Welcome to Gaia! ::

Jim shook his head as he was carried to the play area.

He opened his book and was going to begin reading when he was interrupted by a statement.



He closed the book and noticed the baby. This is better than nothing. He thought to himself.

"I used to be an..." He pause realizing the baby probably wouldn't know what an archeologist was. A person like Indiana Jones. but then a mean girl put a spell on me.

Of course he wasn't sure if the baby would understand "Indiana Jones" but it was the easiest way to explain archeologist. He set the book aside, though in easy reach as he didn't want it accidentally damaged. Books were one of the few things keeping his all too fragile sanity intact.

Jim shrugged his shoulders. "O.K."

He picked up the book, still protective of it. "Could you show me where they are? I'm kind of new here." Then he smiled. "Maybe I could show you some of the places I've been."

Of course he was sure the lunch making adult would see his structures as something else, but the baby seemed to be able to see through the enchantment, so he might be able to get his point across.

Jim nodded. "I see."

He looked at the assortment of blocks and carefully chose the one that would work best for his first project.

He carefully stacked the blocks then admired his creation.

He frowned a bit and then added some green yarn to simulate vines. "This is a Mayan Temple. It was one of my first digs."

He sat down and contemplated which structure he should model next, then he felt the call of nature.

For a brief second he glanced longingly at the restroom marked "mens" but remembered the part of his curse that he couldn't remove his diaper himself. He gave a resigned sigh and let nature take it's course. Wrinkling his nose at the vile smell and frowning at the new heaviness and sagginess about his waist.

Jim frowned and hoped Plato had gotten a good look at his structure before it had been destroyed. He considered reciprocating, but that would be infantile and beneath him.

Instead he began building a model of a pyramid. "And this an Egyptian Pyramid." He figured ignoring the petty bully would be the best way to go.

"That's a nice tower your building there."

However his messy diaper was beginning to become irritating. He wondered what to do with his book while he was being changed and decided that potential slobber was better than almost certain poop. "Plato could you make sure nothing happens to my book please?" he asked as he stood up and awkardly waddled over to the edge of the play area. "Excuse me but my diaper's kind of full."

He wondered how the man would hear his request as he waited, watching his book protectively.

Jim nodded. Then the man took the book he had been planning on reading. He was about to protest when a pacifier was shoved in his mouth.

Upset about the loss of his book, Jim began sucking on the pacifier angrily. He had long ago discovered it was best to go along with how he was treated by other adults, but that didn't mean he had to be happy about it.

"Dat's OTay." Jim said struggling to speak around the pacifier. He walked back with Plato.

"OO..." He took the pacifier out of his mouth before starting again. "You couldn't really do anything about that. Do you want to go back to blocks?"

He suggested hoping to cheer up the closest thing he had to a friend in this miserable existence. He stuck the pacifier back in his mouth and sucked on it as he watched Plato with concern.