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It takes one to snow one [Omen]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2021 23:53:34 GMT
Up in the calm of snowflake village most were still getting sorted after a particularly nasty blizzard. Most would be left shoveling or dealing with it in their own way; but coal’s family were one of the few that had it easy. Given that they lived a little bit out of the way, firmly planted into the mountainside and had a fairly chipper meicrackmon that could clone herself. Making short work of any real yardwork when it cropped up.
Heck she was even done carving out a path down to the town proper before the rest of them were even done shoveling their driveways. Making it really easy for coal to pick through the yard and go down to the city if she really wanted to. But instead? She found herself sitting on the couch inside. The howling wind outside a small reminder of why she loved the fact she had thicker fur than most.
But given that she didn’t help doing the yardwork meant that coal would have to be the one to make hot chocolate or tea, or whatever lunch that holly wanted of her once she was back. Having a kettle going on the stove the black-renamon-x shifted off of the couch and stood up; going over to the kitchen once she heard the shrill call of that little device.
She’d huff a bit and pull it off of the stove; wondering to herself when her elder sister would be back. Given that she had so many hands and there was a lot of work to do there was a good chance that holly offered to help the other homes around here that the city wasn’t ready to get to yet. Which meant that she had all this hot water and not too many people to share it with.
She’d sigh just a little bit and pull it off of the oven; turning it off and considering what to make herself. Hot chocolate seemed like a good call but… tea would also work in her favor later. The renamon-x looked between the two packages. Huffing to herself and settling on the hot chocolate; given that it would be a more welcome sight to her sister knowing that the package wasn’t entirely full…
”Maybe I should get out some mugs and get them started… Maybe a thermos for her? Yeah…”
Coal would mumble a bit; getting things set out. A mug for if holly came back soon enough and the thermos that would be ready and raring if not. She’d probably pour it out into the thermos just in case. But the renamon-x found herself with more than enough water in the kettle even after making her own. She was used to making it for both her and her sister; without the other around it was weird to her.
The renamon-x would peer out of the window, frown a bit when she didn’t see her sister and resign herself to sitting on the couch. Hoping quietly that holly didn’t get too busy with helping others. Or stuck in a snowbank again like the last time that it snowed until she got upset enough to break out with her claws.
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 17, 2021 0:31:02 GMT
If one was going to be in the Prominence for a while, then it would be perfectly wise to see who around it you could trust. That was what fueled Omen in deciding to explore Snowflake. It was a very quaint village. The kind you could retreat to at any point in the year and it'd remain exactly the same. Cozy. But not in a way one could consider overtly stagnant.
There was one thing that Omen was curious about, though. Her mother had mentioned that a friend of hers had taken up residence in Snowflake--and that if she ever needed a place to stay? That friend would very likely take her in with open arms.
Omen was unsure of this. Then again, she had only known her mother to be truthful. But then again. She also had known her mother for all of a few weeks. She had to see this for herself. She had to.
She'd approach the place at the address Mae told her (don't ask how she found out, it's better that way and less boring), and...Approach the door. Stare at the door for a couple of minutes. And curl her tailed hand into a fist and knock upon it. "Helloooo?" It's Mae's voice speaking.
Who'd dare to answer?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 0:41:22 GMT
Coal sighed a bit and shook her head; maybe she should consider going out and finding her elder sister. She remembered how huffy they had been but at the same time? With that nonsense about orion being still a thing the renamon-x would get in more trouble trying to wander around town without supervision. So she’d sit down on the couch and sip at her hot chocolate.
It wasn’t even five minutes later that there was a knock on her door. Blinking the renamon turned her head and adjusted her glasses just a bit. She could see the edge of the wireframe of the building just out of her peripherals and if she focused really hard she could tell someone was there. She couldn’t really tell what they were but hearing the voice…
Hmm.
