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"Well, I certainly hadn't heard that until today. The more you know!" Shehk seemed to beam a bit, ears perked up to their full height. Though, Shehk did make a very small point to not be too glued to the Incubus's side.... though it was probably out of habit from someone possibly having something like wandering hands.

Or maybe she liked a personal bubble. Whichever worked out.

"Undead pets aren't that bad...." Shehk noted, stroking Precious's feathers, before shrugging. "Might be nicer if you don't kill them yourself in the first place....
....."

..... She totally hadn't killed something. That wasn't an implication of any variety. But she did realize she kept a dead pet. When some people had live variants of the exact same thing. Hmmm.

Either way, the Pricolici got moving, if only to spare Altair's 'baby' from strangling itself.

"I don't think I ever introduced myself... I'm Shehk. Shehk Strigoi. No fancy perks for knowing the whole thing though."

"Hmm. That's odd. I've known some demons who claim to not have them, though. Rumors of getting control over them if you have their full names.." she mused, but passed it off casually. She was a vampire-werewolf. She didn't need no stinkin' Demon-servant! Well, unless they were really good at catching squirrels. That may have been the only skill Nukpana had that would for-sure steal her heart always.

Well... sorta. She wouldn't swoon and award kisses for squirrel catching, if anything else.

"Incubi. That seems like an interesting....lifestyle." Shehk's mind went to a very special place at the thought. A very...very special place, to say the least. It looked something like the Playbot mansion, actually. It was really special.

However, her brain snapped out of the lala land quickly enough as she looked to the Incubus again and laughed a bit.

"Really now? I wonder about it all the damned time! I just don't follow his train of thought!" she laughed, practically throwing her head back with the gesture.

"It just makes no sense!"

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Maritess had been wary of taking Trixie out for a walk since the last time she did. The purple tentacle still didn't listen to its owner and continued to try and grab things (mostly gnomes and the occasional student) and put whatever it had grabbed into one of its many mouths. But she figured if Trixie wanted to cause wanton destruction of property via OMNOMNOM, it might as well be something the winged vampire didn't own.

"Now remember, Trixie, before you put anything into your mouth you ask me first. Understand?" she glared at the purple tentacle that was already trying to drag her forward, annoyed that her minipet still also hasn't learned that the manananggal's arms were stronger than they looked.

"Correction; I only give him the smallest of things. I'm not flat-out rejecting him. He is charming in his own twisted way." Shehk said, before shrugging again. "But I lack the vision to see what it is he sees in me. It's like you say; He wants a pretty girl. I'd like to think I'm..ehhh....." she paused and gestured between a few different lengths with her arms, ultimately flinging her arms all the way out (though carefully, as to not immediately thwack an arm into the Incubus's chest) as far as they would go, "this much more, give or take a lot, than a pretty face."

Fortunately, the pricolici did put her arms away after her point had been made.

"See, I'm just as much a beast as he is. In fact, that's an unfair comparison to make, given...." she trailed off, leaving the fact she was a zombified-canid to define itself. "However, he has allowed me this status of 'Alpha'...or so I assume. So it sort of works out. Because I am Alpha, he can't have it...unless I toss him scraps."

There was this slightly sadistic grin that came across her features, like she enjoyed that part of the game.. just a bit too much.

"I think somewhere, my analogy stopped being effective..but the mental image is sort of fantastic." she finally decided, shrugging her shoulders lightly, though enough to bounce Precious, who nipped at one of the Pricolici's ears in protest, prompting the girl to thwack it with two fingers in the beak testingly.

"Honestly, you're probably more correct than I could ever be. I don't understand anything that goes in the mind of a boy. I mean, I'd like to pretend I do, but really it's like trying to navigate my way through a foreign country I know nothing about with directions written in that chinese-language-crap and a mute guide who wouldn't win a game of charades."

She thought that was a colorful analogy, if nothing else.

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Since Astra had been away for so long on the school field trip, she felt it was high time she gave her treasured minipets some love and attention. Or at least try to. The problem was, she had alot of minipets to take care of, and she continuously brought more of them (she couldn't help herself, it was a addiction!). In the weeks before the field trip, she had managed to purchase a shenglong, but since then had neglected to train it. She believed now would be a good time to do so, by taking it for a walk in the school grounds. But Ryu, the name she had given the shenglong, seemed to be on of the ""I will ignore you because I am better then you" pets, and so far had yet to follow through on any of her requests.

"Come on, Ryu..." The fae tugged on the leash she had attached to the minipet. "Don't you want to go for a walk?" When the pet refused to budge and continue to lay on the ground, she sighed and tried to tug harder in hopes that it would move. But it didn't.

With her feelers twitching in agitation, she sighed, and looked around for something that may coax her pet to get off it's lazy butt. "Ah! look over there!" she pointed to the ground of students and their minipets a little ways off. "How about we go over and say hello? you could go and play with the other minis!". Ryu then looked up to gaze at the group, watched for a minute, then with a huff it stuck it's nose up in the air as if to say 'me? mingle with them? like hell!" and rolled over to take a nap.

"Aww..thats not fair..."

Well, if nothing else it seemed the pair was enjoying their conversation. Lots of laughter to be had by the duo.

"I lack a lot of the insight that would make that analogy rather profound. I think that I've just decided that instead of understanding it, I should just enjoy the adventure of it... at least to some extent. The adventure is only worth it if it's fun." There was a bit of wild arm-gesturing to go with this thought before Shehk just left it to be.

However, the subtle quip about her lack of understanding making her a 'girl' rather than a 'woman' did earn a slight rouse from the Pricolici, though mostly in the form of the most displeased looking of frowns. She did manage to hold her tongue on protesting it though.

Only those who were guilty of it would get angry when called out on it... unless they were a sociopath who was very good at playing 'dead' with it. Alas, Altair had indeed hit that nail on the head. Square on it.

"Perhaps at one point in time I did understand such things. The knowledge is lost to me now, though. No good teachers." she replied, not really 'winking' on the tail of the comment, but the intent was really implied.

Altair mused upon her words, amused, rubbing his chin, dropping his hand and sliding it into his pocket, walking along at a leisurely pace, letting Aquila have his head. He reached out to slide his hand into the small of her back, touching her lightly, not remarking upon her displeasure, mildly impressed with her self control as she let his tease drop, maintaining her dignity. The demon grinned.

"I meant no insult, my lady," he winked, stroking her back, turning a little more towards her. "Perhaps I could introduce you to a good teacher, if you need a little baccalaureate work..." the incubus's eyes glinted with his amusement. "I happen to know someone with experience in these matters."