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There was no reason NOT to go out with Ivy. It wasn't as if he didn't keep her up on the counter at the pub every night. Sure, and people came to have a look at the unique child, and well... some had not taken to her as well as others. But that didn't mean he should keep her squared away in their tiny flat. Cian imagined that she'd enjoy seeing the city. And his girl was never afraid of meeting new people. No, she reveled in it. Even the ones who ran away from her. Though more often than not she'd pout about it.

No, it would be okay, or so he kept telling himself. They'd go to the park and sit by the fountain. Ivy would love it. Steeling himself to the thought, Cian continued to pack up a small lunch for them. It wasn't that he'd avoided taking her out onto the streets. He was just... cautious. Yes of course that was it. Honestly, if there was even the smallest chance that she'd let him get away with it, Cian would've wrapped her up like Kaydence had kept her Dae-Hyun wrapped. But he just couldn't take the furious little face and tears that came with it.

So she'd stay in her cute little red tank top he'd bought for her. It fit under her wings. And the flowing wide skirt that let her tail move freely, also stayed. They'd get their strange looks and odd questions and hopefully not have much trouble... but he wasn't counting on it. At least the world sort of knew about Rethe Phonne, it made it much easier to explain. Though to the people who didn't... well that was always an interesting conversation.

He finished packing the lunch and placed it in the basket he'd borrowed from the pub. Going into the living room, he grinned down at his girl, so sweet, just lounging on the couch. She hardly ever made a fuss, he was so blessed. Upon seeing her Da, she reached up her little arms at him. He scooped her up with one arm and slung his guitar case across his back with the other. "Well my love, we're going to the park today. Won't that be fun?" Fatherly affection dripped from his words. It was safe to say he was smitten with her. With daughter, guitar, and basket in hand, they were ready.

Ivy found the trip all too exciting! This was the first time ever that she got to leave the building. All that time watching people out the window and now she got to be one of them! Now they could all see how pretty she was and shower her with adoration! And Da was brining the thing that made sounds like she did. It was love at first sound when he made the thing copy all the noises she made. He was such a clever clever person. No wonder she loved him best.

They walked and walked, and everything was so shiny and new!!! There were so many people! And of course everyone just had to look at her at least once! Some of them had funny faces like the people who got so excited that they had to run when they saw her.

Upon reaching the park, at it's shooting fountain, she was completely awe-struck. Look at that, look at that!!!! And there were small people running and playing in it!!! Maybe, maybe if she was good and gave Da extra love he'd let her play in it too!

They settled in under one of the trees a slight ways off from the fountain and its steps surrounding it. Just because he didn't mind having her out in the open, didn't mean he was going to put her smack dab in the middle of all those people. No, this was close enough. "Alright Ivy? How do you like your first park visit?" He asked as she sat wide eyed taking everything in. In form of response she let out a few happy synthesizer notes. "There's my girl." Grinning, the man opened his case and took out his slightly beat looking acoustic guitar. Plucking a few notes, he hoped that the day would just keep its steady pace.

As he started to play a song, Ivy giggled and smiled. This was the BEST DAY EVER! And she decided to show her love by snuggling in close to her Da.

Cian continued to manipulate the strings on his instrument. Every now and then stopping to pat Ivy on the head when she'd chime in with her own music. He was sorely, sorely tempted to begin playing her song, but the fact that his child doubled as a music box could bring just a little too much attention. So he continued to play various bits and pieces of songs he knew, singing along occassionally.

Ivy had found that the grass of the park was much more entertaining then the worn carpet of their living room. She continued to delight herself with pluck blades out of the ground and blowing them into the air. They'd fly all around until it was time to settle back into the earth. She'd tried eating one but Da had put a stop to that rather quickly. That was okay though, it didn't taste good at all. Not like the yummy breads and cakes that her Da baked. The home had smelled good that morning so it meant that she'd get to eat some of the cakes again soon!

Ooooo people!!! Ivy watched as Hui and Sohne settled down on the bench behind the tree Cian was leaning on. They needed to come over to where they were and tell her how pretty she was! Shyly she crawled out of her Da's shadow and put herself in plain view. She smiled at the one looking at her Da and let her wings stretch a bit to draw his attention. LOOK AT ME! Aren't I pretty!!!? He was too far away for her to tell really, but he looked pretty too. Maybe they could be pretty together!

