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Post by Ladorak on Apr 15, 2009 23:17:06 GMT -5
Ladorak's kiss to his wife was equally as passionate, and he could truly feel the unification of their souls through that one simple act. They were one now.....and forever. She then proceeded to shower him a bit with a few pecks here and there until he decided that it was best to face the crowd now and give them what they wanted.
Smiling, he looked out over the crowd, being clapped on the back by Monty from behind. Ragnar was off to the side, applauding and grinning quite massively. He put two fingers in his mouth and let off a great whistle. Everybeast rose to their hind paws now as it was the start of the reception. They began to mingle about, going aboard the Red Lotus to start wishing Ladorak and his new wife the best. It was....a bit overwhelming at first, but Ladorak quickly fell into it. Fortunately the crowd was small...not more than 20 beasts, so the greetings and salutations could only last so long.
Caden didn't respond to what Luxe had said, contemplating what the stoat had said. Was....was there really a way to help him remember his mom? Caden wasn't sure how he felt about that. Was it good to remember her....better to forget? Was it good to accept Ladorak and Jayd as caretakers....or better to push them away? The albino marten cub wasn't sure what to think....but right now he felt like he was gonna explode....his emotions were confusing to him.....and so he did the only thing he could think of.
Pushing his way through the crowd, he weaseled in and out of the legs of the gathered reception goers. Ladorak was taking Jayd over to the towering wedding cake and proceeding to cut a nice chunk off for the two of them together, making sure it was joint effort on their part. Getting ahead of Luxe by circumventing the main crowd, he reached the deck of the Lotus and trotted over to where Ladorak was. He wiped the tears out of his eyes as best he could before proceeding to yank on the overcoat of Ladorak.
The stoat Commander, for his part, was presenting a single lotus flower of intense violet color. "I....wasn't able to get a red one." he said apologetically. "But...it'll do I think....uh!" he looked down to where Caden was tugging on his overcoat. He wanted to tell Caden that that wasn't appropriate....but then he noticed the expression on the kit's face....it looked....as if he'd been crying. "Hey there bud....what's wrong?" he asked, but the marten didn't respond, he only looked up at Ladorak with expectant pink eyes. Huh....unsure of what to do.....the stoat hesitantly reached down....putting his arms under Caden's and lifting him up off the deck of the yacht. Balancing him in one arm under the kit's rump, he used the other one to paw the flower over to Jayd. "Is something wrong?" he asked again, his strong arm able to support Caden's weight.
Still not responding, Caden instead shocked the stoat by leaning forward and wrapping his arms around Ladorak's neck, resting his head on the adult's shoulder. Ladorak's mouth opened in surprise...unsure of what to make of all this. Looking over at Jayd with a puzzled expression, he used his now free paw to pat Caden on the back. "Hey Caden....is something wrong?" but the kit still didn't respond, and Ladorak figured it was just a question of needing to be held for the kit.
On Caden's end....he was still trying to sort out how he felt....but right now.....being in Ladorak's rather strong forearms.....he hadn't been held like this in well.....he couldn't even remember. He couldn't remember if his own mother had ever held him like this, and it was disconcerting to him.....but right now....even if it wasn't his mother.....it still felt good...to be held.....to feel the warmth of another against his own fur. He couldn't really explain it.....he was normally such an angry kit.....but right now he felt strangely calmed and even at ease. Closing his eyes, he chose not to answer Ladorak's questions right now, and instead just enjoyed the moment.
Shrugging helplessly, Ladorak looked over at Jayd again. He mouthed the words "no idea" to her but didn't say them aloud. "How's the cake?" he asked her, heading closer to her after he'd turned away to lift Caden up. The albino marten kit's tail hung limply past Ladorak's arm, and Ladorak was careful not to crush it between himself and Jayd as he stood right in front of her. "Oh yes! Honeymoon too, heheh. I suppose we should discuss where I should take you...provided we can afford it." he said, rolling his eyes. If he couldn't well...Ragnar would probably offer, something Ladorak wasn't sure he wanted to accept....but then again....why miss the opportunity?
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Post by jaydjasmyn on Apr 16, 2009 0:02:54 GMT -5
~Jayd
Jayd was very happy. Their day was gliding along perfectly and it only got better when they cut the cake and then Lad pawed over the most beautiful flower she had ever seen, regardless of the color.
