It was a strange shift from floating on the sounds of her song to awareness of other sounds creeping in. The pup stretched her paws reaching out as she opened her eyes for the first time on the world. Humming her song softly to herself she crawled to the edge of her pillow her eyes taking in the others. She then focused her attention on the sounds that had intruded on her song, speech, other pups like herself and an adult, they were speaking to each other. She stood slowly and clumsily made her way closer to the more active group. Still she kept to observation, the only sounds escaping from her the occasional hum of her song and once very softly the words, "Beautifully Broken."
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:20 pm
Thus far, the little female had escaped notice. Curled up tight on her pillow, she had not yet made a sound, or even moved. At first glance, she didn't even seem to be breathing; Still, silent.
Eventually, the noise being made by the other survivors seemed to wake her, and, slowly, she blinked awake. Each of the kits that had already begun to move about were silently stared at and sized up. Inspected and their forms dedicated to memory. With a small sneeze, she attempted to put her little paws down on the ground to step off the small pillow that had served as comfort for who knows how long. The cold of the ground shocked her enough to elicit a small snarl from her, and she quickly retreated to the pillow. Grasping a language had not yet come to her, so she had no way of calling out to the little group, opting instead to simply sit on the pillow.
Asunder trotted away from Innocent Bystander, sort of distracted and seemed to at first disregard any possible response. He knew his name now, perhaps he might be more content to introduce himself to the others. There were many pups, and curiosity of them had been growing ever since he spotted them. They all seemed dusted with black ash, Asunder took a glance at his forepaws and saw that similar dusting. The blue however was indeed a beautiful color. His ears, ever tuned to the sounds around him, his eyes ever flashing with strange colors because of it, he overheard the conversation between Renegade and Flashover. He eyed the green pup named Kilroy hiding beneath his pillow. This fellow seemed shy and frightened, perhaps he is not ready to be bothered. Tyra also seemed shy, for a brief moment he considered greeting her. Beautifully Broken was humming a curious tune, one that made him see a soft purple off the corner of his eye. But it was the single word plead from Fae that caught his attention the most. So he trotted over to her, since he was hungry, but being a bit confused he said to her, "Hello Food, I'm Asunder."
Yes, I did somehow involve all of you in this post. ^^
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Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:28 pm
She heard the other pup approaching, but she didn't turn her head to acknowledge him, her eyes focused on the tall adult. When he called her food, she just looked at him with a blank, neutral stare and then looked away, getting up and making her way over to the adult slowly and tugging on his pant leg with a small paw, "Food."
"... food?" A tiny squeak came out from beneath the pillow. A few moments later, so did Kilroy. Food sounded like more fun than hiding under a pillow. He trotted over to the blue pup - Asunder, that's what he'd said - who'd stared at him earlier, and flopped down next to him. "Someone said food."
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:11 pm
"Ah...yes. You must all be hungry. Give me a few minutes, I'll get something to eat."
He had left the room while yet more pups started to move around. Right Flashover. Puppies liked food. Food was good for growing pups. Maybe you should have had this stuff prepared instead of dragging rotting wood all over the place. Then again how was he supposed to know they were going to pop today???
Ugh, already this was work... Was this all that great of an idea? He wasn't the most social of Audio. Usually being around others just irritated him.
....But it wasn't like he could have just left them to die in that fire. ...No. That just wasn't an option.
Sigh. This was all so complicated.
He returned shortly with a plate piled high with sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. ...Hey, they worked good enough for him. Clearly puppies would enjoy them too right? RIGHT? Ugh he had no idea. But it was the best idea he had right now, and thus the tray was set down somewhere the pups could easily reach.
Asunder's language ability was steadily coming to him, knowledge from the ether, or however Audios learn to speak so quickly after being born. He cracked a smile at Fae, as if to say sorry, for he realized that he inadvertently called her food. Then when she tugged at Flash's pant leg, he thought how cute that was. The concept of cute has come to mind. The one named Kilroy caught his attention before he could say anything to Fae. This was the shy pup, hiding beneath a pillow, emerging to inquire about food. So he told him, "I think the big guy has food."
When Flashover returned with a tray of PB&J, the hunger had become far more overwhelming than any other sense. Asunder took a sandwich in his maw, sat down and started eating it. No problem, if Audios can talk right after birth it stands to reason they can eat. This stuff was sweet, sticky, gooey, the bread was strange, but this was the first thing Asunder has ever eaten, so it was literally the best meal he has ever had in his whole entire life. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He enjoyed it, it satisfied his hungry sense, the chomping produced few distortions of his vision. Then it looked like someone had a remote control and hit "pause" on the pup. Asunder just froze after a bite, stared blankly ahead with an expressionless face. For eight seconds. When he returned to normal, he hummed the opening cello riff of his song and continued eating as if nothing had happened.
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Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:03 pm
Fae watched the adult leave to go fetch them some food, looking bored, well...one couldn't be sure what she was thinking. She blinked slowly when the sandwichs were brought out and she went over and snagged one in her paws, scooting herself back before sitting back on her bottom and bringing the sandwich up and taking a bite. She chewed, her dull eyes focused on the ground as she ate her food, her stomach feeling better.
Big guy? Big... gu-ay-yi-yi-yi! ohwow. There was a guy. And he was, indeed, big. The biggest thing Kilroy had seen so far. Except maybe the walls. Or the ceiling. Was anything bigger than the ceiling? Kilroy wasn't sure yet. Inspired by that thought, he took a good look at his surroundings, craning his neck this way and that. Hmm. Openings. Doorways. What was beyond them- oh. Big Guy emerged from one, carrying a plate. Thoughts of exploring in search of something bigger than Big Guy scattered from his mind.
