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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:07 am
Log of Skull Monkey: Jen
Note: Only the keeper is allowed to post here. Unless you get their permission, this board is ONLY for their use. Thanks.
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:13 am
  Just added some new pics of Jen and I and some of Jen's friends... smile scroll down to see them... biggrin
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:16 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:20 am
 Pebble Jen: "Weeeeee"Infant Jen: "Frog's aren't glue?"Child Jen: "How's that work?" Jen-Likes: bright coloursAdmires: Isto's favorute toy: That stupid Twei-pipe!is Shy: What?!?!?! no... Jen is not shyhas a new sibling: Tippin the floppiAnd another new sibling: Van Dien the Fortunette
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:22 am
Events for Jen:
June 14... : Recieved Jen smile
June 20... : Jen hatched biggrin
June 23... : Made friends with SUper Isto. smile
June 26... : Recieved a flower from Sine and Camet smile
June 27... : Got attacked by a rat in a tunnel under the den... eek
July 1-17.. : Jen and Keppit are on vacation cool
Aug 10... : Isto gets a fifth Stage Item... Jen is afraid he'll have noone to talk to anymore...
Aug 30... :Jen grows into an adult... and a muscular strapping one at that... (and he realises something very important about himself that he'd suspected all along)
Oct 28... Jen decides that he'll be forced to live a loveless life...
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:23 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:58 am
I just got Jen a new book...It's called "Wendy's Monkey signs for beginners" and he really likes it... he can't read but in this book Wendy (an adult deaf Skull Monkey) has illustrated several different Skull Monkey Signs from Skull monkey Sign Language for young beginners to learn... and Jen just loves it! Here are some pictures of the book... forgive me for their sizes smile
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:59 am
Shamelessly stolen from Isto and Moofuls Big Twisted RP Number OneMoofuls Finally, Isto stands, giving one last glnce out across the water. Just as he turned back towards HQ, a bolt of lightning struck near the center of the lake, an odd little surge flowing through the water. For the first time, Isto was afraid. His paw was made of metal. Metal attracted... Hardly had he thought this before he was enveloped in a blinding flash of light. Searing, burning pain; he felt as if he were being split in two. He knew he must be screaming, though he couldn't hear himself over the thunder, momentarily deafened by the crash. The lightening vanished, leaving a strange hazy glow in it's place. As the glow faded, Isto slid down into the mud, metal paw still alive with electricity. He blacked out. Keppit With the huge crack of thunder near by Jen jumped at least five feet in the air.... Jen: what..... what was t....t... that? Hey... *pokes Diro* What was that? Halfling_elf "R-Really? Do you think I could try one some time?" Suddenly the flash of lighning and the boom of thunder crash against his poor eyes and ears. Jumping with Jen up into the air, Di lands on his rump. "I... I don't know. It was so bright... Where do you think it hit?" Diro was quite positive that it hit the ground. After all, if something made a boom like that it usually had to hit the ground first to make it... Keppit Jen: I dunno... it was outside wasn't it? Lets go and see..... c'mon! *jen runs for the door..* Emelyn "Lord, it's quite a storm out there... we should turn on the radio to check the weather... I don't want to drive home if it's not safe." Emelyn adjusts Tam higher up on her hip, and goes off to look for Tawn... she wanted him near in the storm, even if he was indoors. Halfling_elf "A-Are you sure? It's raining pretty badly... What if it's dangerous to go outside?" But despite his protests, Diro jumps of the window sill and hurries after Jen. I'll go find the radio, Em! ^_^ *hurries to find it, and sees Di chase after Jen* Aww.. They're playing tag! Emelyn "Alright... you find the radio. ...Don't worry, I'll keep an eye out on Diro." Halfling_elf Diro bumps into Jen from behind. Rubbing his nose, which got squished on Jen's back, he blinked slowly at Calli. He'd let Jen do the talking. "Thanks Em! I owe you one!" H.E. scurries out of the room and into the den, trying to find a proper radio. She flinched at the giant crack of thunder. "I feel sorry for anyone that's stuck outside..." Keppit Jen yells... C'mon Diro... I can see it... It's shiny... C'mon!!! I gotta know what it is... Halfling_elf Diro perks his ears up. Shiny? "What's shiny? Is it outside?" Di could feel his curiosity build up. He was practically twitching to go outside and see what rain felt like. It looked so raw... And for some reason he liked that. Almost too much for him to stand. Finally finding the radio, H.E. hurries up the stairs. "Found it!" She quickly handed it to Em and grinned. Keppit Jen: *sprinting through the rain on his little paws towards the lake.. with little DIro beside him* C'mon... there it is! *looks at the lump of green on the lake shore* What is it, Diro? Keppit: *in the HQ* Has anyone seen Jen? Emelyn ..."I was watching Diro..." O_o ... "Where IS Diro??" “Hafling! Diro ran out!! The power went out for a while, and when it came back on, Diro and Jen were gone!" Keppit Wait... no... RAN OUT WHERE!!!!??!??!???!?? *starts seaching the room frantically* JEN!!! DIRO!!!! Emelyn "Calm down, it's okay- we'll go look for them.. you check the den, and I'll look in the playroom.. maybe they waddled into the nurse..." A crack of thunder cuts Emelyn off, and everyone's eyes widen. "Oh my god, they're outside!" Halfling_elf "WHAT?! Why would Diro go outside?! It's too dangerous!" Hurrying over to the front door, she lanked it open and looked frantically for her SM. But she only saw rain... "Oh crap. We gotta find 'em!" Diro hurried over to the green thing. It looked... Broken. Very broken. Well, it wasn't moving, and to Diro that meant it was broken. "I don't know what it is, Jen.." He nudged it with his nose. Maybe it was asleep! "Help me see if it's broken or not." Keppit Jen: *walks slowly up to the lump* what is it? *pokes at the green bit closest to him... and a paw flops over* It's... a Big Skull Monkey... Like Tawn... but he's ..... HE'S DEAD!!!!!!!!!!! *JEn runs back towards the headquarters screaming with no thought for anything else... not even poor Diro..who he tripped over in his haste to get away.* Keppit: *runs frantically outside, tripping on the rug on her way out... her hands hit the floor and she scrambles up... out the door... * Emelyn "Keppit! There's Jen!" Emelyn threw her arm out to point to the screaming infant, barreling up the hill, and Keppit dove out the door to scoop him up in her arms...but as the lightning flashed and the sky was illuminated in white, the little skullmonkey fought and screamed in his mother's grip. "He's dead! He's dead!" Emelyn motioned to Halfling. "Jen's out here! Come on- Diro must be down at the lake!" Hafling and Emelyn ran down the hill, noticing, between the cracks of the storm, a small green thing... huddled at the lake, and also, they saw the waves pealing, egged on by the furiously falling rain. Halfling_elf Diro fell over face first in the mud from Jen. Pulling himself out, he looked grimly at the Skull Monkey. "Jen, he might not be broken! He might just be hurt or something!" Having to raise his voice so Jen could hear him, he ran back to the SM and started to climb on top of him. "We gotta see if we can wake him up! THEN we go tell people!" Hurrying after Keppit, H.E. yanks on her jacket and plunges into the rain. Running in a random direction, she looks around for anything Bright green. You wouldn't be able to see Jen because of his coat, but Diros... "Diro! Jen! Where are you?!" Emelyn Halfling heard Emelyn call out to her, and together they ran down the hill- Halfling slipped on some mud which had gathered on the slope and was careening down with the rain... Emelyn yanked her up and they both ran, covering their eyes from the slanting rain. "Diro!! Diro!!" And then, one little wailing cry, and there was Diro.. huddled by something... and before his mother coud call out to him, a wave smacked the shore, covering the two. Halfling let out a bloodcurdling scream.. "DIIIROOOO!!!" but when the wave subsided, there was Diro... wet and shaking, but unharmed, holding on to..... a metal paw. There was Isto!!! Keppit Keppit: *trying to pin down a screaming Jen to see if he's hurt* Jen! STOP! Jen: *stops stuggling and looks at Keppit* He's dead. Keppit: Who's dead? are you all right? who's dead? Jen: the green Tawn... with the metal... Keppit: Isto... *she grabbs Jen up in her arms and runs back to the HQ yelling for Moo at the top of her lungs...* MOO! MOO! Moofuls Moo was...sleeping. The arrival of her glider had caused everyone in her household to suffer from lack of sleep, so why not get it at HQ where Acia couldn't bother her? She was quite content, curled up on one of the couches with a large pillow over her head. Ahh, blissful sleep... Halfling_elf "DIIIROOOO!!!" Diro heard the scream under the water. It was that loud. He spun under the water for a bit, before hitting something... Metal. He grabbed it and started pulling with all his might. The wave finally subsided, and he was on the beach again, holding onto a paw. The metal thing. He started to try to pul it up onto the bank, to help the thing that it was attached to, but it only budged a bit... Rushing over to Diro, H.E. picked him up. Almost starting to rock him in relief, and start crying, she noticed that he was heavier. Lokking down, she saw he was gripping a paw in his tiny arms as best as he could, looking up at her with watery eyes. "My god... Isto..." Keppit Keppit barrels into the house, dripping water, and carying a limp Jen... Keppit: MOO! *remembers that Moo was on the sofa sleeping* MOO! *She sees Moo and treis to stop but crashes into the sofa...* Moo.. Isto is.. outside... ow... Jen: He's dead *Keppit claps a paw over Jen's mouth* Keppit: NO!... ut you've gotta come outside and help Em and H.E. we gotta get him inside... Moofuls Moo jumps awake as Keppit...falls on top of her, glancing feverishly around the room as if expecting a Jivvin and a Gargoyle to come barging in seconds later. Then she remembered where she was, and distinctly heard 'Moo...Isto is...outside..ow..." "He's dead." Her heart jumped to her throat, eyes darting to the young SM who had just spoken. In a matter of seconds she was on her feet and practically flying out the door, completely ignoring the rain. "Isto?!?! ISTO?!?" Her eyes focused on the group by the lake and she immediately bolted towards it, staggering slightly as she slipped in a mud puddle, but quickly regaining her footing. "ISTO?" Keppit *Tawn walks out of the kitchen holding a plate of cookies and a glass of milk... * Keppit: TAWN! Here.. please no time to explain... watch the infants...? *she thrusts Jen into a confused Tawn's arms and takes off at full speed right behind Moo... * Emelyn Hafling buried her face in Diro's fur, murmuring to him and crying words that Emelyn couldn't hear. There was another crack of lightning, and Emelyn saw... that the paw Diro still had, clutched between his soggy paws, had, at the end of it, a very disjointed looking green shoulder, and Isto attached to it all. "Oh my god, Isto!" Emelyn reached out and loosened Diro's grip, and picked up Isto with two heaves- the rain was making him heavier, and his well-used muscles tensed against the effort. Good... he was still alive. Emelyn knew by the odd angle of the shoulder and his arm that it was broken... maybe worse, and that she shouldn't move him- but they couldn't stand there, with the waves getting higher. Up on the top of the hill, Moo was screaming her child's name.... Halfling_elf Diro looked at Isto with worried eyes. He was so big... How would they get him out of here? H.E. quickly but gently put Diro in her pocket. "Diro, don't move from there. I need to help Em." Making sure that her SM nodded, she helped Em lug Isto up off the ground, making sure to coddle his whacked out arm. He wasn't a very pretty sight to see right then... Emelyn And the two of them, Halfling with her arms wrapped around his lower haunches, and Emelyn with his front laid out across her outstretched arms (she couldn't hook under his arms, for fear she'd move his right one even more....) the two shuffled up the hill, Diro whimpering in his mother's care, as the rain fell down.... Keppit Keppit: *running up behind Moo* We're getting there... I'm right behind you *In the distance she could see Em and H.E carrying a limp green Isto... she knew Moo could see the saem thing and doubted she had heard anything keppit said... * Moofuls About a minute after Em picked Isto up, Moo arrived at the lake. The all too familiar gleam of light on metal caught her eye almost immediately, a strangled sob escaping her throat, eyes unusually bright. Standing in front of Em, she slowly reached out a hand (which was shaking) and carefully moved Isto's arm into a more normal position, eyes lingering on his injured shoulder. "He's not dead...right?" Her voice had a pleading tone to it when she finally managed to speak. She wasn't crying; indeed, she seemed to be in a state of shock. Finally tearing her eyes away, she glances from Em, to Halfling and back, then stepped between them and carefully lifted the green skullmonkey from their grasp, straining slightly with the weight, but saying nothing. With a whispered 'Thank you', she turned back towards HQ, trudging slowly back towards the building, careful not to jostle the unconscious SM in her arms. Emelyn Emelyn followed behind Moo, and Halfling darted ahead, to lead them up the hill- none of them could slide on the mud this time, and it was gathering, steadily, because the rain refused to give in. They made it up half the hill with Isto in his mother's arms, and then she stumbled, and cried out, and Em and Half took up on either side of her, supporting Isto's head and his haunches, and they rushed him up to the Hq..... He wasn't dead... but he was badly hurt, and unconscious. And, with the ragged way he was breathing, he might have water in his lungs.. Keppit *Keppit ran around ahead.. she wanted to help carry but she didn't want to cause Isto any pain... so she opened the doors wide and prepared the nearest sofa with pillows...