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Post by FlyingPanther on Aug 20, 2008 17:25:58 GMT -5
Well...it sure beat toilet duty... Even so, spending the next couple hours in a crowded bazaar trying to find groceries wasn't exactly Claudius' idea of a good time. Didn't help that some of the things on the list were so obscure that he might have to come back tomarrow to find them, or the next day...and the next. He scowled, his mother was a good cook...and Igal knew a thing or two as well, but still...he wondered why she insisted on making such strange things. It wasn't as if Aurelius or even any of the other kids had mature taste pallets. There was a large crowd around the eggs vendor, and Claudius couldn't help but narrow his eyes. They were eggs, suits damn it all! What was so great about eggs that he needed to sit in the sun waiting for all these people to clear out so he could get some. Maybe he should just buy some chickens...they could make all the eggs for them and he wouldn't have to wait in line every single time his family sent him out to get eggs. He wondered if he could do that and still have money for everything else.... |
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Post by seraaches on Aug 20, 2008 17:45:14 GMT -5
The pair of boys were in the Bazaar. Last time they'd been here, they'd found a very cool Corvie pine marten and they could only hope that today they would be just as lucky. Of course, last time they'd been here, they had been with their Uncle/Auntith Ira. Today they had accompanied one of the Palace cooks on an expedition to get eggs. The poor feline was trying desperately to get in close enough to purchase the needed food items. She had set the pair of boys off to one side so she could easily find them. Unfortunately for her, it was a pair of Rai's offspring. "That'th a good one," Sid said, pointing at a nearby deer with interest. Levi bobbed his head and, in accordance, the two trotted off to approach a conveniently nearby pink fawn. |
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Post by FlyingPanther on Aug 20, 2008 18:04:53 GMT -5
Claudius was about to give up. Maybe he would come back to get the eggs later, at the moment, this vendor was dealing with more customers then he could shake a stick at, and even more were arriving. The deer paid no attention to the approaching children, and this was even more true when one of the vendor's customers tried to leave after purchasing.
He tripped, sending his newly bought eggs flying in the air. By the time Claudius realized what was happening, he had been nailed by at least three. At first, Claudius acted with shock. What were the odds of such a thing happening? The man didn't appologize...merely grumbled and headed back into the crowd. That's what finally set Claudius off. He wasn't normally one to cause fights...least serious ones...but this was completely unacceptible. "HEY....I demand an apology!" but already the man was lost in the crowd.
If this had been a bugs bunny cartoon, this would have been the moment where the eggs fried on his skin. Claudius was furious, and now feeling like a complete idiot covered in eggs. It didn't help that now two children were in close proximity, heading towards him..."What do you want...." he called to the duo...feeling a little less then kindly under the circumstances.
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Post by seraaches on Aug 20, 2008 20:14:18 GMT -5
"Hi," Sid said cheerily. "You ith pretteh. Be our friend, yes?"
Levi seemed to be of the same mindset as his eldest brother; obviously since they asked this new person would just agree. "Hey, did you know you have egg on you?" the flaming horse asked politely. "There's quite a few of them."
"Eggth are yummeh!" Sid put in strongly, taking another few steps forward. It might be difficult to hear over the loud sounds of the crowd, but there was a soft chiming sound, like the gentle tinkling of bells. Any Card of Five or below who could hear it would freeze, the fear of encroaching death threatening them. The winged hybrid, however, seemed terribly unaware of it.
He stopped in front of the Club, his deer tail flicking wildly. Levi was right next to him and a bit of melted glass dripped before his face. The young Ten did not flinch.
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Post by FlyingPanther on Aug 20, 2008 22:24:05 GMT -5
Claudius blinked. The two had seemingly ignored his annoyed greeting, and were even being friendly to top it off. Well, didn't he feel like an asshole now. He sighed inwardly. He hated the feel of the sticky eggs on him, warm from the sun, but well...he had to be nice now.
One seemed to have a speech impediment, but he made out his words clearly enough. So he was pretty? Handsome maybe, but pretty? He wasn't sure what to say to such a 'compliment'. "Um...thanks." he said, blinking once again. A bit of yoke broke and feel down his forhead heading for his eye before he could even respond to the second question. He shook his head slightly, splattering the egg this way and that. He wanted to thank captian obvious for his observation, but he decided to keep his annoyance to himself. After all, these were just small children, Claudius was a teen now, and he had to set some kind of example.
"I suppose we can be friends..." Claudius finally answered warily. It was then that the horse with the horns seemed to melt...well that was interesting. He supposed if he had asked him an obvious question...he could do the same as he slowly whiped the egg grime off himself, "Um...your horns are melting..." he said, turning his question into more of a statement, and hoping the child would be able to give him some answers...
