Sunset's human world origin
SHWO ch14 They didn't mention this in "Parenting For Dummies"
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Date: Mar 17th, time: 4:35 pm
*Sunset’s perspective*
Sunset was walking to her father’s office after fencing practice. Sword Pin was still biased against her but wasn’t acting on it. Probably because he’s scared of being sued. Sage was still there and just as whiny, but Sunset had struck the fear of her into him. That got him to behave around her, somewhat. Her and Fleur have still been stalemating each other, but more recently, there have been instances where one gets the advantage over the other. At this rate, they’ll be taking turns winning over the other. Sage, on the other hand, had been showing no signs of improvement.
I wonder what all the green decorations are for. All along her walk, Sunset had been noticing that the city had put up various decorations, all in green. She knew it had to be for some sort of holiday. I’ll ask Anzhong when I get to his office.
Anzhong’s office
Date: same day, time: 4:45 pm
*Sunset’s perspective*
Anzhong’s office was a place Sunset was getting very familiar with. It was nothing grand, just a desk, a large shelf behind it, and a couple chairs. It was small, but her father said that it suited him. Sunset remembered something her father said, “Many people strive for an office with huge windows, but what use do I have of a window. I get air from the vent, and I can not see.” Apparently, windows are something of a status symbol here.
“Hey dad, the city has put up a lot of green decorations. What’s that about?”
“Today is a holiday called Saint Patrick’s day. It is an Irish holiday. According to your mother, it once held great religious significance, but now it is just an excuse to get fluthered.”
“So, not somethin’ we celebrate.”
“Your mother and I are not heavy drinkers.”
Emi’s room
Date: Mar 19th, time: 2:00 am
*Emi’s perspective*
In case you couldn’t tell by now, Emi is not a restful child. That could not be any more evident than tonight. Emi was tossig and turning and couldn’t get to sleep.
“Pff, I’m bored.”
It was then Emi realized something.
“It’s raining!”, Emi whisper-screamed.
Emi jumped out of bed, got dressed in her rain gear, and, quietly, ran outside.
It was already coming down hard. There were already massive poodles, and it was loud enough to cover Emi’s playing. Emi spent hours playing in the rain and mud and running around in and out of the house. After a few hours playing, Emi was finally tired enough to go to bed.
Katon family home
Date: same day, time: 6:00 am
*Anzhong’s perspective*
Anzhong and Brigid walked down the hallway and stairs to start readying the girls for the day. Anzhong rounded the corner to go into the kitchen. (*Slip* Crash) Suddenly, Anzhong found himself lying on the floor.
“Anzhong! Are ya okay?!” Brigid was quite alarmed. “Ow, Brigid, what did I slip on? And I’m not that old that you need to be so alarmed.” “Did ya hear da sound ya made? N’ ta answe’ y’r question, mud. Ya slipped on mud.” “Where did the mud come from?” “Well, considering it’s in da form a’ hundreds a’ Emi sized footprints.”
“Emi!”, Anzhong shouted, a’ la ‘Alven and the Chipmunks’.
“Yeah Dad.”, Emi said from the top of the stairs.
“Why are ‘here muddy footprints everywhere?”, Brigid asked.
“I couldn’t sleep last night, and it was raining. So, I decided to play outside until I was tired enough to sleep.”, Emi said, not seeming to realize she did anything wrong.
“Emi, ‘hat wasn’t safe. We wouldn’t have been able ta hear ya if somethin’ happened. On top a’ ‘hat, ya left muddy footprints all ove’ da house.”, Brigid said. “Ya are gonna help me clean this up.”
It was then Emi looked around and saw the mess she made. “Oh, whoops.”
“I am going to get Sunset up, and then clean myself.”, Anzhong said, having stood up.
Katon family basement
Date: Apr 14th, time: 7:00 pm
*Brigid’s perspective*
“Four of a kind.”, Anzhong said.
“Full house.”, Brigid said smugly.
“Yahtzee!”, Sunset cheated.
“Well, I didn’t get a yahtzee. So, I got a not-tzee.”, Emi said.
That brought Brigid and Anzhong to a screeching halt.
The girls noticed their parents' sudden halt. “What?”, they both asked.
Ah can’t believe ‘his is where we’re havin’ ‘his talk. “Well, Emi, Ah know ‘hat ya were just tryin’ ta be playful, but da word ya just said sounds identical ta a very bad word.”, Brigid carefully explained.
“What? Not-tzee?”, Emi asked.
“Yes, it sounds like the word ‘Nazi’. ‘Nazi’ is da name of a group a’ people ‘hat did very bad ‘hin’s, n’ because a’ ‘hat, ‘here name is considered a bad word.”, Brigid tried to carefully explain.
“What kind of bad things did they do?”, Sunset asked.
“Sunset, if ya want ta know ‘bout ‘his, you’ll have ta look ‘his up on y’r computer late’. Emi is too young ta know ‘bout ‘his yet.”
Brigid saw the ‘oh crap’ look on both her girls’ faces. Given what she had told them about, for something to be considered an ‘Emi’s too young’ topic, it had to be really bad.
“I think I’ll wait on that.”, Sunset said.
For once, Emi never protested her being ‘too young’.
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