, probably so you could try multiple things, "I think I might go with this."

Ciaran looked at what Luthor was pointing to. "That is a good idea as there is so much that looks good and if you want to we can get different dishes and then try what the other has to try more different things," he said as all the food looked really good and thought that they would have to come here again too. As they were looking things over there server came back with there drinks and put them on the table in front of them. "If your ready I can take your orders and if not I can come back in a little to take them," he said as Ciaran was tried to decide on what he wanted for his three sampler plates.

"That sounds like a good idea." Luthor said, giving a smile as he set to looking over the list of things that they were allowed to pick from, it all sounded so good so he was really up for any of it. He lifted his gaze as the waiter made his reappearance with the drinks and he gave a happy sound, pulling his glass over to him and lifted it up to take a sip. He didn't really think about how childish he might look getting so excited over a mere drink but he couldn't help it since all things that had nothing to do with the Labs was still new to him.

Ciaran has to smile to see Luthor having a good time as he took a sip of his own drink as he was deciding on what he wanted and he did finalize on what he wanted as he pointed to the ones that he wanted to the server and the server wrote down what he wanted and took the menu from Ciaran as he waited for Luthor to say what he wanted. "The ones that I chose mostly have different cuts of beef with different types of vegetables that go with them," he said to Luthor to where they wouldn't order the same thing.

Luthor looked at the things that were left over and picked some interesting sounding things, there were two types of fish and a pasta dish that he thought sounded rather good, "I think I will get these three things myself, what do you think?" He asked, hoping that they were things that sounded good to his friend as well so that they could share those three things as well.

Seeing to what Luthor had picked and smiled. "Cool and I think that they will also taste good too," he replied as to what Luthor had chosen.

The server has written all of what the both of them had chosen. "Your dinners will be out in a little," he said as he took the menus and headed back to the back to have there orders made.

"So are you have fun so far, Luthor?" Ciaran asked as he wanted to make sure his friend was having fun as much as he was. "Also after we eat is there anything else that you would want to do?"

Luthor's wings have a happy little flutter of excitement as he looked over at Ciaran, reaching a hand out to lay his hand over one of those of Ciaran, "I have been having a lot of fun, I want to thank you Ciaran." He murmured, giving his friend a smile. It all meant so much to him and he was so happy over all they had done thus far. He tilted his head to the side in a thoughtful manner, "Something else? Hrm... I don't know. Anything is nice by me so we can stay out just a bit longer." He didn't really want to go home quiet yet.

Ciaran's tail wagged happily when he heard that Luthor was having a fun. "I'm glad that you are having fun and your welcome and we should do this more often too," he said as it would be so nice to be around Luthor more, Ciaran thought as his heart gave a little flutter to how he felt and quelled that those feeling for now. "Well we can always wander around to see what we could find," he suggested.

But just then a few servers come into the room with there food and place it all on the table and then gives Luthor and Ciaran empty plates to were all the other dishes could be shared. "Enjoy your dinner," there server said as he also put down more drinks for the both of them and left the room.

"That sounds like a good idea." Wandering meant seeing more new things which was one of his favorite hobbies of late, there was so much in the world that he'd never seen and didn't understand. As such he was excited to go walking with his friend sounded like the best of ideas. His attention turned to the server as he returned and Luthor drew his hand back to allow the man to put the food on the table, not wanting to get into his way.

The food that was placed on the table had Luthor nearly drooling from the look of it alone. His wings fluttered and he happily picked up is fork, "Wow! It all looks so good, I can't wait to dig in!" He said excitedly.

"Ok then we will do that, after we eat," he answered as it would be so much fun that he didn't want it to end. As looked the all the food over as he didn't even know where to start as it all looked so good. "You are so right on that one. Well why don't you then as there is plenty here for us," Ciaran said as he was still trying to decide on what he wanted to eat first.

Luthor's fork was hovering, moving from side to side as though he were struggling to figure out what it was that he wanted to try first due to the fact that everything was looking so tasty. After a long moment he finally plucked up some of the pasta, twining it around the prongs of his fork before he lifted it up so he could take a bite, "Ohhhh, wow! This is so good." He murmured, sounding quite surprised and delighted before he pointed at it, "You should definitely try that."

Ciaran watched Luthor as he choose the pasta as he was choosing to what he wanted to try first as he spotted one of the beef plates that had the beef on sticks in some sorta sauce with roasted potatoes and severed himself some of that. Once on the plate he took a bite of both and it was so good. "I will definitely have to and you should try this one as well or we will both just have to try everything," Ciaran said as he continued to eat.

The white haired spawn gave a little chuckle and a nod before he turned to try the thing that Ciaran had pointed out, his wings giving a happy flutter as he ate it, "Oooo, that one is good too." He murmured before turning to another of the plates at random to sample something off of it. It didn't take long before he was happily eating dinner, each bite seeming to come from a different plate and all of the different foods almost had him purring he was enjoying it all so much.

Tail happy wagging behind the gray skinned spawn as he also ate from all of the dishes, as everything was so good. "You are right," he said as he ate some of the pasta as then he ate things at random until the both of them had eaten everything that they had ordered. "I don't think that I could eat another bite," Ciaran said as he drank some of his lemonade and had a huge smile on his face.

Just then the server came back to start clearing off the dishes. "Did you enjoy the meal?" he asked.

"Yes I did, everything was so good," Ciaran said to the server.

"That is good. Well everything has been taken care of, so you can leave when ever you want," he said leaving with some of the dishes.

"So Luthor, you just want to wander around town until you have to leave?" Ciaran asked.

