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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:23 pm
"No, Twila, not like that!" The toddler snapped at her, snatching the bear away. She'd come home to find her room exactly how she left it (from what she could tell anyway), including her lovely little collection of stuffed bears. Another thing that hadn't changed was her lastest little sister. She was still completely useless.
"This one is Yukito! Yu-ki-to! You're not suppose to play like THAT with this one!" Well, she best show her then. Getting to her feet, the toddler grasped one arm of the bear and ripped it off. Then the other, then both legs, ears, and so on until she threw the remains on the floor.
"Stupid." Stomp.
"Prissy." Stomp.
"Albino." Stomp.
"DUMB STUPID LITTLE FLOWER BOY!" Stomp.
By now, Twila's eyes were twice the size they had been. The tears started, and soon enough the terrified baby burst into shrieks and wails. To no one's surprise, Noyama was knocking on the closed door immediatly after. "Akilah? Twila is sad? Why crying?"
"Uh...she..fell."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:31 pm
Jax had grown.
Dammitdammitdammitdammit this wasn't FAIR! And dammit again for good measure! Lyrus was absolutely furious. His lifelong rival, who also happened to be his (slightly) older brother, was finally one step up again.
First it was that flit. That stupid blue flit that dove and clawed at Lyrus' horn. But the Lamb Sin'aeis, after a bit of pestering Moo, had met that and triumphed! He now had his own flit, a flit that was BIGGER and PRETTIER than Jax's!
Lyrus: 1, Jax: 0.
And Lyrus had always had his dear little cera. That gift from Kilah that he still treasured even though they were fighting. But now Jax had a kitten. Stupid kitten. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the bloody kitten could TALK!
Lyrus: 1, Jax: 1.
So they were even....For a time. And then, overnight, Jax was taller. DAMN HIM. Why had Jax grown!?!?! It wasn't fair, dammit!
Lyrus: 1, Jax: 2.
Game.
Lyrus wouldn't stand for it. And so he had left...with Banda to go to, of all places, Kilah's house. Bronze flit riding on his shoulder, Lyrus shuffled down the sidewalk beside his older brother, mumbling under his breath and occasionally stealing a glance up at the SM. Banda was smoking again. Lyrus thought it looked cool. That little burning stick, and the puffs of smoke and whatnot...Even if it did smell funny and make him a bit dizzy. But he'd never admit it. Once he was old enough, he'd take it up too.
But anywho. Kilah's house....yay?
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:38 pm
During their little 'trip', Gizmo had learned things, too. Most importanly: Flying. He could fly as high, and as much as he wanted now. He wasn't quite big enough to haul Kilah around yet, but one day he would be, and everytime he thought of it his feathers puffed out proudly. 'You're the coolest EVER!' He could already hear her say. He didn't like sharing very much, and Kilah had gathered a lot more creatures that obeyed her every command.
A few moments later, he was pawing at the door. The second Noyama (now holding Twila) opened it, he bolted to Kilah's room, tail wagging happily. "Wark! Wark!"
"Who's here?" Kilah asked flatly, feeling around the floor for all the remains of the bear.
"Wark!"
The toddler paused, snorted, and tossed the pieces down again before proceeding to stomp on what was left of them. "Go close my door. Lock it, too."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:47 pm
And they arrived. Banda lagged back a moment to put out his 'cig' and Lyrus headed straight for the door, pushing it open without even bothering to knock and continuing inside. He knew Noyama wouldn't mind. The toddler continued right for where he remembered Kilah's room to be, nodding politely to Noya when he passed her in the hall, but otherwise not commenting. At the door, he paused and knocked loudly....then yelled without waiting for a response. "Kilah! Open the door, I want to talk to you!"
Banda, meanwhile, was trying to figure out where his charge has vanished to. A quick search of the yard showed no results, and only upong returning to the front did he realizes the door was slightly ajar. He hesitated a moment, then stepped up and peeked inside, opening the door a bit further and glancing around. "Lyrus? Where'd you go..?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:56 pm
Indeed, Noyama didn't mind. She really didn't seem to mind much. She was surprised, though, with the sudden entrance. So much so, it took her a few seconds before she offered uncertainly, "H-hello, Lyrus." Hopefully he'd heard her over Twila's bawling. Was it really okay for toddlers to be running around alone? Mignon had come by herself when Kilah was away. "Oh, Banda." Not much of a greeting, but she was apparently surprised to see him as well.