* Put him over here... Jen: *from the corner* He's still dead.. Keppit: JEN! STOP SAYING THAT!! *then she stopped herself.. she was yelling at a scared innocent infant... who had just witnessed somehting he was likely never to forget...* I'm sorry... I really am... *she takes Jen up into a cuddle* He's not dead... He's really hurt... sick.... but he's not dead... so stop worrying... ok? Moofuls Moo smiles faintly in thanks to both Em and Halfling as they help her up the hill and the rest of the way to HQ. As soon as they stepped within the door, she followed Keppit's direction to the very couch she'd previously been sleeping on, carefully lowering the unconcious SM onto it. He looked much worse in the like, she noticed, knees shaking weakly. His shoulder was the only obvious damage, but his fur semed to be...burnt. Not badly, but in many places the normally bright green was darkened and charred. His breathing was slow and ragged, but it was there. He was still alive, which meant they could save him....right? "He'll be okay, I think... I-i....I really don't know what to do for him...." Emelyn "Keppit- could you watch over Tam?? Tawn has her- but he doesn't know what's going on. I'm going to call for an ambulance." Halfling went running for the first aid kit, as Emelyn dialed... Keppit stood in the corner, trying to soothe the infants... and Moo crouched over her broken boy, not making a sound... Keppit He'll be ok... *cuddles Jen, then puts him down* We need to cool him off.. . I'll go to the freezer and get some Ice... someone get the towels from the bathroom... Moo.. stay here with him... I'll be right back... Halfling_elf Gently puting Isto on the sofa where Keppit indicated, she let out a tiny sigh of relief. Isto was insde now. That was one point up. But now.. "Come on Di, lets find the medicine and the first aid kit." Rushing downstairs with Di now on her shoulder, she rushed to find the first aid kit. Finally finding and grabbing it, H.E. ran as fast as she could upstairs again, Diro meeping all the way. Keppit *Jen walks over and puts his paw up on the sofa...* he's really green... and that means he's feeling sick... he looks sick... Moofuls Moo just nodded dumbly, kneeling beside the couch. She had no intention of moving a step away until Isto woke up. Only when the ambulance arrived...the ambulance... Keppit Jen: I saw a rabbit puppet that looked like him... had these spots *points to the markings on Isto's tail without touching him* It was pretty. Keppit: *Runs back in with Ice and a few handtowels... she hands one to Moo.*.. here... *then she takes the other and holds it gently to Isto's shoulder*... Hold this... it'll help it go numb and he might wake... Emelyn Emelyn walks up behind Moo, and bends down to her level. "I called the ambulance, Moo. They're on their way. He'll be okay, Moo.. he'll be okay. He's breathing. But they said, if he wakes up to KEEP him awake until they get here. And when I told them he might have water in his lungs... they said to perform CPR if he stops breathing." Emelyn whispers the last, not wanting to bring up the idea of Isto's breath... stopping, and not wanting to see Moo's reaction to the news. Halfling_elf Falling to the floor next to Moo, H.E. numbly opened the fist aid kit. She glanced at Moo. She looked so... Not there. Another glance told Diro was looking at Isto with shock. She grimly took out a long piece of wood and bandages. "Does anyone know how to stilt a arm?" Keppit It's not necesary ... his shoulder looks out... it's best just to leave himto the ambulance... *Keppit looks to Moo... * *Jen is now more currious... and tries to get a better look... he can't see...so he climbs up into Moo's lap and puts his paw on her hand to try and see Isto better....* Moofuls For a moment, Moo did not reply, simply staring at the green skullmonkey. But then she cleared her throat, nodding ever so slightly and reaching out a hand to lightly stroke Isto's normal paw. "He'll be alright...he's not leaving us tonight..." She blinks back her surprise as a little SM she doesn't know climbs onto her lap, recognizing him as the one who told her Isto was... For a moment she seemed about ready to shove him off, but then she relaxed and returned her eyes to Isto, something of a sad smile seeming to linger on her face. Emelyn "I do... but I think, with that shoulder, a stilt won't help... but still give me the first aid kit. His fur is burnt pretty badly on his back haunches- get out the aloe and the bandages... we have to keep them wet, and the bandages revolving..." Keppit *Keppit watched anxiously as Jen climbed onto moo's lap... she was ready to grab him and move him away... but she didn't want to shock anyone... and Moo didn't shove him off... keppit just hoped that Jen could keep his mouth shut for once...* Halfling_elf "Alright then.. Is there anything else we can do for him?" H.E. held her tears back. Tears showed you were scared. She didn't think Moo needed that right now. Diro jumped off of Halfling's shoulder and landed on the floor. It was amazing to think that only a while ago he was sitting on a windowsill, watching the things outside. Looking up at all of the hurt and scared expressions, he gulped. What was he supposed to do? Emelyn Emelyn reaches out and lifts up the ice Keppit placed on his shoulder, to make sure the area wasn't turning... she glanced at Moo, as if afraid to think it... black, or discolored... but it was actually bringing color back to him, so she replaced the ice and started to handle the supplies Halfling was handing her from the supply kit. Keppit Jen: He's still green aunt emelyn... Emelyn "Sh... Jen, sweetie," Emelyn leans down, "we don't want to say anything that will make Ms. Moo cry again. ....But you know what? I think Tam needs you- she's probably scared in all this lightning, and you're older than she is. Do you think you could go take care of her?" Emelyn puts her hand on Moo's shoulder. The ambulance should be here any minute. Moofuls Moo finally seemed to come out of her daze, eyes clearing slightly, sitting up a bit straighter. "What can I do to help?" Her eyes turn hopefully from one person to another. She couldn't just sit here while Isto.... Well, she couldn't just sit here. "Please, I need to help." Keppit here... hold the ice on his shoulder... it'll make him feel better... see? *she lifts the ice* it's bringing back his colour... Jen: His green... Keppit: ZIp it you... here... take it. Halfling_elf "Isto is supposed to be green, Jen." H.E. whispered softly. She had no doubt that both of the infants were terrified out of their minds. And Di... diro was just staring with a faded away look, as if he was trying to figure something very difficult out. Keppit C'mon Jen... Diro? Let's go over to Tawn and Tam.... I'll get out the puppets... Jen, Where's Mop kitty? Jen: In the window... Emelyn Emelyn swallowed. She didn't know if it was a good idea for Moofuls to see all of his wounds... but she shook her head to herself. She was his mother. "You should keep his bandages, on his haunches, revolving. Take them off and replace them every few minutes- his burns... " Emelyn pauses "his burns are pretty bad. If you leave them there, even with the aloe... they'll stick to his skin." Emelyn turns around, to Keppit. "Thank you- for taking care of the kids. ...I'm sorry Jen had to see it all.. poor thing. With all his questions- so much must be going through his mind right now." And she turned back to Moo, handing her new bandages from the roll, and placing the ones she returned to her in a pile on the floor next to the couch. Moofuls Nodding silently, Moo took hold of the icebag, keeping it in place as Keppit went to distract the infants. Slowly the released the bag, and when it stayed steady turned to the burns covering his haunches, nodding silently and following Em's lead to keep the bandages fresh. She sighed loudly in relief at the sound of a low siren from outside, head turning towards the door as the sound grows louder. "That'll be the ambulance... Thank you all, very much... You've no idea how much this means to me..." Keppit Keppit looked over from the corner... hand stuffed in a puppet that was currently bitting Tawn in the haunch... and Tawn reacting as one does when one is bitten.... by a puppet... The infants were currently distracted...and so was she... but not the same way the infants were... they were thinking of the puppet... she was thinking of poor Isto... and Moo... and the questions that would follow this incident... agck! the questions... *let Isto be ok* she whispered... Emelyn Emelyn didn't respond to Moo, saying all she needed to in the look she gave her before she ran out to meet the ambulance. A man leapt from the drivers seat, and a woman came out of the back, where she pushed a low-slung gurney out onto the parking lot- the man quickly joined her, and together they pushed it to the door. "Where is he?" The woman asked, pausing at the door where Emelyn stood, holding the door open to the rain that was only starting to subside.. "He's through here- follow me.." And she led them through the hall, past the darkened doors of the nursery, and into the room where everyone huddled over Isto- and with a crack of lightning, the lights went out. "Oh my god..." ..Emelyn didn't know who'd said it, but her first thought was that it could have come out of her own mouth. "Leena," The man said, at Emelyn's right, "Go back to the truck. Get the flashlights. Then he reached out "Where is he?" And, navigating through knowledge of the room, and the bursts of lightning that illuminate the room and its terrified occupants (Emelyn sees the children, huddled around Keppit, eyes wide and frightened, in such a burst...), she moves him to the couch. Halfling_elf Diro slowly got up from his place on the floor and followed Keppit out. He hoped that Isto would be okay.. He didn't think he diserved it. After all, the light had only wanted to play and Isto got caught in it. If anything, it was the light's fault. Next time the light comes out to play, Diro thought, I'll have to tell it that it can't play so roughly with other people! Keppit AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! *all the infants went into a panic around Keppit and she instinctively lashed out ans grabbed two infants... one by the arm and another by the tail...* Tawn? I've got two how many have you got? Tawn: I've got two too... Keppit: That's to many... *she pulls on the infants that she has.. Jen: OOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!! A MOnsterS TEARING MY LEG OFF!!!!! Keppit:Let go of that one Tawn... I got him... EVERYONE OK? ACCOUNTED FOR? Moofuls "Over here," Moo murmured quietly, then a bit louder. "Over here! Follow my voice, he's on the couch." She could hear shuffling, as if the man was working his way over while trying to avoid stepping on anyone. Soon, the woman, Leena, returned with two flashlights, which made things a bit easier. After a cursory glance over the wounded skullmonkey, the man carefully lifted him on to the gurney, gently strapping him down for the ride ahead. As the man was wheeling Isto out the door, Leena spoke, eyes never leaving Moo. ""He'll likely have to spend the next few days at the hospital, but he should be fine. Will you be riding with us?" Moo nodded slightly and glanced quickly around the room before striding out the door after the man and her SM, dissappearing from sight. Emelyn As if by sign, as soon as Moofuls and Isto got into the ambulance and barrelled off down the road, sirens careening, the lights returned, and the infants all screamed... and Emelyn and Halfling, who were looking through the front window, suddenly felt all the tension break and they just couldn't help but laugh at the children who would be stock-still as the lights died.. but scream as they came back on. Emelyn went to clean up the mess of bandages on the couch, and Half went to comfort her infant. Keppit *Keppit watched the flashlights go out the door... it was hard not to see Isto because both flashlights were pointed at him.... and it was impossible to distract the infants now because all they could see was Isto on the sofa... and then isto on the gurney... and then Isto going out the front door... * HEY! lets get some lights... Where are the candles around here... *The lights came up again and Keppit found herself holding Jen and Tam... she looked over to see Tawn clutching Diro... He looked as shocked as she felt... he looked scared... * Heya Tawn... you ok? Halfling_elf H.E. watched Moo follow the ambulance workers out the door. "Good luck Moo..." She whispered, then felt her way over to where Diro was. "Are you alright, honey?" Diro nodded slightly. Everything was so confusing... The light, Isto, the way his fur looked.. It felt like his brain was going to explode. And all of that added up together meant one thing: he was dead on his feet. Yawning slightly, he wrapped himself up in a tight ball. Maybe that would banish the almost absolute nightmares that would haunt him that night... Emelyn "I'm fine, Aunt Keppit.." Tawn looked around at his mother, with an armful of bandages, the wet infant in his arms, and Aunt Keppit, an 'on' flashlight in her hand, when the room was already illuminated, and the milk and cookies he'd had, coming out of the kitchen, minutes before, spread out on the floor... "But I'm very, very confused..." "Goodnight, Half!" Emelyn motioned to Tawn, who came forward with the sopping infant and, with a nod to the equally wet Half, gave him to her. "See you tomorrow, hopefully. I'll call if there's any news, w/ Isto." Keppit i'm taking Jen home... Qwirk will be wondering where we are... I said we'd be home by now... Um... long night... I'll see everyone tomorrow... Goodnight. Halfling_elf "Thanks." H.E. managed a grin, and headed downstairs to the den. "I'll be sleeping here toight, since I'm not risking my neck riding a bike home through this weather. See you tomorrow!" Grabbing a towel on the way down, she dried off Diro and herself. Finally reaching a couch, she flopped down on it and immediantly fell asleep.
