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"Kiyoshi Ketsueki," He said, pronouncing the name easily," It was Keith before Shiyaa adopted me, but he asked if I wanted it changed...."He shook Kuno's hand, smiling a bit.

"Kiyo's rather smart..." Shiyaa smiled fondly at the boy," Kiyo, he might start watching you for me, okay?" Kiyo merely stared at Shiyaa, then shrugged.

Kiyo shrugged, " Bring me places with books..." He said after a moment," I like books..and make sure you make me lunch at....what time do you cook, Mama?"

"One..." Shiyaa siad, blushing when Kiyo called him Mama.

" I like them...I'm trying to learn how to read right now so I can read big people books" Kiyo smiled, then looked at Shiyaa," Mama doesn't read them right. Guess moms can't read books very good."

Shiyaa laughed at this, ruffling the boys hair, " Cute, Kiyo."

" Am I what?" Kiyo said, pouting. He looked up at Shiyaa, who was just as confused. He pouted more, then blinked, " So, you'll read to me, then? That's all I need!" He smiled, clung to Shiyaa's leg now.

Kiyo nodded, going back to his seat. Shiyaa smiled," He seems okay with you, then.....are you sureit wasn't important...?" Shiyaa frowned at Kuno, running a hand through his hair before writing something on a scrap of paper, " My address..."

((Wow, the one day I'm not here everyone posts! xD;;;

First off, sorry for the sudden mini-disapearance. My axel finally decided to improve and I'm allllllmost there. I have less than a quarter rotation left. *no one here will understand this*

Secondly, Sona is absolutely right. We should all here be open and accepting towards the personal lives of others - we should just be happy people can get here at all. x3 Also, I would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY (time one million cadjillion billion) appriciate it if the two of you (Haides and Zakai) would make your replies longer. Try and give me at least a good four or five sentences. Even my English teacher (who is like the nicest lady in the histroy of the world) won't except a paragraph with less than five sentances. It's just.... icky. I undertsand that there are days of zero inspiration (after all, I have them quite often) but every post should not be that way. If you really need to, take a day or two off to reboot your mental capacity and then come back with energy and... litteracy. Remember, since litteracy is a rule in the RP if this continues, I may have to give you two a warning.

Also, thank you, Maduc Vin, for improving the length of your posts. Your efforts are never unnoticed - probably because I'm a geek and I read everything in my threads multiple times... when I have time. x3;;;

Lessee... what else... Uhm, towards Levvy: I don't really mind what time you make it... I had innitially intended to start this RP in morning (it was implied - although perhaps rather weakly - in my first post as Shadi. Also, pick any part of NYC you want. I don't know the city (a fault, I know - I don't have too much time for research) so it's basically whatever you want to make of it. There's no stress on you to be geographically accurate here. If I wanted everyone here to know the city, I would have supplied a map. xD Anyway, I'm directionally impared so don't worry about getting anything in that sense wrong. I seriously don't care as long as you don't do anything outlandish (such as some sort of giant rain forest suddenly sprouting out of the concrete jungle). Also, if you wish, feel free to join any of my characters (Shadi, who is in a coffee shop, Gervain, who is near a hospital, or Apple, who is on the street being molested by someone else's character). xD Pick your choose and I can post. I'm not at all picky... okay, well, I am... but I'm laid back.

And lastly, sorry for crapping up the space with too much OOC text. xD

Now onto the next post and actual replies!))

((Also, Hei, could you try and make yours a liiiittle longer? ;D; ))

"Apple..." he muttured, his expression skeptical. Having introduced himself, he took his name out of his pocket and began to eat it. It was a nice, juicy red fruit - a little too juicy and, as he was ot the neatest eater out there, small amounts of sticky, sweet juice dribbled down his chin and hand. His wide eyes stared up at the other, almost as if he were trying to assess just how crazy this guy was. In a sense, that was what he was doing... only not in any particularly orderly or sophisticated way. Apple was, after not, rather stupid. It was quite a pity, but it was true.

Leif polished off the juicey sandwhich and braced himself for heading back outside into the cold. He still had a long ways to walk before he got home. He refused to take the subway, he was, in secret, absolutely terrified to ride the subways. Underground, all that earth and building above him ready to collapse at any second through the same random act of god that had destroyed his old home. So he trudged onward, pausing for a moment in the sliding doors of a hospital. The warm breath of the inside thawed his chilling bones, but made him wince even more in the fierce wind that whipped through the city streets.