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 Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:06 pm
“Would you three make yourselves useful and carry something?” Cyn hissed, struggling up the buildings front walk with a multitude of shopping bags in one hand and a squalling infant balanced on the opposite hip. Several yards ahead of the frazzled woman, a trio of toddlers appeared unconcerned with their guardian’s demands; inexpressive eyes watching the ghoul as the struggled with her load. To them the scene was amusing, dissolving them into giggle fits as a plastic carry bag broke and scattered its contents upon the ground.
Half snarling, half growling, Cyn squatted awkwardly to retrieve the fallen good; the weight of Pyrrhus in her arms and the protrusion of her pregnant stomach causing her to over-balance and topple first to her knees and then onto her hands. This, of course, only caused the triplets to laugh harder.
“I swear you three aren’t eating for a week” the woman seethed, still sprawled upon the ground as she debated the best why to stand while still preserving her dignity.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:14 pm
David, who was just returning home, saw this scene through tired eyes, and lifted Indari higher into his arms, before jogging up to the five.
"Hey, miss. You alright? Can I help?" He offered.
Indari gave a little hiss at Cyn and began to chew on her own hand. She hadn't noticed the triplets yet. "Buuuuuuh..."
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:33 pm
Cyn rolled her eyes beneath the veil of her ruddy blonde hair. “No I’m perfectly fine, I chose to drop the groceries and caress the ground” she replied bitterly, wondering why someone would even ask such a stupid question. “Take him” Cyn barked, shoving Pyrrhus toward the boy and returning to retrieving the fallen groceries with her freed hands.
Ruffling his crimson wings in a mix of annoyance and attention seeking, the brown-eyed boy regarded David and Indari with the restrained excitement of a performer greeting a new audience. Stringing together several babbled ‘words’, Pyrrhus greeted the pair with a subdued smile.
“Another one?” Marcus voiced curiously, pointing toward Indari from where they stood.
“Looks like” Viktor replied, crossing his arms over his chest as he moved toward David and his daughter. This one looked human, which was good; after all the triplets couldn’t very well goad a ‘freak’ child that was younger then themselves.
“Who are you?” Amelia asked as the trio stopped a safe distance from Cyn, words directed toward the man.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:41 pm
David gasped, a little taken aback at having a child thrust into his arms, but held the child anyway. What a rude woman... He mused to himself, observing Cyn through squinted eyes.
Indari eyed Pyrrhus haughtily, and attempted to squirm away from him. She didn't like the excitable-looking child. And wings? Pah, she hated wing-ed things...
"Buh." She voiced her distaste, glaring at the other child and crossing her arms. She furrowed her tiny brows and poked out her bottom lip.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:52 pm
Throwing the last of the shopping into one of the intact bags, having readjusted the uneven weight the incompetent clerk had distributed, Cyn awkwardly stood to her feet; hefting the carriers and her arms before continuing on toward the building.
“Carry him would you” she instructed over her shoulder, caring little for any objections David might voice.
Surprised by the girl’s reaction, but hardly about to be out-acted, Pyrrhus crossed his own arms, narrowed his eyes into a glare, furrowed his brow and pouted in return. “Mmph” the boy huffed angrily.
Clearing his throat to gain the man’s attention, Viktor voiced Amelia’s question in a louder, less polite tone – “Who are you?”. As their guardian began to work toward their apartment block, the triplets began toward slowly backwards in unison, eyes focused on David, his daughter and their brother.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:06 pm
David twisted his mouth downwards in distaste. He decided he didn't like the grumpy pregnant woman ordering him about, but he followed her anyway. He jumped a little, though, when the triplets burst into his bubble of thought.
"D-David..." He stuttered, avoiding the glares of the three. Creepy kids...
Indari growled at the boy. How dare he imitate her? "Ubabuu!" She blabbered at him, balling her tiny hands into fists.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:18 pm
Kicking at the doorframe with her shoed foot, Cyn scowled at the portly manager who waddled over and opened the door; offering him no thanks as she moved inside, and sparing no second glance to ensure that David was following. As far as the ghoul was concerned, he would be doing her a favour if he decided to run off with the monsters.
