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babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/07/2009 7:53 PM

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Purple hairy ears pricked at the deep echoing noise made by a single moved stone in the caverns, each repeat gaining full intensity, like the ripples in a still pond. They belonged to an equally small and agile boy, whom was companioned to an equally agile, although opposite in weight in stature, young woman, whose ankle-length curly locks of wheat-colored gold were more of a curse than a blessing. For the third time that afternoon, she tamed her hair with a carved whale-bone comb engraved with ancient battle scenes (a prized possession, no doubt- it shown a dog feasting on the carcass of a comical looking dragon) and tied it back with a pale blue ribbon. Her lithe finger traced the glowing runes preserved in the salt-laden rocky walls surrounding them both, her almost hueless eyes (they were surely of a blue colour, light and frothy, but so unique and foreign they went without label) reflecting back what was a history of many hundreds of years worth of knowledge they contained. The words, she knew, were there, deep inside of her mind, but she could dig no deeper than recognizing that they were done by many hands and many picks. The boy at her side, childish in his bumbling ways, swiveled his wolven ears around and about, trying to pick up any noises, to no avail. These halls were long since abandoned. The woman sighed, translucent lips forming a delicate pout.
“Oh, Styx, if only we had stayed with the tour guide…” She paused, letting a perfectly manicured finger rest thoughtfully above her lower lip.
“AHHH-steria.” The child pulled at the woman’s clothing, his whine becoming more and more apparent they longer they stood still. “But there were pretty pictures! And… and… and… the legend?” His small voice dropped to a whisper, like an all-knowing entity was watching them from the shadows. (Coincidentally, there technically was, but that is another story, for another time, and a for a far more different place.) Each of his words hung on a slight pause, hesitating between every phrase he sent flowing out of his small mouth
“You know… about…them…right?” This was received by a gruff sigh from his babysitter, who rolled her eyes, words dripping with childish disdain.
“Come on, you know that stuff is just a bunch of stuff they make up to get people to come, righ-”
A small crash came from the darkened corner of the room, diverting their attention. Her arms tightened around the child, whose purple eyes peered out from a ragged mop of jet black hair, darting violently.
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/09/2009 4:11 PM

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From the crash a long string of curses could be heard. Following that a twenty or so year old woman clumsily stepped out of the corner, coughing.  The lady was in a pair of short denim shorts and a very dusty light blue t-shirt. "Oh great!" She muttered to herself strangely smiling as she brushed off the grit and dust. She finally managed to ditch Henri and this is what she got! She managed to get lost in the Caverns and she was tripping over everything! No, the lady wasn't mad, she was in fact giggling to herself about her predicament.

...Then she noticed the two others. Which only made her grin larger, now she had people to share her adventure with! "Hey there! You lost? Cause I am. How embaressing!" Even if she stated how ebaressing the whole ordeal was, Quail truely didn't seem embaressed at all! In fact she was delighted that they were there! Thrilled in fact!


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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/09/2009 4:40 PM

Asteria stared at the woman, her attention now divyed between the thump in the corner and, well... her. Goodness. She's kinda cute... her thoughts meandered slowly, the shock wearing off. Her heart thudded back into its normal rhythm, and she, most relieved, held out a small hand to the newcomer, unhitched it from the Styx's frail chest. She gave a nervous smile, and emitted a timid chuckle at Quail's terribly direct way of talking. Her airy voice echoed throughout the caverns.
"You could definitely say that," She looked down, for the merest fraction of a second, and once again brought her hueless blues back up to face the female, her arm extended in a reaching shake. "What is your name?
The young boy picked up a petite stone fallen from the cave's dank ceilings, and chucked it vivaciously at the shadowed corner where the small thud occured, purple eyes confused under thin, black knitted brows. He turned back to face the two women behind him, his child's gaze resting upon Quail. He then pointed a stubby finger towards the corner almost accusingly.
"Lady.. there was a funny noise... do you know what... that noise... was?"
Cautiously, he approached her, and gave a half-pout half-scowl from his petite four feet, two inch body. He knew what he wanted, of course, and that wasn't the gentle submission of the female before him, but rather one of the mysterious creatures in the legend. He inwardly sighed, making a list of goals to achieve here, inside his devious little brain. He thought slowly but surely, like his words. She will help me.
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/09/2009 5:04 PM

Quail grinned at the lady who stuck out her arm for a shake. Before shaking the hand though, the woman cocked her head to the side cutely and replied to the question, "Oh! Sorry my manners must've escaped me, I'm Quail! Who are you two then?" Overall she spoke very fast and very... erm... bubbly. If her owner had been there, she would've slapped her forehead at her overactive young acting lucain. But she wasn't, so nevermind that!

"And no, sadly I do not! Buuuuut! Why don't we all check it out in a moment! We'll have such a fun adventure..." Dear god Quail just loved to talk didn't she? And she just adored kids! They had to be her favorite thing in the world, why else would she have so many breedings lined up?


