llv. Pax School. Homecoming Part 2

[dens_extra_pups]

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Chris: *looks up, blinking*

Sora: *SO much frown*

kids and faculty: *scatter!*

Muhlisha: *just got her husband and kitten behind the tipped over table. Did NOT spill any food in the process*

Rin Fei: *overcome by a case of quiet giggles as she solidifies. Is clad in her bodysuit and a frilly skirt*

Sora: *SO MUCH DISAPPROVAL*

Optima: *quickly sticks two fingers of one hand into her mouth and loudly blows the "SAFE! ALL CLEAR!"*

Elita: *looks in to see what just went down, is still damp from her after run shower*

Fang: *looks over his table, and then lets Bea and Mr. Pitts go* *quiet chatter*

Sora: *scoldies in Japanese and Swahili for the newcomer!*

Rin Fei: *thinks that's absolutely hysterical, has given herself hiccoughs now*

NatCat: *peeks around Fang and warbles quietly*

Beau: ... 'S she alrahght? *nods toward the giggling teen*

Denver: *much confusion as she tries to work out what the pink and teal-haired teen is laughing about*

Optima: ...Rin Fei, how did you get drunk?

Rin Fei: *still giggling as she holds out her hand, showing the Grapefruit-flavoured vodka cooler in it*

Optima: *gentle, disappointed look* Why did you eat that much?

Rin Fei: *shrug*

Optima: *seriously* You'd better not have anymore.

Rin Fei: *shrugs again and offers it to Denver*

Denver: ...C'n y'u laught it?

Rin Fei: *fwoosh*

Sora: *SCOLDIES*

Denver: *giddy cackling as she takes the flame*

Optima: *face palm* Dallas, could you get that away from your cousin? *gentle jiggle for the scoldymonster on her hip*

Dallas: *sigh, moves to get the fire away from Denver*

Denver: No. Mahn! *out of the room and gone*

Dallas: *more sigh* Ah'll go get'er. *chases after cousin*

BJ: :o *shoves Mike*

Mike: *shoves BJ and laughs, then elbows Sheldon*

Sheldon: *squeak!*

Beau: Good grief.

Optima: *shakes her head* Rin Fei, this is Sora. She'll show you around after lunch. Sora, this is our new friend that I was telling you about.

Rin Fei: *blink blink, small nod* *hic*

Sora: *gearing up to bap Rin Fei for being bad*

Optima: *quiet and serious* Rin Fei, Dolly wants to tell you something. You mustn't hurt Dolly.

Rin Fei: *blink* Eh? *looks closer*

Sora: *WHAP*

Rin Fei: *startled squawk, falls back onto her butt* 0_0

Optima: *will set Sora down so that she can now hug Rin Fei and make the ow better*

Sora: Baka. *will hug Rin Fei*

Rin Fei: ... *still wide-eyed* The 'eck?

Optima: *softly* Sora is feral. She likes things to work properly and stay safe.

Allen: *pops up at Optima's elbow* Sora's Enforcer.

Rin Fei: *understood that! Small nod*

Optima: *looks from Allen to Rin Fei, and then remembers something that Kae Yau had said* Yes. She's one of our guardians. *arm out to the slender child with the shining green eyes* And Faredot is the leader of our guardians.

Rin Fei: *small nod, will try and pick herself and Sora up off of the floor*

Sora: *nope. Gonna go see Mama Optima and Faredot*

Optima: *scoops the little one up again, then straightens and watches as Mike walks over and pokes Rin Fei gently on the shoulder*

Mike: *pat pat* Hi. I'm Mike.

Rin Fei: I's Fairy.

Mike: This's Allen, Sheldon, BJ, Bea, and Mr. Pitts. Bea likes hugs.

Bea: *blinks, and then grins, her blue eyes dancing as she leans on her walker* Do you want a hug?

Allen: Yo. *trying to look cool*

Sheldon: *suddenly shy* Hi... *will hide behind Mike*

BJ: ...Beau, what're you doing? *distracted by cousin's slow sideways drift*

Beau: Ah smell good food.

Rin Fei: *attention going to Beau* ... Yer Gaoit'e. *sounds so surprised*

Beau: *blinks* No, ma'am. Ah'm 'ungreh.

Rin Fei: ...

Denver: *charges back in and darts past*

Dallas: *yelps and apologizes as he smacks into Rin Fei*

kids: *collective :o*

Sora: *growl* BAKA!

Rin Fei: *sharp curse in Ifiri*

Dallas: *gently supporting her on her feet, despite the flames licking along her arms* I didn't see you. Are you alright, Miss?

Optima: Rin Fei?

Rin Fei: *much frown as she studies Dallas apprehensively*

Denver: *yelp!* Cold!

