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 Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:35 pm
Needless to say it was awkward, very awkward... Kuyoja never really went to department stores, he usually frequented clothing stores that specialized in his favorite attire. Asian. Of course...he couldn't very well dress Saedah in the same attire. For one...most of the shops didn't have her size secondly...he hoped to try and expand her world a bit. So now..he stood just inside the entrance of a mall, the little girl pressed as tightly as she possibly could to his chest.
He had gotten accustomed to carrying her around, she wasn't exactly heavy and when she wrapped her coils aruond his waiste she was very easy to keep ahold of. But now...he stood a bit bewildered...as mucha s he could be anyway at the noise and the amount of people in this place. Saedah was obviously terrified. There was no doubt about it. He would have to get in and out quickly.
Moving he went to stand before a map which detailed the layout of the mall. He quickly pinpointed children's clothing stores and choosing the one that was closes to them strode briskly in that direction. The store was called "Bouncin Bumbles..." He wasn't so sure on the name, but it did have the clothing he needed. He entered the facility getting some strange looks that were quickly averted. He definately did NOT look like the parenting type...
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:55 pm
Luna walked confidently into the mall, she paused at the entrance and breathed the clean cool AC air. Ahhh this was one of her favorite things to do. She looked down at Mariel who was string back up at her in confusion, Luna smiled reasuringly and gave the toddlers have a gentle squeeze.
"No te preocupas bokis, no worries. When I am wit ju nothing can hurt ju." Luna spoke confidently and stepped into the mall hallways. Today she was on a mission, Mariel needed clothing. At the moment she was wearing one of Lunas blouses, it was surprisingly stylish since the blouse was long on Mariel and seemed more like a short dress. Luna had been proud of this but knew that the child needed her own clothing.
Luna had a purse full of cupons for the "Bouncin Bumbles" store and she intended to make each and every one of them usefull. She marched confidently to the store, ocasionaly glancing at Mariel who seemed curious and scared all at once, everything was so big, so bright, and so loud that it was no wonder the small toddler was a bit confused. Mariel wanted to see everything, to touch it, to watch it work, but Luna was going to fast. Mariel tugged a bit in her attempt to stop Luna but it was useless, when Luna was on a mission she was unstoppable. Mariel consented with staring at everything she could, she drank in the sights, everthing she could she touched or felt. Anything Mariel didnt know was classified as scary, but she was willing to learn and so she tried her best.
When they neared the store Mariel looked ahead of them and caught the gaze of a child clinging to a man in strange clothing. The child had strange red markings on her face and...coils? Mariel began to match Lunas pace and head for the store, she was curious now and her large blue eyes watched the snake child wondering if they were both getting new clothing.
Luna noticed Mariels sudden want to go into the store and examined what was ahead to try and figure out why. That was when she saw the snake child. Luna walked right up to the man holding her, and smiled.
"Hola Senor, I see ju have a child as well," Luna put mariel in front of her, "Dis is Mariel, and who is your presiosa there?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:32 am
After prying a arm out of the little girls clutches he had begun...rather absently looking through clothes. He had no idea what she would want to wear...or what she would wear for that matter. But at least he didn't have to worry about pants or socks...or shoes for that matter. Just..shirts. When he was being spoken to he at first didn't realize that the conversation was actually being directed at him. Once he realized the woman standing next to him wasn't leaving he looked up from the small pile of neatly folded clothes he had gathered.
Looking over to the woman he gave her a curt nod of his head in greeting. His face was...a mixture of somber and tired? It barely registered in his tired brain the woman had spoken a bit of Spanish to him.
"おはよう、私は氏である。 Tsuzuki, iはのこれ私の娘Saedahである。" He replied off handedly before pausing and shaking his head giving a slow intake of breath.
"My apologies, I am Mr. Tsuzuki, this is my daughter Saedah." He corrected himself speaking in English rather than Japanese.
Saedah who had been peering at the clothes with very mild interest had pressed her body and face into Kuyoja when the woman appeared before them and started speaking. When the red headed man replied she found the courage to peek. The woman wasn't ...THAT scary...and there was a little girl with her as well.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:02 am
Luna looked at the man, was he tired? she couldnt tell for sure but he had not answered right away and so she assumed he was. After all he didnt look drunk or drugged so he had to be tired....right? She noticed the pile of neatly folded clothing next to him and wondered what kind of a man this was, she had never known ANY man to fold anything.
