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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:41 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:22 pm
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Something had been on Panili’s mind since the moment she stepped into this horrendous booth.
She stood to the side, watching as trolls came and went. The festivities were over and the boothowner had – assumedly – left to celebrate. His booth had turned out to be quite popular, and while she hadn’t spent much time memorizing the faces of those who had stopped by the booth to cheer on his abominations she was sure not going to forget his plug ugly mug. Panili slapped on a smile as she slipped past his lusus under the guise of a fan wishing to see the champions in the flesh. Inside of the GerBRAWL booth, the gerbils had been returned to their pens – awaiting transport to a fate that would continue indefinitely.
Panili paced around the room. One, two, three, four… There were nearly too many to keep hold of, and some would be dangerous to misplace. She would do the best she could – do the most damage quickly, where it hurt. Peepaws – where was that little chubber?
The multi-limbed “modifications” were easy to spot. A lump caught in Panili’s throat as she stepped up to Peepaws’ pen, looking down at the creature sleeping and cuddled up in the corner of its enclosure. She looked around, opened the pen, and reached in. Panili’s lip twitched as she made contact with the warm, wiggling creature. “C’mon, little guy… Let’s get you to a better place.” Panili mumbled.
With two hands, she could transport two at a time. Panili nudged open another pen – containing Lifts – and extracted the gerbil. She began to creep out of the booth.
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:22 pm
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The gerbils peeped in Panili's grasp. It wasn't to say that they were upset at being held, but they were certainly confused. Especially so when they had left the tent, and the cold air hit their tiny, warm-blooded bodies. Immediately, they squished themselves inward to be shielded by Panili's tiny hands.
Leeroi passed by Panili on his way back into the booth, but was too cold and wet from diving in the ocean to pay any close attention to her. He rushed into the tent for a blanket to cover himself in (all while evading his lusus' notice), and then made his way to the gerbil's pen.
He immediately noticed the drop in numbers. Peepaws was his star, and Lifts was the largest of his gerbils. It was very obvious they were missing. A sense of dread and anger fell over Leeroi. Was this a gerbil-napping?
Frantically, he ran outside, surveying the area for anyone suspicious. Spotting Panili, he rushed up to question the girl. "Hey! Hey you! Have you seen anyone with two gerbils looking suspicious?" Leeroi shouted after her, trying to get her to turn around.
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:42 pm
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Oh gog. Panili was grateful for winter wear, and she was grateful for having huge sleeves to store small mammals in. She drew her hands into her sleeves and swallowed the huge lump in her throat. Would she lie? Or fess up? She hadn’t gotten far enough to do any good with the gerbils. Unfortunately, she had run out of time. Panili turned around.
Yes, there he was. Just as abrasive in his physical features as the voice that came out of his protein chute. “Ah!” Now was the time to decide. “I saw someone with a lumpy shirt go that way,” she said. She gestured with a tip of her head (making sure not to disrupt the wiggling creatures in her clothes) to the opposite direction. Frankly, it wasn’t a lie? Maybe? Maybe she did, some trolls were lumpy. “Hope you find them!”
She started to stalk away. Faster. Oh, dear goodness, the contents of her sleeves were shifting. In the struggle to make it look like she wasn’t carting live cargo, Panili looked like she had to use the restroom. In fact- aha! There was a portable ablutionblock. She turned as though she was going to enter it, walked right past around the corner and broke into a full run.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:17 pm
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"Oh, thanks!" Leeroi looked for the lumpy perpetrator, but didn't see any trolls with particularly gerbil-shaped lumps. Huh.
Leeroi turned back to the helpful orangeblood, only to see her walking away at a brisk pace. "Hey! Come back!" He really needed the help, surely she would understand. Only, she started moving faster. Leeroi ran to catch up.
She turned to use a portable ablutionblock. Oh. That made sense now. Leeroi stopped in place, considering his next plan. Contact security, maybe? That seemed like a shortcut.
Out of his peripheral, and through the cracks between the ablutionblocks, he spotted the small figure running past, and faster. Where was she going, and why was she in such a hurry? Was she in trouble? Leeroi picked up the pace, sprinting after her.
"Hey! Are you okay?" Leeroi shouted between breaths. "Why are you running? Is someone chasing you?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:59 am
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“You-- you’re hurting them! You’re doing experiments on them! Gerbils shouldn’t fight!”
As Leeroi bolted towards her, Panili shrieked. She tried to run a bit of a distance before Leeroi quickly caught up, and put her hands up in defense. He tugged at her hair, and tears of pain sprung to her eyes. Panili balled up her fists and tried to shove him away, to very little effect. She stumbled, opened her eyes for a second to look for Shmothma. The white shape of the fauna was moving towards her, and Panili squinted and squeaked. “Sh-shmothma! Help!”
After a moment’s hesitation, Shmothma jerked into awareness, seemingly suddenly recognizing what was going on. She flapped towards the two, hovering and diving into the fray.
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:18 am
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“...Video… Stunts?” Panili had no idea how that was relevant, but she quickly realized that nothing was more important than getting the heck out of there! This was a blueblood, and she was officially some kind of tiny criminal. She stumbled to her feet and ran - ran as fast as she could, away from Leeroi and his horrible experiments.
Shmothma dumbly followed, seeming to get the picture only after Panili looked back at her and gave her the hand signal. The large beast snuffled with vague distress and followed after her charge. In no time at all, they were specks in the distance.
Panili couldn’t believe she had done that. Well… No. It had to be done, hadn’t it? Maybe the blueblood would think twice next time… Or not. Perhaps the event would solidify his distrust, his love of awful experimentation. As she slowed down, taking a roundabout turn to get back to the Lightseekers booth, Panili’s eyes began to well with tears. She’d failed outright.
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