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The strange little man that always seemed to be in all of the Aduthule happenings sat at his desk with a small basket by his feet... well, beneath his feet as his legs weren't quite long enough to get close to the floor from the chair. He pressed his glasses up on his forhead and hopped down to examine the basket more closely, and to make sure the dark thule was still sleeping.

Once he was certain she was he waddled around the desk to make sure the bright thule was still playing with the skill replicas.

Ceri, being the little curious thule she was, had the plaster cast skull on her own head and was pretending to be a dinosaur. "Paabaaaa" She'd babble as she scooted around on the floor.

"Oh heavens I hope that woman gets here soon, yes, soon!" He cried. It made him almost light headed to see his artifacts being played with by a child, but he had to keep her entertained somehow!

He clutched his hand to his chest to be sure the relic was still there, tucked safely away while he waited to deliver it to it's new guardian.

Ecavi made her way to the museum, not the first time this week she'd been here. She'd managed to find someone to take care of Jasmine, though she had been reluctant to leave the hatchling- but she didn't want to rush around with a baby dragon.

She made her way up the stairs, and then reached for the door, pulling at it hopefully. Lucky for her, this time it was not locked (not that she expected it to be, since she was expected this time). She stepped into the museum and closed the door carefully behind her.

"Hello?" She said as she turned and looked around the room she was in..

The little man twitched with excitement, the hours and hours of waiting for her arrival were finally over!.. well, he hoped they were, seeing as it could have also been the woman coming for the relic. No matter!

With a slightly panicky skip he made his way down the back hall to the entry way where the woman had arrived, "You there!" He said, in a voice that was almost threatening. "You are who now?"

Ecavi jumped a bit, startled by the unfriendly, and unrecognizable voice. Maybe someone knew had come to work here, since she'd last been inside? Or maybe she wasn't in the right place? No matter, she was willing to take her chances.

"Um," She started off hesistantly, and quiet but spoke up to ensure she was heard. "I'm Ecavi."

She took a couple steps foreward..

The man pushed the oversized glasses back up on his nose and pushed back his hair, making himself more presentable, "Ah yes! FINALLY!" He cried and ran up to shake the woman's hand, "Good you have come it is!"

He twitched his ears slightly and wrinkled his nose, "Oh yes, hurry we must, the girls are waiting!" He cried and beconed the woman to follow him down the corridore. "You were informed, yes?" He asked, looking back over his shoulder as he skuttled along.

The man made a slight 'tsk' sound and shook his head, "Shadow must learn to inform people better, but... NO MATTER!" He came to a hault infront of a doorway that looked much like the entry to an office, "This is your stop, behind this door..." He shook his head again and lept up to turn the doorhandle and pressed it open.

The bright girl sat still in the middle of the room, the skull still fixed on her head (apparently stuck) and she stared through the eyeholes to the two poeple in the door way, "Gaaa!" She cried, tugging on the edges.

"Aiie! No no, this is not good, not good at all!" The little man cried and ran over to the little girl. He certainly hadn't thought this through, now he was giving this woman children with things stuck to their heads? No good at all!

"This is one of your children and the other is in the basket behind the desk." He said slightly panicky again as he tried to help dislodge the artifact from the girls head.

Ecavi followed after him, stopping as he leapt to open the door. She couldn't help but smile when the door opened and Ceri was sitting in the middle of the floor with a skull stuck on her head. She watched, with a slight smile, as the man went over to the thule to try to remove the artifact.

At the mention of the second child, she leaned onto her toes, looking in the direction of the desk- hesitantly taking a couple steps towards it, looking back at the struggle. When she caught sight of the basket, she knelt down to take a look, hoping not to disturb it's occupant should she be spotted.

Myze remained sleeping in the basket, covered by a blanket with stars printed on it. Ceri on the other hand was wide awake and frightened now that she couldn't get the skull off her head.

"Oh no! Oh no no!" The little man tugged and pulled but he wasn't much help being only slightly larger then the little girl and his hands were far too stubbly to be of much help, "No good at all!"

With a smile at the sleeping thule, and looked back at the other two. Maybe she could be of some help, considering it didn't look like they were getting anywhere and she was a fair bit bigger than both of them..

