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 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:52 pm
Noel, having Not fully recovered his daughter back from her little self imposed world, had decided to bring some of the other children together to see if they could help. He arranged for the children to get invitations for an Anti-book club, since many children didn't like to read, opting for Playing outside and games and the like. The Club would just be an excuse for the kids to come and play, to enjoy themselves in his backyard, and so that Alome wasn't so alone.
When the day came for the get together, Alome was set outside, in her flower garden. Irae was there too, sitting beside the pool, kicking his feet around in the waters.
Noel was really hoping that someone else would join them, and it wouldn't just end up as a party all by themselves. Though.. That could still be fun.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:00 pm
Having heard of an outdoor activity, Jude had chosen to bring his young son for both of their gain. Little Nihm loved to be with others and play with other children, and it was the perfect photo op for his father.
Walking into the backyard Nihm's eyes were wide. There were other kids there! He had been holding his father's hand, clumsily walking but broke away and ran towards the others, looking back and forth between Alome and Irae, as if he couldn't choose who to say hello to first.
Jude laughed slightly, watching his son and giving a respectful nod to Noel.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:16 pm
(-leaps at the opportunity to get into an ORP with full force- XD)
Yaholo had heard of a outdoor gathering happening through the many vines of people he had around the towns Gaia and decided to take Seto and Mokuba to this "Anti-Book club." It was supposed to be a children's get together group just for outside playing so it sounded pefect especially on a day so pretty as this.
Upon entering the backyard Yaholo's eyes gazed over to Noel. He assumed that the other man was the coordinator of sorts for this gathering and walked over with a delighted smile.
"Hello there," He greeted, pleasantly. "My name is Yaholo, are you the person that is running this gathering?"
Mokuba had already followed his father in and quickly became preoccupied with smelling some yellow flowers with giggle. The kid loved nature, everything about it was wonderful! The colors, the sights, the sounds and even the smells were awesome! This backyard was beautiful too! Perfect for adventuring!
Having been in a weird sort of mood all day; Seto detached from his brother and walked around in a confused sort of manner. Ugh, why was he so antsy? He'd had a good night's rest and he wasn't mad at anyone, so why was he acting so strange? He continued to walk until he walked past where Alome was sitting in her flower garden.
He paused rather abruptly, as if he had been startled out of a daydream as deep blue eyes panned over to the elder girl. Something was very familiar about her...Oh! She was the girl from the library! ...But she looked so sad and empty. He felt a cold breeze go over his shoulders and he shivered. She didn't look good at all, but he couldn't fight the urge to walk over and talk to her...
At first he felt awkward as he approached her, not scared or frightened, but something told him that she wasn't the girl he had met before. Situating himself next to her as best he could with his eyes still fixed on her he felt that frozen cold chill again. But instead of clutching his trenchcoat closer to his small body, he removed it and wrapped it around her shoulders.
"You's really cold, I dun need it." He stated, eyes not moving from their position on her face. This was a strange act for him to do, and he knew it, he adored his coat and he just gave it to her without a second thought.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:15 pm
Noel smiled at Jude. So far so good. Kids were coming in slowly but surely. And this was always a good sign. He couldn't help smile a bit wider when a little child had approached Alome, putting his coat around her slender shoulders. That was one thing that kids were always good at. Most didn't discriminate, they all tried to love eachother (most of the time) and get along.
"Yes, I'm running this gathering~ I'm glad you could join us!" He patted the seat next to him. "Come sit here, take a load off~"
Taking his feet out of the pool, Irae, spotted two kids his age, one he remembered from not too long ago, and one he didn't recognize.. He wasn't sure who to talk to first, but in the end he decided to go over to the new baby.
"Hey bahbee! I is Irae! We go meets a friend!" With a smile, he took the other Nihm's hand, giggling as he led the other over to Mokuba. "Hey hey, Ba! Lookie! I gots a new fwiend! We pway togedder!"
Alome, unlike her last meeting with another child, was a bit more aware of her surroundings. He mind wasn't trapped in a world of white like before.. She could see and smell everything. She could feel the chilling air on her shoulders, and even noticed Seto placing the coat on them.
Her eyes were still blank, as if she were blind, but her head did turn, and a very tiny and slight smile adorned her features. "Thank you.." She said very softly, her lips barely moving. She turned her gaze away from him, casting her eyes back to the ground.. The butterfly girl couldn't comprehend why anyone would want to be nice to her.. She was just a nobody who was useless afterall..
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:45 pm
Eve walked on barefoot, followed by her grandmother Anya.
The little girl was eager to see Irae again, having not seen him since she was an infant. She was a little worried about him.
The stitched together child smiled and walked over to greet the host before wanting to see Irae. Eve looked up at Noel with a light smirk, "Hi, mister." She hadn't met Alome before.