It wasn’t someone she recognized offhand; maybe it was one of her mother’s friends? Her sisters? It was hard to tell. So the renamon-x got up and went to the door; hesitating for a few long moments before slowly pulling it open. She was greeted with quite the sight… of someone she had never seen before; she felt her core twist and she’d gulp a bit.
”H-hey there… c-can I help you?”
Coal couldn’t help but think of Sepulchure when she looked at this little mon; given that they looked… almost identical in a way. Though sep would have been an older version of whatever it was that she was looking at. That didn’t do much to dispel her discomfort however given that this was firmly someone she didn’t know. She hoped that they were just here to deliver a package or maybe try to find one of her parents or siblings. That was always easier to deal with after all!
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 17, 2021 0:48:19 GMT
That was quick. Quicker than Omen had anticipated by a lot, really. She had been expecting it to take a bit longer. Or for some form of vetting process. She was unsure, but she was confronted with a black Renamon of some kind. ...No, a Renamon with the X Antibody! That was interesting.
She didn't even know they could have those.
"Um...Yes, actually. Do you know where I can find a Holly? ...My mother said she was a friend of hers and I might be staying around here for a while. I'd like to see who I can trust here, given I haven't gone to the north before."
It was cold. "...Also. Um. Who're you? I've never seen someone like you before." Omen tilted her head, eyes of flame unblinking. Yes. This was a stranger. But given they were at the place of the friend. There had to be some importance as to who they were, yes? ...She wanted to know.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 0:57:16 GMT
Coal stared down at this other mon; she was tempted to take off her glasses to get a look at their wireframe and maybe even their core if she stared long enough but she had been told by her da that was fairly rude. She’d gulp a bit feeling their gaze on her, even going as far as closing the door just a bit more to give her a little bit of a ‘wall’ between her and this new person. Hearing though that this person was looking for Holly? Coal froze; holly had a friend that was a mother? And this person was looking to stay somewhere. She’d ease the door open a little more; more than enough for omen to get a good view of who she was talking to rather than a meek head and half of the upper body of this black-renamon-x.
”Holly’s out shoveling snow; she should be back soonish… and that’s fair uhm… well the people up here are fairly friendly so I’d say you could trust most if not all of them.”
Coal blinked a bit as she felt those eyes on her; flame eyes. She had never seen something like that and the renamon hesitated. Who was she? That was an easy enough question but with it tacked on about never seeing someone like her? Well…
”I’m coal, one of holly’s younger sisters. I’m a black-renamon-x. Which… I guess is kinda rare since renamons are rare in themselves. Uhm.”
She was being awfully rude to a sister’s friends child wasn’t she? She didn’t even invite the other in! The renamon-x pulled the door open a bit more and stepped to one side; motioning for omen to come in.
”Well… would you like to come in? There’s some hot water still on the stove and some coco or tea mix if you’d ah… like?”
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 17, 2021 1:40:22 GMT
"Shoveling...Oooooh. Because there was a blizzard. I think I get it." Yes, she absolutely did. That wasn't a joke. That said, she noted this Renamon's body language. Freezing in place before opening the door. This...girl was rather meek. Perhaps she should try to adjust around this.
"Soonish...Okay. I can wait. My mom said I needed to be less impatient, so...this helps." Yes yes. "My name's Omen. It's nice to meet you! ...Is your name Coal because of your fur?" Maybe that was a bit too upfront a question. Just...maybe? Eh.
"I'm a Wispmon! Apparently my kind's super rare too, which is weird since my moms are a Keramon and a Renamon." How such a combination came to be is a story in and of itself, but... She was given the offer to come inside. So, of course, Omen nodded her head many times. "Sure!" If given the room, she'd then step inside.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 1:55:42 GMT
”Yeah… shouldn’t be long I think. Though she was supposed to be back…”
Coal couldn’t help but glance at the clock; seeing that her sister should have been back almost a half hour ago didn’t really fill the rookie with confidence. She’d sigh a bit and couldn’t help but exhale a bit too much. Seeming like she was a bit more nervous than she should have been.
