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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:49 pm
"Are we there yet Melvin?" Tai whined from the back seat of the limo, moving to the window where she looked outside. She didn't really remember what the outside of Divinity looked liked even though she was there just a few days ago.
In retrospec giving an already hyper girl a caffinated soda most likely wasn't the smart idea, Melvin realized and sent one sad look to the driver who merely nodded quietly. Melvin smiled and turned back to see Tai with her head out the window feeling the rush of air.
"Oh! Tai no!" Melvin called out, pulling her back suddenly and causing the girl to hit her head on reentrence. Worse as he pulled his hand from her shoulders he saw more bruises.
Tai was loving the rush of wind till her guardian tugged her back in forcing two explosions of pain, one on her shoulders and the other on the back of her head. Unlike in the Divinity she had nothing to distract her from her pain so this time she just screwed up her face and started to cry.
"It hu-hu-hurts!" she sobbed, big fat tears rolling down her face. "Melvin it hurts."
Melvin's heart, and stomach, twisted at the sound of Tai's tears and he reached out, pulling her closer to him as he rocked her softly. He learned quickly that Tai's sesitivity was normally what lead her to such tears, but it was also what calmed her down.
"Shhhh, shhhh, Tai." he murrmered, just holding the girl to him softly, "We're almost to Divinty okay? You're gonna meet some new friends and you don't want to do that with red eyes do you?"
"No." Tai pouted but snifted as the tears slowed down. "but it hurt Melvin. Why did you have to tug so hard? I would have come inside. I just watned to feel the wind was all."
"I'm sorry Tai, I didn't mean to hurt you." Melvin quickly apologized as the car pulled to a stop, "but you could have gotten hurt, I was just worried. Come now, we're here, how about we go inside and make some new friends?" Melvin asked as he reached over to open the door for his little girl.
Tai snifted a few times and crawled out, "Okay..." she agreed slowly, she did want to meet new people. She rubbed her eyes, then whiped off her nose and snifted deeply. Melvin took her hand, a common practice between the two, and they walked together to the door, by the time the Sylph and guardian steped though the door Tai was smiling once again.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:08 pm
As the two made their way to the door, another black car pulled up behind the limo. A very well-dressed driver exited and opened one of the back doors to reveal two very large, booted feet.
"Sir, we're here."
There was a loud snort as Dmitriev woke up in mid-snore. "Wha--?"
The assignment he'd just finished left him completely devoid of energy, and therefore he allowed himself to spread out across the backseat for a nap during the two hour drive back to the compound. Fortunately the driver was used to this procedure, and always remembered not to open the door Dmitriev's head rested against. It only took one time to get that across.
He rubbed his eyes. Dammit, the ride was too short. "Alright, I'm getting out."
Though it took a moment, he managed to get himself up and out of the car. He blinked at the limo. Were they expecting important visitors today? He couldn't think of any off the top of his head. Weird.
Still groggy, he slowly lumbered his way to the door. He hoped Nikita was there. The other man was so much fun to pester after a job. It always reminded him that there were easy pleasures in life that didn't require him to put his life on the line.
With a giant yawn he burst through the door. "Nikita, you in here?"
((Just to be clear, he's only about 15 seconds or so behind Mel and Tai, so hopefully they're still in the room :3 ))
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:45 pm
Melvin was a little lost as they looked around. He hadn't ever been father than the front room, so he really wasn't sure where to go from here. He had hoped that Nikita, or at least Rodya would be there to guide him. Tai of course was already distracted by the many objects that weren't off limit to touch, like all the knick knacks at their home was.
Melvin glanced down the hallway and wondered if that was the right way or the wrong way. Maybe he wasn't allowed down there, but maybe that was the way to the guaridan quaters. He wanted Tai to have a chance to make some real friends.
Then the bear walked in.
Tai turned when she heard the booming voice and the slam of the door. Her bright blue eyes went wide as she looked over the large man. He was taller than anyone she ever seen. Even Mrs. Reynolds, who was super duper tall! He was big too, all over, and kind of hulked and groweled and...
"You're Dmitriev!" Tai called out suddenly, pointing to the man, glad to know that she figured him out so quickly. "Mr. Rod-ee-a told me all about you!" she grined happily and then as was her way rushed forward to give him a hug too, mostly just because he was someone she heard of and he was here, in exsitence. "I wanted to meet you."
Melvin had a far different reaction. He jumped when Demitriev came in, and cowarded down though he wished Nikitia was there too. he liked that young man, he was calm and shy and easy to talk too. Just like Melvin. How ever as the young teen reconized the bear man just as quickly as Tai he just felt his face pale as Tai rushed up to touch him.
