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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:23 am
Two years.
It had been two years since those nasty Obans had taken his papa away from them, and now Sol and Ygraine were on their way to see him. Word had finally drifted back up to Zena from Baba about Papa; Callum had been found, and they were both going to stay in Jauhar until he was ready to travel. Papa was 'sick', something that Sol didn't think was right. Did the lady that took him make him sick? Or was it something he caught while there? Either way, the boy's nerves were fried and he needed a little time to absorb it all.
So, when their little caravan stopped in a settlement for the night, Sol broke away. Since the incident in Oba he hadn't left Ygraine's side for more than a few moments, at the max. Now that time had worn on he was starting to branch out once again. He left her with their grandmother, totally fine and not on her own; unlike the little youngling who had snuck out of the inn the first chance he got.
But now that he was out and about Sol came to a stark realization; he was broke. Broke, but he wanted snacks. Now what was a boy to do?
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:41 am
Painted Moose What is this craziness you speak of!? Who took Callum!
The young shifter looked at her map again as she walked. Since it was later in the day there weren't so many bodies out and about so she felt more comfortable being outside. Rajani was hunting down supplies that she would need for her trip to Tale. It wasn't a trip she really wanted to make with it being unexplored territory for her and all, but that was where the person she trusted the most had gone off to.
Sure, she could take care of herself but.. well, she missed him. Not to mention she had deep worries that he was abandoning her just like everyone else had. All she needed to get now was her food supply. Rajani still hadn't decided what she wanted to take along with her since she didn't know the length of her trip.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:54 am
Heras Box Boy, do I have a BUNCH to tell. XD Want me to pm it all to you?
Everyone seemed to be in groups, which would make it harder for Sol's tricks to work. That is, until he spotted a young girl who definitely wasn't in a group. Alright! Time to work his magic!
Moving out from behind the brush, the young boy slumped his shoulders a little and fought against his naturally good balance in order to enact a bit of stumbling. His face was the picture of anxious worry with just enough fear to sell it. "Please, is anyone there? I-I need help..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:05 pm
Painted Moose Yes! D< both Ming and Dem are like.. "WHO DID WUTNOW!?"
Her memory of the roads was almost perfect so she rarely had to look up from the paper in her hands. Rajani was trying to make plans for where she would stop over night and where she could resupply. Then all of a sudden a boy came out of no where and she was on high alert. The map was shoved into the pocket of her shorts and she backed away from the kid. Her eyes went left and right then back to the boy who seemed to be stumbling. "Where did you come from?"
Not wanting the boy to fall, since he seemed to be having troubles with staying upright, she moved quickly. Rajani still didn't like physical contact with people so she brought her foot up to steady him and was thankful for her own balance. However, even this closeness bothered her. "Where are your parents?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:15 pm
This wasn't as promising as Sol would have hoped. Here he was, pretending to be blind, and she was backing away from him. Sheesh, he wasn't diseased! Trying his best to look surprised when she spoke, or...when she put her foot on him?! What was wrong with this girl!
He raised his hands up to pat the top of her foot and her lower leg. The boy sighed as if in relief, and worked really hard to bubble up a single fake tear. "I-I don't know. My mommy told me to hide and that was a long time ago..." Sol sniffled, moving one of his hands up to wipe at his eye. "I-I wa-was gonna stay where she told me to, but my tummy started to hurt. I'm so hungry..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:28 pm
Painted Moose -facepalm.- Raj is never allowed to babysit.
Every hair on her body practically stood on end when the kid patted her foot but the real kicker came when he started to feel her lower leg. "Ugh! Quit!" Rajani pushed with her foot to get the boy off of her. A shiver cause her to freeze up for a moment then she was backing away and doing her best not to completely freak out. "Don't touch me." The shifter took a deep, steadying breath, then looked the boy over before glancing around.
"If your mom hasn't come back she either got arrested for something, is dead, or abandoned you." Rajani's money was on the last bit. Then again she was very biased on that part. "There is a children's home in the inner city. They will have free food and a bed for you there." She brought her hand up and pointed in the direction of the home not realizing the boy was supposed to be blind.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:40 pm
Sol cried out before his butt hit the ground with a loud 'umph'! Every hair on his body was standing on end, and all he wanted to do was throw a rock or a clod of mud at her. However, he couldn't do something that precise without blowing his cover. So, instead, with real tears now, born out of frustration, the little boy brought his legs up to his chest and stubbed up with a pout.
Well, it wasn't like he was going to get anything out of her that way, so now it was onto the next best thing; guilt tripping.
"My mommy isn't dead." His voice was lower, but no less obstinate. "A-and she didn't abandon me, neither...'sides, not like I can go to the inner city...keep hitting walls and no one will help me." Sol was acutely aware that if either Ygraine or his grandmother chose that moment to come across him his hide would be tanned faster than he could blink. All he had to do was play this out a little longer to get back at the mean shifter, and get something out of her.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:57 pm
The cry that the boy gave made her flinch and groan. Ah, she hadn't meant to be so rough! Sadly, there was no way for her to comfort him. Rajani didn't have it in her to hug him and tell him it was alright. Not that her heart couldn't feel but her mind felt anxiety whenever someone came too close. Instead she sighed and closed her eyes for a moment. "Alright well.." Her mind tried to come up with an idea as to how she could help him. When her gaze fell on the trees she tilted her head. A stick. The boy could use a stick!
