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 Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:02 pm
This would be a first. Jayoku never ever ever took her son to a store. Most likely due to his rather....interesting appearance and unique physical appearance not to mention his two...purple... tentacle arms that were happily occupied with fussing over the boys hair.
Giving a sigh she tried not to be disappointed, having just brushed it before they had reached the wal-mart she had hoped to keep him looking presentable, but...those arms had a different idea. Apparently they didn't like having their boy primped and preened and had fussed up his hair as soon as they had stepped out of the car. They had been rather well behaved in the car most likely due to the first drive home and nearly causing a car crash they now behaved while in a vehicle.
Now standing in front of the store she was more worried about going inside rather than staying in the parking lot. Sure the boy drew quite a few stares...some more lurid that she would of cared for...but...she could only picture the type of chaos that would be created by going in the store.
Unsure of what to do she continued to stand just in front of the doors holding Adriel's hand worriedly.
The boy himself wasn't sure why they were here or why they were ...just standing here. His extra appendages, were having fun with his hair and he let them them do it...since he knew that if he batted them away they would only continue with more glee at his agitation.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:50 pm
Oh boy. Wal-Mart. Home of cheap crap at cheap prices. Leraje's favorite place to cruise.
The thin man had come here for two reasons. One- he had money. He could buy some cigarettes, as he was running low and he didn't much feel like holding up a corner store again. Two- and arguably less important- he now had Ferox in his care, and a few cardboard boxes apparently would not suffice. Hey, it would have worked, but society was weird like that. And if he wanted to keep the kid he'd have to stick it in something other than a large cardboard box. A tempting thought, but the kid brought money. not a lot, but enough to make keeping him within Leraje's best interests.
And so the adventure. Leraje had commandeered one of the shopping carts from the parking lot, and Ferox was already comfortably (albeit sulkily) sitting in the wire carriage, Leraje's coat draped about him.
First order of kid business- clothes. No way was Ferox going to run around naked everywhere. Finding clothes was going to be a pain, but it was better than naked. That was just creepy, even though the kid already was creepy.
Leraje frowned at the figure in the front. Sulking was not good. Sulking brought about fits and irritating kid behavior. Bad thing. Leraje would need to find out how to stomp the trait out of his little minion soon as he could.
"Hey Ro," Lera called up to the boy in the cart. Ferox only glanced briefly back, nose in the air. "Ro! Wanna go racing in the cart?"
That certainly perked Ferox up. It is a universal law that kids love to be pushed around fast in shopping carts, and the little demon brat was no exception. He suun around briefly to give an approving smile, then waved his arms. "GO! Go fast!"
Of course Leraje obliged. He even added race car sound effects as he pushed the cart at a steady lope. Ferox screeched and giggled the whole way, pleased with this new thrill ride.
Until they approached the door. It took Leraje a moment to notice the woman and her own little kid standing firmly in the store entrance. He had to swerve the cart, skidding the heels of his too-worn shoes into the pavement to avoid ramming the pair.
"Sorry!" He panted in apology as he regained his balance after the sudden brake. "Didn't hit you, did I?"
Ferox harumped, the thrill of the ride fading away. Over already? Bo-ring.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:31 am
It was Adriel who first noticed the cart racing towards him, though it was his tentacles that actually tried to stop it from hitting them. Moved out in front of him the car stop only a hair breaths away from hitting them. Jayoku turned at the sound of the wheels scrambling to a halt, her eyes growing large behind her glasses.
"Ah...no no...everyone seems okay." She stammered the man was weird looking but looking down at the one in the shopping cart she couldn't help but stare more. What...a strange kid. Even stranger than Adriel and he was something out of a porn movie. "A...where...um...your son..." she started awkwardly, she knew there was no way the boy in the cart....the very NAKID boy in the cart couldn't be his son.
Still trying to find the right words the red head ran a hand nervously through her hair. "Um...he is very...unique.." She finally managed to say though her body language looked more nervous than awed. "whats his name?" she continued wondering why she was starting a conversation with this stranger and realized it was because she had a suspicion that she knew where this kid came from.
Adriel in the meanwhile had approached the cart his two purple appendages helped to lift him so he could peer into the cart, his brown gold eyes peered at Ferox innocently.
"Hewo." He said in a quiet voice, curious as he may be, it was his two extra arms that were wriggling in anticipation of investigating the new figure in front of him. One released its hold on the cart forcing the poor boy to cling with his own small fingers. The other then did the same, they reached forward in a non threatening manner mostly wanting to investigate this new person.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:29 pm
"Hm? Oh, him?" Leraje glanced at the child partly obscured by the coat and shrugged. "Not mine, if that's what's on your mind. Somehow got selected to raise him from some weird science group."
A pause as she stumbled on to ask a few more questions. Leraje's brows lifted, and he grinned in amusement. "Freaky is more like it. They called him Ferox, so I'm sticking with it. Name fits, at least."
