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Post by Jack on Nov 1, 2019 20:47:20 GMT -6
Celestial hopped from one foot to the other as the door was opened, and she stuck her head into the kennel and sniffed a little, booping happily before pulling back out and hopping over to the toys. She found a little plush Orbaru and swung it around a little, happily and carefree. She didn't know what else to do with it, but she tilted her head at the male to see if he wanted to play with her at all.
Shaking her head, Jack answered, "Trying to stay busy. I went to the Mansion and stuck around outside honestly. Started working with a Houluh, and of course got Tok here." She smiled at him and then patted the seat next to her, scooting over a little so he could sit down comfortably. She wanted to tell him how much she missed him whenever he wasn't around, but figured that might just run him off. She wanted to tell him a lot of things, that she daydreamed about him and wished she could cuddle up to him at night sometimes, if only to feel his fur against her as she slept. Part of her wondered if he thought the same thing, but most of her didn't want to scare him off and say something that might do that. She looked down at her feet, unsure of what to say.
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Post by Renathan on Nov 1, 2019 21:00:06 GMT -6
Oh, the female was coming to him! Wizard seemed pretty excited. There weren't a whole lot of females in the kennel that would care to be around him, perhaps he was a little different somehow? With his big ole eyes, he often caught the other orbaru running away from him. What was so different about him? At least this female wanted to play with him! Then he followed the female, excitedly wondering if she would let him play with her. He wiggled his ears back and forth, but looked super excited. Sure, he'd play!
Renathan noted that, and understood. "I get you there, it is good to stay busy as the year winds down." He was somewhat afraid that people would stop being as busy as the year got colder, like they usually did. So far it didn't seem to be going that way, thankfully. Renathan sat right down beside her, and turned toward her. "I'm really glad to see you. I'm also really happy to meet your familiar! It sounds like you've done a great job at staying busy." He was leaned a little forward, but not overly so. He didn't want to creep her out, but man was he glad to see her!
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Post by Jack on Nov 1, 2019 21:04:14 GMT -6
Shyly, Celestial held out the little toy for him to play with, wondering what he might do with it. She leaned into the toy box and booped in surprise when she fell in. A few toys squeaked when she wallered around trying to get out, but she floundered a little bit until she finally found a purchase and stood up again, looking a little ashamed of herself. Jack smiled at her, but then turned her attention back to Renathan.
"I'm trying, at least my leg isn't hurting like it used to in the winter..." she trailed off and then gingerly reached out to touch him on the arm. Tok wasn't sure what was wrong with his mistress, but it wasn't like he could do anything to help her, only with magic and some courage sometimes, it seemed. Jack smiled a little at him and patted him on the head as he curled up on her shoulder and fell asleep. "It's really good to see you too, I just... don't know what to do anymore, it's not like me," she finally admitted, not looking at him, she didn't want to see the look of disappointment she was sure would be on his face when she said it.
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Post by Renathan on Nov 1, 2019 21:11:26 GMT -6
Wizard wasn't sure if he knew exactly how to play like the other orbaru did. It made him feel a little awkward, perhaps he was a little more preoccupied with his own self than other orbaru tended to be. However, he took the little toy and then bounced with it, doing a little dance. When he went to reach out to the female, however, to have her join the dance maybe? She had disappeared! Wizard panicked, a little, and then looked into the squeaky toys. Finally, he noticed that she was in the box! Was this a game too? He tried to scramble into the box, himself.
Renathan nodded, somberly for a second. "I am very glad that your leg isn't hurting anymore, but... I was so scared. I'm sure you were moreso scared..." He hadn't talked much about it since it happened, was now even a good time? "Not like you?" He asked, concerned. He wasn't sure what she meant, but he wanted to listen to her. He cared about how she felt, genuinely. "You can tell me anything." He said, and then he waited.
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Post by Jack on Nov 1, 2019 21:15:44 GMT -6
Shaking her head a little, Celestial decided it might be a good thing to be in the box if he was coming with her. She booped happily and made room for him, pretending it was a fort of some kind and they could hide from the others in there. She booped another little giggle and she reached out to help him into the box so he was next to her for awhile at least. Things were nice in the box, she figured, and she nuzzled up to him a little as she helped him.
Tok snored on her shoulder and she stroked his feathers as she tried to think a little, "It was scary, but you were there, I knew it would be alright in the end, even if I simply lost the leg." Jack tried to smile a little at him, but then sighed and looked down at her free hand. "I uh, don't know how to deal with myself like this. I'm feeling lots of things that I can't really figure out, and I don't want to scare you away, I'm scaring myself enough as it is..." Jack trailed off a little with another sigh, "It's like everything just clicks into place though, with you, and I don't want to jeopardize anything right now."
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Post by Renathan on Nov 1, 2019 21:21:52 GMT -6
Wizard was still a normal orbaru through and through, and maybe that meant that he didn't really have the forethought that most creatures did. The box gave way just a tad as he scrambled inside. It wasn't enough to cause any trouble, but it was enough to make him tumble inside of the box. He fell head over heels into the box and right beside the female. He nuzzled up to her too, as soon as he noticed that she was doing it. He could have done without the tumble, but he liked this a whole lot!
