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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:09 pm
"Hurrrrryyy!!!" Stasio pleaded as he took Lily's hand in his two smaller hands and tugged with all his might. It was Sunday morning on a breezy July morning. The sky was as blue as ever with the morning sun shining on them as bright as ever as well. Anyone would tan or even burn if they stayed under this for too long! No clouds were there to cover the sun, yet it was still chilly for a summer day. The grass of peoples lawns were wet with dew as the night had been pretty harsh on the little guys that couldn't defend themselves.
Lily wore his fur rimmed black sweater and he even got a sweater for Stas. It was an old jacket from when Lily was in elementary school. It was a dark blue pullover with a turtle-like neck and a gold zipper going abour 1/5 of the way down the front of the shirt. It was still too large, thus resulting in draping well over his pale skinned thighs that were covered with his gray shorts. It almost looked like he wasn't wearing pants...
"The park's not going anywhere. It doesn't matter how fast or slow we get there..." Lily said in a ditsy sort of tone. He wasn't a morning person as could be seen from his looks. His hair was almost a mess and his clothing choices were atrocious. "We have all day. Slow down!" He told the young songbird, but still followed behind the little guy.
Stasio tugged and tugged without much success. Lily still walked as slow as he normally did. The little songbird was just wearing himself out. The dynamic duo eventually got to a point where there was only one more block to walk before they turned into the fenced area where the park and playground sat, waiting for them in all it's plastic, metal and wooden glory.
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:28 pm
Kabibe thanked the goddess that their playground was near the ocean, which therefor meant it was near Darcy. It's only been a couple of days since the little songbird had hatched and he was already shockingly attached to her. Even if he was water bound, he liked to watch over her (and he didn't mind getting a tan at the same time). The children's mother liked it for a different reason. She could watch both of her young kids at the same time.
"Mommy! Darcy?" The ever wet bird had gotten the hang of talk with not a bit of problems. Only four days old and she was starting to string together sentances. Kabibe had a hunch it was because she was a 'songbird', but it was simple a hunch. Darcy and her had decided on the name Varsana for the little girl. It was Sanskrit for the simple word 'rain', which fit the little girl. Her wings, as soft and feathery as they were, rained. It was quite bothersome on the carpets, but Kabibe didn't mind too much.
A sigh erupted from the older woman. First thing when she wakes up and she's already asking for her brother. "We're going. We're going." It wasn't too cold that morning, so the toddler's mother didn't bother with a jacket. Varsana hated them and unless it was very cold, they only served to make it worse. The poor girl would just soak them completely through and make herself wetter. Kabibe put on a light jacket (her african raised blood couldn't take the cold) and they were off.
It was only a short walk to the ocean and the park. She'd moved when she was given gaurdian-ship of Darcy so that she could go see him easier. It wasn't a shock to her that he was there waiting for them. His continuous swimming didn't let him sleep much, so he was an automatic morning person. "Darcyyy!" The moss footed girl toddled toward him at the fastest her little feet would let her.
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:34 pm
The sound of the ocean's waves, as they walked by it, soothed Lily as if it were a lullaby. but his dream ended as Stas tugged more and more until they saw it... The park. It was an exciting time for Stas. The park was filled with wonders including a fish pond and a playground. "Let's GGGOOO!!!" Stas said as he let go of Lily's hand and darted off into the park without Lily. He followed at the same speed when he was being tugged along by the toddler.
"Don't go too faaaaaaaaaarrrrr....." Lily's voice drifted as Stas ran at full speed towards the songbird as he weakly followed behind the general direction of where Stasio had run off to. Lily had already lost breath as he tried to catch up. "HEY STAS!" He called out "Let's go somewhere else!" He suggested. Stas refused wholeheartedly. He wanted to stay no matter what. Even if Lily were to just sit there and watch or fall asleep...
"I don't want to. I want to play with you here. on the swings and the slide and the monkey bars!" He said with a pout. He only got to play with his dad for 2 days that was slowly diminishing to one day due to overtime at Lily's work place. "You never play with me anymore." He said with a sniffle. Oh how Lily wished Reuben was here with Vergil or at least someone ELSE was here to play with Stas. He was easily amused, but Lily couldn't handle it so early in the morning.
"awww... there there. I didn't mean I don't want to play with you." Lily admitted to the boy before he could start an episode.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:48 am
For about ten minutes, Darcy and Varsana played together. They did everything from having splash fights to Darcying giving him little sister a ride on his back. She loved the water, but her feet currently caused her a bit of a problem. It made it hard to walk in the water because ever rock she stepped on would slip out from under her feet. Without Darcy, Kabibe probably wouldn't let her play in the water at all.
When the ten minutes was up there mother interrupted. "Come on kids. Darcy, I'm gonna have her play on the swingset some. We don't want her getting molder then she already is." She chuckled and pulled the sad girl away from the water. Kabibe felt a bit bad about dragging the two apart, but Varsana really needed to make some 'on land' friends. Currently the count was at zero.