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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/11/2009 2:34 PM

Asteria looked at Quail stupidly, trying to decipher what she had just said. She speaks... so fast. she thought wearily. It suddenly came to her realization she was being asked a question.
"Oh! I'm Asteria, but you can call me Ash. This," she motioned to the serious purple-eyed youngster at her side with her pale hand. "is Styx." She twirled a long strand of her blond hair between her fingers. Thoughtfully, she clarified her words. "We're not related, by the way. He's my friend's son."
The small child reached out his hands, palms out, like he was asking something of the lucain.
"Adventure?...Hunting." He scrunched up his flat face in thought. "Can we go hunting?" He asked the woman. he then turned to Asteria, his purple eyes glinting with a peculiar madness only children can get away with.
"Hunting... for them." He traced the picture of a lizard like creature on the dusty wall, the runes pulsing a faint blue beneath his fingers.
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/11/2009 2:47 PM

Quail nodded at each name that Ash had said, repeating them over and over in her mind so she wouldn't forget- which she would anyway but it was best to try? "Nice to meet you two! Oh, and I guess that means you're babysitting Styx for your friend? Thats very very nice of you~" Quail really needed to learn how to slow down how she spoke, especially when she said long sentences like that one.

Hunting? Quail thought and paused for a moment, having to think about what that was, Hunting! Oh, that would be fun, specially with all the runes here. Maybe they say something? It seemed for the moment that Quail forgot about the others as her thoughts wondered off randomly in different directions. "Hunting! Oh, that would be oodles of fun! That is, as long as Ash here agrees. " Quail seemed likely to bounce up and down any moment now that the prospect of a hunt was there.


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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/15/2009 11:36 AM

"Oh, thank you!" Asteria's face lit up at her new friend's comment. Her normally pale cheeks gained an almost unnatural rosy blush to them, eyes changing colour to a bright sky blue to match her mood. Her hand extended and clasped softly to the hand of her somewhat-nephew. She turned her new eyes towards his purple ones, pondering what exactly they were now hunting for.
"It would be... fun." Such a word was almost foreign to him, as for his tastes, it very rarely ever happened back home. He held up a small curled fist, a new fire in his eyes. "Yes!" Someone finally knew what he was saying-this bubbleheaded idiot his ma called her friend couldn't understand the words 'amuse me' it they came up and bit her on her flat butt. Asteria thought for a moment, and turned towards Quail. "It's a good idea, hon, but how do we start?"
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/16/2009 9:08 PM

Quail instantly lit up when they agreed, in fact, she clapped her hands just to show it! But, Ash did bring up a good point. Since they were already lost (which in her mind was step one of the adventure), where would they start looking? Quail thought as she brushed back a strand of her brown and red/ blue streaked hair behind her ear. Then it hit her! The perfect idea to look for an Akail. It was so ingenious, she giggled just a bit harder.

"Well, step one is get lost, which we so greatly already did! Step two, something I just came up with. We wander around not looking for the Akail! Ingenous no? " Quail practically hopped up and down with excitement to not hunt for an Akail. But, she did pause for a moment to admire how smart her idea was.

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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/17/2009 11:52 AM

Asteria looked blankly at the lucain, who had a notable point to make. They were already lost, yes, but she wasn't really sure how that fit into the grand scheme of things. A petite finger wormed it's way up to her mouth questioningly. The way Quail made it sound reminded her of one of those grade school multiplication problems: a negative, getting lost, times a negative, avoiding their purpose here evened out and equaled a positive, the akail. Or was it the other way  around? She had failed that test, anyway. "I'm fine with it. But one question, hon. How do we not look for this akail thing when that's the reason why we're here?"
The small boy pondered his guardian's question, thinking of a reply he could muster if Quail could not, preferably shown in song and dance. He hummed the tune he had improvised out loud, squinting his large purple eyes for full effect. This lady is quite smart... maybe, maybe, maybe, we could go get a start... he sang in his head.
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/18/2009 8:03 PM

Quail seemed to flail a bit at this comment from Ash. How did one go about that? Aha! Quail had an idea! "Well, we just wander around looking for a way out or perhaps something that isn't right. Like runes or mebbe a plant! Or lights!" Quail thankfully stopped herself from randomly listing everything that came to mind. Now, she just had to wait to see what they thought of her idea. And wait she did. (with a bit of bounce in her stance)

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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Banister » 06/22/2009 4:13 PM

"Then I assume," said Asteria, coyly. "that we go this way." her hueless eyes then flashed a pang of brilliant blue, similar to the colour held by the glowing runes. She pointed towards a deeper and darker corridor that branched off from the hall in which they were standing. A whistle of an ancient wind swirled around the rune-etched stalagmites hanging off the cave's ceiling. Neither she nor her near-nephew could see the end of the great tunnel. The boy moved and clung softly to Quail's pants, noticing the glint in his guardian's eyes warily. Once someone excited her into this state, there was n o going back. They wouldn't return from this cavern alive if Asteria wouldn't stop giving other's such stupid ideas. He sighed, and burrowed his face into the lucain's clothing, his face rocking with her bouncing. He was alright with the idea, as long as he stayed unscathed.
"Let's just go, then... Quail." He looked up at her face. "I'm sure we'll be fine." he lied, of course. But he just wanted to see the ancients, the akails.
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Re: babysitting sucks. {open- akail hunt}

Postby Celtic » 06/24/2009 3:30 PM

Quail was a tad suprised when the kit burrowed his head in her jeans. But, she was used to it by now, and her maternal instinct reawakened. Yet, she looked up and gave Ash all of her attention when she spoke, giving a decisive nod, grinning only a tad mischieviously.

Being fine... Well, Quail sorta doubted that. She seemed to attract danger, and from reading stories of encounters, if they found an Akail, she would be lucky to come out with a broken bone. But still! That was also part of teh fun, was it not? The danger of a hunt, not knowing where you are going, not knowing whats around the corner! But, he was just a kid. She couldn't possibly tell him that they would get mauled if they found an akail. INstead she licked her lips and replied, "Oh course we'll be fine silly. Lets go!" And with that she went to follow Ash.

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