Jayd thought that perhaps they would feed each other the cake but Caden soon approached, seemingly wanting attention. His behavior was odd because the kit usually did not act this way. Maybe he was finally opening up. Jayd only wished that it wouldn't have been right now but she didn't want to seem selfish. The femme simply put the flower in a near by bud vase and then picked up a small pinch of the cake so that she could sample it. "The cake is good." She placed her plate back on the table and began to cut off more pieces of the cake or the guests. As they were cut she pawed them off.
Lad then came up beside her and mentioned the honeymoon. Jayd simply smiled and then shook her head. "It's fine if we just spend time at home. Besides what would Caden do without you?" Assuming that the kit wouldn't have come along but then again Jayd was probably mistaken about that.
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Post by bookity101 on Apr 16, 2009 7:03:00 GMT -5
Luxe made his way through the crowd of guests. Stopping here and there as a couple of them recognized him as the blacksmith, but he made his way steadily to the table where the happy couple stood. He had just about reached the table when Caden came up to Ladorak. Luxe took his piece of cake then stepped off to the side of the table.
After a minute he stepped up to Ladorak. "Congratulations on your wedding Jal, Jis," He said nodding to both of them. Then he turned to Ladorak, his eyes softening a bit as he saw the little guy, he seemed upset, but very content. "Jal Fugate, I'm afraid that this..." he said motioning with his snout towards Caden since his paws were still full, "...is my fault again. You see, during the ceremony I asked Caden what he thought of it." Luxe paused not sure of how to say what he was going to say.
"He said that he was happy for you two, but that he doesn't want to forget his own mom." With this, Luxe transfered the cake to his other paw, and undid the leather band from his wrist and held it out. "This is what I call a .. well for lack of a better name, a remembrance band." As he held it the small pieces of gold flashed in the light. "It has the names of beasts I cared about, but won't see again, along with something that liked about them ." With this, he swallowed slightly. "I would like your.." He made eye contact with both beasts in front of him, since they both were responsible for the kit now. "...permission to help Caden make one for himself."
Luxe stood, the band lowered to waist height, cake in the other. He was unsure of how they would respond, 'Why would any beast in their right mind, let their kit spend time with the beast who had made him cry twice? And broke his arm in the bargain as well...
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Post by Ladorak on Apr 16, 2009 11:04:07 GMT -5
"Oh come on....I want others to see us this way." Ladorak chided her playfully. He picked up the lotus with a free paw, and placed it gently behind her ear. "There....looks much better on you that way." he smiled. "And what I meant was...I want others to see us together...all of us.....I mean I've had no one in my life here before....much less someone who loves me as much as you do...and a kit to boot, so yes....I think it's good that others see this. However...."
The stoat paused because he felt a nip on his shoulder. Caden had bitten down upon the stoat Commander's shoulder, but surprisingly....it wasn't hard. It was....gentle....almost affectionate, but Ladorak couldn't really tell what exactly the dibbun was doing. He could feel the teeth, but they weren't biting down hard enough to even rip his uniform.
"Um..." Ladorak regained his thoughts. "Yes....however.....I would lake to take you somewhere if I could. It might not be the romantic getaway in Stratospheros we talked about....but I'd still like to go somewhere." he told her, leaning in to deliver a kiss on her cheek. He wasn't particularly displeased that Caden had shouldered his way between them......Ladorak was beginning to see Caden as part of his family after all, and he wasn't going to push the kit away. True....he wanted to spend time with Jayd....but he figured this was good practice for help in raising their own kits after Jayd delivered. That would be coming at the end of this year after all.
Caden had bitten down on Ladorak's shoulder because first off he was scared.....scared of his past, and scared of forgetting his own origins....and two...because it made him feel safe doing so. He didn't want to hurt Ladorak....he just felt like clinging to him this way....albeit his splint limited the use of his one arm.
Ladorak turned to look at Luxe as he approached the group. This brought Caden's head to face Jayd. He gazed at her with round, pink eyes, his big ears standing straight up and blowing a little as the wind caught them. He didn't move.....all he did was stare at her with those wide eyes and keep his mouth over Ladorak's shoulder. He looked rather cute in this position, and waved his bad arm a bit in Jayd's direction.
