Laylana Naur
She slipped into the HQ silently with books in hand. She had research to do and home? She snorted, giving a little roll of her eyes. It definately wasn't the place to do it in. Not with dog-breath and cat-boy bickering back and forth as well as the appearance of all the other strange creatures since Skye's man had moved his house closer.
Creatures she could definately do without...
She and Flarie had been talking more lately... Discussing bits and pieces of her 'past' that she'd come to remember durring the time that she'd 'been away' along with possible things that could help her find out more. Books had been the main answer.
As bad as the creatures around the house were, the good thing about the house she lived in was the built in library that had books on just about everything. Skye? She had books about demons and mythology and everything else. Why wouldn't she? With wings and horns... And that tail? She was a myth herself.
Finding the HQ empty, she flopped onto a corner of the couch, opening her book to the first page. "Demons and Demonology: A complete guide to..."
Creatures she could definately do without...
She and Flarie had been talking more lately... Discussing bits and pieces of her 'past' that she'd come to remember durring the time that she'd 'been away' along with possible things that could help her find out more. Books had been the main answer.
As bad as the creatures around the house were, the good thing about the house she lived in was the built in library that had books on just about everything. Skye? She had books about demons and mythology and everything else. Why wouldn't she? With wings and horns... And that tail? She was a myth herself.
Finding the HQ empty, she flopped onto a corner of the couch, opening her book to the first page. "Demons and Demonology: A complete guide to..."
Cerena
Oh. Well. This was a fine predicament. Cerena considered her options as she absentmindedly wandered into the HQ, carrying a sullen toddler who at least wasn't kicking and screaming. No, that would've been bad.
The fact still remained was that she was supposed to be somewhere else now, a job interview to be more exact, somewhere that she couldn't take a child (much less one that looked drowned and decidedly Not Right.) Circe was thankfully at a playdate at the moment, but Lethe vehemently declined the offer of doing the same.
...Well, not that anyone had invited Lethe over for a playdate, and maybe that was part of the problem, but wasn't she too young to be worrying about social things like those?
Cerena had considered dropping her off at a daycare center, but failed to find one to fit her needs. She also thought about asking Keir to babysit, but she realized this was at the risk of having Lethe never speak to her again.
So.. Here she was in the HQ... and over there was the perfect victim.
"Hey Lana!" Cerena immediately popped up next to the Fa'e girl, knowing she was being annoyingly chipper yet again. "You remember me, right? Skye and Flarie's friend? Rae and Le--errr... Well, look, this is Lethe! Could you please look after her for a few hours? I'll be back soon, and we'll discuss payment when I get back. 'Kaythanksbye!" And without allowing any space in her speech for protest, she slipped a rather confused-looking Lethe onto Laylana's lap and dashed away.
Lethe looked slowly from the space where her guardian had been a second before and up to Lana. She blinked. "'Lo?" She tried weakly, wondering how she was going to work herself out of this.
The fact still remained was that she was supposed to be somewhere else now, a job interview to be more exact, somewhere that she couldn't take a child (much less one that looked drowned and decidedly Not Right.) Circe was thankfully at a playdate at the moment, but Lethe vehemently declined the offer of doing the same.
...Well, not that anyone had invited Lethe over for a playdate, and maybe that was part of the problem, but wasn't she too young to be worrying about social things like those?
Cerena had considered dropping her off at a daycare center, but failed to find one to fit her needs. She also thought about asking Keir to babysit, but she realized this was at the risk of having Lethe never speak to her again.
So.. Here she was in the HQ... and over there was the perfect victim.
"Hey Lana!" Cerena immediately popped up next to the Fa'e girl, knowing she was being annoyingly chipper yet again. "You remember me, right? Skye and Flarie's friend? Rae and Le--errr... Well, look, this is Lethe! Could you please look after her for a few hours? I'll be back soon, and we'll discuss payment when I get back. 'Kaythanksbye!" And without allowing any space in her speech for protest, she slipped a rather confused-looking Lethe onto Laylana's lap and dashed away.
Lethe looked slowly from the space where her guardian had been a second before and up to Lana. She blinked. "'Lo?" She tried weakly, wondering how she was going to work herself out of this.
Laylana Naur
Horrified. She was absolutely horrified. As much confidence as she had gained through pulling herself together? It was all instantly thrown out the proverbial window the moment the fast talking young woman placed the stunned toddler in her lap. By the time she had gathered her thoughts enough to part her lips in protest the woman was gone. GONE.
She blinked, looking down to the little girl that was... More pale than she was. Wow. That was a big suprise... Considering she hadn't left the house in quite some time. She wondered for a moment if the little girl glowed in the dark...
She set her book aside, finally letting her oddly colored eyes drift down to the child who had... Spoken? Well... That was a good thing. At least she could talk. She wouldn't cry as much if she could talk, right? She sounded just about as unsure as the wee one in her lap as she finally spoke. "Hello... Lethe, is it?"