"Oh! Sweet Jesus!" Cian exclaimed as he was faced with a woman and child out of seemingly no where. He fumbled his guitar a bit and dropped his pick. Well this was certainly a surprise! The woman seemed to be just a little stressed around the edges, as she sat with her child in her lap.

It took Cian several moments to catch his breath and finally take a good look at the boy. Were those wings at his ankles? And that string, where was it from, it didn't look to have ends. And those eyes, like pools rather than eyes really. There was little doubt that he was encountering another of Rethe Phonne's guardians. "Sorry, sorry," he said while catching his breath, "You gave me a bit of a start is all." It was apparent that the woman was just a touch nervous so he felt it his job to open her up. "Hello to you lass. Tis a fine day out for a sit in the park." He smiled as her son waved to his girl. "How's this lovely day finding you?"

Ivy was neither scared nor startled by the sudden appearance of the two. In fact, she'd been hoping for this very event. Incredibly pleased with her power to draw people in, as of course it was her super psychic powers that brought them over, she turned her head coyly to glance at Sohne from the corners of her eyes. Sweetly, she gave him a small wave of her hand, and her tail twitched happily.

He was pretty! And he had wings!!! Not like hers but they were still rather attractive sitting on his ankles like that. They were fluffy with feathers like the blue boy's tail had been. She felt the desperate need to pet them. And his eyes were pretty and so big, like looking into them you could get swallowed whole. Feeling adventurous she decided to make first contact, opening her mouth slightly, she whistled out a few bars of synthesizer for him.

For some sick and perverse reason, the woman's nerves did loads to ease Cian's. It was much like talking to someone who was ordering a drink for the very first time. "Ah it's a lovely day to be out I think." He leaned his head back to glance at the sky for a moment. "Couldn't ask for much nicer." For Christ's sake was he really talking about the weather? "Ah, where've I placed my manners?" Cian grinned boyishly. "Talking about the weather without even introducing myself. I'm Cian. Kennedy, Cian Kennedy." He extended a hand toward Hui lazily. "And this here's my daughter Ivy. A gift from Rethe Phonne." He tried to casually drop the name, to see if that was indeed the case with Hui as well.

Ivy wasn't much interested in the lady her Da was talking to. Hui wasn't really paying attention to her, and normally she'd try and fix that, but there was someone far more interesting approaching her. He didn't have animal parts like fluffy had, but he didn't look much like she and the blue one looked either. He must've been a new species.

Turning her head to look at him directly, she scooted forward. Ivy switched to humming a jazzy bass tune and wondered if this new one didn't make noise? Didn't matter though, those feathered wings were just calling out to be pet! Reaching her hand out tenatively while her tail twitched rhythmically, she was going for the gold.

There, it was getting easier already. Cian placed his hands behind his head as he lazily continued trying to relax her. "Hui," he repeated, if not a little mauled by his accent. "Tis a pretty name." Most foreign names seemed to be exciting to him though. One of the reasons he chose Ivy as the name for his girl. He'd never heard it used for a name in Ireland.

He laughed along with her to try and coax her into peace. "Aye, that he did, she's a very pretty lass. Bit of a starlet even." He grinned happily, as if nothing could have pleased him more. "And your son, Sohne, another fascinating name. He's a handsome lad he is. What interesting wings he has on him. A gift from Rethe no doubt." Cian reached easily toward his basket and pulled out a small loaf of brown bread. Breaking it, he offered a piece to Hui. "Care to try some Irish baking?"

Oooooo, he could do what Da did but only without the aid of an instrument! She happily hummed along with her bass line as he continued his guitar. He was like her! And as such, that made him extra special. And he had the softest feathers on his ankles. Like down, well really they were pretty much down. Either way! They were exciting to pet.

Although she wasn't thrilled that he was ignoring her to look at the sky. That wasn't much fun, and she was much prettier than some clouds. She'd give him a chance to realize his error. Like a male peacock is want to do, she decided to try and grab his attention with her own wings. Coyly tilting her head to the side, she unfurled her wings to their full span. Something she'd practiced doing when she wasn't sleepy at night.

There weren't they beautiful? Didn't you just want to marvel at them!