Luna stared blankly at the man untill he spoke engligh, for a moment she was afraid she would have to slink away because of the language barrier, but to her relif he did speak english....and he spoke it much better than she did.
"Hola Me-ster Tsuzuki," Luna spoke slowly, trying to use as much english as possible since she dbouted he knew spanish. "Your daughter is berry pretty, are you looking for clothing too? I tink you not get her anything red." Luna smiled and looked at the red shirt in Mr. Tsuzuki's hand, "She will get lost in da color." The child had enough red markings and to Luna it would make the poor snake child look like a red sploosh. She giggled inwardly at the image in her head.
Mariel looked up at the snake child, she had no legs! Mariel was curious to know why, and to see how it worked. She half mindedly reached out to touch the new child but she couldnt reach and so let her arm make its way back to her side. She noticed Luna talking in the direction of the child and she heard a name. Mariel looked up at Luna and pointed to the snake child,"Tsuzuki?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:11 am
Kuyoja listened to her out of politeness, though he wasn't exactly what to make of her conversation. So...the red shirt was a bad idea? He didn't understand why it really mattered, but he looked down at the shirt a moment before placing it neatly back in the pile of shirts he had taken it from.
"Lost in the color red.." He murmured a moment looking over Saedah who was for once peering curiously, if shyly down at the small girl below them. Taking this as a good sign he gently unwrapped her form his waist and then lowered her to the ground.
Saedah didn't like this, she wanted to be back around Kuyoja's waist.. not on the floor! Giving a whimpering sound as soon as she touched the floor she wrapped herself around Kuyoja's legs and hid behind them. All you could see were a pair of maroon eyes looking out cautiously at Mariel and the woman with her.
Kuyoja tried very hard not to sigh at his daughter behavoir. "I apologies, she is very shy." He commented on his daughter hiding behind his legs.
"And I look for clothes that would be practical. She cannot continue wearing a giant ribbon around her chest." He explained wondering if by some miracle this woman could help him choose items of clothing for her.
Looking down at Mariel he shook his head at her comment. "Tsuzuki." He corrected pointing at himself he then gestured at the girl cowering behind him. "Saedah."
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:29 am
Luna took a long look at the shy girl and laughed good naturedly as she hid behind the mans legs. The man looked lost, and he was right Saedah could not wear a ribbon forever. She began rummaging through the racks and shelves nearby looking for something suitable for the child. "No worry I help ju" Luna said happily, she loved to shop and helping this man was just a bonus.
Mariel had released Lunas hand when she had beging to rumage, she did not want to get dragged into that, no, the child in front of her was too interesting. She would not get close however, she was a little afraid of the girl because she was so new and still in the scary/unknown category of Mariels mind. Mariel found a silk shirt on the floor and picked it up, she slowly offered it to the girl in the hopes that soft stuff will reasure her. Mariel wanted to get the little girl out of hiding so she could see her, and maybe talk to her...maybe. "Saedah," she hed out the shirt "Soft"
"Ah look at dis" Luna popped out of a rack behind the man with an armful of clothing. "For Saedah and Mariel" she indicated which arm was for which girl and came to stand by the man, she placed the piles on racks nearby and smiled. "Buy two get one free" Luna smiled and laughed she was afterall the queen of savings and when she was around no clearence rack was safe. But she did have an eye for clothing. She didnt know what the man liked...well besides the strange stuffs he was wearing, so she had gotten a bunch of different styles of varying colors. She wondered what the man would gravitate towards in terms of clothing.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:34 pm
Kuyoja didn't realyl get a chance to say anything as suddenly Luna was off collecting piles of clothes for the girls. So he stood there, patiently awaiting her return, wondering if this venture had really been a good idea. He peered down out of the corner of his eye at Saedah and the girl Mariel who was trying to lure her out of hiding.
When suddenly Luna was back the woman had a huge pile of clothes, for once the male blanched a bit. That..was a lot of clothes. As soon as she dumped them onto the racks and immediately started to fold them. There was nothing he couldn't stand more than messy ...anything.
