[Closed] Ultimate babysitters

[ridethathippo]

Who: Vector, Yuya, & Yuto
What: Prayer #3 happenings
When: IC Feb 17, Night
Where: Around.
Warnings: None.

"A prayer for peace:
This neighborhood is so loud at night that my baby keeps waking up. I wish there was something I could do, but the cops won't quiet things down. I'm just so tired!"

It's mission time!

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Yuya's the best big bro.

[ridethathippo]

A.
This will be a breeze! Leave it to me, guys. [The tomato is already taken by how the baby boy bounces in his play chair and squeals in delight with Yuya's current puppet play. There's a cow on one hand and a bunny on the other.]

It'd be better to find out the source of the noise so this doesn't become my side job, though. Isn't that right, Ms. Daisy? I think it's a wonderful idea! Tommy will be in good hands~ [..."asks" the cow puppet before Yuya lightly bops the baby's cheek with a quick 'mwah!'.]

B. [.....Oh goodness, something smells rank. After the initial cringe from the first sniff, Yuya's eyes widen in realization before he gives a pleading look for help.]

...I don't remember how to change diapers.

B

[jyajyaaan]

[Vector appears on the other side of the room and makes an unhappy noise right away when he realizes that he has traded the unpleasantness of a dragon for the unpleasantness of a baby instead.]

What the- You said you could handle this!

[ridethathippo]

Well...his mom went to bed before explaining this part! [Yuya lifts the infant up from the chair by his armpits, already frantically looking for the changing table-- which takes no time at all, surprisingly. It's too late to wake up the mother, so with Tommy settled down again carefully, Yuya ducks down to grab a new diaper...Or more like his hand just instinctively reaches out for a box and apparently ends up as the right one.]

Okay, got that. Now, er, something to get him clean...Is a washcloth okay or would that be too rough? Do I need to use soap? [Yup, he's asking you, Vector.]

[jyajyaaan]

Ugh... Why were you even talking with his mother? We're supposed to be invisible, almighty powers, not child care workers.... !

[But it is more of a sigh as he hovers down until his feet touch the ground and starts scanning the situation for anything remotely helpful. This brat is lucky he regained his memories of his first human life or he'd be returning right back to the dragon.]

Soap is a bad idea. Look if there is a bag with special care products somewhere next to that table. Usually people keep all that stuff together near where it is needed- Uh! Disgusting!

[Why do human coo about these things again?! He waves a hand in front of his nonexistent nose as he heads towards the kitchen.]

Try wet tissues. Or a soft cloth! I'll go see if I can fetch some warm water.

[ridethathippo]

It's so she can get some sleep! Her prayer is because she's tired, right? 'Two birds with one stone' kind of thing.

[At this point, Yuya's wised up to start breathing out of his mouth, and Vector's suggestions have him hunting at the diaper station again. Baby wipes, baby wipes...]

Got it-- agh! [It's his luck that has him slamming his head on the edge of the cabinet. One hand with an empty box, the other with the new pack of wipes. All the commotion has the baby whimpering and on the verge of crying.]

[jyajyaaan]

Hmph! What kind of logic is tha- Are you okay?!

[All he hears is the thud and the yelp. Hurrying up with filling a tub with some a little hotter than lukewarm water, Vector casts the door to the other room a worried glance.

Don't tell him he has to wrangle that baby and take care of an injured shinki at the same time!]

[ridethathippo]

[Aw, Vector's worried.]

Eh...yeah. I'm okay. [Even if his head stings and the baby is starting to make a fuss. Yuya stands up more carefully this time while rubbing the bump beginning to form on his scalp.]

It's going to get more smelly once I take the dirty diaper off, so you might want to...stand back.

[jyajyaaan]

[...really. Well, as long as he can still say that it means that he's fine enough to handle the parts Vector doesn't wants to.]

...I will do that, then.

[The water will arrive via dimensional gate teleporting express.]

I'll go check on the parent in the meantime.

[Gotta make sure she thinks she had a restful sleep and doesn't remember anything like car alarms going off. Or dragon roars. Or gang wars and gunshots.]

A

[darkduelist]

[Yuto is watching Yuya and the baby with some sort of amazement. He'd never thought that Yuya would be this good at taking care of children... or at least at entertaining them. This is yet another thing that makes Yuto realize how he and his twin are complete opposites of each other. Yuto wouldn't even know what to do if he were to stay with the baby boy.

After a moment he approaches the baby somewhat hesitatingly, but he glances at Yuya when he speaks.]

We won't be too far away so if anything happens just call, okay?

[ridethathippo]

Like I said, I'll be fine! For some reason, I feel like I'd find you two even if you went far away. [Just a hunch, really.

But now that Yuto's in reach, Yuya reaches out with his rabbit-puppet clad hand to yank on his shirt to get him to kneel with him.]

You should say hi before you go. He might be teething, but I don't think Tommy will bite.

