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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 20:47:48 GMT -6
Natural's Coin for the Ferryman x Wiltholm Estate's Bark at the Moon2/3 Breeding for Patronne 2/3 Breeding for Matronne
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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 20:51:59 GMT -6
Honestly? She was pretty excited to be bringing Kanellos to the Breeding Center again, this time to meet up with Selene instead of Cozette, however. She didn't know how they would get along, hopefully decently well though it could always go differently. Jack chewed on her lip as her prim and proper Houluh walked alongside her, she hoped that he wouldn't have an issue with a more alpha female than Cozette had been. He was rather princely in his demeanor, and she hoped that it wouldn't cause them any difficulties. Jack crammed a hat on her head over her unruly hair, and then shoved her hands into her pockets. Kanellos didn't need a leash, which was good, and it was such a lovely day outside she knew it was going to be worth it to meet Luna and Nico's daughter. Jack grinned a little, wondering what she was going to do with the pup this time as she waited at the door for Morgan.
1/20
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Post by Morgan on Mar 6, 2020 20:59:54 GMT -6
Morgan was nervous about having more breedings, especially since their beloved Selene had just had a lovely set of puppies a while back, but they did feel like it was important to fulfill obligations, and well, the alliance between Wiltholm Estate and Natural's was beyond beneficial for everyone involved. It also was something that Morgan wanted to do to allow as many folks to have a houluh pup as possible by donating to the HAA, so this would be useful at the very least. Morgan walked the Matronne at the end of a leash, and she stayed precisely where she was supposed to, with long languid strides that made her look especially matronly now. Morgan stepped up to the door and then opened it, unsure if they had gotten here first or not. Ah, not that is.
Morgan raised a hand in greeting, and flashed a polite smile. "Hey."
Ah, a nervous day!
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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 21:03:26 GMT -6
Jack leaned against the outside wall of the Breeding Center, Kanellos sitting next to her, and they watched as the human and their Matronne came strolling along, long strides from the Houluh as the person walked her along. She was well trained, it was easy to see, and she smiled at them both, raising a hand in return, "Hey there! Nice day to be out, right?" Chuckling, she opened the door and gestured Morgan and the two Houluh inside first, and she wondered what kind of pups they were going to have. Breeding different combinations was interesting, and as she thought of that, the woman noticed Kanellos was cautiously sniffing at the Matronne. Selene looked as lovely as ever, and Jack thought it was wonderful she looked so much like her mother. "How've you been? How are all the pups?" Jack asked with a kind smile as she strolled into the building.
3/20
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Post by Morgan on Mar 6, 2020 21:10:39 GMT -6
Morgan hadn't really noticed that Jack was outside, but whenever they did they did a double take. "Oh hey- I uh thought-" Yeah, it turned out that Morgan had seen what they thought was Jack through the window of the door, and it was reflected back into their glasses and made it looked like they had been inside. "I guess so." Morgan said, feeling a little sheepish. They had to make it through this today, they just had to. But honestly all that 'friend' stuff had made them so nervous last time that they didn't really feel confident doing this again for a while. They weren't really here to be a butt, but they weren't really here to make friends either and it kinda freaked them out. Selene was the opposite of freaked out, of course, looking at Kanellos with her bright blue eyes. She surveys him with a confident gaze, as if trying to figure out just what to think of him. "They're doing very well- I'm working on training a red male of mine at the moment." They said, nodding.
