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13 Characters Here
Thistle Erutin [142]
Erich Brenner [91]
Nixie Conner [59]
Josef Kampf [52]
Viktoria Kampf [17]
Augustus [17]
The Hegemony [8]
Josef Wagner [6] The monster unleashed...
The Director [2]
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"Locked up tight, and the key is hidden in my dresser." She admitted. "And I would love to join you." She just needed to let the nanny know. She stepped out to do that, and returned quickly, joining her husband on the couch. "I do love sleeping with you." In both senses of the words.
"Good," He decided, moving to sit on the couch before laying down, facing up. He loved his little gem, but he didn't trust her at all when it came to when he was sleeping. The girl had too much of a taste for cookies, in his mind. Of course, nothing stopped him from keeping any in the kitchen, and eventually she would catch on that if she begged dad instead of mom, she'd probably get some.
But for now he simply relaxed, leaning up for a moment to shed his jacket and leave it on the floor, sinking into the cushions of the couch. Nix's return was met with a smile. "... as do I, darling. For now I think I'm a bit fatigued." He smiled, wanting to hold her close. "Perhaps tonight, when we've put her to bed."
But for now he simply relaxed, leaning up for a moment to shed his jacket and leave it on the floor, sinking into the cushions of the couch. Nix's return was met with a smile. "... as do I, darling. For now I think I'm a bit fatigued." He smiled, wanting to hold her close. "Perhaps tonight, when we've put her to bed."
Nix smiled and climbed on top of her husband, then closed her eyes with a smile. "Perhaps." She agreed. It'd be pleasant. More than. But their sweetie did manage to wear them both out! She smiled and cuddled her husband.
"I do love how big and strong you are darling."
"I do love how big and strong you are darling."
Gently the Erutin wrapped his arms about her and held her close, sighing as she relaxed so with him. "I suppose it depends on our little girl, then." She did have a chance of having a bad dream after all, and they both had agreed to help her when such a thing happened. Regardless, he held her close and gently purred, resting his cheek against hers.
"It's nothing without your beauty or grace."
"It's nothing without your beauty or grace."
She flushed and smiled, kissing him gently. He was all too kind to her, wasn't he? She did adore her handsome, handsome Erutin. She purred to him, and pressed her cheek to his. "She shifted, a little today. Not much." She admitted. "Not as Scatterran as we thought." She reflected. "But it was just the color of her hair.
He smiled at that, squeezing his wife as he heard such lovely news. Their beautiful little daughter, shifting! Of course he liked the idea, but... well. He was biased, fairly biased. "... what colors?" He asked, curious, as he returned her kisses, grinning even. "... I think, love, that she still takes more after you than me." Considering that there was only one, after all.
"Just a little darker." She admitted and smiled to him, happy. "And I do beleive she does, but still! This is good news. I think the others will be thrilled, don't you?" A little darker or lighter was jus fine for her first shift, given the girl was very Scatterran.
It was terribly delightful, he had decided, and his smile betrayed it, as well as the kiss that he shared with Nixie. "... I think they will be, Nixie." Her older cousins would be proud of her, no doubt about it. She hadn't tried anything really big yet, and that was good. She'd come into it naturally, and were it that she had full shifting abilities.. well.
Stahl would like to play with her in his natural form, if he could, like he used to do with his nieces and nephews.
Stahl would like to play with her in his natural form, if he could, like he used to do with his nieces and nephews.
Nixie smiled. "Perhaps you can encourage her somehow. If nothing else, play with her in your natural form." She suggested. "Even if she can't ship all the way..." Well, maybe she'd want to try again, some time. Nixie almost hoped. There was a good career for a Scatterran who coudl hide herself.
She'd put off reportign the incident ot the children's doctor.
She'd put off reportign the incident ot the children's doctor.
Stahl blushed and grinned at the thought, terribly excited that he might get to play with his daughter so. No doubt the girl would like having such a kitty to play with, though that it was her father... well. It was how things were. They could bring Alke in to help, if need be. She could always try her form as well. "... it will still build her confidence." He decided, snuggling Nix.
He sighed, filled to the brim with joy.
