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 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:02 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:15 pm
Leon Marsh was bored as hell. The energetic boy couldn't find Nova to annoy, so what was he supposed to do now? Even his siblings seemed to be preoccupied. Whatever the case was, he dashed outside after class, hell bent on finding something to do. For what it was worth, he figured maybe he could find something of interest outside. He'd had luck in the gardens before, so why not try one of his favorite places to be! "SCHOOLS DOOOOOOONE FOR THE DAY!" He gave an excited shout, as he stretched his arms lazily. Maybe he could go get some dirt from the garden..and use it to prank one of his fellow students by putting it in their shoes. The idea made the little boy snicker. "To bad I'm bored.." He sighed dramatically, his mismatched eyes scanning around him in hopes of finding something, or someone to bother before he went crazy from boredom! wc: 153 Rano Hikito sucked in a breath as the other freshling burst out of the door. He'd been in the middle of setting up a prank that involved string, a puddle of mud, and a familiar tucked out of sight and it would have worked perfectly if the nixie had been three minutes later! As it was the mud was covered with a sprinkle of dirt and his familiar was still roaming around the gardens. The string he'd planned on hanging up across the walkway was still in his hands and he wasn't even out of sight enough that the other kid wasn't gonna see him. Quickly tucking his the string behind his back, he bounced back and forth on his toes. A large grin lit up his face as he waited for the other kid to notice him. He expected it would be in 3... 2... 1... Bingo! A set of mismatched eyes met his red ones and he moved one hand to wave at him. "Hiiiii!!" he declared brightly, as if the other kid hadn't interrupted him in the middle of trying to set anything up. "I'm pretty sure I saw someone's familiar running around on the other side of the garden. Is it yours?" he asked quickly. "The pumpka is mine!" Wouldn't do to have the kid finding his familiar and claiming it. Not that he'd seen another familiar in the area, he was just hoping the kid would take the bait and go away. wc: 246 Leon Marsh's tail flicked back and forth excitedly as he went about his merry way. Bored or not..the boy was trying to find something to keep himself busy. Just as he was about to move along, a kid burst in from the door. His head tilted as the demon, nixie hybrid peered at the other curiously. Whatever the other was up to...it looked like a lot of fun! A grin crossed the hybrid's expression. A twinkle of mischief showed in his eyes. For what it was worth, he might not know this other boy...but they were up to pranks and that was simply fantastic. His mismatched eyes traveled from where the setup was happening, eyes following the trap. His imagination filled in the blanks as he made a mental note the other liked pranks. "Hiiiiiiii!!!" Marsh called excitedly with a bright smile. Honestly, Marsh didn't care if the other was setting up an elaborate prank. It was meant in good fun he imagined, and Marsh had been guilty a time or two of getting into his fair share of trouble. While his pranks were harmless by nature...Marsh admired the others work. "Oh. Izzy is near by." He gestured to the black wisp as it floated out from just above both young children's heads.....Izzy darted over, circling around Hikito as if inspecting him. "ooo...watchya up to." He side eyed the other with a grin. "Want any help?" His fins wiggled with excitement. wc: 240 Rano Hikito saw the speculative look in the other boys eyes and figured he must have seen something. With the grin on his face though, maybe he wouldn't ruin his fun? Hopeful, especially when he didn't immediately call him out on it, Hikito glanced over at the wisp. Oh, well, he hadn't been expecting an actual familiar to be in the area. "Oh. I'm pretty sure I saw something else over there," he said. Mind spinning, trying to figure out a different plan, Hikito wasn't surprised when the hybrid asked what he was up to. The offer of assistance, that was though. Hesitantly, he replied, not willing to give up that he was setting up a prank just in case the other boy was a tattletail. "I'm not doin' noffin. Just covering up this dirt pile so nobody hits their face in it." That was believable, right? wc: 146 Leon Marsh didn't mind the idea of the other up to mischief... if anything he was hoping to join in maybe. Of course, he didn't really blame the other boy. He had to set up a few schemes in his day privately...and pray no one caught him before he was ready. Of course, his sense of humor was all in good fun, he never meant malicious harm. Stretching slightly their arms dropped lazily at his side. His sweater sleeves slid over his hands covering his claws. The other boy earned a curious look as he studied him. His nixie tail flicked back and forth curious like. His wisp darted around...swishing around the other boy excitedly. Izzy just wanted to make a new friend was all! "I'm Marsh by the way." The hybrid offered, trying to make sure the other knew..he wasn't going away. Poking his tongue out Marsh grinned. "Awwe.. come on. I won't tell nobody... I'm bored and am a prank master...I'm not just sayin that!" The hybrid insisted. He bounced excitedly beside the other as he arched up on his tiptoes in a silly fashion. He was careful not to wiggle his fins too much...that was to intimate for a complete stranger but he was excited! wc: 207 Rano Oh drat, since Marsh had introduced himself, it was likely he was sticking around. "'M