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 Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:18 am
Huni Pi Tro waited for Levi in the corridor outside of Savage's classroom, the jar of dust bunnies cradled carefully against his side. He wasn't sure exactly what they were supposed to do with them. Observe and study was all the horse boil got from their rather volume-erratic teacher with the penchant for getting everyone wet. He felt the jar vibrate mildly, mostly from the dust bunnies' efforts in trying to break free. Petro gave it a quick but firm shake, disorienting the critters back into a state of inactivity. His expression was neutral when did that, Tro found no pleasure in harming things that weren't out to get him. All he'd done was a bit of disciplining. He wasn't about to open the lid and risk them escaping after all. nekoluch The ghoul had used three separate jars to catch her fuzzy little critters, and so she had them lined up under an arm. Tucked tightly together along the side of her as well, Levi watched the buggers jump up and down looking at one another but unable to bounce much in their glass cages. Hush now. Was all she said to them before recognizing Tro outside the door in the hall. Smiling excitedly, she offered a nod of Im' here. So- what's the plan 'ere? Thinkin' we work on'it now or are ya coin' anything'? It was her first partnered project. Ever. Aside from having her Lepus Guide, Read, study with her, Levi was usually on her own for assignments. She'd have to depend on the work of Tro as well as herself this time. It was like ...tagging another wrestler to finish off the opponent. Her tail swayed behind her and curled up, flopping at the end with a wag like a pendulum. Excited was what the ghoul was. Excited and eager to get the observing underway. There were discoveries afoot.Huni Pi "'S best we tackle this assignment as soon as we can. Ain't got anything lined up that can't wait right now," the horse boil answered. This wasn't his first partnered project. He'd worked with Sheridan before and in a group with the students in Blue's music class. But this was the first take-home partnered project and he wasn't all too sure what to do. All the same, he started to walk, glancing towards Levi with a question of "Or do y' got something y' gotta do first?"He couldn't believe he'd almost forgotten to ask her! Just because it was convenient for him didn't, he should have known better than to assume it was for her as well! Tsk, you're getting to be a downright rude boil, Petro.
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:13 am
nekoluch Couldn't agree more thar. Levi followed Tro, figuring wherever they were going, it had to do with the homework. Keeping to the side of the boil, her tail whipped side to side in a snakey fashion. Her paper was now folded in her pocket with the bit of graphite if she needed to write down their findings, so it was all a matter of finding out ...well- what exactly were they supposed to find out? Nah, ain't got anythin' in particular ta do. Homework 'I figure is 'bout as important as anything' else so- ...erm...
what exactly we gotta do with these critters? See what makes 'em tick? That's 'bout what I got outta tha professor. She glared down at the bunnies when she felt a shift in their hold. Don't even think about it was the basic message. Huni Pi Petro's face scrunched into one of sheer concentration as he mulled over their task. What makes 'em tick, huh?
"They ain't gonna be able to do much if they're just stuck in these jars," the horse boil proposed, "If 's okay with y', we could let 'em out for a bit. See what they'd do and then catch 'em again. 'Course 's best we let 'em out not in the open where they can escape."Forgive Petro, he tends to state the obvious. But sometimes he had a point. He quirked a brow at Levi, awaiting her response. If she had other ideas, Tro would definitely taking them into consideration. nekoluch It was true. The best way to analyze something would be up close. If they were going to do well in observing these bunnies, they'd have to let them out eventually. Tapping a finger from her free hand against her chin in thought for a moment, Levi's invisible idea!lightbulb sparked on. We could use tha dorm rooms? That way we ain't out in tha open n' we can control tha environment better. Which one ya' in? Mines in monster dorm. 'Suppose it should be fine ta use my-... Looking down at one of the bunnies, she raised her brows in surprise that it seemed to smile at her rather wickedly with teeth showing. ...erm, as long as they don't chew on my crops. She had her doubts, looking at the bunny, but she had to offer. All she could do was hope Tro would offer his place instead. If these things eat at my vines, so jacking help me...