Renathan listened carefully, both of his ears faced towards the front, towards her to better pick up her voice. "I am so glad you didn't lose the leg." He said, and then he listened even more carefully. He nodded as she spoke, his hands on his knees. His face was very metered, beneath the mask, and he finally nods to her, staying quiet at first to make sure that she had said what she needed to say before making his own thoughts known. "That is perfectly okay. Feel free to talk to me whenever or if you feel like it. I don't think you'd scare me away. You know, real friends don't act like that. But I want you to be comfortable first." He said, smiling. He took off his mask, to show the concern, but care on his face for her. He hoped that it didn't make it worse.
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2019 18:42:56 GMT -6
Booping happily, Celestial snuggled up to Wizard and then closed her eyes a little bit. She wasn't sure what they were going to do, but she was sure it was going to be fun! If only she could get Tok down here with them, then things would be even better, she figured, but Tok didn't move very far away from the woman, she knew that much at least.
A smile bloomed across her face as he took off his mask, she always liked seeing his face, it was easier that way, and she knew that he trusted her because of it. At least she knew that much, even if she didn't know a lot about what was going on right now. "I... thank you Renathan. I just... wish we could see each other more, spend more free time together or something, nothing more, just time," Jack said slowly, still stroking Tok's feathers as he slept on her lap. She didn't know how to say anything else at the moment and decided to leave it at that. Well... "You know, you could stay over some nights, nothing crazy though! Just staying over, I guess...?" she added hastily, trying not to look at him when she realized her cheeks were burning.
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Post by Renathan on Nov 2, 2019 19:20:14 GMT -6
Wizard was perhaps not the best at coming up with things to do, but he was happy to be there with her. He dug around in the box, not quite thinking about much else. He didn't even think about the other individuals there at all, not quite the two-legged tall ones, nor the little critter. Maybe he hadn't even noticed the little critter much or something of that nature.
Renathan was always glad that he felt safe enough to take his mask off around her; he was sure that no one would bother them while they were breeding orbaru. Most of the time people didn't, anyway. It wouldn't be too hard to put it back on if anything happened. "I understand that- we could come up with some more date ideas, if you'd like?" He offered, trying to be as open as possible. "I'm sorry I'm so busy during the day anymore, but I'd love to come over! Especially when it gets colder. Maybe we can make some of that hot drink- hot chocolate during the winter evenings?" He mused. He could tell that her cheeks were red, and he was glad that his own were covered in fur or it would be similar.
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2019 19:35:11 GMT -6
Her eyes popped back open and she smiled over at the little male with the big tail orb. Reaching out with a paw, she went to tap it once or twice to see what would happen. She booped happily at the same time, and she hoped that he didn't mind if she did that at the moment. Maybe it would be the best if things happened that way, she didn't know she was being bred, of course.
"It's not just you of course! I'm trying to stay busy too and all that. It's hard to get together, I just figured that night time might work out better," Jack said hurriedly with a smile on her face as he suggested what he did. Her fingers stopped over Tok's feathers, feeling a little better for the moment, and she grinned a little wider as she touched her nodes to make sure they were still there. She wanted more magic... But that wasn't the point! "That sounds great! We should definitely do that too. Have you had apple cider? That's really good in the fall and winter when it's cold out, imagine hot, spiced apple juice. We could make a fire in the fireplace and play cards or something? Or just sit and watch when the snow starts falling," Jack said happily, eyes closed out of joy it seemed.
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Post by Renathan on Nov 2, 2019 19:42:35 GMT -6
The male orbaru just about jumped when he felt his tail orb be touched; it occurred to him that he had never had his tail orb touched before! It wasn't sensitive or anything, but he did feel it all the same. He turned towards her, and his ears flopped over into his face a bit. He peered out through them sheepishly, his nose twitching. Well, hi there. He hadn't really noticed that she was female- well of course he realized that, but he hadn't really 'realized' that in that way.
Renathan grinned softly. Jack was really too cute, and it made him feel much more comfortable about how he felt about her. Perhaps they really did feel the same way? It seemed like it. "I understand Jack. Night time does sound a lot better." He said, nodding. "That way we don't have to worry about work... Say, you're still working under the Archmage, right?" They hadn't talked about it a lot, before.
"I haven't personally had apple cider yet, but I'd love to have some."He grinned. "You'll have to teach me how to play cards, but I'd love to learn..." He was super embarrassed, suddenly, but it sounded like so much fun! He was more excited than worried and nervous, thankfully. She was so... So nice and he would love to hang out with her more.
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2019 19:48:43 GMT -6
Celestial was, admittedly, a bit dense in that regards. She knew he was a male, but it didn't seem to phase her any. The tail orb intrigued her, but that was it, she didn't know why they had been introduced to each other or anything, and it didn't make much sense to her for them to do anything else. She mimicked him and tilted her head, her own ears flopping over her head a little before she booped happily and reached out to paw at him again.