"... might we dance tonight, love?"
He sighed, filled to the brim with joy.
"... might we dance tonight, love?"
She smiled at him, and nodded against him, pleased. "Of course we may." She said simply. "I would love to dance with you." He was her favorite partner in all the galaxies, and he well knew just that!
Nixie carried the tray with soup into the room, followed closely by their daughter, who had already taken several immune system boosters, to prevent her from catching the cold her Daddy had. She was a hard fought for little girl. Nix wouldn't lose her to this.
The little girl carried a teddy bear for her Daddy to cuddle, as watched with solemn eyes as her mom put the tray near the bed, and checked her daddy's temperature.
The little girl carried a teddy bear for her Daddy to cuddle, as watched with solemn eyes as her mom put the tray near the bed, and checked her daddy's temperature.
Stahl shifted from where he lay, rolling back over to see the beautiful woman sitting over him checking his temperature and such, the man barely daring a smile as she did. "... you'll do for an angel." He certainly thought she was, regardless of whether he was sick or not. His love was really far too kind, the man glancing to the soup she brought for a moment before he noticed his daughter nearby.
"... sweetie, I don't want you to get sick." He spoke plainly, voice muffled and hoarse, though still loving, knowing that she was just as vulnerable as he, if perhaps with some immunities from her mother's blood.
"... sweetie, I don't want you to get sick." He spoke plainly, voice muffled and hoarse, though still loving, knowing that she was just as vulnerable as he, if perhaps with some immunities from her mother's blood.
Nix smiled to her husband and kissed his head. "You're doing a little better, though I'm going to give you an immuno-booster shot, to help, okay?" She always double checked with him. "And she's had an immuno-booster herself, both a shot, and orally." She assured him.
Th little girl came forward, and climbed onto the bed, then tuckd the bunny into her daddy's arm. "Don't be sick, Daddy. Get better."
Th little girl came forward, and climbed onto the bed, then tuckd the bunny into her daddy's arm. "Don't be sick, Daddy. Get better."
Good, he mused, more for his daughter than himself, smiling as the little girl moved to climb onto the bed with him, Stahl careful to lean back as his two nurses attended to him. He didn't want to prove an unpleasant patient after all. "Giving me a shot then, Nix?" That might be easier than an oral pill. Stahl was careful what he did with Annett, not wanting to infect her, but he still did his best to hug his little darling.
"... I'm trying, sweetie-oh, who's this?" He asked, soon cuddling the bunny, no doubt what the girl wished for him to do. "Thank you for letting me see him."
"... I'm trying, sweetie-oh, who's this?" He asked, soon cuddling the bunny, no doubt what the girl wished for him to do. "Thank you for letting me see him."
Nix nodded and readied the needle, swabbing a spot clean as he was distracted. She held his arm out straight, and curled his hand into a fist, before giving her husband the shot. "The doctors said that will help." She informed him.
Annett smiled to her Daddy. "He's new, for you. Mommy took me to get him, when we went to get the medicines." Immunoboosters were not something the child was a stranger too at all.
Annett smiled to her Daddy. "He's new, for you. Mommy took me to get him, when we went to get the medicines." Immunoboosters were not something the child was a stranger too at all.
Hopefully it would, he mentally figured, distracting himself from the needle's pain with his daughter, smiling as brightly as he could to her. "New, for me?" He raised his eyebrows, looking down to the fuzzy plaything as she spoke of such. "Then he doesn't have a name yet, does he?" Stahl decided, smiling.
The poor girl was probably used to going to get immuno-boosters, and she wsa so well-behaved with it all. She deserved a toy when she went. "... help me name him?"
The poor girl was probably used to going to get immuno-boosters, and she wsa so well-behaved with it all. She deserved a toy when she went. "... help me name him?"
Annett looked to the teddy very thoughtfully. "I think he might be Georg." She informed her dad. "Or Frank." Those were good names for the boy bear. "It's definitely a boy bear, cause you don't get any girl bears. You have Mommy." The child stated.
