Fun fun fun in the lack of sun! (Callie, Zavie)

8D felt his joints pop and strain as he stretched in time with the forty something soccer mom on tv. In spite of the fact that his body did not sweat nor needed to drink water for hydration, 8D was still very proud of the combination Sweat Band Beer Helmet he had made to hold his water while he did his stretches. Now I can hear what you're thinking, why dose a robot need to streach? Well as it would turn out he was going to lead Zavie and Callie on some training exercises in order to prepare them for going out and battling demons! After all, every good work out starts with stretching and cardio! Gatta get those muscles limber and that blood a pumpin! Hm? What's that you say? 8D has nether blood nor muscles and these stretches are a waste of time, energy and word count? True as that may be, you're forgetting one important thing that makes this all make perfect sense. Though it seems I forgot it to so eh, what can ya do right?

"Yes! Indeed! Feel the strain! It is the tearing of the fibrous tissue that your muscles are made of! Soon after this exertion is complete, a short rest period will enable us to reconstruct those muscles far stronger and larger then they are now!" J paused to take a sip from his water head band and reach for the sky along side his son, both of which were wearing a flattering combination of neon green tank top and hop pink jogging shorts."I do believe the phrase used to describe this process is "Getting Yoked","

"I didn't know we were supposed to bring eggs! Ehehehe! I think you might be CRACKED old man! Ehehe," 8D chuckled as he bent down to touch his toes."Muscles aside, this is more to get us ready to start training with our new powers! If we're gunna make Endymion a more accepting and tolerant place we gatta be stronk!”

"Oh you two finally awoke to your Personas?" Kay asked from the couch, trying to keep her eyes on her book and not the two men doing squat thrusts in front of her.

"Well... Yes and no... Callie a little help here? I'm a bit preoccupied at the moment..." 8D strained to say as he bent his left leg behind his head and was going for the right.

"This goes here... And this one over here, and that one shouldn't be there it should be here! That one... Uhm... I've never seen this one before." Callie would say confused, holding up a small cuddly toy shaped like a rabbit. "Where did you come from little fella?" She'd question the fluffy inanimate object. "I don't remember ever finding you. Hmm... Oh well! You're cute, you can go right here with the other fluffy things." The young vixen would put the toy rabbit down beside many other plush toys she had collected over the years. Today had been a busy day, way more busy than she was usually used to. And what was even worse was that Kay had decided that today she was adamant that she had to tidy up her room! Or... At least tidy it a little bit. All of her toys and knick knacks were still all over the place, but at least now they were organised and all in their own little piles! She was sure Kay would appreciate that she at least did something unlike last time.

"I know you like these things Cals, but is it really necessary to have this many toys for one person?" Terra would say, pulling another plush toy with his mouth over to the others making an effort to look like he was helping. "You could easily make a load of money if you just sold even half of these! Or you could even give a few away to kids who don't have any toys." The fox shadow would sigh as he looked at the now organized mess that was Callie's room. "Plus ya know, it would make cleaning this place way easier! Nehehe!"

"Oh shush you." The girl would reply, gently tossing a teddy towards Terra and giggling when it made him jump. "It wasn't too hard now was it? And I like all my stuff... I remember when I got every single one of them! E-except hat rabbit. But I like them, they're like little memories in toy form!" She'd say, she knew that there were an excessive amount of toys that littered her room, but that was just the way she liked it! So that was the way she wanted it to stay.

"Done!" Callie would say with a smile as she placed down the last of her toys into its respected pile. Hmm, now what to do? She wasn't sure what to do now that her room was clean, she didn't really have any other plans... Wait, no... Didn't she have plans with 8D? "Come on Terra, let's go see what 8D is up to!" The young vixen would say wagging her tail, she knew 8D had something fun planned for tonight and she was excited to find out what.

Dashing out of her room and heading to the living room where she could hear all the noise coming from, she'd stop in her tracks at the sight that befell upon her. "W-Whu..." Callie wasn't prepared to walk into what she had just walked into.  W-what in the... What were the doing? Like, seriously what were they doing? She was hoping Terra would have some input on it as she had been left speechless to ask herself, but he had already decided he was going to have absolutely nothing to do with any of this.

When the mention of personas was brought up and she was asked to explain what had happened, she was still not really able to form proper sentences. Still completely confused as to what she had just walked into and even more confused about how Kay seemed to be completely fine with it. "T-the what... I... Uhm... 8D did..." She'd manage to say honestly, before realising she still didn't really know how to explain what had happened to her. "B-but... Uhm... I didn't..." She'd say before shaking her head and trying to stop herself from looking over at J and 8D anymore. "I-I didn't get a persona... No..."