[darkduelist]

[He said that just in case-

Ah. Yuto makes a face when Yuya yanks his shirt, but he doesn't say anything. Instead he obediently kneels down close to his twin and looks at the small child with a deepening frown, as if someone just asked him a very difficult question.]

...Er, hi...? [He manages to say in the end.

Does this baby even know what he's saying??]

[ridethathippo]

[If Yuto asked, Yuya would probably say it doesn't matter. Now "Ms. Daisy" has something to say.]

Oh dear, that's not how to say a proper hello! You have to smile so that the other person knows you're happy to see them. [The puppet crosses her arms while Yuya chimes in--] Yeah, Yuto, what she said!

[Apparently he's super into his puppet play.] Wouldn't it be better if Tommy grew up with happy memories of us?

[...Which is a big reason why Yuya is going all out. Small children can see them, and that's super important.]

[darkduelist]

[Yuto blinks and first looks at the puppet, then he looks at Yuya.] ...You're not embarrassed when doing that? [Having the puppet show in front of the baby is understandable, but why do you have to keep doing that when talking to him?

Yuto sighs then.] But fine. Fine... [He closes his eyes.] I'll try.

[He stays a moment like this with his eyes closed and taking a deep breath. Then when he opens his eyes again he tries very hard to smile, but, as expected, it comes out incredibly forced.]

[ridethathippo]

No way. It's all good fun. [He's completely fine with acting like a clown.

.........Wow. That's...that's just sad. Yuya tries not to laugh outright at the forced smile, and his cheeks balloon at the effort.]

W-we should really practice on that... [Seriously. Smiling shouldn't be that hard.]

[darkduelist]

[Yuto's expression changes into a saddened frown. This isn't even funny, Yuya!]

It's not like I can't smile at all... [He says in his defense.] I just... How am I supposed to smile when you tell me to do it?

[Maybe there's something wrong with him and that's why smiling is so hard. He doesn't know. He doesn't remember.]

[ridethathippo]

With practice! Or just think of something funny next time if you have to get yourself to smile. [Although that's kind of hard without memories...But that's something easy to fix:]

Think of funny faces, like this-- [Yuya rolls his eyes and fans his hands in hands in front of his face while wiggling his fingers.] Bwuh-wub-wub~

[Even if it's meant for Yuto, the baby seems to be getting a kick out of it too with all his giggling.]

Who's the culprit?!

[ridethathippo]

{ooc: here for all your noisy-neighbor fun time needs, just put a note in the subject if you need any minornpc reactions/talking

[jyajyaaan]

[If he is honest (which he fortunately never really is when there are other people around) Vector is still everything but happy that his shinki have ended up accompanying him to a mission that was solely meant as a test to see if he can gain new power in an easy way.

Especially not these two. Who needs a clown and a dead fish in the bed anyway?? He crosses his hands in front of his chest and forces himself to keep a neutral face and tone as he looks at the shinki in front of him.]

The information was that the noise keeps coming from the parking lot of this house. Do you think you can handle this without your friend?

[darkduelist]

[Yuto briefly wonders how Yuya is doing, before deciding that the other is probably fine. He was doing fine before they left, after all. But still, it's best to finish this as soon as they can.

When Vector speaks to him, Yuto looks towards the mentioned parking lot.]

I'll be fine. [There's confidence in his voice, but his expression doesn't change. The frown is still present on his face.] Let's go.

[jyajyaaan]

[Yeah, a real sunshine, this one. Vector raises an eyebrow as he follows him, but doesn't speak up against it.]

I am going to keep in the shadows for now. No need to add another shady figure to the situation before it escalates.

If you need backup I'll be there.

[ridethathippo]

[Speaking of parking lots, there's the sound of glass breaking with jeering and hollering in the distance. Something about people stepping over the line, and it's the last straw. Just some stupid kids starting a gang war, blah blah blah. No big deal, right?]

[darkduelist]

[Right, no big deal and nothing Yuto can't stop... hopefully.

He glances at Vector and gives him a nod, before he walks into the parking lot and gets a better look at what is happening. His eyes narrow. Kids having a gang war, huh. There's quite a few of them here too.]

...First of all we have to get their attention.

[Well, he might as well start from talking to them? And then try to knock some of them out if necessary.]

[jyajyaaan]

[Vector's voice sounds disbelieving.]

Get their- You do realize our situation, don't you?

[But okay, if he thinks that'll help... Raising his hand, he lets a glowing bright purple orb of energy appear in the air above his fingers.]

Get out of the way while I'm aiming.

[darkduelist]

What else can we do now?

[Sneak attack them and beat them all up? Call police?

Yuto doesn't say anything anymore, only does as he's told and steps aside so Vector could aim.]

[jyajyaaan]

Point. [Tossing the ball in the air he acts like a professional pitcher



and tosses a soccer-ball sized bullet of explosive energy right between the rivaling groups where it promptly detonates.]