"Oh....a remembrance band you say? So that Caden can...remember things? Why that's....thoughtful of you Luxe." Ladorak wondered why Luxe was so friendly towards Caden. Probably because he was wracked by guilt over what he had done, the stoat mused. "Well that would nice. I think Caden would like that too...right Caden?" Caden didn't answer, as usual. He was instead reaching his good paw out to Jayd, waving it lightly in the air as if trying to touch her. It was just a little game of his, as he was feeling slightly playful, wanting to try and push the painful thoughts out of his mind.
Opening his mouth from Ladorak's shoulder, he said "Sure..." before replacing his mouth right to where it had been.
"Yeah...maybe after the reception then Luxe?" Ladorak asked. "I assume you'd be doing this at your forge....right?" was his next question, trying to balance Caden, who's paw was still reaching out to Jayd, shake the paws of well-wishers, and speak with Luxe at the same time.
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Post by jaydjasmyn on Apr 16, 2009 12:38:25 GMT -5
This was the first time that Jayd has ever gotten married and the last time and so she 'expected' a little undivided attention. Perhaps she was a bit hormonal due to the fact that she was pregnant. She wished though that Ladorak would at least understand this, even if it couldn't be possible. After all Jayd hadn't particularly bonded with Caden yet. Really the kit had little to do with her. He seemed to be only interested in her mate. It was odd. Odd because he had lost his mother and yet he didn't drift to Jayd as a mother figure. Odd indeed and so when Lad mentioned that he wanted them all to be seen together it caused Jayd to laugh a little. Hopefully the feeling of being a family would come to her soon.
When Luxe approached Jayd continued to dish out the cake, having more then she needed on the table already, but she kept cutting. She payed little attention to what the two males were talking about except for when Luxe congratulated them. She returned a smiled in his direction and then turned back to the cake.
Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that Caden was looking at her, staring at her through huge round eyes. Why was he doing this? Soon after that he started trying to reach out to her with his paw. Jayd simply held her paw up, palm skyward, and allowed him to pat it. He did look rather cute clinging to Ladorak that way.
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Post by Ladorak on Apr 16, 2009 15:50:00 GMT -5
Caden was able to pat her palm up and down, but wasn't able to do much else. He was wondering why she looked so....well he wasn't able to put a claw on it. But something seemed wrong with her. He was able to wraps his small paw around her fingers, and he held on, not letting go as he lifted his mouth from Ladorak's shoulder.
Ladorak too was able to notice that his wife seemed to be....preoccupied with cutting the cake. "Jayd.....excuse me." he told Luxe, heading over to his wife. "Jayd...what are you doing?" he reached over, taking the knife from her paw. "Don't slave over that cake....come on...I want you with me. You already have more than enough pieces cut...and you shouldn't have to work on that." he told her, wrapping his free arm about her and pulling her in close to him.
"Luxe was just telling me about a good way to help Caden remember some things from his past." he explained to her, leaning in to kiss her cheek. He didn't yet suspect that something was wrong, though Caden had a pretty good grasp of the situation as Ladorak shifted his attention back to Luxe. The stoat still had his arm about his wife, but didn't want to just blow Luxe off either.
"Jayd...?" Caden asked, turning his head so that he was looking at her as he rested his head now on Ladorak's shoulder. He didn't show much emotion in his face, though there was a slight curious expression to him. "What's wrong?" he asked softly, not loud enough to interrupt Ladorak and Luxe's conversation.
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Post by jaydjasmyn on Apr 16, 2009 18:26:59 GMT -5
~Jayd
Indeed Jayd was preoccupied. Everything that was happening just sort of slapped her square in the face. She, Ladorak and Caden were now really a family and she was pregnant with Lad's kit. She placed her paw on her lower stomach just as her new husband noted how many pieces of cake she cut and insisted that she join him and that he wanted her to be by his side. This made Jayd feel a little better.
She nodded when Lad shared the fact that Luxe wanted to help Caden make something that would help him keep in touch with his past life. It would be a good project for them to work on, especially if they were going to mend their relationship now that Luxe had accidently fractured the kit's arm.