Kilah had since climbed onto her bed, now laying with her arms tucked behind her. Gizmo sat in the center of the room, head tilting as he stared at the door, then glanced slowly over his shoulder. Wasn't she going to say something?
"Yukito's not here," she snapped finally, aftering deciding that over 'bite me'.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:36 pm
Lyrus had heard Noya's quiet greeting, but didn't much care either way. He was here, and he was pissed, and he wasn't leaving until he and Kilah were on speaking terms again. So there. The toddler waited impatiently outside of Kilah's door for a reply, and merely rolled his eyes when it came, knocking loudly once more before shouting back at her. "Duh. What kind of idiot would look for Yukito at your house? Let me in, Kilah."
Still lacking headphones, it was by pure luck only that Banda 'cause Noya's 'greeting'. He straightened up slightly when he did and flashed a hesitant smile, nodding politely from his position still just outside of the door. "Hey, Noya... Umm, did Lyrus come inside? I can't find him.."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:56 pm
Still couldn't hear, hm? Noyama was obviously dissapointed, and still a bit guilty. "Ah, yes," she offered slowly, motioning with one hand (the other holding Twila of course) down the hall toward Kilah's door, though she never turned away from him. It was hard to remember to talk to someone like this. "Went see Kilah."
Speaking of Kilah, the toddler was now weighing her options. Option 1. Ignore him. That might work at first, but she had a feeling it wouldn't end in him just giving up and leaving. Option 2. Open the door. That one didn't sound very appealing either.
Despite that, a few seconds later Kilah grumbled, "Open the door and go", and Gizmo was more than happy to do so. This was no place he wanted to be with the two of them arguing, thankyouverymuch. So, he nudged the door open and rushed past Lyrus, past Noyama and Banda, and back outdoors.
"What the hell do you want?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:29 pm
"Ahh, alright." Well, that explained it. Rude little runt, not even bothering to wait for him. ...And now was when awkwardness set in. Banda shifted absently, glancing around outside, then simply nudged the door open a bit further and stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. He was silent for a moment longer, then flashed a faint grin, cocking his head at her. "So...How've you been? It's been...a while."
The faintest of grins appeared at Lyrus' lips as the door opened, but it faded abruptly as Gizmo went rushing past. He quickly stepped out of the way to avoid the little creature, scowl only deepening as sthe movement disturbed the young flit resting on his shoulder, who shrieked loudly in annoyance and hissed after Gizmo until Lyrus managed to calm him a short while later.
Still scowling, the toddler walked into Kilah's room and over to the bed, immediately sitting on the edge without bothering to ask permission. "I came to show up my flit. And rant about how Jax is taller than me now."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:39 pm
"Uh..." Awkward didn't begin to explain it if you were to ask Noyama. "I..uh..very good, and Friend Banda?" She didn't use those little titles so much anymore, Kilah had noticed when she was nervous she tended to use them more. It also amazed her how she was starting to fit in just a tiny bit more everyday, but her English failed to improve. The toddler had asked her if she spoke that way on purpose, and was quite annoyed when Noyama laughed and didn't answer.
Had it been anyone but him (and Mignon), Kilah would've kicked them (or tried to) and hoped it hurt. But even mad at him, Lyrus was still Lyrus. "I don't care." Glaring in his general direction, she rolled over to face the wall her bed had been propped against. "You can't 'show' me anything. You can only 'show' stuff to people who can see. So, go bother someone who can."
Absently, she reached up and rubbed her nose. She missed the nose ring her friend Morty had put there. He'd told her not to take it out, but she couldn't do to much to keep it there when her head was being held under water now could she? It left a lovely hole in her nose behind, though, and she was surprised Noyama hadn't asked about it. "Go away. Rant to one of your friends."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:04 pm
"Same stuff..." Banda shrugged absently, automatically averting his eyes...despite the fact that he had no idea if she were speaking or not while looking away. Ahh, nerves, nerves.... Why was he suddenly nervous? It was only Noya, there was no reason for him to be...Damn, he could really go for a...cig about now. Blasted nerves. "Different day. Lyrus got fed up with our brother and dragged me over so he could visit Kilah.."
"You don't have to see to be shown something." Girls were stupid. Lyrus would stand firmly by this thought for the rest of his life. "And you are my friend, whether you like it or not, so shut up and hear me out. Or else I'll sic Vin on Gizmo."
