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 Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:58 pm
The science center had a new dinosaur exhibit, so Laura decided it would be a good idea to go visit Cera's name sake. She paid for it up front (and joy, she's going to be hurting a little, but she thought Cera deserved to see this), and went to play with the "surround yourself in a bubble" mechanism in front. Everyone loved that thing, especially kids.
There was nothing for Cera to see.... but a lot of kids. It was more than a little frightening for her, though a lot of people, due to the spawn's appearance, kept a good distance from her.
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:41 pm
Zach held tightly around Dion's hand as he tugged and yanked at it trying desperately to get away. "Two please." Zach said to the teenager behind the counter with a smile. She stared at Dion oddly but Zach ignored her. "Excuse me." He said, pulling her attention to himself. "Two tickets." Zach said, serious now. The girl handed him the tickets as he passed her the exact amount in cash. "Thank you." He said with a smile as he was dragged off with Dion into the science center.
Once inside the two were stuffed into a mob of children and their parents. While Zach was busy apologizing to people for stepping on their toes, Dion grasped the opportunity to pull away from him and run into one of the mechanism in front of him. "Dion!!" Zach called out as he felt him slip away. Dion sighed, he'd be easy enough to find. After all, all these kids looked simple enough, boring compared to Dion. Zach followed Dion with his eyes as the boy ran into this large bubble looking thing. Zach stepped to the side, keeping out of the way of people as best as he could while keeping an eye on Dion.
As Dion ran into the mechanism he was too busy staring around that he didn't realize that he was running straight towards another young spawn. He collided with her hard and toppled over. "Ow!" He cried as he hit the ground with a thud. He rubbed his chest gently as he looked to the person he had hit. "Sorry." He said, knowing it was his fault but saying it with a frown none the less. He paused, staring at Cera with a shocked and fascinated stare. Actually, he was staring at her legs. "Wow." He said subconsciously.
Dion looked to the girls face, "Hi, I'm Dion." Dion said with a nod of his head as he held out a hand.
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:29 pm
Laura happened to see Dion, but was too late, and Cere was knocked over... and then the girl started crying. Loudly. Laura sighed... before noticing that Dion looked A LOT like Cere. "Hey..." She didn't interfere, however.
Cere sniffled, and looked up at Dion, pulling herself up. She sniffled, before saying softly, "You look strange." Obviously, she didn't see herself in him, and thought he looked strange with all those scales on his body. "I Cere..."
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:14 pm
Zach heard someone speak but he didn't think much of it since he was surrounded by noise. Still, he turned his head slightly to the said to see if that hey was directed at him. It wasn't but he did notice a woman staring over at Dion and the young girl he had collided with. From here Zach couldn't see the bottom half of the kids so he couldn't tell that the bottom half of the young girl was of some type of dinosaur (or rather greed). Still, it was obvious that this girl was her daughter or of some relation whether it be by blood or not. Zach slide over to her, "Excuse me." Zach said with a smile. "Is she your daughter?" He asked with a short motion to the two children. He'd have to apologize for Dion's clumsiness.
Dion was surprised by her tears and froze. Had he said something wrong? Had he hit her hard? Dion had no idea what to do so he stood there staring at her with worry and concern on his face. Zach was going to kill him, or so he thought. The girl stopped almost as soon as she begun and she stood up without taking his hand. What she said next threw Dion off completely.
His head shot back in surprise at her words. He looked weird? No other spawn had told him that he had looked strange before. He hadn't thought any of them looked strange, he thought they all looked interesting. Much better then all those other boring people with no tails and wings. Dion stared at her for a moment, her words stinging some before he frowned at her. "I do not look strange!!" Dion shot back at her. He didn't know what else to say to her, he had never been called strange before and he wasn't exactly sure if she of all people had the right to call him strange. They were similar after all...well not very similar but both were different and in Dion's mind you didn't call someone strange if that other person was different like you. He was angry and he didn't know what to do with his anger.
So he didn't do anything. He didn't want to yell at this girl or hit her because he knew he'd get in trouble. "Hello Cere." Dion said between clinched teeth. He wasn't sure what else to do.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:48 pm
Laura looked over at Zach, and grinned happily. "Why, yes, she is." It was impossible to tell how happy she was to hear that it was so obvious to see the mother/daughter relationship between them. "Do you see the resemblance?"
They looked nothing alike.
This took Cere completely by surprise as well. She didn't know what she did to make Dion so mad, not realizing the consequences of her words. It actually really scared her a little, Dion seemingly becoming angry for no reason at all, and quickly went back over to Laura's side. Laura, being the "best mom ever", had no idea what was going on with the two. "What's wrong, Cere?" Cere didn't say anything. Her mommy person may have acted strange, but at least it wasn't a SCARY strange!
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:54 pm
Zach was silent for a moment, surprised by the woman's word. He stared at her for a moment, he knew her last remark was full of sarcasm though he wasn't exactly sure whether to respond with sarcasm of his own or be nice. He went with the latter.
"Ah, no." He said with a smile, "I just had a hunch since I've noticed you've been watching the girl for a while." He said with a short motion to the two kids. "The boy is my son and I just wanted to apologize for his clumsiness." There was a pause. "I'm Zacheus by the way. Feel free to call me Zach." Zach offered his hand in a handshake.
