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 Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:47 am
The Toyger/Angora mix sat by the lake looking out, mindlessly grooming his long dark fur until it was silky soft and even then his fingers still ran through his fur, over and over as though just to keep his hands busy. He had asked Val to meet him here, he needed to talk to the only person he had ever considered to be like a mother figure. Her and Joshua had basically raised him and his sister but London had gone and lost her mind in some strange event. He kept his distance from his sister as much as he possibly could.
Shaking himself from his mindless euphoria of thoughts he sighed, thinking about the situation he had put himself into. No on in the Anbu knew he had a girlfriend and he had made it a point to keep it quiet. But since he and Nyx had agreed to meet each others families he had to open his mouth. Joshua was a wonderful role model to him, but Val was his mother figure and he needed her more than anyone else right about now. Valiant had her moments in which she seemed more like a drama queen, blowing events much further out of proportion than they needed to be, but she had been a good mother to him and his sister and he thanked her for that.
Silver hair shadowing his eyes Jiji looked down to the murky water, how was she going to take that fact that he had a girlfriend, and not just that, but Nyx. He was sure she knew Nyx, or at least her family. Especially after the drama that had occurred with Nyx's father Kieran than had also dealt with Nyx's fool of an ex Dracal. Jiji had gone to further investigate him and found him to be a weak minded, idiot. What Nyx had seen in him he would never know, not that he held himself on a particularly high branch, but at least he had some pride and a pair of balls.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:31 pm
Valiant was running late, but then... wasn't she always now a day? Faye was gone, she was beyond stressed... and to top it off Saeriel disappeared as well, hopefully on some stupid quest... and not to the same fate she had a feeling her youngest suffered. Her mind had been spinning in thoughts, and more often then not she found herself withdrawn from everyone, all her hard work to keep social slipping. She came out of the trees, stopping to smile at the boy she had raised, he didn't see her yet, but she was pretty sure he suspected he knew where she was. It was so funny, he was growing up to look so much like Youko, and yet... his personality was a complete one eighty.
It had been curious to her that he seeked her out however.
Jiji, was much like Ishtar in the since he liked his privacy, and as of late she really didn't know what he was up to half the time. But she suspected, oh she suspected. Ishtar had done something very similar when he first started seeing Marrie, no boys she understood. It was her girls that were the sneaky ones, the ones she usually turned a blind eye to... Her babies.
Stepping forward, she ruffled the boys silver hair, knowing damned well he didn't like it. "Jiji, how are you love?" She asked softly, taking a seat next to him and staring out at the water herself.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:54 pm
Jiji's ears twitched as he hear Val approach from behind a thin smile spreading over his face. He stopped absent-mindedly grooming his tail. In his time away he had been unaware of his some-what adopted siblings disappearances. All of his free time had been spent with Nyx, obsessing over every moment of time he got with his fair skinned love. He hadn't meant to become something of a hermit from his family, but he had always been extremely private to begin with.
Shaking his head and reaching up to fix his hair, a low but playful growl came form his throat as his dark eyes looked up to his adoptive mother smiling down at him. "Well, I guess in some ways I've been better. But at the same time I'm doin' really damn good." he said with a shrug and leaned forward batting at the water below causing a cascade of ripples that issues from where his finger tips had just swept through the waters surface.
Pulling himself back upright he scratched at his wrist. "Val...I think...I might get myself in some trouble. Maybe not with you or Joshua...but like Ishtar..." he said wrinkling his nose and biting lightly on the tip of his tongue.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:12 pm
Valiant cocked a eyebrow, glancing at the boy. "In trouble with Ishtar... but whatever for? Have you been playing with his stones or books or something?" She shook her head and laughed. "He's always on about something, im sure whatever you did isn't that bad. Well unless you stole his girlfriend or something."
Val was blessed with beautiful sons, even if they weren't hers... and even if she played the thought off as impassive... the thought of Ishtar and Jiji at each others throats made a shiver travel down her spine. Neither of those boys were ones to back down, especially when someone challenged something they cared about. She shook her head sadly, not that Jiji had given her a reason yet, but the thought of two of her boys fighting... and two of her girls gone, it broke her heart.
She could only hope it wouldn't come to that. Valiant allowed her hair to fall between them, keeping quiet and staring at their reflections in the ripping water. When he wanted to tell her, she was sure he would.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:20 pm
Swallowing hard Jiji gave Val a strained smile. "...Not...quite..." he said tilting his head from side to side thinking of the best way to put it. Nyx didn't believe that Ishtar cared about her, that he in fact held bitter feelings towards his own sister because she blamed herself for their parents ignoring him and spending all of their time worrying about her because of her condition.
