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An exasperated looking woman with long red tendrils of luxurious hair hurried out a doorway a little outside of Barton. She took the stairs two at a time until she reached the bottom.

Merewen had been making her way slowly around the small marketplace, arms full with two rather large bags of groceries, she looked both ways as she crossed a street quickly to the other side.

Leaning against the railing, Mekania relaxed her shoulders. She was very happy to get away from the crowd. Mortals made her nervous and she couldn't slip up now that she was doing so well for herself. The voluptuous shop-keeper mused that she should probably get back inside soon. "Just a few minutes to calm yourself, Mek. Then you have to go back in there", She felt like a crazy woman, speaking to herself in a place like this.

"One more place to go.." Merewen whispered to herself, trying to juggle the groceries, "Anabella said something about a new store opening.." She stalled for a moment, wondering what kind of shop it would be if Anabella was sending her there.. probably a store where you could custom order men, she snorted but followed the directions Annie had given her.

Damn Suki for making her do this alone. Mekania really didn't want to go back inside right now. Posing for cameras, she could do. Handling possible future customers? Not so much. Shaking away her thoughts, Mekania pulled herself together. She was a model, a demon, and she had grown up with people staring at her. Granted, most of them were men she slept with but she could do this. She was Mek! The pep talk rejuvinating her, Mek noticed the lost looking woman passing her by and decided to help her.
"Are you lost", her voice was rich and, for lack of other words, a perfect match for her sexy body.

Merewen looked up at the voice, blinking with the sudden realization of how close she was to other people. "I..." she began and then stopped, looking down into one of her grocery bags at the scribbled notes Anabella had left for her. "I'm looking for a shop.. Kuatalmots?" She tried the word but it sounded odd on her tongue. "Do you know where I could find it?"

Mek involuntarily straightened her posture when the lady mentioned the Kuatalmots.
Professionalism was a pain in the a**. "Your lucky I stopped you then, that's my shop", Mekania smiled cheerfully and nodded to the house sitting ontop of the stairs. "That would be it, today is our "Grand opening" are you interested in purchasing one?"

Mere smiled shyly, "Your shop?" She echoed, and then looked at her a little closer, Mek certainly gave the impression she might own a custom order man type shop. "What.. would one be purchasing? My sister told me I needed to come." She said, voice a little hoarse like someone sick or dry mouthed.

"They are concentrated emotions that seemed to appear after my partner, Sukiwen, threw a bunch of letters into the fireplace. They evolve into children from what we know so far and we're looking for guardians to take care of them. My name is Mekania by the way, what would yours be, if you don't mind me asking?" This girl seemed very timid, maybe her sister was right, she did need one of these things. Mekania wicked thought of Lust. Her thoughts transfered to her facial features and her smile widened. A peculiar glint made itself present in her eyes.

"Merewen." came her response, pondering the idea of children that come from letters, or concentrated emotions that came from letters that form children? It was really quite a laughable idea, although, they did live in gaia where imagination runs rampant. She adjusted her grocery bags and nodded, "I think I may look.." She extended the words, but, it was obvious she was more interested than she let on. "Can you show me?"

Back inside...but business was good! And she had been out here for too long anyway.
"Sure, right this way. I hope you don't mind small crowds."
Mekania waited for her response before proceeding up the stairway.

"I do, but I think this will prove to be too interesting to pass up." She replied, taking the necessary steps to bring her up just behind Mek. Looking up the staircase towards the house she canted her head to the side, waiting a moment before following Mekania up the steps.

Opening the front door, Mekania started to explain the procedure. "We have four Kuatalmots for sale today, though we expect to have more ready soon. Right now we are just looking for good homes for these rascals" The minute she entered the semi-crowded living room/shop lounge area, the said four wisps came to hover in front of her in a single line. They seemed to arrange themselves in order of hue.

Yellow, Gold, Green, Pink. "These are the Kuatalmot."

Merewen looked about the room in quiet interest as she entered after Mekania, finding a place to put down her groceries. As she returned to Mek's side she caught sight of the four wisps that arranged themselves before her. "These are Kuatalmot.." She repeated, caught by their unexpected beauty and the sparkle of the golden hued ones wings.

Glancing at Mere's face, Mek couldn't help but smile, "They are beautiful beings. The yellow is Joy, the golden one is Love, green is Courage, and pink is Lust. Carefull not to touch, they like to share what they're feeling."

Merewen nodded, clasping her hands behind her back as she looked at each in turn as Mek introduced them. Courage could be beneficial to her, lust.. She shook her head at the thought, wouldn't Anabella love that. Joy..? She was happy as it was, but, love? She looked at the golden one, almost staring, she knew they would turn into children so this was like adopting a family member for her. First instinct drove her to ask, "How much is the fee to.. adopt..?" She asked hoping that was the right word.

Noting the look on her face Mekania grabbed a clipboard off a nearby desk, "8,000 gold. If you're interested I can get you an application?"

Merewen bit her lip, she knew from her obsession over her bank account that she only had 7.5k worth of gold in her bank account, but they would surely allow her to take out a loan for the 500 since she was to be paid the next day. "Yes." She said, a smile growing over her features, "I would like that very much so."

