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 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:21 am
((OOC: *grin* Ok...I'm writing this so you can add to the dinner scene or not, whichever you prefer. We need something to spice this up, unless you want it to be a nice little dinner with nothing exciting. Heh, the kids could so totally decide to try their powers...))
Megan giggled at Raleigh when he got his hand slapped, but a look from AriyaLauna hushed her quickly. AriyaLauna said the blessing, saying a prayer that was little longer than most families bothered with, but was personal and meaningful to her. After that, there really wasn't any organization to the dinner. Megan apparently forgot that this was something special, and began babbling and eating like normal, talking excitedly about presents and Santa and vacationing down south with AriyaLauna. AriyaLauna put in her two bits every now and then, reminding Megan that Christmas wasn't about the presents, but the birth of Jesus. Megan only rolled her eyes and mocked AriyaLauna to Raleigh when her guardian wasn't looking. Overall, on AriyaLauna and Megan's side, nothing extraordinary seemed to happen.
After she was finished eating, Megan took her dirty plates to the sink, and then came back, all ready to steal Raleigh again for some more fun and games. Playstation, outside, whatever, she didn't care. Just so long as they had fun!
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:35 am
Ooc: Soon my dear, very soon. Hehe. =D
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Raleigh had never had to sit through a blessing before so by the time it was over he shuffling in his seat, only kept from reaching for the food by a glare from Ruriska. She wasn't sure about the blessing either but she kept her mouth shut and just sat through it. "Finally!" As soon as it was over Raleigh reached for the food, and began eating ravenously. Ruriska tucked in likewise.
During the course of the meal Raleigh ate, gave Megan condescending looks whenever she mentioned Santa, or chuckled when she send something somewhat amusing. Ruri was busy eating and replying to snippits of conversation with Ariya. In fact, it seemed a rather happy meal. At one point Raleigh did throw a couple of peas at Megan and then at Ruriska, but stopped when she threw a carrot back at him.
Pushing the chair back from the table Raleigh followed Megan, ready to do whatever.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:47 am
"Alright!" Tired of being cooped up inside, Megan instead lead Raleigh outside, "Whatcha wanna do? There really isn't nothing here..." she looked around the backyard for something, "I wish I hadda dog...We got balls to throw around, or rings to toss... we can make mud balls to throw at the grownups when they come out..."
AriyaLauna shook her head as they left off, "I can't believe how much she talks. I could hardly get a word out of her before." she picked up the dishes around, "Raleigh's looking a lot better," she offered a sideways compliment. The boy was beginning to look like a boy rather than a stray animal. It was uplifting to AriyaLauna.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:59 am
Raleigh followed her out into the backyard, giving her a sidelong look when she mentioned a dog. It reminded him of Yasuo all alone back home. "I can make you a dog." He offered with a sly grin, hands behind him back. She would probably say no and then he'd suggest playing with the ball. Raleigh glanced at the darkened sky, hoping it wouldn't snow.
"You could try gagging her." Ruri joked as she began helping with the dishes. "Yeah, he doesn't look like he just came off the streets anymore although I did always find that look kinda cute. His personality is still the same. Stubborn little creep he is." The woman laughed, a fond smile on her face.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:07 am
"Really? Think you could?" Megan's eyes lit up, "That'd be so cool!" she paused, "I wonder if I could make a dog too. They said I can do whatever power the other person can do. Wanna try? We could hide in my fort," Megan pointed to some bushes.
"I have, but she got smart and started hiding the duct tape! Go figure." AriyaLauna let Ruriska start helping, always having thought that shared clean-up was one of the better times she had, since there weren't any ackward pauses, "He must be quite the fighter. He has that look about him." AriyaLauna smiled a bit, encouraging Ruri to talk about Raleigh. She kind of liked the way they interacted, and how Ruriska really looked after him. Maybe she'd judged the woman too quickly.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:14 am
"Well... I guess I could make one and then you could copy..." Raleigh didn't like the idea of anyone copying his powers, but he had a full belly and presents were coming really soon so he was feeling fairly relaxed. Moving towards the bushes, he picked up twigs, leaves and other such items along the way. "Let's give it a go."
