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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:19 am
They were finally coming back!! After nearly two months away, they were home, and all was well and good and perfect in the world again! At least.. Acia was home. Moo had already sped off on another trip, and the glider was staying with her older 'brothers'. ....But that didn't matter! Because she was back, and excited, and would finally get to see all her friends again!
The door burst open in a whirl of wind, and Acia darted inside, flinging her arms wide and spinning a quick circle midair. "WE'RE BACK! We-....Where is everyone?"
"It doesn't look like anyone's here, shorty," came the response from the door as Isto stepped in after her. The mohawked SM glanced quickly around the room, then returned his eyes to Acia with a shrug. "Not likeanything had really been planned. We'll stick around for a bit. Maybe someone'll show up, aye?"
The glider nodded absently in reply, gradually letting the wind fade. She alighted on the floor with ease and set about trying to free her hair from the pins she had been holding it up with. Excitement meant lack of control, and that meant static. Lots of it. Thus, her hair (and fur) was sticking defiantly to any surface that came near it. Plenty of work for Acia to calm it down.
And a good thing too that they stuck around because a short while later the door opened again. This time to reveal D with Sidney riding up high on her shoulder with his tail around her neck.
She looked very surprised to see a... well, it had a tail but was also reasonably human shaped. Gee, she should be used to all the half-breeds and demons that found their way to this shop.
"Uh hi." She said with a quickly growing smile. "Another new customer? Maybe I can.... oh!" She had spotted the familiar shape of Acia on the floor and this caused her to brighten right up considerably. "Hello Acia and?" She gave a polite nod to the Skull-monkey
Sidney however had tasted the familiar scent of a velvet as soon as they had come in. His tongue flickered excitedly, the scent was rather familiar.... and then he had spotted Acia too! Well, he spotted her first and had already begun to climb down D's arm as she had said hello too.
"Acia! Hey Acia!" He cried, grinning and showing off his sharp little fangs.
At the sound of the door opening, Isto glanced back over his shoulder to it, flashing a quick smile in greeting. He nodded politely and flicked his metal hand towards the glider, chuckling. "Nah, not a customer. Acia's..um..brother. Moo went out of town again, and most of the shorties are staying with me."
Acia had somehow managed to only tangle her hair further, and failed to notice the arrival of the pair, distracted as she was. However, when she heared the greetings, she immediately forgot what she was doing and turned towards the voices. The glider perked up considerably when she recognized their sources and waved excitedly in greeting. "Hallo Sidney! And D! That's my brother Isto," she added, pointing towards the SM. "Isto, meet D and Sidney."
Seeing as Sidney had quickly coiled down her arm and had now reached her hand, D bent lower to deposit him on the floor so he could go greet his old friend. Which he did excitedly.
He slithered straight up to her, grinning all the while and his little fists cletched in excitement. Ah Acia! Whom he had named his boat after! Though the boat hadn't actually sailed well at all... or even moved due to it being far to heavey to do anything other than float precariously. But still! He was fixing it and it was still called Acia.
"I haven't ssseen you in agesss!" He cried, his hissing lisp getting worse as he tried to speak too quickly for the words to come out properly. "Bet you've been on an adventure! I bet you have! Everyone who I don't ssee for forever goes on an adventure! You have to take me with you next time. I've been practisssing my ssskillss." He finally paused his garbling to turn and look at Isto. D had raised him to be polite after all. "Isssto? Ah I think I've heard of you! Hello! You're Acia'ss brother?"
D smiled at the glider's manners. "Hi Isto." She gave him a wave before wandering in further instead of just standing in the doorway. "Nice to meet you. So you're looking after Acia while Moo is away?"
