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 Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:54 pm
The previously talkative air in the living room had fallen as Erik looked up at his counterpart sitting at the couch in front of him. They looked, the best comparison would be twins. They ahd the same color eyes, the same color hair, the same facial structure, but at the same time, it was obvious how entriefly different they were..
Scruffy, as Erik had grown to call him as to avoid confusion in his own mind, was jsut that, scruffy. His hair was a bit longer, his face and ahnds a bit roucher, his posture tougher, his build more defined.. Instead of wearing glasses like Erik did, Scruffy wore sunglasses, which Erik had learned were prescription. This hadn;t surprised him.. Him and Scruff were, in essense, the same person.
Sure Scruffy was some sort of Alternate Reality him, but he was him none theless, and while, at lfirst hesitant, worried he had brought Evil!Erik into his dimmention he soon came to realize that Scruffy Erik was jsut that... Scruffy..
"You got any ciggarettes around here?" Scruffy asked, his voice only slightly hoarser than Erik's as his eyes scanned around. He wasn;t that phazed about being dragged into an alternate dimmension, even if his counterpart here seemed rather.. Wimpy..
Erik shook his head. "Sorry.. Even if I did have some, I couldn;t give them too you. I'd be dangeroes to have something flamable inside the house. Not to mention it's unhygenic."
Yup.. He was a wimp alright..
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:04 pm
"Alright, alright" Adian groaned as he ushed the two sugar high kids out of his car. He knew it was a mistake to feed such a large amount of sugar to two five year olds but Adian's guiltly concious made him not care. OF course now he cared when he had Reiha saying things a mile a minute, and having serious mood swings, at least twords him. He felt like by protecting the pair he managed to break though another barrier that surrounded Reiha's heart (and hopefully he wouldn't get assult charges) but that didn't mean that Reiha would actually, you know, be nice to him or anything. Worse of all now he had to dump Berial on Erik which meant Reiha would be pissed 'cause she was alone. Adian wondered if he could talk Erik into watching Reiha again. Then the hyperness would be his problem....No, no. Adian couldn't do that to the poor kid. He geussed Reiha would just have to be his problem.
"No dolphins and whales are mamals" Reiha lectured Berial as they were getting into a slight argument over what a dolphin was. "I read a book on it and everything. Dolphins and whales breath air, just like we do. They also look a little different from fish. Anyway, they're mamamels. They have hair too, only it's hard to see. They can hold their breath for a LONG time to, that's how come they can live in the water"
Somebody shoot me was all Adian could think as he happily rang the door bell for Erik's place.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:12 pm
Erik jumped as the doorbell rung and he twitched slightly.
Scurffy only looked at his counterpart, rolling his eyes and getting to his feet. He was halfway across the living room before Erik snapped abck o his senses.
"What are you doing?" Erik hissed, apparently horrified.
"Getting the door, you idiot. What does it look like I'm doing?" He said, disbelieveing that his counterpart could really be that dumb. Reaching the doorway, he clicked the locks and opened up the door.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:22 pm
"Hey Erik" Adian greated, reaching down as he plucked Berial up and shoved him in his hands, using that gesutre as an excuse to move past him into the house. He was never one to wait paitently for inviatations or such. After all he walked into this house before without so much as knocking they should be happy they got that much out of him "I brought Berial back and..." Adian trailed off as he sat another Erik, he blinked and looked back, instantly noticing the difference between the two. Adian reached over and grabed Berial again, just setting him down now. "Okay...anyone mind explaining the new twin?"
Reiha walked in after Berial, Korbin on her head, a soda that she was still drinking in her hands. Sipping on the cola she looked at Scruff with intrest. Then she looked back to Erik, then back to Scruffy. With nothing more than intrest in her eyes she finally shrugged and turned.
"He's not a whimp like you Erik" Reiha announced walking in then pulled out the crystals. "Look I've been practicing. Elea ie' dome" she said proudly and the crystals alight with a soft glow, she grined up at Erik proudly.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:28 pm
Scruffy laughed at Reiha's words, shutting the door and trudging inside. "Seems like this girl has got you pinned dead on.." He said to Erik.
Erik only flushed. "I.. That's very good Reiha.." He said encouragingly, before looking up at Adian, then at Scruffy. "Uh.. I had a little.." He waved his hands around searching for the proper words he was lookign for. "mishap with some inerdimetional summoning.. Everyone, this is Erik. Erik, this is Adian, his.." He paused, unable to think of a better word. "daughter, Reiha and Berial.. He's mine.."
