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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:39 pm
3-16-05 - First trip to the Anima Gardens
Shadow didn't need another child, she already had Seven, Taima, Plat, and Acti. How could she manage a house with more than that? This was getting rediculous! Even if Plat and Acti were fairly independant now, they still needed care from time to time.
Seven was a nuisance, always causing trouble, even if he was the most adorable child she'd ever seen. His curiousity often times got the best of both of them, causing all sorts of havoc.
So WHY, of all people, did SEVEN want a lantern?
Vanille had mentioned that the lanterns sometimes turn into children? But only ones that had butterflies around them. Maybe she was right about the ones with mist... she could only hope, as saying no to Seven was about as hard as sawing her own leg off.
"Can't you have some OTHER pretty thing, Seven?" She asked... practically begged the small boy.
Seven only shook his head. He wanted a pretty lantern! They were sparkly and bright and interesting and and and... The nice lady even promised to give him one.
"Pwetty fo' Sewen~" He said again. He enjoyed saying it It meant he was getting something new and interesting to play with, and he just knew Shadow liked pretty stuff too, from the decorations in the house.
She shook her head and sighed, brushing a hand back through her hair. This was going to be difficult. If it was indeed going to turn into a child, she'd have to keep it safe... right?
"If we get the pretty lantern, you have to PROMISE to keep it safe." She said very sternly.
Seven tilted his head, wondering what she meant by that.
The curiousity he expressed told Shadow she needed to explain it more thoroughly. "That means no experimenting, no drawing on it, no tossing it around. It's going to be for decoration, not for play.. ok Seven?"
Admittedly, Seven was dissapointed. There's nothing he wanted to do more than tear off the lid and look inside at what the lantern was made of. He would have to comprimise though... or at least only do things while Shadow wasn't looking. He smiled brightly and gave Shadow a very sincere smile.
He could take care of the pretty, and play with it carefully. Of course he could keep it safe! Even if he was only a child that was tempted easily. Certainly.
Shadow peered at Seven, very closely. She had to be sure he wasn't lying just to get the lantern. Of course he wasn't really old enough yet to be too deceptive.
A groan murmered in the back of her throat and she nodded to the boy. It was settled then. Tomorrow she would go to pick up a lantern for Seven, and they'd have a new toy around the house.
She could only hope this wasn't a huge mistake...
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:31 pm
3-21-05 - Giving the Lantern a Home
Carefully, Shadow placed the lantern up on the windowsill. Seven was still too small to reach it up there and she figured it would be a nice place for it to rest till she could find somewhere to hang it.
"There you go, Seven. Your very own lantern by your very own window." She smiled slightly, trying to supress the sick feeling she felt in her stomach that something would go wrong with it.
Seven grinned broadly, reaching for it, finding himself quickly dissapointed when he couldn't reach the thing. He wanted to play with it, "Ahh, Sewen can't reach."
Shadow grinned smugly, "Exactly. This isn't a toy Seven, so we must not touch it, it's only here to look pretty, ok?" With that, she turned and left the room to find something to hang it up with. A ceiling hook or some string or something.
The green mist swirled around the lantern, never haulting it's trajectory unless Seven managed to get his grubby hands too close.
Seven paused in his efforts too look around for something to stand on. The bed wasn't close enough to the window to be any help, and the dresser was too heavy to really move. The legos where too small. No. No. No... YES!
Seven pattered across the room and quickly went to work pulling his little toychest towards the window. He could stand on that fine! And.. it was sturdy enough to hold him, he'd stood on it before to reach stuff in his dresser, certainly it would be enough for him to reach the pretty lantern in the window.
Thunk. Finally, the toy chest came to rest beneath the window, snugly pressed up against the wall.
Seven scrambled up ontop of it, reaching as far as he could, his fingers wrapped around the feet of the lantern. Finally! He got his pretty! Now lets see what's inside...
Seven's hand wrapped around the lid, but as he tried to pull there was nothing in his hands, "Eh!?" He cried, looking around frantically.
Shadow loomed over him, holding the lantern in her hand just out of Seven's reach, "Seven." She said sternly, giving him one of those 'what do you think you're doing?' looks.
The little boy pouted and plunked down on his rear on the toychest, "Pwetty fo' Sewen?" He said timidly, wringing his hands together.
Shadow shook her head a little, "Pretty for Seven to LOOK at, not to take apart." With that, she took the hook and string she found and went about hanging the lantern from above the windowsill.
The mint green mist swirled slowly around the lantern just as it had always done, creating sort of a peaceful look to it. What was brewing inside though... no one would know until the perfect moment.
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:01 am
accessorization quest!__.
The lantern may be Seven's pretty, but now it comes time for the lantern to have a pretty of its own! Find the lantern a suitable gift or decoration, and perhaps even a butterfly may appear to share it!