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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 21:16:36 GMT -6
"Oh that's great! Red Houluh are amazing," she said with a smile as she walked over to the counter after they were all inside, she filled out what she could of the paperwork and held it out to Morgan after a few moments of writing, "Of course I might be biased with Red, Selene's brother, but..." Jack leaned on the counter and rested a hand on Kanellos' head as he sniffed at Selene a little bit, trying to figure out what she was doing. She looked confident, well, so was he, and he sniffed at the air a little and looked away after a few moments, his own brown eyes trying to take everything in for now. It wasn't the first time either of them had been there, that much was certain, he could smell the pups on her for now, which was odd, but it was fine and he would do what the woman said.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 6, 2020 21:22:33 GMT -6
Morgan nodded, awkwardly following Selene's excellent lead for a moment as she sort of picked up on Morgan's slight anxiety (dumb anxiety days...) and lead them around and where she was sure they were headed. Thank goodness for Morgna's ability to trust in their trained critters to love and care for them enough to lead them like a pup sometimes. It was still embarrassing though. "Red is a-a-a-an adorable hound, he was a very cute pup if I ru-remember correctly." Morgan stumbled a bit verbally, and nearly lapsed into Labs sign language out of habit. "Nice to see ya again, Kanellos." Morgan said, remembering that he didn't like to be dirty from before. Selene was still as rough and tumble as ever, but she was much more mature now that she had pups once. Pups could really be difficult to raise, after all, and she was doing a great job keeping up with them and the human 'pup' after all. She could more than handle another male if she could handle having pups.
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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 21:30:15 GMT -6
Kanellos sniffed at the person's hand and inclined his head gently in a greeting, which made the woman chuckle a little. "Red's a good boy, did you know he's grown with pups of his own now? We got an adorable little brindle girl I named Ladybird back home. And of course Selene's Moonbeam is doing wonderful as well," she assured them with a smile on her face. She missed Renathan... and she got a little frown on her face after thinking that, she usually met him here, but not recently. Maybe he wasn't into Houluh, she wouldn't blame him though, they were a lot of work to get to breeding. Still though, maybe she should send something to him soon. But she snapped herself out of her trance and nodded a little, "Done anything interesting lately? Though if you'd like quiet, I totally understand." Their stutter was back, though she didn't know what exactly what that meant, just... nerves maybe?
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Post by Morgan on Mar 6, 2020 21:36:27 GMT -6
Kanellos was, as Morgan had come to expect, pretty prissy, and that was fine by Morgan. Every houluh had their eccentricities, and that was the silver boy. Morgan's own offspring from Kanellos, little Mercury, was a little finicky with the assisted bottle so far, as well. Morgan helped with feedings to give poor Selene a moment to cool off until he weaned, and boy Morgan could tell that he was already going to be a hot mess. "Oh, he's got his own pups." Morgan said, the voice excited, but quiet. "That's great, and a buh-rindle?" Oh that is cool, Morgan had not seen a brindle up to this point. "I haven't seen a brindle myself yet. I'm glad to hear uh-bou' Moonbeam." Morgan admitted. "Admittedly Sirius ran Mercury onto the bottles- Cozette isn't the best nurser so Selene has been helping me keep Mercury up to weight. Up un-til they weaned, a-a-anyway." It was easy to talk, right now, at least. "No-not recently? I uh, woke up with another tat-lung egg the other morning. I think I remember something or another... a voice? Two voices." Morgan squinted as they spoke. Selene looks up, licks Morgan's hand, and then tilts her own head at the patronne a bit. He was a dignified one, wasn't he? All shiny-coated.
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Post by Jack on Mar 6, 2020 21:41:52 GMT -6
"Selene, you're a wonderful Houluh," Jack told her, twisting the ring on her finger with a little smile as she spoke after listening to Morgan, "I'm glad you're helping out, I'm sure Cozette is thankful as well." She twisted the hat on her head a little and then smiled over at Morgan again before giving a bit of a chuckle, "I do believe you've got the most Tat-lung out of anyone I've ever met. Are you having problems with nightmares at all? I know what that's like... I can help you out with a little homebrew I've come up with, nothing alcoholic if you're worried about that."
Kanellos looked over at her and then leaned forward and sniffed at Selene again before stiffly walking over to her and sitting down in front of her, eyeing her for a moment before nodding his head again, bowing it a little in greeting. It only made sense to be friendly.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 8, 2020 15:12:11 GMT -6
Selene looked up at the sound of her name, at the woman that she'd seen before, and thumped her tail twice at it. She knew her name, and had been around people enough to understand that it was a good, relaxed tone. Morgan gently patted her on the head for a moment, happy for her. "Poor Cozette. S-she's good at everything but that." Morgan wasn't sure why she was such a turbulent hound, but she was a good girl in her own way. AHEM- well... Yes, Morgan thought, but they were more than a little shy to say anything about it- they had to work through that. "Yeah, it's uh, a little stressful." Morgan admitted, looking sheepish. Then, a laugh- "Actually, I'm a uh, pretty big drinker already so uh..." Well, that was embarrassing, good job.
