04.28.10 - The First

Location: Salamandastron Level Two

Characters Involved: Sephora, Rahier

Sephora is sitting on the steps that lead up to the next level. She seems to have acquired a cute little baby something in a bundle, which she holds on her lap, one arm around and the other gripping a bottle, tilted up to let the lil' thing nurse from it. It's not a hare, whatever it is.

Rahier appears from the dormitory corridor, rubbing his eyes and casting a yawn out into the cavernous intersection. "Aw, who gone an' stole all those hours I was gonna sleep? I should order up a longer daytime," he laments, and then promptly spots Seph. Beam! "Hey, love," he greets, "Y'got Dei...?" And he kind of trails off, because that looks a little bigger than Dei.

Dei is not so much a bundled infant-thing anymore, is she? And, yeah, smaller than the one she's bottle-feeding just now. The doe's ears twitch, but she doesn't look up from her task. "Her name's Sveta. You know the big hulking mass of wolverine Keita uses for a bouncer..? His kid's sick."

Well I guess not, jeez. Rah walks on over to Seph and looks down at the baby, raising his brow and tilting his head at the wolverine kit. "Sveta, huh? Sounds foreign." Of course, Rah bobs his head in a nod-- not that she's looking. "I know th'guy. Big guy. Kid's kinda small, tho'." Grin.

"Bit of a runt. She got wet in the storm and couldn't get dry properly, so she turned listless, stopped eating." She's eating now now, the little kit insistently nursing from that bottle, and Seph smiles fondly at the little thing. "Told him I'd take her and fix her up, but she pretty much needs continuous care right now."

..Kinda cute, isn't it? Rah reaches on down and scratches the top of the kit's head, rubbing a finger on its little round ear. "Say," he mentions, casually. "Don't s'pose y'notice anything different about me, do ya?" Like his hair changed, maybe. Or the medals.

"What, didja get gimpy in both legs now?" Seph glances up just briefly, looking at Rah's face. Nothing new about his hair, and the glimpse doesn't afford her a look at the medals or anything particularly telling. She's distracted when the little kit turns her muzzle to the side with a quiet hiccup, and Seph draws the bottle away for a moment. "Hey now, kiddo, you don't have t' chug it."

Rahier takes a page from her book and huffs... then one from his own, and laughs. "She's hungrier than Dei, I think." Still, he crosses his arms and then decides to sit next to her, placing his arm over her shoulder. "How 'bout this?" he asks, raising up his collar and the new pin there.

"She's sick. But I got her strong 'nough to eat on her own, been workin' all since last night tryin' t' do it." Seph nudges the bottle against the kit's mouth again, and the little wolverine resumes drinking the warm contents, as Seph glances over sideways to the buck when his arm goes around her. "What 'bout what? ... /oh/. Oh! Rah!" She lights up, it's like fireworks across her face. "That's! /You/! REALLY?!"

Rahier's grin turns a little sideways at her boisterous reaction, and dips his muzzle in a nod. "Someone finally noticed m'greatness," he says. "Guess all m'hard work an' selfless thoughts finally paid off."

Sephora looks like she might just fling the baby away to hug him. Argh, child in arms! She's at risk of her muzzle breaking in half, and her free arm comes up and around, to tightly hug Rah around the back of the neck. "/Rahi/! I. Am /so/ proud of you! /Colonel/!" And she kisses him, full on the mouth. Mwah!

It's okay, there's often a child involved between them. Since he's got his arm around her, it's kinda like two half-hugs.. that's a whole hug! "Th-" And he's kissed, making it a little muffled, but when it breaks he laughs. "Thanks, babe."

Sephora draws back just a little, still beaming. Her eyes look a little glinty, don't they? "/Rah/. I. ... I /better/ be the first you told!" She laughs, too, and the wolverine kit on her lap hiccups again and makes a questioning rr sound. What's so funny!

Rahier crosses his heart with his fingers. "Th'first. I went straight t'bed afterwards, an' now I'm woken up." He grins. "T'was a good sleep, but I missed ya."

"Been takin' care of th' tyke all night," Seph says. Her grin has softened to a smile, kind of a wavery smile, like - much much too much happiness, cannot compute. "'m so prouda you, sweet'eart. An'. An' now 've got me a /colonel/ f' a boyfriend, too."

"Thas' pretty dedicated o' ya," he mentions, his eyes falling again from her to the kid. "Y'become attached t'th' little fanged child?" Who is too cute, anyway. He grins again, looking up at her. "I s'pose y'do, yeh."

"... well she's /cute/, Rah. Sweet as anythin', too. Dei won't let me coddle on her like this, only daddy, 'course," she says with a grin, and touches the little wolverine's nose. Her head nudges to Rah's shoulder. "Do I get t' run 'round braggin' now?"

"I dunno, can a wolvy-thingy really be 'sweet'?" He laughs a little, just being contrary for the sake of doing so. "But I s'pose if y'need a surrogate child s'no better choice." Now he just briefly raises a brow at her, and then grins. "Sure."

"... I dunno. Hannah's 'bout th' sweetest lil' girl 've ever seen, next t' our own," Seph says with a chuff, and grins. A bit smug, that grin. "I think a /baby/ one can be. Dunno 'bout the adults an' all, always a bit worried th' big guy's gonna eat me."