"Have a seat, I'll bring you one in just a moment." Mekania smiled at her. She went to the main desk and searched through piles of documents for an unused application. This place was such a mess to day. Finally, she found one and put it on the clipboard. Upon returning to Mere, she held out the clipboard and a pen. "Just put it in the basket on the front desk when you're finished. Goodluck!"

"Thank you." Merewen quipped in return, finding a seat next to her bags of groceries she began the process of filling out all the wanted details. When she was finished she stood up, moving over to the front desk to detatch the application and set it in the basket, placing the pen and the clipboard to the side. She smiled at Mekania and waved, gathering her grocery bags and heading out the door.

The next day there was a message on her answering machine, she smiled as she listened to her summons and then got her jacket and went to pick up her new family member...

Quietly, almost oblivious to all the action, a smaller woman entered the room. Long purple hair framed a face with dark glasses and she was clad in a suit of varying white clothes, a golden wisp-like bird was perched on her shoulder. Her expression was one of rapt adoration, barely able to take her eyes off the thing on her shoulder as she entered the room.

Though as the door shut behind her the 'bird' took off into flight, floating away from her.

Nyxa watched the newcomer enter, a small smile creeping across her features. She turned her attention back to Bre and Petra. "I got Lust, and lemme tell ya. It's quite the handful."

In response, the red wisp flicked it's tail in a carefree, "Yeah, whatever." movement and continued spinning dizzily with the yellow wisp. That was, until it caught 'sight' of the newcomer. Instantly the red wisp sped off toward the newest additions.

The golden wisp reacted in a slightly curious manner, twisting itself to move around the crimson wisp, almost like a dance.

Merewen stood stunned a moment with the loss of the strong emotions the wisp imposed on her. When she got herself back into control she walked over to the others, "Hello.."

"Give it back, NOW!" came the harsh sound of an angry male voice as Mekania entered the shop with a satisfied smile on her face. Trailing behind her was her charge, on a...leash?

"You're not getting it back until I say so. No matter how much you shout at me. I'm beyond swayable, just be happy I'm letting you out of the house you wicked, wicked child."

"I didn't want to leave the house anyway, whore. GIVE. IT. BACK." Kanene was completely oblivious of others as he tried to force the gorgeous shop-keeper to give him back is dagger. "It's MINE", he added as an after thought.

"And you're mine, sweatheart. Mind your manners, we have company", she smiled sweatly at all the new owners and their wisps.

Zooming down the stairs at an almost imperceptible rate, Courage skidded just short of the other two wisps twirling about each other, making Bre cringe. She turned back to Nyxa, smiling wincingly. "Lust, huh? That's gotta be a hard one to handle..."

"Are.. we talking about.. them?" Merewen asked quietly.. "The.. wisps?"

The woman in general seemed almost timid although she was quickly picking up the hang of socalizing.

Petra felt like sinking to the floor with all the crazed emotions flying around, but she forced herself to remain standing. She nodded to the newcomer and was about to greet her when Mekania entered with a boy... on a leash.

The sight was something to see for sure. It was almost worth a laugh. But a laugh when she was this exhausted might just kill her, so she refrained.

The yellow wisp started darting around the shop again, investingating anything and everything it saw.

Nyxa watched in awe as Mek entered with what looked to be a child.. on a leash..?! After hearing the kid speak her jaw hit the floor. What a potty mouth. She would have left him on the leash, too.

The red wisp entangled itself with the golden one for only a moment before withdrawing sharply, moving quickly back over to Nyxa like a wounded dog.

Nyxa sighed, nodding. "Yeah. It's a real handful, I swear." Her attention moved back to her wisp, "What's wrong? You don't like the new one?" She chuckled.

Mekania noticed the look Petra was giving her and she grinned cheekily, "Enjoy them as wisps for as long as you can! They're a handfull when they grow up!" She nodded her head in Kanene's direction, "Careful around Kanene, he's very...vengeful."

The purple haired bad boy gave her a disdainful look. He was currently trying to figure out how to get this ******** collar off of him and grab the knife he knew his guardian kept on her thigh.

"Mine, I've determined, is love.." She said, although none seemed to pay any special attention to her, cocking her head at the crimson wisp as it retracted so quickly from her own, even though the golden wisp recoiled at almost the same rate.The wisp seemed caught up in nothing, just hovering there before moving quickly to flitter towards the bound male.

Nyxa turned to Merewen, nodding. "I wonder why they don't seem to be too fond of each other." Even as wisps, they seemed to have some sort of hierarchy. Strange.

Nyxa eyed the bound boy, watching as her wisp caught sight of him, too. Daintily it fluttered over to him, pressing itself along his back and humming VERY loudly.

"Aww. It likes you."

Petra's face went slack after Mekania's words. How in the world could it get any harder to handle than it already was. She glanced over her shoulder towards the yellow wisp in dismay. What had she gotten herself into?

She also noted the look on the boy's face and actually stumbled back a few steps. She visibly shuddered and then turned her attention to Merewen's statement. "Love? Oh, that must be wonderful..."

