A Wild Child {Job|Solo}

Tane felt for the edge of the soft blanket that was no longer on her body before bringing it to her chest for warmth. It was raining outside. A lovely time to be asleep, or half asleep in the comfiest bed of all. The Sabertooth mage had already thought of assisting people before freshening up for the day. That was how eager she was to lend a helping hand to those in need. She wore a white dress that was of knee length with lace at the hem. It was a beautiful piece of human wear, one made out of high quality fabric. She ran a slender hand through the wild midnight black hair. She looked presentable enough. And so, she ventured out into the streets of Magnolia Town. The sun peeked out from behind the horizon. It was still very early, but the rain had reduced to a slight drizzle. She loved walking in the rain, so she did not bother to bring along an umbrella. It was going to be annoying holding it afterwards when it stopped raining. Stringy hair was annoying too, but she could always ‘shampoo’ it to get it back in healthy and proper condition.

The icy wind that whooshed into the street would have sent shivers down Tane’s spine if she was human. Of course it made her feel cold, but she did not have the habit of displaying it through physical actions, nor did the change in temperature force it to happen against her will. She had observed and noted the action of shivering that the humans liked to make whenever they felt cold or felt like exhibiting a certain emotion that was either disgust or fear, or something along those lines. Tane silently entered a deserted street - or so she thought. There were two humans out in front of a house painted pastel yellow. It was a nice, single storey house. One that was perfect for a couple, if the two of opposite sex were that. She had subconsciously been walking towards them. When they both noticed the girl, they both showed signs of relief. “Finally! You must be the one,” the lady exclaimed. Tane blinked in confusion, tilting her head to the side a bit.

“I am not ‘the one’. I am Tane,” the young Prestigious corrected.

“Yes, yes, Tane. Thank you for coming! I am Katy and that is my son,” the lady continued with her index pointed into her house. Tane peered through the gaps in the bars of the gate. There was a boy standing at the entrance. She could already tell he was a troublesome child.

“Please take care of him while we are gone. It is quite an important event so we could not take him with us. He is quite the naughty one. So I would suggest you to be patient and convince him,” she said before waving and leaving abruptly.

“It would be my pleasure to be of assistance,” Tane smiled at them before they drove off. She then turned to the house, facing the boy that had a grumpy expression about his face now. “You will be spending quite a while with me, young man. So I suggest you behave.” The dark haired mage spoke as she entered opening the gate and strode towards the boy. “Let us go in,” she said, steering him from his shoulders into the house and shutting the door behind her. He tried to struggle from her hold, but he was only a child. Tane was much stronger than him. “Now, tell me what you do in the morning. Have you eaten breakfast?” Tane questioned, speaking in a slightly softer tone of voice as she was handling a child of approximately five human years. The boy only stuck him tongue out and ran into the back of the corridor. Tane sighed, following a few seconds later.

Tane sighed. It was already three in the evening. She wondered if the parents were going to return anytime soon. She had fed the boisterous human child lunch. It was an arduous task. What was harder, was getting him to stop playing with the food. He had asked for ice cream, which Tane retrieved from the refrigerator and put in a small bowl for him. Tane made sure everything was back in place after either she had used them or the boy had played with them. The child was beginning to display signs of fatigue. This was her chance, to make him fall asleep. The more tired humans, the more they felt like taking a rest - sleeping. The boy was intrigued by a television program that was showing on a certain channel that he had mentioned but was too complicated, especially in his failed attempt at mimicking a monster's voice. The young Prestigious continued to watch the boy, who was staring at the television set closely. “Child, let us play! Bring your biggest toy!” she announced, adding as much excitement as she could into her voice. The toddler turned to face her with a cocked eyebrow. Apparently, he seemed to have accepted the challenge.

After playing with his ‘biggest toy’ that happened to be a plastic thing that appeared to look like a gun, the child was thoroughly exhausted. Tane did not mind. The boy had challenged her to bring out her biggest weapon too, which she revealed were her bare fists. This seemed to have excited him as he would charge at Tane with the gun, stopping a few feet from her and making shooting noises. This made her giggle mentally while physically, she would fall gracefully to the carpeted floor and pretend to be dead. It was working. And so they were at it. About an hour later, the couple would arrive in their fancy car. Tane was sitting in the living room on the couch with a leg crossed over the other. The lady was quite puzzled at first, but then after seeing her son's sleeping form, was delighted. “Thank you very much, Tay!” she exclaimed, back in the living room. She gave her the jewel reward while her husband nodded and said a word of appreciation, or two, Tane did not really notice.

“You are welcome. I am Tane, by the way. Not Tay,” she corrected once again, waving at them before skipping off.