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 Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:00 pm
1st Floor - Yellow Area Check the map in case of doubt of the allowed areas or the description
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:35 pm
--The Laundry Room--
Jizzy hummed a few lines from Phantom of the Opera as she held a large plastic basket in her arms. It was full to the brim with bundled up clothes, some covered in dirt, others in food, and the occasional garment was covered in droplets of blood. There was a large bump in the middle of the basket, which Jizzy didn't really notice.
She reached the laundry room without incident and lay the basket down ontop of the dryer. SHe began to unload the clothes when the lump grew twice in size and yelled "BOOO!" at her.
Jizzy leapt back, clutching her heart, truly scared until she heard chuckled coming from the basket. She remained at a distance from the basket, plotting her next move.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:38 pm
__The Laundry Room
"There. Last of the load."
Crow stuffed in the last article of clothing and slammed the washing machine shut with a triumphant grin. Lenore, nestled in her carrying box on top of one of the dryers, gave a half-interested burble before returning to her battered teething ring. Crow stuck her tongue out at the Mishap, brushing her hair out of her eyes.
"You may think it's not much of an accomplishment, but that's five baskets worth of socks, towels, cloth diapers, and underwear in that machine right now." Crow said mildly, to which Lenore gave a giggle and blew spit bubbles. Lifting Lenore off the dryer and settling her on the floor with a grunt, Crow started up the machine and sat down on the floor, leaning on it. Taking out a book that was tucked into Len's box, she looked around briefly for other guardians before starting to read.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:51 pm
Crow made a funny little "eep!" sound and jumped up, searching for the source of the very loud "BOO!" Looking around in a semi-panic (she had been really quite startled), she spotted Jizzy looking as though she was about to faint from her fright.
So, of course, Crow had to make things worse.
"HEY JIZZY!" she shouted, quite unnecessarily, since the laundry room wasn't really that big.
Lenore glanced up from her teething ring, feeling a far too familiar prickle on the back of her neck, and a faint burning where a rusty red bloodstain marred one of her feathers.
Here we go again, she thought mildly (though since she was a baby, it probably wasn't thought that way).
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:51 pm
Not to far from where Crow was, a battle was raging. Deimos, who had hidden in Jizzy's pile of clothes, had struck the first blow, sending a sock flying at her face. Jizzy retailiated by lunging at the basket and tickling the small child inside. The giggles could be heard a mile away. Deimos flailed against the evil tickles, but to no avail, he even tried throwing some more clothes at Jizzy, but her attack was relentless. Jizzy looked up at Crow's cry and in her moment of distraction was hit with a large bundle of socks, knocking her backwards..
"Hey Crow!"
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:03 pm
Crow winced as Jizzy was hit full on by flying clothing. Grabbing Len''s carrying box and launching herself into a flying leap over the middle row of washers and dryers, she landed neatly on her feet and bounded up to the battling pair. Picking up some of the socks that cluttered the floor and tossing them gently back into the clothes bin, Crow gave a smile and set Lenore on the dryer next to the bin.
"Soooo, how are you?" she asked eagerly. Having not seen another human for nearly a week, Crow was starved for a little girl talk that did not involve trying to teach Len not to scream "Maromi" at one o''clock in the morning.
Lenore looked coolly up into the clothes hamper next to her box, gnawing at the tough rubber teething ring Crow had bought for her off of the computer. Relishing the relief from the constant ache in her gums, she sat up a little to see if Deimos was in fact the happy giggling creature flinging clothing everywhere.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:13 pm
Jizzy pulled the socks out of her face, raising her hands in surrender as Deimos' head popped out from the basket.
"I'm doin really well actually.." She said, despite the fact she was covered in stinky clothes.
Deimos gigles and burbled in triumph! He had both scared mother and caused her to surrender, this was certainly a productive day. As he gave another happy burble, his nose picked up a familiar scent and he wheeled arund int he basket.
"LEN!"
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:22 pm
Crow bit back a laugh as she watched Deimos play around in the clothes hamper. Lenore wasn't nearly as playful... she was a bit too serious for a baby.
"That's good. I'm doing okay, too. Getting used to sleeping during the day so that I can stay up longer with Len," she said, glancing over at her Mishap fondly.
Lenore was prepared for Deimos' attention this time around. Sitting up and looking directly at the other Mishap, she said loudly and clearly,
"Maromi!"
She was very proud of achieving the gift of speech, even though the only word she could say over and over and over was "Maromi". After all, "Lil' Slugger" was a bit too complicated for her. Clamping her jaws firmly onto her teething ring, Lenore grabbed hold of the sides if the clothing hamper and hoisted herself up.
