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Finn actually hadn't been put on minipet duty before now, surprisingly enough. Maybe he spent enough time going out on boundary patrols that they had just let it slide, or maybe they'd had enough volunteers from the other divisions that he just hadn't been needed. The man himself was not exactly a fan of all things cute and cuddly, though he'd heard that a lot of these little critters could be far from either.

Well, today he supposed he was going to get just the chance to see for himself. He really hoped that this little detail didn't include any kind of clean up, or for him to actually have to touch whatever it was he'd be keeping an eye on. He arrived in a fairly punctual manner, showing up around the time he was pretty sure they were supposed to get started, eyes scanning the room for whoever it was that was going to be in on this fantastic duty with him, and landing on a man not too far away. Making his way towards him, he opened his mouth as though to greet him, and then quickly snapped it closed as he saw what was in containment just beyond him.

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Finn actually had to fight the urge to slap his hands to his face and say. "Oh. My. Glob." Like, the words were right there, on the tip of his tongue and it was just the only three words that even came to mind at the moment. But no, there was another man there. A professional, and likely Finn's own superior. He had to maintain some amount of composure here.

Opening his mouth, ready to offer the greeting he once again intended, he instead found himself hissing out, "Holy s**t that is Jake. Like that actually looks exactly like Jake. How is that even possible?"

Minipet duty just became awesome.

They were belts, Jake. Not streamers. Belts. Not that Finn gave so much as two shits about what other people thought when they saw his incredibly awesomely adorned jacket, it was just that details were important.

But right at that moment nothing in the world was more important then the fact that there was an actual living, breathing minipet that was the spitting image of Jake the dog. Well, facially and color wise it was. It's body was...sort of spiky looking but you know what? Jake could totally do that if he wanted because Jake was awesome.

This was awesome. Everything was awesome. Nothing was not awesome anymore.

Of course, reality had to come crashing back down at some point, and with the voice of the unrecognizable hunter breaking the strange hold the minipet had over Finn, his gaze flickered towards the guy, and he raised his eyebrows. "Uh, no? At least, I don't think we've ever met before now. I'm still pretty new." He straightened up, coughing into his hand because yes wow he was totally a professional here and he had not just been gawking at the minipet.

"Finn Connor reporting for duty. I guess. I've never actually dealt with these things before. Trynt says they're made of Fear?" He asked, getting closer to where the small creature was contained. What the hell was scary about this thing? It was the coolest thing ever!

"I've never seen a Halloween student." He admitted with a small shrug. Well at least, not to his own knowledge? Of course, they were in the tear as well but even then he wouldn't have known the difference between them and his fellow hunters. "What are they like? I heard a lot of them just look human. The reapers, at least." Trynt was somewhat knowledgeable on the subject, but Finn would have rather hear it from another source as well.

Not that he didn't trust his own weapon or anything...

Finn couldn't help but laugh every time the Jake dog look a like made another face at them. "That is incredible, it really is. You recognize this, right? Tell me you've seen Adventure Ti---" He started, obviously completely enthralled with the minipet, before Jake questioned him about knowing his name.

"Uh, I don't?" He straightened up again to look at him, one eyebrow raised. giving the other man a confused look. "You never said it."

Finn's lip pulled back from his teeth a little at the thought. Extra appendages? Disgusting. Probably tentacles like whatever that thing was out in the ocean waving it's damn appendages about. Animal people? Sounded like some king of Japanese anime, and more fluffy then scary.

Like this little Jake creature he couldn't take his eyes off of for more then five seconds at a time.

"Sounds like helpful advice, thanks." Finn responded. "And while most of them appear human in some way, they can also have another form, I hear? And the Reapers have animals...familiars. Are those the same as this guy?" He pointed to the little Jake with his spiky little body and his adorable giant eyes and.....

What?

Finn blinked and straightened up from where he was bent over, inspecting the small creature from a closer range. "Oh hey, is your name Jake too?" He smiled, the warmth of it not reaching his eyes in the slightest. It was nothing personal, it was just the way Finn always smiled.

"I take it you've never watched Adventure Time."