How Green Becomes Wood

[pandakatiefominz]

"And where would we put the pool?" Daizi asked, "You don't expect me to dig up my garden, do you?"

 

[BookKnight]

Alec thought about this. "Buy a separate plot of land with money from books you write and publish."

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"Oh, of course," Daizi chuckled, "Why didn't I think of that?"

"I wonder if Sally's condo has a pool," Dark mused, holding Ivy steady while the face painter started putting a little dolphin on her cheek.

 

[BookKnight]

"Now there's a thought!" Alec mused. He dug into his bag and pulled out his phone. He texted Peter so he wouldn't forget and carefully put his phone back.

"Cute dolphin," Xander said.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

Ivy squirmed a little bit when the brushes were touching her face, but Dark kept speaking gently to her to keep her calm.

"Her condo is nice enough it would probably be a really nice pool if she has one," Daizi commented. "Sometimes they can be rented out by the inhabitants in the building for a party."

 

[BookKnight]

"That would be a fun party!" Alec grinned.

"A lot cleaner, too," Xander agreed. "Maybe we could go as guests."

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"We can only hope," Daizi said casually.

When the dolphin done, Dark helped Ivy to look in the mirror and Ivy, seeing that it was herself in the mirror, stared in sheer amazement. She would've immediately smeared the dolphin had she not been prevented

 

[BookKnight]

"Ivy, you look so cute!" Alec cheered, clapping excitedly. "Look at the dolphin. It's so cute!"

"Very nice, Mini," Xander said, nodding. "How about it, Ba? Are you getting a spider? Or sitting out?"

 

[pandakatiefominz]

Dark looked from Xander to Alec and then asked, "Would you like to me to get my face painted?"

 

[BookKnight]

"Yes!" Alec answered immediately and with no hesitation. "It'd be amazing, and you'd fit with Mama."

"Yes," Xander said more slowly. "If you want to."

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"Then I will," Dark said, and after paying for it, had the painter apply a spider in the pan-Arab colours to the opposite cheek from what Daizi had done.

 

[BookKnight]

"That looks really good," Alec told him.

Xander nodded in approval. "Properly matching. You look good."

"You picked a good theme, Mama," Alec told her.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"You were who suggested the spider," Daizi replied while Dark set Ivy back into her stroller, "I just decided to flip it."

 

[BookKnight]

"True, I did suggest a spider, but the rest was your idea, and it looks fantastic on you both," Alec assured her. He found some cash in his bag and slipped it into the artist's tip jar for a job very well done!

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"So now back to the incense stall?" Dark asked, reminding Alec one last time.

 

[BookKnight]

Alec nodded. "The incense stall, and I think we're done?"

"I can't think of anything else we might want, and we've seen most of it. I think it might take more than one day if we wanted to see all of it," Xander said.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"Unless we want to go see the dancing once more before we leave," Daizi said while Dark led them back to the incense seller.

 

[BookKnight]

"Can we go see the dancers?" Alec asked hopefully. "Just for a little while. I bet Ivy's ready to go home. And Xander's tired of hopping."

"I could stand looking at the dancers once more," Xander said slowly.

Alec grinned and went hunting through the stall, looking for the perfect holder. He finally found it, purchased it, and rejoined his family.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"She does look tired," Dark said, looking at Ivy's dropping eyelids now that she was back in her stroller, "but I think she will be alright if we watch the dancers."

After waiting for Alec to make his one last purchase, they went back to the stage area where they could all sit. Not long after they had sat, though, that the official performers started leading the attendees in the dabke dance.