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:56 am
Huni Pi A surprised look appeared on Tro's face, "Y're in the monster dorms too? 'S good then!" he declared cheerfully. Had he been more familiar with Levi and had the tatzel been male, the horse boil would have undoubtedly slung his arm around her shoulders at this point. But ever the (self-proclaimed) gentleboil, Tro instead focused the expression on Levi's dust bunnies, "That one looks like it's plotting something mighty unpleasant with y'r crops. If y' don't mind, we could use my room 'stead. Ain't got much in the ways of irreplaceables."It wasn't that he didn't approve of being in a ghoul's room. He'd been in Lattice's before and he didn't object to the idea of anyone being in his room. So long as he knew who they were and whether they were coming or not. By now, they'd reached the walkway leading out of the building towards the different dorms of the school. nekoluch Yep! I'm on tha third floor a' tha dorm. Doors always open if ya ever wanna stop by! It was true too; the tatzel never locked the door of her dorm room. Levi had to grin when Tro pointed out that they were of the same dorm in a cheerful way. Something about finding out they were in the same building made it homely. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with her visiting the other dorms, she was just used to the idea of living under one roof with family. With monster dorm being her home while schooling, other monsters' dorms were like... the rooms of relatives she just didn't now yet. That was the ghoul's view. Relief- okay, they would be able to do the assignment at Tro's dorm. Her candy corn vines wouldn't face the tiny teeth of terrorizing dust bunnies eager for a sweet treat. Although- would the dust bunnies even eat the vines? She made a mental note to perhaps try and entice one of them with some candy corn at some point just for curiosity sake. That could be part of the research too, right? Sounds good 'ta me. Mighty kind 'a ya ta offer. Since she now knew where they were heading, it was easy enough for her to walk by Tro in her usual stride back to the monster dorms. Propping up the jars again, she noted that malicious-looking fuzzball. Ya sure ya don't got anythin' a consequence in thar? 'M not one ta cause a ruckus in anyones place. That statement was debatable. At the main doors of monster dorm, Levi pulled open the large doors. After yew. Lead tha way, boilio. Huni Pi As the two monsters headed their way towards the monster dorms, several pairs of eyes were watching them from all directions. They seem to have taken a great deal of interest in the horse boil and the tatzel ghoul. Particularly in the contents of the jars they were carrying. Tiny voices whispered in hushed tones as they stalked the two all the way to the dorms. Petro had sensed they were being watched, but feigned ignorance in his actions. Instead, he turned to Levi just as they arrived at the entrance, "'M ground level. Y' might be near Sheridan's room though." and in a nearly inaudible voice asked, "Y' noticed them too, didn't y'?" His brown eyes darted towards the tiny cluster of white paws hiding in the nearby underbrush. "And naw, 'm sure I don't got nothing that I ain't able to replace. Don't really got much stuff to start with," he had switched back to his normal voice. Without completely stepping past the dorm's threshold, he glanced towards Levi with an apologetic smile on his face, "Ain't ever sit right with me to go inside somewhere before a ghoul. Even if it 's our dorm."