”Oh uh! Nice to meet you too Omen. Uhm. I don’t actually know why my name is coal. I’d have to ask my ma or da about that and they’re not here.”
Coal had never really thought about it; but if it was because of her fur color she wouldn’t have been surprised. Though wouldn’t that mean her sister should have been named Topaz or something like that? She’d rub at her chin thoughtfully and then move out of the way; managing an awkward smile to omen.
”I’ve never seen a wispmon before, but then again I haven’t really… traveled. So I’m super used to stuff that’s more for the north. Like ma. She’s a shutmon with thick fur but sometimes a renamon too. What’s a keramon?”
The renamon-x tilted her head to one side and would give the other space to enter. Once they did she’d close the door and then would lead her guest to the kitchen. Omen would find that most of it was made with both human sized individuals and shorter mons in mind. Given that her dad was a mikemon and both of her sisters were small cats.
”Lesse… Looks like we got a good assortment of tea still… strawberry, raspberry, mint hmmm.. Oh some kind of sweet tea? Then there’s the coco which there’s light, dark and then heavy on the marshmallows…”
Coal would fiddle around with mugs while omen would probably make her choice. It wasn’t hard for her to make tea or the coco. The renamon shifted a bit and she could feel her tails nervously flick; making her sigh just a bit.
”Any idea how your ma knows my sister? I didn’t even know holly had a friend that… well has kids. Heck I didn’t even know she had any friends given how often she’s shut up in her room.”
Then again holly was gone a lot as of late so that could also be a reason? The renamon-x leaned up against the counter, a pair of mugs in her hands. One of them was one of those that you pour the drink in and an image would appear on the side while the other was that stereotypical yellow smiley face.
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 17, 2021 2:12:34 GMT
"Well, Wispmon usually live in forests. They guide and mess with travelers. Or so Uncle Jokah says...I dunno what a Shutmon is, though. A Keramon's a squid...thing with arms and a smile on it's face all the time. My mom usually wears a white robe when she's in that form." Omen explained, quite swiftly as she went inside.
The place kind of reminded Omen of her mother's own dwelling up in the heavens. Most shorter mons could enter it with ease...Huh. Neat. "Oh! I like raspberry. Do you have sugar, too? My mom usually makes mine with a spoonful of it and it comes out really, really nice!" If there was any indication of Omen herself being nearly as meek as Coal...Well. That was dissipated fairly swiftly.
Because when you're excited, you stop being shy.
Of course, Omen had to actually pause for a moment. Mae -did- tell her of how she knew Holly...But remembering that... "I think she met her back when she still lived in the Great Moving Library. I...don't know why she moved out of there. She never told me. But she did say she ran into Holly one day and they watched anime together. Even saved the North from getting bored to sleep by a big dude named Sloth."
That was a gross simplification of those events. What the hell is wrong with this girl. "I think we can ask if Holly comes home soon, though!" Yes. If.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 2:32:44 GMT
”See this is where I ask if you’re messing with me but I don’t travel much hah… Jokah? Like… a jestermon? Oh. Uhm. It’s a big ol wolf with swords on it’s arms. Though ma has a sword on her waist instead for some reason. There’s a picture of her somewhere around here… and I’ve seen one of those before I think; but he was just a delivery boy… squid… thing? I didn’t know that’s what they were called that though.”
It probably helped that the place was built from the ground up; otherwise it might be a little more difficult for those that were of unusual sizes to deal with it. Heck there was even a higher ceiling for some of the rooms given that some of the forms her siblings kept were taller… She’d hum thoughtfully at hearing that the other would like to have raspberry. She’d probably get along with holly; the meicrackmon did enjoy the fruits more than anything else.
”I think we’ve got some sugar around here mmm..”
