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 Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:20 pm
Airaka sighed heavily, and paused in her trek toward the shopping center. Xtol had made it, once more, uncomfortable for her to carry him. She had to stop, and set him and his carrier on the park bench. His wings were stretched out so one was pushing against the side of the carrier, and his other one was sticking out, and had been rubbing against Airaka's leg. Airaka noted that it had to be more uncomfortable for him then it was for her.
She pulled him out, sitting down on the park bench, and resting him in her lap. He rocked his tail back and forth, coiled around his small golden wand, as he stared at her, yellow eyes slightly narrowed. Airaka yawned, and hugged him, then he stuffed her arm in his mouth. She chuckled him, watching him attempt to gum her fingers off.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:28 pm
"Augh, no - Etain!"
The call originated from a clearly exasperated young man who was, at the moment, chasing a small boy across the grass of the park. By normal standards, the boy was a little odd looking...but then again, sometimes it was difficult to really tell what 'odd' was anymore these days. Kids spouting from wands, boys giving birth; a little kid with a horn growing out of his head and long, almost horse-like ears wasn't the weirdest thing on the planet by a long shot.
By the looks of it, the little boy was making a beeline toward where Airaka had collapsed onto the park bench. He ground to a swift halt, large brown eyes blinking up at her curiously for a moment before he immediately glanced down to infant. For a moment, the little pale skinned boy simply stared. And then he poked the boy in the forehead.
"Baby!"
The young man, toting a messenger bag which swung against his hip launched himself at the boy, snatching him up and taking the squirming toddler under one arm. In the bag, clearly visible where the top poked out, was a nondescript stick - or, it would have been nondescript had it not been for the pale, undulating fog-like wisp anchored to the end.
Grimacing, Tovar shot the woman an apologetic glance. "I'm sorry. He's...rambunctious. He likes little kids."
(For reference: Etain)
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:42 pm
Airaka blinked, and turned to see what was happening. When she turned, her eyes landed on the young unicorn boy. She blinked, and twitched slightly, an unthinking reaction to get away as quick as possible. Though, when the unicorn tapped Xtol on the head, she paused, and Xtol was sent into an action stream.
He jerked towards the unicorn boy, attempting to grab at him, and leaned towards him so he started toppling off Airaka's lap. His wings expanded again, and his tail shot toward the earth, his golden wand tapping the earth. Airaka caught him, seemingly much to the baby's dislike, as his tail swung back up at her, and his wand collided with her stomache.
The red head broke into a small fit of coughs, before she turned her blue eyes towards the man who grabbed the unicorn boy. She smiled weakly, and bowed her head.
"It's fine. I don't -"
Airaka stopped speaking suddenly as she spotted the fog from the man's bag. She gently took ahold of Xtol's tail, and showed the man Xtol's wand, which still had his white tail coiled around it.
"It's from the wand shoppe, right?" she asked, nodding toward the wand in his bag.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:13 pm
Catching sight of the wand, the young man's expression shifted almost comically into one of surprise. "Oh! Yes, that's right... -- I'm just running into you lot all over the place, these days. I suppose I'm, er, lucky eh? Or everyone else is incredibly unfortunate, one of the two." He grinned (grimaced) sheepishly, carefully restoring Etain's feet to god's green earth. The little boy sulked momentarily before inching closer back to the strange woman and her baby. Apparently almost toppling the child out of the lady's lap hadn't taught him much about etiquette when it came to inspecting people's infants.
"So you're...-- oh gods, forgive my manners," Tovar said quickly, overlapping whatever he'd been intending to say first. "My name's Tovar D'arc, this is Etain, and this," he motioned briefly to the wisp clinging to the edge of the wand. "Is Leith."
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:24 pm
Unfortunate? Airaka blinked, and looked away, wondering what he meant by him being "unfortunate". When she looked back at him, she gave him a quick grin.
"I just believed the children had magical pulls."
Xtol's arms were streatched out towards the unicorn boy, eyes filled more with curosity then danger. His fingers opened and closed, and he attempted to get closer to Etain, though Airaka had her arms wrapped around her stomache.
"I'm Airaka, and he's Xtol. A wyvern reborn. Do you know what Leith is?"
It was one of the most common questions exchanged by the gaurdians of the children. Though, Airaka was also quite curious to what was in the wand. It looked much like Danny's wand, but it's ghost was 'blueish'.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:53 pm
"He's a Kelpie," Tovar supplied in a slightly reserved tone. "A, uh, magical horse - if you will."
"Not like'a unicorn!" Etain pointed out, frowning slightly. Clearly, he was a little touchy on the subject - older siblings usually were, though. Lower lip jutting out, he wiggled slightly closer to the woman and the baby - Xtol, she'd said? Curiously, he reached out to pat the baby lightly on the head, all the while under the watchful, somewhat wary eye of the young chestnut haired man.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:08 pm
Airaka giggled at Etain's comment.
"Magical horses seem attracted to you."
She supplied a grin with the comment, hoping he wouldn't take it as a bad thing.
Xtol raised his arms above his head, attempting to grab the unicorn boy's hands. He wiggled his tail, and his bright eyes focused upward on Etain's white fingers.
"Have you had him not long? He's only a little wisp."