A pause, a shrug. "They didn't give me anything much on him." He paused to laugh quietly and lean casually on the handle of the shopping cart. "Not even a scrap of clothes. What assholes, huh? Oh yeah, I'm Leraje. Who're you, and" a jerk of the head to Adriel. "Who's the kid? Yours?"
Ferox frowned at Leraje. The topic was obviously HIM, which was all well and good, but the woman wasn't paying enough attention. Hmph!
However, his irritation would not last long, as a slight jostling of the cart and an even slighter voice caught his more immediate attention. Much more interesting than boring grown up talk!
"Hi," he greeted, eying the boy and the wiggly purple things curiously. "Who're you?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:04 am
Hearing his words her nervousness wained slightly, so he had been chosen to take care of the...strange child and it sounded a lot more familiar that she cared.
"I don't suppose the group of scientists seemed to be working from a weird building that resembles a chapel?" She asked thinking back to when she had first arrived to it and thought she had been given the wrong address. Looking down to Ferox as his name came into being she tilted her head slightly.
"Yes...the name does seem to fit him.." she mused and wondered why her kid had...come in a dress and his came with nothing. Did they not care about the well fair of the children?
"Jayoku.." She murmured thinking on the subject of approaching the institute to find out just how well they cared for the children there she gave a idle wave towards the boy in front of her. "This is Adriel."
"Though...he came with clothing..he was put in a dress..I have a feeling I got him the same place you got yours." She started and then gave a worried frown. "I don't think they care for their children very well."
Adriel gave a little smile liking this boy in front of him. He wasn't scared of his extra appendages and even asked for his name! Struggling to keep himself supported he leaned forward to ease the weight off his poor arms.
"Adriel, who are you?" He responded happy to have found someone who wasn't violent. His two purple tentacles touched Ferox curiously. They wanted to investigate him fully. One went to explore his face while the other lingered on the boys hand.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:58 am
Leraje nodded as he listened. "Yeah. That's the place. And yeah, they didn't seem to much care. Ah well," he shrugged idly, reaching inside his coat to pull out a cigarette to stick in his mouth, though the stick remained unlit. "That's science for ya. Still, at least they're giving me a bit of cash to raise him. No way would I be able to afford him otherwise."
"Ferox," the little demonoid said, his large tail swishing back and forth. He watched as the purple tentacles prodded him curiously, though he did nothing to bat them away. "What're those?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:04 pm
Jayoku nodded her head in agreement. Adriel was cute but certainly a handful, she couldn't believe that the people at the institute managed to get away creating children only to dump them off onto people. Wasn't ..there some law against that?
"I don't know...they didn't really seem to care about the welfare of the kids...at least..not what I gathered from them."
Adriel had never been asked that question before. He looked to his two said apendages and tried to find an answer for the boys question.
"Dey are..." he started reaching out a hand carefully to touch a tentacle. "They are appart of me." He explained..he wasn't sure what to call them. They were exactly arms...though they could hold onto crayons and other things well. But they didn't have fingers...
"Um....they are like big...viney things.." he continued in a very unclear manner. But now he was more interested in Ferox. He had feathers for an ear. He wanted to touch them.
"Pweety" he stated pointing with a finger to the feathers.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:08 pm
"Eh, they're scientists. You expected anything from them?" Leraje sighed, toying idly with the unlit cigarette in his mouth for a moment. he'd never personally been a big science fan, and the scientist-types had always creeped him out. Ugh. To think that he would have to work with them.
After a few moments of quietly thinking, Leraje shrugged. "Well, I suppose we should head on in so I can get Ferox clothed. Kinda wishing I had my good coat back." He smiled. "If you're going in I can toss your kind in the cart too, if you want. Let the two play or something. They seem to be liking one another well enough..."
"Why do you have big vine things?" Ferox asked, absolutely fascinated with this bizarre concept. They were just so weird!
Huh, what? Pretty? Ferox seemed surprise at the other boy's admiration for his ear-feathers, but he beamed nonetheless. After all, it was positive attention towards HIM. "The are pretty," he agreed, tail whisking back in forth happily. "I have 'em on my hands, too!" Still grinning, Ferox held up his hands, showing the small tufts of feathers that sprouted from both his wrists.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:48 pm
Jayoku looked down at the mans words...yes Adriel was getting along quite well for ...Fer..Ferrow? no..Ferox? That sounded right. Tucking a strand of hair behind an ear she adjusted her glasses that were slipping down her face. Leaning over she gave her son a soft smile.
"Do you want to get into the cart sweety?"
Adriel's large brown eyes looked to the boys hands and he gave an ooing sound. He wanted to touch them! The question he was asked though made him pause.
"I dunno....I always had dem." he replied looking to the two purple appendages that were stroking Ferox's face and shoulder. His attention was then diverted to Ferox's tail.
"Tail!" he squealed in delight pointing with a finger carefully. He gave a soft giggle before looking up at his mother who was asking a question of him. Go in the cart? With the other child? He was a bit scared, what if his tentacles did bad things?
Suddenly he found himself being lifted, apparently Jayoku didn't think that Adriel wouldn't want to be in the cart and assumed he would want in. He soon found himself crunched in beside Ferox, his own limbs drawn in quite close to his body.