She stood up and walked over to them and knelt down again, "Maybe I could help?"

Ecavi smiled hopefully, and put a hand gently on Ceri in hopes she would calm down enough to make it easier to try to take the skull off her own without damaging either. She put a second hand to the skull, and tested how much space was between Ceri's head and the artifact and try to pull it loose.

The man twitched and fidgeted as he took a step back, rubbing his hands together. "Oh yes, please, sorry!" He cried, "I didn't think it would get stuck on there, my dear, dear me!"

Ceri seemed to calm a little as the woman approached, unlike when the little man did, that just seemed to freak her out more. "Booboo." She whined, pushing her little hands on the edge of the skull. Who knew a little game of dinosaur would end in such... horror?

Ecavi smiled a bit, even if it was most likely Ceri couldn't see her face that clearly as she stooped over over. She moved her hand from Ceri's shoudler to lower her hands, "Calm down." She said soothingly, and then took both hands to pry the skull loose. With a little more force, and a couple chips on the artifact, it came off of the little girls head.

Ecavi held the skull in one hand and held it out the the little man, "I'm sorry." She said, apologizing for not being able to remove it without damaging it. But it was better than on someone's head. She gently brushed her fingers over Ceri's hair, straightening out the creases that the skull had left..

The skull! He nearly sobbed right there, but he just took the skull carefully from the woman and went about picking up the pieces that had fallen off, "Oh.. it's it's ok, yes, perfectly fine, The girl's alright yes? No?" He questioned, fidgeting as he'd hop next to the desk and put each tiny piece he found on the top.

Oh dear, oh dear, my precious artifact, oh dear these kids are work! It was probably a good thing he wasn't a guardian, being as small as he was, Shadow made the right choice to have him be solely a delivery man and not a babysitter... well, not for long anyways.

Ceri rubbed he hands through her hair and sniffled a little, rubbing a spot on her forhead that was a bit bothered from the skull. She was, otherwise, fine, if not a little disturbed from the incedent.

It didn't take her long to recover, however, and she was very interested in learning about this new lady. Her hands were placed on the womans cheeks and she went about stretching and examining her with a grin and a giggle.

Ecavi looked directly at Ceri's green eyes as she was inspected by the bright thule. She smiled, she certainly looked alright to her. No signs of anything worse than panic, and she was clearly over it as she pulled at Ecavi's face.

"She looks fine to me," She said through the little fingers, "What's her name?"

"Names!" Cried the little man, nearly dropping the skull back onto the floor, lucky for him he managed to shove it back on the desk just in time.

"Oh yes yes, their names are here!" He said, scooting around the desk. Some shuffling of papers was heard but not much was seen as he wasn't quite tall enough to even peek over the desk. He pulled some papers from the drawer and moved around to see the woman.

Just to be sure, he double checked that she was indeed the guardian in question, "Ecavi, yes?" He asked, glancing over his papers simply to verify who he was speaking to, "This one here is Ceri, yes, and the one still sleeping is her sister, Mia!" Wait, no.

It wasn't Mia, was it? He fixed his glasses and peered closer at the papers in his hand "Ah, no, I mean Myze is her name."

'cavi turned to look at the man as he spoke to her, though keeping her face at an angle so it was partially towards Ceri as well. She nodded slowly when he double checked her name- what kind of chaos would be caused if it wasn't her was unimaginable.

"Ceri, and Myze." She repeated slowly, with a smile, looking at Ceri when she said her name, then glancing in the direction of the basket when she repeated Myze.

"Those are pretty names," She beamed at the day thule infront of her. Glancing back over at the adu-man again, she had to ask..

"Why are they here?" She asked softly. It didn't seem likely he was in charge of them, especially since this had a more official-adoption kind of thing going on. And from what she understood from what the man Yeu had said, they started off as relics and were given guardians at that point of life..

He pulled two photographs out of the file and handed them to the woman, one of the two when they were still a relic, and one of them when they were just 'born'.

"They had a guardian at one point, but as far as I can tell she couldn't take care of them... or something, it's not clear what happened there, but they ended up back here. There's really no trace of the former guardian, but Shadow highly recommended you to take over." At the end of his little speech his glasses were once more pressed up on his nose. "They used to be like this one here." He said, fetching the relic from his pocket, showing it to the woman, "But as you can see, they've grown!" He gave a slight snicker and dropped the trinket back in his breast pocket.

