Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 8:18 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik, having dealt with emotional, rampaging Terrowins most of his life, was quick to dispel the second fireball as Lewis swooped in to pick up Camille. “Now now,” he said, whispering for her to calm down. “Watch this…” He scooped up some more guts, and threw them at Remy, nailing him square in the face.

“Hey! I thought we were-”

Lila and Janus both were already on their feet. Several balls of pumpkin guts were floating around them, swirling with magic. “Lady Camille, give the command!” Janus exclaimed dramatically.

Camille, though still sniffling, nodded, “Fire away!”

Janus and Lila launched the barrage of gits, letting them sail through the air as Remy and Damond scrambled to dodge, each getting nailed several times before they both collapsed in defeat.

“Once again,” Lila said smugly.

“We’ve proven to be the best,” Janus finished.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 8:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“I’ll have you know you have the privilege of being two of my favorite people,” Camille spoke as she got another pumpkin. Lewis helped her get the top off and she was scooping more guts out.

The twins looked at each other before throwing a scoop at Camille. She sat there with some on her head and stared to tear up.

“REMY! DAMOND,” Simone let the roar out.

“Y-you g-got m-my h-hair d-dirty,” Camille let out a wail with big tears before she got up and looked at the twins. “I just had a bath!” She puckered her lips and balled her hand up. Simone wasn’t quick enough to stop it as a tiny fireball shot out at the twins.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Camille who was in tears as she got another fireball ready.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 7:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It wasn’t long before Xeik and Mia came along, with a surprise visit from Myrri, Janus, and Lila.

“Oh hey! Pumpkin carving! I’ve always wanted to try this!” Janus said as he walked over. Of course, Lewis and Simone had bought plenty of pumpkins\, and soon the Eraphim family and the original terror twins were going to work on the pumpkins.

“I see,” Xeik said as he looked over at a very excited Camille showing off her ‘Zeke’ pumpkin. “And it’s…spelled differently? Zeke and Louis, huh? What was the inspiration for that?”

Myrri smirked as he crafted an elegant rendition of a hill underneath a moon, something that was oddly surprising to everyone present. “What…I have my own talents…”

Janus, meanwhile, wasn’t particularly inspired, and was instead thinking of how much he wished Neomi could be there.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 7:39 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Wouldn’t have her any other way,” Simone smirked back at Lewis. “She’s very precious,” Simone observed as the children continued to make their pumpkins. “I can’t tell the difference.”

“This is Remy,” Damond pointed out.

“And this is my artist rendition of Damond,” Remy pointed at his pumpkin.

“I can see that! How great you two are for your first pumpkins!” Simone praised her boys.

“Daddy,” Camille spoke up. “Can we get Uncle Xeik so he can see Louis and Zeke?”

It was so innocent with eyelashes battering away and everything. It was hard not to give in to her every demand and ask of them.

“We got candles to put inside of them too. It will make the outside spooky,” Simone did ghost noises at the boys.

The boys did them back at her, “We predict that Camille is going to get haunted.”

“NO, I DON’T WANT TO BE HAUNTED!” Camille slammed her hands on the table and got up on her chair. “I’ll haunt you if I die! I SWEAR TO THE GODS! When is Uncle Xeik coming to see Zeke and Louis?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 7:24 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis took a breath and tried not to laugh, “Z-E-K-E, Camille.”

Camille seemed very happy at that, and started to write the letters, badly, on the pumpkin.

“I swear,” he said to Simone. “She’s only going to get worse, isn’t she? A worse you…” He smirked as he walked over and helped her start carving another one. “There. And the goofy smile for ‘Zeke’, right?” He couldn’t help but make the ‘Zeke’ pumpkin look absolutely ridiculous. After all, what are best friends for, if not to make fun of?

Damond and Remy finally sat down and finished theirs, each an exaggeration of each other. Which was ironic, since they were twins.

“I…can’t tell the difference, can you?” Lewis asked Simone.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 7:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille was having fun taking out the guts even if it felt gooey to her. She smiled up at her father. “Is Baby Cantrell going to make one?”

“Well, no he’s too little to make one,” Simone answered gently.

“Then I’ll make him one too! This one’s name is Lewis.”

“But that’s your father’s name…”

“NO, THIS ONE IS SPELLED DIFFERENTLY,” Camille said. “How do you spell Lewis differently?”

“L-O-U-I-S,” Simone said softly.

“LOUIS, HIS NAME IS LOUIS,” Camille nodded as they cut the face out of the pumpkin. “The second one’s name is Xeik but SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. How do you spell Xeik differently?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 7:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Just like this,” Lewis explained as he took some of the pumpkin guts out skillfully. He would never mention just how he knew such convenient skills, but Simone knew good and well that it was much akin to torturing someone…

“Now take the spoon to the edges, and make sure you get all of it,” he said as he helped Camille out.

Damond and Remy seemed to be having no issues with it, instead taking their pumpkin guts and throwing them at each other.

“Hahaha!” Damond said as he tossed a handful and missed, hitting the wall. “Oh…sorry Miss Silva! I’ll clean it up later, as soon as I’ve punished my brother!”

“I had a feeling this would get out of hand,” Lewis muttered to himself with a heavy sigh.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 6:59 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone helped Lewis bring all the pumpkins in. “We’re going to be carving pumpkins for All Hallows’ Eve. We thought it would be something fun we could all do.”

“ME ME ME ME ME!” Camille put up her hand.

“Yes, Camille?”

“WHAT IS PUMPKIN CARVING?!”

“Well, your father is going to show you guys how to do it,” Simone got a paintbrush out and drew a face on the pumpkin to show the kids. They ooh’d and ahh’d as they waited for the next step. Lewis went to work with one of his daggers.

They pulled Camille up after the top came out. “That looks gross,” Camille giggled as she looked inside of it.

“If we pull out the pumpkin seeds Silva can bake them for us,” Simone said. “It would be a good and healthy snack I think you all would enjoy. Go ahead Camille take out the insides with your hands.” She helped Camille roll up her sleeves so she could get dirty.

“THIS FEELS SO GROSS!” Camille was squealing happily as she scooped out the insides with her hands.

“You can use a spoon too but they said it was easier with your hands at first,” Simone educated as they did it.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 6:51 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

[The Pumpkin Carving]

It had been a strangely long shopping trip for Lewis and Simone, and the kids were starting to wonder what was taking so long. They all gathered in the main hall when they noticed that the Terrowin parents hadn’t arrived like normal, corralled by Silva and Henry.

“Now, now children, settle down. They’re about to arrive,” Silva said. No one was quite sure how she knew.

The door opened, and Lewis and Simone came in with several bags in their hands. Behind them, the children could see a variety of different sized bags by the front door.

“Is that…a pumpkin?” Damond asked, pointing at one of the bags in their hands.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 6:29 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone crossed her arms and stared at her teenagers. “Like your father says. Oh. Please. So you get to do whatever you want but we can’t?”

Lila was making a gagging noise. “I’m not listening to this. Unlike this man whore right here I’m still a virgin. Myrri and I haven’t decided to advance that part of our relationship yet.”

“THIS MEANS YOU WERE JUST GOING AT IT LIKE RABBITS,” Lila slammed her hands on the table. “When you were our age you were just doing it and not using protection.”

“Duh…” Simone crossed her arms. “Why do you think we are so adamant you guys don’t be like us? If I could have gotten pregnant back then I certainly would have.”

“THAT IS SO GROSS!” Lila gagged again.

Camille busted into the room. “YOU ARE ALL GROUNDED! I just found out how babies are made and you are all GROSS!” She pointed at Lila. “Gross.” She pointed at Janus. “GROSS.” She pointed at her parents. “REALLY GROSS!”

Author: Argent, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 8:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Janus stared at Lila, and shook his head. “No…I…oh gods…what…” He looked pale, as if he had seen a ghost. “What…what the hell am I going to do…” The poor boy looked to Simone and then to Lewis. “What am I going to doooo!?”

“I wouldn’t worry too much,” Lewis replied honestly. “The school has probably taken that into consideration. They likely have tonics that they mix with your foods.”

“Oh…” Janus seemed to calm down a lot after that. “Stil…that means…” He looked at his parents. “Ew…ewww…”

“Oh please…”

Author: Lila, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:55 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“What do you mean?” Lila took a look at her father with curious eyes. “What could be worse than Janus getting Janus offsprings from his magic?”

“My beautiful loves… It’s true that you two are magic babies and that you were miracles for us but that’s not how babies are made… You two were very rare almost entirely the only two Angela’s ever seen.”

“Well, Mom if babies aren’t made from magic what the hell are they made from,” Lila crossed her arms now in a familiar way to her mother.

“We had to figure out the best way to tell you…” Simone got up and brought over a few textbooks putting them in front of Janus and Lila. “Read.”

They were silent for more than ten minutes as they read together. Lila’s face kept making weird facial expressions as she kept looking over at Janus. Suddenly in the quietest voice she could muster she spoke, “Janus… You probably have so many babies out there…”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:47 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“That’s not important right now,” Lewis said as he held up his hands. “I would much rather deal with the issue of Janus and Lila right now…” He pointed at Camille. “Why don’t you go show Uncle Xeik your new instrument?”

Xeik smiled, “Oh? She’s learning to play?”

Camille lit up, “Ohhhhh. Uncle Xeik! I can’t WAIT to show you my violin!”

Simone gave Lewis a look, “That’s…almost mean…”

“Almost,” Lewis agreed. “Now…for the Janus and Lila problem…”

—

“So…why are we here?” Janus asked. He was sitting next to his sister, and across from Lewis and Simone in the study. Tea was at the ready, and for some reason it was chamomile. Was this meant to be stressful? “We already know about how babies are made. Trust me…I’ve been careful.”

Lila made a gagging noise, but Janus ignored it. “I’ve done really well with not mixing magic…”

Lewis took a deep breath, “Ok…well…I have some…bad news, then…”

Author: Camille, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:36 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone stared at Lewis as she fed Cantrell, “Lewis… You realize that we have a problem right?”

“What do you mean?”

“Lewis, we have a teenage boy who thinks babies magically appear and he’s sexually active,” Simone commented.

“Oh… Shit…”

–

Camille proceeded to have five hundred questions about where babies actually came from.

Once she was one hundred percent sure she understood where babies came from she proceeded back to the house holding Xeik’s hand. Going past Rex she stopped and looked up at him. “Nasty.”

Lucas and Ezili had their son playing with some of the other young children and Camille stopped and looked up at them, “Disgusting.”

Finally, she got back to her parents, “You two are gross you know that? Babies are gross. Cantrell is a giant germ.” She still had hold of Xeik’s hand. “I have words for Janjan and Lila they lied to me. They set me up.”

“No, sweetheart… They didn’t set you up. Mommy thinks they actually believe that’s where babies come from…”

“THEY ARE DELUSIONAL!” Camille got a look on her face, “How many times have you made the baby?!”

Simone shot a look at Xeik before looking at Lewis.

“DON’T YOU DARE COLLABORATE STORIES! I KNOW YOU TWO CAN TALK WITHOUT TALKING! OUT WITH IT! HOW MUCH BABY MAKING HAVE YOU DONE?!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:26 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis had taken a sip of water when Camille asked the question, causing him to choke and almost fall into the water. It took him a moment to regain his composure, and he cleared his throat, pounding his chest.

“Well you see, this isn’t the kind of discussion we can have without your mother present,” Lewis replied quickly. “I would much rather we wait to have this discussion…”

“I have a feeling that’s not an option,” Xeik hissed under his breath. “Well you see, Janus and Lila are correct. They actually were born from magic.” He frowned. “This…actually might really complicate those talks…”

“Should I just leave it to you then?” Lewis asked. “Fantastic, thanks!” He rolled off the pier and into the water, using a quick portal to teleport away.

“…why…why do I even bother hanging out with you anymore?” Xeik asked.

Author: Camille, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“First off Uncle Xeik how old are you?” Camille put her hands on her hips and looked at him. Lewis knew not to have this battle but her Uncle didn’t.

“Old enough to be telling you what to do Missy,” Xeik shot back at her.

“Then you are an adult. Therefore, I didn’t need an adult to come to the pier because you and Daddy were already here,” Camille took her stance seriously with Simone’s head tilted and all.

Once all the attitude was out of the way she waved her hand at her uncle, “Now that we’re past the silly obligatory questions Uncle Xeik. I demand to know where do babies come from? Because Lila and Janjan told me that babies magically appear and that doesn't sound right. Cantrell didn't magically appear Mommy obviously ate him until he was big enough to come back out."

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis looked over to Camille, “Yes, my darling daughter?” He had an inkling that she was using a loophole to come visit him without adult supervision, one that he would have to work with Simone to close at a later date. He had a feeling it was one of those ‘pick your battles’ days.

“Oh hi, Camille,” Xeik said as he looked over. “Is something wrong? Where is your mother? I thought you weren’t supposed to wander without an adult?”

Author: Camille, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 7:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Your Baby Girl is Your Wife but Miniature

Lewis was spending a nice peaceful day fishing with Xeik. They were out on the pier and had been since early that morning. It was quiet the sun was perfect. The fish were biting. The children were busy.

“Daddy,” Camille came over in her little sundress. She had been told not to go near the pier without an adult but she considered this with an adult. “I have questions.” She put her little hands on her hips and stared at Lewis. “Oh, hello Uncle Xeik.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 6:58 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The sound that was created made history that day.

Out of all the weapons that Lewis knew how to wield, none of them could come close to the horrific sound that split the air, as if a dagger cutting flesh. Each note pierced each ear with the voracity of needles being shoved into his brain. The melody was heavier than any bone shattering blow he had taken, almost crippling him instantly. Last, but not least, was the finishing touch: the look of satisfaction on Camille’s face as she finished.

In all his years, Lewis had never seen such a powerful, mind altering substance.

“You did such a good job, honey,” Lewis said as his eyes started to water. He wasn’t sure if his ears were bleeding, and he was far too afraid to check.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 6:50 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone made the same face that Lewis did the moment he tried to make a noise.

“THAT’S IT THAT’S THE ONE,” Camille got excited and jumped up and down at it.

“Are you sure sweetheart? That harp looked a lot bett–”

“IT HAS TO BE THAT ONE!” Camille pointed at the violin. “I want that one.”

“Oh, but the flute…”

“Vi-o-lin,” Camille spoke lightly. “You can’t trick me like you did when you got me to eat prunes! YOU CAN’T USE THAT TRICK ON ME TWICE MOMMY!”

“Mommy was just making sure you didn’t really like prunes,” Simone tried to calm her daughter down. “Does it really have to be the violin?”

“YES!”

The shopkeep came over with a child-sized violin and helped Camille take a pose. He showed her a few notes from his own violin.

“Oh! I SEE! Now, I’m going to play twinkle, twinkle, little star,” Camille nodded and began a horror show in the music shop.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 6:45 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis walked over and plucked one of the strings, “It’s a harp.” He plucked a few more strings, and let the sound ring out. “Do you like it?”

She made a funny face, and stuck out her tongue. “Noo, I can taste the notes.”

“Wha-” Before Lewis could ask what it meant, she moved on to the next instrument, which was a piano on a podium.

“Oh, I know this one! Daddy can play it! But I want to do something different from Daddy!” she exclaimed, pointing at a silver flute. “What about this?”

“It’s a flute. You blow across this hole here and it makes a sound.”

“Oohh…but then I have to breath a lot, and that’s tiring…” She frowned and moved along. “No breathing. What about that!?”

“A violin?” Lewis said as he walked over and examined it on the wall. “I believe…” He picked it up, and tried to make a sound. It wasn’t something familiar to him, so what came out could hardly be called a proper note. It was more akin to a dying cat on the side of a road.

“Er…maybe not…” he muttered to himself.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 6:37 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone came over and put her arms around him, “Sooner or later he’ll figure out you’re cooler than Uncle Xeik is.” She chuckled a bit and put her lips to his cheek. “You’ll have your time to shine again. He’ll get bored when he finds out he can’t explode things.”

–

A Day at the Music Store

Simone held onto Camille’s one hand while Lewis held the other. Cantrell was nestled in a baby cover across his mother. “Now, are you sure this is what you want to do?”

“Yes!” Camille huffed up at her mother. “I want to learn how to play an instrument.”

They were headed to the music store so Camille could pick out what she wanted. Once they were inside Camille let go of their hands and went around the store. “Daddy, what’s this one?” She pointed at a harp.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 6:23 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Events like these with Damond started happening more and more frequently, to the point where it seemed like Lewis was being hounded at every free moment he had. It wasn’t a bad thing, per say, but it was starting to encroach on what little time Lewis had to recharge.

“Lewis,” Xeik asked as he opened up a hallway closet and squeezed in. “Why are we having a meeting in the second floor linen closet?”

“Look, this is the only one I know that has enough room for both of us,” Lewis replied.

“I won’t even bother asking why you know that,” the healer responded with a blank stare.

“So…I have this problem with Damond…”

“Oh?” Xeik smirked. “He’s a daddy’s boy isn’t he? Wants to grow up just like his papa?”

“You have no idea,” Lewis replied. “He needs more than just ex-assassin role models. Maybe someone with more…healer-like qualities?”

Xeik scoffed, “Oh? What’s this? Are you trying to say you want me to take your kid?”

“What about a field trip with Uncle Xeik? You can show him that there are other paths in life.”

“I…guess…” Xeik pondered it for a moment.

“Just think, Uncle Xeik…you could inspire a new healer…”

“Fine…but just this once…”

—

Three Days Later

“Dad! Can you set the portal to go see Uncle Xeik!? I wanna ask him about potions. I have this GREAT idea about a potion that explodes when it gets opened!”

Lewis smirked, “Sure…let’s go get that portal tuned…”

“And then, we can go look up different plants. And animals! Do you think Auntie Mia will take me hunting? Xeik says there are so many different things to do with animal parts!”

“Sure,” Lewis replied, watching as Damond jumped through the portal. When it closed, Lewis let out a sigh of relief. And then, once the silence hit, he frowned.

“Damn it…I kinda wanted to show him how to throw a dagger today…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:11 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Remy and Damond both had broken one of their arms and one of their legs was gonna be out of commission for a little bit. “That flying is hard,” Remy groaned out.

“We don’t think we’re ready to fly,” Damond spoke up after his brother. “Maybe it was too high.”

“We should have tried the balcony at the library…”

“And you thought… that jumping from high places was going to help you learn how to fly?” Xeik was busy at work on both of the boys.

“Well… When baby birds are ready to fly they just fall out of their birdhouse. Like in the garden with Mommy’s birdhouse,” Damond said to Xeik a bit stubbornly. “We’re ready.”

Lewis just stared at both the boys, “But that’s not how this works though. Last time I checked you weren’t a baby bird.”

“But we’re close, right? We’re phoenixes. We have wings,” Remy spoke up now as Xeik prodded at him.

“Your feathers aren’t grown in yet. So even if you wanted to… You can’t. That’s not the way this works. You got a while to go before your permanent feathers grow in.” Xeik educated.

Simone ran out to them and stopped, “What on earth has happened to my babies?!”

“Well,” Lewis spoke up, “They jumped from the castle and tried to fly.”

“Why on earth would you jump from the castle?!” Simone yelled as she ran over to them. “Look at your little arms and legs.” She fussed over them.

Remy and Damond looked at each other and then looked at their mother. “We wanted to be like you Mommy. You are so cool when you fly.” They were trying to get out of trouble.

“Oh no I don’t think so… You are going to be grounded. You could have seriously killed yourselves,” Simone was now the one in charge. “As soon as you are better you are grounded for a week. No exploring on your own.”

Remy and Damond protested but they were met when a very fierce Simone.

“I will not be burying my children because of them not thinking something through.”

–

Dad You’re My New Best Friend

Lewis was enjoying himself in his office once more. The peace was calming. The children were being good. It was the best. Sending the Terror Twins to finishing school was the best thing ever. A relaxed sigh left his lips.

A knock at the door brought Lewis out of his peace and quiet as he beckoned them in.

“Dad!” Damond stood there with a grin on his face. “Can you show me how to throw daggers?” This had been going on for a little bit now where Damond wanted to do a lot with his father.

“MAYBE WE CAN GO FISHING!” Damond was bouncing with excitement. “How about we go look at the wine, I bet the grapes need to be looked at.”

He was at that point in his life where he was idolizing his father. Unlike Remy who had opted for his own adventures. “OH! Right I made this,” It was a makeshift dagger. “Cool right? Wait until you get me a real one. I really want to learn how to throw them.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was quiet. Not the kind of quiet that he was used to. It was almost perfect. He had briefly debated doing something relaxing, such as reading or looking over some new songs for the cabaret, but instead, he decided to try something new.

Lewis was going to do nothing.

It was a little hard at first. The silence was nice, but the lack of stimulation was aggravating. But slowly, the lack of anything started to change. This was nice. He could be lost in thought all alone, without any care in the world. This was it, the enlightenment that he had sought out for this exercise. The true ability to-

“AHHHHHHHH”

Someone zoomed past his window screaming, and he heard a loud smack. Lewis took a deep breath, and exhaled, opening his eyes as he walked towards the window. He sipped on his coffee. “I wonder what that wa-”

“AHHHHHHHHH”

Remy came flying from somewhere above, and landed next to his brother. Hard.

“Oh.” Lewis let out a sigh, and took another sip of coffee. “Better go get Xeik…” He seemed rather unalarmed. He knew that Silva was looking out for them, but even she wasn’t above letting them learn a harsh lesson. It was very likely she had prepared for this somehow, and that their injuries would be non-life threatening, though likely painful.

It took little time for Xeik to arrive, and soon the two were standing over Remy and Damond, both of them with their arms crossed.

“And what have we learned today, boys?” Lewis asked.

Author: Camille, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:29 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille sniffled at Lewis while he talked to her. She could tell he was disappointed in her and that hurt. She sat there drinking her hot chocolate and she paused for a moment. “Silva,” Camille spoke up, not wanting to interrupt her father but also it was important. “Can Philip have his cup?” It was a silly little thing that made her feel better as Silva put a purple teacup in front of the red dragon plushie.

“I don’t want Janjan to get in trouble,” Camille finally spoke up. “And I’m sorry I used the portal.” The fact she wasn’t explaining how right she was to use it was a win for Lewis. “I didn’t mean to upset you.”

Nodding she thought about it, “Daddy… How will I write letters?”

“Well, why not do it with your pastels? Janus will understand what you write,” Lewis was trying to encourage the little girl.

“Okay…” She sipped on her hot chocolate some more and looked up at Lewis with big eyes. “But how do I get Damond and Remy to stop being mean to me? They are bigger than me… and they can fly… They picked on Philip.” They must have taken Philip when she was in the bath playing underwater adventure with Silva.

“Oh… I think I can get back at them. Do you want to help?” Camille nodded up to Lewis.

“Can… we finish the hot chocolate first?”

“Of course,” Lewis ruffled her hair and Camille took her time as she finished up. “Now what do we do?”

Lewis was setting a trap above each of the boy’s rooms. He wasn’t showing Camille how to set the trap but he pulled her up and let her set the bucket above the door. Their screams made her giggle in Lewis’s arms as he took her up to the art room.

Corrine and Jules were there now. Putting Camille down Lewis gently pushed her towards them. Looking up at her father Camille played with the edges of her dress much like Simone did when she was nervous. “Can…” Camille spoke up and got quiet as the two looked over at her. “Can I play too?”

“Of course Camille,” Corrine and Jules replied as Jules even moved over so Camille could sit in the middle. “We’re painting scenery.” They helped pull her up onto the tall stool. She looked much happier as they showed her how to paint what they were.

–

Are We There Yet?

(For the purposes of this thread Remy and Damond are 5)

They were left to their own devices. The island was a safe place so their mother and father didn’t mind them wandering off. Today was the day though. Today, they would fly.

Remy and Damond climbed up one of the tallest trees in the east garden. They walked out over the branch and looked down at the ground. This was a pretty long drop for the two of them. “Well after you,” Remy said as he pushed Damond.

Much to his disappointment all Damond could do was tuck and roll.

Remy jumped after him with the same result.

The two sat there and folded their arms in unison looking up at the sky. “You know Damond… I don’t think that tree was high enough…”

“I think you might be right. When the baby birds come out of their tree they are much smaller than we are,” Damond was the brains of this operation while Remy was the brawn.

“The awning over the garden is pretty high…”

“I agree,” Damond responded as they pulled themselves up and climbed out the window onto the awning.

“That’s a pretty far drop…” Remy looked over before Damond pushed him off the awning.

Damond was quicker to follow his brother but the result was the same. They lay there looking up at the sky once more. “It wasn’t high enough.”

“We could try above Daddy’s study,” Remy spoke up.

“Oh, that’s a good idea. We can climb over to it from the library,” Damond spoke up before they pulled themselves up and made their way to the library window. Slowly they edged their way to the window sill from the window in the library.

“That’s a long way down,” Damond said.

“It’s perfect…” Remy said as he shoved his brother hard.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was only a moment later when Lewis walked in, a very annoyed look on his face. “Camille, you know better.” He walked over and picked her up from Janus, apologizing to his son. He gave Lila a nod, and gave Myrri a dead stare, and left without elaborating any further.

“What just happened, Mr. Terrowin?” the teacher asked as everyone stared at Janus.

“Uh…”

—

Back at the Terrowin castle, Lewis sat down with Camille and Phillip. Silva came in with two cups, one filled with hot chocolate, and the other coffee.

“Thank you, Silva,” Lewis said as he bowed out. He took a sip of his coffee and sat back. “I’m a little disappointed, Camille.” He was in his serious mode. “You know that disturbing Janus is a big no unless it’s an actual emergency.” He wasn’t yelling, but he was definitely being stern with her. “Furthermore, the gate is off limits. What would have I done if you had opened it to the deep ocean? Or worse?” He took a deep breath, trying to center himself. He didn’t want to yell at her, but he also was struggling to find a way to let her know how serious this was.

“Janus could get into serious trouble if you do that again. You don’t want to get him kicked out, do you?” He wondered briefly, if she understood the implications that would bring.

“I get that you’re feeling alone. But we’re working on figuring out how to handle that together. We talked about Corrine and Jules, right?” he thought about it. “It’s also close to time for you to be starting school. Once that happens, I'm sure you'll meet friends around your own age.”

Of course, he knew the importance of her wanting to talk to Janus. “Why don’t we start writing letters to Janus? We can have Snowball deliver them. Will that do? We can make him write back too.”

Author: Camille, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:03 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille was a fledgling. She had her very first coat of feathers in her phoenix form but she couldn’t fly just yet. It was a work in progress and Simone and Lewis were working with her on it. It wasn’t like the others where they had each other to gauge

Camille with her teary eyes had enough. She stomped her way inside and to the portal. It was tuned to multiple places. It had a series of runes that you activated. Camille got a chair and fussed as she messed with the rune slates.

Soon a doorway to the Angelus Academy opened up. She stomped her way into the academy ground. “Do you know Janus Terrowin?” She stopped by a group of girls. She did this a few times before she found the big door to a history class.

They were in the middle of a self-study session. She opened the door and the professor looked at her with big eyes. What was a child doing here? She moved to the desk of Janus Terrowin and got up on her tippy toes. “It’s an emergency Janjan. I need you to come home now.”

“W-What?” Janus looked at her with wide eyes.

“Excuse me, but who is this,” the professor pointed at Camille.

“I’m busy can you interrogate me later? This is important,” Camille spoke up to the professor.

“Camille,” Janus spoke, “You can’t be here.”

“I thought I heard her voice,” Lila came in with Myrri in a full sprint. “Camille! You can’t be here!”

“Why is everyone yelling at me?” Camille started to tear up and cry again. Janus panicked and got up picking her up.

“There, there Camille,” Janus had Camille clinging to him. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t have a twin, I can’t fly, and the worst crime happened today,” Camille was hiccuping again in her tears.

“And what’s the worst crime?” Even Lila was there rubbing her back. She understood in a way why Camille was upset she didn’t have a twin. “What did those two knuckleheads do this time?” Lila had caught on fast that it was the younger twin set doing something wrong.

“They put Philip on the roof. He was missing all day. Philip is my only friend,” Camille was now in full-blown tears. “Janjan you need to go home and beat up Damond and Remy. They are so mean to me.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:42 AM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis had given her quite a few different options, but she tried her best to argue against all of them.  At the very least, she seemed rather open to making an attempt at an art project with Jules and Corrine, but there was one other problem she had to deal with first.

Ultimately, this was her real problem.  

"Phillip is missing, is he?" Lewis said as he stood up, still holding her.  "Well then, maybe we should go looking for him."

It took little effort for Lewis to coerce and answer from Diamond and Remy.  If anything, they wanted him to know.  There was something off about it.

Minutes later, Lewis and Camille were outside, looking at the roof over one of the garden awnings.  Surely enough, the red dragon was sitting there.

"That's easy enough," Lewis said as his body shifted into the form of a night phoenix.  "We just have to fly up there and grab him." He took to the sky, and looked back to see Camille tearing up.

"THEY'RE SO MEAN!  NOT ONLY AM I ALONE, BUT I CAN'T FLY EITHER!"

As it turned out, Camille really struggled with having more than one problem at a time.

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:14 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille was trying to get a handle on her tears but she just kept clinging to Lewis. She had little hiccups now as she snuggled her head into his shoulder and sniffled up at him. “No one ever wants to do what I want to do but you and Mommy.”

“Well, have you ever done what everyone else wants to do?” Lewis rubbed her back softly.

Camille shook her head, “I don’t want to be bad. And everyone else is doing adult stuffs like homework.”

“Why don’t you try and make them be good then?” Lewis looked at her a little surprised by her answer.

“You can’t even make them be good and you’re the adult,” Camille spoke up now as she pulled herself up and held her arms around his neck so she could look into his eyes. “How am I supposed to do it? How do you negotiate with literal terrorists?!” She dramatically threw herself back and Lewis caught her.

“Have you tried to paint with Corrine and Jules?” Lewis thought of the idea.

“I’m not good enough,” Camille quietly replied. “What if they don’t like my scribbles?”

“I’ll let you in on a secret…” Lewis whispered to her, “They weren’t very good at your age either.”

“They weren’t?” Camille tilted her head. “Do you really think they won’t mind?”

“They love you as much as your mommy and I do,” Lewis was rubbing her back again as she got the last of her hiccups out.

“Can I tell you something else super upsetting to me?” Camille looked a little guilty.

“Of course, you can…”

“I think Remy and Damond are hiding Philip on me. Philip is my only friend Daddy. I can’t find him anywhere.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:02 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was in the study reading up on new grape varietals when Camille came in, tearing up. It wasn’t uncommon for her, but usually she had a reason that at the very least made sense. He picked her up, and wiped away some of her tears.

“There, there,” he said. “What might be wrong, Miss Camille.”

“I’m all alone!”

He thought for a moment, “Well, I’m here right now, aren’t I? And Mom will be back soon too. Besides, Remy and Damond have to be around here somewhere…”

She shook her head. That wasn’t what she meant. Nobody understood. “Why don’t I have a twin?’ she managed between sniffles.

Oh. It made a little more sense now with the context. That wasn’t an easy one to answer, but he could at least make an attempt. “Well, you see, sometimes that’s just how the world works. Sometimes when babies are born, there are twins or even triplets, but other times, they are born into the world on their own. There isn’t any rhyme or reason to it other than what fate has in store.”

“Fate sucks,” Camille commented.

“”Aye, but I’m glad fate gave me you, Camille. I would be sad if I didn’t have my precious daughter here with me.”

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Alone

It definitely didn’t seem fair. Everyone was always paired up with someone else. The other kids all had someone their age to hang out with. To make things worse the night phoenix children all had twins to keep them company.

So she studied the twins in detail. She watched Remy and Damond for days. When it came time to visit Janus and Lila she watched them too. She knew how they operated on a deep level now. Even Alshaya and Everett had a connection. Ezili had Lucas. Corrine had Jules. Chantel and Gisele had each other. Glyn had his potato. Fiori only needed herself. Kija had Mups and Theo. Emerei had Josephine and Hugo. Rex had all of his children. Mira had the ocean. Ilya had the garden. Rez was doing Rez things at a spa. Teagan always played with Damond and Remy too.

This left little Camille all by herself. She stood there in the long hallway of the castle where her bedroom was holding her stuffed animal. She squeezed him tightly. “It’s just us Blanc.” The little white bird tweeted at her as he landed on her shoulder. “Just us…” She felt lonely while everyone else was busy. She didn’t want to do bigger kid things. Nor did she really want to do pranks with Damond and Remy.

Letting a huff leave her lips she immediately started to have a meltdown as tears poured down her face. She ran for Lewis and put her arms up at him. She was sniffling and snuggling him in his lap. Trying to calm down from her sudden realization. “Daddy,” Camille let out a loud cry as her sobs got louder.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis glanced outside through the window. “A bright and sunny day,” he said as he took a sip of his coffee. At least Silva was making the drinks and snacks. If left to Camille, it might have truly ended in disaster. “Should we move this to the outside?”

Before he could get an answer from Camille, though, there was a knock at the door.

“Where is everyone?” Xeik asked as he walked in. “Isn’t today Camille’s check…up?” He was staring at Darren. “Do I even want to know?”

—

Five minutes later, a very confused blonde woman was struggling to walk out the front door, her poor feet barely squeezing into Simone’s heels. “Ugh, I hate heels,” she hissed.

“Don’t complain, Lady Ayaa,” Lewis replied as he snapped the mental image to Simone. At least she might find this amusing. Her daughter was definitely a menace.

“While she’s not here,” Darren said as he glanced around nervously. “What’s the plan to get out?”

Lewis raised an eyebrow, “Plan? None. How did you even get roped into this?”

“She crocodile teared me,” he snapped. “It was either go along with her plan or risk her coming to you to complain. I rather like having my head on my shoulders, thank you,” he said, glancing back to see if Camille had arrived yet. “Not that I think you would kill me, right?” he asked.

“Huh” Lewis said, without clarifying.

“You…you wouldn’t actually kill me, right?” Darren asked, laughing nervously. “Right?”

Lewis took a sip of his coffee, noticing Camille was coming. “More tea, Princess Darlene?”

Darren gave Ayaa the ‘please help’ look, and the blonde merely shrugged and smiled. “I would like some, Baroness Lucy.”

“I’m doomed,” Darren said to himself.

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:40 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“And it’s not Darren right now. It’s Princess Darlene,” Camille spoke up correcting her father. “She has a great bloodline history and everything.”

“Sorry, Princess Darlene,” Lewis immediately corrected himself with his daughter.

Camille had gotten Simone’s fancy plates and bowls for the tea party. She was taking the utmost care that nothing happened to them. “Sorry Lady Eyolf. Here is your fine porcelain,” the little girl said as she poured the water from a tea cup into the bowl and set it down for the hellhound.

Lewis… Are those my clothes and jewelry? AND MY GOOD DINNERWARE?!

