[Finished] Disorder

[Vyn]

Once again Hatter's eyes lit up and he leaned forward eagerly. He resembled the eager child let loose in a candy shop once more, delighted to debate his favorite topic once more. So someone here in town knew about living dolls? Had even seen one!?

Continuing to stroke Doorie he debated this news with a wild and rather excitable smile. There was only one thing he could do now that he knew: he had to go meet with Rocky. There was no greater source of information that he could think of than something straight from the mouth of one who had witnessed a living doll first hand. His hand twitched, he forced himself to drink the rest of his tea and to calm himself before speaking up. Last thing he needed to do was make a true fool of himself in front of his delightful new friend.

"O? He has information about living dolls? That would be...quite wonderful. I'd love to speak with him." He strummed his finger on the cup once more, thinking with his fingers since he could hum lke usual. "Do you know him personally? or just through the grape vine?"

[Kari Muffin]

"I know Rocky first hand. I delivered a few messages to him, and ultimately ended up falling down his front steps so we ended up... uh... friends. And we later found out that our parents knew each other. Ultimately I know him." If Loreta had fingers she would be tapping them on some surface out of nerves. However she didn't so she sat there and played a balancing act with her tea before sipping more of it.

"I'm sure Rocky would love to meet you. He's a really nice guy. Nice enough that I actually feel bad for screwing him over. I'm probably going to have to buy him a really big gift to make up for the mistake." She gave a frustrated sigh. It was going to put a huge dent in her money for a mechanical leg. That didn't make her happy, but Rocky being miserable was something far worse.

[Vyn]

Hatter had leaned forward onto the table, smiling so very energetically. So, very very hungry for more information. Not just information from Loreta, either... He wanted it first hand, he wanted to hear everything Rocky had to offer!

"I see, I see... You screwed him over, did you? How did you do that?"

Seemingly unaware of how restless he'd become, Hatter had lifted out of his chair at this point and was beginning to fidget. He was itching to go now, to meet Rocky. Didn't she say Rocky would like to meet him? So then they should go, they should go and he should talk to Rocky in person. Yeah...

"I'd really like to meet him as well. It would be...quite informative." He moved about, cleaning up. Preparing to leave without even receiving an answer. Even if she were to say no at this point he'd probably go looking for the raccoon. Rocky sounded interesting, beyond even his knowledge of Hatter's greatest passion. When at last he'd finished, Hatter spun about to face Loreta. "So, are you coming, yeah?"

[Kari Muffin]

Loreta felt like she had missed part of the conversation when the Hatter walked around and did things. She didn't say a word, she was far to confused by the entire ordeal that was unfolding in front of her. Talk about someone with ADD. This was just a whole new level.

She blinked a few times, setting down her half finished tea. "Um, yes, considering you have no idea where he lives and you would probably get lost trying to find him."

The heron hopped off of her chair hitting the ground harder than she expect. With a slight wince she continued to hop towards the door until she was very much out of the house. One leg was the ultimate pain in the ass. Well, there were worse things, but this was one of the most annoying.

"Er... I'm going to fly most of the way there, if you don't mind. It's quite a way away."

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Meanwhile Rocky was clutching a baseball bat as he slowly made his way down the laboratory steps. That damned creature was still sulking in the corner. He brandished the bat briefly before setting it down and sigh. "Why are you still here?"

She didn't answer with anything besides a mew and a slight glare. Rocky had been give the task to "fix" her. Like hell he knew how. "Look, at least come upstairs with me and stop sulking."

The doll, Milimili, looked up at him critically. With something that looked like a sigh she stood up and started to make her way towards the stairs. Stupid nice raccoon.

[Vyn]

Hatter paused the moment she expressed his lack of knowledge on the raccoon Rocky's whereabouts. That hadn't even crossed his mind. Well... ah, oops. Suppose knowing that before hand might have helped. Chuckling lowly he flashed a sheepish smile to Loreta and rubbed the back of his neck. "That would...probably help." He admitted lowly before pursuing the Heron out onto the streets once more with Doorie tagging along at his heels.

"No worries, I'll keep up. I know my way around quite well."

Watching her fly ahead, Hatter moved into a low jog that kept him in her shadow all the way to her destination. Luckily for him, his breed was naturally good at running although, for a bird, he sadly wasn't much of a flyer. Ah well, he preferred to stay on his own two feet for the most part anyway. Loreta was ringing the doorbell as he reached her side and Hatter found his previous excitement rebuilding.

A living doll. This man had seen a true living doll! Maybe he knew where it had gone... That would be delightful!

Thoughtlessly he leaned down, lifting Doorie up and beginning to stroke the little mechanical pet. He was anxious to go inside and meet this Rocky boy, as made quite obvious by the way he bounced lightly on his heels all the while. ADD didn't even begin to describe him.

[Kari Muffin]

Rocky's ears twitched backwards as he heard the doorbell ring. Quickly he bound to the door, side stepping Mili. She didn't seem to mind. The raccoon checked out his peep hole this time (he wasn't about to forget anymore.) Startled was an understatement as he pulled his eye away from the hole.