Scruffy nodded as Erik told his story, and looked over at the people he was jsut introduced to. He glanced at Adian, then Reiha, then Adian again.. "Sorry man, she doesn;t look like you at all.." He said, before his eyes went to Berial and trailed up his arm..
Berial hd been watchign intently at Adian's side, taking things in before he spoke, looking Scruffy dead in the eye.. "You're Scruffy.." He said honestly..
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:36 pm
"No she doesn't" ADian agried, glancing down at Reiha, not even their eye color was the same, he shrugged though, "She's kind of adopted" he told this...Scruffy at Berial called him. Which Adian had to admit seemed to be preety accurate. His hair was longer and he had some dirt on him, and his clothes were cooler. Adian grined, hopefully he'd be more loose than Erik.
"Well lucky b*****d" Adian mentioned to Erik, "You get an easy kid AND now you got a dad for him" Between Erik and Scruffy Erik was definatly more of a mom.
"I know people" Reiha told Scruffy as she sipped her soda and pulled the crystals back to her. She murrmered 'kshonna letting the crystals go dark before she slipped them away, quite happy. "I read the book you gave me too. Do you think you could teach me something else today? Since I'm here?" she asked, turning to look at Scruffy. "Can you do magic too? Is that why you're here? Where do you come from anyway? How come you and Erik aren't the same? Can I see your glasses? Do you need glasses like Erik? Do you think those sunglasses make you look cooler?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:44 pm
"Berial's adopted as well." Erik added in before looking at Reiha, ignroing Adian's words, though his cheeks grew redder.
"Ah. That explains a lot.. You don;t look like you've ever been laid.." He said matter of factly, flopping back down onto the couch.
"Maybe not today.. I.. I used up a lot of magic and I still don;t know if the dimensional rift I made has closed entirely.. It wouldn't be too safe.. M sorry.." He replied, though he was quite pelased at how well she handled the crystals. But he frowned as Reiha flooded Scruffy with qestions. "Reiha.. I don;t know if Erik wants to ans.."
"No, I can't cast magic. I'm here because of this dolt." He amde aquick gesture towards Erik. "I come from Earth. I think the reasons why we aren't the same are pretty obvious. No you can;t see my glasses. Yes I do need them. And no, I don;t think they make me look cooler. I know.." And he said it all jsut as fast as Reiha had asked, before turning to Adian with a cold look. "and I'm not a dad.."
Berial had toddled hisway over to Erik, climbing up and sitting on the teen's lap as he watched the conversation go on. He frowned at Scruffy's non-parenting declaration. If a dad was anything like a Mu, he wouldn;t mind having two..
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:09 pm
Adian's reply to the cold look was a smirk as he rested a hand on Reiha, making sure to avoid Korbin as he didn't feell like ruining how cool he looked by getting attacked by the blasted bird. "Nethir was I" he replied, then moved to flop on the couch. He was content to stay here for a moment, let REiha run off some energy.
Reiha giggled and rolled her eyes at his comment. "I think Erik is cooler" she told him, loyal once a side was chosen, "After all Erik can do magic. I think magic is really cool. I'm going to learn lots of magic and then I'm going to fly. High in the sky. Right Berial?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:17 pm
Scruffy only regarded Adian for a moment, before lookign away. It was his way of backing down and concedidng this small victory (if it had ever really been a competition) to Adian.
Berial nodded vehemently. "Like Korbin." He said, smiling. He ahd faith in Reiha and in Erik. Lookign voer at Scruffy, he smiled at him too. Did that mean he had faith in Scruff as well.
Erik blushed lightly at Reiha's words.. "Thank you, Reiha." He said softly, smiling.
Scurfy rolled his ees, propping his feet up on the table, earning himself a short glower from Erik. "So.. Adian, was it.. You got any cigarettes?" He asked. Erik sighed.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:29 pm
"Don't smoke" he said with a shrug as he streatched out his arms on the couch and crossed his legs. Adian wasn't a big man but he was a long one and because of that he tended to take up a lot of space. Not that he ever cared, Adian loved making a precence. To bad he lacked acting talent he would of made a great side kick actor.
Reiha frowned when she ehard the word ciggerate, looking too the ground as she tried to think why that word made her feel slightly stressed, and made a small tickle apear on the back of her throat. Still she didn't say anything, instead turned to Berial.
"That's right, just like Korbin. And sometimes I'll take you with me"m she turned back to Scruffy. "Berial's my best human friend. Oh and this is Korbin" she pointed to Korbin who still brooded on Reiha's head.
