Charles Patricius

[Bloodedge]

"Hm. Well... you were," Soma agreed. His birth was seemingly not so dependent on time, but rather a matter of situation. Thanks to the method of Sena's birth, however, the second and third children completed in this building were more like the first and second. Marisbury felt nothing more than disturbance from the pink-haired girl's existence, as opposed to something reality-breaking. Ah, but what of Soma? In such close proximity, and being the one who only thought about some different thing... he had all the context to realize what the aforementioned difference was. His eyes widened in that moment. Could that be the reason this girl was so terrified? She'd only been born recently, so... surely it had to be connected at least. 'You can hear me, can't you?' he thought. If any form of acknowledgement or reaction came, Soma would be ready. 'If you want it kept secret, I won't tell anyone. But... you'll owe me.'

Soma wasn't the only one watching that girl. Kazuhiko and Marisbury couldn't keep their eyes away. Of course, each had their own reasons for doing so. Marisbury could see and feel how strange the girl's mana was, and Kazu wondered if this was another of his children. According to Chika, the birthing process was... easy. Of course it was. How could anyone be surprised after having even a single conversation with her? A special brand of stupidity had to be deeply ingrained into the Totsuka family on a spiritual level. "What she said," Kazu stated, seconding Miko's question. Meanwhile, Soma was having his attention pulled away by Kaguya. Was he being good? "Depends on what you mean by good. The way I see it... not yet. I plan to fix that soon."

[Apollymi]

The birth of Sena would have been problematic without guidance. Soma seemed to understand that but his own birth was more coincidental than that. "Yep! That sounds right!" Sena claimed. any others born today would be something else entirely. The small girl hiding behind her pink haired mother had spoken aloud. And now... there were thoughts being aimed directly at her. She was making eye contact with the black haired male and would only nod in answer to his initial question. She could hear him, but she wasn't sure if this was information she should be sharing or not. He claimed he'd keep her secret but she'd own him, her brows rose. What did he mean by that? Well, instead of saying anything immediately she raised a single finger to her lips. She wanted this kept secret for now... she didn't know what to expect yet.

It would seem that Chika had an explanation to provide, not only to Miko but to Kazuhiko as well. How did Chika manage it, well she'd give a step by step explanation, "Well, first I was having a shower. And then... I was fing-" she started to say which made Miko clap her hands together swiftly. "Stop right there, actual child in the room, PG only!" Miko enforced, which made Chika look sheepish. "Ah, gomen~ Miko-chama~" Chika mentioned while pressing a fist against the side of her head with her tongue out slightly in a way that very much mimicked her twin brother when he was apologizing but not really. "Uh... what did she call it, self... mana... circulation," she said of the more platonic term for the act she was about to describe without consciousness in front of a literal child. Miko exhaled and was holding the bridge of her nose. "I should get a whistle, I just aged a hundred years..." Miko muttered quietly. "Anyway, I did that and then whoosh, I felt lighter," she explained. "Then I tried to come out but I didn't have on clothes. So I started over and had another shower, and then put on my clothes and she was standing outside of it. Piece of cake!~" she said seemingly pleased with herself. Meanwhile, Kaguya was looking at her son and apparently Chika's daughter, something about that girl's reactions seemed quite familiar to her, but also a bit different. "Hai~ Seems like you have a plan and I mean it a lot of ways, I do that~ " Kaguya mentioned of her word choices. She was sure if any understood this, her son would.

[Bloodedge]

Soma's primary concern had shifted. He was very interested in this little girl, who was another person not related to him. Her power was made obvious due to one novice slip-up, but it seemed only he had the joy of discovering it through that exchange. Ah, she didn't intend to tell others. A single finger raised to the little girl's lips left Soma nodding discretely. 'Then we have a deal. Make sure you keep to your end,' he thought. As for how he'd be making use of the girl, that was yet to be determined. There wasn't much one could do with a toddler ─ even one who could read minds.

The story Chika told was not originally going to be something a child should hear. Kazuhiko could tell, Soma could tell, and Miko was ahead of things enough to stop some unnecessarily mature speech. "Nice save," Kazu said swiftly. Even with that, Chika's explanation of events didn't sound right for a child's consumption. It may have been freed of mature content, but that amount of mental acuity had to be bad for one's development. "I think 'whoosh' is at the top of the list for smooth-brain explanations of how babies are made. Number two can't even be close. Anyway... is she also mine? Not asking to be rude, but... well, we all know how random life is now," he said with a sigh. All the while, Soma was stepping aside to lean against the wall. Ever so casually did he extend a hand toward the youngest one present, even while speaking with Kaguya. "I'm sure you do. But, you'll only get the answer for the meaning I want. Seems like you'll be fine with that too."

