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 Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:14 pm
((Just after Verwin has received Tyranna. Wandering around Karma's office building; her owl is with her, the large tiger sleeping outside. Anyone can join <3))
Verwin was still in a slight daze. Just the other day, she had been in the Dead Mines, hunting the raiders and their allies, when she was yanked unwillingly through an Instance, along with Frostfur and Silverwing, to this strange place. Only to find a small, little lost child, like another, so many years ago...
Shaking her head at the unwanted memory, the much confused night elf hefted the bundle in her arms again, getting a better grip as she shuffled around the hallways, squinting at the bright lights above as Silverwing hopped along behind her, his wings too big inside the small corridor. It was all so strange. Lights that flip on with a switch, strange racoon women, odd, horse like babies... She shook her head, transferring the quiet bundle of what she would learn to be a unicorn to her other arm, as she rubbed a temple with her free hand.
"What are you, youngling...?" Verwin asked the baby, not expecting an answer as the small white head turned to look up at her, large sapphire eyes blinking up at her before the baby, Tyranna, broke into a wide, friendly smile.
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:24 am
"Murrpau." A obsidian skinned child said, his almond shaped purple eyes rested on the large tiger. "Murrpau, Ilhar! Murrpau!" He looked excited as he tugged on Neveah's hand with his own gloved one, pointing with the other at the big cat. He'd never seen a big cat up close before! The toddler Drow was more than excited about this new development.
"Murrpau? Whats Murr--oh. Yeah, thats a Cat, Zasalamel! That's called a 'Tiger', and they're big and dangerous so we're just going to keep walking, okay?" The Butterfly Humanoid said, at first confused over her adopted child's language, then more than worried about the presence of the tiger. After all, she did have a pair of deer twins with her. Tiger and Deer don't go well together, and Prince had no sense of fear, which was more than odd for a deer.
Holding onto the toddler's hand to make sure he didn't try to pet the big cat, she shuffled him into the Fourth Wall building, hoping to ask a few questions about her fairly new, twin charges.
Of course, Zasalamel followed; it was in his nature to follow women, especially if this woman was his Mother. Toddling along with Neveah didn't stop him from looking around though, especially when the buttefly woman stopped to look around, forgetting which way to go. Looking down a linking corridor, his purple eyes - which were glowing from the shadow of his hooded sweater - went wide. "Suru!" He shouted in awe. And a bird, too! "JATHA'LA Suru" He corrected himself, after watching the way the owl was moving.
Of course, his elder brother's shouting caused a more than curious deer to peek his dead out of the stroller, his big brown eyes wide and his disproportionate ears perked. Something interesting was going on, and he wanted to see it too!
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:08 am
((Added another thing to the journal xd Just gonna use the maerdyn translator for Verwin's language, more convenient whee ))
Frostfur's enourmous head lay on her paws, her eyes shut in every appearance of being asleep. She was resting lightly, an ear open in case anything jumped them, but she was resting; the large tiger needed it, so she cracked an eyelid open as the butterfly woman went inside. Lifting her head up, she watched the door for a moment, before deciding her friend would be fine, then laying her head back down again.
Verwin jumped slightly as she heard voices, one old and one young, outside the building. Holding Tyranna against her, she crept towards the door, Silverwing hopping awkwardly behind her, just as an odd looking woman came through the door, a little child that made Verwin's eyes widen holding her hand, and the head of a deer poking out from something the woman was pushing. But what startled the night elf more was what the child said.
"Dos... Ph' Eldalie?" Her own eyes gleamed softly in the light, as her blue brows drew together. Turning her gaze back up to the other woman, she finally took a good look at her. Wings. Bug wings. "What are you?" The night elf asked softly, hnot wanting to be rude, but completely overwhelmed at this new world. First a racoon woman and a horse child, now a bug woman?
