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& the babies cried - Tae - 04-22-2016
RE: & the babies cried - Zèklè - 04-23-2016
A year from now we'll all be gone
All our friends will move away
And they're going to better places But our friends will be gone away Eventually, he had to go home. It had been nice, seeing Iso, but Zero knew that sooner or later he would have to return to the Throat. Even if Ma wasn't there the boy still had family, sisters to take care of, sisters who were young and needy and would doubtless be confused by their mother's sudden departure. And even though he felt like it, Zero wasn't a child anymore. He was two, an adult, and he couldn't just hide from the things he feared. Tae and Grusha needed him, so it was time for him to be grown-up and brave. So he went home, collected Squishy, and set out to find his sister. Had he known just how perplexed Tae was he might have come home sooner. As it was he found his sister beneath a low-hanging sun, her small body a dark blight against the sloping red hills. He saw her before he heard her, and for a moment he paused, uncertain, a sudden dread falling over him at the prospect of telling his sister that Ma's not coming back for a while. So when her voice reached him - Zeeeeeeeeeerrrrooooo! - it was with no small amount of reticence that he put on a smile and prepared himself for the worst. "Tae! Over here!" The Lightning's son took off at a trot, picking his way down the slope to where his little sister stood. As he approached he noticed the two (wait, two?) wolves at her side; as always he avoided them, unsure of how to feel about his sisters' companions. Why did they have to do that? A part of him knew that there was something about Tae and Grusha that he'd never understand, and that bothered him. Still, Zero felt his smile soften as he neared his weird, mandible-marked baby sister, because no matter what she was family, and for the boy who'd felt so alone it was nice to remember that he still had that, even if Ma was gone. "Watcha doin' all the way out here, little ghost?" Zero reached out with bright white teeth, aiming to pull playfully at Tae's forelock. "Where's Grush, huh?" He looked around, suddenly curious. "I don't think I've ever seen you two apart before." He wished it could just stay like this, that he could play with her and smile and everything would be normal- but it wasn't. With another nip the boy stepped back, sunbeam eyes growing dim as he looked down sadly on his sister's face. "Tae... we gotta talk. I have to tell you something, and Grusha, too." Again he looked around, as though expecting the second twin to burst from the sand. Which wouldn't surprise him, honestly. The sisters were weird, but they were also his. RE: & the babies cried - Tae - 04-23-2016
RE: & the babies cried - Zèklè - 04-23-2016
A year from now we'll all be gone
All our friends will move away
And they're going to better places But our friends will be gone away He'd done or said something wrong, that much was obvious. The nice thing about his sisters was how easily he could tell they were upset, since they literally changed into spirits and skeletons (so weird) when their emotions ran high. Zero frowned as Tae's edges flickered, then faltered, then began to disappear entirely. Desperate confusion filled the boy: he would have expected the thought of Grusha to calm the twin, not upset her more. Had they fought? Did he have to track the skeleton down and make her apologize? Man, he didn't want to. That sounded like it should be Ma's job. But Ma was gone, and Gaucho was busy, and Zero was the grown-up now. Zero tried not to flinch as the young wolves suddenly stood, their angry glares fixed on him- and then he tried again as Tae snapped at them, her voice so harsh. Weren't the dogs supposed to be her friends? Zero thought of Iso, or Själ, or Mesec or Zahra or really anyone else he knew with a companion. Had any of them ever seemed so angry with their friend? Well, yes, one of them had. The more he thought about it the more he realized Ma had never once been nice to Kygo in front of the boy. Is that where Tae's attitude had come from? Watching their Ma? Had Ma somehow done the opposite of everything she'd wanted, and encouraged her children to be mean to their companions? He didn't want to think about it too hard. That would mean Ma'd done something wrong, and right now the boy's faith in his mother couldn't afford to take anymore hits. Then Tae decided to explain her sadness, and Zero felt his smile fall. I don't know where Grusha is. So I guess it's just you and me. Well, shit. To Zero's credit he recovered quickly. He smiled again, silver eyes bright as he lowered his head to look into Tae's eyes. "Oh, 'course, silly me!" the boy began, trying to sound cheerful as his mind struggled to come up with a plausible story to feed his sister. Inside he was frantic - how could Grusha be missing, too? But the boy was so exuberant normally, that on him anxiety just looked like a little extra excitement. Besides, there was no way he was going to let Tae know how worried he was. He'd do anything to keep her from feeling that same sinking grief which had filled him these past weeks. Anything to get that sadness off her face. "That's what I was gonna tell you, actually. See, Ma had to go away for a little bit on a top secret mission." Yeah, that sounded good. "An' she took Skels with her 'cus she said... uh... well, she would'a been lonely otherwise. But!" he continued cheerfully, "She wants you to know that she loves you a whole ton and that she knows you're extra brave and strong, an' that's why she needed you to stay an' help me take care of the Throat, ok?" It was a desperate play, a stupid lie, one that would fall apart quickly were either Grusha or Ma to return, but the boy told it with a sincere gusto, his expression carefully fixed in an encouraging smile. If Tae bought his story it would give him time to hunt down the other twin. RE: & the babies cried - Tae - 04-24-2016
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