"You can ask me some questions if your confused, but we think the best thing to do would be to take them home and nurture them as best as you can." He nodded, offering a grin.

Ecavi took the two photographs and looked at them, now sitting on the floor- it was easier to talk at about eye level with the others in the room, though it certainly made her feel tall. She looked up again when he started to explain.

"Oh," was the only comment she could really manage. It was a sad story, considering the fact the two girls were very much alive- how long had they been left to themselves? It was good that they'd found their way here..

Her thoughts were interupted at the presentation of a relic, it was indeed small- especially if it fit in his pocket. She looked from the relic to the day thule at her side, then back at the man.

"I don't have any questions right now," She responded to his offer, and nodded at the suggestion. "I can do that. If I need anything, you'll be here- right?" She smiled, thinking about how she'd been here just the other day, and no one had been around. It was probably best not to mention she'd been with a couple people who'd almost broken in, though.

He gave a firm nod and put the papers and photographs away in the folder, "Of course! This Museum is my life's work, and Shadow's as well, we're here almost all the time!..." He paused then corrected himself, "Well I am, Shadow is often out on field work."

He coughed gently and ran around behind the desk to put the folder away and fetch the basket that Myze was resting in.

She smiled, amused by the 'most of the time' comment, though he wouldn't understand. With a nod, she watched as he went to put the file away and get the basket. A little late, she piped up,

"Any chance I could have copies of those photos?" She asked, her tone somewhat shy- afraid to ask too much, or cause frustration since he had just put away the file..

"The photographs?" He paused as he shoved the basket across the floor closer to Ecavi, "Mm... Yes, of course, we'll send copies to you as soon as we get the chance."

Myze's head popped out from beneath the blanket and she gave an apathetic snort at being disturbed from her sleep.

"Oh heavens, she's awake." He murmurred and pushed the basket to Ecavi's side.

Ecavi smiled, and nodded, "Thank you."

She watched as the basket with the dark thule in it was moved closer to her. She jumped a little bit when the head poked out, but smiled hopefully at the apathetic face.

"Hello there, Myze," she spoke cheerfully to the little one.

Myze gazed drearily at the woman for a few moments, then to her sister, wondering why exactly she was sitting on. It didn't take her too long to figure it out, but of course she wasn't all too thrilled and curled back up beneath her blanket.

"We will of course be expecting reports of their behavor and anything interesting that pops up." He nodded and went to fetch a buisiness card from the desk top. This wasn't the easiest of tasks of course, since he had to pull himself up ontop of the desk to get it. Why couldn't they make smaller desks for smaller people?? The hassle!

Ecavi gave an awkward smile to the blanket that hid Myze, then looked over to the adu-man with a more sincere smile. She watched as he climbed onto the desk to fetch a card.

"Alright," she replied, staying where she was. She was reluctant to stand up- it would be rude to force them all to look up at her, while she could easily stay where she was.

"That I can do."

The card in hand, he hopped down onto the chair, and successively to the floor, waddling over to pass it on to Ecavi, "All the information you need is on here, but honestly you should do fine... Just please take good care of them, yes?"

She took the card from him, murmuring a 'thank you,' and looked it over. She nodded to show she'd finished reading it, atleast and looked up. With a serious look, she nodded, "Of course."

Then she looked at the basket, then at Ceri and smiled.

Something mused in the back of his mind as he realized how many children had passed through this room and these halls. It really was fantastic and amazing what they were doing. A smile creased over the strange little man's lips and he nodded to Ecavi.

"I'm sure they'll be fine.. . just... watch out for the blue one, she bites sometimes.." His nose wrinkled slightly and he looked down at the basket.

Ecavi looked down at the basket, and shook her head, though still smiling. She looked back to the man and nodded, "I'll keep that in mind."

She looked back and fourth between the girls, then back to the man, "I guess we'll get going, then." She said hesistantly, one couldn't just sit in this room- she'd have to work on finding a way to make the girls comfortable, and home was the easiest place to do that.

The adu man offered a nod to the woman, "Well we should both be off, yes? Much work for me to do and much settling for you!" He'd fidget, stepping back away from the basket.