She blinked, looking down to the little girl that was... More pale than she was. Wow. That was a big suprise... Considering she hadn't left the house in quite some time. She wondered for a moment if the little girl glowed in the dark...
She set her book aside, finally letting her oddly colored eyes drift down to the child who had... Spoken? Well... That was a good thing. At least she could talk. She wouldn't cry as much if she could talk, right? She sounded just about as unsure as the wee one in her lap as she finally spoke. "Hello... Lethe, is it?"
Cerena
Lethe nodded in response, visibly relaxing a bit. "Lana?" She repeated the name her One had given this girl, just for confirmation -- she had enough sense by now to know that while her guardian always had an answer to any question she may ask, they weren't always the right one.
Nevertheless, perhaps this wouldn't be too bad... This Lana One seemed 'nice' in that she wasn't loud or scream-y, ensuring a peaceful afternoon where she might not be expected to do much besides making noises and napping.
Lethe looked down at the book Lana had been previously concentrating one, gaze uselessly analyzing the strange symbols it held. She didn't get it, really -- why did people spend so much time staring at such strange, flat boxes? They didn't even work -- you couldn't put anything in them! Still, it was this kind of box that her Guardian used to help her memory in telling Lethe stories, and sometimes they would even tell the stories themselves with pictures in the boxes, so maybe... "What?" Lethe gestured vaguely with both hands towards the book.
Nevertheless, perhaps this wouldn't be too bad... This Lana One seemed 'nice' in that she wasn't loud or scream-y, ensuring a peaceful afternoon where she might not be expected to do much besides making noises and napping.
Lethe looked down at the book Lana had been previously concentrating one, gaze uselessly analyzing the strange symbols it held. She didn't get it, really -- why did people spend so much time staring at such strange, flat boxes? They didn't even work -- you couldn't put anything in them! Still, it was this kind of box that her Guardian used to help her memory in telling Lethe stories, and sometimes they would even tell the stories themselves with pictures in the boxes, so maybe... "What?" Lethe gestured vaguely with both hands towards the book.
Laylana Naur
The baby... No... She was more than a baby. Toddler? Somehow she didn't even seem like that. Unlike other little creatures, Lethe hadn't tried pulling her hair or grabbing for her wings. Of course, her wings were folded almost discretely behind her anyways so she wasn't worried about that too much... The little girl knew her name?
Wait. Duh. That woman who dropped Lethe into her lap had known her name. Flarie and Skye had such strange friends.
She nodded slowly as she looked down to the little girl, raising a slender hand to point to herself as she nodded. "Yes. Lana..." Then she shifted her glance towards the book that she had been trying to sort through. Stupid short attention span... "That? Oh... Just a book. You wouldn't be interested in it, Lethe. It has lots of boring things in it about creatures that I've never heard of."
Wait. Duh. That woman who dropped Lethe into her lap had known her name. Flarie and Skye had such strange friends.
She nodded slowly as she looked down to the little girl, raising a slender hand to point to herself as she nodded. "Yes. Lana..." Then she shifted her glance towards the book that she had been trying to sort through. Stupid short attention span... "That? Oh... Just a book. You wouldn't be interested in it, Lethe. It has lots of boring things in it about creatures that I've never heard of."
Cerena
"Oh." Lethe wrinkled her nose and looked downwards at the book, peering at it carefully until it was apparently determined that it just wasn't going to do anything interesting anytime soon. "Why look at..." She'd called it a book? "...box, then?"
There was still something slightly sinister about this book, though it wasn't the kind of feeling Lethe understood. The book itself was not bad, was colorless in its feeling all by itself, but seemed to have the possibility of being or causing... The young girl frowned and squirmed in Lana's lap, the fact that she would never be able to properly explain this sort of thing to someone else intensely annoying her. Finally she managed to tear her gaze from the book and to the girl.
She looked carefully at the other girl's mismatched eyes, purple hair, and green thingies hanging out of her hair somehow. "Fa'e?" She guessed -- people with such obvious strange traits always seemed to be, though she wasn't always right. She'd thought her brother Circe was Fa'e too until he said he was from somewhere else. This whole different-but-not thing was confusing, and made her start to wriggle again.
There was still something slightly sinister about this book, though it wasn't the kind of feeling Lethe understood. The book itself was not bad, was colorless in its feeling all by itself, but seemed to have the possibility of being or causing... The young girl frowned and squirmed in Lana's lap, the fact that she would never be able to properly explain this sort of thing to someone else intensely annoying her. Finally she managed to tear her gaze from the book and to the girl.
