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 Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:21 am
Aki sighed, gazing up at the House. In her arms, Nisha bucked and wiggled....not wanting to be carried, but certainly not wanting to be put down. A crumpled shopping list stuck out of Aki's purse...still hanging from where Desperate had tugged it partially out.
If it was this hard just getting to the store, it was going to be impossible to shop.
Staring up at the towering wooden building, Aki tried to steel her nerve. She didn't want to be here, truth be told, but there were some areas of the House that were tolerable. Weren't there?
All she needed was a few minutes out, and it was Elle's day off. Making her way up the first few steps, still clutching the struggling girl, Aki sighed again. It was worth a chance, even if no one was around.
Desperate shoved on ahead, obviously excited. He didn't mind the house so much! He was getting bigger with each month that passed, though...already, his ears brushed either side of the doorframe as he trundled through! Someday, he'd be too big to fit at all.
Of course, the sound of an approaching elephant was a bit obvious....if anyone was around, they'd hear it. Aki made her way to the kitchen (mainly because that's where Desperate was headed) and shouldered her way inside. She was getting too old for this!
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:40 am
She had thought the coast was clear. She had waited an hour and a half, crouched outside in the bushes until her legs went numb, waiting for her father to leave the House so she could sneak inside. Like clockwork, the silly lime haired man exited with his Adu twins on a trip to his sister's. April waited only til Pippin was out of sight to dash across the street and in through the back.
The House had retained its musty smell at the very least, she noted absently, muffling a sneeze into her sleeve. Curiosity squirms unhappily beneath the cover of his Forgotten's collar; it had taken hours of convincing him that her powers had developed enough to avoid getting caught visiting their old home, but something still doesn't sit right with him regardless.
You watch, the daemon grumbles, tipping his head back to push up her collar enough to see where they are headed. He'll come back in any minute, saying he forgot something.. y'know how often he forgets stuff.. like.. oh, us? Yeah, I remember that very well, thank you.. And then what'll you do, huh? Ever think of that? 'Cause I have, every dreaded minute we spent out in the bushes like fugitives..
April swats at him playfully, receiving a light n** in return. "You worry too much," she whispers with a laugh on her voice, "Ever think of that?"
Laugh now, but y-
His thought-speech is cut short when April's vision blurs and time slows to a snail's pace. A vision of people replaces the dank main hallway, as if the walls are cut away to allow her a moment's notice of the going-ons of outside. It's only a small comfort to know it isn't her father, but a woman and what appears to be another daemon pair. Time reverses a few moments and returns to the same second she had just stepped out of.
-ou'll see! Curiosity's grumpy voice phases back into her head. April shakes her head, rubbing her temples, setting off Curiosity's paranoia.
WE'RE DOOOOOOMED. Lookwhatyoudidyou'vedoomedusboth!! Now we'll never make it out alive!
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:54 am
Juggling her daughter into her other arm, Aki edged into the kitchen. Desperate was already sniffing around, no doubt on the trail of something delicious....when his little tail went stiff with bristles. Excitement! His nose was as keen as a canines, being so grand and all...and he smelled something even better than food!
He smelled people!
Trunk held high, showing off his funny bottom lip, Desperate sniffed his way closer to the door they'd just entered through before hunkering in defeat. Well, it had been people...but it looks like they'd left. There were too many smells on the porch for him to pick apart, anyway. After all, he was only a little elephant. <3
Trundling back, Desperate consoled himself silently. No one to play with. Poor Desperate! Maybe Nisha.
-No. Shoo-
His ears flattened against his head as he let his trunk drop as well. She shot down that idea before he could even ask!
Aki plopped Nisha down in a highchair, and bustled to the fridge. It wasn't her food, and she knew that, but if she could just get some food into Nisha, maybe she'd be sleepy enough to shop without much fuss!
Maybe.
The top half of the elf disappeared into the ice box, and Nisha stopped kicking at the table long enough to glare at her surroundings. In her right hand was the dream orb...swiring with violets and golds in an attempt to pacify the girl. It rarely worked. Tossing it to the ground, a familiar noise if there ever was one, Nisha kicked the table again and leaned to the side to watch where it rolled.
