forum Monsters? These are my children -Ben (o/o with lisapickle)

Started November 05, 2019 by @chickenfrogman group

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It is awful.
Gabriel thinks, forcing himself to swallow his bite of vanilla.
Cage smiles. “I like it! Do you think vi will?”

Silver shrugged. "Vi will probably say they all taste like hard work and laughter, or something angelic like that that will relieve her from the pressure of saying it's actually terrible."
Miki groaned and gave Silver a shove as she set the donut ice cream down on the counter. "You hush, Sil. You didn't put blood, sweat, and tears into this like we did."

Gabriel’s eyes widen and he stares at the ice cream, his stomach churning.
They put blood in it..!?!

Cage giggles. “Vi would say something like that though. And then Ben would spit it out on the floor and ban us from the kitchen.”

Silver rolled her eyes. "You better not have put blood in it, Miki. Tears are acceptable. Not blood."
"You know what I mean." Miki popped the top off of the donut flavor. "Let's hope this one is decent so Ben doesn't ban us from the kitchen."

Gabriel stares in confusion at the girls.
Cage takes a big bite of the donut ice cream. “MMMM not bad!”

Silver climbed up on the counter and sat crosslegged in front of the trail mix ice cream, slowly feeding herself with her air-spoon while watching the others.
Miki dug into the donut flavor, popping the spoon in her mouth. "oooohhhhmuuuuwUUUURRCAAAAAYYYHHH!" she moaned, scooping up another bite and shoving it in. "ThimayesitaWWLLLwor'it!"

Cage stares at Miki, shoveling more into his mouth. “I can’t-“ he swallows, “I can’t understand a word you just said.”

"She said," Silver said, swallowing. "Oh my word, Cage. This makes it all worth it."
Miki nodded, stuffing more into her mouth before she was finished with her previous bite. "Mhmm. Di'one'ih mine. You'an have na sushi'on."
Silver blinked. "This one is mine. You can have the sushi one."

Cage beams, "Geez, you guys are a lot like Gabe and Kiss."
Kissa turns to glare at him and his smile fades.
"I mean, because no one else can understand Mik right now."

"I cant actually read her mind, like Kiss can read Gabriel's. I think. How do you understand him?" Silver asked Kissa. "Can you actually read his thoughts?"

Kiss shrugs. "I mean, I guess you can call it that. We are magical beings technically."
"Woah, so cool! Where did you guys used to live? Are there more magical creatures besides you??" Cage asks, leaning forward.
She rolls her eyes, turning around and glaring. "Suppers ready, by the way. And no, I did not burn anything."

"Wait, you're MAGIC??" Silver cried. She whirled around, looking for Gabriel. "How did you never tell me you were MAGICAL, Gabe??"
Miki wrapped her arms around the bowl of donut ice cream. "Y'all can have whatever Kissa made. I'm good with this."

Gabriel, on his way to the couch, pauses with a flinch.
Did I forget to mention that?
Kissa gets herself a plate of the pasta. “Duh, we’re magic, Sil. How else do we turn invisible, read minds and have natural wings?”
Cage lets out a loud gasp. “You’re not an experiment?!?!?”

Silver paused, one leg half way to the floor as she crawled off the counter. "You're not experiments??" she whispered, eyes widening.
Miki shoved another spoonful of ice cream into her mouth. "That explains a lot."

Kissa sighs. “Geez, you want a whole backstory?? No, we’re not. Our parents had wings, and their parents had wing so on and so forth. We’re weapons, but more stable than experiments since we grew up with our powers. Or, magic. Not technically powers.” She shrugs. “I thought you knew honestly.”
Gabriel stares at the conversation.
I completely forgot.
i- I can tell Sil all about Ryder.
And Uri.
His heart beaten quickens and a small smile crosses his face.

Silver slowly dished herself up some pasta and came into the living room, dropping down beside Gabriel's invisible self.
"How did you never tell me." she whispered, still in shock.
Miki turned around on her barstool to keep facing them. "Wait, how many of you are there?? I didn't think there was any magic in this world? CAGE WE'RE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD THIS WHOLE TIME."

“I’m sorry.” He whispers back. “I- I didn’t think to say anything.”
Kissa sits down on a stool at the island. “Re-lax, Mik. I think me and Gabe are the last. They were discovered a while back and they either left or were killed.” She growls the last part and starts to twirl her pasta lazily with her fork.
Cage excitedly grabs Mikis arm. “Can you teach me magic??” He asks Kiss.
She huffs. “Not really. You’re too weak.”

