[PLOT - PRP] Just Another Day [FIN]

[Daisicle]

Another day, another day continues on. Another boring, run of the mill day in these still waters. Asrun was picking her teeth with a fish bone as she lazed around and looked up at the clouds passing overhead. Slowly, slowly they moved; slowly, ever so slowly a breeze continued to move them.

It was a calm day. Uneventful. Ordinary. Peaceful.

But days like this weren't so bad.

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Baby brother and sister were sleeping, her best friend was with Ros everyone else was busy, what to do. Corazon was 'watching' her, best time to go find some fun. Nabbing treats from the Big Kitchen, one little girl raced towards the wrong direction.

Ahead, the Forest she must Never, Ever, Ever go. To be honest, it unnerved even her. However, between her and it was the marsh. The marsh had a friend!

Getting her little toes almost to the water's edge--another no-no--the child called out with all the voice control of her age group, "Asy-run! Ms Asy-run!" Sure she'd have time to play!

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

And with a voice far louder than it really ought to have been, that uneventful day came to an abrupt end.

She knew that voice, it wasn't the first time she'd heard it after all. Perhaps the first time in some while, but not the first ever. She was probably here to play; strange she was alone though. Usually there was a small gang of them. Flipping over onto her belly, she naiad came closer to the shore while submerged under the murky waters

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Sitting by the shore she kicked her feet just over the water. Technically she wasn't in the water without an adult. Even if she was, Asrun is an adult, completely counts. Enjoying her little rebellion of sorts, the pig tailed child called out again, "Asy run~" Surely she was in there somewhere? It was time to play not hide!  

[Daisicle]

Yes, yes, "Asy-run" could hear the child's voice just fine even submerged. There was something to be said about how the higher-pitched whine of sorts reverberated far beyond what a normal adult's voice would; there was no doubts in the naiad's mind that she'd have still heard it even if she went to the bottom of the marsh.

Which she wasn't planning to do.

Couldn't leave a kid to their own devices.

Where were her caretakers anyways? Corazon was probably slacking off again... huh... Maybe she'd tattle the next time someone else came close to the water. Nearing the edge, the naiad popped half of her head out of the water to stare blankly at the tot; everything from the nose down remained submerged.

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

There she is! Throwing her hands up in the air for celebration, the child called out, "Good morning!!" Looking at her friend with a huge grin. Holding out a bag as an offering, Pip declared, "I brought snacks! Ms. Zofie made them." Snacks are always great when Ms. Zofie makes them.

"Lets play a game and eat snacks!" Winning idea, really. Closing her eyes lifting her head tot he sun, one child basked in her great planning. They could have fun, eat and talk. Adults liked two out of the three.

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

So not only was the tot wandering around unsupervised, she'd even brought rations. Guess she was in for the long haul today, which only further begged the question of where had the adults responsible for her gone. Zofie was usually busy, but surely Corazon or someone could have been watching her? Even Alioki...

The naiad blew some bubbles under the water's surface as she stared silently before sighing.

She came a bit closer to the water's edge before popping her head above the water. Then up came a hand with one finger pointed upwards. "'Aight, one condition though. All play 'n no work makes ya nothin' but a troublemaker. I gots some of the usual stuff for Zofie, but I'm guessin' nobody's gonna come get em. I'll cut the amount, so would ya bring it over when ya head back?" Sure, Asrun could just as easily bring the stuff herself, but she was still being awkward around everyone since those two party failures. It'd taken her some time - and a fair amount of pestering by these kids - to get over it enough to even show herself again.

Well, show herself to the kids at least (Alioki excluded). She still felt too awkward about what had happened at Las Venus to make eye contact with them.

EvilSilverDragon

Which of the 2/3 are the ones adults like XD

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Kicking her feet with a huge smile, her response sang easily, "Me a troublemaker? Never" The cat who ate the cannery would have cheesed less than her. The waterwheel event wasn't her fault, it was his! Shame her sister decided to truly own the troublemaker misunderstanding and go by Trouble. Ah well, her sister was odd one but she loved her.

Tilting her head now, curious about that one, she offered one of the small baked cakes in her hand. "Why don't you come and join us for dinner? Zofie is a great cook and Allie-oki will be there!" Corazon gossiped for days about that that event and the fallout. No one would answer her questions about what happened.

Lucky for her, she had Asrun here to answer them!

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

A single eyebrow raised in response to the tot's quick answer. O-okay then. Not a troublemaker. Course not. Never.

If the child had been a bit older, she might have received quite the smug smile to go along with the brow raise.

Oooh~ Cakes. Sighing lightly, Asrun swam closer to the swamp's edge until she was able to plop her toosh onto the soft dirt below. She reached forward to stretch her and and flick the residual water from them before reaching to take the treat. "Thanks~" It was hard to say no to one of these. She was mid-bite as the next question came flying, the food threatening to lodge itself in her windpipe if not for the following coughing fit. Why this little... This better not be Corazan's plan of bribery to try to get her to come back over.

"Nonono, I'm good. Very good in fact. The best. Ain't no way I'mma come over for dinner with'em there." She had spent this long avoiding prolonged contact, she intended to keep at it for a while longer.

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Childish self-assurance answered any doubts Asrun might have on her sincerity. Her reward, one of the cakes she brought to share. Plopping one in her mouth, Pip chewed in peace practically humming to herself. No one could be sad or mad when eating the treats.

Asrun's cough came as she finished her first treat. Pure concern colored her small face as she reached out to pat the other's back. Small arms lead to logistical complications. Well meaning gesture ended up more a pat on the shoulder.