The glider had absolutely no qualms about nearly knocking her friend over in a hug, and promptly did just that. "Oh, I've missed you! We've been gone so long... But we're back now, and the trip was SO amazing, Sidney!!" Releasing him, she took a small step back, positively beaming up at her friend. "It was my best adventure yet, I think!! 'Course, the zombie thing was pretty neat... but this was better, 'cause it was long, and I learned so much from it! Oh, I'll have to tell you all about it if we have time.. nex time you have to come with me, Sidney! We haven't been on an adventure together since we grew, I think..."
"It's nice to meet you both," Isto replied cheerfully, sending a little wave to both. Glancing down to Sidney, he nodded, flashing a grin. "I know I've heard of you. And of course! Can't you see the resemblence?" He gestured from himself to Acia, who simply rolled her eyes at the idea, then winked to both Velvets and turned back to D. "Mmhmm, I usually get the job. But I don't mind. I don't get to see them very often otherwise."
D gave a little nod towards the couch and then after a pause, sat herself down. Sure Iris and Naraka told them to make themselves comfortable, it just seemed a bit impolite to do so when the other people were still standing around.
"Resemblance?" D tilted her head once she was sitting and looking back towards the Skull Monkey. She had never encountered one before and had no idea what he was. "I didn't know there were older Velvets. And well, if it helps you keep in touch then it can't be a bad thing. Besides, I'm sure Acia is no trouble." D smiled over at the glider. She assumed Isto meant he had moved out of home?
Isto didn't have that same 'tinge' to his scent that Sidney could usualy taste on other velvets. He flickered his tongue curiously at the larger 'glider'. Well, he did have a furry tail and so did Acia. "Have you? Oh.." Sidney didn't quite know what to think. What had Acia been saying about him? But he didn't think it mattered too much, he was being squeezed rather tightly by Acia. He returned her hug, though not too tight.
"I missed you too! I have to show you something soon. It's at home though. And yesss! I'll come! D, I can go next time right? I know how to read maps... well mostly. And all sorts of survival stuff and exploring stuff. Like you alwaysss need a compasss and provisions. And you're right, we haven't had a real adventure since we grew. It'll be sso much better now too." He nodded happily. "But tell me about it! I want to hear. Did you go ssailing acrossss the ocean?"
By this point, Isto was trying not to laugh, and Acia had decided she should explain. Isto's sarcasm was enough to confuse anyone. "Isto's not -really- my brother, nor is he a Velvet. But he's sorta my brother, 'cause Moo raised him too. He's a SkullMonkey. He used to help me invent stuff, but then he got married and moved out, so I don't see him too often." The glider nodded decisively, then turned back to Sidney.
"We could've really used a map.. We got lost! That's why it took so long to get back. I've never used a map or, um, compass, you said? Or anything like that. Our adventure was really unexpected. We'll have to plan the next one so that it won't be as dangerous... But yeah, it was So cool, Sid! We didn't go sailing, but we did fly in a plane. But then the plan wrecked, and we got stuck in this forest, and...um, not a lot happened, really. But I did meet some flying squirrels! Almost like me! And they taught me to not rely on wind so much, and lots of gymnastics stuff, and..hmm... Well, I stayed with them most of the time. I can do some neat tricks now!"
"What she said," Isto replied, nodding towards Acia. Chuckling softly, he stepped over to the couch and sunk down beside D, relaxing back. "I don't think Velvets'll ever get this tall. I can't imagine Acia over two feet. And it's not a bad thing, no. Or, not usually. Acia's no trouble, but some of the younger ones... Eh, Slush is out of town too, so I'm watching about ten kids on my own. It gets a bit hectic. I talked Jack into babysitting the lot while I bring Acia here.."
Sidney simply nodded at Acia's explaination. "Ah, Like D's my mum but she's not a snake." But he didn't waste too much time with that, Acia was starting her tale!
"Losst? No wonder I hadn't sseen you! Yeah, you really need a map and compasss. Help point you in the right direction. And you went in a plane? I've never been in one before. They go up sssso high! Bet you liked that Acia. Don't know if crashing is sso good though. Did it explode? They alwayss explode in the filmss. And some flying ssquirrels? I didn't know squirrels could fly. But they're like you? That'ss cool. Ooo and you'll have to sshow me!"