Lewis coughed for a moment to ease his wife, “Dutsus Camille, does Mommy know you are using all of her things?”

Camille paused in mid-pour of refilling Darren’s cup and looked over at Lewis innocently, “Fifi says that I should do and then ask for forgiveness.”

… We need to tell Fiori to stop giving advice to Camille.

Camille set the teapot down and came over to Lewis, “Oh look it’s Baroness Lucy.” After several minutes of fight, Camille gave in that her father would not in fact put one of Simone’s dresses on. Inside he had a huge sun hat on. Now she had them all sitting at the table. “We brewed only the finest coffee for Baroness Lucy.” She remembered the manners that Lewis had taught her not that long ago. She poured some of the coffee for Lewis. “Sugar Baroness Lucy?”

“No thank you,” Lewis answered up as he drank from his cup.

Somehow in the next five minutes, she had managed to wrangle poor Glyn into it. The tall lanky teen was sitting at the table in one of his mother’s dresses. Unlike Lewis, he couldn’t fend off his sister. She popped another big hat on his head and even had a little dress for his potato that was ever-present. “This is Countess Glynn and Knight Potato.”

Glynn looked miserable when his sister wasn’t looking. This was pure torture at worst. Darren and he made eye contact and mouthed a strategy to get out of the tea party.

“The cookies and cake are here Princess Darlene,” Camille handed out a plate to everyone and offered them up some cookies and a slice of cake. She hopped up on her seat with a little cushion so she could be at everyone else’s level. “Baroness Lucy, how is the weather outside?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:26 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was sitting in the foyer with a nice cup of coffee and, surprisingly, a book in hand. He was enjoying the prolonged sense of quiet that came with most of the Terrrowin family being away for various reasons. It was a rare moment, and he relished in the silence. Only, something felt off. Sure, the silence was great, but it was too quiet. There were usually things happening about the castle and island that Lewis could sense, even if only minor.

“My dog is missing,” he finally decided, standing up. “Eyolf is usually prowling the island around now.” This called for an investigation. It took him little time to track down where his hellhound went, and he was surprised to see that Eyolf was happily playing along with the youngest Terrowin, Camille.

“There you are,” Lewis said as he crossed his arms. “Well, at least you’re safe.”

Darren was staring at Lewis with a horrified look. “L-Lewis, it’s-”

“Darren, if I wanted an excuse, I would have asked,” Lewis said, almost ignoring Darren entirely. He walked over and sat down across from Camille, and looked at the display. “No coffee?” He pouted. “Camille, you-”

Camille cleared her throat loudly, “AHEM, it’s “Dutsis Camille!”

“…did you mean ‘Dutchess'?” Lewis asked.

“DUTSUS Camille!” she demanded.

“Dutsis Camille,” Lewis corrected himself, sighing internally, “If you’re hosting a party, you must make sure to accommodate the many needs your guests may require.” He pointed at Eyolf, “For instance…I’m sure Eyolf-”

“LADY Eyolf.”

“Lady Eyolf would like water in a doggie bowl as opposed to a cup.”

Darren was mouthing ‘Help Me’ over and over to Lewis, but it was clear that the master of the house had no intention of helping.

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:55 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

A Tea Party
“Fifi,” Camille propped herself up at Fiori’s workstation. “I don’t know what to do. What do you like to do Fifi?”

“Well… I liked to hogtie squirrels and put them in dresses,” Fiori answered her youngest sibling easily enough.

“Dresses?” Camille perked up. “THANKS, FIFI YOU’RE THE BEST.”

“Just remember if you can’t get what you want just…”

Camille darted off from there as she threw open her mother’s gigantic closet. She had so much jewelry, dresses, shoes, and hats that some of them Camille had never seen before. “Silva,” Camille darted downstairs. She waved Silva down so she could whisper to her. “I need your help Silva…”

“Oh? I am ever the faithful servant young miss,” Silva smirked at her.

Soon Camille had one of Simone’s long dresses on with heels and accessories on. Silva had tied up the dress in such a way she wouldn’t trip. “Darren,” Camille was hanging from the door handle very cutely. She had a tiara in her hair with several dozen bracelets and necklaces on her.

“What’s wrong Camille?” Darren was genuinely concerned about why the little girl looked so sad.

“Can you come help me?” Camille took his finger with her hand and gently tugged. It wasn’t long before Darren was in one of Simone’s dresses with a giant hat and heels on. They were sitting at Camille’s play table in the toy room. “More tea Princess Darlene?” Silva had catered her party. “What about you Lady Eyolf? Missus Squirrel? Lady Snow?” Eyolf the dire wolf was in one of Simone’s more poofy dresses with a hat on his head. Snowball had a vest on with a fancy small hat. Then there was Mrs. Squirrel, a squirrel with a dress on. Supposedly he knew Fiori.

Darren looked pained every time Camille wasn’t looking at him. He felt trapped by the five-year-old. This was nothing more than a brutal trap he had fallen for. “Yes please,” Darren managed to get out with a smile.

“Sugar?” Camille reached with some tongs and offered Darren some.

“Just two cubes,” Darren sighed as Camille helped him out.

“Silva is making our cookies and she brought Lady Snow and Lady Eyolf their own food. Walter is getting Mrs. Squirrel some acorns.” Everything was right in the world.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The question that Camille asked was surprisingly loaded when it came to Lewis. A classic move would have been to kill them, though it was very rare for him nowadays, and usually a last resort. Normally he would prank them in a humiliating way that would cause them a loss of reputation, but that wasn’t something he really wanted Camille to be doing. So, he went with the third option.

“I ignore them,” he said as a half truth. “Or I tell them I’d rather not be around them…politely, and then ignore them.” It was the ‘correct’ answer that he needed to give, but it was probably something that he would struggle to do in practice. “I secretly get revenge in my mind and imagination, but I leave them alone.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was trying her best not to laugh. You might be right… She does get this from me. Simone could always win her arguments… Apparently, Camille didn’t fall far from the apple tree.

“Camille…” Simone took a breath. “Do you want to be like Janus?”

“YES,” Camille held onto Lewis more as she kicked her legs. “I do! I really want to be like big brother!”

“Then you need to go to school,” Simone spoke up with the best answer she had. “It might be hard and not everyone will like you but… You can learn to deal with it on your own at home… but you can’t draw pictures like this or hurt other people. We’ve worked hard to make sure you can go to school and live a peaceful life. So please try to understand that you have to go,” Simone ruffled his hair.

Camille puffed up her face, “I’m going to ask Grandpa Roma if I can quit school. He can teach me.”

Simone sighed a bit, “Don’t put that on your grandpa… Please. It will be hard at first but you’ll learn how to deal with it.”

“Boring,” Camille answered. “But fine. But I don’t like it but I will tolerate it. That doesn’t mean I’m going to be nice to Ruby and share my toys.”

“You don’t need to share your toys with her Camille… They are your toys.” My goodness… She is going to be one hell of a teenager. Simone wasn’t looking forward to it.

“Daddy… What do you do when someone does something you don’t like?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis let out a deep exhale, trying his best not to laugh at the whole situation. This is your fault, you know. She gets it from you, he mentioned through the resonance. Time to tackle this head on.

“Camille, do you see that man over there?” he asked, pointing. The man was Pearl’s father, a rather despicable man who was easily bought. “That man isn’t a good person. We all know it. Daddy could easily make him disappear, but I won’t. Do you know why?”

“Why?” Camille asked.

“Because sometimes the easiest answer isn’t always the best path to take,” he said. “What do you think Ruby’s reaction will be to this letter?”

Camille scrunched her face for a moment, “I want her to go cry in a corner and leave me alone!”

Lewis tried his hardest to suppress a smirk. “That won’t happen, though. Not with this. All it’s going to do is get you in trouble, and Ruby is going to be able to use this to antagonize you further.”

“What does antagonize mean?” Camille asked.

Lewis paused, “It means she’ll keep being mean to you. Even more so,” he replied. “I have a sinking feeling she’s not going to be easy to deal with, so it’s best not to make it worse. You can always come home and write and draw to your heart’s content, but doing it in school might make it harder.”

“Can I just not go to school?” Camille asked. “It seems like a lot of work and super annoying.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Camille…” Simone frowned a bit as she put her hand through the girl’s white hair and finally settled on cupping her face.

“Mommy?” Camille was confused as she looked at Simone’s sad face. “Did someone make you sad?”

A sigh left Simone’s lips as she took a look at Lewis. Settling back on Camille’s confused face she sighed a bit more, “Camille… Baby you can’t draw things like this at school.”

“But why not?”

“Because…” Simone was struggling to answer because she understood why Camille did it. Camille got her feelings out through her drawings and always had. “Other people don’t understand. They thought you were going to hurt Ruby.”

“Well… Can I?” Camille puffed up her cheeks at her mother.

“No, you can’t. You have to be bigger than she is,” Simone said with a smile and ruffled Camille’s hair.

“But I’m not bigger than she is… I’m smaller than she is. Which makes this a worse crime than I thought!” Camille came to the wrong conclusion.

Simone did another deep inhale and sharp exhale. Lewis had his hand to his head despite the same inhale and sharp exhale. Lewis was trying hard not to laugh which was also the current state Simone was in. “Camille, it’s a metaphor," Lewis chimed in finally.

“But what’s a metaphor?”

“It’s a figure of speech sweetheart,” Simone said with another hair ruffle. “You need to be more grown-up than she is even if she is being a brat.”

“But why? I’m five. I don’t have to be an adult yet. Remember I gave up my big girl privileges.” The small child spoke up to her parents.

Simone was holding in her laughter and for a moment she couldn’t think of what to say to their five-year-old.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:19 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis took the picture, and nodded. “I can handle this for now.”

–

Lewis was there when Camille ran up to him, jumping into his arms.

“Daddy!” she yelled happily, giggling as he swung her around. “I can’t wait to tell you about my day.” She was suddenly super serious. “It was awful Daddy.” She was pouting now.

“Oh?” Lewis asked as he walked over to pick up her pack. One of the other girls was giving Lila the stink eye. Daddy could tell there was some serious drama brewing in the background.

“Mhmm,” Camille said as she nodded. “First, it was sooo boring. The teacher just kept going on and ooonnnn,” she said, flopping to the side dramatically. “And then, when it came to snack time, they only had gross-berry juice.” She made an icky face, and stuck out her tongue. “Blegh. And finally, the the worst thing ever happened!”

“Oh? What happened?” Lewis asked, secretly enjoying the embellished ‘worst day ever.’

“This girl, Ruby, she stole my toy! I was having so much fun with it, and she just snatched it away,” she said, huffing. “It wasn’t okay. So…I wanted to write her a letter. So I got my pastels, and I scribbled and wrote a note. But the teacher stole it before I could send it.” At this point, Lewis was close to the ferry, and decided to wait for Simone to catch up.

“So..you weren’t happy that this…Ruby, stole your toy during playtime?” Lewis asked. “Is this the letter?” he asked, reaching into his coat pocket to produce the picture of ‘Ruby’ on fire.

“That’s it Daddy! Did you steal my letter back for me?” she asked, bouncing in his arms. “I can finish it and send it!”

Author: Camille, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Pastel Therapy

It had been a hard moment for Simone. “And you’ll be a good girl for the teacher?” She asked as Lewis put Camille down in the classroom and kissed her forehead. It never got any easier as Simone was tearing up.

“Yeah, I’ll be good. I’m always good.” Compared to the twins she wasn’t lying. Camille had a very good record for not being a troublemaker. She had her moments but Camille was sweet and lovable. She loved snuggles with her mommy and daddy. She loved all of the attention she got.

Simone handed Camille her little school bag. Camille rummaged into the bag. “What are you looking for?”

“My pastels,” Camille seemed satisfied when she found it.

“Okay, and just remember Mommy and Daddy will be in town.” It was going to be a short first day to get the children used to each other. “Remy and Damond will look out for you while you are here.” As well as the other children would as well. Especially Teagan who seemed to be the most responsible out of their ten year olds.

Right on time Lewis and Simone showed back up to the schoolhouse to get Camille. The teacher was there waiting for them. “A moment of your time please,” the teacher spoke to them calmly.

Oh no… Remy or Damond?

They sat down in the office and the teacher sighed. Her name was Mrs. Thatcher. The replacement for the one that Janus and Lila had driven off. “I’m afraid this is about Camille.”

“Camille?!” Simone sat up straight and looked at her. “She was only here for a few hours… What could she have done?” Her baby girl wasn’t normally one to act out in public.

“Well… One of the children took the toy she was playing with away from her. We’ve dealt with that issue but Camille drew this,” the teacher slid over a picture of the child on fire. “Has she ever done something like this before?”

“Well… No. Normally, she tries to write angry letters. This is the first time she’s done this,” Simone looked at it with concern. “We’ll talk to her.” She handed the picture to Lewis to look at.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:16 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Throughout the day, Lewis and Simone kept a watchful eye on Camille. She finally broke when it came to falling and hurting herself, and in the end she relented. Lewis had little issue picking her up and babying her. He coddled her until she stopped crying, and when she finally admitted she was the baby, the real issues finally revealed themselves.

“Your having growing pains,” Lewis said as he swooped her up into his arms. “It’s just a part of growing. We can have Uncle Xeik give you some medicine that will help with the pain.” He nuzzled her nose with his, and smiled. “And you want to know a secret, Camille?”

“Hmm?” She looked at him.

“You will always be our baby. All of your brothers and sisters are too. It doesn’t matter how old you get,” he said.

Remy was in the background huffing, staring at Camille. “Darn it…not even a full day of extra cuddles…”

Author: Camille, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:51 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille nodded and moved to the table to eat her food. She even got to try and cut her own food up for once. Simone had the idea that maybe she just wanted to be more responsible for herself. But something else was up too she just couldn’t put her finger on it as she babied Remy some more.

The morning went fine but as the day continued Camille came to get help with things. “Okay, but this is the last time… Big girls don’t need help with that.” Simone tied her shoes for her. “So you have to remember how I did it alright?” Simone showed her how to tie her own shoes and Camille seemed pleased with this.

She hurt herself and she immediately went to Lewis crying. Lewis popped her up on a stool so he could patch her up. “You’ll be okay Camille. Just a little ointment and it will be fine.”

Camille held her arms up at him and sniffled some.

“Okay but… You are going to be my baby then,” Lewis looked at her. Camille was sniffling and nodded as she got picked up and babied by Lewis.

“I’ll be the baby then,” she was still in the middle of crying. Lewis cuddled her and brought her around with him so she didn’t have to walk.

At dinner she got back up on her stool with her little bandaged knee, “I’m the baby.”

Simone let out a little aww from her lips as she got up and picked Camille up. “Now… Camille, what’s wrong?” She held her close as Simone sat back down by Lewis.

“Well…” Camille looked between her father and mother. “My legs are really achy.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Was this all? Lewis smirked. They were worried over nothing. He sighed and shook his head, “Babies don’t work like that, Camille. But we can make some arrangements. You don’t have to be the baby anymore. You want to be a big girl, all grown up?”

Camille huffed and nodded, “Yeah.”

Simone walked over and ruffled her hair. “Well, then you are no longer the baby.” She turned to her boys, Remy and Damond, and walked over to them. Without warning, she picked up Remy and cradled him. “You want to be my baby boy again? And get all the cuddles meant for the baby?”

Remy got a big smile, “More cuddle time with Momma? Yeah!” He seemed rather excited over the prospect.

Lewis shrugged, “Then there we go. Congratulations, Camille. You’re no longer the baby.” He gave her a genuine smile. “Now be a good big girl and eat your food. Responsible big girls don’t let it go cold.”

Author: Camille, Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

To Whom It May Concern

Camille was downright tired of it. She was tired of everyone. She dragged herself out of her bed with Philip, the red dragon plushie. She had a sleep cap on her head with her nightgown. She opened the door to utter chaos.

The Terrowin children were in the middle of a tussle as they all struggled to wake up and get around for the day. “EVERYONE BE QUIET,” Camille yelled which startled Simone and Lewis who were getting everyone ready. “OUT OF MY WAY,” she kicked everyone out of line for the bathroom. Took her time in there before coming out and making her way downstairs.

“Is she alright?” Simone whispered up at Lewis.

“I’m not… sure,” Lewis squinted his eyes.

“Silva!” Camille yelled as she totted her way into the kitchen. “I need my pastels and paper.”

She went and hid while the family ate. Simone was worried. “DO NOT DISTURB,” Camille yelled as Simone tried to open the door.

“Okay… but don’t let your food get cold okay?” Simone said cautiously as she closed the door. “Something is wrong Lew…” She informed her husband.

“FAMILY MEETING,” Camille came into the dining room where everyone stopped what they were doing. She got up on a chair that she dragged out into the middle of the entryway the best she could. She showed her letter with angry red scribbles. “I have a complaint. Please read.”

“Can you translate your complaint?”

“FINE,” Camille turned it around and cleared her throat like Simone.

“TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

I, CAMILLE ELOISE TERROWIN, BRING THIS COMPLAINT TO LEWIS AND SIMONE TERROWIN. THIS COMPLAINT IS AGAINST ALL TERROWINS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. IT IS A CRIME AND THERE SHOULD BE PUNISHMENT. I, CAMILLE ELOISE TERROWIN, DEMAND THAT A BABY BE BROUGHT INTO THIS HOUSE–”

Simone put her hand up.

“I’m not done!” Camille said to her mother who put her hand down.

“INTO THIS HOUSE. I AM TIRED OF CONSTANTLY BEING THE BABY. I AM TIRED OF BEING THE YOUNGEST AND IT IS TIME THERE IS A NEW BABY.

SIGNED,
CAMILLE”

She held her letter to her and looked up at her parents for answers. “How do you plead?”

Author: Argent, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Of course you can,” Lewis said as it poked Snowball awake. “You heard the girl. You know what you have to do.”

Snowball yawned and chirped at Lewis, then at Blanc and Camille. He waited patiently for the letter to be packaged and rolled, and saluted as he took flight and bolted out the window.

—


Janus was sitting in class, contemplating what it would be like to see Michelle naked. After the disaster that was with that fae girl (oddly, he never learned her name…maybe his first mistake…), he had taken to slowing down his dating game. Surprisingly, Michelle wasn’t completely furious that he had ditched her for a crazy girl…which might be a red flag, but hey, Janus liked the color red.

Whack.

He blinked as there was a chirp to his left. All he saw was a flurry of puffy feathers, and noticed a note in his lap. “Was that Snowball?” he whispered to himself. Why did Snowball show up and throw a letter in his face?

“Mr. Terrowin,” the teacher said, snapping a ruler against his deck. “Care to explain?”

Janus realized the whole class was staring at him. “Uh…well, it seems a messenger bird arrived with a letter for me.”

“And that letter says?”

Janus puffed out his face. The teacher was going to be an asshole about it. “Okay then…” He stood up and opened the letter. The moment he saw the red pastel, he knew. The boy cleared his throat.

“Dear JanJan,

I’m very, very mad you moved all the way to Iria. And I’m very, very angry you haven’t written home daily. VERY ANGRY.

Love,
Camille”

He looked up from the note as the teacher stared in disbelief at him. “And who is Camille? That can’t be the actual note…”

Janus flashed the pastel scribbles to the class and the teacher, “My little sister. She’s a treat.”

One of the other students pointed, “It’s just red scribbles. There’s no way that’s what she wrote.”

“Oh no, that’s exactly what she wrote. I know my sister, and I know her intent on using red pastels…”

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:05 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Camille puffed up her face at Lewis. Did adults not know how to read her letter? Well, JanJan wasn’t an adult just yet! He would be able to read her letter perfectly fine. She waited to be lifted up into his lap and snuggled in. Looking up at her father she smiled up at him. “Okay! I have some birdseed I mixed with Silva!”

Blanc was tweeting in front of Camille in a panic. “Not your birdseed Blanc… That’s special birdseed just for you.” Blanc looked to be relieved and hopped on the desk away from the letter now.

“I’ll read my letter to you.” Camille looked at her letter and cleared her throat.

‘Dear JanJan,

I’m very, very mad you moved all the way to Iria. And I’m very, very angry you haven’t written home daily. VERY ANGRY.

Love,
Camille’

“Silva helped me write it in red pastels so JanJan knows he’s in serious trouble with me.” Camille seemed pretty pleased with it. “Does it seem okay Daddy?” The five-year-old was once again thinking. “Can I have Snowball chuck it at his head?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:55 AM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was in his office writing away on his next letter. His desk was, for once, neatly arranged. To his left was a cup of coffee, steam gently rising up. He loved his coffee. It was, perhaps, the only thing that let him write away deep into the night until he was inevitably called to bed by Simone. In front of that cup was a perch for Snowball, who was peacefully dozing. He had a very important job to do once Lewis finished. And to the right of the letter was a stack of almost one-hundred letters, pre-written by Lewis.

He looked down at the most recent letter, and smiled. It might have been his best yet.

Dear Soon-to-Be-Eunuch,

I am once again writing to you to remind you that your days as a loving husband may be numbered. If you are wondering about the frequency of these letters, it is to instill the maximum amount of fear that I possibly can into your pathetic little soul. As you may recall, you’ve stolen my daughter’s hand in marriage, and though she seems to tolerate your presence, the need to constantly remind you of what is at stake compels me to write these letters.

I know where you eat. I know where you sleep. And the moment my dearest Alshaya tires of you, you know what awaits.

As always, if you tell anyone about these letters, your world will burn.

Love,

Your Father in Law, Lewlew.

He smiled. That last part had been an influence of Camille. She was precious.

As if on cue, the five year old burst into the office with her own letter, and Lewis looked it over. “I see. And what does this part here say? I’m afraid I don’t know this particular dialect.” He smiled as he pulled her into his chair and let her put the letter over his. I think Iria might be a little much for Blanc. He’s still young. I’m sure Snowball wouldn’t mind, but you might need to bribe him with birdseed.” He gave the bird a look. “But not too much.”

Author: Camille, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:32 AM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Big Brother to Big Bad

It was a downright tragedy. He didn’t even write home daily. He didn’t draw her pictures. He knew she couldn’t read but why was he sending home scribbles? Of course, Daddy always came to the rescue and read these scribbles to her. It was all about his day. He would send them weekly but this wasn’t good enough.

She marched right out of her room with her giant dragon plush in tow. “Come on Blanc,” she waved the little tit to come with her. He was ever faithful to his little owner just like his father before him! Noble and graceful… and only hit a few door frames on the way out.

“Silva…” Camille got all the way downstairs to the kitchen where Silva was prepping for lunch. She got up on her tippytoes and looked over the island of the kitchen the best she could.

“Yes, little miss?” Silva could understand her! Silva was always supportive of her!

“I’m having trouble,” Camilla spoke up as quietly as she could not alarm her parents for now. “I want to write to JanJan and I’m angry.” Silva came around the island and knelt to the youngest of the Terrowin family.

“I would recommend red pastels then Little Miss,” Silva smiled at her and Camilla clapped.

“You always have the best answers… Can you get me down the pastels please?” She ran into the dining room and hopped up on a seat. Silva was most attentive to bringing her paper and some pastels.

Silva placed the pastels and paper in front of Camille. She couldn’t write just yet but the intent was there as she grabbed the red pastel and went to work. “Dear JanJan,” she looked up at Silva. “That’s how you start a letter right? Daddy has been awfully busy writing his own letters lately.”

“Yes Little Miss,” Silva patted her on the head and Camille continued with her angry thoughts.

“I’m very, very mad you moved all the way to…” She stopped and looked up at Silva. “Where did he go?”

“Iria,” Silva chuckled a bit.

“Ir-i-a,” Camille scribbled out on the paper. “And I’m very, very angry you haven’t written home daily. VERY ANGRY.” She had a chaotic mess of red lines but the intent was there.

“You sign it off with Love, Camilla. When you are done,” Silva once again patted the top of her head and Camilla nodded as she sighed off on it.

“I’m going to go show this to Daddy. He is an expert on angry letters,” Camille had caught him writing many letters, and when she asked he told her he was angry. So he would understand her angry letters! She pushed the chair out and hopped off the seat with her letter. “Thank you, Silva!”

“You are very welcome little miss,” the maid bowed a bit and cleaned up the young girl’s mess.

“Daddy!” Camille yelled up and down the halls as she ran all over the castle looking for him. Finally, she found him in Simone’s study writing more letters. “DADDY!” She was out of breath as she smacked her letter up on the desk for him to read.

“What do you think? It’s for JanJan. Do you think Blanc could deliver it for me? Can he even make it to…” Camille struggled. "Ir-i-a?"

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Jun 6, 2023 5:28 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone felt bad for Janus just a bit as she snuggled him close to her in the group hug they were having. “Oh… Janus…” She kissed his forehead. “I’m always going to be your mother and I’m always going to be here for you. That’s never going to change even when you get older. Even if you don’t live here. I’m always your mother.”

That was when the gears began to go into overdrive for Janus as the realization came to him. “You’re right I can always come back!” His eyes were glistening with this realization.

Lila rounded the corner with the leftovers of their traps, “You… are always going to be the biggest mama’s boy I have ever met.”

Janus gave his sister the stink eye, “No, I’m not.”

“I think we need to take him to Uncle Xeik. Janus is suffering from denial,” Lila put the spare trap parts in a box in the great room. “All done.”

“What… have you two been doing on the island?” Simone looked down at Janus and then over to Lila.

“Nothing,” both of them spoke up.

Suspicious… So suspicious.

In the distance, Darren let out a scream.

Janus and Lila high-fived in front of their parents.

All according to plan.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Jun 6, 2023 5:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“It’s not fair,” Janus replied almost immediately. “He gets all of the attention and-”

Lewis crossed his arms, “All of it? Is she not giving you attention now?”

“I-” He looked to Lewis and then to Simone. “..yes…”

Lewis gave his son a hug along with Simone. “No one single person gets to have all of your mother’s attention. And believe it or not, she divides it perfectly to fit everyone’s needs.” He ruffled Janus’ hair. “Trust me. She’s an amazing woman.”

“I know,” Janus replied, blushing. “But it’s hard. I don’t want to grow up and leave her behind like everyone says I have to.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Jun 6, 2023 5:16 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Remy pulled his mother down to kiss her cheek and she cradled him to give him all sorts of kisses all over his face. There was so much laughter but still Remy was looking at Janus. This was a competition and he was winning.

Simone looked up to see Lewis talking with Janus and the tidbits she caught in the resonance now that she was paying attention… were interesting.

Now that Lewis was in the room Remy turned up his attention-seeking behavior with Simone. Simone was incapable of telling her little boy no. She was all snuggled up with him and sweet talking him. When Simone wasn’t looking Remy stuck his tongue out once more to both his father and Janus.

He was winning and victory tasted good.

Simone, of course, could see what Remy was doing through Lewis’s eyes. She kissed her little man’s forehead. “Why don’t you go play with Damond?”

Always the peacekeeper.

“I guess I could,” Remy slid off his mother’s lap and walked by his father and brother with the biggest shit grin he could muster before running up the stairs.

“What a little… He’s almost as bad as you were when you were when you were small.” She hugged Janus to her and chuckled a bit. “You can’t be jealous of your little brother… Even though he was absolutely taking potshots at you.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Jun 6, 2023 5:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Janus could feel that something was wrong. He and Lila had been exploring some of the island again, making traps for anyone not paying attention enough (see: Rex), and overall contemplating general mischief. He looked up from the spring trap he was loading, and looked around. “I’ll be right back.”

Lila looked up, and sighed. She could feel it too. Not exactly what her brother was feeling, but their resonance was something unique. He was in minor distress. “You really need to stop,” she said knowingly. “It’s getting a little creepy.”

“Nobody asked you,” Janus said as he continued down the path towards the house. It was rare for them to ever disagree, and this was one of the major things that they fought about. “You just don’t understand.”

As Janus got farther away, she sighed again. “No. It’s really clear…you’re the biggest mama's boy I’ve ever met.”

Janus came around the corner just in time to see Remy cradled in Simone’s arms. He was living for the attention, but it was immediately evident what the real reasoning behind it was.

Remy stuck his tongue out at Janus, and immediately the boy’s eye twitched. “That little bra-”

A firm hand grabbed Janus’ shoulder. It was Lewis.

“Dad?” Janus replied, surprised at the sudden intervention.

“Do you not realize what’s happening?” Lewis asked, looking over to Remy, who was absolutely hamming it up. “Can you not see what has become of you?”

Janus’ eyes widened as the realization dawned on him. “No. It can’t be true.”

“It is, my son,” Lewis said as he got on Janus’ level. “You’ve become that which you hated most.”

“I understand now,” Janus replied, his eyes welling up. “All those years I played for attention. I never knew it felt this way, looking in on the outside…” He looked at his father. “I’m sorry.”

“I understand,” Lewis replied.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Jun 6, 2023 4:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Momma’s Boy

There was disturbances happening in the Terrowin household every once in a while. It happened ever so often and Simone squinted her eyes down at Remy when he came to get on her lap. This was always how it started. Remy who was normally very independent came over to be lovey-dovey with his mother.

She, of course, could never say no to some snuggles as she put her arms around him and kissed his head. “How are you doing today Love?”

Remy looked up at her with the biggest smile. “Good Mommy I just missed you an awful lot.”

Her heart! Simone melted and snuggled up to one of her youngest children. “I missed you too.” It was suspicious. Almost too suspicious.

Her suspicions were confirmed when Janus rounded the corner to the great room to join Simone and Remy stuck his tongue out at both of them. He snuggled into Simone some more and who was Simone to tell Remy he shouldn’t snuggle her? He was antagonizing not only Janus but also his father.

Right now… Simone was Remy’s and he was basking in it.

Author: Hellebore, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 7:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis nodded along with Simone. “It’s quite a shame that we’ll never know what happened to her or her family.” He shook his head slowly. “Poor girl, going missing.”

Rex gave his father a dead stare. “Yeah, I know exactly what happened.”

“Such a shame,” Lewis repeated.

“Well, I’ll let Hazel know to call off the search. You wouldn’t happen to know if the same thing happened to Alice, would you?”

“That girl who is probably still after you? I can’t believe you’d even consider apologizing to her. She’s crazy,” Lewis replied immediately. “Veronica is probably still in the Vilpamolan coast, but last I checked, she took up piracy so I wouldn’t recommend seeing her. Chastity…well, she’s moved on from Adeula and started the farm life. Something about being a horse girl…don’t really get what that means…oh, and Destiny. Lucas was actually just talking about her. Apparently she runs a bakery now. Makes great bread.”

Rex blinked. “And Natayl?”

“Shame that poor girl went missing. I wonder what she was like,” Lewis replied with a dead stare.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 7:35 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was fixing Lewis’s plate for him. “I made sure to save you your favorites,” she said as she kissed Lewis. “Good morning my love.”

“A fire? That’s no good…” If Simone knew anything she was hiding it fairly well to Rex.

“It was blue fire,” Rex spoke up.

“Blue fire? Oh my goodness do you think there’s another night phoenix roaming around?” Simone asked Lewis with a lot of surprise in her voice.

The kids weren’t all falling for it as they were eyeing Simone. “What?” She looked at her kids. “I don’t have any idea what Rex is talking about.”

“Mom… You had to get dragged off Natayl because you were punching her in the face.”

“Oh, dear… I can’t remember it was such a long time ago. It’s not good for the baby to think about it.” Simone made an excuse and put her hands on her baby belly. “Think of little Camille.”

Author: Hellebore, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 7:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Rex gave his mother a look, and nodded slowly. “Right…you see, I had been looking into her for awhile now. I really wanted to have a chat with her about her…behavior. Hazel and I have been talking about how it would be good to right some pasts wrongs, and I felt like given my previous…erm…’nature’, I should apologize. But you see…I’ve been digging in-”

Lewis popped around the corner and came in, drinking coffee. “Oh, Rex? Morning. Sorry, had a late night.” He yawned and sat down next to Simone.

“Dad, you remember Natayl, right?”

“Never heard of her,” Lewis replied as he reached over for some bacon. “Sit down, Rex. Stay awhile. It's good to see you.” He seemed oddly at ease.

Rex sat down, and Silva brought him some coffee. “Right. Well, turns out she went missing the night of the fire. Her and her whole family. I thought it was kind of odd, so I’ve been looking into it.”

“Shame,” Lewis said almost immediately.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 7:11 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

That Girl is on Fire

Simone sat there buttering bread for breakfast. Rex and his family had stopped over so Simone was busying herself with all of the grandchildren. She was humming away as she got jam for those who wanted it. “There we go…”

Mone looked perfect with her tiny baby belly she had going. Everything was peaceful in the Terrowin house. Lewis had a few late nights where he was doing gods knows what to Llonan… but that was the price to pay for her baby boy Lucas being alright.

“You know Mom… I haven’t heard from Natayl in a while,” Rex spoke up and the children quieted down to hear the drama.

“Never heard of her,” Mone said calmly as she continued to dish out food to all the kids.

"Mommy can we have some bacon?" Damond and Remy scooted their plates forward and she gave them each two slices as she kissed them on the top of their heads.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 7:03 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“You were holding out on me,” Lewis replied, the betrayal clear in his voice. “You consorted with the enemy…” She could feel the sadness oozing through their resonance. “I don’t know if I can keep going on this way…” He knew Llonan was the true enemy, but he felt as though the world were against him.

“You know, you’ll get to spoil the grandkid, right?” Xeik said as he turned the light in the room on. “That boy will never know a day of pain in his life. You’ll get all the fun and none of the work. It’s like raising a kid but only the easy parts.”

Lewis cocked his head to the side as he contemplated the meaning behind it all. “Spoil the kid?” He smirked. “Yeah. That’s the perfect revenge…” He started to cackle madly. “Hype the child up on caffeine and sugar, and then send him home to an unsuspecting Lucas…show him the meaning of pain and suffering.”

“I’m…not sure if this is better or worse,” Lucas said as he peeked his head in. “At least he’s not trying to kill me?”

“OI! BOY!” Lewis shot his head up, a crazed look in his eyes.

“Y-YES DAD?” Lucas jumped to attention.

“Do you like fishing…?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 6:42 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone had dipped out of the party to bail her husband out of whatever jail he was currently in. “It’ll be fine Ezili. Whatever Xeik is doing to Lewis… He’ll be fine. Lucas is fine.” She patted the girl’s shoulders and made her sit putting cake in front of her. “Just be happy and pregnant.”

Ezili nodded and picked up her fork. If they were with Angela and Xeik everything was fine.

Simone came in to Lewis yelling about being let go. She crossed her arms and tilted her head. “If you kill Lucas who is going to terrorize Llonan?” She was trying to sacrifice her future son-in-law to save her son. Llywellyn forgive her for that. “You know you wouldn’t get away with hurting Lucas. So settle on what we talked about.”

She whirled a finger, “Llonan bought Alshaya a ring you know. It’s very, very pretty. It matches the purple and pink of her eyes. He plans on talking to you about it as soon as he’s done shitting himself cause you dove after Lucas.” The look on Llonan’s face was priceless.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 6:37 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Oh I know damn well where he is,” Lewis said as he stood up, pulling out a dagger that Simone clearly missed. No one was quite sure where he hid it, or how. He opened a portal and immediately stepped through to see Xeik standing there waving.