Silver ate a bite of her pasta. "Well." She said, speaking with her mouth full. "You can say stuff about it now."
Miki wrapped an arm around Cage's shoulders. "Can you do a magic thing? Like, not reading Gabe's brain but like, something else?"

He opens his mouth to speak, then pauses.
Oh.
Speaking.
I can do this.
He inhales, then swallows. “Ok.”
i did it.

A huge smile crosses Cage's face as he stares at Kissa for a response.
She glances at him and grins a little. “You mean like turning invisible, or shapeshifting, or making poison? Because besides that I only specialize in offensive maneuvers.”

A small smile flitted over Silver's face. She turned sideways on the couch and stretched her feet across his lap. "Come on. Tell me something about… about like when you were a kid or something."

Miki grimaced. "I want to ask her to shapeshift but I also think that would be really scary." She said to Cage.

“Umn. Well… we- we have a different culture, obviously.”
What do I say??
“I- uh, I had a friend. His name was Ryder. He had the prettiest wings..” his voice trails off for a minute. “Are you sure you’re interested…?”

Kissa giggles. “Oh my word, Mik, not like that. I can alter my appearance, not completely change.”
Cage beams. “Cool! Can you look like a guy?”
She glances over to him and raises an eyebrow. “Ew.”

"Ooohhhh" Silver crooned, leaning forward. "Of course I'm interested. I want to hear everything." She took another bite of pasta. "What did his wings look like?"

"Oh." Miki said, slightly disappointed. "I thought you could turn into… a dinosaur or something."

Kissa chokes on her pasta for a second. “What? No! That’s stupid! Why would I want to do that? That’s so unrealistic.”
Inhaling shakily, he starts off again. “They were really big and feathery, kind of like Kissa’s, but his feathers were soft and a ashy white. So was his hair. He was the best in the air in our training group, because they were so strong.” He gazes off into the distance for a little while, forgetting he’s in the living room. “He was odd, though, so they wouldn’t give him prizes or praise him. The Crowns didn’t like him.”

"I would want to turn into a dinosaur if I could." Miki muttered sulkily as she took another bite of ice cream.

"Ohhh he does sound pretty. Who are the Crowns?" Silver asked.

Cage nods. “Yeah. Or like, a dog. Can you show us anyways, Kiss? Even though it’s not cool?”
She glares at him. “Rude.”

“The rulers. Basically a small council of elders. We had a technical Queen, but she didn’t enforce law or anything. She was just there for celebrations and big decisions, even though her opinion was normally discounted.” He turns his head to look at Silver for a second, then looks back to the window. “They were very violent.”

"Then can you just… change your hair color or something?" Miki asked.

"Oh no. What happened to Ryder?"

Kissa rolls her eyes. “I guess. How magic works is I manipulate your perception of me, making me appear in your eyes different than I actually look. So it requires me messing with your… brain.”
Cage scrunches his face up. “Mmmmn. Maaaaybeeee not?”

“He didn’t fit in. He refused to preform certain tasks and duties and was cast out of the city after many warnings.” He looks back to Silver. “Where did you live?”

"Okay no." Miki said, violently shaking her head. "You aren't allowed to do anything with my brain."

"Wait me?" Silver asked, surprised. "Um. I don't– I don't actually have memories from before they took me. But Miki and I were street rats. Homeless since the day we were born. But." She booped his nose. "We're talking about you right now. I want to hear all the things."

A sly grin crosses Kissa’s face. “The fun thing is, you can’t stop me.”
Cage gulps. “What if we wake up tomorrow and she’s a dinosaur.”
She rolls her eyes, huffing.

He gives her a slow nod.
Okay
what next?
“When the Crowns heard about the effort being made to better humans and make them smarter and stronger, they treated it like charity. A few competitions were held and three were chosen to be sent away to help. There were supposed to only be two sent off, but Kissa threatened that she wouldn’t go if I wasn’t brought along.” He sighs.
Brat.

Miki kept shaking her head. "I will scream until Ben makes you stop."

"Wait, you mean what was happening to us??" Silver squeaked. "Your people sent you to help, you weren't kidnapped for it??"