(open) kid kaeya kid kaeya kid kaeya

[calla]

🧊 WHO: Kaeya and anyone
🧊 WHAT: Bonus effects!
🧊 WHEN: Dec 12 ~ 14
🧊 WHERE: Throughout the island!
🧊 WARNINGS: Lots of crying

[ Perhaps you're walking through town, heading from one place to another, when you come across a child. No older than ten, he wanders around doing the following things: ]

[ i. crying his eyes out. Correction: crying his single eye out because even at this young age, he still has his eyepatch, but the point is that there's a kid in the middle of the street and crying. ]

[ ii. sniffling while tugging on your sleeve. In his other hand is the pamphlet. In a quiet voice, he asks for help. ]

[ iii. picking out dandelions. To kids, dandelions are flowers, not weeds, so he's ripping them out and collecting a little bundle in his other hand. When someone passes by, he'll hold one out and ask if they want one. ]

[ iv. shooting at birds with his slingshot. Who gave this child a slingshot? The local grocery store, after promising that he'll bring crops when he's older. What they didn't know what he'd do with it is attempt to catch lunch so... look at that boy go. ]

[ v. wildcard. hmu and i'll write out a starter!! ]

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[framestory]

[ He shakes his head no and covers his ears instead, then making an X. He can't hear!! But maybe that's too much for a child to understand, since he can still get what Kaeya's saying... ]

[calla]

[ Well, the first time that Kaeya spoke to him, he also showed a page of Diluc. If Ellis is deaf then maybe he just saw that page and automatically thought to bring him here. As for now... well, maybe this is Ellis now telling him that he's deaf. ]

Oh, so you can't hear me.

[ He seems a little dejected. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis looks a little apologetic, but there's really nothing he can do about that. ]

I can tell what you're saying, so it isn't too different.

[calla]

[ He reads the note then looks up. Explain how ]

Really?

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods to his question as if he naturally heard it. ]

I can read lips to tell what you're saying.

[calla]

You can do that?

[ Kaeya didn't even know that reading lips was a thing, so how exciting! ]

Teach me!

[framestory]

[ Ellis shakes his head. ]

It takes a long time and practice... and I'm bad at teaching. Sorry.

[calla]

Aw, okay...

[ His shoulders droop a bit, obviously disappointed that he can't learn a new skill that would totally impress Diluc. He'll just have to try and practice by himself! Oh, also... ]

My name's Kaeya. What's yours?

[framestory]

Ellis.

Wanna play in the fields? I bet Diluc would like it if the fields were tilled, even by a little by the time he comes back. We can plant some seeds I got.

[ This is his grand scheme to mark off his task and to keep Kaeya busy at the same time. Excellent. ]

[calla]

[ At the mention of Diluc, Kaeya thinks for only half a second before agreeing. Anything to make Diluc happy! Maybe he would like it if he plants some seeds and they grow into something pretty. ]

What kind of seeds do you have?

[framestory]

I have a primrose and hyacinth with me.

[ Ellis doodles a little of how the flowers look like on the notepad and shows it to Kaeya. ]

[calla]

Oh, they're pretty.

[ He nods when he sees the drawings. He pumps his little fists, now determined to plant some seeds! ]

Mmhm, let's plant a lot so they grow. I bet Diluc would really like them.

[framestory]

[ He only has two seeds!! But he's willing to put them in Kaeya and Diluc's field. The rest are planted in his own... He tries to pick out a spot where he thinks it'll be suitable for them to grow. Maybe in this corner of the patch? Ellis knows fuck all about farming at the time of this tag, so he leads Kaeya to the corner. ]

[calla]

[ Two seeds are still good! Kaeya will follow along and kneel down to the patch of dirt. Hmm, he doesn't know what to do, so he just... starts to dig a hole with his hands. Does that work? ]

[framestory]

[ Hm. Probably?! Oh, Ellis wonders if this household has watering cans, since he knows they'll have to water it at the very least. But before that, he gives a seed to child Kaeya so that they can plant each flower inside the dirt together. ]

[calla]

[ Kaeya takes the seed and puts it in the ground! He has no idea if that's how you do it, but it seems like it? How else do you plant stuff! He then covers up the hole with dirt once again. Hmm, what's next? ]

We should water them!

[ He gets up to go and look for the watering can. He doesn't even know that there is one, but there has to be, right? He eventually finds one, already filled with water from earlier that day, but it's rather heavy. He struggles to pick it up and carry it back. ]

[framestory]

[ After a while, Ellis goes to look for Kaeya, but that watering can looks pretty heavy, so he offers to help and--

Oh.

Damn, it's heavy. Like. absolutely heavy. Ellis is a weak stick man, but if he lets child Kaeya carry it, what will he answer to Kaeya if he ever grows back up with a broken arm or something because he pulled it? Revenge? Ellis doesn't want that at all, so he's definitely helping kid Kaeya carry it to the place where they planted the seeds. ]

[calla]

[ There is a lot of awkward shuffling as Kaeya tries to carry the can while Ellis is also helping, but he can notice that Ellis is... struggling too? ]

I-It's okay, I can carry it by myself!

[ The kid rationale is that he can show that he can do things too! On his own! ]

[framestory]

[ Okay, okay. He knows what Kaeya said, but he still doesn't want to back off, so he tries to hold it up from the bottom so that Kaeya is less burdened with having to carry it. His back hurts... ]

[calla]

[ Ellis' poor back... Unfortunately, Kaeya's little kid legs aren't very long so it'd take a lot of awkward small steps back before he finally makes it back to the area with the planted seeds. Is... Is Ellis okay... ]

[framestory]

[ No, Ellis is not okay. He's never really okay to begin with, but this? He might need a chiropractor after this. He wheezes, but holds his breath enough to stand up straight and stretches his arms outward. God.

But okay, he tries to tip the watering can a little so that they can water the dang thing. Let's rock. ]

[calla]

[ Time to tip the watering can over...! But with their tiny weak strength, the can immediately tips over and all the water spills out. Well... they watered the seeds, right?! Just a little too much. ]

Um... is that okay?

[framestory]

[ UH.

Probably not, but Ellis does his best to get the watering can away as soon as possible so that the soil doesn't drown. He doesn't know how much of it is needed for that to actually happen, but he'd rather avoid worst case scenario. It's Fine.

He nods quickly. Everything is fine!! ]

[calla]

[ It's fine!! Ellis says so, so Kaeya believes him. He doesn't know anything about farming so it's fine!! Though hmm... ]

Does your back still hurt?

[framestory]

[ At this rate, he might have to spend the night over at the kaeluc house again... He tries to stand up, but then there's a sharp pain in his lower back, so he just... stays in place. He feels like death. ]