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Syrie's Husbando

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Prox stood up, putting his book down and taking Anen back from Sati. "It's been very nice to have you visit," he said. "You're welcome to visit pretty much any time." He smiled. "I hope the rest of your day goes well."

Anen waved at Sati, blinking drowsily. "Bird," he said, and yawned again.
Sati took Anen's hand, shaking it formally with a smile on her face.
'Bird,' she said simply.
'Thank you,' she nodded at Prox, then headed off, giving a wave as she went.
'Bye!' she said as she vanished, reappearing on the path outside Prox's house and jogging away from it.

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Prox's journal
Sati came by the house by herself for a little while today, and played with Anen and chatted with me. She seemed a bit sad. Anen enjoyed the play time, and I think he cheered her up a bit. She has nicknamed him "Little Bird," because he was calling himself a bird - so far all things with wings are "birds" to him.

I'm not sure why she was sad, though I have a guess... I hope she feels better about it soon.

Anen is asleep. I need to check through my library. Perhaps the information I need will be in the books I have here. I don't really want to take him into the House yet, since he's so small.

Fa'e grow so quickly... how long will it be before he grows? I wish he could stay the sweet child he is, but already I see him changing, learning words, starting to crawl, so very determined to explore the world and find things out.

How am I going to tell him, once he grows old enough to understand? How do you tell a child he only has a year in which to live his whole life, especially when the people around him are so long-lived and unchanging?

mahii left a sweet gift on our doorstep while we were in the back garden - an addition to Anen's plushie collection. I will have to find her and thank her later.
<center>QUEST TIME!</center>

It's been a while since I read Anen's diary, and my - has it moved fast! And you know what? Recently, he has been complaining of itching - his back itches, his arms itch, even his tummy itches. Not a lot and the calamite lotion seems to help a bit, but still - a bother. And you have also noticed that there are tiny, hair thin cracks on his skin, almost a spiderweb pattern. What gives? Maybe if you can get him some lotions and creams to soften his skin and calm the itch down, as well as a crystal ball, tarot cards, a cup and some tea for soothsaying purposes. Good Luck!
*Drac walks up to front door and knocks, waiting a few second before realizing no one's home* Oh well, hope they like these. *leaves a small parcel and a note by the door before leaving*

Note from Drac

Prox and Anen,
I was out shopping the other day and found something I thought you might find useful. The bottle is a special type of lotion, it's supposed to be really soothing. The soap came with it and smells like the outdoors after it rains. Thought you might like it.
There's also a little something extra just for Anen. Hope you like them. See you soon!

Drac


In the package is .....
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as well as a smaller package with Anen's name on it. A note on top of it reads.....
To Anen

Anen,
I heard around the HQ that you like feathers. I plucked this one from my tail before I changed back the other night. Hope you like it.

Much love,
Drac

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(sorry they're so big, I can't figure out how to resize them)

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Prox steps up to the door, carrying a very grumpy Anen with mittens on his hands, along with several shopping bags. "Hey, look, someone left us a present."

Anen remains crankily quiet, not even looking at the packages.

Once inside, Prox unwraps the packages. "Look, she left you a feather! One of her own, even. Isn't that nice of her?"

Anen reaches for the feather, but his mitten prevents him from picking it up. He looks grumpier than ever, and rubs ineffectively at his itchy tummy.

"There's lotion, too. Just what we needed." Prox unloads a shopping bag onto the counter. "Maybe one of these will help out that itchy stuff, huh?"
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"Some medicated lotion and salve... "
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" ... and a couple of magical potions - maybe the Unicorn Essence will be helpful; unicorns are supposed to have healing powers."

Anen holds out his hands, hoping to have the mittens removed.

"Those can come off when you can stop trying to scratch so much, kiddo," Prox says, and takes Anen and the lotions into the bathroom to apply the stuff, in hopes that it will help.

((Thanks owed to Draconayzia and Torikonero for the lotions, and to Fyrae for the magic potions. ))

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"Anya says you should have some tools of your own, kiddo." Prox unpacks his new purchases, setting the tea sets up on the shelf, and showing Anen the cards. "Dunno how she knew you were interested in my cards, but here it is. All for you. Maybe when you get bigger you can teach me a thing or two, huh?"

