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 Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:36 pm
Location: Newly Constructed Village.
Building Specs: Stone and bamboo meshed buildings. No paint.
Available Areas: Bakery, Hospital, Academy, Council Building, Fruit Stands, Veggetable Stands, Meat Stands, Blacksmith, Residency Buildings, Training Ground, Food Stands (various cooked meals), Beach, Small Farm
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:56 am
 
Running a hand through Onyx hair, Ashllyn opened the door to the home he was sharing with his three sisters and headed off to the Bakery. He had to pick up a few ingredients for some of his special snacks since he had ran out at the Hospital. The man took his time, wanting for nothing other than to completely avoid the Council members in fear they'd make him do something of importance. Or worse yet, send him to teach a few of the fresh trainees they had available running around the village. Reaching the small building that seemed heated from the fires in the clay stoves, Ashllyn ventured inside and looked around at some of the bare ingredients they had available for sale.
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:13 am
 "Mrr?" From it's spot curled atop the always warming stove, a little brown kitten raised it's head, blue eyes peering questioningly at the sound of a door opening. Seeing a human enter, the kitten slowly rolled onto it's feet, arching it's back briefly as it yawned before leaping off the stove and onto the shop counter below. Curiously and quietly, the kitten followed the human with it's eyes and body as the human seemed to examine some of the things lying about the counter. Taking the time to bat at some loose crumbs and a leaf of something or other, the kitten slowly approached the man, before hopping over a still cooling loaf of bread. It's feet caught the loaf on the way by, knocking it just hard enough to spin it over the edge, but the kitten didn't care. Instead, it plonked itself down on it's rear end, having finally reached the patch of counter directly in front of the human, and stared, head cocked to the right, at the human's face, waiting.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:23 am
With his eyes on the ingredients, Ashllyn didn't notice the kitten as it made its way over to him. Picking up a bag of flour, he turned on a heel to find a blue eyed cat watching him. He stared at it for a moment before slowly blinking and looking away. Cats rarely liked to be stared at so he offered it privacy in a polite manner. It was such a cute little thing though that he couldn't help but look back once or twice as he continued his search for ingredients. What else would he need? Coacoa powder. Maybe vanilla extract. He may have some vanilla in his herbal garden though.
As he passed by the cat, his hand raised and scratched gently at the side of his head. "Such a cute little thing," he mused as he continued his shopping. As much as he adored felines, he had no time to play. Perhaps later on after his baking was done he could come back and find something to play with the cat. Maybe he had a bit of fish he could filet for it as well.
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:37 am
 "Mrrrr!" the kitten purred happily as it's head was scratched, but sunk in disappointment as the contact quickly ended. While the man did his wandering, the cat simply sat in the same spot, occasionally changing which direction it's head was tilted in. Then, the man turned his back for longer than "usual", examining something or other on the other side of the room. "What are you doing?" a young boy's voice chirped curiously. Where moments before there was a tiny cat, a small boy now sat on the corner, head cocked in the exact same way, legs hanging off the counter and swinging freely, bouncing off the wood with a rhythmic dull thud, and his hands planted to his sides as he peered at the man in just the same way as the cat. In fact, as if to accentuate the comparison, his ears suddenly perked up. Not the fleshy pink flaps of a human, but two large fuzzy cones rising from where they laid flat on his head, swiveling to aim first at the man, then one twisting to the side at the sound of a bird outside chirping.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:45 am
Picking the last of the items up and heading to the counter to pay, he found nobody there waiting. Adding up what it would be in his head, he set down a bit more than required on the counter and turned when a question was posed to him. As his eyes laid on the boy, they ran upwards to the strange appendages on his head. Cat ears? Some new trend the young ones had going on more than likely. He turned back to the counter and fetched a bag off to the side to place his items in.
"Gathering ingredients. I have some cooking to do."
Ash wasn't a fan of young children when they asked too many questions, and hoped the kid would run off to go play somewhere else soon. Still, he was curious to know where he had gotten those strange ears he had plastered on his head. The man had turned away before the cat child had gotten them to move so Ashllyn believed them to be stationary.