Coal would pick around the cupboards and then would perk up when she found the sugar. It was in one of those tubs used for larger easy bake nonsense but coal was glad that she knew where the measurement spoons were at. She’d fiddle around and pour in the water, add the little tea mixture and then put in the sugar for her guest. Stirring it while her tails sort of flitted this way or that.
”My ma taught me how to make it a while ago, more because she travels a lot so she figured I should know how to. I could show you how to make some later if you’d like?”
Coal shifted a bit and would lean against the counter; once the tea was done well she’d offer it to omen! Hearing that holly had met mae in the great moving library made coal frown. She had never heard of this place before; in fact that was the first she had ever heard of it. Coal had heard about that bit with sloth; holly didn’t really talk about it too much. Maybe it was because of the meiphemon form?
”Holly hasn’t told me about the great moving library. Wonder why… Mmm. The bit with sloth though she did mention that there was a solid team for it and it’s where her meiphemon came from. Which… is a meicrackmon mixed with a belphemon. However the heck that works. Uhm. I can text her really quick to see…”
She’d pull out her D-terminal and look to shoot her sister a message; only to find one of her own that was unread. Coal would make a face at seeing that the older sister would be another ten or fifteen minutes at most…
”Says about ten or fifteen minutes uhm. Then she’ll be here and she can talk to us about this!”
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 17, 2021 22:15:54 GMT
"Precisely like a Jokermon! ...And no, I'm...really not. Um. I don't like telling lies." Unless it's lies about Mocha. Those are PERFECTLY acceptable in these trying times. Nonetheless, the Wispmon committed such a description to heart. Would she recall it? Time would only tell. She notably followed Coal in her search for sugar, her tail pointing at where the sugar was if she even dared to sight it.
"I'd like to learn, yes. Mom doesn't really show me how stuff works a lot. She just...does it because she thinks I'll like it. I kinda do, but...spending more time and stuff." There was a pause after that while Coal explained some peculiar things. "Mei...phemon? That sounds weird..."
She'd never heard of that before. But, she was willing to wait the ten minutes. Or fifteen. Or anywhere in between. "Well, let's get the tea going so we can have something to drink while we wait and stuff!" Yes. Very simple.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2021 0:11:57 GMT
Hearing that her guess on what this ‘Uncle Jokah’ was fairly close to what they actually were made coal’s tail wag ever so slightly. She’d fiddle around with her glasses and then nod a few times at hearing that omen didn’t like to tell lies. That was good cause coal didn’t like telling them or being told them. So they’d at least get along with that it seemed! With omen being a helpful guide to the sugar coal would at least be able to find it a bit quicker than on her own!
”Well I don’t like telling lies either. So I guess we have that in common! I uh… well. I’m not really good around people usually either so… lying would be harder I think than just being truthful.”
Coal perked up a bit at hearing that omen did indeed want to learn how to make tea! AT least all the first steps were easy; coal would glance at her coco and then the tea that she had made for her guest. Well It could just be put in a thermos for later right? That’d make three thermos’! Wouldn’t be a problem given where they lived.
”It’s kinda weird. A mix between a goat and a cat; it’s really strong though and it’s data looks a bit weird. Hurts to look at kinda…”
Coal frowned a bit and shook her head; motioning for omen to follow her for like maybe two steps.
”Well it’s easy… first we get some water into this thing here. It’s called a kettle. Then we just put it on the stove but… Ah. Looks like I’ll need to fill it up a bit first.”
Coal would turn on the water, opening up the kettle from the top and fill it up. Humming a soft tune that she had learned from her mother before setting it back onto the stovetop. She’d smile a bit and tap at the buttons on the front of the stove.
”Older stoves have these like little turn things but ours has some fancy buttons so it’s not like most stoves. I think it was just an ease of user thing or something uhm… Then we wait for a few minutes. Why don’t you get the tea bags you wanna use? Since I still have the sugar here…”
Sure she knew that omen would prefer the raspberry and sugar mix, but given that seh’d have the choice again would she pick something different? Or go with the same? Regardless of her choice coal would show that pouring the liquid in first and then putting in the little bag was the next step!
