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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 0:40:57 GMT -6
"Why do you still have your ears, though?" Ashe asked, moving his hand from the Estharne's chin to the top of its head and over to those ears. They looked kinda like goblin ears, long and pointy and king of squiggly, not smooth, curved, furry cat ears. He scratched behind one of those ears, and smirked to himself when he saw the Estharne roll its eyes down - strange, but without eyelids, perhaps that's what it looked like under normal lids - and lean into the scratch. "Ah, like that, huh? There's more where this came from if you want to come home with me." He continued petting the Estharne, bonding with it.
Boomy stomped through the water toward Ashe, remembering his goal now. He was going to meet Ashe's new friend! Maybe it would like to splash around with him. He didn't really have anyone to play with, besides the human, and sometimes that got boring. Ashe never did anything fun!
Boomy: +10 2/5 Ashe: +3 6/20 Post 67 *Yang VMM Event post 7/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 0:58:01 GMT -6
He felt like he was making some real progress. He moved down to its back, where there was some thick fur covering the rest of its body. It started purring as he stroked its spine. It was really starting to warm up to him now and Ashe felt him leaning into the touch, rubbing against him hard enough to almost knock him down. Ashe laughed and sat on the ground, letting the large feline rub against him. He continued the petting and scratching until he was sure the cat was thoroughly enjoying his company and attention, then he stood back up and dusted his pants off. "Let's take you home real quick," he said, turning to head that way. Then he saw Boomy coming toward them. "Erm, new kitty, this is Boomy! He's a friend too so let's be nice. Boomy, this is a new kitty friend. Be gentle." The two creatures looked at each other, sizing each other up: one to see if the other was a threat, the other to see if it was a playmate.
Boomy: +10 3/5 Ashe: +3 7/20 Post 68 *Yang VMM Event post 8/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 1:19:22 GMT -6
Eventually, when Boomy didn't do anything, the Estharne decided he wasn't a threat. But when the Estharne didn't make a move to play, Boomy decided that creature was boring and he was bored of it already. Boomy was the first to turn away and start looking for something to munch on, but Ashe had other plans. He wanted to get the cat home safe and sound before it ran off! So Ashe coaxed his critters back and put the harness on his dino, because Spirit knew Boomy wasn't going to walk along with him that easily! Even with the command. He would get distracted, and the leash would be easier to avoid the kinds of accidents that happened in an instant, than the command would be. He urged the cat to follow him and so far, so good. It prowled right behind him, focused on Ashe rather than the butterflies and the birds and the wind. The trio left the garden and headed home.
Boomy: +10 4/5 Ashe: +3 8/20 Post 69 *Yang VMM Event post 9/20
[Ashe takes the Estharne home]
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 1:41:34 GMT -6
Once Ashe had the Estharne settled happily back home, he returned to the garden with Boomy in tow. By now, Boomy had had a whole two new adventures, so when he got back to the garden, it was like the first time in a while! So much had happened since then, and he had seen so many things! He followed Ashe eagerly and the man shut the gate behind him before letting Boomy off the line. The dino started to shamble off, ever on the look out for something to play with, or something to eat. Primarily the latter, but he could easily entertain himself if he had to! Before he could get too far, though, Ashe called him over. Boomy reluctantly came, but perked up when he saw Ashe was holding something in his hand. He didn't know what it was, but it looked good. There were leaves and some cut up fruits in there, his favorites. He didn't even notice the protein powder Ashe had put all over everything as well! Boomy: + 11 0/5 Ashe: +3 9/20 Post 70 *Yang VMM Event post 10/20 Fed:
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 1:50:05 GMT -6
Boomy was enjoying his treat bowl, though he was a little messy. Some lettuce leaves fell out the side of the bowl and Ashe was there to scoop them back in, shaking his head. No wonder these guys were prey animals back in the day, they didn't have the mindset to handle tasks. But for some reason, he was really starting to get attached to Boomy, and he felt like Boomy was starting to get used to him. It was kind of sweet, really. They spent all this time together, but even though it wasn't like the time Ashe spent with his Equillion, or his Imp, or anything else - it was still bonding in its own way. He wasn't sure if the immediate love just wasn't there because of Ashe... or because of Boomy. He was kind of an airheaded baby, if Ashe said so himself, and yet... Well, he'd probably grow up and they'd really start bonding, Ashe decided. He wasn't going to worry about being good enough until then.
