Aegis 3.0

[Wyosch]

((whoopsie xD))

Heather couldn't believe her eyes at what her father had made for her.
To most this probably wasn't that much of a big deal.
But to her it was.
She knew what a hard time her parents were having with accepting the fact that she was not their little toddler anymore.
She herself had quite a hard time accepting it, and not because she missed being a toddler, but because her being a teenager scared her.
With Mio by her side, and her father showing her that it was okay and that he'd be there for her, she knew that she didn't have to be afraid.
"Dad...", she gasped silently after a while, grabbing her father's hand and giving it a soft squeeze.
"It's so beautiful..."
She looked up at him with big eyes, tears gathering in her eyes when he told her that no matter what he'd love her and be proud of her, tightly wrapping her arms around him to give him a hug.
"I love you too, dad. And... And I'm happy that you're proud of me.", she whispered, tightening her hug when Macon said that, even though she didn't have and wings, she still was an angel to him. And that honestly meant a lot to her.
"You're the best, dad. I love you. And yeah, I probably inherited some of your insanity. And mom's craziness. That mixed together makes a crazy insane person.", she replied, giggling softly as she buried her face into her father's chest, enjoying the hug.
"Do you mind if I call Mio to come up here? He's all alone in that pink princess-like room."

"Benny, is that you?", Jim gasped when his grandson insecurely made his way to him, making some big eyes.
"You're so tall I hardly recognized you! Whoa, and look at you walk! Your parents better watch out for you. The tall and fast Benny.", he winked at Ash, stretching his arms out and pulling Benny into a hug.
"How are you doing, Ash? How's Emily?", he asked, smiling softly at Benny as he handed him over to Rachel so he could give his grandmother a hug too.
Still sounded weird as fuck to him.
Him being 25, Rachel 21 - grandparents.
He'd get used to it. Probably. Sometime.
Getting up from the floor, he quickly gave his son a hug to greet him, turning around to look at Benny with a soft smile.
"He's so cute. And already learning how to walk! Jasmine too?"
Ash's eyes were sparkling so proudly. The same sparkling Jim himself had too when looking - or talking...or thinking... basically the entire time - at his family.
And Jim loved how Ash's eyes widened, full of love, whenever he'd talk about his wife Emily. Just like Jim with Rachel.
"Are the two still keeping you and Emily up a lot, or sleeping the night through already? Angel keeps me and your mom up every night because she wants to play... or because she is purposely making so much noise to wake us up. Hope Benny and Jasmine are a little easier."

 

[Scripted Away]

Mac smiled lovingly as Heather hugged him tightly and softly stroked over her head for a moment, leaning his cheek against her head.
As she asked if he'd mind if she'd call Mio to come upstairs, he smiled softly, his eyes sparkling from happiness and the tears that were gathering in them.
It still hurt... But if Heather was happy, he'd be happy too, and he could see how at peace she was when Mio was with her.
"Sure honey. Oh and don't forget to introduce mom and your siblings and him. I bet they want to meet him too."
Turning towards the door, he called Mio, raising one eyebrow with a small smile as he came upstairs.
"About dinner- i suppose you're a vegetarian like most centaurs?"
Mio nodded, rasing his eyebrows. "How come you know so much about centaurs, if I may ask?"
"I don't know much. Only the bit I learned from h-... From the people I used to work with before I became a teacher. Basically just that that mark there means a lot and that your people are strongly connected to nature."
"Mh", Mio said nodding, before he turned to Heather with a soft smile, while Macon left the room- closing the door behind him.
Outside, Macon leaned his forehead against the door, sighing silently, his left hand gently resting against the wood.
"...don't forget me...", He whispered silently, closing his eyes while the tiniest tear ran down his cheek. "My little princess..."

