38 Break Time In The Nursery (1/2)

Our attention was drawn to the doors opening and all the Wisteria Garden Squad ambling into the nursery. They looked like they had survived a school yard scuffle.

The kids sat petrified, staring at the strange looking adults in their overcoats, gentlemen suits and holstered weapons.

”No! You knights take off your dirty boots!” Dionysus angrily scolded the knights at the dirt they were trailing in.

Stardust twinkled around their feet. The knights cursed and groaned when their boots unlaced themselves and were yanked off their feet, making them fall over backwards and looking like idiots on the floor.

This broke the kids scared expressions as they burst with laughter at the silly looking knights scrambling over each other to get into descent positions.

Dionysus looked satisfied to see their shoes paired evenly next to the door.

”Screw it! I'm b.u.g.g.e.red.” Jensen laid flat on the floor next to Jace, so his eyes were starring straight up to the ceiling.

He gently petted Small Cap who had perched on the middle bra.s.s b.u.t.ton of his waistcoat.

”You look more like a street cleaner than a knight.” Jace innocently gave his honest opinion of Jensen, which naturally made the man frown.

”Who you calling a street cleaner you pipsqueak?” Jensen lightly answered back, which made Charlie burst with hearty laughter.

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Jensen sighed and dropped his annoyance. He was joined by Wilfred.

”What's your name kid?” Wilfred asked Jace as he coolly adjusted his round gla.s.ses up his nose.

Jace's eyes widened with obvious adoration. It was the first time I saw an expression behind them. ”Jace, Sir. You look darb in a high hat way.”

This made Lita's presence noticeable with her hearty giggles. ”And Jensen looks like a street cleaner.”

Wilfred gave the boy a wry look. ”Kid, do you blurt out everything you're thinking?”

”Think it's his bad habit.” Charlie answered for Jace as he slung his arm over his shoulder.

”You are?” Lita politely asked Charlie that sent the boy's eyes glowing like he was seeing a new s.h.i.+ny toy that he had always wanted.

”Ch-Charlie.” He stammered, suddenly lost for words and still gawking at Lita's face.

”Tsk.” Ryoko grumbled. ”Kid, get your eyes off my girl.”

She forced her way into the conversation to stake her claim.

”Huh?” Charlie c.o.c.ked his head to one side, obviously not understanding.

This made Jace burst with laughter.

”He's a kid! He's not going to understand that he was just ogling.” I b.u.t.ted in with my two daro to defend Charlie.

”Then educate him Famine!” Ryoko snapped back.

”What are you even doing here? Shouldn't you guys be in the labyrinth doing your jobs?!” I snapped back.

”It's break time, stupid. Who said we can't come to nursery and get to know the kids?”

Our animate conversation stirred more laughter around the room. After a while I realized a quieter girl's voice mixed in with the laughter. It was from Alina who had been playing on the train set opposite the buildings that represented Marc Lane, and a few paces behind Jace and Charlie.

I went to sit by her side, but wondered if I should've since this instantly stopped her voice and expression. I felt a strong wall of tension go up between us.

”It's okay Alina. I'm not going to harm you.” I shuffled toward the other side of a model lane, a few paces away from her as emphasis. ”See? I'll sit back here.”

We played silently with model tin trains painted bright blue and red to represent carriages, wooden toy people painted in everyday clothes or uniforms of black, navy-blue and tan colour. Obviously, representing the positions of people in the district. We positioned those people on the bridges or around the tracks before tall rectangular block buildings.

Alina cast her hand over her scene of people she had crowded in a narrow lane. Blue starlight fell from her hands. My eyes widened with awe when the toy figures began to move around the lane like real people would.