Saedah peered out from behind her daddy's legs watching Mariel warily. When the shirt was offered to her she hid a little more. THe gesture more than anything had starteled her. Soon though after the other girl spoke she peeked back out, reaching a small hand to touch the shirt. She was surprised by how soft it was.
"Swwooft.." She murmured in reply agreeing with the girl...who...wasn't that terrible scary....but...she still remained firmly affixed to Kuyoja's legs jsut in case.
"I see...that you have choosen quite a variety of clothes...I believe I will let Saedah choose from the pile you have selected.." Kuyoja murmured after he had finished folding both piles. He then picked up the pile that Luna had said was Sae's and lowered it to the floor.
"Now Saedah this woman was very nice in picking out the clothes for you. Choose what you like okay?" He encouraged in a soft tone.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:16 pm
Luna laughed at the mans expression and watched as he folded the clothing in his pile. He was such a strange and clean man, it seemed so odd and funny to Luna that it kept the smile on her face. She watched as he put the clothes on the floor for Saedah to choose from. Luna smiled and decided that he must never shop for clothing. "up up Mariel, I want chu to try dese on." Luna motioned for Mariel to get up and waited to start dressing the child like a doll. Afterall it was okay in childrens stores especially when your child was covered in fur....she wouldnt look naked at all.
Mariel smiled happily at being able to get Saedah to touch the silk and looked up rather anoyedly at Luna. She didnt want to try on clothing, she wanted to examine the new girl. She was curious to see if she could get the small girl completely out of hiding. But Mariel knew Luna wouldnt take no for an answer and so she let go of her side of the silk shirt and stood up slowly. She let her hands runn across some of the interesting fabrics that Lunaur was holding and suddenly became curious about them. She put her hands up, which indicated that she was willing to try some of the clothing on.
Luna laughed and began to mix and match things onto the child. A red shirt, one sleeved, nce, a blue tube top...maybe when she's older, a nice earthy green colored polo shirt, maybe, Luna soon had a maybe pile and a no pile. She worked fast and Mariel kind of enjoyed looking at how the image in the mirror changed with every outfit. Luna knew she wanted jeans, she had already decided that she was buying a set of light jeans, dark jeans, and black pants, so those were each rotated as Mariel tried on new tops, shoes would be dealt with later on. Finally there was a smaller pile of shirts that Luna liked and so she let Mariel have her say. "okay Mariel, you may choose trree, I will choose the last two." Luna picked out her two favorites one was a Blue one sleeved shirt and the other a white Halter top with blue and black bird designs and gave the maybe pile to Mariel to sift through. She then looked to the man and the snake child wondering if they were deciding as well. "Ju can make her try dem on if you want, just to see how dey look." Luna once again got a glance of the mans conservative asian looks and wondered if he would think the tops she had picked to be too "grown up", she decided in the end that she didnt care and went on smiling and waiting for Mariel and Saedah to choose the clothing.
Mariel looked to Saedah with her neatly folded pile and then to her own disorganized pile and wondered why the clothing was in a different shape. Saedah seemed almost afraid of the clothing pile and so Mariel decided to show her what to do. "Like dis" she began to feel each fabric, she pressed it to her face "Sowft" and put it on the side, she then picked up another blouse with roucger fabric and did the same "not sowft" Mariel made a face and put it back into the larger pile. This was Mariels most effectve way of choosing clothing, she still had yet to reveal her favorite color but did tend to have a weakness for shiny things. She would only wear soft fabrics and in her mind they were the best ones. She watched to see if Saedah understood the right way of choosing clothing and watched for the body language of the snake child. It was all so fasinating to her that her pile of clothing was soon forgotten as she simply watched how Saedah worked.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:37 pm
The little snake girl watched her curiousity growing as suddenly she was trying on an large assortment of clothes all at once. It rather bewildered her how fast she had gotten them on and off. Soon she was done and now she was going threw her pile of shirts. She slipped from behind Kuyoja cause...well these were her clothes! Clutching her hands close to her chest she slithered forward hesitantly and then picked up a shirt...and mimiced Mariel. She frowned as she found the same blouse was indeed not sowft.