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:57 am
nekoluch Levi'd automatically chalked the whispers and rushings up to being the gnomes. They were known to scurry along, doing things for various staff members and such. It wasn't until Tro mentioned noticing them. That ain't gnomes?... She spoke somewhat quietly and leaned towards Tro while speaking as if it were a secret. He'd opened the door for her, but Levi had to take a moment before walking through. She'd just been called out as a ghoul. A few questions raised in her inner collective of thoughts. Generally, they all had to do with whether or not Tro was opening the door because she was a ghoul or because she was a ghouly ghoul. He'd explained his reason for doing so somewhat... which eased Levi out of that sort of thinking. Going over his words again, Levi dipped her head in thanks. He'd follow Levi as the lead through the doorway; that would do. Well thank ya kind- Stepping through the doorway, Levi had to stop mid-thanks. The bunny with the teeth had rallied the others and begun bouncing up and down in its bottle, coaxing the others to do the same. Jack dangit. What's the matter with ya'll now? Levi adjusted her hold on the three jars but the bunnies didn't stop getting riled up by some invisible . Wonder what's gottin' inta 'emHuni Pi "Dunno for sure, they're keeping downwind. 'S hard to get a scent off them," he murmured back. Before Petro could enter his own room, the dust bunnies Levi had began to riot. As did the ones in his jar. "O-oi! Don't make me have to beat some sense into y'!" he warned, walking past the threshold of his room. Perhaps there was a reason why the bunnys in the jars were so anxious to keep both Tro and Levi's attention on them. Maybe it had something to do with the swarm of wild BunnyWunnys that were quietly slinking through the hallways right for Petro's room. The horse boil hadn't thought to close the door yet, only until he felt a tongue lap at his ankle did he look down to find how many of them had managed to sneak in. "Leche, anong ginagawa niyo dito!?" the horse boil growled. Despite being aware they were being followed, Tro hadn't expected their stalkers were jacking minipets! Why were they even here? What did they want?! "Hold these!" he declared, tossing the jar over to Levi, confident that the ghoul would be able to catch the jar without it breaking. He lunged for his door to slam it shut. nekoluch Talk about your findings; the dust bunnies in Tro's jar were now responding(?!) to her own bunnies' antics? Narrowing her eyes suspiciously, Levi went from watching Tro's jar and back to her own. Are they...collabratin'? Coming up behind him when he enter the room, the ghoul's tatzel sense tingled. Fuzzy white ears stood straight and she grounded her tail to the floor at the base. Something was coming. The ghoul had no idea just how close that trouble actually was- if it was students, the light vibration would've meant they were much father away. The tiny pitter pattering of white feet in the hallway was suddenly revealed to be... ~!!!...some sort of critter licking at Tro's feet. Not just that one; there was actually a hoard of these things. They obviously knew Tro somehow and the boil snarled out something Levi could only raise a brow to- some sort of bunny language? He didn't look like one of them... perhaps not. Nevertheless, it looked like they were itching to start a ruckus. Her jarred toothy bunny rammed furiously at one specific side of the glass all of a sudden, but Levi kept a hold on it. Something in her gut told her that one should be watched vines or no wines present. It was then that she was to catch the jar from Tro... and the trickery showed its true colors. Levi's tail flew at the jar and it looked like she was going to catch it no problem before... Tro's jarred bunnies all rammed at one side of the glass, causing it to gear off course. Aye-! With her speedy lean sideways she was able to catch the jar before it could crash to the floor. The bad news? The dust bunny with the sinister look in its eyes also bounced around in its jar at the same time, causing the tatzel to lose focus on it. The first of Levi's jars let gravity take over and made a cracking "CHIRCK!" sound upon impact of the dorm floor. The good news? The jar's thick glass didn't crack. The lid, however, popped open; it wasn't closed properly. Levi tried to recover the now loose dust bunny, but all the other jars were practically vibrating now with the bouncing of all the other bunnies. The sinister dust bunny was free. It puffed out and frilled out its fuzzy dust. Tiny glaring eyes flickered before it hopped towards the heap of BunnyWunnys. If Tro didn't make the leap for the door, ...
