Yellow Flicker Beat (Aden-OCarrol)

[Birdee]

Flick. Flick. Flick. Flick.

Birdee gazed down at the lighter she played with while she waited for her 'crew' to make an appearance. Two would come together, one would come solo and probably first. Her usual 'crew' for weekend antics when Birdee spent it in the city and away from Louvel's farm on the 'family' property. It wasn't her lighter, but Carlos had left it at her apartment when he was there with the other two and some other people during their last beer, blunts and bad movies weekend.

"Heeeeeeeyo, little Birdee." Her gaze was broken when she heard the familiar voice of Carlos. His tall frame could be seen over anyone else walking on the street, the guy having at least a foot on her. Which was how she got the nickname 'little' added onto her actual name.

A little backstory about Carlos-Birdee had met him and his two friends at Satine's Wonderland bar and the best thing about it was...Carlos and Melissande were vampires; so that automatically scored points in her mind. It meant it would be easy to hang with them without any of that extra potential ******** that she experienced. Kellie though, wasn't, so Birdee made sure to keep a good three or four feet from the woman. "Hey, Carlos. Lose something?" Birdee held out the lighter to him, waving it around so he could see the emblem.

"****. Got a replacement a couple days ago for it. Keep it. Suits your tweaker *** more anyways." Birdee rolled her eyes, but moved it out of his reach and kept flicking it open and closed, eyes focused on the yellow tinged flame that came from the top of it while they waited for the other two. Suddenly, her phone went off and so did his, Birdee looking at Carlos. "Woah. Creepy." Birdee cackled, as she pulled out her phone and then read what was in the text. "Looks like Melissande and Kellie want to meet us at the carnival at the Church. Which reminds me...I think you owe me a beer from the game we played last week." Birdee pointed out as she stuffed the phone in the back of her denim jeans, still keeping the lighter out as they headed the half mile or so to the Church grounds that had the first carnival of the year.

[Aden-OCarrol]

Aden had no idea why he ended up going to the carnival, why he went to the carnival by himself. Watching all the kids run around with their parents made him kind of depressed even more than he normally was. It made him thin think of he his two daughters that grew up with out really knowing him. Each one of the beautiful little girls that walked by their parents just kind to a nice stab in his heart.

He still had no idea what he was doing here, when he looked around and saw this poor little five-year-old girl who looked absolutely terrified. She was looking around trying to figure out where she was she seemed frantic and terrified. It would not have taken anyone more than a moment to realize that the poor little girl was lost. She had gotten separated from her parents at some point and finally realized it.

Aden slowly walked over to her and smiled as he got down on one knee” My name is Aden, did you lose your mommy and daddy in the crowd?" The cute little brunette girl bit her lip holding a teddy bear to her chest. She seemed quite hesitant to answer the question as her mommy and daddy are told her not to talk to strangers.

“You know I used to have a daughter she got lost at the fair once, her name was Runa. she was so scared we finally found her. But she was exactly where she was supposed to be if she got lost and told her to meet as at the clown with the blinking red nose. She’s mostly grown up now but I used to do a little trick to make her smile when she was scared and upset. Would you like to see that trick?"

The little girl wasn’t sure if she should so she bit her lip and kind of nodded her head yes. “ Her goes” he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a quarter. slowly flipping the corner and letting it roll across his fingers all the way down to his pinky than doing it back up to his pointer finger. Soon as he gets to his one finger flips new roles over to his thumb then he flicks it in the air. Then he catches it with his right hand rolls his hand over with his palm facing her opening his hand with it being completely empty. “ I wonder where the coin when?“

the little brunette girl begin to expect his hand looking around trying to see where it went. He leaned forward softly put his hand on the back of the teddy bear ear and pulled out the coin. Showing it to her” I think teddy wanted the coin for himself”. She looked at his hand they looked at the teddy bear, then looked back at his hand then back the teddy bear. Then slowly a big smile came on her face.

“ Now when your mom and daddy came to the carnival did they you of a safe place to go if you got lost?” she held her teddy bear quite tight and looked at him. You could see her almost thinking about it for a second before she finally smiled and reached out and softly took his hand. her small sweet little voice “At the big arch at the beginning. I don't know where that is.” With her beautiful blue eyes she looked up at him.

Aden smiled” Let me help you get there and hopefully your mom and dad will be there looking for you”. He slowly stood up letting her hold his hand as they began to walk back towards the arch at the beginning of the Carnival.

