vingt-six † puppies come in all kinds

[ex_seventh238]

[Phone - Public]

Good morning! This call is addressed to anyone who might be interested in keeping a pet. I have... a number [because hell naw she's not going to say 15 on the phone provided a few didn't get lost along the way already] of Scottish Terrier puppies that are looking for new homes. They're around a year old, purchased at the pet store here a few months back. The previous owner can no longer take care of them, so I was hoping that maybe others would like to adopt them into a different household instead. They're docile around people and enjoy playing outside a lot, they're also all fit and in good health. [Not a direct result of being intimidated at will, forbidden from showing their muzzle in the house when a certain household member is also around, and forced to look for their own food half the time because the food's limited in the backyard, nope... THESE PUPPIES DON'T HAVE SPADES TO SPOIL THEM ANYMORE, but they do look ok and they're drone animals so no one can tell. SHHHH....] If you'd like to meet them in person, please feel free to drop by at 1125 Taylor Road at any time this afternoon. Thank you for your time!

[Action]
I. Taylor Road ;; Afternoon
[there is like

a dozen or something of Scottish Terrier puppies wrestling with each other on the front lawn. Ciel's somehow managed to gather them together after all, what a miracle... She doesn't look too enthusiastic about this, though, adjusting her glasses as she gives the animals a flat stare.

Close by is an angelic boy dressed in white with short and smooth black hair loitering by the fence. ...Oh wait, maybe that boy is the reason for her indifferent mood. Ciel's never happy when Merem (splitthebaby) is around, is she? But Merem at least seems to be enjoying himself with the puppies. It's not like he can talk to animals and is here to judge any potential pet owners because he cares more about drone animals than humans or anything, NOPE

Approach?]

((OOC: Joint prompt with Merem Solomon, tags will be separate to make it easier for everyone o/))

II. Church ;; Evening
[Business as usual. If the Sister isn't in the front pretending to be reading the Bible but actually working on less holy things busying over something, you can probably find her in the back kitchen. The lights are all on there, easily noticeable from the side windows to any outsider. That means the place is open for tea and sweets and dubious sound spiritual advice for any wary of mind. Got nothing especially interesting planned for the night? Why not drop by? Everyone's secretly heretical anyway.]

III. Church ;; Night
[It's past 10pm, and the lights are out. ...That is, except for a very dim one placed above the door to the back entrance of the Church. A robed figure slinks out, headed towards the small cluster of woods past the storage shed. It's late and no one really comes to the Church except for select losers. Yeah, this may look fishy, but Ciel can totally take a few steps around her own Mayfieldian natural habitat without getting accosted, right.

...Maybe...]

IV. Around town ;; Late Night
[Patrol as usual. As we know, old habits can be hard to break. It's not like anything exciting ever really happens after midnight in Mayfield, but heck, Ciel HAS gotten a few kicks in the past stalking vampires and scaring them without actually doing anything because lol OP vampire hunter with all her regains back. GIVE THEM A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE, HAH.

...ER, that is. She'll be swinging by the streets, traveling by hopping lamp posts and roofs and etc as usual, gonna stop by the park and downtown a bit to ultimately end up at Makeout Point. The view is nice, alright... And there just might be something up there, that she may or may not wanted to check up on. Also out for a midnight stroll? You might just run into her! ...Or she might end up stalking you for a bit. Hey, she never denied her line of work to be questionable...]

Comments

I

[encored]

[well he's more of a cat person than a dog person, but his house is feeling pretty lonely without the tigers and dogs and giant drooling hulkmonsters roaming around!

but he kind of stops just shy of the gate, looking in a mildly dumbfounded way at all of them puppies lolloping around the yard]

...Why are there so many of them? [seriously guys]

[splitthebaby]

Why, I have no idea. But I do know that I am hesitant to just hand them out like Ciel suggests.

[encored]

Well with the sort of heathens running amok in this town, I don't blame you for your caution. Have you a decent screening process in place?

[splitthebaby]

The screening process is me. That seems decent enough.

[encored]

If you're a good judge of character, yes. I assume you wouldn't have offered your service if that wasn't the case.

[splitthebaby]

I care more about animals than I do humans. Regardless of other abilities, that is enough to color me qualified.

[encored]

Do you think so? Even if your love for animals is much greater than your love for humans, it's still entirely possible for you to accidentally give a pet to a poor owner if you can't judge them well. Unless, of course, your true purpose is to ensure Ciel doesn't give any of them away.

[splitthebaby]

See, you've already seen through me. If it were truly up to me, no one would be taking home a puppy.

[encored]

Why not take them home yourself, then?

[splitthebaby]

Ciel wouldn't allow that. Besides, I haven't even asked my 'mother' if I would be allowed to.

[encored]

I assume your assigned mother is sentient, yes? If nothing else, I'm certain you could take a few of them with you. I have doubts that you'll be able to find so many people willing to take on a pet in this city.

[splitthebaby]

She is, yes.

And after I am done, I doubt many people would want any at all.

[encored]

You would paint them as terrors to prevent generating adoption interest?

[ex_seventh238]

[small sigh of woe]

I had to gather them together so I could give them away. Good afternoon, Charles.

[encored]

Good afternoon. [but his attention is still on the puppies mostly because this is a lot... of puppies....] Are these the ones you mentioned earlier? The one that the moron in your house was trying to train into an attack squad?

[ex_seventh238]

[her face when]


Yes, unfortunately.

[also got dalmatian mixed up with scottish terrier oops but /whistles away innocently...]

[encored]

[CLOSE ENOUGH but yep just snickering over here, don't mind him]

My, they do look quite ferocious.

[ex_seventh238]

Intimidatingly fearsome, is that not so? [ciel being dry during daytime. this is rare...] Hopefully I'll be rid of a few, before the day ends. [glancing back at him.] Were you just on a walk, or did you hear me on the phones?

[encored]

It's a little impressive, I must admit. [he's enjoying this rarity okay...

but that gets him to look up, and he gives a lopsided shrug.] I happened to hear you mention it on the phone, yes. I wanted to have a look at them myself. [and maybe take one home.....]

[ex_seventh238]

[blink.]

--Oh, this reminds me. I've been meaning to ask. What happened to Horace, Charles?

[she patrols like every night

she'd know man

she'd know]

[encored]

[it's so good to constantly be reminded that he's surrounded by crazy stalkers, really. what would he do without you Ciel]

I told you much earlier that I didn't want it any longer, isn't that so? [BRATTY CHILD SYNDROME but really, that time out on the roof was the nudge he needed to actually get rid of the thing, even if it took him a while.]

1/2

[ex_seventh238]

[good question ainnit what would you do if she wasn't there to feed you and act as a moral compass of highly questionable nature]

Oooooh...

[this is her amazed face


except no really /CLEARS THROAT]

2/2

[ex_seventh238]

Did you get anything good back?

[but man SHE IS SWELLING A LITTLE WITH PRIDE ON THE INSIDE her babby bat is growing up--!!!]

[encored]

[probably be slightly worse off, true, but without all of the stress that comes with knowing there are a bunch of stalkers loitering around the house!! geez, first Vietnam, now the rest of you guys...

also that so-called amazed face of hers is met with a v. irritated one from him]

Of course not, but it wasn't the most dire thing I could have gotten back either. [has he negated that small amount of pride yet]

[ex_seventh238]

[ciel works on her own tyvm you're her partner in crime if she decides to engage in collective stalking, aren't you proud...]

What was it?

[this face is way too cheerful

in other words

n o p e]