"Everyone's doing so great!", Ash sighed happily, grinning widely as he squeezed his father in a tight hug.
They really looked so similar.
The same black hair, the same bright smile and sparkling blue eyes...well, at least one; and the same vampiric pale skin.
Only his build was more slender, not as muscular as his father but more elegant, yet still well-trained.
"They're both little angels. I mean, Jasmin can throw tantrums like no one else, but when you just let her scream for a few minutes she calms down pretty quickly. Could help you with angel, too. If she purposefully makes noise to wake you up so you'll play with her, just don't react to it."
"Ah so my tip for Jasmine's tantrums worked?", Rachel asked with a smirk that clearly said 'told you'.
"Yep, thanks again mom", Ash chuckled.
Looking at his son, he smiled softly.
"Benny has a bit of a problem with staying dry at night. He told me he often dreams that he's sitting on the toilet and then- yeah." He shrugged. "But it's better than the phase of nightmares he's had a couple of weeks ago. Poor little one woke up several times, every night, crying because of his nightmares..."
Smirking softly as Benny sat down on Ash's lap, playing around with his dad's hands, Ash raised one eyebrow.
"But since he's wearing my shirts in bed, the nightmares are gone."
"And daddy always looks under my bed and in my wardrobe!", Benny explained with a very serious face, nodding at his own words. "And he made a dreamcatcher for me! With feathers and pearls. It catches bad dreams so they can't scare me anymore."

 

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Heather grinned happily at her boyfriend when her father left the room, squeezing him tightly in a hug before she walked up to her bed and sat down.
"Isn't my new room amazing? My dad just built this all on his own for me...", she whispered dreamily, letting out a soft squeal.
"So you're a vegetarian? Me too. Never really liked meat, still when I was a toddler, so... yeah."
She giggled silently, just staring at Mio with a dreamy expression, spreading out her arms.
"Huuuuggg!!"

"She won't forget forget you, sweetie.", Hunter said, walking up to her husband who really seemed to be needing a hug right now.
"You know that you'll always be her father, her hero."
She smiled softly, gently wiping a tear off of his face before giving him a tight hug.
"I know how hard it is... and I honestly can't imagine how hard it is for you to see your little girl, a big one now, with her boyfriend - who's at the same time her one and only true love bla bla but that's nothing to worry about. He really seems like a sweet guy."
Giving Macon a kiss on his cheek, she grabbed his hand and looked at him with big eyes.
"Want to come cuddle with your moody, pregnant wife and eat chips out of her drawer?"

"I'd try that if her screaming wouldn't wake your mother up. I always try to get up as quickly as possible when I hear Angel starting to make noise again...", Jim replied, groaning silently. Rachel hadn't slept well the past few days because their daughter had been waking them up every night, so she needed her sleep. If necessary, he could do a couple of days without sleep, but he'd prefer to just stay in bed next to his wife, asleep. And Mayrose preferred that too.
You have to sleep!
God she had told him that so often already.
Jim nodded as Ash talked about Benny not keeping dry at night yet, slightly raising an eyebrow.
"He's not even a year old, give him some time. Angel still wets herself - and her bed - sometimes.", he replied, winking, making a sad face when his son mentioned Benny having so many nightmares.
"Well good thing the nightmares are gone now that he sleeps in your shirts. I know someone who keeps stealing my shirts too.", he looked at Rachel with a cheeky grin, sticking out his tongue before turning back to Ash and Benny.
"Oh, but you know, there are no monsters in your room. They don't come into your room because they're scared of you! Big Benny looks really threatening to them!", Jim replied to his grandson, winking. "And hey, you think you and your daddy can make me a dreamcatcher too?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio grinned softly as he pulled Heather into a tight hug, leaning his head against hers and deeply breathing in her scent.
"Yeah.. you know, Centaurs have a different biology than humans, for example. While newborns, old or weak Centaurs can get blood poisoning and may die if they eat meat, the stronger, healthier ones...well... They mutate into horrifying, insane monsters with a killing and hunting instinct that's so overwhelming that they generally kill and eat everything made of meat they can find; their friends, family, own parents or kids... And lastly themselves."
A slight shiver ran down his back.
"I've seen pictures of the transformation in books. At first, the pupils widen as if they were on drugs. Then they develop a crazy hunger that can't be satisfied by anything. Their fur and hair starts falling out.their skin at first develops reddish spots and then turns see through... And lastly they fully mutate into mindless monsters. There's only one record of a centaur being healed from that-"
He slightly furrowed his eyebrows.
"My grandfather Xiao."
Trying to light up the mood again, he grinned softly, picked Heather up and kissed her softly.
"Shouldn't I go and say hi to your mom? I feel it's kinda impolite to be up here without even having greeted her."

