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 Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:24 pm
Calumet was doing his damndest to run away from his guardian. They had been walking (as they did when Inle's car broke down, which was all the time) and eventually Cal got squirmy, so he was let down. He clearly saw this as an opportune time to try--again--to escape and immediately began toddling down the sidewalk at top speed, which wasn't very fast.
He'd run, run, run for a few minutes and then stop, panting, and look back to see if he'd put any distance of merit between himself and Inle, only to frown when he saw her just as far away now as she had been a few minutes ago and then start the process all over again. He was getting tired. Inle was most amused.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:33 pm
Ever since their encounter with Shauna and Eight, Rhia had found it nearly impossible to keep Ophi from going outside. Not wanting to go outside, obviously that couldn't be helped much, but the child simply refused to stay indoors, and thus he had always seemed to find a way to get outside. No matter how hard she tried, there seemed to be a spot in the house that he kept going back to, and so far she hadn't found it. She wasn't sure if it was because of the girl Chey had told her about, or simply because he liked being outside. Either way, she tried to look on the bright side of things; at least she didn't have think to about Mejis.
Ophi wandered down the street with Rhia striding slowly alongside, no longer needing to hold her hand for fear of losing his balance. He had become quite adept at walking on his own, but that didn't mean he liked walking everywhere. Turning his green, scaled face up to Rhia, he held out his arms and rose up on his tiptoes; wings spreading slightly and tail coiling. "My get up."
Rhia blew a loose curl away from her face and bent over to scoop the child up, setting him onto her hip so one of her arms was free. When they turned a corner, Rhia and Ophi both were startled to find a small, black-haired toddler fly straight into the demoness's legs. Had it been anyone other than a child, Rhia would promptly start swearing in their face, but since it was a child - surely no older than Ophi - she simply bent forward a little, smooth brow creasing slightly, "Are you okay?"
Ophi's golden eyes assessed the boy as his arm curled around Rhia's neck, chubby fingers toying with the red and gold locks, and his wings drew in tight against his back. Seeing Mama talk to the boy, however, seemed to be all Ophi needed to relax a bit. Narrowing his eyes to slits, his hood flexed slightly as he lifted his hand and gave a small wave with his fingers. "Hi."
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:31 am
He was ALMOST there, yes! All he had to do was turn that corner and Inle would be out of sight, woo! If only for a few minutes; well, a victory was a victory. He sped up, intending to make this victory last when WHAMMO! Cal ran into what felt like a brick wall, bouncing off before losing his already precarious balance and falling a**-first onto the sidewalk. Ouch. He frowned, a hand wavering in the air as he tried to decide what aching part of his body to rub first.
His gaze wandered up up up the brick wall's body, rainbow-colored eyes finally blinking as he looked from strange-looking mother to strange-looking son. Oh. His kind of people, then. He couldn't very well respond to either of them, so he settled on mimicking the snake-bird-boy's motions with the arm he had yet to do anything with.
Behind him, Inle laughed, hardly the sympathetic mother. "Sorry about that," she said, tone implying that she wasn't, really. How could she be, when it was so funny?
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:09 pm
"It's okay, I know how kids are." I've had more than my fair share of them. Rhia smiled, deciding to keep that last bit to herself. Which was odd, but then she was in a rare mood and didn't feel like trying to insult anyone. "I guess there was no harm done."
Ophi scrutinized the boy carefully before looking back up at Rhia, "Down?"
Rhia let the boy slip from her grasp and drop lightly to the floor, holding onto one of his hands to make sure he didn't hurt himself. His two-tone wings flapped twice before nestling against his back and he stood on Rhia's left, looking up at the strange woman for a moment before returning his slitted gaze to the boy in front of him. He blinked and frowned a moment before pointing, his thick tail swaying behind him, "Need hep get up?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:39 am
Inle stopped behind Cal, shins pressing against his back and boots to either side of him. She looked down and smiled liplessly; he looked up and frowned. "That's a surprise, I always figured he had a hard head." Cal's frown turned upside down and he giggled silently before turning his rainbow-colored eyes back to the pair.
His eyes widened a little at the sight of the strange looking boy so close to him. He looked funny, like a cartoon character, and Cal had an urge to pet Ophi's strange head extension like he might a kitty--or would if the kitties ever sat still for him. He reached up with both arms, making grabby-hands at the snakeboy, though it could easily be mistaken for a positive response to the question.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:56 pm
Rhia gave a small smile of her own and brushed another stray curl away from her face; tucking it back behind her long ear. "I suppose it's good that he's not hurt. My legs have survived being hit with things harder than his head, I'm sure."
Ophi appeared to rethink his offer to help the other child up as the small dark hands clenched and unclenched in front of him. He pressed himself closer to Rhia's bare leg for a moment, wings opening a bit behind him as he gently tugged on the collar of his t-shirt. After a moment he lifted one hand, scarcely leaning forward, and held it out to the boy, golden eyes glittering warily at the movements Cal's hands were making.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:15 pm
Cal frowned as the other toddler backed away, looking up at his reluctant mother once more as if for clarification--what did the boy mean by offering help and taking it away? Inle nudged him forward with a foot, encouraging further action. Cal looked back at Ophi and was rewarded with his new, more tentative offer. He beamed up at the snake-boy and immediately latched onto his hand, pulling--of course, what he didn't know is that he was supposed to be hefting himself upwards in order for this helping hand to work.
Inle winced. "Cal, be careful--" but it was too late for such warnings; Cal pulled at Ophi's arm with what little strength he had.
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:51 pm
Ophi immediately regretted offering his hand as Cal clamped down on his small hand so tight it almost hurt. Issuing a soft hiss at the tug, the sound was accompanied with a brief glimmer of his fangs and a quick flick of his forked tongue; bi-colored wings flapping. He planted his heels on the pavement as best he could, trying to keep from tipping forward, but the effort was too late and he couldn't stop himself. With a soft, despairing cry, he pitched forward and sprawled on top of the other child; his cobra hood opening wide in surprise.
The whole scene brought forth a quiet laugh from Rhia's dark lips, but she quickly pursed her lips together to hide the smirk. Dropping down onto her haunches, her tail coiled in the air behind her as she fell into a slightly more maternal role, yet didn't offer either child a hand up. Instead, she simply grinned down at them and pushed her sunglasses higher up on the bridge of her nose, "Are you guys alright?"
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