Hikito!" he replied in turn though. Hearing the other say that they were a prank master lifted his hopes up more. His attention was momentarily snared by the fins wiggling around. That was so neat! "You can't be a prank master, I'm a prank master!" Hikito boasted. He wasn't likely to rat him out, Hikito was certain, so he'd let him in on it. "I'm setting up a prank for when someone else comes through. They'll get spooked by my pumpka, trip over the string, and get a face full of mud!" He cackled a bit after explaining. Pulling out the string, he ducked back down so he could tie it to one side of the path. "Do you make your fin-things wiggle around on purpose?" he slid the question in as he trotted to the other side to finish tying it off. "I just need to add more water to the dirt to make it more muddy and then get my pumpka into place and it's all set up." wc; 185 Leon Marsh listened to the other, the white haired hybrid was curious really about the other. It was always nice to meet new folks. The other boy had no intentions of leaving , he planned to stick around to see if he could get in on the action..or at least make a new friend maybe. M Hikito? Was that their full name? Curious, the youngster appraised the other. Marsh's own dumb fins were hard to keep control over, but he couldn't help noticing the other looking at them the boys freckled cheeks flushed. Thankfully his skin tone was dark..it wouldn't be easy to tell. His mismatched eyes widened, gasping in surprise. "Whaaaat? you are??" Marsh's eyes twinkled with delight. He was so glad he ended up coming over now, more than ever. Beaming he bounced forward on one foot, like he was playing hopscotch, before hopping to the next foot before walking after him to inspect the setup. "Oh that is a classic I bet they won't even know what hit them." Marsh covered their mouth, suppressing a childish delighted giggle. Marsh paused and covered a hand over both fins. "Not always, sometimes when I get excited I don't realize I'm wigglin' 'em... but! I can move them on my own if I concentrate." He confessed. Crouching down beside the other, he eyed the other and the near by wealth of mud. "Want some help? I don't mind gettin muddy." He stated, rolling up his sleeves for dramatic effect. wc: 247 Rano "Of course I am! If you hadn't interrupted me, I'd have had this all set up and ready like a million years ago," Hikito boasted. Seeing the other hybrid inspecting his work, Hikito scooched over so he could see it. "I'm using this string I found the other day, and it's weak enough that it'll snap when someone trips over it. That way they don't think it's on purpose or something." Next, he hopped up and trotted over to the muddy patch he was hoping to expand. "And I'm gonna dump a whole bunch of water here to make it so the whole path is muddy, that way they can't just go around it. My pumpka is gonna be hidden behind the door and when someone comes out, he'll pop out and spook them so they end up running into the string. It's perfect!" Hikito beamed after he'd finished explaining his trick. "Really?!" he exclaimed. "I wanna see, wiggle them for me!" Nobody he knew had fins like that, he had thought they just moved around like his tail did sometimes. "You can show me after we get some water for the mud." Hikito thought this was a great plan and rolled his sleeves up too. "I got an extra bucket so you can help out!" Sure enough he had two smallish buckets tucked under a bush, and after they each held one he took off to the nearest faucet to get some water for the two of them. wc: 249 leon Marsh rolled their mismatched, glowing eyes as the Hybrid blew a raspberry at the other. "Oh come on! Don't act like that, you have some company now!" He whined at the other, pouting as he jutted his lower lip out lower. "And I'm going to help get it EXTRA muddy." He added stubbornly, side eying him as he nudged at the other with a prodding finger. Watching the other, enamored by his explanation of the trap he set up Marsh appraised his work when the other scooted over. Listening closely, Marsh was impressed. The hybrid boys gaze was truthfully awe struck. His pranks...were pretty elaborate dang. Marsh wondered if this even compared to his usual woopie cushions, and other silly non-harmful pranks like switching out pencils for fake ones..and making ink pens backfire and squirt someone's shirt. This was the good stuff, like a crafty pitfall. Only this had a scare element...and muddy finale. The hybrid's eyes widened as the other boy asked him to wiggle his fins for him. A darker hued blush lit up Marsh's face. He couldn't get mad at the other...he probably didn't know about Nixie's fins. At the same time...like him, the other was a hybrid. So it was hard to really keep track of all that stuff, especially someone like Marsh with more than 2 mixes. "N..n...um...I guess I can later?? Maybe..sure?" He stammered out glad for the welcomed distraction of something to do. He rushed over to grab his bucket, trailing after the other. "Yeah! I can help~" He added in a sing-song voice as they went off to acquire the needed material. wc: 270 Rano Hikito nodded, excited to have help with carrying over the water. That had been the part that he'd been dreading. How else could he get as much water over as he needed without someone catching him in the act?! With the two of them together, it didn't take much time at all and they didn't even have anyone stop them. Thankfully nobody snapped the string before they were ready either, so the prank was ready to go pretty quickly. At this point, Hikito's pumpka had been trained to scare, so when he set it up and got it ready, everything was in place. "Alright, now we gotta