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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 14:35:38 GMT -6
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 14:48:44 GMT -6
Morgan was impatient; of course, but not thoroughly impolite. They could have a moment more, no more, no less. The bespectacled human glanced them over, committing them to memory since they sounded like they thought they were important. The purveyor was someone that Morgan had only seen once before; some sort of being more deerlike than the jackalope, but perhaps similar? Only scaled. Swamp Stag it was then, Morgan had decided immediately. They didn't have a single respectful bone in their body, and that put Morgan at ease. However; the other individual had to be 100% a rabbit; Pale white with a few tan and chocolate spots smattered across his face. He couldn't be any older than sixteen, small-built like Morgan was. He had freckles, and violet eyes. Morgan hadn't really seen anyone like him before, but was hardly interested until he said something- 'My older brother is a Labs-worker that could track her down; but he's so busy-'Ah; aha. If Morgan had not been human, their ears would have perked up. Instead; Nico's did, as soon as Morgan's would have had. [2]
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:02:52 GMT -6
Morgan had been wholly uninterested in their little conversation before then, but now it was tantamount that Morgan get as much information as possible. The human moved forward as silently as possible; ears strained. However; the pair were now talking about other things completely. That thing before picked at Morgan's mind, however, forcing their eyes to flash green without them entirely knowing . Looking for her, huh? Who was 'her'? Morgan could work with that information, that little strainlet of information. Nico stayed close to Morgan's heels, far more silent than they ever could have been, but Morgan finally gave in; more information would have to be gathered through conversational methods. The pair straightened up and walked broadly toward the pair now; as if they had been going for the quest board all along and that aim had never changed. "Hell, get out of the way; some of us have to take quests you know."
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:07:37 GMT -6
Immediately, the desired affect was accrued despite Morgan's unintentional stutter. Morgan could have cursed in their head; their stutter gave them away when they were nervous. However; most people didn't know them well enough to pick that out... Both the quest purveyor and the scarcely-old enough to become a breeding center official kid turned immediately to Morgan's rude intrusion and narrowed their eyes, the Swamp Stag nearly growling her displeasure. The Bunny on the other hand simply looked determined and annoyed. Morgan went to step up to the board, brushing their shoulder into the shoulder of the Swamp Stag; and was indeed growled at this time. Nico raised his hackles immediately and returned the growl, echoing Morgan's internal displeasure. It was working. 'Wait wait, this could work-' The bunny said; his light and kiddish voice perhaps attempting to lighten up the almost-fight that was about to occur. 'You, we need you to do something for us...'[4]
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:12:41 GMT -6
That was how Morgan was practically forced to begin searching for some sort of runaway orbaru. Morgan knew what an orbaru was; who didn't? They were perhaps the most famous, and accessible creature that existed in the Labs; usually targeted towards little kids, but snobby people like the Jackalope managed to take to them and breed them like prized show animals. Morgan crinkled their nose at that when they had found out; Morgan had no time for a creature that was that stupid and useless. Even if they were rather cute easy to care for if not annoying. The Bunny had managed to stutter out what they needed with little communication needed between the Swamp Stag and Morgan; thankfully. Morgan would pay for that later, right? Right now, however, Morgan was getting what they needed; a quest, they figured. The bunny had a name on their shirt; a last name... Morgan could work with that. Nico kept his chocolate eyes on the seething Swamp Stag while Morgan memorized the last name...
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:17:45 GMT -6
Morgan managed to receive one more tidbit of information about the target; the Labs-worker. They liked to go to the mansion (stated offhandedly that the brothers were going to be going this Saturday) and that he had a pet sarane... Morgan caught this as they had began to walk away, and stopped just out of the view of the pair beyond the board, to listen. Nico was looking up at Morgan and wagging his tail innocently. The bespectacled human fought the urge to tell him that he was a good boy to stop being annoying when Morgan was trying to infiltrate. After a moment or two, Morgan sighed; figured that they weren't going to gather any more pertinent information to their goals. The bespectacled human trudged off, wondering how they were supposed to find a specific female orbaru in the sea of strays that lived in this area... This was going to suck.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:23:06 GMT -6
Morgan was trembling by the time they made it outside and around the corner. Their breathing was only slightly labored; the stress of that situation really getting to them for a second and only that. The human leaned up against the brick of the building and then gently flicked open the top of their cigarette case... Fighting the urge to light a cigarette; since Nico was there and Morgan tried not to smoke on top of them. Morgan flicked it back shut and cursed a bit under their breath, eyes closing for a second. New plans had to be made; Saturday would have to be cleared... Nico reached up, and bit right into Morgan's right calf, forcing Morgan to have to stifle a cry-out. Before they could curse at the creature, he let go and moved away in a semi-circle, looking up at Morgan with those chocolate eyes. 'I was worried about you' seemed to be what they said; but Morgan wasn't sure why they felt like they knew that for absolute certain. [7]
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:29:37 GMT -6
Morgan narrowed their eyes, buzzing a dangerous lime green for a second as they surveyed this new situation at the same time as they started thinking more empirically about the situation with the Labs; two distinct and fully formed mental tracks weaving at the same time. The houluh was growing more... Like Morgan. Was slowly beginning to show more of Morgan's little mannerisms, and reacting to Morgan's emotional states with autonomy but similarity... This was worrisome. The psycho-social bond was growing incredibly thick here, and there was no going back. Nico was Morgan's through and through now; Morgan understood the psycho-social bond between creature and master that was programmed into them with a logical basis; but not with any amount of experience. They stared at the creature for a second with the intent of figuring him out. On the other hand; sure, it was always terrifying exhilarating to find new information opportunities about the Labs; but Morgan needed to come up with a game plan that would allow them to escape unharmed should it go south. [8]
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:37:42 GMT -6
Morgan finally stood up, really hating the fact that they couldn't light up right now, and then called for Nico to heel. "Let's go find that wounded orbaru, Nico." Morgan said quietly. There were tons of those stray orbaru around here, and it was probably going to take them all day. Morgan cursed again; realizing that they should have probably had asked about whether or not they had anything that belonged to the orbaru. Could Nico have tracked the creature down? Was it a pet or something? How did it's leg get that injured if it was a pet? Man... Morgan should have thought this through.
