Marisa Selwyn (a_singing_cat) wrote in light_of_may, @ 2011-04-13 23:17:00 |
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Entry tags: | 2009-08-15, cloelia |
Day at the festival
Who: Cloelia, Marisa and Jacob (NPC)
Where: Riverfest
When: Late afternoon
"Mommy, mommy can I have a lolli?" A small hand was tugging at her skirt. Marisa smiled down at Jacob, smoothing down a particularly wild curl. It'd taken hours but she'd finally convinced Jacob's grandparents that yes, Riverfest was something that she was more than capable of handling with her son. Court dates really needed to come along faster so that she could just have him living with her and be done with it. That room would be finished soon enough and he'd be moved in and - "Moooooooooom!"
"Sorry sweetheart, mommy was thinking. Yes, I'll get you the lollipop but you have to promise to not get your sticky fingers all over my skirt, okay?" Jacob bit his lip. "Promise?"
"Promise."
"Okay." Turning to the candy stand, Marisa picked out a lollipop and then a second one, just so that Jacob wasn't the only one getting a treat. After paying, and flashing a smile at the boy behind the counter who turned a shade of bright red, Marisa took the wrapping off and held the candy down to Jacob. The small boy declared 'thank you!' in a sing-song voice before beginning to gnaw on it. "You're supposed to lick it Jacob. You're a cat, you know how." It was said teasingly as Marisa demonstrated, then motioned for him to do the same. "Those may be your baby teeth but I don't want you to chip any of them because you're trying to tear into that thing like it's a piece of meat."
"K," Jacob muttered, sulking a little as he stopped just gnawing at the candy. Then he grasped at Marisa's arms and pointed at the river where all of the speedboats were lined up. "Boats!" Was I this excited about anything when I was a kid? The snow leopard allowed herself to be tugged along. At least Jacob'd had his afternoon nap so he wouldn't be cranky. No one wanted to deal with a cranky little leopard-boy. That lollipop could become a weapon.