"That is wonderful My Dear Callie! I am ever so glad to hear you have finally awaken to the power of... Wait what?" As soon as the news fully registered within his brain, J quickly lost his balance and tumbled to the ground in a heap of limbs and curse. The impact of the fall nearly knocked his mask off and sent his mind spinning for a second. He would lay dazed and confused while 8D proceeded to topple over from laughter and join him on the floor, spaziming as his robotic lungs failed to keep up with the  demand for more air to laugh louder. J, however, ignored this and kept his focus on Callie."B-But how!? You, that little boy and 8D all went through an awakening event last night!"

"J! Please, she's already in shock from your short shorts, the last thing she needs is to be yelled at right now... I sware you're such an pig headed oaf some times..." Kay narrowed her eyes and shot a pointed glare at J... Or at least at the spot next to J... Seeing as how she couldn't quite bring herself to look at him directly right now... "Callie Sweety... If you didn't get a persona last night... then what happened?"

"Oh, she has a shadow Weapon... She's a Forgotten.So is Zavie for that matter..." 8D smirked and felt rather pleased with himself as he reached up from the floor to turn off the TV, seeing as how it was no longer needed. He would, however, turn to find both J and Kay starring intently at him with burning eyes."Oh that's right I was supposed to tell you that... Riiiiiight I must have FORGOTTEN! Ehehehe."

"This... This cannot be possible." J turned his attention to the young girl and stood quietly. "Callie..." He would ask as he put both hands gently on her shoulders."Is this true? Are you host to a shadow?... If you are, I am not upset with you I-I merely need to see it,"

"J..." Kay started but her voice died before she could continue. Instead she cast her eyes down and tryed to fight back the emotions that she felt welling up.

"U-uhm... Are you okay...?" Callie would say timidly towards the now ground bound J. She wasn't all that surprised that J and Kay knew about these things... She always presumed J knew everything she did and a lot more, he always seemed to know what people were talking about and always be able to put his own random piece of information in there... She kinda hoped to ask him about Terra at some point but never built up the confidence as, well... She was worried what was happening right now would happen. "Y-you knew about all that...? I-I'm sorry..."

By this point the young girl had taken a few steps back from J out of instinct, she hadn't seen him get like this before... Unless he had failed one of his science experiments, but even then he didn't show any anger towards her. Fortunately for her, it seemed Kay was trying to calm her nerves as well as 8D jumping in to back her up. "Y-yeah... 8D told me I was a forgotten because I have a shadow weapon... He said that meant I couldn't get a persona for some reason. I-is that a bad thing...?" The girl would ask Kay, she wasn't sure what else to tell her... She didn't really know a lot about what happened herself.

Callie would nod and stroke one of her ears. "Yes... I am, where did you think I got these from?" She'd question him, she thought he would of guessed something abnormal had caused her to have them. It's not like they were at all natural. "Y-you want to see Terra?" She'd ask timidly as she could sense Terra shaking his head in disapproval from her mind. "He's kinda shy... He doesn't like to show himself to people he doesn't know or is threatened by... A-and I don't think he wants to show his true self..." The girl would say lowering her head. "B-but I can show you his weapon form." She'd add, pulling out the two tanto daggers she had hidden at her side and holding them up to J. "Just don't touch them, he doesn't like anyone else holding him but me."

"Frankly I had thought it a fortunent and rather pronounced genetic mutation..." J coughed into his clenched fist trying to NOT sound like a blithering idiot as he slowly began to realize that maybe he should have put just a BIT more thought into this explanation before writing it off as truth. He would, however, lock his eyes on the pair of finely crafted daggers in Callie's hands. A small noise somwhere between a sigh and a sob left J's throat as he eyed the blades. "Callie... Oh lord no... I had not thought that such a procedure even existed in Endymion. I had thought for sure it was only... Callie! You must tell me who did this! I must know it is of vital importance that you-"

"J! Stop!" Kay had picked up on where J was headed and quickly stood and pulled his hands away from Callie, "That's enough... Please." her voice took an uncharacteristically somber and soft tone, one that all together sounded out of place coming form her hardened face.

"R-Right... I-I am terribly sorry I do not know what came over me I..." J brought a hand up to his mask and tryed in vain to wipe the sweat from his brow. He let the room grow quiet for a moment. Kay let go of his hands and took a few quite steps away, holding her self tightly. J watched her silently shake before slowly turning his attention back to Callie and carefully pulling her into a tight and loving embrace."Callie... I am sorry, I prove yet again I am just a silly old man who knows nothing of family... You do not have to tell me anything you feel yourself unready for."