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:04 pm
With the memorization of the House's layout on her side, and with as much stealth as she can manage, April navigates around the visitors without detection - so far. Her bottom lip suffers the nervousness, the skin broken from her biting into it so hard. Inhaling sharply, she peers very carefully around the corner, hoping that the not-so-light daemon and the not-so-strong floorboards would act as her cover.
It doesn't help to have the devil's advocate, albeit one with truth on his side, buzzing in her ear.
I told you. Dinnit I tell you? I believe I DID. Now this lady's going to turn us into Pipplyface, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT! Curiosity rant is unrelenting, throwing off April's concentration even more so than that coming with the all consuming fear of blowing months of hiding, only to have led herself back to the place she ran away from.
The second mistake of the day is Curiosity's carelessness in who he lets [or, forgets not to let] hear his thought-speech..
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:13 pm
Pausing mid step, Desperate gazed up at Nisha in her high chair with startled and shining little black eyes. He'd never heard her say so many words at once! Nisha wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention, it seemed...still watching the glass sphere roll.
It took him a moment to figure that one out.
Twisting slowly, suddenly nervous, Desperate tried to figure out what was going on. That hadn't been Nisha, not at all...but that meant....
PLAY WITH ME OH PLAY WITH ME WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY?! TAG OR HIDE AND SEEK OR HORSIES OR ANYTHING?! He was still looking around wide eyed, trunk raised as he sniffed. There WAS someone to play with!!
Nisha winced at his overexcited projecting, which was mentally almost as loud as he was capable of being physically. What the hell was he going on about?! Finally, the ball rolled to a stop, and clicked against the edge of a doorway.
Nisha raised her eyes at a hint of motion, in the darkness just beyond. Something was there.
Aki kept digging, wrinkling her nose at the selection. "Okay! Want...a ketchup sandwich, or some pickles? Your pick."
[If I vanish, forgive me. Nisha isn't the only fussy bebe XD]
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:24 pm
Curiosity recoils from the sheer volume of the unexpected voice in his head, nearly propelling himself straight off his Forgotten's shoulder in the process, cursing privately. ..Oh gods, what have I done?!
Glad to know I'm not the only screw up, April thinks without words, but their connection allows Curio to pick up the thought regardless. He growls lowly and stomps out onto an exposed portion of April's collar, his oversized eyes searching left and right. He isn't blessed with distance sight, therefore only Desperate's large, blurry form is all he can see.
Still, that seems to be enough.
Might as well sign the dotted line on my death wish, Curiosity grumbles before puffing out his soft chest in order to make himself look tough, obviously unsuccessful at that. Yo! Giganto! he shouts, barking aloud at the same time.
April gasps and gives her daemon a horrified look, causing him to heave a sigh and reword his attempt at outreach. Finefine.. uhm. Hark, who goes there? Reveal thyself or be tossed to the crocs! If turtles could smirk, April is sure that's what he'd do right about now. She furrows her brow at him, dabbing away the drops of blood from her torn lip all the same.
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:35 pm
The words mattered little to Desperate. As long as they talked back, and the word 'no' wasn't involved, he was in heaven.
Edging closer, Desperate peered into the darkness...at almost as much of a loss as Curiosity. The voice sure sounded gruff...but all he saw was...A girl? I'm a Desperate! What are youuu?
-Girl? Where?- Nisha knew that word, and her eyes traveled up from the sphere to a leg not too far away. A leg meant a body, and that meant...someone was here to eat all her food!!
Pointing with obvious intent, brows furrowed, Nisha made a grabby hand and tried to lean out of her high chair. She'd teach her a lesson long before that girl got her food!
Finally close enough, Desperate extended his trunk slowly...determined to give whatever was around the corner a poke. Would it poke back?
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:48 pm
.. You have to be kidding me.
Curiosity leaps off April's shoulder, tucking his head and limbs into his shell before coming in contact with the floor. He tumbles, shell clacking against the wooden planks, until he comes to a stop almost directly in front of Desperate. Giving himself a minute to shake off the disorientation, and just to cruelly string the other daemon along, Curiosity pushes out of his shell and looks up, way up, at Desperate.
Hey there, bud- whoa. Curiosity yip-barks to cover up the falter in his thought-speech, continuing with a stronger tone. So? Who might you be, kid?
April slides into the cover of the shadows all too late, as she knows Nisha must have spotted her already, if her daemon hadn't also alerted her of their company. She shoots a nervous glance at the front door before committing herself to the reveal, as well; her fate had been sealed when she made the mistake of thinking the House was free grounds.
