Not His Own. (Felis/Open)

[Ball Rat]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/rukaposttable2.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 navy none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(234),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:52px;margin-left:24px;)]Unable to stop herself, the woman blushed at Lance's words and shrugged slightly. "Th-thank you," she responded with some uncertainty. But Rosa said hello anyway and she smiled, nodding her head to the girl. "Hello to you, too. It's nice to meet you." Then they were asked to head to the gardens and she easily obliged. Rosa taking her hand made Ruka grin and she nodded to show she would enjoy being showed the gardens by the young girl. Turning to Elayne then, she gave a grateful smile and turned her head to glance at Chiharu, who was beaming at being called beautiful. Fluttering around the girl, the firefly seemed incredibly excited with the words. Daisy, being shier, visibly blushed some before hiding behind Ruka. "Thank you, Elayne, and I'd love to see your Pokemon at some point," she agreed. Although she was trying not to think about why they'd been asked to move out of the castle, the woman couldn't help but worry about what kind of conversation might be going on inside... What could they be hiding? It probably wasn't her business, of course, and she would likely never ask, but she was curious. [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/FelisRosa2.png);color:#45632c;][atrb=height,347][atrb=width,472][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(250),w(275),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:107px;)]Rosa managed a grin at Ruka and Elayne, and as they finally stepped outside, she slowly let go of both of their hands and ran a few feet ahead only to stop and turn around again. Pointing her index finger towards a glass house, Rosa grinned. "Over there's the green house!" she stated matter of factly before pointing towards the larger gardens where flowers had been set up to imitate a short maze of sorts going up at a slight incline as one moved towards the center of it. "And we planted those when spring came!" she grinned before looking at Tim and Tai. "Right?" As soon as the room hand cleared, Felis had been about to speak, yet when Lance did, Felis found his hand forming into a fist ready to sock Lance in the shoulder for it. However, he relaxed again, and his grip released slowly before he looked at Ferd and breathed inwards quietly. "We lost them....to the fire," he finally managed to murmur rather quietly. As the sudden stream of emotions hit him, Felis bit them back rather hard and tried to keep calm. If Ferd didn't know... it only meant he would react worse right now, and they certainly didn't need two crying people.... [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elaynenow.png][atrb=width, 407][atrb=height, 300][atrb=style,border:0 chocolate none,b,Table][scrolly:h(225),w(218),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:110px;margin-left:10px;margin-top:38px;)]Elayne smiled at Ruka when she said that she'd like to see her own Pokemon sometime and chuckled softly when Chuharu positively beamed at the compliment and Daisy blushed. "You might see them around here ... both Eevees like to explore and well ... Trixie can be a handful, she's my Umbreon," Elayne said, chuckling softly at the thought. When Rosa brought the greenhouse and the maze of flowers to their attention, Elayne's eyes grew wide with delight, "The flowers are beautiful Rosa~! You must've spent a long time working on them."she said in a kind voice, still staring at the flowers in awe.[/scrolly]

[Caden Bunny]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/forestcastleboys4.png);][atrb=width, 513][atrb=height, 348][atrb=style,border:0 teal none,b,Table][scrolly:h(255),w(235),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:40px;margin-left:275px;color:#0e044b;)] Tai and Tim simply followed Rosa and the others, opening doors when needed. Tim seemed to smile slightly more to himself when they reached the garden. "Yeah.. I spent a lot of time working here." Tim says with a smile. "I came out and watered.. but I wasn't so great at putting them in the ground... ^^" Tai says rather quickly. Ferd was still inside, and felt something inside of him crack when he heard Lance. "They... live somewhere else, right?" he says rather quickly, but once he heard Felis speak, he seemed to stop completely. He almost instantly began to cry and found his eyes turning slightly red from them. "T-they.... are.... no... You... that can't be true... T_T" Ferd found himself getting quiet as his crying got even worse until he could no longer speak and just kept crying. He suddenly found his hands coming to his eyes and went running through the house, wanting to be alone. T-they couldn't be gone! [/scrolly]

