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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:43 pm
Now that Maddie had caught her own penguin, Robert was useless. He sat up in the snow, and watched Ennea come by, opening his mouth to say hi but closing it as soon as he remembered he was totally invisible. Despite what Jordan said, he was sure the boss was just guessing at his location.
And now, Ennea crooned over the penguin as well, and Robert was once more filled with purpose. He would use his new super power.. to find Ennea her own penguin.
"FEAR NOT, ANNIE. ROBERT'S ON THE CASE!" He hopped to his feet and scampered off, but a moment later he was running back, and sneaking up behind Ennea, to whisper in her ear.
"Sorry if I just surprised you there by talking. I know you probably have no idea where that voice came from, but it's okay. It's Robert. I'm on the case."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:51 pm
Jordan adjusted his scarf to hide a smile. Maddie and Ennea cooing over a friendly penguin, Robert being cheerfully weird; the moment of almost-normalcy was a welcome relief.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:55 pm
"Ennea!" Madison grinned at the other girl, then cooed at the penguin - it had squirmed a bit under one of her arms. So cute. "Here, look, I think it's really tame! You wanna hold it? I bet it's someone's pet..." She held the penguin out towards Ennea carefully, keeping one hand under its webbed feet so it wouldn't feel too oppressed. "It's such a sweetie~"
Then she looked over at Jordan. "You doing okay, Boss? I mean, considering... stuff?" Her smile faded a tiny bit, but then she looked back at the penguin and giggled. Nothing could be too serious with such a cute critter around.
Robert....
............... yeah she'd let Ennea handle that.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:01 pm
The penguin gave a little quack as it was juggled, head dipping down to try to n** at the fallen glasses, but alas... they were down there and he was up here but... well... this... this was alright. And darn it, he couldn't shake the feeling of *really wanting a fish*. Maybe the other blurry towering monkey thing would- he shook his head with a little noise, blinking up at her. Ennea, he repeated to himself. Right. Maybe Ennea would give him a fish? A fresh, "Wark!" and he did the penguin equivalent of attempting to clear his throat. There was something... something in his chest... some compulsion that hit his Penguin core as well as his Jerry core, and the creature gave a little cooing noise before a whistle before the bird was quacking what was quite identifiable, even by human standards, as a Beatles tune.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:03 pm
"Uh, okay?" Ennéa smiled up at Robert, slightly confused by what he meant by not knowing where his voice was coming from. It was kind of obvious. Robert was a big guy and kinda hard to miss.
Still, a warm glow had replaced the small knot of fear in her stomach. Robert could be loud and weird sometimes but he was sweet. Ennéa looked around the small group. Her friends were all so kind.
Especially Maddie. "C-Could I?!" Ennéa eagerly reached out for the penguin. It was so cute! She squealed in delight and hugged the penguin close, rubbing her cheek against its soft feathers. "Eeeeeeeeee!" <3
Then the penguin started warking and cooing. And somehow Ennéa managed to squeal even higher at that. She was so distracted by the cuteness it didn't even register that the penguin's noises were a recognizable song. "Awww! It's talking! Look Maddie!!"
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:34 pm
Robert started to look around, hoping for another penguin to show up. He was walking super sneaky like, trying not to make a lot of noise in the snow so no one would notice where he was walking, but really just looking like more of an idiot than normal.
And then he started to think of how he would catch the penguin when he found it, and decided he needed to fashion a trap, or a net. Or some sort of catching device...
So he took off his trousers.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:35 pm
Jordan frowned thoughtfully at the penguin, who was singing Beatles. That seemed suspicious. Maybe -
"Oh god. Robert. PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON. ... Otherwise it'll freeze off, and Petra doesn't want that."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:37 pm
Madison leaned in to listen to the penguin in delight. "Aww, it is! Awww... do you suppose they'll let us keep it? I think maybe it likes us!" She delivered an extravagant skritch to the base of the penguin's chin.
And then suddenly, no pants.
"ROBERT. I CAN SEE YOU," she shrieked, kicking a pile of snow in his direction as if to cover up the sight.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:45 pm
Ennéa looked curiously at Robert. "Aren't you cold??" Just looking at him made her cold. She pulled her blanket tighter, tucking the penguin in with her so only its tiny head poked out. "Eeeheehee!" <3
"I hope they let us keep it!" She replied to Maddie. Then a thought occurred to her and her smile slipped slightly. "Though maybe it's someone's pet? That would explain why it knows tricks?"
Oh well, if the penguin really was someone's pet she could visit it at Deus, at least.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:48 pm
At the sudden pantlessness of Robert, the Jerry part of the penguin panicked, the penguin part giving a sudden high pitched shriek as it flailed within the blanket, little webbed feet kicking in panic until he managed to be dropped to the snow. With a wild series of startled quacking, it ran circles around the girl's feet as though this was the only way to describe his horror.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:07 pm
Oh. OH s**t. HE FORGOT MADISON HAS SUPERSIGHT. "********, SORRY MADDIE!" He pulled his pants back on, slumping in defeat at having no penguin for Ennea. Somehow, he continued to ignore the fact that Jordan was clearly able to see him, as well as Ennea, and just toddled over and put his face right up in front of the penguins to stare at it.
".. Ugly little fella, ain't he? Does penguin meat taste like chicken?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:10 pm
Jerry stopped his flailing to stare long and hard at Robert. He wanted a damn fish. It was clear this madman was not going to give it to him.  And so he bit his nose.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:21 pm
"Jerry. Don't bite Robert." It was a guess, but at the combination of glasses, Beatles, and biting Robert, Jordan figured it was a good guess.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:25 pm
"Wait."
Madison stared at the penguin, then at Jordan.
"What?!"
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:27 pm
"It's not ugly!" Ennéa protested at Robert's comment. And then the penguin bit the large hunter on the nose. "See? Now you made it mad."
Ennéa loosened her blanket cocoon some and bent down to try and scoop the penguin up again but then she paused when Jordan addressed it. "Jerry?" She straightened and looked at Jordan. "Oh did you name it already?" She giggled and looked at the penguin. "Won't that be confusing though, naming it Jerry?"
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