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Just a routine investigation

Rex checks out a place offering him him a kid and actually winds up with one despite not intending to.

(ooc monthly post for December)
~ Rex brings home asparagus and renames him Gus, this is highly unintended.

~ Gus loves the spoons from his first bowl of cereal at Rex's home so much he decides to keep it. Rex discovers that Gus had serious item attachment issues.

~ Snow sculpting competition is attended

~ Rex puts all breakable items up where Gus can't knock them over with his tail

~ Christmas gifts are loved forever and there is a fight about throwing out the boxes and wrapping paper; Gus cries and wins.

Hopelessly late February monthly post

~ Gus learns how to count cards ( not that's all that good at it yet, though his keen memory helps.)

~ Rex finally takes Gus on a trip around the precinct, there is a ride in a real cop car, a finger printing session, about thirty seconds behind bars and other good fun. Gus enjoys himself immensely.

~ Gus begins rearranging his room often trying to decide just how he wants things to look

~ Hoarding continues

Solving a mystery

“Doors always swing towards their hinges.” The words were a strange and confusing wake-up call for Rex. It was a Sunday morning and his day off, thus the brunet had been happily catching up on lost sleep; at least until a deranged shout had thrust his mind into a semi alert state. Not alert enough however to avoid the child shaped mass that had darted into the room and now flung itself upon his bed. It was only by the grace of God, Rex thought, that Gus had landed on his stomach and not his bladder.

The currently human formed werewolf took a moment to regain the breath that had been knocked out of him and composed himself, as much as one could while lying flat on their back, before he turned his amber gaze upon his son. Rex's eyes looked up passed thin glass lenses into the clearly excited and almost expectant, pitch black eyes of Gus who seemed quite content to be using his torso as a perch.

“ Doors swing towards their hinges, I remembered that from an Encyclopedia Brown book when I was reading this,” Gus waved a small soft cover novel in Rex’s face. The boy’s hand moved a bit too fast for him to make out the title but Rex could see sort of detective looking guy or another on it. Not that this was surprising giving Gus' general choice in novels including the aforementioned Encyclopedia Brown child detective series. “Anyways I was supposed to figure out who the liar was cause he’s the murderer.”

The spectacle wearing child paused there for a moment whole body going ridged, clearly showing his discomfort at the thought of death. The Aqua skinned boy took a deep breath through his hooked mouth and continued “ I knew he was lying during his confession because he said he swung the door of his room out to hit a guard and knock them over so he could escape.” Again Gus gave Rex an expectant look.

“And he was lying because of hinges?” A part of the police officer was always pleased to see Gus taking such an interest in crime and detective fiction but sometimes it got out of hand. Like now when he was torn between trying to be proud of Gus for figuring something out and wanting to tell the boy that coming into his room and jumping on him first thing in the morning was not acceptable.

“Yes, he was describing how the hinges were all fancy earlier when he was supposedly trapped in the room but I know doors swing towards their hinges so I knew he was the liar and killer.” This time Gus seemed to make it past the word okay though the black horned boy was also busy waving his hands about and gesturing to the hinges on the door to Rex's own room. “It’s the first time I figured out a book mystery by myself.”

“I see, well then why don’t you let me get dressed and I’ll take you to IHOP.” Bribery a success, Rex sat up in time to catch the dark tips of Gus’ large tail fins retreating out the door. As he massaged his chest and swung his legs over the side of the bed the man decided that due to the circumstances he'd forgive the early morning attack. After all you could only solve your first mystery once

September monthly post

~ Gus discovers that yes he can get food poisoning when experimenting

~ School is the best thing ever and Rex is treated to long explanations of what Gus has learned today.

~ Gus starts to make friends with his schoolmates and becomes mildly popular. He quite enjoys being liked although he must be reminded not to help his friends with their homework or in class lessons.