"If I get you a stick can you use it so that you don't run into walls?" Rajani couldn't take the boy into the inner city herself. She wouldn't be able to stand the crowd. Basically, this was a no win situation.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:07 pm
"A stick?" Sol didn't even bother hiding the droll tone in his voice. He had to try hard not to look her dead in the eye with an 'are you kidding me?' look. A stick was her solution to kicking a 'blind' kid? This girl made his sister look like a Goddess by comparison.
"But what's gonna happen if the stick breaks? Or if I lose it? Or if a bigger kid takes it away?" He pushed himself up off the ground shakily, this time fore going the 'wandering hands' bit. Instead he simply wrapped them around his stomach. His stomach gave a real growl then, fully taking Sol by surprise. He'd known he wanted a snack, but that said otherwise. There was a beast inside him and it needed to feed!
"It's okay if you don't want to help, miss. I-I'll manage. It's not the first day I've gone hungry...I just hope mama comes back soon..." Sol turned away from her, taking slower steps toward a makeshift bench someone had carved from a log. How badly did he want to sell this?
Apparently pretty intensely, since he walked straight for the bench, cracked his shin on it and stumbled against it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:19 pm
A silent curse went up to Serin. This had to be a test and for the love of the sky and moon she was going to fail! Rajani didn't have the ability to help! "Ugh!" Her eyes went to the kid and just stared at him for a moment. "Look kid.. I can't go to the inner city. Either you use the stick or don't." The girl's tone came out a bit more snappy than she meant it to but what else was she supposed to do? Chal's house wasn't a charity so she couldn't take him there! Rajani knew no one else in Sol, a fact that she liked, so her options were limited.
As the child stumbled and hit a bench she rolled her eyes. "Okay, if you can't navigate then hold still. Serin! You're going to break something." Likely his head. Rajani gave a frustrated sigh then tromped into the trees to get something. She was there for maybe a minute or two before she came back and shoved an herb into the boy's hand. "Here, chew on this for a while. It's full of natural sugar." The contact between them was short and she moved away from him as quickly as she could afterward. "Do you want me to get a guard or something to help you?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 5:25 pm
This was the worst day ever! His papa was sick, Ygraine hadn't shut up the whole way, and now his quick snack was turning into a migraine! The little hybrid stubbed up worse than ever, dark cheeks colored obsidian from the frustration of it all. "I don't wanna go to the inner city. I want food." Sol knew he was being bratty, but if his sister could get by with it then so could he!
He flopped down onto the bench and crossed his arms over his chest. When he was sure she wasn't watching Sol followed her with his eyes. She wasn't gone long, which meant he had to turn his gaze downward quick to avoid detection.
What he had expected her to bring back, Sol didn't know, but this was not it. An herb? Did he look like a Sauti nomad? Just because Papa walked around chewing on roots didn't mean he wanted to! There was fruit everywhere and she came back with - breathing deep, Sol turned the herb around in his hand and decided on a new approach.
Tactic number three; sweet talk.
"Thanks miss. This'll help a lot." He smiled vaguely in her direction, bringing the herb up to his mouth. Reluctantly the child began to chew on it and...found it actually wasn't that bad.
Instead of answering her question, he posed one of his own, "How come you don't like touching?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:00 pm
Man she was never having kids! Still, at least the kid said thank you after she gave him the herb. Rajani knew it wasn't the best thing but the fruit was too far out of the way and going to get food would mean she'd have to interact with someone. When the boy asked her why she didn't like touching she used one hand to rub down the length of her arm in an uncomfortable way. "Some bad people did some really bad things to me.." And since he was too young she wouldn't say anything else.
That didn't mean she didn't reach up to her neck where her two scars were. The memories that came with them made her look away from the hybrid child. That fear still haunted her and she didn't like showing it to other people, even if this kid was blind. "Oh!" Rajani seemed to perk up a little as a thought hit her. "Would a sap bun work?" They were a street or two away from the bakery that she used. Around this time the old man was making maple flavored hot buns.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:40 pm
His little teeth gnawed away at the herb, breaking away at the reserve he had in his hand until it was nearly all gone. All pretense aside, Sol watched as she rubbed her arm, and the uncomfortable look about her. It was close to the way Papa looked when he didn't want to talk about certain things - usually his scars.
He watched as she touched the scars on her neck, and found a similarity between the two. Hers were different than his papa's but that same haunted look remained...Sol might not have liked her very much, but the boy didn't like seeing her look like that. "I hope that whoever was bad to you gets it all back on them, but twice as hard." It was a little vindictive, but he meant it, every word.
Eventually he looked away, thankful that his pupil-less eyes would make it harder for her to track down if he had actually been watching her or not.
"A sap bun? What's that?" It was a good distraction. He liked sweet things, and anything with sap in it was generally sweet.
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:14 am
Painted Moose Sorry for late replies. I know Sol grew already so did you wanna continue or no?
The comment about the person getting back what they had done to her caused her to look at the treeline. She had already made it her mission to ensure that the man paid for it all. It was why she wanted to train hard and reach her goal. Becoming a brute would give her the strength to make sure revenge was given.
As she heard the question about the food she tilted her head and lowered her eyes to look at the kid. So he'd never heard of a sap bun before? How odd. "It's a sweet flavored bun that is baked with the syrup of trees. It's not sticky though so there's no mess." A fact that made the bun one of her favorite things to eat.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:27 am
Heras Box If you need it for her then sure, otherwise we can drop it. x3
"I'm ready to go if you are, Miss...? I don't know your name; sorry." He shuffled his toes in the dirt, playing the part of a bashful young boy well. Today had been filled with it's fair share of ups and downs but now that he was getting what he wanted he felt a lot happier.
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