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The kids were going to break him he just knew it... he was a man used to living on his own, had rather liked it that way. He'd had the occasional visits from his nephew and his nephew's girl friend as well as the visits from his 'guardian angel' who came by to feed him, help him clean, and to make sure he was alive... but children. They had never been part of the plan. Then again it would seem as though Gaia was a world that chance seemed to lead to kids and now he found himself with a pair of them.

On top of that he found himself in an ice cream place that they wanted to go to. Why was ice cream from a special ice cream parlor far superior in the minds of children to the stuff one got in a container at the grocery store? He'd never understand but it was something that he hoped to learn while they were here.

Ashton was in his arms and sitting on his shoulder was the tiny ferment called Roll, both the boys were nearly buzzing from the fact that they were going to get ice cream! The moment they stepped inside, not far behind Nym's group, he set Ashton down on his feet and stretched his arms out glad to be free of the weight for a moment, "Go and see what it is you want." He told them, motioning them to go over to where the ice cream was kept so they could look over the flavors and pick.

Ashton gave a happy smile before he made his way forward, lifting up on the tip toes of his root feet so he could look into the case and Roll stood up on Ashton's shoulder so he could see as well, "Lots of kinds." Ashton murmured, looking to Roll.

"Yeah... Wouldn't it be cool to get some of all of it?" He said with a chuckle, "Super cool... Dad would flip if we asked for that though."

Ashton nodded in agreement before he found himself glancing over at the other that were about his size. The boy's eyes fell on Magda and stuck, "Wow..." She was pretty he thought to himself unable to keep from starring having never met up with anyone else that had plants growing on them like he did.

Roll turned to look in the direction his brother was then gave a bit of a grin that could be seen in his dark eyes, "Someone have a crush?" He teased, causing Ashton's cheeks to color a little.

"No!" He squeaked in his own defense before turning quickly back to starring at the frozen treats.

Ashton turned to look over the way of the girl again, unable to help the curiosity he felt toward her. She was just... neat looking! When he looked her way though she was hiding behind the boy that was with her which made it a little harder to peek at her without moving to do so. He blinked a couple times when he heard Roll chuckling and wanted to leave the little ferment on the counter for teasing him.

"You not gonna at least say 'hi' to them? Just gonna gawk?" Roll asked of his brother then walked along his brother's shoulder to set to jumping up and down in a rapid manner, "Hello! Hello!" He called out, as loud as he could hoping his small voice might reach the two other children. There were so many downsides to being small, just as many as there were upsides.

"Roll! Don't yell!" Ashton squeaked, lifting a hand to cover Roll with it in hopes of silencing him. It sounded a lot louder to him since Roll was about standing in his ear.

"Never gonna make friends if you don't yell." Roll muttered under Ashton's hand.

Ashton flushed a little as the two approached them and he had a deer in the headlights moment. He wasn't really all that good with people yet, a product of not going out all that often since their father was the King of the Antisocial... now faced with two people that were talking to them and introducing themselves he forced himself to give a smile and a nod, "Ahhh... h-hello." He greeted the pair, "I'm Ashton and this is Roll."

He moved his hand so the little ferment could be freed from where he'd been pinned and the small ferment boy pushed up onto his feet once more, looking over at the two called Nos and Maggie. He bounced in place, pleased to have gotten their attention, "Much better then just starring, huh Ashton?"

The mushroom boy gave a nod of his head, "Yes. Much better." He agreed, "Nice to meet you." His words were a bit rushed but he seemed happy to have gotten them all out.

Ashton tilted his head to the side in a thoughtful manner before looking over at Crevan who was sitting off in a side booth watching quietly, waiting for the boys to return with the flavors of ice cream they wanted. He didn't know if his Father would want to sit with even more children but... he didn't want to say 'no' to her when they had just met.

"I will ask my Father if we can." He said, moving Roll back to sitting on his shoulder once more. If nothing else maybe he would let Roll and him sit with Maggie and Nos?

The mushroom boy moved off as quickly as his feet would carry him to where his Father was sitting and gave him a small smile, "Can we sit with Maggie and her family while we eat our ice cream?" He asked in a hopeful manner.

"Yeah, yeah can we?" Roll asked, jumping up and down on Ashton shoulder.

Crevan blinked a couple times then gave a sighing sound, "Ahh... fine..." He muttered, "Did you pick your ice cream yet?" He asked, rising up to his feet.

The boys shook their heads before turning to hurry back over to the counter, "He said that we could." Ashton told Maggie as they tried to pick what ice cream they wanted to eat. They had gotten so caught up in first starring then talking they hadn't even bothered to pick a flavor... they were looking into the case at the ice cream as Crevan walked over to join them ready to pay when they picked.

Ashton and Roll seemed to think the suggestion over before giving dual nods and turned their attention to their father. That seemed to be a great idea for their first taste of ice cream in this place, "Can we get sundaes, Dad?" Ashton asked of him.

Roll bounced up and down, nodding rapidly as Crevan looked up at the menu before he gave a nod of his head, "Sure, you two will have to share one though." He highly doubted that they would have an ice cream in the right size for someone like Roll. On top of that it would save him money to just buy the one... though even with just one of those sundaes they were going to be sugar high for hours.

"One sundae please." He said to the one behind the counter, paying for it quickly and once it was put together he motioned for the boys to lead the way to where their new friends were sitting.

Ashton ran ahead of his father, climbing up into one of the seats near the other two children and helped Roll down onto the table. The ice cream sundae was sat down next to Roll and Crevan pulled up a seat from another of the tables nearby, "Hello." He greeted the three as he sat down. Crevan was socially inept so aside from the one word he was pretty quiet.

Crevan looked a bit surprised by the bat boy's compliment, it sounded a bit like one that he would get from Roll and then to be called 'dear' by the woman, that was a new one for him as well. Normally all nicknames he ended up with weren't to flattering.

"I like to play outside in the dirt. I'm trying to make a garden." Ashton explained though the small boy had yet to realize that it was a lot harder to make a garden then just moving plants from one place to another or just burying seeds.

"Jumping off things." Roll said, it was the best thing to do ever! So long as there was a pillow at the bottom of what he was jumping, "Best to jump when I have hold of Swift." Even if Swift were very, very unamused by the jumping off things game.

"What about you?" Ashton asked, wondering what sort of games they played.

Ashton listened closely to what the girl was saying before giving a little smile. Neat she worked with herbs? That sounded like it could be fun he thought to himself. Weren't herbs the things you used in cooking?

"What's a lap harp?" He asked of her curiously, having never heard of anything like that before.

Roll seemed to be quite fascinated by Nos, finding it more then a little awesome to find someone else that wanted to go about jumping off of things. I was quite exciting! "That sounds like a cool game... we don't have a damsel to save though." He gave a quick glance around at his family, all guys... and even the family friend was a guy too.

Maybe Kyata would let Roll save him? He gave a grin at the thought, to be able to save his friend would be fun! How it would work was beyond him, after all he was a lot smaller then his friend.