Cian smiled slightly as Hui's cheeks were tinged. Being not such an awful looking man himself, it reminded him a bit of the girls from school back home. In his wild and rebellious youth... well at least his youth as he'd never been wild or rebellious, he'd been quite the charmer. And only once had he been called a rogue. Breaking off a piece of bread for himself, he took a bite. It never failed to remind him of home and his own mum.

"Ah tis a simple recipe. Bit of flour, baking soda, buttermilk, butter, an egg, some sugar and salt and you're done. That's all there is to it. Tastes like heaven and requires about a hour to make. If you've a mind to try your hand at baking bread, it's the easiest one to start at. I can write you the recipe if you'd like." Not that a man such as him enjoyed baking... of course not... He silently berated himself for his habit of baking every morning.

Ah see, now that was much better. Attention back where it belonged! She preened under his gaze and gave a few flaps with her wings to show her approval. Ivy was surprised at how close his face was, and it reminded her of the time blue boy had put his lips on hers. She wondered if maybe she should do that now, but there hadn't been a hurt to kiss better so it seemed like it wasn't the right time.

But this new one, whom she dubbed feathers in her mind, was staring right at her eyes. It was a little un-nerving, and in a rare show of actual shyness she turned her face to only stare at him from the sides of her eyes. His eyes were so large and deep and brown and they seemed to warp, it was a bit mesmerizing. Unsure of herself, a new feeling, she cautiously chirped some piano notes at him.

Well that was something, his girl actually being shy? New things happened all the time Cian supposed. "Ah look, they're getting to be friends aren't they?" Fatherly pride glowed out of him

"Ah sure, tis not a problem." Cian reached into his guitar case and came out with a pad of paper and a pen. Items he kept with him in case inspiration struck for song lyrics. "It's so simple to make, don't you worry. Anyone can do it without a hitch." Easily, he began to write down the recipe from memory. He wasn't sure what it said about him that he could. Well, he did tend to make brown bread every morning so it shouldn't have been that surprising, but he was slightly embarrassed over the fact.

"There you are." He said tearing the sheet from its pad and handing it to Hui. "From my kitchen to yours." It seemed at last like the woman was getting used to being around him. What a timid little bird.

Speaking of timid, his little girl was the most timid he'd ever seen her. It was a touch disconcerting but he shrugged. "Ah don't worry about her, she's just not used to being so close to someone her age." Aside from that one boy kissing her, which Cian still wasn't sure how he felt about. "Ivy's enjoyed making new friends as well. Suppose we've both been blessed with well mannered children." Who didn't bite and hit each other with tails...

Oh, well this... this was just wonderful. Ivy let a slow smile spread across her lips. He was so gentle, clearly he knew how beautiful and soft she was as he treated her the way she believed everyone should. Turning her face back to look at Feathers, she reached out a tentative hand toward his face. Since he was being so nice to her, she'd return the favor. With a shy gentle stroke, she ran her hand down his cheek. Her eyes still didn't look directly in his but seemed to settle for his lip region.

She was so enthralled with the young boy that she forgot that she wanted to pout at her dad for some bread as well.

Hui had a point, in all of Cian's previous experiences with child like people, they were usually at least a little cranky. But now that she mentioned it, he really hadn't had trouble with his girl. Not any real trouble at least. "Well, she got a touch cranky when I tried to cover her... unique attributes. We had a go around about that one, which she won obviously, but other than that she seems more than happy to be a content child." Did she really not have problems? "I guess if she doesn't have someone's attention she gets a little wound up, but nothing so bad really. I've not heard her get angry at anything yet."

Cian pursed his lips slightly. Was it that strange? Maybe it meant that there was something wrong with his darling babe. "Do you think, that it comes from their origins or maybe... there's something not quite right about them?" Genuine worry filled Cian's voice. He didn't like the notion that something could be wrong with his Ivy, no he did not.

Oblivious to her father's fears, Ivy was quite enjoying herself! Feathers was being so nice to her. It warmed her heart and made her smile when he began to touch her hand. That meant of course that he liked it. Which made him someone smart and wise in her book. And look! He spoke to her. Purring out a string of guitar notes, she finally brought her eyes up to look at his.

It was a little scary, his eyes were so deep. Ivy felt that if she leaned forward at all she'd fall right into them. The shining orbs of brown seemed to fill her vision and consume it. They were so close. Her little tail fidgeted, the only sign that she was remotely un-nerved at the staring contest.