Snailshell, with the help of her family, had secured a corner of the clearing specifically for looking after the pets and Familiars who have come with their kin. There were areas sectioned off for games, eating, napping, grooming, and any other activity one could do with a pet. Those wanting to try and earn some tokens could come and help take care of the animals left in her care. Those wanting to explore the market without worry of their pet, could leave the critter here to be cared for. And with Snailshell's pack, it was extremely unlikely anyone would be able to harm or take one of her charges.
So it is that any passerby may see the green and pink doe bustling about her booth, brushing and playing and feeding the pets, stopping now and then to call an invitation for them to come and help, or leave their precious babies in her care.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 5:03 pm
OOC how to:
Once a day roll two 8 sided die, match first number to animal, and second number to prompt. If Snailshell has the pet/familiar you rolled feel free to use them. If not, feel free to make up a pet that has been left here in her care. Except for the wild animal prompt, use a wild animal for that one. Please include a minimum of 1 to 2 sentences of RP answering the prompt. You may include more, but not less.
You do not need to use my post format, it is easy for me. The only thing you must include are roll + AnimalType (SpecificAnimal), prompt, and reply to prompt, and the name of the kin playing. If you want an easy copy pasta form:
Prompts: 1. You play a game of fetch. (+1 token) 2. Somehow you've managed to grab a wild animal, it is not pleased. (No token) 3. You groom the pet, you get a bit of fur/feather/honey/pet appropriate thing. (+1 token) 4. You manage to tucker out several pets. (+2 tokens) 5. The pet was not happy with your game, Snailshell gives you a token as apology for the scratches. (+1 token) 6. You take the pet for a nice walk, maybe you find a thing or two. (+1 token) 7. The pet climbs onto your back and refuses to leave until you give it a ride. (+1 token) 8. You went and gthered food for all the pets. (+1 token and a not-official plush of your kin, on a base I drew)
Snailshell's pets
Most of them are well behaved. The badger.. the badger is not. Be prepared to work extra hard to please Twisted Root. And mind the claws, Twisted Root will take a swipe if he's not happy.
You may win a total of 2 plushies during this event. I might color more at random, if I have time and muse. These are plushies on my base and not official Matope plushies. Edits are at my discretion, though I will make species specific edits (Acha horns, eyeless Zikwa, Totoma armor, etc). If you roll a plush win, PM me with a link to the winning post and what kin you want colored. If the name is longer than 8 or so letters, please give a nickname.
( seagreen ) Roll: 2, 1 - Wolf (boar) && You play a game of fetch. (+1 token)
There weren't many pets yet, the booth had just been set up. But a doe did drop of her boar to be looked after. So Snailshell, having no idea what a boar likes to do, tossed a stick for it. To her surprise, the boar fetched it. She tossed it a few more times before the boar flopped down, clearly bored of the game.
Kin name: Gentle Beauty Roll: 7 , 4 Scale babies (caiman, feathered serpent, water snake, turtle, frog, pangolin, dragon) & You manage to tucker out several pets. (+2 tokens)
Gentle Beauty gasped softly as she entered the area full of pets -- she had left her Owlcat back with half of a hallowed log with vines she frequently used to drag items around to keep her collection of things safe, and missed them dearly. But here, here was a large selection of pets to play with and tend to. Soon she had several snakes draped all over her, letting them climb her as she carefully moved around, holding a bit of food out in front of the turtle, just barely within its reach so it had to stretch its neck to make a proper bite, then pulled it away so it'd have to take a step to take a second one, giving it a bit of exercise.
When her time was up the animals seemed quite pleased and tired. Hopefully the next day she'll get to play with the fluffier pets, but the reptiles had been showing interest in her as soon as she stepped in, and since it was still just open the only other option she had was the boar, which was already rather taken.