He laughed at this, before he had to bury a cough into the pillow he sat on, not wanting to expose the girl to such things. "... Frank is a good name, I think. Frank the Bunny." He decided, holding the little thing close, smiling to Annett as he did. "Thank you very much, sweetie, mommy can sleep with you tonight, if you want her to." He didn't want to get Nix sick, either.
Annett thought this over. "I think you need Mommy more than me tonight Daddy." She nodded, very serious. "You're all icky and sick." She wrinkled her nose and crawled out of the bed. "I'm gonna go play with the cousins." She was gonna cough, and watch Aunt Alke freak out. That was the play. She bet she'd get a cookie.
Nix smiled to her husband and kissed his forehead. "I'll be fine." She promised him. "But if it makes you feel better, I'll set up a cot nearby." But not out of the room, in case he needed her, during the night.
Nix smiled to her husband and kissed his forehead. "I'll be fine." She promised him. "But if it makes you feel better, I'll set up a cot nearby." But not out of the room, in case he needed her, during the night.
Maybe he did need mommy more tonight. With wistful eyes he watched the little girl crawl off the bed and head to go see Alke and Erich little ones, no doubt some mischief in her mind. "... sleep in the bed if you want, love." Stahl said, turning over to look at her. "You're much stronger than me, with such things." Much, much stronger.
Nix sat at the edge and smiled. "Would you like your soup? It should be col enough to sip now." She offered, a smile on her face. She rather hoped he said yes. If not, it was just fine. The soup could always be re-heated.
They were on tour here, showing his Empress the industrial might of his half of the Empire again, on the behest of his daughter. Kampf, for the most part, spared no expense for his wife, though he kept his own quarters on his vessel rather spartan for a noble of any stature. A simple bed, a simple desk, a wall dedicated to displaying an image of the fine world below them, and all the while content to drag lightly on a pipe that he had brought with him from Scatter.
Of course, by comparison, Wing's quarters were rather lavish, the man hoping that the gesture wasn't lost on her, though it was rather evident this far into their marriage just how much the man cared for her. Still, they had yet to decide who would share who's quarters just yet, and he pondered matters a bit more pressing to his mind as he crossed his legs, eyeing the celestial orb on the projection before him.
Of course, by comparison, Wing's quarters were rather lavish, the man hoping that the gesture wasn't lost on her, though it was rather evident this far into their marriage just how much the man cared for her. Still, they had yet to decide who would share who's quarters just yet, and he pondered matters a bit more pressing to his mind as he crossed his legs, eyeing the celestial orb on the projection before him.
Hope had appeared outside the quarters, knowing better than to appear inside. Josef Kampf had no love for her, though he put up with her. Wing, at least, considered her an almost-comrade. They had been through quite a bit together, including Talon's insanity.
She waited, patiently, for a response. No doubt she was one of very very few who would interrupt the Emperor in his own quarters. It would be a short list of those so bold.
She waited, patiently, for a response. No doubt she was one of very very few who would interrupt the Emperor in his own quarters. It would be a short list of those so bold.
The summons, if it could be considered such, caught his ear, the Belkan glancing over to the door in the room as he pondered for a moment before standing up. Gently he tugged at the skirt of his tunic, making sure that his uniform was in order before he saw to the visitor, whoever it was. Perhaps a bold noble or an ensign...
He opened the door, fingers coming to take the pipe just out of his mouth as he lingered on the flavor of the smoke, letting it gently fall out of his nostrils as he eyed the woman there. This was Wing's agent, wasn't it? "Hope... Anona, is it?" Yes, it was.
The Emperor gave his usual smile, keeping the act of charm up. "Please, come in, have a seat. Your business must be pressing." He turned, moving to return to his own seat, now that he knew the visitor was a trustworthy one.
"Is there anything I can get you?"
He opened the door, fingers coming to take the pipe just out of his mouth as he lingered on the flavor of the smoke, letting it gently fall out of his nostrils as he eyed the woman there. This was Wing's agent, wasn't it? "Hope... Anona, is it?" Yes, it was.
The Emperor gave his usual smile, keeping the act of charm up. "Please, come in, have a seat. Your business must be pressing." He turned, moving to return to his own seat, now that he knew the visitor was a trustworthy one.
"Is there anything I can get you?"