Bitty Drabbles 43
(Hi! I’m not dead! Sorry for the SUPER long wait! I wanted to properly go through the adoption process with @dragonessloves to get three new additions to the family. I’ll be trying to update daily again, but be prepared for mini breaks as I adopt even more children. As always, don’t forget to give @vex-bittys the love she deserves! Without her, these drabbles wouldn’t be a thing; can’t have bitty drabbles without a bitty after all! P.S. be prepared for a post dump, as always, I’ve been liking things instead of reblogging so I don’t bury my previous post under an avalanche of stuff. If you don’t want to dig through my mountain of stuff, be sure to check out my Bitty Drabbles blog, it focuses around the drabbles and bitty topics. And without further delay, here’s the newest drabble! :3)
My victory was bittersweet. Yes, Crim knew that he wouldn’t like coming to work with me every day, but that meant that Crim would still be sad while I was at work. Yeah, he had Kin, but Kin wasn’t always great company. He never participated, only watched from a distance with calculating eyes. It was almost like not having anyone there at all. Almost as if on cue, my phone pinged.
I open it up and it’s a message from Vex. Well, message would be too personal. It was more of a poster. There was a new adoption area, though it wasn’t hers. Run by DragonessLoves. I almost overlooked it until I saw that she didn’t just carry lamia. Though Crim had run off to the TV once we got home, he seemed to sense that I was mesmerized by something and came over to my spot at the table. Kin followed close behind.
I lowered my phone screen to look through the available bitties and their bios. Crim seemed hooked. He scrolled through and skipped over the lamia entirely, but he couldn’t stop staring at the mer. I smiled down at him.
“Would you like to start an aquarium, Crim?” He tilted his head. “Think about it. We could get a few mer to keep you and Kin company while I go to work. We could convert your aquarium to house them. Your heat rock and sleeping area can go in the closet. I’m sure Kin would like that too, since he won’t be out in the open anymore.” I looked down at Kin who was staring intently at my phone screen. Crim contemplated carefully before questioning my motives.
“Not replacing?” I waved my hands immediately in dismissal.
“No, of course not! I just don’t want you to be alone while I’m gone for work. I was thinking of getting maybe a calm white? I know how much you like jokes, so you two could be joke buddies. Then maybe a Mother-tee.”
“You’re Mom!” I chuckled and stroked his skull.
“Yes, I know. I’m your mom. That’s why I want to get her. She could be the mom of the tank. That way you don’t need to worry about the Calm White taking me from you. She’s also supposed to be good with jokes.” Crim nodded and I mused, “I don’t really want to put too much technology in there, so maybe instead of a heater, we could get a Toatem. He’d also be like a small light source, so the room won’t get too dark. I know how you like to have the TV on at night.” Crim blushed and I patted his head again. He wasn’t afraid of the dark, it was easy enough to see for him, but he still liked it for comfort.
“Yeah, ok.” It was almost as if those were the magic words. A soft chiming sounded from the backyard, almost like a soft whisper. All three of our heads turned. Kin narrowed his eyes.
“Magic.” Magic? It sounded again, almost like it was calling to us. I picked up the boys and headed towards the sound. Behind the house, hidden behind the blackberry bushes, was a pathway. It shouldn’t have existed, usually there was a brick wall back there, separating our backyard from the neighbors’ but there it was. Wary of the thorns, I entered. Once I could stand, I was in entirely new surroundings. I looked behind me only to see that my yard was gone, replaced by forest. A woman stood before me, looking as if she were expecting us.
“Hello. Beige, correct?” I nodded dumbly. “Right this way, I have just what you’re looking for.” I followed tentatively, looking around. We were walking up to a series of pools. The trees seemed to grow even taller and more imposing over to the right, a symphony of bird calls echoing through the area. To the left was the mouth of a cave, the interior seeming to be lit by grooves in the rock itself. We were stopped at the edge of one of the pools.
“You said you wanted a mother-tee? I must warn you that most do not take kindly to fell bitties such as your chain.” I looked over to Kin resting on my shoulder. He had a glare on his face. Crim didn’t know how to look, he kept turning his head to look at everything.