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:35 am
"Cooking? What'cha cooking?" the boy asked, eyes lighting up and ears swiveling to focus intently on the man before him. Deciding on the spot to follow the man, he jumped off the counter, landing surprisingly silently considering his clunky and, yellow, boots. A previously hidden tail swished happily behind him as he skipped to catch up with the man and follow him out, peering curiously into his bag as if it held all the answers to life, the universe, and lunch.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:45 am
Ashllyn finished packing his items in the bag before turning yet again to find the young boy with a moving tail. He raised a brow and thought for a moment before deciding something internally. The older of the two switched the bag to one hip and held out a hand to the boy in a proper greeting. Obviously he wasn't normal, and Ash wanted to do a little prodding. The image of the kitten he had seen in the bakery earlier crossed his mind, as well as the realization that it was no longer there when the boy had appeared. Curious.
"I'm Ashllyn. And, I plan bake some cookies. Would you like some when they're done?"
Without making it obvious, Ashllyn turned and retreated into the backway streets that normally people only took when there was something blocking the main road or maintenance was needed on a building. Whether or not the boy shook his hand didn't matter to him, and he returned his arm to the bag at his hip as he continued on.
"The Hospital is just a little bit further up if you're interested."
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:05 am
"Yeah!" the boy jumped in place and clapped his hands as the man offered him cookies, and used sign language to indicate handing them to him. What sane child declined free cookies? Cookies were awesome! When the man started walking away, the boy bounced along behind him, so excited that instead of walking he literally just bounced from point to point along his journey. He frowned though, and peeked past his new friend to look up ahead as he indicated where they were going. Not seeing what he was looking for, he moved up to walk sideways next to the man, peering up at his face in confusion. "Why would you want to go to a horse puddle? That's gross." he aid, sticking his tongue out as if it had something foul on it. He couldn't imagine why you would want to go to a horse puddle at all, much less go there for cookies. He wasn't sure he wanted cookies that came from a horse puddle.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:15 am
Ashllyn shook his head as he watched the boy beginning to bounce his way around while he led them towards their destination. The building was just ahead and large letters on the front clearly spelled out what it was. He pointed to it so the kid could focus for a moment.
"Not 'horse puddle'. 'Hospital'. This is where I work. They have a small kitchen I use for making snacks, my lunch and medicines I use on the job. I normally spend days here, so I even have a cot in my office for overnight stays."
Heading to the front door, he opened it with a single hand and moved his head to get the boy to go in first. It was a two story building, and his office was on the far east part of the building that overlooked the herb garden that peaked out below it.
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:24 am
"Hoss Piddle?" the boy asked, a look of disgust on his face as he glanced over the large building. Well, at least it apparently wasn't what it was called. Well, assuming there were no horses inside... "Why would you name a house Hoss Piddle? Name it something nice, like..." he trailed off, blinking and tapping his lower lip with a single finger as he tried to think of a name for a building, his eyes glancing back up to the building every few seconds a** if it would help him think of a name. Unsuccessful in his endeavor, he instead pointed up at the sign hanging above the door. "What does that say?" he asked, deciding that he should distract from his lack of ideas lest the man decide his lack of response meant he agreed that Hoss Piddle of all things was a good name for a house.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:32 am
 "Oh Aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di! I was once married, too a woman ye see! One night she bought a razor and rightfully did shame me! Oh Aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!" A short stout man sand in a heavy warbling tune as he danced on the reception table. His face was obstructed by a massive, even by full sized people's standards, beard of bright orange, and in one hand he held a club as tall as he was and twice the size of his already massive arms. In the other was a flagon of what reeked of ale that should have probably been used to put down an entire den of bears. All around the reception area, interns were running, chasing squirrels, rabbits, birds of all kinda, and one was even hesitantly inching closer to a bear that seemed to be napping, yet rolling around. A wolf lay at the foot of the table the man was dancing on, almost seemed to be nodding it's head in tune with the song, and a deer was stuck in a side entryway with it's antlers caught, moving from side to side, just barely not having enough room to get through, though it seemed to be enjoying itself well enough since one of the interns was holding a feed bag up to it. The short man turned quickly to face the door that had just opened into the building. "Ah, we've got visitors everybody! Oh Aye-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!" He said, laughing and downing his flagon of ale. "Clipclop, more ale please!" He said in a roar of laughter. Out of no where, from a side entrance, a pony came waddling into view with a skunked intern holding onto one of hte stirrups while reeking of ale. The pony had two sizable barrels of the stuff instead of a bag set, and each one had a tap. The man hopped down and refilled his flagon, an intense smell covering the entire room.