As Tyranna heard the other voices, she turned her head from the leather adorning Verwin's torso to get a good look at the others. She smiled brightly, waving her little hard hands in the air with a pbbttt sound. "Gah!" Her tiny tail was flicking back and forth under Verwin's arms as Silverwing stopped behind his hunter, peering up as his huge eyes blinked at the elf-child.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:03 am
(( I use maerdyn translator for Zah, too. xD Hurrah! ))
Zasalamel was staring at the bird more than he was paying any attention to the woman...but once she spoke, his hooded head snapped up and stared fully at her, his slightly glowing purple eyes wide. "Dos...Dos telanth harl rivvin?" He didn't know what his language was called but hey, what his Matron called it was good enough for him. Still, he was in awe. Someone understood him! Someone could speak back to him! He tugged on Neveah's hand to point excitedly at the elven woman. "Il kampi'unen!" He informed his butterfly-like guardian.
Truely, his excitement over being understood completely bypassed his fear of women; thus he was able to stare straight at the woman and talk to her, without seeming shy or withdrawn as he normally would have done. "Ilhar telanthen tlun Ilythiiri Darthirii!" He told the woman proudly, pointing at himself. Neveah didn't tell him Drow were generally bad people...she didn't want him to be ashamed what he was.
Neveah had long since stopped, looking from her over clothed son to the woman he was talking to. Obviously she was oblivious to what they were saying, but she did appear to be attempting to understand. When the Elf looked at her, the humanoid pointed at herself on instinct. "I'm...Neveah?" She paused. "Oh, you asked what I am! I'm a Butterfly." Neveah said proudly, wiggling her antennae for a moment before letting go of Zah's hand and turning to extend her black-rimmed blue wings, opening and closing them once before turning back around. "Well, A butterfly humanoid, anyway." The folklorist shrugged. She did look mostly human...save for her angled aqua eyes, her slightly, but still gracefully elongated features...and other things that were hidden by clothing.
"And what are you?" She had every right to ask that now, considering the woman asked her first. But still...Neveah hadn't seen an elf quite like she before...and there were some strange things on Gaia.
Prince and Duke, the twin deer in the stroller, both heard the little girl, and both reacted quiet differently. Prince, the spotted brat, leaned far out of his seat and tried to see the creature responsible for the noise...and he started keening in excitement when he did catch a glimpse of her. She was pretty, very very pretty! Despite having close to the same amount of colour as his brother, she was pretty! His little tail wagged up and down in excitement, now putting his energies into trying to get out of the stroller.
Oh yeah, deer-like fear missed Prince by a few thousand feet.
Duke, when he heard the noise, peeked his own white head out from the stroller, hiding behind his brother for the most part. Slowly, his white ears lifted, his red eyes staring at the unicorn girl. Hey, she was similar to him in colours! Now, he was shyly curious.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:14 pm
Verwin couldn't help but smile at the little child, pointing proudly to himself as she knelt down by him. "Usstan tlun natha Isto Darthirii, lotha renor uss." She said, grinning, before looking up at the woman, Neveah, with a slight shrug.
"I'm a Night Elf, from..." She paused, looking away before continuing. "Somewhere that isn't here." Verwin's english wasn't totally understandable, as the common-language differed in her world.
Tyranna burbled happily, waving her hands as the two heads craned out of the stroller. One looked kind of like her, but a different face. And his eyes were pink! Giggling, she latched a hand onto the stroller, using the other hand to poke the brown creature's wet nose in fascination, her already long hair falling over her shoulder as she squirmed.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:38 pm
"Natha Isto Darthirii..." Zasalamel repeated back, his purple eyes narrowing for a moment, then widening in sudden shyness and reverance as she knelt down to him. At this close proximity, he couldn't help but remember this elf was female! "Usstan...Usstan...Ve-Vendui...Lle'warin Isto Darthirii..." He then said shyly, now completely avoiding eye contact. Ever-so-nonchalantly, he slowly grabbed his Matron's hand again, trying to discreetly hide behind her.
Neveah's head craned to the side. This woman was hard to understand! But...she thought she had the gist of it. "Not...from here you said? If you don't mind my asking...where is it you hail from?" Being the folklorist she was, she was curious to know about this woman. After all, she was the first Night Elf she'd ever seen, and she'd been around Gaia and parts of the outer world.
See, Prince liked this girl. Really liked this girl, despite her being completely white. She was paying attention to him, and that alone instantly got her into his good books! Squirming in his seat, the fawn's dark, hard hand reached out and poked at the little pointy-thing coming out of her forehead. It was cool! He wanted a pointy-thing on his forehead, too! Duke was more than happy to watch the two from where he was; perhaps he'd join in on the fun, perhaps not.
