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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:57 pm
Ieyasu nodded his head before following Alyosha. Stopping nearby, he crouched down, setting the black bag down next to him. He opened the bag and brought the objects out one by one, unwrapping the smaller items first before placing them down next to each other. Finally, he laid down the green bamboo staff. The young kitsune wondered how this would work. He didn't see how all these very ordinary items (none of them were exactly magical afterall) could change Osu. He had a feeling he was about to find out though. Sitting back on his heels, he looked at Alyosha questioningly.
Osu hovered around Ieyasu as he began taking everything out and sitting them all over the floor. His curiousity awoken, the wisp began to (rather ineffectually) poke at the nearest item, which happened to be the piece of rope from Kami. What was going on here then?
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:10 pm
Alyosha puched all of the items around. It was a matter, sometimes, of going with your instincts. He laid the items out, rearranged a few and placed the long staff in the centre of them. He watched as Osu floated towards the centre, drawn by the staff. As the little wisp hovered over the items something began to change. The items seemed to flutter slightly, glowing with what could only be described as an essence.
Each item began to be sucked towards Osu, twirling into mere light forms as they rushed towards his delicate form. His body slowly began to take on shape and his delight was noticable as solid hands formed. When all was done the little spellweaver stood and took his first breath as a child. It was done.
 (Photo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/Aerandir/Aerandir/Osusuki/photo_child_osusuki.jpg )
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:31 pm
Osu stood silently for a moment. Woah. That wasn't what he had expected. Once again, things were different. Sticking his hands out for a moment, he tilted his head, staring at them. They had changed colour. He was orange again. Hm.. did that mean...? Experimentally, he clapped his hands together. They didn't go through each other! It was then that he noticed his feet. Hey! He had feet again! He sat down with a soft thump, his bushy tail flailing. Drawing his knees up to his chest, he gave one of his feet a poke. This was neat!
The little Aerandir continued with his self-examination for a few more minutes, before seeming to take stock of what was around him again. Glancing up at Ieyasu, he grinned happily. There was a short pause, before he spoke.
"Yassu!"
Ieyasu could do nothing but stare for a few moments. That was nothing short of impressive. Clearly surprised, the young kitsune suddenly broke into a huge grin on seeing Osu's next stage. "Wow.. just... wow..." Sitting down on the floor, he watched the kid for a second, before grinning up at Alyosha. "You were right. That was amazing.."
As Osu called out to Ieyasu, the kitsune smiled warmly. "I'm here, Osu."
Osu grinned. Right, time to try out these new legs of his. Almost tentatively (well, for him at least), he took a somewhat wobbly step forward. He wasn't used to just having two legs.... Losing his balance, he pitched forward onto his hands, his little rear in the air. Pushing himself back up again, he stood still for a moment, regaining his centre of balance. And then tried again. Step by step, he shakily moved forward, wobbling dangerously a few times before he finally made it over to Ieyasu. Plopping himself down onto his rear, he giggled, obviously rather proud of himself.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:52 pm
Alyosha smiled as he watched them both, feeling slightly out of place. "I, uh, have to head back" he motioned to his apartments. He got up, picking up the mail and the note that had been left for items from the mainland and walked off towards his rooms.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:42 pm
Ieyasu looked up at Alyosha, his expression turning mildly curious before he nodded. "Ok. Thanks for everything today!" He grinned at the other man before standing up. Holding a hand out to Osu, he smiled at the kid. "Come on kid. Shall we go home?"
Osu beamed, using his hands to push himself upright again. Wobbling for a moment, he grabbed Ieyasu's hand to steady himself. Then he let go again, suddenly remembering something. Crouching down, he picked up the long bamboo staff. It was too big for him to carry properly, so he contented himself with just dragging it along. It wasn't too heavy, at least. Taking Ieyasu's hand again, he tottered along with his guardian as they left the centre, his huge grin splitting his face. It would be fun when he could get used to these legs!
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:40 pm
Okay. She could do this. I mean, she wasn't going to talk about anything that adults didn't talk about. Adults talked about babies and... making babies all the time. It was no big deal. No big deal at all. Just remain calm.
As she talked to herself, Syrenrei shuffled through the centre alone, growing closer to Alyosha's door ever so slowly. At her current rate, she'd make it to his door in oh, say, another hour or so. As if this wasn't an odd enough sight, she was also still wearing Aly's shirt, a skirt that couldn't be seen under it due to the shirt's length, and she was staring at her stomach.
