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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 15:42:56 GMT -6
Fucking finally. Kadin had to walk across half the god damn field, but he was finally about to put Chiara down. Maybe this was going to take longer than he thought. With a sign that was designed to communicate just how annoyed he was with everything he had to endure, he looked down at the little hen and shook his head. He needed to remind himself that she was not being purposefully difficult. She was just scared. She was allowed to be. He crouched down in front of her to give her a treat for finally getting down, which she accepted, but her eyes kept darting back to the equillion the whole time, as if he was going to come over and eat her at the slightest whim. Kadin thought to himself for a bit to try and think of the best way to go about doing this. He shuffled a little bit in the direction of Trintos and offered Chiara another treat. "Chiara. There you are, good girl, come get a treat. Good Chiara." He tempted, watching her watch him watch his hand. She wanted to treat and she only needed to take a couple steps closer to get it...
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 15:46:57 GMT -6
So she shuffled over to accept it. "Good job!" The human said, scratching under the scales on her chin. Oh! That felt nice. Chiara leaned into it, trilling happily to herself. Kadin scratched her a bit more before giving her another treat. This wasn't so bad! She could get use to it! He shuffled back a little more while she was distracted thinking about how much she liked chin scratches and how he was being nice to her. She refocused when he carefully called her name again. "Chiara! Good girl, come get a treat." Kadin tempted her, holding another piece out. Chiara chirped happily and took the step closer that she needed to in order to get another treat. "Good girl!" Kadin praised, scratching her on the chin and then under the wing this time. She trilled louder, almost like a purr, leaning over onto her side, she was so pleased by the attention she was getting. Kadin chuckled at that. Chiara had seemed to completely forget that Trintos was there, still quietly munching on apples about 50 feet away. She just felt so good and loved and had kind hands on her, she couldn't imagine caring about anything else in the world right now.
Hardy: 8
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:23:48 GMT -6
Kadin's whole plan was to keep getting her closer like this, too. It would take.. a really fucking long time. But she was small, young, and easily intimidated, even by just a pony with intimidation. If he could keep working her closer and closer, eventually she'd stop caring that there was a pony over there. And once she was able to do that, she'd probably be able to stop caring about other creature's intimidating auras, too. He moved back a bit more, calling Chiara over to him to try to get her that much closer to the equillion. "Here you go, girl, more treats. Good girl, Chiara." Kadin said (he didn't coo. He didn't.) The little hen moved over happily enough, gobbling down the juicy treats he'd brought just for teaching her all... this. He gave her another good rub down with plenty of encouragement. Then he shuffled back a bit more. Trintos was still munching happily on apples, idly watching them as they carried on this strange act they were doing. Kadin tempted Chiara over with more treats and gave them to her when she came to him, always snuffling for more. Although she really liked the scratches, too.
Hardy: 9
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:26:59 GMT -6
Maybe it was because she was finally warming up to him. Maybe it was because he was being so encouraging and kind to her when she was frightened. But this whole constantly feeding her treats thing was really working with Chiara. She kept following Kadin while he moved back and gave her treats. And moved back and gave her more treats. And on and on. She really wasn't one to say no to treats and Kadin was mostly covering up the scary equillion that had frightened her so bad to begin with. Before she knew it, she was ten feet closer to it and didn't seem any wiser for it. Of course, that couldn't last. Kadin tried shuffling back a bit more and she got a glimpse of Trintos, MUCH closer than she remembered him being. She only had a chance to raise her wings and hissing in distress before Kadin was basically shoving a treat into her mouth. Puzzled, Chiara stopped and chewed on it. What... had just happened? She stared at Kadin, puzzled, as he gave her another treat and started rubbing down her sides, saying nonsense words to her. She glanced nervously at Trintos again, but Kadin put another treat in her face.
Hardy: 10
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:30:09 GMT -6
"There you go, girl, it's ok, there's nothing to be worried about. Here's another treat, good girl, don't look at him, focus on something else. You don't need to be afraid, see? I'm still here, nothing is going to happen. He might be scary, but you're braver than that." Kadin continued talking on in the same soft, soothing tone, putting treats in Chiara's face and rubbing her down. Eventually, she settled down and seemed not to be too bothered by the equillion anymore. Kadin breathed out a sigh of relief, but kept giving her scratches in her favorite places. He knew that she'd see him eventually. He was almost glad they were this far away when it happened so that she didn't get too freaked out. He waited until she was perfectly distracted. Then he waited a bit more to make sure. Then, only then, did he try moving back a little more. Chiara, too blissed out with treats and scratches to care about much anything else, happily followed him just like before. Kadin let out another sigh of relief. Alright. She wasn't hyper away of Trintos now. He could work with that. They could keep going with that. They were almost there.