[Apollymi]

A deal was struck, between a small child and a very attractive but girly looking young man. In fact, it was something of a relief to have someone understand while she didn't have to explain. Even so, she'd remain quiet for a while yet, while looking over all the adults in the room. She could hear thoughts including the ones of her mother. Whatever those words mean she wasn't quite sure yet, but then here was a change in them, and several large spaces after she was yelled at by the brown haired lady. Even so, that lady didn't seem bad either. "It's hardly a save," claimed Miko willing to brush it off, with just a thumbs up. Of the things she wasn't willing to brush off, was the whoosh and the apparent spawning of this child without much hardship. Of course, Miko wouldn't wish hardship on anyone but the simplicity of her explanation, made her feel that there was a lacking bit of difficulty in the situation.

"Of course! Smooth is best!" claimed Chika who'd missed a couple of things in that sentence. Well, she'd gathered the important ones. She didn't think him rude for questioning the paternity of her child. But the fact of the matter was, she was more than a little certain of its parentage. "Yep, she's definitely yours... you're the only one who didn't go just in the butt," she confirmed of the state of her life. Miko raged internally for just a moment, 'Fucking butt slut!' she thought with exasperation. Aloud though she got her words together better. Still the little girl in question couldn't help but have her eyes widen at the though that crossed Miko's mind. And it only caused confusion as she knew her mother would like her to say such a thing. "What part of PG don't you understand?" asked Miko. Chika for her part still managed to look a bit confused. "What? I said butt," she confirmed. Miko was sure she was developing a headache. She was growing grey hair, she was aging rapidly. The child in question would take the dark haired boy's hand and fall in with him, surprised but not completely confused. "Oya, so sassy. But it seems I have nothing to worry about~" she said. "Oh and Mi-chan don't forget to breathe~" she followed up to break Miko's focus a bit. The boy making a friend even of the small child was a show of goodness whether he realized it or not. "Oh, I haven't named her yet, not sure what to do yet~" she said about that.

[Bloodedge]

"It was enough," Kazu argued. Whatever Miko thought of the situation, she'd undoubtedly stopped a very direct statement from happening when it shouldn't. She couldn't save another negative influence, though. Kazu had essentially called Chika a smooth-brain, a known insult to intelligence, to her face... and she retorted that smooth was best. A bit of residue from the earlier transformation may have been left behind, because Kazu didn't have much of a filter when responding. "If you're going to embrace being a smooth-brain, you're basically telling someone with brain wrinkles to take advantage of you," he said while sighing.

As for the parentage of this new child, Chika implied there were no questions about the matter. As expected, she did have other partners. Not as expected, others only went for the anal experience. Kazuhiko was dumbfounded for every possible reason ─ mostly the fact that everyone else missed a grand opportunity. "I have so many problems with everything. I'm too young for an aneurism. Anyway..." Kazu all but gave up on the confusion surrounding Chika. Instead, he took the time to extend a hand toward the child ─ even though she seemed to be sharing company with Kaguya's son at the time. "No name, huh? Well regardless of everything else, I guess I've got another daughter. Glad to have you along," he said initially. As for the name yet to be given, he had another thought. "Why not find out if there's anything she wants to be named? What do ya' say kiddo?"

[Apollymi]

Miko's save was enough according to Kazuhiko. He would think something like that given what he knew of Astolfo she realized he knew how often this sort of thing would happen. Whatever the case, Chika was willing to embrace being smooth-brained and for some reason all of her friends felt like she meant it. Kaguya was at least certain she resonated with that sort of idea. Still the words of Kazuhiko hinted at his more gruff personality which made Miko happy internally, 'Future is looking bright!~' she mused internally. But her mental tirade of happiness wouldn't be long lasting as Chika's reply to him was... more par the course for her. "I have wrinkly-brain friends to keep track of stuff like that.. no worries!" Chika asserted. Miko didn't know whether she should feel special because the girl trusted them so much or stressed by the responsibility of looking after her, "I am simultaneously too young and too old for this. I am willing to bet something like this is how my dad ended up with that white patch of hair. It's pure stress," Miko murmured.