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Lance hadn’t noticed Felis’s anger toward him, but instead kept his eyes on Ferd. He felt like shaking his head when the boy tried to ask if they were just in different houses. Luckily Felis spoke and well… the news crushed the younger boys little heart. It was a pathetic sight but Lance couldn’t let his distaste of the boys grief show. Instead a rather upset and sympathetic expression filled Lance’s face as he watched Ferd cry. He was about to open his mouth to say something when Ferd suddenly ran off. Knowing very well that Felis would feel the need to chase after him, Lance quickly turned, “You should give him at least five minutes to be alone before going to comfort him.” It would give Ferd enough time to think for a moment. Lance was also hoping his words would help give the impression that he actually cared that Ferd was upset. But just to be sure, “I would go with you but…” his head turned towards the direction that Ferd ran off in, “You’ve always been closer to him.” Heck, that was an understatement if one ever heard one. [/scrolly] [bg=black]

[Ball Rat]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/rukaposttable2-2.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 navy none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(234),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:52px;margin-left:15px;)]Letting her eyes examine the gardens, Ruka looked rather amazed. It was gorgeous, that was for certain. Her Illumise quickly squealed and fluttered off to enjoy the flowers. Both Daisy and Emi stayed with their human, though Daisy did watch her mother to make sure she wasn't going too far away. "You all did a wonderful job. It looks absolutely incredible. I would never be able to figure out how to layout a garden... Certainly not one so big." Turning her attention again to Elayne, she smiled and nodded. "You like the Eevee group, don't you? I don't have one myself. Haven't even come across a wild one since I came to Era... My parents did raise a few, though." That got her thinking about getting herself an Eevee, but she wasn't sure she really wanted one. She wouldn't be able to decide what to evolve it into... Although she could breed more and have one of each, she didn't want to have too many and not be able to properly care for them all. Snapping herself out of her thoughts, she looked around the garden again. It still hadn't quite set in that she was in a castle, either... [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/FelisRosa2.png);color:#45632c;][atrb=height,347][atrb=width,472][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(250),w(275),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:107px;)]Rosa's smile grew rather large at the acknowledgement of the gardens. It seemed that she had picked up quite a love of them, really.Though she wasn't fully sure exactly why, Rosa found herself giggling a tad at Tai and Tim's comments. After a moment, she spun around again. "We've got more to see come on~!" she called in an excited voice. At Ferdinando's words, Felis could feel quite a bit of him cringing at each word. He bit his lip hard and was silent until Ferd suddenly turned and made to run away. Almost instantly, Felis had stepped forwards only to stop when lance's comment hit his ears. A look that mixed rather finely between confusion and stress reflected on Felis's face as he stared back at his older brother, and for a brief moment, he found his head darting back down the hallway where Ferd had run before looking back at Lance. Stepping back a little, Felis sighed and found himself leaning against a wall. Crossing his arms in front of himself, the blonde sighed keening his eyes down at the floor now. "Three minutes tops," was all he answered back to Lance's comment. After that, he simply fell silent for a good thirty seconds. "I didn't even know he was alive," he murmured shaking his head a little. Why was all of this happening so suddenly? Had some cruel puppet mistress of fate suddenly summoned his family back to him only to stress him out in the process? "I....just don't know what to say," he sighed. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/elaynenow.png][atrb=width, 407][atrb=height, 300][atrb=style,border:0 chocolate none,b,Table][scrolly:h(225),w(218),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-right:110px;margin-left:10px;margin-top:38px;)]Hearing Ruka speak, Elayne returned her attention to the other girl and nodded, smiling,"An Eevee was my first Pokemon, I think it would be cool to have all of the Eevee evolutions eventually, but that will be a while yet. What was your first Pokemon?"she asked kindly before Rosa's excited voice reached her ears, causing Elayne to giggle softly,"Coming Rosa!" Elly chuckled softly at the Illumise's eagerness and looked around the garden, swishing her tail contentedly. It was very beautiful after all, and the Espeon never tired of seeing it ... she sometimes helped the other grass and water Pokemon take care of the gardens, though there was very little she could actually do.[/scrolly]