"Ah right." D gave a chuckle, giving in to the noticable attempts Isto made not to start laughing himself. She didn't ask what a skull monkey was exactly. There was one sitting right beside her after all. And he had a monky-like tail so that would explain that.
"I did wonder. There's quite a err... hight difference. But then again, I don't know if velvets grow any taller with time. Oh and congratulations with your marriage. With 10 'shorties' back at home it must be a pleasant relief and bit of peace. Goodness me.... I can't even think of how I would cope looking after 10 children! Hetic is the word! But yeah, I'm glad you did bring Acia, Sid and I haven't seen her for ages. Afraid I don't know Slush or Jack though."
Though D kept her attention mostly on Isto, since that's who he was conversing with, she glanced over occassionally to listen in to Acia. She was curious too.
"Well, we had a map, but we really weren't sure where we were on it, so it was hard to use it. I love planes! Moo has a little one--it only seats two passengers, and the top's open. It didn't explode when we crashed, thankfully, but a few parts did break off. I got the wind to help lower us gently, ya know? So it wasn't as bad as it could have been. And they were special squirrels! Like I was when I was still and animal, with the wingish things, you know? But they were brown, not gray. I'd be happy to show you!"
Pausing, the glider glanced around the room for anything she could use to demonstrate. After all the time swinging or branches and whatnot with those squirrels, her bar routines were much better than her floor ones. But there was nothing... "I'm still have a bit of trouble with the floor stuff, but I can show you some, yes?" Without waiting for a reply, she turned and ran a short distance, then performed a cartwheel, round-off, and back hand spring in quick sucession, landing on her feet facing Sidney some distance away. She waited a moment for her head to stop spizzing (floor routines always made her dizzy), then grinned and threw up her arms. "Ta-daa!"
"Thanks!" Isto smiled proudly, then chuckled, nodding. "Oh, it is, it is...At least they're only there for a short while, though. Poor Banda had to watch them for Moo's last trip, and she was gone for over six weeks then... Oh, um, Banda and Jack are my brothers, and Slush is my hubby." He paused to observe Acia's tumbling act, then rolled his eyes, flashing a grin. "She's been doing things like that since she got back. She could do a bit before she left, of course, but she's really improved... S'pretty neat."
((TBC))
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:17 am
"Yeah, you have to know where you are on it. But there are wayss to tell and work that out. I've been practisssing reading and drawing a few mapss." Sidney nodded. Of course reading tended to be a bit easier and the maps he drew usually could only be understood by him. xd
As Acia told her story he made a mental image of the plane. It reminded him alot of the one from The Lost Ark, at the beginning of the movie. Heehee and the pilot had a pet snake. "Oh yeah, I remember when you were sstill an animal. Well kinda. With the wing things on your sidess?" He motioned to them on the little glider child. "Oh and that'ss ok. Do what you can."
But what she could do really was very impressive and he gave a hiss of excitement and swished his tail back and forth behind him when she had finished. Imagine the sorts of things she could do with those skills. Like avoid a hallway with poison darks coming out the walls!
"That'ss ssso cool Acia! How did you learn how to do that?" He asks as he slithered quickly over to where she had ended up.
D noticed the use of the word 'hubby' but she didn't make a comment. Just a nod and a smile. She certainly wasn't put off by people's choice of partners. "Well that's great. And I never knew Moo had such a large family. Well, adopted I'm guessing?" She looked a bit sheepish. Adopted children like Acia and this Isto here were still something to be considered family. In her book at least. Sidney certainly was part of her family. "Ah, so do you know how long you'll have to keep things in order? I mean, how long Moo will be away?"
Turning her head and keeping an eye on Acia as she did her routine, D gave a clap at the end. "Oh wow Acia! That really was neat! I'm impressed. I could never even do hand-stands when I was younger."
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