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Post by Tori on Jun 9, 2011 21:37:28 GMT -5
"Me too!" Jayson squealed, watching intensely as the two lion cubs played together, rolling around in the graze of grass. "Oh!" Jayson piped up, suddenly remembering something, "I think I still have pieces of bread from the last aminals." he reached in his front pocket, pulling out a small handful of broken off pieces of wheat bread. "You wanna feed them this time?" he asked Zhi, holding the crumbs out to him.
"I think that's a good idea. Jayson mentioned something about the lions before we got here." Eric agreed, waving for Batari to follow after him, speeding up his walk into more of a jog. Who knew what sort of trouble Jayson would come up with next.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 10, 2011 10:30:32 GMT -5
Zhi nodded, taking the bread crumbs, "Come here lion baby~" He called to the cubs, who didn't give him a second glance. He tossed the crumbs into the cage, as far as he could to try to get the lion cubs' attention.
Batari began jogging as well, following closely behind Eric, hoping they would find the two boys at the lion's pit. Oh my god, I hope Zhi is smart enough to not try to join and play with the lions. she thought worriedly, picking up her pace.
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Post by Tori on Jun 10, 2011 23:48:15 GMT -5
Jayson started to frown a bit when the lions were giving them any attention. He pulled out some more crumbs from his pocket, handing Zhi some more first, then holding his hand out through the bars to attempt at getting the lions attention again. "Here, lion cubs. Come get some yummy bread." he called out to them, again the cubs just simply stared at them, until one of them seemed brave enough to meander closer towards Jayson and the mysterious food he was smelling. "See?! It's working! Try it!" he squealed, urging the boy to do the same as he began jumping up on his toes again, getting excited as the lion cub made its way towards his hand.
"Come on, its just around the corner!" Eric called out, changing his pace from a fast walk to a faster jog, finally able to spot Jayson at the lions cage. Unfortunately it was bad timing for him. Because it looked like Jayson was about to get his hand chewed off by a wild animal! "Jayson!" he called out to the boy angrily, pulling him out of the way before the cub could even sniff his hand. "Jayson, what the hell were you thinking?! I told you to stay put, and you couldn't even do that simple little thing." he started yelling directly at the boy, frustrated, as his hands were gripping onto both of his arms tightly, nearly shaking him in the end, out of frustration. "Not to mention, you stick your hand in a wild animals cage? Jayson, you know better than to do something stupid like that! You're hand could have been eaten whole if I hadn't grabbed you." Okay, so he was exaggerating the last bit, but Eric was angry, and without admitting it, he was also extremely scared for his baby brother. Jayson however, at first attempted to squirm out of his brothers grip, for it was hurting his arms, then he just stopped and stared at him for a moment, trying to find the right words to tell him. "Um. Sorry. But...we were just feeding them. They looked hungry..." Eric just simply groaned, let go of his brother, and sighed frustrated at what just happened, not even realizing until Jayson pointed out that Zhi was still in his same position with his hand out to the lion, as the animal neared towards his hand next. "Noo!" Eric yelled, diving towards the other kid, pulling him away from the lion's open mouth, practically throwing him over towards his sister.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 12, 2011 15:44:32 GMT -5
Batari caught Zhi, catching up just in time. "How can you think to do something like Zhi?" She scolded as well, though much more calm than Eric. "I'm sorry... I just wanted to play with the lion cubs..." Zhi replied, a couple sniffles coming forth. "And to run off like that! You know better!" She added, her voice going a little higher, but still not yelling. "Mother will find out about this!" "No, please!" Zhi begged, trying to get out of her grasp. Batari pulled him close, "You've been bad!" She scolded him.
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Post by Tori on Jun 12, 2011 21:53:25 GMT -5
Eric kept his grasp on Jayson's arm tight, couldn't help but watch as Batari scolded her own baby brother. Once it seemed that they were finished, Eric walked up a bit closer to Batari. "Yeah, sorry for this whole thing. I mean, I don't know if..." he tried to think of the little boys name he heard earlier, "Zhi would of ever run off like that, but knowing Jayson, I'm sure he somehow lured him into running off like that. So, uh..yeah, sorry 'bout all this." he shrugged, feeling Jayson attempt to tug away from Eric but it backfired as Eric only pulled him in closer to him.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 14, 2011 12:11:16 GMT -5
Batari looked up, "Ohh... He can be a little curious, but I don't think he'd ever intentionally run off..." She explained. "Don't worry about it. They probably didn't know any better..." She added, still holding tightly onto Zhi, who just lowered his head.