[Caden Bunny]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/forestcastleboys4.png);][atrb=width, 513][atrb=height, 348][atrb=style,border:0 teal none,b,Table][scrolly:h(255),w(235),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:40px;margin-left:275px;color:#0e044b;)] The butlers smiled rather calmly as they continued to walk. "Come on, let's just keep going!" Tai says rather happily. Tim grinned as that continued. He felt at home in here, and couldn't wait to show them all what he had done. He decided to be quiet though, so he would appear more like a butler. He really didn't think Tai was fit as a butler with the way he acted. Ferd found himself running down a random hallway, not really sure where he was going. He didn't plan it out, but soon found himself on the usual way to his room. He ran in and quickly locked the door. He then realized that this was his room, and found himself staring at a wall, wondering how it all managed to survive. He stared at a teal wall that faced him, and found his eyes looking around at the room. He couldn't believe that he was back in his old room! He suddenly tackled his old bed, but found that it felt a lot more new than he was used to. He started at it but decided to just deal with it. The tears were still streaming, but he seemed a bit dazed as he hugged a pillow and started at the wall. He saw many pictures that he had of his family lining up the one wall. He then noticed that many of the pictures had his mother in them. Tears began to well up again as he looked around the rest of the room. Somehow he managed to see the old posters he had up, but they seemed to be a bit out of place as his pictures were. He remembered them being in different places, but he was much too confused to worry about that. His emotions were welling up with the excitement of being back home, but the depression of his mother being gone for all eternity. He noticed a drawer and found himself running over to it. He swung it open and expected to be met with his many old things. He then realized that it was empty. He opened up every drawer, but he couldn't find any of his old things in there. He gulped and found tears falling down again. It.. really was gone. This room was just a replica, and didn't contain anything he remembered holding dear. He sighed and just sat on the floor on his knees, crying into a pillow that he had dragged over with him. He was so scared now. They weren't lying then, if nothing was there. He fell down on the floor and laid on the pillow, staring under his bed. Nothing was under it... and he found himself believing that it really was all gone, and that his mom went with it. He knew it was a mistake to come here, and found himself wanting to leave now, as it was all gone, and there wasn't much he had left here that he remembered to hold dear except the few remaining siblings. Were they really all that was remaining? [/scrolly]

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Lance had also fallen silent when Felis claimed he was only giving the boy thirty minutes before heading off to check if he was ok. With the showing of Ferd it was…. The gifts he had gotten were… well it just didn’t seem right to give them at the moment. Perhaps. Happy birthday Lance, another sibling is alive. Alright, most would think that as a blessing from the power of the earth but to Lance. Ugh, couldn’t they just stay dead? When Felis spoke again, Lance let out a sigh before setting his hand on his hip, “Look at this way, if Ferd is alive then perhaps,” Oh he was going to eat his foot for ever saying this, “Father and Ada are as well.” And Felis best just feel happy had claimed that! “You don’t have to say anything. At least we have…“ Why did he feel so unnatural saying this? “each other.” He looked away after that, raising a hand to rub the back of his neck. “The three minutes are probably up.” He wouldn’t go chasing after the younger brother with Felis though. He had never really gotten along with the tattle tailing little pip squeak anyway. Perhaps he would attempt to catch up to the others, or just wait in the hall until Felis returned with Fred. Yes, that seemed more plausible. He actually rather hated searching around for people on his own. An odd thing to hate for someone who was often alone as it was, but who was to question one’s self? [/scrolly] [bg=black]

[Ball Rat]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/rukaposttable2-2.png);][atrb=width, 497][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 navy none,b,Table][scrolly:h(215),w(234),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:52px;margin-left:15px;)]This was so much fun~ The garden was wonderful, she had company, and the conversation with Elayne was serving to be a comfortable one. Ruka wasn't sure what else she could ask for. Well... that wasn't quite true. Glancing back at the castle, she bit her lip softly. Hopefully the situation -- whatever that entailed -- hadn't gotten too bad off. Emi quickly got her to return her attention to the people around her and the woman blinked. Quickly remembering what was said, she hurried off after the others, curious as to what Rosa was so excited about. As they went, though, she returned her attention to the other girl and grinned. "A Smoochum was my first. She's since evolved, but she's always been wonderfully helpful. Even now, she's helping take care of my other Pokemon at home. Having an Eevee as your first, though. That's rather impressive. They're quite sought-after so they're fairly rare in most areas. Was it a gift or something of that sort?" Suddenly, Ruka was wondering if she was being too formal. She was at a castle, of course, but that didn't mean she necessarily had to be all proper and such. But if she wasn't formal and they expected it, they'd probably be more insulted than if they didn't care how she spoke. Ugh, she really just had to stop thinking so much about everything. [/scrolly]

