Cast: Millie (Cyber) and Zain (Mappy)
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[12:05 AM] Cyber | Back to Normal: BZZ BZZ BZZ
A swarm of fireflies buzzed around Millie's lamp, reaching for the light beyond the glass. Little did they know that if the glass broke they would be burned to dust by the flames. Millie liked the buzzing of the insects. It seemed like everywhere she went the local bugs sung a different tune.
As Millie returned to the convoy she noticed Zain looking around the convoy cart. She was carrying a large paper bag of groceries she had planned to make dinner with. Meat, vegetables, an assortment of fruit, flour, and oil. She probably had enough for a group but she hadn't really bothered to invite anyone to join her.
*I wonder if Zain speaks Pallo. He's a Laguz after all."
She quietly placed her shopping on top of a wooden table as she stared at Zain. Part of her wondered what it was like to be part animal. Would it be like being a stuffed animal? She wouldn't mind being covered in fur for a day, although it would get unbearably hot in the summer.
Now that she had spread out her she recounted her ingredients for the night. Duck legs, garlic, onions, butter, mushrooms and thyme along with oranges, broccoli and a bottle of apple cider. She looked around for the pot, before realizing that it was probably still in the convoy. She looked back at Zain, who she assumed was still doing inventory of the contents.
She nervously inched towards the convoy, careful not to disturb anyone else. Although Zain wasn't so bad, he kind of intimidated her. Plus, he was her boss so she found it a bit difficult to relax around him sometimes.
"(Excuse me. Would you like to have dinner with me?)"
She nervously squeaked out the line of Pallo. She still wasn't confident in her pronunciation, but if she had the chance to practice she would take it. Plus, she needed to get the pot out of the convoy anyways.
[1:44 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain put a small pot back on the shelf as he turned around to face Millie, of all people, speaking Pallo to him. She never mentioned she was able to speak it at all on her forms and paperwork to sign up for the Pack.
Unfortunately though was the fact that Millie failed to recognize that Pallo has multiple words for 'to have dinner,' and the one she used meant something more like 'to go out for dinner' with a somewhat romantic connotation. He made a mildly inquisitive face at Millie before responding.
"(You meant 'to eat dinner', right?)"
[2:02 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "(Eat...?)"
Millie blanked on the word for a second, trying to remember what it was.
Eat...eat...EAT!
Millie nodded as she remembered the vocabulary.
"(Would you like to eat dinner with me? I am cooking...) uh..."
Millie tried to remember how to say duck in Pallo, but gave up halfway.
"I'm cooking smoked duck."
[10:21 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "..." Zain looked at Millie with a somewhat dissatisfied and stern face, "Your Pallo really needs some work, Millie."
He didn't respond the actual question at hand yet, more concerned with what other kinds of mistakes Millie had been using when practicing Pallo around others. There's a lot of small things like the several words for 'to eat' that she has to watch out for.
[2:48 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie puffed her cheeks as she turned away and folded her arms.
"Well of course it needs work. I only started a few days ago."
Her bow drooped from embarrassment, and she flopped onto the bench next to her ingredients, dejected by Zain's blunt remark.
"It's not like I'm a prodigy and can learn Pallo in a week."(edited)
[9:34 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Do you want help then?" Zain reconsidered the offer for food. He would definitely not mind an extra meal right now.
"The phrase you want to use is '(Want to have dinner?).' Ask it like that and I'll accept it. I'm starving here so be quick," he very clearly was not starving.
[10:00 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie rolled her eyes and blew a stray strand if hair out of her face.
"(Want to have dinner?)"
It wasn't perfect but she thought it was more or less the same, similar to how some Laguz would have accents when speaking Milo. She didn't wait for a response as she began to mix the marinade for the duck. Salt, pepper, garlic and other seasonings went in the bowl as she grinded it into paste. It had been a while since she had cooked for herself but it seemed like she hadn't lost the knack for it.
"(Do you like duck?)"
[11:44 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain nodded, "(Sure, now we can eat. Obviously I eat duck - any meat is fine with me.)"
He watched Millie prepare the meal and instantly wanted food even more than he did before, though he was also slightly surprised, even if one couldn't tell just looking at his expression, "(You cook?)"
[6:27 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie stuffed the duck into the marinade and started the fire.
"My father taught me. He mostly knew how to cook fish but he be could cook most meat."
She shrugged and took the mushrooms out of their wax paper wrapping. Her father had been the cook of the family since her mother was always too busy. Because of his fishing hobby her family ate a lot of seafood on the weekends.
"(You can cook?)"
