uccellodifuoco | 14th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Action

[Morning - early afternoon]

[Luceti is just a village, surrounded by a forest full with animals, so it may not be a surprise for some to see a small wolf pup, little over a year old, wandering around the village. Or maybe it can be a surprise since the animal is all alone. At any rate, Hyoga, will be sniffing at everything and everyone, using all his tracking talents to find a certain person, though if he meets with anyone whose scent he knows the animal may give it a try to drag them with him to Ikki's apartment. The wolf pup is rather insistent and seems to have a huge sense of urgency, as if he's terribly worried...

Eventually, though, the animal will find House 15, where his target now resides. Hopefully none of the people living there will mind the howling and barking wolf pup at their door until the door gets open for him or Selphie appears, somehow. Again there's a certain sense of urgency and insistence in the animal, this may not be a game for him after all.]

[Late afternoon - night]

[Later in the afternoon, after a talk with Selphie, Ikki will be hitting the Good Spirits bar. Apparently trying to check how much alcohol he needs to drink before he gets intoxicated, he will be there until someone drags him away or he's kicked out of the bar. Fortunately despite his intents he's a slow drinker so his life isn't in danger.

That doesn't mean he may end at the wrong place because he's too drunk to remember where his apartment is.]

((OOC: Feel free to meet Hyoga and be dragged to Ikki's apartment, specially if you've CR with him already, but even if not the animal would probably end guiding them there if anyone asks what's wrong. Selphie's thread will be the last one chronologically for that part. For the next part, your character can meet Ikki as he makes his way to the bar, when he's on it or when he's trying to return home, be warned that his grade of coherency may not be high in the last situation.))

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[He chuckles.]

Will they sleep with you too?

I think they will, if they're all in my bed.. [ she tilts her head curiously as that makes her think about something. ] Does that mean I have to read them a bedtime story too..?

[Is she serious?]

Sounds right. Some of them may not be able to fall asleep otherwise.

[She's joking, right?]

[ Nope, she's utterly serious. This is the girl that treats books as if they're best friends, is it really that surprising.. ]

I would feel bad if they wouldn't be able to sleep if I was sleeping.. so I'll make sure to read interesting stories to them each night. ... But not too scary, or they won't be able to sleep at all.

Don't worry, they are all very brave. They have seen worse things than any scary story you could read them, they won't have nightmares.

[Just playing along, maybe making fun of her, but he really thinks she's just joking.]

... Really? [ Her eyes go a little wide, and she attempts to hug the plushies which her arms are already full of to begin with closer again.. ]

I wonder what kind of scary things they must have seen.. poor things..

[You really like to hug those things, don't you.]

Remember the people I told you about? Those who are worse than bullies? They have seen the kind of things those people do.

[ What, isn't it nice to hug them? 8| ]

... Really..? They've really seen.. something that bad, something even worse than bullies..? [ she looks a little worried now, really. ]

[Hug them all you want, kid, but with your arms so full it's a difficult task.]

Yes, but they are strong, so don't worry about it. It's not as if you'll see it too just for having them.

[ can't hug every plushie.. ]

But I don't want them to have seen something that horrible.. It must have hurt them.

[Do it in turns? They won't mind having to wait a bit.]

You can't change that though. I told you they are strong, it doesn't hurt anymore. And you can make up for them by giving them nice things to see or whatever.

[ nope, she'll just sit here and keep trying to hug them all at the same time. ]

If Ikki-kun says it doesn't hurt anymore, then.. it's probably okay. I'll make sure to be really, really nice to them to make up for it.

[Stop doing that, you look cute and adorable.]

I'm sure you'll do a good job. They are already looking happier.

[ That's because she is cute and adorable, Ikki. ]

... Do you think so? [ She tries to look at them, but they're all in her arms so she just ends up bending a bit awkardly.. ]

Hmm.. I think Ikki-kun is right. They look a little happy for some reason..

Probably because you haven't stop hugging them since I gave them to you. I suppose they like the attention, want to take that living one too?

[He points to Hyoga who has been just cuddling against Kotomi, however the animal jerks up the moment he hears that and barks at Ikki angrily before pouncing him. Kotomi is nice and all but Hyoga loves his master more, thanks.]

[ Well, Kotomi does like Hyoga, but letting the oblivious girl take care of animals either way would practically be the same as killing them, even though she doesn't mean to do so on purpose.. ]

I think Hyoga-kun likes Ikki-kun more though.. even if he's very cute. [ ... ] I like him.

[Hyoga barks at Kotomi happily trotting back to her to nuzzle her.]

I guess he likes you too. But not enough to go with you. A pity.

[Ignoring the growling he gets.]

[ Hyoga, so cute.. Kotomi can't help but smile at the pup a little - she would pat him, but her arms are still full with all the plushies.. ]

I'm glad Hyoga-kun likes me. But.. it's okay if Hyoga-kun stays with Ikki-kun. I can tell the two of you like each other a lot.

[You can tell? How can you?]

Where did you get such a silly idea from?

[yes, he tsuns even at his pet.]

I don't know.. It's something in the way Ikki-kun and Hyoga-kun interact.

[ or Kotomi just has surprisingly good instinct every now and then. ]

You must be reading the situation wrongly then.

[Tsun, tsun, tsun... He glares at the wolf that's now bitting his hand, not enough to hurt but it's enough to be a call of attention.]

Fine, I suppose I don't hate you, stupid wolf. Now let go.

[Or he will make you let go.]

[ She's quiet for a few moments, just.. staring at the two of them.. ]

Hyoga-kun, please let go of Ikki-kun's hand.. It'd be sad if you accidentally hurt him, right?

[Hyoga lets Ikki go and moves closer to Kotomi again, nuzzling her legs. Why does he have such a mean owner.]

Don't worry, it takes more than a puppy to hurt me.

[ It's okay, it's just a tsun owner.. Kotomi is here to give love in the meantime!! Considering she's smiling at Hyoga a little bit.. ]

But still.. If you would get hurt, both of you would be very sad, right? I don't want that to happen..

Sad? Why would we get sad for that?

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