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Post by Skylos on Nov 5, 2021 13:47:20 GMT -6
Basically he's not going to get a bath to get dog drool off him until after he's finished out here. Grumbling, he picks up the rope toy and comes back over to the discovered pumpkin. His claws and Kouta's nails aren't strong enough to pierce the thick skin of the squash fruit (yes, pumpkins are a fruit, they make their own seeds) Discarding the rope, Skylos sits down, away from the dog and the pumpkin, and sulks a bit. AT this rate, his fur is drying into some sort of outrageous cowlick on his head, just above his eye line. The ohou whines, comes back around to see him, and stands there, looking at him. Cat sad? Cat ...mad? Was he mad? The way he stood and the cat man sat, he had a head or more over him in height when standing straight. {Bow Kouta} the cat finally responds.. He come sup, and cautiously bows his head, but gets scritched around his ears, which he likes. {Good boy.} Not everyone is treat motivated, or at least not every trick needs to be. AS he rewards the dog with a treat. bow 5 tbb 15 latenight mosca lv 21 Kouta lv 15 Skylos
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Post by Yang on Nov 5, 2021 14:44:52 GMT -6
A pair of eyes peer out from between the branches, brightly stark against the dark nature. It watches the canine with feline-vigor, fur raising and a soft growl rumbling deep in its chest...Still, that is a big dog! Maybe instigating a fight wouldn't be the best idea...
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 5:31:19 GMT -6
Still coated briefly with dog slobber, Skylos took a break from telling his dog what to do. There's a folded sheet of paper he had in his pocket since getting Kouta and Kitri back from the representative who had taken care of them during the pupping. There's another word for that that he doesn't remember at this time. But when he picks it out and unfolds it, theres a short list of items written in Common. Certifications, as it is, that an ohou can earn. If he can demonstrate these tricks that Kouta knows them, he'd have a special certificate to show for it. Like a puppy manners class, he's heard of those? Most of this is something either they've covered since he's had the ohou or something he just finished. But why on this green grass earth would someone want their animal to be able to kiss them on command? Bleeeech. But if it makes the draconic happy that he's not just killing time aimlessly out here... Putting the square of paper away into his pocket, Skylos returns to Kouta chewing happily on the tuggy rope, and takes a seat next to him. Ugh, this is going to suck. {Kouta, kiss me.} he replies, poking a finger at his cheek. The ohou looks up at him like he's lost his mind. begin kiss tbb 1
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 5:35:33 GMT -6
There's been a lot of weird noises that come out of the cat man's mouth. Some are more interpretable then others for Kouta, but this one's a ringer of uh...what? He pokes his cheek and says 'something'. The tuggy rope hangs from his jowls as the ohou quesitons how insane the cat's going from being away from spiders. He likes his spiders, and he likes his BIG dog friend. THen he picks up a berry, crushes it between his toes, and smears it on his face! {Kiss me Kouta.} the berry juice better not stain the white fur or he'll have purple fur around his face until his next haircut, as the cat bursts a berry purposefully and rubs it down his cheek. The tuggy rope is forgotten when Kouta gets up, walks over, puts his nose in his ear (which the cat doesn't like) then starts sniffing at his cheek. An experimental lick. {Good boy, good kiss.} the cat rewards him with a bery that isn't on his face. kiss 2 tbb 2
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 5:40:21 GMT -6
When the cat gets back, he's going to need so much washing that isn't just licking your paw and rubbing it through your hair. And he loathes that idea, but better then sitting here with dog slobber on your head, and on your cheek too. The big nose bumps against his head again, licking his cheek clean. {Kiss Kouta.} If it wasn't so slobbery, it would be less of an issue for Skylos to handle. He's desperately trying not to twitch while the ohou practically stands over him and licks him clean. {Good kiss boy. Good job.} he grumbles, but rewards the ohou with a hearty pat on his neck, since he can't quite reach his head from this angle. Kouta huffs a slight woof, resting his big head on top of his own. Like someone who's exasperated with his actions, but not willing to say it due to being too nice. {We're almost done for the day, bit more.} kiss 3 tbb 3
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 5:59:58 GMT -6
By his actions, Kouta understands that licking his cat friend isn't something he likes. But he's getting ...rewarded for it. Where as not long ago, as dogs cannot tell time, he yowled and started flailing about, rubbing his head in the grass like it was wet or something. It wasn't THAT much slobber. But he seems convinced on wanting licks on his face, and bursts another berry, a sour one, on his cheek, and does the {Kiss Kouta} noise. Well, it is free food, as long as he doesn't get told off. Stepping forward, the ohou cleans Skylos's dirty face for him. Mlem. Bleeeech, not his favorite berry, as the sour taste results in a pinched expression. {Good kiss.} Its not his favorite trick to teach his dog, thats for sure. But the certification wasn't that 'hard' to get. Maybe he can divert licking to something else if he ever decides to teach this again to another ohou. Like Kouta's daughter. kiss 4 tbb 4