“One more step, Lewis, and I’ll drop you. You know I can take you down with a single hit.”

“I dare you to t-” Lewis fell over immediately without taking a step.

When Simone and Ezili walked through behind him, Xeik shrugged. “I lied. I hit him the moment he came in.”

—

Lewis awoke in a dark room with a single light floating above his head. “I’m gonna kill the bastard,” he said under his breath as he struggled against his restraints.

“Who sent you?” a familiar voice rang out from the darkness. “Who do you work for!?” Xeik stepped into the light. “Always wanted to try that line. I never was one to interrogate someone.”

“Let me go.”

“No,” Xeik said as he knelt down to eye level. “Because if you kill Lucas, Ezili’s baby boy will be without a father.” He paused. “Wait…it might be a girl. But no…probably a boy. Not sure why though…” He seemed distracted at the concept of how or why he knew that. “Could be either…but not, definite-”

“Shut up and let me go so I can kill Lucas. Then I’ll just ask Angela to bring him back to life. Fair?”

“Not a chance,” Xeik replied. “Simone? You want to talk some sense into him?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 6:25 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Ezili knew this was going to happen. Lucas knew this was going to happen. Lewis was predictable and he was very, very overprotective of his daughters. Lewis barely showed any emotions except to Simone. But there was one thing he did know how to do.

Simone had been slowly taking his daggers away from him the entire time. She had forgotten about the cake knife though. “Damn, it…” Simone said under her breath. Her baby boy almost got knifed!

“Daddy!” Ezili let out. They knew. They knew this would happen but still, it was shocking to see the ex-assassin at work.

Simone put her hands up and one of Lewis’s daggers hit the floor. “He’s probably at Angela’s.” Simone let the cat out of the bag. There was only one or two people who would interfere with Lewis like this.

This couldn’t have been good for the baby.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 6:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It took Lewis a moment to register what was said. On one hand, he was happy for his daughter. On the other hand…well…

Lewis raised his hand to throw a dagger. Only there wasn’t one where it should have been. “That’s odd…” He reached for his spare. Missing. His second spare. Also missing. He cursed, and stood up. “Fine. Guess we’re going to do this the hard way.” Without waiting for anyone else to ask what was happening, he dove across the table in an impressive manner, and grabbed a cake knife mid-roll, doing an impressive spin as he threw the knife in a perfect arc to hit-

Nothing. Lucas was gone from his chair, and his presence wasn’t anywhere on the island. “Bastard…”

—

“AAAAAHHHH!” Lucas was screaming, shielding his face, only to find that he was floating in a brightly lit room. The sounds of waves crashing against the shore could be heard, and the air felt warm and tropical. “Am…am I dead?”

“No,” Xeik said as he dropped Lucas on the floor. “You’re still quite alive. Though you might need new pants,” he said as he walked over and helped the dead-man-walking up. “I had a feeling this might happen, so we have some…contingency plans in place.” He smirked and dusted off Lucas’ shoulder. “He’s slowing down though. You should have at least gotten a graze.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 6:08 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

A Surprise for What’s Inside

Everyone was sitting down for the weekly family dinner. Everyone. From the smallest Terrowins to the oldest Terrowins. They were all at the table conversing with one another. Ezili was holding Lucas’s hand and she had a smile on her face. They had been married for a while. It had taken Lucas forever for Lewis to agree to allow him to marry her. It was a beautiful wedding out on the cliffs of the island. It overlooked the lake the island was in with the water spraying up. It was special to both of them. Xeik had been the one who had married them.

It was Ezili who finally called attention to herself and she stood up. “I have something I need to say.” Lucas looked nervous but Ezili was all smiles. “Lucas and I are expecting!”

The whole room got a happy buzz going on as Ezili sat down and got her congratulations. It had only been a matter of time for them. However, it was Lewis and Simone who were quiet. Simone was looking from Lewis to Lucas and back. She was calming moving her hands under the table.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 5, 2023 5:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Pearl scoffed at the whole production. “You mean to tell me that he can play the piano?” She pointed over to Lewis, who was entertaining a different group of kids with his grapes.

“It’s not much, but it’s honest work,” Lewis said with a smile as he showed off the grape varieties that he had planted. “This one here has a great taste, see? Much sweeter than this one. Once the-” He looked up from what he was doing to see a very angry Alshaya marching towards him. “Yes dear?”

“Daddy, she’s insulting you. She says we’re lying about yours and Momma’s talents!” Alshaya puffed her cheeks out. “Prove her wrong.”

The man smirked, and stood up. “And how exactly would you like me to do that?”

“The school has a piano for music lessons,” Everett said in an off hand comment. “Might be of use.” Despite their many fights, Everett and Alshaya were close, and would do anything to help the other.

It took only a few minutes for Lewis and Simone to request the piano, and after a quick set up, Lewis’ fingers danced across the keys creating a complex, interwoven melody. Simone walked over and sat down next to her love, and started to sing along with his melody. At once, they were the center of attention, with all eyes on their booth.

“See, I told you,” Alshaya said with a satisfied, smug grin.

“Shut up,” Pearl replied. “I bet you won’t amount to anything anyway, you loos-”

She never finished. As per usual, Alshaya threw the first punch.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:13 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was running only a tad late. There was a reason for her being late. “I’m sorry… I was organizing the best way to show off what I do.” She was clearly showing Pearl up as she walked up to her teens and hugged them. “Now… If you will follow me.” The children and adults were all curious since there had been a large booth that was still covered up. Simone grabbed the sheet and pulled it off. There were about thirty children’s books, art, and other artisan hobbies displayed. “For most of my time I write books on various topics but I primarily write children’s books like this one.” She showed it off. “My books are sold in every continent and in most languages since I’m fluent in most.” The children were amazed at how gifted Simone was.

“I also co-own a guild for the arts. I run in that whenever they need me as my partner Ciara is in the building most of the time. My husband, Lewis,” she showed him off over in his stall, “and I often get bored so we have found a variety of different jobs to do. I am a hostess for a bar our dear friend Raile has and he is also the one responsible for printing my books and delivering them. Lewis acts as a bouncer. We do that on the weekends when the kids are asleep at night. During the week about three times Lewis and I perform on stage with music. Lewis plays the piano and I sing.”

Everyone had wide eyes. “What else can you do?!” Some of the children were speaking up. Simone wasn’t expecting how excited they were and she chuckled.

“We spend time with our children. We have a detailed schedule since as you know our family is quite large. We also have dance lessons here in Benin we do once a week. We consider it a date of course,” Simone loved showing her life off. “As for being a stay-at-home mother… It isn’t boring at all. It’s very fulfilling getting to spend every waking moment with my babies. As they have gotten older they haven’t needed us around as much so that’s why we’ve branched into other things.”

She was tapping her chin to think of what else they would do, “Lewis and I also do a paint night with our friends to unwind from the week. What else…” She could see the look in her children’s eyes. “What else my dear little ones?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:00 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Career Day

It was at the suggestion of one of the more influential members of the Benin Council to announce a career day for the students of the school, as most of the students had parents or guardians that were in a variety of fields. It was meant to spur ideas in the children, and to bring about a new surge in interest in a variety of crafts. Of course, those in Benin without children were allowed to attend as well, and bring forth the knowledge of their career path.

Simone, though, knew what the real reason for this was; a show of wealth and power from the richest members of the Council, and a sway for the children to join the lower ranks. But, that didn’t matter much to her. A day where Lewis and Simone could show off their career choices to the whole school.

The day came, and Lewis found himself at a small stall with various grapes and some grape juice. He hadn’t quite gotten around to the wine part, but in a few years the grapes would be ripe enough to make a perfect batch.

To the kids, his chosen career path was a farmer. “The initial setup is rough, and harvesting takes a lot of time. Otherwise, it takes a lot of diligent watering and care for the plants.”

It was Pearl who huffed at this, “Ew, why do something so labor intensive? My Dad just has to sit back in his office while his workers do everything else.” She swung her head back in a haughty kind of way. “And what about your mother?” She gave Alshaya a look. “Is she one of those lame ‘stay at home’ mothers? My Mother helps manage the businesses…”

“Annoying as ever,” Everett replied under his breath. “Alshaya, why don’t you punch her as much as you punch me?” He looked around. “Where is Mom anyway? I haven’t seen her, or the others either…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 2:39 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

At the words that left Xeik’s mouth… Simone froze where she was.

“DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID?!” The words boomed from Lewis’s lips.

Simone was far too shocked for words for it to be a good thing.

“Well… We’ll have to pause this little thing we have going on,” Angela sighed as they watched Simone transform back and run away upstairs. There had been a look on her face of inspiration. “…I think she is writing again…”

Lewis was quick to transform back and go after Xeik, “YOU NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL WITH YOUR WORDS! The thoughts going through her head would kill you right now!! I need to have a word with Raile… I need to stop this madness… There must be something I can do..” Lewis was now pacing back and forth he threw his hands up, “FUCK!” He couldn’t think of a single damn thing he could do to convince Simone not to write.

“Face it… When it comes to you… Simone is your biggest fan,” Angela patted Lewis’s shoulder. “It’s not a bad thing… Most of the time.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 2:12 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis rolled his eyes as he spread his wings. It wasn’t until the room got silent, and Simone flew out that he realized something was wrong. The thoughts racing through Simone’s head were enough to make Lewis suddenly regret this whole thing, and soon the room was flooded with people staring at him. He let out a low growl, which did nothing in his bird form as Simone more or less forced his wings spread.

For the love of Gods… He would remember this, and all of them would pay in one way or another. His prank this year would have to involve far too many people. If there was any benefit to the humiliation he felt, it was that the dirty thoughts racing through Simone’s head were almost worth the suffering.

Almost being the key word.

“Am I done?” he asked angrily. “It’s awkward enough having to do this with you and Xeik, but for the whole ass group!? I’m not some sideshow to be marveled at-”

“You’re far prettier than a sideshow,” Xeik interrupted. His arms were crossed as he looked Lewis up and down. “I’d say you’re downright gorgeous.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was more in one with her bird form than Lewis. Angela had large eyes as she wandered over and took his tail feathers in her hands. “Lewis… Pose for me…” She moved him around to hold him up in different poses. “Xeik come here… Look at him.”

His wife even went over and landed on Xeik’s shoulder to look at him. Her eyes got large and she made a majestic song in Xeik’s ears.

“Wait! WAIT! SIMONE!” Angela was trying to stop Simone as she flew out. Soon there were several people coming in. Simone was acting so weird as she strutted up to Lewis on his perch. She put her neck to his and showed off his wings to everyone.

“Well… We’re here what’s th–” Kalina watched in with Raile and crew only to stare at Lewis. “My god you are fucking beautiful Lewis. Look at that shine!” Even Kali was in love with him.

“I’ve never seen such beautiful feathers… You take such good care of them! They look better than Raine’s!” Leilah was ecstatic while looking on.

“IT’S ONLY CAUSE HE’S A MALE!” Raine sounded insulted but even she was staring in awe at him. Simone was snuggled up to her hunk of a husband as many dirty thoughts were going through her head.

“I mean! SIMONE IS ALSO BEAUTIFUL! Her colors just aren’t as bright and Lewis’s tail feathers are also longer… That’s all! Simone is a very beautiful bird… So spread your wings for me…” Angela spoke as Simone sighed and struck a pose alongside her husband. “I want to paint this… Look at this mated pair! I HAVE CREATED FIGURES OF BEAUTY!” Angela danced around in happiness.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:06 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was attempting to avoid being melodramatic as much as possible, but he was failing. His casual ‘bored’ expression was, as always, masking his true desires. At this point, his true desires were to be as far away from Angela and Xeik as humanly possible. But, Simone and Lewis both had agreed to the studies, and that meant Lewis had no choice but to comply.

Emotions fluttered through him all at once. Embarrassment. Mental anguish. The feeling of spite and anger both at Angela and Xeik. It all flowed through the resonance, and Simone knew just how he felt.

“Fine,” Lewis said without a fuss. Azure flames enveloped the man, swirling around his legs and arms at first before fully engulfing him. As the flames dispersed, a majestic form of a night phoenix met Angela and Lewis gaze, though somehow they could almost tell that the phoenix had a disdainful, bored expression.

It was definitely Lewis.

Let’s just get this over with.

With ease, he spread his wings and alighted next to Simone, settling down on the golden perch with relative ease.

Hurry it up. I hate being examined like this.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Oh My God He’s Beautiful

“All I need you to do is transform into your bird forms so we can study the differences between male and female Night Phoenixes. Male birds are typically more colorful with longer feathers. I wish to see these differences in person since Lewis RARELY transforms.”

Simone was looking at the goddess with skeptical eyes as she crossed her arms in the courtyard of the Terrowin mansion. “And… You are just watching us?”

“Just watching you,” Angela held up her hands.

“No tail-feather plucking?”

“Absolutely not this time,” Angela pledged, “That’s next week.”

“I fucking hate tail-feather plucking…” Simone groaned as she looked at her husband. “Well? It’s a simple request this time…”

Angela clapped her hands together and two bird perches were brought in. They were made of gold with golden flower vines around the base of them. “Perch on these…”

“These are… very… You.” Simone was looking them over and making a face at Lewis. “It’s like when we first got the mansion and we burned everything.”

“Hush… You like dark and gloomy and I like gold. Transform. Let me see.”

Simone got confirmation from Lewis and transformed flying up onto her perch.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2022 2:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik sat down at the couch and crossed his arms. So far, everything seemed above board with the two night phoenixes. Of course, he agreed with Angela on the trust issues that Lewis and Simone presented. There may not have been an ulterior motive this time, but that book…

The ex-assassin looked over when Simone mentioned being better with other people’s kids, and he shrugged. “I guess…” He walked over to a wall where a dagger was implanted in it, a small fly pinned to the wall. “Better…yeah.” Of course, he did his best to hide this from Xeik and Angela. Whether or not he was successful…

“What’s the book on?” Xeik asked, ignoring the dagger. “And where did it come from?”

Lewis shrugged, “Crazy bird researchers found it. My best guess? One of the hidden clans lost in when they went into hiding. As to what’s in it…” He paused. “Well, there’s a lot we don’t know. Anything helps, really…”

“Uh huh…” Xeik seemed unimpressed with the answer, but Lewis wasn’t really the book smart of the two of then. “I knew I should have asked Simone first…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2022 2:11 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone came out of the kitchen with a tray of snacks. The look on her face was priceless. “Lady Eloise Thurenberg and her husband Robert. They are part of the trade group that Terra’s family belongs to. Unfortunately, Terra and Sophia are unavailable to do it since they have finals for their new academy this week. They asked us as a favor and well… Lewis and I have nothing better to do with our time right now.”

“…What’s the catch?” Angela was holding another tray with juice and cups. The children had gone back into the living room to raise all holy hell with each other. Simone calmed them down as she started to pass out the snacks.

“…There’s a book at the academy on night phoenixes that Terra is going to get us. We figured it would be good for us to have now that there are six of us. Knowing more things about us would be a good thing.” Simone had been hesitant on answering but Angela didn’t sense a lie.

“…She’s telling the truth.” Angela sighed.

“Their parents are Ornithologists part-time. Though Eloise fancies rocks and crystals more so birds are just a hobby in comparison.”

“Ah! Xeik, the husband was the one who led the third discussion,” she recognized the names now. “We still don’t trust you.”

“Please, if we had any nefarious plans you would have been able to figure it out by now.” Simone was fixing a doll with a needle and thread before handing it off to one of the smaller girls who squealed and gave her a kiss. “We don’t really consider this work anyways. We love kids. We’ve gotten a lot better with other people’s kids too. Haven’t we dear?”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2022 1:47 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Watching Angela take the lead was great for Xeik. He knew that if anything could counter Lewis and Simone’s absolute insanity, it would be Angela’s own ability to take command of everything. He made a huffing noise as he walked in after Angela, shutting the door behind them,

“Why would I want to even make an attempt to control my Goddess?” he asked, giving her a stone cold look. “This is absolutely insane, even for you two.” He was obviously angry.

Lewis walked in from the living room, leaning against the doorway as Lady Angela lead the kids down the hall to the kitchen. The ex-assassin started to twirl the mustache nonchalantly, rolling his eyes at Xeik. “You’re overreacting. This is nothing. Like Simone said, we’re just babysitting.”

“That thing on your face is absolutely stupid,” Xeik shot back with a look of pure spite. “And I don’t trust either of you. Where are their parents!?”

Lewis held up his hands, “Conference meeting. Some stupid thing about birds…hell if I know what it’s about.”

Xeik blinked. “You mean the one that we just came from?” The Divine Mender crossed his arms. “And who were their parents? Maybe I saw them.”

“Uhh…” Lewis stared at Xeik for a moment. “Honey…who were their parents again?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2022 1:13 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

When Xeik stopped and yelled, it derailed Angela’s entire thought process. Which was terrible for everyone involved. Lazily the goddess looked back to see what had upset her Divine Mender so much that he actually cussed for once. The shocked look on his face made Angela walk backward and tilt her body so she could also see inside the window.

“Speaking of unique… avian migratory paths…. Of the Onnen variety…” Angela looked rather amused. She knocked on the window and Simone got up only to shut the curtains. There was a look on her face as she did it.

“Oh my… Xeik I don’t think they took kindly to you getting them banned from every orphanage across Revaliir,” the goddess put her hand to her lips and she opened the door.

“Out,” Simone came around the corner and spoke quietly to them. Simone was sporting blonde hair and pretty hazel eyes. “You both can’t be here.”

“Are you stealing these find folk’s children?” Angela said in a hushed tone.

“No,” Simone snapped lightly. “We’re babysitting. Incognito for our friends from the fallen academy since our faces are still well known to people who went there.”

Angela crossed her arms. “You are scouting again aren’t you?”

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” Simone crossed her arms.

“Hey, Auntie?” Simone turned to one of the children and smiled.

“Yes, dear?” Simone got on his level. “Can we have snacks? And who are they?” This young child was going to get them into so much trouble.

“I can make the snacks,” Angela invited herself in and hung up her shawl. “Show me the kitchen please.”

“LADY ANGELA!” Simone was trying so hard to contain herself. “You can’t just invite yourself in.”

“Think of me as another Auntie. Do you like raspberries?” The children squealed at the goddess as they showed her the kitchen.

“XEIK,” Simone yelled at him. “Get her under control” By now… Lewis had made his way over to see what the two uninvited guests were doing. “Why are you even in Iria?!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 7:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The audacity of the drama queen was not lost on Simone as she stifled a laugh. They couldn’t let the girl know she was adorable and funny in the moment; if they did, it was all over for the future. Lewis put on a serious face, which wasn’t hard to do for him, and glared at Alshaya.

“To your room, now. You’re grounded.” The words seemed to hang in the air for a moment as Alshaya processed what she had just heard.

“W-WHAT!? YOU CAN’T GROUND ME! THAT’S A WAR CRIME!” Alshaya said in a sudden outburst. The two parents had no idea where the deviant had even learned the term.

“It’s only going to get worse, isn’t it?” Lewis asked Simone.

“Without question,” she responded, the two looking back to the stubborn girl. “The joys of parenthood…”

—

The Household Incident


Angela and Xeik found themselves walking down the streets of Adeluna in the late afternoon. The two had taken the day to attend a rather unique conference on the delicate subject of the Avian Migratory Paths of the Onnen variety. There had been a few new studies that had proven that the Onnen birds had started to affect natural ecosystems and alter them in unforeseen ways. The reality of it, though, had much longer term effects.

You see, if the-

Xeik stopped dead in the middle of the sidewalk. “Wait a moment.” He took three steps back, and looked into the window of the two story home that they had just passed. The interior was a modest design, with a roaring fire at the hearth illuminating the gorgeous red leather sofa and chair set. The mahogany table was laid out with toys for a young child and a variety of snack foods. The family inside seemed happy, the children giggling with glee and the parents laughing along without a care in the world.

The father was a handsome man, with sandy blonde hair and silver-green eyes. He seemed tired from the circles under his eyes, but happy as evident to the laugh lines on his face. The only thing that looked a little odd on the man was the ridiculous handlebar mustache.

Oh, and it was Lewis.

“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?” Xeik yelled, throwing up his hands.

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 8:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Do you know how worried we were about you? You got away from your brother and sister…” Simone crossed her arms and tapped her foot. “You scare us when you do things like this.”

Shaya stood up and crossed her arms and started to tap her foot back. “Oh yeah? Well you scare me when you and daddy wrestle in bed.”

Simone got bright red and looked at her husband, “LEWIS!”

Lewis looked at Shaya and avoided the comment for now. “Fawns belong outside.”

Shaya got a very stubborn Simone pout on her face, “Listen here… LEW… LEWIS! My baby belongs inside with YOUR babies.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 8:33 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis and Simone entered the kitchen and immediately noticed the disaster area. It didn’t take them long to find Lila and Everett in the mess, and the two each had an ear of corn held out. It was none other than a fawn, which was surprisingly eating the corn from their hands.

“How…did they even-” Lewis started.

“‘Shaya found him and brought him in! It was cold outside so we took him in!” Everett said.

“Dummy, it’s a girl baby deer,” Alshaya said as she looked at Simone. “Momma…why you look mad?”

Lewis took a deep breath, “Alshaya…I think it’s nice that you want to be…kind to the fawn, but-”

“What that mean?” Everett asked.

“Fawn? It’s a baby deer,” Lewis stated.

“But why is it called a fawn?” the inquisitive boy asked.

“Because…it just is…” Lewis said, his eye twitching.

“Oh, ok…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 8:19 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The Drama Queen Begins

(This takes place when Alshaya and Everett are 3)

“MASTER LEWIS!” Sylva yelled from the kitchen. “LADY SIMONE! We found her!”

Shaya was three and could only go outside with the butlers or with the older siblings. She had managed to get out of Lucas and Ezili’s sight. Now she was in the kitchen pillaging through all the baskets of vegetables. Food was everywhere! She was tossing it around.

“Rette can you help me?” Everett got down on his hands and knees while his sister got on his back. The little girl started to move jars around and some fell. “What do you think he eats?”

“…The yellow stuff on the stick,” Everett yelled excitedly.

“Dissssss?” Alshaya pulled some corn out of a taller basket and showed it to him.

“Yessss!” Everett got excited as Alshaya got down and they went to the corner where a small deer was. “Here you go!”

“Yeah! Eat! Eat!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 7:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis started to laugh as the whole situation spiraled out of control. Alshaya was trying to call the shots and making arguments in her favor.

“Well, you know,” Xeik said with a slight smile of his own, “Wood nymphs aren’t supposed to be indoors either.”

Alshaya’s eyes got wide. “W-what!? But that’s not…” She pouted and started to sniffle. “DADDY PLEASE DON’T KICK ME OUT OF THE HOUSE. I’M SORRY! I’LL EVEN LET MOMMA COME BACK!”

That got more laughs from everyone except Simome, who was still panicking over the bugs. Lewis and Xeik took care of the bugs Everett walked in at one point and made a remark about how Alshaya lost her bugs, which earned him a hard right hook from his sister. They were lucky that Xeik was already on hand…

Once it was all settled, Alshaya and Lewis sat down with some tea while Simone went to take a bath to calm down. “Wow, I didn’t know Momma was so scared of bugs.”

“Well, she is,” Lewis said with a smirk. “It’s probably best if you keep your nature hospital outside from now on.”

“Oh…well…” Alshaya looked a little concerned. “I might…need to relocate the newts then…”

Lewis gave her a look. “The…newts?”

Simone’s scream rang through the halls moments later. “LEEEEEWWWWWWWWIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!!!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 7:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis got a glare from Simone, “God damn it Lewis don’t you ‘it’s just a bug’ me!” The phoenix was shaking on the chair as she attempted to get even farther away from the crickets, choosing to climb on top of the dresser nearby. “You know I don’t like bugs!” She yelled at her husband who was relishing this moment. “Lewis Terrowin YOU GET THEM OUT OF THIS ROOM!”

“Mommy! They are family, you can’t put family outside!” The distraught Alshaya was yelling back at her mother and Simone looked conflicted.

“Mira can’t have fish inside so you can’t have slugs either! Or crickets!” Simone wasn’t trying to yell at her daughter but the crickets got closer to her and she panicked slipping and falling off the other side of the dresser. “LEWIS! THIS IS NOT A REPEAT OF THE CENTIPEDE INCIDENT!” She yelled at Lewis. “I can’t literally hear you laughing at me.”

Alshaya crossed her arms, “Let’s have a vote.” She put her hand up, “All those who want Mommy to sleep outside instead of the slugs say I.” Shaya took Lewis’s wrist and put his wrist up and looked at Xeik. “Uncle Xeik! You speak for all of nature! We shouldn’t have birds inside!!!!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 6:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The absolute panic in Simone’s voice got Lewis and Xeik up in a flash. Both of them burst into the room, ready to kill whoever was threatening Simone….

Only there was nothing to attack. Lewis and Xeik stared at the panicking Simone for a moment as she pointed to the toybox. Alshaya seemed distraught as Lewis neared it.

“DADDY NO! THEY’LL ESCAPE!” Her voice rang out as Lewis opened the box, and a good twenty slugs started to ooze their way out of the box. There were several carefully made ‘leaf beds’ with little stick covers.

“It’s…slugs…:” Xeik said as he dropped his guard. “Just slugs.”

“And two crickets! OH NO THE CRICKETS ARE GETTING AWAY DADDY!” Alshaya screamed.

Simone screamed as the crickets hopped towards her. “LEWIS DO SOMETHING!!!!!”

Lewis smirked. “It’s just some bugs…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 6:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

(This thread takes place when Alshaya and Everett were 5)

Simone was worried about her husband. However, their children required her attention right now. She had been called into Shaya’s room to help her with a new pet idea. Love, I’m going to cut the resonance and let you focus okay? She knew that being in the castle would at least cause him to be relaxed.

After thirty minutes there was a horrifying shriek. “LEWIS,” Simone was screaming her head off but the resonance hadn’t snapped back on. Which meant that Simone wasn’t thinking about it. “LEWIS TERROWIN!” There was more shrieking as she stood up on a chair in the children’s playroom. “LEWISSSSSS!” She was shrieking and the house help was panicking.

“The Missus is very distraught they can’t get her to calm down and she made us remove the children for right now.”

When Lewis and Xeik showed up Simone pointed from the chair. “Under the toybox!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2022 5:40 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Nature’s Hospital

It was a cool summer evening at the Terrowin estate when Lewis called for Xeik to look at something. It wasn’t an emergency persay, but a strange flux of mana that the newly re-born night phoenix was struggling on grasping. The whole concept of magic and control was fairly new to Lewis, and Simone couldn’t really help since she had always suffered from her mana sickness.

In the end, it was an easy fix. Meditation was ultimately the key to focusing the mana and having it flow where it was needed to go. So the two practiced it. Slow and steady breathing, a calm mind.

For Lewis, it was a little more difficult than most to calm his mind. Having a shared consciousness with another meant that even when his mind was still, her’s could be spinning up a new idea for one of her novels. He could feel her presence, her annoyance at the mess that Alshaya had made in the playroom.

“This is almost impossible,” Lewis muttered, annoyed. “I can move the mana, but…there’s no way I can meditate separately from Simone.”

“Unfortunately there’s not much I can do about that,” Xeik replied. “Since it’s a whole new phenomenon, there’s no known method of making it work. Let me know so we can write it down…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:30 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Osiria was waving her hands, “The twins are still young! They have to grow into their Simone ears!”

“Are you saying I have big ears!” Simone put her hands on her hips.

“No! Everything about you is perfect! Lewis after all created you in his perfect vision of you didn’t he?” Osiria saved her ass and Simone calmed down.

“He did,” Simone nodded. Simone went over to her poor teased husband as she hugged him. “Just remember that Rex is getting his karma. He has four daughters all at once.” Petting Lewis’s hair she smirked a bit. “And Rex was a whore like Rhen~”

“Hey!” Rhenakos yelled. “You are going to get a fucking table thrown at me again!”

“You know Rex is going to have his hands full with his daughters~” Simone smirked a bit. “Lucas and Ezili are perfect together~ Ezili has been inquiring about wedding dresses these days and wondering how marriage works. We shouldn’t be worried about Lucas with her. Llolan on the other hand… His father can go to hell sometimes…” Simone crossed her arms.

“That’s… your friend,” Rhenakos said with fake shock.

“You can go to hell sometimes too,” Simone retorted.

“Your wife is hopeless!” Rhenakos threw his arms up.

“Not as hopeless as you!” Simone poked his chest.

“Man, Lewis… You two have gotten so much more lively since starting a family,” Jack was laughing now.

“You have no idea… The castle is always lively with the kids,” Darren smirked a bit. “Lewis keeps busy even if he isn’t killing now. As long as we’re not inviting seals again…”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:22 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis gave Osiria and the other acolytes who mentioned the twins and their similar, Lewis-like appearance. It was Xeik, though, who had it much worse than the rest.

“Angela and I are working on it,” the Divine Mender replied. “You know as well as I do that we’re doing everything we can to fix it…” Which was mostly true. After all, they had regular check ups with Simone’s progress, as well as all of the experiments. There was a lot of time and effort being put into working on Simone.

“Well, we’ll just have to make sure the next set of twins is after you, then,” Lewis said with a smirk. “If we’re lucky, it’ll be that simple.”

“You do realize that means you’ll have to deal with two Simone’s as children. And watch them grow up. And get boyfriends. And get married…” Xeik knew exactly what he was doing. Getting his revenge… “Wonder if Alshaya is off to sneak a visit with Llo-”

Lewis was giving Xeik the deadliest stare he could muster. “I’ll just have to go on a killing spree soon…”

“And what about Lucas?” Xeik replied with a smirk.

“I…he…” The ex-assassin was turning red.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone watched as her twins walked in and she looked at Lewis, “They are going to be a pain in our asses in ten more years…” She put her hands on her hips.

“They are little devils! They are doing shit they shouldn’t be able to already! They were doing it when they were a year old!” Rhenakos was throwing a fit.

“You just don’t know how to handle them… They only act out when no one they respect is watching them.” Simone’s eyes went to Darren. “What did you do that they aren’t even listening to you right now?”

“I took the caramels away from them as you told me to…” Darren waved his hands. “You said none for breakfast and they could only have two after school and I followed that. They’ve been glaring at me for days.”

“…So that was their stash we found,” Simone hit her hand in her palm. “We finally got it.” There was a pleasant look on her face.

“I feel like your sacrificial lamb in this situation,” Darren frowned a bit. “But at least we can use the candy to leverage them.”

“Careful, you never know when they will do something else unexpected,” Simone put her hands on her hips once more. “You have to be careful around them. Weakness is something they latch onto… Which is why they got rid of Xeik… and why Rhenakos was left alone.”

Osiria was still at the bar, “They left me alone.”

“You gave them juice,” Simone shrugged. “They like offerings.”

Jack had a grimace on his face, “They really are like Lewis… It was horrifying. It was like when Lewis used to beat the shit out of acolytes in the temple only… childlike.”

“…Can’t say they aren’t Simone and Lewis’s… They look like a perfect mix of the two,” one of the other acolytes said.

“Yeah, Damond and Remy though… They look like Lewis,” Jack followed up and Simone was immediately over the twins looking at them.

“You said they had my ears…” Simone glared over at Osiria and snapped her head over to Lewis, “I demand more babies this instance!” She snapped her fingers and pointed at Xeik. “Get working on a solution for my infertility Xeik!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:15 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone watched as her twins walked in and she looked at Lewis, “They are going to be a pain in our asses in ten more years…” She put her hands on her hips.

“They are little devils! They are doing shit they shouldn’t be able to already! They were doing it when they were a year old!” Rhenakos was throwing a fit.

“You just don’t know how to handle them… They only act out when no one they respect is watching them.” Simone’s eyes went to Darren. “What did you do that they aren’t even listening to you right now?”

“I took the caramels away from them as you told me to…” Darren waved his hands. “You said none for breakfast and they could only have two after school and I followed that. They’ve been glaring at me for days.”

“…So that was their stash we found,” Simone hit her hand in her palm. “We finally got it.” There was a pleasant look on her face.

“I feel like your sacrificial lamb in this situation,” Darren frowned a bit. “But at least we can use the candy to leverage them.”

“Careful, you never know when they will do something else unexpected,” Simone put her hands on her hips once more. “You have to be careful around them. Weakness is something they latch onto… Which is why they got rid of Xeik… and why Rhenakos was left alone.”

Osiria was still at the bar, “They left me alone.”

“You gave them juice,” Simone shrugged. “They like offerings.”

Jack had a grimace on his face, “They really are like Lewis… It was horrifying. It was like when Lewis used to beat the shit out of acolytes in the temple only… childlike.”

“…Can’t say they aren’t Simone and Lewis’s… They look like a perfect mix of the two,” one of the other acolytes said.

“Yeah, Damond and Remy though… They look like Lewis,” Jack followed up and Simone was immediately over the twins looking at them.

“You said they had my ears…” Simone glared over at Osiria and snapped her head over to Lewis, “I demand more babies this instance!” She snapped her fingers and pointed at Xeik. “Get working on a solution for my infertility Xeik!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:05 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Nuh uh uh,” Lewis said as he walked up, shaking his finger. “None of the sass.”

“Yes, Dad,” Lila replied sarcastically.

Janus frumped, “I’m sorry. If only because I want Mamma cuddles.”

Lila glanced over to her brother, “I guess I’m sorry…but only because I want bacon.”

The crowd that was in the corner was slowly starting to disperse back to their seats as the argument between the twins and the parents continued on.

“”You know that you’re not allowed to scare people like that,” Simone said as she crossed her arms. “What did you even do!?”

“They were boring,” Janus said with a matter of fact tone.


“So boring,” Lila yawned. “We wanted to play a game.”

“So we hid Uncle Xeik and Glynn.” Janus clapped his hands, and Xeik, holding baby Glynn, fell into the chair next to them.

“WHY DO YOU HAVE BOARD GAMES AND SNACKS IN A BASEMENT!?” Xeik exclaimed. Glynn was merely clapping and giggling happily.

“And after that, we showed them what we can do when the lights go out!” Lila said with an evil grin. She snapped her fingers and the lights went out.

Immediately Simone snapped her own fingers, “Absolutely not.” The lights came back on immediately. “You two are to go home immediately to your room. Do you understand? You’re both grounded.”

Janus pouted, “Daddddyy?”

“Grounded,” Lewis replied, agreeing with Simone. “You already know the rules.”

“Finnneee,” Lila replied. “We’ll just play later then…” She waved to the rest of the partygoers. “Hide and seek with all of you would be so much fun…”

“Funn,” Janus replied with en evil grin. Without warning, the two stood up, and walked out of the room, presumably portaling home.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:55 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

When Simone and Lewis made their way back in they were met with a sight. “They made it eleven minutes without doing something like this…” The Terrowin wife wrapped her arm around her husband’s as they stared at the twins they had spawned.