Usually these things were indeed thought through, but the human was worried more about this mysterious Labs-Information grabbing opportunity, and not really about the orbaru itself. However, if it was indeed that injured, Morgan figured that someone should at least find it and bring it on in for healing. It was probably miserable. Nico followed, quick on Morgan's heels as always, beaming a bit.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 15:44:54 GMT -6
The houluh was kitted out in his pockets, and the pockets themselves were filled with lots of gadgets that Morgan had been working on, recently. Today, they would be useless, however, and that was a bit disheartening. A simple quest today, something quite easily dealt with in the quick run. With any luck they would find the tiny creature in an hour or less... Morgan caught sight of one of the blasted little things, and picked up the pace. They would hopefully follow this one to the 'nest', or at least that was What Morgan hoped would be a thing. Morgan did not know if orbaru were pack creatures or not, but hey, they seemed to breed super fast so that was a good sign.
"Nico, let's follow that one there, boyo." They were still having trouble putting everything else behind them, but it had to be done. They had to focus on this now. Nico raced out in front of Morgan, finally ready to go do something, anything. As long as it was with Morgan.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 16:38:39 GMT -6
Nico was quite swift; as houluh are wont to be, but Morgan was swifter. Once Morgan leaned forward and through their body into the motions, they were practically gone, with the houluh hardly able to keep from falling completely behind. The orbaru was going somewhere pretty fast. Morgan was sure that it was not indeed running from them, because Orbaru were almost entirely too stupid to run from possible predators, but Morgan hoped that it was running them toward the colony or whatever instead of into the wild blue yonder. Nico didn't seem to have near the hesitance that Morgan had, though.
The orbaru was running straight for a wall that was about waist-height on Morgan; and the Orbaru managed to do something that the bespectacled human was not expecting; it vaulted up the wall, leaping quite easily, and scrambling for purchase before continuing the chase. Morgan followed after, rolling over the top of it with Nico using Morgan for purchase in his own attempt; both hit the ground running.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 16:43:46 GMT -6
"Damn!" Morgan growled; they'd managed to bite the inside of their cheek with that one a little ungracefully, but perhaps it was only because they weren't quite used to doing this with Nico yet. However, it was not the first time that Morgan had managed to bite the inside of their jaw like that, so it wasn't too distracting to have to swallow the blood a bit as they ran. If the houluh noticed it; he didn't give any indication of caring as the two continued to chase after the feral orbaru like a pair of idiots. Morgan was aware of how ridiculous this must appear to anyone watching, perhaps even hyper-aware of such, but it was oddly... Fun.
A fair bit of laughter managed to escape Morgan's chest as they raced; finally skidding around the side of an alley that was a dead end, leaving the orbaru with no where to go.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 16:49:07 GMT -6
It looked like a regular old alleyway to Morgan; but they were always ready in case something went south. Morgan had not brought any weapons today; and perhaps they should have had... This was that side of town that Morgan didn't really feel comfortable with going into often; the one with the mysterious cart that Morgan hadn't had to go to yet, thankfully. "H-ha, w-we..." Morgan breathed out, catching their breath a bit before continuing. "We managed t-to get you... You little butt." The human finished, a little more winded than perhaps they should be. The houluh stood stark still, staring the male orbaru down.
Morgan hadn't really taken a look at him, in all honesty. He had a bright golden tail orb and eyes; and a slash across one side of his face... Huh. How did an orbaru get away from a predator at any point ever?
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 16:52:50 GMT -6
That was when Morgan saw it; a clever gleam in his eye, and was that something... Shiny around his neck? A green and red... Oh, Morgan knew what that was. "Who in the name of science even puts a charm of brilliance on an orbaru, of all things?" Morgan whispered, below their breath, still stuttering here and there. "And who abandons an animal with a charm of brilliance on it?" This had to be some kind of a joke! That being said, there was no why that the creature could go anywhere else now; he was trapped. Morgan stepped forward, knowing that this orbaru was not at all what they had been looking for; and that catching it at this point would only serve for Morgan to be able to take the ring...
Morgan was only a little surprised (they swore) when the creature took a flying leap OVER their head, much to the shock of the houluh at their feet; and then raced off into the darkness of the alleyway beyond.
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Post by Morgan on Aug 1, 2019 16:57:10 GMT -6
It wasn't like there wasn't anything gained from this venture. As the orbaru practically leapt over Morgan's head as if it were little boy jack and his candle stick all over again, Morgan did manage to catch sight of something else hidden in that charm of brilliance; a tiny camera lens. Morgan turned around immediately, and began chasing again. "W-wait; was that.... Are you spying on me? Who is spying on me?" Morgan demanded, the houluh hardly able to keep up. However; the strange male stray with a charm of brilliance and a scar on his face (and the camera) was gone, no where to be seen once he entered the darkness.
Morgan stopped in their tracks, practically heaving now, heart hammering and in their throat. What... Why? Where- how? Morgan struggled to make all of their thoughts work in single file, but to no avail. "Damnit, now wh-what are w-we gonna do?" Morgan said, leaning down to catch their breath next to their houluh. Nico was panting, hard, and also seemed pretty worried, surprisingly. Morgan doubted that he knew why.
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