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Post by Jack on Sept 26, 2019 16:17:27 GMT -6
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Post by Jack on Sept 26, 2019 16:26:56 GMT -6
So she was going to breed Orbaru with someone named Jewel. That was fine, she could figure that part out, of course the last time she'd bred Orbaru with someone was with Renathan and that had ended... so very well. She grinned as she carried Lark in her arms as she walked to the Breeding Center. She loved this little girl, daughter of one of her favorite Orbaru, Silver. That was going to go well no matter what, and she hoped that Lark was going to work with this male they brought. She crossed her fingers, it would work out, she knew it. Jack smiled a little as she got to the Breeding Center and realized she was the first one there. At all. Huh... usually they were open by now, but that was fine as she and little Lark sat outside the Center, waiting on this "Jewel" to show up.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 27, 2019 9:24:06 GMT -6
A new day, a new experience! After the debacle with the pachee that had, amazingly, actually borne some fruit in the form of two cute babies, Jewel had decided to bite the bullet and have a go at Orbaru, too. As such, Blush came into his life. He was a sweet-smelling lump of cuddliness with the sweetest (often blank) expression, and he was obsessed with him already. Something told him he was more suited to this species. It was still intimidating, to go to the breeding centre, but at least this time he wouldn't be alone. He and another person - someone called Jack? - had arranged the meeting, in hopes of it being successful. When he came across a human sitting outside the centre also holding an Orbaru, he made the assumption that it must be her. " Hey!" As smiley as ever, Jewel wasted no time in perching down next to her and offering her his hand to shake. " Jack? I'm Jewel, and this is Blush." (2/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2019 11:33:27 GMT -6
She sat there for awhile, Lark sound asleep in her lap, petting the little Sloth, until someone came up to her and offered a hand. She smiled back and shook the offered hand, "Yeah I'm Jack, nice to meet you Jewel! This is Lark!" The woman smiled as she hefted up the Sloth, who sleepily opened her eyes and pawed at the other Orbaru before falling asleep again. She chuckled, "She does well by her breed I guess, being a Sloth..." Jack popped her back, stretched out her shoulders, and then stood up. The man had an adorable little version two Orbaru, he and Lark would do well together, definitely! Motioning to the Center, she smiled a little sheepishly, "I got here a little early, they're about to open I think..." True to her word, an attendant quickly opened the door to usher both of them in if Jewel was ready, and Jack stepped through the door, taking a deep breath of the sterile environment.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 27, 2019 13:27:17 GMT -6
Oh, goodness. Jewel had never seen an Orbaru like Lark before! She certainly was adorable, with those cotton candy colours. A Sloth, huh? It suited the sleepiness. " She's cute," He cooed, before juggling Blush higher up in his arms. The orbaru was observing Lark with interest, his head cocked to one side - he hadn't had a playmate in a long time! " Oh, no worries! This is only my second time here, and uh.. my first time with these little guys." The fae wasn't sure if that was a good confession to make, but it was out in the open whether Jack would like it or not. He hurried himself in once the assistant had opened the door. Look confident, right? It was coming across more like a frantic excess of energy. " So, Jack... do you know a lot about Orbaru? You might have to give me a hand here, if that's alright..."(4/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2019 13:33:23 GMT -6
"Oh plenty of times, no worries I'll help out! I can even do the paperwork if you want?" she offered with a smile, picking up a pencil and jotting a few things down that she knew about both of the Orbaru. She was a little embarrassed to tell him how many times she had been here with Orbaru, and with Pachee really, but that was fine, he hadn't asked how many, just if she knew what to do... Giving a little chuckle, she shifted Lark to her other arm and found a seat to wait in so they had some place to be before they were called back to a room. "I've been here a bit, I've got a lot of Orbaru and Pachee back home, anything you need to know about before this gets started?" Jack asked pleasantly, gesturing to the seat beside her for him to sit down and join her. She hadn't met many Fae, so she was interested to learn about him as well.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 27, 2019 13:55:23 GMT -6
Jewel's grin doubled its width in his earnest happiness at hearing the paperwork could be delegated. Thank goodness for that. It was very kind of her, to be so understanding, and a relief that he wouldn't have to use his charm to win her over on that front. What could he say? He was always prepared to use underhand tactics if needed. " That would be great, thank you," He said as he sat down, plopping Blush onto his lap. " I, uh... just did a breeding with pachee, and didn't know that their foreheads were supposed to open... that was kind of a surprise." Speaking of which... he craned his neck to look Blush over. The Orbaru sat blinking in confusion as the fae lifted his arms up, smoothed fingers along his forehead and his belly, and poked his sides. No secret pouches or anything. " These guys don't have any weird openings, right?" (6/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2019 14:04:41 GMT -6
"Oh I could certainly see that being a surprise if you didn't know about it!" Jack said, surprised someone would breed something when they didn't know much about them, especially something as basic as how they bred. But... this was the guy who'd borrowed a couple of hers right? Maybe she should set up some flyers with general information for the future, just in case... That wasn't a bad idea, she'd do that! "You bred two of mine, didn't you?" she asked, tilting her head, and then laughing a little at his next question, "No, no weird openings, just mouths that won't shut up sometimes." Almost like she'd planned it, Lark booped and blearily opened her eyes a bit to look around, pawed at the little male Orbaru again, and then fell back to sleep. "The hard part is getting her to wake up for long periods of time, but I don't see it being too much of an issue," she said, mostly to herself.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 27, 2019 14:40:24 GMT -6
Oh, of course. The remembrance dawned on him all of a sudden, and Jewel's face flushed with embarrassment. Jack was the owner of the pachee he had bred, and of course would be surprised to hear that he was so clueless, especially when she'd entrusted actual lives to him. " Yeah... I'm really sorry about that," He said sheepishly. " I thought I could just wing it, but... that was pretty irresponsible of me, huh... one of the staff here helped me out, but I'll be more careful next time." It was okay if Orbaru were talkative! He'd been a little unnerved by the pachee's lack of visible mouth, and how quiet the whole process had been because of that. At least a racket would keep his attention. Having a partner to chat to was good too, though! " I think he'll keep her occupied," He continued, gesturing to Blush. " He's quite active once he gets going."(8/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2019 15:29:20 GMT -6
"You're fine," she said, waving him away for a moment, "I should give out more information when I loan them out, my fault entirely for not making sure you were prepared." She smiled kindly at him and then leaned back in her chair a moment, dumping Lark on the floor who bounced with an indignant boop. She glowered at the woman, who simply smirked at her, "You're here to be social, now act like it, love." Grumbling to herself a little, Lark pulled herself over to the Fae with the male Orbaru and sniffed at him a little, wondering what they were there to do. Had Lark been bred before? She couldn't quite remember, all things considered. She had quite a few of them.