Duke did, however, leaned forward a bit to try and sniff at the other white creature's hand, his disproportionate white ears raised in curiousity and alertness.
"Kueh?" Prince blurted out suddenly, as if it was the most important question in the world.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:20 pm
"Ussta kaas zhah Verwin. Vel'bol's dossta?" She asked, frowning slightly as he started to hide behind the woman, his mother. Night Elf children had never shown any fear of her; she wasn't sure why this one would. "Ph' dos stre d' uns'aa?" Verwin asked quietly, the glow softening in her eyes, letting the irises be seen; a light, shiny silver color.
She looked up at Neveah as she asked. "Azeroth. From Auburdine..." The elf trailed off, her ears almost perking up in hope. Maybe this woman knew a way back, back to her child. No. Verwin shut that thought away as soon as it rose.
Tyranna giggled, grabbing onto his wrist with her free hand as he touched her horn. It glowed softly, hardly see-able in the light of the hallway, when he touched it. She smiled brightly at both the fawns, before leaning over to peer into Duke's face, her little ears twitching in curiosity as her tail flicked underneath her.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:35 pm
"Zasalamel. Ussta kaas zhah Zasalamel." The Drow said meekly, absently scratching at his obsidian cheek. When she asked if he was afraid of her though, he gasped a bit and clutched onto Neveah's jeans. After a moment of awkwardly shy silence from the boy, he finally spoke. "Ligrr. Dos ph' natha ligrr." He said simply, as though everything had been explained just by that.
"Azeroth...I don't think I've ever heard of Azeroth..." Neveah said absently, tapping at her chin with her slightly elongated finger. "But its probably mentioned in the archives..." This she said aloud, though she meant to think it. It was rare for her not to recognize a place...she was a folklorist after all. But what she didn't know, she could probably find out! "I know that definately isn't even remotely from around here. Do you at least have a place to stay?" The butterfly woman had noticed the baby. If you have a baby, it was probably a good idea to have a home. It was just easier that way!
"Don't take it personally, Night Elf. He's just afraid of women...its just the way he is." Neveah finally realized Zasalamel was gripping her for safety...and she thought she'd clarify for the woman. Even if the woman hadn't introduced herself in English; the butterfly couldn't understand undercommon.
Of couse Prince didn't notice the glow...but that didn't stop him from trying to poke at it! Well, Tyranna's grip was a bit of a hinderance but...he could still do it! Naturally he missed her horn though, and ended up wiggling his black fingers through her pretty wavy hair. This was good, too!
Duke kept staring at the unicorn, though he started and jumped back a bit when she leaned in to stare back at him. Curiousity was the only thing to bring him back, his own bit white ears twitching as hers did...it was like a female mirror, only blue instead of pinkish red! Yes, he'd seen himself in a mirror. Oh, and he didn't have a horn either...or long wavy hair. In fact aside from his fur, he didn't have any hair like hers. Reaching out with a surprisingly bold hand, he went to poke her, to see if she was real and not some fancy illusion like the TV.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:32 pm
The night elf frowned at that answer. That certainly didn't make much sense... "Ele zhal'la nindel selg'tarn?" Verwin asked, sitting down and crossing her legs in front of her, holding Tyranna gently in her lapt while keeping a hand on her to keep her in place.
She tried not to let her dashed hope show in her face. So the woman hadn't heard of it... "The-The archives?" Did they have one here? Verwin knew the Druids kept one in Darnassus, and some of the Dwarves hade made one in Ironforge, but this place didn't seem likely to have one.
At the second question, the hunter looked away. "I'm afraid I don't... I havn't, well, been here long..." Verwin trailed off, shrugging in hopelessness. I do need somewhere, though... I can live outside perfectly fine, but what about the baby...? She let this thought process as the children interacted. "And I'm sorry, my manners have disappeared. I think the portal left them behind in the mines." She smiled wryly. "My name is Verwin, daughter of Rowenaria and Methalus." The night elf held out a hand.
