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 Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:51 pm
Excitement was buzzing in Gabriel's pointed ears as he stumbled around his mirror-pasted room, reflection multiplying into infinity all over the walls, reminding him again and again of the undeniable fact: He was a preteen now. Overnight, he had practically doubled (well, maybe not quite) in size and, despite the aches and groans that his muscles cried out to him with as a result of the sudden stretching, he was filled to the brim with more energy than he'd ever felt before. The pride spawn squawked as he tripped over himself in an attempt to pull his pants on, claws getting stuck at the very edge of his jeans.
"Nyaaagh!! Stupid pants being-- Augh!!" Gabriel yelled fruitlessly from his place on the floor, thrashing his legs around in an attempt to get them to emerge from the other sides of the pant legs. Finally, his green-scaled toes poked through the ends of the boot-cut jeans and he wriggled his toes with a grin, jumping back to his feet and fastening his jeans. For a moment, he couldn't help but check out the slyly grinning face that smiled back at him from his many mirror shards before it widened, showing off surprisingly white teeth as he dove into the cleaner pile of his clothing, pulling on a t-shirt, then a flannel shirt, then a surprisingly feminine scarf. Without a hesitation, he slipped on a pair of non-prescription glasses and tossed a beret -in surprisingly good quality- atop his rainbow-haired head. His hair had been brushed, the rest of himself as clean as he was going to be able to get it; finally, he was ready.
Well, mostly at least. He was out the door at hypersonic speeds, hopping and skipping over the people asleep or goofing off in the apartment like it was a memorized obstacle course. He didn't have a lot of money on him. Only $3.02, and it was almost completely in small change, but that would be enough, he was sure. It had to be enough. On the way... well, through town, as he had no idea where Ilyrosa lived, he stopped every couple of minutes, every time he found a garden. He plucked a few flowers from various areas of the garden, making sure not to disrupt the plants too much, gathering all of them in a wildflower bouquet that was... well, rather sloppy, but at least the flowers were pretty, right?
When he reached a grocery store, he slipped in easily, looking around without any kind of aid from the text, until he stumbled upon the candy isle. Gabriel had to actively keep himself from gaping as he walked down the isle, looking for something to suit his Ilyrosa's tastes... he just wished that he could read what they said. Finally, something caught his interest: A chocolate bar with a picture of a chili pepper on it. He tipped his head to the side, red eyes flicking up to take in the price written beneath it, surprisingly within his range, and smiled at the chocolate bar. It would have to be good enough. He hoped that she would like it.
Finally, it was the moment he had been waiting for: Asking out the love of his life. Theeere was only the first matter of finding her. Looking to the left, to the right, then to the left once again, he shrugged his shoulder and sighed softly. Patience at its best - he would search the entire city top to bottom to find her.
"Ily... rosa...! Wait...!" By the time the patience spawn spotted his brown-haired beauty, he was sticky with sweat, something that he hadn't shed that much up until this point in his life. He was tired from running - after all, he had been for what felt like at least a half an hour if not longer, and his already-overstretched muscles were aching. As soon as he got her attention, he held up a finger for a moment's rest, leaning down with his hands on his knees, panting softly. Bleh, running was not his favourite thing; he was not fit for it. Standing awkwardly after catching his breath and holds out both the bouquet, a bit windswept, and the chocolate bar, which was slightly melted from being in his flannel shirt pocket and the wrapper a little dirt from being dropped once or twice. "Will you... will you go out with me?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:40 pm
Ilyrosa had been walking home from a club, buzzed with sugar and energy yet tired from all the dancing. Her hair and clothes were a little messed up, but all in all she didn't look that bad for walking home at dawn after a night of dancing and partying. Thus it came as a shock to her when she heard her name being shouted a little ways behind her. The teen hadn't a clue who it could be without turning around. Damon was never up before noon and Seth... Like he'd really be out. Not only that, but she'd recognize his voice anywhere.
Slowly, the wrath spawn turned to look at the boy currently chasing after her. "Gabriel? What the hell are you doing out this early?" she asked, alarmed a bit. Already she recognized that he had grown a bit since their first encounter, but he was still terribly young to be out at what had to be six a.m. With all the patience of a hyperactive two year old, Ily waited for him to catch his breath and answer.
