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 Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:27 pm
Feeling incredibly stupid and deciding that she was no in love with the fluffy ball on four legs, she let out a quiet snicker as she knelt, patting one of the ears gingerly. She knew what it was, but they didn't have one at home... and now there was one living above her!
Wow.
"Hamit fluffy." she agreed, all bad mood forgotten as she looked at the eyes, and the nose and the feet and the ears and everything else. Look, it was so friendly!
And then she remembered. "Gavin wants Hamit food?" Wait. Wasn't this a pet? What would anyone want to do with...
Oh.
Wait.
Haki stared.
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:39 pm
Hamlet was loving this. He licked Gavin first because he knew it got a good reaction out of the boy. More pets, what reaction could be better. He licked Haki too because if one small child did it, surely they were all the same and Haki would pet him more too.
Then there was the word 'Food'. He knew that word, one of the few Tristan had taught him, it had stuck while things like 'sit' 'stay' and 'ow Hamlet stop biting me' had not.
Maybe, just maybe they would feed him. Gavin stealing his food had been forgotten so he didn't think there would be a chance it would happen again so he padded off, leaving his petting behind, (as food was better than petting, clearly) and went to the cupboard and barked again. Man it was a good thing Tristan slept like a rock.
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Fall of Reason Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:02 pm
"Hamit's food really good!" he reassured her, confused as to why Haki was looking at him that way. Sure it looks all slimey and gross at first, but once you get past the liver sauce everything tastes wonderful.
He giggled as Hamlet licked the both of them. He vaguely wondered if Ina licked people too. She definitely didn't mind biting people. Licking would be more fun, and he'd have to suggest it to her later.
Hamlet had bounded off to a cupboard, which Gavin could only assume held the priceless dog food. He quickly made his way over and threw open the cabinet. His eyes widened.
So many cans! The friendly man sure stocked up on this stuff. He looked back toward Haki.
"Chicken or liver flavor?" As if he knew what either of those were. Haki seemed to be more educated in the workings of most things, so maybe she'd know.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:06 am
Had Hamit just licked her? Haki's eyes goggled in response as she tried to handle this form of privacy invasion. Well. There was no way she would try to get on this dog's bad side, if it's weapon of attack was drool. It was gross! "Yuck." she muttered quietly, using the long sleeves of her nightie to wipe it off. Except now she had wet hands, and Haki wasn't very sure if it was any better.
It was like she was holding on to dog slime.
"No Hamit." she said, scowling. "Hamit drool, Haki no love." See? They could communicate like tow normal, sane mammels of the gaian world.
Er, or something like that.
Following Hamit and Gavin, she stood in front of the hawk boy and pretended to consider it. Really good? She doubted THAT. She had smelled dog food once before. It was worse than cat food.
"Chicken?" she asked, skeptically. She knew what that was, and if Gavin was giong to eat something, she would rather it be chicken than the foreign liver.
What the hell was liver?
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:47 am
Haki's attempt to scowled the dog went in vain. Tristan had yet to get the puppy to understand the word 'no'. The only thing the dog really understood was 'Hamit' and 'love' so it was all good to him. He'd have to remember to lick them both after they fed him.
But they weren't feeding him. Not yet. What was taking them so long, he was hungry now. He went into the cupboard and picked up one of the cans in his mouth, shaking it about. See this is what he wanted.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:57 am
Gavin smiled back at Haki, waving the can of chicken dog food like a victory prize. Technically it was, and the feelings he was getting from finding another one of his items-of-unexplainable-reasons was making him feel good. He looked down at Hamlet, who seemed to have another can of food. But Gavin already had a can!
Oh, wait.
"Hamit want Hamit food too?" he asked the puppy. He took the can from the dog's mouth, and then stared at the lid. Now what?
"Open?" he asked Haki with a look saying, "Well, since you're obviously smarter than me, could you figure this out?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:04 am
Haki stared. Well. Gavin wasn't going to eat it, was he? Or smear her pretty pink orb with this stuff? Because it would be disgusting. She had seen it on TV, for those pet ads and... ew.
At the question however, she shrugged. She remembered the commercial, and how it had involved a really bright and big kitchen, and a dog that drooled just a little bit more than this one did.
Bah. Dog drool. When she grew up, all dogs would be forbidden to drool on her when they tried to lick her. Maybe there was some dry way of being licked? She was almost positive that cats knew how to do that.
How did they do it last time? "Gavin, how hamit eat last time?" she asked, frowning. Didn't the boy know?
Maybe if she stuck it in the dog's teeth, then maybe it would open by itself? She considered this with great care.
Hmmm...
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:15 am
These children weren't as smart as he was giving them credit for. If there is one thing that every dog everywhere know it is how they are fed. The things that are used, where its all kept, things like that, so that when there owner starts to get their food they can be ready and waiting by their bowl.