8D watched quietly from his seated position on the floor, not wanting to intrude on the moment... However he did will Crusader Rabbit back down into his psyche... There was no need to summon  him now, J had realized his mistake and that was enough.

Callie would lay her ears flat on her head and let her tail droop down, she didn't like all this. She didn't think this would quite be the reaction that J would have from finding out she had Terra. She had hoped he would be happy about it! N-not all shouty and worried... The girl wasn't even sure what to try to respond to if any of it, in all honestly she didn't know herself who exactly did this to her, she only remembered when abouts it happened. "I-I, don-" She'd begin timidly trying to answer his question yet being interrupted by Kay trying to bring a stop to this whole thing. Callie would sigh in relief, this wasn't at all how she wanted this to go.

"Are you okay Cals?" Terra would ask the girl from within her mind, sensing how this situation was pulling a negative effect on her. "Come on, chin up! They're only worried about you is all, they're not mad at you or anything you have to be worried about! He was probably just in shock from the news and went a little overboard, ya know?" The shadow fox would say, trying to calm the girls nerves. "... Would it help if I showed myself? So we can do this as a team?" He'd finally ask, getting a short nod as a response.

"I-it's okay J..." Callie would reply, trying to give J a weak smile. "B-but I'm sorry too... Cause I can't really answer any of your questions, I... I don't really know who did this to me, or even why." She'd say, as Terra finally showed himself perched on the girls shoulder. "All I remember was that I met Terra when I was six years old." She'd continue, scratching the shadow foxes head. "We've been friends ever since... Y-you're not mad are you?"

"Yeah, come on pops!" Terra would burst out in a light hearted tone to try and calm the mood of the room. "I know I may be a strange sight for ya to behold, but please hold off all explosive questions until the end of the showings! Nehehe!"

"Nehehe?" 8D looked up from his... Whatever it was he was doing durring this touching family moment... Maybe knitting... 8D dose seem like the kinda guy who would knit. Like making little hats and the such for Callie and Zavie, or a tea cozy for Kay's tea pot... Wait... come to think of it what IS a tea cozy?-It's a thick covering to put over your teapot to keep your tea hot, kinda like a woolly thermos, what? Yeah I knit. I'm pretty dang good at it to! Eheheh!-"Oh Please Tera, if you're going to steal my catchphrase at least hide it a little bit! Eheheh!... See? Ehehehe is my shtick! Ehehe." He would laugh as he walked to join his family and plop down next to where Tera popped out and quickly pick up the little demon before it could escape. He would ignore it's protests as he nuzzled the little fluffy demon lovingly. "See J? Tera is nice and friendly, noooo need to get worried, after all. Not like we have anything to do with Forgotten anyway... Right? J?"

"Right..." J's voice and face were unreadable under his mask as he let go of Callie and sat down infront of her. He would be silent for only a second before letting out a contented laugh."Oh do not worry my Dear Callie, I am not mad! I am but surpprised! I was not aware we had a fifth member of our happy little family. I have always wanted to acquire a pet!... Kay say's I'm not responsible enough..."

"That's because you're not..." Kay laughed, her dry composure returning to her. She would look at her roommates sitting on the ground like a bunch of idiots. She would have no part of it... She instead would sit a few inches away from J, but not with the group, and pull Callie into her lap with a happy smile and a scratch behind her ears."Though I guess, there's no helping it now."

"Indeed! Welcome to the family Dear, Terra was it? Yes Terra! Welcome! We will have to set another place at the dinnertable from now on, won't we? Hmhmhm!" J would reach out to scratch Tera's head, and likely get his finger bit.

The happy family moment would be halted when the sound of the front door opening and closing would be heard. 8D would smile and let Terra go and head to the front of the bar with a wide grin."Come on Callie, your boyfriend is here! Ehehe! Hey Zavie! Come on in and have a seat!"

Terra would turn his attention away from this whole scene to face 8D the moment he questioned his laugh. What? Was a demonic fox shadow from another plain of existence not allowed to laugh in the way he had done for decades just because this pile of bolts laughs in a similar way for the past few years that he's actually had a body to laugh with! "Pfft." The shadow would say in disgust. "As if you could even take claim on a laugh, that's the most stupid thing I've ever heard. Besides, if anything I've been around this city way longer than you have, so if anything you're the one copying me tin head! Neheh-AH!" The fox shadow would almost jump out his skin as he was suddenly picked up by the stupid robot, he'd squirm and try to lash out at the bot to get him to let go, but it was all in a futile attempt. "I hate you..." He'd mumble as he'd finally submit.