She looked carefully at the other girl's mismatched eyes, purple hair, and green thingies hanging out of her hair somehow. "Fa'e?" She guessed -- people with such obvious strange traits always seemed to be, though she wasn't always right. She'd thought her brother Circe was Fa'e too until he said he was from somewhere else. This whole different-but-not thing was confusing, and made her start to wriggle again.
Laylana Naur
Why look at... Box? Her brow furrowed slightly as she reguarded the little one, trying to make sense of the words that she was using in reference to... The book. Oh. That's what she was talking about.
She slipped an arm almost instinctively around Lethe as the small child began to squirm in her lap. What woud... Cerena? Was that her... Mother? Anyways. What would she do if Lethe fell and got hurt? That wouldn't be good at all.
When the second question was asked she brushed the first aside, figuring it far better to discuss what she was (and what she now took the girl to be) than what she was doing. "Yes... I'm a Fa'e... And I'm guessing that you are too, Lethe?" She managed to keep the sickly-sweet tones of 'baby talk' out of her voice. There was too much of that at her house. It wasn't needed here... She hoped.
She slipped an arm almost instinctively around Lethe as the small child began to squirm in her lap. What woud... Cerena? Was that her... Mother? Anyways. What would she do if Lethe fell and got hurt? That wouldn't be good at all.
When the second question was asked she brushed the first aside, figuring it far better to discuss what she was (and what she now took the girl to be) than what she was doing. "Yes... I'm a Fa'e... And I'm guessing that you are too, Lethe?" She managed to keep the sickly-sweet tones of 'baby talk' out of her voice. There was too much of that at her house. It wasn't needed here... She hoped.
Cerena
Lethe settled down as Laylana wrapped an arm around her, conciously knowing that such gestures were meant to be calming. She noticed with some vague amusement that her first question was not answered -- but maybe that was a good thing, given the odd Feeling of the book.
"Lethe Fa'e. Every ones say so." Lethe confirmed, before brightening at the thought of finally getting the chance to have her questions of Fa'e answered. "What Fa'e is Lana?"
"Lethe Fa'e. Every ones say so." Lethe confirmed, before brightening at the thought of finally getting the chance to have her questions of Fa'e answered. "What Fa'e is Lana?"
Laylana Naur
She wasn't used to being asked so many questions. Especially not by a girl who was so young. Flourine? Yes. She'd asked lots of questions... But she wasn't young and no one else besides her had... At least, not that she remembered.
She shifted her weight slightly, moving Lethe into what she hoped would be a more comfortable position for both of them before reaching up to tuck a strand of purple away from her face. "You must be a Fa'e... To be such a bright girl?" She half chuckled as she watched the little one beam, finding that she was relaxing a great deal around the child. "Lana is..." Her brows furrowed once more as she tried to think of hot to best answer the child's question. "She isn't quite sure yet. She is trying to find out though."
Wasn't speaking about oneself in third person a sign of insanity? She thought she had gotten past that.
She shifted her weight slightly, moving Lethe into what she hoped would be a more comfortable position for both of them before reaching up to tuck a strand of purple away from her face. "You must be a Fa'e... To be such a bright girl?" She half chuckled as she watched the little one beam, finding that she was relaxing a great deal around the child. "Lana is..." Her brows furrowed once more as she tried to think of hot to best answer the child's question. "She isn't quite sure yet. She is trying to find out though."
Wasn't speaking about oneself in third person a sign of insanity? She thought she had gotten past that.
Cerena
"Oh." Lethe nodded and offered a grateful smile, understanding perfectly. "Lethe knows who Lethe is... Lethe is Lethe. But Lethe wasn't always a Fa'e..."
It was more difficult to think about this than she thought, even if she prided herself on knowing her boundaries and limits. "Or maybe Lethe knows not as well." She finally and grudgingly admitted.
"Lana is pretty Fa'e, with special green things in Lana's hair. No other one has." Such strange things. Lethe had the sudden urge to reach up and tug on one to see if it would boing like it looked like it would, but most Fa'e did not appreciate being touched without their permission, and she had none at the moment. She could still look though, so she did. "Lethe has special things too, suppose... No other one has either. She held up her hands and pulled demonstratively against the binding ribbons wrapped around them, before letting them fall into her lap and keeping them neatly there again.
It was more difficult to think about this than she thought, even if she prided herself on knowing her boundaries and limits. "Or maybe Lethe knows not as well." She finally and grudgingly admitted.
"Lana is pretty Fa'e, with special green things in Lana's hair. No other one has." Such strange things. Lethe had the sudden urge to reach up and tug on one to see if it would boing like it looked like it would, but most Fa'e did not appreciate being touched without their permission, and she had none at the moment. She could still look though, so she did. "Lethe has special things too, suppose... No other one has either. She held up her hands and pulled demonstratively against the binding ribbons wrapped around them, before letting them fall into her lap and keeping them neatly there again.
