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Cheering, yelling, screams of delight and surprise, kids climbing all over things...it's like a zoo! Or a playground. In fact it is a playground! But with walls? Interesting. An indoor playground.

Children were running everywhere, somethings tripping over themselves and falling on the squishy matting on the floor. People these days thought of every way to keep a child from getting hurt nowadays! Too bad they didn't think of the animals--why would you not though in a world like Gaia? A poor little white crane was perched up at the top of a slide with his feathers ruffled in annoyance at all the noise and the fact that he couldn't fit in the crowd to stay close to his girl.

The girl in question was a little blonde with bouncy ringlet curls put up into a ponytail, dressed like a little ballerina. A big pink and white layered ruffled skirt over a black leotard and matching black ballet slippers laced up to just under her knees. It was her favorite way to dress! Why bother waiting for a ballet recital or halloween to dress up? Dressing up was always fun! Even her mother stood out among the crowd of parents sitting and watching their children. This time the gypsy was wearing a bright turquoise skirt and a white strapless top. She certainly stood out when one glanced over at the other parents in what appeared to be drab clothing compared to her.

Seraaaaa! Hurry uuuup! I don't like this slide. It's too crowded. The crane whined in the girl's head, shifting his weight from foot to foot in aggitation. Sera sighed and pouted. Fiiiine. She'd been worried about the plastic of the slide rubbing against her skin too much, but now she just threw herself down it and went flying down the tube with a little scream of delight of her own that echoed up and down the slide.

Crescentia was keeping a good eye on Sera and Seduire, smiling and applauding her daughter when the girl flew out of the slide (Not so gracefully if I may add) but scrambled to her feet and did a little finishing 'ta da!' pose for the gypsy. Unfortunately for Shiver the bird that 'attacked' her was just a clumsy crane daemon who was still having a little trouble flying. He'd been trying to follow Sera and fly straight to where she'd land buuuut he still wasn't used to it.

In the end he landed on Shiver. What a lovely first impression.

Sera gasped and ran over to Lysium, Shiver, Faiga and Seduire. "Ohnoohnoohno!" The little girl picked up the crane and somehow cradled him in her arms despite his size. What happened? He asked, clearly dizzy even if his bird face didn't allow for such an expression to be shown. "Mister Kitty! Seduire's sorryyyy!" Sera exclaimed, looking up suddenly with wide eyes when something turqoise caught her eye. It was Crescentia! The gypsy blinked and stared down at the two girls and animals. She obviously didn't recognize Lysium and Shiver just yet. The children were what she was looking at, so unfortunately Faiga wasn't noticed juuuust yet.

"What do you say, Sera?" The gypsy murmured, still looking a little confused. She hadn't actually seen what happened...just Sera running in a panic had caught her attention.

"Is kitty 'kay?" Sera asked Lysium, petting Seduire's head...even though it was really his pride hurting and not any part of his physical self. ...I fall from the sky and she asks if the one I land on is okay?! Sera blinked. But I know you're okay.

Seduire wasn't a killer! He was just still having some trouble flying! It should've been the other way around though; the bird should be the one complaining that a cat's going to kill it.

Sera was petting Seduire's head when Lysium answered her question, frowning a little. Her kitty didn't talk to her like Seduire talked to her? She thought all animals talked to their friends! Even animals on the tv talked to their friends...was the kitty broken? It'd be mean to think the girl in front of her was broken; people don't break! That's just silly. She watched as Lysium merely poked at her cat with her shoe, blinking. "...Oh...I's Sera!" The little girl suddenly exclaimed, smiling again. "An' Seduire!" She added when she felt the crane's feather's already ruffling from not getting an introduction of his own.

Crescentia looked up when she was addressed, her expression going from concerned to excited. No wonder the little girl and her cat looked familiar! They were Faiga's! "Sì! Sì! You remembered!" The woman grinned and kissed Faiga on each cheek, her customary greeting for anyone she was already acquainted with, giving the man a hug. "I wasn't expecting to see you and dear Lysium here, Faiga!" Finally, someone around her age she could chat with today. It helped that he was a cute, sweet man.

Sera blinked. Why was she asking if she could fly? She followed where Lysium was pointing at, suddenly understanding why she was being asked if she could fly. Oh! She'd pushed herself pretty hard to get down that thing, hadn't she? Sent herself tumbling out...must've looked like flying for a minute. She turned back to Lysium with a bright smile and shook her head. "Nooo~! Issa slide!" Finally letting go of her crane, Sera waved for Lysium to follow her as she toddled up the padded steps to climb up to the slide, checking behind her every now and then to make sure Lysium was following. This girl was so pale! But her dress was pretty! And her kitty was cute! And she was older! So maybe she'd be more fun!

Seduire flew in circles overhead...of course now he landed carefully on a slide every so often so he wouldn't crash and burn again. He was not going to land on anything else, especially Shiver.