He yearned to rush out and grab her but was afraid he'd take that the wrong way. He just didn't want his Tai to get hurt.
"Tai...um...Tai, you shouldn't hug people you don't know." Melvin said weakly to his charge, who merely giggled in responce.
"Silly Melvin, we know him. Rod-ee-a told us about him. Demitriev. Wow that name is hard to say. Can I call you Demi?" she asked the large man, whom she was still hugging.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:31 pm
When he entered the door, it became quite apparent that Nikita was not there. Instead there was a very not-Nikita young man and a girl. Were they supposed to be there? Before he could react, there was a flash of purple as the girl basically threw herself at him, even though she only came up to the very bottom of his waist.
"What the--?"
Rodya. Well that made a little more sense. That little b*****d...
At least he now knew that the girl was a Sylph, and therefore allowed to be there. His back hurt too much from the 'job' he just finished to bother throwing people out.
Dmitriev threw a look at Melvin that was a mix between glaring and confused amusement, as if he couldn't decide whether to be angry or flattered by this show of affection.
"Do you think you could remove your offspring?" he raised an eyebrow. Sylph, child. Same thing. Either way this kid seemed way too young to be taking care of anything. Looking back down at the little girl, he tried to give a friendly smile. It looked more like a wolf trying to smile at a sheep before he pounced on it.
"I only let my lovers call me that," he replied, not caring that the girl probably didn't have a clue what he was talking about. Or that her guardian might be mortified that he was bringing up such a topic so soon in her young life. "Call me when you've hit puberty, then I'll let you hug me all you want. But I'm very curious to know what my good-for-nothing Rodya has told you about me."
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:44 pm
Melvin almost fell over his own feet trying get to Tai. Possibly bruising or not he wanted his kid away from that man, especailly after what he said. Melvin was already blushing deeply at what he was implying as the first trickle of rage touched him. Did he really mean what he said? that he'd sleep with Tai? He was far to old to do those things with a girl! He should still to women his own age.
Luckily for Melvin's glass jaw he was to much of a coward to pick a fight over something that Demitriev proably never meant. He was just saying it to make Tai back off. Still Melvin swore he'd never leave Tai alone in a room with that man, just incase. Rodya didn't seem to like him much and he was really big, he could force Tai very easily, especially since Tai would proably do half of it herself just out of innocence.
Tai on the other hand let go the moment that Demi (and he would now be known as) mentioned he didn't like the hug. She didn't move away or anything though, even as Melvin tugged. She just grined up at him and tilted her head to the side at how he talked.
"Lover." she said the word slowly, then grined. It must be someone who loved him! "Is Rod-ee-a one of your lovers?" Tai asked, "He said that you were tall and looked like a bear. Which is true." Tai nodded, unable to pick up the anoyenece that was in ether man's voice. "I like the way you look." she added, "You're taller than everyone! I bet that's cool. I'm small, it's kinda anoying. Can you reach things from the top shelf? I tried once but I fell down, it really hurt." Tai's face fell in the memory of the pain and she snifted once, almost ready to cry again.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:56 pm
Dmitriev saw the young man blushing as he tried to pull his daughter away, and his grin turned into a mischievous smirk. Obviously he struck some sort of nerve there, though he only half meant what he said. If any of the Sylphs ended up being hot babes--and willing--who was he to deny them a good time?
However, at the next mention of Rodya he gave out a huge guffaw. Oh, the innocence of children. "Hah! Little lady, it seems like someone needs to educate you no matters of making love. Rodya's the furthest thing from being my lover. He's not a woman, first of all."
At least Rodya hadn't said much. The last thing he needed was for that a** going around telling everyone what a terrible man he was, which he was no doubt doing. How was he going to hit on any female guardians if they all thought he was some horrible, child-abusing monster? But really, he did have to work with these people, and it was a little easier when they weren't trying to lecture, berate, or call the police on him.
At the next string of questions--which never seemed to end--he looked back at Melvin. "Does she have an off button?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:26 pm
Melvin blushed a deep red when he spoke so canidly about...um...well adult realtionships. He paused and saw that Tai would not be moving so he did one of the bravest things he ever done in his life. Stood a few steps behind Tai, ready to grab her incase Dmitriev lost his temper or this conversation went south.
Though Melvin was clearly the most uncomfortable one here. Tai was chatting on without care or worry. In fact all the little traits that seemed to terrify Melvin just made Tai more interested. She was such an odd girl though.
Melvin jumped when Dmitriev spoke to him again. "Um...well...no. Not one that I've found." he admited, blushing again, just because someone was speaking to him.