Courage whirled around, spotting the kid on the leash the same time that Bre did, and apparently thinking the same thoughts.

Bre rolled her eyes towards the ceiling hopefully when the green wisp zoomed over (seemed he zoomed everywhere...) to Kanene and whirled about the child angrily, darting into his face a few times.

"Courage..." Bre muttered under her breath, "Oh no..."

"It can get rather distracting.." She said with a blush, raising a hand to rub at her upper arm. "But, its isn't as terrible as some could be I imagine.."

The golden wisp tried to perch itself on Kanene's shoulder and lean against his neck with a coo-like noise.

Nyxa had to laugh as she tried to imagine the multitude of mixed emotions the poor boy might be feeling. A mix of loving courageous lust. Such a horrifying combination.

Oh, man.

"You're neeever going to get it off, lovey. I don't know why you try." Taunting the boy was so much fun. She knew how crafty he was, so she decided to put an unbreakable spell on the leash. She knew she shouldn't be exposing her magic on Gaia but it was better than letting loose the wanna-be murderer.

Noting the sudden amount of attention he was getting from the wisps she forced a smile, "Awww, you have quite the fanclub."

Multi-tasking was not made for men! Kanene was currently arching his back away from the pink wisp that was rubbing against him and sending the tiniest pings of ...stuff down his spine, swatting the twittering angry green BRAT that wouldn't leave him alone, twisting his shoulders to dislodge the golden wisp on his shoulder, and pulling at the collar around his neck.

"Shut up and do something good, mother and let me get away from them!"

The golden wisp moved away from the boy slightly, tilting its "head" and cooing at him in a questioning way before trying to get its seat back.

Merewen meanwhile had found herself a nice corner in which she huddled in, watching the action with a faintest of smiles.

Bre sighed with a helpless grin upon her face. That silly wisp---she didn't know HOW she would be able to keep him under control when he became a child. For now, she enjoyed seeing Courage torment the foul-mouthed little boy.

Courage, on the other hand, got bored of constantly circling, and came to rest on the leash that attached Kanene to his mother. The wisp seemed to settle comfortably into place, and almost had a smile on its face.

Lust kind of dribbled down Kanene's spine before giddily moving back up. Such a naughty little wisp, it seemed intent on luring the boy away from the other wisps. At the top of his neck, the wisp trembled in irritation towards the golden Love wisp. Lust didn't like to share, and the vengeful little boy really struck its fancy.

Nyxa watched with a little grin on her face, prepared to step in if need be.

Mekania cleared her throat and gestured to Courage, "If I let you go where will this lovely wisp have to sit?" She was getting a little irritated by the golden and pink hued wisps close contact with her boy. That's right, hers. Shut up incestuous-hating concience.

Kanene growled at her hotly and she gave him a pitying look and released the leash. Unleashed the beast? Perhaps. But she was feeling jealous, damnit. She gave him a swift pat on the head before settling herself down on the love seat. Her eyes watched Kanene intently as he attempted to get rid of his nuisances

He was kind of liking the small pangs the two emotions were giving him but that would simply not do. His face contorted into and evil smie as Mek released his bounds. Within two snaps of finger the boy sprinted as fast as he could away from Love and Lust

Love would have fell to the ground had it not been a matterless wisp and therefore easily airborn. It fluttered after Kanene a few feet and then retreated up to the rafters where it was doing a good impression of sulking.

Merewen looked between Kanene and her wisp up in the roof, eyes sticking on her emotion in the end, as she wondered why it was so upset.

Courage hovered in midair as the leash swept out from underneath, then curled up in a tiny wisp-ball. Bre sat waiting to see what her little gas would do, then watched with a grin as it took off, zooming after Kanene as if in a race. She couldn't help but giggle a bit at the sight.

Ah, crap! One was following him! Kanene put his legs and agility to use as he about faced and ran back into the living room type of thing. He jumped behind a couch, deciding that would be his best defense. Why would they not leave him alone?

He sniffed his arm. He didn't have any "Attract-demented-emotions" scent to him. His pre-adolescent mind continued to whine about his predicament.

Petra watched dazedly as a yellow streak passed in front of her eyes and charged out the door, chasing crazily after a bumble bee. She shrugged and yawned, then blinked.

"Hey! Get back here, you!" She jumped to her feet and scrambled after the wisp, terrifed she might lose it if she didn't hurry. She waved as best she could as she rushed out the door, a sound following her that might have been "sorrynicetameetchagottarundarnthingsfastbyenow".

Bre blinked and realized that the yellow wisp and its owner were gone. Well--it had been nice meeting them, anyway.

Courage skidded as Kanene turned around, and watched him hide behind a couch. This time, the wisp took a more secretive approach--it breezed naturally over to the couch, then crept and spread its gaseous self over the back of the couch down to touch Kanene's head playfully...

Merewen smiled to herself and then waved her wisp down. "Darling, its time to go home, its late.." She said with a tired yawn, "Come down and lets be on our way..."

The wisp almost seemed reluctant to leave its post, but came down to her, trailing behind her as she left with a smile and a nod to those that were left.