As they got closer he could hear what sounded like a frantic mother and father calling out their daughter’s name he couldn’t quite make it out what it was until they got closer. Apparently her name is Nicole.

Aden had looked down to say something to Nicole. When the frantic mother came running up scooping her daughter up swinging her around in her arms covering her and kisses. Aden smiles” Seem you found your mom.” Then a few seconds later her dad showed holding a newborn in his arms as well. The mom seemed to be a bit inconsolable all at the moment as she was scared happy and relieved all at one time to have her little daughter back. The dad smiled and reached out and shook Aden hand” We really appreciate you bringing our daughter back to us. We dont know what we would of done if someone had taken her or she got lost and hurt"

Aden smiles” My daughter’s all grown up now, so I understand. Sometimes they are hard to keep an eye on at places like carnivals and festivals and whatnot. Tell her to keep the quarter you guys have fun at the carnival okay.”

Before they got his chance to say much else to him he slowly turned around and began to walk away into the crowd. He admitted about 20 steps when all of a sudden he felt something small wrapped around his leg. He looked down and it was Nicole was hugging his leg. “ Thank you Mr.” Aden smiled softly reached down and patted her head. “ Go have fun ok.” He reached into his back pocket and pulled out $10 dollars and put it in her hand. Buy you some cotton candy okay”. She smiled reached hands out for a hug. He slowly bent down and gave her a hug smiling and pointing back to her parents.

Nicole ran off toward her parents looking back as he disappeared into into the ground once again.

Making his way over to one of the carnival games he set down as he had a big lump in his throat and heavy heart. He put down his ticket grab the gun aiming for the bull's-eye as he had several other people raced the little guy up see who was the winner.

[Birdee]

The entire walk to the carnival had Birdee flicking that lighter, keeping a rhythm in the back of her head as she did this. Her feet stomped a beat, while the clicking of the flame produced a lighter ensemble to accompany her heavy footfalls. They talked about the party when he lost his lighter, and then some upcoming one for a graduation party of someone he knew. She would go, if asked to tag along, but that wasn't really Birdee's cup of tea. Even college graduation parties had family and lots of people she didn't know. More people meant more chances of bumping into someone and Birdee liked to avoid that. And her small group knew that too. Usually, she was always in the 'middle' somewhere, no matter the size of group.

"I think I might have to work. But I'll check my schedule and get back to ya." Birdee happy with letting it lay there with Carlos. "Did they say specifically where they were meeting us?" Sometimes Birdee had trouble remembering things; a side affect of drinking and drugs some would say. But, she always had that problem-she was too busy focusing on not touching anyone alive, or trying to not notice 'signs' that she didn't focus on other things. Even if they were important.

Just then, Carlos pointed to the two friends standing around, one of them finishing their cigarette. Melissande stomped it out with her trainers, before moving towards them with her partner in crime. After the usual greeting to the group and then to Carlos specifically, they were on their way inside to buy tickets to get food and to play some games. Birdee was pretty good at Ski-ball, so that was where most her money would go to, while the others did what they wanted to do. "Let's get some food first. I'm fricken starving." She suggested, pointing to one of two concession stands, all too happy to get away from the hustle and bustle of the ticket booth area.

[Aden-OCarrol]

Aden set down in front of one of those carnival games where you take the water gun and point it at the target, you race your character against everyone else’s. Generally if you don’t sit down in front of the right one can never going to win a race. His mind was still blank from thinking about his little girls that he’s probably never going to see again. His mind is zoned in on the little target not paying attention to anything else around him making sure that he hit that poor little bull’s-eye.

After sitting there for a while doing it multiple times and managing to win each time the guy handed him one of the giant teddy bears , the one's that’s almost about the size of a person. He really wasn’t paying any attention to just kind of in the zone until the man handed him the giant teddy bear. He took the teddy bear from the man trying to figure out what he was going to do with pulling it out in front of him as a little kid wanting at the teddy bear demanding that their parents when that one.

Looking at the teddy bear still not really paying that much attention as he just got up and started walkway pulling the teddy bear out in front of them, mindlessly walking forward multiple had moved out of his way. As he moved through the crowd of people his brain was in a horrible place at the moment not exactly helping.

As you begin to rattle off thoughts in his head. Why did it come to this bloody place? And why am I had a fair now I have this giant teddy bear my supposed to give it to Kira. As I’m pretty sure that’s going to go horrible. Or she cannot get mad at me and rip this poor little teddy bear shreds. When she’s mad at me on a general basis.what am I supposed to be doing a fair I don’t like people I don’t need any of the stupid things I can’t even eat food.

