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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 4, 2008 7:37:24 GMT -5
Jenni- who had shooed Malik off and was just about to correct the billions of spelling mistakes in Seto's letter choked and dropped the letter, provoking a scowl from Seto. ''Did... that... kid... just HIT on me??'' She hissed ridgidly to Elie, staring at the supprise at black-haired boy and forcing a smile at him. ''I'm old enough to be his mother! Well... teenage mother, but you bet the point...''''Um.. hi. I'm Jenni!'' She smiled, waving at him. ''I'm Duke.'' He replied with that thingyy grin, twiriling a strand of his hair with one finger. Serenity and Ryou immeadiatly left what they were doing and skipped over to Duke, pulling him towards the toyboxs. ''Come on! Play with us!" Ryou giggled as Duke pulled off his coat. ''I dunno- everyone might want to play with me. I'll see.'' He joked and tried to hang his coat up, but the rack was too high. He waddled over to Elie and gave her his prettiest heart-melting smile. ''I'm sorry- the coat hanger is too high and I cant reach. Could you help me please, pretty lady?'' Jenni raised an eyebrow and went back to readind the letter. ''Okayy.. there's just a ..eh.. few spelling mistakes you might want to correct.'' She said, laying the note down on a table and taking out a pen with the creppy feeling that he was not playing a game crawling up her spine. ''Thats an awful lot of money! Are you sure you have this much?'' She teased, looking at him.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 4, 2008 13:23:23 GMT -5
Seto stared at her with almost no emotion. "Its nothing. I have much more than that.", he said calmly. "And now correct the letter, I dont have time to waste. Business doesnt wait." It was creepy how a young kid like him could talk like that. In fact, little Kaiba seemed like an alien amongst the other kids. But then again, they all seemed rather odd.
Elie took the jacket and put it on the hanger. "There we go...Duke was your name, right?", she asked as she knelt down to be on eye level with him. "But you know, you shouldnt just call Jenni or me 'pretty lady' and so." "Why? You two are gorgeous ladies! You should join my fanclub.", the little boy said eagerly, making a sweatdrop appear on Elie's face. "I guess we are a little too old for that.", she observed. Duke turned to look at Jenni to see whether she was of the same opinion. "Or could it be that you two already have a guy?", he asked suspiciously, his eyes fixed on Jenni. Elie was glad that he was not adressing her directly so that she could move away discreetly to where Joey, Yami and Tea were sitting.
"What are you doing here?", she asked. "Trading cards. Wanna join?", Joey asked happily. "Wow, its a very nice collection you have there, but I am afraid I dont have any cards I could trade with you.", Elie observed. Yami and Joey exchaned a surprised look before starting too look for something amongst the cards and just moment later the blonde kid held out a card towards her. "Have that one. Its a gift.", he said as Elie took the card to look at it. It had the picture of a small white kid on it and was entitled 'White Magician Pikeru'. She had no idea what to do with it, but she accepted it gratefully. "This is so cute of you.", she commented as she held the card close.
Suddenly the peacefull atmosphere was interrupted by someone crying. It was no other than Serenity who apparently had fallen into the giant toy box. Next to her there were Ryou, Malik and Marik of which the second had a satisfied grin plastered on his face. Seeing someone else cry brought tears to Ryou's eyes as well and a moment later he was crying too, soon to be joined by Yugi who walked over to sit by the group next to the toy box.
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 4, 2008 16:40:11 GMT -5
Jenni got to work correcting the letter and finding it a little mean to point out all his mistakes, but it was what he asked her to do. She finished the letter and gave it back to him, smiling a little at him emotionless face as she stood and looked at Duke in supprise. ''Oi now- you should'nt have a fanclub, you're a bit too young for that kind of thing m'dear.'' She said severly in a granny's voice, putting her hands on her hips. ''Yeah actually- I do have a ... well I....'' She paused. ''Its complicated, okay. Now go play like a normal kiddie and dont molest anyone.'' She fondly shooed him off in the direction of the toybox.The crying hit her ears and she dived towards the toybox, a little confused about who was actually hurt. ''Hey hey hey!!'' She fussed, running around the three of them and panicing a bit. ''Its okay! Ssshhh shhhhh.'' She scooped up Ryou and Marik, trying to calm them down and rooting one-handedly in her bag to get some candy to shut them up.''Hey you moron! What did you do to my sister!?!?!'' Joey yelled, jumping up from the card mat and legging it over to try to help Serenity but tripped over Elie's foot. Moving on to Serenity the girl would just NOT stop crying. ''Oi- stop grinning, you.'' Jenni grumbled, fishing Malik out and waving Elie over. ''Could you help me with the little evil child here please?'' She asked, fishing Serenity out of the box and cooing over her to calm her down as she distangled the skipping rope away from her.Marik and Ryou, sensing more candy shuffled over to Elie hopefully untill Jenni shooed them away. ''Do we have solitary confinment here?'' She muttered to Elie. ''Even a fridge would do.''