Beyond that the paternity of Chika's child was confirmed by nothing but having only anal sex, except for Kazuhiko who apparently was the only partner the girl had who'd gone for something more normal. Such a statement was acknowledged by her friends as the sort of thing they expected to happen, and her ending up with a kid from the one experience otherwise was actually expected magical intervention or not. A chorus of same came from the rest of the student council when Kazuhiko mentioned being too young for an aneurism. It was why most of them ignored her simplicity and simply gave her tasks. But if one looked at it the right way, their friendships with Chika was among the most wholesome. She was taking full advantage of all of their mentalities and protective instincts to freely living her life. And in exchange, she did her best to help with their stressors and do what she thought was best for them. As for the girl, she was having a hand extended to her by her father as he acknowledged her, it was only natural that she'd go to him, and reach out for his hand with her own tiny one. All the while staring at him with those giant eyes of hers. Was there anything she wanted to call herself, she'd have to think about that. "Letting a kid name herself? That's pretty gutsy~" Kaguya stated especially given her age and parentage. "Names are important but she is part Charlie it should balance itself out?" Miko's eyes shifted, she didn't know why but she definitely thought it would be odd but Chika had something to say. "She can choose, it'll be great!"

[Bloodedge]

Every time Chika opened her mouth, it was like she exposed an even larger fault in her brain. Even with that being the case, she retained some aspects worth appreciating. Kazu may have been in danger of an aneurism before age 20, but there was also something soft about Chika's demeanor. Perhaps that was the reason he kept Astolfo around initially. "Huh, I guess. You also signed me on," he said, recalling several exchanges between Chika and himself the previous day.

Moving on, the younger pink-haired girl did take her father's invitation to close proximity. In doing so, she left the company of Soma, but he seemed entirely unbothered by the departure. Kazu seemed oddly elated to interact with a child of his. In spite of the strangeness surrounding these births, having a child was an interesting turn of events. That tiny hand in his own was astoundingly precious. Why wouldn't he let this one pick her own name? Kazu figured it would work out nicely, and if it didn't... perhaps they could find something agreeable. Nothing was said just yet, but the girl's mother gave her approval of the plan as well. With that, Kazu lifted the lass into his lap, beaming down into those large eyes. "It's not gutsy, and I don't think it has anything to do with my input. It'll be awesome, right?" he asked the girl.

Meanwhile, Marisbury was watching with great interest. The concept of someone naming themselves was interesting, and moreover... one that already existed. Self-naming took power, gave power, and was a surefire way to achieve oneness. In fact, he knew everyone in this building had already named themselves in a way they may not yet understand. Was it his place to tell them? Perhaps it wasn't. . .

[Apollymi]

"Aye! It was a good decision. Between Sai-nii and Miko-chama I'd have done it anyway," Chika admitted to the simplicity of her own decision making. Her brother liked this man, one of her close friends trusted him... all would be considered well regardless. After knowing him for herself, she decided that he could also be trusted so she took no issues with any developments. Still somehow her most recent sentence was less headache inducing than others. Miko couldn't even bring herself to comment, she knew this girl both trusted and annoyed her to no end, but that was simply the nature of their relationship.

Ah, but there was a more important relationship forming. The relationship between Kazuhiko and his daughter. And it was a cute thing to behold. All the young women present would watch with various amounts of interest. Kei pretended not to care, but was actually happy to see another showing of goodness from Kazuhiko. Kaguya found it a bit attractive considering her own track record with the 'adult' men in her life, and she was pleased to see some little girls with proper male role models in their lives. Saori found the maturing of Kazuhiko in moments like this to be among his more attractive features. Angelica found the child to be appropriately cute and well constructed for the oddities of her creation. Chika was her usual self, and Miko... well she found parental Kazuhiko to be among his hottest forms. 'Responsible Dad Charlie is hot!' that was a shiny thought that made the pink haired girl's eye shift towards Miko for a moment before she was picked up. Her new place in Kazuhiko's lap was warm and accepting. It felt like a very comfortable and safe place to be, she was surprised and also very happy suddenly. Would she have a good time naming herself, probably. But given this man's infectious nature, she was made to feel like it was the best idea ever. "Hai" she finally managed a bit of quiet speech. What did she want to be called though, she'd not been able to filter through a lot of thoughts, but if she had to use sounds to address herself she'd choose something. There was a sound repeated among several of the names she'd heard in her head since coming out. "Anya desu..." she said while looking for approval.

[Bloodedge]

Kazuhiko remained ignorant to the eyes settling over himself and the to-be named child. He was living in a moment that wasn't so likely to have a second chance. Four listed children thus far, and only once did he have these initial moments with a young one. For the time being, he had little to no attention for others in the room. This first naming was an important moment ─ important enough that he was willing to leave it to the child herself. What would she come up with? Time would tell.

