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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 2:01 pm
Fre was desperate. Arlie, her pride and joy, had hardly ever been socialized and now that she was a toddler she was worried for the child's well-being. It was amazing that they hadn't run into too many toddlers on the island yet and it was a little disheartening. The worst part was that Arlie had hardly seen her sister Dyas since Fre moved out of the cave.
It was late for them to be going out, but Arlie had always liked the night and so she figured it would be alright. In the dirt next to the lake was a torch burning brightly in the dark and Arlie was splashing around in the cool water.
It was cold! But it was fun! Arlie splashed around, kicking and giggling in the cold pond.
Her momma was holding her tightly so she didn't crawl off, but she really wanted to explore the rest of the big water. She struggled a little bit to break free but gave up after her mother tightened her grip. All she wanted was to have fun and not get in trouble.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:23 pm
Azure was wandering around somewhere close to the lake. His walk was more balanced now then the wobbly gait of his toddlerhood. It was awfully dark outside this night and Azure was kind of frightened. His small blue body shivering was a visible sign of this fear. Off in the distance some Azure could see the small glowing light coming off the torch, only he didn't know it was from the torch. "What that...?" Azure asked as he moved closer to the source of light. As he moved closer he could hear the splashing of water. Azure tilted his head slightly to the side trying to let his eyes adjust to the darkness. "Who's there?" Azure finally was close enough to be able to identify the two that were at the lake. "Who are yous?" He questioned Fre and Arlie.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:07 pm
Fre hadn't heard the rusting of the bushes and other such noises over the sound of Arlie's happy laughter and splashing. It was a complete shock to the young mothers heart when the blue child appeared out of nowhere and began questioning her. All she could do for a minute was stop and stare at the blue boy before words caught up with her.
"What are you doing out here all alone?" she asked the boy, letting her grip on Arlie loosen.
It was blue! Arlie tightly clung to her mother as she stared at the strange blue thing. Where did it come from and why was mommy talking to it? Arlie hid her face in her mother's arm, frightened by the boy's sudden appearance.
"Mama," she whined into her arm, "no like!"
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:28 pm
Azure shrugged his shoulders largely. "I don't know what I doing. I just was going." Azure smiled up at the older pae. Azure liked a change of scenery every once in a while, it made things new and interesting and most of all fun. Azure looked around for the light source he had spotted earlier. He had almost entirely forgot why he had started going that way in the first place. "What's that?" Azure pointed at the torch. Azure saw the toddler that was with Fre for only a moment before Arlie buried her head. He had also heard what she said. Azure's lower lip trembled slightly as he sat down, looking at the toddler. He had never been not liked before from what he could remember. "Why not?" he asked Arlie.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:47 pm
The boy seemed nice enough if not a little strange. Walking alone without his mother? It was just odd. Then again Fre herself had done the same thing when she was a child so she really couldn't judge him.
She peered down at Arlie who was still buried in her mother's arm. An idea struck her at that moment and Fre picked up the little purple pae. The girl squirmed in her arms, but she was forced to look at the little blue boy even though she was still trying to cover her eyes with her hands.
"This is Arlie," Fre said gently. "She's a bit shy."
What was mommy doing! She didn't want to meet anyone! Arlie held her hands over her eyes and refused to look at the blue pae. Maybe if he wasn't there she wouldn't have to deal with him. No such luck however, because as she peered through her fingers he was still there.
"No!" she protested when her mother introduced her. "Scary!"
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:23 pm
Azure looked at the toddler, he could barely see what color she was with the torch flickering. It didn't seem recognizable anyways. "What color are you Arlie?" Azure asked curiously as he watched her. "I'm blue, but that's not my name. My name is Azure." He corrected himself because it seemed as if he was introducing himself as blue. "Why is Arlie shy?" Azure asked. So many questions, they didn't seem to cease with is gaining of age. They only increased because he now had the words to ask the questions. "Does she know how to play?" Azure took his gaze off the toddler girl to look at Fre. "Scary? Where?" Azure looked around trying to find what was scary. He didn't realize she meant him, but he thought he knew exactly what was scary. "Oh, I'm scared of the dark too." He explained to Arlie.
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:48 am
The boy sure did have a lot of questions. It reminded her a lot of Birthday and probably what Raken would've been like as a kid. Fre smiled and hoped that one day her daughter would ask all these questions too.
"Arlie doesn't have a lot of friends," she explained, slowly removing Arlie's hands from her eyes. "She knows how to play she just gets embarrassed."
Finally Fre had wrestled Arlie's hands away from her eyes. The shining purple and silver eyes looked at Azure and she almost began crying. Fre patted the little girl's head trying to relax her.
No fair! Not at all! Now there was no way for her not to have to talk to someone new. Her cheeks turned a bright pink and flustered while she tried desperately not to look at him.
"Like dark," Arlie said. "Not pae!"