Meanwhile, Callie would nod to J, whom she was happy wasn't being as over expressive as he had been before. "I'm sorry to surprise you like this... Maybe there could of done this whole introduction thing..." She'd say, giving the man a weak smile which turned into a bigger one as he'd mention adding Terra to the family. "You mean he can be a proper part of the family!?" The girl would exclaim excitedly as she leapt at J to give him a big hug. "Thank you so much J! I'm sure Terra would be super appreciative if he wasn't being cuddled to death right now." She'd say giggling, her ears perking up again when the mention of J wanting a pet sparked a memory in the back of her mind. "Oh! That reminds me! Be right back!" The young vixen would say in her continued excitement before dashing off back in the direction of her room.

"Callie wait!" Terra would try to wiggle violently to chase after her, but to no avail as he'd suddenly find himself feeling weak and even more powerless than he usually was in this form. The shadow would sigh in annoyance, luckily her room wasn't too far away from her to be fatal but he still had to tell her to be more careful later. "Neheh... Thanks, but I don't exactly eat in the same way that you people do... Not the same kinds of foods anyway..." Terra would just about manage to say, not having the strength to make a fuss about the fact now J was scratching him too. "I hope this wont become a regular thing..." He'd mumble to himself.

A moment later Callie would reenter the room with something clutched in her hands before tilting her head at 8D. "B-boyfriend? Why do you keep calling him that!" She'd say confused, yet glad that Zavie had now arrived. Although if he had she should probably get on with what she was about to do as fast as possible as to not... Worry him further? "Uhm... Kay...?" The girl would say nervously approaching the woman, cradling the thing she had in her hands closely. "I uhm... Found this little guy out in the woods earlier today. H-he was all on his own and I think he hurt his leg real bad!" She'd say revealing the fox cub she had in her hands that was currently trying to nuzzle into her komodo to fall asleep. "C-can we keep him to make sure he gets all better?" She'd question cautiously, afraid that the answer may be noas her friend walked into the living room. "Could you please take a look at his leg? I dunno if it's really bad or not and... Well Zavie didn't seem to be a huge fan of Muffins earlier either..." She'd whisper to Kay as she sat down beside her.

"You are most welcome my dear sweet Callie!" J smiled warmly under his mask as he held Callie close. A sense of calmness and serenity fell over the man's hardened soul. For a moment he truely remembered what he was fighting for in this world. Why he spent so long hold up in his lab, why he tried his best to distance himself, and why he wanted so dearly to finish his work. He felt... at peace...

This was taken from him, however, when Callie broke from the hug and ran back to her room."Maybe I wanted a hug to..." Kay would mumble to herself looking down and feeling slightly left out of the love...

"I could hug you if you want Kay!" Grins spoke up not wanting to loose an opportunity for a hug. If there was one thing he loved more then hugging little fluffy animals,-I hate you to you little flea bag, Ehehehe- it was hugging his family WHILE hugging little fluffy animals. "We could have a big old family style hug! Dosn't that sound like fun?" Grins would smile and scoot on his fanny until he was within snuggling range and pounced on Kay, Terra still clutched in one hand. Kay would barely have time to scream before she was pulled into a bone crushing hug by the clown robot."Happy Family Times! Yay!"

"Let go of me you bag of bolts!" Kay struggled in vain against the overpowering love, looking to J for help."Oh come on J! Get him off me!"

"I'm afraid I cannot do that My Dear Kay... For even I, with all my great and terrifying intellect, am powerless against the temptation of a family hug...Forgive me!" J cryed out as he pulled his son and partner into a fierce bear hug. He let out a powerful laugh as Kay began to struggle and beat him with her free hand.

"J! I will break you!" Kay's rage was cut short, however, by Callie's return and subsequent reveal of yet another small fluffy creature"Another one?... Sigh... you have got to be kidding me... I just KNOW I'm going to be the one who has to take care of it..." Kay would look up from the pile at Callie's big soulful eyes and feel her heart melt instantly"Ooooh... I can't say no to you... Alright, we can keep him."

"Yay! More Pets!" 8D would say standing up from the pile, a huge grin plastered on his face.


"Zavie did you hear me?" Grin's asked as he entered the bar. "I said you can come in! Ehehe, We're having a little family meeting in the back but you're more then welcome to come and enjoy the company! Ehehe," Grins would smile and open the door for Zavie and wink at the cat boy with a whimsical smile"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Ehehe."