“They are fucking little hellions!” Rhenakos yelled from a chair he was in all the way over on the side of the cabaret.

“No one wants to play with us,” Janus said with a frown.

“This is most disappointing…” Lila followed up.

“Adults are so boring…” The twins said together as they took each other’s hands.

“…So you tried to make friends by scaring the literal shit out of them? We’ve talked about this…” Lewis sounded so exhausted saying the same thing over and over.

Simone looked at her adoring twins and waved her finger. “I promised you Glynn after five minutes but I should have said the entire night. We negotiated with terrorists…”

“And this is why we don’t negotiate with terrorists…” Lewis sighed.

“Apologize…” Simone put her free hand on her hips.

“We’re not sorry…” Janus shrugged.

“You shouldn’t apologize for what you aren’t sorry for…” Lila followed up. Both of them had Lewis’s deadpan look.

“That’s like Daddy apologizing for slitting the throat of someone who pats Mommy’s butt,” the twins said together pointing at Lewis.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 6:18 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis closed his eyes and heaved a sigh. “Yes, but we didn’t have anyone to teach us how incredibly dumb we were being, and you do. It’s better if you learn to be yourself without him…” He gave a deadly look towards Darren. “Also, we might need a new groundskeep…”

Everett grinned, “So ‘Shaya can’t live without her lover? Gross… do you need his touch to survive? His caress to thrive? Hi-”

Alshaya flew over and punched Everett as well, throwing her brother to the floor. “OH DID YOU WANT SOME TOO!?”

The white haired boy was laughing even through the tears as Alshaya held her fist up angrily. “I’LL SHOW YOU A CARESS TO YOUR FACE!”

Janus and Lila were watching with mild enthusiasm. “Oh dear,” Lila said with fake surprise.

“Oh my,” Janus replied, putting his hands over his eyes.

Simone was up in an instant, and pulled Alshaya back. “To your room, young lady. And you’re grounded from seeing Llonan this week.”

“BUT MOM, THIS WEEK HE’S GOT ANOTHER STUPID PARTY! WHAT HAPPENS IF A GIRL HITS ON HIM!?”

“Then I guess that’s your loss,” Everett replied as he sat up with a grin. “Llonan and Sarraahh sitting in a tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-” He was cut off as Alshaya managed a kick square into his jaw, and he was knocked back to the floor.

Lewis was up as well at this time, pushing the boys into Xeik’s arms.The two parents dragged their misbehaving teens through a portal and disappeared for a moment.

“Well that was…something,” Xeik said with a sigh. “Guess I better go as well…” He stood up, still holding the other set of twins. “We’ll be…back..”

Janus and Lila each hopped up onto the counters, sitting on either side of Osiria.

“We’re bored,” Janus said with a yawn.

“Very bored…” Lila replied sleepily.

“Anyone want to play tag?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 6:08 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lila had a cup of juice that Osiria had brought to her. “Thanks, Auntie,” Lila said it sweetly and Os hesitantly rubbed her white hair. “Shaya’s a bigger brat.”

“I AM NOT!” Shaya yelled back at the now-smirking five-year-old. Shaya swung herself and let her fist connect with the boy’s nose. “DADDY GAVE ME PERMISSION!” The teen looked proud of herself.

Simone on the other hand… Had palmed her face. “I am so sorry Rodrick…” By the man’s response, it was his son. He had been another one of the acolytes and seemed pretty proud of his boy who was bodied on the floor.

“Guess he could learn a thing or two how to court a lady,” Rodrick crossed his arms and sat back.

“I’m dating a prince!” Shaya proclaimed. “Daddy I wanna go see Llolan!”

“You don’t need to be shoved up his ass Shaya…” Simone sighed a bit.

“Why not? You were almost my age when you and Daddy were shoved up each other’s asses! Darren told me!”

Darren coughed and looked the other way, “That is not how I phrased that…” Shaya the bold struck again.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 6:01 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“You know.” Lewis said rather loudly, getting more attention from the whole crowd. “I once skinned a man alive for courting my oldest daughter, Ezili…” He was, of course, bluffing. Not about the skinning a man alive, but the reasons behind it. No one had ever really died attempting to court any of his daughters.

Yet.

“I sweat that girl, though…she hadn’t the slightest clue. Only had eyes for Lucas…” Lewis grinned. “But if I had to say who the most dangerous daughter I had was…it would be a toss up between Lila and Alshaya…” He glanced over to his wood nymph daughter. “And she knows how to say no…”

Simone cleared her throat, “And knows when to do it tactfully,” she added. “Meaning she knows not to start something when she has no reason to…”

“Well she also knows how to deck someone, so…” Everett added in. “Her punches hurt…”

“Now, now…I would recommend that if any of my daughters says to back off…you do it. Because whatever damage they can incur, I can do so much worse….”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 5:54 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was proud of how far Lewis had come. They had worked hard on their life and it showed in front of them from how much their family was happy and healthy. “He always smiles for the kids… and for me I suppose.” She rubbed Janus’s hair and smiled down at him. “Right Janus?”

“Yeah, he alright.” Janus was content with his mother’s snuggles. Lewis gave him a look before reaching over and ruffling his hair.

Everett ran up to Lewis and whispered in his ear but it really wasn’t a whisper, “DAD DAD! DAD! That kid is hitting on Alshaya and trying to get a date!” Everett was pointing and Alshaya had a dissatisfied look on her face as a teen was talking to her.

Her fist was scrunched up but she kept looking over at Simone. Simone’s eyes were trained on her and Alshaya huffed and put up with the idiotic teen. “DAD!” Everett had started it as a joke but someone was seriously going to get murdered.

“Maybe if you wanted to say some kid… Your father is the last one you should have told…” Simone said dryly.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 5:42 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The fact that the twins were able to be at the event showed just how far they had come in a short time. The two were devious enough that they could cause any sort of trouble, but they were now old enough to know better.

Well, mostly.

There were a few moments where Lewis and Simone each gave the twins a look as in ‘Don’t you dare’, which of course got dramatic pouts. Lewis, of course, was distracted though by his two boys as they clapped and cheered for their father as he did little peek-a-boo’s and other childish games.

“I sweat to the Gods this isn’t the same Lewis,” one of the more serious acolytes stated with a shocked expression. “That cold hearted killer never had anything close to a smile on his face, and here now he’s…smiling.”

Which was true. The smile on his face was as real a smile as could be, but to those who saw that smile, it looked unnatural.

“What…” Lewis’ face went back to normal the moment he looked up at them. “The staring is creepy, you know…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Feb 7, 2022 5:27 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone pulled Janus into her lap and smiled down at him. “Love you~”

“Love you too,” Janus hugged his mother and Simone wrapped her arms around him. He was almost too big and she was dreading the day he would become independent. Lila on the other hand sat up by Lewis and held a very bored expression.

“Do you want me to bring Glynn too?”

“Yes! Play!” Lila clapped and giggled and Janus even smirked a bit.

“If you are good for the next five minutes,” Simone held up her hand. “Any less than that and no Glynn for playtime.”

“Fineee~” Lila gave a deadpan look and some of the acolytes got a kick out of it.

“There’s Lewis,” they commented on Lila’s face and Janus gave a nice death stare. “And there’s Lewis in the other twin.”

“Yeah, they do that.” Simone seemed proud. “Watch this…” She held up her hands. “Remy. Damond.” The boys tilted their heads at their mother and she clapped her hands. They got the biggest smiles on their faces.

They started to clap and squeal as they looked up at Lewis. “DA DA DA DA DA~” They began to chant towards Lewis with squeals of happiness.

Simone smirked a bit. “Their little sister started it and…”

“DA DA DA DA~” Remy screamed as he clapped up at Lewis.

“Well… They seem to like doing it.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

That got a few laughs out of the group, but Lewis and Simone had a dead serious face even after the laughter died down. They weren’t joking about the negotiation tactics.

It didn’t take long for Jack and the others to start wondering more about the kids, and with a quick hop home and back, Lewis and Simone brought a few of the little terrors in for a visit. The obvious choices were Janus, Lila, Everett, Alshaya, and the two new twin boys.

“This here is Damond, and here’s Remy.” Lewis held up his boys, on in each arm. They were getting bigger, and Lewis was starting to wonder how much longer they would enjoy being held like this.

“Nooo,” Xeik said as he looked over. “I can see that look..”

Jack blinked, “What look? His resting bitch face?”

“No…he’s sad his kids are growing…” Darren replied with a smirk. “It’s barely there…but you can tell…”

Janus and Lila both looked around the room, almost bored. “No other kids to play with,” Janus said with a pout. “I should have just taken a nap…”

“Now, now,” Lila replied. “We need to show Daddy support…”

“Right…support,” Janus replied with a half smirk. “Play?”

“Pla-”

“NO,” Lewis and Simone said at the same time.

“How boring,” Lila replied with a pout. “We should have stayed home…”

Janus sighed, “But we’re here to support Momma…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone had a drink in her hand. She got a blank expression on her face as she moved her hand and dumped the drink all over Xeik’s head. “Whoops, I’m such a klutz.”

That got a laugh out of everyone. “Dear you spilled your drink,” Lewis was even laughing as he raised his hand for Osiria to make another cherry tart.

“So I did,” Simone nodded a bit.

“So Darren works for you now?” One of the other acolytes who used to hang around Jack asked.

“We hired him to help protect our land and our kids. He helps take them back and forth to school… Though we had to give him a raise…”

“Your kids are terrorists,” Darren had that expression on his face as if he survived wars. “I don’t know how many times I had to use the emergency ring to portal to Xeik for Everett… That boy has the biggest mouth I’ve ever heard… and Shaya? I want to know who taught that girl her sass.”

“She came like that,” Simone chuckled. “She decks her brother in the nose and has ever since she figured out she could break his nose. We’ve been trying to break the habit… I think Lewis has started to squirrel away funds to give Xeik for fixing Everett’s nose.”

“But none of their kids compare to the terror that the twins are,” Darren slapped his hands down. “They give you Lewis-like looks and then smile at you before doing shit to you. I swear to god I thought it was Lewis pranking me but NO it was Janus and Lila. They had found their way into my fucking cottage.”

“When was this?” Simone gave a slightly concerned expression.

“They didn’t tell you?” Darren looked at her in horror.

“No… Those little terrorists… You shouldn’t negotiate with them.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:17 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik sat down, “Oh he’s violently overprotective. The Divine Mdner smirked as Lewis gave him a look. “You should see how he is with his daughters.”

“I’m not that overprotective, Xeik,” Lewis stated flatly.

“So when Llonan proposes, you’ll be fine, right?”

“As soon as I threaten him and his father, yes,” the ex-assassin replied immediately. “I’ll be perfectly fine.”

“And what about Lila?” At this point, Xeik was just poking the bear.

“Myrri is a nice boy…but if he keeps eyeing my daughter…”

“That’s what I thought,” Xeik replied. He took a sip of a drink and smirked. “Massively overprotective of his daughters.

Simone was laughing along with the rest of them, seeming to enjoy the fact that Lewis was being judged on his actions as a father. “Aww, my poor husband…my dearest love…” She seemed to be enjoying this.

Of course, Xeik was an equal opportunity asshole in this situation. “Of course, Nyssa and Piper have their eyes on your boy, Everett…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:00 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Rhen is a huge idiot,” Simone waved her hand.

“You don’t get so embarrassed by that night anymore do you?” Simone gave him a big pout face. “After all, you should have seen Lewis when I was pregnant.”

All of the acolytes leaned forward and Darren took a huge sigh, “It was a whole ass thing. He almost had the second floor of the castle torn down and rebuilt just so it was even…”

“Yeah, I knocked his ass out for that,” Xeik walked in and sat next to Lewis. “What are we talking about?”

“The one time Lewis was so drunk he declared his love for me and how perfect I was,” Simone twirled her finger.

“But he does that sober,” Xeik made a face. “I fail to see how that is different from how he normally is…”

“Yeah but this was young Lewis,” Darren pointed out.

“Oh yeah… You were a dick,” Xeik said to Lewis.

The other acolytes were amused by this. "Lewis is overprotective as a father?" They asked wanting to know more about the famous assassin.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:55 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis glared at Jack and took a sip of the wine that had been provided. “I could have sworn that I told you… one word of that night and I’ll kill you.”

“Yeah, but that was-”

“Doesn’t matter how long ago it was,” Lewis replied darkly as he sat forward. “A promise is a promise.” There was a half smirk on Lewis’ face. Simone started to giggle, and leaned back into Lewis.

“It’s mean to tease him like that,” she said as she kissed his cheek.

“You’re right, I should stop joking,” he replied, petting Simone. “Wouldn’t want anyone here to think I’m violent.”

“If you’re not violent, then I’m a genius,” Rhenakos said, downing his whole drink in a single gulp.

“You must be a really big idiot, then…” Jack replied.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:45 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Reunion

Darren had told them about a reunion between all the acolytes and that they could invite whoever they wanted as well. It had been a small idea between Darren and Jack but it seemed like a good idea. Lewis and Simone decided to rent out the entire cabaret from Raile for it.

There were so many faces that Simone remembered from their days at Raith’s temple. It was kind of entertaining how many of them had kept in contact with each other. “Thanks for coming Xeik… Just in case Lewis loses his shit,” Simone said it as a joke.

Compared to the modest Simone that they knew she was wearing one of the many dresses Lewis loved on her. It was a tight black silk dress that was cut out under her bust to just above her navel. It was flowed high to low for the skirt with a sexy slit. It looked fantastic on her and Lewis matched her, though it wasn’t hard.

“Damn Mone,” Rhenakos was there if only to gawk.

“I didn’t remember inviting you,” Simone shrugged and smirked. “Just be on your best behavior.”

“Whatever, I’m just here to look and keep an eye on Os,” He pointed to his wife who slammed a drink in front of him.

Darren waved at Simone and Lewis, “Over here!” The table had a bunch of old acquaintances along with Jack.

“Been a while,” Simone had her chair pulled out by Lewis and she sat by him. “We haven’t all been like this since…”

“Since Lewis got absolutely wasted and yelled how much he loved you,” Jack chuckled.

“He does that sober now,” Simone teased Lewis.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:05 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik looked at the pair, and sighed. “You two are something else…” He shook his head and more or less dragged them both out of the corner of the room, and sat them down on the couches in their room. He sat on the opposite side, and looked at the two. Lewis was pouting, and Simone seemed on the verge of tears again just thinking about Everett.

Silva popped in and poured them all tea, as if she somehow knew that the stress of the situation called for it. She even had three cups ready, anticipating the need to Xeik.

“Lewis. Put the damn onesie down, you look absurd.”

The ex-assassin huffed, “I could kill you three different ways with that spoon.”

Xeik rolled his eyes, “And I could paralyze you for the rest of the day. Idle threats, Lewis.”

“Fine…”

“Now, both of you need to get over this whole-”

“We should get another kid,” Simone said suddenly, her eyes lighting up.

“That sounds splendid,” Lewis replied, their eyes locking.

“OKAY, PARALYZE IT IS!” Xeik said as he jumped over the table. It only took a few minutes, and the end result was Lewis and Simone stuck, rigid in their seats. The Divine Mender was slowly sipping on his tea, blowing on it gently to make sure it wasn’t too hot before each delicate sip.

“Now..I had a feeling this was coming up, so I…acquired some help. Leilah and Raile are coming over…probably soon, and Leilah is going to take Everett and Alshaya to her favorite shop to get measured for some clothes. Everett is going to get a full set of new clothes-”

Simone whimpered.

“Sssh. It’s fine, Simone. He’ll be fine. It’s just a part of the process. And Alshaya will get measured for a corset, and be provided with some erm…well…womanly advice.” Xeik was dancing around the subject because he was sure that it was a sore spot for Lewis. “It is about time for her to start-”

Lewis growled.

“Shh. It’s better if we tackle this now and get a handle on it so she doesn’t panic and worry. Leilah is great at these things and can help. All of this, of course, will be funded by Uncle Raile…” He smirked. “I’ve made all of the arrangements. Are we clear?”

Both Lewis and Simone grunted, growled, and fought against the idea.

“Perfect. While they’re out, we can enjoy this nice, relaxing day…right?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The way he avoided Alshaya was making Simone smile a bit as she kissed his chin and hugged him tightly. “You know that this is a part of them all growing up. Alshaya too.”

This was just the same speech he was giving her. Though for Lewis it resulted in him going to the same corner Simone had been in and refusing to budge.

Simone left the residence and went to Elysia. “Xeik… I have an emergency…” She took Xeik’s hand. “It’s Lewis.”

Her eyes were red and puffy from crying but it didn’t compare to the husband she had. He was in the corner muttering to himself holding a few of Alshaya’s baby outfits.

“…Alshaya needs corsets now and Lewis isn’t handling it well. I was just crying over how tall Everett’s gotten and Lewis calmed me down only for me to mention the corsets and… Well… Here we are.” She whispered.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:48 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis froze up for a second, seeming not to move at all. “Right. We need to go shopping for Everett and get him all sorts of new clothes. Oh, and while we’re at it, I’m sure Janus and Lila need some new sleepwear as well. Those rascals are growing up quite quickly too.” He started to pet Simone again, but this time a little faster, as if he were trying to make her forget something.

“Lewis…” Simone said with a tired tone.

“My precious girl doesn’t need that kind of stuff, not at all!” Lewis stated firmly. “I’ll just gouge the boy’s eyes out.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:43 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was immediately in her husband’s chest as he held her. “My poor baby is getting so big. Those VICIOUS little redheaded devils are going to marry him soon.” Of course, Simone would be worried about that. She treated them nicely but those girls were the devils and they knew it. They were good to Everett though so she couldn’t really complain.

Once she was done crying she cleared her eyes. “Yeah, shopping for Everett sounds good… but…” She looked up at Lewis. “We have to go have some corsets made for Alshaya. I meant to tell you the other day but I was overcome with grief at how old our babies have gotten. She is getting too old not to have them and now and the boys have started to notice.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:38 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis had just gotten back from tending the grapes, and was headed up the stairs when he felt the resonance cut. It didn’t take long to find her, and he was immediately holding her as she bawled over the now too small clothes for Everett. It was a fact of life that both of them struggled with; their babies were growing up, and they weren't going to stop for anything.

“There, there,” Lewis said as ran his hands through Simone’s hair, comforting her. “It’s just a fact of life. It’s something we have to acknowledge and understand. Everett is gonna grow, and soon he may even choose to leave the house. We have to support him in every way possible if that’s what he wants.” He hushed her sobs with comforting words. “We can go shopping later and get him some more clothes. He’ll need them…and remember, we have to support him no matter what…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:30 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Coming of Age

Mone was trying to help Everett get dressed. He was complaining that his pants weren’t reaching all the way. No matter what Mone tried to do he had just gotten too tall. The twelve-year-old boy was almost Lewis’s height now and Mone was actually looking up at him now. It was breaking her heart in all sorts of ways.


“I’m going to go get Lucas’s old clothes… He was lanky too.” Simone brought him some of Lucas’s old pants and rolled the bottom of the pants once Everett was changed. “There you go. That should give you some room to grow some more too.” She ruffled his hair.

“Hey, ma?” Everett looked down at her.

“Yes, baby?”

“I’m taller than you now.”

The words hit her like a ton of bricks and she cut the resonance. When Lewis found her she was in the corner of the room crying her eyes out over Everett’s old baby clothes.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:22 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

This time Rhenakos was on the offensive, joining Xeik. “Wait, you have naked pictures of all of us!? Since when? And why!?” Even Raile seemed a little concerned, though he had a feeling that Leilah and Kalina didn’t much mind. It was the demon hunter who pressed on. “It’s only fair that I-….we get to see you naked too, then!”

Xeik glanced over at Rhenakos, “…she’s…regularly naked. And doesn’t care about it. What are you even trying to-”

“This isn’t fair! You have so much to hold against us!” Rhenakos huffed. “Maybe for selling my secrets to Simone, you could give me a favor. Like freezing over-”

“NOPE!” Xeik slammed his hands over Rhenakos’ mouth. “I am NOT repeating what I said the other night. Not at all!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:17 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was chuckling. “This has to be the best thing I’ve ever achieved as a prank on my own.”

“It’s certainly going to be hard for to Lewis to overcome this one…” Darren was still laughing.

The group was still laughing up a storm. “This is one hell of a prank Simone…” Simone gave them all a bow.

“I’m keeping this in my temple forever. Next to my own statue!” Angela clasped her hands together before Xeik confronted her. “Oh. That old thing? Simone has had a naked drawing of you for years. She asked for it for her book. She has one of Rhenakos too. And Raile.”

“My book resources… You’re spoiling it all.” Simone pouted.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:11 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was still staring up at the statue. The pride he was feeling for his wife was insurmountable.

“Stop laughing,” Xeik spat out at Lewis. “I know you’re doing it internally.”

“I have to find a way to overcome this mountain,” Lewis stated, ignoring Xeik. “There has to be a way…”

“AND FOR THE RECORD, I’M A GROWER, KALINA!” Xeik yelled as he realized that the entire night would be jokes about this statue and what it represented. All he could do was hope that Angela would be willing to take it down.

Of course, he already knew the answer to that. For as long as Xeik remained champion (and likely even after that), the statue would likely never come down. It would take a miracle. Simone would sleep with Rhenakos before that would ever happen.

“Angela…” Xeik paused. “Wait…” His eyes lit up, and he looked towards his Goddess. “WAIT! IT WAS YOU!?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:06 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The moment that Xeik’s eyes locked with Simone she let out a few laughs finally and had to stop herself to clear some tears. “…I can’t give away my sources.”

“So this is why you need the contact information for the artist who did Lewis,” Darren put his hand under his chin. “Lewis must be so proud of you.”

Mone once more avoided Xeik’s eyes so he couldn’t drill into her for who gave her the drawing of his naked form… But if he thought hard enough there was only one person who would do this to him.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:03 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik took one look at the giant, golden statue of his naked form, and took a deep, shaky breath. “What…the actual…fuck is this…” He looked around at the party goers. Some of them had shocked expressions, while others had amused ones. Angela seemed extremely proud of the craftsmanship that went into it. Immediately, Xeik’s eyes went to Lewis.

But Lewis’ expression wasn’t that of someone who had just pulled a prank. No, Xeik knew that expression well. It was a mixture of pride and defeat.

“I’ll never be able to top this,” Lewis stated as he stared at the giant statue. “It’s perfect in every way. The ultimate prank.” To most, he sounded like a monotone psychopath, but to those who knew him…this was the most emotion he had ever put on public display. The silver haired man pretended to wipe away tears. “Whoever did this…I concede to your masterful artistic prowess.”

But of course, Lewis already knew who it was. She was being rather quiet about this whole ordeal. In fact, this had to be the most she had ever suppressed herself. It must have taken a will of iron and steel to not break before this moment, but now she was giving it all away.

She was so obvious, that even Xeik could tell. “Simone.” His eyes met hers, and he shook his head. “I can’t believe it…how…why!? HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE!?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mone came out from the closet as she heard the commotion. “Oh no~ Llolan might have to get an actual princess,” Simone teased Lewis. “I guess we need Xeik to look at his eye later today. He can deal with it… He knows better than to provoke his sister.” She would never understand where her brutish nature came from.

Mone’s long black hair was swept into an elegant updo with various red flowers pinned in the back. The dress was a gorgeous satin and lace crimson gown that not only hugged her curves but showed off what little bust she did have. The slit came up to her high thigh.

“They were all ready the last time I checked.” She looked over to the bed where Teagan, Remy, and Damond were all in their best baby clothes all giggling at each other. They were sitting and waiting for their parents while playing with a variety of toys the parents had laid out for them.

Lewis helped Simone pick out a necklace for the dress along with earrings before helping her put them on. “And now I’m done. It’s time to gather them and go!”

After they got all the elegantly dressed kids to the party Raine swooped in and took all three babies from the Terrowin parents. “I have them. I promise!” The older kids ushered the younger kids where they would be partying.

Soon everyone including Raile, Kalina, Leliah, and the others were there. Even Darren had been invited as he chatted with Simone and Lewis in his best. Eventually, Mia and Xeik showed up just as clueless as everyone else was.

“Welcome everyone!” Angela stepped out in grand fashion. Vela was even impressed with how pretty the goddess was even if she was a notorious trouble maker. There were two tall covered statues. “I’m unveiling art today! One was done by an artist as homage to me! But the other was an anonymous donation! Without further ado… Before the party starts let me unveil them.”

Angela pulled the sheets down and underneath were two naked statues. One was of Angela which was actually normal. What got everyone else’s attention was the gold one next to her. It was a naked visage of Xeik.

Mia’s eyes filled with love as she jumped up and down clapping.

“Huh so… Xeik’s smaller than Rhenakos and Lewis,” Kalina chuckled into a glass of wine. Everyone was cracking up but Simone and Lewis. Simone was sipping wine unusually quiet but Lewis’s eyes were on her.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:39 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The Statue of Gold

Lewis had just finished getting one of his fancier shirts on when Alshaya rushed into their room, frantically panicking.

“Daddy! I swear I didn-” she started, but was immediately interrupted with Everett barreling in the room with a black eye.

“SHE HIT ME AGAIN!” Everett said, pointing his finger at her. “I DIDN’T EVEN SAY ANYTHING THIS TIME!”

“Not true!” Alshaya fought back. “You said ‘That dress doesn’t look good.’ and I took offense to that.” She was wearing an emerald green dress that seemed to fit her fairly well. It was hard to keep up with how fast they were all growing.

“You ASKED me to tell you,” Everett shot back angrily.

“Alshaya, you’re already grounded for the first time this week. That’s another three days added to your punishment,” Lewis stated. “Everett didn’t do anything wrong this time so it’s solely on you.”

“But DAD, Llonan is going to get another girlfriend if this keeps up!” She was absolutely distraught over the thought, tears welling up in her eyes as she ran off.

“If only,” Lewis replied. “Couldn’t get that boy to look at anyone else even if I threatened him.” He knelt down and checked Everett’s eye. “She got you good. It’s a good thing we’re visiting Elysia today. Can ask Xeik to do a once over.” He tapped Everett on the head, “Go finish getting ready. They’ll be a whole separate play area for all the kids. I’m sure Raine will be watching you all.”

Everett smiled, “Oh! I like it when she watches us. She plays the BEST games!” He ran out to finish getting ready, leaving his father alone once more in the room.

Lewis stood back up and checked himself over in the mirror. He was sporting a red vest with gold embroidery in elegant swirls, and black pants. It was simple, yet effective. This whole event seemed very last minute, but apparently Lady Angela had some sort of new…thing to announce. She was very hush hush about the whole thing, wanting to keep it a massive surprise.

“How’s it coming with the others, Simone?” Lewis asked aloud.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:36 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik got up out of his seat and strolled over to Rhenakos before slapping him across the face. “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!”

“Angela asked me to do that. She absolutely hates winter. Elysia is eternally summer for a reason. The only time she likes winter— OH MY GODDESS I AM NOT REPEATING THAT,” Xeik yelled up at nothing. “What do you mean I have to? ABSOLUTELY NOT.” Xeik’s face went paler. “FINE. The only time she likes to do it… Does it have to be word for word?” His face went even paler. “…When the fine piece of ass she calls her husband warms her up in a bed of warm furs naked after sexy god sex.”

Lewis looked at Simone, “That’s something we need to try.”

Simone perked up, “You know we can do that… Nice and cozy in a pile of furs in the deep dark cold…” Lewis leaned forward and put his forehead against hers.

“That sounds so sexy when it comes from your lips,” Lewis whispered his sweet nothings to her.

“Are you trying to win points with me Lewis Terrowin?”

“Depends… Is it working?”

“Always…”

“What are you two whispering about?” Xeik looked over at them. “And where the hell would you get cold enough for what she is talking about.”

Raile looked away and the Terrowins coughed, “Nowhere. We’re just talking about how sexy it could be if we had a place like that…”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:25 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“It sounded like a wonderful dream,” Drake said, a little envious. “I can’t imagine having dreams like that. Even just by myself. I always just end up forgetting my dreams before I wake up.” He was disappointed by that fact, but there was little to be done about it.

Lewis hummed happily, “We have weird dreams like that all the time. They’re absolutely amazing.”

“Great, another thing you get to lord over us.” Rhenakos replied, his voice full of salt. “Maybe one day I’ll have a dream of Simone actually riding me…or…” He glanced to Simone, “Maybe the real thing? We can swap, Lewis…Os is great in bed…”

“Thanks, but no,” Lewis replied flatly. “The day that happens is the day that Elysia freezes over…”

Rhenakos looked to the sky, “Hear that, Angela? Just for one day? Maybe?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:16 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone clapped her hands, “But our horses!”

“What about them?” Everyone leaned in.

“They were Rhenakos and Osiria!” Simone seemed proud of herself as the demon hunter and his wife sat there with open mouths. “It’s the one and only time either of us will ride either of you!”

“Now that’s just fucking mean Mone!” Rhenakos yelled and pulled at his hair.

“Lila even put a nice bluebonnet on Rhenakos’s head. It was really cute!” Simone smirked a bit. “Our dream ended with Remy and Damond waking up for the morning. They’ve been really needy and have been sleeping in our bed from time to time.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:12 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis smirked. This was one of the strangest dreams they had ever had, but it might have been one of the most relaxing ones.

“Well, you see…it all started with us arriving in a strange land, a small town in a large valley. We arrived at our log cabin to find the place in shambles, and the whole farm overrun with rocks and trees. So, without much else to do, we got to work. The locals seemed pretty nice, though they had their own worries and mostly kept to themselves for a time. We started off simple, planting a few crops at a time and slowly clearing out the land.”

The ex-assassin smiled, leaning back. “Simone and I weren’t married yet, but we had a beautiful, blooming relationship as we worked hard. I worked the mines for a time, gathering up precious metals in order to work with the local smith to make new tools, which let us grow more efficient with the farm. Soon, though, at the seasons changed, we decided to get married. Not a few days after, we found that Simone was pregnant. With twins, no less.”

“It was around then that a few of our other children joined the dream. Everett, Alshaya, and Fiori were there…we found them and adopted them. They helped us quite a bit around the farm, and even helped the townsfolk grow closer. I took up fishing as a hobby, and fished in the afternoons after taking care of the crops. Simone started to decorate, designing beautiful gardens about the farmland. We even started to invest in cows, chickens, and pigs! Everett was quite disappointed though when he found out that the pigs weren’t for food…”

Simone giggled at the thought, and sighed dreamily. “We even explored dangerous dungeons together and fought off fierce monsters! Oh! And the horses, Lewis!” She giggled again.

“Right…we had two horses. Rhenakos and Osiria…” Lewis smirked. “Rex was the dog…”

“What about me?” Xeik asked.

“You’re too much of a downer to be in our dreams,” Lewis replied.

“Rude,” the Divine Mender huffed.

“Honestly? Not sure why you weren’t there. Maybe if we had slept longer, you would have shown up as the town doctor or something….”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:01 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone ended up winning that game of billiards. Her knowledge of trick shots and well also Lewis helped her with viewing angles from his side. “I’m saying… Lewis let you see things from his end,” Vela puffed up her face.

“There are no rules in billiards about using resonance or another person’s opinion,” Simone smirked a bit.

“She’s right…” Os made a face and shrugged. “We just can’t compare to the mighty husband-wife team that are the Terrowins.”

“God damn right,” Simone said as she took her drink from Lewis and sat on his lap. “Oh! Lewis! We can tell them about the dream we had!”

“You two even share dreams?!” Vela and Os said it together.

“Sometimes they are super sexy dreams and let me tell you…” Simone paused dramatically. “The real thing is still ten thousand times better. It doesn’t have all the physical feeling that real sex has.”

“So when Lewis was on the run…”

“Oh we had steamy, steamy dream sex,” Simone confirmed. “But it paled in comparison to when we found each other once more.” She dramatically put herself over Lewis. “But our dream! Love! Let’s tell them about our farm!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Raile immediately saw the poker table and grinned. “You’re right. This place is perfect.” He glanced over at the group. “Want to play a few hands?”

Lewis clapped his hands together,” Rules first. Raile, you can play poker here, but under no circumstances are you and Angelette allowed to play here.”

The merchant glanced at him curiously. “Why not?”

Drake scoffed, “Because the last tavern you two played in burned to the ground around you both…”

“Odd. I don’t remember that,” Raile replied, frowning. “Must have been distracted.”

“I still can’t believe that game ended in a draw,” Rhenakos replied, still staring at Simone’s bust. What finally managed to tear his gaze away, though, was Vela when she and Drake sat down on the other side of the room, in one of the lavish lounge chairs. “Vela is looking amazing as well.”

Xeik sighed, “I’m just glad you don’t ogle Mia like that.”

“I could. But the problem is-”

Mia huffed angrily and covered her chest. They were for Xeik’s eyes only, apparently.

“Right, right,” Rhenakos replied hastily. “No need to get your pants in a bunch.” He grinned, looking at Osiria. “My wife is the hottest one in the room, though.”

Lewis was up in a flash, “Want to try that again?”

Drake rolled his eyes. “Can you two not have this fight?” Vela had gotten up and poured a few drinks for her and Drake before sitting back down in his lap.

“Fine,” Lewis replied. He walked over to the bar and poured a few more drinks; a cherry cocktail for Simone, and an apple ale for himself.

The group started with a few games. Lewis and Xeik went head to head with darts, and both of them were such crack shots that it was a perfect tie. Drake, on the other hand, found himself on a losing streak alongside Rhenakos and Darren as the trio dared to play poker against Raile.

That left the women to play their own game; billiards. Of course, having scantily clad women leaned across tables to make trick shots was well worth it for those who were paying attention to their wives, and a certain lecherous demon hunter eyeing all of them when he could. It was a fun time, though, and by the end of t he night they were all sitting in a circle, lounging in the chairs and couches.

“…and so let me tell you, I was completely covered in applesauce. That demon took one look at me, and turned tail to run. Never seen a demon so terrified of applesauce…” Rhenakos said, finishing one of the weirdest hunts he had ever been on.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Open for Business

“Are you all ready?” Simone looked like a true hostess as she held onto Lewis’s arm. Her dress was making Rhenakos’s eyes pop out of his head. The way it showed off all of her curves.

“So Mone…” Rhenakos got up close and Osiria chuckled a bit.

“Lewis picked it out,” Simone moved her hair over her shoulders. “Isn’t it pretty? I would have never dared to pick it out myself~”

Rhen’s mouth dropped open and there was a smirk as they continued to lead the group upstairs. “It’s like your breasts could just pop out of that thing,” it came out of a whisper and more aimed at Xeik as he elbowed the divine mender.

Mone snuggled Lewis’s arm into her breasts as a response and she smiled up at her husband. “You really like this one don’t you?” It might not survive the day if Lewis had his way. They finally made it to the third floor. “Alright, we’re here.”

