Tani snuggles up with the two of you, not looking jealous in the least. "Victoria it is," Valera says.
The other kids are brought in to meet their baby sister.
"She's so cute," Eria says sweetly.
"She's so small," Nic says concernedly.
"She's so wrinkly," Jewel says in distaste.
*smiles happy they are all together*
*To the kids*
"Jewel, that's not cool young lady, Nic, she'll be fine, big babies don't always mean bigger kids or adults when they grow up. Eria, your not the baby anymore so you need to be a big sister to Victoria.
Over the next few days, you receive several gifts from various people, most of whom you've never heard of.
Mark sends a small pouch.
*I will make thank you notes for those gifts, get Val and Tani to sign it as well and get them sent out*
*Looking at the pouch hoping Mark sent instructions or what it is*
*Go up to the window one day*
"So just going to wait this out Blade, I would have thought you would have come down to talk by now."
J
The pouch doesn't have anything written on it or a note with it, but there's another pouch inside of it.
You get no answer. He possibly can't hear you while you're standing in the field of the ward.
*I will have Tani and the rest sans Val stand in the ward, and me step outside of it to say the above and then step back in the ward*
J
No response from him, though this time you find it hard to believe he didn't hear you.
"I see how this is going to be played."
*goes to Eria*
"Can you draw four pictures for Daddy? At the top put Missing and a picture of the four warriors one of each like you drew those other times? If you could it would be great. At the bottom, put, if seen please send them to David's Cabin, Jhiaxus is worried about them."
*smiles*
"Ok, daddy," she doesn't argue or question why. David finds it amusing.
But this pouch with a pouch in it. What do you intend to do with it?
*To David*
"They are nothing but bullies, they will pick on the weak and unprepared, as soon as they lose the advantage they are not to be seen. Eventually Eria is going to make her pictures come true, and they know they are done. They are waiting for us to leave or make a mistake before then, and it's not happening."
*I will check out the pouch inside the pouch and see what it is about*
*Once the flyers are made, I will take suggestions on how to get them on every street corner of every city.*
J.
The pouch inside the pouch is empty.
You go to put it back inside the first pouch, and see another pouch inside. Now you have three; that one was empty, too. Going to put both back in; now there's another pouch inside. ((How long does this go on before you realize that the pouch of pouches is neverending?))
*Three would do it, but now to find his victim*
*Walks inside*
"I was told that whomever made all these pouches go back to one, would win the love of a goddess, I already have two, anyone want to try?"
*Watches to see if anyone takes the bait, and see how many get created*
J
David goes to say something, then sees Janus moving to give it a shot and David keeps his peace, looking the other way.
You're going to let Janus try to turn your three into one?
"No magicking or destroying the pouches."
*keeps a straight face, sitting on the couch*
Janus messes with the three for a while, realizes one has an infinite amount of pouches in it, then goes to turn one of them inside out...
You're dead. Almost. David ripped them out of his hand with a too severe, "Are you stupid?!" He gives them back to you and says, "Nice, an infinite pouch filled with empty infinite pouches. Pretty sweet."
*grins*
"You see I wouldn't have known not to do that, he needs to put instructions with these. I can't tell you how many times I've emptied out my pants pockets inside out in another life."
*smiles* "I could try to set you up with Tan's youngest daughter, as a consolation prize."
J
((Janus looks no older than 7.)) He gives you an annoyed look and says, "No. Thanks."
David says to you, "Yeah, but your pants pockets probably weren't infinite."
((That's what makes it funny :P))
*grins* "Can't give Tan's daughters away, and no they weren't the only thing I know about interdimential holding items is that you don't stick a bag of holding into a portable hole, and you don't put sharp objects into either."
*Content to wait till next event*
J
Are you going to put anything in infinite pouches before then? It seems they are limited by size, but small objects work easily; bullets, coins, folded paper, etc.
*Hmm I will put in a coin, I'm sure I had some in my jeans versing out, just to see if anything happens, we'll say a nickel*
J
You have infinite nickels. If you turn it upside down and shake it you get a flow of them.
Bump
bump
*Is that from the main pouch or one of the copied pouches, if it was the main I'm kinda concerned that I messed things up*
J
copied
*Gets a look on his face like his mind is racing*
"This is so cool, the possibilities are endless."
*I fill up one with water and test it out*
J
There's water in the bag; it could quickly get out of control if you were to dump it for long.
*smiles*
"The possibilities are endless, nice."
*Will check to see if Eria is improving, and set to pass time*
J
Eria's art looks gorgeous, but there's no "magic" in it; the magic part to it probably doesn't work here. Jef is helping tremendously with Victoria; of course, you don't often need the help, but he's right there when you need him. Tan, on the other hand, is clearly keeping her distance as much as possible without seeming suspicious; of all the instincts she was blessed with, a maternal one does not seem to come naturally to her.
*Pulls Tan aside*
"You know you can just be honest and tell me your not comfortable around kids hun. It's not something I can say that can be transferred through the helm like a skill. Maybe it's something you can't get until you become a mother yourself, and you had all your kids as a father, so you should never feel as though you have to hide."
*To Jef*
"Thanks for helping out, this stalemate is stupid, they won't talk and we won't come out to get nuked from orbit. Unless these kids are restored I am not giving up, but this is getting moronic."
J
Jef says, "Soon they'll have to come. You get the opportunity to change your power guardians in another couple months, right? Make them weaklings, we'll take them out, see if Nic was right about Eria, if not, we destroy the throne before coming back here. No harm, no foul, right?"
*Nods*
"Doesn't that plan mean that I die though?"
J
Jef responds, "Not at all. It means you'll be a sword."
*Shivers*
"I don't like that option much either."
J
Jef says to you, "Well, we're going to have to come up with some idea. We've already been here for almost a year, Victoria has been born; the way I see it, either we bring the fight to the four, or we try to figure out something else.
*sighs*
"Fine we'll fight them and they will nuke us from orbit. Lets get the rest sans Val and the kids and do what needs to be done."
J
Jef says, "I mean, unless you want to wait until Blade comes to talk to you about changing your power guardians and talk to him about it then."
*shrugs*
"We have waited this long, let's see if he really does come to talk about it."
J
Jef responds, "No worries. He'll be here."
Another couple of months pass and there's a knock on the door. Janus answers it, and it's Blade. He wants to talk to Jhiaxus.
*gets up and walks to the door and sees Blade*
"Long time no see."
J