Hardy: 11
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:33:35 GMT -6
Kadin continued what they'd been doing before, but a bit slower now. It wasn't that he didn't want Chiara to see Trintos anymore, but quite the opposite. Now, instead of distracting her entirely, every time they moved forward he gave her a moment to notice that Trintos was closer in between treats and love. she froze up a little at times, but she was still following him. She trusted him now. He was staying between her and the scary thing. She felt safe and she WAS getting a lot of treats. So she kept following him, really living for these chin and wing scratches. The closer they got the slower Kadin moved, too. Chiara could almost predict when they were going to move forward, although she didn't do it herself. Soon they were around thirty feet away from the equillion. She was feeling a bit fidgety. Every time she got used to him again they got closer and she was reminded of how intimidating he had. There was also a certain... presence around him. One that seemed to draw her attention, as much as Kadin was trying to distract her. Kadin noticed this, too, and stopped to let her get used to this distance for a while.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:36:41 GMT -6
It was very obvious that he didn't want to push her that much, to anyone who happened to be watching. He sat down and stayed with Chiara as she got used to how close they were. He was mostly just scratching her at this point, letting her look over at Trintos and make up her mind what she thought about it. She kept looking away, but eventually her eyes were drawn back to him. After a long while, she visibly made the decision to look away and focus her attention on Kadin, lifting a wing and pressing it into his hand to get attention. He chuckled at that and wondered what kind of little monster he was making here. Now that she was comfortable again, he got up and started moving again. This time they stopped when they were 25 feet away, having covered half the distance they originally were. It wasn't until then that Chiara started to get nervous again so Kadin sat down and started giving her attention. It didn't take as long as last time for her to get comfortable. And once she was, he got up, and they started the process all over again. He'd take as long as she needed.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:40:26 GMT -6
Chiara snuggled her head into Kadin's hand, begging to be scratched behind the ears. They were fifteen feet away now and she needed comfort. Trintos was still there, watching and munching apples. She didn't like it. She didn't like him. She didn't like his eyes on her or how he made her feel. But when she started having those feelings, she just focused back on Kadin and let him distract her from how awful the other creature was. And so they continued. Once she was comfortable with this distance, Kadin tempted her a bit closer and closer. Every time she was scared, he stopped and made sure she wasn't. Soon they were ten feet away. And this was REALLY closer. She could see all the hairs on the equillion's muzzle! She could see his teeth crunching into the apples! His... blunt, herbivore teeth. Chiara tilted her head, puzzled. Now that they were this close, she could see that he... wasn't actually that scary after all? Everything about his presence, the aura he gave off, she was getting used to it. And he was really just a pony, standing there and eating apples. Still, she made Kadin scratch between her wings as reward for getting this far.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 23, 2020 16:43:53 GMT -6
After Chiara's revelation, Kadin was able to tempt her to move a bit more quickly. He was cautious at first, but she didn't seem to be bothered much anymore. Not until he was suddenly sitting right next to Trintos, the equillion at his back and the sarane hen right in front of him. This close, Chiara climbed into Kadin's lap and demanded cuddles, of all things. He was worried she was getting sick for a moment? But nope, seemed like she just really liked being spoiled. Not that he'd complain about that. He gave her the attention she was seeking. Once she seemed comfortable and relaxed in his lap, he spun around with her so that she was right next to Trintos herself. The equillion leaned down to whuff apple scented air at her scales. The hatchling hen turned to look at him and hissed as if he were trying to take attention away from her. Kadin laughed. She shed off the last of her fear right before his eyes as she spread her wings and growled at the equillion, obviously not in fear, but to scold him, just like she'd scolded Aodh back in the mines. Kadin figured they didn't have anything to worry about after that.
