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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:49 am
Late morning was Amyla's favorite time of the day. It was plenty warm outside, but the sun wasn't glaring in her face. The early morning bugs were gone, but the sunshine-loving ones weren't out yet. All in all, it was simply wonderful, only made moreso by the fact that she got to sit outside and enjoy it in relative peace. After making sure their kids were settled in their weekend activities and were all well-supervised, she and Aiodhan had escaped with a sleepy Caleb to the park, just to sit and have some quiet time.
Yana had begged to come along, so she was playing by herself on the playground equipment, swinging gracefully from one bar to the next or sliding down one of the many slides. Occasionally, she would halt her playing to wave in her parent's direction and then promptly go back to being a kid again.
"She looks like you," Aiodhan whispered in her ear, curling his tail around her waist. The dragon-man was seated beside her at one of the picnic tables on the grass, twenty yards or so from the playground itself. While Amyla's vision was somewhat blurred at this distance, he could see their daughter just fine, including that wicked gleam in her eye that reminded him very much of his mate when she had something up her sleeve.
Amyla snorted and reached over to stroke Caleb's hair, watching as the infant snoozed in his father's arms. "Yeah, but she definitely got the wings and tail from you."
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:59 am
Skysong was tired from having her twins, but she was all the same still ready to go and get out of the house. So her mate had opted to go the park. She agreed quickly, hoping the fresh air would make her feel better. Since she was still recovering from having the boys, she had to get another housemate of hers to drive them to the park since Lucius couldn't drive.
Once the small family got to the park and had the twins in their dual stroller - she noticed a family already there.
Lucius glances over at the young girl playing on the playground, smiling softly as his tail sways behind him as he pushes the stroller, not wanting his mate to hurt herself.
Junior just so happened at the moment of slight silence to decide to smack his brother with his tail, making the younger twin jerk awake from his nap and start to cry
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:05 am
Yana, her eyes naturally trained to spot the tiniest of movements, was the first to see the approaching family. She tilted her head to one side to watch them for a moment, curious about the dual stroller they were pushing. After watching for a moment, she shrugged and proceeded to swing across another set of bars, unfurling her wings partway to assist with balance.
Seeing that her daughter had been momentarily distracted, Amyla looked in the direction Yana had been gazing toward, her eyebrows rising slightly at the sight of another family. She saw the stroller and instantly knew they had had twins. Ouch. She was hurting just thinking about it.
Aiodhan waved a wing in greeting at the new family, feeling oddly social today for some inexplicable reason. Maybe he was just in a good mood about being a father all over again. Yes, that was it. He wasn't going soft in his old age.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:13 am
Lucius chuckles at the girl and glances over at the parents, waving the same time his mate did before stopping the stroller so that Sky could pick Alexander up.
Sky purrs softly as she holds the younger twin, her arms curling around his tiny figure, careful of his claws and wings mostly so she wouldn't hurt herself or hurt him. The feline curls one of her wings out to shield the infant from the sun. Even just a little bit of sunlight made the twins practically glow.
As soon as his mother had curled a wing about him, Alex was instantly silenced. He loved his mommy and the way she smelled. And to prove this, his tiny fingers curled around her shirt and he clings to her, not wanting to be near his brother just yet.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:17 am
Aiodhan tilted his head to one side to watch the family, one pointed ear twitching when the crying twin was suddenly silenced. He curled his tail a tad more about Amyla's waist, rewarded when she leaned into his side.
"Y'know, I said before that I wasn't going to go back to those days, and suddenly, we're almost at them again," Amyla said, making a small face. No, she wasn't looking forward to being awakened at all hours of the night or putting up with excessive amounts of crying. True, it was worthwhile in the end, but she wasn't thrilled about it. She was getting way, way too old for it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:24 am
Lucius mumbles something to his mate, the female nodding softly in reply. He smiles lovingly and pushes the stroller over to a shaded bench area, nearby but not too close to the other family. He was polite enough to know not everyone appreciated crying infants or disturbances with 'family' time.
