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[el-vago.livejournal.com]

As a result of This thread there is now a puppy sulking in a corner. "It's cute in as much as it's a puppy, but it definitely looks like an unhappy puppy. It also looks very scared, confused, and quite insulted. As if being a puppy is a blow to its pride.

There is a possibly familiar looking rapier laying next to it, as it glares about. It is wearing a collar. Why not see if you can get close enough to read it?

((ooc:Mun is going to bed, but feel free to leave pets replys. She will love you for giving her something to reply to in the morning.))

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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy comes over and looks at the dog. He doesn't think he's seen that one before. Then he notices the rapier and picks it up, examining it, because he does think he's seen that before. Bending down, he looks at the dog's collar.

"Andres?"

[ooc: depending on your speed of reply this might have to be ultraslowtimed. I'm rehearsing for Oklahoma from 10am (in one hour) until 10pm. Just thought you would like a reply :)]

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

That is indeed what the collar says.
The puppy however, says nothing. It just growls and backs away slowly.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy jumps backwards when the puppy growls. His hands are already sore from a certain glass accident the day before yesterday. The last thing he wants to do is explain to his colleagues how he sustained a dog bite whilst at work. Mind you, it's not a very big dog.

"You're not one of these people who normally turns into a dog are you?"

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

The puppy just gives him a look that, if you could read puppy expressions, would say, 'Are you out of your mind? Of course I'm not.'

Unfortunately, being not a dog himself, guppy is as likely to take the look to mean. 'Throw the stick, throw the stick.' Except that there is no tail wagging involved.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy thinks for a minute, guessing that if Andres was supposed to turn into a dog, he would probably be sufficiently magical to also be able to talk. Sooty can talk in cat form, and he hasn't realised that Angua in human and dog form are the same person, or that would totally have ruined his theory.

"Okay, I think you can understand me even if you can't talk back. Let's have one woof for yes and two woofs for no. Right, did you turn like this yourself?"

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

If a dog could raise an eyebrow or look indignant this dog would do both. He absolutely refused to woof. How demeaning.

He just lays there staring at guppy for a moment. Oh fuck it. "woof woof" He says very noncommittally.

((ooc:of course :) thanks))

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay, so somebody else did this to you. Was it a friendly joke?"

Because if it was, they're more likely to come and reverse it.

[guppy_sandhu]

[ooc: sorry, mun has to go. Can we slowtime? I'll try and reply periodically but it depends when I get breaks]

[muddy-mutt.livejournal.com]

Gaspode comes in from the grounds and... smells dog. Some strange doggy smell, but dog nonetheless. Somehow familiar, too. Then he notices the puppy in the corner and walks over.

"Good morning, kid. How are you?"

[OOC: Serves him right for being impolite to poor little dogs :D]

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

((ooc: Serves the mun right for losing a thread you mean. My humble apologies. :)))

Oh you have got to be joking. He thinks to himself. "What do you want?" He asks dejectedly. Huddling even further back in the corner. This was so embarrassing. Soon perhaps he will realize he needs to talk to anyone he can.

[muddy-mutt.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Oh, for a change, I wasn't talking of "myself"- you mentioned other dogs you had not been too nice to!? I didn't take it amiss, it's easy to loose a thread]

The puppy speaks canine with a strange accent. Somehow... Human! And now, Gaspode realizes where he knows the smell from:

"Are you the guy who offered me food a few nights ago? The one with the sign, 'I broke the rules'?" That's said in human- how would you express something so complcated in canine?

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

((ooc:meanness was unintentional then :) ))
'Uh...' "Arf?" He hadn't quite gotten the hang of this yet it seems.

[muddy-mutt.livejournal.com]

"Hm. Ok. I'll just trust my nose then. You are not a werecreature, are you? You can nod for yes, can't you?"

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

He hadn't really thought about it, but it made sense. He nods yes. once. He's not sure however, how to specify which question he's answering.

[muddy-mutt.livejournal.com]

"You can nod! That's great!" Gaspode is wagging his tail.

"No, you are certainly not used to that. Someone has done this to you, haven't they?"

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

*nod* The puppy sees the other dog's tail wagging, and glances back to make sure he still has his under control. He would lose a lot of ego points with tail wagging.

[muddy-mutt.livejournal.com]

Gaspode notices the strain in the other's behind.

"Let me give you some advice. If it takes you longer to get yourself again, you should relax about wagging. It's all natural comminication skills. And a dog NOT wagging in the appropriate situation could easily get his fur tanned by another dog that might not know he's no dog at all and may place a lot of value on manners. Or by a wolf even."

Gaspode clearly enjoys being able to talk. He can be kind of bitchy sometimes.

He scratches himself behind the ear. "Whoever did this to you might be able to do it the other way around, too", he muses...

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, look, a new dog in the bar!

Somebody shape-shifts into cat behind a pillar, jumps up into the rafters, and daintily minces over to where the dog is lying.

'Faithfully guarding your master's sword, are you,' the cat says from the rafters, adding a questioning meeeeaow.

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

The puppy looks around rather confused. When he finally realizes it's a cat he,. .tries to roll his eyes.

'Oh fuck you.' It thinks to the world in general, but mostly the cat.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

'Sorry, you're much too large and far too slow for that', the cat answers from the rafters, with a playful little mrrrr that might be amusement.

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

'That wasn't an offer.' It snaps. In as much as one can snap with thoughts. He was after all a puppy. Not terrible large, and this cat had just insulted him.

'What do you want?

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

'To say hello to the new mutt on the bar floor,' the cat says. 'Hello, new fur-rug,' he adds, jumping off the rafters to look the puppy in the eye.

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

'I'm not a mutt thank you. I don't really know what I am, but I am sure its pure bread.' He says this very definitely. He continues glaring at the cat.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

'Pure-bread fur rug, most definitely,' the cat mocks. 'Are you just a dog, or a shape-shifter, or under a week-long curse?' he then says, as the puppy's reaction is very canine - by a real dog, Asar-Suti would have been chased back up the rafters several minutes ago. And frantic yapping would be a prerequisite.

[el-vago.livejournal.com]

'I really don't want to talk about it.' He sulks. After all if he explained what happened, he would have to explain who did it, and why.
'especially not with you.'