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Post by seraaches on Aug 20, 2008 23:32:55 GMT -5
"WOT?! WHERE?!" Levi shot backwards almost a foot, unfortunately splattering some of the melted glass right at Claudius' feet.
"Levi," Sid put in calmly. "You alreadth know that."
The horse's ears went backwards before his head tilted slightly and he said in a small voice, "Oh, yeah." He moved back forward again, apparently calm and happy all over again.
Sid's attention returned to the older boy now. "Do they tathe good?" He asked, referring to the eggs as Levi suddenly got excited again.
"Sid, Sid!" the flaming Card exclaimed. "We forgot to introduce ourselves!" Not that Claudius couldn't have inferred from the conversation now. "I'm Tokatsu!" Levi exclaimed happily. "He's Teremun!"
"I'm Thid!" the other boy argued flatly. "Dun call me that."
Levi turned to give his eldest full-brother a flat look. "That's your name."
"My name ith Thid!" The feathers on his wings were bristling up now.
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Post by FlyingPanther on Aug 20, 2008 23:43:29 GMT -5
Claudius was sure that at one point he had been just as silly as these two had been, but as a young teen, he realized just how silly being young was. He stepped back a bit, eyes wide when the molten glass flew at him, and it barely managed to miss his hooves. It sizzled on the ground, and he was glad to have missed it. That could have been very painful, "Watch where you are flinging those..." he said warily, nervous that he might provoke another flinging attack unnessesarily.
The winged child brought the icky eggs back to his attention, and he looked at his slime covered coat..."Um...when they are cooked they can be very good...I wouldn't suggest eating them raw. It'll make you really sick." he shuddered a bit. He knew what a bit of uncooked food could do to you. Not fun.
Again the small deer was startled by the two's exuberance. As they introduced themselves he nodded a bit. He wasn't sure what to call them...as their names and their nicknames were completely unsimilar. Um...better go with the nicknames since the winged one seemed to have such a problem with his real name. "It's nice to meet you Sid...Levi. My name is Claudius." he said, knowing it would be a bit of a mouthful for the lisping one.
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Post by seraaches on Aug 21, 2008 0:05:11 GMT -5
Pleased to have gotten his way in regards to his name, Sid re-tucked his wings near his body and tilted his head at the older boy's words. "I like raw foodth. . ." Claudius was quite fortunate to not fully understand the meaning behind those particular words and if he was truly lucky he would never learn. "Claudiuth, why dun you like raw foodth?"
"He already said it makes you sick," Levi put in authoritatively. "You need to clean out your ears."
"I'm not thupid, Levi," Sid retorted flatly. "Thtop acting like I am."
"Listen better," the youngest boy insisted. "That's why Daddy always gets on to you."
"I like Auntith Irtha!" Sid insisted, which to a bystander might not make any sense whatsoever. Nevertheless, any further arguing was staved by Sid's next words. "The'th coming back!!!!!"
"C'mon, Claudius!" Levi insisted and the two boys quickly scampered from sight, heading for a nearby stall for them to hid behind.
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Post by FlyingPanther on Aug 21, 2008 13:06:22 GMT -5
He shuddered a bit. It was definately best the deer didn't know what the winged one meant, or he might have gotten out of there faster then a bat out of hell. No, he shuddered because he couldn't imagine eating food raw. Many a time it had made him feel ill, and some things just didn't even really taste good raw...He didn't have time to make any sort of remark however, as to raw food, because before he had gotten the chance the two younger children were fighting back and forth. He watched their interaction silently, not really understanding much of it, and wondering if maybe he should leave the two alone. They seemed much more interested in themselves then anything he could offer.
Suddenly the two boys scattered, beckoning him to follow them. Without much thought on the matter, and also because he wasn't sure he should leave two boys of their calibur off on their own, he left with them, following them behind a vendor's stall. "Who is coming?" he asked, slightly bewildered. Who was it exactly that they were running from?
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Post by seraaches on Aug 21, 2008 16:06:52 GMT -5
"Tttthhhhhhhhh!" Sid rebuked him softly as he crouched back behind the stall, the leading tips of his flight feathers quivering in excitement. "The'll hear you!"
"It doesn't matter if she does," Levi noted quietly from his hiding place behind his older brother. Whether either of them realized it or not, he'd taken the further spot since his flames were more easily spotted than Sid's green body. "She won't recognize him."
"That'th not the point!" the King insisted, his keen eyes were watching the feline cook as she fought her way back out of the crowd to look despairing towards the spot she had left the two boys in.
"Duck!" he called out. "The'th looking thith way!" He suited action to words, dropping low so he'd be out of sight of the Palace worker. Levi did the same, even though he was far enough back that it would be difficult for him to be spotted by that particular lady anyway.
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