Home for the Holidays

[Clopin]

"I see." Clopin said, as he silently ate his food. He wondered where Demona could have possibly come from, but it was perfectly acceptable. Exes were never to be expected to get along, at least from what he knew. He watched quietly as the two finally settled down.
"Well, that was quite a whirlwind show, wasn't it?" Xanatos said sarcastically, as he started to eat once more.

[Puck]

Puck could see several of the people at the table holding back a laugh, all except for Elisa, Demona, and Goliath. Stifling a laugh himself, he continued to eat. As he finished his food, he began to feel Demona's stare fall upon he and Clopin. Glancing at her from the corner of his eye, he raised an eyebrow. What was she looking at?
Puck and Demona were not exactly friends. Puck had once been hired to do a few jobs for her, but had royally goofed up, and angered the woman to no end. So it would be no surprise if she were to be rude to him about his "life choices".
"So, is everyone finished eating?" Xanatos said after some time had past, standing up from the table.

[Clopin]

"I am." Clopin said, with a smile. "The food was quite delicious, monsieur. Merci." the gypsy said, as he turned to Puck. However, Demona's constant staring was making him a bit uneasy, and he avoided her gaze as much as he could.
"Why thank you...Clopin, was it?" Fox said, with a smile. The boy nodded. "That is indeed my name." Clopin said.
"Well, as I said before, thank you. I was hoping it would be good." Fox said.

[Puck]

Several of the others around the table nodded at Xanatos' question, a few of them getting up to leave the table. Puck smiled, nodding happily to the Xanatos'.
"Your food is always wonderful, Fox," Puck laughed. As the family around them at last left, Puck glanced across the table at Alexander, who was playing with the remainder of his food. Smirking, Puck looked up at Fox.
"Would you perhaps like for us to entertain him for a little while? That is, if Clopin wouldn't mind," Puck said, glancing to the boy seated beside him.
"Oh, that would be wonderful if you could," Fox smiled. "But I warn you, he can be a bit of a handful. Then again, you already knew that, Puck."

[Clopin]

"I wouldn't mind at all." Clopin said with a smile, as he watched the boy play with his food.
"And don't worry, nothing can be as much as a handful as I." Clopin said, laughing. "Trust me. And ask Puck if you don't believe me." he said.
"Oh, I believe you alright." Fox said, as she stood up with her husband.
"If you two wouldn't mind, Fox and I would like to go out tonight. We won't be back for at least a few hours." Xanatos said. Clopin nodded, looking to Puck for a second with a smirk.
"Go on ahead. We'll take care of him for you." Clopin said.

[Puck]

"Sure thing," Puck said, smirking back to Clopin.
"Well, alright, if you two boys are sure," Fox stood with Alexander, and gave him a kiss on the head once before handing him to Puck. Taking her husband's arm, they gave a wave before heading out the door at last.
Smiling down at Alexander, Puck said, "Well, my little protégé, did you miss me while I was at school?"
Alexander nodded, giving Puck another hug as he did so. "Unca Puck home," he replied, making Puck smile when he used his familiar nickname for the boy.
"Yes, Uncle Puck is home, and now we're going to have some fun," Puck laughed, tossing the boy in the air a few feet. Turning to Clopin, he said, "Well, do you have anything in mind that we could do to keep the boy entertained?"

[Clopin]

"Well, for starters, he seems easily entertained by just about anything. Unfortunately, we can't call Bob, because I don't want to make him even more angry. But there's always other alternatives..." Clopin said, looking at the boy for a second.
He then clapped both of his hands together in excitement as he turned to Puck, with a large grin on his face.
"You see, Bob isn't the only unicorn I know. There's a few others that you haven't met before." Clopin said.

[Puck]

Puck raised an eyebrow. "You know more? For god's sake, what do you not make friends with?" Puck rolled his eyes with a smirk.
Alex only looked up at the two boys curiously, not understanding much of what they were saying. He did, however, catch a word that he had heard used before.
"Unee-corn?" Alex said curiously, pronouncing the words in the toddler way of his.

[Clopin]

"Alex is my new favorite." Clopin said with a laugh.
"At least he appreciates "unee-corns" and the like." he said. "And I only know the other three through Bob. You see, our good friend is sort of a...player, let's say."
Before Puck or Alexander could respond, Clopin clapped his hands in an odd pattern. He half-expected Bob to come in, but instead, Michél appeared, fixing the tuft of hair on his head with a blue hoof.
"That's a unicorn." Clopin explained to the toddler.

[Puck]

Alex's eyes widened at the new animal to appear. He was clearly intrigued by the sight of such a thing. Hoping down from Puck's arms, he ran over to the creature, reaching up to try and pet him.
Puck rolled his eyes, grabbing the toddler again. When the boy began to fuss, Puck held him so that he could pet Michél.
"Sorry," Puck smiled apologetically to the unicorn. Turning to Clopin, he asked, "Now what's this about Bob being a player? Don't tell me that..." Puck glanced at the unicorn, trying to stifle a laugh.

[Clopin]

"Oh yes he is." Clopin said with a laugh. "This is Michél, one of Bob's boyfriends. He's from France." Clopin said. Michél shook his head, and smiled.
"It's quite alright. I don't mind at all." Michél said, as he trotted over to Clopin. "Ah, so you're the other Frenchman Bob spoke of, no?" the unicorn asked, toying with his mustache.
"Why yes. And he's the one who told me how to summon you, if we couldn't summon him. You see, your lover is currently on a killing spree of sorts." Clopin said.
"Of course. That crazy SuperJail, or whatever you humans call it." Michél said, rolling his eyes, as he turned back to Puck and Alex.
"I wouldn't mind giving him a little ride around the place, you know." he said, smiling.

[Puck]

"Really?" Puck smiled, glancing down at Alex. "Well, what say you, Alex? Would you like to go for a ride?"
The toddler nodded enthusiastically, clapping his hands together at the prospect of riding on Michél.
"Would you mind if I ride as well, Michél? I wouldn't want for him to fall off," Puck laughed.

[Clopin]

Michél shook his head. "Of course not. But if one of you could kindly put my saddle and reins on, we'll be ready to go." he said.
Clopin bit his lip for a second before replying. "Well, the only ones we have in our possession are Bob's." he said.
"Those work just as well." Michél said. Clopin raised an eyebrow. Normally, Bob hated using a saddle and reins, but this one seemed to like it. Weird.
The gypsy retrieved the said items, and adjusted them onto Michél, stepping back to see if everything was in place.
"Okay you two, hop on!" Michél said.

[Puck]

Puck smirked, hopping onto the unicorn with Alexander in his arms. The little one was apparently very excited, as he was attempting to grab hold of the reins, but Puck laughed, removing his little hands to take hold of them himself. Making sure that Alex was safe and wouldn't fall off, he nodded. He only hoped that Michél was a smoother rider than Bob, especially since there was a two-year-old riding with them this time.
"Alright, I think we're ready."

[Clopin]

Michél was indeed a smoother ride than Bob ever could be, being more of a "proper" unicorn. He trotted along softly, as he leapt into a jump out of the closest window.
Clopin rushed to the window to see Michél, spinning gently in the air. Alex was squealing with delight, as the unicorn tried out a few more tricks.
"Much more graceful than Bob." Clopin said to himself, laughing at the thought as he flew out of the window after them.