PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME [Angelmis]
01-23-2018, 06:05 PM
The words were barely out of his mouth when out of the shrubbery popped not one, not two - jesus! - but three iridescent fuzzballs. All three were fat, sassy and oh dear god, were those eye spots? With his heart creeping up into his throat, Angelus eyed the children. Were his ears ringing? Why did he feel faint all of a sudden? Artemis was speaking to him. Slowly - dumbly, really - Angelus turned his gaze from the children to their mother. He was struggling to concentrate on what she was saying and it showed; his brow knit together and he squinted dumbly at her as if making his forehead wrinkle would help him understand what was happening. Angel's eyes flew wide as he suddenly understood what Artemis had said. His characteristic charm abandoned him, leaving in its wake a panicked stutter, "Art-Art-Artemis, wait!" Already she was walking away. He took several steps after her, but froze to look back at the pups. He looked between Artemis' quickly retreating form and the children hesitantly. She was serious, wasn't she? He couldn't just leave them. He tried one last time to get her to stay. "ARTEMIS!" And then she was gone. Turning back to look at the pups, he eyed them with an expression that was equal parts fear and wariness. "Hello..." Where to start? Maybe their questions. "As Art- as your mother said, I'm-I'm," This wasn't going to work. He took a deep breath and willed himself to be calm. And authoritative. If he wasn't careful they'd smell his fear and walk all over him. "I'm your father. My name is Angelus." Now, which one of these little beasts was Jupiter? |
