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Post by Satra on Mar 1, 2008 0:35:16 GMT -5
[Hadrian is roughly 4 years old here.]   The young coyote trotted as proudly as her over-sized paws would allow him. His mouth, while usually occupied by the shredded remains of some unsuspecting piece of upholstery was now filled with a bundle of blue fur. His walk, usually distracted, was very determined. He was searching for someone very specific. His pace faltered, nearly tripping over his own feet, and he whined, wanting very much to catch and kill the little mouse, but he forced himself to move on. He perked up when he saw his target: a white and purple kitten with no tail. His tail wagged. Not many seemed to like him because he was a Club. On top of that, everyone was always mad at him for breaking things. No one had any faith in him for his inability to pay attention. Always rolling their eyes at his constant blunders and failures. Not today. Today, he would do something right. Today, he would not break something, but fix it, and Everyone would smile. Yes. Today, Hadrian would be a good boy. |
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Post by The Jenn on Mar 1, 2008 1:40:43 GMT -5
 Fluffy was sitting next to one of the larger palace windows as she'd been instructed, told to Stay by Xiven in a firm but not bad voice. It still put her on edge and made her sit very straight, very proper, and very still, minus the occasional twitch and fidget. Her fur was long now and even prettier, more like her mistress's and thus far more lovely than it had been before. Good smells wafted out from her in a cloud of about twenty feet, lavender and chamomile mingling with the scent of roses wafting in through the window. She loved floral smells the best. Her dark eyes scanned the hallway, head turning even as her body stayed put. There were a few people walking by every now and then, the hallway not particularly crowded. Her attention was caught by a young child walking in her direction with something extremely brightly colored in his mouth. She wasn't sure what it could be and watched him with a touch of curiosity. |
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Post by Satra on Mar 1, 2008 2:05:46 GMT -5
Hadrian was excited! He trotted up, tail wagging vigorously to the point where his balance was thrown off and he stumbled a few feet to the side before regaining his footing. He headed straight for her, eyes shining. His pace slowed as he sniffed the air, curious of the scent. It seemed to come from the Ace. He sniffed the air as he neared her, then stuck his nose very close to her, sniffing. The blue furry mass rubbing against the cat as he did so. He backed off a bit, tail wagging, though he seemed a little calmer than before.
"Mrehroo..." he'd forgotten he had the tail in his mouth. He put it down on the ground. "Hello!" he barked, then his tail stopped very suddenly. Oh, that's right, she was a pet Ace, "Are... you allowed to talk?"
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Post by The Jenn on Mar 1, 2008 2:11:36 GMT -5
Fluffy was startled when the boy actually came up to her and rubbed himself against her, blinking and freezing for a moment before she hesitantly leaned into the gesture. Not many people displayed physical affection to her, usually just Xiven like that and some people patting or scritching her. Without hands, though, she supposed he wouldn't be able to do either of those things. And he was awfully young. He was probably just being nice.
And talking to her. She blinked uneasily and regarded him for a moment before nodding her head minutely. Yes, she was allowed to talk. She just usually didn't prefer to. It wasn't a comfortable thing for her to do as a pet and it made people give her funny or disapproving looks sometimes, which she certainly didn't like, so she tended to do it very rarely in public.
"Yes," she said softly, voice only just above a breath. She didn't want anyone passing by to inadvertently hear her talking and scold her or comment to Xiven that she was a bad pet or anything like that. "Hi. Why?"
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Post by Satra on Mar 1, 2008 2:23:58 GMT -5
In happiness, he ran around in a circle once. His attention turned on her, his tail was wagging happily, tongue hanging out of his open mouth. She spoke quietly, but she spoke, and that's all that mattered.
"I have something for you! You're gunna like it!" he was practically jumping up and down in excitement. "I saw you don't have a tail, and Mommy says that's what makes you fall down more. And I found this!" he pawed the mass open to reveal the belt and the the fact that it was actually a tail and not just a wad of blue fluff. "It's a tail!" he said very proudly, as if that fact was not obvious, "Maybe if I put it on you, you wouldn't fall down!" He was so very proud, and so very sure this was going to work.
[Did we want to drag Kari in, too? P:]
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Post by The Jenn on Mar 1, 2008 2:30:09 GMT -5
Watching him run in a circle, Fluffy wondered just how much energy the child had. A lot, certainly. Did it have a limit? Or would he just go on forever if left like this?