The small group was ready to see what Simone and Lewis wanted to share with them. They opened the door to a fully stocked bar and a bunch of adult games like billiards and darts. “You needed a break anyways Raile,” Simone smiled over at Raile with his two wives. “All of us do… and we can do that here. Without having to get banned from an actually tavern.”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:12 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was trying to fight against Angela, but he wasn’t much against the goddess. “Damn you, you vile witch of a woman!” he exclaimed between bouts of furious laughter.

Xeik glared at them from where he was working. “Do you mind!? The seals are getting distracted. Getting them to the temple isn’t exactly easy! I can’t just throw them in a portal and be done with that. It’s very traumatic if I do it that way. I have to-” Out of nowhere, a fish came flying and smacked Xeik in the face. “And…they don’t exactly want to leave either…”

Lewis smirked. “I can make them leave.”

“NO!” Xeik shot back quickly. “NO YOU ARE NOT TOUCHING ANY OF THEM!”

—

It took Xeik a good few days to even start coaxing the seals off the island. WIth diligent effort on his part (and some surprise help from Raine!), it was starting to look like there would be no real issues getting the remaining seals to Elysia.

“Aww…I’m gonna miss them,” Darren said.

“Can leave a few in your room,” Lewis replied.

“No…no thanks…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:06 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Angela even showed up after hearing about the strange infestation on the Terrowin’s island. “I heard you do a good seal impression.”

“I’m going to fucking kill Xeik…” Simone sighed.

The goddess watched Xeik work his magic. “I think we should move them to a part of my temple. Since they are rare. So we can protect them until we can build them a suitable island. I would have liked to keep them here but I don’t even know why they want to live here.”

Darren was staring at Angela with wide eyes. “Is he broken?”

“You are a goddess standing in his employer’s home.”

“Oh… Let me show him something funny.” Angela went over to Lewis and started to grope him and tickle him.

Simone made a face, “That isn’t funny.”

Darren, however, thought it was hilarious. “You aren’t what I expected.”

"I get that a lot…"

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik was staring in shock at the fact that Simone was so capable of imitating a seal. It was embarrassing for her, and even Lewis was giving her a rather odd look.

“I…see…” Xeik said, trying to hold his shocked expression back. “Let’s just…” He stood up rather suddenly and walked to the main entrance, opening the door. What greeted him was a massive display of seals lounging about everywhere. Indeed, they seemed rather content with their situation.

“I…how the hell…what the actual…” Xeik could not believe the situation. “What kind of fish did you even use!?”

Lewis shrugged. “No idea. Not even sure how they got here. Last I checked seals weren’t even a part of this lake…”

Xeik sighed, “I can’t believe this. These are an endangered species too. They were almost hunted into extinction almost ten years ago…”

“Sooo…can you take care of it?” Lewis asked.

“I can…” Xeik replied with a defeated tone. “Just give me a week…”

Darren huffed, “A week!? What about my cabin!?”

“Talk to your employer about that,” Xeik responded. “I’ll get started right away… Angela damn it all…this is going to be the worst…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone waved her hands at Xeik, “No… No… We’re talking about the…”

She made a face for a moment and looked away with a blush before she started to clap her hands and making a ton of seal noises. The twins who weren’t far started to mimic her. “That kind of seal problem.”

She looked up at Lewis and Xeik who were just staring at her. “WHAT?! HE wasn’t going to get it.” She shrugged now and covered her face. “We got exotic fish that smelled really bad and put it all over Darren’s house as a prank. It was supposed to have the gulls attack him. Instead… Well… You’ll see what happened.”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was quite easy to get ahold of Xeik, and he arrived shortly thereafter. He was greeting by Silva and Henry, and immediately offered tea as they sat down to discuss the problem at hand. It was Xeik who started the conversation off, taking a sip of the perfectly made beverage.

“So you said you had a ‘seal’ problem,” Xeik stated. “Do you know what kind of magic we’re talking? I can see mana lines, but it would be easier to attack this problem wi-”

Lewis cleared his throat. “Erm, that’s not…the kind of seal. We’re having a different problem.”

Xeik stared at Lewis for a moment, confused. “If you’re talking about weathering seals, isn’t that more of a Kalina question?” He seemed genuinely confused on why he had been summoned here if it wasn’t a magical related problem at hand.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Seal of Approval

Darren was staring at the southern end of the island where he had made his home. “You two… are the worst.”

“We just wanted seagulls… This is…”

There were hundreds of seals now laying about their island sunbathing.

“I think they like it here…” Simone said. “They are aggressive though.”

They had tried to use Rex to get rid of them but they had bit Rex. “I guess we should call Xeik?”

“Oh… Xeik is the Divine Mender… Talking to creatures should be a strong point.” Simone looked at Lewis. “He’s not going to forgive us for this one. He’s going to think we’re fishy.”

“Oh, he really won’t forgive you if you start using puns again,” Darren spoke up as he looked at his lovely seal-infested cottage. “I haven’t been able to live in my house for a week.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:36 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis smirked. On the outside it seemed like he was having a rather tame reaction, but through the re-connected resonance, Simone could feel that he was barely holding it together, feelings of laughter almost overwhelming her immediately.

“Seems like you’re getting what you deserve, Darren,” Lewis said as he picked Damond out of Darren’s hands. “I wish you a very happy matrimony.” Without another word, he shoved Darren into the now frantic Sara’s loving embrace. Without a word, he and Simone slipped through a gateway, abandoning Darren to his fate.

“Was that mean? Probably,” Lewis stated as they walked into Remy and Damond’s room, placing the boys down for their nap. “But it was fun. I wonder how long that will take to sort out…” He smirked. “Hopefully long enough to set up another prank in his house…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone looked at Darren and then at Lewis. “I’ll be right back.” She left Darren holding Remy. The resonance had cut out. Two seconds later Sara came running into Darren.

“DARREN! I knew it was love at first sight! I don’t know you but I heard you are built like LEWIS!”

“Congrats on your wedding~” Simone chuckled a bit as she took her son from Darren.

“SIMONE!” Darren was bright red as he looked at Lewis. “DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR WIFE LEWIS!” Sara tackled Darren.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:27 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis eyed Darren, “Don’t forget I know where you sleep.”

Darren smirked, “And I know where you do too.”

“This set up was uncalled for,” Lewis replied. “I say we vote Darren off the island. All in favor?”

“Me!” Simone said immediately.

“ME!” Remy said, copying his mother.

“MEME!” Damond replied, not to be shown up by his own brother.

“Me as well!” Lewis said. “All in favor of him staying? No one?”

“Don’t I get a vote?” Darren pleaded.

“No,” Lewis replied with a smirk. “Looks like you’re voted off the island. Good luck with your new prospects.”

“…Guess I’ll just let the world know where you are then,” Darren replied with a shrug.

“Guess I’ll just kill you.” Lewis replied darkly.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone laughed a bit harder than she should have at Lewis’s reaction. “Rhen would never leave our garden.”

Darren started to crack up laughing, “I don’t think Avery or Llywellyn would leave the garden either.”

“Darren asked me for help after you soaked his bedsheets in fish… The seals kept invading his house for weeks until he figured out what you were doing… We had a seal infestation because of you. Though it was pretty funny…”

“Don’t think I haven’t forgotten you helped him do it…” Darren looked at Simone.

“…You took me past the brothel on purpose!”

“Yeah…” Darren smirked. “I did.”

“EVIL! LEWIS! HE’S EVIL!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:16 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis stared at the two, and it took him a moment to realize that the resonance was partially cut. They were fucking with him. Hard. And to think, he almost believed every word of it.

“This…isn’t funny, you two,” Lewis said with an annoyed look across his face. “Absolutely not funny. I’d much rather have the duel with the Canary again over this…” But the boys, who more or less had no idea what was going on, seemed to think the situation was funny.

“Dada!” they said, pointing at the silver statue.

“Oh no,” Lewis started. “Your adorableness does not win out in this situation.” He looked at Simone. “I’m melting it. We can have it made into a naked statue of you and put that in the garden instead…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:08 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mone started to laugh right away but then she got serious as she handed Damond over to Darren. She inspected the statue. “This is more of a gift for me than for Lewis.”

Darren chuckled, “I think it would look great in your foyer.”

“No, no… I want it in my office at the guild. IMAGINE IT DARREN! Lewis who is the star of my sex novels!” Simone did a fainting expression. “Hundreds of women who comes to see me can see Lewis’s blessed physique all the while I don’t tell them that’s my husband.”

Darren nodded, “It is truly a masterpiece… WE SHOULD PUT IT IN THE GARDEN!”

Simone clapped her hands, “That is perfect! I’ve been thinking about building a fountain! We can have Lewis be the centerpiece!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

‘You two are just too much,” Lewis said with a smile as he ruffled Remy’s hair. “You had no interest until your belly was full didn’t you.” Remy was quite the little rascal.

Darren laughed, “Okay, okay. Now for what we actually came for. He looked around the shop, making sure they were the only ones present. “You have the…thing?”

The shopkeep looked around, and nodded. “It’s in the back of the shop. Just made. She’s a real beauty…”

Lewis blinked. “What…what exactly are we-”

“SHHH.” Darren motioned for them to keep quiet and follow them. They entered the back of the store where, in a dimly lit room, was a large piece of work that was covered in a leather tarp. “So this is it?”

“Aye,” the shopkeep said as he pulled the tarp off, revealing a massive silver statue.

Lewis stared blankly at it for a good minute. “Is that…supposed to be me?”


“Happy Birthday, Lewis!” Darren said extravagantly. “Isn’t it perfect?”

“…”

“What? Do you…not like it?” Darren asked. “We can always-”

“But why am I naked?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:54 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone got distracted by the daggers immediately, “Oh Lewis~ You are so romantic… I needed a new thigh dagger or two. You always remember what I need~”

The smithy came out of the back and took a look at Lewis. “If it isn’t Lewis Dusk. It’s been a while. Need your blades sharpened?”

Simone smiled up as Remy was now holding his arms out for Damond’s airship. “It’s been a long time.”

“Ah! The shy little one Master Dusk used to have around.”

“MINE!” Damond yelled at his brother.

“Oh no… Maybe we should have gotten two…” Simone sighed a bit.

“DA!” Remy looked up with big watery eyes.

“I might got something for the little guy,” the smithy went into the back and brought out a small wooden toy. Remy’s eyes got big as he reached out for it.

“Remy….” Simone was staring at the small one.

“Pwease?” Remy looked up at the Smithy.

“What good manners you have little guy,” he ruffled Remy’s black hair as the boy squealed as he received the toy.

Damond was scrunched up in his mother’s arms to keep his older brother away from his airship.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was all for the children, Lewis reminded himself. They were young, and despite the Terrowin family’s attraction to wonton violence, he knew that it was far too early for their sons to see any of it. So, when Simone pointed out the weapon shop, Lewis immediately took her up on it, and they left as fast as they could before the situation could escalate further.

Once safely in the shop, Lewis and Darren both sighed in relief. For once, they were on the exact same page. It was one thing for Lewis to go on a rampage. It was another entirely for Simone. While both were dangerous, one was explicitly more…destructive.

“Oh, honey, look…these daggers have lilacs on them. Wouldn’t that be cute?” Lewis stated almost immediately, wandering over. Anything to distract Simone from further violence.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mone was shocked at how mature Lewis was being about it all. “Aww Lewis Dusk has grown up~ You are so handsome now too,” Sara was being lovelorn over him.

“Can’t you see he has our son?” Simone finally spoke up and put her hand on her hip.

“YEAH!” Damond yelled and held his father’s deadpan stare.

“At least be respectful. He didn’t want you then and he doesn’t want you now,” Mone’s face was twitching.

“Now Mone,” Darren was trying to calm her down. “You are Lewis’s beloved wife of almost fifteen years~”

“Oh please, I’ve seen Lewis almost slit the throat of Jack just for oogling me the other day when we visited Leilah.” the difference is that they had the kids now.

Sara pointed, “SHE’S THE ONE WHO RIPPED MY HAIR OUT.”

“…SHE BROKE MY NOSE!” The redhead yelled.

“And I’ll do it again too.” Simone sighed. “Look a weapon shop, dearest!” Simone laid a big kiss on Lewis. “Let’s go.”

“YEAH!” Damond and Remy yelled as they stuck their tongues out at the ladies.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:38 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was about to lose it and go off on the inhabitants of the Canary…again. For the second time in her life.

“Simone, it’s not worth it,” Lewis stated with ease. “You know she’s…an idiot.” There really wasn’t anything else to call her. The starstruck woman who found love on a whim was doing what she was famous for. The fact that she still worked there was telling, though, since the last time he saw her she was off to marry some poor old sap.

“William, I think?” Lewis said aloud. “Was that his name?”

“Oh, Billy? He was a tramp. Caught him sleeping with Henrietta over there a day later,” Sara said. “Was rude too, since she took my room. I had a client ready to go and everything. Ruined the whole day.”

“Something tells me that this is a common occurrence,” Darren said with a sigh. “Can we just…go?”

“Please,” Lewis replied. “It was a pleasure seeing you all again, but…I’m married. Happily. I wish you all the best.” He was trying to be as polite as he could. “Please…just let it go.” He didn’t want to cause a scene. At least, not with the children.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:27 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone had Damond turned around in her arms so he could look at everything in the store. When he got the airship his eyes got big. “DA DA!” He was so excited as he jumped up and down in Simone’s arms. Simone was giggling.

Remy was the same way as Lewis helped him eat. Simone peeked up when Lewis was messing around with Darren. “Darren’s saying you were an asshole.”

Darren’s eyes got big and he waved his hands, “Simone! You are supposed to help me!”

Simone started to laugh with Lewis. “He knows he was one,” she smirked a bit. “Still can be depending on who you are.”

Darren beckoned them, “The smithy is still here if you are interested.”

“Oh, he’s interested~ But first my perfume!”

“Ma,” Damond held up the ship and Simone smiled.

“That’s an airship. Can you say airship?”

“Sip,” Damond said confidently.

“You are such a good boy for trying,” Simone kissed the top of his head. Remy’s mouth was full of crumbs as she got a cloth to clean it. “My messy little boy.”

“Wowwww,” a red-haired woman hung out the window. “Well if it isn’t the elusive Lewis Dusk.”

“And I suddenly remember why we didn’t want to come here…” Simone made the comment under her breath.

“What!” The other window broke open as a blonde got starry-eyed. “Lewis! My love!”

“BAD!” Remy yelled sensing his mother’s tension.

"I'm going to beat their asses a second time…" Simone huffed and Damond looked up.

"DA DA DA DA DA!" He started to bounce and scream at Lewis. He didn't understand the situation but Daddy could fix it… Right?

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:17 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

They were being just too damn cute. The idea that the two of them were growing up so fast was hard for Simone and Lewis, but it was something that both of them had come to terms with.

“Looks like there’s something tasting over there!” Lewis said as the smell of frying foods spread through the air. “I bet Remy is hungry. The smells certainly aren’t helping with that.” He chuckled and brought Remy down and into his arms as they entered the shop. Of course Lewis was going to spoil his kids.

“And here we are, a toy airship for little Damond,” Lewis said as he purchased everything for his kids. Both of them squealed happily as they were given their gifts.

“Now…if I remember correctly there was a smithy down the way here,” Lewis stated. “They used to do most of the maintenance work on my weapons. Couldn’t trust anyone in Lord Raith’s realm to do it right. Too much bad blood.”

“With the way you always acted,” Darren said casually, “I’m not surprised.”

“That supposed to mean something?”

“Er…no,” Darren replied, realizing what he had just said. “I mean…you are completely pleasant to be around. When you aren’t threatening people, at least.”

Lewis smirked, “I was just messing with you.”

“Didn’t…sound like it,” Darren replied cautiously.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

A Blast From the Past

“I can’t thank you both enough for coming with me,” Darren smirked a bit as he looked at the Terrowin couple who had their two youngest.

“It’s not really a problem. We’ve been really curious lately about this little town,” this was where they had their start. “And this is where my favorite perfume is made~ Though I haven’t had to buy a new bottle in years.” She had Damond on her hip who was looking around. His expressions were more like Lewis’s as he looked around. His black hair was more like a messy mop just like how his dad’s younger hair had been.

Remy was on Lewis’s shoulders. He liked to be up high and he was squealing about. His own black mop was blowing in the sea breeze. “Da!” He pulled on Lewis’s white locks lightly and pointed at a small shop.

“What do you see Remy?” Simone smiled a bit. “The toy in the window?” Simone was trying to figure out what the boy’s fancy was. “Or is it the snack next to it?” Damond was looking at the shop too.

“DA!” Damond clapped with his brother now pointing.

“They both spot something they want.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:01 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was but an instant that her eyes flickered, but Lewis took notice. He barely needed the resonance to note that she wanted the necklace.

“So, Lewis, I-” Xeik looked to the side where his friend had just been, and stopped. “Lewis? Where the-” He whipped around and noticed a trailing jacket as the ex-assassin moved into the shop. Moments later he walked out, holding a small paper bag, a satisfied look on his face.

“Where did you go?” Xeik asked, though he already knew the answer.

“Just a gift,” Lewis replied with a smile as he snuck up on Simone and presented it with a loving hug from behind.

Xeik stared at the two, and let out a sigh. “This…this is going to be an all day thing, isn;’t it…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Dec 8, 2021 7:08 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mia was looking all over and gazing at the gems. They weren’t edible but she could appreciate how shiny they were. Mone nodded about the giant gem, “He’s right. It looks really pretty on the table. We even got a mirrored surface for it. The centerpiece for my jewelry collection.”

Mia was checking out her wedding dress that was on a bust on a platform. She pointed at it and sighed. “Yeah, it’s my favorite dress. I have it on display~” Her tiara and veil weren’t that far behind her.

“We were about to go shopping in Benin to get new curtains for this room. Lewis wanted the windows nice and big in here but we haven’t found the right fabric to drape over them yet.”

Mia looked over at them and nodded. She rubbed her stomach at Xeik. “Luckily, Mia likes food more than jewelry… Although she does look cute when you dress her up!” Simone chuckled.

They made it to Benin and Simone was ahead of the boys showing Mia things. She stopped at a jewelry shop window and looked at a fancy necklace. It was only a split second but her eyes lit up. However, since she hardly asked for much… She moved Mia over to a food stall.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Dec 8, 2021 6:54 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was rather ecstatic about the renovations that had been done. Which, for him, meant that there was a hint of a smile curled at the edge of his lip. But, to those who knew him, it was illuminating. They had invited Xeik and Mia over to look over what had been done. Or, rather, Lewis had invited them to show off how much he loved doting on Simone.

“Wait, so…” Xeik stared at the massive closet that was practically a room within itself. The massive amount of work that must have gone into the spiral staircase and the room itself…

“It’s not much. I wanted it bigger, but Kalina said that it wouldn’t be feasible. Something about structural integrity,” Lewis said as he twirled his fingers. “I said I really didn’t mind but she seemed rather adamant.”

For the life of him, Xeik could not tell if Lewis was joking or not, but decided that in the end it hardly mattered. “So where did she get all of this stuff?” he asked, realizing that the room was filled with dressed, jewels, and other flashy oddities.

“Oh, I buy stuff whenever Simone wants it,” Lewis stated proudly. “I make sure she wants for nothing.”

“Lewis…that jewel over there is the size of a plate.”

“Oh that? Simone said it might look pretty decorating the main table.”

“Might?” Xeik stared at Lewis. “Might?”

Lewis shrugged. “Couldn’t take the chance of it being gone if she decided she wanted it. Ended up going with a flower arrangement in the end, but I think it still looks pretty.”

“It’s in your closet…”

“And it looks very pretty here.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Dec 8, 2021 6:33 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Addition

Alongside their masterwork project, Simone and Lewis had also added on another floor to their castle. Extra rooms for everyone and they expanded on the library. There was now a dedicated craft room for the children that overlook the gardens. Above Lewis and Simone’s bedroom with a spiraling staircase from their room to it was a huge closet with a side room that featured jewels and jewelry. It housed all of Simone’s dresses, shoes, and anything else she had for adornments. There was a little space for Lewis to keep his fancy things but he had declined any real big space for it.

There was also a large entertainment space for adults with another well-stocked bar. It had darts, billiards, and even a poker table though there were rules posted. Raile and Angelette were not allowed to play poker under any circumstances. There was also a betting board and room for more games.

Right now Lewis was showing Xeik around their new addition. He was showing him all the new kid rooms and each theme. “Of course the nurseries will stay on our floor near us,” Simone chimed in as they came to their room.

“Lewis is pretty proud of this. This was his must-have for the new castle design.” She opened the door to their room and took them up the spiral staircase.

There were mirrors, dresses of all kinds, shoes on display, a huge vanity full of makeup and silver brushes, and other tools. It was luxurious. Simone opened one of the doors and there were huge jewelry boxes and the prettiest of the jewelry was on display in velvet-lined boxes.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 6:37 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik was grumbling as the two started to wrestle, practically ignoring anything else he could say. “You two are impossible to deal with sometimes…” The healer sighed, and stood up. He was still covered in ice cream and cookie crumbs. “Mia…help me wash this off in the lake water…” He smiled. “Maybe we can play some in the water again.” He held out his hand to help her up.

Despite all of the shenanigans that had occurred, he still loved his wife dearly. The two of them just could not pull off sexy eating, though…mostly it was Mia’s over enthusiastic tendencies of taking everything too far. He smiled, though. There were plenty of other things the two could do that were special to them…

Like swimming in lakes. At that thought, Xeik sighed. Great. Now I’m thinking like them too…I can’t go that low…

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 6:32 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mia looked at Simone and then down at the bowl of ice cream. There was a determined look on her face as she took the whole bowl and dumped it on her chest. She jumped as it was cold and finally Simone just started to laugh.

“Okay, you two that’s enough!” Xeik yelled at them and now both Lewis and Simone were laughing so hard.

“That was so incredibly fun~” Simone said but not before Lewis started to wrestle with her. “Oh no! Not again!” Simone laughed and tried to fight back against him. “You can’t just start a fight without telling me.”

“All is fair in love and war,” Lewis smirked as he pinned her down and she struggled against him.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 6:28 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik was caught off guard when Mia more or less tried to choke him out with a maple cookie. Crumbs and chunks of the cookie went everywhere, coating his chest. By the time he realized what was happening, Simone had already started to feed Lewis with ice cream. Mia was already on it, and just as Xeik managed to get the cookie off of him, Mia shoved a spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.

The healer barely had a chance to gulp it down before another one was in his mouth. The third spoon was the limit, though, and suddenly he fell back, wincing as brainfreeze kicked in. Mia jumped onto his chest, and happily started to lick his face, almost like a dog happy to see her owner.

Lewis was barely holding back his laughter, but there was still more that he could add to this prank. He pushed back against Simone, flipping their positions, and stole the spoon, feeding her some of the sweet ice cream. Only this time, he let it melt a little, knowing full well what he was doing. As he delicately brought it to her lips, a small stream fell down to her breasts/

“Oh…let me get that…” Lewis smirked, making sure to give Xeik and Mia the full show as his tongue danced across her cleavage to pick up the split ice cream.

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 6:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The hair on Mia’s body started to stand straight up as she got goosebumps watching the two of them. How the hell did they manage to make everything sexual? Mia was convinced if Simone could have kids they would have a lot of them. Taking a cookie she opened her mouth to signify to Xeik that she would be feeding him then she smashed the cookie into his lips as she took him by the shoulders to apply the force.

Simone was dying of laughter on the insider but outwardly she was focused on Lewis. She got some of the ice cream out and gently took a spoonful offering it up to Lewis. “Don’t eat it too fast my love,” she lovingly put the spoon to his mouth as he took it. “Oh~ You are so messy,” she leaned in and licked some off the side of his mouth.

“Simone~ You are embarrassing me,” Lewis said with a cheeky smile teasing her.

“If you weren’t such a messy eater I wouldn’t have to clean up after you~” She gave him another spoonful of the ice cream.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 5:59 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik looked a little confused at Mia when she smashed raspberries into his face, and looked over to see that Lewis was chewing on his. He never really understood how the two could make everything seem so elegant and graceful. At the same time, though, he never really would either. Their resonance let them do some very unique things due to their constant communication and awareness of each other.

Lewis smirked, his eyes locking with Simone’s. Oh? A few images flashed through his mind, and his lips twisted into a devious smile. I like… He reached over into the ice box, and produced a cookie. It was an experiment that Silva had made…a maple cookie.

“My dear…” Lewis said as he rolled over, delicately putting it to Simone’s lips. Simone lightly bit into it, running her tongue across the piece in her mouth before uttering a low moan of satisfaction as the taste washed across her senses.

“Mmm, it’s quite good…” Her voice was low and sultry, giving Lewis these ‘fuck me please’ eyes. He smirked, and fed her the rest of the cookie, crumbs and all. To finish it off, she nibbled at his fingertips, sucking the tip of his finger gently. “I’ll have to ask Silva for the recipe…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Nov 4, 2021 5:50 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone barely qualified as having clothes. She had on a black bikini with dark blue accents. There was even a little pendant of sapphire in the middle that shimmered and danced. Her hair was braided into an updo that wouldn’t come undone if Lewis threw her in the water. Though he promised he wouldn’t do so in the lake.

Mia was in a deep green bikini that was plain and honestly, she didn’t need any help with accents considering the glares she got from Simone when she even so much as dared to stretch. Mia understood from Ayaa so that led the werewolf to flop around on Xeik once in a while. Giving him the pout look from the glare she was receiving from Simone.

“Hey~” Simone took some raspberries and fed Lewis some slowly. He was nibbling on her fingers which caused her to giggle.

Mia looked at the berries then Xeik as she took them and smashed them into his lips causing a mess. Mone took notice of how Mia was still trying to mimic the affection and that was when a devious plan spanned.

My dear Lewis, I dare say I have an idea for a prank.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Beach Date

[after getting Teagan in timeline]

The sun was high in the sky, pelting down on the Koskaan beach. Lewis and Simone were sunbathing, though this time with clothes as they had guests. Xeik and Mia had decided to join them on this fun little date. It was meant to be a relaxing day away from all the kids.

Which, for Lewis and Simone, was a very difficult thing to do. They loved their children so much, but they knew that they needed some time away…

Lewis was wearing shorts and nothing else, laying back on a towel next to his lovely wife, Simone. To his side was a small icebox filled with treats for later. Fruits, cookies, and even some homemade ice cream!

“Enjoying the weather?” Lewis asked.

Xeik and Mia had just come back from swimming. “This was a great idea Lewis! I really did need to get out of the office. My eyes feel a thousand times better already!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Waving his hand Xeik finished reading the list and the more he had read the redder his face had gotten. “That’s it… That’s all… Angela had written.”

“…But he can still spank me and pull my hair right?” Simone pulled Xeik closer yelling at him. Man, this woman was desperate.

“Ye-yes,” Xeik flushed and ran out of the room but not before the ear-shattering.

“LEWIS, GET OVER HERE!” A thud happening.

“Not on your stomach!” Lewis screaming. “Get up!”

“GIVE IN TO ME!”

“I’m giving in! I’m giving in!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:43 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik looked at Simone with a serious face for a moment. “Wait…that…that’s it?” His serious tone faded and he started to laugh. “That’s the problem?” Still laughing, he walked to the door, and opened it. “Lewis…get in here…” Lewis was confused at the whole situation, and came in.

“What exactly is so funny?” Lewis demanded.

“You two. For as much as you communicate, you two sometimes make it so difficult…” He was still chuckling. “Lewis…I’m going to put this in words that you would use. Fuck your wife.” The vulgerness of it was definitely not Xeik’s style, but it got the point across the same.

“I’m sorry, what?” Lewis looked at Simone. “But I can’t…I’ll hurt the bab-”

“There’s no risk to the babies,” Xeik stated, pulling out a small notebook. “Most average positions are acceptable as well, though for comfort reasons I would not recommend Simone be on her stomach. In addition,” he held up his hand when Lewis started to talk. “Ah…no. In addition, it is also recommended that you at least-”

“But Xeik…”

Xeik sighed, “No buts. It’s science. It’s fine. It’s natural…just be safe about it? She’s allowed to move around too. Walking is good for her…”

Lewis crossed his arms, “Fine…”

Simone smiled, “YES! XEIK, OUT NOW!”

“Hold your horses, Simone,” Xeik said. “Sex is okay, BUT…Lady Angela gave me a list of things you can’t do.” He produced a parchment, and unfurled it. By the time it finished, it had hit the ground. “First and foremost…no stabbing each other.” He glanced over at them. “You can survive…the babies can’t. Next, while technically not a problem, no sex over corpses…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone straightened out and sat up straight off of the expensive imported pillows. “I’ll cut the shit,” she was suddenly serious. “I’ve been stuck in bed for a month. At first, this was really cute. The imported pillows could buy at least eighty houses in Adeluna,” Simone did an okay symbol. “He babies me. He looks after me. He gives me everything I want. However, I’m not allowed out of bed…. And also perhaps the worst of it all.”

A grim look appears on her face, “Xeik, he won’t have sex with me. We haven't had any sort of sex in weeks and he won't even let me touch him. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:27 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Without hesitating, Lewis stood up straight and nodded. “Right, go get Xeik. On it!” He rushed out the room, and within five minutes returned, practically dragging the poor healer by his collar.

“I told you I was coming, Lewis!” Xeik exclaimed, stumbling as he tried to straighten up. “You didn’t need to be so forceful.”

“You weren’t moving fast enough,” Lewis responded flatly. “She said her legs are hurting. Fix it.” Though, the impatient father had a feeling that most of it was mental. He could feel that she wasn’t in any real pain, but that wasn’t something he was going to chance. Maybe it was in her head, or maybe the resonance wasn’t working.

Xeik looked her over for a moment, and then to Lewis. “Ok…step outside for a moment. Simone…cut the resonance for a few minutes.” Lewis looked like he was going to protest, but Xeik shook his head. “You can live for five minutes. I promise.”

Begrudgingly, Lewis left the room, shutting the door behind him.

“Okay…what’s really wrong, Simone,” Xeik said, turning his attention to Simone..

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Nov 3, 2021 8:13 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Sex is exercise…” She was literally going to die if she didn’t get some soon and Lewis had been dancing around the act with her. She needed Xeik to rescue her on more than one front.

“No, I love the soup.” She gave him a smile as she ate it and watched as he massaged her feet. A moan left her lips and she blushed a bit. She needed some soon or else she would die from just touching him.

“Please? Get Xeik? I can’t take these leg pains anymore.” Even if it was just in her head, Lewis would listen to her. She needed Xeik here. She needed liberation. Xeik could hate her later. She was sure he knew how Mia was when she was pregnant with Myrri.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis frowned. The fact that she was still complaining about aches wasn’t a good thing. “Maybe we need an exercise routine for you then. Something low impact that won’t hurt you or the baby, but keeps you active enough that it doesn’t hurt.” He furrowed his brow. “Xeik would be good at helping. I’ve already consulted his expertise three times today. I’m sure he won’t mind a fourth.” The fact that it was only early afternoon was telling.

“Let me know if you need anything else,” he said quickly. “Is the soup enough? Too hot? Col? I can get something else if it isn't to your liking.” It was almost cute how concerned he was for her. He moved to the end of the bed and started to massage her feet again.

“As long as you and the babies are okay…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:00 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“I’m here,” Simone said lightly. She couldn’t complain about how she was being treated. She was a queen in this castle. A goddess in Lewis’s temple. And many other metaphors she was sure was escaping her right now.

The pillows were from Abed and Lewis had personally tested each and every one of them out until he had a nest for the pregnant mother. They were colorful in a way. They were their colors of course. Simone made a happy noise as she got the soup and began to eat it once she cooled it down. “Why don’t you take lessons?” Simone made the comment and then realized that he would probably run out and find a way.

“Of course… Your foot massages are already the best to me. You’ve been rubbing them since I told you they hurt,” Simone smiled a bit. He had been carrying her in for baths, dressing her, and doing her hair. She had on a soft nightgown which was comfortable for her growing belly. “Oh, I’ve been fine for a while now. As long as I move around a bit when my legs feel achy I am fine. Though I think they feel achy from laying still for so long…”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:52 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

A Pregnant Simone

Simone had been confirmed pregnant for a full month. When the news had been told to the two of them, they were in shock. The plan had worked! The whole process that Simone and Dala suffered through was worth it in the end, and that brought immense happiness to the whole family! But, there was a catch.

Always a catch.

“Simone?” Lewis asked as he opened the door to their room. She was laid up in bed with her feet kicked up, and surrounded by lavish pillows. The loving husband was catering to her every whim at this point, but almost to an extreme. She had, offhandedly, mentioned that her feet were sore. And so she was exiled to the bedroom, on permanent bed rest until further notice.

“I brought you soup.” He came in with a bowl of steaming liquid. “And I demanded Xeik find the best foot massage in Canelux. Problem is, I realized I can’t trust any of them to come and do the job right. Plus, they might endanger you or the babies. Can’t have that. So you’ll have to make do with me or Silva.” Silva was, perhaps, the only one other than himself that he trusted to take care of Simone.

Well, other than Xeik, Angela, and maybe Leilah.

“How are we feeling now? Better?’

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 8:11 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The excitement Lewis had over his daughter being ungrounded was amusing. Teagan had managed to sleep through it but the twins were trying to figure out what the hell was going on. They were all upset until Lewis came to the rescue. “Daddy has you both don’t cry. He got your toy.” Mone smiled at them as they enjoyed the banana toy.

Simone smiled at Allen, “He always smiles for the kids but in this instance… Our only biological daughter decided to kidnap Xeik’s son at night and took off with him. So she’s been grounded and she’s exactly like both of us. Stubborn, prideful, and way too intelligent for her own good. We’ve had her in the time-out stool for a while now. You couldn’t take your eyes off her or else she would get off the stupid thing. Lewis hates the time-out stool,” Simone giggled a bit. “She looks like Lewis too when she is up to bad things. Her white hair when it was shorter looked just like his.”

Looking over at the twins she smirked, “Does Daddy want Teagan?” She passed the little girl off to Lewis and watched how gentle he was with her. “When I had to find Lewis a while back I had to use my locket to find him… and Xeik practically snatched it from me. It has Lewis, our son Everett, and myself in it. When we first started our family. Lewis never smiled for anyone but me but whenever Everett was around he would smile down. The artist managed to capture it. It was our first wedding anniversary present that Lewis got me. I remember it fondly.”

She chuckled a bit and looked at Allen, “Would you like to hold one of the boys? As long as you stay right here I don’t see why you can’t. I would say Teagan but we don’t like people holding them that we don’t know very well when they are that small… Plus she has a lot of health issues but we’re getting there. She is almost all better and gaining a lot of weight now.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:58 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Remy and Damond were adorable as they tried to figure out what to do with the banana, but when Simone mentioned the possibility of ungrounding Lila, Lewis jumped and hit the table a little too loudly.