Boomy: +0 1/5 Ashe: +3 10/20 Post 71 *Yang VMM Event post 11/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 1:59:56 GMT -6
Boomy finished the bowl, including licking it clean. Ashe found he was a little too cute for his own good when he was doing that... He set the bowl aside, close to the entrance, so he wouldn't have to carry it around and also wouldn't forget it when he left. What now... Oh! Ashe knew. He'd work some more on getting Boomy to stay put. He called to Boomy and the dino looked over at him, seeming to respond to his name pretty well now as well. That was nice! "Come, Boomy!" Ashe called to him, and the dino walked the couple of steps to him, looking at Ashe expectantly. The man smiled and patted him on the head. "Good boy! Alright, now I'm gonna ask you the hard one." He held his hand up and said, "Stay! Staaaay." And he started backing up. Boomy raised his head a little higher, recognizing this pattern. The hand, the word - yes, he remembered! It meant... something boring. Boomy: +0 2/5 Ashe: +3 11/20 Post 72 *Yang VMM Event post 12/20 [Stay - 9, continued from Here]
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 2:06:32 GMT -6
Boomy hesitated while he thought about it - and then he realized, yes, this was what he was supposed to do! He remembered being trapped behind that branch, unable to move forward. Now whenever he heard that word, he almost thought of being trapped. That feeling of 'welp might as well stand here'. So he stood and waited. Then Ashe called something else to him and he recognized a different word.
"Boomy, come!"
The long neck had this one down pat by now and walked over eagerly to the human. He was rewarded with praise and pats. He liked these, but he liked treats better. He found the human didn't always hand out treats, though. For the next few minutes, before Boomy's attention waned, Ashe practiced the 'stay' command. Boomy never faltered; he must have remembered it from earlier! Ashe was relieved that after the hours it took to have a break, find the estharne, take the estharne home, and then return... Boomy had remembered! He was confident in his dino now.
Boomy: +0 3/5 Ashe: +3 12/20 Post 73 *Yang VMM Event post 13/20
[Stay - 10- fin?]
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 2:16:37 GMT -6
Ashe gave Boomy a couple of small berries as treats. He was doing good! Ashe felt almost like he was starting to mold the dino's mind into something more malleable, something that could learn, something that wanted to learn! Almost as if a fog was being lifted. Briefly, Ashe wondered if that had anything to do with the revival process, a brain fog from being resurrected after Spirit knew how many years. "Alright, enough school for now! Let's go have some fun!" Ashe suggested. In reality, he wanted to get hunting for more creatures - more Estharne, maybe? He had never seen a cat like that around here and he wasn't sure if it was coming from some Vai Min Mur magic or if it was just a coincidence... But if a half skeleton cat was walking around in his garden, might there be another visitor out there somewhere? Ashe wanted to find out. "Let's go, Boomy!" Man and Dino set out on their journey through the overgrown garden.
Boomy: +0 4/5 Ashe: +3 13/20 Post 74 *Yang VMM Event post 14/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 2:29:17 GMT -6
Ashe took them back to the pond. He thought it would be a great place to start, since that was where he'd run into the Estharne. Maybe there was something else that would venture to the watering hole as well. He didn't see anything besides the three sets of prints they'd left, but that didn't stop him from continuing the search. Suddenly, he came to a stop, and Boomy bumped into him, not able to stop as fast (or, more likely, not paying attention). Ashe realized the drizzly rain had stopped. When had that happened? He hadn't noticed. During his encounter with the Estharne, maybe? He hadn't even... Gods, he must have been excited. He laughed out loud at himself, touching his jacket to see. Nope, no wetness, it was dry. How long had it been dry? "I'm losing it," He told Boomy. "I don't know what it is, but I'm losing it... Must be the spirit of the holiday." Boomy just looked at him, supportive in that don't-involve-me kind of way.
Boomy: +1 0/5 Ashe: +3 14/20 Post 75 *Yang VMM Event post 15/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 2:45:53 GMT -6
Ashe didn't see anything by the pond, and he didn't want Boomy to get distracted by the water again. He liked having the dino's company after all! So he started to move even deeper into the garden. The clouds in the sky above kept the light dim, even though it was only two o'clock in the afternoon. It looked almost dusk, with a grayish tinge, the threat of more rain. It was that dreary, misty kind of weather that suited Ashe just fine. He'd have to redo his hair later... But that was an issue for Future Ashe. Boomy didn't seem to mind the weather one way or another. The pair of them continued, with Ashe starting to cast his gaze down at the ground, looking for tracks. He had seen a pawprint earlier, maybe he'd see something else now. Upon seeing Ashe checking the ground, Boomy craned his neck to look down, too. But all he saw were dying ferns and other such plant life. And dirt, lots of dirt.