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 4, 2008 17:37:57 GMT -5
"I'll be right there.", Elie called as she held Yugi in her arms, trying to calm him down. "Hey, you dont have to cry. Nothing happened.", she told him gently. "But Serenity fell into the toy box! And Ryou looked so sad too!", Yugi sobbed, slowly calming down. "There, there. They will be ok now, so you stop crying too, ok? Have a bonbon and go and draw a nice picture for me, will you?", Elie asked as she placed him on the ground. The little boy nodded and walked off towards the cupboard with the pens and paper.
Now Elie could focus her attention on the other problem. Standing next to Jenni she looked down at Malik who did not even have one sign of guilt on his face. "Ok, Mister. You are in trouble now. Why did you push Serenity into the toybox?", she asked. "She refused to be an obedient mind-slave.", was the reply. Elie looked at Jenni rather worried. "I dont think there is solitary confinement area here....yet. We should introduce a punishment area or room.", she said eventually, even though she did not like the idea of punishing little kids. Malik and Bakura however were almost begging for it looking at their behaviour.
"Isnt there this small store room, which we could empty out and use as a time-out-room?", she asked after thinking about it for a while.
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 5, 2008 11:49:21 GMT -5
''Okay thats enough mister.'' Jenni knelt down beside Malik and looked him sternly in the eyes. ''Serenity is NOT your mind slave- if she was she would have obeyed you in the first place.'' She got a smirk in reply. ''But what if I MADE her disobey because I WANTED to push her.'' Malik grinned at her.''Either way your a disturbed little child.'' Jenni muttered backing off. ''Yeah- you're right. Just make a space in the cleaning closet beside the brooms and stuff him in there.'' She whispered jokingly, albiet a little wistfully.Serenity eventually hiccuped and curled around Jenni's shoulder, sucking her thumb tearfully as Jenni put out a foot to hold back Joey who lunged at Malik. He leaped over the outstretched foot and attacked the supprised Malik visciously. ''Eh... Elie... HELP!'' Jenni yelped at Marik- outraged- ran over and tried to tug Jeoy off his brother, only to get pushed backwards over Yami who had ran after Joey.Tea ran over to see if Yami was okay, cooing over the guy who was staring at her, a little scared looking as she raved on about freindship. The whole place was in pandemonium. Duke wandered past Elie's knees and shook his head. ''Not enough cat-fights.'' He remarked casually.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 5, 2008 12:44:25 GMT -5
Elie was starting to have a headache because of all this commotion. The kids seemed to go nuts at exactly the same time. Is this what its going to be like all the time?, she wondered before running to help Jenni, by grabbing Joey and lifting him up.
The little blond guy whoever waved his arms trying to break free to get back to fight. "Lemme go!", he kept shouting.
"No, you cant do that. Hurting other kids is bad.", Elie tried to lecture, but the boy didnt seem to listen. Finally Elie could not hold him any longer and put him down to the ground and immediately the boy lunged forward to get Malik once again.
Elie saw no other way and took out a little silver whistle from her bag and blew it hard, the shrill voice filling the air. Immediately all the kids stopped what they were doing to hold their ears in order to block out the noise.
"Good. Now that we have your attention, Jenni and I here are going to establish some rules so you better all sit down here in a row and listen.", Elie said, but her voice was neither harsh nor stern.
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 5, 2008 13:50:05 GMT -5
''You are a lifesaver.'' Jenni beamed at Elie for ceasing the ear-splitting racket and would have thrown her arms around the girl if she hadnt been holding Serenity, who was dozing off quietly. She tried to set the girl down on a nap blankie but for a four -year old, Serenity had an amazingly strong grip. Eventually Jenni just gave up and held her as she paced.''All right- first rule; NO HURTING PEOPLE.'' She said in as clearly as possible, staring at Malik who-all credit to him- stared back. ''If you do; no candy for you for a week!'' Horrified gasps went around the nursery. Oh for the days when candy was the only thing that mattered... Jenni thought with a little smile before continuing.''Now- if you see someone being mean you dont attack them yourself, okay? You call Elie or me to handle it.'' She said next in a calm voice, looking at Joey, who squirmed and pouted. ''Now I dontwant to have to give out to any of you but we all have to get along here, okay?'' SHe asked in a soothing voice. There were some wide-eyed nods.''Elie- anything to add?'' She asked, feeling that the motherly demeanor of her workmate might have more effect that candy threats.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 5, 2008 14:05:08 GMT -5
Elie had been nodding at anything Jenni had said so far, completely agreeing.