He looked somewhat smug standing there, another job done, just one more to go... well, one that he knew about anyways, with shadow he never really knew what to expect.

Ecavi nodded, and turned to Ceri- not wanting to push her luck, as it'd been amazing thus far (especially if Myze was known to bite, all she'd gotten was a funny look). She held out her hand, deciding as much as she thought the thule would rather walk out, it'd probably be easier for them all if she was just carried out, and lead her to the basket, aside her sister.

"Well, thank you very much." She spoke to the adu-man, and got to her feet, lifting up the basket that now had Myze curled up beneath a blanket, and a wide eyed Ceri in it.

The man pressed his glasses up once more and proceeded to shove Ecavi towards the door. Amazingly enough he managed to do so despite his size, "Yes yes, you must get them settled, they've been without a home long enough, yes?"

Ecavi nodded to the man, looking down at him now since she was standing up. With a smile at him, then at Ceri, she was turned towards the door by the little man, hopefully it had been left open.

Hopping off the bus, the young woman shrugged her small jacket back on, defending herself against the slight breeze. Looking around, she spotted her meeting place, double-checking the paper where she'd scribbled the rendezvous time and address. Yup, definitely the place. A museum...hm. She looked at her watch, and her eyes widened. She was late. Very, very late.

Streaking across the street with a howl of panic (narrowly missing getting run over as she did so), she practically up the stone steps to the door. Pulling on the wooden doors, she heaved them open, staring at the hallway revealed to her. People!

"I'm sorry I'm so late!" she wailed, flapping her arms frantically as she rushed up to them, "I had a late night at the restaurant, and, and..." her arms flopped back to her side when she noticed what an idiot she must look like. She laughed nervously. "Erm, I'm here for the relic?" she said hopefully.

Without much thought, the small man managed to push Ecavi into the hallway, of course she had to get on her way! Many trials and tribulation's lay in her path and the longer she stayed at the museum, the more troubled the kids would become, or at least he assumed so.

He did still have to rid himself of the Relic in his pocket before anything troublesome happened.

Ecavi was pushed into the hallway, clutching the basket, at just the point when another woman came in. She smiled encouragingly at the person, and stopped letting herself be shoved through the hall. She looked down at the little man that had been pushing her when the newcomer mentioned that she was here for the relic.

It certainly explained why he had a relic on him..

The man wrinkled his nose a little and popped out from behind Ecavi, stepping between her and the other woman, "You are Arach then? I presume!?" He gave her an odd look as she had hit her horns on the doorway. He, of course, had never done that, as he was practically too small to reach even doorhandles half the time.

"Tell me this is your name?" He certainly wasn't going to give such an important item to an imposter, no sirrey bob!

"Yes, yes, Arach, that's me." she said, fishing out some photo ID for him to examine. "I hope this is okay?"

She looked at the other woman and flashed a nervous smile, hoping her catlike appearance wouldn't unnerve her...but then again, her eyes turned to the yellow creature in the basket and she figured the woman probably didn't care in the least. She swished her tail, motioning to the basket. "She's adorable," she complimented, speaking of Ceri.

Ecavi smiled at this new woman, Arach, she said. She beamed and waved a bit, though keeping a hold on the basket, "Hello." She couldn't help but look over the woman, you see all sorts of things in gaia, and sometimes a second look is worth it. Her own fairy wings fluttered a bit behind her.

Ceri sat wide eyed in the basket, her green eyes focused on this person. Her gaze went to the cat tail, as Arach began to swish her tail. She was amused, and didn't really seem to hear the compliment, but giggled softly as she watched the tail move.

The man pushed the ID rather close to his face, making sure it was indeed her.

Satisfied, he handed the small plastic badge back to the other woman and fished the relic from his breast pocket, "Yes, yes, very good then, here you are!" He grinned.

As he handed the relic over, however, it seemed to almost instantly gain color as it made contact with Arach's palm. Soon after it began to shake and shudder, even so much as to fall out of Arach's hand if she didn't hold fast.

"Oh my goodness!" The tiny man cried in both excitement and fear, he'd never seen a relic react this fast before!