The instant moment Callie got back into the room and 8D was distracted with trying to hug the breath out of Kay, Terra would take the opportunity to bolt out of the clutches of the over affectionate robot and rush over to Callie, climbing up back to his perch on her shoulder and sighing with relief to be away from the madness of the girls family. "Neheh... Cals your family sure are... Interesting." The shadow would say, brushing up against Callie's neck using her hair as a way to hide if 8D realised he was gone. "A little too on the social side for me though..." The fox barely liked it when Callie was like that with him, he'd make an exception for her because at least she knew how to be gentle about it. One thing Terra despised was being held by someone he couldn't trust as far as he could fir-... W-wait he still couldn't do that...

Callie would twirl with excitement at the fact Kay said yes. "Thank you, thank you, thank you Kay! I'll go find him a place he'll be comfortable and save, he seems really tired at the moment." The young vixen would say, giving the little fox cub a scratch on the head. "If you could please take a look at his injury in a bit though it would put my mind at rest that it isn't anything fatal wrong with him!" She'd add as she again left the room to put the fox cub into a small bed that she had made for it out of old pillows and a cardboard box, returning a moment later to find the fact Zavie had still not yet joined the family get together.

Wasting little time to let the boy find his own way into the living room, the girl took it upon herself to go find him to welcome him in properly. And by properly, she meant the way that she did with 8D, which seemed like a good idea at the time yet whether he'd agree was up for debate. Running out of the living room towards the front of the bar, Callie took mere moments before her eyes locked onto Zavie and she pounced at him, most likely knocking him to the ground with a big hug. "Welcome again Zavie! We've been waiting for you for aggeesss! Come on, this way, you're missing out on all the fun! Grins has a surprise for us once Kay and J go to bed!" She'd say, picking the boy back up and rushing back to the living room. She presumed that Kay and J weren't apart of this so called plan 8D had made up... Yet she wasn't quite sure what the surprise was so maybe they'd all be doing stuff as a family!

"Fighting Demons!?" 8D spit out the drink of water he was so carefully and conveniently drinking at the time of Zavie's sudden and rather bold statement, why the thought had never occurred to him that THAT was what Zavie thought they would be doing tonight, where or where did he ever get such a silly notion from? It was FAR to early to go out picking fights with demons, not to mention there was no way to go out and actualy do it. Now why did Zavie think this meet up was for fighting demons and dungeoning.... That would be silly now wouldn't it...-Layen it on a bit thick there aint ya? Eheheh-"Zavie Zavie Zavie, We aren't here tonight to fight demons..." 8D chuckled and sat down next to the hooded boy, pulling him into a warm one armed hug with a wink."We're here tonight to TRAIN to fight demons! We aren't just gunna jump into the night and go all Dante on the darkness! Ehehehe, we have to be ready first! Right Kay?"

"I'm not a vet what am I supposed to do for the stinken,oh? Er, what sorry I was- Whatever," Kay said shakeing the thought from her mind and pulling J off her."Yeah, I've set up some training exercises for you three tonight to train you in how to use your new powers. Normaly they're for Persona Users but I suppose they would work just as well with Forgotten with only a few adjustments." Kay stood and offered a hand to the fightened boy with a warm smile"Don't be afraid kid, I'll make sure you're ready for whatever's out there,"

"Oh what fun! It's been so long sense I've been able to take data on a Forgotten! It will be just like old times eh Kay? Hmhmhm, if you need me I'll be in the lab preparing, come on down when you're ready," the odd man in the gas mask would hop to his feet and hum a jonty tune as he disappeared through the door to the basement.

Callie would put on a lopsided face as Zavie instantly starting acting all worried the moment he got here. Today was meant to be fun! Not scary... She really had to teach that boy how to loosen up sometime so he could enjoy life better! It surly couldn't be fun to be too scared to do anything you wanted to throughout your life! The girl suddenly smiled brightly as Grins made the point that they would only be training today, hopefully that'll mean he'll be more happy! "Don't worry Zavie, just cause we're excited to get things going doesn't mean we're gonna be all reckless and silly about it! We've got to learn how to properly take those things out before marching up into their faces, always better safe than sorry!"

The young vixen would gasp with excitement. "We have a proper training thingy!" The girl exclaimed with wide eyes before spinning on the spot and clapping. "Oh this should be so, so, soooooo much fun!" Callie petted her little shadow fox whom despite being slightly dizzy from the girl spinning around would nod his head in agreement. Her ears would perk up suddenly as J started heading back towards his lab, her excitement would cease for a moment as she started after the mad scientist, something he had said was rattling around her mind and making her feel uneasy, almost like her brain was trying to remember something from the past that had hurt her... Yet... She had no clue as to what it was.