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:04 am
Day one... June 14, 2004  Today was my first day with Jen... I had been going to headquarters for the last three days hoping to be able to take a little pebble home with no such luck... until today. I took Jen home and the first thing it did was start to mumble... and it didn't stop. Edgar (my little zoolie) is walking around the appartment with his hands over his ears right now, because Jen hasn't stopped mumbling since i picked him up this morning. I wonder if it means that he'll be a little talker... I hope not... Edgar talks all the time... about the strangest things... Emelyn came over to the apartment today to help me move furniture and set up the pebble stuff ( the pillows and straps...) I've decided to sell my convertable and several peices of un-pebble-friendly furniture... Jen is STILL mumbling... I can see that this may take some getting used to... So far it hasn't moved much... Today I had to Punish Edgar because he and SK are a very devious pair... the two of them glued my cuckoo clock shut, and the sad thing was that as mad as I was (the bird's head is all dented in now and it doesn't say cuckoo anymore.. it kinda gurgles) I could barely keep from smiling... gluing the clock shut... that was quite the practical joke. (poor cuckoo) xd stare xd stare xd Anyway Emelyn got mad at Sk and then at Edgar and I was trying to keep him pout of her reach, and Edgar was squirming to get out of my grip and I was glad when the day was finally over... except Jen is STILL mumbling... maybe he'll stop tomorrow? ... goodnight. heart Day Two.... June 15, 2004 The second day has come and gone... I have a headache... I'm not used to all the mumbling... yes... Jen is still mumbling... sometimes it sounds like it's singing... and Edgar has decided that because Jen sings, he gets to sing too (at the top of his little lungs) and I can't get him to stop. Yesterday durring the furniture moving session I made hot chocolate and put big marshmallows in it for Tawn and Edgar (SK didn't have any) And so Edgar says he'll stop singing if I give him more Chocolate... I don't give in to small demanding heathens... Needless to say I spent the enitre day with a headache and yelled at Edgar all day long (not always needlessly) ... and I ended up feeling bad and giving him the hot chocolate anyway... silly , silly me. Iwonder what repercussions that'll have tomorrow.... sweatdrop Day Three .... June 16, 2004I had quite a scare and quite a laugh today...  First the scare... I decided that Edgar, Jen and I would all get out of the house this morning and go for a walk in the park by the pond... Edgar seemed to think this was a good idea and he was very excited until we got there... he had been hoping to see Emelyn and Sk there, but he was sadly dissapointed... So he spent the rest of the walk sulking and complaining... I asked him why he didn't try and have some fun... he asked if he could carry Jen and I said yes....................THE LITTLE HEATHEN TRIED TO THROW JEN INTO THE POND!! But I'm quicker than the little bugger and I grabbed Jen from his paws before he threw it... Then comes the laugh... Because I had grabbed Jen from Ed's paws I acidentally threw him off balance and he tumbled head first into the pond (good thing I gave him swimming lessons last summer wink ) and then the next thing I know there's this very indignant and upset little zoolie drenched to the very core standing in front of me... I couldn't help but laugh and I accidentally hurt his feelings... And just as soon as I had gotten control of myself and told him that I wouldn't laugh anymore... Edgar fell into a mud puddle... I laughed so hard that I had to sit down... I motioned him over and he came over and we cuddled... we also had a coversation about not trying to kill little siblings... I didn't realize that he didn't know Jen was more than a pebble... I explained to him that Jen will turn out like Tawn when he grows up (if Jen is a male)... Edgar was very surprised... he didn't know anything about baby Skull Monkeys... I told him that if he was nice enough and treated little Jen kindly, then Jen would probably play with him when he was older.... and Edgar could teach him tricks and practical jokes... he'd have a little sibling who would adore him... I think it helped... Edgar let me hold his hand on the walk home (and I held Jen in my pebble bag slung on my shoulder... I've had enough scares for one day....) Once we got home I gave Edgar a bath and then some more Hot chocolate..................... Looks like I'll need to go to the store and buy some more... stressed redface smile biggrin Day Four.... June 17, 2004I think yesterday's talk may have been good for Edgar (with a few exceptions) He was much nicer to Jen... and we only had to have one talk (I came into the room to find Edgar with a hammer and chisel over the little pebble... He's really looking forward to Jen's arival)... actually Edgar spent most of the day talking to Jen... and the stragnest thing... Jen seemd to stop and listen and when Edgar stopped talking, Jen would start... I actually think that they were having a conversation, or that they THINK they were having a canversation... I must say though... it was a nice change from the constant mumbling... biggrin
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:14 pm
I didn't put this together Moofuls did... thanks for that]
[quote="Keppit Moo? Are you still here.... Jen want's to ask/give you something... smile Jen: Um... yes. Moofuls Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm here! *Waves over to keppit and Jen* Give me...? *Blinks* Merf? Keppit Well after we went home last night... you know... Jen couldn't sleep and he was full of questions and I explained it as best I could... and I think he understands it all now... and I know you don't really know us * starts to stammer* I... um... welll Jen: I made a card for Super Isto... a get good card. Keppit: Well I think I explained it to him as best I could... sweatdrop smile Moofuls *Blinks* *Smiles, glancing from Keppit to Jen and back* Thank you!! I'm sure he'll love it ^_^ Would you like me to give it to him, or would you like to? I think he went back into the den... *Glances towards it, smile fading slightly* He's a bit grumpy... Maybe this'll cheer him up ^_^ Keppit Keppit: Well whatever you think is best... Jen: I wanna give it to him!!!!!! * Jen meanders into to Den... sees Isto and pauses... *Moofuls Isto glances up as the door opens, not really sure who to expect. An expression of faint confusion flashes across his face as Jen enters, but he disguises it with a faint smile, shifting slightly on the bean bag to hide the fact that his paw was missing. "Hallo...who're you?" Keppit Jen: * staring* I'm Jen... and you're Super Isto... and you're green because that's the way you are... and you're so tough that you can get away from lite-ning.. and these marks * points to Isto's tail* are on the bunny that I put on this get good card for you... * looks at the card and suddenly rmember why he came in the room... * Here... * thrusts out the card...  Jen: I made it for you yesternight... and I coloured it by myself... and Mom helped me with the words... but she doesn't spell so well so it might be wrong... Moofuls
"Super...?" For a moment, Isto just sort of stared at Jen, listening with a faint smile on his face as the young SM explained everything. Finally he glances to the card, and, recognizing the rabbit immediately, sits up, grinning broadly. Sure, now Jen could see that this arm was missing, but he failed to notice that, instead reaching for the card with his good paw. "Wow...thanks very much! You..you were there last night?"Keppit Jen: * nods solemly* I found you... me and Diro............* glances at Isto's missing paw and then looks back up to his face* I thought you were dead... I'm glad you're not... Can you tell me how you got so strong? and when did you get the metla paw... can you teach me to be strong? where's... um... i forgot what I was going to say... * blushes* Moofuls
"You found me...?" For a moment, Isto was about to fuss at Jen for going out in such a storm. Then he realized he'd done the same thing, and shut up before he said anything. "Thank... I'm glad I'm not dead, too," he replies, chuckling softly. "I'm not really strong or anything... Well, maybe a bit, but that's only 'cause Jack and I used to wrestle a lot. I can beat him now, though, so he refuses to wrestle me." He pauses, shrugging at the infant's next question, looking thoughtful. "I'm not sure when I got my paw... I've had it since I was little. I could try to teach you..." He again shrugs, grinning sheepishly. "But like I said, I'm not that strong myself. Where's...? Oh...my arm, you mean?"Keppit Jen: Um... maybe. It was really neat and shiny... and it was glowing yesternight... where'd you put it? Moofuls "It was glowing 'cause I got hit by lightening..." He sighs, shooting a reluctant glance to the brace over his shoulder. "The doctor...tookmyarmoff...last night after I got to the hospital. He said it would be better for my shoulder if I didn't thave it while it healed... It's not too bad, but it's harder to walk." Keppit Jen: * Wide eyes... * he tookyourarmoff? * thinking.. looks at his own little arm... and then back at Isto* You'll get it back... right? But now maybe that other Skull Monkey will wrestle you again... 'casue he thinks... you know... that he could win... but I bet that you beat him again and again and again... until he says no more... you're the biggest... and then you could be the biggest again.... and When you're the biggest... then you won't have these anymore..* points at the bandages* and then you could wrestle me... and I bet that I would wim then and I'd be the biggest smallest Skull Monkey... * stops to catch his breath* Moofuls Isto blink...than laughs, shrugging. "Yah, he took it off. It didn't hurt, though. It's made of metal. Not a real arm or anything... He said he could put it back on once my shoulder's better." Nodding happily, he continued. "He'll probably try to beat me... I can take him. I don't think Moo'll let me wrestle while my shoulder's broken, though. But once it's better, I'll be happy to teach you! And you'll be the biggest smallest skull monkey," he repeats, grinning. Keppit biggest smallest... I like that... and you can be the biggest... or the biggest biggest... hey you wanna see my pipe? * he takes a twie-pipe from a string around his neck and blows three pericing, very off key notes on it.... In the other room Keppit cringes and wishes she'd never given him the stupid thing.* It's neat huh? Mom can play it real nice... and I'm gonna do that too... * he goes to blow in it again and then looks up at Isto*Moofuls Before Isto could reply, the three off-kep notes rangs through the air, effectively silencing him. He grimaced slightly at the sound, but quickly disguised it with a grin, glancing curiously to the pipe. "I'm sure you'll be able to play as well as she does if you practice enough. I tried learning the guitar, though my metal paw can't really move well enough for me to do it." Keppit Jen: A guitar has.... strings? and it's too big to play... this is better... you should get one... but * looks at Isto's missing paw... (actaully at where the paw SHOULD be i guess... smile )* with only one paw... you could only play one side... so you should get one withonly one side.. until the ductor gives you back your metal arm... Moofuls
Isto shrugs slightly, sighing and laying back down on the bean bag. "Well, they have little guitars that I could play if my paw would work right, but it's kinda hard to do little movements like that. I'm not sure if I could play a pipe either... Maybe a one sided one, but not a normal one."Keppit Jen: Yeah... but nothing is the same so it doesn't matter... Keppit: * peeking around the door...* Jen? I'm sorry if he's bothering you Isto.. I hope you're feeling better.... c'mon You little heathen we'd better be going... we've got to get back to the shop and check on the squirrels... Jen: Um... ok... * turns to Isto..* I'll see you later... * dashes out of the room...* Keppit: Thanks for letting him talk Isto... he talks all the time... smile Feel better... * she leaves..* Moofuls "Good point..." He glances up as Keppit speaks, smiling and shaking his head. "He's not bothering me at all, and I'm feeling much better, thanks." He glances back to Jen, chuckling softly as the infant skullmonkey bolts from the room, yelling after him. "Bye Jen! And happy to, Ms. Keppit. It's nice having someone to talk to..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:19 pm