Korbin stared at the human, a mental snort in his head. What ever, was just another weak human. Even if he looked stronger he knew he could take them. The eye glasses would be another but there was plenty of other skin he could attack while trying to get the glasses off.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:34 pm
Scurfy scoffed. "Damn.." He said, upset that wasn;t able to get one.. He had thought Adian maybe, would have had one on him, but to no avail, and who knew how easy it would be to get his hands on some in this world. He's long since concluded (even before Erik ahd told him) that this wasn;t Earth.
Berial frowned. "Smoking's yucky, Scruffy. You shoul'nt do it. It smells bad and makes your teeth falls out and makes your lungs all yuck and the it kills you!" Berial said, impriving a bit from what he'd seen from commecials on tv.
Erik fought a snigger at the way Berial called him Scruffy, but he looked over at him and it died down.
Scruffy seemed nonchalant enough, but he sighed, as if tired and leaned back. "Ya.. I know.." He said simply..
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:41 pm
Adian shrugged and leaned back, letting his eyes close as the rest of the world continued on. IT was such a hastle to drive to Erik's house. If Reiha wasn't such good friends with Berial it wouldn't be worth it. Still eh was trying to get Reiha to sort of tolerate him. Sad in his mind that he was fighting to please a little girl and loosing so horribly.
"Sometimes..." Reiha frowned and looked up at him, "Sometimes you need something to end your life faster" She looked straight at him, as if she was remembering a time when she tried to do that too. "Sometimes you want your lungs to go black. Just so you can leav ethe rest of the world behind. Sometimes you're too scared to do real sucide so you go for the longer method"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:47 pm
Three sets of eyes were immedaitly upon Reiha. Erik's eyes were wide. Berial's slightly frightened. "Reiha.. you shouldn't talk like.." Erik started but was stopped as Sruffy palced a hand on his arm.
Scruffy was looking straight at Reiha, the look on in his eyes showing, just how right Reiha was.. He looked scared, surprised that soemone had so easily read his motives, not to mention that it was a five year old girl.
Erik's eyes went to his counterpart and he seemed to slouch. "But.. wh.."
"You know ******** well, why.." He snapped, leaning back again, breaking eye contact with Reiha.
Erik seemed to shrink even more and his arms went around Berial, giving him a tiny squeeze.. He knew.. They'd talked for a bit before everyones arrival and they'd found out where there lives began to differ..
Berial looked up at Erik, at Scruffy, then at Reiha, shifting in the uncomfortable ai before he voiced his question, softly, and almost scared.. "what's suicide?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:09 pm
"Hey" Adian spoke up in the time of great stress and only had one thing to say, "Not in front of the kids, Scruffy. We're trying to raise moral and up right people here" His words were calmed and ADian didn't scare at Reiha. the words didn't surpise him. Not when he suspected she was horribly abused before he found her, and was far to smart for her age. Of course she would know about sucide and all that. It did make him sad though, but there was nothing he could do but try to make today good enough for her to forget yesterday.
Reiha watched Scruffy, knowing that he was surpised at how much she knew. In all honesty she didn't read him at all. She just...knew what that life felt like. Scared, so scared but so tempted by a blade, or a bullet that you seek, looking for some for of escape, a deadly escape that will eventually kill you because you don't have the courage to do it yourself. Reiha then glanced to look at Berial before she looked to Scruffy again.
"It's a bad thing that really sad people do when they think they have no other choice. But they're wrong. There's always another option. You can't let life beat you. You're have to be stronger than that. You have to win! Life is hard, but you have to be harder." Reiha turned to looked at Berial, and then she smiled, "But you don't have to worry about that. You got friend"
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:14 pm
Scruffy looked about to retirt and say something awefully rude to Adian, when a short pleading glance from Erik silenced him.. Despite all thier differences, they knew one another well.. He leaned back and mumbled a soft "sorry.."
Berial listened to Reiha's explaination and frowned.. Why would Scruffy be so sad that he wanted to bad things like that? Looking over at Scruffy, he noiced how Erik and he shared the same sort of ahunted look in thier eyes.. Had his Mu once been that sad too?
Looking p at Reiha though, he smiled at her last words.. "Reiha doesn;t ahve to worry either.." He said. He'd be there for ehr to make sure she didn;t get sad.
Erik smiled weakly, glad Berial had not pushed on the somber subject of suicide and gave the boy another soft squeeze.
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