Tai just giggled at Melvin's every changing face color and turned back to Demi. She loved nicknames and his name was so hard to say, besides, then he'd always know it was her, right?
"So do lovers have to be girls?" she asked, tilting her head to the side, mildly confused about the whole thing. "And what's 'making love?"
"I...um...Tai." Melvin spoke up, "How about I answer that question...later...when we get home." he proposed, blushing even deeper now.
"Okay Melvin, if you say so." Tai glanced back to Demi. "Melvin's funny huh? His face is always changing color." she giggled to herself and then the questions started again, "So what do you do here? How do you know Rod-ee-a? Do you want to play? I know lots of fun games! Melvin taught me them."
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:47 pm
Dmitriev quietly studied Melvin while pretending to pay attention to the little girl. Easily flustered, socially awkward--at least from what he was displaying now, and obviously somewhat of a prude. Sort of like Nikita. At least that meant he'd have another doormat to harass when he felt like being particularly irritating.
"I have movies all about 'making love' back at my place," his wolfish grin got wider, if that were even possible. This was way too much fun. "If you drop by sometime maybe I'll show you."
Like a little girl could comprehend porn anyway. Just so long as she didn't want to experiment on boys before she grew into a teenager, it wouldn't do that much harm...right?
At the next bombardment of questions, he rubbed his forehead. The girl was starting to give him a headache. He was already sore from the assignment he'd just finished, and now this girl was interrogating him like some criminal. When she was done, he knelt down on one knee to--putting him at eye level with her--put both hands on her shoulders, and stared at her with his gray eyes.
"Yes, Melvin is funny. I'm basically the security around here. I'm Rodya's guardian. No, I don't want to play. Please stop asking me so many questions."
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:57 pm
Melvin steped forward now, traped somewhere inbetween pure embaressment and utter rage at what he was implying. "I don't think so. Those movies would be bad for Tai." he said softly, a rare firm tone under his fear and embaressment. He was a doormat, but he was a loyal doormat and he truely cared for Tai. He'd do anything to make sure that she remained happy and innocent like she was today.
Tai glanced at Melvin a bit surpised. She never seen him be serious before. It was a bit odd, she shrugged it off though. She loved movies but if Melvin said they were bad then they were bad.
"I geuss I can't watch them, sorry." she apologized polietely then smiled as he lowered himself to look into her eyes, she liked being on this level she felt less small. He was so big when she was standing up straight, "Why?" she asked in refrence to the questions and struggled to keep the rest back, she was dying to know more. Did he beat up bad guys? what was Rod-ee-a like at her age? Why didn't he want to play? Why were the movies bad? Did he like her? Did he like Melvin? Did he know his way around here? Did he know other kids?
Well the list went on questions poped in and out of her mind so fast it was hard to keep track of them. They were bursting to come out but young Sylph kept it inside, not willing to upset her new friend, Demi.
"I'm sorry." she admended her why question quickly, looking down, "I don't mean to bother. Mrs. Reynolds says I should learn to keep my mouth shut. that children are to be seen, not heard but I don't get why." she admited.
Melvin relaxed a bit as he looked at Tai sadly. His mother did not like the girl and already it was showing. He reached out, gently touching her shoulder in a gentle massage. "It's okay to be heard most of the time Tai. Just sometimes too many questions can give someone a headache. You make people feel like they should have studied."
"For what?" Tai asked confused, looking over at Melvin, her sad little spell over just as quickly as it came. Then looked back to Demi. "I'm sorry Demi, I didn't mean to make you feel like you should have studied. You're just interesting I think. The most interesting guy I know. Melvin is the sweetest, and Rod-ee-a is the most fun!" Tai seemed to not be perfect with titles.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:37 pm
After the exchange between the small girl and her guardian, Dmitriev stood back up. Finally, now the questions would stop attacking him like an interrogation. Well, looking on the bright side, at least it was a little girl questioning him rather than large men in suits with beating sticks. Those situations were never fun, and always took him weeks to heal everything afterward.
"I accept your apology," he sighed, rubbing his forehead, the aches and pains from today's assignment creeping up on him. He'd be lucky if he could move his legs tomorrow without excruciating pain. If only he'd worked on those squat exercises, this wouldn't hurt so much. "Though I don't know what impostor was impersonating my Sylph. Rodya's the furthest thing from fun, the stupid wet blanket that he is."
He yawned, which more or less sounded something like a tired roar. Blinking at Melvin, he asked,"Am I needed? I've got a bed waiting for me to collapse onto it, which I'd really like to go do now."
