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Log of Skull Monkey: Wuto







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August 31, 2004: Wuto grew!
August 20, 2004: Socialization process has begun!
August 07, 2004: Began moving Wuto into his new Log!
August 06, 2004: I adopted Wuto from the Skull Monkey Adoption Agency.

What I found out from the SM staff:


What I have gleaned:

Plink & Yuli: The caretakers of all the other pets. These Zoolies have a maternal instinct that could rival a crocodiles! Don't mess with my pets or they will bite through your neck! However, they are loving and wonderful and always come up with fun activities that everyone can enjoy.

Toki: My first Alchemoomba. Toki's special affinity is time. She hasn't mastered her abilities yet, but she says she is working on something that could help Wuto. She feels very protective of Cancer and any babies we have in the house.

Cancer: My reflection in Moomba form. His special ability is ice, though he doesn't understand how it works and often freezes things by accident. Depends heavily on Toki to get him out of trouble.

Zyther: She's an old soul. The second pet I ever got, Zyther has yet to grow. She has helped rear everyone but the Zoolies and yet, she is still younger in apperance than most of her siblings. This creates some interesting situations when she tries to disipline them! Fiercely protective of Toki, as she was her first charge. The only one able to calm Zane when he gets in one of his furies.

Zane: Evil by design, I expect him to bond the most quicky with Wuto. I see them as something of kindred spirits. Zane is ferociously loyal, so watch out if he thinks you threaten one of us, especially me and Zyther. Has a strange maternal instinct for eggs...

Elliot: The first Langui I ever found, the one who started it all! She is extremely huge and lazy and fat! The young one's around the house like to use her as a trampoline. She doesnt seem to mind. Mostly, Elliot just sleeps, but when she talks, we all listen. Elliot is wise and intuitive beyond her years and experience.

The Cheat: Followed Elliot home one day. She told me we would be having a house guest for awhile. He hasn't left since. Spends most of his time licking his butt and rolling around in sun puddles.

Basil: Basil showed up the day after Wuto got here. I inquired with an expert and it turns out that Basil is the physical embodiment of a wish. Whether he is a wish any of us has made is yet to be discovered. He has a strange fascination with tissue paper...

Limewire: A gift from LittleKosMos, Limewire is a Rhomby! Look at his cute little head!

Spoon: I won Spoon in a SqueeKat coloring contest. OMG! Spoon hatched today! 08.27.04! He is so teh cuteness!

A gift from Em! How fan-damn-tabulous can she get?!


A little something I picked up for Wuto. It's red, his favorite color and, suprisingly, he actually said thank you and acts like he likes it! He carries it everywhere and calls it Fisher.


Look! I made a Wuto Plushie! *groan*


A wonderful little bat puppet that Keppit and Jen made! Wuto calls it "Little Batstard" stare

It's time. I can't put it off any longer. Besides, I think he's starting to suspect something. I catch him glancing at me out of the corner of his skull.

So, here goes.

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I entered his room and closed the door. He looked up immediately. He'd been here almost two days and I hadn't allowed the door to be shut yet. He looked at me, his eyes full of apprehension tipped with fear. Who could blame him, considering everything I heard about his abandonment. For a moment I wondered if I had picked the right Skull Monkey, but then I looked closer, saw his need buried under so much resentment and knew I was right. Who would help him, if not for me?

I sat on the ground a few feet away from him and waited. I didn't want to make this any more painful than it had to be. I was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, but I knew I would still come out of this marked. I held my hand out to him. He winced and his hackles began to rise. A slow tremble started in the back of his throat.

"Wuto," I said, "Come here please." He continued to stare at my hand. "Wuto," I said again, more firmly this time, "please come to me." Nothing. Not even a glimmer that he had even heard me.

"Wuto, I know you might not understand everything that has happened to you. I'm working on finding you a solution to deal with that. What I do know is that you must learn to trust me. You must learn to be touched. You must learn to be with others. I don't expect you to be friendly to everyone, but I do expect you to be as polite as possible." I inhaled deeply.