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 6:06:15 GMT -6
He wonders, when they go back for the day, will Kouta start acting more paternally towards his pup? Like looking out for her, or are ohou a primarily female oriented way of raising their puppies. If they got to keep them at all. Because whats the likelyhood of having only a male ohou like himself, and another species. ...could they still breed with other species besides themselves. Thats a dangerous question territory there, cat. Skylos yawns widely, showing off his fangs, easing himself into a stretch. It feels so good to lengthen out your spine like this. For some reason, walking upright all the time just makes the spine settle down and compress in places. He's not even an old cat! Kouta watches him, his head tilted in a comical fashion. {Ok Kouta, one more kiss.} he ask the ohou, pointing at his still berry covered cheek. Woof. The dog stands over him once again and licks it off. {Good boy, good kiss. Only when I ask, though.} That parts not understood but he barks happily anyhow. TIme to go home, because the cat needs a bath something fierce. kiss 5 tbb 5
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Post by Skylos on Nov 6, 2021 12:23:04 GMT -6
The few times Skylos will enjoy taking a bath that isn't given by himself comes from when he's fully grimy and needs to wash besides his head. The berry juice thankfully wasn't nearly as potent being a single berry, but the very tips of white fur on his right cheek is slightly discolored still. No reason to cut the offending portion of fur off, winter is fast coming, and he'll need his winter coat. Combing his fingers through the snags of unbrushed fur on his neck and edges of his cheeks and jaw, its too early to be out here... but Kouta wanted to come out really really badly. Its like he hadn't managed to learn house training while with them. To be perfectly frank, he hadn't been in the kennel much. Perhaps one of his bigger purchases should be to buy a small house with a large lot so the animals weren't constantly trapped. {Go find something...} he yawns widely, being tuggled along by an excitable ohou. What lunatic wants to be outside at the crack of dawn. Its cold, and its not quite light either... But Kouta's insistence is going ot tear his sleeve. Until he bobs his head down and starts examining something on the ground. Rock? Stick? {what did you find} start search tbb 6
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 7:00:36 GMT -6
Stifling a yawn, the cat squints at the ground, at what Kouta's been sniffing at with curiosity. Imprints in the ground... footprints that look vaguely like dainty paws. {Please tell me you didn't bring me out here to look at footprints.} he grumbles, {but you found something. Good boy.} Palming a berry, he offers it to the ohou, who takes it with a generous tail wagging. But NO, thats not specifically why he was outside at this chilly time of day. {Go find something else.} the cat shoos him away again. Why...was he out here. Cat friend isn't interested in the footprints that aren't his feet, or his own feet. Granted, the ohou is. Giving it a generous sniffing one more time, perhaps trying to commit the unusual scent to memory. The smell is unusual, and catty smelling. Carefully, he treads towards the bushes where he'd found the pile of debris earlier... looks at it, and smells... something off. BARK BARK! It draws the cat, and he starts pawing at the branches with a whine. search 2 tbb 7
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 7:04:54 GMT -6
It's still too early in Skylos' opinion to try and do much more then try to see what has drawn his ohou into a barking frenzy. Ok, frenzy isn't the right word but its early, ok. He doesn't see anything specific on the branches of the bush, or even in the bush. Did he find a mole or something that had previously surfaced? Or when he sticks his head right into the bush itself, comes out with a mostly eaten mouse. Which he then just plain eats. Well... he is a dog, and he did find something.... {Good find Kouta. But don't lick me after that.} Eating mice he's done, but eating someone elses meal remainders... maybe as well. The animal woofs and butts him happily for ear scratches and pats. He's proud to show his nose off to his cat friend. Now was he actually doing this on command or not. {Go find something...} he repeats, and shoos the dog away from the bush. Giving it a leery backwards gaze. First footprints, now someone's mostly finished meal. What was he searching for.... search 3 tbb 8
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 7:09:57 GMT -6
Or who. The fields were about as close to wild as what one could find here in the lab area. Short of diving back into the overgrown brush of his garden. Once the logs dried, he could wrap them up, and take them out to the docks to sell for firewood to the less fortunate. No reason he who had a home now couldn't share his good fortune some. And sometimes firewood is hard to get. He watches Kouta's black fur melt into the morning mist briefly as he's sniffing about, seeking... searching for something. Something only he knows. A twig snaps nearby. The cat stands perfectly still, ears sateliting, eyes and occasional dart. From farther then his vision can see, the ohou's barking again. He's found something. If its another twig... The twigs don't snap again, so the cat moves on from his standing point, and comes to find Kouta. He's barking at something alright. A freshly dug hole. Was it 'in' the hole? {Good find Kouta.} he praises with ear scratches. {Go find something} he repeats it, and seeks to get Kouta to understand that this is something he can also do when asked to do so. search 4 tbb 9
