[FINN POV]
Three months went by in a blink of an eye, the first month seemed to be the hardest, cause with nothing much to do as a baby I just mainly sat around in my crib staring at the makeshift galaxy my cousin/ brother made and wait for Aunt Margret or Uncle Joshua to answer my cries for food, sometimes I would stay in the living room with Aunt Margret to give me fresh air I guess..? and watch TV, that would sound as a good distraction for a baby but the TV only seemed to increase my boredom since what Aunt Margret watched were mainly game shows, cooking shows and just general news on whats going on in the world.
And i know you might be wandering why I say the first month seemed to be the hardest? Its because since I was around about I think two months old I was finally old enough or rather strong enough to be carried by my cousins. Yes you heard me right I said cousins, turns out my Uncle from my Dad's side has seven kids….. SEVEN KIDS!!? I don't even know how its possible for some one to have that many Kids before his fifties!!
My Uncle, Jeremiah Arc and his wife Selena Arc had six girls and one boy, with with three sets of twins in a row before having a boy.
Hell I'm more surprised at How they kept going until they finally had a son, I understand the need for a male in a family, YH.. sure the need for the bloodline to continue a male needs to be born, bu my question is if they didn't end up having a son ….would they have just kept going and going until….? ... I don't even want to think about it.
So back to the topic, after being finally old enough to be carried by other family members out of the Hands of Aunt Margret and Uncle Joshua, much to their displeasure, my uncle decided it was a good time to pay his nephew a visit, with his seven kids all the way from Ansel. That must have been one hell of a road trip, to come all the way to see me, normally that would bring a tear to my eye, until I met them and regretted not being able to run away.
Let me recall how that day of torture went down…. it was a warm spring day , the birds were chirping and well you get the idea. It was a good day , I was in the living room with Aunt Margret who finally decided to watch something other than a cook show, she finally understood that babies would find anything that doesn't look interesting boring and also cause I decided to throw a tantrum to coerce her to change the channel into a cartoon, my plan had worked and I was peacefully managing to watch the
cartoon until I felt a disturbance something in my mind was telling me that this day was going to go extremely wrong for me and probably scar and haunt the little boy in me for life! And of course I just ignored it not realizing the consequence my ignorance would have on me….
*ding dong*
Obviously surprised by the sudden ring of the door bell, but not letting the surprise get to her Aunt Margret took me back to my crib and placed me in it before attending to her unexpected guest or rather guests downstairs. I don't hear from Aunt Margaret for a while but I do hear the sounds of laughter and pleasantries being shared, and the sound of …..children?
Skip time forward a few minutes later I'm back in the living room surrounded by eleven people, four adults and seven kids.
Uncle Jeremiah was a spiting image or Grandpa Arc minus the Grey hair , the same blue eyes, blonde hair and everything, hell the only difference between them was that he looked like he hadn't aged a day over twenty despite being thirty six years old! Looking at Grandpa and Uncle I probably won't look my age, that may serve as both a blessing and a curse…. sigh. He was around six feet in height and had a rather well built frame, not really muscular but rather a frame that showed he was no slouch when it came to fighting.
Aunt Celina was a woman in her forties, forty one to be exact, she had dark soft purple hair that I thought was black for a moment,she had her tied up in a doughnut shape at the back of her head, probably trying to go for the prim and proper lady look , she also had purple gems for eyes,pale snow white skin that would make models jealous, but what shocked me was that she was shorter than Aunt Margret! More like relative to her in height but I think she's the shorter one of the two. she seemed to have traded her height for….other areas, But don't let her height deceive you, just like Uncle she too is a great fighter.
Now onto the children…..my cousins, after being held by my Aunt and Uncle and being showered with love from them which I didn't mind I was then handed over to my oldest cousin, by a few minutes, Sapphire Arc.
Sapphire was a woman, cause she had just turned eighteen years old a few months back so its only right I call her that. She had blonde hair which she took from her father, she kept it tied up in a pony tail probably so I wouldn't choke on it, she had her mothers eyes, and If I were to describe her personality she would fit into the teasing older sister category, the one that always finds ways to embarrass you in everything you do but beat up any one that tries to hurt her siblings. After having her fill of holding me and playing with me (torturing me) she handed me over to the next sibling close to her
Coral Arc was Sapphire's younger twin and the second daughter of Uncle and Aunt. She too was eighteen years old and had her fathers blonde hair and mothers lavender eyes, she in simple terms was a shy guy or gal , she seemed to be kind of awkward with any physical intimacy or touching with anyone even family, hell she found it hard to even hold me properly because it was too awkward for her. After managing to hold me for barely a minute she awkwardly passes me to the next sibling.
Sable Arc was the third daughter of the family, and the elder twin in the second pair of twins, She had short blonde hair she kept just around her neck and pair of blue gems for eyes, she was currently twelve years old but seemed to be behaving like shes in her forties, she seemed more interested in reading the book in her hand and would have if not for the glare her mother threw her way, I feel for you cousin mothers can be quite scary. Just like Coral, Sable also seemed to be uncomfortable with skin contact, bummer. After holding me for about three minutes and observing me like I was a live specimen she handed me over to the sibling next in line on the Finn train.
The fourth daughter of the Family, Jade Arc had blonde hair like her father, and purple eyes like her mother, but unlike her mother , her eyes sparked for some….excitement, she was the wildcard of the family,hyper activity incarnate, the tom boy, the ruffian,and a bit of an air head , everyone seemed to get on guard when I was passed to her and I noticed the sudden change in atmosphere and I didn't like it one bit. After making silly faces at me and holding me in the air while spinning under the watchful and cautious eye of everybody, she then passed me to the next younger sibling in line.
The fifth daughter of the family, Lavender Arc , the one and only female child that had any semblance of her mothers looks among them, just like her mother she also had dark purple hair and purple gem like eyes, she was currently six years old , but was always looking around with eyes so curious, when I was handed to her she simply started asking questions while looking at me with a toothy grin, I merely stared back at her with a blank expression that pretty much said how am I supposed to answer you when I cant even talk yet? After receiving no response from me she pouted and simply handed me over to her younger twin.
Amber Arc is the sixth and last daughter of the family. Born a few seconds after her sister, but her polar opposite since her appearance seemed to resemble her fathers, with the same blue eyes and blonde hair as his, she seemed to have a knack for exploration cause she seemed not be interested in me but more interested in going around the house. After pinching my cheeks playfully probably to get a reaction out of me she passed me on to the youngest of all of them who was sitting on his mothers lap.
Jaune Arc was a two year old boy and the only son of the family, he had blonde hair that seemed to be growing past his neck a bit and blue eyes, a spitting image of his father and the most babied obviously, Jaune held me in tiny little arms with the aid of his mother and flashed me a toothy smile, then proceeds to hug me much to my displeasure.
The rest of his siblings just watch the display of cuteness, with a bit of tears in their eyes while Aunt Margret starts taking pictures of this,while this makes me very happy Jaune starts tickling me a bit too much which causes me to laugh a bit and increase the cuteness, but there is a problem with what he's doing, despite my willpower to prevent it my baby body prevailed and I...…..pissed myself.