Kin name: Quest Roll: 3, 6 Cat (Lynx) && You take the pet for a nice walk, maybe you find a thing or two. (+1 token)
Quest had no experience with pets but she figured she'd give it a go, they couldn't be much different than children? With a little coaxing Cracked Pebble happily followed her and so the pair took a nice walk through the swamp collecting pebbles.
Soldier of Song rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 2Total: 9 (2-16)
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:30 am
Kin name: Death in the Afternoon Roll: 7, 2 Scale babies (caiman) && Somehow you've managed to grab a wild animal, it is not pleased. (No token)
Bloodsport knew how to kill animals. So, if he just did the opposite of what he usually did, things would turn out fine! ...Right? All bluster and bravado, he leapt into the makeshift daycare to, yes, care so good for the first precious little beastie he saw.
His scarred-up leg touched down right next to a caiman that had been eyeing the pets, and the ensuing shriek of sheer terror from Bloodsport at least managed to scare it away before it could snap... not that it would have been able to get a mouthful of anything but the dust kicked up by the kio's panicked escape.
Kin name: Kiss of Death Roll: 5, 5 Large bug ( mantis ) && The pet was not happy with your game, Snailshell gives you a token as apology for the scratches. (+1 token)
Within the crowd of pets, the doe noticed a giant mantis among them. Not even thinking, she played a game of taunt with it. She tapped its antenna and the other before tapping its front leg with her hoof and quickly running away. Repeating the process a few times before the familiar got fed up with her. It charged at her with no plan of slowing down and started to slash at her legs like a wild animal. Auw that ought to hurt.
Kin name: Hellhound Roll: 1, 8 Dog (Eaglehound) && You went and gathered food for all the pets. (+1 token and a not-official plush of your kin, on a base I drew)
Hellhound is enraptured by all the pets around and she yips playfully as she takes a shine to an eaglehound. It whines, a whimper she knows all too well, and she rushes off to find food. What she brings back, well, the animals seem to like it and that's the important part.
Kin name: Welcome Home Fair Hunter Roll: 6, 1 Fuzzball (Furby) & Fetch
Welcome Home Fair Hunter knew all about pets and how to manage them; she did, after all, have a really nice pack of caimans. And a snake that just kind of... showed up one day. And she'd managed to raise her kids around Gecko's very toxic Frog without losing any of them, so she was pretty sure she could Deal With Animals.
But this... was hardly an animal. She didn't understand what she was looking at, with its strange eyes and tiny feet. Weird thing. Still, it was an animal, and it wanted to play. She tossed a stick in its direction, and much to her surprise, it actually managed to pick it up and waddle back with it. Huh. Even these weird things liked fetch.
Kin name: Marigold Roll: 6, 1 Fuzzballs (mongoose) && You play a game of fetch. (+1 token)
Marigold giggled at the sight of the little furry friend she'd made and, thinking quickly, tossed a small stick out for them to fetch. Seeing them flop off all excited just made her feel so happy... She almost wanted to chase after a stick herself, just to see how fun it was!
"Ahhh! I wish I could keep you, sweet little mongoose!" She cooed, giving it a quick pet. "My grandma's got one of you that likes to follow her. Maybe you know them?"
Kin name: Soothe Roll: 6, 3 fuzzballs (bat) && you groom the animal and receive a bit of fur
"This is sweet," said Soothe, who was on a break from the booth she was running in collaboration with a few other kin.
She was assigned a beautiful red bat. "I've never seen one of you up close before," she marveled. She spent half an hour moving her snout along its sweet, fuzzy belly, and was rewarded with her token and a clump of red fur when she was done. "I'll put this to good use," she said with a smile.
Kin name: Morning Thaw Roll: 3,3 Cat (Cheetah) && You groom the pet, you get a bit of fur/feather/honey/pet appropriate thing. (+1 token)
It appeared Morning Thaw had an affinity for Cheetah. What an odd sort of familiar to gravitate towards! Regardless, she carefully groomed the familiars and came away with a nice ball of soft fur.