[Jay]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/FelisRosa2.png);color:#45632c;][atrb=height,347][atrb=width,472][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(250),w(275),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:107px;)]At the words from Lance, Felis's eyes slid sideways and regarded the man calmly thought still wavering in their slight worry over Ferdinando. It was all just so confused at the moment.... However, that was true... If anything, this was a good thing. More people were coming home....just like he had promised Rosa. As Lance mentioned the time, Felis snapped back into reality and nodded his head. "Right," the blond finally nodded before taking off down the hallway listening rather careful for any sorts of sounds. Sure enough, he could hear something different in the castle. Following the sound as best he could, Felis finally found himself at Ferd's door. Ah... his bedroom. Not even bothering to knock exactly, Felis breathed in and slowly turned the door knob. "Little brother?" Felis started unsure of himself. However, his eyes finally zeroed in on Ferd, and Felis found himself sighing ever so quietly. "Ferd.... thanks for coming home," he finally murmured before slowly stepping into the room and just as slowly sitting down with his back gently on Ferd's. "I missed you." Rosa giggled and continued forwards only to stop a moment and take Tim and Tai's hands. Skipping along and looking back a bit to make sure that Elayne and Ruka stayed close, Rosa led off to a sort of mini pond area. If anyone actually looked carefully enough at the water, a Milotic could be seen swimming there. [/scrolly]

[Maid Melody]

[atrb=background,http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/elronia/Miguel_Elayne_table.png][atrb=width, 510][atrb=height, 300][atrb=style,border:0 chocolate none,b,Table][scrolly:h(220),w(252),sy,as(padding:4px ;margin-top:30px;margin-left:152px;margin-right:100px;margin-bottom:30px;)]Miguel was walking in the gardens when he heard voices not far from where he was, turning the corner he saw Rosa running ahead followed by the two butlers, Elayne, and another young woman whom he didn't recognize. Approaching Elayne and the other woman, Miguel bowed,"Pardon me for interrupting but I don't believe we have met before,"he said in a gentle voice, taking Ruka's hand and kissing the back of it before letting it go. Elayne smiled and shook her head when Ruka asked if Elly was a gift, "No, not really. You see, there was a Pokemon Ranch near my home when I was young, I went there every so often to see the young Pokemon and one day I saw the trainer hurting Elly. I ran to tell my parents but they did nothing so I took her, she's been with me ever since. I think that's why she's so protective of me now. How did you get your Smoochum?"she asked kindly before hearing Miguel's voice and turning to look at him,"Oh, hello Miguel, this is Ruka. Lance invited her here, evidently it's his birthday today so he thought he'd come visit." Miguel nodded at Elayne's reply and looked at Ruka, smiling kindly "It's a pleasure to meet you m'lady."he replied in a kind voice,"Would you mind if I accompany you?"[/scrolly]

[Caden Bunny]

[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/SojiRem/taitimandfered2.png);][atrb=width, 518][atrb=height, 297][atrb=style,border:0 teal none,b,Table][scrolly:h(255),w(228),sy,as(padding:4px 0px 5px;margin-top:5px;margin-left:289px;color:#bdbdbd;)] Tai and Tom continued to walk with the group, showing them around as they went. They noticed a man coming over. They would have greeted him.. but he kind of walked by them, so they didn't. Well.. they were butlers, what did they expect? Tim just continued to go until Tai noticed the Milotic. Oh.. My.. Gosh! He hadn't worked in the Garden in so long that he didn't even know that a Milotic was here! He ran over quickly and tried to get a good look at it. Ferd was staring at the floor until he heard Felis slowly come in. He barely turned his head, but he was able to look back just far enough to see Felis. "I.. I was hoping.. people would be here.. and that I would be wanted here. I feel.. like.. l.. like.. I shouldn't have come here. I caused so much trouble to get here.. and I'm only causing trouble now. It's.. it's all gone." Ferd finds himself practically mumbling to himself. He felt Felis leaning on his back, but Ferd couldn't help but feel like he was just being a burden to everyone. [/scrolly]