“Wait, you mean it!?” There was an actual hint of excitement in his voice, but the surprise caused Remy to drop the banana, and Damond started to cry as he ‘desperately’ tried to reach for the banana.

“Oh, oh no,” Lewis said as he leaned down underneath the table to grab the plushie. “I’m sorry you two. I didn’t mean to startle you.” Remy had started to sniffle, but when he was handed the banana perked right up. Damond wasn’t far behind, noticing that his brother had the toy again and started to reach for it with laughter once more filling the air.

“There, there,” he said, cooing over his baby boys.

“That’s…the happiest I’ve ever seen him,” Allen said, shocked. “I didn’t think it was possible for him to smile.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:48 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone smiled up at her admirer and giggled. “You know that you are the only man in my heart,” Simone brought her hand over and put it to his cheek. “If you didn’t care about them you would have stabbed him.” She whispered. “Because we all know how jealous you actually get.” She teased Lewis.

Taking Teagan out of the wrap she was snuggled into her mother’s arms almost instantly. “Teagannnn, look what I have.” She waved the banana toy in front of Teagan and Teagan let out a yawn. “No? Not yet? She is still in her snuggling phase.”

“Let’s not rush her out of it,” Lewis nodded. “These two are already not as snuggly as they used to be.”

The boys were in the zone though as they were handed the banana. There were wild squeals from them as they tried to figure it out and taste it. They were both grabbing it and even showed it to Lewis. “You two are so silly.”

They ordered their food and Simone declined some wine, “I’m afraid I can’t if I’m going to feed them. The little gluttons eat so much.” Lewis made a face as he realized they would eventually get teeth.

“So how long have you two been together?” The boy was interested in them and Simone smiled.

“Since Lewis was seventeen. He found me when I had amnesia of sorts. He kept me with him until he knew what to do with me. Eventually, we got married and started to adopt children. We have four biological children but these two were the only ones who were conceived naturally. Lila and Janus… are a special case. Speaking of Lila…” She looked at Lewis. “I think we can unground her now… but she needs to stop thinking she can out sneak you.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:36 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Allen led the Terrowin family through the streets and back to the Wandering Swan. very little had changed, and Lewis was once again welcomed by most of the staff. A few of the old guild boys wandered up and started chatting with Simone. One of the boys who had seen her at the cabaret club even shly handed her a rose before dashing back into the kitchen, turning a bright red aws his friends started to tease him.

“Of course,” Lewis said with a sigh. “Always the charmer.” He glanced at Simone with a half smile. “You’re lucky I’m not jealous.”

There was so much wrong with that one sentence, but none of the boys from the guild would really understand why it was so wrong. Instead of trying to figure out what it meant, though, they did nothing but dote on the family as a whole. It was rare for them to see Lewis, and even rarer still to see his children.

“Oh I know! I think I have a toy!” one of the boys said as they ran into the back. He came back with a plush banana and handed it over to Simone.

“Oh great…now we’ll have a kid obsessed with bananas too…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:18 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Lewis didn’t like talking about himself at first. He left me at home a lot while he worked. He hardly trusted anyone with me. He told me eventually though just not that he was second in command though Xeik tells it differently.”

Mone smiled a bit as the babies did the dead stare, “There’s Daddy’s face. What good boys you are.” She was glad that they were getting to play with someone outside the island. This was good for them. Now hopefully they didn’t think it was okay to kidnap people. “Thank you for playing with them. They don’t get to meet many new people. They are only three months old. Lewis and I worked very hard for them. I’m pretty infertile but Xeik managed a miracle for us.” She didn’t want to go into it too much. “Our little miracles. Huh?”

"We came out to enjoy the market with the kids. The other kids are all busy with school and Glyn is with his uncle Xeik right now playing with Myrri so we can have the little ones." The boys giggled at their mother’s words and she smiled more. “We could do for some food and Raile’s restaurants always welcome our babies. Plus it would give us time to get off our feet. We’ve been out here for a good hour or two already. Teagan wants out of the sun at some point.” There was a grunt from the baby with Simone. “She’s only a week old. We found her in Iria.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Allen was half playing peekaboo with Remy and Damond as Simone talked about the other children. “Oh they told us, but I couldn’t believe it without seeing it.” He smirked as Remy giggled at Allen’s goofy faces with their little game. “And who didn’t know Lewis? He didn’t tell you that Xeik left him in charge for awhile? He was second in command of the guild!”

Lewis sighed. “For the last time, I was never in charge of anything. I just made sure nothing fell apart while Xeik was gone,” he said with a dead stare. He looked down to see that Remy and Damond both here giving a dead stare too, as best they could.

“Oh great,” he said with a smirk. “Learning early aren’t you…”

The two noticed that Lewis was smiling and started to smile back excitedly. Allen played another round of peekaboo with them, and looked back to Simone and Lewis for a moment. “So what brings you out today? Did you want to stop by the restaurant?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 7:03 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mone started to giggle and watched Lewis, “He’s the most emotional emotionless person I know. I wouldn’t change him for the world.” She came over and planted a kiss to his cheek but not before she realized he was glaring at her. “Going to teach our sons your facial expressions early,” she teased.

“If you think this is great you should see him feeding our son Glyn potatoes,” there was a smirk with her playful words.

“You have a whole litter!”

“Yes, yes we do. We adopt a lot. Least we can do for the world. Like our little Teagan here,” Simone showed Teagan off who briefly opened her orange eyes and made a face. Her nose scrunched right up and she pulled her head under the wrap. “Awww Lewis, the sun hurt her little eyes.” She giggled a bit and helped shade Teagan from the sun.

“I’m surprised the other boys never told you about our family. They came to see us when we were working at the Angel Cabaret not that long ago. I’m surprised at how many of you actually know my Lewis.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 6:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Allen,” the young man said with a smile and a half bow. “I heard Lewis came by a while back and I missed out. Never thought I’d see the day this lunatic had a family, yet…” Allen was all smiles when he spoke, as if he didn’t fear Lewis at all. “I guess he really did settle down.”

“I’m right here,” Lewis replied with a dead stare.

“Yeah, you always were hard to read. But I can’t even begin to take you seriously with two kids on your chest like that. Takes all the edge away,” the young man said.

“I can still ki-” Lewis started.

“But you won’t,” Allen replied. “I’m just playing around, Lewis. I don’t mean any harm by it. I’m just glad that you finally found happiness after leaving the guild and all.”

The ex-assassin took a deep breath. “Starting to wonder why I never left sooner…”

“Cause you loved us, even if you never showed it. Can you believe that this softie used to share his own portion of bread and porridge with the younger kids when we didn’t have enough food?” Allen was all smiles. “Used to say it was cause we’d be useless otherwise.”

“Cause you would have been,” Lewis replied.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 6:49 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Mone was only barely paying attention, “We don’t need to steal babies trust me. Xeik would throw a fit.”

She looked over the young man who had run up to Lewis and gave a smile. “Besides take a look at them… They definitely look more like Lewis than they do me. Disappointing but at least they got my hair.”

“You aren’t still pouting about that are you?” Lewis held a smirk for a moment before he remembered the person in front of him who accused him of stealing his own children.

“No, I got over it. Lila makes up for it all,” Simone waved her hand and she gave a smirk. Lila and Janus got Simone’s face shape which she was happy about. Teagan started to fuss and she started to hush her and bounce the small child. “There, there Teagan. Mommy didn’t mean to startle you. Daddy made a joke.”

The boys made a bunch of noise towards their sister as they bounced their legs and looked up at Lewis. “It’s nice to meet you… I’m Simone, Lewis’s wife.” She assumed this man had to be a part of the old guild. It was the only way they would run up on Lewis like that.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 6:41 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The day was beautiful, if not a little chilly. Lewis always enjoyed the sway of Hoja Mesto. It had a familiar comfort to it, as it had been where he was born and raised. Sure, it had been hell on the streets, but it was still, in his heart, a home of sorts. They had come to Hoja, though, for a very special reason. That reason was that there was an auction in Adeluna, and Lewis wanted to avoid that like it was the plague.

Especially because they had Teagan, Remy, and Damond. The poor children did not need to be subjected to Simone’s irrational desire for arguing with rich people over who deserves the items more.

Teagan seemed to be enjoying herself with a nap, but Remy and Damond were quite active as they cooed over just about anything that caught their eyes. The rattle in particular got a fun reaction, and they seemed almost entranced.

“I’d say that the rattle is a success,” Lewis said with a smile. “We can get it for her. At worst, it’ll be something else for Fiori to design around.” He paid for the little knit bear and two rattles, and they found themselves once again wandering down the bazaar.

“Lewis?” a voice called out, noticing him from the crowd. “Oh, it is Lewis!” A young man ran up and smiled. “Woah, and he stole some babies.”

“Excuse me?” Lewis replied with a glare. “These are my children…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 6:28 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Out for a Stroll

Simone had Teagan wrapped up on her as she carried the small child around the marketplace on her. They had decided to visit Hoja Mesto for a change. Teagan was wrapped up in a beautiful lavender-colored wrap that seemingly matched the bow that was in her blonde hair. She was sleeping and her mother was gently moving about not that movement seemed to bother the child any.

Lewis wasn’t that far behind her. They had somehow managed to get both three-month-old boys on Lewis in a wrap. They didn’t want to be separated so they had to be skilled experts at how to handle carrying their sons around. Luckily, Lewis was comfortable, the babies loved it, and Xeik had approved of the method saying it wouldn’t hurt them. They were content as their hazel eyes looked about. Their black hair had grown in a bit more and looked like Lewis’s mop from his younger years. They cooed up at Lewis as they took in the sights.

“What do you think for Teagan?” Simone had found a little knit bear. It was white with pink little hearts woven on it. “It’s sorta cute I don’t know if she would like it though. It would be a while…” Teagan did like her dresses though and absolutely hated pants. She put up a fight with Lewis almost immediately when Fiori had designed a little pants outfit for her. Dresses yes. Pants no. She was a simple girl.

"Remy… Damond…" Mone picked up a rattle and rattled it at them. Their eyes went right to it. "Do you like this? Hmm? Maybe we could find two."

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 6:09 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The whole feeding each other grapes thing was a fun little exchange the two had with each other. Some days it was Lewis feeding Simone grapes and other fruits, and others, well…

Lewis lowered his head, idly chewing on the grape he was giving. He took his time, and when he swallowed, looked at the man who was attempting to ‘woo’ his wife. It was, quite honestly, insulting that such a man would dare attempt to make a pass at another’s beloved, but…it seemed that it was a rather common occurrence in the world.

“Your threat assessment needs work,” Lewis replied as Simone fed him another grape. “You should have your eyes checked. Or better yet…” A menacing aura radiated from Lewis, and a few people looked his way, terrified. “I could just take care of the problem right here and now.”

The man’s threat assessment was, indeed, practically non-existent. Even if he could not feel Lewis’ aura, he should have noticed the sudden change in everyone else around them. Yet, he seemed completely oblivious.

“Now, now,” Drake said as he walked over. “You know the rules, Lewis. And so do I…I’d rather not start something.”

Never had Lewis been so disappointed to see the draconian.

“Gonna do anything about it?” Lewis scoffed.

“Give you a stern talking to, maybe,” Drake replied with a smirk. The draconian knew that Lewis was dangerous, but he was hardly scared.

“You know better, then,” Lewis replied as he let the menacing aura fade. “I won’t do anything brash. I’d hate to ruin Raile’s business. He looked to the patron who was, at this point, harassing them. “You’re lucky…”

“Up side to all of this,” Drake replied as he winked to the patron. “You get to live another day.”

“Never fear,” the patron replied. “I know a rapscallion when I see one.” The threats were starting to make sense to him. It was clicking in his mind that Simone might be a prisoner, held against her will. “Fair lady, I will rescue you from this fiend.” That got a few looks.

“Gonna have to stop you there,” Rhenakos said as he walked up. “I really don’t want to clean up after this…”

“Let’s be reasonable now,” Lewis said with an evil grin. “We can compromise. I won’t make a mess…in here.” It was obvious he wanted to escalate the situation.

“You need to stop,” Drake said, his eyes flickering red. “Or I’ll have to-”

“Down boy,” Simone said as she placed her finger on Lewis’ lips. “Have another grape,” she said as she plopped one into his mouth. The patron would never know just how lucky he was.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 5:52 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone just gave Rhenakos a smile, “I’ve got it handled. Thank you, Rhen.” Her voice was so happy compared to the deadpan tone she could carry when she was in these types of situations. If anything it was scary how well she could fake it.

Mone giggled a bit at the man, “I decline… I’m not doing it for the money anyways. I’m doing it because I need a break from life.”

“Oh! You don’t have to have a break from life at all! Just come with me!”

Simone smirked a bit, “I’m sorry but I’ll have to decline again. I’m very, very happy with my husband.” She got a bowl of grapes from Osiria with a wink.

“Your funeral,” Osiria said. The man still thought it was directed towards Simone.

She fell on the lounge chair on Lewis’s lap as she started to feed him the grapes. “Was tonight hard love?”

“This is your husband?” The man came over and looked over Lewis. “I bet I could win against him!”

Osiria looked at Rhenakos, “I don’t think he understood what we were saying… He has a death wish.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 5:47 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was like this on occasion, where a rather pompous patron found themselves infatuated with one of the ladies of the cabaret club. For the most part, it was rather easy to deal with them. Most were deterred by the muscle (see: Rhenakos and Drake), while others were turned away by the prospect of other loves. After all, the cabaret was just a job.

“Is this man bothering you?” Rhenakos walked up to see that Simone was still chatting with the obsessive man. He had fallen head over heels for Simone. “I can uhh…remove him if you like.” It wasn’t for Simone’s safety. It was for the patron’s.

“Oh heavens no,” the man said as he slipped Rhenakos a few silver. “I was just telling this lovely lady what a wonderful life she could live.”

Rhenakos sighed, “Well, I tried.” He gave Simone a look, and shrugged. “Your funeral.”

The man merely laughed it off as Rhenakos walked away. “See! Money makes the world go around. I can provide for you more than this place ever could. I could take you away from this drab work that has been forced upon you.”

Lewis had been watching most of the night. Well, he had been distracted with Simone for most of the night, but he had noticed the attention she had been receiving. He still hadn’t made a move, and was sitting in one of the lounge chairs, his cold eyes watching the man’s every move. His eyes met Simone’s for a moment, and he smirked.

The man was far out of his league.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Oct 6, 2021 5:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

With a Husband Like That!

It was another weekend at the Angel Cabaret and Lewis had discovered yet another outfit that he was in love with. Today his lovely wife was in a gorgeous black silk halter that cropped just below her breasts. A delicate gold chain held the skirt that barely covered her. The ends of the skirt held a gold outline. It showed off her legs which excited Lewis.

Various gold chains with gems were across her waist creating art across her skin. On the upper part of her arm was silver silk with gold edges. Flowing from them was long black see-through fabric with gold designs towards the ends.

Her long black hair was half pulled back with a gold circlet with a blue gem in the center of her forehead.

It was jaw-dropping and only outdone by whatever Vela had decided to wear that evening. Which to be fair was even less than what Simone was currently wearing. Her black and blue wings were even decorated with the same gold chains. They were lightweight and a new design by Kite so that someone like her was comfortable but still decorated for the evening.

A man sat at the bar and his jaw dropped. “Ahh, you see our Simone,” Osiria was in a corset and pants. She didn’t look as dressed up as the floor girls but still she was easy on the eyes. “I would be careful with that one. Her husband is a noble.” Os was trying to tell the man no in so many words but it didn’t look like it worked.

He moved from the bar and moved to the table waving Simone over. “Out of everyone here… Your wings are the prettiest.”

“Most are off put by them but I thank you for the compliment,” the omen of death bowed her head as she took his order and brought him another drink. Osiria gave her warning and Mone nodded with a smile. It was gonna be one of those nights.

“Say, what would it take for you to come home with me?” The man looked interested in her.

“I’m sorry but my husband wouldn’t like that~” Mone gave a smirk directed towards her husband who was hiding in the shadows.

“I’m sure he is just some pampered noble. He wouldn’t know what to do with a woman like you,” the man smirked at her.

“That isn’t a good idea~” Mone smiled before leaving the man’s side to attend to other people for the rest of the night. As the night wound down she found herself face to face with the man again.

“I can give you so much more than he can,” he sounded confident.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2021 8:59 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

As if to make things weirder, Rhenakos happened to walk by at the remark that Simone made.

“Did a shit job at it,” he said. “Looking good, Mone.”

“Keep walking,” Lewis replied with a dead stare. As he sauntered off to go stare at more women (or, in his words, ‘work’), Lewis turned his attention back to the ex-guild. “Long story short…we met when I was contracted to kill her. Things got…complicated. We’re here now.” Having told the story multiple times at this point, he really didn’t feel like going over the whole thing again.

“Fine, fine,” he said as he looked at Simone, who was chastising him through their resonance. “She was immortal. I had to break the curse. During that time we fell in love. Believe it or not…”

Arrin huffed and crossed his arms. “Yeah, but there’s no way that’s possible. You were practically a psychopath.”

Lewis smirked. “Who said she isn’t? At her request, I helped murder her entire family…you should see her with an axe.”

At that, the boys paled a little. “Maybe…she’s not as great as I thought…”

“She’s a damn treasure,” Lewis replied with a death glare.

“RIGHT! A treasure! One you’re super lucky to have,” one of the other boys said with a quick, rushed response.

“Damn straight,” Lewis replied with a smile as he looked at Simone.

“Geez…it’s really creepy when he smiles….”

Author: Simone, Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2021 8:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The boys were practically frothing at the mouth. She winked at them! She, of course, knew what Lewis was thinking so she slinked over after dropping off the last of the drinks. Once Lewis scared them they started to scream after the freeze.

“Oh Lewis,” she directed his face with a single finger. It was enchanting and the boys watched as he was brought down to be kissed. “You don’t need to be so threatened. When I’m only going to ever be touched by you~” She was bringing out every ounce of sexy she had as she slithered herself around him and looked at the guild members. “I remember some of you from the restaurant.”

“You… You look so different,” Arrin said.

Simone smirked a bit, “Well, on the weekends I work here as a hostess. It breaks up the week and gives us a break from the children for a little bit. Doesn’t it Lewis? He likes the outfits.”

"Okay, Lewis. What is wrong with her?" It wasn't meant as an offensive remark from one of the boys. "You were always so awkward with the women. HOW DID YOU GET HER?!"

"Isn't it obvious? He was hired to murder me," Simone said for spice.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2021 8:39 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik had all but given up on trying to convince the old guild boys to drop the subject. Despite his desperate pleas, the old members of Heaven’s Dawn were persistent, and eventually Xeik gave in to show them Simone. The Divine Mender knew very well that the island was off limits, but the cabaret club that Raile owned was considered a neutral space. That would be fine.

It wasn’t long before the small group was in front of the Angel Cabaret, and the boys waltzed in, determined to see the ‘ugly’ wife that had to exist. It didn’t take long for Arrin to find Simone, and when he did his jaw dropped. Having met the woman before, he had an expectation of what to expect, but this was far from anything he could have imagined.

Of course, the rest of the women from Xeik and Lewis’ circle were there too, minus Mia. Osiria was showing off in a fantastic, lacy red corset that emphasized her figure as she poured round after round of drinks. Tonight was also one of the rare nights that Vela graced the cabaret with her presence, and she was strutting around the place in what was practically nothing of a white see-through outfit, with just the barest of cover on the essentials.

Xeik sighed, and took a seat at the bar and waved his hand for a drink from Os.

Lewis was watching, of course, and immediately noticed when the old guild boys walked in behind Xeik. Without even having to ask the healer, he had a general idea of what had happened, and slithered his way through the crowd to the space behind the group, and crossed his arms.

He cocked his head to the side, and watched Simone for a moment, a smirk on his face. His wife winked and smiled back, which got the boys thinking that she was interacting with them. That was when Lewis leaned forward.

“…and why are you staring so hungrily at my wife?” His voice was ice cold, with murderous intent. At once, all of the boys froze.

Author: Simone, Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2021 8:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Show us the Wife!

“We don’t believe you.” The group stared at the other survivors.

“It’s true! Xeik is getting married and has a son! Lewis is married and has thirteen children!”

“Show us his wife! She has to be a whale or ugly,” they said as they remembered what Lewis was like. Only someone like that would settle for the emotionless boy.

“Fine!” They found Xeik easily enough with the information he left for them. “Xeik, take us to see Lewis at once!”

“But… They are working…” Xeik looked up. “I wouldn’–”

“We don’t care! He married an ugly woman didn’t he!?” They yelled and Xeik realized why the two from the restaurant looked… confused as well with their words.

“Okay but don’t blame me for how Lewis reacts.” Xeik pushed up and opened a portal. “I will take you to the entrance it’s up to Arrin to find them.”

They were dropped off in front of the Angel Cabaret. “Here?” Xeik nodded. It was the weekend anyway. Once they went inside Arrin took the charge looking for Simone.

He found her with a revealing outfit on. It was much different than the one they had seen her in at the restaurant. Was it really the same woman? The way her black hair fell around her. The wings! They were actually real. Their breaths hitched in their throats. “That’s her.”

“There ain’t no way~”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:30 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Janus and Lila’s eyes were wide with the same intensity that Lewis had when he was about to enjoy slitting someone’s throat. It was absolutely terrifying to most of the kids, and even Xeik was getting chills at the energy that was pouring off of the twins.

Janus took a step forward, and started to throw the black flame, but his hand stopped. He looked at his arm curiously, and noticed that someone had stopped it. It was Xeik, who was standing there calmly with a smile on his face. The fact that an adult was stepping in immediately made Janus sigh.

“I had it,” the boy grumped.

“Lila, you too. Put your hand down.” The Divine Mender looked over to the royal brat who had Glynn in his hands. “I suggest you put him down now. He really doesn’t like being held like that.” Xeik’s voice was unwaveringly calm.

“I’ll do no such thing. My fath-” the boy started. At once, Xeik was in front of the kid. Glynn had appeared in his hands, and the crying was subsiding, replaced by giggling as Xeik smiled down at Glynn.

“There, there, Glynn. It’s okay now.” Xeik walked towards Llywellyn, and glanced back. “I don’t know about you, Lly…but I need to pay attention to Glynn for a moment. So as long as I don’t sense someone getting too badly hurt, I won’t be able to focus on the kids for a moment…”

Lila smirked, and looked at Janus. He mirrored her look, and their gazes trailed back to the merchant boy. “Play?” Janus asked his sister.

“Play.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lila dropped the treats. Her own eyes latched onto the merchant boy. “Put him down now.” Lila was next to her brother in an instant. “We’ll make you regret it.”

Janus nodded with Lila.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH GLYNN!” Shaya yelled but she couldn’t get close enough because of the twins. The presence those two had was… terrifying.

Lila had a black flame in her hand bouncing it up and down as if it were a ball. If they were looked more like Lewis than Simone it was right now. “Put him down. Go home.”

“Or what? You going to kick my ankles?”

“Burn alive~” Janus replied as he formed his own little black ball of fire. “Or we see how high you fly.”

“Or~ We turn you into something else,” Lila replied at the end of Janus’s sentence. “Put. Glynn. Down. Go. Home.”

“I don’t mean to bring up that we should intervene… but Xeik, I think this is one of those situations we should intervene.” The louder Glynn got the angrier the twins' presence got.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:13 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Raile sighed when the two kids came up to him. Of course things were going this way, but he had an idea in the back of his mind to help cool the tensions that were obviously flaring between the Terrowins and the other kids. “Now, now, Shaya. Let’s try to make friends with everyone. Nobody is getting reported today…” What was more concerning was how she found him so easily. He wondered if his own girls were a part of that problem…

He led the kids back and waved over one of his more successful business partners; a small metal cart with frozen treats. The mage specialized in ice magic, and created fantastic frozen fruit treats. With a bit of silver and coaxing, the mage started to pass out treats to all the kids to try and calm the heated tensions.

Janus waved his hand, sleepy, and yawned. “Lila, one for me? And Glynn?” The moment he finished the sentence, he dozed back off.

Lila hopped up and smiled. “Yes!” She seemed excited over the possibility of a frozen treat, and trotted off to the cart. Unknown to the both of them, though, there was one boy who would not be participating. The merchant boy who was, at this point, furious with the Terrowin family. He snuck up to Glynn, and without hesitation snatched the baby boy up.

“I’ll teach you all to make a mockery of me…”

At the first cry from Glynn, Janus’ eyes opened. He was up in an instance with a dead look in his eye. Not only was he rudely interrupted from his nap, but someone was tormenting his baby brother.

And that just wasn’t allowed.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:04 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Alshaya was learning to be in complete control of her powers. It was important to be in-sync with what had given birth to her, at least that was what Simone had taught her. Now she could communicate with trees for short instances and she was mastering being able to use them as doors but up until now, she was only allowed to do so with guardians present as the Terrowins were scared she was going to go someplace she shouldn’t have.

“She certainly is coming into her nymph blood well…” Llywellyn was watching. “I can see why it scares Simone so much.” Alshaya even managed to loop some of the children behind her and once the race was over she patted her skirt more to shake the dirt off.

“You cheated!” One of the bigger boys yelled.

“The only rule was we couldn’t cut through the playground. Magic is fully available to use.” Shaya put her hands on her hips.

“A girl like you shouldn’t ha–” A rock flew and knocked the boy right in the face.

Lila had a few in her hands now as she made a face. “SHHH.” Glynn had started to make a fuss. “Don’t wake Glynn.”

“Or Janus,” Janus waved his hand.”

“I’m going to report you to the owner of this fortress!” The boy yelled. "My dad will get your parents kicked off the fortress!"

“Sure,” Alshaya smiled. “Let me help you.” She was gone for a little bit and managed to find Raile after asking some unsuspecting plants. “Uncle Raile, this boy wants to report us.”

“…Uncle?” The color drained from his face.

"Shaya… is bold." Llywellyn was facepalming.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:56 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Janus watched as all the other kids lined up and huffed at the thought of exercise so early in the morning. With Lila taking care of Glynn, that meant that the youngest trio was not going to take part in the absurd race that was about to happen. He already knew that it would be Alshaya or Everett who won. Sure, there was a small chance that Llonan might win, but the boy was too honest for his own good.

The lazy twin yawned and rolled over. The race would be far too boring to watch.

Llonan lined up next to the other kids, and knelt down, readying himself to go. He knew that the race would be insane if magic was allowed. Everett was stretching and hopped up and down, raring to go. The other kids were all preparing, while a few of the more posh children were standing back and watching with disdain, though silver was trading hands. Even the youngest of merchants knew how to bet. There was, however, a very angry rich boy lined up. The one that Everett had knocked down…

“Ready!?” Everett said as he smirked. “Set!!!”

Alshaya grinned. “ANDDDD GOOOO!!!”

They all started off, with Alshaya immediately taking the lead with magically enhanced reflexes. Everett wasn’t far behind, followed by a trailing Llonan. The rest of the kids were shocked and a few even stopped trying entirely. Some of the other kids adapted quickly, and were quick on the update. Alshay, though, was hardly playing fair…

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:38 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Alshaya looked at the boy, “Did you just insult my–” Everett cut her off and she laughed. “YEAH, let’s play. LLONAN, we’re gonna play! No rules! That means magic~” She rolled up her sleeves and patted her skirts to make sure they weren’t too poofy and got in the way. “I’m gonna kick your butts!”

Lila looked over at Janus, “Yeah, they loud.” Lila got up and went over to a large bush. She broke one of the larger leaves and totted back over to Glynn holding it over him. Glynn calmed down a bit more and cooed before going back to sleep. “Good Glynn.”

Alshaya got up on top of a bench and looked at the boys, “This race will have no rules, all things go, there is no such thing as cheating. The race will be three loops around the playground using any means necessary. Loser has to do something embarrassing at a later date.”

The other children came over, “I bet we could win.”

“If you think you can win… Then you can play.” Alshaya gave a grin to Llonan and Everett. They had played together enough that they knew how each other worked but these new kids didn’t know. “Oh! Only rule is that you have to go around you can’t cut through.”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 6:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik sighed, “Simone would deck you, and Lewis would kill me. Wouldn’t even hesitate…” The healer sighed as he sat back and watched the kids. “Still…we can’t just go after them every time they do something. Unless it’s major, we might as well let them work it out.”

Janus was over near Lila and Glynn, laying in the grass with his eyes closed. For the most part, he was content to take this time to nap the day away, but as always he could hear his siblings arguing. When Everett started to chant, a few kids took notice at the raucous behavior of the Terrowin family.

While Alshaya was busy looking for the one who threw a rock, a rather pompous looking boy walked up to her and straightened his frock. “I saw you with that…drab boy over there. Whatever he has to offer, I promise you that my father-”

Everett came running over, knocking the boy to the ground in the process. “Hey sis, I bet you a silver you can’t beat me in a race!” He looked over and realized that he had accidentally knocked the kid over. “Oh! I’m sorry!” He held out his grimy hands and smiled. “Name’s Everett and this is my sister, Alshaya! Sorry! Here, let me help you up!”

Lynette had gone and found the highest point on the playground, and was sitting up top swinging her legs. She was getting quite the show of everything beneath her, and was content to watch the chaos below. Mostly, she was keeping an eye on her two younger siblings Jules and Corrine. The two were, out of all the Terrowin children, the weakest of the bunch, and she made it her mission to wreck anyone who would dare hurt them.

Janus yawned, and rolled over. “Everyone is so loud today…” he grumbled.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Llywellyn was watching his children as well. He had brought three. Llonan, the youngest, and then two red-haired daughters. His own set of twins. “I just hope they behave. Simone has that ring that lets her know when one gets hurt you know. She would zip right over here and punch me in the face if something happened.” Lly gave him a smirk.

Lila was making a flower crown with Alshaya. “That’s too small for someone you like Lila!”

Lila puffed her face out and totted over to Glynn who was spacing out over the flowers. “Here.” She put it on his head. “See. Just. Right.” She nodded to Alshaya.

“Oh!” Alshaya giggled before running over to Llonan and put the flower crown on his head and gave him a cheek kiss before running away.

“ALSHAYA AND LLONAN SITTING IN A TREE!” Everett yelled from the top of a jungle gym.

“Shut up!!!” Alshaya yelled.

Glynn fussed and Lila picked up a rock chucking it at Alshaya.

“HEY, THAT HURT!” Alshaya looked around to see who did it but Lila was looking away. “Who did it?!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:47 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis sighed. These children were quite the handful today, but he didn’t mind. Soon, they would grow up and he would probably end up missing the days like today. He could feel it from Simone, her desire to keep things as they are, and knew that despite his excitement for their potential, he would be sad to see them grow and eventually leave.

He stood up and swooped Lila into his arms. “Yes, yes…they do owe you. Now, let’s get going.” He gave Jack a quick look. “You…well…if Leilah can work a miracle on you, then maybe you’re okay. You’ve done well for yourself…just don’t screw it up.” With that, he said his goodbyes to Leilah, and led his family to Elysia, where a not so shocked Xeik would fix Everett’s nose…

—-


That’s Our Baby Brother

It was a special day for Lewis and Simone, one where they had to spend the entire day away from the twins. Janus and Lila hated it, but this was a part of their growth. They needed to get used to spending time away from their parents, lest they become far too attached. Janus, in particular, was quite the Momma’s boy. So, Xeik recommended a vacation for the two. Begrudgingly, the two agreed, and suddenly Xeik was left with all ten of the children who needed to be looked over.

Xeik of course wasn’t alone. Mia was in Elysia with Myrri, their newborn baby. It was her idea to get Xeik out and about as well, as his constant worrying over their child was surprisingly driving them both crazy. It was none other than Lywellyn who had offered his aid in watching the kids, and had even brought his own to help, as well as a few inconspicuous guards.

They had settled on Taevalinn due to it being one of the safest places for them all, and soon Ly and Xeik were relaxing as they watched the kids play around the open garden and playground that had been installed. There were a lot of other kids as well, a few of them with rather expensive looking clothes. They were likely the offspring of the wealthier merchants who had settled on Teavelinn for business.

“I would say keep an eye out,” Xeik started, “But I’m more worried for those kids than I am for the Terrowins…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Jack looked at the small family and realized how much Lewis had grown up into a responsible father. He sat back and watched what he thought would be a disastrous marriage.

Shaya was finally put down and she had her arms crossed, “Did you talk to the people who you shanked in the back before you killed them?!”

Simone smacked the girl up the backside of her head, “Apologize.” The mother had a tone that left no room for Shaya’s sass as the girl was now cowering at her mother.

“I’m sorry Daddy!” She ran over to Lewis and climbed him like a tree hugging him tightly. “I’m sorry to the white-haired bumpkin too.”

“I AM NOT A BUMPKIN!” Everett yelled. “Tell her Momma tell her I’m not a bumpkin!”

Simone sighed a bit and adjusted Janus in her arms so Everett could sit on her lap. “My goodness.” She kissed the top of his head. “And this is why we split your rooms up.”

“So I don’t have to smell Everett?”

“I TOOK A BATH TODAY!”

“Yeah but you forgot to wash behind your ears! LOOK DADDY LOOK BEHIND HIS EARS!”

Simone smirked a bit, “I guess we’re gonna have to cut things short… We need to get Everett to Xeik… We had a whole day planned here.”

Lila made her grand appearance, “You ruined it!” She yelled at them. “SELFISH!”

“We’re sorry Lila!” Everett and Alshaya immediately apologized. “We’ll make it up to you!”

“You play on playground with us for twelve hours!” Lila yelled. “NO BREAKS!”

“Little… tyrant.” Simone sighed.

“Nap breaks,” Janus replied. “Lunch too.” Lila nodded.

Jack smiled, "You proved everyone wrong Lewis. You are a great parent and husband. You've changed a lot!" Even Jack had as he was handed things to do from Leilah.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The disasters that walked through the portal were none other than Alshaya and Everett, who had once again gotten into a fight. Suddenly, Jack didn’t even exist in Lewis’ mind, and his entire attention went to his family. Lucas was “restraining” Alshaya, waiting for one of the parents to decide how to deal with the whole situation.

It was, of course, Simone who used Alshaya’s full name to indicate how much trouble the feisty girl was in. Despite the tongue lashing, Alshaya was all fire today.

“Both of you need to watch your language,” Lewis snapped as he looked over Everett. He sighed, and pulled out a small little vial. “Drink. Slowly.”

Everett downed the vial in one gulp, and then started to cough and sputter. “It burns….”

“That would be why I told you to drink it slowly,” Lewis said as he stood up. “Should ease the pain. We’ll stop by and see Xeik on the way home.” At the rate that they had to see the healer, Lewis was wondering if he should just hand over half of his fortune for future medical bills.

The ex-assassin turned his attention to Alshaya. “What have we said about fighting?”

“Don’t get caught,” Alshaya said smugly.

