Two New Bairds Closed

Octavius saw the kid looking extremely sad, and honestly, it tugged at his heart a little. The kid appeared to be six and was standing, staring, longingly at the windows out to Octavius and he thought back to Clark, to Simon, to Ben. Is he.. wanting another kid?

He met the boy's eyes and decided that was what he wanted to do. He walked up to the Scottish Adoption Agency and went up to the front desk. "Hello." He said, "I would like to adopt a kid."

Well, why else would he be here? Honestly, saying that made him feel a bit like a fool. The lady at the front desk told him to sit down, and he did so, looking around at the walls and the tiled floors. He waited a few minutes until a few kids came out to go outside and play 'football' (soccer), and oh, how badly he felt that all of their parents wanted nothing to do with them.

The lady walked up to him, with a form for him to fill out with his address, his consent forms, everything. He filled them all out, but he knew he couldn't say he was a magic man, nor could he say his sons were magical. But, if he were to name them.. would the social workers not think that he was doing something suspicious? No, he could actually say they're at boarding school! That wasn't too uncommon for muggles right?

He walked back to the front desk and handed the lady the forms. She thanked Octavius but told him that they'd be out for an assessment soon, which would involve going through his medical history (which is scarce because he doesn't use the hospital in the muggle world), his criminal history (also not existent), finances... well.. he definitely lived in the muggle world so he definitely paid for it like everyone else. and of his home environment.

He walked outside hoping that they would see that he adopted before, that he was willing to go to great lengths to ensure the kid was in a good environment.
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Two weeks later
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Octavius heard a knocking on his door and when he opened it, a man with a tux and neatly brushed hair walked in, carrying a clipboard and a briefcase. Why? Octavius was not sure. The man introduced himself as Sa Picardo, a name Octavius quickly thought was a spell. Interesting.

"I'm going to need to see your house. Mind if I look around?" Sa said. Octavius nodded, taking a seat on his couch as he waited for the man to finish looking around.

When he did finish, he came into the living room and asked if he could sit down and Octavius nodded. "Okay, I have seen that there are four obviously placed bedrooms for your kids, I just have to ask about the green bedroom. Whose room is that? I can figure out that the room with two beds is Simon and Ben and the room with the octopus on the bed is Clark, but I think you didn't tell me about another kid unless this one is prepared for the child, should you be approved."

Octavius's smile softly crept onto his face. "That's my ex-wife's son's room. I wanted to give him a room while he was staying here but his family decided they wanted to pick him up so I now just have the room open for remodelling, or maybe in case he returns I might just leave it alone." He frowned, but perked the expression back up so it appeared he was smiling.

"Would you like some tea or something?" Octavius asked, standing up. Sa stood up, but walked towards the door. "No, but I will say that you might be getting another child soon."

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2 weeks later
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Octavius got a letter to come to the adoption agency, and when he arrived, he saw the same boy longingly looking out the window and Octavius again felt his heartstrings tugged. He entered the building and inside he greeted the lady at the front desk and took a seat as he waited to be called upon. When he got called upon, he was taken through their doors and he followed the workers there.

One of them turned around and said, "We think we found your best fits, though they're all young. Do you care about that?" Octavius shook his head. "No, I really do not." That worker turned around and knocked upon and opened the doors to several rooms.

The first one had a boy getting into a verbal insulting combat with another, and Octavius did his best to stifle his laughter because he thought back to Clark and Simon and Ben fighting. "Aww, I have to say that I kind of miss these arguments now that my boys are at boarding school. Gosh, I didn't think I'd miss this. Who is he?" He asked. One of the workers answered, "That is Baldrick, he is admittedly one of our trouble kids. His twin, that he's arguing with, is named Tonto. Most of these kids around here nickname Tonto 'dunce' because they feel that in comparison to Baldrick, he's dumb. We've tried to stop it, but Tonto voluntarily took on the name as if it were his identity. Uh, I will say, they are six, their parents left them here when they turned four, so I cannot say that they will not have attachment issues or clinging issues."

Interesting.. Octavius nodded. "Um, if I wanted to say that I wanted to take both twins, would you allow it?" The worker nodded. "Okay, I'll take them." He said, watching them, recognizing Tonto as the kid who stared somberly out of the windows twice as he came in.

The workers get the attention of both of the kids and told them to pack up, that they were leaving to go home with a new family, that family being Octavius and his kids who were.. "at boarding school".

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They would arrive home and Octavius would give them a tour of the house, but stopped at the green bedroom. Ugh, was he going to redo it? Ernest could just sleep in the guest bedroom, he didn't have that much space anyways! Yeah, he was going to maybe throw in a new bunk bed over the next few days and remodel the room for them.

"Tonto and Baldrick, welcome home."

One last turn, he held his breath, ‘til they reached the fifth house on the left. And all at once the tears came rolling in, and as they pulled into the drive, a man was waiting there outside. He wiped the worry from his eyes, smiled and took his hand, and he said...

Their eyes lit up but they looked a bit scared to go wandering around. "We'll go shopping tomorrow if you want! Get you all the candy you want and toys! We'll also get you new beds and clothes! I will also show you the coolest things soon. So go ahead, make yourself at home. Have fun!"

...but I swear I would have been there had I known it, never again will you ever be alone. Son, welcome to your home in Oklahoma.

Info Cards
Name: Baldrick Baird (Nick: Rick)
Date of Birth: October 31st 2018 6:34am (age: 6 years)
Blood Status: Halfblood
Blood Type: AB
Noticeable Features: freckle behind left ear, brown eyes, brown hair, caucasion
Height: 43 inches (3.6 feet / 111.76 cm / 1.12 meters)
Family: Reggie Rucker (Biological Father, incarcerated), Hazel Rucker (Biological Mother, deceased), Tonto Baird (Twin brother)
Date of Adoption: February 28th 2025

Name: Tonto Baird (Nick: Dunce)
Date of Birth: October 31st 2018 6:54am (age: 6 years)
Blood Status: Halfblood
Blood Type: AB
Noticeable Features: Freckle on left ankle, brown eyes, brown hair, caucasion
Height: 43 inches (3.6 feet / 111.76 cm / 1.12 meters)
Family: Reggie Rucker (Biological Father, incarcerated), Hazel Rucker (Biological Mother, deceased), Tonto Baird (Twin brother)
Date of Adoption: February 28th 2025