Jack nodded and finally left Tok alone, snoring on her lap, "Yes, I work for her once a week or so, she has a few of us she works with from time to time. It's a lot of paperwork while she gets the fun stuff though." She chuckled a little and gingerly went to lean against him. What did she call him now anyway? Were they actually dating? Well, they dated, so... She smiled again and shook her head a little, looking forward to feeling the touch of his fur against her cheek, she had went to rest her head on his shoulder if he allowed it. "Well good, I'm always happy to teach you something new, though I expect you to return the favor with something?" Jack asked happily. There were so many things different about their cultures, she was always happy to learn something new.
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Post by Renathan on Nov 2, 2019 19:57:59 GMT -6
Wizard probably didn't really have the mental faculties to know much about any of that. Sure, instincts were instincts and he would most likely have something or another going on eventually when it came to the breeding thing, but right now he was more than a little dense on that. He was super shy about his tail being touched for some reason though, not exactly one that he would have the mental capacity to figure out what meant. Orbaru weren't dumb, just pretty simple. He did notice that the female had shiny fur though, and he looked at it with big curious eyes.
Renathan nodded, listening attentively. "Paperwork has to be the worst, just having to do it for breedings kinda sucks when you do a lot of them during the month." Thankfully he had slowed down some, and planned to stay slowed down for a while. He was really busy, after all. He felt her go for his shoulder, and then leaned into it as well, trying to avoid hitting his head on hers by accident and managing it pretty decently on his end. "Oh, of course! I uh-" It suddenly kind of hit him that he didn't know a whole lot right now, about what kinds of things he'd know about that she wouldn't. "Have you ever thought about getting into leatherworking? My people have a type of leatherworking style that isn't used from what I can see in Pethia." He offers. "Oh, and better yet, board games. I can make a few boards and pieces, and show you the ones we play back home." He offered.
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2019 20:03:19 GMT -6
Things were interesting though, she felt a little odd toward the male, though she couldn't say why it was. Sure they were there to breed, but would she actually feel anything, emotionally? Did Orbaru have emotions? She booped happily and found a little ball she tossed at the male to distract herself a little from the odd feeling she had around him. That wouldn't do, she didn't know what that was about and it scared her a little!
Nestled onto his shoulder, she smiled. She was content at the moment, which was what she was aiming for with most things. While she wasn't sure what the next move was, she still tilted her head to the side and went to kiss his cheek, sneaking it in a little if she could. Then, giving an enthusiastic nod, she answered, "That sounds amazing! I would love to learn new techniques, you know me and everything, the more I know, the better off I am if something happens." Grinning, she looked up at him a little tenderly as she buried the fingers of one hand in Tok's feathers as he slept, "I'd love to learn new games too. I'll admit, I'm not very good at games, but I can try! And I'll definitely teach you the card games I know, it might just take awhile."
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Post by Renathan on Nov 2, 2019 20:09:38 GMT -6
Wizard was a little bit easily distracted, and his golden eyes shimmered as he saw the ball. BALL! PLAY! He chased after it, nearly running into the side of the box himself, shaking it a bit. Suddenly, the male leaped on the ball, a flying tackle of a leap, and he nearly hit the wall of the box again! He was having a lot of fun, and finally, after a lot of jumping, he managed to 'get' the ball. He turned towards the female excitedly, tilting his head. Then he tossed the ball to her. That was fun!
Renathan was always happy to be around Jack, and he had nearly forgot that the orbaru were even here. He had to kind of suppress a chuckle at that, it was sort of funny. He breathed in, and then sighed contentedly. He was quite happy right now. "Certainly, I'll get some leather together and I'll show you how to make one of those four-pawed saddles, I think." The tooling tool was a lot different, where he came from, at least. "That is okay with me, to be honest I wasn't really the best at them where I came from, but we played a lot of them." He said, and then he nodded a bit. She smelled good, of course. Probably would be pretty weird to note that if it wasn't for the fact that he was a mammalian. Bit better sense of smell, after all.
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Post by Jack on Nov 2, 2019 20:20:15 GMT -6
Giggling a little, Celestial fell over as she watched him run into the walls of the box. At least they were having fun! She snuggled up to him again and sighed happily, she was happy to have found a new friend, and it didn't seem like they were going anywhere! Even if they did, she had a male who looked like him at home, not that the outside mattered more than the inside of course. But maybe it would work, if Star cuddled as well...?
Tok stirred in his sleep and the woman smiled down at him a little. She didn't know what to do with him at the moment, but that was fine. Jack sighed happily as the Orbaru had done and then she nodded a little, "Alright, we can be bad at games together then." Grinning up at him, she nuzzled into his shoulder a little and looked pleased with herself. She couldn't wait to learn some new things from Renathan, and it was going to be great to be able to fashion a few things out of a new skill at the same time. Not that she would abuse the privilege of course! Jack smiled though, she was happy, just like she always was around Renathan.
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