Near the Timeless River two pups meet for the first time and much to the young females surprise the male has a crab clinging to it's nose. Raised to believe that such critters should be killed and then promptly skinned or used for parts and food she confronts the young male...
Gemma: *eyes his nose* I think you messed up...its still...moving
LR: *winces as Snips unclenches one claw to click it at her menacingly*
Gemma: *growls back and gets into a crouching position* Hold still..I'll get it...
LR: N-nononono! *backs away, turnign his head away to hide him* I like him how he is!
Gemma: Are you insane? *follows him and tackles his face*
LR: *yelps and curls up, tryign to squish Snips in his fur. Snips, clearly unamused, pokes a claw out to try and snap at the girl's nose*
Gemma: *jerks back with a yowl* HEY!!!! *flops back and starts yowling*
Snips: *stays on her nose, clearly happy to continue pinching it hard*
LR: Nonononono! snips, bad Snips! Let go!
Gemma: *ducks her head and paws at it trying to get it off* G'off me!!! *snarls and tries to snap at it*
Snips: *swings more and more, trying to snap with his other free claw at her*
LR: Please! Oh gods please don't hurt him! *actually is tearing up*
Gemma: Him!? Wha-bout-me!!! *yelps and rolls around trying to force the darn thing off*
Snips *is squished and suddenly stops moving beneath her*
LR: *whines increasingly loudly, blinking back tears* P-Please, stop! I'll do anything, just d-don't kill him!!
Gemma: *sits up with a snarl* Fine...but that thing should die...get it off!
LR: S-Snips . . . ?*approaches timidly and puts his nose out towards the limp creature, who suddenly leaps to his nose and catches his nostrils, clacking its free claw angrily at the girl*
Gemma: *growls a bit before sitting back and wriggling her nose* I...It's...bleeding! *starts sobbing*
LR: Omigosh, I am so, /so/ sorry. *docks ears, looking horribly guilty* Um, sh-should we get it cleanedi n hte river?
Gemma: *glares at him* Y-you! Don't you know...your supposed to kill things that are d-dangerous!? You owe me! *advances on him for a moment before drawing back and sobbing more as a drop of blood falls from a pinched cut on her nose*
LR: Oh gosh, oh gosh, ohgoshohgoshohgosh . . . *whimpers and lowers himself, Snips, moving to scuttle up his nose and between his ears* I am so so so so /so/ sorry about him. Snips isn't bad if you're n-not tryign to squish him . . .
Gemma: *snorts and winces* just lead me to the nearest stream...before I bleed out and DIE!
LR: *squeaks and complies, as it was impossible for him to /not/ know practically all the bodies of water in or near the pack - leads her along a short distance to a small inlet from The Timeless River*
Gemma: *dunks her nose and then wriggles it before lifting her head and giving it a shake* I think...I'll live...*rounds on him* But dont forget you owe me!
LR: N-Never! I mean, wouldn't never forget I owe you. .w. *bobs his ihead insanely, irritating Snips who pinches his ear to stop*
Gemma: SEE! See its attacking you again! After I laid my life on the line to try and rescue you to...*grumbles*
LR: H-He's not attacking me, that's just his way of talking. It doesn't even hurt too much. ^^;
Gemma: *huffs* nutcase...
LR: Actually, his name is Snips. ^^ I found him along the shore one day and he got attached to me.
Gemma: I meant YOU...whats your name anyway?
LR: Oh, me? Oh um . . . *scratches his ear with a backpaw bashfully, not wanting to say it aloud* I'm no-one really . . .
Gemma: You can't be no one, everyone is someone so who are you? whats your name? *edges in on him curiously*
LR: I'm . . . a puppy? ^^; *backs away a little* Who're you?
Gemma: I asked you first now tell me your name! *advances further*
LR: *winces at the bark and backs away equal amounts as her approach* I-It's . . . It's lame. Reall, you don't want to know it.
Gemma: It cant be lame, names cant be lame...thats why our parents give them to us...come on tell me!
LR: *mutters lowly, running it together* Littlerainbow.
Gemma: *eyes him* Well you do sort of look like one...I'm Gemma
LR: *had been expecting something more along Conquering Hero's snide remarks, so looks rather surprised for a moment, before just bobbing his head* Gemma. It sounds nice.
Gemma: *smiles and twirls* thank you *sits back down and looks around* You live here?
LR: Kinda . . . *gestures vaguely behind him* We like to live b-by the water. Momma and Auntie and Uncle do at least . . .
Gemma: We live in the deep woods, it's nice, our grandparents have the best den ever its in a tree!
LR: A tree? *blinks, confused* B-But that's for squ- *sees what's hanging off her head and identifies it at last as not some weird hair growht but in fact a rather dead squirrel. Pales at the sight of it*
Gemma: *grins* and turns her head so the tail rests on her shoulder* Pretty isn't it? Grandma fie gave it to me, she skins all sorts of animals, when I get older I'll bet she'll teach me how to too!
LR: Skins . . . ? *shudders* Wh-why would anyone do tha tto the poor things?
Gemma: their dead, they don't feel it
LR: But they're dead already. ;; Why make them naked?
Gemma: So we can have their pelts, they don't need them anymore
LR: But. . . but you're wearing your food . . . @@
Gemma: You don't eat the fur silly
LR: It's still weird . . . *makes a face*
Gemma: Well your weird you let that dangerous thing crawl all over you and pinch you, when you sleep it'll probably clip out your jugular
LR: He sleeps too! *though pales even more at the vile image and tucks his tail*
Gemma: things like that don't sleep...they just wait...
LR: He sleeps. .w.;; And he likes me. He defends me from meanies . . .
Gemma: *snorts*
LR: *quietly repeats* He does. S-So, um . . . Nice meeting you, Gemma. *tries to slide away out of the conversatio nand back to Momma*
Gemma: Don't forget you owe me! *snaps her teeth before huffing and slipping back into the shadows*