Skysong sits down at the bench, shifting her hold on Alex as her mate hands her a pacifier. She smiles up at him and carefully sticks the object in Alexs' mouth, the boy instantly blinking up at her and sucking away at the object.
Junior coos from inside the stroller, his father going over to pick him up and do the same as Sky did with Alex. Though the older boy cackles and spits the pacifier out, making his daddy have to catch it. Though it seemed from his fast reflex to catching the item that the raptor already had it done to him before.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:30 am
After glancing at the playground to make sure Yana was still all right, Amyla turned her gaze toward the family seated nearby. She had been right about them having twins, and they were adorable. The woman had a feeling the parents already knew this, but it wouldn't hurt to let them know. "You have beautiful children," she called over, nodding at the twins and giving silent thanks that she had never had a set of twins. She'd have gone crazy.
"May, can you take him for a sec?" Aiodhan asked suddenly, his eyes on the playground.
Surprised, Amyla agreed, and as soon as the sleeping infant was safe in her arms, Aiodhan was off like a rocket, headed straight for the swings where it looked like Yana had just gotten herself into a fight. The woman sighed. "Oh no!"
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:41 am
Sky smiles softly, "Thank you. Your's are just as beautiful." She glances over at the playground as the other male rushes over, frowning slightly, "Does she do that a lot?" She asks curiously to the other mother.
Lucius blinks and watches the little fight, wondering slightly if he would have to go help out as he wiggles his fingers in front of Juniors' face, keeping his fingers out of reach from the boys hold as the infant cackles and tries to catch the fingers. Sure, the older males only good eye was on the playground but he could sense when his son was about to try and snag his fingers.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:47 am
Amyla flushed softly. "Thank you," she said, her attention mainly on the two boys that Yana was currently fighting with. She stood carefully and had only taken about half a dozen steps before both boys, who had Yana beat in age and size, were flat on their backs, one clutching his face and the other his groin. She sighed. "No... that was a first," she said, sighing as Aiodhan finally reached the three kids.
Yana was furious. She hated it when people picked on her because of the way she talked, and there was no way she was going to tolerate the boys calling her a retard and trying to shove her off her swing. Living with as many siblings as she had had given her enough knowledge to kick one in the crotch and throw a fist at the other's nose. Sure, they'd given her a split lip, but it didn't hurt all that badly. She cringed, though, when her father strode up. "Deeey hit me firrrst!" she insisted, even though Aiodhan didn't look appeased.
Her mother groaned. "And here I thought I had one non-combative child!" Amyla said, shaking her head. She shifted Caleb in her arms, watching as Aiodhan commenced to give Yana a thorough verbal and signed chewing-out.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:02 pm
Sky glances at the mother and smiles, "You're welcome." She looks back at the fight and raises an eyebrow, "Shes' good for a first timer, I have to say that much." She giggles and shakes her head, gently poking Alex on the nose, "These are our first children. But I give you the best of luck with yours."
Lucius winces and looks down at his first born, sighing as the boy gnaws on his index finger, "Boy, you better let go of my finger soon." He winces again, sighing once more as the sharp little teeth from the infant dig into his finger.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:12 pm
Amyla sighed and merely shook her head. "Too good. I was hoping for at least one non-violent children in the family," she grumbled quietly, shifting Caleb again in her arms. She smiled a bit at the other family and wandered closer to peek at the boys. "Congratulations on your two. I wish you luck as well. That little one seems to be a handful... literally," she said, trying not to grin at the way Luciu's finger was being... mauled.
Eventually, the yelling over at the playground ceased, and the two preteen boys had slunk back off to their families, thoroughly cowed by Yana's wrath. Yana wasn't cowed in the least. She was merely sullenly disobedient and following her father back toward her mother, her wings folded tightly against her back. "Deeey hit me firrrsssst!" she insisted again once they got within Amyla's immediate audio range. She wasn't about to get punished for starting that fight; it was the boys' fault, after all.
Aiodhan just growled softly in frustration.
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