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:30 am
Huni Pi The tikbalang was a blur as he lunged forward, an arm outstretched, his loincloth fluttering behind him. His palm braced against the door and with his full weight slammed it shut with an audible BANG. The slamming muffled the sound of the jar falling to the floor behind him, and as he landed in a crouch, he glanced over his shoulder to see how Levi was doing. Brown eyes widened at the sight of the BunnyWunny horde converging to greet the freed dust bunny! H-how did?! When did!?! There didn't seem to be any time to ask as the chittering and squeaking increased in volume into to a frantic, high-pitched crescendo as the horde began to explain their beef with the tikbalang. Seems as if Tro had been hunting them and their kin for whatever reasons and it was high time they fought back! And it seems they've chosen a leader: Levi's Dust Bunny. As if it weren't enough that they were discussing on how to free their captured brethren, they were calling out to remaining BunnyWunnys on the other side of the door. Petro frowned and bared his teeth at the little revolution of bunny minis that had gathered in the territory of his dorm room. With their assignment momentarily forgotten, the horse boil dashed towards his minipets closet, throwing the door open and yelling out to Levi, "Put the rest'v the dust bunnies in here! We gotta round 'em up 'fore they free the rest'v the Bunnys!"nekoluch While the sinister dust bunny listened to the lowdown from the bunnywunny pack, Levi watched the two converse before staring over at Tro. Don't think I like what they're doin', Tro! That was when the boil called her over to hide the remaining dust bunnies in the safety of his closet. Rushing over, she placed Tro's jar in first, then her two remaining ones. The kingpin dust bunny didn't take kindly to this action. If a puff of tiny fuzzy and grayish dust particles was able to snarl, that is what it seemed to be doing right now. Bouncing and summersaulting in front of the heap of ever-growing bunnywunnys, the tiny fluff ball showed a lot of energy. It was ready for an assault on the oppressors! It bounced over to the two students as if to... charge?!Huni Pi The instant Levi had tossed the remaining jars, Tro slammed the minipet closet doors shut so hard it looked as if it would come off its hinge. Thankfully, the closet was built stronger than it looked. "Me neither, we should-" the rest of whatever plan the horse boil had come up with at that moment was left unsaid as the Dust Bunny charged at them. It was just a tiny puff of dust, by itself it was annoying at worst. But with the numerous Bunnywunnys flanking it and all running towards the tatzel and the tikbalang? Something had to be said about there being safety in numbers. Or was it danger in number in this case? A veritable wave of the bunny minis surged upwards in an attempt to dog(bunny)pile both students, ribbony tongues lolling out of their stomach-mouths.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:43 am
nekoluch They definitely meant business. There wasn't much time to contemplate a finer choice of a plan. Levi's first glance of objects possibly useable for driving off a pile of fuzzy minis yielded a half burning log of wood from the fire pit. THA FIRE! The threat of flaming wood would surely drive away a bunch of soft minis with their entrails already practically hanging out, right? That... or just knocking them all into the pit itself. Were they edible? Perhaps the larger ones were but what of the dust bunny? It could be part of the research. How well does a dust bunny burn? Under normal circumstances, Levi wouldn't have thought of it, but if that fuzzy ball wanted to have a go at her, she wouldn't say no to the challenge. Huni Pi Petro whipped his head towards the aforementioned fire, wondering in alarm whether or not the minis had somehow caused one to burn in his room. Brown eyes fell upon the fire pit and there was relief for the briefest of moments before the tikbalang sprang into action. Quite literally. There was a horde of bunnywunnys draped all over the horse boil but given his size and the fact that this was his room, he wasn't about to let anything get the better of him. He lunged towards the firepit, grabbing and yanking the minis off him before hurling them into the flames. There was the initial smell of burning fur and high-pitched keening from the minis, but Tro felt no guilt. They attacked him first after all. This was just in self defense. The other bunnywunnys that clung to the horse boil figured out his plan and immediately leapt off, perhaps to converge in on the tatzel. "They're heading y'r way!" he called out, grabbing for one of the still-burning