[6:48 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain stepped back to sit on the nearby picnic table that was there the entire time, leaning back comfortably, "(Nah. No point. I could just eat it raw or have someone else cook it. I can toss something over a fire I guess.)" He mindlessly looked around for a moment as Millie concentrated on the food, before adding one small thing:
"(Just respond in Pallo.)"(edited)
[6:57 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie nodded and put everything on the grill. The duck, mushrooms and vegatables sizzled invitingly, and she cosed the lid to smoke the flavor in.
(Is Pallo...more comfortable? For you?)
[7:06 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "(I'm a native speaker. Its easier for me, and beneficial to your learning, even if I have no idea why you want to learn it,)" Zain shrugged, simultaneously catching the scent of the meal. It smelled pretty good.
[2:40 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "Ummm"
Millie tried to remember the Pallo word for glyph but failed.
"(I want... to read... books on) glyphing."
She said the last part in Milo and shrugged. Zain probably knew what glyph was in Pallo anyways.
[2:53 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "(Glyphing, you mean,)" he interjected to help her out.
[7:12 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "(Glyphing...)"
Millie assumed the first word he spoke was Glyphing, since the only one she recognized was (you). She checked the duck with her tongs, and set them on a plate. Using the same tongs she stirred the vegetables before dumping a bit on each plate as well. She took 2 large slices of bread and began toasting them with the leftover grease.
"(How is home?)"
She meant to ask what home was like for Zain but she couldn't get the exact words out. She assumed this was good enough.
[2:40 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "(Extremely hot. And lots of sand. You'd hate it. Almost everyone not from there does,)" responded Zain, speaking objectively. He adjusted his position on the picnic bench and continued, "(Its good once you're used to it.)"
[9:32 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie chuckled, and began eating her duck. Perhaps it was because the ingredients were fresher but the duck tasted much better than she remembered. The mushrooms were different from the ones that her father bought in Rettati, but they still tasted good.
"(Do you like the duck?)"(edited)
[7:44 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain looked at Millie. After a moment he spoke up, reminding Millie of something very important, "(You literally just asked a minute ago.)"
[1:59 AM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie blushed when she realized that she had forgot to give Zain his portion of the duck.
"Awawawawaw I-I uh-ah I'MSOSORRYIWASJUSTSOHUNGRYANDIFORGOTANDIAH"
Millie began to spew apologies as she quickly grabbed the duck and quickly served some for Zain too. How could she forget to server her guest. Her bow bent forward like a cornered rabbit as she gingerly sat back down on the bench.
"sorry."
Millie squeaked 1 last apology before guiltily nibbling her duck again. Sometimes Zain scared her a bit.
[8:33 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "('About time,)" Zain leaned forward over the table and picked up the cooked duck. He took a bit quickly and with ease thanks to his fangs.
[12:45 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie still felt bad and sulked in her corner with her head down. She didn't feel like eating anymore, and just poked her half eaten duck with her fork.
"I hope it tastes good." Millie mumbled quietly.
[3:20 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain shrugged as he ate the meal Millie had prepared. He continued talking in Pallo to assure that Millie is understanding what he's saying; she asked him to help her afterall, "(It's alright.)"
After a few bites he looked away from the plate and up to Millie, "(Not sure what you're so sad about. There's nothing to be disappointed in.)"
[4:22 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: (Not sure...sad...disappointed?)
Wait, did Zain not like it? She wasn't sure if he was talking about the duck or her. Maybe she was overreacting. He just said the duck tasted alright right? She repeated the words again in her head as she tried to piece together what he meant.
"(Are you...sad you didn't get your food earlier?)"
She tilted her head to the side to indicate uncertainty. She wasn't sure why she did that, but dogs did that when they were confused, and she felt plenty confused right now.(edited)
[10:38 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Kiko: Flaps Flippers
[11:15 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain sighed quietly. She's getting there, kinda sorta but not really.
He put the duck down for a second (why would he dislike it if he was eating it...?), and responded, "You have nothing to be sad about right now."
The Laguz proceeded to pick the duck back up and take another bite. It was now almost gone.(edited)
[12:33 AM] Cyber | Back to Normal: Millie realised she misunderstood and sulked again.
"I'm sorry my Pallo isn't any good."
She nibbled her duck again. By now Zain had eaten more of his duck than Millie. All thr confusion and miscommunication had killed her appetite.
[12:39 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "You can't learn without trying. I was raised speaking only Pallo, and here I am, speaking Millo to you... somewhat good. And you're not the sword fighter you are today because you were a prodigy. If you're just going to be disappointed that you can't understand rather than trying, you won't improve," he gave some words of advice, eating the last piece of the duck. Somewhat talkative now.