After a few moments Jayd heard Caden whisper a question to her. The stoat-tess smiled and than shook her head. "Oh Caden it's nothing for you to worry about. I just feel a little out of sorts all of a sudden. I think that it's because so much is happening and because I am pregnant." She wasn't sure if Caden knew what it meant for a femme to be pregnant but just in case he wanted to know more she moved in closer so that she could explain it to him.
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Post by Ladorak on Apr 18, 2009 10:57:06 GMT -5
Caden had not yet been taught about this sort of thing....he was only 11 after all...though his 12th birthday was coming up soon. He'd have to let Ladorak know about that. He furrowed his brow a tad, but otherwise remained pretty emotionless. He only knew that pregnancy had to do with kits...but what exactly it had to do with kits he wasn't sure. "Pregnant?" he asked her, his younger voice making it sound more like "pwegnant." He tried to pronounce his Rs as best he could, and was in fact getting better, but he wasn't there quite yet. "What's that?" he asked, still keeping his voice low as Ladorak and Luxe conversed. He had no idea about hormones or how kits were made or anything, but he guessed it was somehow the source of Jayd's stress based on what she said, though what exactly it was he was still speculating. If he only knew that Ladorak and Jayd would be bringing a kit in to the world without first having told him well......it might upset the marten cub.....or it might not, it was impossible to say how Caden would react. Right now he was pretty passive, and inquisitive even about learning more about Ladorak and Jayd.....and trying to decide for himself if they were alright to live with. He had virtually grown up without parents. And right now there was so much within his head that he had needed to come over here and get taken up by those he didn't really quite trust yet. It was all...strange to him, almost as if he were dreaming, but he knew it was reality.....all of this was real....and the fact that he might have to live with Ladorak and Jayd permanently made him want to consider it with everything he was capable of. Life itself.....was it being fair or unfair to him? ((Bookity....I'm kinda stuck unless you post. If you're busy though just take your time, we can wait. Just letting you know I'm waiting for a post here )
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Post by bookity101 on Apr 18, 2009 22:01:46 GMT -5
Luxe smiled as he saw Caden reach out to Jayd. Ladorak seemed inclined to continue their conversation, when Luxe realized something. Luxe quickly stepped back, a bit self-conscious, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to monopolize your time sir." Luxe paused, wondering if how his next question would be taken.
"Jal Fugate, where are you going for you honeymoon?" The rest of his thought rushed out before he thought it through. "Becuase, well I was thinking that Caden could stay with me, if you didn't already have plans to take him, I mean, umm.. I.." Luxe sighed, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Let me try that again..."
Luxe looked Ladorak in the eye, this time his question came out better. "Did you have plans to take Caden with you over your honeymoon? Because, if not I would happy to put him up at my place."
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Post by Ladorak on Apr 19, 2009 8:05:20 GMT -5
"Oh....." Ladorak paused to consider this. Luxe's question had caught the jack a bit by surprise. Did he have plans to put Caden up? Or had he been planning on just dragging the kit along on their honeymoon? He wasn't...sure one way or another. He had been trying to figure that out in fact. He wanted to spend some alone time with Jayd....but hadn't been sure if leaving Caden behind would have been a good idea or not.
Caden needed the two of them.....Ladorak couldn't just abandon the kit. But it was true too that he lacked the money to take Jayd anywhere off the island, and he was planning on maybe just a romantic cruise on the Red Lotus around the island for a day or two. Not too long of course, as he didn't want to absent himself from Galdea for too long just in case work came in....as unlikely as that was.
"Well...that's a rather nice offer of you....." could he really leave Caden with Luxe though? It would be Caden's decision if Ladorak and Jayd were both alright with it. "I......think the decision would ultimately be up to Caden.....Caden.....?" he asked the kit, who turned to look at him.
The albino shrugged. "How long?" he asked.
"I'd say a few days would suffice....not long at all. Maybe just the weekend." was Ladorak's answer. "Jayd.....would you want to do that? I would like to spend some time alone with you after all...and it would give Caden a chance to make that bracelet with Luxe. I don't think it sounds half bad." he looked over to his new wife now, ideally wanting this to work out for everybeast's benefit.
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