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:14 am
Matter-of-factly, Etain stuck his fingers into Xtol's searching little hands. He seemed to expect such a thing, though he did watch the little infant's hands (and the little boy's teeth) a little warily. He'd heard little kids liked to bite things, sometimes. Michael certainly always seemed to expect []him to bite. Frankly, Etain would be surprised if the older man wouldn't bite back in such a situation.
Etain avoided Michael when he could.
Tovar shrugged slightly, peering thoughtfully down at the wisped wand poking out from his bag. "Nearly three months, actually. As I understand it, he's a bit slow going in the growth department, but..." He shrugged and smiled slightly, glancing back to Airaka. "He's welcome to take all the time he wants, I suppose; though, I was beginning to think i--he-- didn't trust me."
Tovar laughed nervously, unconsciously reaching out the scratch Etain lightly behing the ears. The little unicorn's ears flicked slightly and his tail swished faintly, but in the long run he didn't seem to notice, apparently preferring to play with baby Xtol's hands.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:25 pm
Xtol's mouth curled into a grin, having captured precious fingers of another. He tugged them down towards his open mouth, and licked at them with his bright pink tongue, which was, unfortunatley for Xtol, stopped by Airaka's hand.
As Airaka pushed the pacifier in the wyvern's mouth, she further questioned Tovar on the subject.
"Do you trust him?"
Airaka blinked back at Tovar, wearing an expression as if she didn't quite understand what she had just said. Then she grinned, and laughed,
"I mean... Do you believe in him?"
Though neither really make much sense when you think about it.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:19 pm
Etain frowned slightly at the pacifier, immediately sticking the fingers of his other hand into his own mouth to nibble and suck on the ends. It was probably an obscenely bad habit, but Etain probably thought the same of the little baby sucking on some plastic thing. That seemed weird. Absently, he wiped Xtol's saliva off his fingers onto the front of his pink shorts.
Tovar laughed slightly, shaking his head. "No, it's -- I get what you're saying." He glanced down to the little wisp that twitched and wavered in the breeze as if it considered releasing to wand to dance away. Unconsciously, he put a hand to block it protectively from the tug of the air.
"I...suppose I didn't, honestly. He's," Tovar hesitated, glancing to the little unicorn at his side. "There's a bit of a possibility that he might be a touch...dangerous, for lack of a better word," he admitted with a shrug. "I think I've gotten over it though; insofar as now I'm just worried and paranoid."
The young man chuckled faintly, lips pursing far too quickly over the faint expression of nerve-induced amusement.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:52 pm
Airaka placed her hand in Xtol's hair, and smiled back at Tovar.
"I understand what you mean. I was warned that Xtol could be dangerous."
Xtol growled, and pushed the pacifier out of his mouth. He had his arms streatched out toward Etain when Airaka put her hand on his head. His yellow eyes glared and he attempted to swipe at her.
The red head chuckled and got to her feet, grabbing the pacifier from the ground in the process.
"I was heading to the store. I'd be honored if you accompanied me, though."
She grinned warmly at her, and shifted Xtol's position so she could grab the baby carrier. Airaka doubted he would want to be stuck in the carrier, though, now that he was out.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:30 pm
Smothering his giggle with his fingers, Etain shifted and pressed himself against Tovar's side as the strange woman stood and stuffed the infant back into some weird seat contraption to carry him in. The little boy continued to chew lightly on his fingers until Airaka mentioned something about a store.
"Store?" Etain chirped, long ears flicking forward curiously, dark brown eyes perking up visibly.
Tovar half grimaced. Now they never get home... "Maybe we shouldn't, we've been out all day running errands," he began slowly, hand dropping to catch Etain's hand and pull it out of the boy's mouth.
"Tovar!" Etain squeaked in argument, lifting one foot to fight his case. "Shoes; need them."
Tovar glanced down at the little boy's sandals. Well, maybe he did need new ones; they looked pretty ratty...
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:39 pm
Airaka grinned at Etain, then looked back up at Tovar.
"It's okay if you don't want to come. I just need to get some stuff for Xtol."
She pushed a hand through her red hair, forcing the bangs away for a moment before they fell back into place.
The baby's tail twitched at the mention of his name, and he looked over at his new friend and the man. He pushed his own fingers into his mouth, sucking on them as he watched the adults.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:58 pm
"No, uh, it looks like we will be coming," Tovar noted, smiling faintly. "Apparently someone needs new shoes - I don't suppose where you intend to go has got them, does it?" To be honest, that sounded a little too conveniant. Shopping for Etain with the chance of grownup conversation? Tovar couldn't remember the last time that had happened, if it ever had. Nowadays, his conversations revolved around coloring and eating pudding - that sort of thing.
"Shoes!" Etain chirped triumphantly, pinwheeling as far around as he could while still holding Tovar's hand before wiggling back into a place where his guardian's arm wasn't twisted around at the wrist and elbow.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:10 pm
Airaka nodded her head, and her face tinged red for a second, before she looked back foreward.
"Yea... It's one of those cheap stores that has everything."
She choughed weakly, then turned back to him, an gave him a nervous grin.
Children really were expensive.
Xtol giggled cheerfully as he followed Etain's movement. The boy was so cheerful. And the ability to move like that. It was very appealing to him. Better then being dependent on Airaka.
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