Zain looked back up at Millie and added, "(Don't be sorry. It's your decision if you want to learn it - not my problem.)"
[12:44 AM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "(I know...)"
Realizing that Zain had finished his duck she hurriedly ate her own, taking large bites into the flesh, almost choking on a bone in the process.
[1:03 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain didn't respond to that, as he didn't feel the need to. He picked up one of the bones on the plate and chewed on it a bit.
[1:12 AM] Cyber | Back to Normal: After finished her duck and grumpily rested her head against the table.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
She stared at Zain for a fee moments, wondering what it was like to lead a whole team. She probably couldn't do it. She didn't think she was a good leader. She always tried to do too many things by herself. The closest thing she had to being a leader was tutoring younger kids back in Rettati.
"Hey..."
Millie eyed the top of Zain's head where his ears rested.
"Do Laguz like it when other people pet their ears like dogs?"
[12:32 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Huh- what?" he was taken slightly aback by Millie's quick question, and quickly picked up on where her gaze was lying. He moved he took the duck bone, now... pointy, and put it on the plate as a somewhat confused concerned expression took over his face.
"Errr..." he tried to come up with a good response to that.(edited)
[3:21 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "Ah-uh...uhm..."
Millie blushed when she realized how embarrassing her question was. But Millie liked fluffy things, and Zain's ears were pretty fluffy.
"You see....I...Back home, I had a pet dog named Pacha..."
Millie waved her hands in the air to show how big Pacha was.
"He was kind of like a husky I think. But he really liked it if you rubbed behind his ears."
Thinking about Pacha made Millie a bit homesick. He was her dorm mate's dog back in Niciri and they had gotten close in the 2 years she had lived with him. Millie wondered if he was sad now that she was gone.
Wait what am I thinking Laguz aren't like dogs they probably don't just let anyone pet their ears...
Millie blushed even more and tried to drink her water to hide it.
[3:55 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Some thoughts raced through Zain's mind as he watched Millie. It was a completely intent question, it seemed:
(...I can't say yes.)
(Well I can't say no either after that story, and you know.)
(But I'm the hardened leader of this squadron.)
With a slightly embarrassed face, noted by a slight reddening and tilt of the ears back, Zain finally responds to Millie, "Well, er, some do."
[4:12 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: MIllie nodded meekly and piled her bones on her plate like a tent.
"O-ok"
She realized this was probably not a comfortable topic for Zain and backed off. She would feel weird too if he asked her if Beorc liked headpats.
He probably thinks I'm a weirdo now...
[11:10 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Well, uh," he struggled for words a bit, "I don't think most would... object, if they were shifted, at least."
(You know that's not true for most.)
(Well, maybe.)
[11:32 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "Then..."
Millie put her hands between her knees and fidgeted a bit.
"Can I...try?"
[9:36 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "...If you want to."
[9:41 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "eh-uh o-ok..."
Millie's bow twitched she nervously looked around the camp to make sure there wasn't anyone else.
"E-excuse me"
She cautiously reached over the table, forgetting to wait for him to shift first.(edited)
[10:08 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Hey- I said when shifted," Zain's voice didn't sound angry - maybe a little surprised - but he stood up from the table so Millie couldn't reach him. That said, he grinned momentarily but still made the decision to back off.
He stepped back from the table, and, somewhat reluctantly, shifted his form. The trademark glow made the process difficult to see as per usual.
The Wolf then paced around the table and sat on the ground not too far, but a few steps away at least, from Millie.(edited)
[10:16 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "Oh- sorry-I..."
Millie would have blushed even more of she could, and her hand shot back. Zain must definitely think she was weird now. She didn't seem to excited to pet him did she?
Carefully standing up from the table she approaches Zain slowly.
"Hi...."
She squatted down and extended her hand hand slowly, rubbing the top of Zain's head. She moved her hand behind and between the ears, and then began using both hands to rub his ears and neck. Zain was much larger than Pacha, so she had to move around a bit more to get all the spots.
[3:58 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain tilts his ears back. Even if it's hard to tell on a wolf, his expression was slightly positive with a hint of a dog's smile.
[5:25 PM] Cyber | Back to Normal: "Ehehehe."
Millie continued to happily pet Zain with a blissful expression on her face. He seemed to like it too, so she moved down his neck and petted his back as well.
It's so fluffy...
She resisted the urge to say "Who's a good boy" because Zain was probably closer to a man and it was probably not good for his pride as well. Millie began to hum after a few minutes as she enjoyed the fluffiness. Petting helped relax her, and soon the sun had begun to set, bringing their dinner to a close.(edited)
[3:13 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: ===End RP===
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