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Taking the bite happily Zell made happy "mmm-mmm!" noises around it. He didn't do his usual inhaling of food, preferring to savor this bite. Rune chuckled softly.

Finally Zell swallowed. And beamed. "I'll say she did, woman-princess!"

Seifer sighed. Dammit... that meant it was time for him & Zell to get going. Very tenderly he kissed Rune's belly, murmuring encouragement to his kids. A soft move of his hand to caress the softly curved skin then he rose from his squat to kiss Rune. A barely whispered "love you, be back soon" gruff but tender. Satisfied Seifer stood fully, striding over to the counter where Hyperion leaned and picking up his weapon. "Right, Dincht. Let's move out." With that Seifer strode from the room.

Zell grinned impishly at Maryline then quickly leaned forward and gave her a sweet but chaste peck on the lips followed by a wink. "Leave the tables and yard to us, 'Line. Later!"

Smiling Rune stood and moved to help with the cleaning up.



"I...ah..." Percy was floundering in both words and flight, sometimes forgetting to flap his wings in his dumbfoundedness & embarrassment. "I'm not particularly a game player, except for a round or two of wizard chess, though really that's Ron's field not mine... Certainly couldn't play a moving game like that..."

He was rambling, avoiding the question he knew he could not. He knew what the PS2 was, now that he was thinking on those lines. He knew what it was though he never touched it. "Um... I... don't think we have that game for that system. I think... the newest -that's a 'fighting game', right? Right. Well, yes, I think the newest ones we have are something Smash Brothers and these ones with over-muscular men with massively spiky-blonde hair on the cover. Oh and some 'X' something... I think... Though I think... yes I think I heard Ms Trelweny say something about some 'mortal kombat' & an 'old system' once, though I haven't the foggiest what she could have meant."

Rune, accustomed to merely watching silently, showed no sign other than her soft smile at having seen anything or even heard anything 'inappropriate' from the blonde lovers. But she knew the eyes of a woman in love, and every time she saw those eyes on Maryline it made her smile. To the White SeeD Zell was like a brother, to be loved and cared for and watched over. To see him so happy brought her joy. Added to her own overflowing joy, it was like drowning happily. "Certainly. I can dry the hand washables too."

Chuckling softly, Rune began putting things back where they belonged. Ingredients in the cabinets, dirty dishes and beaters near the sink. After licking one of the beaters of course. "Despite how Seifer acts I will not break, doing things myself." There was a soft, lilting quality to her words as she teased about her love -very clearly showing how much she loved him.

((*giggles* I know.... it's totally awesome!! whee Booyaka!!! Go Zell.... you have totally corrupted the princess... 4laugh ))

Percy's blush deepened, not really seeing why she would want to go through the effort of pulling him from his books. He nodded, looking confused, and missed that Anon had shuddered. Probably a good thing or he would have dropped the conversation in concern for her. "I, ah, guess so? I have heard we have all the gaming systems except the three newest ones, whichever those may be." Percy pressed his lips closely together. He nodded faintly at her descriptions. "Yes. Those sound right. The 'X'... well it is something interesting I suppose. Piotr & Illyana like it with a sort of oddity, for Piotr himself appears to be in it as well as others they know. Mikhail seems to know less of them, but when they play insists on choosing the female 'Storm', whom the others call Ororo." yes, confusion settled in around him again. "I suppose they do seem fairly simple. The games I mean." Percy quickly amended, looking sheepish. Wizard he might be, but he had no interest in offending the Rasputins. Their powers were quite different. "I, ah, don't really know enough of any of them to have a preference..."

The White SeeD laughed, shutting the counter before taking the last of the dirty dishes to Maryline. "I won't mention it to him then. I can so see him talking you into one of those moon-walkers and doing just that."

Rune paused, smiling and looking off dreamily. "The kids will like those too." Her hand lightly set upon the small curve of her belly. How long would their gestation be? With a small chuckle she went to fetch the broom from the pantry. She blushed softly at the praise. "... thank you, Princess. I had so long dreamed..." Her pale green eyes were alight with love. "Hopes and dreams are funny things are they not?"

Percy looked at her blankly. "I wouldn't know even if you got it right, you know." He nodded as she went back to the games. "Yeah. That's it. Different than the blonde guys though." His frown was more of a pout at the sound Anon made at him. He was not the one trying to get him to talk about something he had barely glanced at while others were playing. He was still worried about Fred & George wanting to integrate magic into the games to make them more real. Thank God Trelweny had put her foot down there, stating they could ruin the games or the memory cards. Whatever that meant, Percy was glad they had backed down.

He shrugged. "Sure. Though if you really want to do the ddr thing there's other's that will play. Ms. Trelweny does sometimes though she claims she can't. Relms play, & Illyana. A few others I think."

"I'm sure you'll see one when the children are here. It is much like a big balloon room filled with air to make it bounce inside."