While he was talking to himself, He bumped into someone in front of them kind of knock him out of his mental stupor.looking over the side of the giant teddy bear hoping he did not knock a person into the mud or some little kid over he would feel horrible.

[Birdee]

The group had just finished getting the calorie infested food; Birdee a big pile of deep fried french fries with cheese sauce, while the vampire companions in the group got nothing and then there was also an order of nachos being devoured between Birdee and the other human in the group. "Here." She shook the container of fries in the direction of the trio that was along with her, only really offering it to one.

And as she did that, someone smashed right into the container of cheese fries, crushing it in Birdee's hand. Cheese oozed out of the top and the bottom of the container because it had been significantly dented by the body and weight of a person, causing the group she was with to jump back a little. Not wanting to get cheese on them or their clothing. "WOAH! Fries!" Birdee said as she saw some greasy, cheese covered fries on the guy's upper back and the side of his arm.

"Shoot! So sorry!" Birdee apologized, once seeing his shirt, then laughed. "It's not funny, but at least the bear is safe, right?" She asked, looking at the bear, before moving to the nearest trash bin and tossing the best fries she had. Well, compared to the stuff at Wonderland. " Here. Have these." Birdee came back with the napkins she had taken from the stand when buying the fries and nachos.

[Aden-OCarrol]

Aden laughed a little bit when he realize what had happened. “ I think it would’ve been better if it got the bear”. When she came back with napkins, he looked at his shirt then looked back at the napkins, then back at his shirt again.” I think I have a solution.” Reaching over and taking the napkins putting them in his back pocket and handing her the bear.” You can keep the bear if you want.”

He slowly began to take off his jacket making sure that none of it touch the cheese. That was on the front of his shirt. Once he managed to get his jacket off without getting any cheese on it. Aden reached up and softly put the jacket around the Bears back. “ Biker Bear,primal yet cuddly." he said a bit jokingly.

Taking the neck hole stretching out and grabbing his beard softly tucking it under his shirt. Then grabbing his right shirtsleeves with his left arm, slowly pulling in his right arm. Then sliding his hand through the inside of his shirt grabbing his left shirt arm and slowly sliding his other arm inside the shirt as well. Slowly taking both hands wrapping the collar of his shirt from inside them slowly pulling it over the top of his head. Leaning his head forward a little bit so that only you could see the top of his head a little bit of his hair. his hands then slowly slid down to the bottom of his shirt. Very slow and gently pulling the shirt up and over his head. Pulling the shirt off of his body and wrapping it all together. Making sure to get none of the cheese on his prize beard. Then turning looking at the nearest trashcan taking a shot the shirt as it flies in the air and lands in the trashcan.

“ That alot better, I can always get another shirt, but getting the cheese out of my beard that the whole different ballgame, especially that much cheese. My beard would smelled like nacho cheese for like three or four days. Possibly even longer".He reached over grabbing the jacket by it's collar, pulling it out in front of or a second before slowly spinning the jacket over behind him dropping his hands down while it's in midair and then sliding them through the sleeves as it landed on the shoulder just perfect. Taking his hands and grabbing it around the sides of his jacket making sure that he and shoulders just perfect.

“Well I guess I owe you another set of fries, and at least my name. I go by Red, I know my beard is more of a brownish red but in the sunlight he gets a nice bit of red. It is a nickname that I picked up and I fell in love love with long ago. What is your name?”. He knew he was partly telling the truth and partly not how he got the nickname, because it was partly true he wasn't actually lying.

[Birdee]

Birdee listened and watched and then found herself with a bear. "Thanks?" She wasn't sure how she felt about carnival stuffed animals, it had been forever since she had been to any sort of festival or carnival due to her mom's cancer. His coat (which was clean, amazingly enough) was pulled off and wrapped around the bear, with a few words. Those words got a small laugh from Birdee.

And all she could do was just watch as the stranger pulled off his cheese filled shirt and exposed what it was he was working with. It got a small appreciative nod of Birdee's head, before Carlos nudged Birdee with a hand on her shoulder. "We'll catch you later." Birdee glanced away from 'cheese Wiz' (the name she gave the stranger at the moment and gawked at her friends. "No-but-wait." Birdee said, showing the bear as an excuse for the to stick around. It wasn't, and it only received a smirk from Carlos.