Anya stood behind her granddaughter, looking the age of nineteen. "I'm Eve and this is my granny, Anya," Eve pointed at Anya, who tried to smile.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:23 am
Noel wasn't expecting a child to greet him rather than the adult with them, but he accepted this all the same.
"Thank you both for coming! I'm so glad to have two beautiful young ladies to come to my little shindig~ My name is Noel, and the girl in the flowers is my daughter, Alome, and the little boy with the glasses is my nephew Irae. Though I'm positive You've meet Irae before~ He always talks nonstop about the friends he's made. You can go on and play, Little Eve~ I'm going to start the grill soon~
In truth, the grill was already started, but Noel was waiting for his husband, Domi, To come back with the rest of the food. He hadn't thought that there would be any vegetarians amongst his guest, so when the thought DID finally arise, He sent his ever faithful packmule husband to gather veggie dogs and veggie burgers~
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:33 am
Cookie was not much opposed to books, really. She wasn't against them and they tended to have fun stories that her Mommies read to her. However, the girl was also eager to spend time with other children and to visit Alome again, so she was more than pleased at getting the invitation.
The toddler was zooming through the air towards the party, barely held down by a little leash and harness her mother was holding. It wasn't that Lam didn't trust Cookie to get there safely - she had apparently done it before - it was that the woman knew it made landing easier and wanted to not be left behind to find her way to this place.
Lamnishan was a tall, blonde and curvaceous woman, whose big smile and bright eyes made it obvious why Cookie was suited to be her daughter. Reeling the little leash in as the approached the party, she grinned towards their host. "Hi, you must be Noel, right? I'm Lam, Cookie's Mom."
As she spoke, the tot, having just landed finally, darted forward to hug the man around his legs. He was looking happier today, so that was good! Not as sad as he was when she first arrived.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:00 pm
Noel turned his head once more. They were all coming in at one time! But in no way did he disapprove! And it was one of his favorite kidlets~
"Yep~ I'm Noel! It's a pleasure to meet you! Your daughter helped me out so much when Alome was in her first stages of recovery. I'm really happy that she could come again!" He kneelled down and hugged the little Chimera girl that was on his leg. "You should go play with Alome for a little while. She needs to smile more, ya know?
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:19 pm
Yaholo gave a nod when Noel offered him the seat next to him and sat down quite happily. "Thank you very much," He said. "My boys and I just walked here from our campground a good hour or two away..." He paused, scanning the area for his sons for a moment. He spotted Mokuba who appeared to be playing with two other children his age by some flowers. Good, he was occupied. But where was Seto? His eyes turned towards the flower garden and they widened slightly as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Seto had taken off his trenchcoat and given it to the elder girl! But the toddler never took that thing off. He had been acting strange today. Hmm. Maybe it was a good thing. Sharing is good for young kids after all...
Mokuba spun around from his position at the flowers to see a familiar face. "Hi Hi 'Rae!" He squealed delightedly, grinning from ear to ear once he spotted Nihm. "'Lo dere! I's Mow-Kuu-Bah! Waz yer name?"
Although having recieved a response from Alome that meant she was still awake in there, Seto felt discouraged when she simply turned her head away from him. He had gotten her to smile a little but that didn't feel like it was enough to make her feel better. He had to do something more, he felt like he had to do something that he would do only for his brother ...But what could he do? He was only a toddler and she was a big kid...
Then an idea popped in, Mokuba loved being cuddled and given a lullaby when he was sad or scared. But what could he sing that would make her feel better? He pondered the very small list of songs he knew before settling on one that Mokuba adored the most. Wrapping his tiny arms gently around Alome he snuggled up against her with his head resting close to her shoulder before he began singing rather sweetly.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, how much I love you...Please don't take my sunshine away..." As he finished the first verse he blinked twice at his own singing voice, he sounded nice in his opinion so he decided to go on to the second and third verses. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping...I dreamed I held you in my arms...When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken...So I hung my head and I cried...You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, how much I love you...Please don't take my sunshine away..." He finished the song rather nicely but still kept his arms wrapped around Alome. He wouldn't move from his position so he could make sure she was happy, at least until Yaholo wanted to leave, but until then he was staying put.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:04 pm
".... You walked here? You could have just called and Domi would have swung by to pick you up. Do you live far away? Are you on a trip?" Noel wasn't used to seeing people actually walk places. Actually, he was too used to flying everywhere. Domi was the only one of them that actually used a car.
Every since Alome had... Well, you know, ever since then, no one flew, in respect to the fact that she had lost her own wings. Even know, little nubs could be seen poking out of the back of her dress.
Irae wiggled in delight as Mokuba and Nihm were getting acquainted with one another. "Yeah! Fwiends!!"
After a few moments, he turned to fave Alome and Seto. His sensors were going off, saying that someone was singing. A sweet, tender smile reached his lips.. His cousin needed more friends. It's not right to be sad all the time!