Was that really who he thought it was with Loreta? He raised his brow and unlocked the door. "Hello, Lore, who.... is your friend?" the raccoon asked as he stepped to the side allowing room for them both to walk in.

"He's Hatter," Loreta said as she fluttered in and made her way to the sitting room. Hopefully Rocky wouldn't serve tea. As good as his tasted she wasn't ready for more. "He wanted to meet you and--YOU HAVE WINGS?" Loreta snapped her head around and nearly fell over.

"Oh, yeah, I was going to tell you." Rocky said cheerfully, "But I--"

The doll was standing right behind Loreta. "And that's Milimili..."

Lore blinked a few times before she turned back around. There was a big yarrow gardens cat in the way. With joints. It had doll joints. "Rocky... what the hell...?"

[Vyn]

The moment Rocky opened the door, Hatter stilled. His eyes widened a little, hungry and curious at once. He drew forward and would've attempted to touch one of those brightly colored wings. They weren't natural, that was for sure, but then that meant...well, that he'd attached someone else's wings. Or made his own. Both concepts were quite fascinating and very nearly distracted him from his original goal. Especially once Loreta nearly tripped over herself in surprise of his change.

Stepping inside casually he pushed the door shut behind himself and then stopped dead in his tracks. Somewhere along the way he had meant to say Hello to Rocky and offer some Proper Greetings, formalities and all that...but then he saw it. Her, rather.

Instantly Hatter's eyes lit up and he swept forward, nearly running Loreta over in the process. She was a doll, a living doll... Just like Loreta had said, except Rocky didn't just know her, she was standing in front of Hatter. Absently he set Doorie on his hat, reaching out to touch the doll without thinking first. He trailed a finger over her arm joint before perking up and grinning.

"Milimili, yes? It's a pleasure..." He circled around her briefly before looking up to Rocky before grinning widely. "Is she yours, Rocky?! Did you make her?"

[Kari Muffin]

Both Rocky and Loreta had a similar look painted on their faces, staring at the Hatter. Rocky wasn't surprised by the lack of greeting, it happened quite a bit actually. He was just horribly surprised that the man walked in and shut the door behind him, not to mention his instant attraction to Mili. Loreta was just generally in shock from all of it.

Rocky didn't have time to respond to the Hatter.

Mili smacked him across the face. She hissed and took several steps backwards, away from him. "How dare you TOUCH me! I never gave you any sort of permission. And I'm not a thing I'm a person!" The feline's tail puffed up slightly. If she had been a real living thing, she would have puffed up completely.

Rocky made a slight whimper, "She's not mine, I assure you. A woman named Cassiel did that to her. Though, um, I have to wonder why you're interested in something like that."

"Damn raccoon!" the feline said with a hiss.

[Vyn]

Hatter, surprisingly, didn't seem all too bothered by the slap, just surprised. Doorie arched it's back and sparked ever so slightly, though they luckily did nothing more than spark in mid air. Blinking a little, he pulled back and touched the red mark that displayed just where he'd been slapped.

A few more quick blinks and he withdrew a bit further.

Slowly he lifted Doorie off his hat and settled with placing it on the floor, his expression was undeniably unusual and not at all the bouncing childish thing which had felt the need to compulsively touch Mili. In fact, anyone that knew him closely could acurately say he was pouting. Not only had he been slapped by a strange feline doll...but she had made it clear that she was not exactly the sort of doll he was looking for. Sobered his little high of excitement.

"Ah, yes..." Personal boundaries... Personal boundaries. She was always telling him to respect them and he was always forgetting. Is hands just...got ahead of him in his excitement. Smoothly he shook his head, a familiar sign of the eccentric man clearing his head. "My apologies, Mili... I've just never seen a doll like yourself." His smile perked back and he was back to his typical self. "You see... That's my study, the animation of clockwork dolls...but you're not a clockwork doll, no... You're, something else."

He rubbed the back of his neck, his smile turning sheepish. He was rambling wasn't he? Slowly he glanced back at Rocky.

"Who was it that you said did this to her?"

[Kari Muffin]

Talk about crushing hopes and dreams. The raccoon swallowed hard before speaking. He didn't want anything bad to happen with in the first five minutes of speaking. "I'm sorry about her, really. But um, Cassiel was the woman who did this. She was a mechanical Corvie like you. She went off the deep end when she found out about she was dying."

Off the deep end was a bit of an understatement since she made multiple people into dolls, but this man didn't need to know that. He also didn't need to know about the papers he had in his lab. Rocky's wing twitched as he glanced over to the kitchen. "Would you like some tea as an apology?"

Mili scoffed as she turned back into the sitting room. "Prying bastard," the feline muttered as she sat on the sofa.

Loreta raised her brow. It was unusual seeing a bigger bitch than her. She looked to the Hatter and said, "You know, that bitch obviously doesn't know what's good for her. Who the hell does she think she is?" The bird could careless about being nice to a walking piece of wood. "Hell, if kicking her ass would make you feel better, I'd gladly do it."

"I'm going to get some tea and... crumpets." The raccoon said as he slipped over to the kitchen. He was going to avoid chaos for a bit.