XLVIII

[wilder]

[Hi Paradisa, have the sound of a pen tapping against the journal]

[Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap-]

[Finally the sound stops and there's a melodramatic defeatist groan]

Ugh! Fine I give up!

Hey Paradisa! How are you all?

Tell me, what's a good way to kill a lot of time without going crazy? And please, nothing about reading, training or playing in the snow.

Thank you! ♥

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[wilder]

[Curry seems overall happy to see the girl, using her front paws to rest on Arya's chest as she tries to lick her face]

Why thank you, my little wolf. I'm sure I could find a few people to play with! [get all them chess player folks busy]

[wolfchild]

[ Correction: get all them chess player folks to cry. ]

No. No! Hey! [ Laughing, Arya lifts her chin to save her face. ] No licking. No. No! [ She kisses Curry quickly and pulls back. ] Ha!

[ Arya wonders if Curry would feel warmer than Nymeria if she slipped her skin. She runs a hand down the pokemon's back. ]

Why does she have so many tails? Was she born with all of them?

[wilder]

[Zelos chuckles at the scene. Curry wags a couple of her tails, happy to be playing from what it seems to her. Though she'll settle down with a whiiiine noise]

From what I heard, she was born with one, actually. I don't know how it splits, but when she's full grown she'll have nine of them.

[wolfchild]

[ brb counting tails under her breath

and hugging Curry so she doesn't feel bad ]

Will she grow here?

[wilder]

[There's six of them!]

Not sure. Pokemon grow differently than other animals, so I don't know what'll happen.

[wolfchild]

[ To Curry: ] If you're lucky you won't be stuck being little forever. [ And she'll even be nice and let Curry lick her.

Swinging her feet, she reaches for Curry like she does Nymeria and Winter and Aemon too when she goes to the stables to see him. ]

[wilder]

[And it'll work! No real psychic barriers here]

If she's full grown she won't be able to sit in your lap anymore.

[wolfchild]

[ The senses grow sharper. It's what she misses most. Going back always feels like trading good steel for a cheap blade. ]

So? She'd be good all the same.

[wilder]

[He meanwhile remains oblivious to any weird mojo going on here. ]

Yeah yeah, I guess so.

[wolfchild]

[ yes good stay oblivious. No need to be traumatized by mind hijacking strays on top of snow trauma.

Arya looks up at Zelos. ]

Does she like to chew on bones? Henry got Nymeria a bag of rawhide bones except they don't last an hour with her. I've still got a few. Curry can have them.

[wilder]

She does, but you'll have to be careful of the other dogs. They'll try to fight each other for them.

[wolfchild]

I'll toss them in your room.

[wilder]

Fine fine.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention before- but if anyone ever asks you what's in my room, you can make up stuff but don't tell them what's really in there, alright?

[wolfchild]

[ She frowns. ]

I don't tell anyone anything about you.

[wilder]

Anything?

...Well that's the blow to the old ego.

[wolfchild]

I told my mother you're a knight. If anyone asks, I say you're my best friend. The only time I ever said anything about you was to tell someone saying bad things about you they were wrong and if they kept saying such lies I'd break their face. If people want to know something of you, they can ask you. I never talk about anyone behind their back.

[wilder]

Whoa- calm down, my little wolf. I wasn't testing your loyalty or anything. When I say I trust you, I trust you.

-- You seriously told someone you'd break their face over me?

[wolfchild]

[ She is calm. You can tell when she's not because things are flying. ]

Yes.

[ or was it that she'd cut off their face? it had something to do with their face and inflicting great amounts of pain, that much she remembers. ]

[wilder]

Uh...who was it?

[ARYA PLZ]

[wolfchild]

[ She bites her lip as she thinks. The name eludes her. ]

I don't remember. It doesn't matter anyway. I got him to stop.

[ She holds up Curry against her shoulder. Perfect spot to give Arya fox kisses, can't be stopped, won't be stopped. ]

[wilder]

[CAN NEVER BE STOPPED]

Huh.

[a slight amused look] Never had anyone do that before.

[wolfchild]

People talking about you?

[wilder]

[he snorts]

Nah, that happens daily back home.

But someone threatening them over it for my sake is new.

[wolfchild]

I didn't like what he said. If someone is going to lie, I'll make them apologize.

[ And maybe tear their hair from their head nbd ]

[wilder]

[He smiles at her; a bit touched]

You're a good kid.