Anen handles the cards, fascinated, examining the artwork. He sticks the corner of The Hermit in his mouth and chews it thoughtfully for a few moments until Prox gently removes it from his mouth. "Not something to eat. They work better without saliva, I think."
-mahii walks up to the door of anen and proli's. She heard that proli and he were in the middle of a quest, and as she was walking over to leave a congrats note on completing it..for when they did, she stumbled on a feather. She had grinned, knowing that Anen liked feathers, so grabbing a pen from her bag she hastily scrawled an addition to the note.-

Quote:
Anen,

(and proli. but mostly anen) congrats on getting your quest! I bet prolixity is very proud of you. I hope the itching goes away soon and best wishes!

mahii.

PS. I found this on my way here and thought you might like it.


-mahii wrapped the feather in the note and left it in the slot on the door designated for mail.-

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Prox's journal
There's an empty shell in my son's bed. He ... he was a cocoon. It was terrifying to find it there, frightening to see what looks like him so cracked and empty. I couldn't bring myself to pick it up. I can't find him. I'm only resting a moment now. Where is he? He must be here. I can't lose him.
Arri is helping me search. I'll go join him again now


The script is rushed, blotchy, and shaky. The journal and pen lie out on the desk, tossed down. The chair is pushed back and empty.

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Arri rushes in from the garden, shaking his head. He can't find the kiddo either.
"He's not out there, love... You sure you looked everywhere in here?"

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"I - no, I'm not sure." Prox leans on his husband's shoulder. "I'll go search again. I have to be sure. I have to find him." Nevertheless, he stays there for a moment, shaking slightly. "We'll find him, right?"

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"Of course we'll find him, love. I for one, won't give up until we do."
He rubs Prox's shoulders a little, and smiles softly.
"Did you check the attic?"

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"The attic! How could I have forgotten?" He stands up straight, looking miserable. "How would he have gotten up there, though? ... no, we have to look." He hurries off, tail switching anxiously.
The attick was warm and quiet, with a soft velvety white dust covering the random boxes and the air conditioning unit. In the dimm light of a single bulb one could see foot prints going thru the thin carpet of dust. Except for the churning of the AC it was very quiet up here. But then ... if one stood their still for a while ... on could hear a very very quiet "chrrr ... chrrrr" sound in the far corner, behind the boxes with Christmas decorations. And if one looked really really hard, there, in that dimm corner, there seemed to be more then just boxes.

Prolixity pointed his flash light at the corner, and in the bright light, hiding from it with on of his hands, there was Anen ... a much more grown up Anen.

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"Sun," Anen commented, trying to hide his eyes and frowning. He stood, shaky and uncertain, hanging on to the rafters to balance. He tried a step. That was going less well, and he went back to hands and knees with a thump. Then he grinned up at Prolixity. "Daddy, see."

Prox skidded across the room and knelt next to Anen. "You grew... " he whispered, and hugged his child fiercely. "You scared me so much! I didn't know where you were!"

Anen blinked and waved a hand at the room. "Dark, warm." He searched his memory for a word. "New."

"You could have waited to explore till I knew where you were... " Prox trailed off and hugged Anen tighter. "You grew up! Wow, look at you, kiddo."

Anen blinked again and did so. "Big," he said finally, and grinned again.

"Let's go show Daddy Arri. Then we can go show everyone else." Prox stood carefully, helping Anen balance on his shaky longer legs.

As they came down the steep steps from the attic trapdoor, Arri leaned over to look up at them. "Anen! Don't scare us like that! Y'can't vanish like that and expect not to be missed!" He hugged Anen when the child climbed down into reach. "You can't do that, kiddo. You gotta tell someone where you're going." He directed a relieved glare at Anen, who was blinking in a guilty kind of puzzlement. Then he seemed to notice. "Kiddo! You grew up!"

Anen blinked again and grinned, pleased that he'd gotten such a great deal of attention over such a little thing.

((ETA: yes, I have permission from Arri for the last bit, of course. sweatdrop ))

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