If nothing else, the girl agreed that it would be awesome. Kazuhiko nodded affirmatively. He wondered what the final decision would be, and whether any further discussion would be required. She chose... Anya. Initially, shock overtook Kazuhiko. The name An seemed to chase him everywhere he went, through all parts of life. It had been the cause of much torment and confusion in recent times. This time however, Father An was not the one to deliver it. What could he say when she chose that name of her own volition? "Anya? You know what?" he started, pausing for several seconds thereafter. In that time, he kept repeating the name and watching the girl in his lap. It did seem quite nice. "I think it's cool! What does mom think?"

[Apollymi]

Kazuhiko's ignorance to wandering eyes was nothing new. Given this Miko felt nothing but happy watching him interact with this young girl. He was very responsible and it was very attractive. All of the other girls agreed to various points. And now they were all simply awaiting this little girl's naming choice. It was an interesting one, in Kaguya's mind, Anya could be a lot of things. She knew the language of the demons as well as some lost creatures and there were several things such a name could mean. As a master of wordplay, she approved of the name. Miko liked the way it sounded though she was very conscious of being named An in one of her own forms. And Angelica saw nothing wrong with it, as a person who chose her An name over her other ones.

Meanwhile, the little one was telling her father her name and he was hearing it for the first time. She was concentrating on him. She knew the number of people in his life who had 'An' in their name, and while she didn't get the greater ramifications, she'd decided she liked the sound of the two parts she'd combined. Her father, for his part in this... repeated it, seeming to test it out a few times. He thought it was cool and the girl's eyes sparkled. Well, that was about all the confirmation she needed. As for her mother, she didn't even have to think about it, "Anya is awesome! And it has a similar speech pattern to mine and Sai-nii. Approved!" Chika said, and somehow that bow in her bangs seemed to spin. Anya took that as proper approval from her mother as well. "Totsuka Anya desu..." she affirmed. While holding her hands together in front of her and staring at her father. She was more than pleased about it and that would seem to fix things quite a bit.

[Bloodedge]

It was generally accepted that Anya was an awesome name. Each of the girl's parents seemed to think so. More importantly, it was a name Anya herself was happy with. Kazu didn't care about all the extra details, the meaning of names and how it interacted magically with the world around her. All that mattered was the name, and whatever it meant to the girl in question. "Totsuka Anya. That makes sense. You look like your mom," he said to the girl.

Kazu thought that perhaps, at some point, his would be the surname applied to one of the children. Two of the offspring produced since the group's return to Gaia had been named, and two carried the name of their mothers. He wasn't very bothered about that, but it was a curiosity and... perhaps a hopeful thought. His magic may have been strong, but physical genes obviously weren't carrying over very well. No matter. "Welcome to the family, Anya. Is there anything you want to do with the start of your life?" he asked. "The rest of us are shopping for clothes and playing card games today. What do you want to do?"

[Apollymi]

Anya's name was accepted and it would seem she was pleased. What was more, after she finished her own naming process, her father commented upon the choice, claiming that she did look like her mother. She thought about it, and given she was pink and her mother was also pink that made sense. Her surname was given before now, she simply knew it, her first name though was something different. As far she could tell, this group was quite fond of it... well her parents and a few of the other women. Even so, she found herself looking at her father and trying to process his feelings surrounding surnames and how many of his children didn't have them. She found herself reaching up to pat the side of his face. It wasn't her, but someone had to do it. Then she was asked a rather daunting question. What did she want to do on this first day of her life. Shopping and the like were apparently in order, but what did she want. She found herself looking towards Soma. "I want to see stuff. And try candy and hang out with him!" she said pointing to Soma directly. It would seem her choices were pretty solid.

"Sounds like a kid to me," Chika said not having a problem with anything this little girl wanted to do. Miko finally allowed her eyes to shift away from Kazuhiko and Soma came into her line of sight and her brows furrowed immediately. "Sou ka, I hadn't really looked before," is what she said aloud. 'HE'S HOT! Like Seigen but aggressive. I wonder how...' she thought but before that line of thought could get too far out of control. "Box it," and while Anya was listening to people's thoughts, that sudden cut off caught her attention again. She found herself outwardly showing confusion at Miko's mind's processes. She didn't understand why her thoughts just suddenly stopped, but she didn't act like she caught her snooping. "Oya? Making friends already~" Kaguya said, but which child was she talking to, either, or both? Well given what Kaguya was like it would have been either.