The two children stared at each other for a few minutes. Dion was still angry at the girl but he did nothing with that anger. He wasn't sure what the girl would do but what she did do scared him. "No!!" He called after the girl. He knew where she was going, she was going to go to her mother and say he did something bad and then Zach would find out and he'd get in trouble. Dion ran after here but she was faster then him, he tried to grab onto her and pull her back but he couldn't keep up.
Dion paused as the girl cling to the woman directly besides Zach. He stared between the little girl, her mother and Zach with fear on his face. Zach looked to the frightened little girl and then over to Dion. He frowned, "Dion, what did you do?" He asked in the most serious tone Dion had ever heard him use...well no. Not the most serious but one of the most serious. Dion flinched, "Nothing." He said in a low voice. Zach sighed and rubbed his forehead. He kneeled down in front of Cera and smiled. "Did Dion do something bad?" He asked her kindly. "NO!!" Dion jumped forward but Zach was quick. Zach turned around fast and grabbed him quickly, he faced Cera again with Dion struggling in his arms.
"Did this grumpy butt do something mean?" He asked as Dion kicked and flailed his arms as he desperately tried to get away. Zach only smiled at Cera as he waited for her answer.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:47 pm
He may have "knew", but that didn't make it true; She was serious. Very, sadly, serious. "Oh..." She frowned a little. So that was it... well, Rome wasn't built in a day, after all.
She rubbed her face a little, looking up at Zach. He didn't seem so scary... was he Dion's Mommy? She got very nervous when she saw Dion struggling like that; it worried her a little, and she wondered if she'd be in trouble. "Um... I... I just said he looked strange..." She whimpered, shivering a little. "And... and he got all angry..." She looked up at her own Mommy. "Did I do something bad?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:16 am
Dion growled under his breath as Zach held him so tight that he couldn't move. His arms were pinned against his sides and he knew it was pointless to move his legs. If he kicked out he's end up hitting Cera or her mother and that would only cause more trouble. "I don't look strange..." He muttered under his breath angrily. He still didn't like being told that but he knew that if he yelled at her it'd only mate matters worst.
Zach was still smiling warmly at her. "Ah, no worries. You did nothing wrong. Dion here," Zach shook him a little, Dion tried to bite him but failed, "is just weird like that." He said with a nod. "I am not!!" Dion protested, he struggled some more but got no where. There was a pause as Dion glared at the ground and Zach stared at him through the corner of his eye. "Are you finished?" Zach asked but Dion said nothing. Zach gently placed him down onto his feet. Dion stood there, glaring at the ground. Why was he getting scolded? Accused? He hadn't done anything wrong. Why did this girl have to be such a cry baby.
"Dion, apologize." Zach said softly. Dion lifted his head a little to look at Cera. "I'm sorry you're such a cry baby and stupid and--" Dion was cut off as Zach pulled him back and whacked him on the head. "DION!" Dion rubbed the top of his head, wincing but there was a please look on his face.
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:04 am
Laura's mother bear instincts were going crazy here, but at the same time, she was terrified things were going to get physical, and with the way things looked... well, she'd be more of a target than of any actual help. Zach seemed to know what he was doing, so he let him do his thing.
Cera sniffled. "Okie..." She whimpered, so confused. " "I.... I didn'? Then... why Dion so mad?" She shivered when Dion "apologized". Why was Dion so mean to her... She only said three words to the boy!
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:49 pm
"I'm so sorry for Dion's rudeness. Normally he's not like this around other children." That wasn't entirely true. Dion was occasionally like this around other children. It had been a while since he acted this way and Zach was surprised that it would happen now. Cera seemed like a nice enough girl and she hadn't really done anything wrong. Zach held Dion tightly by the shoulder as the boy rubbed his head and frowned at Cera. He kept quiet...for now.
"Don't worry Cera. Dion's just a little sensitive." Zach said with a smile. Dion frowned harder at Cera before looking away. He didn't like this girl, she was getting him in trouble. If she hadn't cried and ran off to her mother then things wouldn't have gotten so bad. Dion folded his arms over his chest as Zach continued to speak. "I apologize again. I don't know what's come over him." Zach said to Laura, he glanced down to Dion for a very brief moment before looking back to the woman. Dion stared at Cera through the corner of his eyes.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:24 pm
"It... it's alright... it was just... a shock..." She looked down at Cera. "This is my first day with her... and already I've met two others like her..." She looked over at Dion. "And in this case, REALLY like her... except, without all the rings." Well, rings like that, anyway. She had a feeling she had a stash of rings of some sort elsewhere... along with anything else deemed "pretty" in the house.
Cera whimpered. That didn't explain anything! She held on tightly to her mother's leg when Dion frowned at her. She didn't understand how he could be so upset at her... all he said was that he LOOKED strange. That wasn't so bad! Her own mother WAS strange... Maybe not looked like it, but she certainly was...