Selene turned her attention back to the silvery patronne, allowing him to sniff her and doing a light sniff back when his nose came near. Well, wasn't he a bit of a gentleman? She noticed that he was not as playful as the other patronne, and instead adjusted to his nonchalant behavior by picking a spot to lay down, her body stretched out.
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Post by Jack on Mar 8, 2020 15:18:14 GMT -6
Smiling, Jack bowed her head at the regal looking Matronne and then listened as Morgan spoke. Stressful to have Tat-lung, she would agree to that, if Vesuvius was any indication... A chuckle escaped her and she shook her head, wondering what she would do if she got more of them. She'd had a dream awhile back, but nothing had happened with it, so she felt she was in the clear. If not, then she was in for a big surprise... A laugh escaped her and she nodded, "Being here leads to drink, but it's more of a medicinal brew than anything, it quiets the mind and helps you relax instead of making it all scrambled like alcohol. If you'd ever like to try, let me know."
Ah, she wanted to sniff as well? Kanellos stayed stock still for a moment before laying down next to her as she stretched out. He didn't know how much time they had before they got to a room, but if they were friendly enough to each other, then it all worked out.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 8, 2020 15:38:40 GMT -6
Morgan was a relatively nervous person on some days, and today was definitely not one of their better days. However, they did really love to have tat-lung, it was more stressful to have the nightmares themselves... They wanted to be able to remember the nightmares, or dreams, or whatever have you was going on. Morgan felt more than nervous about admitting their drinking to... Someone who considered them a friend. It was definitely a new, odd thing and they weren't sure that they really liked it yet. "...Thank you." Morgan said, sheepishly. It was... Odd. Yes.
Selene was quite surprised and amused when he allowed the sniff, and then laid down next to her. Well, that was good- that meant that this might be able to go a little better than she had expected. She was getting to where she could understand what Morgan wanted her to do without too much fuss, and it was pretty obvious that she was about to have more pups, if all went well.
That was fine with her. She could deal with anything at this point, and heck, she was okay with pups.
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Post by Jack on Mar 8, 2020 15:43:19 GMT -6
"Anytime," Jack said with a smile and then glanced around as the attendant came over to them, "I guess we're up." She snapped her fingers and Kanellos reluctantly stood up and stretched out like a cat to move over next to her. "After you?" she said to Morgan with another little smile. It was pleasant enough doing breedings with them, and she wondered if Renathan knew them as well. Probably not, what were the odds of that happening? A shrug later and she wandered off down the hall to get to the room and let Kanellos in only after she waved Morgan and Selene in first. Kanellos seemed to agree that the lady should be first no matter what. He liked her, she was lovely and reminded him of Luna back at the Kennel. He was sure this was the daughter she spoke of with pride in her eyes, the one who had bred with Snow.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 8, 2020 15:57:35 GMT -6
Morgan was pretty quiet today it would seem, and that made them feel a little bit bad about the situation, but they were saved by the bell when they were called back. Morgan gave the command for Selene to come, which sounded a little odd since Morgan quite obviously blew on the whistle, and the houluh's ears perked up, but there was no sound heard for anyone else in the room. Morgan nodded- "Thank you." And then moved forward, Selene walking with her languid style after standing up from where she had laid down. She gave a polite nod to the particularly well groomed patronne and then followed after Morgan quietly. She wagged her tail at him though, flirtily, casting her gaze over her shoulder towards him as they made their way back.
Was this the one that Cozette had gossiped with her about? Father of little Mercury?
Morgan made it to the room, and opened the door, stepping inside and holding it open out of habit.
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