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:03 pm
"It's not a house. It's a safe place for people who are hurt or sick to get better. I take care of people until they are well enough to leave here and go home," he explained while the boy seemed to think about what to call the place. He looked up at the sign above the doorway the boy was pointing to and raised a brow. Did the kid not know how to read either? What sort of parents or schooling was he getting? "It says Hospital. Just like I told you it was called."
He placed his hand on the boy's head and ruffled his hair before they made it inside and the stale stench of alcohol flooded him. It wasn't rubbing alcohol either. The sight of a midget and animals in his lobby horrified him and he nearly dropped the bag he was holding from the sheer sight of it.
"What's going on here?! Get these animals out of the lobby at once! Kara! Prep the disinfectant, this entire area needs to be scrubbed down and sanitized!" The medical training he had specialized in was rearing its head as the idea of allergens, disease and who knows what else flooding the floors crossed his mind. The nurses scrambled and Ashllyn turned his eyes to the orange haired man.
"Name yourself and why you feel the need to trash my lobby!" The irritation in his voice was clear and harsh as his light purple eyes were cast on the foul smelling beast of half-a-man.
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:06 pm
The boy's lip curled in disgust at the revelation that the sign also advertised this place as Hoss Piddle. It was a terrible name, certainly not a proper name for a place sick people went to get better. He hunched his shoulders and dipped his head, pointedly refusing to look at the sign anymore as he endured the assault on his hair. As the hand was removed, and he was pushed ahead through the open door, his ears flicked back to attention and he stopped stock still in the doorway, eyes wide and hands twitching. Maybe the name was appropriate after all. The building was full of animals! Dogs, bears, deer, an actual horse he could smell nearby, which sure enough came in a moment later, and... Lunch? At the exact moment the man he'd met earlier started yelling at the odd small fat man, the strange boy crouched down, pupils shifting into slits as he spied a duo of squirrels darting about. Half a moment later, he was gone, lunging across the floor in a flurry of limbs and leaping atop the unsuspecting prey. The squirrel, having been safe up until then hadn't been expecting the assault, and was soon grasped tightly in the boy's hands as his mouth wrapped around it's neck, eyes now focused everywhere else in the room, darting about to track all the people as a low rumble emerged from the back of his throat and he backed into a corner with his catch.
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Hinote Tosatsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:23 pm
"Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry laddy. Been a right long time since I've been in a normal medical facility." The dwarf said, seemingly hopping down, but instead ending up plopping himself down to sit on the table instead of actually getting down. "Tha name's Moirn." He said with a gruff smile. "Oi, Tha 'ole lotta you, clear out! Zeek, see abou' freein' Hequ from tha wall ove' there." He said, gesturing to the bear and then to the deer stuck in the hallway. The bear let out a little dull noise and went to do what it was told. "An' don' forget ta thank these nice people for playin' wit' ya." He said, downing his flagon of ale and placing the flagon in a pouch on the pony's side before swatting it's backside. "Git on outta 'ere ya silly 'orse." He hiccuped, his nose now a rosy red, and presumably his cheeks as well. "I was jus' tryin' ta be friendly is all. Figured this place could do wit a bit of livenin' up, since it's pretty much a graveyard around 'ere. So stoic." Moirn said, raising his empty hand to try and drink from his flagon again, then realizing it wasn't there. "W'ere did I put tha flagon? Tysh buho bnupypmo cduma ed ykyeh..." He said, accidentally switching languages. "Op, sorry 'bout t'at. I di'na mean to say it like that." He said, moving his club off his shoulder and placing it on the ground, leaning up to lean on the table he was sitting on. "I can 'elp wit' tha disnfectin'. I'll 'ave you know, I'm a right good 'ealer." He said with a smile. In his buzzed state, what the boy was doing registered in the back of his mind, but not in the part he was currently using. It wouldn't be until much later that he'd actually realize that Squirlididies had been eaten.
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