"There we go." Jay said mostly to herself than to the boy as she returned her attention Leraje. "I need more clothes for Adriel too...you would be surprised how often i find the boy nakid.." she grumbled.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:09 pm
Ferox giggled and playfully tried to bat away the tentacles. They tickled! He liked them, though. They were funny.
At his new daddy's suggestion, Ferox let out a squee of glee. Yes! Yes! Another little squeak of delight as his new friend's mother consented. Whee! He scooted over to give Adriel more room, his tail rattling against the shopping cart bars as he tried to swish it back and forth out of habit.
Leraje let out a snort of laughter. "Yeah. At least your kid came with some clothes, though... All right you two, ready?"
"Yes!"
Obligingly Leraje carted the pair in, keeping his pace slow enough so that Jayoku could keep stride with him easily. Not like he had to slow his pace much. The cart with the two was heavy. "Okay, so. Clothes. Are you planning on hitting up any other sections?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:38 am
Adriel looked like he was stricken with fear, he held onto his two tentacle like arms tightly and they wriggled in protest, they wanted to touch Ferox! And though he didn't seem to mind Adriel had come across too many instances where Jayoku hadn't been fond of the touching in the least bit. But....
Looking to Ferox he noticed the boy seem really happy to have him in the cart, and this meant he could see up close all the interesting things about him.
"Feathers!" he said reaching out to touch them with his own fingers, he wondered if they were as soft as they looked. Now freed the two tentacles took a moment o explore their surroundings. Touching the cold metal of the cart to the coat the was covering Ferox, they then decided it would be better to take the coat off of him.
Jayoku gave a quiet giggle, yes...she supposed she was lucky Adriel came with clothes at all...even if it was a dress. When the question was posed at her she leaned over to whisper to him.
"Candy as well. Trying to teach my boy to keep his...extra appendages to himself. You wouldn't believe some of the horrid things they do." she whispered and pulled back with a sigh. Maybe with candy she can try to reinforce the good behavior?
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:23 pm
Nodding in understanding, the ragged redhead pushed the cart forward, steering to the clothes section. "Cool. Let's get on it, then."
Clothes came first, though. Please get the kid some pants, at least. He had little desire to get booted out and/or arrested for underage child indecent exposure. Sure they might be lenient on the fact the kid was... different, but one could never be too careful.
Ferox giggled as Adriel showed the great interest in his feathers, letting the other reach out to pet them. It wasn't much to look at, really, but the other kid didn't have an. He had purple vine things, and those were cool.
"Hey," Leraje warned. "Coat stays on the Ferox. Keep it on."
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:01 pm
Adriel looked to Ferox's 'father' curiously. Keep the coat on? Shifting the smaller boy wanted to join Ferox under the coat. "Me hide too? This game?" he asked looking up at the other his large brown eyes interested in this new game. His tentacles continued to investigate the feathers and soon discovered Ferox's tail.
"He really is naked under there?" Jayoku asked a bit dubiously as if she thought the man had been joking. Adriel was being cute though, this was a nice way of him getting to make new ...less violent friends.
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:59 pm
"Terribly, horribly naked." Leraje sighed before grinning. "What, you thought I was kidding? Assholes gave me the kid, an envelope with info, and some promises for cash. Then they sent us on our not-so-merry way. So," he shrugged. "There it is."
All right, clothes section. Thank goodness it was right near the entrance to the store. Leraje brought the cart to a stop, peering around. Shirts would be easy enough, to be sure, but pants? Eesh. This was going to be an adventure.
"Stay there and be good," Leraje idly warned Ferox as he moved to examine a row of exceedingly cheap shorts. Hmm. They should work. May need a bit of trimming, but hey. It'd fit, it'd cover him, and that would do it well enough for Leraje. "Fer, you like these?" he asked, holding up a pair. Honestly, it didn't matter if Ferox liked them or not. He was getting them anyways.
"What're those?"
"Pants. You're going to wear them so I won't get arrested and tossed in jail."
"Okay!"
Ferox grinned. Whee, he was going to get PANTS. he positively beamed at Adriel, holding open the coat. "Yeah! We'll fit!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:16 pm
Jayoku tried very hard not to laugh, it was just...that. Funny. How he described getting his child was blunt and to the point...and it just made it all that more funny. Turning her smothered laugh into a cough she looked over the clothing they happened to stop in front of, and for a moment peered at the man while he decided rather quickly on a pair of pants for his kid.
Looking to Adriel she moved a bit away picking up some pants as well before looking at some shirts she knew she would be cutting holes into. She gave an inward sigh...it hurt to mutilate new clothes just to his two renegade tentacles could be free.
Adriel watched the man as he showed Ferox a pair of shorts he then snuck under the coat and leaned against the boy unconsciously. He liked the idea that this was a game maybe they were hiding from dreaded...uh..clothes?
"He..buy you clothes? " he asked curiously shifting to fit more comfortably under the coat.
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