THeif THeif!!!! Avelena Ave places a fruit-filled Edana on the ground of the playroom before sitting down to read a new book on werewolves. Edana looks about happily, but groggily as she's been filled completely with fresh peaches and bananas. Hearing a loud noice she looks over to see Jen blowing a whistle, she'd never met here, but she seemed about as loud as herself so she smiled and yelled above the noise. "Hello!" Her voice was high pitched and as loud as she could make it. Keppit Jen: Hello... * twwwwdelelel* I'm a Jen... * twweeeeddddd!!!!* wanna see how loud it gets... * TWWWWWWeedddedWEEEEEEEEEDDDelleelleE* It gets really loud see... I like your pink... it's bright... and bright... why are you pink... what's your name... wanna try my whistle? Wanna do somemmat? What do you like to do? Avelena "Um, I'm Edana...Thanks...and I don't remember the other questions," She approached slowly, sitting a far distance away to spare herself the loud whistle. "Soooo, where did you get that noise-maker?" Keppit Jen: My mom gave it to me... she plays better than me... so far ishowed it to you... and to mom... and Edgar... and Tawn... and Super Isto... It's got twoparts to play. Mom says that means that it can play two as much sounds... and that it sounds better the more I use it... so I use it all the time... want to try it? I was going to play Super Monkey but You can look at my pipe first... and you can play Super Monkey with me too... halfling_elf Gasping and backing up quickly, Diro quickly turned around and ran in the opposite direction. Hurrying in zig-zag lines, he quickly bashed into something else — and he was certain it wasn't the wall. Keppit Jen: DIRO!!! I don't forget you... You wanna play with me and Edana? She's pink... halfling_elf "S-Sure..." Diro gave a shaky smile at Edana. "Pleased to meet you..." He looked at Jen again. "Sorry for running into you, Jen. I shouldn't have been running around with a leaf on my head." Avelena Looking a bit surprised she moved closer, her tail now flicking about. She sat a foot or so away and looked over the odd whistle and then to a strange green infant that Jen seemed to be yelling to. "Sure! It seems interesting," she seemed a little hesitant but upon looking over the whistle found nothing unusual. Keppit Jen: Blow in it... Really hard... It's ok you ran into me Diro... I don't mind... Maybe Super Isto will teach you how to wrestle too... You could wear a leaf as your super clothes, but I cold barely tell you had a leaf on your head now... it's green too. Avelena Taking the weird object, she blew into it making hardly any noise. She then heeded the advice of Jen and blew Really hard causing a decently loud and obnoxious "tweet." She smiling proudly and returned the whistle, her tail flicking excitedly behind her. "Thank you! It's fun!" She gave a huge grin and nodded. halfling_elf "S-Super Isto? Is he okay? I-I should apologise for the light... I don't think it meant to play so rough with him." Diro mumbled off. He perked his ears up at 'wrestle', though. "What's a wrestle? ...And you couldn't?" He took the large leaf off his head and put it on the ground, examining it. "I think it looks nicer than me..." Keppit Jen: No... this leaf is a ugly green and it has a hole in it see... * he jamms a chubby little toe at it* You're a better green.. and this color * points to Diro's markings* I think orange.... Edana is pink... and I'm just brown... Jen Brown... I talked to Super Isto this morning... I gave him a get good card that I made Yesternight... Edana, did you see Super Isto here? Keppit Jen: I JUST GOT A IDEA!! * dashes off to the kitchen... Keppit can be heard protesting... Jen comes runnig back with a bunch of tin foil...* We can wear this and then go and find Super Isto... * Jen hands chunks of tin foil (aluminum sandwich wrap) around to the others and then starts to wrap tin foil around his tail...and his front right paw...* halfling_elf "T-Tin foil? Why do we need this?" Diro carefully shaped a tiny bit of the tin foil into a small band and attached it to his ear. He'd seen other people with earrings like that and he wanted to try it on. He also wrapped his wrist in tin foil, making him look like he had a band on his arm. "I-Is this okay, Jen?" Keppit Jen: 's GREAT! I like the metal ear... I bet youcan hear two as much with that metal ear! Edana... you want some??? you could make a headband... or a idunno.... make a idunno... Avelena "Hrm, Sure!" She eagerly wrapped some around her paws and made some into a little crown. She thought for a moment and then spoke rather hesitantly. "Who's Isto...and why do we need tin foil?" Keppit He's SUPER Isto.. and we're being Super Little Monkeys... and I think we should go and find Super Isto.. last time I knew him he was in the that room over there * points in the Den's direction* He likes my whistle... you can carry it Edana if you want to... smile Do you want to find SUper Isto... He can show us how to be Super Monkeys... Avelena Looking over at Ave, who seemed very content and distracted by her book, she gave a nod. She had no idea what being a "super monkey" meant, but it sounded neat, as did this Isto skull monkey. "Sure! I'll carry the whistle," she volunteered happily, her tail swishing irratically. Keppit Jen: You wanna go Diro? It might be dark in there... you gottsta be brave... Like a super monkey! halfling_elf "S-Super Monkies?" Diro didn't think he could be a 'Super Monkey'. After all, he was just... Diro. Nothing more. But, he did want to see Isto, so he got up from his position on the floor and stretched. "W-Where should we start?" Keppit Jen: Um... * fingers in his mouth looking around the room* We could sneak under the sofa and then over that, whateverthatis, and then we break down the door and bust in.... just in case it's dark and if it is... then we run... sound good? Edana... you got the metal head so you're the smartest... which way should we go to get over there? * points to the den*... You can lead us... halfling_elf "S-Sounds good..." Diro quickly got into line behind Jen. It was now or never... Keppit Jen: NOW OR NEVERRRRRRRRRRRR!!! * jen takes off across the room, tears under the sofa then over the thing he couldn't quite identify and then................ SMACK!............. right into the door he had intended to break down... and into the den door righ behind him flew Diro and Edana... the three of them lay stnned on their side of the door...* Ow... Avelena "Oww" She whimpered a bit, but rose and looked about all the same. "You sure he's in here?" halfling_elf Falling onto the ground with a not very graceful thump, Diro folled onto his stomach.
"I-I don't think that was very successfull, Jen... And I think my nose is permanently squished now." He rubbed the mentioned appendage, and got up slowly, turning around to look at the un-identifiable object.
"H-Hey... What is that?" Moofuls Isto jumped visably as three balls of fuzz knocked open the door and rolled into the den. His book fell off his lap as he sat up, fighting to hide a smile as he hobbled over to the group. He was beginning to get used to walking without his leg, though nonnetheless looking forward to getting it back. At least he wouldn't have to hobble then.. "What're you three doing here?" Keppit Jen: Lookin' for you? * looks around* is my tail still there? I dunno if I can feel it... Avelena Edana looked up at the different Skull Monkey and began to walk to his side, inspecting the leg. "It's nifty! And Shiny!" She seemed rather impressed and sat down, tail wiggling impatiently. "Are you Super-Isto?" Moofuls "Looking for me?" Isto blinks, glancing from one infant to another, eyes finally coming to rest on Edana as she speaks. "Super Isto? I...wait..." His gaze darts back to Jen, eyes narrowing suspiciously at the younger skullmonkey. "Is this a joke?" halfling_elf "W-We were looking for you, Isto." He scurried back under his leaf. "And... And I want to apolagise for the light. I don't think it knew how rough it was playing..." Keppit Jen: Mom says I don't tell good jokes... I call them by the funny part, and you're not supposed to do that... LOOK! I got a metal tail... and a metal Paw... and these are my little metal SUPER MONKEY crew... this is Pink Edana and this is DIro * whispers* he's green... like you... Avelena Edana adjusted her wristbands and stood up proudly, her tail flickering a bit. She was rather unsure what was wrong, so she reverted to the one thing that seemed to work well, and turned on a pair of big kitty-eyes. halfling_elf Diro peeked out from under his leaf. He too wasn't really sure what was going on, so he'd just stay quiet and everything might work out. Sitting on his haunches, he held the leaf up off his face, so he could see everything clearly. Moofuls Isto fell silent, glancing from one infant to another with a rather confused expression on his face. He finally settles on Diro, smiling faintly as the comment about the light. "Thanks... I think you're right. I don't think the lightning meant to hurt me. I'll be alright, though." Jen caught his attention next with the different metal..body parts, a grin flashing across his face when he recognized it as tin foil. "Wow... So, you three have decided to me metal SMs? Super monkeys...I hate to bust your bubble, kid, but I'm no super hero." Avelena "You're prettyful and shiny though! That counts for something, doesn't it?" She looked happily from Isto's arm to her wrist bands and back again. She began moving back and forth with a slightly bouncing prance to her step. Keppit Jen: I never said you was a super hero... but you're really strong and I'm gonna be strong too! I'm just practicin now... but * points a chubby finger at Isto and grins* I'm gonna be bigger soon... and then you'll have to cheer for the Big Jen! halfling_elf Diro nodded quickly. "If I see it again, I'll tell it to be more gentle with everyone." He turned his wrist this way an that, inspecting the tin foil on it. It was quite pretty.. In it's own way. Everything was, if you thought about it. Diro sighed and looked at Isto curiously. "Then are you a Isto? 'Cause I bet Isto did some pretty nice things for other people and stuff like that. Even if Isto didn't notice it." Moofuls "Prettyful and shiny? Well, I suppose, but..." He trails off and glances to Jen, chuckling softly. "I'm not -that- strong. I'll leave that up to you. Soon you'll be bigger than me, and everyone'll cheer when you walk by." His ears perk up, eyes turning curiously to Diro as the infant spoke. He fell silent, though smiled faintly, eyes somewhat clouded as he thinks. Avelena Yawning deeply Edana lay down where she was, smiling and keeping her head up so as to not miss a thing. "Yes, pretty...and shiny" Her voice trailed off in a littler yawn. Keppit Jen: *pokes Edana* HEY! that's not very supery! We should go and find you mom... that way you can go to bed with her... Avelena "Ohh," she looked up rather surprised and straightened herself up. She flicked her tail a bit and smiled. "Sorry..." Moofuls "Aye, it's late..." He yawns, gesturing vaguely towards the door. "I think I'ma turn in, too. Last night was...long." Smiling faintly to the two SMs, he shuffles towards the door, glancing back a them. "Thanks for coming talk to me. We can be more...supery tomorrow." Keppit Jen: *yawning* yes...I'm not tired but I better go find mom and Edgar... she might be looking for me... C'mon Pink Edana.... Avelena Edana prances out behind Jen, smiling over her shoulder. "It was nice meeting you Mr.Isto!" Moofuls Isto: Nice meet you, too ^_^
Moo: *Grins* C'mon, clanky. Les' go home! *Drags him off* G'night, all!  ((Piccy by Keppit n.n))
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:32 am
"painstakenly cut and paste smile " Moofuls ((I sawIsawIsawIsaw n_________n
And sorry I didn't post sooner... I didn't realize you had o.o))
Isto was dozing on the couch, only recognizable by the green tail draped across his stomach. Why, you ask? Well, that's simple. He was in fifth stage, and had a pillow over his head. Pillows made things quiet...and quiet meant he could take a nap. Home was noisy. But here.... Here was good. Keppit Jen doesn't see anyone around that normally talks to him... so he sits down to practice his twei pipe... he didn't think that it would bother anyone, he was getting very good after all... however once put to his lips... instead of a lovely harmonising flute sound... it screeched... very loud and very peircing... he pulled it down and noticed that there was a peice of glue stuck over the whistle bit... so he tried to pick it out... then he tried the whistle again... SCREEEECH!!!!... still more glue... ((ha! no sleep for him... he's always sleepin anyway smile )) Moofuls ((Psh, Isto's a lazy butt ^_~ 'Course, it's Acia's fault... She keeps trying to take apart his arm, so he's hardly had a moments peace since he changed to fifth))
Though the pillow muffled most sounds, loudly screeching pipes were not one of them. Gritting his teeth, Isto pulls the pillow more tightly over his head. When that didn't help, he lifted it slightly, yelling out at the little brown SM. After all, it had to be Jen. Isto would know that pipe anywhere. "Jen, get a new hobby!" Keppit Jen startled at hearing a voice from the sofa... he stared wide eyed at an anthro Sm that he'd never seen before... "Sorry Sir... I didn't mean to wake you up... " There was something strange about him... Had Jen seen him before? He couldn't really tell... it's been a while since he'd been to the Hq... and there WERE a lot of new Sm's... ((Gee... could Gaia be any meaner to me? It kicked me of and I spent all this time trying to get back on!! stare )) Moofuls ((WB, yo!!!! I thought you died o.o))
"Sir?" Isto reluctantly opens his eyes and sits up, yawning and setting the pillow aside. Almost without thinking he runs his fingers--the normal ones-- through his mohawk, checking to be sure it wasn't bent over sideways or anything. It wasn't. "Don't call me 'sir', short stuff. It makes me feel old." He pauses, grinning, then continues. "How've you been?" Keppit Jen 's mouth falls open and his breath catches in hs throat... Isto, his brain tells him.... it's Isto... He's not a... He's a... Jen continues to stare. This couldn't be right... Jen didn't even know that Isto had been one of the ones to get an Item... all of a sudden his breath came out in a sob... "Itso... you... you're..." He sobbed again... then he felt very stupid sitting there acting like a baby... but this only made him feel worse... so he quickly turned his head so Isto wouldn't see him cry in case he couldn't get ahold of himself... after a moment he spoke, still turned away... "You... look good." Moofuls That...wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting. In a matter of seconds Isto was back to his adult stage and squirming free of a t-shirt, moving around to face Jen. "Oi, what's wrong? Did I do something?"