"Maromi?" she ventured, relishing the powerful feeling she achieved from speaking a real word at last.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:34 pm
"Oh, noctural. Deimos just sleeps at odd times, but when he does, at least he sleeps. I tend to just drop dead whenever he does."
Jizzy said with a faint chuckle, now staring to pile the clothes into one of the washers.
"LEN!" Deimos replied eagerly and instead of lifting himself up, he simply knocked over the basket so he tumbled out along with all the other clothes. He crawled towards her and burbled. He wanted to know if she was ok, last time he'd seen her, she'd been hurt for some reason beyond Deimos' knowledge.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:42 pm
"I don't mind her being nocturnal so much now, but I do wish I could see the sun once and a while..." Crow trailed off, looking at her very pale skin. Living indoors and venturing out only when the moon was out was doing a number on her complexion - she was always pale, but not this much. Leaning against the dryer, she glanced over her shoulder at the toppled bin and kept on eye on Lenore, just to make sure she didn't fall.
Lenore didn't tense up, nor did she feel her protective instincts flare up at Deimos' approach. She knew that he meant her no harm - after all, he had cried for help when he had inadvertently injured her, hadn't he? Chewing voraciously on her teething ring, Len simply sat back down in her box and watched Deimos crawl towards her. The bloodstained feather gave a feeble burn that she determinedly ignored, and gave Deimos a little smile.
She was determined to either make friends with this strange little creature and ease her discomfort every time he was near, or find some way to evade him and save her a load of trouble.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:52 pm
Jizzy continued piling clothes into the washer, slamming the door shut and turning the confunded machine on once she was done.
"Well, if you ever need to catch some rays, just gimme a call and I'll bring Deimos along for a playdate inm the garden, that should keep Len up."
Deimos promptly sat himself down near Len and burbled a happy greeting. She seemed ok, and that was good enought for him. He glance at Crow and burbled at her approvingly. She was taking good care of Len.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:04 pm
"How about tomorrow?" Crow asked quickly, already fantasizing about laying out in the sun, maybe doing a little exercise, running around, stretching her magical muscles with a little spell practice she'd been putting off ever since Len started cutting her teeth... feeling slightly encouraged by Deimos' approving look, she clasped her hands together and looked at Jizzy hopefully.
Lenore returned his cheerful greeting with a happy squeal of "Marooooomi!". Playing with her hair with her long fingers, she burbled at Deimos with interest and glanced with only a slight bit of apprehension at his tail. Feeling a familiar sense of discomfort and an urge to protect, Len quickly shifted her gaze. There would be no need to protect anything, she told herself firmly. Deimos isn't going to cause any trouble.
Toying with her hair with one hand and her tail of feathers with the other, Len glanced at Crow. Her guardian was caught up in conversation with Jizzy, so it looked as though she was going to be with Deimos for awhile. Nibbling her lip in thought, Len looked Deimos over. His nice gesture had sort of blown up in his face, and she did feel a little guilty about that. Taking hold on of one her looser tail feathers, Len bit her lip and winced as she plucked it out. Crow had impressed strongly on Lenore that friends liked getting gifts, so what better gift to give than a feather?
"Blitha," Lenore said amiably, holding the feather out to Deimos.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:17 pm
Jizzy smiled at her fellow guardian's anticipation and nodded. "Sure, why not? I'm sure Deimos won't mind, he cries out for Len at random moments in the day, so I take it he likes her."
Deimos gaped for a moment, then took the feather gratefully and placed it in his hair. He burbled cheerfully, turning to the guardians for a moment and pointing at the feather. "LEN!' He exclaimed to them before turning to Len.. He had to give her something back, but what.. He began to look around and his face fell as he found nothing to give to Lenore in return.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:22 pm
"Oh man, thank you!" Crow said excitedly, caught up in daydreams of sun, clouds, and sunburns.
Lenore gave a giggle as she watched Deimos put the feather in his hair. It did give him a rather fetching look...
"D'mos," she said thickly, her tongue bumping clumsily against her new teeth. If he could learn her name, she would have to try her best to learn his.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:37 pm
Jizzy laughed at her exitement.. "You must really miss the sunlight to be this thrilled." She said, watching the clothes now go into the dry cycle.
Deimos' chest swelled up in pride at the sound of his name and he pointed to himself. "Dei!" Then he pointed to Lenore and shouted "Len!". He made a mental note to find something for Lenore later. He'd bug mother till they found something nice.
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