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 Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:07 pm
"Okay," Ike nodded and smiled, floofing his tail a bit for Shammi's benefit. He began out the single part in the hedges, peering about, "We'll make it, no doubt! We're a fearless team of adventurers! ...or...pair of...adven--whatever."
Björn laughed slightly, his face flushing a deeper red. He wasn't quite sure which Erishi he liked batter, the confused sane one or the adorable crazy one.
"Yanno, that's what my name means," Björn said easily, taking yet another drag from his cigarette between sentence fragments, "minus the 'teddy' bit, I mean."
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:19 pm
"Big stong ad-adven-... Big stong team!" She beamed at Ike and fluffed Ike's tail. "We'll win, and make it! Uh huh!"
"Big bear? You look like one. But not as scary. But big and strong and... Huggable." She smiled back, glad that Björn was relaxing a little bit. "You know, you should smile more often. It'll make other people smile. Then you'll feel better."
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:23 pm
Ike laughed and gave an exaggerated gasp as the pair reached a trifurcation.
"Left, right, or straight?!"
Björn snorted in amusement.
"My smile makes little children want to hide their innards. It's a honed skill," he nodded and put the half-finished cigarette out on his hand, "and how can I be huggable? I'm too big 'round."
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:39 pm
"Ummm..." Shammi stuck a claw in her mouth and chewed on it. Moving her lips slowly, she pointed straight. "Not went that way yet."
"Well, it makes me smile." Putting her hands on her hips, Erishi stuck out her tounge at him. "You're huggable, because I said so. So there."
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:41 pm
"Okay," Ike smiled and began straight, compeltely amazed at how lucky they were being, having not run into any walls.
Yet.
"Yanno, Erishi," Björn twitched again, although he didn't notice himself, "You're my only friend outside th' family. Thanks. Really."
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:49 pm
Of course, good luck couldn't take forever. After turning a corner, there was a wall. Shammi blinked at it with large eyes before looking up at Ike. "Oh. Oh. Sowwy. Picked bad."
"I'm your friend?" Her face went blank for a moment, then another smile grew on her face. "I thought I was annoying. I don't make friends easy, either. So, um, thanks back?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:53 pm
"It's okay!" Ike said rather cheerfully, almost uncharacteristically so, "We'll just go back and pick another way." He lead Shammi back to the last split, and gave a sweeiping motion with his arm.
"Which way now, madame?"
"Nah. You're not annoyin'," Björn nodded, "A little off, but not annoyin'. We assholes and-or freaks need to stick together, yanno?" He laughed.
Actually laughed.
Jesus, he was starting to scare himself.
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:19 pm
"Okay." Shammi frowned for a minute before perking up. It was different, having to get used to other people being nice to her. "Ummm, left? Sound good, Ike?" She asked up, blinking rapidly.
"Right." Erishi grinned like a fool at Björn. When he let himself go, he was pretty charming. To her, at least. "And, unfortunatly for you, you just admited that we're friends. That means you'll never get rid of me, no matter what you do."
Well, unless he blew her up, or something. But she didn't think he'd do that. Probably.
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:22 pm
"Sounds perfect," Ike nodded and smiled, starting to the left.
"I don' have a problem with that," Björn shook his head and sighed. God damn it. Now he had friends.
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:36 pm
"Ike." Shammi smiled up at him. "Ike... Ike best. Not mean 'cause Shammi pick bad. But! Ike pick next. Shammi gets too many tuwns." She pointed up to the upcoming fork.
"Good." She said, not knowing quite what else to say. She looked down at her feet again and sighed. "Sorry. I keep thinking. It's different, being able to complete a thought without ineruption. I keep getting lost in my own head."
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:40 pm
Ike looked to the left, then the right, and then the left again. This was a damn hard decision.
"Right," he nodded, and began in that direction, immediately hitting a wall.
"See? That's why I don't pick. You're better at picking."
Björn nodded.
"I understand. Enjoy it while you can. A complete thought process is a beautiful thing."
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:00 pm
"Naw. Just.. Un-lucky." Shammi blew a rhaspberry at him. Leading him back to the fork, she took the right path. Tail waggaling, she pointed at another hole in the wall. "Look, Ike! Mow light!"
"Thanks for being cool." She leaned over to puch a bicep gently. "Just.. Thanks, Björn. You're makin' me feel a little less dumb." Erishi laughed slightly, more at herself than anything else, before shooting a look at the maze. Shammi'd be fine, she was with Ike. But it had been a long time since they went in.
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:31 pm
"We made it!" Ike grinned and began to lead Shammi through the exit, "We make an awesome team. I've never gotten this far before!"
"Ah, no problem," Björn nodded, and then followed suit and peered toward the maze, "They'll be fine."
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:42 pm
Clapping and laughing, Shammi licked Ike's cheek with her tongue. "Good team!" She chirped, bouncing on her feet. "C'mon!" Tugging on his arm, she started to pull him back to the adults. "Ewwi! BJ! We make it! We make it!" She called.
Hesitating a moment, Erishi held her arm up and waved big. "Good girl, Shammi!" She called back, smiling. "Heh. Good kids." She muttered.
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:47 pm
Ike picked Shammi up then and rested her on his mysteriously effeminate hipbone. "We made it all the way through!"
Björn blinked once. Twice.
"That's nice," he nodded, "but don't ever call me that again, hun."
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