hide. I have the perfect spot! Here, follow me. You can show me the fin wiggling while we wait!" Hikito turned after getting his familiar in place and grabbed Marsh's hand. Tugging him along, he gestured to his wisp. "And you gotta hide Izzy too, else we'll get caught." Getting them both settled in deep enough in a set of bushes that they could see the door and mud patch without being too visible themselves, Hikito turned toward Marsh. "OK. Now lemme see!" His tail was flicking back and forth in excitement as he trained his red eyes on his new friend. After he'd been shown this feat, and been excited about it, (and touched them,) they didn't have long to wait before another pair of freshlings came out the door. Watching with baited breath as they got closer and closer to the mud patch, Hikito nearly cheered when his pumpka burst out and scared one of them. Gleefully, he watched as they shoved the other back in their fright and caused them both to trip and go face first into the mud. wc: 290 leon Marsh didn't mind hauling some water for a classic prank such as the one Hikito suggested to him. The youngest raced off with him, bringing the goods back to make for a sloppy, muddy, disgusting mess. It was perfect! Izzy had stayed with the other boys pumpka, waiting patiently curious to see what all the commotion was about. With everything in place, and the string element ready to go...the trap was laid. "Okay, okay!" Marsh was a bit loud, his excited voice raising slightly before covering his mouth over his palm. He didnt want anyone to overhear them. Marsh for a moment almost bolted the other direction when he suggested he can show him while they hid. Before he could rethink going with the other, he felt his hand close in his. Marsh reluctantly ran with the other, holding onto Hikito's hand. Settling into the bushes, Marsh called for Izzy with a glanced at the other sheepishly as he reminded him now was the time. Its..not like any one could see. Marsh was a being of his word...so he purposely waved his fins to show off. They had to be tended to, so they didn't dry out on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day..but he liked them he supposed. "There...oo..look.." He gently squeezed the others hand, pointing as he saw the two suckers coming their way... Malik walked along side Ashe. He had run into the grumpy Kumiho, and left the other with no choice but to hang out with him...because he was bored and followed the other round. Beaming at Ashe he nudged at his friend. "Come on, I got some snacks I'll share with you ---?!" Screaming in terror as a pumpka familiar leapt out at him..he flailed, backing into, and crashing into his friend desperately trying to get away from what scared him. "Oh NOOO!!" he screeched as mud cascaded down onto the pair of them into the mud. Malik blinked, the Imp boy's fluffy tail wiggled desperately...but he was coated in mud. His mohawk laid flat, slick with mud. Snorting with laughter, he burst out laughing. "Wow! REALLY! That's hilarious but this suuuuckkkss...!" He whined as he flicked mud off his furry pawed claws, sighing as he knew Ashe would likely be madder than a rampaging cockatriel protecting it's owner. "Awee..Ashe you okay?" Malik pestered, peering at the other with a worried frown. wc: 397 Rano Ashe flung open the door to outside, determined to find somewhere where he wouldn't have to do much while Malik played. He'd been wanting a nap! But the imp had stumbled across him and decided they had to do something right now. Well. . .snacks did sound good. It had been an awfully long time since lunch. The pumpka popping out from behind the door just got an eye roll from him but before he could do anything else, Malik had flung the both of them further down the path. Catching a glimpse of mud, Ashe windmilled to try and stop them, tripped over something and the both of them went into the mud. Several long moments went by before he peeled himself from the mud. Head to toe he was covered in the muck, and his clothes were caked in it. Glaring, he caught sight of someone laughing at the two of them and without even thinking he charged at them. Hikito's eyes rounded as he watched Marsh's fins wiggle. They didn't move anything like the fluffy ears some of the other races had! Reaching out, he'd barely touched them before his attention was redirected to the prank. Gleefully watching as the two were spooked and ended up in the mud he squeezed Marsh's hand in turn. Laughing at the sight of them covered in mud, he ended up falling out of his hiding spot. Unintentionally dragging Marsh out as he did. The brief sound of running made him look up where he saw the kumiho running at them. With a startled "Eep!" he turned and dragged Marsh along as he fled. He wasn't aiming to get into trouble and he wasn't gonna leave his friend to take the blame for it. wc: 292 Leon Marsh loomed at the other boy curiously as he touched his fins. They had to be mostiutized on the daily to ensure they didnt dry out. Before he could really be flustered he had touched them...the prank was underway! The delightful reaction soon turned sour when the Kumiho charged at them like a muddy slime monster. Close behind him was the Imp trying to calm the other down. Marsh froze in place... the hybrids eyes were wide and scared. However he had the other still holding his hand. The pair raced away from the oncoming Imp and Kumiho. Marsh's heart was pumping a mile a minute but this was also more fun then hed bargained for when he pestered the other but it wasnt like he ditched him...Marsh would remember that and would have the others back when he needed it in return. wc: 143
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