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Domonic glanced over toward the squeal, a bit surprised at what he saw. He hadn't thought Desperate was a large animal, figuring it was just an interesting name for another child. Instead, there was the elephant, nuzzling his little girl.

"D-do... they all h-h-have... familiars?" he asked, unsure of what else to call them. Little friends? Well, some of them weren't that little...

Izumi cooed at Desperate's trunk, reaching up to pet the very long nose a little bit before pulling herself closer and hugging the elephant. She was smiling, her little heart pounding hard with excitment.

"No lis'en to meanie Ren! Ellelle cute! Pretty," she assured him, petting his trunk again. "Big! Us'ul! Fun!"

Relentless, however, still thought she was crazy. His beady eyes noticed the little snow flakes beginning to take shape, holding out his wings for a moment before he took flight again. The hummingbird stayed close to the yellow girl, humming a strange tune with his wings as some sort of sparkling dust trailed behind where he flew.

"Magical children appearing from books." Tom apparently had appeared near the other two adults. He apparently knew something about the children. "My name is Gaitano Rosso.. I'm Otium's uncle, I suppose you could say." He motioned towards the well dressed monochrome child. "You can call me Tom though." He flashed a charming grin at the two of them.

Otium smiled a little again. "Keep it close and if you ever need me.. I'll know. You too April." He knew he gave April one as well.

Immaculate seemed pleased and almost laughed, if she could. You think I could fit in his shirt?

She moved closer to Walter. Maybe he would notice and pet her, even if she did blend in with the snow.

Curiosity snorts loudly. I don't sleep on my back, he retorts while shaking his feet to keep them from getting numb. I sleep inside my shell, in my April's scarf.

Cradling the gift in her hand, April gives Otium another rare smile. For her! Today has churned out many gifts just for her!

He watches Immaculate from his view down in the snow, and, if possible, seems quite, well, jealous. He remembers Immaculate being much smaller. Why does SHE get to grow, and HE stays the same size?

His long, thin tail flicks at the snow, and he finally digs himself out of the rut he had sunk into. So, what do they call you? And which one's yours? he asks Oblivion directly.

(( XD my grandfather's birthname was gaitano! But they all called him tom !! ))

"Understandable. I think raising odd children must be a stress on some parents." He found these things not very odd at all. He rubbed his wedding ring on his hand, an idle gesture, as he recalled what he knew aloud.

"Halo, Otium's mother, told me about a vicious living house. It ate her husband and other son.. horrible deal really. We'll get him out." He'd sidetracked. "Spiacente. I digress. An odd house led her a strange route she couldn't remember. She found herself in a library and odd music led her to a black bound book with white aged pages. She couldn't remember what was in it but that the letters were strange. Someone caught her, the lime haired man, and when she came backl from her telling her that she'd just inadvertently adopted a child..." Tom motioned to Otium.

"There he was in place of the book. Diapers, top hat and polar bear. Oh and a sliver of paper with a quote on it." He shrugged. "Which seems to be literary but we aren't sure what it has to do with him so much yet." He hoped he was helping.. especially someone who knew nothing of these children.

Immaculate licked Walter's hand quickly as if the affection was a secret between them. Otium just smiled slightly.

"I don't know the other children. Are they friendly?" He aimed it more towards April. Walter seemed to like everyone. April was more like him, slightly shy.

Immaculate looked down at Curiosity and wished she had hands so she could sit him on her head. He must be so cold, down there without fur.. and so small!

Immaculate looked up at Otium and he took the initiative.
"Do you think Curiosity would want to ride on Immaculate? She thinks he might be cold without fur and so deep in snow.." It was sort of amusing really.

(Halo, that is SO awesome. XD <3)

As Elle left, it was as if nothing had happened to him at all. Domonic's speech went back to normal, and his composture was as it should have been. He hoped he didn't seem rude to the poor girl...

"So they too come from a library," he concluded, rubbing a finger along his chin a little bit. "I haven't seen any papers with quotes on it, but she could be hiding it somewhere. I hope it's not anything that I personally need to see..."

The man frowned slightly, glancing toward the little girl and the elephant. "I just... wish she'd come at a different time, I guess. It's not that I don't want to take care of her, I'm just still not in my complete sane state of mind. The other children adore her, though, so I guess it's not too bad."

Izumi applauded happily, amazed at how well it had worked. Brilliant! If Desperate could perfect that a little bit, then it could all work out accordingly. While he tired to make another snowball, she bent down and began to gather snow into her black mittens herself, packing it into a round ball and tossing it straight into the air. Then, she closed her mismatched eyes and braced herself.

The ball of snow crashed down upon her little head, a tiny squeak emitting from her throat from the cold. It didn't hurt so bad... It was just like bumping her head against something, but softer. This could work! And, maybe the others will have fun, too. Gathering more snow into her hands, she teetered back over to the elephant, packing her ammo.

"Ellelle okay?" she asked with a smile, wondering how he was doing.

Relentless greatly appreciated the warm, huddling in close to the flap, his tiny form looking at Nisha sadly. Idly, he wondered if she'd poisoned him. If she'd done that, though, wouldn't be look more... evil instead of worried?

Standing up, the little bird hopped closer to the girl, cuddling close to her instead, happily resting by her arm and chirping softly.

"Walter!" Ice called after she finished posting the picture. "Let's get going, okay?"

Walter glanced up from his new and "old" friends, nodding slightly. "Okay!" He said, dropping a hand on Oblivion's head. "Bye everybody!" He said, waving at them all before he headed for the gate. Ice shook her head and ran after him.

"I want to get some more posters up before it gets dark." She said as she took Walter's hand and waved briefly over her shoulder, leaving the park behind.