One eager dog thing is out and about! (May catch all)

[tektite]

Characters: Tektite and open!
Date: Throughout May
Location: Anywhere readily accessible in Keeliai
Situation: By prompt
Warnings/Rating: By thread, none so far


[A. Few are safe from a curious dog beast | Around Keeliai | Throughout May | OTA]
Tektite is forever curious and there are just so many things to be curious about here! Especially the other foreigners and whatever interesting objects they might have on their person. Shiny object? Bright clothing? Talks to themselves? Just happens to be nearby? Tektite might just say hi, often with a poke of her nose... or by trying to get her massive, clawed hands on some object of interest on your character's person, be it something shiny like jewelry she wants to look at or something mundane like a backpack to stick her snout in.

[B. She's not hard to miss... | Around Keeliai | Throughout May | OTA]
Even around here, Tektite's quite the sight. A bit hellhound, a bit mutated human, a bit way too big. Especially if she happens to bump into someone or suddenly jump down from a roof in front of them. Oops! She's always willing to offer her tail to help someone up and have a chat... if one really wants to talk to the giant dog beast.

[C. Guard dog | Homeless shelter - Earth District | Throughout May | OTA]
She can also be found around the new homeless shelter! Chilling outside it, on the roof as she watches people pass by, or as the diligent nighttime guard. She hates being bored and might well trot up to an interesting passerby to poke at them. Other employees or volunteers at the shelter are, of course, free to approach her.

[D. Some struggles at the library. | Library | Throughout May | OTA]
When she's still curious but the sun is a bit too bright outside for her tastes, she can sometimes be found in the library, struggling to delicately handle books with massive claws. It can be quite the sight really. She doesn't seem to have difficulty reading anything there but she really is having problems maneuvering things...

[E. Ow, ow, ow! | In darker areas of Keeliai | Throughout May | OTA]
This whole curfew thing really sucks for her. The light isn't kind on Tektite's eyes, giving her wicked migraines after a while. High pain tolerance or not, sometimes she needs to curl up in an alleyway and rest to give her head a break. It is easy enough to spot her there. Perhaps she even approaches a fellow foreigner here and there, asking if there is anywhere she do about this problem? Or a place to go that might be able to help?

Comments

[amberdrake]

"Sure," Amberdrake chuckled, and reached up to expertly secure the other end of the leather string deep in Tektite's mane. Tied so it didn't pinch, and also didn't look tied in... the feather just popped out of her fur like it was supposed to be there!

"There we go," he stepped back and appraised it, "that should stay put unless you deliberately reach up to undo it. I left a little loop you can catch with the tip of a claw if you want it off."

[tektite]

Tektite tilted her head so she could see the feather out of the side of her vision. Her excitement was palpable. Overly dramatic, maybe, for a feather, but she wasn't allowed to keep things given to her usually! The idea itself was so novel to her she hadn't considered it. The backpacks and satchels she'd bought to carry things in didn't count, she'd paid for those! And promptly destroyed three of them, back to back, while figuring out how to work them with her claws.

That Drake had even been considerate enough to include the little loop for her claws made this all the more special of a gift. She was touched, to say the least.

"Thank you," she said, gratitude strong under the rumble of her voice. "Is there anything I can do in return? I have money but nothing else to give."

[amberdrake]

Amberdrake laughed at that, "No, it's fine. If you ever want me to do something extensive, decorating others is a service I offer. For money." And he held up his hands to forestall any objections. "More than this, that is! I can make you clothing, other satchels, hair ornaments..."

He didn't offer to bleach and dye her existing mane, for example, because it was as clear as day to him that she didn't want to be monochrome. And if a shapeshifter didn't want to be monochrome, but was anyway--!

[tektite]

"Ah!" Tektite had listened to him without interruption, even if it was tempting. "Are you sur- Sorry." She shook her head, quietly enjoying the flash of color of the feather as she did so. "I'm still getting used to even being allowed to pay for things I need. 'Wants' I am especially unused to. Is there a place I can meet you again? I like these decorations a great deal."

To say the least. She'd chosen a very plain satchel to carry the odd book around in, again not sparing a thought for something beyond the practical.

[amberdrake]

"I currently live at the Midnight Hotel," Amberdrake inclined his head, "I don't have an office, yet."

'Yet' was definite. He would, in time.

[tektite]

Tektite thought very hard on her reply, making sure she actually knew how hotels worked. She'd asked but not approached the hotel herself.

"Alright," she said finally. Her tail flicked idly at the feather as she spoke. "I can just ask, if I visit, if you are there? Or would you prefer I wait until you have your office?"

[amberdrake]

The feather caught a stray breeze and flittered, but didn't come loose. It wouldn't even if she bounded around!

"You can ask if I'm there," Amberdrake confirmed, smiling again, "I more meant that I will have an office, at some point. It will make such things even easier."

[tektite]

Tektite didn't put much thought into how her sudden changes of appearance might surprise others and, again, forgot as she let the muzzle disappear. Her face was not much less unsettling, if not more so combined with her more animalistic stance. The muzzle was for enhancing her weapon, all the same, so she considered the face less threatening, a hair more polite.

"I will have to come ask for you soon. I hadn't considered buying anything else but a bag to carry things I found so this is very different for me. I suppose everything here is." She sat down, pushing her head up higher but she was sure he wouldn't be bothered if he wasn't already. "You are very at ease, have you been here a while?"

[amberdrake]

Amberdrake blinked when her face changed, but otherwise rolled with it. He'd seen her turn into a gryphon and back, after all.

"A few months," he shrugged slightly, and spread his hands, "this is my third time being pulled somewhere, waking up somewhere different from my own world."

It was a little more complex than that; he'd gone back and forth a number of times from his world to Haven and back, but those had been mere trips. Planned, for the most part, save for that time he'd been stranded back on his own world for a decade.

Away from Sanzo...

The clench in his chest reminded him, "I was on my way somewhere, actually," he was apologetic, "to check on a friend. I should be on my way."

[tektite]

He'd really blink if he could see how far her basic form could change! Tektite didn't even give that any thought, Moldavite manifesting was rare, usually only when she was in danger.

"Oh, well thank you for the chat and the feather. I should be heading back to the shelter soon myself." Her role as night guard was hardly exciting but she wanted to help and it was a place to rest. "I hope your friend is well."

[amberdrake]

"Very well, oh-- I'm Amberdrake," he almost forgot to say! And he laughed at himself, "I suppose that would make asking after me easier."

[tektite]

"Oh. Yes. Yes it would. I'm Tektite." Her the string of things that made up her "name" wouldn't mean anything to him so she didn't bother with them. "I will see you soon Amberdrake."

[amberdrake]

"Alright, it was nice to meet you, Tektite," Amberdrake bowed his head, and then turned to go. One of the birds chirped a "Bye!" too.