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:20 pm
Azure looked from Fre to Arlie. "No friends? How come." He stared at Arlie and flashed her a big, white smile even though she didn't seem as pleased as he was to meet someone new. "I can be your friend." He suggested. "I likes new friends." Azure scooted closer to the water and placed his hand in the water, watching the ripples come off of it. He had liked the water ever since he had first met it. It was so much fun to play and splash in. "You like dark?" Azure stared at the toddler his own eyes wide and ignited by the light coming off of the torch. "But its so scary and... dark... wow, you is really, really, really Brave! I wish I was as brave as you. But the dark scareds me ." Azure explained to Fre and Arlie.
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 1:58 pm
"No!" Arlie screamed, struggling to turn around.
She didn't want to be friends with anyone! She liked mama, and papa, and Dyas and she didn't need anyone else! Why couldn't mama understand that. Tears started to form in the child's eyes and she began sniffling.
Gently Fre scooped up the upset child and rocked her. The poor child needed needed to get out more and spend less time with her family. It was difficult for her to do that to her child.
Slowly, as Arlie clung tightly to her mother, eyes shut, Fre placed the girl next to the little blue boy. At the sound of the splashing Arlie slowly opened her eyes and watched the little boy. A smile slowly came to her mother's face.
Arlie watched curiously as Azure splashed lightly in the water. She liked to do that too and for some reason she couldn't figure out weither to be upset that someone else was doing it to or if she was happy about it. It wasn't until he spoke to her that she was really paying attention.
"Not brave," she said off-handedly. "Pretty."
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:32 pm
The gaze of Azure moved to the water as he sighed a little bit. It seemed this girl didn't want to be his friend. Azure was really not used to this. He wasn't sure how to really react to it. "Well I don't need anymore friends anyways..." he pouted. "I gots plenty." That was his first instinct on how to react, he turned away from the girl entirely and continued to splash in the water. "S'not pretty. There can be stuff hiding in the dark. Scary stuff that like to eat us kids. I don't want to be eated one bit." Azure assured the girl. Even though he was upset she didn't want to be his friend, he still was going to talk to her. Azure moved even closer to the water until he was in it up to his waist while he sat down. He was glad that Fre was there, she could probably save him if anything tried to pull him under.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:55 pm
Feeling that the time was right, Fre placed the little girl in the water and got up to move away. She went over to the little torch where there was a small little picnic basket. From out of the basket she pulled and apple and watched the two interact.
Arlie hardly even noticed when her mother had left. She was contentedly splashing in the water next to Azure. A shy grin was on her face as she sat close to him, trying to talk to him. It was odd for the young girl and she felt very insecure without her mother there but he wasn't scary like the others.
"No monsters," she commented, "they're okay. They friendly."
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:03 pm
Azure smiled happily, he was so glad that Arlie seemed to like him now. At least a little bit. Azure didn't stop splashing the water because it seemed that was what made Arlie deceide he was an okay pae. "You like playing in water Arlie? I like playing in water, it is fun. I'm a lot bigger now so I can go deeper in water." Azure was just talking to her and find out what type of things she liked to play. "Monsters are friendly?" Azure asked her, he didn't care that she was younger, he still believed her. "I saw'd this dark shadow thing once, and it didn't seem friendly. I think it wanted to eat me." Azure moved back to where it was shallower so Arlie wouldn't go out to deep with him.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:29 am
Arlie had stopped splashing a few minutes ago but continued to watch Azure. She wanted to go out deep in the water too! Mommy had promised that she would teach her how to swim but it got put off because of the ribbon thing.
"Just playing. Mommy said she teach me to swim!" she told him, sounding excited as she swirled her fingers in the water.
Then the talk turned to night-time monsters and she smiled. "Not scary. Daddy makes shadows to but they nice. All they want is to play."
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:21 pm
"I do not know how to swim." Azure began to explain. "But I know how to walk in the water, I don't think it is the same though." Azure pondered for a moment how it was possible for someone else to teach swimming. "Maybe I can learn too, who will teach me?" Azure thought outloud, he didn't have a mom to teach him like Arlie did. "Do you know how to walk?" Azure asked Arlie. "Maybe you go deeper if you walk in deep." Azure suggested.
He had never thought about shadows wanting to play with him only that they would like to swallow him whole and eat him. The thought that they could be friendly seemed odd to Azure, but he did not doubt what she said. "I will play with next shadow I see then."
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:35 pm
Arlie nodded as he spoke. She wasn't too sure that just walking out into the water was safe since her mommy had taught her that it was better to float. Even though she still couldn't really swim she was a master at floating on her back.
"Can walk," she said, giggling and standing up. "Isn't it not safe to walk in water?"
She clapped her hands as he stated to her that he'd play with the next shadow he met. They really were friendly things and she wished that more people would play with them; they weren't scary they were just lonely. At least that's what daddy had been telling her.
"Yay! They get lonely too; needs friends too."
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