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 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:35 pm
Erich had never been taught to not play with his food, and thus the cookie they had given him to nibble on had become a playmate first, snack second. Right now the cookie was a wheel, and the little boy was making sounds that probably sounded like an epic race car in his head, but ended up more like raspberry spits outloud. He crawled around on the floor making his cookie-wheel do pretty epic and physics defying stunts, at a complete disregard for the techs that were forced to watch him until his (very late) Guardian arrived.
The technicians didn't really pay the small boy much mind...in fact they basically ignored him. Tapping a foot or a pen against a clipboard out of annoyanced and boredom. The spawn though...Pepper didn't like the white coats...didn'tlike they seemed to be gaurding the tyke on the floor who was playing with a cookie. Growling he moved up to the techs who eye'd him nervously. He gave them a fanged smile.
"I'll look after the kid now..." He stated rather firmly, the techs looked to each other and then back to him.
Pepper squatted down to look Erich over, what a strange looking kid. "You want that ..." He looked over him again, "Cookie monster?"
Erich stopped what he was doing when something red appeared in his peripherial vision. 'Stopped' of course meant RIGHT in the middle of what he was doing; so his arm was extended and his cheeks were puffed out, tongue peeking between his lips and his eyes wide. With a hum he fell back onto his bottom, retracting his tongue and wiping his mouth with the back of a chubby little hand. Hum...this person looked familiar! But where? Eyes fell on the cookie on his lap...then back up to the red skinned new comer...then back to the cookie. With a wide grin and squinting, he pointed at him. "Kookieh!" The funny things on his skin made him look like the chocolate chip cookie he was holding! Different colours though...but still, cookie!
Pepper chuckeled and then reached down to gently poke at the cookied in his hand. "Yes that is a cookie." He replied, he could be so patient with spawn...though with the techs he had a rather short temper. "You wanna play with me short stuff?" He prompted again, kneeling so that he was about eye level with the runt.
Erich stared wide eyed as the giant cookie man knelt down to him. He completely missed the poking of the cookie, so to him? The giant cookie admitted to being a giant cookie. Giggling happily, he put his actual cookie on his knee and made a very extended grabbing motion at the red and gray cookie man. "Pway! Pway! Kookieh-man pway!"
Cookie man? He gave a bit of a raised eyebrow at the nickname but he hissed at the two techs who jumped. "You heard the boy, get out of here.."
"B..but his gaurdian shou..should be here soon.." Protested the female of the pair, she backed away seeing the way his eyes narrowed.
"I'll watch the runt. Now get out of here." He groweled as he went to scoop the boy up into his arms. "Climb on squirt."
The little spawn was totally and blissfully unaware of the fear and discomfort the giant cookie man was given to the milk people that were watching him. The moment he could, he grabbed his cookie and settled in the man's arms, giggling like a maniac the entire time. A ride from a cookie man! Fun! Erich chewed on his tongue for a moment, then leaned over to lick then gnaw curiously on one of the gray spots, wondering if he TASTED like a cookie or not.
Pepper jerked a bit and then looked at the kid who was chewing on him. "Hey now...don't break your teeth on those...they are quite hard." He cautioned, wondering if the tyke was hungrier for more than just cookies. "Hey want me to find you something really tastey?" He inquired as he didn't really want the boy chewing on the rock like protrusions on his body.
Erich made a face then he discovered that...this giant cookie was either a giant STALE cookie, or was a flavor that was so gross. He wrinkled up his nose and pawed at his own tongue, deciding to fix that bad taste in his mouth by eating his actual cookie. It was a messy treat, cookies. The offer made his already big eyes widen. "Yesh! Yummies now!" Mouth covered in crumbs, the little boy started to bounce in the (not tastey) cookie man's arms, glowing brightly in joy.
Pepper laughed and nodded his head, "Hold on then," he stated as he stood up and then bolted forward past the two flabergasted techs and then onwards to the lab coat lounge. THere should be doughnuts there. He would let the boy eat them all since he didn'tlike treats. He slowed once he felt that he was far enough away and then looked down at the glowing kid.
"What's your name short stuff?"
Erich shrieked in joy when everything started moving, his chubby little hands grabbing onto whatever piece of the Untasty Cookie Man that he could reach. They slowed down and he stared around them with big eyes, chewing on his bottom lip. Name? Yes he had a name, but what was it again? Humm... "Kookieh Mawnsta?" He said hopefully; The weird man had called him that once, right? Oh, but that didn't sound right though... "Showt Stuff?" Hmmm that name didn't sound right, either! Geez, he knew this one! "Hum, Nah nah naaaaah.....Ewich! Eeeeewich, yous?"