"I dont have much more to add. But there are a few things. We all play together and dont leave anyone out, ok?"
The kids all nodded, listening calmly.... for now.
"And if anyone needs help with something, dont hesitate to ask us. Especially if its about getting something from a high shelf in the cupboard, since we do not want to see you hurt."
She guessed that they would have to come up with more rules as they went along, but this was the main thing for now. However then she rememberd one unpleasant thing.
"But if anybody fails to follow these rules there will have to be punishment.", she said, making all the kids look rather nervous. They still had Jenni's threat about no sweets echoing in their minds.
"Lets say there will be two warnings, before the person will be sent to the time-out-zone, which will be the small store room. The person will have to sit there for 10 minutes without any toys or company. The sweets-ban will only take place if the negative behaviour is continues, got it?" Once again her voice was not too threatening as not to scare the kids so much, who were all sitting quietly staring at Jenni and Elie.
"Any questions?", Elie asked, looking at each one of them.
"What if you are mean to us? Are we allowed to send you to the Shadow Realm then?", Malik asked.
Elie blinked a few times and looked at Jenni for help. That kid was a myserty to her.
"You cant send them into the shadow realm just like that. You have to play the card game with them first.", Yami observed calmly.
"Yeah! And since they dont have cards they cant play!", Joey added and immediately a discussion about a card game started Elie knew nothing about.
"I guess thats where our lecture ends...", she observed to Jenni.
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 5, 2008 15:45:16 GMT -5
Jenni blinked and shrugged at Elie over the yells of; ''My dragon could SO kick your dragon's butt!'' and ''My dragon is the winged dragon of RA, fool! You couldnt beat that in your DREAMS!'' She shook Serenity off and left her sleeping on a mattress with a teddy. ''I guess it is.'' She shrugged cheerfully, looking around to see what the other kids were doing. Ryou and Tea were playing 'house' and Ryou was pretending to make tea out of a plastic teapot and Tea was servng up toy cake while Yugi shyly joined them, setting mr. Teddy down for some cake too.''I cant wait for naptime...'' She muttered to Elie- completly exhausted. It was like working in a home for underage lunatics.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 5, 2008 16:57:57 GMT -5
Elie laughed a bit at what Jenni said for she agreed completely. Sending a look to the big colorful clock on the wall she let out a sigh however.
"But I am afraid we will still have to wait a while. Its at least two more hours to lunchtime and that will be one big challenge before we get our deserved break.", she told her collegue.
She then clapped her hands to get the kids attention, although Elie was rather tempted to just let the little ones continue with their random conversation. And she was more than glad to see that at least some of them engaged in a sweet harmless game. Now she needed the others to do the same.
"So what do you want to do now?", she asked, smiling friendly.
"Storytime!" "Hide and Seek!" "Take over the world!" "....whatever." "Play dress-up!" "Play superhero!"
And more suggestions were thrown at her at the same time, the kids voices mixing into one incomprehensible voice.
Even Tea, Yugi and Ryou looked up for a moment to see what was going on.
"Now, now, not all at once. We shall write all the suggestions on the board and then have a fair vote. The two activities which will have most votes win and will be supervised by either Jenni or me, ok?"
The kids exchanged some looks and then nodded, walking over to where the board was.
Elie stayed behind with Jenni first saying: "Lets hope we will survive this."
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 6, 2008 13:46:54 GMT -5
Jenni laughed, looking at the children as if they were all mini-godzilla with razor-sharp fangs and a thirst for human blood. ''So do I.'' She replied nervously, walking up to the board and picking up a chalk. ''So- who wants to play what?"Again, the roar of suggestions. ''Tag!'' Called Duke, seconded by Yami and Joey. ''Hop-scotch!'' Countered Marik and Serenity while Malik and Bakura joined for a chorus of ''Taking souls!"'Jenni wrote it all down and at the end it seemed that hide-and-seek was the main game. The only ones that didnt want to play were Malik, Seto (supprise supprise) and Yami. The others scattered, declaring the two minders as ''it.'' in a fit of giggles. Bakura dissapeared completly with a cackle- no one could find him.''Now close your eyes and count to twenny!'' Tea giggled, pointing at Elie as she toddled towards the toybox where Joey's blonde head already poked out of as he 'hid'. ''You to, geeni!'' ''It's Jenni.'' The girl replied, closing her eyes and began counting. ''Come on Elie- I'm not catching all theese demons on my own.'' She said with a grin.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 6, 2008 14:32:21 GMT -5
Elie was rather glad that the choice fell on hide-and-seek because this way the little ones could not beat each other up, or at least she hoped so.
