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 Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:43 pm
It was boring. Boring, boring, boring. All P'las was doing was talking with older kids. They had dragons, which sounded cool, but his daddy wouldn't let him stay in the room for the class. Nibal was supposed to be staying in Peri's office, but it was boring in there. He was currently trying to find Peri's classroom, but he was now lost. Where was his daddy?
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:00 pm
  Aysel skipped down the hallway, cheerfully swinging her arms. With yet another successful avoidance of large bodies of water, Mommy had thought taking her to see her egg would be a good idea. Personally Aysel thought that she'd be much better off with a different dragon, one that didn't need the icky water, and she still didn't see why it would actually help.
Wandering ahead of her mom, Aysel turned a corner suddenly. A short shriek and a thud later, brought Tara running. Sprawled on the floor was a legless thing and her daughter, sniffling.
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:07 pm
The legless thing had not expected something to suddenly kick it in the side and then fall over on top of it. Nibal's eyes began to water, then he began to cry. That just wasn't nice! He flopped onto the floor, his arms a bit sore from pulling himself down the hallway. Why didn't he have legs like P'las? It would make everything much easier...
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:00 pm
For a moment Aysel continued to sniffle before the toddler half under, half next to her began to cry. Caught between her own injury and the younger kid's the luna moth wavered. She did trip over the toddler so it was her fault. "Sorry..." she muttered softly, reaching out to pat the toddler awkwardly.
Suddenly her mommy came around the corner. "There there..." her mom said. Despite the fact that one should always be cautious of D-corp children, her mommy scooped the boy up. A thourough check showed no serious injury.
With a pout Aysel pulled herself back up. "My 'nee huurts!" she whined, trying to get her mommies attention back. Mommy was *her* mommy, not his and she got hurt too! Aysel tugged on her mom's shirt as she stared at the toddler.
The scene took little more than a moment to process. Aysel looked allright, a little shaken up but its not everday you trip over a toddler. Said toddler was crying and the mage melted. Reaching towards the tadpole Tara picked up the boy. Tara patted Nibal comfortingly. She really couldn't stand to see toddlers cry. As she tried to calm the toddler down a short tug on her shirt brought her attention back to Aysel.
"You're allright Aysel," she said.
Aysel's pout deepened. As her mom turned back to Nibal, she made a face at the boy. Stupid kid, taking her mommies attention like that.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:56 pm
Nibal's crying nearly came to an abrupt halt as Tara picked him up. He sniffled for a few more moments, then stuck his thumb into his mouth. All was alright, now. He was being held and that made everything good again.
Then the girl who'd tripped over him started to whine and he looked over at her, curious. She was interesting, mostly brown like him, though she looked different. And she had legs. No fun. He wanted legs. Then the girl made a face at him and Nibal frowned around his thumb. She wasn't nice...
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:32 pm
Aysel stared at the frowning toddler. He wasn't crying anymore, Mommy could put him down now. And pick her up! Trying once again the luna moth tugged on her mom's shirt. She had tripped him but she apologized. He didn't need to go steal her mommy on her.
"Pick 'e up!" The girl demanded, swiftly becoming more and more jealous.
"Aysel!" Her mom reprimanded sharply. Crossing the bottom set of arms, Aysel settled for making faces at Nibal with the top set. Unfortunately she wasn't too good at looking mean and scary and the faces ended up being more funny than anything else.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:47 pm
Nibal blinked at the girl as she started making even more faces. She was not nice at all. Snuggling closer to Tara, Nibal turned his head away from the girl. Hmm... where was his father at? "P'las?" The boy asked Tara, wondering if she knew. He'd at least taken his thumb out of his mouth to talk, though it went right back in afterwards.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:03 pm
Aysel frowned, crossing her upper arms and stuffing the lower ones into her pockets. The very picture of a sulking luna moth.
