[FIN] A Boy and his Bander

[Vyn]

Kaden loved meeting new people. Especially new people that offered him cookies or muffins or...well, anything sweet really, those were the best.

"Quicksand says its nice to meet you too! Can he have cookies as well?" He grinned widely, his feathers ruffling up briefly before Isolde rushed forward to thank Ophelia. He couldn't help but snicker at the sight, and especially at Ophelia's brief look of discomfort.


The Doe looked briefly uncomfortable when Isolde glomped her, making a small scene in the middle of the store. Ophelia loved her family, had nothing against being affectionate, but she wasn't one to flaunt massive displays of affection in the middle of public places. Cringing inwardly, Ophelia quickly attempted to quell the barrage of 'thanks yous'.

"You're welcome, Isolde. You're welcome." In the silence after Isolde's joy, Ophelia had hoped to get them all back on track but no such luck. She was instead accosted by a smooth little voice and, upon turning, a diamond charm grin. The doe couldn't help but smile. "Hello."

Slowly her gaze ran over the small rat-weasle, curiosity quickly filling her gaze. Was he a Lowlander? If so, then where were his usual wounds?


The sudden arrival of another figure caused Kaden to jump briefly before his eyes lit up. "Hello! Who are you?"

[Kiki]

Isolde smiled heartily to herself, just more proof her grandfather loved her whether she liked to show it in public or not. She loved her family so much that it pleased her when they reciprocated.

"Can Quicksand have cookies? Well of course he can! Quicksand can have as many cookies as he likes as long as he tries to behave himself. See, I forgot to mention Tavor has a bander too and it's really cute and nice and I would hate to see the two get in some kind of fight."

She was about to chirp more to her when she heard the voice and the figured appeared to match. "Hi!" she smiled.

"I'm Isolde, what's your name? We're going to make cookies and surprise my brother, would you like to join us? I promise they'll be yummy" she squeed.

Today was turning out to be very exciting, she could make twice the cookies with all these cards helping. She was pleased with the newcomer, he seemed to be rather charming but then again he was a diamond and with that came said charm.

[Kiki]

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[Kitty]

The reactions he'd gotten were more then a little disappointing but he tried his best to hide and cover the slight downward twist of his maw by flicking his whiskers forward. He'd just have to try a little harder next time, that was all... no real reason to get huffy was there? His tail tip began to twitch back and forth as he was quickly bombarded with rather friendly hellos. He couldn't quite help but lift his brows. This group was ... strange.

But he liked strange so maybe, just maybe this would work. And they were offering him cookies to, that didn't seem to bad. But the eldest of the groups gaze lingered on him a little longer then the others and it only caused him to puff up a little more. Oh yes, even at this age he knew he was the epitome of awesome.

He curled his tail back up into it's happy shape, the tip still twitching every now and again, before emerald pools swept over them and he placed a single clawed paw upon his chest before speaking again. He did rather enjoy being the center of attention.

Morpheus.

He even dipped his head a bit, all things he'd picked up from living in the Court of Spades all of these years. Unlike Osias, he noticed everything .... at least eventually.

[Vyn]

Ophelia's eyes were sharp, curious. The eyes of a scientist.

"Ophelia." She returned the same courtesy, dipping her head to the boy before lifting her gaze to study his features once more. "You're a very unusual example of your region, aren't you?" The question came almost without thought and she leaned in a little to study the proud little Queen.


Kaden grinned down at Quicksand, watching the little sand-hued creature sniff around at the groceries and the people that passed. This would be a bit harder, getting him to behave around other Banders wasn't even something that Mango -- his father's bander -- had managed to succeed in. Oh well. He'd just have to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't nom the other bander to death.

"I'll keep an eye on him, Quicksand won't be any trouble." He stroked the creature with a wing and avoided a brief nip before turning his attention back to the puffed up Queen Weasle that had so caught Miss Ophelia's attention. Had he a nose, he would've wrinkled it. "I'm Kaden," he announced "and this is Quicksand."

[Kiki]

"Well then Kaden, everything should be alright" she smiled, she knew the boy would keep a good eye on the bander. It seemed to listen to him when he told it what to do... although... it did keep trying to nip at the boy... I guess we will have to just see what happens.

"Morpheus? Well it's a pleasure to meet you Morpheus" she said excitedly. She tried to control herself in front of the Queen (yes she now noticed he was a Queen) but she was just so damn giddy. She loved the prospect of having more help, that way it would be more likely she could finish everything before Tavor knew about it.

