[Action]

[digger]

[Possessed by the earth spirit, but to a lesser degree than most, Simon is... well, underground. He's back to digging his tunnels around the village, popping up in random locations throughout to create a bit of his own custom irrigation, ie. digging holes everywhere and generally making a big mess. But he seems so content as he does it, and he doesn't even notice the size of his wings.

Feel free to notice him causing chaos in your gardens, though he might be a little distracted \o]

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Oops, sorry Papa. :|]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Yeah right. Searching frantically for child now.]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Lalala digging, digging, digging...

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[WHERE IS CHILD. That's it, seizing journal and calling for child now.]

Simon!

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[THAT WAS SURPRISING AND UNEXPECTED.]

AH!!

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Continued from here! (http://7thheavensmile.livejournal.com/7858.html?thread=623794#t631730)

Cloud waits for Simon to get back, inside his room. He's probably going to be climbing out from beneath his bed, after all.]

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Well, sort of. Simon reaches the end of the tunnel and kind of... stops.]

...um... Papa...? Are you there?

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[God bless mako hearing.] Yep.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Oh, good.]

...I came home like you said.

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Come out here, please.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

...But I have to stay in the ground.

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You can come out for a few minutes while we talk, the ground isn't going anywhere.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Huh? You'll let me go back? [The intrigue is enough to make him climb up, crawling out from under the bed. He's pretty much filthy from head to toe.]

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

C'mere. [Cloud pats the floor beside him. He does not mind a dirty child.]

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon listens for the sound and obediently shuffles over to sit with him.] Sorry...

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You scared me. [Cloud looks down at him, strokes his hair.] I thought they'd taken you again, or that you'd disappeared back home.

How would you feel if that had happened to me?

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[He fidgets. He hadn't thought of it that way.] I... I'd be scared too. And really sad...

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I know you like to dig; I'm not going to tell you you can't, because I know you know what you're doing. [Cloud's hand stops, resting atop his head.] But you have to tell me where you go, before you go somewhere. You're too young to go running off on your own, underground or otherwise.

We've talked about this before, Simon, and you've ignored me before. If you ignore me again, I'm taking your drill and you'll be grounded until I think you've learned your lesson.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to do it, though! I really didn't! I-I'm sorry! [He's clinging to his drill now, rather desperately. That's one thing he absolutely doesn't want to lose.]

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I know you didn't, which is why I'm not grounding you now. But this is important, and I want you to remember it, no matter what. Also, next time I tell you to come home, don't argue with me. I don't tell you these things because I'm bored.

Do you understand?

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Y... yeah... I understand... [Thinking back he's trying to figure out why he had to leave in the first place.]

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You can go now. Make sure you keep your journal nearby; I'll be calling you to come back home when it gets too late.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Okay, I will! [And of course he snags his journal from the bedside table, stopping to give Cloud's cheek a muddy kiss before he scampers back down under the bed.]

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud watches Simon wriggle back beneath the bed and into his tunnels before scrubbing his hands through his hair and over his face.]