"H- hello," she speaks up gently, stepping into the light of the kitchen. Her dark eyes wander over Desperate first, moving next to Aki and finally resting on Nisha.
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:25 pm
Aki jumped nearly out of her skin at the voice, and glanced first to Nisha to make sure the girl was safe and well. Safe, at least...but the babe was steadily glaring daggers at April's unassuming form.
The babe's Daemon, however, wasn't nearly so standoffish. Staring for a moment at Curiosity, Desperate shifted his weight from foot to foot...unsure if something that small was dangerous or not. Just in case, he tucked his trunk up a bit before answering. Poking was rude, after all.
Nisha. That's Nisha. See her? I'm Desperate. I can do this! Taking a breath, with a bit of a snerk, Desperate blew gently....and a good sized bubble formed at the end of his trunk. It was mostly spit, but impressive anyway, right?
One hand to her chest, Aki stared at the strange pair as she settled. An older girl, and a lovely little pet....no. Not a pet. A Daemon, perhaps! This was the house after all! But she couldn't recall meeting this girl before!
"Ah, hello! I'm Aki!" A girl meant adults, and adults meant... "Oh! You...aren't busy, are you? Could you watch Nisha for just a few minutes? I need to do some shopping....I should get some stuff for here, as well...but I won't be long! You...might be too young to babysit, but..." No other choice, and there were adults near...right? "Well. It'll be our secret? I'll pick you up a gift at the store to say thank you!"
Her purse was already clutched in one hand, the ketchup sandwich forgotten. It was obvious where Desperate learned his run on sentences. Trying not to give the girl a chance to say no, without being too rude about it, Aki edged towards the kitchen door. "What's your name, honey?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:39 pm
The woman's pace blows at April like a whirlwind. She's used to taking things nice and slow, and the sinking feeling in her stomach tells her that she soon won't have her choice. "Uh.. April," she replies just above a whisper, and her emotive aura spills out an emotion of confusion.
Curiosity, on the other hand, is midly amused. Impressive! he says with a laugh on his voice, adopting his Forgotten's original optimism for the break-in mission. That's my April, he explains with a nonchalant nudge of his head toward the Forgotten, one he barely reaches the ankles of in height.
You're a funny lookin' thing, now, aren't you? he teases, mostly kidding. Why'd you and your Nisha come here? Haven't you heard.. the stories? Curiosity purposely pauses and lowers his tone for the last two words, intending on generating his own source of amusement out of the other daemon. After all, it seems - to him, anyway - that in this case, his size and stature might actually come in handy!
"You will.. return, I hope? Soon?" April calls out nervously after Aki, looking between her and Nisha in rapid succession. With her original mission abandoned, and the looming threat of Pippin's return predating Aki's return like a cloud over April's head, she is, for the first time in months, completely at a loss regarding her immediate future.
[Edit; I have to go for a little bit, ;;. But I can stay up as long as is needed tonight~! I have class from 6-9pm EST, so expect me back around 9:30, <3. This is such an amusing RP, XD.]
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:03 pm
Pausing just long enough to smile at April, Aki nodded. "What a lovely name! Sure sure, I'll be back before you know it." She'd express just how much she appreciated it, but Nisha was currently being quiet...no reason to give the babe time to start screaming.
Desperate glanced to the side for a moment, watching Aki go, before looking back down at the odd little Daemon. Me? I'm not funny looking. I'm a lelliphant! Surely that explained it all.
"You can take her out of the high chair if you want! See you soon April!" With a final grateful wave, Aki vanished into the hall.
Desperate leaned forward, going down on one knee, then the other. As soon as he was all the way settled, he shook his head at the other Daemon...ears flapping. What stories? He was obviously enraptured.
Not caring much about Desperate's questioning, Nisha kept up her watch of April. The glare vanished when the other girl didn't react to it, but she still watchd with large and silent eyes. Maybe she'd come close enought to smack.
[Kay!]
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:55 pm
"Take her.. out?" April repeats in a murmur, stuck dumbfounded at being the temporary charge for the younger child. She chews on her already split lip, again drawing the metallic taste of blood into her mouth.