logs and tossing it towards the monster ghoul. He was confident Levi would be able to catch the torch the way she had the jar. nekoluch Now with free limbs- well, what you could consider free given the climbing BunnyWunnys- Levi grabbed hold of the flaming log. Got'cha! It was affirmation to both Tro and the log itself. She jolted a bit in order to avoid getting burnt herself from the moving flames but managed to keep a hold on the safe end of the wood. The mini buggers were clawing at her limbs, holding on for dear life with tooth and nail...and stomach tongue. Ya'll picked tha wrong ghoul, dangit! Like a bat to a ball, she swung at the white-eared minis left and right. Her tail picked off those that were already clinging to her and threw them straight at the pit where they roasted after a puff of furr-derived smoke lifted. She let out a mrewhiiissss like a warning to those still gunning for her as a warning. They weren't dim- the BunnyWunnys. It was a test of the kingpin Dust Bunny's patience to have them draw back like that. Opening its mouth to reveal a ghastly tongue of its own, the dustball bounced side to side angrily. Was it... giving them a speech? It was Levi's best guess considering the BunnyWunnys were back in attack mode. Swinging away at the already overloaded fire pit, the wheels in her head finally made a strategic call. If they were going to stop the assault, they'd need to fry the Dust Bunny leading them on. Gunning through for her malicious previously-jarred dustball, the tatzel swung the flaming wood. Of course, considering its size, a rash attack like that wasn't going to cut it when the fluff could just leap out of the way. This is why her tail swung right after it when the fluff was in mid-air, unable to change course. With a tiny -pft!- sound signally the singeing of dusty fuzz in the hardworking fires of the flame pit, the hoard finally backed off. The dusty bunny shrieked before going silent... the BunnyWunnys still standing didn't want to join their already fallen comrades or the DustBunny that had poofed and gone just after it's encouraging "speech." Yeah- ya'll git on outta 'ere now! Go on! Git! As if from the shadows, the BunnyWunnys sneakily drifted out of the room. They weren't going to give up completely, perhaps... but today's battle was won by the tikbalang and tatzel. Looking over to Tro to make sure nothing fuzzy was still gnawing at him, she noted a new smell in the air... Meat... Indeed, the BunnyWunny's varied in well done, medium-well, medium rare and rare. Aye, Tro. Ever Try one 'a these? Smells like it might be good. Whaddaya say we eat 'in work at tha same time? They still had those closet Dust Bunnies if they really needed to observe the critters anymore- but Levi felt she'd gotten a good lesson on the dusty minis. They could work in packs..could lead other critters larger than themselves... and they had a sense of freedom. Overall, they weren't a bad specimen; Levi felt the same way about one having their own freedom. The kingpin had shown a lot of guts- Dust Bunnies: When they got down to business, they had the potential to be very crafty.Huni Pi Petro would have said something to Levi about letting the BunnyWunnys free. Mostly that he rather she didn't because, well, he was collecting them and had a whole wren in his closet. Of course, right now, they were doing homework on the dust bunny and not the mini with the tongue lolling out of its stomach-mouth. It was a wasted opportunity for the horse boil but if that was what the tatzel ghoul wanted to do, he'd defer to her as he always did whenever a ghoul was involved. His disappointment at the retreating bunnywunnys was short-lived when the tatzel noticed the BunnyWunnys roasting in the fire. "Sounds like a plan. They make great snacks but they're better when y' slather 'em in a sauce or marinade. If y' want, I could bring y' some next time I barbecue a batch of 'em," he offered as he retrieved the minis Levi had tossed into the closet. "Dunno if Savage'll get mad since we lost one'v y'r dust bunnies. But 's only right I share the blame," he gave her a wry grin before tossing the remaining two jars at Levi. The horse boil opened his own jar and quickly snatched one of the dust bunnies out. With a firm grip on the mini, the horse boil squeezed as quickly and as hard as he could. The dust bunny barely gave a squeak before it was rendered fit for cooking. He tossed the dusty critter into the fire, wiping his hand on his bare thigh before getting a pair of tongs from the non-minis closet. The charred remnant of Tro's own dust bunny was soon pulled out of the fire and after it cooled enough, Tro took a bite. "Huh. Taste like beach sand."
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