Post by Berwyn Rhodes on Dec 12, 2020 22:24:39 GMT -5
All-in all, Berwyn wasn’t that disheartened by the group of students who visited the orphanage. They seemed to be all into the holiday spirit. Sure, maybe Raul could look scary to some children, maybe, he was dressed as festive as you could make him! Berwyn liked the bells around his ankles the most. Really showed effort. For as far as Berwyn understood the Faunus, he was rather kind at heart when you got to know him. There was some trouble with him loosing control, but Berwyn herself knew quite well that this could happen to otherwise good people.
Nina was dressed quite adorably as a reindeer, even going so far as to keep her burlap sack in her teeth. Or maybe that would be easier for her to carry? Who knows? Nina combined with Raul did make Berwyn wonder if the Ground District smelled that different for the both of them. Luckily, it was herself who kept pace, with the other students trudging along as to not delay too much.
These kids already needed to wait on their toys for days, and they could go sightseeing later!
Chloro was late, and needed to catch up, but when Berwyn saw that she wore her elf costume, all was forgiven. It was obviously not her style, so she could appreciate Chloro taking the extra effort. Even though she didn’t carry any toys, she would most likely be a somewhat comforting presence in the Ground District. Being from here and all.
Nina said something to her, but she didn’t really understand a single word the Faunus tried to say. The Giant Santa Woman merely give her a thumbs up before they entered, her own sack still over her shoulder, and were greeted with the sights and sound of many an interested child! She put on her best jolly voice and addressed the children with all the cheer she could muster. Which was quite a lot.
“Ho, ho, ho! Happy holidays children! Come around, come around! There are toys for everyone!”
She honestly couldn’t understand why some of the smaller kids seemed to cry as a response to these words. Sense when are those festive holiday mascots scary? Did someone showed them that one weird horror movie themed around the holidays? What was it called? Jingle Hells?
When Berwyn was given the note, it took her just a bit too long to understand that she needed to read it out loud. She thought the message was meant for her to read, and it was confusing for Chloro to address these children as giants and being there to spread cheer. When she understood the obvious flaw in that line of thinking, she nodded to Chloro and spoke the message.
"Don't worry, these giants are with Chloro and we're here to spread some cheer. No scary people here.”
While she said the words, and it seemed to have some effect, it was quite clear that it was the presence of Chloro that really calmed the kids. Berwyn didn’t knew she had this side of her. To hug these kids so easily. Quite frankly, Berwyn didn’t even know if she herself would be all that comfortable if they started to hug like that. She was all into hugs, but that number of hugs all in one go? She would most likely give too strong a hug in return. Don’t want violence around the kids!
Sure, the sails were of cheap plastic and it seemed to be quite a rushed paint job, but it was still quite a kick-ass toy that Berwyn was maybe kinda jealous off. She should honestly try and see if she could score one of those for her own nephew. Berwyn gifted it honestly at random to some slightly older blond kid wearing glasses who seemed to be really happy with it, even thanking Berwyn with a smile and even a hug.
Cute.
Everything was going quite swimmingly. Most of the children had their toys, and a few even seemed to be already playing with them in the common area of the orphanage. The caretaker of the children, a certain Miss Bellflower, wearing a stylish enough purple dress, tried to come over towards the group to seemingly thank her now that there wasn’t a gaggle of kids in between her and the huntsman and huntresses.
“Barf, Barf!”
Berwyn could barely register the simple robotic sound before a lot of things happened all at once. The toys that the group had delivered started to move around all at once, even though Berwyn quite certainly remembered they shouldn’t have done that. The kids were quite startled, but their initial reaction was honestly a happy enough surprise. Their toys were super cool and could move on their own? That was rad!
But was it?
The Santa-clad Huntress was mildly confused but not at all alarmed. She saw the dogs barking and walking around. The dolls moved their limbs and seemed to…go stand in formation? That was odd. The coolest thing in her mind was that Airship, that started to actually fly about the common room in large circles near the ceiling. Did they put gravity dust in there? Why would they put something as expen-
“My leg!”
The Giantess’ thoughts were interrupted when she heard the first scream. It was Miss Bellflower who had tried to continue her way forward again to greet the visitors properly. She had stepped near one of the toy dogs and out of nowhere, it had jumped towards her ankle and bit down on it with enough force to pierce her skin. The other dog gave a robotic “Barf barf” before it also seemed to go for the innocent Miss Bellflower other leg!
Though toys, these little dogs seemed to be quite vicious. For toys. When Miss Bellflower tired to wack one of them, a clear dull metal sound could be heard under their otherwise fluffy exterior.
All around them the different toys had began to cause havoc, and even attack the children who they were supposed to bring joy. “I don’t think this is innocent, guys! Get the kids away from these toys! Also, we need to go and save Miss Bellflower!” Some of these toys looked nasty, and not having her weapons with her, Berwyn took hold of the closest thing that she could use to whack these toys if needed.