“Do you like here D-David?” Amelia asked, deliberately stuttering over his name in attempts to mock him.
“Why haven’t we seen you before?” Marcus chimed in, regarding the boy with dark eyes and crossed arms.
“Who is she?” Viktor demanded, pointing toward the growling baby.
Balling his own hands into fists and poking his tongue out toward Indari, directly defying her attempts to intimidate him, Pyrrhus’s expression returned to an annoyed glower.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:23 pm
David's frown deepened at the triplets. Nasty. "I've lived here four years, so yeah I guess...umm, I don't usualy go out and this is Indari." He managed to gasp out, shocking himsel by rememebering all three questions.
Indari didn't like this at all, not at all. Her expression crumpled into a red, upset one, and tears and screams threatened to explode from her any second.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:41 pm
“Where did she come from?” Viktor asked, knowing without question that Indari wasn’t David’s real child. She was like them, only they were better.
“Why don’t you go out?” Amelia enquired curiously, watching the boy expectantly.
“Are you afraid?” Marcus posed, smirking.
Holding his breath to force redness into his own cheeks, panting heavily and gasping for air a moment later; Pyrrhus contorted his lips into a sad frown, scrunching up his face to try and force tears from his own eyes. He would ultimately fail of course, thinking of their mimicry only a game and not something to become upset over.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:47 pm
David gulped. Scary, and demanding. "I found her...and I get tired real easy, and..." he struggled to recall the final question, "Yeah," He said unsurely, not really remembering what he'd been asked.
Indari gasped in horror. He was /imitating/ her! The nerve! "AAAGA!" She screeched, tears welling in her eyes.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:57 pm
“Why do you get tired so easily?” Amelia asked, continuing to move backward toward the door.
“Found her where?” Marcus added, watching Indari with a frown.
“Do we scare you?” Viktor sounded delighted as he posed the question, smiling darkly at David’s gulp.
“ARRGGHHA” Pyrrhus imitated with no less enthusiasm, reaching to prod Indari in the arm with his still fisted hands. The girl was certainly good at coming up with new things to copy, ensuring that the phoenix boy was thoroughly enjoying himself.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:01 pm
David shook his head. "One at a time, please!" He begged. It was getting too much, and he could feel the headache from Indari's earlier tantrum growing. "I found her on my bed, with a note, okay?"
Indari squirmed angrely. Stop it, stop it, STOP IT! She wanted to scream. Instead, she babbled loudly, swinging her fists at the boy.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:13 pm
In unison the triplets snorted in annoyance and disgust, unable to comprehend why he was remember and answer their questions without the need to repeat them.
“Do we scare you?” Viktor repeated, slower this time; ensuring each word was pronounced so that David would hear and understand this time around.
Shooting the man a glare, irritated that he hadn’t answered her, Amelia turned and opened the apartment door to which they had all but backed into.
“You had a note? We didn’t have a note” Marcus murmured aloud, shrugging as he moved inside.
As fists were swung in his direction, Pyrrhus blinked several times in surprise; sensing that pseudo punches weren’t meant in jest. Beating his wings angrily, creating a rapid breeze in the process, the boy growled and kicked toward the girl with his feet; actions baring the same malice as hers.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:18 pm
David looked a little offended at being spoken to in such a way, but nodded, if only to please the boy. "Y-yeah, a little..." He mumbled. "Hey, you two!" He cried out, realising why the babies had been making so much noise.
Indari screeched in anger at the retaliation, and beat at his legs as hard as she could.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:44 pm
“Why do you get tired so easily?” Amelia called from the day, revoicing her earlier question in an impatient tone. Maybe this time his slow mind would be able to comprehend and answer, in turn meaning that Amelia wouldn’t have to repeat herself once more. Tapping her foot idly as she held the door, the toddler shot David a look that silently spoke ‘if you don’t get inside now, I’m closing the door’.
Pyrrhus’s eyes appeared ablaze with anger, testifying to the fiery beast that had graced the scroll from which he had come; an avian like squawk passing his lips as he returned the kicks. He wasn’t about to allow this girl to out-do him under any circumstances.
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