Private Finished Everyone needs a friend

Arcadia · Jun 21, 2020

Altizica hummed to himself an incoherent tune as he started to set up the living room table with all sorts of goodies for the playdate that was about to occur. Altizica had invited Remiel to the house to spend some time with his precious little baby Aluin. Altizica was still a little surprised that Remiel was so good around Aluin but honeslty it was also a little relieving. Altizica believed that Aluin could use some additional friends and that Remiel would actually be a good choice for the little boy. Alt also may have set this up for Remiel as he knew Remiel definitely had.....issues...with many of the residents on the island and could use at least one friend but they were never going to admit that.

Once the table was set Altizica picked up his other precious babies, his dear spawnlings, and gently rolled them down into the cellar as they seemed to refuse to move at that current time. Alt didn't need those spawnlings causing any issues for either Aluin or Remiel on their little playdate. Once that was done Alt took a sigh of relief and simply waited for Remiel to finally arrive.

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EmiRose · Jun 21, 2020

Aluin wasn't the most knowledgeable about playdates, or having friends. In fact he could be included in the ones that knew the least about them. But Remiel had called Aluin a friend before, and it had brought him joy. Aluin didn't feel a lot of joy even now, so he knew that having friends must've been something he wanted if it made him happy to be someone's friend. It was scary, of course it was, but Aluin was ready to face and accept that.

And now he was sitting on the couch, hugging Mr. Whale and watching as papa set up all kinds of foods on the table. There were things that Aluin liked, like bananas and bread and vanilla pudding, and some other foods that Aluin could eat but was scared to eat.
"W-what if...h-he won't c-come...?"
Aluin asked once papa had taken the spawnlings somewhere, timidly picking at some lint on Mr. Whale's tail.
"H-he d-doesn't k-know me w-well, a-and he's a-afraid of you..."
Aluin looked up at papa and into their eyes, papa was the only one whose eyes he could look into without receiving visions of their worst fears.

Mint · Jun 22, 2020

Making his way down a now somewhat familiar path was the angel, dressed in his typical white tunic. Remiel was admittedly a little hesitant in agreeing to this. Frankly, he just didn't like Altizica, the man was far too arrogant and rude for his taste. But this wasn't about Alt, he was going to see Aluin. It would be wrong to avoid Aluin just because of his horrible father.

Before long, he landed on the ground a short ways away from the house, his backpack remaining in the air beside him, held up by a set of wings. He took a deep breath and made his way up to the door, giving it a light knock.

This meeting might have been for the sake of spending time with Aluin, but Rem had other motives as well. He wasn't quite sure what to expect inside this house but he hoped everything would be fine.

Arcadia · Jun 22, 2020

Altizica happily jumped at the knock, giving his little Aluin a comforting pet on the head as he walked by on his way to the door. Once he reached the door Alt quickly swung it open, a big happy smile on his face. "Rem!~ I'm so happy you were able to make it, Aluin was a little anxious that you wouldn't actually be coming." Altizica moved a little bit so Rem would be able to enter the house, from what they would see it was actually fairly normal for the most part. The only big standout was the odd eldritch art that was place throughout the house.

EmiRose · Jun 22, 2020

Aluin flinched when he heard the knock on the door, squeezing Mr. Whale harder for a bit. But when papa gave him a head pat Aluin relaxed a bit, and received enough courage to leave Mr. Whale on the couch and follow papa to the door.

Aluin stared at the floor, just behind papa, when they opened the door wide. Aluin glanced up and felt a mix of relief and terror that Remiel had actually come. Aluin also felt a surge of strange new emotion (embarrassment) when papa shared that Aluin had thought Remiel wouldn't come.
"E-everything...a-always m-makes me a-anxious..."
Aluin commented quietly, an excuse really, as he hid his small embarrassed blush behind his bangs. But he did glance at Remiel, and tried to give a small smile (it looked more like a grimace but Aluin tried).
"T-thank you...for c-coming..."

Mint · Jun 23, 2020

Rem made little expression at the sight of Altizica. Simply responding to what he said without mentioning how happy or unhappy he was to see the man. “I make a point of keeping my word.”

When Alt stepped out of the way, Rem quietly gave a “Thank you” and walked inside, his backpack fluttering in behind him. It was honestly surprising in a good way to see how ordinary the house looked. Sure, there were a bunch of weird paintings but that really wasn’t all that bad.

And then there was Aluin, who seemed to be explaining why they were anxious about him not keeping his word.

“I’m here now so there’s nothing to worry about. Thank you for having me.”

Arcadia · Jun 23, 2020

Altizica moved along to guide the kids over to the living room where all of the set up really was. "Well I set up some snacks and drinks if you guys really get hungry or thirsty. Feel free to have anything you want, it's your playdate." Altizica had a very happy look on his face, he was just ecstatic to actually have this finally happening. "If either of you two need me I'll be here in the living room doing my own little Alt things. Also I must say you can go anywhere you want in the house, just not the cellar please. My spawnlings are there currently and there are very excitable." Excitable was an understatement but he was sure the kids would heed his warning anyways.

EmiRose · Jun 24, 2020

Aluin could imagine that he wasn't the only reason the angel was here. Remiel was scared and suspicious of his papa, and Aluin guessed that Remiel didn't think papa could be a good parent to Aluin. Aluin wasn't blind, he paid a lot of attention. But he was willing to overlook that, or rather Aluin wanted to prove that papa was good. Yes, they'd done a lot of bad and scary things, but they didn't anymore.

"I-I don't t-think I can e-ever stop w-worrying, but...I-I can t-try."
Aluin answered Remiel with half a shrug and tiniest smile, and followed papa back to the living room. Papa was really excited, Aluin could understand why. Aluin may have been better at handling his fear now but he was still alone a lot. It was normal to have at least few friends and even Aluin felt lonely sometimes. As a younger child being alone had been safe and thus good but now that Aluin could see and realize more he longed for someone to talk to, besides papa.

"I h-hope you'll l-like the f-food."
Aluin said to Remiel once papa had said his warning, he already knew to stay away from the spawnlings when papa told him to. Aluin wanted to assure Remiel that the food wasn't poisoned or anything, but papa would probably hear him and Aluin didn't want him to think that Aluin thought he'd poison the food. He would've just said it for Remiel's sake.
"I-I will p-probably eat j-just the b-bread and p-pudding, so h-have what you w-want."

Mint · Jun 24, 2020

Rem complied, making his way to the other room with the others. He eyed the snacks set out while Alt explained that they were for them. Figuring it would be rude not to thank the guy even if he was who he was, Rem still did just that, though his words were quick and quiet. “Thank you.”

To be honest, he had zero intentions of eating any of the food though. Even if Aluin hopes he’d like it, Rem replied “I’m afraid I just ate before coming here but perhaps later.”

“So... Aluin, what do you like to do for fun?”

Arcadia · Jun 24, 2020

Altizica just smiled and then slinked away onto the couch, pulling out his phone and typing away on it. What was he typing about? Well obviously he was barraging Selkiris with texts about how excited he was he finally got the angel boy to come over and play with Aluin. Selkiris didn't respond which definitely wasn't shocking in the slightest but Alt didn't need them too, all Alt needed was an outlet to go and scream to about how giddy he was about all of this.

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