Meni and Virginia - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
Participants
Date
1/2/2013
Log
Meniatz gives Anti a kiss, the taste of their recent brunch still fresh in hir mouth. "It looks like you two have gotten much more comfortable with Zero's new life."
Melanie grumbles a little at the unwanted kiss, and when sie can manage to sie shows off a children's book for teaching reading and says "Mom's gonna teach me to read!" Lucy adds "We got the book from Natake. Very helpful, she is." Melanie immediately sits down on the couch and opens it to the first page, finding production information. "What." Sie mumbles before turning another page finding the titlepage.
Antiman returns the kiss that Meni gives the taste of grape jelly still in hir mouth, "Thats very thoughtful of her," Sie says to Lucy. Sie walks over to Mel and sits next to hir to get a look at the title.
Meniatz pets Melanie and offers hir a seat on hir lap. "That's great, Mel! Reading can spur on your imagination and take you to all manner of wonderous places. You can learn alot by reading, too--that's how Anti, your mother, and I got to be so smart." Shi smiles and puts hir arm around Mel's shoulder so shi can read with hir.
Melanie says "Oh yeah? Then maybe I shouldn't read, I don't wanna get dumber." Sie grins, the little brat. Lucy gives hir a light bop to the head, nothing actually even painful, just an "Oh, you" sorta thing. Sie turns the page and starts looking at the pictures. "Okay...so what's this?" It was a see spot run book. Wow, surprising those managed to survive.
Antiman nods enthusasticly, "Thats right. It can teach many things. It also helps you to think more criticaly." Sie chuckle purs at Little Mel's comment.
Meniatz nips affectionately at Mel's ear. "This is a storybook, hon." Shi rubs hir cheek up against Mel's. "Would you like me to help you read it?"
Mel jerks a little at the nip, being unexpected, and then looks back to the book. "Uh...yeah, 'cause I don't get what these things are." she points to the letters. Lucy comments "So we're starting from square one."
Antiman gives a gentle open beak smile, "Those are letters, dear. Their used to describe the sounds we make speeking." Sie points to the letter 'S' in See, "That is the letter S it has the Sss sound like a snake."
Meniatz smiles and guides Mel's hand. "And these two loopy ones are 'e's. When they are arranged like this they make an 'ee' sound, like in the word eel. When you put them in front of an 's,' they make the word 'see.' See?" Shi chuckles.
Melanie says "Okay...kinda looks like one too I guess." Sie copies the noise for practice. When meniatz points out the e, Sie says "Well that doesn't look like an eel at all." then sie tries out the new word. "Well...Why's it got two of the e's? Why not just one?" Figuring the other two have things under control, Lucy walks away. "Anyone want anything? I'm heading to the kitchen." Melanie cries "Juice!" to which lucy says "Hon, that juice was kinda a one time thing. People don't really have the things to make juice easily anymore."
Meniatz smiles and pats Melanie on the head. "Actually, I have some juice in the refrigerator. I have a plant-based form that sometimes grows these big, sweet fruit every now and then. Oh! Leave the seeds, though. I want to plant them later." Shi then responds to Mel, "Well, little one, if you only use one 'e,' it makes the 'eh' sound, like in 'pet.'" Shi pets the fox girl for emphasis.
Meniatz strokes Mel's hair. "And I meant that the double 'e' sound sounds like the word 'eel.'
Antiman flicks an ear and adds, "Their are also words that sound the same but mean diffrent things. Such as see S-E-E or sea S-E-A which is the ocean."
Melanie mumbles "Oh...this is hard." to what Meniatz says. Meanwhile, Lucy is calling back "Okay~" and getting some juice together. "Anyone else want something?" When Anti gives hir bit of info, Mel makes a face and says "I dunno if I wanna read anymore." Lucy shouts "Oh shush you, you bugged me all day about it!"
Meniatz purrs and holds Anti closer to hir. "The letter 'e' is a special kind of letter called a vowel. The letter 'a' is also a vowel. Vowels make a different sound depending on whether they are in front of another vowel or not." Shi calls over to Zero, "I made some cookies the other night. They're in the pantry, stored in a clear plastic container. Could you bring them out so we have something to munch on during story time?" Meniatz rubs hir chin against Melanie's shoulder and purrs, "We'll take it slow, sweetie. You'll love reading once you get the hang of it."
Antiman calls out to Lucy, "I'll have some juce as well." Sie then smiles at what Mel says, "There are important things that are written on signs conserning saftey conditions. If you can't read them you would be unaware of the danger. Being unaware of a danger can get you killed."
Meniatz nods in agreement with Anti. "There are times when reading can save your life." Shi pauses for a bit and, realizing that shi does not want to frighten the young fox, Meniatz then adds, "There's also lots of fun things you can read, too, once you learn how."
Melanie tries to remember the things Meniatz is telling hir, and says "If you say so..." to the mention of loving it. Lucy comes out with a tray, four glasses of juice, and the tray of cookies, setting them down on a table near the couch. She also confirms Anti's mention of danger, to which Melanie begrudgingly accepts. Lucy warns Mel not to drink hir juice while holding the book, use two hands. Melanie says "Mom, I think I can hold two things at once." Lucy gives hir a skeptical look while eating a cookie.
Antiman chuckle purs, "Its not that Mel. Its taking the proper care of books. Its harder to get any particular book these days. If you spill your drink you run the risk of ruining your book, and squandering the generosity that Natake showed by giving you that book."
Meniatz grins, "Melanie's a big girl, Lucy. Shi can handle a cup and a book. Now, would you like to sit down with us?" Shi grabs a cookie and bites into it. "You should be careful with that book, though. I don't think they are being printed anymore...not for a long while, at least."
Antiman accepts hir drink from Lucy and dips hir beak in to take a sip, "Mmm, citrus and apple like. You make a very tasty juce, love."
Meniatz sips some of hir juice. "Thanks, love. The secret is that I am often...fertilized by some of the most beautiful and caring people I've ever known." Shi mewls happily to Anti and gives hir a kiss.
Melanie looks to the book and says "Oh...okay, yeah that makes sense I guess." Despite Meniatz sticking up for hir, sie set the book aside a moment to take a drink of the juice. "Mmm~ Yeah!" sie agrees with Anti. Sie reaches to take a cookie, and Lucy warns "You can have three of those." "What? Why?" "Because I'm gonna make dinner later, and I want you to save room for it in your belly." Mel blows a raspberry lined with cookie crumbs. "And what if I don't want your dinner?" "You don't even know what it is." "What is it?" "Meatloaf." "don't want it." "You've never had it!" "Don't like the sound of it." Lucy fumes a bit.
Antiman chuckle purs at Mel's refusal to eat meatloaf. Sie doesn't say anything about it though. Truth be told when its make right its great when its bad its horrible. Sie doesn't want to unwittingly lie about how good something is when sie doesn't really know how it will be.
Meniatz licks hir lips and purrs. "I love meatloaf! It's like bread, but MADE OF MEAT!"