“Your siblings, Alshaya. You know very well what I was talking about.”

“Not to do it,” Alshaya grumbled. “Not my fault though. He called me fat.”

Everett ran up to them, “I did not! I said she should lay off the bacon cause she needs to look after her figure. That means more bacon for me!”

Lewis rolled his eyes. “Everett…you called her fat. Also, if she stops eating bacon that means we just make less. You’re not magically going to get more.”

“Why not though?” the little deviant boy asked. “It’s the best food!”

“Apologize to your sister. And Alshaya? Apologize for hitting your brother. Even if he did say something mean, that doesn’t give you the right to hit him. We talk to each other in this family. Right?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“I don’t wanna think about it,” Simone whined at Lewis. “He’s my beautiful baby boy,” Janus whined up at her. “I don’t play favorites. You are my other beautiful baby boy.” Janus accepted that answer.

Simone waved her hand at Jack, “We’re just really protective for a reason…”

They continued talking for a good ten minutes before there was a portal that opened up right there and screaming. Simone sat there with a blank expression on her face. She was embarrassed as Ezili ran through with Everett in her arms, “MOMMA.” Everett was crying. He was holding a towel to his nose and it was all bloody.

“Sorry Momma,” Ezili frowned a bit. “He got decked.”

“PUT ME DOWN RIGHT THIS INSTANT!” Lucas came through and he had Alshaya by her legs as she swung herself around trying to punch at Lucas. “HE DESERVED IT!”

“I DID NOT,” Everett yelled as Leilah prepared to fix his nose.

“You are still punching your brother?” Leilah looked disappointed.

“I punched him good this time! Maybe I can break it the other way!”

“Alshaya Leilani!” Simone yelled as she held her forehead in embarrassment. “What have I said about punching your brother?”

“Why are we making this about me?!” She was still upside down as she put her hands on her hips staring at her parents. “What have I said about Everett being a little shit!”

“I’m not a little shit!!!” Everett yelled back.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis was pretending to cry over the fact that Glynn had been corrupted by his other kids. “My poor innocent boy. He’ll be a crack shot archer one day at the rate he’s going. They grow up so fast…”

Jack snorted. “I never thought I’d see Lewis act like this. It’s almost priceless.”

“I can still kill you three different ways without moving from this chair, so don’t get any ideas.” The ex-assassin smirked as Janus made a face and blew a raspberry at Jack, and then snuggled back into Simone.

“I don;’t doubt that,” Jack replied with a heavy sigh. “Sadly, I don’t have time to die. Too busy making tonics. Speaking of, do you happen to nee-”

“Xeik has us covered,” Lewis replied. “He’s the only non-Rose that I trust to look after my family.”

“Oh…” Jack looked almost disappointed. “Well, if you ever need anything just let me know.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

When Lewis commented on what the twins would do Simone made a disappointed childish noise. It got a laugh and look out of Leilah.

“I thought with the way the resonance worked that you two agreed on everything,” Leilah spoke.

“Hell no,” Simone glared at Lewis. “There are lots of things we don’t agree on but we don’t fight about it. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t poke the fucking bear when he is bored.” Simone waved her hand to wave off any comment Lewis might have made but she could see him smirking. “He’s a tyrant when he’s bored.”

“Is that where the twins get it?” Leilah smirked.

“Probably from both of us,” Simone did a half hearted twirl of her finger. “It’s a nightmare when they are bored. I’ll miss it when they are older.”

Simone smiled with a warm heart when she listened to everything. “Mira flooded the castle so many times when she was younger. I don’t know how many times we had to carry turtles and other sea animals out. She didn’t speak a lick of common so we had to slowly teach her… Alshaya is sharp tongued and a spoiled princess. She came like that despite our best efforts… She is so lovable though. Everett has a love of bacon and Lewis gave in–”

“Are you ever going to let that go?” Lewis smirked at her.

“Nope, because breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner its DAD YOU LET ME HAVE BACON THAT ONE TIME?! REMEMBER?! Every. Day.” Simone did a mock of Everett’s voice. “They can sense weakness.”

“I heard Alshaya did something…” Leilah narrowed her eyes.

“Oh you mean she tried to loophole kidnapping Llonan and taking him to show and tell? Yeah, she actually did that. Llywellyn almost started a war because he thought his son was actually in danger. Nope, my seven-year-old managed to get around all of his guards and kidnap the sixth prince of Sulwal. Don’t tell Shaya but I’m mildly impressed and terrified.”

“Your children all sound amazing and terrifying,” Jack spoke up.

“They have their moments. Glynn just loves snuggles and he’s starting to walk now. Lewis’s eyes lit up so much. He loves watching them take their first steps. Lewis’s face when Glynn has acts of defiance is priceless. He’s all ‘you were the chosen one’. Glynn threw potato salad at his sister the other day when she got loud at dinner. It shocked us all as he yelled no at her. Shaya had no response. Glynn likes to throw food now… We’re officially entering his toddler years.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:17 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis had a hard time with the fact that he was supposed to act so casually with someone who once tried to steal Simone away from him, but Simone with her blue-blooded aptitude seemed to have very little issue diving into the conversation. For her, though, it felt more like showing off to him than anything else. This was her life, and she was proud of it. Her life. Her children. Her Lewis. It was all something that she wanted to share with the world. Who gave a damn if they cared? To her, all that mattered was that she had this in her life.

“Fine,” Lewis said as he rolled his eyes with a half smirk, diving into one of the hundreds of stories they had about Janus and Lila throwing their little tantrums. Of course, “little” to them was actually quite extraordinary, and usually ended with a disaster. Of course, Janus denied it, and Lewis ruffled the boy’s hair.

“You’re a little tyrant, you know?” Lewis said with a smile. “I can’t wait to see what amazing things you’ll do…” That was one thing where Lewis and Simone seemed to differ. Simone wanted them to be children forever, but Lewis was excited for what they could become. Their potential was limitless. All of the kids had it.

“Lucas is quite the bookworm. One day, he’ll be an amazing scholar. I have no doubt about that. Ezili…she wants to be a dancer. It was hard at first, but she got the hang of it. I was there when she fell, and picked her up. Well…Lucas did the picking up. Poor boy turned the reddest color I’ve ever seen. Then, there’s Rex. That boy…I figured he’d be the biggest fuck up, but in the most spectacular way. He sure as hell showed me…settled down with a loving wife and a litter of kids.” He wasn’t about t o go into the details.

“There’s Jules and Corrin. They’re quite the amazing little ones. They love art and spending time with each other. They have plenty of time to decide what they want to do. Then, there’s Fiori. She’s a hell of a girl. Never afraid to get her hands dirty. Wants to become a seamstress, but I swear she’s almost as conniving as I am. Mira…her love on the sea and her friends will always lead her in the right direction. Everett and Alshaya…almost as bad as the twins, but they have the biggest hearts. And of course…little Glynn. He’s got more than enough time to grow into a fine young man…”

Lewis scoffed. “I never thought any of this would happen. Surely not with the way things were going…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone let out a sigh and gave Lewis a smile. He would always be her Lewis. “Man, you really haven’t gotten much better at the communication department Lewis~” Leilah joked as she sat down next to everyone.

“Only if he has to.” Simone waved her hand. “We are better at communicating than anyone else though.”

“I would expect nothing less from someone with a red heartstring. You two really impressed us at Mother’s party. Your partnership is amazing~”

“Yes, well I wish Lewis would have let me go on more jobs with him before he retired,” Simone made a pout face but rolled her shoulders. “The one time I did go we ended up in a dungeon.”

“Yeah, Rhenakos told me he wanted to die by your thighs…”

“Rhenakos has a big fucking mouth,” Simone snapped and Jack jumped a bit. “Sorry… Rhen… tries sleeping with me a lot.” Jack made a grossed face showing he knew who Rhenakos was just from hanging around Leilah. “Yep. Anyways, long story short. We decided we wanted to do good in the world… I wanted a family and Lewis wanted to help orphans… So we got a huge castle and slowly our kids found us. Literally, almost all of them found us. Our oldest is around eighteen now… and our seventeen year old got his girlfriend pregnant so we’re expecting grandchildren~ We never thought he would sow his wild oats… considering we were spiking his breakfast…”

Jack stared at her, “That’s cruel.”

“Well, we were scared he was going to have children all over Revaliir. He was kind of a slut,” Simone chuckled. “His basically wife is what reigned him in. I’m excited about grandchildren~ Lewis is too. He won’t tell you but he’s gone shopping for them already. Anyways, our youngest is Glynn and he is around a year and a half. Lewis retired from assassinating people~ he’s trying his hand at growing grapes now and… I write books.”

Now that Simone had told the short story it was Leilah’s turn, “Mother threw him out of Elysia at me. Told me, that since he tried to take care of Simone with honest feelings she would grant him this one chance to make his skills better. He’s a lot better now that he has a real teacher. He’s been here for… half a year now?” She thought about it. “Somehow he has never been here when you two visited though.”

Jack nodded a bit, “I thought since Lady Angela had a lot of kindness maybe she could direct me… but she called me worthless trash that didn’t know how to brew a potion right and threw me out. I had no idea she was that intense…”

“Tell me about it,” Simone had a look on her face, “she uses me as a live experiment whenever she fucking feels like it. Price to pay I guess. She made my body and brought me back. I’m at her whim just like Lewis is. We owe her a great deal. A lot more than she will let us say.”

“I always questioned it,” Jack seemed interested now, “what happened to you that is.”

“Lewis made a deal with me. Once my curse holder was killed and I was released from my torment that he would kill me to set me free. My curse was the worst case of immortality… If you want to call it that. Dying over and over and resetting forgetting my memories. I went through centuries of hell before Lewis found me.”

“And how?” Jack could now know about Simone even if it looked like it was scaring him.

“He was hired to kill me because I can’t bare children. So my nobleman of a husband at the time hired an assassin to kill me. Only when I didn’t die Lewis became angry because of his pride. So he brought me back to the tower until he found a way to get rid of me. It was Angela who helped him get in contact with me. We call it the dream dive. He entered my mental landscape. It lasted mere hours out here but inside… It was probably closer to a year for Lewis. It connected us in ways we can’t explain fully and Angela doesn’t know all of the details. We do know its called resonance. Two souls completely in sync who can become one. It’s this resonance which Angela used to bring me back. Lewis and I are basically one being now. I’m alive because Lewis is alive. His lifeforce is now my lifeforce and as long as I’m breathing he lives. It’s a gift and a punishment for obvious reasons.”

“Lady Angela has a sick sense of humor,” Jack mentioned but it looked like he already knew from Leilah’s stories.

“Yeah, she’s got a dark streak. However, she is the best doctor there is and she always comes to fix us if we need it. I had a while there after the twins were created that I would black out from a hole that had grown in the resonance. It was thanks to her and Xeik that we don’t have that issue anymore.”

“And the twins? You said they were a miracle and now created.” Jack was more observant now. No doubt because of Leilah.

“They were born out of our love and excess mana when our son Everett was kidnapped. They shouldn’t have happened at all. I guess Xeik put it the best way. Think of me as a well– Lewis and the twins each have a bucket that they can take from me. The twins can draw skills from me just as much as Lewis and I can draw from each other. It makes them incredibly intelligent. They can go as far as their bodies can which is terrifying. As soon as they could walk they did. As soon as they could talk they did. Writing? They can but not great. As they get older they are beginning not to be able to draw knowledge from me but all that’s done is make them upset some days. Right, Lewis? Tell Jack about their tantrums.”

“I’m good,” Janus said sleepily.

“Okay, but you really aren’t most days,” Simone chuckled. “I love you still.”

“Love you more than daddy,” Janus smiled up at his mother and Simone smiles.

“I’m really going to be broken-hearted when they get bigger.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The reality that Jack was present, and that Lewis would have to interact with him regardless of his desire to was finally settling in. The ex-assassin smirked, though, as Lila went off to play with the Talon girls. “Play nice, Lila. No magic.”

The girl called back, “No magic. Promise.” It was hard to tell if she would actually try to keep the promise, but the effort was there and that was quite the good start. The rest of them moved into the next room, where they sat at a small table. Leilah left and came back, offering a rose blend of herbal tea. As she started to pour it, Simone mentioned the thirteen children.

“Thanks,” Lewis said as he took a sip of the fresh rose tea. “Eight years ago we left the tower. After that, we decided that…” He paused. “This is all boring and a long story that doesn’t need to be told. We have thirteen kids, and they’re well taken care of.” Waving his hand, Lewis took another sip of the tea. “What really matters…” He stared at the old potions apprentice. “How the hell did you end up here?”

Lady Angela had made a comment about his skills a long time ago, so Lewis knew a little more than he was letting on. There was no way that Leilah, who wasn’t far behind Angela in potion making skills, saw anything in Jack. Though, Leilah was quite a lot nice than Angela when it came to people.

At least, that was what Lewis assumed. Leilah was hard to read sometimes..and when it came down to Everett, Nyssa, and Piper, well….

“Sorry,” he said aloud. His thoughts were all over the place, and he knew Simone could hear them. “So, Leilah…where did you pick him up?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:57 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone smirked a bit at the father and son duo. It looked like Janus was hell-bent on fighting for his right to Simone. “Sweetheart,” Simone booped Janus’s nose, “I’m sorry but your daddy had me first.”

The toddler looked like he had a broken heart, “Besides, without him, I wouldn’t have you both… My greatest little treasures.” She tickled Janus and he giggled.

“Fine, take care of her,” Janus said stubbornly. “Or I fight you.”

Leilah laughed at Janus and shook her head, “Nyssa! Piper! You have guests!” The two little redheads ran in and were excited to see Lila.

“No play, want mama,” Janus said stubbornly. His eyes met Jack’s and he held out his arms. He snuggled right into her bosom and just stared. He was content with making sure this newcomer didn’t have a chance with his mother.

Simone sighed a bit and kissed the top of Janus’s head. Lila on the other hand threw her hand up at Jack, “Bye. Later. Play now.” Nyssa and Piper took her hands and led her off to go play. “Finally. PLAY!” She squealed from the playroom.

“Sorry, she is… special.”

“Brat,” Janus said. “Lila brat.”

“Don’t call your sister a brat~”

“Spoiled. Brat,” Janus said up to Simone with an honest expression.

“They are… really developed for their age…” Jack said as he watched the two of them almost scared.

“Aye, they are special. Our little miracles,” Simone answered as Leilah took them over to a little sitting-room so they could talk and catch up. “We’ve been pretty busy lately. We have thirteen children but only Janus and Lila are our biological since I can’t have children.” Simone bounced Janus and he seemed to fall asleep easily even though he fought it to fight with Jack.

“Thirteen?!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:26 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The twins were doing their usual routine when it came to meeting others. It was hard enough to get them to do anything other than what they wanted. What they wanted usually entailed playing around or goofing off. That was what they were focused on, though there were a few times where they found other interests; the prime example of this was when Lila learned to play chess with Xeik.

Lewis was awkward when it came to other children, which was almost absurd considering his own. Still, as the scene played out, Lewis couldn’t help but smile at his Simone. She was practically glowing as she doted on Leilah’s new babies. Lila, with her usual sass, wanted nothing more than for this to be over.

It was Janus, though, who called out the stranger in the back room. Lewis was quick to glare in that direction, wiping the smile off his face immediately. Janus was right, though. The stranger was staring at them, and immediately Lewis reached for the dagger that he always kept hidden in his coat.

As it turned out, though, Lewis’ aggression was unneeded. The stranger turned out to be a blast from the past, and the very last person the ex-assassin ever thought he would see again.

“Jack,” Lewis said with a sigh. Out of all the people from either of their pasts, this was the last one who would be out for blood. “It seems you’re…alive.”

Jack awkwardly shuffled into the main room. “I am…” He still couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. Lewis and Simone had not only survived, but thrived since the last time he had seen them.

“Janus,” Lewis said with a smirk as he walked up and picked the child up. “That would be because your mother is mine.” He bopped the kid’s nose. “But I don’t mind sharing.”

“Share? No share.”

Lila huffed. “Boooreeedd. Play now.” She was uninterested in the appearance of Jack. “Play with Nyssa and Piper?”

Lewis looked over to Simone. It wasn’t the worst idea while they caught up with Jack. At least, that was what he assumed they were about to do. If it were up to him, though, he would rather have just left entirely. He would much rather have been wandering around with the twins.

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:57 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone had her hands on her hips and she chuckled, “We call this wanderlust my babies. You are having wanderlust… Also big stomachs.” She could hear Janus’s drooling from where she was. She took Janus’s hand and watched as Lewis took Lila’s.

“They are friends and family. We visit friends and family.”

“BOOOOOORRRRR-INNGGG,” Lila yelled.

“Okay Alshaya Jr. calm down before I treat you like how Shaya does,” Simone put a hand on her hip and Lila pursed her lips.

“Not the butt,” Lila hid her face into Lewis. “Protect meeee.”

“No one is gonna protect you Little Monster…” She smirked a bit. “Yeah, it’s this way.” She opened the door to the modest little apocathary.

“Well! IF IT ISN’T MY FAVORITE CUSTOMERS!” Leilah got excited to see them all.

“Let me see the new babies!” Simone got excited as she let Janus’s hand go so she could see Raven and Judith. “Oh, they are beautiful Lei. They hate it being this high… I can tell.”

“Yeah, they are still getting used to it. Raile likes to say ‘Ohh my poor babies~’”

“Yeah, poor babies. Play now,” Lila said as Lewis had to scoop her up.

“Visit first then we play.”

The door from the back room opened up and everything was at a standstill. “WHY YOU HAVE A FUNNY FACE AT MY MAMA!” Janus yelled up at the dark-haired man who left the room.

“Janus,” Simone quirked an eyebrow at him. “Not very nice.”

“HE’S NOT NICE! HE’S STARING.” Janus ran over and clung to her leg giving a Lewis look at the man.

“This… This is all you,” Simone pointed at Janus as she chuckled towards Lewis.

“Si- Simone…” The man finally spoke.

Simone got a good look at him now and she put her finger to her lips, “Jack?”

“Ye-yeah… and you have mini yous.”

“Yeah,” Simone smirked a bit and picked up Janus. “This is our son Janus and that’s his twin, Lila.”

“She’s mine,” Janus proclaimed.

“No, I am not,” Simone blew raspberries on Janus’s belly causing him to laugh. “Not just yours~”

“Why not?” Janus tilted his head.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Familiarity

It was one of the easier days with the twins. For whatever reason only they could decide, Janus and Lila were acting what could only be described as saintly. So, as a reward, Lewis and Simone decided to take a trip to Taevalinn with just the four of them. It wasn’t too difficult to convince the two year olds that it would be fun to have an outing, and soon they found themselves standing in front of the portal, tuning it to the wonderful river city.

As usual, they stepped through the portal and onto the wonderful floating city that Raile had ‘constructed.’ Immediately Janus and Lila were awed by the massive trade guild, with bustling shops and stalls all about. The smells of wondrous foods filled the air, and the busy chatter of traders and merchants rang about.

At once, the twins tried to escape, but Lewis and Simone were way ahead of them, and kept the two little deviants close.

“No you don’t. We’re going to see Auntie Leilah, Auntie Kalina, and Uncle Raile first. Then we can go do some fun things, okay?”

“No fun,” Janus complained. “Play!”

“PLAY!” Lila agreed. “Play now. No visit.”

“That would be rude,” Lewis replied.

“Rude.” Lila nodded. “We rude.”

“Yes you two are,” the ex-assassin said with a smirk. “You two are very rude.” Of course, Lewis and Simone ignored their pleas for playtime, and walked into the building where Raile kept his offices. It didn’t take long for them to discover that Raile was out and about for business, and that Leilah and Kalina were each tending to their shops.

“I guess we’ll visit Lei first,” Lewis said as they walked down the street. “Her shop is…this way, right?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Llywellyn had his hand to his face, “You have a drama queen for a daughter…”

“The one and only… Super spoiled princess. Swear she came this way,” Simone looked defeated as she watched her husband break apart the fight.

Alshaya went to blow a raspberry and Simone was fast to grab her lips. One second she wasn’t there and the next she was holding Shaya’s lips. Shaya’s big pink eyes were looking up at her. The kids in the class were terrified at how fast the smaller of the Terrowin parental units were. “No sass. Your father is capable of putting an elephant down what do you think he’ll do to you. Remember that time you didn’t think we would spank you and you ended up crying for three weeks?” Shaya nodded.

The class gasped.

“For heavens’ sake, she is a drama queen. Even stubbing her toe is a seven-day sob fest.” The kids seemed to understand… After all, it was Alshaya Terrowin they were talking about. “Spoiled princess.” Simone let Shaya’s lips go. “Teacher, Shaya is coming home with us for immediate punishment. Kids.”

The other Terrowins snapped up and looked at her directly, “You are to return home promptly after school. Is that an understanding? No dillydallying or else.” Her voice hung low in the air and all the kids were terrified how intimidating the two were. No wonder they could handle all of the kids they had.

“Ha, serves you ri–” Pearl started and Simone snapped her eyes to her.

“If you think that just because you aren’t my child that I won’t spank your bottom right here and right now… You would be crazy.”

“YOU WOULDN’T DARE MY DADDY IS A –”

“Your daddy’s noble blood has nothing on my blue blood kid. Title trumps title. Sits your little butt down. NOW,” Simone commanded and Pearl lost the color in her face as she went back to her seat. “Now, Shaya. We’re leaving. Lewis, bring Alshaya.”

Simone went over to Llonan and picked him up before grabbing Llywellyn by his ear and dragging him, “You are practically the most worthless king I know.”

“OW OW OW, MONE! I AM THE ONLY KING YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.” It was funny watching the tall elf king being dragged off by the little woman by his side.

“Oh shut up. Portal now.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:50 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The whole situation was getting out of hand rather quickly. Alshaya took her ideas and ran with them as hard as she could, and was promptly handed to Lewis when Simone ended up unable to handle the wild child. Lewis quickly calmed her down, to everyone’s surprise, but only enough to keep her from squirming out of his grasps. Her mouth was still a problem, and immediately her words were whispered amongst the class.

“So not only is he a king, but he’s a pervy king?” one of the kids asked. “What’s that have to look like?”

The apologies couldn’t come fast enough from the Terrowin kids, and Llonan was blushing hard at this point. Pearl stood up, putting her hands on her hips. “Oh, well that makes your prince a perv too!”

Despite being restrained by Lewis, Alshaya broked free and launched herself in the air. “DON’T YOU DARE INSULT MY FUTURE HUSBAND!”

Alshaya launching herself at Pearl somehow inspired the rest of the class, and everyone except the Terrowin kids seemed to take a side of some kind, starting a class wide fight.

“Nope…not dealing with this,” Lewis said as he took a step into the class. “I’ll ask for forgiveness later…” He slammed his hands together, and the clap resonated with a shockwave that immobilized all of the kids in the room. Lewis walked in, and slowly pulled every fight apart.

“Now…I’m going to release this hold…” He looked around. “If anyone, and I mean ANYONE makes a move…” Lewis glared at Alshaya. “They’ll get frozen like this for the rest of the week.” It was obvious that Lewis was not above threatening children at this point.

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:20 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Your father is right. When a child holds a title it is way different. You can’t just take off with hi–”

Shaya put her hands on her hips and tapped her foot, “But Uncle Llywellyn used to ‘kidnap’ you all the time when you were stuck in the castle! I heard all about it.” She looked at Llywellyn with a critical eye. “So, it was okay when you were trying to perv on my mother but it's not okay when I am just friends with Llonan?”

Llywellyn was now facepalming and Simone was bright red. “ALSHAYA LEILANI!” Simone yelled. “That is… not…”

“IT IS! You can’t lie to me. I know! Uncle Llywellyn perved on you!” The child proclaimed and Simone came over and picked her up. “Come on Llonan let's go talk about this somewhere else.” Alshaya was struggling and Simone passed her off to LEwis who she struggled against a bit more. “I’m gonna marry Llonan!” She yelled.

Llywellyn apologized to the class and all of Terrowin kids had their heads hit the desks in front of them.

“Shaya you can’t put that kind of business out in front of others…” Simone explained as Lewis finally got her to settle. “That’s adult business.”

“YOU WERE KIDS!”

“We were older than you and that’s all that matters.” Simone sighed a bit and ruffled Llonan’s hair. “I’m sorry she dragged you into something. Next time just tell someone.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

When Alshaya opened her mouth, Everett let out a groan and slammed his head into the table. Ezili, who was in the back of the room with the older kids, covered here eyes, shocked at what her little sister had done. This whole event was absolutely insane for the rest of the family, and it was only going to get worse.

Llonan looked around at the wide eyed class, and with Pearl being the way she was, immediately refuted his claim to being a prince. It was hard to prove, but when he looked over he was shocked to see that his father was standing there. It was almost surreal, but he was glad that the King had shown up. Things were getting a little awkward. Llonan did like being with Alshaya, but somehow he had a feeling that this wasn’t exactly the best way to go about this.

Lewis was standing behind Simone and Llywellyn, his arms crossed. It was hard not to be impressed with the girl and her bold attempt at kidnapping. Of course, she denied it the moment that Simone started to explain what she had done wrong.

Lewis cocked his head to the side when Alshaya claimed that he had explained kidnapping. The ex-assassin sighed, and shook his head. “That’s…not what I meant. And besides, it was Everett who-” He sighed again. Of course she would have used Everett to ask the question.

“It’s different when it comes to those who hold status and who are children, though…” Something he figured would have been obvious, but of course Alshaya would find it as a loophole.

Llonan looked around. “I…uh, am sorry?”

“You have nothing to apologize for, Llonan.” Lewis looked over to Alshaya. “Alshaya?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:44 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone wasted no time telling Llywellyn her theory. “We’ll just have to show up and see if we’re for sure that’s what happened… When did she even learn to use it?” … “Nevermind… It’s not the first time she learned from watching. When Everett went missing we found out she knows how to tune the gate to Elysia. No one taught her how to do it.”

Simone readied the gate to the school and Llywellyn was trying not to panic. He had sent back word not to start anything major until they disproved what they had as an idea. Simone opened the classroom door and crossed her arms as she watched a now very timid Alshaya taking Llonan’s hand and moving him to the front of the classroom.

“This is my friend Llonan. He’s a prince.” Shaya showed him off and everyone ooh’d and aww’d.

“Prove it,” Pearl crossed her arms. “You can’t just say he’s a prince.”

“BUT HE IS,” Shaya stomped her foot. “You are just jealous.” She noticed Llywellyn and ran over to grab his hand. “This is his daddy. I call him Uncle Llywellyn. He’s the king of Sulwal in Canelux.” Shaya put her hands on her hips.

“Is it true?” The kids got all bright-eyed at Llywellyn who was sighing in relief.

“Yes, I’m the twenty-third king of Sulwal. Llonan is my youngest and he is the sixth prince,” Llywellyn stood behind Llonan and put his hands on his shoulder. “I was very worried about him.”

Shaya froze up and looked at her parents and looked up at Llywellyn, “I only borrowed him for a moment.”

All of the Terrowin kids facepalmed at once.

“Shaya, you can’t just kidnap a prince,” Simone shook her finger at her daughter.

“It’s not kidnapping,” Shaya pouted.

“How is it not?”

“He came willingly. Daddy told me that’s the difference between kidnapping and borrowing. I ASKED,” Shaya said confidently. “I asked Llonan for his consent. He said yes. Not. Kidnapping.”

Simone was facepalming now. Her bold daughter.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was odd to Lewis that his gate ring was missing. It wasn’t an absolute emergency; if it came down to it, he could ask Simone for a gate to just about anywhere. But, Lewis was not one to misplace items. The only logical thing was that it had been moved by someone else. Simone hadn’t seen it, so that meant…

“I guess I’ll ask if any of the maids have seen it,” the ex-assassin said with a sigh. “And hope that I’m wrong about the twins.” Though, the twins wouldn’t have even needed it. Not that they would know how to use it properly anyway.

As a last ditch effort, Lewis checked under their bed. It was at this time that Llywellyn burst into the room, and Lewis bumped his head on the frame. Groaning, he sat up, and as Lly explained the situation, both Lewis and Simone started to work out what may have actually happened.

“No…”

—

Everett was an ‘average’ student. Not in the sense of his grades or potential, but more in the way that he sat near the back of the class, and tended to pay an average amount of attention. Every so often, he would daydream, but it never really hurt his grades. Today, though, was show and tell. Dala had brought him a world class cook book, and he was going to show it off today. If he was lucky, maybe the teacher would let him try to cook something for the class one day.

He was, sadly, outshone by his sister though. Everyone seemed to be very confused that there was a rather tall, lanky boy with a confused look on his face standing next to Alshaya’s desk. When anyone tried to ask a question, Shaya merely made an obnoxious shushing noise and said it would all be answered when it was her turn.

Both Alshaya and Everett, having the name Terrowin, were near the end of the class for their show and tell. Finally, it was Alshaya’s turn. With a gleeful look on her face, she stood up, dragging the boy with her.

Everett stared as Alshaya took a breath, ready to explain what she had brought to show and tell. She was going to get into SO much trouble

Author: Simone, Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:10 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Shaya the Bold

Simone had gotten everyone to school in one piece. “You all have your show and tell right?”

Shaya was looking down at the doll she had chosen to bring, “Yup!”

“Yeah,” the other kids answered her happily. Shaya was the only one who was off in lala land but that didn’t flag Simone as something to worry about.

The mother kissed all of them on the forehead who were younger and waved to them. Once everything was clear Shaya pulled out a ring and grinned.

“Ohhhh,” Everett held a look on his face. “You are gonna be in so much trouble.”

“ONLY IF YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH,” Shaya shouted before opened a gate. “I’ll be right back.” After a few moments she came through with Llonan holding her hand. “It will be fineeeeeee. You are gonna be fine. No one will even notice you are gone.”

Llonan had never seen a school like this before since he had private tutors. Shaya brought him into the class. “Shaya, you are going to be in SO much trouble.” Everett’s mouth was hanging open.

“No one's gonna know he is gone.” Shaya waved her hand. “He is my show and tell… IS that okay?”

“I… guess.” The teacher was looking between the Terrowin siblings and Alshaya.

Meanwhile in Sulwal~

“WHERE IS THE SIXTH PRINCE?!”

Everyone was panicking. Llywellyn was overturning almost all of Sulwal trying to find his youngest son. “I’m going to go find Simone. She might be able to track him with Lewis.” Llywellyn hugged his wife to calm her down. How could he have gotten away without anyone noticing?

–

Terrowin Castle

“Simone? Have you seen my gate ring?” Lewis was looking around their bedroom as his wife got home.

“No, the last time I saw it… It was where you normally put it.” Simone came into the room to help him. “Did… One of the twins get ahold of it?”

“I think we would know if they did,” Lewis sighed a bit as he looked under the bed.

“SIMONE,” Llywellyn ran into the room and grabbed her shoulders. “Llonan is missing! He just disappeared. He was studying in his room and he’s just gone. There is a hint of magic but they can’t trace it. Like the portal wasn’t that big!”

Simone patted his hands and looked at Lewis. Then a look appeared in her eyes. The same look was coming from Lewis.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:52 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

At this point, Xeik was ready to leave, and started to excuse himself as he gathered his things. He couldn’t leave the house fast enough, however, as the remaining conversations that they had continued to play in his mind.

Look, Mia is cute and all, but still not my type. Besides…you’d break Xeik. You’d break him six different ways before you’d finish once, and then get bored. Hell, you’d break Rhen too, but I think he would like it. Though…Osiria does seem nice. Still, her mouth is…unattractive. No, I think I’d rather just stick with you. You’re really all I want and need. And you have a cute butt.

Xeik sighed, “Well, it’s been a pleasure as always.”

“Take care,” Lewis said with a bored look on his face. Besides…look at that innocent face. Would you really want to break that?

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

You are even more disgustingly cute when you tell me you love me more than killing and that says something. Simone had let out a snort of laughter. “Sorry was thinking to myself about how cute all the babies are going to be…”

“It’s okay. I love to daydream about them,” Hazel rubbed her belly.

Feeling a bit adventurous are we? Well, as long as we don’t use that rope from the harbor this time… It gave me a rash… I had a hell of a time explaining to Xeik how I got it. Told him I tripped down the stairs. She rolled her eyes.

“Oh yes! Kalina would love a job.” It is a good thing that we thought ahead and realized Rex was absolutely hopeless. I am not letting my grandbabies live in poverty because their father is inept. As much as I love Rex… Simone kissed the top of Hazel’s head.

Speaking of Rex… If Rhenakos doesn’t stop trying to smack my ass and pretending it's an accident I’m going to show Osiria page six where she takes something and shoves it up his ass. He thinks hes so cute. I would sooner have Xeik spank me than Rhenakos. At least Xeik is cute. Rhen loses all points in that category for being an idiot. I don't care how big his dick is.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:40 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik was surprisingly well focused on Hazel despite everything that was happening in his head. He whipped up something for Hazel’s bruises, and recommended she sleep specifically on her left side. Additional pillows for support were also provided. “You’re doing really well, Hazel…it’s a bit rough for you, but this is all normal.”

Ugh, you’re disgustingly cute when you do that, you know? Tell me how much you love me? It never gets old. I love you too, ‘Mone…more than the sun and the moon. Hell, I love you more than killing… It was about here that Xeik realized that Lewis’ mouth flickered into a brief smile. Oh that? Only if we can try the thing two pages over. The one where you’re upside down and I’m lifting you…

“Okay, well, everything checks out!” Xeik said a little louder than usual. “I think Hazel is fine, but just to be sure, I’ll stop by in the next few days. In the meantime,” the healer glanced out the window. “Maybe..call Kalina to help Rex?”

“Oh, well,” Lewis said with a half smirk. Big surprise for that idiot. Kalina’s already working on a house on the other side of the island for him. He’ll be shocked. “That’s not a bad idea. But knowing Rex, he’ll just refuse the help.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Yeah, she is. They are using Rex’s room for now. Though it is much too small but if I let them have a bigger room… Well, they would just stay here.” Simone shook her head.

Are you admitting to the reason why you always threatened my legs? There was a mischievous smile. And yes you have a very nice rear.

Simone nodded, “Especially with the twins… You never know what they are up to.”

The house help isn’t even near by how exciting! They took off like teenagers as soon as they were in the clear to do so.

Simone came over and sat down by Hazel so she could stroke her hair, “How are my grandbabies?”

“Oh, you know… Being little monsters…” Hazel made a face. It wasn’t easy carrying five pure-blooded lycanthropes. Simone rubbed her belly gently.

You are going to make me order two of everything I get. I swear I answer more questions as to why I need more new dresses than them questioning what I like. She was giggling and giddy on the inside showing she liked it just as much as he does. Should see the nightgown I ordered… I didn’t even let you peek at that. It’s a surprise. You are bound to die for it, I promise.

Hazel looked up at Xeik, “Do you have anything for my bruises? The more they kick the more I can’t sleep on my side…”

“Maybe you just need a good pillow… Well, that and some help for the bruising.”

