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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:00 pm
Shopping, under normal circumstances, was a stressful occasion for Ali. Book shopping was fun, as was video game and movie shopping. Food shopping was a necessary evil and was occasionally even enjoyable, when it included ice cream or chocolate. But clothes shopping was something very different. She had done her shopping for maternity clothes out of necessity, but this whole idea of shopping for her child was completely boggling her logical mind. She, the dateless wonder, was pregnant, and the arrival was... well, far too close for her liking. She felt like she'd swallowed an entire watermelon.
Whole.
She meandered aimlessly through the aisles, wishing that she had jeans that fit her now. She had to go with some comfortable, supportive slacks and a nice shirt which showed off a little more of her enhanced cleavage than she really wanted it to, though that might have been the shy prude in her speaking. She hadn't needed any enhancement in that area, but pregnancy had added extra bulk everywhere. Ugh. At least she didn't have guys hitting on her and staring down her shirt anymore. Well... they did stare, but they didn't make a pass at her. That was the one good thing about having a kid.
After pawing restlessly at a few different outfits, she somehow found herself wandering amongst the clothing racks which held outfits for slightly older infants. While she knew that these were quite a ways off as far as necessity, she couldn't bring herself to face the reality of newborn-sized outfits. It was too scary.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:35 pm
Mistalina walked along the aisle and wrinkled her nose, all the children's clothes seemed so cutesy these days. Not much seemed to suit Nymue, but he did need some new clothes. Perhaps overalls or something simple.
Said infant was in the crook of his mothers arm, with the bulk of his weight resting on her hip. He was awake and looking around somewhat, now that he could see a bit better. His little pointed tail swishing back and forth and his head rested against his mother's chest.
She hadn't noticed the other female until she nearly bumped into her. "Oh, I'm sorry."
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:40 pm
Too pink, too green, too.... eww, that's so wrong. Boys are not supposed to wear dresses! Ali thought, crinkling up her nose at one particularly ghastly outfit. People actually dressed their babies in that?! She looked down at her distended belly and gave it a pat. Sorry, little'un. You might have two socially awkward and completely nerdy parents, but at least we won't make you dress like a freak.
She went back to her distracted browsing, more to avoid the reality of impending doom than to actually search for some necessary clothing. She had just rounded another clothing rack--which, of course, was taller than her by several inches-- when another person appeared in her field of vision, whom she nearly walked into. She gave a startled yelp and stumbled back a step or two, quickly setting her glasses properly on her nose.
"Oh... uhh... n-n-not your fault. I was distracted. I'm sorry. Kind of... not with it today," she stuttered out quickly in apology before being momentarily distracted by the child the woman was balancing on her hip. Hey, that kid was kind of cute... in a devilish sort of way. He had a creepy tail. She shook her head. No, no! Must focus!
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:49 pm
"His name is Nymue. I'm afraid you won't get much out of him he's only a little over a month old." Mistalina looked down at the girl and smiled. "Do you have a child of your own?" She hadn't taken the time to look the girl over just yet and wasn't too sure of her age, or what the proper age of adulthood with humans was for that matter.
Nymue looked at the girl and grinned widely, making a little gurgling noise.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:55 pm
Being a shorter than average person in a society full of... giants, Ali was used to looking up at people. Still, she was momentarily taken aback when she had to crane her head back that far on her already-sore neck to look up at the woman she'd nearly bumped into. Well... now she really felt like a midget. "Ohhh. Well, he's pretty cute anyway," Ali said, waggling her fingers in a wave and grinning at Nymue. Only she could find mildly demonic things cute. She was odd that way. "Nymue... that's a cool name. Haven't heard it before," she commented, more to herself than anything.
She cringed a little at the query. "Errr... yeah, sort of." She looked mournfully down at her obviously swollen belly, poking at it with one finger. "Expecting, anyway. I still think I'm too young for this. This was not what I intended.. to... do. Yeah," she trailed off, sighing loudly. Awkward, much.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:02 pm
"It is an elvish name, that's probably why." Mistalina smiled softly and her own tail swished from side to side lazily and her headwings relaxed slightly. "I didn't think I was really ready for this either..." She looked down at Nymue, "...prepared or not though, you'll still love the little darling that's for sure."
She remembered how much her back had hurt while she carried the boys and felt for this one, who seemed little more than a girl. "Would you care to go sit down somewhere, I saw a bench just around the corner..."