The tail distracted her immediately and she regarded it in surprise. Xiven's Mommy Peaches had explained to her once that not having a tail made her trip more often because she couldn't balance elegantly like Xiven could, like cats were supposed to be able to. The boy's mommy must have also been smart to know these things. The tail attached to the belt was even more blue than she'd initially thought, a pretty shade but quite loud.
Would attaching the belt around her waist let her balance more easily? She didn't know - no one had ever proposed such an idea to or around her. She had no way to know that a belted on tail wouldn't help her. "Maybe?" she agreed curiously.
((One more with you putting the tail on, and then we'll need Nat to describe the effects unless you already have them - and then we can bring in Xiven. <3))
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Post by Satra on Mar 1, 2008 3:55:16 GMT -5
Hadrian took the tentative agreement as an invitation to move in. He grabbed the tail by one belt strap and tackled Fluffy, forcing her down from her sitting position. The young Solandrian didn't understand how rough was too rough.
"Hold still, I don't have hands, so this is gonna be hard." He placed it on her backside, put the straps on either side of her. "Wait, don't hold still yet," he ran over to one of her sides and forcibly rolled her over on top of the tail. "Okay, now hold still, please." He brought the ends of the straps together and after much wrestling with them, finally got it to latch. It was snug, but not tight. He rolled her over again, not really understanding it wasn't necessary. He jumped back and ran in a few circles. He looked at her, admiring his work, color blind to the fact that the bright blue tail looked rather awkward with her white fur and purple swirls.
"Did it work?"
[The effects are in my Item list, However, if Nats feels she would like to elaborate, I'd be more than happy to wait <3 ]
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Post by The Jenn on Mar 1, 2008 12:57:46 GMT -5
Fluffy made a distressed 'meer!' noise as the child tackled her, not at all expecting any kind of assault, especially from someone so young. She wasn't sure what to do, whether or not it would be permissible to act or if she had to just do what he said - he was a Jack and that meant he was more Important than a lot of people, though certainly not Xiven.
And Xiven had told her to Stay, so she couldn't go anywhere to get away from this rough-pawed little child. She had to Stay where she was, though she certainly couldn't Stay still with him moving her limbs every which way and rolling her around. She made a few distressed noises in the back of her throat and went along with it, not wanting to make anyone angry by being disobedient, not her owner and not this child with an Important letter on his chest.
As soon as the belt was latched around her waist, her rear end started to feel really funny, as if there was something there that hadn't been before. But she shouldn't be able to feel something belted around her waist! What was going on?! "Meeeeeeeeer!" The sound was loud and distressed.
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Post by Kari Muffin on Mar 1, 2008 13:19:06 GMT -5
 Xiven's heart nearly stopped when she heard the distressed cry of her Fluffy. She dropped what she was doing and bolted straight to wear she had left Fluffy. What had happened? Had that slimy bastard gotten a hold of her? She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw he Fluffy with a boy. A Jack of Clubs... a coyote. Oh no way. Her hair stood on end when she saw a very blue tail on Fluffy. "You BASTARD! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FLUFFY?" She screamed as she ran towards the pair of them full tilt. She forced her way between the pair, back arched and hissing at the little boy. "Why were you touching Fluffy? What the hell did you do to her? GET OUT OF HERE!" she was far from coherent at her level of range. Someone had touched her Fluffy without her permission and... and now she had a blue tail! She spun around to ignore the boy completely. "Fluffy are you okay?" She asked with concern as she looked at the cat with wide and horrified eyes. |
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Post by Satra on Mar 1, 2008 19:50:28 GMT -5
Hadrian was a little confused at Fluffy's distressed reaction. Why was she doing that? Did she see she was al better now? He was then very startled at Xiven's outburst. He looked over to see a black and purple blur separate him and Fluffy. He jumped back, ears back at the older cat's hissing and screaming.
"It's okay! I fixed her!" he said back, trying to calm the cat. However, he did keep his distance. He'd forgotten all about the Ace's owner and was just now remembering what his mother had taught him about other people's things and about asking permission.
Oops.
He crouched lower and tucked his tail under him, seeing she was a Queen of Hearts, taking a submissive position, hoping to appease the Cat.
"I promise I didn't hurt her. I would never do that, cross my heart!" Well, he was trying, at least.
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