"Moooooommmmm! I don't wanna play on sings! I want Darcy!" Rebelling was useless. She needed new friends and that was that. No arguing. But then there were tears. And a fit. And a scene.
"Oh god..."
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:07 am
Lily's eyes closed before hearing the faint cry of a child. His eyes shot open as he focused on where the voice came from. It wasn't the small sniffling coming from his own kid, but rather another kid who was farther off. "Come on Stas. Look over there at that girl. You could try go cheer her up and play with her." He suggested. Stas and whoever was over there crying seemed to need some form of cheering up.
"i-i don't want to. I wanna play with DAD." Stas whined to Lily.
"Stop it Stas. I will not tolerate temper tantrums. Now let's go and see what we can for those people over there." Lily said as he extended a hand towards the young boy to hold. The two walked over towards the strangers in the distance who seemed to be having a tough time. Stas wiped his eyes with his other arm as Lily led him towards the strangers.
"hi there." Lily said as the two arrived to the two young ladies. "You seem to have a little bit of trouble? Perhaps maybe your child could play with my Stasio? He sort of wants a friend too. Don't you?" He asked the purple headed boy.
"No! I want to play with dad!" He said with a whine. Lily gave him a glare and he pressed his ears down. "Okay... maybe I do want a friend to play with..." He said softly in an almost inaudible voice.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:24 am
"Darcyyy!" The cries of the child were loud enough for even the merboy to here yards away. He felt bad he couldn't cheer her up, but he was a bit...enmobile. His ears pinned back as he nibbled on a minnow. He didn't know if he should go or wait there.
"Varsana! Stop this instant. I am not going to have such an unrully daughter." Kabibe was certainly a loving mother, that wasn't hard to see, but she was a bit old fashioned. Even if she supported women's independence, she still expected girls to be well mannered. She felt it was a key difference in men. They are untamed and rude and woman had a handle on their composure. "Excuse our outburst. She doesn't quite know her manners yet. Yes, Varsana could use a friend quite a bit. Why don't you introduce yourself."
The songbird's lips were sealed instantly, but her tears were still rolling. She wanted her brother to play with, not this... purple haired boy. He didn't look mean, but he wasn't Darcy. "I want Darcy! Not him!"
Kabibe's nostrils flaired. She was apulled by this behavior. "Stop this instant! Introduce yourself, now, or you will not see Darcy until you learn to behave."
Her lip trembled, but she stepped forward and curtsed like she'd been taught. "H-hel-" sniff, "-lo... I-I'm Varsana..."
(XDDDD Excuse Kabibe's old-fashion-ness. She's strict with manners and being composed.)
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:34 pm
Lily jut smiled. This woman seemed to have quite a way with kids. But he could feel what she felt, just in smaller doses. "Don't worry. She seems like a dear." Lily said with a smile towards the young girl and her mom. "That's how Stas is. It's perfectly fine." He defended the young brown haired girl. To him, she seemed like a dear. He could relate to her difficulty. This wasn't the first time Stas was a little bit angry at something.
"Hi. My name's Stas!" He said with a smile now as he responded to her shy introduction. He didn't want to make her cry more or share the misery. Might as well try to make her cheer up, right? "I am not Darcy, but would you wanna play with me?" He asked as he tried to shy away. He was stopped by his dad's hand from behind. His feathers stood on end as he stepped forward and awaited for her reply to his request. Stas looked at her being and noticed... wings sprouting from her back. "Hey! You have wings too! Lots of people have wings now." He said as his eyes seemed to brighten up a little.
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:12 am
Kabibe nodded and smiled at the man before her. "Yeah, she's normally well mannered. She just needs to learn to be that way the majority of the time." Noticing that Varsana was steping back, she nuddged her forwward once again. Her other hand outstretched to shake the purple haired boy"s father. "Hello. I haven't introduced myself. My name is Kabibe and this is Varsana. You can call me Bobby, though."
This boy seemed nice... He noticed her wings! "Yeah! I has wingies!" Excitment over came her as she flapped her wings, causing a great splash of water across the boys face. "Oh noes! I-I sorry! They... they wet..." Her head lowered and her lip trembled. He'd surely be mad at her for making him all wet. She'd just never met anyone else with wings like her!
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:15 pm
Lily smiled as Varsana seemed shy. "That's okay." Lily said more to himself than to anyone around him. "Nice to meet you Kabibe. You can just call me Lily." He said with a shy smile. He found it ironic that this woman had a nickname like a boy while he, the nickname of a girls. He didn't want to say anything about it in case she felt offended about it.
Stas's eyes brightened as she seemed to cheer up when he mentioned her wings. The sudden splash surprised him, but he started to laugh. It was quite refreshing to him. "That is okay. They are so cool!" He said as he ran over to her and wanted to touch her wings with his own hands. "May i?" He asked before putting his small hands under her watery wings where they dripped with her. He had never seen wings like these before. Not even Vergil, one of his bestest friends in the world had wings like these!!
