estoria | [open] WHO LET THE DOG OUT

Who:

undaunts and YOU! (Tagging order will be You-Ruby-Yang!)
When: IC 5/1
Where: Everywheeeeeeeeere
What: In which a corgi rains terror over the populace
Rating/Warning: C for CORGIIIIIIII

[ So while you're walking about, enjoying or hating your day, you will encounter a dog. This dog will, as adorable corgis do, perform one of the following feats:

a.) Steal whatever you're holding for a game of Keep Away. Don't think that being tall will save you, he's got quite the spring in his hind legs.

b.) Drop whatever thing he's picked up (ball, wadded up paper, someone's high heel) and wait expectantly for you to play fetch with him.

c.) Bark. And roll over. This means love him.

d.) Trip you. It's probably unintentional.

Whatever he does, at least you'll hear two voices (familiar or not) clamoring in the distance for "Zweeeeeeeeeeeeeei!" and then Yang and Ruby will be heading in your direction at high speed.

Whatever you do, don't grab the dog and run. They may not know who you are, but they will find you. And they will kill you.

Or at least make you regret it. ]

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[Guh...doggy drool. But okay at least he's cute. Zwei gets a headpat or two. Good boy...]

A pleasant surprise then, it's nice to meet you, Yang-san. Ruby-chan never mentioned family of any sort. But...I suspect that was because of the robots. And the forklift.

[When these two meet there's generally properly damage involved.]

[RUDE............ Ruby squirms a bit more.]

Yeah, we were kinda busy.

[That's the only reason though; Ruby never really minds talking about Yang.]

Especially with the forklift.

... Should I ask or is it kind of a look-into-the-sunset-and-never-talk-about-it-again memory?

Oh. It's...not one of those kinds of things. It's just Cerealia things.

[You know. It's definitely just a thing.]

Ghosts possessed a forklift. Ruby-chan cut it up some and I froze the ghost inside so she could destroy it. And then there was the mattressbot...

Pffheh. Yeah. The mattressbot. That was funny.

[Okay, Ruby.

She's just shrugging at that, though, shaking her head.]

They were really flimsy though, so it wasn't really that much of a battle. Especially with Rei's nifty ghost-whamming powers.

Aww, man! If I knew you had ghost-whamming powers, I would've borrowed you too!

[ Darn!! ]

I'm...not sure I'd call them ghost-whamming powers. I'm a priestess. I just know how to deal with ghosts and make seals to keep them contained.

[Still, she gives Ruby an appreciative smile.]

Though next time you do know. But without Ruby-chan I'd have had a lot more trouble with the forklift.

[And, a whisper to Yang:]

It was totally ghost-whamming powers. Trust me. It was cool.

[Ahem RIGHT.]

I did help! I cut up the...forklift... That sounds a lot less impressive said like that...

That's still pretty useful! [ Beaming, yes. ] Looks like you guys made a good team.

It was certainly something.

[Rei dips her head a little shyly, feeling slightly unsure of what to say in the face of two such energetic girls.]

And this dog is...who's? He's so bouncy.

He's our family!

[You know, as you do.]

Dad brought him home one day, and he's been a part of it ever since! Don't you have any pets, Rei?

If not, you should totally get a dog.

[ THEY'RE THE BEST. ]

Oh. Um. Actually?

[Rei whistles, a sharp, piercing noise that cuts through the street noise...and a pair of absolutely huge Japanese crows flutter down from a streetlight and land on her shoulders.]

I don't know if I'd call Phobos and Deimos pets so much as my oldest friends, but I do understand what you mean.

[The birds, identical to a tee, set eyes on the two new people...watching with an intellect that really shouldn't belong on a bird.]

How old is Zwei?

Oh, whoa. Cooool. Yang, they're crows. Like Uncle Qrow!

[Sure.]

He's a couple of years old, I think? He's been around for awhile, anyway. He's still as cute as he was as a puppy, though!

More importantly, how the heck do you tell these guys apart??

[ THEY REALLY LOOK... like identical birdy twins. ]

Oh. Phobos has a slight chip in her beak, and Deimos's eyes are just a little darker?

[Oh, and...]

They're psychic too. So they can tell me their names.

Oh, they're psychic too, of--

[......]

Huh?

Huh?? They can talk??

[ TALKING BIRDS ALL UP IN HERE SUDDENLY-- ]

Only to me.

[Rei taps her head and smirks.]

They have a bond with me. Though, they do say you both are very energetic.

Um... thanks, psychic birds!

[Is that how you respond to something like that, she has no idea--]

That's a pretty cool bond though... I don't think I can talk to Zwei like that even if we tried really hard.

Yeah... I'm not sure if that'd be interesting or not, anyway.

But!! Thanks, guys.

[ That's a compliment, right-- ]

[It is, absolutely.]

You never know. Animals have a way of seeing things we might not expect.

I think that's true... like how Zwei always knows where there's cheese in the house even when it's all sealed up and put away! [not quite, Ruby.]

I don't know how he does it. But he does.

He can probably smell it. Dog noses are amazing!

... Actually, can birds... smell?

[ Deep, meaningful questions. ]

They are pretty amazing. But...no, I don't think crows at least can smell.

[She's pretty sure of that.]

Zwei...is named after the German number two?

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