Boomy: +1 1/5 Ashe: +3 15/20 Post 76 *Yang VMM Event post 16/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 3:04:59 GMT -6
Suddenly, he stumbled upon something he didn't recognize. It was a strange mark on the ground, almost like a hole for a stake to be driven in. But nothing like that was in this garden! That Ashe was aware of, at least. And he saw several more. But then they found some harder ground, and the marks became little dents on the harder packed ground. Frowning, Ashe decided to follow them. One time, he stooped to put a finger in the hole, wondering how deep it was. Not terribly so - he could feel the end of the hole made, so it wasn't like a worm hole or a small snake hole. But it was strange... What was it? Boomy followed after him, not interested in the dirt underfoot, but occasionally he saw something that looked tasty. He would pause and munch, while Ashe tried to identify something on the ground. Right now, he was eagerly eating some sort of brightly colored flower!
Boomy: +1 2/5 Ashe: +3 16/20 Post 77 *Yang VMM Event post 17/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 3:08:50 GMT -6
Ashe stood up and continued following those marks. Someone or something had to be making these, he'd decided. There were too many, too uniform, and in too orderly a fashion. There was one time he thought he'd lost the trail and he spent a couple of minutes exploring the area, looking for more marks. It couldn't have just levitated into the air and floated away, surely. Come to think of it, someone with a walking cane could have made these, too. But no one Ashe knew walked with a cane - so one way or another, someone or something had been here! And none of the above would just float away!
Enjoying the pause, Boomy started eating everything in sight. He wasn't that fond of grasses, but there was a tree nearby that had leaves and they looked tasty enough. He walked over and grabbed a mouthful from the bottom branch. He snorted through his nostrils when he realized he'd gotten some twigs in his mouthful!
Boomy: +1 3/5 Ashe: +3 17/20 Post 78 *Yang VMM Event post 18/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 3:20:57 GMT -6
Boomy tried to use his tongue to get rid of the twigs, but they were attached to the leaves he'd grabbed and he'd crunched them already in his time spent trying to separate them. He was making a face as he ate them, wishing he hadn't grabbed so many twigs. Ashe noticed this face and watched with barely concealed amusement. What a silly little dino! Ashe hadn't seen what caused him to make that expression - though he could see the leaves in his mouth - so it was either those leaves sticking out, or... he'd grabbed part of the branch. Heck, he could have bitten into a bug that had been on the leaves for all Ashe knew. "What's the matter, Boomy? Rotten leaf?"
As he watched, Boomy finished chewing and swallowed the mouthful. He went to grab another mouthful and hesitated, eyeing the tree. Even Ashe could see the mistrust there! The man walked over and started plucking leaves off the tree, holding them out to the dino.
Boomy: +1 4/5 Ashe: +3 18/20 Post 79 *Yang VMM Event post 19/20
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Post by Ashe on Oct 15, 2021 3:24:32 GMT -6
Boomy ate the leaves happily. Ashe had grabbed multiple handfuls now and held them out for Boomy to eat. Silly beast, he had obviously grabbed part of the branch and got wood in his mouth. Probably didn't taste as good as the leaves! But now that Ashe was spoiling him, he was gobbling up the leaves faster than Ashe could pick them. The man couldn't do this all day, though, so when he tired of it, he left what he'd gathered in front of Boomy and went back to looking for those tracks. They had to be around here somewhere. He knew he didn't lose the trail, they seemed to have just stopped! Unless they'd climbed the tree? He looked up but didn't see anything, and he could see the branches to the top; half the leaves had fallen by this point in time. So he started looking on the ground again, hoping to pick up the trail soon. Boomy munched away, making that last mouthful last.
Boomy: +2 0/5 Ashe: +3 19/20 Post 80 *Yang VMM Event post 20/20
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Post by Nadia on Oct 15, 2021 3:29:31 GMT -6
Why does it feel like this is the perfect bunana for you?
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