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 Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:27 am
Shiver stared at the green ball and tried to get it after ducking at first. Chewing on it like it was a mouse he sadly had to recognise that it didn't taste nice. In fact, it didn't even taste like grass as he had expected. And it was far too large for his mouth.
Lysium giggled as she saw Shiver like this and reached to pick up the ball Courage had brought her. But it was gone already. "C'rage, ball's gone. What now?" She looked at Quixana and the mass of balls. Wanna build large tower?"
Shiver pouted and rolled the ball with a paw towards the lioness. Doesn't work...can you teach me the trick?
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:53 pm
There's no trick to it. Courage nudged a random ball in Shiver's direction with her nose. My mouth is bigger, though.
Quixana nodded, beaming at the girl. "We can try!" he agreed. "Do it in all colors?" Bending down, he collected an overflowing armful of the brightly colored balls. Just as quickly, though, he lost them. He laughed. "It's gonna be tricky!"
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:28 am
Oh... So it probably WAS really about size. Shiver was about to pout for a moment, but then Courage probably wouldn't like to play with such a small one anymore. He needed to become as big as the lioness, no other way possible. Quickly he hit the ball with a paw to get it back into her direction.
"All colours." Lysium smiled and nodded slightly as she watched him lose all the balls. For a moment it looked like she would giggle, but she didn't. Picking two balls up she cleared a small space up and started to put some balls on the ground. "You bring the balls, I put on?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:56 pm
"Okay. Good idea." Xana shot his new playmate a dazzling smile and then promptly scooped up a few balls. He held them steady against his chest and, very carefully, he picked his way over to Lysium. "I have red and yellow and green," he announced. "Red and yellow are primary colors."
Courage laughed and caught the ball beneath both paws. Then she flopped to her side before nudging it back at Shiver. Are you going to try and grow up big? she asked. Then you can carry Lysium around.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:59 am
"Primary?" Lysium knew a lot about colours. There were likable ones and others. But what was that primary thing all about? Looking closely at the red and yellow ball she picked them both up and neatly put them down to build a nice pyramide.
Shiver tried to nudge it back more fiercely and really enjoyed the game. He was so glad that Courage didn't make fun out of him. Oh yeah, very big. That would be cool. Do you want to be that big too?
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:44 pm
Definitely. I think I will, too. Mama lets us watch shows on a channel called Animal Planet and we sometimes see other lions. She paused and Shiver could almost hear the frown in her voice. Except I don't think I would like to run down wildebeest. They don't look very tasty.
"They're like... Basic colors, Mama said. Blue and red and yellow. You mix 'em together and they turn into other ones." Quixana brought over another couple balls and waited patiently to hand them over. "Have you ever used fingerpaint? You can make other colors like that."
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:39 pm
Talking to Courage always seemed to drain out the last pieces of Shiver's knowledge. Why did he always think that he had to learn so much more when he talked to her? So he tried to come up with something sensible. Ewww, wildbeast. Since they had no tv at home, he was quite sure that such a channel had to be a magic thing. Do they show cats on that channel too? Where can you visit it?
Lysium listened carefully and tried to attach every possible colour information to her mind. Why didn't Faiga ever show her such things? "Ok. I understand." And she did, just as she said. The balls Quixana offered her were patiently put on the already existing ones, so slowly a little pyramide evolved. "Don't know. Daddy doesn't have them? But I make puppets out of straw."
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:09 pm
((Gah, sorry for keeping you waiting! I'm awful!))
"Oh." Quixana turned this over in his mind as he dutifully fetched more balls for Lysium. Turning back to her, he suddenly smiled and held out two more. "I bet that's neat," he announced. "I've never made puppets before. Is it hard? Do you have puppet shows after you make 'em then?"
Lots of cats, Courage agreed with a happy purr. She seemed oblivious to Shiver's floundering with the new information. I'm glad you're a cat. I bet Lysium is, too.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:53 am
(( Don't worry smile It's alright! ))
Lysium slowly started to enlarge the pyramide. It was a very fragile but still steady kind of building. She enjoyed the game quite a lot and happily excepted the balls. Picking the two balls she looked at Quixana. "Takes some time." As she thought about his further questions she didn't know what to answer. Usually she played that she was the puppet's Mom, but she didn't know if that was a boys thing. "I play Mommy. I don't have one."
I am glad. Cats are cool. Everyone should be happy about us. Shiver smiled and rolled around on his back. I once saw a cat with SPOTS on the way to this place. SPOTS!
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:26 pm
Spots are clever, Courage agreed. She laid down on her side, wriggling a bit to try and get comfortable atop the balls. But solid colors are smart, too. We match things. You match Lysium's dress, for instance.
Meanwhile, Quixana stood with another ball in his hands and his warm brown eyes fixed on his friend. He looked extremely concerned and then he looked very, very thoughtful. Slowly, he set down the ball in his hand and reached out to take one of Lysium's. Then he gently tugged her in the direction of the ball pit's exit. "You can share my Mommy," he announced. "She would love you always."
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:57 am
Oh, we do! Never noticed that. Why don't you match Quixana then? Shiver pushed a few balls aside so Courage was able to lay down more comfortably. Then he tucked his paws under his belly and watched the children. Did they want to leave?
Lysium noticed the boy's stern face and wondered if she had said something wrong. Why did he try to get her away from the pyramide? "But Xana...not finished." She mumbled in a gentle tone as she noticed that something was wrong with him. It made her feel a bit strange as he said such stuff about his mommy. Would Faiga also love her always? She guessed so. "But I have a Daddy. And...don't Daddies and Mommies need to like each other?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:05 pm
That brought Quixana to an obedient pause as he thought that over. He nodded at her with a smile, approving. "Yeah, they do. My Mommy and Daddy like each other lots." He looked over towards the adults. "I think Mommy likes your Daddy, too. She's smiling. See?"
I don't know and... Courage suddenly trailed off and looked in the direction of the Forgotten. A feline frown appeared on her muzzle. What are they up to now?
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:43 am
Lysium followed Quixana's line of thoughts. They would be brother and sister then, right? He would always be around and she wouldn't be able to spend time alone at the farm. Would they still live at the farm? "We live at the farm then?" She had liked the idea of a Mommy, but now it appeared to be more complicated.
Don't know. They look happy and unhappy... Shiver moved towards Lysium and nudged her with his nose. What was going on?
In the meantime Faiga had been talking to Xana's Mom and had decided that it was probably time for Lysium to leave now. It had been a fun day, but still they had to feed the chocobos in the evening. So he moved towards them with a precious smile on his face.
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:58 pm
Quixana nodded firmly. "Your farm, your home," he agreed. "'Course you'd live there. It's where you an' Shiver live." He tilted his head then and sighed. "But I can't live there. I've got the apartment home so... I dunno how that works."
Courage resisted the urge to roll her eyes and nudged under her Forgotten's hand. Then, clear and loud as if making sure Lysium could hear, she added You have to go home with your father. You and Shiver. But we can play more some other time. Xana's Mommy likes your family.
Following on Faiga's heels, Cressida held out a hand for her son and her smile was sunshine-bright. "This was so much fun, Faiga," she laughed. "We should really do it again. Your little Lysium is so darling and you're just the nicest gentleman ever."
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