She looked like a lost escapee from the asylum.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:45 pm
Alyosha walked through the door and into the centre, having remembered that he was going to go and see Kiro about the keychain he had recieved. He was only a few steps out when he sp[otted Sy.
"Hey" he called smiling and stopped as he seen her unusually quiet manner. "something.. wrong?" he queried. He moved towards her, wondering why she was here and what had prompted the slightly unsettled look on her face.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:49 pm
!!! Oh dear, he wasn't supposed to come find her here while she was gathering all her courage to discuss the topic of... of babies! Turning slightly pink she looked a bit nervous as she drew closer, wondering what she should say. Tryon probably hadn't made the best impression on Aly and... and... Oh yes, she should probably start with saying hello.
"H-hi." Okay Sy, you can do it. Just blurt it out like you always do. "BABIES! I mean, um, I came to talk to you... about... about babies?" It sounded like she was asking him why she came there instead of telling him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:56 pm
He cocked his head a little ways to one side as she became her usual flustered self. So something was on her mind. Babies indeed. This could be... amusing.
"What about babies?" he asked, looking as though he was pondering babies in general "i'm assuming you don't need to be told how they're made so... " he paused, waiting for a moment. "Maybe you mean Aerandir babies, I mean they don't have them as such but I'd be glad to go over the process with.." he stopped as he realised quite how flustered she was.
"What about babies, Sy?" he repeated, a hint of worry creeping into his voice.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:01 pm
As he talked, her attempts to compose herself failed miserably and instead she flushed even more. Need... need to have him explain... "it" to her?! He... he wouldn't actually explain conception, would he?! Eyes as wide as saucers her mouth went dry and she stared down at her feet. Yes, her feet... they were good feet.
"Um... well... Tryon and his... his boyfriend... they um..." Oh come now, it was perfectly reasonable. She scolded herself for being so hesitant. "want me to help. Have their baby." >> Her feet were very pretty today indeed. And they didn't even look back at her with beautiful gold eyes. No no, they were perfectly complacent to sit there. Stand... whatever.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:06 pm
"Oh" was all he said for a moment, a slight hint of relief hitting him. "Tryon, your partner death thingy, yes?" he asked, knowing fine well who it was. "That seems a ..." he chose his words carefully whist trying to steer Sy towards a nearby seat - she looked like she needed it - "lot to ask?" he finished.
"Are you sure you'd be up to something like that?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:11 pm
"I don't know..." She plopped down in the seat and decided now that her hands needed to be stared at. As she spoke, she played with her hands and fingers restlessly. "They could find someone else, but Tryon and I are close so... they wanted to ask me first. Well, they didn't ask me... just Tryon did. And I told him I'd think about it and..." She paused for a moment, trying to relax herself so she wouldn't ramble. There there, just explain it all calmly.
"And since he was sure you.... er..." >> Okay, best not repeat EVERYTHING Tryon said. Especially the part where Tryon reasoned out that kitsune mixes didn't do the parenting thing. Sy wasn't sure it was true, and even if it was, it probably wasn't the best thing to say to one.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:18 pm
Alyosha nodded as he listened to her explanation. "I er..?" he questioned, somewhat amused by the situation.
"If you want to do this then I'll help you as much as I can, Sy-chan" he said, wondering if that was what she needed to hear. He knew how... funny other species could be about this sort of thing.
"It's quite an honour to be asked, i'd guess?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:24 pm
"I don't know. I mean, he'd have to... you know. While I'm youkai. That would be.... strange." She fiddled with her hands more, pretending there was something interesting on her right thumb nail that she had to scratch at. She couldn't quite make sense out of him not being the least bit bothered by this.
"You... you mean you wouldn't care if I had a baby with someone else?" She almost sounded irritated. Well, she'd probably rip off a woman's head for making moves on Aly, but that was an entirely different matter.
She then sighed and looked away. "Tryon just thought... since kitsune aren't... aren't family types... that I could..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:33 pm
Ahh. no wonder she was so irate. Weren't there clinics about for that sort of thing? He guessed there must be a reason for the need. Maybe they were low on money, maybe clinics didn't serve whatever species they were. Hmm
"It's not that I wouldn't mind, it's that I'd be happy for you to do such a thing for another person. It's not like you'd care for me any less is it?" he asked a slight hint of uncertainty in his voice. "Sex is sex and babies are babies. It's all... biology" He nodded a little then was somewhat shocked by her next statement.
"Kitsune's aren't family types? Tryon obviously doesn't know many kitsune.. Almost all kitsune's come from big families.." he trailed off, suddenly deciding he didn't wish to go any further on that subject.
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