Unfortunately, the flustered entrance had wrecked Ara's otherwise amazing reflexes, so the second she fumbled with the relic, it took the opportunity to slip out from between her fingers and fall, bouncing slightly, to the ********!" Ara cursed, diving for it. What was happening?! "What's going on? What's with the light and the shaking?!" she cried, worried and not a little panicked. Was it her fault? Had she done something? If only she hadn't been late! Oh, hell.

Ecavi jumped back, just as startled as the other two- this was certainly something she'd witnessed, and wouldn't have had it not been for good timing, considering she was almost gone when Arach arrived. She flinched when the glowing relic hit the ground, now only a spectator..

Ceri's attention went like lightning from the tail to the relic, this time she watched it with a quiet awe, her eyes following it's every move, even as it bounced on the floor..

"They're emerging!" He said with an excited squeak, luckily for all of them the relic was sturdy enough to withstand the slight impact it had with the floor. "My goodness!" He cried, shielding his eyes as a pulse of light filled the hallway they were standing in.

By the time each of them was able to focus again, a pair of boys sat in the middle of the floor. One had a rather angry expression towards the other, though neither of them seemed to really focus on anything. Neither of them seemed at all harmed by the fall moments before.

Adu man rubbed his palms against his eyes before pushing his glasses back on his nose and gave a, rather stunned, "Wow...."

Ara stared. Nevermind that her eyes were watery from the flare of light, nver mind that her knees were digging painfully into the floor.

They're so beautiful.

She had a dim sense of what had just taken place--that the relic had given birth to two gorgeous boys. She examined them, taking in the small details: the horns (not unlike her own) on the pale one, his pink 'socks', his mischievous expression. The other looked sour, crossing his arms, a marking shaped like a red 'x' on his chest, another red mark across...

Across...

...oh God, no. They were blind; their glassy, unfocused stares couldn't mean anything else.

She swallowed thickly, feeling deep guilt forming in the pit of her stomach.

"Hello there." she spoke, her voice sounding choked with emotion.

Ecavi's red eyes were wide, her grip on the basket becoming tighter. Wow, just wow. That was certainly something to witness. She looked down at the girl in the basket, and at the starry blanket. Something to that effect had taken place with them? Just.. wow.

Ceri's green eyes were as wide as Ecavi's. She barely flinched at the bright light as the two boys emerged, without moving her gaze she reached over and gave the starry blanket a shove. Myze had to see this!

Myze was underneath the blanket, not pleased at all- she'd been woken by the voices, and seen something of the flash through the blanket. When her sister gave her a push, she lifted her head, the blanket falling over her shoulders. She looked from Ceri to where Ceri was staring, her dark eyes widening a bit at the sight of the two boys there..

The two boys instantly turned their attention towards the woman's voice, though neither of them appeared to be looking straight at her. They couldn't, of course, and so they just listened to their new, strange surroundings.

The tiny man had seemed to dissapear for a moment, only to patter back into the hallway with his fist clenched around a tiny notepad. He scribbled furiously, jotting down almost every detail of the past few moments. Oh how extraordinary!

Ara, taking the hint, continued speaking, as softly as she could. "Hi boys...I'm Arach. It's nice to meet you."

Slowly, slowly...be slow... 'Don't scare them,' she thought.

Leaning forward until she was on all fours, she babbled nonsensically, making small cat noises as she reached for them.

"What...what do I do?" she asked the museum caretaker, looking up at him with a worried expression, not halting her movement towards the boys. "Is it my fault they can't see?"

Ecavi just stood and watched, not sure what to make of the evident condition of the aduthule. It couldn't possibly be Arach's fault, the fall hadn't done anything, and it was their first contact with her.. she looked to the adu-man to see what he'd make of it all.

Ceri stood up in the basket, light enough that she doesn't really throw off the balance as she begins to make an effort to climb out. Myze watches as Ceri moves to climb out of the basket, and puts a long hand out onto her sisters arm protectively..

Ecavi, feeling these movements in her arms, turns to look at the girls.

"Nono," she coos softly, "give them a little time.."

This earned her a funny look from Myze, and a blank look from Ceri. If they understood, neither of them really seemed to care- they certainly didn't understand what was the problem..