While Sera and Lysium played Crescentia took advantage of it, grabbing Faiga's hand and leading him to an empty bench for parents to sit at while their children played. "Sì, sì. Unfortunately it's just Sera and I. Guin wanted to spend time with one of my brothers, she's developing a thing for...weaponry." She shrugged and started toying with Faiga's hair. "So how have you been? Still raising chocobo?" Unlike the man, the gypsy seemed more than comfortable keeping the conversation going. Of course it didn't take long for her to forget about his hair and lightly trace the tattoo on his face. It obviously still intrigued her that he was from a clan of his own like she was.

Seduire perched on top of the slide when Sera finally made it to the opening. The little girl sat down on the very edge and tried to scoot over so Lysium could fit in and sit next to her if she wanted--just ignore the sign that says 'One at a time!' on the wall next to them. "Ch'ver?" Ouch. Nice try. Shiver: take two! "...Shivah?" Well that was closer.

I don't know. Seduire answered Shiver, giving a little bird-shrug. The children don't all have wings... Something like this might hurt someone with wings! Seduire didn't want to take his chances with this slide...what if he flipped over and DIED?

Okay that's a little dramatic, but still!

"Go?" Sera asked, scooting a little down the top of the slide until the very edge of where the slide made a bit of a bigger slope.

Crescentia gave a little shrug. "It is, but his things are mostly for show. He won't let her touch anything that will hurt her." She smirked a little when Faiga stuttered, still tracing the red tattoos. How adorable! "A baby? Really? Aww! That sounds so adorable! I'd love to see it one day! I can bring Guin and Sera too so they can all play with Lysium." The gypsy paused in her touches for a moment to adjust her sitting position, crossing her legs and putting her head on Faiga's shoulder. She stopped touching his face for now. "Do you know if it's a boy or a girl? Have you named it yet?" She sounded kind of excited just then.

Sera gasped when Lysium started going down faster than she thought she'd be going, giggling when it was just because she was going down the slide. Had she never been on a slide before? Wow! Well...Sera hasn't been in the ball pit yet, so that'll also be an adventure that Lysium can show Sera. That should prove to be interesting with a crane. Is she going to be okay? Seduire asked Sera, cocking his head curiously to the side as he leaned over the opening of the slide enough to see the cat and the girls.

And now Sera and the cat were going down. Sera was giggling happily but Shiver...well...he didn't look very happy. I can't help you! The crane answered apologetically, carefully moving down the top of the slide above the three inside since flying obviously hadn't turned out well. "S'fun!" Sera cheered, giggling when her voice echoed throughout the tube slide.

"Well, thank you very much, Faiga." Crescentia smiled, looking up at the man without taking her head off his shoulder. She reached up with one hand to playfully brush a little bit of hair out Faiga's eyes, using the same hand to tap thoughtfully at her chin. Did she have anything planned next week? She didn't believe so...then again she never really made plans, most of the time she just kind of went with whatever she felt like doing at the time. "Sure! Next week sounds wonderful! ..Ooh! Can I name him? I love naming little babies!" She sat up with an excited look of hopefulness in her eyes, holding one of his hands in both of her own close to her lips. How could you say no to such a face?

"Yaaay!" Sera cheered when she heard Lysium announce she liked the slide, pushing herself down it a little faster until she tumbled out of the end of the slide with an excited 'wheeeee!' and a giggle, lying on her back the way she forced herself to land while she waited for her friend. Slides were fun! She sat up after a moment and waited for Lyisum to come out, giggling when Shiver came out first. What a cute kitty! "You's silly!" She giggled, covering her mouth with both hands. Now she stood up and carefully walked to the slide, standing a little to the side so she wouldn't get hit with Lysium. "Lys'uuuuum?"

Seduire was now perched on the end of the slide watching Sera get dumped out by gravit, but he started having a crane's equivalent of a laughing fit when he saw Shiver rolling and rolling and rolling out of the slide. You okay? He flapped his wings to, gracefully this time, land on the ground next to the cat. Why was he narrowing his eyes at him? Seduire tilted his head a little. Fun?

"Yay! So am I!" Crescentia giggled and threw her arms around Faiga in a hug, nuzzling her cheek against his as she watched the children. "Aren't they adorable." The gypsy's smile remained as she suddenly pressed a kiss to Faiga's cheek. "You know you're a lot less nervous this time!" Just something she'd noticed.

Lysium slid down and watched the scene for a moment. Making sure that Shiver was alright she turned towards Sera. She had said her name, hadn't she? "Yes?" What were they supposed to do now? Finally she noticed that Faiga didn't seem to be around. That was scary! Pouting a bit she looked at Shiver and then back to Sera. She only had a Mommy, did she know about Daddies?

Shiver moved back towards the end of the slide and looked at Seduire. It had been horrible, slidy and...Great fun! He grinned. Nobody should ever know that he had been afraid of the big thing called slide. Nobody.

Faiga tried to stay as calm as possible, but his blood was quickly rushing inside his head. "T-they are, thanks." Nervous? She had NOTICED that he was nervous. Damn. "Oh you still make me nervous." The man admitted.