((Sorry, brb, dinner)) Keppit "NO... no... I'm just tired... I've been here all day... " Jen still was turned away and as he turned to look at Isto again he was startled not only by the fact that he was closer, but also by the fact that Isto had changed back into the version Jen had always known.... it startled him so much he gasped...then he tried to get control of his breath again "I don't like that... but you're you again... " Jen just sat staring at Isto... looking like he was about to bolt or burst into tears... still he just stared with wide eyes... ((glad you get to eat at the comp biggrin )) Moofuls ((Ditto, m'friend ^_~))
Isto was...confused, to say the least. It takes him a while to realize what the problem was... "Ohh....." Sitting, he changes back to fifth stage, absently reaching back towards the couch for his shirt. "I changed a few days ago. Sunday night. You didn't know I was going to be fifth stage?" Keppit Jen scowls... "no... I haven't been here much. I've been studying. Mom made me learn some of how to read... " His face contorts again... "I can read a little now... It's all because she's making me learn Monkey Signs... she thinks it'll be nice if I ever meet your new brother... she makes me study a little everyday... " he runs a paw under his nose and sniffles... then turns and picks up the pipe and starts picking at it again... then he glances up at Isto and frowns... he returns hie eyes to his picking but can't help himself... "Is it worth it? *mumbles* willyoustillwanttotalktome " Moofuls "Talk to you...?" He blinks, then laughs, the sound somewhat muffled as he pulls the shirt back on. "'Course I still want to talk to you!! I haven't changed any, really. Just appearance-wise. I'm still the same as I was before. Just...with thumbs and a mohawk." Grinning, Isto move back around to lean against the sofa, returning to the subject of Jen's reading habits. "Well, good! Reading's important. There're all sorts of things you can't do without being able to read. I enjoy reading..." He shrugs, "Maybe you just haven't found the right book? You can borrow some of mine if you'd like."
He falls momentarily silence, thoughts wandering to his little..big... to his brother. "Banda stayed home today. He's not feeling well... Moo thinks he's just got a little cold, so I'm not worried. I'm learning SMSL as well. It's easiest for talking with him... Cool kid, you'd like him." Keppit ((ack there's pumbaa again!... biggrin )) Jen turns and looks at Isto... looks him up and down... then he frowns again... "Your new brother is a lot of work." then he picks up his pipe... completely cleaned... and plays a little melody that he made up himself... only one wrong note... it sounded quite nice to him and he couldn't help but grin a little... "I wasn't going to learn... but you can't do Monkey signs without spelling... I got a book on it. It's by a Skull Monkey named Wendy... she's deaf too.................................................................. ............................................................................ that means that your brother can't ever hear my pipe.... wait til I tell mom that... she'll be wishing she'd gone deaf next... " he glanced up at Isto... "You alseap?" Moofuls ((Go ahead and bring him in n_n))
"He is a lot of work," Isto admits, shrugging. "but he's worth it. Banda can't help that he's deaf." He falls silent when Jen begins to play the pipe, expecting the screech from earlier... pleasantly surprised by the tune that takes its place. "I didn't know there were any Skull Monkey writers... Banda's teaching me. And yup, he can't hear anything." Quinny-chan Quinn comes in dragging a dejected and resistant Wuto with her. He is wearing a harnass and leash and looks even more resistant simply for this fact. After a little struggle at the door, Quinn finally gets Wuto into the room. "I think its time you socialize with other SM, Wuto. If you would have come on your own, you wouldnt have had to wear the lead. I tried explaining that to you... Don't look at me like that!" Quinn looks around the room. "Sorry to interrupt. I don't think we've met. I'm Quinn and this..." Quinn drags Wuto closer, "is Wuto." Wuto grumbles under his breath. You can only catch about every 6 words, but none of them are particularly friendly.Keppit Jen watches the new Sm come in... and then hears his introduction... Jen Slides back until he's sitting right up against the sofa where he's just barely touching Isto... "I'm Jen... I make puppets and play a pipe... " Then he thought for a second and added a bit... "I workout every morning." he grinned. ((can't seem to stay here in the guild... my comp doesn't like it... smile will survive though )) Moofuls ((*Chuckles* No prob n_n Welcome back, Keppit))
Isto stiffles a snicker at Jen's 'introduction', instead nodding a greeting to the new SM and his owner, eyeing the lead for a moment before speaking. "And I'm Isto. I don't need to work out," he adds, mostly to tease Jen. "It's nice to meet you both. First time here?" Quinny-chan (("I work out" HILARIOUS)) "Go on, Wuto," Quinn prodded. "Say hello." Grumbling, Wuto glares at Jen. "Puppets... like to wear on your paws? Couldn't you find any mittens?""WUTO!" Ears drooping, Wuto holds up a paw. "Hi...I guess..."
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:36 am
Keppit Jen sits quietly... thinking to himself... he was very lonely so he played his pipe... a tragicly sad slow melody... tragic mostly in it's cliche'ness.... he didn't care though... He only really had two friends... both were older... and now one was anthro... that was almost like not being a Skull Monkey anymore to Jen... He wanted to be happy for Isto... but it was very hard... Moofuls ((I....don't....know.... o.o;; *Clings to Jen*))
Banda was curled up on the couch, working his way through a large book entitled 'The House of the Scorpion'. Every so often he would freeze, soundlessly mouthing a word in an effort to understand it, moving along only when the meaning finally came to him. Reading was something he was usually good at, but this book was a bit confusing. But confusing books were good, because they taught him new words that he couldn't learn otherwise. Now all he had to do was learn to pronounce them right...
Out by the lake, Isto was once again skipping stones, thought this time with a more contemplative air about him. As he walked along the lake shore, he would occasionally pause and bend to pick up a stone, judging the weight before casting it out over the water, counting the skips. Seven. He was getting better. A meaningless skill, but it was something to keep him occupied. Keppit Jen's eyes started to water... so he stopped playing... he wasn't crying... he didn't cry.... he let the pipe hang on it's string around his neck and just sat for a second trying to decide what to do next... Pipe playing obviously wasn't helping... ((You're go who gets him... either of your Sm's are fine... smile )) Keppit Jen sat... and a tear rolled down the eyes socket of his skull... but it was ok... nobody was there to see... if they had been there then they would have made him stop playing his pipe a long time ago... that's what always happened.... and come to think of it, it was very unfair!!!! how was he supposed to get any good if Mom didn't let him play in the house... and nobody else let him play anywhere else... life was unfair... it made him hopping mad! actually... hopping mad sounded like a good idea... so Jen hopped... and then he hopped over to the table and then up on the table and he jumped up and down onthe table and then up and down on the chair and then around the room... upseting all the furniture in the process... by this time he was grinning ear to ear... and then he hopped up onto the window seat... and saw Isto way out by the lake... he stopped hopping and just stared... Moofuls ((>.> <.<))
Isto had no idea he was being watched. Actually, even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have cared. But, it wasn't as if that mattered, because he didn't know. So he just continued along the lake shore, scooping up a handful of pebbles and picking out any that would sink rather than skip, dropping them back to the ground. Quiet was good.... Nice, quiet, peaceful afternoon. Keppit Jen had made up his mind to go out and sit with Isto... and he'd take a pillow to throw at him too, since he was always sleeping on the sofa... Jen hopped down off the window seat... and gave it one last hop over to the sofa, where... Jen's eyes went wide... and his mouth dropped open.... there was another Sm on the sofa... he looked about Jen's age... All Jen could think about now was how silly he must have looked hopping around the room... "How long have you been sitting there!? I mean... " he looked at the state of the room... it looked bad "Did you see me... um... I'm not crazy you know... " Jen blushed. nothing went right lately ... Moofuls
Banda hadn't noticed....anything. He was having trouble with one word: ambiguous. What the FART did that mean? Ambiguous... He felt the sofa shift as someone climbed on, but finished his paragraph before looking up, only able to catch the last bit of what Jen was saying. "You're crazy? Umm...I don' think I am. Or maybe I saw ya wrong? Can't hear, so... What?" Keppit Jen realises what he's just done... and blushes all the way to his tail tip... he didn't mean to call banda crazy... he hadn't realised it was banda.... he was calling himself crazy for goodness sake! well NOT CRAZY! but it's the same thing... now how was he going to... "no... not you... me... I was... um... hopping mad... " he stopped and tried to spell it out in Monkey sign... he was ok... but he tended to spell phonetically... then he realised he was standing on Banda's paw... he looked down at it and removed his foot.... he realised that he must look pretty silly standing there on the sofa on one foot... then he fell off to the floor with a crash and just layed there... tail and one back paw still on the sofa and he covered his eyes with his paws... *sigh* "I always look like a right idiot" Moofuls The deaf SM watches Jen curiously, unable to keep from giggling softly he tried to explain himself. He hadn't even noticed Jen on his foot...Not surprising, really, considering the circumstance. He was about to reply when Jen...fell off the couch. Jumping to his feet, Banda scrambles to the edge of the couch, peering down at Jen. "Are you alright????" Keppit Jen sighed again... and looked up at banda from the floor... Banda was trying not to laugh at him... "yes.... thank you. I'm a clutz lately... Eveything I do I do wrong... " Jen was signing as he spoke... "I'm sorry ... I was calling myself crazy... well I was telling you that I wasn't crazy... I'm Jen..." He spelled it Fen... F after all was very close to J... He picked himself up off the floor... "What are you reading? Mind if I come back up on the sofa?" ((noooooo...!!!!!! We love Isto and he is NOT a freak! > sad )) Moofuls Ahh, now he understood. But he was still a bit confused... Jen's lips had said Jen, but his paws had said Fen. Which was it? Banda decided he would just avoid saying Jen's name as much as possible, then ask Isto tonight when he got home. "I'm Banda. The book... It's called 'House of the Scor-pie-on'. Isto gave it to me." He'd never heard the word 'scorpion', and hadn't had a chance to figure out what they were....so he was pretty close, right? Keppit (( blaugh )) jen looked down at the book.... "That's Isto's favorite book isn't it? That's the one about genetics..... " Jen stared at the book "is it any good? Does it really have scorpions in it? " He looked at Banda who was looking at him strangely... Jen blushed again wondering what he had done now... Moofuls "Yah, it is. He told me I should read it. It's very good, but I don't know a lot of the words. I...don't know what a scorpion... scorpion? is. But it does have them, sorta." After speaking, he silently reeated the word 'Scorpion' a few more times, just to be sure he was mouthing it right. If you mouthed things right, they came out right...usually. When he looked back up, Jen was blushing for some reason. Banda tilts his head sideways, blinking. "Did I do something?"