Adu man really didn't have an answer for that, he wasn't totally sure if their relic stage actually had any effect on them. Could dropping the relic really cause them to be blind? It didn't really seem like it was possible but at the same time, maybe it was?

Despite this, the man gave a little shake of his head, "No no, I'm sure it has more to do with their allignment than... dropping... to the floor." He stopped and pushed his glasses up on his nose. Ho' boy.. Hopefully Shadow wouldn't hang him for this!

"Do I....do I name them? Or something?" she asked. They were gonna need names, after all.

Her finger came in contact with the Love twin's toe, elliciting a shocked giggled from him, even as he moved to hide, bending his brother's wing at an odd angle and using it to shield himself.

"It's okay!" Ara cried, disappointed. "It's okay, it's okay...I'm Ara, I won't hurt you...it's okay..."

The other twin looked miffed at having his wing so abused, but was otherwise unfazed by what was happening. He huffed and crossed his arms, a bored look on his face as his tail thumped on the floor. His brother hiccuped and he growled low in his throat, his eyes half-focusing on a spot somewhere to the left.

The more she babbled, the more curious sbout her the Love twin became, until he disentangled himself from the wing and cautiously reached in her direction. Their hands met halfway, and he seemed delighted at the familiar, furry texture under his fingertips; she was just like him!

Ara beamed victoriously, grinning at her two spectators. "Aren't they gorgeous?" she whispered thickly, feeling almost-tears of pride prickle her eyes.

With that question out of the way, Ecavi turned her eyes to the two boys and their guardian. She beamed, it was a touching sight, as love became less shy of Ara.

"They are," Ecavi breathed, not wanting to make too much noise- knowing the boys would be sensitive, and not wanting to ruin any progress Arach was making.

The only problem was, the less shy the love twin became, the more curious Ceri became. She proceeded to make her way over the side of the basket once more, mumbling nonsensically to herself. When Ecavi realized Ceri was so determined, she couldn't do anything but lower herself and the basket so when Ceri let go of the side of the basket she wouldn't have a bad fall. Myze just watched as Ceri left her side..

Ceri, now standing on her own feet, took two determined steps towards Arach.

"Haa," she said brightly to the girl, and the love thule who was nearby.

The love twin twitched an ear, tilting his head toward Ceri, a huge smile breaking out on his face. "Kee!" he shrieked, his wings fluttering happily as he clapped with joy, reaching towards Ceri. Finally, someone he could understand!

The hate twin just seemed to get even more huffy at the fact his brother had found a new playmate, and tucked his knees to his chest, laying his chin on his knees, glaring at a hole in the wall despite his lack of sight. It just seemed to come naturally...

Watching the day Thule and love Thule get along, Ara smiled, but it fell when she noticed the hate twin sulking. Moving towards him, she put a hand on his shoulder...

It hapenned fast. He took the offending hand, brought it to his mouth and bit in. Hard. His own personal way of telling her she'd breached his personal space.

With a yell, Ara yanked her hand away. The hate twin snickered at her muttered curses and low growls.

Ceri waved to the love twin happily, before realizing there was something funny about his eyes. She tilted her head and took another step closer but then was distracted by the interaction between the hate thule and Arach. She looked at her own hand, to the hate thule and then to the love thule. She started into a long, run on sentence about nothing in particular to the love thule, though it made no sense and was just a series of random syllables.

Myze watched as the hate twin bit his guardian, and smiled a bit. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea, no- but she'd still prefer to stay in the basket. From Ecavi's lap, she just looked at the two aduthule and listened to what Ceri had to say.

The love twin sat as close as he could to Ceri, listening to her intently, occasionally making small 'Zuki!' and 'Oowa!' noises, nodding enthusiastically. When she was done he began his own monologue, reaching over to play with her downy hair as he babbled. The soft material felt impossibly nice under his fingertips, making him purr between 'words'.

The hate twin, immensely pleased with himself, purred against his knees, his glassy eyes holding a flash of mischief.

"Little rascal." Ara muttered, grinning despite herself. He was gonna be a challenge, it seemed.

Ecavi sat down, watching the aduthule interact, and the other two sit by themselves. She smiled a bit, and looked over at Arach, "Is your hand alright?"