Tomo: Yes, it is. *sweet and gentle smile* And now you're sober.

Optima: *glances that way. Gently* Denver, will you come and meet Rin Fei?

Denver: Alreadeh did... Sortah.

Optima: Rin Fei knows other people with your heritage.

BJ: *pauses with his mouth open as he looks at the new girl* The fiery stuff?

Rin Fei: Aye... 'N the Gaoit'e... *nods toward Beau*

BJ: Will you tell me what Gaiote means? *kid has forgotten noms and is now in learning mode*

Beau: *has also stopped and is walking back with an intent expression on his face*

Allen: *distracted by passing Magnus, will go say hi*

Bea: *pats him in passing, but doesn't look away from Rin Fei*

Sora: You Baka teach now. *telly finger*

Rin Fei: It's arter bein' what the DenYa wit' wind powers call t'emselves.

Bea: *hand up promptly*

Rin Fei: ... *a bit taken aback at the hand raise, but will nod toward the little one*

Bea: *hand back on her walker* What does "DenYa" mean, Aunty Rin Fei?

Rin Fei: *blink* ... Er... 'T's people like me... *not really sure how to explain it...*

Optima: *gently* It's the name of a fairy nation, Bea.

Bea: *mouth drops open with delight*

BJ: Woah. A whole nation?

Denver: ... Where'bouts 're y'u from?

Rin Fei: *one shoulder shrug* Depends. DenYa're all over the world.

BJ: *hand up*

Rin Fei: *nods to BJ*

BJ: Can DenYa do this? *snaps his fingers*

Sora: *blows it out*

BJ: ... *snap*

Rin Fei: *amused snort, holds out her hand and makes little pink and green flames dance on her palm* Aye.

BJ: *eyes go huge with delight*

Sora: *so much scoldie!*

Dallas: Whoah...

Beau: ... Ah can't do th't.

Denver: *reaches to ruffle her brother's hair*

Bea: *hand up!*

Rin Fei: *blink* Aye?

Bea: *as she studies Rin Fei's hand* Yours isn't just burning something on your skin, like BJ's is.

Optima: *trying to sooth Sora*

Rin Fei: *slight shrug* Me older sister'd be able t' explain it better...

Faredot: *hand up*

Rin Fei: *looks to Faredot, small nod*

Faredot: You have fire in you instead of water. BJ has water, but he's got a little bit of fire, too. *looks at Beau* He's got a little bit of the fire. *eyes up to Denver and Dallas* Aunty and Uncle haven't got fire in them right now.

Rin Fei: *blink blink* Huh.

Optima: *softly* Faredot is genii and Guardian Fae.

Rin Fei: *blink* 'S t'at like the Guardians in me sister's stories?

Optima: In some realities they're the basis for many of the stories about dryads, naiads, and other protector "spirits". Some started to think of themselves as gods, and as a result they were all called away from this world.

Sora: Sparkles.

Rin Fei: *small nod* T'at sounds like the stories Yau used t' tell me.

Optima: The ones that are left are mostly changelings.

Denver: *amused snort* Th' 'un we know 's able t' bring cahs t' lahf.

BJ: *perk! Hand up!*

Rin Fei: *looks to BJ again*

BJ: He sells really good food, too.

Sora: [Little soft] Guardian too.

Optima: *looks at her* Which little soft is that, Sora?

Sora: *points over toward Toku* [Little soft] grey.

Optima: *looks, and gasps softly as she sees the soft little smoke-coloured kitten curled up on the Japanese boy's shoulder* Ohhh. A new kitten?

Sora: Laini Kidogo asked let in. Is Guardian. Moonmau.

Laini Kidogo: *sits up and looks toward the talking people, then kisses Toku before jumping down to run over with her pointy little baby tail in the air* -Want laini?- *stops by Rin Fei's feet and sniffs her leg*

Sora: *points to the kitten* Guardian. Moonmau.

Estella: *wanders over and asks to be picked up with Sora*

Optima: *obliges*

Rin Fei: *much blink* Moonmau?

Optima: *looks up from her armful* "Mau" is the Ancient Egyptian word for "cat".

Rin Fei: ...Huh.

Laini Kidogo: -Cat cat!- Meeeeeeeeeeee! *squeaky baby voice as she begs for attention*

Rin Fei: *slight quirk of a grin* "Aykedi"'d be what ye'd be called 'n Ifiri.

Sora: *looks up from loving on Estella and growls softly* Baka pick up Laini Kidogo.

Denver: *beating Rin Fei to that, will pick up the tiny mooncat herself*

Rin Fei: *amused look to Sora*

Beau: So wh't's a mooncat?