Curiosity snickers in thought-speech, making a strange equivalent of the sound aloud. I'm not much of a storyteller, but I'll explain as best I can, he responds, slyly crawling forward with his head lowered, as if to keep from prying ears. The House is alive. Your Nisha's mommy didn't come here by accident; the House did it, it made her come.
He raises his snout to the air, ignoring the fact that he's too small to even see Desperate properly. The lucky ones are those it lets go home at the end of the day. But it's the ones you never hear about - the REAL victims.. that we'll never hear from again.. if you catch my meaning. The turtle daemon makes the "kkhhht!" sound in thought-speech crudely imitating the cutting of a throat, and falls over, effectively onto his shell, playing dead much like a dog would.
Having perfected the art of blocking out her daemon's thought-speech - with a daemon like Curiosity, it's almost a necessity - April concentrates only on the task at hand; that is, the babysitting gig she never came prepared for.
"Uhm," she muses to herself, pushing stray orange hair from her eyes out of a nervous habit, "Would you.. like to play a game? Or have a snack? What do you like to eat, anyway?" She purses her lips and tugs at her collar; it suddenly seems just a little hotter in the kitchen..
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:46 am
Desperate jumped at the noise...scrambling back up to his feet from where he'd been resting for the story. If they stayed too long...the house would roll them over on their backs?! Oh no!!
Backing away from the other Daemon, Desperate swung his trunk to the side and tapped Nisha...pinching the sleeve of her dress and tugging. We have to go! We'll get rolled over!
Nisha's eyes narrowed, though she was still looking at April. -No. You go.- One hand lifted, and she made little grabby motions at April. Nisha didn't deign to speak, for the most part...she wanted April to KNOW what she wanted, not ask.
I CAN'T go without you! Desperate whined, glancing again to the other wobbling upsidedown daemon. It was doom for them all!
Nisha pushed his trunk away, and tried a new technique. Offering a a tiny pink bow of a smile to April, the babe practically sparkled with pleasant intent. Make girl come CLOSER.
Ears drooping, Desperate turned back to the only person that seemed to listen...the strange little rollybit on the floor. Giving the tiny Daemon a nudge with his trunk, gently trying to turn him over again, Desperate mentally piped up in hopes of hearing the story finished. What do we do? Are we SAFE?
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:00 pm
As soon as he's upright, Curiosity collapses in a fit of laughter, heard both mentally and aloud in the form of barking. You'll never be safe, he manages to say once calm enough. The best we can do is hope that your sheer size and weight scares away anything it decides to throw at us!
His laughter is cut short by a glare from April, one that reads, "BE NICE." He mutters something obscene to himself and pulls himself back onto his legs again to face Desperate properly once more.
April turns back to Nisha, her glare turning into a frown. She can take care of herself just fine, but another person, nevermind a younger one, poses problems and questions she doesn't have the knowledge to solve. Warily stepping closer, she holds out her hands to the fellow Forgotten girl as if presenting a peace offering.
"Do you talk?" she inquires, soft as a whisper. "..What is your name?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:35 pm
"Mmnh." Making a dismissive noise instead of answering, Nisha reached for April's hands...fingers wiggling as she streched forward. So close!
Flopping back, making the highchair rock dangerously Nisha tried a different technique. This worked anytime she wanted Declan to come closer, at least! Fishing around inside her jacket, Nisha's hand emerged with her watch...the face fractured, and the hands unmoving.
Holding it up solemnly, chain still around her neck, Nisha stared at April. It was a rather grim and forboding sight, truth be told, but that didn't occur to the babe.
Desperate was confused. The little Daemon was laughing! Maybe things weren't that scary after all. He was a big Daemon, it was true! Puffing up a bit, holding his trunk upwards in a proud S shaped curl, Desperate let his tail swish.
It didn't occur to the Daemon that Curiosity was laughing at him.
-That's Nisha!- Desperate used a conspiratorial tone, glancing down side long at the other Daemon. -She's a real...- At a glare from the girl, Desperate changed his next few words to be something other than the truth with a wince. -Um...she's a real...good...sleeper! Yeah! Good at sleeping.- Finishing a bit lamely, Desperate let his trunk drop again. It was tough meeting new people!
Shifting his weight from foot to foot, he looked at April and Curiosity...forgetting the other girl couldn't hear his silent speech. -Do...you want to play Go Find Stuff? Nisha likes that game.-
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