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It was a warm afternoon, that was for certain. The angel was taking a walk in the park, her usual spot. She was still sore from Blackfell's disappearance, though it had been several weeks now. Nanaki, though...

The mysterious baby whom the strange man named Walker delivered on her doorstep, and not so long after her friend Ever had described him to her.

Not that she would have turned down an abandoned baby.

She held the little furred child in her arms, wrapped in the thinnest blanket she could find in her house. He was sweating in the heat with his fur, though he was looking about avidly, his one gold eye open, the other shut by the strange scar.

Nikomas unfurled one of her wings, bending it above her to provide some slight shade for herself and the baby. She knew he wouldn't sunburn, or at least hoped he wouldn't... She was grateful for the child, but she knew nothing about caring for a furred child. Rysha's daughter Tryst was part snake, but she adored the heat while Nanaki was sweating, though it didn't seem to bother him overly much.

She could hear him panting softly, and paused in her walk to carefully unwrap the blanket from him, letting his short little tail hang down, the tiny bit of glowing fur, looking so much more like a flame then skin... She cradled him in her arm, putting the blanket over her other shoulder.

There weren't many others present in the park, though she noticed a man with a vividly colored baby strolled, kneeling in front and talking to a little baby girl, with bright gold hair and an adorable smile.

The angel couldn't resist a little smile coming to her lips, and she approached the man, Nanaki in her arms. "What's her name?"

It certainly was hot out... As the angel had noted, it did bother Nanaki slightly, but his fur was still thin so it wasn't too bad, though the baby found the sweat slightly uncomfortable. Especially because it was difficult to wipe away while held in Nikomas's arms.

Shaking himself much like a canine, the small pony-tails hanging behind his ears clicked, the beads hitting against each other and the small blades behind his ears. His mother had started to talk, to a dark skinned man with a baby stroller. There was a little girl inside, and Nanaki could't help but try and peer over his mother's arm, his gold eye curious as he looked at her.

Nikomas smiled as the man responded, and she knelt down next to the stroller, holding Nanaki in both arms while at the same time closing her wing back to her side with the other one. The little girl, Peach, was undeniably cute. Vivid, open blue eyes and an lovely smile.

"She's absolutely adorable." She said, looking back up at the man with another smile, her violet eyes lighting up. The angel adored all children, whether they were hers or not.

Nikomas felt a slight presence besides the man and his daughter, more then likely a spirit, and she turned her head to look at the general area that Emiree took up. "Hullo there, Lady Spirit."

"Gaah?" Nanaki tilted his head curiously at the sound the baby girl made, and in response wiggled over Nikomas's arms, waving his little hands towards hers, his fingers managing to brush hers a few times. Turning his head back to look at his mother, his yellow eye had a look of pitifulness in it.

"Daah?" He asked, waving his hands down, obviously wanting to get closer to the little girl, Peach.

Smiling at the baby boy, Nikomas looked back up at the man. "Do you mind?"

Nikomas could barely see a faint shimmer from the ghost, but upon frowning in concentration she saw the figure coalesce into view, and she smiled, nodding in return as opposed to curtsying. Already balancing on the balls of her feet, she instead gave off the impression of a curtsy.

She couldn't help but feel a small laugh come up, though. "Oh, please, don't call me lady. I'm Nikomas, you can just call me what everyone else does." Nikomas said with a friendly smile. Noting the man's apparent surprise and shock, though she wasn't quite certain what had set him off, the gave him an encouraging look, and mentioned "There's a bench over there, sir, if you would like to sit down...?"

Nanaki made gleeful little sounds, sounding very close to delighted growls, as Nikomas gently set him inside the walker with Peach. Once he was sitting, he looked at the girl curiously, leaning forward on his backside to peer into her blue eyes. "Naah?" He asked; what exactly he meant was uncertain, but it definitely appeared that he liked her so far.

Nikomas smiled as the man, Azrael, introduced themselves, nodding after both name was said and committing them to memory. "It's a pleasure to meet you." The woman said, her violet eyes warm, friendly and sincere as she spoke.

Shifting slightly, she slowly stood up, stretching out her legs a little after the squat made her knees cramp up a bit. "So what brings you three to the park today? Little Peach?" She asked curiously, glancing down again at the babies, who seemed to be getting along well enough.

Nanaki's response was to shake himself, mainly his torso and head, like a wet dog, a little giggle and burble of laughter rumbling up from his throat. His hair beads clicked against the stubby little knives as he shook his head.

When he stopped, his hair was looking as mussed as a mini faux-hawk could look, the small bits in the front falling in his eyes. "Groww!" The baby leaned forward again with this friendly word, his gold eye echoing Peach's delight.

The angel smiled, a small touch of sadness tinging her expression, before it was gone in a flash, so fast one might not have noticed it. "I like bringing Nanaki out, so he can explore something beyond the house. It helps me keep my mind off things, as well." Niko said, a fond smile aimed down at the little lion-dog-boy as he played with little Peach.

"I just like taking walks out in the sunshine, whether or not I've got Nana strapped along." She said, turning back to the ghost with a small grin.

Nanaki let out a little mewl of laughter, leaning back and clapping his hands in delighted excitement. Her mussed up blond hair was amusing for him; it was almost the same yellow as his eyes, which certainly entertained him.

"Rrruuf!" He barked, sounding like a mix between a dog and a cat that was slightly in denial of it's species. Nanaki's little tail started wagging, the tiny glowing fur, almost like a flame, brushing back and forth and warming the blankets.

Nikomas held back a small titter of laughter, holding her hand in front of her face to hide her smile at the bickering pair. "You two certainly do get along with each other." She stated with another open grin.

"So are you two always together, or are you able to seperate at all?" The angel asked curiously; sometimes the spirits that lived on would "possess" someone, and not be able to leave their side. She couldn't quite tell if that were the case here or not.

"What sort of work do you do, Azrael?" She asked, after the mention of a business meeting.

A bubbly smile came to Nanaki's face as he realized she was interested in his tail, and he leaned forward, little feet under his stomach, and held his tail above his back, the end wagging slowly in the air.

"Taaiii!" He said proudly, not quite having the hang of the word.

Nikomas nodded as the ghost agreed slightly; she used to work with spirits back in her own world, but had never quite understood them as well as she should have.

She felt a smile come up though as Emiree affixed the word 'ninja' to the company Azrael worked for. "Ninjas? My other son would like them then-" The angel said, but she cut herself off mid word with a painful look, before shaking her head.

"I alternate from working at home and in a friend's studio in Barton. Charms and magic shields." She said with a shrug, her black wings rustling slightly with the movement.

He couldn't help but burble in laughter, waving his little paws as the Peach girl tumbled over. She was certainly entertaining! The fact that she was his size only made it better. Aqua was a couple times larger then him, though just as amusing, but craning his head backwards was a difficult motion for him.

Nanaki obligingly ceased his squirming so she could get closer, a big, happy grin on his face. "Groow!" Maybe she was trying to see his tail? He flopped it forward, wiggling it in the air in front of Peach.