Pepper gave a laugh running his fingers delicately through the hair mane the kid had. Funny kid. "Ewich huh?" neat name he thought to himself, he shot a thumb to himself, "I am Pepper." he explained as he then tossed the kid lightly into the air so he could readjust the positioning. catching him again he then looked the kid over.
The touch to his mane made him giggle and squirm as though tickled, but otherwise didn't hurt. "Peppa" Erich repeated, sniffling and rubbing his nose with the back of his hand; well, THAT'S why he didn't taste good! "Peppa, nawt kookieh man." He clarified, mostly for himself than for Pepper. Cackling in joy at the little toss, Erich found himself staring at the bigger man, hanging out in whatever position he was caught in. "Hiiiiiiii Peppa." He grinned, catching his crooked tail between his toes.
"Yep you got it down, little squirt." He replied with a nod of his head. He was walking as they talked and he tossed the boy again up into the air to see what other interesting noises he could make. Catching him he paused in front of a door and then using a foot kicked it open. There was muffeled screams and someone spilled their coffee but non stopped him as he walked over...transfered the boy to one hand and then claimed the box of doughnuts with the other and then walked out. Leaning over he used his teeth to open the box and then offered them to Erich.
Erich cackled again when tossed, making a little 'oof' noise when caught again. The kicking of the door didn't phase him, but he looked interested in the screaming. People were in trouble? "Hiiiii! Why scweamin? In twubble?" He told the room, looking around. There was nothing scary here! People were weird. Before he knew it though, he was no longer in the room...but that was okay because their was doughnuts! Squealing happily and glowing for the same reason, Erich took three of them; two in one hand for later, one in the other for now, and chewed happily on them. "Fankhoo Pehpah" He mumbled, his mouth ful.
The teen was tall as well a bit of a goof, he was only angry at grown ups it seemed and the white coats were all on his bad guy list. He watched as Erich took a bite out of a doughnut rather surprised he just didn't swallow the thing whole . "Hahaha I wonder if you could beat my friend in an eating contest." He wondered thinking back to Dane and how he could basically eat anything and he'd watch his belly grow and grow.
"Yesh." Erich said around his doughnuts. He didn't know who the friend was, or how old he was, or what kind of food was involved, but he was pretty sure he could beat him. "Twy now?" He was hopeful, maybe a little bit eager, for an eating contest. Still, he made himself cozy against Pepper, chewing happily on his doughnuts and grabbing more when his mysteriously disappeared.
"Naaah I don't do the sweet stuff. And I haven't seen Dane around in a while." He replied with a nod of his head. He did miss Dane though, wondered what he was up to lately. "Hey lets see how many you can eat in ten seconds!" he announced the game going to put Erich down as well the box of treats. He sat down on the ground heavily his long hair drapping over his shoulder bones. Most people would of been creeped out by his golden eyes that didn't reflect light. "Come on, I will count to ten and you have to see how many you can eat okay?"
Not like sweets?! Pepper was crazy! The boy found himself on the ground with the box of yummy things...and there was a contest issued! Erich stared at Pepper and his weird eyes, wrinkling up his nose for a moment...something was weird about then! But that didn't matter, there was a contest! He didn't know how to count, but that was perfectly okay in his books! "Yesh! Weady....nooow!" He didn't even wait for a starting countdown; he just started eating the doughnuts as fast as he could, somehow managing to not choke on them.
Pepper watched still astounded the sheer...verocity that glutton spawn could eat with. He counted outloud for the boy to keep track. "one.....two..." he spoke watching as the doughnuts dissapeared one after another jeeze he hoped the kid didn't choke on them, "three ...four....five..." He continued wondering why he got a sense of dejavue ...he hadn't met this kid before. "six...seven...eight...nine.........ten."
Erich ate until he heard 'ten', then stopped and swallowed what he had in his mouth, pawing lightly at his lips...then belching. Giggling, he peered into the box, leaning right down into it so his face nearly disappeared. "Whooooa yummies all goan!" He cackled happily, lifting his head and putting the box on it like a hat. "Ewich do good?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:39 pm
Pepper picked up the box and flipped it over a few crumbs drifting out of the rather empty box.
"Yeah i'd say squirt...you ate them all," He gave a low whistle as he leaned over to then use his free hand to poke the kids belly. "Now your a gaint belly doughnut." He teased liking his pun as he usually couldn't think up those sort of things.