She turned back when the stranger started talking again, to which she cringed. "Yeah. Totally sorry about that." Birdee watched him take his coat back, before she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a ten. "For your shirt. Again, super sorry." Birdee gave him a small smile before she looked down at the bear. "You sure you don't want him?" The bird was lifted and offered to him, in case he had changed his mind.

"As for the fries...it was sorta my fault, so don't think you owe me anything." Birdee offered, before she more or less coveted the bear close to her chest. "I'm Birdee." She said after hearing why he had the nickname 'Red.' Made sense enough for her, not that she would have put any real thought to it or asked. She assumed it was a nickname with some sort of story behind it. "Real name. Doesn't mean anything as cool as your nickname does. Anyways, don't let me steal your night, I don't think this place has a real dress code, so you shouldn't have to leave."

[Aden-OCarrol]

Aden looked at the money when she pulled out the 10 with the if could burnt it with his eyes he would of. "I could walk around naked but in my jacket but think kids mind. Not like can win a **** if want one.".

When she tried give him back the bear" What going do with him, I cam on Bike how do take the thing home? If got him home what would do with him, have a new snuggle buddy?"

Now that he had his jacket on and every seem good with his bear. He finally got chance to look at her. To be honest here, the beard and jacket are like 1 one on the importation list. Since he grown to 6'4 had to custom order a new jacket.

He first say her eyes they were different and had wild look to them,He like it. Then like always he looked at her hair. I his mind reached out and touched it. It looked soft , he tried filter out the other smells and get scent of her smell. Him and hair every time, it gave a soft smirk on his face. He always checked out woman's eye's and hair first every time. He was no the the type to my sly he was checking you out. He felt woman liked to know man think she was pretty so why hide it when you do. He was flirt an way it who he was. He let eye drip down her frame and back up to her eyes with soft smirk.

" I think he look lot better in your bed and he think so do don't you Mr bear". Sticks his head behind the bear grabs his little arms. In gruffly voice "Please don't send me home with that guy, I want stay home and bake cookies with you." He grinned and chuckles inside at the ref form tiny toon adventures back in the day. Pops his head back up" Pulse If i have him people will wonder if some girl gave it to me or if one weird things you keep when girl brakes up with you."

With out asking he walk over to the one food vendor " So I need cheesy fires for the lady and coke." Wait for the man to give his order. Grab the fires" Be hold the fires of Cheesiness, cheesiness of the fries, behold power of cheese.!" holds out the fires and the coke" I hold the bear, So he be safe form Miss I will toss cheese on you" he says it with a bit of a sarcastic and silly tone.

[Birdee]

A snuggle buddy. Birdee's smile cracked a little bigger at that."Snuggling is something...good for your health or something. Mental health, I thin." Birdee protested in favor of the idea of snuggling with the bear-not that she had much experience with snuggling. When he looked her in the eyes, Birdee dropped her gaze to his facial features. Primarily his beard. Not a lot of guys pulled off a beard anymore. Points on being different.

"Maybe. I'll take my own advice for mental health or whatever it was I read a few months back about the idea behind snuggling."[/b] Birdee countered with the idea of the bear on her bed. If something was going to be on her bed, it had to have a purpose. "Plus, he is sort of cute. Win-win."[/b] Her eyes looked to his again, noticing how he was looking above her head. Just barely. Did she have something in her hair? Cheese? Birdee was sure he would tell her.

She watched and listened to Red walk away and order some fries and coke. It sounded good on both accounts. Though her form of coke came in a powder substance. Still, just the name drop of Coke brought a smile to her features. "Totally didn't toss it on you. More like..threw it."[/b] Birdee smirked at Red, teasing him back. "So what are you doing here? I mean..I know why you're here. Some reason we all are, but what do you like to do at a fair? I like listening to the bands and riding the tilt-o-whirl. Ever been on one of those?"[/b]

[Aden-OCarrol]

Aden smirked" Well if you know why I am here you doing better then me, Was riding my biker and saw the lights. Pretty sure like the moth to the flame how I got here. I blame the ADHD. Yet I seem pretty good at the water gun race thing, how I got that bear." Points behind to the stand" I phased out sitting in front if it, next thing I know the man gave me the bear."

Smirks a little " When i was younger, I would ride the spinning tea cup's or the one you spin the wheel and spins you faster the more spin you self as it spins you around. We used to make those think spin in tell you almost puke you could not walk for 3 min after we got off the ride. Many times the guy said he did not know the thing when that fast. So what do you want do first? "