Hardy: 15
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Post by Nadia on Sept 24, 2020 10:37:53 GMT -6
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Post by Kadin on Sept 24, 2020 14:02:03 GMT -6
Annona & Keto After leaving for a while for a break, Kadin was back, once again, in this fun house of a mansion. He didn't have the same creatures with him this time, either. Instead, he was bring two new sarane. Every day, it seemed as if he found more things in his kennels. The piles upon piles of coloring hatchlings was just one such example of things that he had to sort through. These two? Were both females. They'd reminded him of Chiara, even though neither of them looked anything like her, and he figured it wouldn't hurt to bring them here to see if they'd get along while he did some more exploring. Granted, they had to be able to actually start exploring before they'd be able to get anything at all like that done. It seemed that no matter what combination of sarane he had with him, they were destined to fight. He had to carry these two hens all the way here just to get them there without any grievous injuries. Kadin wasn't sure if he'd be able to survive a long venture here like this. Not with these two trying to rip each other's throats out. He only hoped that, like the others, they'd come to befriend each other the longer they spent together. 91
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Post by Kadin on Sept 24, 2020 18:36:55 GMT -6
As he walked along through the orchard, one hen bundled under each arm, he began to rethink that whole idea that maybe they'd start to get along after a while. He'd barely gotten through the gate and the bluish hen was already snaking her neck around to try and bite at the orange hen. That was just. Great. Kadin shook the hens in his arms, trying to upset her balance so she couldn't reach around like that, but all he earned was a hiss and a bite for his troubles. Right. They didn't like him that much, either. Somehow he'd forgotten that part. Maybe he'd just gotten spoiled by how much his other pair of hatchings had ended up getting used to him in the end. It certainly hadn't prepared him to have another pair of hissing, grumpy little ladies on his hands. In his hands. Arms. Ugh. Eventually, he got tired of getting torn up, so with a grunt Kadin half dropped and half extracted two little hatchlings from his arms and onto the ground. Extracted because they wouldn't let him the fuck go, digging into his jacket with claws and nails and twisting tails. Because they were sarane. Of course.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 24, 2020 18:39:47 GMT -6
As if he wasn't just trying to put them down, like they so obviously wanted to be. "Alright, ladies." Kadin said with a frown, looking down at the two struggling, hissing, generally angry creatures in front of him. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. And which way we go is entirely up to whether or not you take it easy or hard on me." He sighed at this, his shoulders slumping a bit. "I'd been hoping that bringing out two hens would mean that it'd be the easy way, but I can see that's not the case."
He eyed them and they eyed him back. Eventually, they got sick of eyeing him and started eyeing each other. Kadin could see where this was going and he got between the two hens before it could even start. "Nope. Nope, we're not going there. You're going to behave around each other, at least. I don't care if you hate me, but I don't want you two tearing each other apart."
He couldn't tell for sure, but they seemed to accept this as an acceptable compromise because they went to attack his shoes and legs, next. Man. He was starting to miss the puppies.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 24, 2020 18:44:42 GMT -6
"I am going to have to get rid of these cloths after this." Kadin stated dully, staring off into a far distances as the hens tried to rip his jeans apart with their stubby little baby dragon teeth. He was lucky they were still pretty young. If they were around Aodh's age around the time he'd tried to train him a stronger attack, he'd be shred to pieces right about now. "Don't you guys have anything better to do than try to eat me? Wait, no, don't answer that. I don't want you trying to fight each other again."
With yet another sigh, Kadin crouched down to look at the sarane at eye level. "Listen. We're going to have to get along here. I don't need you two to like each other, but I need you not to kill each other. At least, not yet. If you grow up and decide that you still don't like each other I'll take you to the pit and let you fight it out, I promise. But you're too young to be losing any limbs, ok?"
Here he was trying to be reasonable, but all they were doing was trying to bite at his hands now that they were in range.
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Post by Kadin on Sept 24, 2020 18:50:40 GMT -6
That was pretty typical. Kadin would have to take some extreme measures.
"Alright, I didn't want to have to resort to bribery so early in our relationship, but you two have left me with no choice." Kadin took out the pouch of treats. He held it up, close enough to their faces so that they could smell the contents, but not so close that they could try and snatch it away. "Only good little sarane get treats." Kadin warned severely, eyeing the two hens as if he was trying to be harsh with him. Which, honestly? It was hard to take himself seriously like this. He was talking to two babies. Baby sarane, at that. They weren't exactly known for being the brightest beings around. They certainly couldn't understand him. He was doing this entirely for his own benefit. But, well. There was also no harm in that.
At least it seemed to get their attention. The hatchlings suddenly stopped looking like they were going to tear each other apart and started staring at the bag of treats instead. They were, after all, growing girls. They needed to eat basically everything that fit in their mouth's in order to grow big and strong some day.
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