[Bloodedge]

Anya was a toddler with two whole worlds ahead of her. It was strange. Kazu had seen and heard of three children borne of his own seed before this, but something felt especially normal about this one. He felt the innate desire to protect without any provocation or necessity, but also felt the need to offer a bit of freedom. With said freedom, Anya had a short list of things she wanted to do. Seeing things was normal for anyone ─ certainly any child of Kazuhiko's. Trying candy was especially normal for children. Hanging out with Kaguya's son was the only oddity he couldn't wholly quantify. 'Is this the phase? Is she thinking about boys already?! No, it's way too early for that. Nothing to worry about,' he thought. "Alright, yeah. Sounds awesome. If he wants, you guys can do whatever you want."

In the meantime, Soma's attention was being divided. One person in this group had eyes on him for a new reason. That brief stare was enough to attract his gaze and curiosity. Perhaps this was another target? There was a ton of potential to draw out. "Find something interesting?" he asked. Speaking of things asked, Kaguya questioned the making of friends, whether the target of said question was Soma or that recently-named child. There were a few answers for a question like that. "As always, that depends on your outlook," he answered.

[Apollymi]

Anya was a girl with two worlds ahead of her, but she was still just a kid who wanted to do childish things. Among those strangely was keeping the secret of her full mental capabilities while meeting new people. Soma was the target, mostly because he'd been the first to figure out her abilities. She had no reason to make assumptions but her childish intuition said he was trustworthy. Whatever the case, proximity made it so that Kazuhiko's thoughts were most prominent and she was soon staring her eyes going wide as he thought of her interest in boys. He also immediately soothed himself with the idea of her being young. Should she be interested in Soma? Well... the thoughts that crossed Miko's mind said yes. She supposed she'd be figuring that out. "Hai!" the girl said her hands up in the air. She'd be having candy today and keeping her promises, all was well. She could also figure out what was going on with the 'grown-ups' as she saw them.

In the meantime, Soma noticed the attention being pushed his away. Miko gave consideration to how to answer his question but settled. Did she find something interesting? The simple answer was... "Yes, very interesting..." she stated honestly. "You look a lot like someone else I know... but considering I literally saw you come together, that doesn't really make sense..." Miko mused her eyes hadn't shifted again. She'd planned to box those thoughts with the purpose of not becoming distracted, but that box only began to grow as she considered all the things she could do. Kaguya had something to say to her son his response was one which made her chuckle. "Hai, I suppose that is the case... careful though, some people's definition of friendship is markedly different than advertised~" she said in a teasing manner. "I am standing right here," Miko huffed. 'Don't act like we wouldn't fuck both of you!' the aggression in Miko's thoughts was present as she shifted her gaze to Kaguya who, shivered a little. "Ara, there you are, Mi-chan!~" she said seemingly pleased to be finding herself being glared at like that. There were many things to do this day and it would take quite a bit of time to work it all out. At that moment Kei would finally have something to say, "Is everyone good now? Anymore babies need making at this very moment?" she wondered over the state of their day with so many new editions. And while interested and happy for all the new people she began to wonder over the logistics of keeping so many people in such a tiny house.

[Bloodedge]

Soma had been made curious. This brunette had a lot going for her. Moreover, she apparently did have some type of interest in Soma himself. What sort was it? Well, that wasn't entirely clear yet, but some ideas were present. It seemed he reminded her of someone in a way that didn't make sense. Soma could have no idea who she was talking about, or how he was similar to this person. He did, however, know an opening when he saw one. "Is that to say you're looking to find out?" he asked initially. Kaguya chimed in, claiming some people had different definitions to the term 'friendship'. He was very much aware of that. Soon, everyone involved would know. "I know. I'm one of those people," he replied clearly. "I'll keep it straight. I'm looking for a select group of friends who probably don't meet any normal criteria. Maybe some of them will come from this room."

In due time, Kei finally spoke on a matter Marisbury had been meaning to address. Before anyone had the opportunity to answer her question, Marisbury cleared his throat and spoke. "I'm going to interject and advise against that. Consecutive births of this caliber is already riding a fine line. The point of my appearance today was to help you all manage the number of pregnancies here without tearing a hole in the world. I'd say only one more can be managed right now, but it would have to be approached with a great deal of care," he advised. While those words were being shared, Kazu was gently placing Anya on the floor. He placed a hand atop the girl's head, ruffling her hair just a bit while standing. "I like the part that implies getting to the card games sooner. Anyone new is going to need a deck and run-down though, so it's anyone's call," he said.