Erich did that giddy cackling laugh again when his belly was poked, grabbing at the offending hand before curling up like a little potatoe bug with Pepper's hand caught. "Belly doughnut!" He squeaked out with a giggle, headbutting the not-tastey arm. "Milk men aw funny! But Kookieh man ish weeeeeal fun-fun-un...s'not tasteh, but fun."
Pepper found it really funny that he was being called a cookie man. As well the technicians in white were milk. Was food all that he thought about he pondered as he found his hand covered with kid.
"Hey now...I thought you didn't like how I tasted." He stated moving to bring the kid closer to him and prying him off gently. "Are you full? Or do we need to go find you more food?"
"No like, gwooooossssss~" Erich made a face, including sticking out his tongue in disgust. He found his captured hand to be taken back, and he uncurled himself, rubbing at one of his big eyes with a fist. "Hummmm aaaalll full. Thuhsty!" The spawn whined, pawing at his poor, dry mouth. Doughnuts made his mouth all cotton-y! "Pepah has dwink stuffs?"
Pepper looked ove rhis shoulder, the techs would only have coffee and he didn't care get a toddler hyped up on that stuff. He then pondered and poked the boy again in the belly much like a commercial he saw once upon a time. Something about a dough boy.
"yeah sure squirt. Bet i can break the vending machine for you." he stated with a shrug as he was pretty sure he could anyway. He never had cash on him so he scoop Erich up and went to help him onto his shoudlers and back. "Hold onto the bones." he instructed.
"Bweak?" Erich parroted in awe. He could break something? But those machines looked...tough! Maybe Pepper was like, uber strong? The boy squealed in glee when he was lifted onto Pepper's shoulders, grabbing and clinging to the fun boney things, then trying to watch him. This should be cool!
Pepper walked and jogged and tried to make the trip to the machine interesting, he knew how little kids tend to have attention spans of nill. So he made rowring sounds and stomped along pretending to be a huge monster hoping to get giggles out of Ewich..or Ewoke..he wasn't too sure at this point. When they arrived he patted Erich's side and then hunckered down to let the little one slip off.
"Time to get off buddy. I dun want you to get hurt."
Erich was...suitably entertained throughout the entire trip. He pretended to be a pirate captain when Pepper became a rowboat, or roared like a fearsome monster when he stomped around. He'd never had so much fun before! The little one's cackling laughter echo'd through the hallways, and he hugged onto whatever part of his cookie-resembling friend that he could. "Huwt is baaaaad" He agreed, hopping off of Pepper and stepping back, chewing on his thumb and staring wide eyed.
Pepper looked to Erich and then picked him up by the shoulders and moved him a bit further away from the machine as he then nodded his head judging it was safe enough distance. He had never attempted this before..though he had always pictured doing it before when he was younger.
"Watch this," He proclaimed hoping he didn't make a fool out of himself in front of a toddler as he went up to the machine, smart enough to unplug the damn thing first before he grabbed onto the small line that showed where the front opened. Grunting he bunched his muscles and then went about trying to pull the front off.
At first there was nothing...and then a sound like a crack sounded. He wasn't so strong to rip the machine apart but pure stubborness was what kept him at it until it had split far enough apart he could reach inside and grab the kid something to drink. He wondered what he would want...and so grabbed just about one of everything and set about rolling them one by one to the small boy.
Erich wiggled happily when he was moved; probably not making the move easy on Pepper in the slightest. The young one stared in wide eyed awe as, by his account, the vending machine was ripped totally in half, crying out in agony over losing to the much stronger (and way cooler) Pepper. "WOOOOOW!" He shrieked out, jumping on the spot and clapping his hands. "PEPAH'SO COOOOL!" Cackling with happy laughter, he lost his balance with all the jumping and fell onto his rear with an oof noise, grinning and making a fort around him with drinks. "Yaaaaaaay Pepah Kookieh Man!"
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:43 pm
Pepper grinned knowing that someone was going to attempt to yell at him for breaking the vending machine but he didn't care. He wuold just growl at them and they would probably just back off like normal. He gathered a few more of the drinks in his arms and then went over to help the small kid build his fort.
"Hey squirt I thought you said you were thirsty.." He scolded lightly with a smirk on his face.
"Not Squht! Ewich!" He insisted with a giggle, not looking at Pepper but still building the fort of drinks. "Vewy thuhsty." Nodding as if to solidify the point, he continued to build, wriggling with excitement when the bad tasting Cookie Man helped him. Once the fort was done, he looked around at the selection...and found that the drink he wanted? Yeah, it was right at the bottom. A nice corner piece. Sure there was probably another one like it higher up, but he wanted that one! Reaching out he tugged and pulled at that can of pop until he got it, nearly destroying the entire fort in the process...cans and bottles flying and clanking everywhere. "Yaaaaay! Peppa open pwease?" He giggled, his eyes wide with innocence, holding the brightly coloured soda out for help.