Only to be stunned into total silence at what he asked. "Wh-what?" Ily asked quietly, blinking slowly. She had to be dreaming. Nobody had asked her out legitimately, or even been so sweet as to bring her gifts. Romantic ones too, even if they were a bit cheap. "Youwanttogooutwithme? Areyouok?" Speaking far to fast, and realizing it as soon as she spoke, she ran her fingers through her hair and took a deep breath. God, could he have picked a worse time to ask her such a question?
"You want to go out with me? I... Uh..." Awkward and blushing enough to cause even her ears to turn pink, Ily reached out to take the gifts hesitantly. They were nice and only made her feel that much more awkward. Slowly, jumbled thoughts pieced themselves back together, relieving the confusion that plagued her mind. "Sure." Without thinking her mouth had answered before she could actively understand what she had just agreed to.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:28 pm
"I was, um, that. That was all I was doing. I got up early 'cause Damien and I have to for our job at the warehouse and I noticed that I grew and I realized 'oh my God, that means that I'm old enough to date Ilyrosa now!' even though technically you've gotten older now so I don't really know if you would still be willing to go out with me since I'm technically younger than you still and you probably have tons of guys asking you out all the time, 'cause holy Hell every time that you grow you just get prettier," Gabriel ranted, talking about a mile a minute and looking much more like his wrath / diligence friend that he had anticipated. Well, that was what happened, considering Gabriel's love of talking as a result of his pride DNA, especially when he was nervous. He spoke so fast he tripped over his own tongue. Faintly, a blush came to his dark cheeks. He probably looked like such a stupid spaz...
The question made his eyes widen in surprise. His headwings tipped back, pointed ears perking upward as his red eyes widened. She was asking about him wanting to go out with her...? Like, she was surprised that he wanted to? Seriously?! An astonished laugh fell past his lips and he pushed his fake glasses back up his nose. "I want to go out with you? Geesh, you make it sound like that's something to be surprised about!! Of course I want to go out with you, who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to be able to go out wi--
"REALLY?!" he squeaked, horrified and surprised at the sudden cracking of his voice. His face lit up instantly and he laughed out loud in the hopes of distracting from his embarrassing vocal failure as he smiled brightly. "I- I- Thank you so much, Ily! But, well... I'd probably need to get to work if I wanted to be able to have money to, y'know, buy things for you and take you places; it would be rude for me not to, after all, I was the one who asked you out, right? Yeah, so I, I mean, I guess... And you look tired, too, or at least like you could use a break from... whatever it was you were doing, and all of that, and, again, I probably need money, but... I... I'll pick you up around eight...?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:23 pm
Ily giggled at Gabriel's excitement and nervousness, not caring at all that his voice cracked or that he was talking a mile a minute. In fact, it was such a relief to hear him talk nearly as fast as her. "You're so silly Gabriel. I was just a little... surprised was all. I mean, you did just come out of nowhere at some ungodly time in the morning bearing gifts and asking to go out with me," she replied, basking in the attention. How strange for a pride kid to talk about anything other than themselves.
"Eight? Uh..." At this she glanced down the street to the lone house with barbed wire fencing and looking like it was falling to bits. In reality, it was pretty sturdy, especially after Damon renovated it to being nearly a bomb shelter. "Sure. I'll see you then and next time, take the bus or something. Less running," Ily giggled, knowing full well he wasn't at all suited to running so far like she was. It didn't even occur to her that her father might not, ah, take so kindly to her suddenly gaining a boyfriend...
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:48 pm
Gabriel grinned broadly when his offer was accepted, saluting in the mildly dorky way that he tended toward doing rather often, practically trembling with excitement, as though he hadn't just run many more miles than he knew how to count. "A-alright, I'll see you at eight!!" he replied excitedly, laughing happily at her advise before half-skipping off, looking just as excited as he felt, heart beating a mile a minute. She said yes. Ilyrosa said yes. Yes!!
When eight o' clock rolled around, Gabriel was... well, he was actually kind of late. He had a jean jacket layered over the clothing he'd been wearing earlier, but didn't have any other gifts to greet the girl with this time, having spent all of his pocket money earlier. What he'd worked for that day was for the sake of being able to rent skates. At least, skates for Ilyrosa, since he'd realized a bit too late that he wasn't going to be able to wear skates with the dinosauric feet of his.