But instead of tossing it into a no pile she went about trying to fold it back up like her papi did. She struggeled a bit but managed something that resembeled a folded shirt before she went onto the next one.
Kuyoja couldn't help but offer a small smile as he watched her. So she did watch him when he worked. Reassured that perhaps this parenting thing he had been trying to do was working he watched silently his hand folded in front of him as he watched her.
Saedah looked up at Kuyoja a moment before looking back to Mariel and Luna. Her maroon eyes blinked a bit as she then with a trembling hand grabbed the next shirt. Opening it slowly it was a white shirt and it had a picture of a cupcake on it. It was pink like her. Staring at it a moment she clutched the shirt to her chest. It wasn't...really soft...but it was really cute.
"Papa..." She looked to Kuyoja and offered the shirt to him. "Sae want." She murmured looking embaressed to want anything.
Kuyoja nodded his head taking the shirt and peering at the size before refolding it and placing it on the rack beside them. "YOu can choose more Saedah.." he encouraged again as she ahd NO clothes at home.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:34 pm
Luna laughed as she watched Saedah pick out clothing so tentatively. Poor thing, she thought she seems so scared all the time...I should take her and Mariel out dancing.....no wait the lights might make them never leave their rooms again....eh Luna smiled at the children and noticed that Saedah seemed to already be smart enough to actually look at the clothing before choosing it, Mariel always just felt it. "Ya vez Mariel, Saedah looks at da designs, ju should too, ju might like some of dem more."
Mariel looked up at Lunaur as she spoke, she cocked her head and looked at Saedah as she opened the shirts and looked at them as well as felt them. The thought had never occured to Mariel before, she had always assumed anything soft would be pretty...it made her feel pretty. She watched Saedah open a shirt and look at the design and mimicked the motions. This shirt was black and it had a picture of a white kitty on it. Mariel felt the picture, it felt rough, but the shirt wasnt that bad, it was soft where ever the white kitty wasnt. She layed it out picture up and suddenly went into a frenzy of opening all the shirts around her and laying them out so she could compare the designs. When she was done with all of the shirts around her she stared at them in amazement. Shirts with the same color had different designs!!! Mariel was staring at everything and trying to figure out how that could be. She looked up at Luna and mr. Tsuzuki and pointed at the shirts "Diffwent?!" She said it almost demanding an answer. She was not going to pick another shirt untill she understood why they were different, shouldnt the same colors be the same?! She looked to Saedah as well, the snake child seemed to have it down to an art already and Mariel wanted to understand as well.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:43 am
Saedah looked a bit confused as Mariel suddenly was taking all the shirts and comparing them. She bilnked a couple of times when the girl demanded an explanation. Shrinking back until she ran into Kuyoja's legs, she looked up at him timidly. Raising her hands up indicating she wanted off the floor.
Kuyoja shook his head at her, there was no need to pick her up. There was no danger. He looked to Mariel and nodded his head when she asked if they were different.
"The colors are different and so are the images in the shirts." He explained though there wasn't much else he could offer to the small girl.
Saedah looked like she was going to cry, Kuyoja wouldn't pick her up, even though she wanted him to. Snifling she looked back to Mariel and still clutching her cupcake shirt as she pointed to another shirt she liked. This one was pale blue and had littlegold stars on it.
"Trwy dat one.." She murmured to Mariel, thinking the soft blue looked nice and there wasn't anything scary about stars.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:43 pm
Mariel looked to the shirt Saedah was pointing at. She didnt much like mr Tsuzuki's explanation....there was no way it could be so simple. Mariel crawled over to the soft blue shirt with the stars and picked it up. It didnt look that bad, it had stars and shooting stars on it, Mariel thought it looked almost like the sky at night but not quite as pretty. She clutched it and then looked at Saedah with a smile and a nod. She would indeed take this one, it seemed to have passed the saedah test and Mariel didnt think it looked that bad either. Mariel held the shirt with one hand and sat down, waiting for Saedah to point out another shirt. She seemed to like the way Saedah picked things and so she waited for the girl to pick again. But Saedah seemed more afraid than anything and Mariel decided to remedy the situation. She picked three shirts and lay them out in front of Saedah one white with black music designs, one Yellow with a grassy feild and a brown cow, and one that was a darker blue with fishes and white swirls.
