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Post by Tempest Knight on Sept 8, 2015 18:46:19 GMT -5
Abi was encouraging and Vilkas was willing, both good things. Tempest moved aside. "It's exactly what it sounds like," he said. "Just get down here like I was and get your hands ready. The head will come first, then the shoulders, and the rest will come easily." He pulled a stack of small blankets from his bag, which rested on the corner of the bed, and gave Abigail a warm smile. Push!
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 8, 2015 18:54:19 GMT -5
Vilkas nodded, and it felt like just a blink or two before he suddenly had a squealing little mass in his hands, and he was pretty sure his eyes couldn't get any wider. He registered the fact that the thing in his hands was filthy, but the more important thoughts were I have a son and I helped make this. After a moment of staring in disbelief, he spoke. "It...well, it's a boy, unless I'm very much mistaken," he said, and his own voice broke the spell. A wide smile spread over his face, and he almost felt a little like laughing.
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Post by Abigail Reynolds on Sept 8, 2015 19:29:41 GMT -5
Abi took a long, deep breath and blinked hazily at Vilkas. "A boy?" she asked. "I want to see him!" She wanted so badly to see the baby and she got a brief, stunning moment before delivering a second baby into Tempest's waiting hands. The blanket-wrapped bundle wasn't the last, however. All in all, four babies were delivered, giving Vilkas's joke about a litter new meaning.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 8, 2015 19:42:32 GMT -5
Vilkas was a little overwhelmed. Okay, maybe a lot overwhelmed. He sat in the floor, his legs crossed and two of the babies sat in his lap, a boy and a girl. The other two were with Abi. Their fingers were smaller than he could have imagined, and they were so small overall he probably could have fit at least one more in his lap. He'd gotten off a couple times a few months ago, and now there were four children. When one gripped his finger, it was with a strength he wouldn't have expected. Quite frankly, it was fascinating.
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Post by Abigail Reynolds on Sept 8, 2015 21:25:06 GMT -5
Abigail was stunned and also a little overwhelmed. Four healthy babies. She'd known there would be more than one, considering her size, but four! She supposed that explained how she'd been kicked in every direction at once. She'd carried them nearly to term, which was amazing on countless levels, and though they were less than six pounds each they wouldn't need months in intensive care. She'd taken care of herself that well, her body had been that biologically capable, and she had been that lucky.
Tempest had recommended asking friends for help. Abigail would need to rest, especially in the next week or so. She'd need help just making announcements!
"I think I could get us all home," she began when Tempest had stepped out, "but if you want to be part of this," and I think you do, "we could stay. At least for a while."
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 8, 2015 21:40:27 GMT -5
Vilkas' head jerked up to look at her and a hand curled protectively around a little stubby arm from each of the babies. "Don't take them, not yet." Of course he wanted to be part of it still. However big a surprise this was, it wasn't enough to make him want to run in the other direction. "Look at this! Four of them. We did this, somehow." Maybe there were four because they'd gone for round two. "And I'll...I'll do whatever I have to do be part of it all, you know that."
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Post by Abigail Reynolds on Sept 9, 2015 13:53:11 GMT -5
Abigail nodded. She knew he would, and she wanted him to be involved. These children, all these children, needed to know both their parents. Maybe they'd grow up and have both parents around. She sighed, holding two contented babies against her. "We'll stay as long as you'll have us," she promised. For the first time she began to wonder if relocating might be the best.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Sept 9, 2015 14:21:42 GMT -5
When the news got out, it only made sense that Silver would be among the first to visit. He brought a set of four baby journals to keep track of every milestone. They were enchanted so that some information would carry over from book to book, so that things like birthday and location wouldn't have to be rewritten three times, and on writing each baby's name inside, it would appear in script on the cover. There was also a collection of knitted socks and other things made by Ayla, whose skill had greatly improved since she'd first taken up the hobby. "Four," Silver said to Vilkas. "If you guys have trouble finding help, just let me know."
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 10, 2015 14:43:21 GMT -5
Vilkas had thoroughly passed from shock into excitement, and he was probably annoying the babies as much as he tried to contain it. But he just had to be touching one of them, and he couldn't just hold one of them and leave the others unnoticed. He'd already helped one be born while standing by in shock as the rest popped out into someone else's hands. Right now, he had one of the girls, and his eyes were bright when he looked at Silver. "Right, thank you, I'm sure I'll be begging for tips at least once."
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Sept 10, 2015 19:32:37 GMT -5
"If you want tips you might want to ask my brother," Silver said. "He's got six kids now, and four are toddlers. He'll be by." Silver wouldn't ask if Vilkas remembered that party, as he was fairly certain that the party was where this had started. Or, at least, when Vilkas and Abigail had left the party together.
"Maybe this school needs a daycare center." Silver had no need of one, since he and Ayla had their schedules worked out, but he and Vilkas couldn't be the only ones with children.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 10, 2015 19:35:14 GMT -5
"Maybe," Vilkas said, then his eyes darted around the room before he shifted slightly closer to Silver. "I'm thinking of trying to graduate and then get like a TA position at the school. More work, but it's mostly at home, you know? Opinions?" If he could manage to keep his current position and add in one at the school, he would be perfect.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Sept 10, 2015 19:41:37 GMT -5
Silver blinked, then focused inward as he considered. "If you can find a position you're interested in," he said. "That's how Cat does it. I know he doesn't have kids or anything, but he's got a pretty nice house and he's really not frugal." Cat threw parties more than Silver had even realized was possible and all the decoration the guy wore didn't come from nothing. "You might ask him to put in a word for you."
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 10, 2015 20:07:17 GMT -5
Vilkas went silent for a moment, ducking his head a little to look at the complacent newborn in his arms, with her eyes closed and thumb in her mouth. "I've thought about telling him," he admitted. "We've talked a lot before, and I don't think he'd give a damn. If I was going to ask him for that kind of help, putting in a word, he ought to know, shouldn't he?" He brushed a thumb over the wispy blonde hair on the baby's head.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Sept 10, 2015 20:16:33 GMT -5
Silver was quiet again at that, and his gaze skipped off into the room. He'd only ever told Ayla, and only because he'd gotten her pregnant. The others who knew were very, very few. His immediate family. Three educators. Vilkas. But hadn't his introduction to Vilkas taught him that it was okay to let people in? Very select people?
"I don't think he needs to know," Silver said at last, "but it's nice having more people who know, and yeah, he seems really laid back. I don't think it would bother him."
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Sept 10, 2015 20:20:54 GMT -5
"Well, maybe I will," Vilkas said. Of course, he would never out his friend, but he'd gotten accustomed to being around people who knew, and he really kind of liked it. This is me, like it or get out. He was silent for a few moments more before he shot a quizzical look at Silver. "Did you feel like this when yours was born? Excited? I suppose that's the best way to put it." It was so much more.
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