The Price of Obedience [Done]

[Greenie]

Cady tentatively poked her paw through the doorway. Should she leave? It was awful boring with just Kel and Rio to play with, especially when both of them decided to nap at the same time, but she didn't know Daddy's home very well. It was very different from Mommy's... Why couldn't they just live in the same place? Then she'd never be confused! Her nose slowly followed her paw through the door frame.

A few seconds later someone started walking down the hallway and the mix hastily retracted both face and limb the few inches back into the room. No, mustn't leave. Daddy said to stay here, and he would be very upset if he came back and Cady was outside...

But he never said she couldn't wait for someone else to appear. Cady stood exactly in the door frame, not even a hair peeking out into the hallway.

[The Jenn]

Laika's claws ticked on the cool marble as she trotted down the hall. Her brother was asleep and she normally didn't like going anywhere without him, but she could open the door and she was bored. Things got so sleepy when she wanted to play. Not fair.

She couldn't go far, though. Downstairs and people would see her and put her back in her room. Maybe tell someone and they'd lock it so that the young child didn't just wander around unsupervised, or whatever else they called looking for something to do. So she stayed around the same general area, close enough that she could bolt for her room and probably make it if someone said anything.

One of the doors ahead of her was open and she couldn't help a curious look as she approached. A look met by a face. A small face, at her level.

Oh, hey, another kid! With the slitted yellow eyes like Mom. She slowed, and then stopped a few feet away. "You're Bog," she said, unnecessarily stating the obvious. In case the other child didn't know, what with that mask and the smell and all. "Only you don't smell like Mom. You smell like Mister Pocalyss."

[Greenie]

Cady sat diligently in the door for several minutes and was about to give up when - BAM! - there was a face very near to hers. She jumped and fell backwards, then sat on the floor and stared at the brown and blue girl in front of her. Who was this? She looked an awful lot like Miss Raina! Cady hadn't seen the King very often, but she did remember the color patterns.

The ferret stared at Laika for a long moment before answering. "Half Bog. Imma Forest-lady too." She answered proudly, though she didn't really understand what she was talking about. "I don't smell," Cady replied, obviously affronted by Laika's bluntness. No one ever told her she smelled.. obviously this other girl needed to check her nose. "You're not very nice. And I don't know who Pocalyss is, or your Mom. I only know my Daddy here." She huffed and leaned against the door frame, unsure of what to make of this stranger.

[The Jenn]

"I'm not a lady. I'm a Solandrian," Laika responded cheerfully. Her tail had begun to wag slowly and she moved her nose just a little closer to sniff the air in front of the other girl. "And you definitely smell. All Bogs smell. Mom smells a little bit. Mister Pocalyss smells a lot more. It's just... it's Bog. It's stinky. And you're stinky. But, uh, I'm kinda just used to it. Mister Pocalyss is white like you. He has yellow hair. And lots of teeth. He's human."

Having just satisfactorily explained things, the pup sat back more on her haunches and grinned. "I've never been to a forest. I've only been out in the gardens. It's kind of like a rose forest. What's the real forest like? Unless you come from a rose forest too. But you don't smell like roses. You smell like Bog. Mom told me the Bog is full of mud and muck and I should never go there 'cause I'd choke and die. The mask keeps you from choking and dying, doesn't it?"

Man, her brother was really gonna regret missing out on this meeting. She'd have to tell him all about it when she got back.

[The Jenn]

((D'you think we should close this one up for now and plan on them meeting in the future? :3))