”Then we let the bag sit for a little bit, I learned real quick you don’t want to slice them open… or have your claws puncture the baggie. So I just grab it by the little tab here…”
Coal had picked out one of the mugs that would get a picture on it as it heated up; showing off a nice picture of the sunset over snowflake village as it warmed up!
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 21, 2021 17:03:58 GMT
There was a mutual appreciation of honesty present. One that, while for different reasons, seemed to resonate pretty well with the Wispmon. Also the mutual teamwork here, but that was only paaartially related to that!
Moreover, Omen seemed a bit surprised that Coal was willing to take the reins on teaching someone how to brew tea. Much less someone who lacked arms entirely. And no, a tail did not count here. The description of Meiphemon, though? "...You can see data?" Of all the things, that was the thing Omen zeroed in on immediately. "How does that work?"
Giving Omen the choice did not dissuade her choice of tea. She would go and pick up the raspberry tea bags. Would this necessitate jumping? Unsure. But she'd do her damnedest to pick the bags up and set them down near the kettle. Not on the stove itself, no! "Yeah, you don't want herbs spilling allover the tea...That's not great to drink." Omen seemed to note this part specifically from experience.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 17:25:37 GMT
Maybe it was because they were so young that lying and avoiding the truth seemed strange to them? Either way that was definitely something that would come up in the future she felt. If they interacted again at least. Then again if holly knew Omen’s mother and they were friends why wouldn’t they? Heck could Omen and coal be the same? Though that was a question she wasn’t sure she should be asking herself. Then again coal didn’t really have any friends; could she count sep in that list? She’d jerk her hands a bit at hearing Omen zero in on the ability to see data. Coal paused and thought it over; her da said that only one of her eyes could do so. And that was part of the reason her glasses were tinted and operated the way they do. ”Yeah. Uhm. My da said that it was because I got his eyes. Or rather I got one of his eyes. And he can turn them on and off. So I got that ability from him. If I take off my glasses… well I can see the wireframe of everything, kinda see people’s cores. But it’s like… weird feeling when I do it and not super polite. Basically imagine it like uhm… seeing through something but that something is still there.”Coal wasn’t sure about it herself; just that it also made sneaking up on her difficult and that she could also see pretty far with it if she focused but that hurt if she did that. She’d rub at her neck sheepishly and manage a small smile. ”It kinda hurts if I do it too much though so I try not to. Some cores and some wireframes though are brighter than others. Like… my ma, big sis and da are all really strong so their cores are really bright. But then I go out to the town and everyone seems… muted.”Seeing the other jump up and get the bags made coal consider getting a stool or something for her guest. So the renamon would do that for her, getting a little step ladder for her guest realizing she probably should have done that from the get go! ”Not if they’re bigger leaves or herbs, but sometimes you can’t avoid it… At least for the weirder- Oh!”Coal’s ears flicked and she’d glance out of the kitchen. Hearing the door close and the sound of someone humming. The tune was familiar and she knew it from her ma so… Coal grinned a bit; probably the first time her lips parted in that way since Omen saw her. ”Looks like holly’s here!””Hmm? Company?”Holly would mumble a bit and step around the corner, normally she kept to meicrackmon or the other various forms but as of late she had been keeping to Meiphemon given it was better received by the locales it seemed. Her orange eyes locked onto their guest and seeing that coal was making tea for them… Or was teaching them how to do tea? Well Holly couldn’t help but chuckle softly. ”And you must be mae’s daughter. She said to keep an eye out for you. I see you’ve met my lil sis coal. I’m holly! Pleased to meetcha~””Her name is Omen! I’m helping teach her how to make tea!””Is coco next hmm?””M-maybe! If… uhm omen wants…”Holly would give the younger mon a warm smile and step to the fridge, pulling out one of her own drinks that she had prepared earlier. It was meant for helping fight off frostbite or the sort of chills that you’d get from working in the snow. She didn’t think she had either but… it never hurt to be prepared! ”Silence will be home later by the way; should be around dinner time. Do you know how long you wanna stay omen?”Holly’s tone was gentle, if not beyond friendly. She kept that sort of eased smile on her face without much effort. While the tail head hadn’t given omen much of a glance, it seemed to be looking around to make sure there wasn’t anything extra going on… leave it to them to make sure that they all were safe!
