TOYLB: Growing Pains - Season 8-7

[meanwhile, at Julius' end...]

Morty: Woah, this is wat The Plains look like? [marveled at the scenery]

Julius; 8holding the twins as he looked at the autumn scenery8

Aida: [giggled as she ran ard n flung the autumn leaves from the ground] Wee~~

Morty: [chuckled] Slowly, girl, u don't wanna get lost

8the sound of crunching leaves came from behind them8

Morty: [turned to see who it was]

Aida: [turned as well, moving close to her parents]

8Julius's parents approached them smiling8

Morty: R they...?

Aida: Grandma? Grandpa?

Julius; Yes sweetie, these are mommy's parents

Damien: My, my, Monique, look who's here to see us

Aida: [stays close to Morty, a little shy]

Monique; It's good to see you again my son

Morty: [nodded curtly] Hello, nice to meet you, I'm...

Damien: Mortiary, we know. Ur our son's mate

Monique; It's nice to finally meet you

Aida: [hid behind Julius as she peeked at the newcomers]

Monique; 8spotted her n knelt down8 Hello there

Aida: [hid her face behind Julius' bk, a bit shy]

Julius; Sweetie it's ok

Aida: [peeked out again]

Damien: We're ur grandparents, sweetie

Morty: It's okay, sweetie, go say hi

Monique; 8smiled softly8

Aida: [goes forward slowly to meet her grandparents]

Damien: Hello, sweetie. Nice to meet u, ur Aida, right?

Aida: [nodded shyly]

Monique; 8reached out n stroked her hair8

Aida: [purred n nuzzled against her]

Damien: Heh, just like Jules wen he was young

Monique; 8gently picked her up while massaging n petting her face like she did with her son8

Aida: [purred at her massages as she hugged her, laying her head comfortably on her shoulder]

Damien: Yup, definitely a chip off the old block [grinned at Julius]

Julius; 8blushes8 Though personality wise she's more her father

Morty: Eheh, more or less

Damien: I see these are ur new addition [peeked at the twins Julius was carrying]

Julius; 8smiles8 This Francoeur 8nodded at their son8 and Francine 8nods to their daughter8

Damien: Nice, a touch of French in their name

Morty: They were a surprise reli, we weren't expecting twins at first

Monique; 8smiled at them8

Morty: [looked ard a little warily, bt also a little expectantly]

Julius; Something wrong love/

Morty: Nothing, just thought...well, maybe I might end up seeing my folks, bt at the same time I don't

Damien: Didnt hv a good relationship with ur folks?

Morty: We were pretty dicey, n we parted at...not so good terms, so to speak

Monique; Then it's doubtful they'll be here on the Plains

Morty: Yeah, well, u see... [gave them an abbreviated version of how his home life was, how he was forced to pretend to be a girl bcoz he wasnt born a girl as his parents expected, n the event tht was the last straw tht made him leave home] ...n I left home n nvr looked bk

Damien: Tht is quite a life u had there, young man

Monique; 8nods8

Morty: Yeah, I mean, I get it, they're doing this out of desperation, they just reli wanted a daughter, bt still...

Damien: Then most likely their actions constitute them to be in The Mists

Morty: The Mists?

Monique; 8explained what the Mists were8

Morty: Oh, I see... It's fine then. N if they're not in The Mists or The Plains, then they're probably still alive n kicking somewhere. We HIVs are nearly immortal as long as we hv our dogs aftr all

Damien: Speaking of, where is ur dog?

Morty: He's... [bit his lip as instead of his current dog (which was supposed to be a 'she', he thought abt his old dog Excalibur]

Monique; 8smiles8 Think I know someone who wants to see you 8whistles loudly8

[the sound of pitter-patter came close]

Aida: [looked up n beamed] Callie~!!

8the large dog came bouldering over8

Morty: [gasped] Ex... Excalibur??

Excalibur; 8wagged his tail8

Morty: [ran up to him n hugged] Ooh, I missed u so much, ol' friend

8the dog licked his master's face lovingly8

Morty: [laughed as he let Excalibur lick his face] Yeah, I missed u too. Hey, like my new look? [showed him his new eye colour courtesy of his bonding with his new dog Bloodmoon]

Excalibur; 8tilted his head8

Morty: I had to bond with another dog to save my life, n this is wat happened aftr I bonded with the new dog. I wasnt ready to leave Jules or my babies. U understand, right?

Excalibur; 8barked n wagged his tail8

Aida: Callie~ [made grabby hands at him, vry excited to see her old friend as well]

Monique; 8set her down8

Aida: [ran up to Excalibur n glomped him]

Excalibur; 8licked her all over8

Aida: [squealed in delight, n jumped up n dwn] Horsey, horsey! [wanting a ride like she used to]

Excalibur; 8walked around with her8