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

[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]

[encored]

[is stalking really something to be proud about. nevermind the fact that half the town seems to wear stalking badges]

Something only marginally less useless than the mouse. A mouse in its own right, if you will. [they're all lab mice to him!! even if the clone is more a result of his own lab rat situation but those are details he's certainly not going to delve into.]

I still have quite a few books left that I wouldn't mind having back, so it was a little disappointing.

1/2

[ex_seventh238]

My, you're being awfully secretive. That only adds to the mystery and feeds the curiosity, you know~ [that








doesn't sound safe at all huh]

2/2

[ex_seventh238]

Ah well, better luck next time. Anyway! What do you think of this pack? [let's move on without skipping a beat, mmyes. GESTURING TOWARDS THE PUPPIES! Some are picking at a patch of weeds, a bunch are nipping playfully at each other, a few couple are sleeping... Well look there are like a dozen of them, there's probably one doing one of something...!]

[encored]

[giving her a very suspicious and not at all please Look™, but otherwise leaving that first part unaddressed. he doesn't want to give her any more reason than necessary to come snooping around okay]

What do I think of it? [.....yep shrugging] They're pleasant enough as far as dogs go, I suppose. [but he'll bend down a little to pet the ear of one that's kind of conked out near the fence]

[ex_seventh238]

[you don't need to give more unnecessary reasons




but you know she

probably will anyway

uninvited

right

stalkers gonna stalk...

--but ok back to puppies. ...oh, that black one that was just kind of over by that corner on its own, huh

it's going to turn around

and you know that puffy eyebrow-ish part that scottish terriers have

there's one situated on its forehead that's mysteriously curled upwards, defying the rest of the fur's uniform direction...

The tail is laid flatly against the floor. After giving Charles one glance, it turns back to look at whatever that's on the other side of the fence. ...Nnnot moving away from the petting, though, just kind of sitting there

all smug

and snobbish

...]

Oh my.

[by which point ciel is just going to stop looking at the dog and direct her stare back onto charles. ...like holy crap, she never noticed?? mO___Om]

[encored]

[there is nothing reassuring in that at all

and in regard to the puppy, that is actually how his cat acts too so he sees nothing bizarre about it..... Charles why...

he does, however, find her stare bizarre and shoots her a questioning look from his crouched spot by the fence. still petting tsunpuppy's ear over here as long as it doesn't move away yep]

What? Is there something wrong with this one? [.....trying to smooth down its "cowlick" no this is terrible]

[ex_seventh238]

[local churchies are always happy to help

charles pourquoi

...


no ok ciel can't take this. Going to delicately raise a curled fist in front of her mouth and daintily cough into it. ............by which i means she's trying to not laugh here.]

--Ah, n-no--[COUGH]--thing! [this is her fake but convincing sniffling attempt] --Goodness, I'm sorry about that... [...

nope that "cowlick" isn't going down THERE IS A GOD IN MAYFIELD AFTER ALL HAHAHA- no ciel don't think that it'd be so heretical like people can't even know--]

[encored]

[it's one of the only things they're 100% reliable for sadly...

and now she's getting a look like what is happening because that is a very convincing sniffling attempt but also very suspiciously timed]

Are you allergic to these things? [with "things" being "puppies" apparently, since he kind of lifts the dog's ear up a bit at the same time as if to indicate he's speaking about it.]

[ex_seventh238]

[you forgot "derping" and "somehow providing food" and "incessant supply of fun amusement love joy fluff ~anguish~" there charles...

NOPE NOPE just gonna shake her head before returning him her trademark sunny smile.]

Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be able to put up with them for nearly as long as I have. Do you like that one, Charles?

[And in reaction to its ear being lifted

tsun puppy will peer back

and shake itself out of Charles' hold

no let it sass in peace, leggo of its ear >:T]

[encored]

[this list is getting worse

Ultra Suspicious Look™ activated...!!]

What was that for, then? [if he didn't know any better, he'd say you found something funny! but that would just be impossible since there's nothing funny about this situation, clearly.

but then he's distracted by loserdog here shaking himself free and he looks a little huffy for a minute] The dog? It's no better or worse than the rest of them.

[ex_seventh238]

[puts gold star sticker on it

c'mon when are you not suspicious charles...]

Nothing, really! Must be the spices I had for lunch. [keep smiling and wave him off, he'll give up eventually...] Aha, you think? It acts more like a cat than a dog, now that you've pointed it out to me. Have you noticed?

[tsundog just

waves its tail lazily once

while ciel makes her remark]

[encored]

[wipes a single tear away...

TRUE but... no there's really nothing that can be said about his constant state of suspicion, sadly.]

Is that so. [the flattest, least-convinced tone. he looks back to tsundog when she mentions that, nose wrinkling a little.] It seems more like a lazy dog to me than anything similar to a cat. It's disinterested like a cat though, I'll give it that much.

[ex_seventh238]

[smile and nod like you always mean it!! don't question her, that's a good babby bat...]

Well, you don't know that, but thank you for bringing it to my attention. Any other that catches your eye?

[but that dog has p.much been cemented in her mind as Charles Jr. now

the damage has been done...]

[encored]

[it's hard to question a trait so prominent that not even he can ignore it!!]

You were the one who asked. [a small shrug. lazy and cat go hand-in-hand in his mind anyway...

also looking around after she says that, checking out all the ridiculous puppies in their various locations. he winds up shaking his head in the end and standing upright again, straightening his shirt out.] Not particularly, no. I suppose it's a good thing that most of them are so lively and energetic, but it would take quite a bit of patience to keep up with that. [whoops he is way more responsible when it comes to owning small cute pets than when it comes to owning giant beasts that can kill people....]