Tyranna giggled as she felt the hand in her hair, and the poke on her shoulder. Burbling happily, she waved her arms, giving the deer-twins hugs around the neck as she fell forward slightly, held up by her hug of a hold as her tail flicked around behind her, her ears twitching quickly.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:24 pm
Zasalamel's glowing eyes were lowered out of respect. "Ligrren ph' treemma..." Was all he ould say to elaborate. He didn't know why he was afraid of girls...he only knew that he should be, and that was enough.
Neveah looked taken aback. She didn't realize she'd said it out loud! "Well..uh...You're on Gaia, Elf. A lot of people get pulled here...so I imagine somewhere in the archives there is mention of this Azeroth of yours..." After all, there were outer-gaian adoption agencies everywhere! Azeroth may be mentioned, too!
Of course, Neveah instantly regretted asking the Elf about having a home. Partially because Neveah liked her solitude (not that she had much with three boys), and partially because well...the thee boys. The Butterfly woman now had no choice but to offer that spare room, after seeing the hopelessness in the other woman. Damn womanly instincts, damn them! Even those blasted Maternal instincts were at least pretending to be there, too. Heaving a disgruntled sigh, she clasped Verwin's hand with her seemingly frail one. "Pleased to meet you, Verwin, daughter of Rowenaria and Methalus." Neveah parroted back, thinking it was probably customary. "As I mentioned before, I'm Neveah. I don't know my parents, but I suppose Guardian of Zasalamel, Prince and Duke will do." Oddly enough, she found that amusing! As she introduced her sons, she motioned to the Drow, the Spotted Fawn, and the Albino fawn respectively.
Finally, her resolve to avoid the housing issue shattered completely. "Well...considering the wellbeing of the infant...You're more than welcome to stay in my house...I have a spare room you can use if you wanna." She posed quietly, trying to make it sound like the genuine offer her heart felt it should be...but that black shriveled piece in her heart was complaining. "It should be big enough for the both of you, or maybe your little one can stay in the same room as my Fawns...and we have a nice yard, if you don't like being pent up in a house." Though her head told her not to, her heart made her push in one point. "Besides, it'd be easier to take trips to the archives when we're in the same area." This was all for the Unicorn infant's sake, of course!
Prince squealed with glee when he was pulled into a hug. HURRAH ATTENTION YAY! His actions seemed to say, for he nuzzled more than contently into Tyranna's neck, his tail wiggling up and down much to fast to see. Of course, he couldn't help bt gum onher ear once he lifted his head and found it. He chewed on Duke's ear all the time, and the unicorn girl had ears just like Duke!
Duke, however, SQUAWKED when he was pulled into the hug. With a whine of protest he tried to wiggle out of it...but when he realized the attempt was futile, he decided to put up with it. That didn't mean he was happy with it! In fact, he grumped a bit, but found his own tail was moving in confused happiness...apparently the happy part of the happy unicorn was contagious, oh no!
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:14 am
Verwin simply shook her head, having no clue why the child was of an adverse opinion, an exhasperated look on her face as she shook hands with Neveah. "Wonderful to meet you." She said simply, smiling slightly at the deer twins.
At the offer, her eyes widened in surprise, before the elf frowned. "No, I couldn't impose..." She said, but her heart wasn't in it. She did need a place, for Tyranna at least, and a solution was being offered up right here. "If it wouldn't cause you any trouble, um, well, I can live outside, so only Tyranna really..." Verwin said, fidgeting awkwardly.
Still burbling, Tyranna released the two as her ear got caught, causing her head to overbalance a little, which in turn made her roll out of Verwin's arms and onto the floor with a delighted laugh. "Gah!"
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:09 pm
Zasalamel was more than content now to just watch them all from his spot just beind Neveah's leg. This woman didn't look like him but...she could speak his language? Was that possible? The toddler chewed on his bottom lip in thought...until of course he got distracted by the big owl again. Owls were much more fun to look at!
