The day began with The usual chaos. The Mymbles daughter, who we will call simply Mymble, wakes up to her young siblings playing. She got up and started a thin soup of wild mushroom, foraged herbs and some squirrel. Each child got their personal hand carved bowls and fought over who would get some first.
"Children, you all will get some now chill out please?"
A few stood back and listened but the rest continued to climb over each other. Mymble never raised her voice to them she simply splashed a little water over them. That got their attention.
"Now you behave huh? You act as if i never feed you."
With that the morning went on in more of an orderly fashion.
Later Mymble led everyone out like a mother duck with her ducklings. Down to visit the Moomins.
"I hope you don't mind us coming by like this."
Moominmamma poured Mymble and herself a cup of tea and got settled on the veranda.
"Oh its always a nice surprise to see you Mymble."
They watched as the children frolicked about in the fields and splash in the river for a while. It was some time in summer so more than anything the kids played in the water. Moomin, who was sitting on the steps, pointed out at the edge of the forest.
"Mamma it looks like someones coming this way."
A character made their way to Moomin house and made themself at home on the banister before introducing themself.
"Hello, i'm (Y/N). Would you happen to have a place i may stay a little while?"
Moominmamma stood wearing a subtle frown and held out her paw.
"I'm sorry (Y/N) but we have no space here at the moment or we would let you stay.."
Her paw was met with yours before you both sat back down and adjusted your hat.
"I may have an extra space at my home if you don't mind walking a bit further."
You nodded and your tail flicked to express your interest.
"Yes i don't mind."
Mymble tried to gather her siblings to head back home. They circled you playfully, leaving wet paw prints and drips of water in the dry dirt as you followed next to Mymble.
"Please excuse them, they're always so rowdy."
Some began to pull at your coat so you looked down at them as if to ask them to stop. Trully you were a nice and pleasant, but as a mumrik you had a stoic and intimidating disposition. This was especially so as you were much taller than other mumriks. Almost immediately all thirty something children chilled out and stopped their pestering.
"How did you do that (Y/N)?"
You did not know honestly, that was just how children reacted to you. You let out a soft sound of 'i dunno'.
Half way to the house the effect wore off and all of the kids ran in different directions again. They weren't messing with you so it was okay in your mind. Some minutes later and you heard a shout.
"Miss Mymble! One of these children smacked one of my owns face!"
Here came a tall thin woman in a red dress and cap followed in suit with three matching children.
"Oh yes? May you point out which one Fillyjonk?"
Fillyjonk clutched her handbag and huffed. You bent down slightly to examine her three.
"I don't see a mark."
She stood up stick straight and stamped her foot.
"W-well i never! This stranger calling me a liar?"
You stood back as if to say 'calm down lady' and looked at all the kids that gathered behind Mymble and yourself.
"Did one of you lay a paw on nice Fillyjonks kids?"
almost every one of the kids shook their heads no and a scatter of 'uh-uhs' were uttered before one stepped forward. You cocked your eyebrow at them expecting to find a guilty party.
"No, usually its one of us done something but i swear it wasn't us this time."
By the time you and Mymble turned around Fillyjonk and her three were high tailing it out of there.
"Thank you (Y/N) that was nice of you to intervene though you didn't need to."
In the next few days you managed to reign in all thirty four kids and make them mind without even opening your mouth most of the time. It was time for you to go though. As a mumrik you preferred solitude and definitely wasn't solitary.
"Where are you going (Y/N)?"
A little boy grabbed onto your coat as you headed out the door.
"Don't worry, i will be back eventually. I just need to be alone is all."
With that you vanished into the forest, leaping from trees so none of the kids would follow.
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Moomin one shots
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