"He's a little s**t. Selfish, obstinate, rebellious. Haha, he sure is a fighter. Threw a fork at me once, near when we first met of course. After realizing that I wasn't going to take that crap he stopped." Ruri liked this subject. With a bright smile on her face she talked, picking up the plates and taking them to the kitchen. "But he's a great kid all the same. Loves things clean. His room is utterly spotless I tell. He's also very determined; you should see him during his training session. That kids does not like giving in." Ruri continued to ramble on.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:31 am
"OK!" Megan agreed readily, completely happy and very excited about that idea. She mimiced Raleigh, picking up dead stuff as she went along, "It'd better be kinda small, I dunno if I can do somethin' big, and Miss. Ariya might let me keep a small dog...Is it hard?"
AriyaLauna almost giggled, but held herself. She had already run the water and was beginning to wash the cups, "If Megan and he get into a fight then, we'll be in trouble. She's not particularly violent, but is a stubborn mule too. I wish I could get her to train, it worries me, she keeps telling me that she doesn't even have powers now."
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:48 am
"I'm not sure of yours will look very good... for a first timer." Even though Raleigh was willing to go along with it, even if only to show off, he was beginning to wish he hadn't brought the subject up. Taking away a life hurt him immensely and he'd already decided to never make his creatures unless he really needed them. So with a frown on his face Raleigh entered the 'secret base', making sure that they were well concealed if anyone should come out looking for them. Kneeling on the ground he set the twigs and leaves out before him, gathering some more from the many bits and pieces littered around him.
Letting Ariya do the dishes, Ruri leant against the counter. "Heh. That would be a sight to see. What does Megan do anyway? She asked with a raised eyebrow. "I don't think I've ever seen her use her powers."
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:10 am
Megan thought about that, still mimicing Raleigh's set-up, "Can't hurt to try, and Photon and the bad people and Miss Ariya all say I gotta try sometime. Now's as good as time as any," she was justifying herself, really, trying to get up the courage to do this. She really hated the idea of having powers, and was beginning to have second thoughts. But she wasn't going to let Raleigh know that. No way! She's wasn't some sissy!
"She copies other people's powers," AriyaLauna winced, "I've seen it, and she was lucky not to get herself killed. It scares her too much. Does Raleigh ever have problems with his?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:30 pm
"Ok um..." Raleigh wasn't sure how this was supposed to work. "Well, I guess I'll make it and then you... copy or something." Cupping his hands around the dead material he closed his eyes and let out a deep breath. The power came easily to his grasp. A smile formed on his lips. Small. Puppy. That was all he needed. The rest could come from within, randomly. The leaves and twigs began to flow together, melting and reforming. From his hands a slow tingle travelled, his mind slowly beginning to feel a strong weight, as if slowly being crushed. Breathing became harder, and then... it was over. Opening his eyes Raleigh looked down at the small funny looking puppy thing as it wriggled in a heap, tryign to get used to its new body.
"Depends on what you classify as problems. Raleigh had accepted and loves his powers. It's apart of him. The only problem we get is the power itself, which seems very capable of causing bad emotional problems. But we're trying to work with it." Ruriska shrugged. Yeah, they'd had a couple of problems with the taking and giving of life but that was about it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:20 am
"Ok..." Megan watched Raleigh about halfway through, then frowned. How was he doing that? Well...She never knew how Spark or Flashcharge did anything, so... She took a breath and cupped her hands around the stuff she'd gathered, again mimicing Raleigh.
Nothing happened at first, Megan kept telling herself over and over that her powers should just WORK... Go, go, go powers! Go....No? She opened an eye to see Raleigh's concentrated look, and then the wriggly thing as he finished. She pursed her lips, determination taking hold now. Like THAT... Twigs and leaves and stuff, make something cool and wriggly and alive like that!
For her complete concentration on trying to get dead things to become a live thing, Megan hardly noticed when it began to work, and the feeling she felt as it worked, until it was done and over and she just knew. She pulled her hands away and looked down. Well, yeah, she'd made something wriggly and alive, and Megan thought it was pretty cool, though it wasn't really puppy like. It had too front legs, and a mobile tail that it used to sit up on and help it move, and something that...vaguely...looked like a puppy head, it had floppy ears, and a tongue with a floppy mouth, each made out of leaves, but no eyes or teeth. It was small, too. It could sit comfortably on the outstretched hand of a large man.
"I did it! Lookie, Raleigh! That's SO COOL!" Megan squealed excitedly, and impulsively gave Raleigh a sideways hug, "It's weird-looking..." Megan poked the tip of what would be a nose on a regular dog. It shook it's head and pranced it's feet a little, "Eee!"
AriyaLauna nodded, "Poor kids. They've got some quick growing up to do. I can't imagine people being able to deal well with powers NOW... At their age," she shook her head, "I wonder what causes these changes. It can't just be random mutations...And it's also a wonder more people aren't just killed by it. Most mutations do that."