Kilroy had no idea what the little squarish things were, but they smelled great. And judging by the way some of his fellow pups were chowing down, they tasted great too.
... Or maybe not. Asunder's sudden paralysis put him on edge. Kilroy dropped down into pounce mode, ready to tackle the blue pup away from the sammich, if need be. And then Asunder was eating again.
Kilroy batted at Asunder. "HEY," he said, and then stopped. ... he wasn't sure what words he wanted to use. So he trotted over to Flash and tugged on the bigger audio's pant leg, as he'd seen someone else do. "Wassat good or bad?"
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:09 am
Having been out for the day getting what she could to help Flash, Ash was surprised when she made her way into the base. Her ears swiveled about as unfamiliar noises hit them. What in blue blazes was that exactly. Moving through she found a place to put her things down and moved up toward where the sound was coming from.
Moments later she was opening a door and staring at a room full of pups all playing and fighting with one another. They also seemed to be eating...
Sandwiches.
The audio sighed audibly, she shouldn't have been surprised. It wasn't the first time this had happened. For all that she appreciated what Flash did for these sets he found, he certainly wasn't well versed in pup care.
Sandwiches. Sheesh.
Quickly she closed the door behind her, so none of them would go bombing out of the room, and made her way in, standing near Flash.
Well, the pups seemed pleased enough with their sandwiches. Clearly he had done well. Yes, another job well done by the hero of the city, Flashove----
Ugh what did the pups want NOW? "Was -what- good or bad?" No, Flashover hadn't quite noticed that blip in behavior from the one known as Asunder...so he really had no idea what the little green one was blabbing about.
Ugh...puppies. He tried so hard to be a good Audio but sometimes he really wondered just what he was thinking. Why did he keep doing this to himself?!
Speaking of, another entered the room and this one brought a bit of ease to Flashover. At least she'd be helpful dealing with the little critters. "Look...it was quick, easy, and they seem to like it just fine. So...what more do you want from me?"
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:47 pm
Asunder wasn't aware of anything going 'wrong' with him, his temporary state of catatonia might as well not have happened, since those eight seconds passed by like they were none at all. When he resumed eating, he did find it a bit odd that he was humming, but the song compelled him to. The humming stopped when Kilroy batted at him, shouting "Hey". What did this fellow Audio need? Asunder just gave him a curious look. He wasn't troubled by Kilroy, his voice or the faint red sprite that it summoned in his vision. He simply gently batted at the pup's nose, probably not touching it seeing how Kilroy trotted over to Flash to ask if some unknown thing to Asunder was good or bad. What was the pup talking about? He silently continued eating, the humming stopping because the heavy riffs of his song started. Can't exactly hum those very well, he doesn't have the manly vocal cords to do so yet.
The appearance of Ash was curious still, another adult Audio the very second one he saw. This one was a female, he could tell because her voice produced rather feminine purple sprites in his view. They were pretty, if fleeting.
He would go on to finish his meal before doing anything else, though Kilroy had intrigued his curiosity. He would stare up at Flash and Ash while eating as well, the sticky jelly and peanut butter accumulating on his paws. When he was done, he dropped some fragments of breadcrust that he had decided not to bother eating and starting licking his paws clean, running the back over his mouth to groom as well.
The sugar in the sandwich provided him a definite boost of energy. He wanted to socialize, and he certainly was going to do so. Who was he going to bother? Kilroy? Fae? Innocent Bystander? Tyra?
Tyra was the quietest one of the group, he hadn't even noticed her. Nothing of her ever made his vision flash, but the blue flares on the tips of her tail, ears and paws reminded him of those strange synesthesia. He didn't fully understand why he saw those sprites and colors, except he knew that they came with sound. Tyra had made not a single sound it seemed (unless she had taken a sandwich or something). Though, perhaps it was lost in the dazzle, all the faint noises the others made and the talking between Ash and Flash had the edges of his vision lit up. It was almost overwhelming but he could handle it.
"Hello" Asunder said to Tyra, "You're a quiet one. I didn't know you were here. There's a lot of us here too."
The conversation many minutes earlier between Renegade and Flash had sprung to mind. He had half a mind to go to him next and ask, what did he mean when he asked if there are others or if we were the only ones? What had happened? Is Flashover and Ash their parents, or merely foster guardians? Too many questions to worry about for this pup who is not even an hour in age.
I ain't leaving anyone out ^^
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Though, if this quoting thing gets annoying to let me know and I'll not do it for you anymore. cat_3nodding
"Just a reminder that jelly and peanutbutter is messy... and so are pups. So they're gonna need to be cleaned." the female audio just grinned at Flashover, nodding her head toward Asunder and the mess of his paws.
Ash had been assisting him for some time and still found it funny that he didn't catch onto these things. His thoughts were all on the future it seemed at times, not necessarily on what the here and now was going to produce.
It was all for the greater good though, that's what he had taught her.
"I found some things while I was out that may be of use to you." she murmured, just watching the pups, glancing very briefly at the one who had been pawing at Flash when she got over to him.
Well, this lot was definitely an adorable lot, she noted, scanning over the group as a whole once more.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:19 pm
Though she did get a bit messy from the jelly, Fae finished off her sandwich and felt much better. But her front and paws were covered in the sticky, purple stuff and she started licking at them, though when she tried to clean her chest, she toppled over onto her back.
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