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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 15:38:33 GMT -6
Renathan holds his face in his hands for a moment, lifting up his mask to rub over his eyes. With orbaru, he didn't feel all that bad about taking his eyes off of them for a moment or two. He really wanted to let himself have some time to calm down. It was really difficult some days, even though he lived alone, to find time really for himself. The orbaru would not be paying attention to him over each other, he was sure, so he really felt like he was alone for once. It felt... Nice, and a little bit lonely, perhaps. He couldn't tell if he really needed time to be alone or if he really needed connection. He decided that time alone seemed much more comfortable than trying to join some kind of hobby group to find 'friends'. That never seemed to work out anyway.
While Reanthan was trying to calm himself down a little bit, the two orbaru seemed to inch towards each other to close the gap. It was a really slow process at first. Mars didn't move much- but slowly he drew himself out of the crate a bit at a time. Silver Maple didn't want to run up on him too fast, it would seem.
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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 15:45:22 GMT -6
While Renathan was mostly 'out of it' (as he would put it, something that his creatures tended to help him stop freaking out during- but without any of his most prized creatures around he didn't have any real way of drawing himself out of it at that moment) the two orbaru seemed to regard each other curiously. It was obvious that the two wanted to play, but Silver Maple most definitely found Mars quite odd. She lived with quite a few different kinds of orbaru, including several that looked quite a bit like Mars, but she didn't understand why Mars wasn't ignoring her. Most of the time when she tried to initiate play with one of these orbaru that looked a lot like Mars, they would simply sleep! She'd even jumped on one of them one time, but they wouldn't budge. They just rolled over and ignored her! But Mars wasn't acting like that at all, and she wasn't sure what to make of it. Orbaru were quite simple, but that didn't mean that they weren't still used to certain specific constants occurring in their lives. That made her a little bit cautious when it came to possibly playing with this strange orbaru.
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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 15:50:18 GMT -6
As for Mars, Mars had simply not been around many other orbaru for very long at all. For the longest, he was actually housed with Renathan's kennel- something that he had long since planned to stop using, and only relatively recently were the creatures moved out of there to be housed elsewhere. Mars was carefully cared for by himself, and now he was housed with all of the orbaru in Renathan's rather extensive orbaru collection. He did like having so many 'friends' but he wasn't sure how to actually... Make friends with them. It seemed like all of his close 'friends' preferred to play with other orbaru in the house, and he found himself edged out of being able to compete in these games. He was left to sleep at the sidelines, and though he didn't particularly hate this it did leave him without much confidence with this changing. Did he even want it to change at this point? Regardless, this other orbaru was interested in playing with HIM now, and they were the only ones here... That would make it easier, right?
Renathan finally straightens up, and then remembers- the berry! He'd completely forgotten about the berry he'd brought for these two.
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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 15:59:10 GMT -6
Renathan reaches towards his waist for the pouch that he brought the berry in, and was thankful that it was still there because he did observe that it was barely hanging on. Apparently his speedy attempt to get to the Breeding Center had nearly jostled it from being tied to his waist sash, which would have been a mess. It was incredibly rare to get more than one orbaru from a breeding without these berries in Renathan's past experience. He didn't see any point in trying to breed orbaru if he was going to get such few kits! It took entirely too long to only get one kit in return, he felt. He barely had enough time for his hobbies as it was! He quickly unties the rest of the pouch's paltry knots and then he pulls the berry from within the pouch. It seemed to be undamaged; and he was thankful for that. He didn't want to hand the berry straight to the orbaru now, not when they were so close to playing! However, he did know that they might not have a whole lot of time in which to eat the berry before deciding to do what Renathan had brought them here for.
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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 16:45:09 GMT -6
So the russet mammalian clicks his tongue as he typically does before handing out treats to the orbaru that he had; and that was enough to prompt both orbaru (but especially Mars) to pay more attention to him for that moment. Both of them catch sight of the brightly colored and quite shiny berry that he had in his leathery palm, and it doesn't take any time at all for both of them to run over. Mars was even a little quicker than Silver Maple had been- whenever he decided that he wanted something he sure did busy himself with doing that! Renathan shook his head, but rolled the berry onto the floor so that they could access it. Renathan leans back in his chair and watches the two orbaru mindlessly- he just lets his head empty out of thoughts. He tried to relax himself, so that he could start the process of feeling better. He didn't need to go to that meeting with a funky disposition. Mars was a little bit of a glutton with the berry, taking a little more than half of it. Most of the time orbaru were pretty decent about sharing, but this time there was a sloth orbaru around!
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Post by Renathan on Apr 21, 2022 16:59:56 GMT -6
If it weren't for the fact that Silver Maple was so quick on her feet, she might not have gotten any of the berry at all. She did manage to get what she seemed to deem enough, however. She began licking the juice off of her paws after wiping her face in order to clean herself. Mars, on the other hand, didn't have any interest in cleaning himself. Once he'd gorged himself on the berry he simply laid back down, flopping his tail around and watching the female with mild interest. Silver Maple was anything if not fastidious, so once she takes note of Mars' rather messy face, she rushes over to clean him without what Renathan would assume was a second thought. It was always cute, to see Orbaru acting so sweet to one another. Mars seemed to enjoy the attention quite a bit, almost as if he were surprised to be on the receiving end of it. Renathan watches them as they wrestle around after that; an uncommon play tactic but one that Renathan could appreciate. As he was thumbing through the various magazines that were on a nearby plastic table, he saw the tell-tale flash of light that signaled the end of their visit out of the corner of his eye. Now it was time to go home... Hopefully it wasn't raining anymore!
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Post by Renathan on Feb 2, 2023 15:06:21 GMT -6
Two orbaru are produced, one bubbly, and one SD!
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