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Elle led Desperate slowly by a decorative leash, as though the elephant daemon was a little red wagon. He might as well have been, for asleep upon his back was a little girl child, draped without much modesty. Pudgy thighs and a round face peeked out from the winter coat, trimmed in fur the same as the calf high boots. No matter how she tried, Elle had never been able to get Nisha into a pair of pants.

It had been Aki's suggestion that they go to the park, and not a surprising one at that. The elf had been spending more and more time on her own...personal issues, as Aki said...and Elle was used to taking over the brunt of the chilld care by now.

Pausing upon the path, staggering slightly as Desperate bumped into the backs of her legs, Elle peered at the scene before them. Was that...a robot wearing boots? She raised one hand in a curious wave, smiling at the scattering of people in the park.

Izumi let out of a high pitched squeal as she teetered and tottered on her feet, chasing after Relentless as her daemon tried to find somewhere warm to hide. She loved this interesting weather, curious of the stuff everyone was referring to as snow, but the poor hummingbird was being driven mad by the snow. It was EVIL! When would his precious flowers be back out?

"Don't run too far ahead," Domonic called after her, sighing lightly as he shivered in his heavy coat. "I don't want to lose you in all this white!"

The little toddler stopped and turned on her heel, her long white coat twirling a little bit with her skirt and she smiled cutely, waving a black mittened hand at her guardian. Mismatched eyes were wide with wonder, listening to the sound of the snow crunching beneath her feet as she began to walk again, heading into the park. Everything looked alike in the blanket of colorless flakes, the snow piled on top of nearly everything. She stopped after a moment, noticing a few people further ahead. Someone else had come to play in the snow?

Elle had started to nod in response to Walter's question, but Nisha jerked awake at the loud and unfamiliar voice. For a moment, it seemed as though she might forgive the intrusion and relax back into sleep, but a high pitched squeal sealed the deal.

Desperate winced as Nisha tensed, picking her head up slowly. A funny pattern of elephant wrinkles lined her pale cheek, and the girl stared at her surroundings for a moment in absolute apathy.

As it became evident that this was NOT a dream, her tiny face scrunched in anger.

"Yes! He is! This is Desperate, and his girl, Nisha." Elle loved introducing them like that, even if Nisha hated it. She'd heard this park was a good place to go from Aki, apparently Nisha and Samara had met here before. Seemed the elf was right!

Kneeling next to the young Daemon, Elle took Nisha's face in her hands. "No tears, darling. Wake up, go play, and you can have all the yogurt you can eat once were home."

For several long moments, the two simply stared at one another as Nisha weighed the offer. Finally, the girl settled for the shriek just a few seconds longer than Izumi's, but no tears, and slid off the Elephant. She landed on her feet, then on her bottom, and then realized snow was cold.

Elle acted fast to avoid the coming storm. Scooping Nisha up, she planted the girl on a bench...throwing her own coat over it to ward off the chill. "There! Sit tight, and maybe you'll make some friends!"

Elle didn't bother to say 'new' friends. Offering a smile to the other guardians, and a particularly charmed smile at the cute girl in the white coat, Elle sighed. Why couldn't Nisha be that well behaved?!

Nisha glanced first at Walter, then at the tiny humming bird that Desperate was trying so hard to ignore. He was SCARED of little flying things! Oblivion finally caught the girl's interest, and Nisha flapped a hand at the strange mechanical creation...the universal child sign for 'gimme'.

Elle sighed.

Elle shifted, rubbing her hands on her now bare upper arms. Nisha had her coat, and there wasn't much in the way of clothing stores nearby. Just a bookstore and a few coffee shops around the plaza....

Feeling generous, and cold, Elle raised one hand high into the air in demonstration, calling out loud in her 'teacher' voice. "I'm going to go get hot chocolate! Hands up if you want one!" Obviously, the offer was directed at everyone in the area of the part, though Elle had never met the bulk of them before.

Ice dug out her wallet, pulling out a twenty and a ten, handing it to Elle. "Here, get as many as you can with this? I'm sure we'll all want it either now or later." She glanced at April again, grinning. "With whipped cream?"

"Whipped cream! And chocolate syrup!" Walter called, distracted from the delimma by the promise of snackage. "And cookies!"

"You've already had enough cookies for the day!" Ice replied. He had raided the cookie jar that morning, after all.

Izumi didn't seem to hear anything about the hot chocolate at first, too focused on trying to catch Relentless. Unfortunately, she also wasn't paying attention to where she was going, tripping over something hidden by the snow. The little girl couldn't even react as she went from running to falling, flailing her arms before falling face first into the cold flakes. And for a brief moment, it looked like she disappeared, save for her brown boots and black gloves resting on the ground.

Stupid kid, Relentless hummed, zooming ahead to perch on a thin branch inside of a snowy bush. Domonic still seemed to be a little ways behind them.

April appears rather flustered, but regains her footing without too much trouble. She nods at Ice's question, her lips pursed reluctantly. She doesn't have money to pay for her part..

There is a loud snort in her head. Dinnit you see her whip out those bills? The woman's loaded! Let her pay for it!

No! That's extremely rude! is April's horrified reply. She finally allows herself the chance to take in the scene; other children and daemons. The chances of them meeting up by accident were slim to none, but with these odds she could win the lottery, for here they are, four Forgotten pairs.

Tucking stray hair behind her recently pierced ear, April slowly steps forward, each step crunching the snow. A boy and a metal daemon. A girl and an elephant daemon. Another girl and a bird daemon. She registers this systematically, as if filing it away for future reference, as bizarre a trait as this might be.

.. and staring at people isn't? Curiosity snorts aloud, clawing at the scarf he hides in.