"Pick un" Mariel motioned at the shirts with a smile to Saedah and waited with her blue eyes sparkling.
Luna laughed and smiled to Mr. Tsuzuki, "I tink Mariel wants Saedah to pick er new clothes." Luna looked to Mr Tsuzuki almost apolegeticaly, "I donna tink we will be done anytime soon." She looked to Saedah and wondered if she would pick the blouses for Mariel or go on picking her own clothing.
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:25 am
Saedah looked over Mariel timidly as she took the blue shirt and decided it was indeed favorable. Feeling a bit more comfort as she continued to lean up against her fathers legs she didn't move as Mariel pickedout three nwe shirts and demanded she choose. Her face went a shade of pink at the request. Her coils shifts in nervousness before she forced herself to look at the shirts layed out before her.
Looking them over she found herself drawn to the white shirt as well the blue shirt. She pointed to the white one first. She liked how the music notes were so bold. She could never be that bold but Mariel could.
"I tink dat one look nice." She relpied softly, she wasn't a huge fan of yellow. Much too bright for her liking. She then moved her little hand over to point at the blue shirt. "An dat one." She concluded still hugging her own cupcake shirt possesively.
Kuyoja took his gaze off his young daughter and looked to Luna before nodding his head curtly. "So it seems." He agreed wondering if Saedah felt obligated to help Mariel out. At this rate they would only leave with the one shirt she laid claim as her own. Reaching down he picked up a couple of the folded shirts and offered them to her.
"Here Saedah, why don't you let Mariel decide which clothes for you? Since your doing such a good job for her." He offered the suggestion curious if she would let Mariel choose her clothes for her.
Saedah looked at the clothes being handed to her and then to Mariel. Should she do the same thing? Reaching forward she unfolded one shirt at a time picking out three she liked the best and imitated Mariels example.
THe first shirt was a deep blue with ballons and clouds across it. The second was white with a rainbow and a unicorn. The third was a soft brown with a funny image of a monkey holding a banana. She looked up to mariel nervously.
"w..which woo like?" she inquired she liked them all...but..she would let the other girl choose. Papi said she should.
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:29 pm
Mariel looked at the three shirts and touched each one carefully. They were all soft and the designs were nice. Mariel thought the monkey looked interesting because it was brown like her. She pointed at the monkey shirt with a smile, "dat un" and as she looked around she decided to pick another like saedah had done for her. She thought hard and finally and dramatically pointed at the blue shirt with ballons "an dat!" Mariel sat happily smiling at Saedah, comfident that she had indeed done a good job in her choices. She then looked to Luna for some kind of comment or maybe even praise.
Luna looked down at Mariel and as soon as she saw the huge smile on Mariels face her own broke into a smile just as big. Luna swooped down and lifted mariel upinto an embrace.
"Ay chula, mi chula, una sonriza como este!" Lunaur cooed to her daughter, complimenting her in spanish and smiling in a motherly way. Luna loved her little daughter and always enjoyed praising Mariel, she knew that as long as she praised the girl and gave her as much love and affection as possible she would be fine if a little less talkative than most kids.
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:25 am
Saedah watched quietly as Mariel picked out the one shirt she didn't really care for. She seemed really proud of what she had picked out though...so she offered a timid smile and nodded her head slightly. When Luna picked up Mariel and praised her she frowned a bit as she spoke in some form of gibberish. It was like Papa's gibberish but sounded different.
She looked up at him moving her arms up as she wanted to be picked up as well. Mariel was picked up...there was no reason for her to be on the floor as well.
Kuyoja watched the event unfold with mild interest. It was...interesting watching how Saedah picked out each design so..decisively and Mariel had followed her lead. When the woman praised her daughter he noticed that Saedah had wanted to be picked back up again.
He shook his head, this was not the time to be held. This was clothes shopping.
"Do you want those two shirts Saedah?" He inquired meaning the ones that Mariel had picked out for her.
The little cornsanke girl pouted at the refusal of being picked up and then forced herself to look back down at the clothes. Picking up the yellow one with the monkey on it she timidly offered it towards Luna and Mariel.
"She...'ave..." She murmured as she hadn't really liked the shirt but Mariel did. She could have it.
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