[I'll reply to Hunter & Jim later- times almost up *rolls eyes*]

 

[Wyosch]

Heather felt shivers run down her spine when Mio told her about what would happen if centaurs ever ate meat, curling up like a ball next to her boyfriend, frowning for a moment.
"Sounds straight like a scene out of a horror movie... I bet I'll have nightmares about that now."
She shook her head, just trying to ignore the creepy images in her mind, and concentrated back on Mio.
As he picked her up, she happily cuddled her head into his neck, sniffing for a second to take in his nice scent.
"You're right. And you should meet my little brothers too!", she replied, her eyes gaining a soft sparkle as she imagined her mother's and brothers' reaction to Mio, smiling.
What was there not to love about the boy who was holding her right now?
He was, in her eyes, the most perfect anybody could ever be.
Letting out a happy sigh, she jumped out of his arms, still holding onto him tightly.
"I love you, Mio.", she whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck, giving him a soft kiss while hugging him as tightly as possible.
"Okay, let's go meet my mom. You'll like her! She's super nice and accepting and caring and just... you'll see. Follow me!"

((okay :3))

 

[Scripted Away]

"Naaahh c'mon, you don't have to be scared", Mio mumbled with a loving smile as he carefully stroked a streak of hair behind Heather's ear and kissed her forehead.
"It rarely ever happens. Don't worry. Okay? And, hey, after all you have a boyfriend who would protect you from anything that could hurt you- and as that includes me being hurt as well, we will both be totally fine, no matter what."
Winking, he tightened his hug for a moment before he let go of Heather and followed her downstairs, where he immediately was greeted by a blonde boy with insanely wild hair and big glasses- nerdy, but undeniably smart and sassy as well.
"Who are you?", He asked curiously, pushing his glasses up a bit as he looked up from the book he had been reading- under the kitchen table.
"Oh hey, I'm Miosako. But my friends just call me Mio. I'm Heather's boyfriend", Mio introduced himself while turning back into his real Centaur form. He wanted Heather's family to get to know him how he really was. "And you must be... Noah then? What are you reading?"
Noah nodded at Mio's first question, before he held up the book for a moment. "Just physics. I want to to build a Perpetuum mobile."
"Isn't that said to be physically impossible?"
"And the world was said to be flat; yet- it's an oblate ellipsoid."
"An oblate what please?"
"The shape you get when you rotate an ellipse around it's shorter axis."
"Uh-huh-... Okay well eh-" Mio looked at Heather helplessly for a moment, feeling totally dumb, before looking at Noah again. "So.... Hey! What do you call someone who throws confetti? Particle accelerator!"
Noah just facepalmed, groaning and laughing at the same time before he turned to look at Heather. "I like him! Will you be together forever? Like Mom and Dad?"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather was watching Mio talk to her brother with big, sparkling eyes, feeling extremely happy compared to how she felt earlier.
Mio was such a beautiful boy, so sweet and caring. There weren't many people who'd help someone they didn't know. Yet, he did. And god was she glad he did.
She let out a soft giggle at her boyfriend's confused expression, nodding at her brother's question.
"Well I wouldn't survive without him anymore.", she replied, her eyes sparkling full of love, grabbing Mio's hand and slightly squeezing it.
Just when she wanted to ask Noah where their parents were, her youngest brother walking in, immediately looking at his sister and the stranger with big eyes.
"Who's that?", Misha asked, a judging expression on his face. Why was there a boy in the house that was half horse? And why was he holding his sister's hand?
"This is Mio, my boyfriend. Mio, this is Misha."
The toddler raised an eyebrow, tilting his head.
"Why is your boyfriend a horse?"
"He's a centaur.", Heather explained, giggling softly. "Only half horse. He's got normal human legs too though."
"Oh.", Misha mumbled, slowly approaching his sister's boyfriend.
"So you're going to get married?"
"Eh hah- that'd be great of course but- Misha, just- just introduce yourself and stop asking all these questions.", Heather replied, smiling apologetically - and extremely akwardly - at Mio, excusing her brother for asking that many questions, some of which were quite weird, or maybe even offensive.
Misha let out a chuckle as he saw how red his sister's face had gotten, standing up on his tiptoes, stretching out his hand to Mio.
"Well it is very nice to meet you, Mr. Heather's boyfriend. If you hurt her I will eat you. I'm a bear! And I am very strong already so- so don't hurt her."