"P'las?" Tara repeated doubtfully. Staring down each empty hallway she looked for a door or parent. The kid couldn't have gone far dragging himself by the arms. Baffled the mage shook her head. "We were going to the eggs. Maybe we'll find a tech there who knows where you go." Aysel's mom started down the hallway.
For a moment Aysel didn't notice her mom moving off. With a sudden jerk the luna moth hurried to catch up, wrapping one of her arms around her mom's leg and refusing to let go.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:11 pm
Nibal bobbed his head, grinning. They were going to go find P'las. Though his dad might be mad at him for wandering off. He was supposed to stay in Peri's office.
Perilas, meanwhile, had finished his class and was opening the door to his office. "Okay, Nibal. I'm b-" There was no sign of a small boy anywhere in the small office. Peri groaned. Where had the kid gone to? He closed his office door and peered up and down the hallway. The building was too much of a maze for him to make anything more than a guess on which way Nibal had gone. There was a hallway over there, not too far down the hall. Maybe the boy had wandered down it?
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:31 pm
Every moment that boy spent in her mom's arms, getting the attention that was supposed to be her's was a moment too long. Letting go of her mom, that was a little too hard to do and walk at the same time, Aysel stared around the corridor. Maybe if she went and found someone to take the toddler... And then Mommy would be proud she found the kid's parent!
Making a decision, Aysel waited until the two had gone around another corner then headed back the other way. Quickly the luna moth began to run, retracing their steps. The sooner that toddler found his parents the better.
Tara was glancing in every room and hallway she could see. Although Nibal was adorable and sweet and just made her go, "Awww..." she recognized the signs of jealousy Aysel had been making. In that respect, mother and daughter were thinking alike. Best find Nibal his 'P'las' quickly. Glancing down to say something to her daughter the mage realized one thing. Aysel was missing.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:37 pm
Peri made it to the intersection of the two hallways and glanced about the corner. Nothing that way. He turned to look the other way and spotted... something running towards him. It wasn't Nibal. Oh, it was one of the kids from one of his egg tours a while back. One of the kids with a mom.
The man gave a grin at that thought, then the problem of finding Nibal made his face go back to neutrality. "Hey, uh," why couldn't he remember the girl's name? He gave up and just walked towards the girl. "Hey."
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:56 pm
Aysel slowed as she saw one of the teacher's coming down the hall. Better stop running. As she grew closer she frowned. It was the teacher from the egg tour. The one that wouldn't let her swap eggs.
Smiling at the teacher, Aysel replied back. "Hi... Uhh.. 'o 'ou know 'here P'las is?" the luna moth asked bluntly. Who knew what horrors the tadpole was commiting in her absence.
Turning around, Tara began to retrace their steps. "Finding, 'P'las' will have to wait a bit. Aysel's missing," she explained to the toddler.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:03 pm
Perilas' heart skipped a beat. "You've seen Nibal?" Only the little tadpole boy called him P'las. "Where is he?" he demanded, forgetting to mention both that he was P'las and who Nibal was.
Nibal frowned as they turned back. P'las was much more important than that mean girl. Why couldn't they find his father first and then the woman could go look for her girl? He pouted around his thumb.
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:45 pm
Doubletake. Aysel shook her head and stomped her foot. Why was it a stupid teacher. "I 'on't know 'nything 'bout a Nibal. I'm trying to find P'las," the child stated, absently tacking on a, "sir." to her sentence. If her mom found out she was rude to a teacher, even if it was the one that wouldn't let her trade dragons, she'd get 'grounded' again.
They were lost. Not that Tara knew her way around D-corp in the best of times, but trying to find someone without keeping track of where she was. Lost was a very mild word.
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:05 pm
Peri blinked at the girl. "Oh, uh, sorry. I'm Perilas. Nibal's my child; he calls me 'P'las'." The man looked down at the luna moth girl for a moment, then tacked on, "He's a little brown boy. Got a long tail and no legs. Where did you see him?"
Nibal gave a sigh. This was boring. They weren't finding anyone at all.
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