Have I told you how much I loved you lately by the way? I love you sooo much. Others can’t even begin to comprehend how much I love you. Oh, also… We should practice that thing we found in that manual. Who knew that old sex books could have such fun things in it.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:24 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Of course I can,” he said as he stood up, a little too fast. “Is she still in the same room as before?” Xeik was almost screaming on the inside. He had been curious about their thoughts, but not so curious as to what their thoughts were during sex. Especially not when he was trying to make sure Hazel was okay.

Are you trying to say I have a nice butt? Because I know I do. Had no idea you started staring so long ago, though. That’s fine…remember when I used to threaten to cut your legs off? Couldn’t get the image of your legs out of my head. You have nice legs.

Lewis and Simone stood up with him. “We do have a few things we need to take care of, if you don’t mind. Running an entire household isn’t easy…”

Right. He knows the way. We can make it quick…

The next few moments of Xeik’s life were, perhaps, the most awkward he had ever endured. Of course, sex wasn’t something simple when it came to thoughts. It was more feelings, emotions, and weirdly enough colors. At least, that was how it was translated into Xeik’s mind. Thankfully, it wasn’t the worst…a lot of it seemed to go through some sort of filter. Whether it was Angela being nice, or Xeik’s own power was anyone’s guess.

When the two entered the room to greet Hazel, they appeared perfectly normal.

That was fun. We can finish the rest later. That new dress you ordered arrived, and I’d love to see you in it…and tear it off.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:14 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone smirked a bit at Xeik though it would appear she was just being her average self. She actually couldn’t find her facial expressions that much if one realized they were speaking. That’s what you get for not listening to me and letting them eat those grapes. You know what grapes do to them after they nap. Her laughter was hard to ignore.

Would you try to avoid me if we were like rabbits? Though Xeik is fragile… I bet he has bruises. Think if I poke him I could find some? I could pretend to run into him… I am, after all, very clutzy.

There was an eye roll from Simone as she appeared to be in thought. I would sooner trust you to communicate fully with a council of people you don’t know… Then trust that boy with a hammer. The only skills he seems to have is putting his dick in things… Hopefully Hazel fixes this. He is a bright boy when he tries.

“Oh, she is miserable. Her tummy is all black and blue… Do you think you can check up on her?”

I think I can give us a five-minute window… That is if you think you are skillful enough. We should be there to support Hazel too… Though these skirts are my favorite and you tend to rip my clothes when you try quickies. Once more there was laughter as Simone sipped on a cup of her favorite tea.

“Rex right now is fixing to build a house for him and all their kids. They don’t really want to live here in the castle with us and from what I know… The lycanthrope pups will howl all the time. We have enough headaches with the twins.”

I wonder which one of us they get the pain in the assness from. I bet it’s you. Have you met your younger self? There was a gagging noise followed by more laughter. At least when I pissed you off there was a nice sight when you stormed away.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:05 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik blinked. He was about tos say something, when he realized that Simone and Lewis had no idea that he could hear them. So, he had to keep his mouth shut, despite the comments that Simone had made about him and Mia.

Which, to be fair, she wasn’t wrong about.

“Oh, thanks for the tea. I was just stopping by to see how you two were holding up,” Xeik said with a smile. He noticed that Lewis was finally coming down.

Sorry…was dealing with one of the little tyrants, love. Changing diapers never gets easier. You would not believe the size of the- The thought was cut off forcibly when Xeik realized what they were talking about, and he instead focused on the laughter that was coming from Simone, despite her almost pristine posture.

What’s he here for this time? Probably trying to avoid Mia, if you’re right. Lycanthropes have a hell of a sex drive, and I’m sure he can barely keep up. Speaking of lycans, we should have Xeik check up on Hazel. Rex is still trying to build her a house outside… I love that boy to death, but I think he’s a little…underqualified.

At this point, Lewis was in the room, and he merely grunted and nodded at Lewis, plopping himself next to Simone. “Xeik. To what do we owe the pleasure.”

“Oh, just checking in. The usual,” Xeik replied. “How is everyone holding up these days? How is Hazel?”

You know…we can throw him at Hazel, and there’s a closet two rooms down we can sneak into and-

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:52 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Now You Hear It, Now You Don’t

Angela was listening to Xeik go on and on about how Simone and Lewis had destroyed his office and how they were acting in ways he had never even thought of. “I mean if you could hear them you would understand just how childish those two can be… They are constantly in communication even if we can’t hear it. I could… grant you the ability. They are lovey-dovey all the time I promise you.” The goddess snapped her fingers. “For the next three hours, you have a first-row seat to what their resonance sounds like. You can hear everything they say just make sure they don’t catch on.”

Once Xeik was at the Terrowin manner Simone greeted him, “Hello, Xeik. What do we owe the pleasure?”

Do you think Mia jumps him still? I hear lycanthropes get nasty in bed during their pregnancy…

After a few more seconds Simone offered Xeik some tea. Hey, I love you handsome. Are you going to come down and join us? I’ll let you scowl at him.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:35 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis frowned at the thought. Xeik had been right; there was so much more for her to tell, and even more that she hadn’t even begun to process. This wasn’t going to be easy.

“It’s something we can work on, together. And speaking of fears…Xeik said I need to remind you about learning to swim.” Lewis was fully aware of what went wrong the last time they tried to work on it, and hadn’t pressed the matter. However, if Xeik was recommending it as something to help, then it was fair game to remind her.

“We can work on both, at your pace, Simone. I’ll always be here…” He smirked. “I even stopped working for us. For the family. I promise…I’ll be by your side, for as long as you’ll have me.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:31 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone gripped his hand and even smiled as he pulled her into a hug. She put her head into his shoulder and her eyes were full of fright as he spoke. “It’s less about trusting you Lew I promise you. I’m just… I don’t want you to hurt and I’m scared that you’ll leave too… Even though I know you won’t. I’ve just been by myself for so long it’s hard for me to rely on others.”

She snuggled into him and looked around for a minute before tugging on him. “Let’s go home… I’d rather talk there.” Once they were in their room, Simone told him everything she had told Xeik. “There’s a lot more too… Everything I’ve been through. It’s more than what you’ve seen and what you’ve heard.”

She was hesitant, “It makes me hate myself. I still don’t like to be touched by others. It’s hard for me. It makes my skin crawl. It’s a miracle I let you touch me but it’s because of our resonance that I can. I do trust you. Or else I wouldn’t let you touch me. Even Leilah hugging me makes me shiver and causes me to almost meltdown. It’s not her fault. It’s not anyone’s fault. I just… I’m not very good with people.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:23 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The time spent waiting for Lewis must have been agonizing. True to his word, Xeik’s office was magic proof, and Simone couldn’t feel an ounce of what Lewis was feeling, even from the outside. Finally, though, the ex-assassin left the office with a strange look on his face. It was hard to read at first, but when the resonance kicked in, it was easier to understand. It was…confusion. He was struggling to grasp all of it.

When he saw Simone, though, his eyes lit up a little and he walked over to her, wordlessly taking her hand and holding it. He smiled a little at her, and then took his hand away, only to pull her into a hug.

“Xeik said a lot…but he also told me that…it wasn’t everything. He said that a lot of it had to come from you, and that I had to…” Lewis wasn’t sure how to put it into words. “I need to…start the conversation. I’m kind of clueless about this, so…” He just held her. “I’m not good at this kind of thing. This has always been your strength…but…I’m always here, Simone. I may not understand it well, but…I’m always here to listen, and to try and make it better.”

“I made a mistake, Simone..when that bitch tried to pull me away from you. I thought that…your sadness was my fault somehow. That maybe you would have been happier somewhere else. But..then I was reminded that you chose me. That you’ve chosen me time and time again. Every day, when you wake up…you’re there beside me, not because you’re being forced to, but because you want to be there…”

“I want you to trust me with everything…but I know that’s hard so…” Lewis thought again for a few moments. “It hurts a little..but I get it. I understand…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:12 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“I’ll do my best.” She just hoped Lewis understood if it took her a while. She was struggling and even now she was drowning in her own feelings. “I feel more ready for it than I have been in the past. I guess I just needed someone else to reassure me that he wouldn’t leave. I don’t want to be alone anymore. I’ve spent such a dreadful amount of time alone and stuck in my own thoughts.”

Thinking on the pool she remembered the promise she made to Lewis when they adopted Lucas, “I was supposed to learn a while ago but every time we got near the water I would almost pass out. My heart started to beat and I can’t calm down. It will take some time but I think I can manage it if we work on it together.”

Simone held a sad smile as she nodded, “Thank you Xeik… All of you really. I would be lost without each of you. I’m afraid that while my stubbornness can be considered a strength it’s also one of my biggest weaknesses.”

She left Xeik’s office and waited as Xeik called Lewis in. Crossing her arms she was even more nervous than when she was opening up to Xeik. It was hard to wait and it was even worse to fear that there would be some sort of rejection. One of her biggest fears was his rejection of her… Even if it was silly once she thought about it.

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:01 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“There’s something about that trust between those in a couple…it’s the understanding that you each are going to feel pain, and that pain may even be caused by one another. It’s not the pain you cause, but how you deal with it, and move forward from it. You’re scared of hurting him…but you’ll need to if you’re going to get better. You’ll need to if he’s going to get better as well…you can’t keep going on like this.”

Xeik thought for a moment, and sighed. “I can talk about this, but Simone…I’m sure he’s already reached out for you. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, it’s that you don’t. But…I can talk to him about starting the conversation, but you have to continue it. You have to be willing.”

Which lead into the last thing, nightmares. “Ah, the nightmares. Drowning.” He thought for a moment. “Simone…you and Lewis had a pool installed not too long ago, right? Why…don’t you face your fears head on? Why not try to learn to swim? I can’t force you, of course, but…I wonder if facing your past head on might help.” He smiled.

“The fact that he’s still here, despite feeling that terror…the fact that he’s waiting until you’re ready to talk, always there to support you…it shows that you really do have someone willing to fight through this with you. All it takes is the first step. He’ll support you…as will I, and Lady Angela too. Hell, I’m sure Raine would even lend a hand if she could…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone thought about it… Did it really boil down to just not trusting Lewis?

She found herself biting at her lip again and she looked up at Xeik. “I also don’t want him to hurt though but I also know that just by him knowing he can’t help me… It’s hurting him. I’m just stuck. I just…” Was she scared of being pitied? She took another breath.

“I want to tell him… I just don’t know how to phrase it or where to begin. I don’t know how to have the conversation. He’s making me a better person every day but that doesn’t erase what lurks. I just want… I want peace of mind and how can I have that when the biggest enemy I seem to have is myself?”

She rubbed her neck now before clearing her tears. “I’ve had no one but myself to rely on for hundreds of years. This is new and hard for me. I don’t even know if I can form the words by myself… Maybe it’s best you tell him yourself. Maybe he can start it… I’ve done it alone for so long I’m clueless on how to talk to him about it. The depth of my pain… I just am scared of showing him that. I don’t want him feeling responsible or feel like he has to do more than he does right now. It’s just something that I have to work towards… We can’t erase it so easily.”

This brought her to her next thing, “I have nightmares a lot. Lewis knows about it but most of the time I just roll over and don’t say anything. It’s always about the lake and feeling trapped. Not being able to breathe. Just a state of helplessness that I can’t seem to get away from. I don’t know how to describe it to him. With you, it’s easier but with him… I just don’t know. My head is a mess. I know he feels my terror… I think that's what makes it hard for me."

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:43 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik looked at her carefully as she spoke, taking notes here and there as he had before. This time was a little bit harder for her, and it showed well on her face. She was struggling with quite a lot, and the fact that she was able to hide it even somewhat from Lewis was a miracle within itself.

“You and Lewis are so different from each other…” Xeik said with a half smile. “Lewis appears to be an emotionless killing machine, yet he wears his heart on his sleeve. Despite what people think, he’s the easiest to read…and here you are, hiding everything like a professional.” He tapped his quill to the paper. “But..that brings me to my point. He’s a failure at masking his emotions. He quite sucks at it, to be frank. So…what makes you think that you’re a failure in his eyes? I doubt he cares about any of that…” He cleared his throat. “He’s the kind of man who will dive into the unknown to save someone, even at the cost of his own life. Time and time again, he’s gone after you, tearing apart the world to find you…not because you can bear his children, not because you can’t produce an heir, but because you complete him. You’re a family together…”

“You don’t give him enough credit. You’re afraid he won’t understand, that he’ll think of you a failure…you still don’t trust him, then? That he’ll stay beside you, even if he can’t understand your pain? He’ll gladly share that burden, even if he can’t fathom it. You can see it in his eyes.:

Xeik took a breath. “The pain and trauma you have is immense. This is just scratching the surface…but that’s why we’re here. You don’t have to face this alone. I’m here to help…and should you be willing to finally trust Lewis, I have no doubt that he would be right here at your side.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:32 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone shook her head, “No, but I don’t feel like I deserve to. He brought me back Xeik. I owe him everything and when I feel like this… I feel like I’m spitting on him. I try to hide it from the resonance so he can’t feel it but I know that it must leak through sometimes…”

Her hand went to her womb and she frowned deeply, “I had a chance to get it back and I destroyed it all in some vain attempt to spit in Alvaro’s face. Just in case, I told myself… but I’m sure that it was more than that. My inability to give in and give up. I saw it as a weakness in that moment and I destroyed that weakness… but it’s also a part of another weakness. How many times I’ve been thrown away because of my inability to have children. I… It’s my biggest fear. It’s the one thing I can’t give Lewis. Though I suppose that isn’t true.”

She frowned greatly. “I can’t give him all of my worries either. I don’t know where to begin or how to explain. He’s experienced some of it but to know the depths of what its done to me. I don’t think he understands… I think he tries but… because I’m scared of him learning just how bad it is.” Finally, she started to cry. “I’m worried he will think it’s too much work. I’ve always found myself to be a burden and I practically hate myself. I doubt myself so much and even though I put on an air that I can do anything… I really don’t think I can. I’m scared of failure the most. It’s my worst fear… Dealing with myself.”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:25 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Xeik nodded as Simone spoke, and wrote down some key points to talk about when she finished. As she finally stopped, Xeik looked up at her, a sad smile across his face. “You’re doing well, Simone. Thank you for telling me all of that. I want to start out and say…you’ve done so well. You fought so hard, and I’m proud of that. But…you’re allowed to break down sometimes.” He cleared his throat. “Angela told me something…that humans tend to make irrational decisions based on emotion and instinct…something that they were raised with. That first thought, the one that we can’t control? That isn’t us. It’s the second thought that we have…the one that we can think about and control that is who we are. A learned, forced behavior. Lewis had doubts because that was how he was raised. That was how we grew up.”

Xeik thought for a moment. “In the end, he still chose you. He wavered, but fought back. That pain he felt, he pushed against it, in hopes to see you again.” He paused. “Have you…talked about this with him? At all?” He remembered that Lewis had said something about Simone avoiding the conversation.

“What are your other fears, Simone?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:14 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“You can tell Lewis… It’s probably best he knows…”

Simone thought she could handle it, she really did. However, here in this room? She was cut off from the cool that Lewis had and she felt the ocean that was herself completely. Her eyes almost instantly showed what she was trying to hide all this time and she repositioned herself to try and relax in the seat.

“Can I even call it hell?” Simone bit at her own lip. “At first, no. I was stuck with Saphielle taunting me about how she was going to make Lewis cave. I was virtually almost powerless. It was like being stuck underwater again. Whenever he wavered I could feel it though and my heart hurt. Lewis is the only really certain thing in my life that I have because of how we’re bonded. For him to doubt me… It hurt.”

She chewed on the side of her mouth now and took a huge breath. “When I finally felt a surge of magic I was able to start fighting back. It was a small surge here or there. After all, it was my own dreams and it would make sense if I had some tangible form of control. I didn’t count on her having control as the caster though. She summoned nightmares to attack me and I had to fight back. It’s what I was doing for most of the time. She only let up to let me feel Lewis’s hesitation, his sadness, and most importantly his disappointment in me.”

She held herself and she felt tears welling up, “It was horrible. I was drowning with no way out and the only thing I could do was keep fighting back but I was getting so tired. Tired from fighting two fronts at that point. The front with Lewis having his doubts and the front with Saphielle and the physical fighting. She made me want to die. I hate that feeling…”

Author: FalseHope, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:02 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis got up, stretching as Simone explained their ‘game’ to Xeik, and when Simone made a snarky comment about betting that he couldn’t pin her again, a smile slid back across his face.

“All is fair in love and war, my dear sheep. Bet you I can pin you!,” he said, lowering his stance, ready to pounce.

“I bet that if the two of you don’t get out of my office, I’ll pin you both to the ground and have Mia sit on you!” Xeik yelled.

Lewis rolled his eyes. “He’s so touchy.” He glanced over to Xeik, “Hey…how’s the baby thing going?”

Xeik turned a bright red, “DON’T YOU START TOO.”

With Xeik distracted, Lewis pounced on Simone, and the two disappeared into a portal, resuming their game. Not even Raile would find out the answer to who had won, though, and his bets would go unsettled.



Therapy


Xeik leaned back in his chair, and stared at Simone, who was situated across a small glass table. His office had been changed around to accommodate the new task he was given. His desk was hidden away, and would reveal itself once he shifted the room back into its normal configuration, but for now, it was a large, empty room with two rather large, comfy chairs sitting across from each other. The glass table in the center had lavender peonies in it, and a glass of water on each end for the two. The room itself had a rather calming aura about it, and the smell of valerian permeated the air.

“As you know, Lady Angela asked me if I could help you. I know that she’s better than I am, but…well…I’m all that’s available at the moment, and I know you and Lewis quite well.” Xeik said as he looked over the papers he had. “I don’t have a lot of information from you, so let’s…start with what you’re comfortable with.” He paused. “I have a rather…complicated magic ward around this room. I will not disclose anything you say to Lewis, nor anyone else, other than Lady Angela. If you wish to tell Lewis everything, or wish me to tell Lewis everything, I can…but it would be best that you experience your emotions as you have them…without his influence.”

“Let’s start with the most recent…” He flipped to the first page. “The world that could never be. A dreams world of alternate times and events. During that time…what were you doing when Lewis was struggling to break free? Could you see him? What did that make you feel?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:40 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone’s eyes were large as she looked at Xeik and she crossed her arms with a pout on her face. “I suppose not. It’s interference.” She didn’t realize how out of breath she was as she finally fanned herself using her hand. “That was so much work and I could have won…”

Her gray-blue eyes were locked onto Xeik, “I started a wrestling match. What did it look like? It got a bit hairy there for a moment with all the portaling but I thought… or maybe WE thought that it would throw the other off… Obviously, that wasn’t the case. However, it is a draw for now even though I was clearly the one pinning Lewis when Xeik threw me off.”

She rolled her eyes lightly and gave Lewis a smirk. “We do have some fun that doesn’t involve murdering, sex, our children, and any other nefarious things we find ourselves into. Didn’t mean to drag your desk into it though.”

Simone tapped her finger against her arm, “Bet you can’t pin me again.” There was a load of snark in her voice towards her husband. “You got lucky the first time. Even cheating with the tickles!”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:34 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The two were nearly evenly matched. How could they not be? Lewis and Simone were one and the same with the way their resonance worked, so when they were as focused as they were, neither could really one up the other. Things like this rarely happened, but when they went into Raile’s shop, it wasn’t hard for the merchant to make a quick coin.

As soon as the two warped out, Raile raised his hand. “All right boys… bets are on. Who will win?” Drake and Rhenakos glanced at each other, and reached for their silver…

It was Xeik’s office, though, where things got the most interesting. The poor healer was shocked to see the two wrestling about his office, but he was even more shocked at how much fun they seemed to be having. He had never heard Lewis laugh like that, and Simone seemed almost light hearted in comparison to where she had been the other day.

Still, when they ended up on his desk, that was the final straw. “ALL RIGHT, THAT’S ENOUGH!” Xeik exclaimed, grabbing the two and throwing them apart. “What the hell has gotten into you two!?”

Lewis was on one side of the room, a big goofy smile still across his face. He was panting as he tried to point at Simone. “That….that doesn’t count as a loss…you hear me?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

“Because the lion let his guard down around his sheep,” she smirked a bit and watched as he casually got loose and booped her nose. She squealed as he freed his other wrist and flipped her. She flailed a bit as she realized what he was going to do but she fought against the plushness of their bed. “Lew. Lewis. Lewis Terrowin!” He tackled her and began to tickle her. She was laughing so hard as she kicked her legs.

She flailed her legs some more as she laughed into hyperventilating. “Okay. Okay. I–” Lewis relaxed a bit and Simone took her legs and used them to catapult him off the bed and she was soon back over top of him tickling him. “No! The sheep wins today my fair hunter!”

That look in Lewis’s eyes though sparked a war as they began to teleport all over the house trying to pin each other, reverse pin each other, and ultimately win. The next thing she knew they were teleporting into Raile’s shop and the shop owner had to watch in horror as the two tried to fight for dominance over each other. “Not. Today,” Simone yelled with a grunt as she laughed pinning Lewis with some heavy breathing.

“You didn’t think it would be this easy did you?” Lewis smirked up at her and she lost the confidence she had as Lewis threw her off of him and repinned her. Soon they portaled out of the shop and into Xeik office. There was laughing as they knocked things off his desk in front of him. Simone was laughing even harder than Lewis as she threw him on the desk and sat on him.

It was the look Xeik was giving them that ultimately made them stop. “Oops…”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:53 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It had been a pleasant night, and with pleasant dreams to follow. Lewis was still very much asleep, enjoying his newfound freedom of not having to leave in the dead of night for work. That meant sleeping in, and waking up to Simone every morning. It was something that, upon starting, he realized was one of the absolute best things about waking up in the morning.

This particular morning, though, was different. Simone had a mischievous streak about her at times, and this was one of those moments. With a pounce, she pinned Lewis to the bed, spouting her victory.

Lewis’ eyes were open, and he was relaxed in her grip, a half smile across his face. “Well, well…it seems the sheep has gotten bold.” With a sly look, he slipped one of his wrists out from her grip, and booped her nose. After that came the real attack. He slipped his other wrist free, and wrapped his arms around Simone’s waist, using his strength to flip her off of him. He rolled the other direction, and then got to his knees, pouncing to her.

The ex-assassin went straight for the kill shot, his hands at her sides as he tried to tickle her. “The tables have turned!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:45 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

"So many babies… I love that idea… Thank you so much for this happiness, my love." Her eyes were sparkling full of love towards Lewis.

You don’t win, I win!

Simone woke up in the morning and she had a satisfied look on her face. She could see the sleeping face of her husband and how relaxed he was. When he was at home he could relax wherever he wanted and right now it was in their bed. They had gotten into the habit of changing into nightclothes after sex just in case the little ones wandered into their room.

You never knew which one or if all of them were going to come. All of them being their youngest ones. She brushed his hair back and there was a smirk on her face. Right now the lion was unaware of what his sheep were doing. That giddy feeling traveled through the resonance. She sprung into action pinning him down onto the bed.

“Looks like I win this time! You lose because you were asleep and undefended.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:40 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis held Everett, who was staring at his mother with big eyes. As she opened the gift, he saw her reaction, and reached out, cooing. Lewis knelt onto the bed, and extended Everett out. He pulled into Simone, and took the locket into his hands, cooing more.

“Even Everett likes it,” Lewis said with a half smile. He set the boy down in Simone’s lap, taking a moment to kiss her. “Happy anniversary, love.” He put his head to hers, and closed his eyes. “And remember…this is just the beginning. Soon, this place will be filled with kids. They’ll be laughing, and playing…” He opened his eyes. “They’ll be safe, and have a happy home.”

Lewis stood up, and smiled, looking down at Simone and Everett. This was the happiest that he had ever been in his life, and it was flowing into the resonance, much like Simone’s own happiness. “Soon, we won’t be able to fit our entire family into a locket. We’ll have to find a better way to keep track of them all…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:32 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was busy counting every finger and every toe on Everett. He was flailing up at her and she smirked, “You are so perfect.” She kissed his head as she leaned down. “I love you so very much.” The love she had for the little boy who wasn’t from her womb was overflowing into the resonance link. Simone had missed being a mother very much so.

The wife hadn’t thought much of it when Lewis didn’t get her anything. She was consumed with what Everett was and truth be told he was the best gift someone like her felt she could get. She swaddled him up and cuddled Everett close until Lewis came in.

The small box was ornate in design. “A present?” She smirked a bit and his words gave it away. “Better late than never some might say… As far as I was concerned he was the best anniversary gift…” She looked down at the white-haired babe and smirked.

“He’s perfect.”

Once she handed the baby over to Lewis she went to take the bow off the box. “Is… This a locket?” She held the ornate jewelry in her hand. It had a gemstone on it and the fine craftsmanship was something she found attractive. She found the mechanism to unlock it and her eyes teared up at the sight. It was the painting the two of them decided to have done. She, Lewis, and baby Everett. Their little family.

“Oh Lew…” Her eyes went to him. “I love it.” She was quick to put it on and admire the portrait in it. “This is my favorite gift I’ve ever received… Besides Everett.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:25 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis settled into the bath with Simone, and leaned back. “Oh you know…I just wanted to relax…”

—

The Locket

(This occurs in the past, after the Terrowin family adopted Everett, but before Alshaya)

It wasn’t that Lewis had messed up. In fact, it was hardly the case. He was doing quite well as a husband. The assassin was earning his keep, and providing for his family. Yet, as he held the tiny gift in his hand, he felt nervous. Simone had given him a gift, one to commemorate their ‘first year’ of sorts. And, he had failed to get one in return. Failed was a very strong word, though. More…he had been busy. Work on top of the incident with Simone had left him unable to fully commit to the idea that he had.

It had taken some time to make, and traveling to Parvpora to find a specialist who could manage it. And the end result…was in this tiny gift box. Would it be enough? He wondered, gripping it.

“Simone…” He walked into their room, where Simone was holding Everett. The baby was asleep in her lap, and she seemed so content. “I…have something for you.” The small box was handed over to her. “It’s a little late, I’m afraid to say. I should have had it to you sooner…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:16 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Her smile grew as she watched his own smile. The one only she could claim to know. “You are lucky you are cute.” She said as she tried to resist his tickling. She squirmed a bit before Lewis got the edge on her as he flipped her and kept tickling her. She was laughing so hard as she tried to keep herself up. Water was going everywhere.

“Is this what you wanted? Or did you want to relax with me?” She wrapped her arms around him after she calmed down. “Hunting me? Was that the thrill you got out of it? Should I hunt you now?” She pulled him close and kissed him.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:05 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Lewis stared up at his beautiful wife. His soaked, rather pissed, but still beautiful wife. She had him pinned down, but he was smiling. Not one of his fake smiles, and not one of his signature half smiles. No, this was a full on, almost unnatural full grins that only Simone ever saw.

“Come now, we can get you another book,” Lewis said, almost giddy. “You have to admit, this is fun…” His hands went to her sides, and started to tickle her, trying to break free of her grasp. “Give in, Simone! You know you want to laugh!”

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:01 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone twitched at a simple noise. She could feel how excited Lewis was. She smiled, at least he was enjoying himself. That was something she had been worried about. She relaxed her head again and before she knew it she was panicking. She went under the water in the huge tub. There was a weight on her. She threw her book and glass of wine. There was flying. “What. The Fuck.” She couldn’t see the culprit.

She came up for air and looked at the white-haired man she had married. “Lewis?” She spat water out of her mouth. She was shocked for a moment. “Did… DID YOU JUST PLOP ON ME?!”

She looked at her ruined book and before long just stared at him. “You. Little. Shit.” She started to wrestle him in the tub and pinned him under her. “That’s what you were so excited about? Pranking your own wife?”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:55 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It was a rather dull night, and ever since retiring from his life of high thrill assassinations, he had found himself…well, bored. It was a miracle within itself that the children were already down for the night, which meant Simone was doing her usual and relaxing in the bath. He could feel that relaxation, and for a moment he wondered what it would be like.

Of course, that was a rather ridiculous thing to wonder. He was free of the once brutal life of constant work! He was allowed to relax as well now, without fear of having to work. But what to do? Reading wasn’t really his thing. He could make use of the indoor pool that was installed, but…that really wasn’t his thing either.

That was when he had the idea. A brilliant one. Of course! It made perfect sense. With a smile, he got up from bed, and stretched.

It wasn’t long before he was ready. This was a test of skill that he hadn’t done in quite some time. There was a minor thrill to it. It was a hunt, of sorts, much like his assassinations. This time, though, it was a unique prey. He had to be quiet, and furthermore, he had to suppress all of his emotions. The prey’s senses were finely tuned, and that meant that he had to be extra careful. A step forward. No motion. The prey was still unaware.

Another step. And another.

The prey twitched, and Lewis froze. There was a moment where Lewis thought that he had been caught. But, the prey seemed not to notice.

“Surprise,” Lewis said as he plopped into the bath, practically on top of Simone. The warm water rushed over him as he fell into her lap, a smirk on his face.

Author: Simone, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:46 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The Ploppening

Simone was relaxing in the bathtub with a glass of wine. Her resonance was low they could feel emotions but her bath time was her relaxation time. Her hair was swept back and she had a book up. She was reading one of her newest novels, not her own but she had found it at the bookstore.

She drained some of the wine and with a flick of her wrist, the candles were all light around the room. The water was filled with a bunch of dried flowers and oils. It was absolutely the best. She leaned her head back and smirked with a light hum. This was exactly what she needed.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:38 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

It didn’t take too long to heal Simone, but he warned her that the fracture would take about a week to fully heal due to their slowed magic. He helped her up, though, and with his Divine Sands, made a walking stick for her. Lewis helped Simone to the couch, where she laid into him, a wide smile across her face.

“You two do seem to be doing a lot better,” Xeik said as he sat across from them. “I heard that you were taking it easier with the work, too.”

“Things are slowing down a bit,” Lewis responded as he leaned back, enjoying Simone’s warmth. “I’m worried about missing things. The twins are growing so fast…” Despite his lack of emotion, Xeik could almost feel the sadness in his voice. “But, that’s neither here nor there.”

“So…” Xeik said with a sigh. “Pranks.”

“What about them?” Lewis asked. “Are you going to tell everyone?”

Xeik took a moment, and let out a long sigh. “No…I guess not. They’re relatively harmless, so I guess as long as they stay that way, it’ll be fine.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:38 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone was laughing through the pain as Lewis and Xeik showed up. Xeik was tending to her leg and the moment Xeik brought it up Simone was a barrel full of laughter again. She finally got calm enough to wipe the tears from her eyes, “He tells jokes. He likes hearing me laugh.”

The mother sat there and she smiled up at Xeik, “We have to be able to relax, both of us. Lewis likes to pull off pranks but he doesn’t like to do it often. The year before last, when Raile tried to grow a beard it was Lewis who shaved it off,” Simone laughed more. “It was hysterical. Leilah wouldn’t quit going on another how the beard was going to make her as happy as Everett getting with the twins… So I came up with the scheme and Lewis liked it. We’ve been doing it ever since. It’s practically tradition.”

Simone seemed more light-hearted than normal. She normally didn’t relax like this in front of Xeik. “I helped Lewis write all the notes by the way! It was easy to get into your room. I don’t even think Raine realized why we needed to know which one was your room, she just thought I needed a check-up. Even we need to relax Xeik and don’t you think we’re doing a lot better than we were a few years ago? We can’t be psychopaths all the time.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:29 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

There was a massive crash from the other room, and Lucas came out running, worried for his adoptive mother. Lewis looked at Xeik, still deadpan. The ex-thief stared back at Lewis, and his eyes narrowed as Simone’s laughter filled the air. They stayed like this for a goof minute, with Lucas feeling the tension in the air rising.

It was Xeik who broke the silence first. “But…why though?”

Lewis shrugged. “I was bored.” He stood up. “Do you mind helping me with Simone? She seems to have hurt herself, and our magic isn’t quite as strong as it should be at the moment because of the twins.”

“Okay…” Xeik sighed. “Wait…does that mean it was you with all of those notes last year?” His eyes widened. “And then the year before….” There was a renewed laughter from the library as Simone started to crack up again. “What the hell Lewis!?”

Again, the assassin merely shrugged, and more or less dragged Xeik to tend to Simone.

“I just…I don’t get it,” Xeik said again. “Simone…what the hell has gotten into Lewis?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:07 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

Simone had climbed a ladder in the main library to grab one of the older poetry books up top. She was contently listening to Lucas talk about his race. She wanted to help him find out what and who he was. As his mother, it was her job. “Isn’t that what being a mother is?” Simone answered even if she didn’t need to. She loved all of her children and even all of their quirks.

She held onto the ladder as she opened the book, “Oh my heart it swoons~” She chuckled as she yelled it through to resonance. “My soulmate! My heart!” She carried her voice and how she presented it with much feeling. That was how you read poetry after all.

She wondered if she was being too loud for her husband but she smirked down at Lucas. It wouldn’t help what was going to come next as she burst out laughing at what a panicked Xeik said. She was hoping it wasn’t going to happen so soon but… the fact she was on the ladder.

“Whoa. WHOA!” Even as she panicked she was laughing as she fell off the high ladder and crashed into one of the tables below. “Ow,” she tried to breathe but she couldn’t stop laughing. Her leg looked pretty bad as she kept the laughter up.

Lucas was panicked but he had already run for his father to tell him. Her laughter was carrying through the whole house. She could feel that she busted the table beneath her but for right now she was so filled with unrivaled joy that it didn’t matter… Lewis on the other hand… Might have felt it a lot more.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:21 PM, Post Subject: Terrowin Shenanigans; A Compellation [P/R]

The Prank

It was one of those rare days that Lewis was home in a foyer, just lounging about. He was resting on one of the couches, his eyes closed. The last job he had been on had been a success. If anything, he was exceptionally proud of his work. The thought of the job brought a smile to his face. He could feel a smile from Simone as she read to him from the library. She was spending some quality time with Lucas, who was doing his own research in search of his own kind.

“Always the supportive mother, aren’t you?” It didn’t need a response. It was true.

There was a knock at the door, and Xeik came into the foyer, seemingly breathless. “Lewis!? Simone!?” he called out. “There seems to be a problem. Rhenakos was attacked last night!”

Lewis sat up, and stretched, letting out a yawn. This was one of the few places he could let his guard down completely, and he took advantage of it whenever he could. “What happened?” the assassin asked nonchalantly.

“Rhenakos was hit with a strong spell last night. We’re not sure of the full effects yet but one of the side effects turned his hair a bright pink. Nothing can get it out. Leilah is doing her best to see if anything else is wrong with him. But in the meantime, we’re looking for the culprit.”

The assassin looked at Xeik and clasped his hands together, just staring at the Divine Mender for a moment. “And what makes you think I have any desire to help?” Of course, Simone could hear and see all of this. “I was on an important job last night…and I would rather just relax.”