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 8:05 pm
5-15-05 Accessorizing?
The lantern sat peacefully where it was hung, seemingly unaware of the constant commotion in the room. Seven, since the day the lantern had arrived, had done nothing but scuffle around the room trying to get to the lantern.
The lantern, however, just sat. Day and night it sat, the greenish mist circling around it peacefully. For the most part. It did circle somewhat chaotically when Seven managed to get one of his socks stuck to it, though it returned to normal once Shadow rescued it.
* * *
Seven finally plopped down on the floor by Shadow's feet and pouted, crossing his arms over his chest, "I jus' wanna see it." He said, peering up at her.
Shadow stood there, looking down at the boy. She too was tired of standing around just making sure he didn't destroy the thing. "Ok." Shadow said, lifting Seven off the floor, "But only for a little while."
She walked over to the window and carefully pulled down the lantern, carrying it out of the room and placed it in the center of the dining room table.
The two of them sat at opposite ends of the table, Shadow watching Seven, and Seven watching his pretty. There was silence for a while, till Shadow softly cleared her throat.
Seven glanced up at her, finally taking his eyes away from it.
"Why don't you make something pretty for your lantern?" She asked, reaching across to ruffle Seven's hair. Seven wrinkled his nose a little and brushed away his guardian's hand.
"A pwetty fo' the wante'n?" He asked, tilting his head a little.
"Yeah!" Shadow replied, "Something really special that the lantern will be able to keep with it for a long time... maybe something useful too? Something to remember you by.." She trailed off, tapping her fingers together slowly.
Seven brushed his hand over his chin, thinking about this as well, his wings twitched slightly behind him. Then he grinned widely, "How 'bout a neckwace?" He beemed proudly. Necklaces were pretty, and he'd seen people make them before. He could make one out of stuff around the house! It could be something special, and interesting at the same time.
* * *
The lantern sat peacefully in the center of the table, whisps of green circled lazily. Seven had gathered things from around the house to try and make a pretty necklace for it, Shadow, of course, helped by picking up everything he dropped as he tried to carry everything around in his little arms.
A pile of would-be-junk was dropped onto the floor near the table; items including paperclips, bottle caps, bits of metal from broken contraptions, and much more. A few shiny, pretty things where mixed in with everything but most was covered in dirt or soot, much like Seven was most of the time.
He sat down and shuffled his hands through the pile, searching for just the right objects to attach to the necklace. He'd stand up from time to time to hold up something in front of the lantern before deciding whether or not to include it in the pretty.
* * *
Several hours passed, bits of failed necklaces lay strewn across the floor and in the garbage, but Seven still perservered. 'Course he had to ask Shadow for a little help finally after he couldn't quite figure out how to make something pretty.
She offered some suggestions about it and made a string for him to tie some beads and things to. "Maybe you could tie some of your feathers to it.. the ones that fall out." She suggested.
Seven nodded and plucked three feathers from his left wing, two small ones and a larger feather. "Wike dese ones?" He said, holding the feathers out to Shadow.
She laughed a little but nodded to the boy and went about glueing the smaller two feathers to some beads. She paused with the larger one and glanced at Seven as he watched intently.
Seven's hand was gripped around a particularly sooty bead, also larger than the others, and held it out towards Shadow, "This one special fo' pwetty." He nodded, urging his hand towards the white feathers.
Shadow carefully took the bead from him, brushing her thumb over the surface to see what it looked like beneath the sootyness. Her eyes widened slightly.
It was a particularly beautiful piece of Jadeite, carved into a smooth oval shape with a hole running from top to bottom. Shadow glanced from the bead to Seven and nodded, "It's perfect." She said and went about fixing up the rest of the necklace.
* * *
The necklace was primarily black and green, with a few pieces of beadlike metal attached. Shadow held it up towards the lantern and Seven clapped his hands enthusiastically.
"Pe'fect!" He cried, reaching his hands towards the lantern. He wanted to wrap the necklace around it.
Reluctantly, she pulled the lantern to the edge of the table and allowed the boy to attach the necklace to it, making sure he didn't crush the poor thing.
The mist seemed almost a little disturbed with the added accessory, but it settled back down and swirled lazily, around both the necklace and the lantern now.
Shadow smiled a little, "Ok, now we have to put it back, ok?"
Seven cried a little and held the lantern for a few moments longer, carefully whiping the soot from the beads, "Jus' a widdle wonger?" He asked, stroking the top of the lantern, leaving sooty finger prints over the surface.
Shadow shook her head a little and reached down, taking the lantern from the boy. It was time to give it a rest, "You've given it it's present, now it's time for it to go back up where it was..."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 1:14 pm
5-23-05 Making a Mess!
((Under construction))
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:02 pm
6-26-05 Bug catching?
((Under construction))
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:07 pm
6-27-05 A child arrives.
((Under construction))
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