Trembling softly with nervousness, he hop-skipped up the steps to her house and knocked on the door, tail flicking back and forth behind his legs. She had said yes, and he was great, and this entire evening would be wonderful, he was sure of it. But, regardless, that didn't mean that he wasn't allowed to be nervous. After all, he was going on a date with the most beautiful girl in the world, who was an entire stage older than he was!! He had a lot to live up to, especially if he wanted to be better than... than any other boys who wanted to go out with her.
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:21 pm
Unfortunately, Gabriel's day was about to take a drastic turn for the worst as Damon, in his general bounty hunting gear flung open the door with a massive scowl. "What the hell do you want kid?" he grumbled, hair horribly messed up and gun holster off-kilter and far more visible. The only thing that was missing was his slightly shredded and beat up bullet-proof vest. Tired, dark-red eyes glared Gabriel down fiercely, as if daring the spawn to say anything.
"DAD! Leave him alone!" Ilyrosa shouted from across the house, scrambling to get ready. It had taken her and Seth several hours to decide on an outfit, eventually deciding on simple jeans and dark-colored t-shirt with a ghostly image of an angel statue. Her party clothes didn't seem appropriate for her date, especially when she hadn't a clue WHERE they were going. She figured something cheap, since Gabe had talked about working to earn money FOR the date.
"Leave who alone?" Damon asked, pulling his gaze away briefly to reply before snapping it back to the spawn in front of him. He was definitely too young and dressed weird for her. In that moment of realization as to what exactly was going on, he quickly gained a severe hatred of the kid. Ain't nobody was going to take HIS daughter without HIS approval. "Who the hell are you anyway?" he added, glare darkening. He certainly could act menacing and scary when he really wanted to.
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:42 pm
Though Gabriel didn't by any means expect Ilyrosa's father to be the kind, loving, and snuggly sort of person, the man who answered the door definitely wasn't someone that Gabriel was expecting to see. Almost comically, his ears and headwings dropped limply on the sides of his head and he took a step backward, coughing awkwardly. For once, the young pride child had managed to lose his voice; as for where it had gone, he wasn't quite sure. Despite the fact that his father was a gang leader and definitely frightening, at least the gryphon was rarely armed with heavy artillery. When the boy finally found his voice again, it was definitely the voice of a pubescent boy, cracking nervously at every nervous, stammered syllable. "I- uh- Yeah, I'm here...
"Ilyrosa!!" he said happily as soon as his bright red eyes fell upon the awe-inspiringly beautiful young woman appeared behind her much more terrifying father. Immediately, his heart started pounding in his chest, tail wagging back and forth like that of an excited puppy. God, didn't she show up just in time? Though he would have loved to have his stronger and more wrathful girlfriend to hide behind, Gabriel was certainly content to keep a good distance between himself and the older male, smiling very nervously at the angry-sounding question.
"I, uh... My name is Gabriel. Gabriel Avenue. I'm one of your... daughter's... friends," he stated nervously, offering a strangely prideful smile, as though he had escaped the expected attack of an overprotective father. "We met a while ago, but I don't have a lot of free time, since I have to work, so we don't get many chances to hang out. But, since I got paid today, we were going to go ice skating and get some snacks down at the park a few blocks down. 'Long as that's alright with you, of course... sir." If it were anyone else speaking so much and so quickly, they would sound like they were trying to cover their own asses. Yet, this was Gabriel - it would be more suspicious if he were speaking slower.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:46 am
Damon stared at Gabriel for a moment, almost instantly seeing why Ilyrosa would like him. They acted pretty similarly, well, sorta. If she was more prideful and chatty nowadays, then yeah, they were practically blood siblings. "Very well. But I'm watching you. Don't think I won't," he growled quietly, not believing for a second his daughter and him were simply friends. A blind man could see there was more than friendship between them it was so horribly obvious.