“Are there any who might set aside their animosity to befriend Crim, here?” Crim suddenly looked up at his name being called. The mysterious woman gestured to the pool we stood before.
“Try asking them yourself, however try not to get too close, the Mother-tees will adopt anything and would be likely to try and add Crim to their list of offspring.” I took her warning close to heart, stepping close to the pools, but not crouching low enough for anyone to grab the Coral from my shoulders. Many furry white heads had already broken the surface. Many were staring at Kin worriedly, however there were a few who only had eyes for Crim.
“Hello there. Would any of you be willing to come home with me? This is Crim, and he needs someone to keep him company during the day when I’m gone. Of course, Kin here lives there too, so if that’ll be a problem, then you shouldn’t come.” A few heads disappeared back under the surface, probably to go back to those they’d adopted, but several continued to stare. Finally, one of the mother-tees hoisted herself out of the water, sitting at the edge of the pool.
“Would you like to come home with us?” She chuckled and patted the hand I offered her.
“My child.” I blushed. She wasn’t talking about Crim. The mysterious woman gave a knowing smile as she began to walk again. I picked up the mother-tee before following.
“The Calm Whites are right over here.” The mother-tee seemed to perk up at this. Before I could bend down to have another meet and greet, the mother-tee leapt from my hands, diving gracefully into the pool. Many of the calm whites moved away, keeping a safe enough distance while also making themselves seem calm and aloof. Though Calm Whites and Mother-Tees are known to get along together according to their bios, mother-tees could be a bit stifling, and Calm Whites like at least some space to themselves.
One calm white didn’t bother moving away, and the mother-tee scooped him right up. He didn’t struggle as she swam him back to us.
“This one. He’s mine.” I smiled and picked them both up.
“Well thanks for helping us choose.” The calm white cracked open one eye, closing it again after taking in the situation. I took that to mean he was ok with going home with us. I turned to the woman. “And the Toatems?” She smiled and nodded, almost gliding through the area to yet another pool
“Be careful. Pick them up by their crater. They are made of lava after all.” I nodded and looked down to the slightly glowing pool. I could see several pairs of eyes staring back up at me. I waved with my one free arm.
“Hello there. I’m Beige. Would any of you like to come home with me? I wanted someone to light and heat up the tank for the other bitties. I’d understand if none of you would be comfortable with that though. Just let me know.” I waited for a few moments, but none of them said anything. Before I could stand again and just leave them be, a small lava ball broke the water’s surface, only to plop back down again. When I looked back, there was a toatem pointing to himself. I smiled as I bent down to scoop him.
The water wasn’t too deep, but it was fairly warm, probably on account of all the other Toatems in the same area. The other Toatems were courteous enough to try and scoot their craters away enough so that I wouldn’t touch them by accident. I held him carefully, my entire arm soaked, but I wasn’t too worried about that. Crim was staring intently at the three new additions to our household. The mysterious woman smiled as she saw how I stared as well.
“It seems everything is in order. You can leave wherever you want. All paths lead to the same place.”
“Wait, what is this place?”
“It’s where I help people find bitties who want homes.”
“Who are you?”
“I thought that was obvious.” She flashed me a toothy grin. “You can call me Dragoness.” DragonessLoves, of course! She gestured to the trees. “If ever you need me, the gateway shall reopen. Do take care though, if any of those bitties gets hurt,” Her pupils, so human before, flashed into dangerous slits, “you can kiss you life goodbye.” Her voice had dropped an octave lower, almost like a growl. Even Kin was too stunned to respond. A blink later and her eyes were once again normal, and as she spoke, so was her voice, almost too cheery after that outburst.
“Now go on, you have a lot to do to get that tank of yours ready, don’t you?” I nodded dumbly, walking to the trees before me. I turned around to ask something more, but the clearing was gone. I quickly turned once more to make sure we were on the right path, but instead of forest, I could see my backyard. I was mindful of the thorns once again and once I stepped out of the tunnel, it was once again a brick wall. I did a double take, and it was the Calm White that snapped me out of it.
“Well that was a turnaround.” I blinked down at him before chuckling at his joke.
“Let’s get you guys inside. We’ll give you the grand tour.”
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