Daddy!!!!
Nalleo: *peers out from behind the castle walls and dashes out into the open field. Distracted by his immediate surroundings he pays little attention to what is in front of him and runs into something...rather soft.* Oof!
Mathiu: *nearly doubles over after being slammed into from behind* Dammit...who?...oh...Nalleo...
Nalleo: *looks up the tall man and smiles widely* Mash! :D I'm sorry, I didn't see you there! :o How are you today?
Mathiu: *seems incredibly and uncharacteristically happy...so much so that he doesn't even bother to correct the pronunciation of his name* I'm wonderful, Nalleo. How about you?
Nalleo: I'm doing good! :D I just gave that strange Kooluk man his gift. It was a dog! He seemed to like his new found friend. I was happy.
Mathiu: How thoughtful of you...*still smiling off at the distance*
Nalleo: *looks quizzically at Mash* Mash, you are smiling...that's not normal! :o You always have a smirk on your face. What's wrong?
Mathiu: *brightly* Nothing's wrong. I think for once things are right.
Nalleo: Really? Then what is right? I want to know? :D
Mathiu: *still smiling* I don't believe I'm at liberty to say just yet...and it is not yet proven...but...there is hope. And hope is never a bad thing, Nalleo.
Nalleo: *tilts head a bit* Hope? Hope for what? Did something really good happen?
Mathiu: *brightly* Yes, yes it did. But I have good news for you! I have a gift for you.
Karthur37: ((Happy!Mathiu is like...playing him on crack. It's so...weird))
Percival Froylin: ((ahahaha...))
Nalleo: *face lights up* A gift? Aww...Mash, you didn't have to! I haven't found a present for you yet! :o
Mathiu: *nods and sits down on the cool ground, dropping the backpack of herbs he'd been gathering and producing a small, wrapped package from it* Ahh...here we are.
Nalleo: *Kneels down beside Mash and looks at the package* Is that..for me? :D
Mathiu: *hands it to him* Yes.
Nalleo: *takes the package* Oh! Thank you! *starts to tear up the paper*
Mathiu: *is still smiling as Nalleo opens the package to reveal a small book* It is a history of pirates and there are many chapters about your real father in there...
Nalleo: *stares at the book for a moment then looks up at Mash* My....real father?
Mathiu: *puts a hand on Nalleo's shoulder* Dario was his name, correct? It seems that he was quite a famous fellow in his time...
Nalleo: Ah...yes, yes. My real father. He was actually a great pirate (sometimes not too bright) but he did make a name for himself! :D Is this...? *flips through the book and skims for a moment, then he points to a section of a page* Yeah! He did fight off mercenaries who were trying to catch mermaids for their skins! I...was there! *holds the book closer to his face* Ah...um.....it's strange..... *puts the book down for a moment and sighs*
Mathiu: *tilts his head a bit* What's strange?
Nalleo: Even though Dario was my real father, he never did much fatherly things like teach me manners or worried that I was gone for long periods of time. He only taught me how to be a pirate. :o I guess that's fine, since he himself was a pirate...but Mash! :D Even though we've only known each other for a few months, I felt that you were always my dad. Someone who always had to chase after me to eat my veggies, someone who taught me to use utensils...someone who cared. *holds up book and looks at it for a moment* And now you give me this great book! :D I need to repay you somehow. I need to get you a great gift! What did you want? I can try to get it? :o
Karthur37: ((Mathiu just melted...emotional little guy))
Percival Froylin: ((hehehehe... xD))
Mathiu: *fluffs Nalleo's hair and gives a grin* I'm honored that you'd say that, Nalleo...I'll tell you a secret. I've always wanted to have a child of my own and I'm deeply moved that you would consider me your 'father.' There is no need for a gift...I am happy just to hear you say such kind things...*smiles*
Nalleo: Really? Are you sure? Okay! *gives Mash a hug* Thanks for the book, dad! XD
Mathiu: *hugs Nalleo back* You're welcome....
Karthur37: ((awww...Mash is all *melt*))
Percival Froylin: ((XD;;; ))
Nalleo: Oh...I guess. I need to go finish up cleaning up my room...don't want this book to get lost in there!
Mathiu: ...all right. Just...be ready for dinner later.
Nalleo: Alright. I'll be there! :o See you later, father! *waves and runs off*
Mathiu: *sighs and smiles as he sits in the meadow*
Fluffy, cute and awwwwwwww...