[ pretty sure i could take him ✪ open ]

[scenting]

Who: some weirdo coyote (scenting) and you?! yeah, you
When: icly whenever works best for you really
Where: marketplace, school, and the gym
What: an attempt at not being anti-social was made
Rating/Warning: canine tendencies also me being really bad at writing malia logs

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one. it was a gentle tap, really

[ today malia is trying to Do Her Best. well, that's probably every day with her but today she's trying to do her best when it comes to just basic shopping. she's saved up quite a bit of money over her months here and is looking for a way to spend it today. she just... doesn't want anything, is the problem? either way, she drags herself to the marketplace today with the decision that she will spend something. for herself. that's not clothes or food. something beyond THE BASIC NECESSITIES. it's crazy.

right now, she's looking in the window of a shoe store, looking between the very fancy ones in the window and then her own boots. she runs a hand through her hair with a sigh and --

Hello! Would you like to try a free sample? she's interrupted by a robot. ]

No, I'm fine, I--

[ Our records indicate that you have not made a purchase in the Marketplace yet. Please, let us help you make a purchase! ]

No, really, I don't need any--

[ Refusal to comply will result in detainment! Come with me, come with me! and then the robot grabs her arm. big mistake.

there's what sounds like a growl there and suddenly malia lifts her foot to kick it right into the robot's chest. the robot goes flying, crashing right through at least three stalls and through the wall of a building. debris everywhere and the crowd looks over at malia. ]

Ohhh, shit.

[ does anyone want to help her?! ]

two. accidentally delinquent'd

version a:

[ lunch time! malia doesn't like school, she's not very good at it and she doesn't have many friends because she's an anti-social poop. still, she keeps going because it's the one stable tie that she has to something similar to life at home. she's still failing half her classes and struggling to maintain C's but she's trying, at least.

lunch time is nice though. free food, peace and quiet, and she doesn't get graded for it. today is her favorite -- large piles of meat and she orders two helpings. the problem is, with such big helpings she has to be very careful how to walk in order not to tip them over. which is why you (yes, YOU) are going to be in super big trouble when there is an inevitable collision and malia's food goes everywhere. there's a beat of silence before she growls, snapping her teeth at you. ]

Hey! Watch where the hell you're going!

version b:

[ alternatively: if you don't want to be on the bad side of malia, there is always detention. yep, unfortunately if you didn't bump into malia, someone else did and there was a very big scuffle over it. this scuffle has landed malia in detention for the entire next two weeks because APPARENTLY the school frowns on biting your peers. go figure.

so, if you are the unfortunate soul to end up with her, be graced with a malia tate sitting in the back of the detention room and flinging rubber bands at their robot teacher supervisor. who apparently doesn't really care. how annoying. ]

three. this is only funny if you've watched only god forgives too

[ today there is a teen girl at the gym, dressed very gym-y and with her hair tied back. she's been going at it with the punching bags for a while, practicing skills she's learned from a certain ninja over her time here and just feeling pretty good. she's getting bored though, the adrenaline building up more and more until she sends a very frustrated hand through the bag, sending filling everywhere. she stares down at the mess, giving an awkward cough before walking away.

then, perhaps, she spots you who are also equally exercising here at the gym. she might watch whatever you're doing for a while before approaching, an eager grin on her face as she bounces on her toes. ]

Hey, hey. Wanna fight?

[ she doesn't look that intimidating, right? ]

wildcard. insert lycanthropy joke here

[ seriously she's a loser, someone save her from her loser-y ways. ]

(( OOC: holy shit i'm really slow and super sorry for it! i'm still getting to these, just. slowly. ))

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[sewayaku]

[ unlike Malia, Zara is a relatively normal (non)human being who goes out every day to do relatively normal shopping; therefore, he's out today, too, buying things for himself and the girl who lives with him, when he spots his poor friend being accosted by one of those pushy sales robots. We've all been there. With a sigh, he sets his jaw, intent on making his way over there to rescue her from the annoyance.

Then she super saiyan punches it through a wall. ]

M -- Malia?!

[ he should probably have something more eloquent to say, but that's it for now. ]

[scenting]

[ whoops!!! she jumps a little as she hears the sound of zara's voice, looking over at him and then back at the wanton destruction. she's about to say something when she sees two ceres police officers turn the corner and instead runs straight for zara!!

that is... to take his wrist and pull him around a corner with her. ]

Sorry, sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to do that at all.

[sewayaku]

[ she's gone mad. she's gone mad and she's going after him next -- just kidding, he's being turned into an accomplice instead. He's too shocked to do even halfway fight back, merely stumbling after her with a few sputtered unformed sentence fragments. ]

Wait -- that's -- [ his sensitive ears pick up the sound of footsteps, and, dear god, are they being followed? No, are they being chased? By the guards?! ] -- I'm not the one you should be telling that to!

[ he's not about to turn her over, though. no worries. ]

[scenting]

[ you're in this life of crime now, zara! she doesn't even know why she dragged him with her -- possibly hasn't clued into the fact that she did in the first place, actually. when she turns a corner, there's a locked closet in front of them and one kick to the door later, malia's dragging zara in with her.

there are footsteps passing by a few moments later! ]

It's not like they're going to believe me!

[ not when you take a hostage, malia! ]

[sewayaku]

Malia! Hold on just a -- [ look at you, forcing this poor, innocent bunny-man into indecent situations with you. He makes a strangled squawking noise in protest, but, not wanting to be arrested, either, ends up following after her anyway. This is completely ridiculous. He still hasn't entirely processed what's going on, but it's bad, and weird. Very weird.

Whatever. No more talking. He bites his tongue to hold back the myriad of questions it wants to ask her as footsteps rush by. ]

Shush!

[scenting]

[ it was a mistake, a mistake! but now they're in the closet and when he tells her to shush, she slaps her hands over her own mouth automatically. then she feels kind of silly about it and drops them, looking embarrassed. she listens to the footsteps pass by and doesn't speak until they're far, far away. ]

... I really didn't mean it.

[sewayaku]

[ don't be embarrassed, Malia, just be quiet...!! Zara remains tight-lipped as they wait, listening equally closely, though it's hard to concentrate with so much suddenly happening.

Once they're in the clear, he turns towards her in the dim light, sighing heavily in that teacherly manner of his. ]

I should hope not. What in the world was that?

[scenting]

[ way to make her feel like a disappointment! she just sort of droops and if there were dog ears on her head, they'd be flat against her hair. she looks down at her shoes, kicking her toe into the floor a little. ]

I panicked. There was this -- this robot and it kept pressuring me into buying stuff and said I did it wrong. So, I broke it.

[ she lets out a huff after but if he listens closely, he can hear a bit of a dog whine underneath it. she's not very happy with herself right now! ]

[sewayaku]

[ having lived with a few dogfolk for the past few years, he can imagine this perfectly...

having lived with a few children for the past few years, he is also familiar with this sort of whining. Unlike at home, though, he's not really in the sort of position where he can scold her for it - their relationship is different from his with Pearl and Richie. ]

I'm sure you've heard this before, Malia, but violence isn't the answer. [ usually. ] Just try to ignore those things if you can.

[scenting]

[ she scrubs her hands over her face for a moment and sighs because zara is right. damn. ]

Yeah, I know. It was a mistake. [ . . . ] I'm not going to go apologize to a robot though.