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Amanda sits down next to the purple fox, in her hands she has a Inisde the box Asar-Suti will find a dark purple suit that is wrapped in purple paper with a purple bow. And there is a
Happy Birthday Asar-Suti,

Next year I am going to through you a birthday party and you will have to make use of your present. Looking forward to getting to know you better in the year to come.

Amanda

She places the box in front of him. "Good Afternoon." Offering the friendliest smile she can.

The fox looked up, purple eyes tired, and put a paw on the package.

"Thanks," he said. "Can you open it for me?"

She gently pets his fir before opening it for him.

Watching for his reaction. Nothing would make her happier than to be able to cheer him up. Her hopes aren't high.

"That's nice - that's really nice! When the Other is finally beaten, I'll wear that to the party!" Asar Suti said, digging around in the box with his paws, admiring everything in a very human way.

This puts a genuine smile on her face. "I'm glad you like it." After a moment Amanda wonders, "Whose the Other?" This is the first time she has recieved this piece of information.

"It's an evil alternate version of Tim Hunter; I went with a large team of fighters and mages to fight him, last spring. Seems he came and wanted revenge," Asar-Suti explained.

"Really? Do we know where to find the Other and how to stop him?" She not naturally a violent person but this Other has hurt alot of people she cares about and would really like a crack at it.

"Ask Giles," Asar-Suti said. "Guppy, and Giles; they have been researching that, they know what's going on and who is planning what. I'm strangely out of it."

He put his head down again and gazed into the fire.

She nods and places her hand on his back and begins to stroke in a comforting manner.

"How are you holding up?"

"All right, I guess," Asar-Suti said. "Just strangely quiet. As if I couldn't get properly upset in fox-shape."

She actually finds that interesting, "Well at least your learning something." trying to find an upside tothe whole ordeal. Not easy.

"It will be over eventually," Asar-Suti sighs. "And then I can take my Gil in my arms again."

"Yes, and soon I think. The best part of Milliways is the crack team of experts in all sorts of fields that we access to." She is revitalized with hope. Finding out the name of the culprite has given her more hope then she has had in days.

"Yes, that it is," Asar-Suti said, remembering the countless times he'd said so himself.

This time, he just wanted to be back in his normal shape to be with Gil...

Amanda just keeps petting him. "Soon." a determined tone to her voice. The others don't have much time.

"I hope so," Asar-Suti said.

"Did you have a cake yesterday?"

"No, but Gil fed me a special fox's birthday dinner. Cake when I'm back to normal. There will hopefully be a party when I'm back," Asar-Suti said.

Oh, there will be. She just wants to find Gil first. Perhaps an add in 'Say True' will help.

While Amadna thinks about the party she wants to through for Suti she continues to pet him, trying to give him as much physical contact as possible. It's really mostly a bleed over from comforting her friend Naraht.

A slightly less purple Gorlim comes and sits next to him, offering scritches. Or a lap to sit on. "Still magiced-out, huh?"

"Yes," Asar-Suti agreed. "At least we know what it is now. And it can be fought. I hope."

The little purple fox went into Gorlim's lap right away. What the hell? He needed all teh comfort he could get.

He pets the fox. "What is it? Something you can beat, I hope. No, I KNOW." He smiles down at Sooty. "And if you can't, Namo and I'll help."

"It's the Other - an evil alternate version of Tim Hunter," Asar-Suti said. "Guppy said there's dozens of people affected. I'm not the only one, and some are much worse off. They're mounting an expedition to fight him again; Gil said he'd go along as well."

"Oh dear." His hand stops mid-stroke on Sooty's back. "Is it anything I could help with? I'm not good with magic, but I've got a sword..."

"I don't know; you would have to ask Guppy, or Giles. They have been researchign that; I am strangely out of it. I think being a fox has got at me."

He cuddled, looking up soulfully at Gorlim.

"You're just a little out of sorts. I would be too, if I got stuck in a form that wasn't mine." He scritches the fox between the ears. "Since I'm no use fighting wizards, can I do anything for you?"

"Skritch my ears?" Asar-Suti suggested.

He chuckles. "I am already doing that, Sooty! I mean anything ELSE. Would you like to come visit with my wife and Kelly for a bit? They're good at cheering people up."

"I don't think foxes are considered safe and, what's the modern Earth word, hygienic around little babies, are they?" Asar-Suti said, doubt in his voice. Showing he'd like to.

"I know you're safe." Gorlim hooks his thumbs under the fox's arms and lifts him up to look him in the eye. "Sooty, you are one of my dearest friends. If Eilinel doesn't approve of you, she'll just give you a bath in her herb-oils. Actually, that might do you good, too. She has plants that smell and make you happy. Would you like that?"

The fox giggled, and squirmed happily in Gorlim's hands.

It didn't take all that much to make a fox happy, he found.

"Plants that smell and make me happy?" he laughed. "Sounds like the plant some people flavour cookies with. Cannabis sativa? David, Gil and I had such cookies one night when David was still human, Gil was newly human, and we were none of us lovers yet..."

"I have never heard of a plant with that name, but somehow I doubt it's the same thing," he chuckles. "Ellie has flowers and leaves and things which she says have special properties for healing. She makes oils out of them and puts them all over things, says the smells do things. I dunno about that, but I don't argue, they smell nice." He tickles the fox's tummy and stands up, holding the furry critter in his arms. "I'm deciding for you. You're going to come visit us for a bit and that's that." He plays with the fox's tail and smirks mischeviously as he carries him towards the stairs. "You know, Sooty... I COULD throw you in the lake now, since you can't turn into a tiger on me."

The fox cuddled in Gorlim's arms and made cute eyes at him. "Awwww - you're not going to do that to me!" he said.

Awwww, cute! "No, I'm not," he smiles. "Not right now, anyway.

The fox gave Gorlim a Look, cuddled, and dangled his long bushy tail while being carried upstairs...