Luthor patted his hands against his full belly before he looked over at Ciaran and nodded, "Yeah, a walk before I have to head back would be nice." He said with a smile, wanting to spend as much time as possible with his friend before he had to return home again. He wasn't as worried these days about staying out a bit later since it seemed that his Father was in a better mood of late then he had been in some time. Because of this Luthor didn't feel as though he had to head back to look after him.

Ciaran smiled as he got up from his chair and took Luthor's hand and the bag of stuff and led Luthor out of the restaurant to walk in the starting to cool off as it was slowly starting to get dark. "Well if you see anything you want to see or do just say and we well go and do," Ciaran said as he walked along with Luthor and his tail slowly wagging behind him, not wanting any of this to end.

Luthor laced his fingers with those of his friend, walking close to him, and then looked over at his friend before smiling, "I can't think of anywhere I want to be then here, Ciaran." He murmured, giving his friend a bright smile as well as giving his hand a squeeze.

All Ciaran could do was smile as he was so happy and nothing could make him feel down well except for the fact that sometime Luthor was going to leave and go back to his father, but he wasn't going to think on that right now as he had Luthor right now. "Well I can't think of anything either except to just walk and talk. So is there anything that you would like to talk about anything is fine with me,"

Luthor glanced over at Ciaran in a thoughtful manner before he gave his friend a smile, "Ahh... haha, I'm not sure." He murmured, he had things that came to mind but they weren't things that he was quite ready to talk about quite yet. Perhaps the next time they met up he would feel stronger, braver. He looked ahead as they walked, "Not sure what to talk about..." Some sort of simple thing he decided would be the best for now.

Ciaran's tail swishing back and forth as he thought of something that they could talk about as he watched Luthor thing. "Ah that is ok, we will think of something," he answered as there had been things Ciaran had told Luthor but for the new thing he discovered it was something he didn't know how to even say or even lead up to talking about something like that. Then something can to Ciaran as he smiled. "Well what would you like to do the next time we get together to do something?"

Luthor looked up at the sky as he thought about that one, what should they do next time he found himself wondering. He chewed on his lower lip thoughtfully before looking over at Ciaran, "I... don't know, I am up for anything really since there is so much that is new for me but... there are those place, that people go to so that you could can see animals. I would like to go to one of those." He said after a moment, knowing it was a childish request but still wanted to go.

Ciaran squeaked in delight as he loved at least when he was little to go to the zoo to see all the different type of animals and to learn about them. "That sounds like a good idea. It has been a long time since I have been to the Zoo, that is what the place is called were all the animals are and if you want to just see different type of fish its call an Aquarium. But the zoo should have one too just not a big and many different types of fish," he replied as it would be fun to go to either one of them. Thinking that the zoo might be the best choice as it was much more exciting than the aquarium.

Luthor perked up, his wings giving a happy flutter when Ciaran didn't seem to mind his idea, "Really? Alright! I can't wait!" He said, excitedly, stepping in closer to friend to hug his arm in an excited fashion, "Its going to be so fun!"

Ciaran love to see Luthor happy as it made him happy as in his mind it was sorta like payment for him not to lose his sanity to make sure that Luthor was happy the best that he could do. "Yep as it will be loads of fun as there are many different types of animals and sometimes the more docile animals with a trainer could be walking around the zoo letting other pet them or to see them up close," he said as that was an exciting thing to see the animals close up. "Or there is a place to were they have little shows to were you can learn about the animals that do those little shows. There is lots of things to do in the zoo as it will have to be a day trip were we can see everything hopefully in one day if not then we will have to make another trip," he said just as excited as Luthor.

"What?!" He squeaked, eyes getting wide, "We can though them?" He sounded a bit surprised, likely he was to use to liking somewhere where everything was locked up. So the idea that there were animals that roamed around that they would be allowed to interact with made the white haired spawn rather excited to consider, "That would be so neat."

Ciaran had to giggle at Luthor reaction as it was just so cute. "Yep, but if the trainer that is walking the animal tell you how and were to pet you follow as it is the safest for you and the animal. Also there is an area called the petting zoo that has lots of the farm type animals in there and you can feed and pet them all you want," he said not really saying that some of those type of animals could stink. 'It would be very neat," he replied as Ciaran thought how cute Luthor would look petting animals and to how happy he would be.

"I think we should definitely go there." He murmured, his cheeks flushing a little in delight at the thought of getting to go and play with a bunch of animals, it was an innocent and overly childish desire perhaps but he didn't care at the moment. With Ciaran he felt that he could act normally, he didn't have to hold back, didn't have to hide anything. He was allowed to be himself, his good self, not the darker him, the defensive him that always appeared when he was home or around Vampy.

"Then we will have to make it the next trip that we go on," he said as he tried to figure out when the best time would be to go as he knew that there were different things that could happen on that didn't happen on others. "Well we could go to the zoo in a few days or when ever you want as you really don't have to plan anything out to go you just go to have fun," he said as there was always something interesting happening there too.

"That sounds like it would be a lot of fun." He said as he looked over at Ciaran, his wings fluttering in an excited manner. He couldn't wait! He happily leaned into his friend as they walked along, he could tell they were heading back toward the Labs and as much as he would rather stay out longer he would need to get some rest if he wanted to go out again. Besides he did want to check up on his Dad to make sure that he was still in a good mood before he left the Labs for another trip out with Ciaran.

"Yes it will be lots of fun!," he answered as he thought of things that they could do and he would have to do a little planning before hand but not much as he walked Luthor back to the labs and then after Luthor was back there safe he would go back to his place to talk with Sokan and to sleep as well as he was getting tired himself.