Inner-Hermit-Neveah cheered at Verwin's words, but Inner-Kind-Neveah scoffed at them. At the mention of causing her trouble though, Neveah stared at the night elf like she was insane. "Cause me...trouble...? I'm sorry if I sound rude but uhh, Are you crazy, Lady?" Neveah leaned her weight onto her right leg, and proceeded to count her troubles on her fingers. "My Eldest "son" is from a bloodthirsty race, is afraid of woman AND currently refuses to speak a language I can understand. My next eldest is a spotted brat who'll do anything for attention and whines and complains when he doesn't get it. My youngest is an albino momma's boy who would probably be very happy if he suddenly was attached to my hip. And my necklace houses the spirit of a fallen guardian of love. To top it all off I have a boss who is making me document my eldest son for research, as if he's a test subject...so above taking care of three and a half handfulls, I have to report to that disgusting old man every week!" Finally, running out of things to rant on, Neveah cut herself off with a heavy sigh. Any further and she might have started to get rather verbal with what she really thought. Composing herself again, Neveah brushed off her little rant with a care free smile; it was the only thing keeping her from going insane. "Cause me trouble? Trust me, You would be more of a help than a catalyst for trouble, Verwin. My offer is still open, I think it would be best for your young one...in the long run, at least."
As Tyranna fell, Prince wet tumbling after; up and over the stroller's edge. Of course, the spotted fawn giggled the entire way down, even as he partially landed on the unicorn girl. "Huuah!" He cried out, throwing his little arms into the air before rolling off of Tyranna. This was fun! She was fun! They should play more often! Prince nuzzled Tyranna's side with his velvet nose; he wanted to play some more!
Duke didn't fall, but he did lean over the stroller's handle and stare at the pile of colour-twin and brother-twin. It was odd, but he wasn't afraid of this girl; in fact he was trying to get out of the stroller, too! My my he was feeling brave...but not quite brave enough to get out of the stroller without help. Thus, he'll whine to his Mother-figure! Lifting his head shyly, Duke pleaded in hiw own way to Neveah, hoping she'd get te hint and take him out of the stroller, too.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:26 pm
Verwin grinned in relief, shuddering sympathetically as Neveah ranted, though she didn't understand every word she said. Seemed like her Common and this woman's language were similar enough to converse, but not exactly the same. "Not quite sure what to say to that." She said, patting the butterfly woman on the shoulder with a crooked grin. "But I'm sotty you have to deal with a disgusting old man." She couldn't help but laugh a little, as the younger elves, the ones younger then 500, generally called their Elders that, though all in good jokes.
Tyranna shrieked in delight as the deer boy fell on her, before rolling off with a laugh. When he nuzzled her side, she couldn't help it. She started giggling; it appeared the baby unicorn was quite ticklish. It was while she was wriggling that she noticed something funny in the boy's ear, a little shiny white thing. Crawling away from the wet object of mass tickling, she sat on her knees and poked the tag hanging from Prince's ear, her head tilted to the side.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:09 pm
Oh, but Neveah wasn't joking. He really was a disgusting old man. But even so, the butterfly woman laughed a little alongside the night elf. "Me too, believe me." Sometimes it was hard to understand the elf...but Neveah could put pieces together to make her words understandable...which was good enough for her. At least there wasn't a language gap like there was with Zasalamel. "So, you'll be staying with us, then?" Just to double-check, of course.
Prince stared at her for a second when she giggled as he nudged her. She giggled...because of him? With his disproportionate ears lifting, he nudged the girl's side again, his big brown eyes staring for a response. However, something distracted him! He keened when she poked his tag, but he kept staring blankly at her with those big eyes of his. Obviously it didn't hurt him, but he thought it would be fun to make a noise when she pressed it. Yeah, he's weird like that.
Duke got his wish, as Neveah picked him out of the stroller and placed him beside Tyranna on the ground. The albino boy nuzzled Tyranna's soft hair, then settled to curl up into a ball beside her; his ultimate show of affection as a baby. She was nice enough to be curled near!
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:29 am
Verwin looked up with a grateful smile. "Yes, and I can't thank you enough..." She started; she truly was greatful. From a fellow Night Elf, she would have expected the offer, but she hadn't thought anyone else could be quite so considerate. Most of the other races didn't generally offer places to stay for free.
Tyranna started giggling again. The tickling again. She waved her arms, rolling over onto her belly, but since Duke was set down next to her, she rolled over him and right on past, burbling happily as she waved her arms.
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