"Region? Oh yea! I didn't even notice, you're a lowlander aren't you? How come you aren't rotting? You don't look icky at all to me... in fact you're rather cute. I thought all Lowlanders were icky... hmmm....." She didn't mean it in a mean sense, she was just truly curious. And that he was attractive to her spurred her further.

[Kitty]

For a woman, Ophelia was making a rather good impression on him, he enjoyed the more intelligent level of conversation she was giving him. He was bright and he knew it and it also helped that neither of his parents ever felt the need to dumb things down for him ... they merely explained when he got confused, and his best friend was a few years older then him as well. That probably helped to. He was, however, not entirely sure by what she meant exactly by calling him unusual, there was a few things about him that were unusual for a Lowlander. He certainly looked a lot healthier then his mother did, that was for certain.

He opened his mouth to reply when the other girl chimed in, this one being a prime example to why he didn't like girls. He slid his tongue over, parting his jaws just enough to put a small knick into it when he closed them again, that coppery taste of blood always helped him stay focused, or was it just the little bit of pain? His tail continued to move, although it now had just the slightest hint of agitation in it's twitches.

Mother tells me it's cause we're from the only worthwhile line in the Lowlands, never met a Lowlander besides him... actually.

The next thing he was going to mention pleased him enough to draw a soft, happy trill from his throat, he did so adore his father.

-I- think it's just because my father is awesome though.

After he mentioned him he grinned a bit more broadly. He wasn't going to mention anything about being born inside his mother's head or the fact that his father lived in a different plane of existence still, really ... who'd believe him?

[Vyn]

Ophelia was quickly coming to like this boy quite a bit. He was rather intellectual for his age and so...interesting. She wanted to pick him up and find what semblance of rot or wound or irritation that his heritage would've displayed...but there was nothing that the naked eye could see so far.

...Which only made her want a DNA sample.

She'd just have to be patient with that though. It wasn't good for opening conversations.

"That's very interesting. You must have a very strong bloodline then, I've never seen a Lowlander without that typical wounds. Tell me about your parents? Does your mother lack wounds as well?" Ophelia also didn't particularily like Lowlanders, but the few she'd met were at least pleasurable to be around. Tavor and Morpheus were prime examples of this. "Well, we've just got to get a few more things. Why don't you join us for a while?"


Kaden's expression scrunched up into one of great displeasure as Ophelia and Morpheous spoke. Lords! They were boring! The bird was glad that they were moving again, seeking out ingredients as they walked, but damned if he couldn't stand all the intellectual babble!

It wasn't that he was stupid -- with parents like his, intelligence was mostly guaranteed -- but he was a child still and his attention span was lacking.

Quicksand was growing bored as well, and the little sand-hued creature shuffled over to some boxes and began to sniff around. Kaden made a little 'shh!' noise and skittered after him.

[Kiki]

((a bit short mainly because no one is interacting with Isolde right now <3))

Isolde could find herself getting bored, all this intellect drabble was holding up the party and keeping her from making cookies from Tavor. "Well Grandpa, I think we have everything so perhaps we should go now before Tavor finds out what I'm doing" she squeaked. She was having such a good day, she hoped it continued and she would have new friends.

She got a little distracted though when Quicksand ran off so since Kaden was chasing him, she figured it was time to play.... CHASE THE BANDER. She took off running chasing after him, keeping a safe enough distance that she knew she couldn't get hurt however.

"EEEEEEE!" she yelled finally catching the thing in a corner.... god she was definitely a spaztastic little child. Getting back to the task at hand, she headed for the door gesturing for the group to follow.

[Kitty]

No... my mother has a little. He tells me two small patches isn't bad. What else would you like to know?

His rat tail continued to swish all the while as he peered at her with his head cocked. However, it was getting increasingly harder to ignore the movements of the two who were more his age, which caused that tail to swish all the more in a rather feline manner. He could see the other three moving around in his peripheral vision and his predatory heritage was screaming for him to chase the small furry creature.

He managed to contain himself however, only displaying his desire to move with a subtle twitch of his muscles. Oh no.. .he'd behave... for now. He never knew when he might inadvertently run into one of his mother's clients and last time he'd done that he'd completely messed up their agreement and oh... Osias had been mad. He was damned and determined to behave today.... damned and determined.

Well ... he was always waiting to see what else she wanted to know about his parents. He could spout off a bunch of things but really.. .specifics were better. He'd been warned about a running mouth before to.