So he moved a little further down the kitchen to where Tristan stood while opening the can and looked up. What ever it was that released the food was up there. He barked once more as that was all he could really do for communitcation. At least it seemed to be working well.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:30 am
"Wasn't looking," he replied sheepishly, trying not to make direct eye contact with Haki. He'd have to do better next time. Pay attention to everything, since you never know when you need that information in the future.
However, Hamlet pulled him out of his temporary shame with another bark. Toddling over to that part of the counter, he pulled himself up to see a tiny, and shiny, machine looking thing. Hey, Mommee had one of those! What did it do again?
Oh yeah...open cans.
"Can opener!" he squeeled happily, putting the two cans on the counter before climbing up. He stared at the opener for a moment, trying to remember how Mommee did it. Oh yea...
After a lot of machine, can opening noises that would probably wake the dead, Gavin tossed down Hamlet's can first making a tiny splash of dog food sauce. Taking his own down with him carefully, he pulled back the lid and stuck it under Haki's nose.
"See? Hamit's food good!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:34 am
Haki watched, proud that Gavin was so resourceful. And he was pretty good at what he was doing too! She was so into admiring her new hero that she almost didn't quite understand what he was doing. Pushing something under her nose? Automatically, she inhaled. Deeply.
And stiffened. Her eyes widened, her nose seemed to flare as it tried to clamp down on itself, and she took a step back.
"Gavin." she was frowning, a distressed, worried looking frown as she rubbed at her nose, trying to clean everything away. It smelled just as disgusting as it looked! From what Hamlet's looked like.
She was worried now, about her hero. Maybe something was wrong with his brain. The only one she could remember who seemed like this was Osha, and... well, Osha wasn't around, was he?
Maybe it was a boy thing.
Wrinkling her nose, she took a dainty push and handed it all the way back to Gavin. "Is it end now?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:50 am
Hamlet went to his right away, tail flailing with glee as he chowed down on the food. He stopped paying attention to the children, what did he care if Gavin had another can of his food if he had his own. To the puppy all was right in the world.
To Tristan however something was very wrong. He had learned to sleep through barking and pretty much every other animal noise in the world, so he could sleep through barking.
He woke when the first can was being open but wasn't fully aware of what he was hearing until the second one was finished. Usually when he head funny noises it was Hamlet running around... but last time he check his puppy couldn't use the can opener.
He got up out of his chair (he had slept in his office, what sane person slept in their bed?). He moved to the office door and looked out to the rest of his apartment, still half asleep, "'ello?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:55 am
Gavin was about to say something again about how good dog food was to Haki, to try and convince her of its deliciousness, but tensed when he heard the friendly man's voice. Uh oh.
What should he do? Maybe since this man seemed nicer than Haki's Daddee he wouldn't tell Mommee. Or maybe he wasn't. Maybe underneath all that friendliness he turned into some toddler-eating monster at night. Who knows!
Still, just in case Haki hadn't heard Tristan, Gavin put a finger to his lip and let out a very obvious,
"Shhhhh! He wake-ied."
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:05 pm
Haki frowned. What was it about men and waking up in the middle of the night? Even she wasn't so rude, unless it involved the bathroom or more water. Standing there, she nodded her head. Alright. The man had wake-ied up.
Now what were they going to do?
Not knowing if it was safe to trust the boy who ate dog food, she looked around. Maybe the dog would do something to distract him? Because she didn't want to get caught.
Stealing dog food.
Oh, the humiliation.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:29 pm
Tristan frowned a little, no answer, not even a Hamlet coming running, which was odd. He heard something but in a half asleep state he couldn't be sure what it was.
His mind was trying to think of who might break into his apartment to use his can opener. Maybe someone was trying to steal dog food, oh thats a laugh.
But right now, he really didn't care, partially because it took him at least a half an hour to wake up fully. He just wanted to get back to sleep. And the most important things in his home were too big to carry, being used as a pillow or around his neck so its not like they could be stolen.
"Just don't touch the TV," he muttered turning back into his office, the thought of going to his bed room and being more comfortable never crossing his mind.
Hamlet barely registered that Tristan was awake, like he would have been a distraction if there was food around, he wasn't needed anyway, so he just sat there happily chowing down on his midnight snack.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:43 pm
Gavin blinked. Why would he want the TV? It was definitely breakable, but that would take too much effort. Once he heard Tristan leave, he stuck one finger under the lid and lifted a bit of the mush to his lips. Oh yes, he knew he'd gotten the right thing. It never crossed his mind that this might come off as unsanitary and disgusting to other people.
"Let's go now," he whispered, pointing back toward the door. He'd gotten what he'd come for, so now was probably a good time to bail before the friendly man wake-ied up for reals next time.
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