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:32 pm
"Stupid is a mean word." Tai lectured with a pout, looking up at the man with mildly disapointed eyes, as if she expected more from the man but accepted otherwise. It was the look that never failed to make Melvin feel like crap but Melvin was always trying to please everyone. She didn't really expect Demi to care, but still, it was a mean thing to say about his own son. " And he was funny! Like one time he triped and his glasses fell so he just stayed there on the floor. I would have laughed and laughed but I was afraid he was hurt, he wasnt and I found his glasses for him." Tai smiled as she remembered the story and giggled when she remembered how funny Rod-ee-a was acting.
"Tai...how about you just say good night to Mr. um...Dmitreiv?" Melvin didn't know last names so he'd just have to use first, though the improper standed made him blush. Tai might feel comfortable nick nameing people left and right but he didn't. He prefered to keep it professional untill someone tells him otherwise. He glanced down to Tai, moving a bit closer to her, wanting to pretct her from Dmitreiv's still unperditcable mood. Though he didn't seem like he wanted to kill Tai on sight. "He's very tired and proably would like to go to bed. And...um...Mr. Dmitreiv? If you could just...show us where the other kids and apartments are? That be...really helpful. I wanted to take Tai to meet some of the other Sylphs." Melvin explained, blushing a bit more.
"Are you going to bed Demi? But it's the middle of the day. Are you allowed to do that?" Tai seemed amazed. At the manor if she tried to do anything it was wrong. It was amazing that he didn't seem to have to worry about that. Was that what it meant to get older? You weren't wrong in everything? But Melvin was older and he was still scrurring around...maybe you had to be all the way grown up. Then you wouldn't be wrong in everything you did. Demi, Tai decided, was going to be her goal when she grew up. To be strong and right like Demi was. "Sweet dreams Demi, I hope you sleep really well!" she bid, moving closer for yet another tight loving hug as she nuzzled into his stomach a bit before steping back and smiling at him. "Can I talk to you again sometime?"
Melvin paled when tai moved forward but now just watched helplessly. Tai was going to do what Tai did, and he just couldn't stop those easy displays of affection, how could he? They weren't dangerous or mean or anything just sweet and kind, just like Tai.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:30 pm
Dmitriev blinked again as the little girl seemed determined to defend his Sylph. Had he been present during the loss of the glasses, he would have probably laughed and then kept the eyewear out of Rodya's reach until it ceased to amuse him or his Sylph was close to tears. "Clearly, you do not know Rodya very well. Maybe you caught him on a good day."
He turned to Melvin at the mention of other Sylphs, and sighed. For some reason he felt like being somewhat nice to these people. Maybe it was the little Sylph. "You might as well follow me toward the apartment buildings. I'm in building A, but I think there are some other Sylphs in buildings B and C. I haven't memorized where just yet, but I bet if you knock on some doors eventually you'll find an occupied one."
Cue another onslaught of questions from Tai. At least this time he seemed to be able to answer without having a massive headache. "Yes, I'm allowed to do that. Old people like me need naps in the middle of the day."
Well, if 'old people' meant 'enforcers who spend all their time risking their lives' then yeah, that was a very accurate statement. He grunted at the hug, and while he didn't return it, it wasn't like he could do anything to stop her. She just launched herself at him like he was a giant stuffed animal.
"Maybe. But don't count on it being anytime soon."
Dmitriev did not like to make a habit out of having house guests.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:29 pm
"You're not old." Tai asured him with a giggle as she grabed his hand, rolling her eyes at the silliness of him being old. Melvin watched helplessly as Tai attached herself to the bear like man. And aparently seemed innocence to all the harm a man of his size and temperment could do to a girl like her. The odd thing was that the man seemed to have no urge to do any of those things. "I think you're plenty young Demi." Tai asured him, hugged his arm tight for a moment then smiling up to him.
She didn't seem disterbed by the idea of Dmitriev not being excited about seeing her again, just the idea of it made her smile as she walked wiht him outside. Melvin followed behind sheepishly, not really sure what to say. He felt embaressed and kind of amazed. He nver talked to people like Dmitreiv, strong, confident, scary people, who seemed likely to hurt as much as say hello but Tai just seemed...comfrotable. He wondered how and why. Why was she so different? Why was she so willing to stand out? So willing to be heard but nessicarily liked? Or was it really that she really thought Dmitrevi was a good guy.
Could she? Melvin tried to look at that man though Tai's eyes, see what Tai might see. All he saw was a strong, large, irrated man, who was holding a small girl's hands, engulfing them really, in his own, not because he wanted to but because the girl was clinging to him. Did Tai see something else in him? Something more than he did?
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