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Post by Omen, Chaddest of Chads on Jan 31, 2021 1:56:47 GMT
Hm. Passing down an ability that's...vision related? That can also literally see what people are made of? That's...interesting. Like one of those human world things that views your insides, but localized entirely within one whole eye for your viewing displeasure. "It kind of sounds like my mother's ability to see the future. She can do it willingly, but it...hurts her if she does."
Shockingly, Omen had been able to recall that explanation quite expertly, and was able to condense it into something that she was hoping would make enough sense to Coal. Otherwise she had to get the dang tea bags! Her tail would pluck the appropriate ones one by one while Coal went and got a stepladder.
Omen turned and noticed that. "Oh. Um. Thank you." She nodded, before she'd hop down at hearing something from the door. Something that actually made the Black Renamon pop a grin. ...She nearly commented on how that was a nice smile, but then remembered Mae said something about that being awkward. Do not do this!
Around the corner came a...thing, as described earlier. A strange cross between a Big Dude Named Sloth and a Meicrackmon. Orange eyes met eyes of yellow. "Um...Hi. Most people call me Omen. Mom's told me a bit about you." The Wispmon would give a bow as best as she could manage, before resuming upright.
"Cocoa would be nice. I've...never had that before but I've heard plenty about it. I don't have to do anything here until a few days later, so...I can stay for a while. Um...Who is Silence?"
Omen seemed calm enough. Which was good, new people had the potentiality to cause anxiety, but it seemed like Coal or Holly hadn't been causing anything of that sort. Quite the opposite.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2021 2:15:52 GMT
”Well when I was a vixi and relemon it hurt a lot to use it so I’d just constantly close my eye and now it’s… like I’ll get a headache if I do it too long. But I have to if I want to get my eye strong. That kind of sounds… awful to handle.”
Coal found herself frowning and she’d rub at the eye in question; it was yellow with a white screla while her ‘normal’ eye was icy blue with black! They both hid behind her glasses which were prescribed to keep her from looking at people like that all the time.
”I keep forgetting we have it… both da and one of my big sisters are uh… well around your size.”
The renamon kept her grin for a few longer moments as holly appeared; letting the grin fade into a cheerful smile. Holly on the other hand couldn’t help but keep her own and well; would shift to give the other a small bow in return. They knew about manners after all!
”It’s nice to meet you Omen.”
Holly would reach over to and if allowed to give omen a gentle pat on the head; hearing that she didn’t have to do anything for a few days and could stay for a while made the meiphemon’s smile widen considerably. She enjoyed new company and well; getting to meet her friend’s kid? What other response could she have!
”Well good! I can make some Cocoa with a snack later. Don’t think chasing tea with it would be a good idea haha…”
Coal perked up a bit at hearing that question about her mother; though she’d fidget just a wee bit because of it. Maybe she should have brought up her mother earlier?
”Oh she’s uh… She’s my mom.”
”She’s pretty friendly and very forward! When first meeting her she gave me a hug that almost cracked me in two!”
Holly was of course making it seem a little more extreme than it actually was and jokingly rolled her shoulders as she stood back up and proper. Her tail head seemed a little less alert and had went back to resting on holly’s shoulder. Lazily staring at the younger sister and Omen.
”Would you two like some grilled cheese? It’d make for a good snack I’d say…”
”Grilled cheese and tea sis?”
”Well why not! Fruit goes good with the stuff and the tea you picked out seems to be fruity…”
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