Ceri sat down, directly infront of the love thule, staring intently at him as he babbled and felt her hair. She giggled at first, but became more interested in whatever he was saying.

"Natii~" she murmured as he spoke.

None of it made sense to Ecavi, but Ceri was content. It made her wonder about when they'd been alone- Ceri seemed naturally social, and gladly went right back to it. Had Myze been as social, and effected different? She looked down at the night thule in the basket, who sat watching Ceri and the love thule. She shook her head, and looked back at Arach.

"What are you going to name them?" She asked.

Ara didn't waste much time. She turned to look at the love twin, smiling fondly. "Lucas." It came so naturally, a soft, gentle name for an individual much the same. As if recognizing himself, he looked up in her direction and blinked his milky eyes, smiling, making a trilling noise.

The cat-woman shifted her eyes to the darker twin, who seemed to sense her. He unfolded his legs, stretching out. "Raaaaaow." he yawned, showing small, pointed teeth. Ara beamed, her choice made. "Raul it is, then." In response, he just snapped his mouth at her, baring his teeth in a wicked grin.

"Lucas and Raul." Lucas et Raoul. It matched, even in Ara's french. She thought it fitting.

She got up, her battered knees screaming in protest. She wiped them off.
"That's enough excitement in one day, I think." she said, though her heart wasn't in it; she could watch them all day if she had the choice. But as it was, her little group needed to head home so she could give them a proper bath and a decent meal.

She turned to the other woman. "I didn't catch your name, by the way, in all that commotion. I'm Ara Cadoch, though everyone just calls me Arach. It's a pleasure." She stuck out a hand, smiling.

As if knowing farewells were to be made, Lucas's ears dropped almost comically, and he pitched forward, hugging Ceri tightly; as a Thule of love, it was the natural thing for him to do. He cuddled her against his chest, his wings tucked in tight around them. Apparently, he had to desire to let go.

Ecavi smiled, and nodded as she followed the names that Ara gave the two boys. Particularly amused by the second thules name, and his reaction, she giggled just a bit. She set the basket that held Myze in it on the floor, and got up to shake Ara's hand, "I'm Ecavi. Sorry I didn't properly introduce myself."

She beamed, and watched as Lucas bid Ceri farewell, "It looks like we'll have to get together again."

Ceri was a bit startled by the reaction Lucas had to the farewells. She gladly returned the hug warmly, snuggling back against him- she liked this thule. He was friendly, and cuddly. What more could you want?

Myze watched from her spot on the floor, she crossed her winged arms- resenting that she'd been left on the floor, even if it was her own doing. She watched Ecavi and Ara, and Ceri and Lucas, and then glanced at Raul. She shook her head and sighed softly.

"Come on, boys." Ara called her twins. "Time to go."

She disengaged Lucas from his golden playmate, lifting him up. Distraught at being taken away from Ceri, but happy to cuddle into the arm, furry arm and touch the horns--again, just like his!--he didn't seem too troubled.

Raul, as if he'd been awaiting this moment, crawled to where Ara was, bumping into Myze's basket. He hissed softly at being interrupted in his meanderings--not realizing it had an occupant--and made a biting motion in no direction in particular. He continued along his merry way until Ara picked him up as well. Indignant, he growled in her arms, his tail left to dangle.

"Well," Ara smiled. "Good evening Ecavi, I hope we can schedule a playdate or something soon. Now boys, we have a bus to catch, which passes in--" a glance at the clock. "Two minutes! Eep! Bye!"

With that, she strode out, a little Thule resting their head on each of her shoulders.

"Baaa!" Ceri squeaked as Lucas was pried away, waving to him- still not understanding that he can't really see that she's waving, but the 'goodbye' takes care of that.

Myze jumped when her basket was bumped into, narrowing her eyes at Raul as he went past her. She hissed softly as he continued on, biting in her general direction. With a 'hmph,' she pulls her blanket back over her shoulders and leans on the basket waiting for Ceri to come back.

Ecavi waved to the woman and aduthule, "Goodbye!"

She looked back at Myze and Ceri. "I guess this means it's time for us to be heading home," she informed them with a smile. Neither really seemed affected by this statement, but once gathered into the basket Ecavi bid farewell to the adu-man and made her way out the door and home~