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Post by Tori on Jun 15, 2011 22:04:59 GMT -5
"Yeah..." Eric muttered, glancing down at Jayson who just stood there watching the lions from afar as if nothing had happened. "Either way though, I'm still gonna tell on him to my mom. He's gotta pay the price somehow, even if he is only six." he rolled his eyes, squeezing his grip onto Jayson's arm tighter as if to grab his attention away from the lions for a moment.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 16, 2011 10:20:22 GMT -5
Batari nodded, "It'd be unfair to let them get away with something like this. That's how kids get kidnapped." She said, suddenly realizing the situation could've been much worse. She kneeled down, hugging Zhi, "I'm glad you're okay..." Zhi blinked a couple times. "You not mad?" He asked her. Batari shook her head, "No, but mom and dad will be." "Jayson, big sissy wants to tell my mom and dad. I think we did something bad..." Zhi told his new friend sadly. He looked back up at his sister, "Can we still play together?" He asked. Batari looked at Eric and shrugged, "I don't see a problem with it." She said, adding in her mind as a soft smile formed on her lips, Plus I'd get to see you again...
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Post by Tori on Jun 16, 2011 10:57:59 GMT -5
"Seriously." Eric nodded back in agreement, looking back down at the boys, Jayson returning his glance back up to Eric. "You mad..Eric?" he asked slowly to his big brother, with a sincere look in his eyes. Eric couldn't help but smile back at his baby brother, kneeling down to him as well. "No. I was just...." dare he said the word, "scared." Jayson took a double take at him with what Eric told him. "Really? But. You're never scared..." Eric only laughed at his judgement. "What I was scared of," he suddenly turned his serious face into a comedy one, "was that you'd get your hand chewed off by that lion." as he started tickling his stomach, Jayson squealing from it. "That would hurrrt." Jayson said, Eric only nodding with agreement again as he stood back up onto his feet, his hand still gripping tightly onto Jayson's. He shrugged at Batari's answer, before answering himself. "I'm cool with it. Just as long as you two don't go running off again." he looked at the two boys, mostly at Jayson. "Right, Jayson?" with that, Jayson simply nodded his head quickly and with full energy still inside him, clearly excited to play with his new friend.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 16, 2011 20:07:49 GMT -5
Zhi grinned, wanted to get closer to his new friend. "Can we finish go around zoo together?" He asked the older kids. Batari once again glanced at Eric before shrugging, "I guess... we may as well, right?" She said, looking to Eric with a smile.
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Post by Tori on Jun 17, 2011 19:23:16 GMT -5
Eric nodded with Batari. "Well, Jayson and I did sort of just get her like, half an hour ago. We might as well." he shrugged, not quite letting go of Jayson's hand yet as he lowered his head to his once more. "Just as long as you don't leave us again. Understand?" he scorned, Jayson blankly staring at his brother, obeying him with a simple nod of his head. "I will this time." he agreed, with a little squeal escaping as Eric finally let go of his arm letting his brother run over to his new friend. "Come on! Let's go see the...um, oh! How about the bears? Grrr..." he suggested, holding his hands up as claws growling like a bear would be, giggling after. Eric just laughed on his own, shaking his head. "Alright, then we can get something to eat. I'm getting pretty hungry anyway."
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Post by Redeim on Jun 17, 2011 20:12:07 GMT -5
Zhi laughed with Jayson, nodding and jumping excitedly. "Yeah!" Batari laughed, following slightly behind the younger boys and staying with Eric. She put a hand over her stomach. "Oh my gosh, me too. that whole fiasco gave me an appetite." She said with a laugh.
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Post by Tori on Jun 17, 2011 23:22:58 GMT -5
As Jayson skipped ahead of the older kids, leading everyone over to the bear's cage next, Eric walked beside Batari, with his hands dug deep in his pockets. "Really?" he laughed, "I've been hungry since you got me that drink." he told her, chuckling out a laugh again.
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Post by Redeim on Jun 18, 2011 10:13:04 GMT -5
Batari laughed again, hands crossed lightly across her chest. She watched as Zhi was running to keep up with his new friend. "How old is Jayson, anyway?" She asked, just curious, noticing he seemed older than Zhi.
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Post by Tori on Jun 18, 2011 23:11:07 GMT -5
"He's six." Eric answered, simple enough. "Though, Zhi does seem younger than him." he added in, as if it were his own way of asking how old Zhi was. All the while he kept his gaze ahead watching where Jayson was running ahead to, making sure it was to no where else except for the bear's cage.
"You can't catch me!" Jayson sang, glancing back over to Zhi, who seemed to be falling behind a bit, but that didn't stop Jayson from continuing his own little race to their next destination.
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