"Hopefully she won't just be a lump at least, she's good at that, like most of her breed at this point. Maybe this will be good for her after it all," Jack admitted with a sheepish look of her own.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 27, 2019 16:01:35 GMT -6
Jewel followed suit, scooting Blush down from his lap so he could get eye level with Lark. The pink Orbaru seemed fascinated - it must have been a while since he last saw one of his own kind! - and, because seeing wasn't quite believing, he reached out to poke her cheek. Huh! All real! That was great! " The room is available for you both now, if you're ready," A centre assistant had appeared in the interim to gesture to the back, and Jewel nodded, bouncing to his feet a little too enthusiastically with his nervous energy. This wasn't like him. At least it wasn't the same woman who'd seen his embarrassing lack of knowledge last time. " Cool, great, thank you," He replied. Once the assistant's back was turned, he nodded at Jack. " This is.. the same kind of thing as the pachee, right? We kinda just.. let them at it? Sounds bad, but..." (10/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2019 16:37:01 GMT -6
Jack stood up a little more reservedly and motioned for Lark to follow her with a smile. The sleepy Orbaru had fallen back after being poked, and it took her a minute or two to get situated enough to follow her human to the back. She smiled over at Jewel for a moment before following the little Orbaru, she had been bred, but it had taken her a little bit of time to remember. She was Bull's mother, another Sloth. Jack stretched out as she walked behind Jewel and his Orbaru, as well as her own. "Yeah, just kind of... let them play, then if the breeding is successful, Blush's tail orb will flash bright for a moment and then go back to normal. Then we just wait for kits!" she explained as they reached the room, she held the door open and Lark bounced through, still a little indignant from being dumped off of her lap pretty unceremoniously.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 28, 2019 10:46:32 GMT -6
Huh. That was less creepy than the business with the pachee, but admittedly a little more bizarre. How were the kits... actually conceived, in that case? Jewel decided against asking the question, but wouldn't be stopped from silently puzzling over it when he had a moment to himself. Things at the Labs were beyond unusual. Blush toddled along at Jewel's side, but kept casting curious glances at Lark. Although still hesitant to make any real move towards her, he was grateful to have a new friend! When they entered the room, he booped in surprise and looked around - a new place to explore? That was awesome! Maybe they could do some exploring together...? " Okay. Sounds easy enough, if they like each other," Jewel said. " You know a lot... have you lived here a long time? It's probably all common knowledge and I look dumb, but... I'll use the excuse that I only just got here." (12/30)
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Post by Jack on Sept 28, 2019 10:57:53 GMT -6
While Lark was sleepy and grumpy, it didn't negate the fact that she was happy to have a new friend as well. She booped sleepily at Blush as she laid down and curled her tail over her nose, looking at him over her thick tail. She smiled a little at him and then closed her eyes again, waiting for him to do something it seemed.
Jack chuckled at her antics and patted her on the head before sitting down in one of the provided chairs and thinking of Jewel's question. "I've been here for years at this point, it seems. No wonder you're a little unsure of things if you're so new here!" she told him with a smile, not upset at his lack of knowledge of things at this point. She knew things would work out between the Orbaru no matter what, but that didn't matter much for her at the moment, they just needed to breed.
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Post by Jewel on Sept 28, 2019 11:10:45 GMT -6
Blush was at a momentary loss. What was he supposed to do? It had been a long time since he'd been around another Orbaru, and he didn't really remember how to play... Carrie was his only frame of reference, and she preferred to snuggle. Maybe it was the same with Lark...? Deciding on taking this as the plan of action, he plopped down next to her and put his stubby arms over her with a questioning boop. Is this okay? Jewel, enraptured by this display, almost missed the seat of the chair when he sat down. " Well... that's kind of adorable," He said with a little chuckle. Definitely more forthcoming than the pachee had been. " Years, huh? I've only been around a couple weeks now. I met this girl, just by chance... I was looking for somewhere to settle, and she recommended the city. I think she lives here too, but... I haven't actually seen her since." (14/30)
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