Speaking of which... "By the way... I... I don't quite understand it all... but, apparently, each child has a virtue and a sin... I don't mean to pry, but... what is your child's?" She looked down at Cera pulling at her leg, and sighed, getting something out of the backpack on her back, and handing her the large present box... she still hadn't opened it, though her mother was very much tempted to, wanting to see what was inside. Cera hugged it tightly, feeling MUCH better with it in her arms.
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:54 pm
Zach was happy to answer her question, change the subject for a short while. "Dion's sin is envy and his virtue is diligence." Zach said as he glanced down at the small boy as he stared at the box in Cera's arms. It was rather large for the small girl and being the way Dion is, he would be dieing with curiosity to know what was inside it. "His sin would explain why he was offended by Cera's words but I never expected Dion to be that type." Zach said with a slight shrug. "He's never gotten angry at other kids for what they've said, more so of what they've done." This was true but that was only because no one had ever called Dion strange or indirectly or directly insulted him. The one fight Dion and been in was caused by the accidental fling of edible substances. That memory was still fresh in Zach's mind. It had taken an hour to get every last bit of food out of Dion's hair and his clothe had been ruined. No form of bleach could remove those stains...
Zach smiled at Laura. "I have yet to meet a child like Cera. If you don't mind me asking, what is Cera's sin and virtue?" He was always curious about these types of things though he rarely asked.
Dion was staring at Cera now, or rather staring at the present in her arms. "Hey." He said, drawing Cera's attention to him. Dion didn't like this girl but that didn't mean he wasn't going to talk to her. "What's in the box?" He asked rather rudely. Zach pulled him back a step as a warning, Dion growled softly at him but nothing more. Zach sighed and rubbed his forehead.
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:14 pm
(( Wait, he's envy? *feels dumb... thinking he was greed like Cera this whole time* No wonder there's a color difference in their scales. ))
"I see... though, wouldn't that go more to pride." She frowned when mention of what Cera said came up again. "Yeah... I'm sorry about her... she calls a lot of things strange, so I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it... especially when she just commented on his looks. She considers me just STRANGE." Then again, this was the woman (if you could call her that) with random anime characters on her backpack and sings "Bubble, I'm Bubbleman' in the shower.
"Oh! Mine's greed and Chasity! I actually thought that he had greed, like her. They look a lot a like... at least to me." So far, nothing about Chasity seemed to effect the girl much. Then again, she was much too young for it to really do anything.
The way that Dion was staring at her box... REALLY made her nervous. She clung tighter to the box. "Dunno." She replied, which was true. It hadn't been opened since the moment she got it, wanting to take care of the package. Still, she just realized something. There was supposed to be something INSIDE of it!? Very carefully, she tried to undo the bow, but found it very hard to do... she didn't want to wreck the box, wanting to keep both it, and whatever was inside intact.
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:34 pm
Zach thought for a moment. "You do have a point though I don't think Dion got insulted because he had pride in his appearance. I think it was more so along the lines that he had never thought about it nor cared until she brought it up." Zach said with a small nod. Now that he thought about it he was a little worried that this would stick with him and Dion would think he really was strange. He smiled at Laura, sure she probably meant nothing by it but Dion didn't know that. "No problem. Kids are kids." Zach said as he gently patted Dion's head, who was still staring at Cera's present with interest. "Besides," Zach whispered to her, "Dion thinks I'm strange as well. makes him a tiny hypocrite." Zach said with a small chuckle.
Dion really REALLY wanted to open that box and the way Cera was struggling with it bothered him. "Rip the bow." Dion suggested but it came out more as a command then anything else. Dion took a step forward but Zach pulled him back. "You won't be mean?" Zach asked, Dion stared at him for a moment. "Or do anything mean. No hitting or doing anything Cera doesn't want you to do." More silence. "You promise?" Zach asked. Dion nodded his head in agreement and Zach released him. Dion walked over to Cera slowly.
"Pull at one of the ends." Dion said as he pointed to one end of the ribbon. That was how Emilie unwrapped packages. He was still frowning at Cera since he still didn't like her all that much but he wouldn't mess with her. Not yet at least, he had promised he wouldn't.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:50 am
(( ACK! *wasn't allowed to post in here until now* Mom turned off the internet so that I'd have nothing else to do but sleep... though, I ended up staying awake in bed most of the time freaking out instead. ^^; ))
"Ah! I know what you mean! that happened earlier today at work! A girl came by, another one from the lab, and before that, Cera just considered anything she liked hers because she claimed it as her own." Laura laughed a little bit when Zach whispered to her. "Yeah... at this point, I think it's a given that kids will think that their parents are weird."
Cera didn't say anything, but was inwardly aghast that Dion would suggest that. Then it would be broken, and she didn't want to break her things! She got more than a little nervous when Dion came close to her, and she hugged her present closer to her, but she listened to his next suggestion, liking it more. Sure enough, it finally came undone, and she could open up the box. Inside was a little doll. The stereotypical "pretty" kind, with golden locks and blue eyes and what-not. A real inside joke with one of the scientist, to be sure, but Cera loved it anyway. She looked over at Dion, and held out her arms for a hug, but not going over to hug him. He may not want a hug from her, which she could understand; she didn't like being touched suddenly either.
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