Pepper laughed as suddenly the kid acting like some kind of monster destroyed his own fort. Cans rolled everywhere and though he made a half asss attempt to gather them up he was soon distracted by the plea from the pint sized kid.
"Yeah sure Ewoke." He teased as he took the can and used the very tip to try and open the can. IT failed..and annoyed he used his thumb claw to act like something to puncture a hole in the top. Figureing it was safe enough he handed the drink back over.
"Drink it down."
Erich didn't seem to notice the new name he was given; he was too busy watching Pepper try to open the very brightly coloured can. He squealed happily, clapping when the drink was punctured, and took it to drink form the moment he could. Of course, the awkwardness of the hole made him spill a bit, but in the end, he still got what he wanted. Aaah, a drink.
Thae had been wandering the hallways for what seemed like ever; at least it might have been forever, but it could also have just been five minutes. It was hard to tell, she was getting bored. The technicians had pointed down a hallway and ran; certainly that was not good customer service! So the doppleganger had taken to wandering, looking for the little...thing...called Erich that she was asked to take home.
Soon enough she came across a fallen can of pop...then another, and another...and after following them like a bread trail, she found the two odd...things, sitting in the room. One small and holding a drink, the other...rather intimidating. Either way, they were the first of anything she'd seen!
"Um, excuse me? I'm looking for an...Erich?"
Pepper jerked his head up as he heard the sound of footsteps, hackles raised as he still had a rather large distrust for adults even though he was nearly an adult himself .
"No such kid here...just Ewoke." He stated as he put an arm protectively around the kid and pulled him to him. Knocking more cans over as he analyzed the woman before him.
Gold eyes watched her every move and he seemed rather hostile..
"Ewoke? What's an Ewoke?" Thae said, her angled eyes widening a bit when the scary looking man seemed to get hostile. Naturally, she took a step back, giving the man and the boy their space. "Then...maybe...do you know where I can find it? They said something about taking it home...?"
Erich had finished his pop and found himself pressed against the funny tasting man, blinking his big eyes in curiousity. Ooh, something was happening! He peered at the woman in the room with them...she was looking for an Erich? "Oh oh oh! I'ma Ewich! Me me!" He squealed, waving an arm. "Hiiiiii I'm an Ewich! And this is Peppa! Peppa's notta kookieh!" Yes, very helpful.
"Um...I'm...I'm confused. Ewoke? Erich?" The poor woman looked thoroughly confused. Oh man, she needed a computer!
Pepper wanted to groan good job kid...he was trying to save him from going to a possible adults home. He would much rather look after the boy himself than let this strange woman take him.
His ears twitched slightly as he went to stand up, scooping Erich up with him. Pulling himself to his rather...massive height, he was already past six feet and still growing. He stared at the woman. There was something disturbingly different about her. An innocence he wasn't use to when it came to adults. Looking annoyed he shifted Erich in his arms and poked his doughnut and pop filled belly. "What do you say Ewoke? Are you Erich or Ewoke?"
Thae herself was about five-seven in height, and her green eyes stared up at the man who, by all accounts, just seemed to get bigger and bigger. Also pointy. Very pointy. With eyes that didn't reflect. Weird! Very very interesting, but weird! As interested as she was, she kept her distance; new to the world or not, she still had a survival instinct. Her gaze shifted to the gray boy...waiting for him to make a choice.
Erich looked...conflicted. He giggled when he was poked, grabbing and holding Pepper's finger...but that wasn't the issue here! Was he an Ewoke or an Erich? Hrm, Ewoke probably meant he could stay with the uber cool Pepper, but being an Erich was something the milk men told him he was! The little boy chewed on his thumb, looking from Pepper to Anethae.
"Bof?" He suggested, tilting his head. "Bof! Be Ewoke wif Peppa an' Ladyface can visit an' I can beeeee Ewich!" Yes, genius!
Pepper groaned again silly kid...not that he should of expected much from a toddler. With a sigh he ruffeled the kids mowak styled fin hair. It was neat..and brightly colored he found himself growing attatched to the boy probably like with everyone he ever made friends with. He felt possesive and protective even though he had only just met the kid. He moved over towards the lady figuring that he could learn more about her if he got closer.
