paradisa | XXI.

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XXI.

[Hello Paradisa!

You might come across a small red boy with horns and a tail scampering around the halls. Or maybe he's in the kitchen. Or maybe he's climbing trees outside. Or maybe he's poking around in the stables. Or maybe he's in the lobby, hiding behind a potted plant.

Wherever he is, he just looks curious and excited by everything!!!

And if for whatever reason you don't stumble upon this little guy, there are some nice doodles for you to comment on in the journal.

He's also singing some dumb rhymes as he runs around, so you might hear that too.]

If in Heaven we don't meet, hand in hand we'll face the heat. And if things ever get too hot, Pepsi-Cola hits the spot ...

[ooc. loss start! open over the journal or in person, whichever!]

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[NO, LET'S ... SPEND A MINUTE BEING HORRIFIED BY THOSE WEIRD WINGS instead of racing, that sounds like a good idea to Hellboy right about now.

Well, maybe not horrified. But he's at the very least stunned into inaction.]

What ... how did you do that!

[Well now he's kinda flushed because he really didn't expect that coming out of a kid who looks like a cartoon devil with a giant mutant hand.

But keeping himself up in the air is hard, you know? So he'll find himself his own tree branch to sit on for a sec.]

It's not like it's magic or anything

[~~despite the icons having them magically appear and disappear~~ and he'll fold them up the best he can. He's not the best at hiding them, not like the other bird kids who can fold theirs up nice and neatly against their backs until they just disappear under what they're wearing. Because duh they're huge. But his feelings are still a little hurt and Ari get's mean when he has hurt feelings and he was supposed to work on not being so mean to people now that he's alive again so he'll have more friends but...]

besides it's not like you're normal either

[Hey it's an improvement over lunging at the kid and beating him up for reacting to the fact that he's weird. Which he totally would have done like a month ago.]

[It actually never crosses his mind that that might have been construed as rude, so he just shrugs a little.]

No, but I don't have wings! That's different.

[And yet somehow, this all makes him feel worse about it. Like geez why is a kid who is freakier then him acting so surprised. Crossing his arms ~~to pout like a 7 year old~~ indignantly. Sorry Hellboy he is ~sensitive~ about looking like a freak.]

Yeah, and I don't have horns or a tail or a giant hand.

[you know, just in case Hellboy has never looked in a mirror his entire life or is magically under the impression that he's perfectly normal.]

[Nope, he's pretty well aware he doesn't look normal ... which is why he didn't think it was that big of a deal calling this dude out on his weirdness!! And is also why he doesn't take offense to the horns/tails/hand comment.]

Well ... no! That's true. [Rubbing at his chin, HMMM.] I can't fly with them, though.

[...okay that was seriously one of the dumbest things he's ever heard ever. What planet is this kid even from-]

Of course you can't, that's what wings are for, stupid.

[Unless you are a robot or something. >:|]

[Hellboy gives him a skeptical look.]

Yes -- I know. That's why I said that. Jeez.

[Instead of responding to that like a mature adult, Ari is just going to sit there and sulk for a minute. During that minute Ari briefly contemplated pushing Hellboy out of the tree. Really hard. The kid has those giant horns so it's not like he'd bust his head open if he did. It made him feel a little better.

Yeah, Ari has issues.
Anger is one of them.]

[Wow, silence ...... awkward .....]

Err, are you okay?

[That manages to snap him out of his violent little daydream. Ari seriously doesn't get it when people actually show concern for him. And it shows- for a brief moment, before he covers up his genuine moment of confusion with the same old jerkface mask. Horray for having a short, crappy life.]

I'm fine.

[is his automatic response, since he's not dieing or anything. But he's a little suspicious. You're not... making fun of him or anything right? This isn't just some set up for an insult or a pity parade? Because you just made fun of him earlier when you called his wings funny so anything that doesn't involve being mean is now under suspect.]

[Wow, so paranoid, dude! No, Hellboy is a nice little baby, just a little blunt at times. He's a kid! He is not good with being sensitive; sometimes he just says stuff.]

Oh ... okay.

[More ... awkward silence ...]

Did you ... want to keep climbing?

[Ari considers this...
...for a few minutes.

Well, it's not like he had anything better to do. And he's pretty sure he can still kick this kid's butt in a race if he flew. He shrugged.]

Sure.

[He started to unfold his wings for take off.]

[Hellboy just positions himself on the branch, ready to start scrambling up the tree again.]

Ready ... go!!

[CLIMB CLIMB CLIMB]

[And whoosh he'll jump out of the tree and ow ow ow that was more painfully awkward then he expected but that's okay it was totally worth it because even though he faltered around for a minute once he got himself used to flying again it wasn't that long before he was flapping his way up to the top of the tree. The literal top of the tree.]

[Hellboy just scrambles after him!! But, you know, not flying. Just climbing.

Obviously Ari wins.

And by the time Hellboy makes it to the top of the three -- not the very top because he'd likely break the branches and fall! -- he's out of breath.]

Wow, you're fast!

[Gosh, have I mentioned in these brackets how much Ari likes to be complimented? Because if not he really goes. It probably has something to do with the whole -never-getting-enough-love thing. It gives him a tiny bit of the warm fuzzy feeling of being wanted. So he smiles.]

Thanks

[He just nods, beaming and breathing kind of hard. Give him a minute!]

I bet that's pretty useful! If there are cats in a tree, or if you want to look at birds' eggs ...

[Yeah he could see it now - Ari Batchelder: the kitten helping, bird watching superhero. Okay no he really couldn't see himself doing those things. But still, it was a nice idea. It made him happy.]

Yeah, or building tree houses

[Now that was an idea. He could have his own little house where he could "read" comic books in and listen to cool music and he could keep all his games there and invite his friends and it would be really fun.]

[TREE HOUSES, THAT'S EXCITING ...]

Wow, really?! That sounds neat! Do you think you could really do that?

[TREE HOUSES ARE AMAZING OKAY]

Maybe. I don't know how to build one right now.

[But it shouldn't be too hard, right? It has walls... a floor... a ceiling. Oh yes this is definitely an exciting idea.]

Well, I could help you! There are probably books in the library about it, right?

I don't know, probably.

[Nope, not even going to mention that whole "Can't read" thing. It's kind of embarrassing. Besides any good book on how to build stuff always has pictures in it.]

I'm sure there are. It might be fun!

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...and they were getting along so nicely too :T

:T

Can I just apologize for Ari being a jerk? 'Cause that seems like a pretty good idea right now...

pffft it's fine

but baby Hellboy is so cute I feel bad

he is an adorable baby, true

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aaah sorry this is so late

no worries! \o/ i'll backtag forever

:'D

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