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:12 am
The puppy scratched idly at the ground, before turning it's head to stare up at Raleigh. But its master was too busy with other things to pay attention to its searching gaze, he was busy watching Megan's attempt to copy his powers. His energy was returning quickly, so he absently reached down to pat his creation on the head. The link that connected it to him had already snapped, leaving the puppy as a separate entity. Raleigh was caught between a frown and a smile as he thought over how Yasuo would take this new arrival. He probably wouldn't care, that dog was seriously lacking in personality, just like everything else Raleigh had created. Personality didn't compute when he tried to incorportae it into the creation process. But maybe after spending some time with them they'd show some spark of self... at least he hoped.
Oh dear lord she was doing it. If he.'d been a dog Raleigh's hackles would be rising right now. It seemed wrong for someone else to be doing what was his and only his, feeling thus he had to fight not to knock her over and stop what she was doing. When it was finally done he forced a smile as she exclaimed excitedly, but couldn't keep it in place when he looked down at what looked more like a pile of leaves than a living creature. Ok, so yeah, his was made out of leaves too but that thing was just... "It looks sick. My one could eat yours." Not exactly encouraging, but considering the fact that he felt like smooshing it in his hand, well... 'it looks sick' wasn't all that bad.
"Ya know, I've never really thought about where the powers come from and I don't care." Ruriska smoothed down her hair with a hand, smiling a little. "I know Raleigh will be able to deal with whatever comes his way. He has a very strong spirit." Her voice had a been a little airy as she spoke, and realizing it Ruri shook her head, clapping her hands together. It wouldn't be good for Ariya to get a wrong impression of her. Chuckling in delight Ruri pushed herself away from the counter and moved towards the fridge. "Enough of that. Got any booze?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:40 am
Megan was too excited to let Raleigh's statement annoy her, "It's NOT sick. You're just seein' things!" she stated, then began to scoot out, grabbing up her little creature with little regard to the poor thing, "I'm gonna go show Miss Ariya!"
AriyaLauna's expression didn't change much at the beginning of Ruriska's talk, but toward the end she looked a bit stern, "Nope. I don't drink it. Nasty stuff. I have plenty of other drinks though," she smiled a bit, "Megan has me all turned around buying some sort of juice everytime we go out." She looked away, figuring this conversation would die out quickly, she was already floundering for ideas of what to speak with this woman with who she had nothing in common.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:31 am
Aww s**t, what as Ruri going to say? She'd forbidden him from using his powers outside of the house. The reasoning: his creations creeped her out and since he didn't want to kill them she had to suffer them wandering dead-eyed around the house, which was seriously not a good thing. Plus they scared her beloved little kitten Samurai. It had nothing to do with the fact that Charles didn't want anyone using their powers yadda, yadda. It was just Ruriska's somewhat selfish reasoning. "Alright, let's get this over with." Glaring daggers at Megan and her new pet, Raleigh scooped his puppy into his arms and began walking towards the house.
"Tsk. You know Ariya, you miss out on a hell of a lot." Ruri remarked, not at all interested in drinking fruit juice at Christmas. You'd think she'd at least have some punch or something. Rolling her eyes a little Ruri turned around after hearing a door slam nearby, to find Raleigh in the doorway holding... Ruriska's eyes narrowed. "You've got to be kidding me." Raleigh hadn't bothered to wait for Megan, he'd wanted to get the confrontation out of the way, plus he liked seeing Ruri angry, so it was only right to barge in there straight away.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:47 am
Megan was unaware of Raleigh's concern, holding her little...thing...closely. She followed behind Raleigh, though, too busy examining it to stay beside Raleigh as he stormed inside.
"So do you, Ruriska," AriyaLauna gave Ruriska an almost pitying look, but turned along with her when the door slammed. She blinked in surprise at Raleigh's creation, "Where's Megan?" she demanded, fearing the child had taken off the moment he'd started to use his powers.
"Here! I'm heeere!" Megan walked in as AriyaLauna spoke, eyes flashing excitedly, "Lookit what I did!" she held the thing up triumphantly. It rocked unsteadily on her hand before hooking its tail around a finger to keep from falling off.
AriyaLauna looked surprised a moment, glancing uncertainly at Ruriska, and then braving to put on a smiling face, "Good job, Megan! See? It wasn't that bad at all. But, sweetie, you really shouldn't have done that alone...." she looked back at Ruriska, waiting her command with Raleigh to figure what needed to be done with the little creation.
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