Rune dried the dishes and put them away one at a time. Thoughtful. Ever thoughtful. "Sometimes our dreams are closer than we think."


He shrugged, nodding that even if he did not know Percy was at least listening to the logic.

Stunned he turned to look at Anon with wide eyes. "Me? But I thought you wanted to play the games..." Sometimes, Percy could be so dense.

((sorry... sweatdrop it was either that or no post at all... ))

Oh dear. Rune could not quite tell it, but she had a suspicion she had failed dismally in explaining the moonwalker. At the same time... she was uncertain how to better describe it, not knowing exactly how Maryline was interpreting her explanation. No matter. The princess would see when the time came. Ever since the day the FTC Relm and her Naruto had gotten together the precocious pictomancer showed a propensity for 'painting' moonwalkers for the younger family members. Theron loved them.

Rune certainly was not implying dreams were far, but she new what Zell was attempting to do for Maryline and hoped it was something the princess wanted. After the way Maryline reacted to her own happy news... well Rune felt she had a fairly good idea even if she was interpreting too much into it. "Fickle, Princess? How so?" Strange almost how different the title sounded coming from Rune rather than her mate. Soft respect & gentle admiration from the woman who daydreamed so long of being something of a fairy queen. Of course that was a childish fantasy, kept alive throughout her life. The fulfillment of that dream was so much greater than she could have dreamed. Sweeping the floor Rune paused to lightly lay a hand on her belly. Much greater.

".... oh. Right." Actually... he had momentarily forgotten. Trying to think of all these unfamiliar things. Percy's whole body spoke of his discomfort at all of this. "Bungee jumping..." He gave a shudder. If he didn't care for wizarding sports why in the world would he be interested in a muggle one? Not even reading, much less experiencing. The notion made the wizard feel almost sick to his stomach.

Ahead was Bass'ken woods, the clearing within almost visible from this height. Interesting. "Well you soon will have a chance to convince me that they are. Fun, that is."

Sweeping the floor crumbs into a neat little pile Rune went to the closet for the dustpan. Thankfully one of those where one did not have to bend down. She was not showing much, but bending like that was a discomfort already. "Oh, so it is not the dream that is fickle so much as the dreamer?" She waited for the reply and then softly. "If I may be so bold, Princess Maryline... what then is your dream? I know Zell will not ask it of you, but we would see to help you reach it, if in our power."

Anything she said vanished into his thoughts the moment it dawned on him what Anon was doing. Or rather, mostly figured it out. Percy had no idea what the fallen angel was actually doing. "Aaaa! What are you doing!" It was an extreme force of willpower and concentration that kept his flight anywhere near where it should be, realizing as he did that should he fail to succeed he could bring them both down. Bloody hell! & she thought this was fun?!?

Rune nodded softly. Yes, she had asked with temerity. But she had left it fair open for Maryline to refuse her request. She paused in her sweeping to better listen to the answer, to see how the princess stood and otherwise spoke silently. 'True One'? Delightful. And she was honored that Maryline should actually share it with her. 'Without restraint or restriction'... Rune's hand once more lighted upon her belly. They could not... have what she and Seifer did. Could not even publicly confess or show their feelings. Why what Zell did as it was probably too much! Certainly they could not... marry... or have children... "No wonder you ran... my apologies, Princess."

A murmur, nothing more. Not carrying her usual projection though still clear it was a whisper of even her normally soft voice. Not really intending to be heard, but not minding overly much if it were.

"My dream? Always the same since I was a child. The dream of a Faerie Queen and her Knight." She laughed softly, lunar moth wings fluttering gently behind her as she swept the dirt pile into the dust pail then poured them into the garbage, hidden behind a cabinet door. "It has shifted from the childish fantasy only a little, and become real. Stepped beyond, and become better than anything I could dream."

Rune turned her gentle smile on the princess. "Everything we can do... we will."

The door opened and Trelweny peeked in with a smile. "Sorry we're late. The boys needed help figuring out what to ask Myr to conjure and there just didn't seem a point in dropping in without being able to get the ingredients...umph!" The human was pushed with a huff into the room, causing her to flail her arms to regain her balance. Rolling her eyes, Myranda righted her then pulled the anthro-fox Ginny in after her. The kitsu Ginny followed at a more leisurely pace, trying not to laugh.

"They're setting up. Now... what's the menu." While she talked the GaiaCom removed a cauldron charm from a charm bracelet at her wrist. The room started to grow to accommodate as even as the charm became full sized at Myranda's feet. Lightly she set her black gloved fingers on the rim, mint-green eyes leveling with the princess' expectantly. "And do you want prepared dishes or ingredients."


"Relax... Relax she tells me." Percy muttered in a near panic. He was really starting to not like flying. Really. Oh God...! How were they going to get out of this? He made a sound somewhere between a whimper a groan & an exclamation. "Wah!!! Can't you just... get out the way you got in?!?"