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio laughed softly as he went down so his horse part was in a lying position so Misha wouldn't have to look up that much- minding that Mio was Well over 6 feet tall in his true form.
He actually didn't mind the little boy's flood of questions at all, after all he knew that from his own little brother Genshi.
"Heather's right", he explained with a soft smile.
"Centaurs are half horse, half human. We live in herds in the forest, often as nomads, but my herd settled and built a hidden village."
He gently took Misha's hand as he stretched it out, pushed his own palm against the little ones, lastly intertwining their fingers for a moment and took a slight bow.
"This is how we greet each other", he explained. "It's a symbol for being connected."
At Misha's question if they would marry someday, and his threat to hurt him if he'd hurt Heather, he chuckled softly, reaching out to take Heather's hand.
"Don't worry, Misha-chan, I promise I will do everything to be the best boyfriend and one day fiance and husband Heather could ever imagine. I love her, you know?"
Smirking softly, he ruffled Misha's hair.
"So, are we a team, buddy?"

 

[Wyosch]

Misha listened to his sister's horse-boyfriend with big eyes, tilting his head at the things Mio told him.
"So you live in the forest?", he asked, raising an eyebrow. "Hidden like fairies?"
The little boy hesitantly approached Mio's horse-body, just putting his hands on the coat to feel its fluffiness.
"Heather used to be a really small horse, and really fluffy. But now she's a big horse. With a horn. Still very comfortable, but not as fluffy anymore. Your coat is nice. Did you know that horses' fur isn't called fur but a coat?"
As Mio told Misha that he'd do anything to be the best boyfriend, fiancé and husband for Heather, both she and her brother awed loudly.
"Awww Mio-", Heather sighed softly, blushing to a deep red as she looked away for a moment, her little brother laughing at her.
"She's as red as a tomato!", he exclaimed, flashing a big grin at Mio, giving him an approving nod.
"Yeah, we're a team. We'll look out for Heather, yeah? She might be big now but she's very scared. I read it in her diary. But that was an accident. I was actually looking for a book to read."

((Should we just say Rey and Jim and the kids are already back home from their picknick and Ash went back home as well because I have like this super cute idea for Rachel with Echo! ))

 

[Wyosch]

(( Fleckvieh ))

 

[Fleckvieh]

Mio smirked softly as he winked at Heather before looking at Misha again.
That little guy was still so young, but already such an intelligent and sweet boy. He'd probably get along with Genshi really well.
"Yeah, we'll make sure Heather will always be fine", he said with a gentle smile.
He wrapped one arm around Heather's waist, softly pulling her closer and leaning his head against hers before he turned back to Misha.
"If you need some books I could bring some along next time I come over. My mom writes books for kids and adults, my whole room is filled with her books."
Getting up from his lying position, he gave Misha a quick pay on the back, before making his way into the living room to meet Heather's mother.
He knocked against the doorframe to get her attention, smiling insecurely.
"Mrs.Gale? Hello, I'm Miosako, Heather's boyfriend-..."

 

[Wyosch]

Just as Misha wanted to answer, Mio got up and made his way to the living room, Heather following him to formally introduce everybody to each other.
As someone suddenly knocked against the doorframe, Hunter looked up from the couch, smiling softly as she saw her daughter and a boy staring at her, the boy very probably being her boyfriend.
"Hi there, Miosako.", she said, carefully getting up and walking over to the two teenagers.
"I'm Hunter, your girlfriend's mother. Nice to meet you.", she smiled softly, stretching out her hand to shake Mio's.
While Heather's mother didn't seem to have any issues meeting someone new - like she usually had - Mio seemed to be slightly insecure and terrified, and Heather honestly didn't really know why. He hadn't been this shy meeting her father either, so why with his mother?
"Are you okay?", she asked silently, grabbing his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze to let him know everything was alright.

((Re: Should we just say Rey and Jim and the kids are already back home from their picknick and Ash went back home as well because I have like this super cute idea for Rachel with Echo?))