"I'm going to make you some promises. One, I will never leave you. Not in the absolute sense that you have experienced. I promise I will always come back. I promise that you can say "when" if this gets to be too much and you need a break. I promise that everything I do is for your own good, regardless of whether you perceive it to be at the time. And I promise that I love you, always will I love you."

With that, quickly, so he wouldnt see it comming, I used a blanket from the floor and swooped him up. Swaddling him the best I could with one hand, I held him close to me.

My efforts with the blanket weren't fast enough. I still got badly scratched before his paws were covered. I also got a pretty bad bite to my left shoulder. But it was worth it.

After about two hours of rocking, humming and petting, he stopped struggling to get away. After another 45 minutes, his growling stopped. 30 minutes after that, he was asleep.

I know it was partially due to the fact that all his fighting tired him out, but I don't care how tired you are, you have to have some trust in your surroundings to sleep the way he did.

I don't think he will ever be the darling angel people hope for, but I think he will be fine. He will be Wuto and that's all I can ask from him.

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Sometime after dinner, The Lady came to my room. She closed the door. I waited for it to start. This was how it happened in The Home. How could the people at the Headquarters let me come home with her? She was just like all the others...

Then she sat down. Told me to "come here." I don't take orders. She held her hand out to me and I thought for sure I would get it this time. But she just repeated her words. I held my position.

She started telling me all of these things that I "must" do. I thought she must be joking. Who was she to tell me what to do? She only had a skull on the inside what did she know?! But then she said something that made me pause.

She said, "I'm going to make you some promises. One, I will never leave you. Not in the absolute sense that you have experienced. I promise I will always come back. I promise that you can say "when" if this gets to be too much and you need a break. I promise that everything I do is for your own good, regardless of whether you perceive it to be at the time. And I promise that I love you, always will I love you."

No one has ever promised me anything like that before. The last promise I remember was one of the bigger boys telling me that he promised that he would see me dead if it was the last thing he did.

My pause was my downfall. She saw my weakness and made her move, binding me with cloth until I couldnt move, couldnt fight. I managed to swipe her face before she bound me and I got a good bite in on her shoulder!

She held me so tightly I thought she might be trying to squeeze the life out of me. Then the rocking and the humming and the fumbling strokes of my fur. I squirmed and fought the best I could, bound as I was. I tried to make sounds to frighten her away. She is strong and after what felt like an eternity, I could no longer struggle. I continued to growl until my voice gave out. In the end, I fell asleep there, in her arms...

I kinda liked that part where she scratched behind my ears, though. I wont tell her that.

The Lady is determined to make me "socialize." I'm still not entirely sure I want to live here, let alone make friends. She does have good food tho ... mmmm, bratwurst *drool*

Maybe this place isnt all that bad...

Everyone was in a frenzy today. QS announced that no more SM would be released, no breedings would be allowed, and no more SM would reach fifth stage. I didnt know how to tell Wuto, but I wasnt really afraid, just unsure. I dont think he really cares about babies anyway, they creep him out. And he's so close-mouthed most of the time that I dont really know what his feelings are on becoming a fifther.

I went to his room to talk to him, but I was in for a shock. Where my cute little boy had been lying, was now a rather striking man! WUTO GREW! He was looking rather confused at my shock and fuss so I stammered the only thing that would come out of my mouth, "M-Mirror!"

He looked and stood frozen, as if unsure of what to think of his new body. Then he began looking himself over and preening. "I'm sexy! Who needs to be human when you can be this!" he exclaimed. Great, all I needed was for him to become conceited on top of everything else... Wait, human... does this mean he knows?

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No babies is great, but no fifth? I don't know how I feel about that... On one paw, I am pretty sexy now that I've ... developed. But being taller than Quinn would be pretty fun too! I love to mess with her. HA!

I can just imagine what I would look like: tall, lanky, angst-ridden, artistic, bushy shock of red hair sticking out from under my skull cap, all black clothes (naturally), and my tail curling up to show off its firey tip; I would be HOT! Maybe even hotter than I already am?! Is that even possible?

*returns to preening*