no musical number could prepare you for this [open]

[laughwithme]

WHO: Ruggie Bucchi and specifically Yuu but also like. anyone else
WHERE: The labyrinth and wandering around Kaisou
WHEN: May 14th ish
WHAT: So Kaisou has a hyena boy now!
WARNINGS: This one doesn't swear! Much. May try to steal your donuts though

Closed to Yuu

[Well.

What the actual hell was this place?! Sure, it looks like Night Raven but those walls aren't supposed to be there, there's no paintings moving around, and there's no one here. What the hell. And to top it all off, he keeps tripping. Over nothing! And his magic isn't working!

This sucks and he wants out. As he wanders around, he calls out:]

Hey, Leona? [. . .] Jack? Yuu?

[Wow, Yuu didn't come running at the first sign of a problem that is totally not theirs to handle. He's fucked.]

Anyone?!

OTA

[Anyway, that was dumb and he doesn't approve of that and he's hungry and his magic isn't working so.

Hi! Have a hyena boy sidling up to you with a smile.]

Heeey. So I just got here and my rideshare canceled. Where can a guy go to get some decent, cheap food?

[As he mentally swears at Yuu for actually wrangling a promise out of him to "behave" and "no petty crimes". Boo.]

Comments

[laughwithme]

[Wow, he picked a good one. Ruggie just smiles a little more and tries to get a look at what she was eating. He'll eat it, it's food and it's free, but like. Gotta make sure.]

Yeah, getting here took a lot more outta me than I thought, and then my ride...shyeheehee, bad luck, right?

[onebadapple]

[The animals around her looked up from their various naps and their own books. A raccoon handed her the picnic basket and she pulled out some beef meat pies and half of a raspberry turnover.]

I made it this morning. Oh, but if you rather, I have some fruit, cheese, and bread as well.

[laughwithme]

[Yes. Ruggie takes the pie and turnover and sits down, mindful of the raccoon. And the other animals, wow.]

This is fine, thanks! Is the raccoon your pet?

[Are...any of these her pets? How do pets work here?]

[onebadapple]

Oh goodness no, I don't have any pets. [Her mother would never allow it.]

These are my friends!

[laughwithme]

[See, for most people, that might be alarming.

But Ruggie's best class is Animal Languages (and he's in a year with Silver) so some girl saying the wildlife are her friends?]

Hey, nice. [And because she did feed him without even questioning it, some advice:] Never ask raccoons for help finding food, though. It's probably not gonna be great for humans unless you tell them what you're looking for, shyeheehee.

[onebadapple]

Oh, we've never had any real problems, though, I've only just met the raccoons here. The ones back in the other countries were very good at getting what I asked for. They're incredibly intelligent.

[laughwithme]

Seriously? The ones back home aren't.

[Which is impressive given all the beastmen and animal linguists running around.]

I asked them all the time to get me things and they'd just bring me junk they got from the trash! Then again, maybe they were just messin' with me...

[onebadapple]

Are you asking them politely and giving clear instructions? [She offered as an observation. Then again, Snow seemed to have such a unique relationship with animals anyway.]

Why don't you try now?

[laughwithme]

Eh, I try but they're still tricky.

[But honestly, sure, he'll give it a shot right now. And Ruggie does, in fact, make a very decent attempt at Raccoon.

Only the raccoons here totally ignore them. He tries again; nothing. He even tries Bird, only for nothing.]

Guess they don't speak the same languages I learned or something...

[onebadapple]

Oh! How terribly strange! Well, I'm sure you can learn their dialect. I hope you don't give up, especially since animals are such wonderful creatures, I can't imagine not being able to talk to them.

[laughwithme]

Eh, I'll figure it out.

[She's a good kid, if a bit weird, so...]

What's your name, anyway? I'm Ruggie.

[onebadapple]

My name is Snow White, it's very nice to meet you, Ruggie!