Who:
popparazzi and YOU
When: some time after
this post
Where: The safe house section of Out Post #1.
Format: Whichever you prefer~
What: Maes invades the outpost with children. He probably ends up on Byakuya's naughty list.
Warnings: CHILDREN. MAES BEING A DADDY. OTHERS TO BE ADDED AS NEEDED. Tag if you join! ♥
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"He's nice," she explained to Spencer, meaning Hughes. "He helped me get out of that place full of guns where I woke up. And I think he's friends with somebody really really smart and trustworthy, so he must be good." Because in her eyes, anyone that was friends with Roy Mustang was beyond reproach.
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It didn't matter that apparently his mother wasn't there right now. He was still stuck in this mindset.
Even though, however, Riza was his friend, his only friend here in this strange world, really, and he wanted to trust her. So he nodded in agreement. "A friend of your's?" He asked, wondering who had garnered her trust do deeply.
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She nods at his question. "Mister Hughes is friends with Mister Mustang. After my father, Mister Mustang is the smartest person I ever knew. He's my father's student. Even back home where he's only fourteen, he knows more than all my teachers and everybody in the village. But he's also really really nice. He is the nicest person I ever met. He's all grown up here, though, which is pretty weird. He's almost as tall as my father, now ( ... )
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"He's older then the last time you saw him?"
Did Anatole do stuff like this often? Would he run into someone he knew only not? How strange.
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She walked around the outside of the room until she found a spot she liked and unrolled one of the sleeping bags. She was ready to go to bed yet, but in a situation like this, she thought it best to stake out her territory early. Otherwise there might not be enough space for all three of them together.
"He wasn't here last time I came. I didn't know anybody here last time."
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"... I don't think I know anyone here. I don't really know anyone at home either, besides Mom, so it's not like I'm not used to it."
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Does he sound a little hurt by that? Because he is. He doesn't think he'll ever forgive William Reid for walking out on his family.
"Mom's been sick for a while now too, so other then school, I take care of her too."
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"I take care of my father, too. I do most of the cooking and cleaning and everything. But he's not sick all the time, although sometimes he get's a bad cough because our house is drafty." Or so he says. She's not convinced that he isn't softening some other truth for her benefit.
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"Mom tried to convince him to take me with him, but he wouldn't do it. He said he was weak." Spencer shrugged a shoulder, because to him, that didn't make much sense. "Her mind doesn't work like everyone else's. Sometimes she sees things that aren't here. Or hears things. A lot of times I have to be careful, because she might be having an episode."
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She tilted her head. "Weak? What does that mean? Is he sick a lot or something?" She reached down to pet Hayate on the head. "What's an episode?"
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"... I guess 'cause he couldn't take care of me or mom? I dunno. Mom just said he was weak and he agreed with her." Spencer looks a little uncomfortable. "She's... ill. Her mind. She doesn't think like everyone else. Sometimes she doesn't even realize that I'm there... or if I'm missing."
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"Ill? Isn't there any way to make her better?" She tilts her head slightly, thoughtful. "My father never notices me right away, either, but he only has a cough sometimes. It's usually because he's doing research or something." But she can see that Spencer doesn't really like talking about this, so she'll change the subject a little. "Do you know any good games we could play? We don't have to go to sleep yet."
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"Well, there are medications she can take, but she normally doesn't want to." Spencer watches his new friend for a moment, "Has your father seen anyone for his cough?"
".... I know a few card games." He grew up in Las Vegas, after all, the home of gambling and casinos.
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"She doesn't want to take the stuff that could make her better?" And at his question she shakes her head a bit. "He says he doesn't have time for doctors and stuff. So I just make him tea."
She looks over her shoulder at the table of food and games and things. "Card games? Do you think they have cards here?"
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"I have a hard enough time trying to convince her to get out of bed." He nods in response to Riza's answer. "I usually take care of everything around the house when I'm not in school."
Spencer turns his head to see where she's looking, "Maybe. I can check." And he gets up to go look.
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