"I would not expect you to.", she said to Jenni with a smile before she covered her eyes and loudly began to count to twenty, making sure that she was counting slower than usual to give the kiddies the chance to hide.
"Everybody can see you, Wheeler. You really ARE an idiot.", Seto said as he looked over to the toybox as he took out a book from the shelf.
"Shuddup! I am hiding here!", Joey shouted back.
The others meanwhile were looking for good hiding places. Tea hid behind the curtains, while Yugi crawled under the cushions in the reading corner. Ryou decided to lock himself into a cupboard, while Duke hid behind the door. Marik decided to hide behind the other curtain and Serenity stood behind Seto so that his taller form shadowed her body. They were not the best places in the world and they were giving themselves away by making lots of noises, but for them this game was an adventure.
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 7, 2008 15:23:46 GMT -5
''Oh dear... I cant find anybody..'' Jenni said with exxaggerated sadness as she pretended to look for them while obviously avoiding their places for a while to let the game seem a little harder for her than just easily catching them all.Only when the curtains started giggling she snuck over and ripped the curtains away to reveals a giggling Tea- vainly stuffing her fingersinto her mouth to try and stop laughing. ''Boo!'' She yelled, grabbing Tea and tickling her till the girl squealed and wriggled.''All right... I think mr. Ryou's in....HERE!'' She pulled open the cupboard- or would have done if the stupid boy had'nt locked it from the inside. ''Uhh... maybe not.'' She said loudly and walked off in a little panic as the little british boy gigled to himself- thinking he had fooled her when in reality he was stuck in the cupboard.I'll wait til the end of the game- maybe he can get out. He locked it himself after all. Yeah, he's not that stupid to forget how to turn the lock, is he... Jenni decided as she peered around Seto to try and catch Serenity- but the girl kept scooching around out of sight until the two of them ended up running around Seto's table and annoying him thouroughly.
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Post by Elie-chan on Mar 8, 2008 3:59:31 GMT -5
Just like Jenni, Elie pretended that she did not see the kiddies hidden in the most obvious places and kept walking around looking under tables and under the carpets always calling: "Where are you?"
She remembered that hide and seek had been one of her favourite games in her childhood too and how annoying it was if adults didnt play along. After a while she decided that it was time to actually find someone, so she started walking towards the toybox, but not that obviously, still looking around on her way there.
But the closer she got to the box the more it started to move. Joey, who was inside the box, tried to push it away from her.
"Hmmmm, a living toybox? Thats interesting. Lets look at it closer.", Elie said and looked inside just to see a little blond guy waving at her. She lifted him out of the toybox and then decided to look for the others.
The next one she found was Duke behind the door and eventually Marik behind the second curtain. The only ones missing now were Yugi and Bakura and in some sense Ryou. "Hmmm, I wonder where they are." Throughout the game Elie had not found a clue about their hiding places, since they did not seem to make as much noise as the others.
Meanwhile Seto got annoyed to the point where he slammed his small fist on the table and shouted. "If you two dont stop that in a moment Im gonna call my lawyer!!"
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Post by Harpie Lady 1 on Mar 8, 2008 16:48:29 GMT -5
''Call him then.'' Jenni picked up the plastic phone from one of the toyboxes and tossed in unto the table as she finally lunged and caught Serenity, lifting the girl up and tickling her mercilessly untill Marik and Tea tackled either of her legs so she would release Serenity; who was crying of laughter.Seto glared at her. ''I mean it!!!" Jenni grinned cheesily at him and went back to swinging Serenity around and setting her down on the floor to resume her hunt and nervously hoping Ryou couldget out of the closet.But no mater where she looked for Bakura he was nowhere to be found- she even found herself peering up into the light fittings as if he could have possibly fitten up into the tiny space. Dont know with that kid. SHe thought in a shudder.Joey ran in front of Elie too and as did Marik, Tea and Duke with Serenity's help as they let go of Jenni. ''We wont let you find Yugi!" Joey declared happily, launching himself at her feet and clinging on for dear life as the others joined her.
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