The bronze flit in question chirped hopefully at the sound of his name, though the little creature was still far to young to have the faintest idea what Lyrus was talking about. All he knew was that his bond was rather annoyed...And any way he could un-annoy him would be good! So best to be happy. Yay for happy.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:18 pm
"Mm..." Well, this was...nice. In that extremely awkward, very uncomfortable sort of way. It was fair though, wasn't it? Her sister had made him deaf (again) after all. "Uh..." After several attempts to say something, she finally gave up.
"If they tried to drown him too, I don't think whatever you've got is gonna scare 'em..." Kilah muttered it, but she seemed doubtful. Gizmo was a fire griff, for all she knew water might kill him. Besides, he'd acted happy enough when she'd found him again and brought him back. Speaking of...
"I brought you something. You and Mignon. It's over there." Blind or not, she knew her own room pretty good. Not really seeming to care if he went to see or not, she lifted a hand and waved it toward the closet to their left. After which, she went quiet, obviously expecting him to start talking about what was so important.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:40 pm
Lalalala.... Silence. Actually, Banda was used to silence. But silence when he knew someone should be speaking, whether he could really hear it or not, was something completely different. He wracked his brain for some topic of discussion, and when that didn't work, turned his eyes back to Noya...though only to see that she was silent as well. Well darn. "Um... I'll just, ah.. Wait outside for Lyrus, then. Tell him where I am whenever he comes out, would you? And, ah, sorry for disturbing you." He turned for the door.
"Vin's too little to do much damage, anyway," Lyrus replied somewhat sulkily. The flit chirped once more. Whoohoo, it had a name and bond kept saying it! Yay! The toddler glanced over to the closet with her wave, debated, quickly lost to curiosity and jumped down form the bed, heading over while speaking. "Jax grew up a few days back. He's a child now an' bein' a real butt about it, but Moo likes him more so she won't believe me. What'd you get me?" he asked, in an abrupt change of subject.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:00 pm
Noyama nodded her head long before she seemed to register what he was saying. She did quickly enough though, even if it was just barely, and despite the fact he was facing the other way and couldn't hear her, "B-Banda!" In the blink of an eye, she had somehow gotten to the door before him, still looking down but finally seemed to have something to say. "I-" Her words cut off as her nose suddenly wrinkled back and her hand shot up to cover it. Didn't cover her mouth, though, and she seemed very dissaproving. "Banda, should not do that!" That being smoking. Lucky did 'that' too. 'That' was bad.
"Likes you more?" Hm, that was interesting. Noyama had told her many times she liked all of them equally, but she had to wander. Sango was probably her favorite, since she...you know, behaved and didn't threaten to kill people. "I don't know if you'll like it," she admitted hesitantly. "I heard boys don't like that stuff, but Lucky said that's...stair-eee-oo-type or something."
'That' was refering to smoking and 'it' refered to a flower. Not just any flower, mind you, but a rose. A purple rose. It wasn't planted, but somehow managed to stay alive. A familiar shade, too, exact (or almost exact) color of Noyama's hair.
Since he hadn't said anything yet, it prodded Kilah to continue. "I met some kids on the island while I was there, and they told me those were really pretty and hard to find. There's one for Mignon, too, and..um..." Jeesh, this was embarassing. And she'd really, really wanted to kill those things too.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:26 pm
Banda was reaching for the doorknob when Noya darted in to block his exit. He blinked and let his hand fall, quirking a brow, but winced slightly with her words and expression. She didn't even need to explain what 'that' was. That was the same expression Moo made before she yelled at him about smoking. ...Great. "Please don't start that, Noya. I get enough of it from my mum.."
"Likes him more." Lyrus replied automatically. And it was true, too. Just 'cause Jax was older and had hair and a talking cat. Yeah. That's why. Stupid Moo. At the sight of the strange rose, however, he brightened considerably, eyeing the flower. "I like roses. I make glass ones, remember? I've never seen a purple one before, though... Thanks, Kilah! I'll take good care of it, promise."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:33 pm
Noyama frowned, lowering her hand. Had he been able to hear her, her tone wouldn't have sounded like one who was scolding, but rather worried. It was true, she had a lot to learn but the great, big world of Gaia, but she'd made certain to know all it's dangers first thing. Everything from sunburns to serious illnesses to stuff like this. "Mm..." And there was that awkwardness again.
Actually, Kilah had forgotten. She'd forgotten a lot. And, honestly, she had been worried they'd forget too. Forget her, that is. Since Mignon had Aard and Lyrus had Yukito. With the thought of Mignon, she cringed, grumbling something before speaking more loudly. "Lyrus, if I went away for ever, you'd be able to help Mignon alone, right?"
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