"Let's just say I more rather...stole his sister....Nyx." he said swallowing again and looking away from Valiant and back down to the water. "It wasn't originally intentional. I left East get out and explore and ran into her. We hung out for a bit...and I went back, again, and again." he muttered. He lifted a hand into the air and rolled it a little as he spoke. "Well...she broke up with her boyfriend and I kinda asked her out...that was about two or three months ago..." he grumbled, lowering his head even more.
He sat waiting for either Valiant's laughter or disapproval. He wasn't sure which would be worse to him. He had to tell someone about Nyx and Joshua was likely to pull out the idea of talking him through safe sex and at the time that wasn't what was on his mind. Sure Nyx was beautiful and attractive, but he wasn't thinking of jumping into bed with the girl. If he was going to lose his own virginity he wanted to at least make it important. If he'd truly wanted to he could have lost it long before then.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:32 pm
Valiant sat quietly, a long time after his lament was finished. She wasn't sure herself how lightly she should tred here. Ishtar had opened up with her more then he had anyone, and for that she didn't want to say something that was meant only for her ears. Sighing quietly to herself she brought her hand to her face, would he care that Jiji made off with his sister, more then likely... though he would only show it with distance to them both. For once she didnt know what to say, how the situation would play out.
"I really don't know what to say Jiji, I will tell you something about your brot... Ishtar." Val spoke through her fingers, her nub of a tail twitching in concentration. "Ishtar cares more about his true family then he lets on. The only person that has really been able to break his calm is Dracal, and that is because his mother put him in Ishtar's rightful place. As for Nyx... He wont approve at first, by the tone of your voice you at least know that much... but if you both try talking to him, perhaps he will warm up quicker to the idea." Silently she prayed she hadn't said too much, that Ishtar wouldn't eventually be hurt by this sign of weakness he had shown to her. When Kieran nearly died... oh how he had lost his mind, the idea that he would never be able to recollect with his past ... disturbed him.
"You two have my approval, but I dont really think thats what your asking here. What your asking for is Ishtar's, and that I cannot give."
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:02 pm
"Yeah...I kinda figured as much. And I tried to tell Nyx that. He cares about her, he has to, they're his family and all. I mean yeah, s**t happened and he did kinda get left behind and all but. You can't really hate your family can you?" he asked looking up at Valiant with almost pleading dark eyes from his true mother.
"I really don't expect him to approve right away...I was kinda hoping you would know how to best approach him. I don't wanna throw me and Nyx in his face when I bring her to meet you and Josh." he shrugged, thinking about his upcoming meeting with Kieran and Persephone, a meeting he was almost dreading. If he was worried about Ishtar, it was terrified of Kieran. "I think...I'm a bit more afraid of meeting Kieran. I mean, from what me and Nyx have talking about she's a real Daddy's little girl. Not that I couldn't handle myself; you know that. But I mean still..."
He sighed and leaned slightly towards his adoptive mother and rubbing his hands over his face and his fingers through his silky bangs. he was a highly well groomed cat, polite, respectful, what did he really have to worry about? He had no ill intentions towards Nyx, he wanted to protect her, to dance with her, to love her and spend all his time with her that he wasn't busy. It was all starting to weigh on him.
"I don't know if I even really want to bring her here. My father, the Anbu...I mean, it's chaos here half the time. Nearly naked women running around, drinking themselves into a coma nearly every night. I don't know Val..." he sighed again reaching for his tail to begin grooming it, although he had already groomed it to a high glossed shine and where his fur was as soft as a rabbits.
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:42 am
Val laughed, bitterly shaking her head. "Do you love your mother or sister Jiji? Despite all the craziness they seem to have in an bottomless well?" Tucking her hair behind her ears the female looked over at the boy -somehow getting older before her eyes-
"Oh Kieran is pretty much a more collected Ishtar, his emotions stay deeper down though. I can definitely say on that one he will be at the very least apprehensive regarding your relationship with Nyx... My only suggestion is to be as respectful to him, if not more so... then you are to myself or Joshua. Kieran treats others how they treat him... even if he doesn't always like it." Valiant was speaking from experience, she knew Kieran almost as well as she knew Ishtar, but Jiji was too young to know about that... and besides, it was quite a long time ago.
Her ears perked forward as he spoke, her face going solum. "Jiji, you are who you are... you have to accept that. Your background is what it is, if she doesn't like it... then perhaps, shes just not the right girl. I had to choose whether or not to accept that he would never understand me. I chose not to." She reached over and pulled the boy close to her, ruffling his hair with the free hand.
"Either way, everything will turn out how its meant to. if your too embarrassed you can bring little Nyx to see me and josh, considering we are the only sane people here. Asha and Raco would probably like to see her too."
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