Optima: *reaches to gently tickle the kitten's tufted ears* Mooncats are a race of Guardian Fae Changelings who descended from genetically engineered cats who were Changed centuries ago. They aren't as strong as most Guardian Fae Changelings.

Sheldon: *shyly puts up his hand*

Rin Fei: *looks to Sheldon*

Sheldon: *makes himself look at her, though his cheeks are pinking* Fairy cats.

Rin Fei: ... *amused snerk*

Optima: Have you heard of them?

Rin Fei: Aye, in Senaiji's stories.

Optima: What sort of stories?

Rin Fei: About 'is ol' lump o' a cat t'at skulks 'bout.

Ira: *gruffly* I didn't see any cat.

BJ: *startles. Hadn't heard Uncle Ira come up behind him*

Rin Fei: The ol' lump was prolly sleepin'. Cranky ol' git ain't fond o' anyone.

Laini Kidogo: -Me fond! Me love love!- *purrrrrrrs for Denver and everyone else*

Rin Fei: *chuckle* Aye.

Denver: *cuddles the purry Mooncat. Has such a grin going on now*

BJ: *hand up!*

Rin Fei: *attention to BJ*

BJ: Dal does have fire in him, though. He's got almost as much as Misty does.

Mike: *back with a handful of goodies to pass around* No. His fire doesn't come out like hers. It just happens. And goes FWOOSH!

BJ: Misty's goes FWOOSH too.

Rin Fei: ... *looks at Dallas. Both brows UP* Huh. Drachenschwarm.

Optima: *to the boys* Dallas and Debbie are dragons.

Denver: *head jerks up as something makes sense*

Beau: *surprised expression is a go*

Denver: *quietly* Th't 'splains wh't she w's sayin' wh'n th' cops called f'r an ambulance...

Optima: *glances to the children* ...Is it safe to ask what she said?

Ira: We should sit 'n eat.

Denver: *quietly* Ah'll tell y'u 'bout 't latah.

Optima: Alright. Children, go get your lunch.

Estella: *obediently wriggles to get down*

Sheldon: *will walk toward the food line*

BJ: Yes, Ma'am. *turns toward Bea*

Beau: *is already down on one knee asking the little blonde girl what she'd like to eat and drink*

Mike: *has the silent giggles as he reaches to take Sora*

Sora: *annoyed huff, gently pushes at Mike's hands*

Mike: *takes his hands back, his dark eyes going serious* Should I take Stella instead?

Sora: *so much thinking going on now*

Estella: *wriggles again, and then looks quizzically at Sora. Points one stubby little finger toward the food place. Baby is supposed to go there, Sissy*

Sora: *small nod. Is still going to make sure the new baka lady doesn't pull anything funny, though!*

Ira: *slight nod to Optima, and then walks over to keep the kids in line*

Mike: *follows, lugging an Estella on his hip*

BJ: I'll bring yours, Sora. You want mac 'n cheese too, or just the meat 'n sauce? *knows she doesn't want the veggie option*

Sora: *much more thinking* Mac.

BJ: Okay! *zoom!* I'll get yours too, Denny!

Bea: Don't forget Laini Kidogo's!

BJ: I only got two hands!

Beau: *chuckle* Don't worreh. Ah'll bring Laini's.

Bea: *sweet smile* Thanks, Beau.

Beau: *pat pat and goes*

Optima: Let's sit over here, Rin Fei. *nods toward her family's usual table, where some of the family are already sitting*

Chris: *has even tipped all the chairs. Is now sitting and talking to the little pig in his lap as he eats and happily enjoys ham without eating pig*

Rin Fei: *small nod*

Optima: *gently, as she herds Rin Fei and Denver over* Are you alright?

Rin Fei: *quietly* Aye... *it's kind of hitting her now just what she's gotten herself into, so she's a little spooked*

Optima: *settles herself into her chair* What is it?

Rin Fei: 'T's not'in'.

Laini Kidogo: *gonna wash Denver's hand now. The purr is bigger than the kitten*

Denver: *squeak!*

Optima: *reaches over to scoop the baby cat away. Sits Sora on her lap so that she has two hands for the little fuzzy* Laini Kidogo, you mustn't wash Denver without asking her.

Laini Kidogo: *squeak? Looks at Denver* -Laini bad?-

Denver: Ah w's jes' surprahsed.

Laini Kidogo: -Laini ask! Love love!-

Optima: *smiles at Denver* Do you want her back?

Denver: *looking to Sora*

Sora: *cuddling Laini Kidogo*

Denver: *chuckles* Ah th'nk Sora wants snuggle tahm wit' 'er.

Optima: *looks down at where the little girl is now snuggled against the cat baby. Soft chuckle as she tucks the little ball of fluff into Sora's arms*

Sora: *much grin*

Rin Fei: *quiet now as she watches the family dynamics*

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