First the coat.. And now this? Alome wasn't used to having so much attention. Most of the time, she just wanted to hide, to go back to the safety of her room, as not to be corrupted by the world around her. And something even rarer began to happen. Someone sung to her. They SUNG TO HER. No one ever sung to Alome.. She was always the one singing to others, trying to make the world a better place, but never succeeded.
She closed her eyes, relaxing into the smaller child's arms, listening to the soft words come forth from his mouth. It was really sweet.. And she began to think. Things weren't born bad, were they? The innocent are still the innocent, no matter how you look at it.. People aren't born bad.. Are they?
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:14 pm
Anya leaned against a wall, keeping an eye on Eve as the little girl nodded and walked over to Irae.
Eve waved to Seto in greeting before greeting Mokuba, "Hi, Mokuba, Irae. It's good to see you again."
Eve didn't know if Irae remembered her, but she hoped he did. She held one picture in her pocket, a drawing of Irae from when she first met him.
"I made you something, Irae," she took the small picture out of her pocket, a bit sad about how small she had made it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:09 pm
Yaholo laughed at Noel's reaction to him saying that they walked over. He had forgotten that most people used cars unlike him and his fellow campers.
"Well, yes. We do live far away, I suppose." He began, offering a light smile to the other man. "But where I've lived people have been walking everywhere for centuries! My elder brother, Ozzie, uses a car though because he has to carry things home for all of us back home. But I enjoy walking long distances and getting into my surroundings. Seto and Mokuba have really adapted well to it it seems to be too."
"Hi Eve!" Mokuba greeted lively. Yay! All his friends were here! Even new people too! He was sure to have fun today!
Feeling Alome relax in his hug Seto's mouth curved into a small smile. Good, she's relaxed. Just as Mokuba would do. His eyes looked up at her face to see her eyes had closed which to him was a sign that she was calm. It was funny that it had worked as he had thought that older kids didn't like songs like that...But apparently, they did. Or at least she did. Still, it had worked so he was content as he spoke to her softly.
"My little brother likes songs like that when he's sad..." He whispered. "We's been through lot's of stuff together that wasn't good, but we's made it through it 'cause we's stuck together. When he's sad or scared he finds me and we go try to figure it out. 'N when I'm lonely or sad I can always count on 'im to make me feel good again..." He paused, as if another idea had popped into his head. He grabbed his deck of cards out of his duel disk and sifted through the cards until he picked one out of the pile. Giving it a once over he nodded and placed the card in one of her hands, cupping his hand over her's as if to seal a deal.
"If you feels sad and you wants to feels better again look at dis card and 'tink about the sunshine song 'n even me if 'ya want 'ta so you dun have 'ta be sad anymore. Dis is one of my favorite cards dat I have, so take real good care of it for me, 'kay?" He took his hand off of her's and commensed snuggling her again. Now, in Alome's hand, was placed one of Seto's most prized cards- The Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:54 pm
"Walking.. For centuries? Are you Bohemian?" Maybe it was rude to say that up front, but... The first thing that came to mind was that song "La Vie Boheme" and that in turn reminded him of the Bohemian Gypsies that wandered around Europe for such a long time.
~
Irae all but attached himself to Eve, hugging her tight and giggling. "I member you! You so nice and read to Irae!" He sweetly rubbed his cheek to hers, before taking the picture, dancing around with it.
"You so good at drawin! I gonna keep it and love it forever! But... Irae has nuffin for Eve.. I.. I is sorry.."
~
Alome's eyes opened just a bit, looking down at the card in her hand. Her eyes grew wide. Something like this.. She couldn't take it! She shook her head, slowly.
"I can't.. It's yours.." She whispered, holding the card as if it were to shatter at any moment. But it had seemed that Seto had made his mind up, so she wrapped her arms securely around him, sniffling.
Alome just couldn't understand children.. How could they be so innocent..? Was she like that once before..?
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:13 pm
Eve hugged Irae back, glad that he remembered her. She was more used to being hugged tightly than she was before.
She blushed at the complement about the picture as it had been one of the first ones she tried. That was why it was small.
She smiled, "It's all right. The fact that you like the picture is enough for me. I was afraid that I had made the picture too small."
She smiled at Mokuba, having already started on a sketch of the kid and his brother.
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:17 pm
"No no no! Not small at all! It fit perfect! See, I show you!" Irae hugged her tight one more time, before toddling away, disappearing back into the house.
After a few moments, he came back out, his beloved Mr. Pinny held high over his head. He put the huge plush pineapple on a chair, then unzipped his leaves from the body. There was a secret Compartment there, and inside, was a few things, but what he pulled out was a small, tattered book. The little vocaloid baby toddled back over to Eve, opening his book, and putting the picture inside for a snug fit.
"See? It fit!" He smiled, closed the book, holding it against his chest. "It my mem'rees... My mem'rees.. So If I get deleted, I still know things.."
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