Nymue's eyes followed her hand and he reached out to grab her fingers.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:07 pm
Elvish? Yep, that would explain it. Ali grinned faintly, feeling a bit more at ease with this other... non-human female of some race she couldn't identify. Her scientific brain was curious, as usual, but she opted to be polite and not ask. She saw Nymue grabbing for her hand and moved her fingers within easy grabbing reach. She couldn't couldn't help it; he was too cute.
"Oh, I'm not worried about loving them. That's kind of a given. Randi, I know, is going to love him... her.... him-her... too. It's just... I never figured I'd be a mom this soon," she managed to get out, her brain finally wrapping around the concept. Pleased that pregnancy hadn't totally destroyed her brain (speaking of brains, she had a test tomorrow. DAMN!), her smile widened a bit. "You weren't planning on becoming a mother either?"
At the reference to the bench, Ali looked thoughtful for a split second. "Oh... uhh, no, that's all right. I was sitting in class for most of the day. Standing up is preferable, but thank you."
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:15 pm
"I have an adopted son, whose older, but Nymue....." Mistalina hesitated for a moment. "...and his brother, are my only biological children." She shifted Nymue to her other hip easily. "But, they weren't planned." She smiled softly.
After a moment she looked around. "Where is he...I hope he didn't get lost." She sighed softly.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:21 pm
Ali nodded in understanding. She knew all about not planning things, and while she wanted to inquire how the other female ended up with kids, she wasn't inclined to press the issue. It was a rather personal question, after all. "Nymue has a brother?" she inquired. "A twin?" She had to grin. Twins were so cute, especially when identical!
She raised an eyebrow and shoved her glasses further up her nose, looking a bit confused at the other female's face. "Lost? Your older son?" she asked, glancing about. She hadn't seen any kids when she was moping around the aisles, though her belly might have been getting in the way with that.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:25 pm
"Fraternal twin, named Alendan, he's with the boys other mother. I likely won't see him again for a long time." Mistalina frowned slightly. "My older son and my....housekeeper." She hadn't thought of something better to refer to Demetrius as in public.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:28 pm
Ali immediately shut her mouth and grimaced. Whoops. There she went again, sticking her nose where it didn't need to be... stuck. She was opening her mouth to apologize for intruding upon private matters when the other female elaborated on the missing... people. Two of them? "Ohhh. I didn't see any kids wandering through here before. There were a lot of people a couple aisles down, though."
She belatedly realized that in her stupidity, she had failed to introduce herself. "Oh, uhhh... I'm Ali, by the way. And I'm sorry about almost running into you before. Kinda distracted about... stuff."
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:46 pm
Mistalina listened to her, but didn't look down, she was still looking for Shidiomi and Demetrius. "My name is Mistalina."
A tall man, with dark brown slightly curled hair rounded the corner and spotted her. "Mistress!"
She sighed. "Demetrius, it's 'Mistalina' in public remember?"
A catboy of roughly nine years walked after the tall man. "Momma!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:50 pm
While Ali took a brief second to process the name-- Mistalina, that was an interesting name. Must be elvish too...-- it was apparent she missed out on something. When she came back to reality, she was surprised to note that there were two new members to their happy little group, both of whom were male. After a brief moment of trying to figure out how long she had been lost in thought for, she managed a nervous smile, the smile instantly transforming to a grin at the sigh Mistalina gave. Ah, men. So frustrating.
"Err... hello," she said in a rather pathetic attempt at greeting, nervously shoving her glasses up again.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:17 pm
"My housekeeper, Demetrius, and my son Shidiomi. Shidiomi, Demetrius this is Ali." Mistalina motioned to each of them in turn with her free hand. "Did he managed to find any good clothes, Demetrius?"
"He did..." The persacom paused for a moment, remembering his mistress' last request. "Mistalina. It took some time though."
"Nothing fits right Momma." Shidiomi chimed in, and crossed his arms across his chest, flattening his feline ears slightly and his tail twitching in mild annoyance.
"Of coure not sweetheart, you have a tail afterall, we can fix them properly once we get home." Mistalina smiled and put an arm around the smaller catboy.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:24 pm
Ali nodded to each of the two males in turn, feeling rather like a bobbleheaded animal on a car dashboard as she did. "Hi, Demetrius, Shidiomi," she said, suddenly feeling rather out of place with her ordinary, everyday human name. She made a mental note to not name the unborn child anything that could be construed as ordinary or popular. Creativity was a must.
She gave Shidiomi a sympathetic smile. "Yeah, I know how that feels. I sort of wish I had a tail to blame it on, though," she said, wrinkling up her nose in a faint grimace. Clothes shopping was not exactly high on her list of favorite pasttimes, even before the whole kid issue.
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