"Oh.." Twisting her bottom lip to the left, small teeth pressed down as the animated child stilled. Tapping her chin a few times just to help the process. Seriousness melted off her face long before she declared, "I'll tell him no Boys allowed, 'sept Bestie! All better!" Problem solved, no alioki allowed so Asrune would come and visit! " Allie-okie is bad." He didn't seem bad but if her friend wouldn't visit because he was there then clearly that equaled bad.

The reward for a good job done was another piece of the cakes, just one more, second helping for Asrune.

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

The adult felt both a little silly and reassured by the small pats the child gave her as the unloaded the confection from her windpipe. She offered a smile and a thumbs up once she was back to normal.

Oh waters, it seemed the child had cooked up quite the misunderstanding, in no small part directly due to the naiad's actions. 'Allie-okie' wasn't the bad one, the bad one was Asrun. Yeah... She was the one to lay the blame on. After all, she was the older one, she was the adult in the room (well, truth be told he was an adult too, but she didn't really see him like that). She couldn't face him or his family after what she'd done, so she hadn't.

"Nah, that ain't it," she lightly retorted as she accepted the second cake - how did these children put so much of the stuff away in those little bodies? "It ain't cause of Alioki that I'm not goin' over there. It's cause o' me." She reached over and ruffled the tot's hair. "'sides, where's he s'posed to eat if'n ya don't let him have dinner? It ain't good if ya make him go hungry like that. Growin' boys need ta eat all they can."

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Giggling as her hair was ruffled, Pip made a 'show' of fixing it only to make it worse. Or better depending on the perspective. With a peel of laughter, she said, "Allie-okie is already big. Corazon teases him about getting bigger though." Everyone but Bestie were big, maybe her judge of it was off?

Puzzling over Asrun's delimia, the tot crossed her arms and pondered hard. This was usually the point right before 'it goes down'. This needed an expert problem fixer.

There was only one way to deliver that fix!

Clapping her hands she declared suddenly, "Story time!" Planting her hands to her side, she raised her chin up with pride, eyes closed as the moment lingered. This had to be the fourth best plan she'd ever had!

"Once upon a time, there was a naughty brother that broke a big wirly wheel! He rand oft, everyone was sad and the innocent princesses were blamed!" Theatrical horror followed every word, expressive hand motions really setting the scene. Now looking crestfallen, even the feather in her head piece drooping, "Everyone was sad." But, oh here was the good part! Practically vibrating in her seat, Pip proved that playing poker with her would be actually stealing candy from a baby.

"The innocent princesses helped fix the wirly wheel and all was better! Stupid brother never made up. Toad faced..." Where was he anyway? "See, if the wheel doesn't get fixed, everyone is sad." Moral of the story! There was no way Asrun wouldn't see it now.

Daisicle

Problem solving by the best story teller XP

 

[Daisicle]

"See, still a growin' boy then." She crossed her arms and nodded once.

A small smile came across the naiad's face as she brought her now-legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them for the tot's 'story time.' It softened as the story winded down and she put her chin on her knees. "So everyone's sad 'til the wheel gets fixed, huh..." Asrun was musing mostly to herself, not asking a question, as her eyes wandered from Pip, to the water, and then back again. Then she abruptly laughed - look at her, she'd gone and worried a child over something that amounted to her pride - as she let go of her legs, crossed them underneath her, and reached over to pull Pip into her lap and a flurry of tickles. "Ain't ya kids gettin' smarter and smarter these days; Zofie doin' quite tha job teachin' y'all. Ya gonna be smarter than me 'fore I know it. Can't have that!"

As she finished her role as tickle-monster, she ruffled her hair once more before transitioning to some softer head pats. "So is this lil' princess askin' me ta go fix tha wirly wheel?"

EvilSilverDragon

 

[EvilSilverDragon]

Were boys supposed to grow wider? Asrun planted a question seed for time to water. Luckily her head was big enough for all the ideas!

Asrun earned a head tilt as she commented about the story. Oh no, the wirly wheel was all fixed up. This caused a pause as the story got investigated. Maybe adding 'far, far away' or 'long, long time ago?' Oooo, maybe 'Once upon a time?' Wrapped up in her story starting, Pip didn't notice her audience until a laugh caught her back to the real world.

Before a comment she found her self picked up and plopped in a lap. Naturally, she squealed and giggled. Sitting comfortably, her eyes turned up towards her friend. Opening her mouth, she started to say something about noises. Just then, Asrune reviewed herself to be a tickle monster! With completely different squeal, the wiggling child laughed and struggled to get away from the tickles. Calls for her mom, zofie and besty escaped between laughing.

Finally freed, the child fleed up and over a little bit. Catching her breath she shook her head before finally managing, "No, momma and daddy and blue daddy and all the others fixed it!" For the moral of the story, she added, "But the town would be very sad if the wirly wheel didn't get fixed! And two innocent sisters would have been blamed." Her pout is award winning, worthy of such an injustice. "Leaving things broken makes people sad, and gets others blamed.." Now she would see, the story was fool proof!

Daisicle

 

[Daisicle]

Oh, guess that story had been meant in the literal sense, not the metaphorical lesson Asrun thought Pip was trying to teach. Seems she'd given the young child a bit too much credits. Still, it seemed that had been her point more-or-less, if with a bit less finesse. With a wry grin, she acted like she'd misunderstood the moral and asked with a concerned expression, "Now Pip, what'd you go and break this time?" She maintained the façade while she waited for a reaction before smiling and placing her hands behind her head.

"So, long story short, you wantin' me ta go apologize an' make up with Aloki, ain't that right?"

EvilSilverDragon