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 7:17:40 GMT -6
Clearly still eager to show off his nose for his cat friend, the ohou doesn't actually run off, but he starts digging frantically at the hole. Its a moderately sized hole as well, big enough that a small dog could probably get through, but definitely not a big dog like Kouta or a bigger cat like himself. Skylos has to scoot himself sideways to avoid the frantic clawfuls of dirt flying every which way. What on earth had Kouta picked up as a scent that drew him out here this dang early... Something must be in the hole because suddenly he can hear something. Something doing a low.. angry sounding hiss. The ohou stops digging and starts trying to reach in with paws and head, barking and whining and reaching. {Kouta, what did you find...} the cat asked him, trying to shove the dog over. It took some doing, as he's quite large, but nothing compared to his mate. He's sniffing, whining, something's definitely inside. Carefully, the cat peers into the hole. His eyes are adjusting to the gloom, so its like looking inside a gray lightbox. Farther in then either animal or animal person can reach is a skinny and part terrified, part furious cat with swooping upward ears. Flattened to its skull and hissing, snarling, a clear attempt to spook them. He did find something! {Good find Kouta.} search 5 tbb 10 skylos lv 16 lv 23 Kouta
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 11:29:12 GMT -6
Instigating a fight wouldn't be a good idea, but now neither was it to go hunting at dawn! The mosca's muzzle splits apart to snarl with stained white fangs, black fur arching across its spine. How dare this stupid big dog start trying to dig it out! But the dog is pulled away, or shoved. A larger cat pokes its head at the entrance, but with the wideness of the mouth and the lack of past your lips fangs, its not an estharne, or one of those 'fellow' fall spooks who has a disembodied skull for a head. The cat doesn't reach in to steal it from them. If anything, its distracted and the mosca takes the chance for escape! Lunging forth the cat screams forward, butting into the cat's side and sending him sprawling. Long like a ferret, tall like a juvenile cheetah, the cat scrambles free of its near prison. The dog is HUGE. HE'S BARKING. THE CAT IS YOWLING. ITS LOUD, THOSE EYES no no no! It swipes at the dog's nose, but the blind flailing of paws swats it hard enough at the hip to draw blood, and the animal ends up escaping across the field. Well thats unfortunate. Start tracking tbb 11 TmHzBf5Z
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 11:36:17 GMT -6
{Kouta, Kouta no. Calm down} he's having to practically shove the ohou off him to avoid the dog going whole ham after the cat in the hole. Until the cat decided it was time to leave the hole, knocks him down, and Kouta lunges to try and catch the cat, as any dog might, and his overly long toenails rake across the animal's hip as the curly earred black cat escapes into the gloom with a scream of pain and fury. {Kouta, stay!} the cat had to yowl over the carcophany of howling yelps and barks. Kouta's head swings in his direction, looking plainly distressed. Find cat, chase cat! He's breathing hard from being excited. The cat approaches him on the left and takes up his paw, dragging off the vestiges of black fur, patched with blood. {If you want the cat that badly, find it first. Use your nose and track it down.} he growls. The black fur he's commiting its smell to memory himself. But unlike Kouta, he wasn't about to track the animal across the field. Likely hit down a deeper tunnel. He holds up the fur clump to his nose. {Track it down.} he growls at the dog. tracking 2 tbb 12 lfJqzAc4 tracking game: kills a gecko·
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Post by Skylos on Nov 7, 2021 12:18:26 GMT -6
Its a cruel thing to do, to ask his dog to track down another cat. Like tracking a criminal. But Kouta's idea of fun is rough tussling, he's not a killer. Right? The ohou puts his nose to the fur, inhaling the scent. Like some sort of switch is flipped in his head. His world is alive with smells. So many smells. Cat friend smell, grass smell, rock smell, tree smell, CAT SMELL. Its faint, like the creature's far away, but its carried on the wind. Slightly distant, and slightly the smell of blood. His bark isn't the same as a finding bark, but more of a howl of excitement before he starts charging in that direction, barking. Well, some things don't change. His attitude of charging in first before considering the repurcussions. This might end up being Skylos taking Kouta to the vet afterwards for an encounter gone wrong with the bat eared cat. Just out of sight, he's barking again, snuffling. Did he find that cat already? No way... that would be dumb luck. Once Skylos caught up with his ohou, the pup has pulled a branch off a bush, pinning it under his paw, snuffling at it. There was a snarl of loose black fur... that smelled very similar. {Well done Kouta.} he praises the dog with a headpat and collects the fur into his fisted paw. {Keep going. Track it down.} tracking 3 tbb 13 WF6W5R34 tracking game: kills a raccoon·
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