((Now brb, it stopped raining...and I haveta clean my bird cage)) Keppit
[size=9]Jen blushed even further... he felt like he'd never stop blushing for the rest of his life... "No... and you were saying it right.... I'm not sure... but I think that a scorpion is a kind of bug with a tail.... my aunt Emelyn has three scorpion skelletons in plastic globes... they're kinda creepy... but also kinda neat... " Jen ploped down firmly on the sofa and then noticed his arm was scratched... he held it up and noticed that his arm looked a little buff so he flexed it once... then tiwce and put it down again... [/size]
((Takea you time with the Boids... blaugh ))[/quote]
[quote="Moofuls ((I back n_n))
Banda puffed up proudly when Jen told him he was saying it right. He listens...watches carefully as Jen continues, nodding sagely as if he saw scorpions every day. "That's kinda how they're described in the book, so I think you're prolly right. But, see, there aren't many scorpions in the book, just people whose last name means scorpion." Keppit ((well wellcome back blaugh )) Jen turns to look at Banda... "But it's got clones in it and that's almost just as good as bugs with tails.... " He stares straight ahead thinking about Aunt Em's Scorpions... he signs since he's not looking at Banda "I think I'll try and get my Aunt's Scorpion skelletons so you can see them..." Jen turns and grins at Banda Moofuls ((Thankies n_n))
"Good point....Clones are weird. Isto says all the SMs we know are clones, 'cause Quiet harvests them for parts to make new ones, or summat." Banda seemed rather confused by this statement... He was probably mixing it up somehow. Oh well. A slow grin spreads across his face as he reads the paw signals, cheerfully replying. "Thanks! You speak SMSL good. Not many know how..." Keppit "My mom go tme a book on it... I can't show it to you right now because Ed has it.... ((my host is broken... but I actually drew out the alphabet... which you can have since I drew it for Banda's interview... but not until the host is up again sweatdrop )) But it taught me a lot... it's by this grown up Skull Monkey named Wendy... she's green..." Jen looks at his paws... then at banda.... "Hey what's the sign for green anyway?... not the spelling I mean... the sign... " Moofuls ((I'd love to see it once 'tis back up n_n))
"Err, I dunno..." Trailing off, he shrugs. "I never really learned much more than the basics... Most people don't know it anyway, and I can read lips preddy well, so I've never really needed some... Green was one." Keppit Jen leaned back again and sighed deeply... "that's very sad you know... not you... but everyone else... not knowing it at all so that you don't know some of it cause... because you never get to practice..." He looked at his paw and spelled out green... g...r...e...e...n... then he turned to Banda again... "What's your favorite colour?" Moofuls Banda shrugs slightly, the motions of Jen's paw pulling his attention away from his face for a moment. Green. "Well, most people don't have a reason for it...so why learn if it won't do ya any good? I've never met anyone else who couldn' hear." Again he shrugs, looking up in time to catch Jen's question. "Umm... I don't have a favorite, I think. I like...most colors. I paint! Do you?" Keppit No not. really... I tired it once... But I can't draw very well... let alone paint... I make puppets though.... and I play this pipe... not very well so it's probably best that you can't hear me... my mom is always throwing me out of the house to play it... and Isto told me to knock it off yesterday..." Jen looked a little pained "and besides that Wendy Monkey is deaf too... and she wrote a book on it... so there's bound to be a lot of people out there who are deaf too... and I think everyone should learn it... or not... and then it's like a secret language... that would be neat... a secret language..." jen signed out 'Banda's secret language'... and he girnned... Moofuls ((brb, dinner o.<))
"I paint sounds," Banda commented quietly. Clearing his throat, he cocks his head to the side, shrugging. "I don' think Isto meant to hurt ya feelings... He was really, really tired yesterday. Acia doesn' leave him alone, so he doesn' get much sleep at home." He grins faintly at the idea of a secret language, nodding cheerfully. "Well, mebbe we shouldn' let anyone learn it! It'll be our secret language! 'Cept, Isto knows a bit... an' I think some other people do too, but I'm not sure." Keppit Jen turned and looked at Banda... man he was good at reading facial expressions... Jen hadn't mean to let anything pass over his face... "Isto didn't hurt my feelings... I know the piping's no good...." He studied Banda for a second... " I don't think that I have ever even thought about looking at a sound... let alone seen one... will you show me what a sound looks like sometime... cause I figure you'd know better than anyone else... and as for the secret language thing... it's ok that Isto knows... but My Aunt Em knows too.... but we could force her to be the cookie making member of the club... and Idon't think that many others know it... and even if they did... we could make up a new one when they do!" Moofuls ((Two AM o.o???? Why are you still up!?!? Oh, and back))
Banda had learned to read faces nearly perfectly... These things came in quite handy for knowing the intentions behind a person's comments. "I wouldn' know. I can't hear it." He didn't seem upset. Merely resigned. "I don' see how it could sound bad." Banda smiled hesitantly, looking away. "I can't remember much of 'em... It's been a long time since I've heard anything. But, dunno.... I want to hear some how.. So if I can't hear sound, why not see it? Sure, I guess... If you want to see." He seemed somewhat embaressed by the topic, and eagerly switched subjects. "Yah, Em! I like cookies. We'll jus' be careful, an' no one'll learn our secret language." Keppit ((2am is the only time I have to myself... smile plus my comp goes to work with my flatmate... since it's a laptop and all and she broke hers...)) Jen grinned again... "we'll be super careful...." He turned and looked out the window and could barely see Isto... "We have to let Isto in though... so it's you and me and Isto and Aunt Em the cookie maker!!... we can call it.... um.... silent partners... or.... um.... sound deviod.... or maybe umm.... I can't reallly think of anythin good.... maybe it shoudn't even be a real name... just something that we made up a sign for... and we could make up signs for our names.... hey... how do you sign your name without spelling it? .... I been spelling it this whole time... " Moofuls ((*Grimace* Still...))
"We'll come up with summat, I'm sure!" Banda grins, paws figiting and spelling out words and letters at random. "Sign my name without...?" He shrugs. "I've always just spelled it. I'm not sure if there's another way." Keppit "Well wendy said in her book that it's common practice amoung Skull Monkeys who can't hear to make up a sign for their name... you don't have to.... but hers went like this..." Jen made the sign for W and then the sign for writing mixed with the sign for reading... "If I did it... I think I'd out in something about being strong... I work out all the time you know.." Jen nodded his head... Moofuls "I have heard of that, now that you mention it.... I think I'll make up one for myself. I-" He pauses, blinks, then stares at Jen, recognition dawning on his face. "I've hearda you!! You're Isto's friend, 'cause he said...he said.... One day you'd be big, an' you'd beat tha stuffin' outta him!" Keppit Jen looked shocked...... "I don't think I'll ever be able to beat Isto in a westling match... ever.... especially not now... "Jen glanced out the window... " Banda.... do you ever think about the fifth stage?" Moofuls Banda giggled. "He's not that tough." Tilting his head, Banda shrugged. "You mean for me? Nah, not really. I mean, it's prolly be cool.... but not yet, you know?" He follows Jen's gaze out the window, noticing for the first time that Isto was out by the lake. "I was talkin' t'Isto when he changed, ya know. He was normal and then.. poof, he was anthro and had a mohawk! 'Twas weird..." Keppit Jen muttered... "Probably"... then he figured that Banda wouldn't mind correction... so Jen turned and looked right at him and smiled... "Pro-BB-ably... Prolly be is very close though... enough that I knew what you meant... " He face fell... "It didn't scare you when he changed? All of a sudden someone I was talking to just up and turns into a human wihtout asking anybody...that would scare me." Moofuls "Probably," Banda repeats, mimicing Jen's speech. "Was that right??" He didn't care in the slightest when someone corrected his speech. Actually, he was grateful. The more he was corrected, the better he would be able to speak in the end. Grinning sheepishly, he nods. "Yah, it did scare me... I screamed and ran to find Moo... And Isto got all confused, 'cause he didn't know he'd changed." Keppit Jen watched Banda as he repeated the word... "yup that's it... He didn't change right in front of me... but it still scared me... It's like he's someone completely different.... I want to be happy for him....I hope he's happy for himself, but it's too wierd... I don't know if I want to be a human monkey... I like being me... I don't think that anyone is going to make me an item anyway..." ((still stuggling with the shoelace... I've made a right mess of it now and I'm actually thinking of cutting it off.... the shoelace... not the foot... blaugh ))
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:37 am
Keppit Jen plods into the headquarters with a bag over his shoulder...It appears to have a few small things in it, but the handle's it's too long for him and drags on the floor... He looks around and sees all the regualrs... then he sits and waits... thinking to himself... Keppit Jen sees Banda walk out of the room and he pulls the bag into his lap and looks into it then lets it fall shut agian and glances around the room... Keppit Jen makes a decision... he gets up and follows Banda into the den, bag clanking against the floor... He enters the room and sees Banda... Jen reaches into his bag and picks out a torch... he flips the switch and shines it over on the floor near Banda.... Moofuls Banda jumped visably when the light appeared on the floor beside him, whirling around to find it's source. Not that that helped. The den was dark, and the flashlight's glare didn't help his vision. "Who's that?" heh, rather pointless of him to ask. He couldn't hear the answer anyway. Keppit Jen held the torch up over his head and poinsted it at his face... (he never had liked that scary shaddow effect that holding a flashlight under you chin gave you) and he grinned... "I brought you something to look at... Tawn let me borrow them. Wanna see?" Moofuls Banda relaxed slightly when he recognized Jen, but the lighting was still strange, so Banda wasn't able to understand half of what Jen had said. He did understand a bit, however, and walked over, glancing to the bag. "What is it?" Keppit Jen grinned at Banda.... "Scorpions..." Then he put the torch in his mouth so that they could see in the bag and deftly pulled out Emelyn's smallest Scorpion from her collection and a wooden scorpion deccoration.... He layed them on the floor and took the torch out of his mouth... "They're from my Aunt Em's collection ... and don't worry, I DID ask first... what do you think?"  Moofuls
Banda's mouth dropped open, eyes moving from one scorpion to the other and back again. "So that's a scorpion... Yah, they look just how they're described! Where'd Em get 'em?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:12 pm
Jen and Isto… again *grin * Keppit Not finding the Twei pipe Jen returns to the Den, which he searches carefully... however he misses looking under the sofa cushions where the flute actually is... after searching the Den thouroughly and not finding anything he dejectedly walks to the kitchen and pours himself a glass of orange juice... and he sits at the table tormenting himself about being careless enough to lose something that meant that much to him... ((hanging around not really in this thread though as can be seen by the lapse in time between posts.... Pm me if you wanna Rp smile )) Moofuls ((I'm heeeeeeyeeeer, Keppit! *Wavewave*))
Not surprising, Jen had managed to miss seeing Isto all together. This would be because he was still asleep, and curled up beneath a blanket on the couch. True, Isto had an entire wing to himself at home, but...he really didn't want to be there right now. So he'd come here last night! And talked to Endy for about..ten minutes before she went to eat. He wasn't quite sure if she was still around... but frankly he didn't care. He was sleeping, after all. Sleep was good n_n Keppit ((Sorry... I was on the phone trying to track down Em... *grin* getting there smile It's difficult trying to find someone across the atlantic stare )) Jen plopped himself down in a chair and thought really really hard about where it was that he could have left the flute... the last place he remembered having it was on the sofa in the den... Oh Of course... he remembered taking it off so that it wouldn't get dusty while he cleaned... it must still be on the sofa... Jen ran through and saw that someone had put a blanket on the couch... so he ran up and whipped the blanket off... Moofuls ((S'alright ^_^ I hope you get in touch with her... crying We miss Em!!!))