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:53 pm
Bobby gave an eyebrow raise and a long 'hmmm' at his name, but left it unspoken about. "A pleasure to meet you, Lily." She made a quick gesture toward a bench to sit on near the kids. She'd much rather sit than stand since it seemed like the kids might actually play together now.
"Go ahead." 'Sana giggled quite a bit at his amazement. Darcy and Mom had never made a big deal about them, so it was interesting that he was. "They make my feet mushy."
"Mossy, dear, mossy."
"Oh yeah. Mossy. Seeee?" She waved her foot in the arm, making seem like her couldn't see it if she didn't.
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:41 am
Stas was eager to dip his hands into the watery wings. When the water touched his fingertips, he knew they weren't illusions. "DAD LOOK!" He exclaimed happily to his dad, who was busy talking to the other guardian. Stas pouted and turned back to Varsana who seemed to have something ELSE to show him. At the sight of the mossy feet, he giggled softly. "They look like when dad wears wooly socks." He said as he covered his mouth as she moved them around.
Lily nodded and sat down at the bench that Bobby had gestured towards. He'd also much rather sit than stand, especially due to his gaming the previous night and lack of sleep because of it. "Varsana, you child, right?" Lily asked before possibly making the mistake of calling the girl by the wrong name, "She is quite unique, isn't she?" He asked. Lily didn't know whether or not to ask her if Varsana really was a songbird. He'd never seen one as unique as her, except for maybe Stas. Not every parent wakes up to find their first kid with wings, a horn and tail. And in Bobby's case, perhaps a girl with watery wings and mossy feet.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 pm
Bobby nodded at the man's question. "Yup. She's pretty odd. Her wings cause huge amounts of problems in the house. We still haven't figured out a way for them to keep from soaking the carpet." She took a good look at Lily's son, Stas. What interesting features he had! Cute horse like ears, a tail, and a horn. "Your Stas seems like quite an individual, also."
"Wooly socks? What those? Are they mushy?!" The little bird heard the word 'mossy' shouted at her from a distance, but ignored it. "What's that!?!" Varsana jumped back at the strange sight of the boy's tail. "It's hairy!" That thing scared her. Mom told her that hair was sposta be on your head, not your butt!
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:26 pm
"That must've been a pain!" Lily exclaimed. He would NEVER let Stas anywhere NEAR the carpet with anything, even if it was a half-filled cup of water with a sippy cup lid. "Hardwood and tiled floors would be more dangerous than carpets, wouldn't they?" Lily asked as he stared off into the distance while also keeping an eye on the kids before them. "But yes, Stas is quite a character. He's not like a normal kid. Many kids he meets aren't like normal kids though..." Lily said with a lopsided expression on his face, topped off with worried eyes. "I wonder how both of them would grow up to be. Varsana can't drip over everything when she's older. She'll have to go to school and stuff." Lily spoke with worry under his breath.
"They look mushy! They aren't mushy though." Stas said calmer after his outburst of expression. Stas' tail swished at her call outwards at a glance of his tail. "It's my tail!" Stas said as he swished it around. "isn't it normal?" He said with a questioning look on his face. But looking back, no one else at the preschool had tails... or horns... Only his friend Vergil had wings too. "I-isn't it...?" Stas' voice quivered a little as he asked again. He didn't want to be 'out of the loop' of what was right.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:15 pm
Kabibe gave a great big sigh. "It is. All my carpets are soaked." The memories of Varsana's bed made her cring, but luckily Lily changed to subject quickly. "Haha. Much like Varsana isn't a normal little girl. Currently, she's not allowed around electronics. I'm much too afraid that she'll get an electric shock.'
"I don't. But. You don't has mushy feet or wet wingies, eithers." His quivering lip made Varsana sad. She didn't know why he was sad, but she did what her mom did when she was sad. Varsana leapt forward and gave him a big, friendly hug. "No be sad! I wikes your taiw! What it feel wike?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:17 pm
"Ick. That's for safety though. It would be a shame to see her hurt." Lily said. "She's such a sweetie." He said with a smile as he watched her kid and his own kid chat. "It's still a good habit to get kids into even if they don't have watery wings." Lily said. He had never taught Stas to stay away from the electric plugs. All of the ones in the house were either used or too high and hidden for the little one to see.
"That's what makes you so... so... COOL!" Stas said as he waved his hands out in front of him. At the hug, he felt safe. He loved hugs. Hugs from his dad and hugs from his dad's friends were always nice. and he loved them. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back, giving him wet arms, but a hug full of warmth. "It feels like a tail." Stas said as they parted. He wiped his arms on his shorts, making two thick streaks on his grey shorts that would soon disappear. "it doesn't feel any different." He said as he waggled it from side to side.
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