"If you want him...come get him." He stated now standing about five feet away holding Erich with his arm under his bum. He certianly didn't look friendly enough to just hand the kid over..
This time, Anethae stayed where she was. He was coming towards her, knowingly invading her space...not that this was her space to begin with! She kept her green eyes on the other adult once he started moving and right through until he stopped...and challenged her? That certainly sounded like a challenge! Hrm...what to do?! Her hands fidgeted at her sides, trying to think of how to proceed. The Techs wanted her to take Erich, but this man...didn't! Her mind ran through the website that documented how to greet people and meet potential conflicts easily...but she couldn't remember all of it. Something about...being polite?
So she stepped foward a little bit, just one step, and held out her right hand like she recalled the article dictating...and like she had practiced in front of a mirror. "My name is Anethae! I'm told it is probably much easier to just call me Thae...it is very nice to meet you." She said, trying to sound as polite as she possibly could. "Please, may I take Erich home with me?" The techs asked her to do so, after all!
It hadn't been what Pepper was expecting he gave her a raised eyebrow at the offered hand and he ignored it. Not because he didn't want to shake her hand...his claws just were ..a bit of a bad idea to be going around grasping other peoples limbs. But it was enough. She was polite, not arrogant she didn't smell wrong in his mind...but he took a deep breath trying to catagorize her scent in his brain. His nostrils flared and then he looked to Erich again and then moved to hand the kid over to her.
"Here you go then Ewoke. You make sure you tell your lady friend here to bring you over okay? Or I'll come and stalk you in your dreams." He joked though it sounded rather serious.
The otherworldly doppleganger looked confused that he didn't take her hand, and after a moment of just standing there, she lowered the limb, watching the way the man adjusted the toddler to hold him out. Naturally Thae took him, holding the giggling gray mass against her chest. "Thank you very much." Thae said politely.
"Wooooow!" Erich said in awe, staring at Pepper. He could dream stalk?! That was awesome! Still, he clung to Thae. As much as he loved Pepper, he was told he was going home with this lady. "Come over loooots~!" He agreed with an overly enthusiastic nod of his head.
"...Peppa?" Thae parroted cautiously, trying to get the man's attention and unable to figure out if that was really his name. "If you would like...I can give you my - our - home address? You may visit as often as you wish!" Because the man Erich called Peppa certainly seemed protective of him, and very attached to him. Besides, it was good to have friends, right? No matter how scary and pointy they were.
Pepper rolled his shoudlers when Erich left his arms, it felt strange giving a kid up...he really didn't want to and it took all strength of willpower to not snatch the kid back. He had resolved to trust the woman for now. He blinked a bit at the offer of giving him their address.
"It's Pepper, "He corrected it was one thing for a toddler to mix up his name another for an adult. "And yeah sure address would be cool." He state with a nod of his head. He looked around for paper and finding some he had a rather lacking of pen. Eh..he'd use his claw.
"Shoot."
"Pepper." Thae repeated with a nod. Pepper...that made more sense then Peppa but still...what a strange name to give someone! Okay, maybe it wasn't that strange, Pepper the spice was...remarkably similar to the personality this frightening Pepper man exhibited. Only she didn't feel the need to sneeze around him. She bounced a rather giggling little boy in her arms, holding him like she'd seem Pepper hold him, and watched while he looked for a piece of paper.
"...Oh! Actually, here." Shifting Erich to one arm, she dug in her back pocket and took out a rather worn and well used looking paper...but it looked delicately used, like she took great care in keeping it safe. She cautiously stepped forward, holding it out. "I always write it down, in case I forget. But do not worry! I can make it home just fine." The little one in her arms was yawning now, putting his head on her shoulder, his eyes apparently fighting to stay open.
"Thank you for watching him, Pepper. It was very nice to meet you. Would you like to say good bye before we go?" And before Erich fell asleep!
Pepper took the paper as carefully as his claws could manage he looked to the woman again now wondering if he had been foolish letting her take the kid. But he was soon distracted as he reached out to pat the sleepy boy's hair. "Yeah see you around Ewoke. " He murmured with a smirk and soft laugh.
"I'll be checkin up on you two." He continued as he then moved to gather the cans that were everywhere on the floor.
Erich giggled at the pet, waving a chubby hand at Pepper before shoving his thumb into his mouth. He was falling fast asleep now that he was against a warm, slightly squishy and unrocky body.
Thae smiled and nodded. "We look forward to your company." She said in unfaltering politeness, waiting for Pepper to leave them before turning and heading the way she came, going to try to find her way out of the building and, eventually, home.
Huh...how was she going to do this?
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