[Marlicks hate the dark! Even little ones who haven't needed to take an initiation.

If you're fumbling through this hallway, a tiny personball in the corner is sniffling and shaking.

Then, suddenly:]

I'm sorry! Rishid, I'm sorrrryyyyyyyyy!!!

Daddy, it was me! I ate the extra fruit! I blamed Rishid, but it was meeeeee.....

Just stop!!!!!!

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[Mali is sitting at a table in the lobby, drawing in a blank notebook with a purple crayon. She has a big, steaming cup of hot chocolate next to her, piled up high with marshmallows, and there's the tip of a candy cane poking out of her mouth as she contemplates her masterpiece. (She doesn't know what any of these new treats signify, but her ( Read more... )

[while there's some nc-17 rated activities going on in the DR, outside is a kid-friendly atmosphere...mostly because all the kids were kicked out to avoid tainting their innocence.

SO throw all your little ones here, or really anyone that is just not legal in the DR.

don't forget the juice, the toys, and...the crayons.]

[Mali is lying huddled up in an igloo in snow world, knees all but tucked up under her chin and lacking all of her usual spunk. She's not entirely asleep - she's drifting in and out - but she's so, so cold and so, so tired. She just wants to lie here forever....]

[There's a little girl sitting on the ledge of the fountain, dangling her feet in the water; her shoes have been placed very neatly on the floor behind her. One would think a child splashing her feet would seem happy about the practice, but this one's shoulders are quivering. If you're approaching from an angle where you can see her expression, she ( Read more... )