A coatrack she quickly discarded all the children’s jackets from to now use as a tool of kickassing.
The airship continued to fly. Menacingly.
1218 words; 1663 Total
Introducing new problem: The missus is not a chew toy!
Difficulty: Combatants 8 (Destruction)
Nina was dressed quite adorably as a reindeer, even going so far as to keep her burlap sack in her teeth. Or maybe that would be easier for her to carry? Who knows? Nina combined with Raul did make Berwyn wonder if the Ground District smelled that different for the both of them. Luckily, it was herself who kept pace, with the other students trudging along as to not delay too much.
These kids already needed to wait on their toys for days, and they could go sightseeing later!
Chloro was late, and needed to catch up, but when Berwyn saw that she wore her elf costume, all was forgiven. It was obviously not her style, so she could appreciate Chloro taking the extra effort. Even though she didn’t carry any toys, she would most likely be a somewhat comforting presence in the Ground District. Being from here and all.
Nina said something to her, but she didn’t really understand a single word the Faunus tried to say. The Giant Santa Woman merely give her a thumbs up before they entered, her own sack still over her shoulder, and were greeted with the sights and sound of many an interested child! She put on her best jolly voice and addressed the children with all the cheer she could muster. Which was quite a lot.
“Ho, ho, ho! Happy holidays children! Come around, come around! There are toys for everyone!”
She honestly couldn’t understand why some of the smaller kids seemed to cry as a response to these words. Sense when are those festive holiday mascots scary? Did someone showed them that one weird horror movie themed around the holidays? What was it called? Jingle Hells?
Hmm, well, maybe we would look a little bit scary with how tall we are. And despite all of her great effort, Berwyn was honestly slow on the drop to try and calm the children. Of all people present, it was Chloro who calmed the orphans. Some of them seemed to recognize her even. Was she a part of this orphanage when she was younger? Or did she know these kids and visited them? Berwyn didn’t know the answers, though honestly, she should have.
"Don't worry, these giants are with Chloro and we're here to spread some cheer. No scary people here.”
While she said the words, and it seemed to have some effect, it was quite clear that it was the presence of Chloro that really calmed the kids. Berwyn didn’t knew she had this side of her. To hug these kids so easily. Quite frankly, Berwyn didn’t even know if she herself would be all that comfortable if they started to hug like that. She was all into hugs, but that number of hugs all in one go? She would most likely give too strong a hug in return. Don’t want violence around the kids!
So, the gifting of toys could truly commence, and what a delight it was. In Berwyn’s sack were mostly dolls. Well, I guess that you could call some of them action figure if you wanted to not upset your son, but they were dolls. No matter if they were wearing a dress and had pretty hair, or if they wielded a sword, they were honestly just dolls. The outlier in her collection to give away were two toy dogs and honestly a rather sick model of an airship like the ones the kingdom used.
Cute.
Everything was going quite swimmingly. Most of the children had their toys, and a few even seemed to be already playing with them in the common area of the orphanage. The caretaker of the children, a certain Miss Bellflower, wearing a stylish enough purple dress, tried to come over towards the group to seemingly thank her now that there wasn’t a gaggle of kids in between her and the huntsman and huntresses.
“Barf, Barf!”
Berwyn could barely register the simple robotic sound before a lot of things happened all at once. The toys that the group had delivered started to move around all at once, even though Berwyn quite certainly remembered they shouldn’t have done that. The kids were quite startled, but their initial reaction was honestly a happy enough surprise. Their toys were super cool and could move on their own? That was rad!
But was it?
The Santa-clad Huntress was mildly confused but not at all alarmed. She saw the dogs barking and walking around. The dolls moved their limbs and seemed to…go stand in formation? That was odd. The coolest thing in her mind was that Airship, that started to actually fly about the common room in large circles near the ceiling. Did they put gravity dust in there? Why would they put something as expen-
“My leg!”
The Giantess’ thoughts were interrupted when she heard the first scream. It was Miss Bellflower who had tried to continue her way forward again to greet the visitors properly. She had stepped near one of the toy dogs and out of nowhere, it had jumped towards her ankle and bit down on it with enough force to pierce her skin. The other dog gave a robotic “Barf barf” before it also seemed to go for the innocent Miss Bellflower other leg!
Though toys, these little dogs seemed to be quite vicious. For toys. When Miss Bellflower tired to wack one of them, a clear dull metal sound could be heard under their otherwise fluffy exterior.
All around them the different toys had began to cause havoc, and even attack the children who they were supposed to bring joy. “I don’t think this is innocent, guys! Get the kids away from these toys! Also, we need to go and save Miss Bellflower!” Some of these toys looked nasty, and not having her weapons with her, Berwyn took hold of the closest thing that she could use to whack these toys if needed.
A coatrack she quickly discarded all the children’s jackets from to now use as a tool of kickassing.
The airship continued to fly. Menacingly.
1218 words; 1663 Total
Introducing new problem: The missus is not a chew toy!
Difficulty: Combatants 8 (Destruction)