Thankfully Ilyrosa appeared at the door once again, this time ready to leave and to stop any possible death threats the older man could say. "Dad! Jeeze! Leave him alone already! And did I hear something about ice skating? I LOVE ice skating!" Ily gasped, grinning ear to ear, her happiness only dissipating for a moment to flash her father a dark look. "And if I catch you spying on us, I swear I'll... I'll do something. C'mon Gabe, let's go! The night is still young and time's wasting!" the teen giggled, grabbing the boy's hand and nearly dragging him off her front step. Ignoring the dark looks Damon sent the two, it was only when the door finally clicked shut did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"My god, why the hell is he suddenly so.... overprotective? Anyways, Gabriel, you said something about ice skating? Where at?" Ily asked, having not really paid attention to what was being said upon getting ready for their little mini date thing.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:24 am
Gabriel didn't hesitate to give the man the brightest non-conceited smile in his vault, tipping his head toward the other in a surprisingly polite way, though the two-fingered salute he offered to match it definitely dropped any level of maturity he'd been going for. "Yes sir. And I'll behave as if you're eyes are on us 24/7, you have my word," he replied smoothly, minding his stupid S's as he spoke, glad that not lisping seemed to have gotten easier since he'd grown. How he managed to remain so calm -at least, appearing as such- was entirely thanks to his gigantic and often terrifying father; it was hard to be scared of much when you'd seen what the man had done to anyone who tried to hurt someone he cared about. Shiver.
The pride spawn couldn't help but laugh at the way his date's -EEE, SHE WAS HIS DATE!- emotions jumped between angry, excited, hostile, and back to angry, a squawk falling past his lips as he stumbled off the front steps of the girl's house and had to focus to keep from tripping over his feet as he followed after her. Thank goodness for those legs ( and feet ) of his. If it weren't for them, she'd probably be dragging him along the ground after her, which didn't sound very pleasant.
It was nice when they slowed, though, and Gabriel settled into a normal pace, smiling at the... much, much taller female, a bit pouty at the way that it practically hurt his neck to meet her eyes - not that he let it show on his face. He laughed a bit at how put-off she was about her dad's behavior, tail swishing behind him.
"Oh, I dun'no. On the bright side, I'm not dead yet? Better than someone I chose to date would fair if I were a girl... or gay... or any younger than I am now. My dad's crazy-protective, too, but more in the act-first, ask-questions-later kinda way, y'know what I mean? Though... I have a feeling that your interfering kept your dad from being the same way," he rambled, chuckling to himself nervously as his red eyes flicked around the sidewalk. Was it actually worth her threat to her father? Was there actually a possibility that he'd be following them...? Spooky. "Oh! Ice skating, yeah. Down at this park a few blocks away. Since it's still really cold out, the lake is still frozen, and they have ice skate rentals open, so I figured that it would be a good place to go. I'm glad you're so excited about it, especially."
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:16 pm
Ilyrosa laughed softly, shaking her head. "I don't see Fifth doing things like that, but I never expected dad to actually flip out like that at seeing you either. I guess he's just tired and grumpier than usual. He did say something about a bad day at work..." she trailed off, pondering her family's unusual personalities and the like. Yeah, that had to be the reason and now he knew she was dating someone younger than her. Damn it, there went her plan of telling him herself later when he was calm and possibly drunk off his a**.
"Really? That sounds awesome! I've been wanting to go ice skating for a while now but the places have either been packed or expensive. I mean really, some of them ask for fifteen dollars at the door then even MORE to rent some crappy skates! Can you believe that? Honestly, it's insane. So you say it's at a frozen lake? That sounds really nice and waaaaay more romantic than in just a stupid building somewhere with hella overpriced food," Ily paused in her rambling and blushed as she stuffed her hands into her coat pockets. "Er, I'm sorry I'm probably talking way too much," she apologized.
For as cold as it was, the teen figured if she talked any more global warming would start being a real problem. "Anyways... Really sorry about my dad. He won't stalk us around or anything with Seth home, but I can't say he won't have some buddies of his doing his dirty work and watching us. Some days I hate how my dad seems to know everyone," Ilyrosa replied with a pout, glancing over at her boyfriend and once again she was basically doing all the talking. Well she WAS a bit nervous and fairly wound up with energy due to her inactive afternoon of preparing. It was no reason she didn't shut up and just rambled about whatever came to mind.
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