Nice and warm and...CRAP, COLD. Groaning, Isto rolled over and snatched for the blanket, but missed horribly, asleep as he was. He scowled and reached out for it, but again missed...and this time he fell off the couch. Somehow he avoided Jen, landing on the floor between the brown SM and the couch, wincing and hesitating a moment before opening his eyes. "Did you take my blanket?" Keppit the second that Jen pulled the blanket off and saw Isto he was terrified.... but it quickly passed and al he had left was anger... "How am I supposed to stop thinking about you when you're on the very sofa that I need?" Jen walks pointedly around Isto and hops up onto the sofa... then puts his paws down into the crevice and pulls his twei pipe out... then he inspects it for cracks and damages.... totally ignoring Isto... Moofuls "Errr.... I was here first?" He watched as Jen dug around in the sofa, but quickly lost interest. Sitting up, he reached for his blanket and wrapped it around himself, yawning and climbing to his feet. Still half asleep, he stumbled off towards the kitchen to find something to eat, speaking over his shoulder to Jen. "What're you doin' here so early?" Keppit Jen snapped his gaze towards Isto... "I came back to get my pipe.." his hrash gaze suddenly softens and he quickly lowers his face back to the pipe to hide his blushing... he wasn't really mad at Isto... It wasn't Isto's fault... at least he didn't think it was.... Jen really didn't know anything... "I accidentally left it here last night... I cleaned the place up a little.............................................................. why were you sleeping here?" Jen thought that Mauli must be off on another Pirate adventure... Moofuls Isto paused at the door to the kitchen, shrugging slightly and grimacing. "Eh... Some stuff goin' on at home. I didn't really feel like I should stay there right now." With no further explanation, he stepped into the kitchen, and soon could be heard rummaging in the pantry. "Want something to eat?" Keppit Jen watched Isto leave the room and then sank lower into the sofa... he sighed... then sat up " yes please..." He jumped down of the sofa, licked his paw and ran it over his fur and the tops of his ears to smooth any rugged strands... then he walked into the kitchen... "What are you having?" Moofuls "Whatever I can find," Isto replied, laughing. Within a few minutes he stepped out of the pantry carrying a few different boxes. After setting the boxes on the counter, he made his way to the fridge, opening it and digging around. "I didn't eat anything yesterday, so... I'm pretty hungry. Anything in particular that ya want?" Keppit "No..." Jen watched as each box came out and got set down... "I don't want too much sugar..." He flexed his shoulder muscles... "I'm too wound up lately anyway." He grinned and jumped up into a chair... "I'll have whatever you end up having... if there's enough... " Moofuls Isto laughed and finally stepped away from the fridge, holding a milk jug in one hand, and orange juice in the other, and balancing a box of eggs on his metal arm. "Alright then, cereal's on the counter. Pick whichever one you'd like. I'll make eggs and we'll have a well balanced breakfast...thing..." Isto shrugged, nearly dropped the eggs, and hurried over to the counter to set down the drinks. "Eggs are about the only thing I can cook," he explained, grinning sheepishly. Keppit Jen looked at all the cereal boxes... he read a few contents labels and then chose the cheerios... "I'm haivng cheerios, if you want some pass me a couple of bowls and a glass while you're at it... " Then Jen jumped down and started to set the other cereals back into the cupboard... "If you want another cereal you had better say so before I put it away... " Moofuls "Cheerios is fine," Isto muttered, digging around for something to cook the eggs in. He finally sets a pan on the stove, then headed back to the fridge because, despite all efforts, he'd forgotten the butter. Yes, butter. Because that was the best way to cook them. Mmm, eggs... "Fried or scrambled?" Keppit "Whatever's easiest for you... " It didn't really matter to Jen... Eggs wre nothing, and they pretty much tasted the same any way that they were cooked... "So... whatcha been up to?" Moofuls "Fried it is, then," he said, turning on the stove and dropping a spoonful of butter in the pan to melt. While he was waiting for it to heat, he turned to face Jen, shrugging slightly. "This an' that... Lenta's family moved in to our house, didga know? They're living with us now." It was hard to tell if he seemed upset by this, or just didn't care either way. Whatever the case, he turned back to the stove, reaching for a few eggs. Keppit Jen poured the cheerios... "Yeah I knew... My mom mentioned it... " Jen that he wasn't good at hiding feelings so he stopped there and decided to move onto safer subjects... "How's Banda doing? " Moofuls One egg after another...crack plop...crack plop....crack plop...merf, how much did Jen eat? But that would depend on how hungry he was, too... Meh, eight would fill them both up. Isto relaxed slightly, thankful for the change of subject. "He's doing well. He grew too, ya know. Congrats, by the way. I think this is the first time I've seen you since you grew." Moofuls One egg after another...crack plop...crack plop....crack plop...merf, how much did Jen eat? But that would depend on how hungry he was, too... Meh, eight would fill them both up. Isto relaxed slightly, thankful for the change of subject. "He's doing well. He grew too, ya know. Congrats, by the way. I think this is the first time I've seen you since you grew." Moofuls Eggs really weren't all that filling when you thought about it... Especially if you didn't eat the yolks. Isto personally couldn't stand them. Nor could Moo, for that matter... Jack usually ate 'em. Isto chuckled softly, watching Jen out of the corner of his eye. "Aye, I noticed. I bet you'd be bigger than me in my adult stage. Beat me up easy, hmm?" He absently flipped a few of the eggs, yawning. "Banda's really enjoying being an adult. He's all proud and whatnot... Seems like he's been avoiding everyone, though. I'm not sure why..." Keppit Seems to me that I haven't really seen anyone around at all... I keep hearing that the others my age are all grown too... but I haven't seen any of them.. the only one that I've seen is Wuto and only then as he was driving away to the beach... " He watched Isto flip eggs... "Can I get the milk please... " Then he started thinking about Banda... "You really don't know why Banda's avoiding everyone? Maybe he's got a crush on someone.... I think maybe Tam might like him." Moofuls "I really haven't seen anyone... Kinda been hiding out at home. But it's not really safe there anymore, so.. Meh, nevermind. I saw Endy last night. She's going to be a fifth stager soon, I believe. Wonder what she'll look like..." He trails off, then laughs, flipping the final few eggs. "These are almost done... Hmm? Oh, right, milk." He scoops up the jug of milk from its spot on the counter, walking over and setting it on the table beside Jen. He then walked over to a cabinet and removed two glasses and two plates, setting the glasses on the table and taking the plates back to the stove for the eggs. "Maybe... yeah, you're mom and Tam's mom are sisters, aye? I'd be surprised if Tam liked him, though... They just don't seem like they'd get along." Keppit Jen blushed... I dunno... I just thought that.... I don't know wy I thought it. Endy? I don't think I ever really met her... but I'm glad that she gets to go fifth.... I hope that someday I get to go fifth... It'd be easier to keep my fur straight if it was only on my head.... " He grinned and staightened his ear fur.... "Why's it not safe at your house... " He grinned... "afraid your brother will do the same to you that you did to moo? I admire that work you know... " Moofuls "Endy..." Isto blinked, scooping eggs onto each plate. "I don't really know what to think of Endy. She's always been nice to me. We even went to the circus once when I was younger...but I've also heard she's pure evil, so..dunno. She's nice to me, so I'm nice to her." He turned off the stove, then picked up both plates, walking over to the table and setting them down. "Meh, I betcha you'll get it sooner or later. It'll be interesting to see how you look. Everyone looks pretty much alike as SMs, but very...very different as fifth stagers. S'fun." Instead of grinning, he grimaced slightly, shrugging and taking a seat. "Thanks... Personally I like it, but Moo kinda flipped when she saw. Anywho... Mauli and I had an argument. Remy got all mad that I apparently 'hurt her', and attacked me. I fought back.." He sighed, trailing off, after a few seconds shrugging. "I'd just rather stay away right now, s'all." Keppit Jen listened to Isto's speech and then sighed... two parts of the speech caught his attention... Isto and Mauli had argued... but Jen knew that Isto liked mauli so he figured that they'd get back together.... then there was that other part... "You're wrong, you know.... about all the adult Sm's being the same... it's not that way at all... maybe sometimes you can't see the differences, but they're always there.... Yours just happened to be on the outside... and I would like to go fifth... But then It wouldn't solve any problems... " He sighed and poked at his cheerios... Moofuls "Oh, I know they're not all the same..." He shrugged, poking at his eggs with his fork. "No two beings are exactly the same... 'cept clones, and twins I think... I'm just saying the differences, other than color, aren't as noticable. Everyone has skull masks, so you can't even really distinguish faces. And then you go fifth stage, and... BAM! You know?" It was obvious his mind wasn't on the subject, however. After a moment, he asked, "Problems?" Keppit Jen's mind raced and he tried to think if he'd said anything he hadn't meant to.... "No.... just .... I was talking in general.... It's the same afterwards.... so... " he realised that he was only digging his little hole deeper but couldn't stop himself... " even though you're fifth stage... you don't... um... really change....so then youstillwontbenoticedbythepeopleyouwanttobenoticedby.... it doesn't really matter... but that's that... and it applys to everyone.... sort of." He cringed trying to sort ot what he'd just said for himself.. Moofuls "Oh," he answered simply. He had finally begun eating, and finished his bite of egg before speaking. "I...wouldn't say that." And it was true, wasn't it? Mauli hadn't really noticed him until he'd turned fifth stage... Well sure, they'd been friends, but nothing more. And then they were both fifth stage and BOOM, they were snogging. Kinda a nice thought, actually... Wait, BAD. Isto hit himself on the side of the head, then, grinning sheepishly, took another bite. "I bet more people notice you than ya think... That's how it was for me, anyway." Keppit Jen gave Isto a horrible look... " You had a metal arm!.... You're biggest difference was on the outside where everyone could see it... and so everyone noticed you... and you won't believe me but everyone liked you.... But what if that wasn't true... what if your biggest difference was on the inside... and then you were just a plain colour like brown... we're not talking about me you know... but what if that was the case and then you knew that you had a big diffence... as big as a metal paw but no one could see it and you weren't even sure that you wanted them too... "He took a bite of his eggs... "how would you feel then?" Moofuls Isto winced slightly from the anger in Jen's glare, and after a moment looked away. Sighing, he propped his head up on his normal hand, staring at his eggs, all hunger forgotten. "The difference between you an' me, Jen, is that you want to be noticed and I...don't. You want to stand out. You want to have some reason for people to look at you and think 'Woah!'. I...don't. I've always stood out for my arm. I don't want people to remember me by that. I want people to remember me for me." Again he sighed, glaring at the wall. "People think of me as some kind of robot... It never occurs to them that I have opinions...likes, dislikes, feelings... It's always physical." Keppit Jen started to cry... not a gushing of tears, but rather one or two tears following him blushing... "You're not listening to me... Here I am telling you that it's not always physical..." Jen pushes his eggs away... mostly untouched and then lets his head droop.... "I'm not much hungrier but I do thank you for the eggs...." then het gets down off his chair and walks to the door... "I've always known that you had feelings you know... you and Banda and Blu and Wuto and all the other Sm's.... I thought that you knew that..... but I was wrong... I'm sorry that you and Mauli fought and I hope you manage to work things out... " And with that he walked out of the room... but he didn't leave the Hq... there might not be anyone there but it was still one of the only places that he really felt at home.... so he went to the den and settled himself on the window seat and played a song... listeneing to it, one would guess that Jen wasn't happy right now... ((eipe... can't stop being dramatic *dies a dramatic death and then sits up and whispers "sorry for all the drama" and dies again... ))Moofuls ((;D 'Tis perfectly fine. Angst is fun! XD))
Great, this was just...Holy crap, what the **** was going on!? Everything's going great and then, suddenly, everyone's mad at him! Why was everyone mad at him!?! Scowling, Isto pushed back his chair and stood. Leaving the food on the table, (someone else could deal with it) he stomped for the door, pulling it open and stepping outside.
It was a beautiful day. Crap. At the moment, Isto wanted pouring down rain and lightning. Yeah, a few lightning bolts would be extremely helpful right now. Cursing under his breath, he stalks off towards the forest. Maybe he could find a shadow wolf to take him anger out on... Keppit Jen's playing makes him feel better... a little... he couldn't quite understand why he was mad at Isto... he didn't expect anything from him... and he certainly didn't expect him to understand.... he didn't expect anyone to understand... as far as he could tell he was the only one who understood.... and ever would now... ah.... doomed to a life of lonliness... then he saw Isto out the window... he was walking towards the forest and Jen watched him all the way... Jen thought of going to appologise... after all Isto had just been fighting with Mauli... yes... gentlemanly thing to do was say he was sorry... he was... and he couldn't afford to lose friends... he had so few... then he saw Shiro.... "hiya" Moofuls ((o_o;; They split up the guys and girls?? Dang, that must suck XDD Most of my friends are guys. I'd be bored out of my mind if they weren't in my classes.
Sorry, was on the phone))
Half way to the forest, Isto decided he wasn't in the mood for a fight. Not another one... Sighing, he changed direction and headed for the lake, silently rerunning the past few days in his mind. Just when things were looking up, too.... Figures.
Keppit ((have fun at your party smile )) Jen saw that Shiro hadn't heard him and was involved in other things... Jen realised that this was probably for the best so he walked out of the room, and out of the Hq heading the way that Isto had gone.... appology already forming in his mind..... then he saw Isto change directions and had for the lake instead... Jen just sat down and watched him.... he was very tall.... andhe did spend a lot of time at the lake.... Next thing you know he'd be skipping rocks... five or six times average.... ((edited smile )) Moofuls ((*Wavewave* See yas n_n))
When he reached the lake, Isto kicked off his shoes (Do they wear shoes? o_o; ) and waded into the water, not bothering with the fact that his jeans would be soaked. They'd dry easily enough, anyway. Isto liked this lake... It was nice and clean and did NOT have a hungry giant squid in it. A few fish maybe, but nothing threatening... Keppit Jen watched Isto kick off his shoes and wade into the lake... Jen looked down at this paws and remembered once when he was a child he purposefully stepped into Isto's footprints and his paws has been nearly as big then as Isto's were as an adult... Jen padded up to the edge of the lake.... "You'll get all wet doing that... " Moofuls Isto jumped slightly when her heard Jen's voice, then scowled, continuing deeper into the water. "Don't I know it... What're you doing out here, Jen?" He paused in step, turning to face the younger SM, still scowling faintly. "Come to attack me like Remy did?" Keppit "If you think that I'm going to atack you then you obviously don't know me all that well.... Besides would it kill you to consider the fact that you might not understand what I was trying to tell you.... albeit I didn't exactly explain it all that well... I came to tell you that I was sorry and then to watch you drown yourself......... I figured that someone aught to be around to witness that Super Isto killed himself... all by himself and it was no great battle that took him... " Moofuls "Pah," Isto rolled his eyes, waving vaguely as if to wipe away Jen's words. "Don't apologize. It's not your fault I'm an a**. I-" He abruptly fell silent, blinking. Kill...himself...? Taking a deep breath, Isto turned away from the younger SM, eyes scanning the still surface of the lake. Was he about to drown himself? That would explain his position... He'd never cared much for deep water, and now he was willingly wading into the lake, so... Maybe he was? "I... Not everyone can play the hero, Jen." Keppit Jen was sitting completely still, not smiling and dead serrious... "on the contrary... everyone is a hero to someone.... and nothing they can do will ever change that... and even if you weren't going to kill yourself, you'll catch a cold, or pnemonea, or die of rust poisoning if you don't come out of the lake soon.......... I am sorry that my confusion got the better of me... and I am sorry that I..." he paused... what was it he had done... he hadn't yelled.... he hadn't even raised his voice... oh yes... "I'm sorry that I intentionaly tried to hurt you... In my right mind I never would have insulted you... " XBear Moofuls ((Psh, come on in ^_^ Stop Isto from drowning. SAVE MY BABY crying )) ((I'd try, but all Slush is good for is being cutsy, and attacking my Cloud Fairy while still keeping an innocent aura.)) *Slush ran ahead of X at the sounds of voices and the sight of water. Once he reached the shoreline he immediately pounced into the water and began to swim out towards the lone figure, squealing happily and splashing up as much water as he could, ignorant to the ongoings around him.* *X ran after the bright pink fur ball, damn he's fast for his size. Stopping only after she saw that there was someone in the water in case her little Slushmiester started to drown, she began to try and catch her breath, also oblivious to what had been going on before they had arrived.* Moofuls ((Yeah, prolly ;D Too bad it's not raining
Howdy NaHeil!))
Without bothering to turn around, Isto chuckled softly, shaking his head. "I already told you.. Don't apologize. You didn't do anything wrong. I.... I'm not sure when everything changed, but lately... I'm more trouble than I'm worth." He paused, then shrugged, continuing out into the water. "Even heros lose sometimes." He abruptly fell silent at the sound of a splash, whirling around for its source. He sigh. Great, it was an infant..and it's owner was out here too. So much for suicide... Though, despite his mood, Isto couldn't help but smile faintly. Chuckling, he ducked under the water, edging around beneath the surface before poping up beside Slush, splashing some water at him. Keppit Jen just watched... this was how he and Isto always were.... what did jen want.... he wasn't sure... no... that wasn't right... he just plain old didn't know... Isto meanwhile was having great fun trying to drown an infant... with the poor kid's caretaker watching even... but Jen knew better... He was once that infant.... the one that would have done anything for Super Isto... and now there were new infants to Idolze the monkey... not that he was really still the Isto that Jen knew... no he was Anthro now... bigger and stronger... Jen just watched.... XBear *Slush squealed and splashed him back, this guy looked like a shark underwater with his bright green mohawk, and he very much liked the color of it. It was bright like he was. Swimming a bit closer to the 'shark', Slush grappled onto his shoulder and rested for a moment, a bit tired from running away from Mummy and then swimming out this far.* Sharkie! I'm Slush... ((Sorry took so long, stupid computer.)) Moofuls ((Isto: o_o; *Has stalkers*
Aadil: *Strutting around the room*))
The liddle SM climbed onto his shoulder, and Isto straightened up, laughing. The water only came up to about his waist where they were, so he wasn't particularly worried about sinking. He laughed, "Sharkie, hmm? Well, it's nice t'meetcha, Slush. I'm Isto." Keppit Jen smiled.... he thought about leaving but then realised that that would just be mistaken as him still being mad... was he?..... so he stayed... sitting at the bank watching Isto and Slush play.... XBear Okay Isto... I like 'Sharkie' better meself. *The little fluffball pondered for a moment before grinning happily and shaking out his fur, almost falling off of Isto's shoulder in the process. Wow this guy was tall like Mummy, only, she didn't have a tail that matched her hair, or rather, she didn't have a tail at all.* Why do you have a tail like me if you look like Mummy? NaHeil Endymion began to pad over to the group, standing under three an a half feet tall on her hind legs. She didn't ever care if the SM's were short or not, all she knew that she wanted to be tall. With all the fifth stagers coming out gorgeous, she wondered how she was going to look. She couldn't bear it if she were ugly. Like, what if she had frizzy, fem-fro-ish hair, braces and coke-bottle glasses? She would never allow it! Ugh, she thought, one more thing to worry about.
She then flopped at the waters edge, not speaking to anyone. It was around now that she realized that no one particularly liked her. Well, at least not anyone who name was Remy. He spoke with her. Keppit Jen turned when he heard footsteps... then he watched Endy settle herself not more than a meter away.... then he turned his attention back to the general hubub... (( blaugh cheers a little for Isto... but doesn't want to end up like moo)) XBear Wow! That's sooo cool! I want to be a fifth stage too... *Slush let his tail dip back into the water before flipping up and flapping Isto in the ear with it, a muffled giggle escaping his lips.* Whoopsies... *X had already taken a seat on a nearby rock, and was watching every so often to check on Slush, not really too worried since several other SMs were there.* Moofuls ((Are you...insulting my mohawk? o_o;;
Eck, sorry it's taking me so long e.< I keep getting distracted...
Isto: O_O;;; *Avoids XBear*))
Isto grinned dangerously, mock growling at the little SM. "Oh, you're gonna pay for that..." He took a quick breath, then ducked backwards beneath the water, swimming out from under Slush to resurface nearby. NaHeil Endymion briefly looked at Jen himself. Well, there was someone she'd never seen before but boy, she didn't want to be the one to bring up conversation today. Too much to worry about. She swirled her figer around the surface of the shallow water before her and it began to swirl too, like a miniature whirlpool.
But really, what if....what if... what if greasy hair with a bowl-cut hair do with spaces between her teeth and -GASP!- a mole! gonk Keppit ((yes... and as you can see in my sig, I' look right stupid in a mohawk and am (sort of) sporting the look for all to see... so I have every right.. *sticks her tongue out at moo*)) Jen doesn't turn his head but rather speaks straight ahead... but he spoke so softly that only Endymion could hear him.... "You ever feel like you're different... but not different at the same time? ... ever wish you knew who you really were and what the others would think of you if they knew?" He just kept staring straight ahead... NaHeil Or what if she was overweight??? That's it! No more cookies from then o-hey wait, had this SM spoken to her.
She stopped thinking for a moment, listening to Jen. The quote seemed so, down to earth and so true. A little confusing but in the hopeful sence. Maybe it applied to her, hell she was different. Of course Endy couldn't be nice to someone she had just met.
"Where is that a quote from?" she murmured low enough from Jen to hear. Keppit Jen sighed and slowly turned his head towards Endy.... "It's not a quote... It was an actual question.... a serries of related questions actually... I was wondering if anyone knew the answers... " NaHeil "Actual questions call for actual conversation," she said back. Damnit, now he was looking at her. It was a bit awkward. "What made you think I had the answers?" She said, in that barely audible tone, leaving to floor open. Keppit "I didn't say you did... I was wondering if anyone knew.... and it's not my fault that you responded to me in the first place... you might have ignored me.... " he smiled a sadish smile and returned his gaze to the lake... He didn't mind Endymion talking to him.... it kept him from thinking about himself... and he was getting much too philisophical for his own liking... but he couldn't seem to be able to stop himself... NaHeil ((XD)) "I might've," she said, surprised and almost comical honesty contained within her voice. "But its not what you say, its how you say it. And you were sayin' it as if I knew," she said, thinking for a moment if she might've slipped on something. "Endymion," she said what would possibly be her most brief introduction.Keppit "Jen" He turned his gaze towards her... "forgive me for my previous intrusion.... I had ..... dared... to hope that I might find answers." He sighed and watched Isto... his thoughts then went through all of his friends.... the few of them that there were.... NaHeil "No problem," she said. "Sometimes that's what it takes" She said it so flawlessly it was like she had found the answer to every question she ever thought of. She could tell that Jen, as he was called, was thinking. Strange, he had a female name while she herself had a mans name. Uncanny. But back to possibly being fat... oh how could anyone take a fat sorceress seriously!? They couldn't!! She lifted her finger and the water stood up at attention. Keppit Jen watched the water dance at Endymion's control... He did find it interesting but he was too self absorbed to find most things interesting... so instead he watched wiht mild interest and continued to think about Banda and Wuto, Isto and Blu... Keppit Isto was close enough to Jen now that Jen heard his conversation and watched Isto laugh and smile... Jen had partly been the cause of his earlier depression.... and if he had killed himself.... then it would have been all Jen's fault.... and Isto would never have known that Jen didn't mean it... couldn't stay mad... was never really mad in the first place... Jen stood up and took a few tenative steps backwards.... waiting for the moment to excuse himself so that he might leave... NaHeil With a swish of her hand, the water woman fell apart, plopping back to where she came. Endymion stood up, whip mysteriously in hand and looked at Jen. "If you don't have anybody to talk to, I could be a last resort," she said, offering friendship in her own manner. "But not now... now's naptime," she said, going back to the HQ to sleep. Keppit Jen watched with wide eyes as Endymion made the hasty retreat that he so wished he could make... he couldn't watch Isto play with the infant any longer... but now he couldn't let it look like he was following Endy... so he stood frozen like a statue watching her leave... Keppit Jen saw that Isto was in as good a mood as he could be.... so Jen decided that it was time for him to leave and no interupt.... He turned his back on the three left behind him, and following Endymion's example he padded off to the Hq....
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