[Video] Can anyone see me?

[librariansheart]

[It appears as though the cameraman is walking backward down the street, all the buildings receding and passerby turning to stare in puzzlement after it. Sheska's voice can be heard, but she's nowhere to be seen.]It's so relaxing to speak to the blind. Really, many of them are just such sweet people, and no one bothers to interact with them much

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There's no need to fear! Disaster dog is here!

[littlelostwolf]

No need for feaaar! I'll save you!

[The voice grows louder, Toboe dashes into view, a red cape tied around his neck, billowing behind him as he runs. Suddenly he misses a step, stumbles, tumbles toward the view of the camera and smacks into something with a thud]

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No problem, no problem, I'm ok, I totally meant for that to happen.

[The wolf is tangled up in his cape and thrashing around on the ground trying to get loose. Where the heck is that voice coming from anyway?]

[librariansheart]

[The camera clatters to the ground as the camerawoman goes down too with a yelp of surprise. The camera winds up on its side a little distance away, half propped up against what seems to be a trash can. Sheska's voice comes from the side at a distance from the camera, but she's still not on screen.]

Ow... What...? Oh! Oh my! Are you all right? You're not hurt are you?

[There's some scrambling and the cape seems to get some help straightening disentangling itself from around Toboe.]

[littlelostwolf]

[Toboe can be seen scrambling to his feet and glancing around confused. His nose twitched until it reaches part of his cape and he's looking up at ... the sky?]

Ah, thank you, even though I could have gotten out of that myself, yes..yes I was just um, practicing.

I, oh, are you um... ok?

[His nose is twitching again, the scene is begining to look like an amateur video with voice actors. A dog with split personalities who can talk maybe? Crazy kids and their imaginations]

[librariansheart]

Oh, yes, sorry. It's a lovely cape. I'm all right, thank you. Just surprised... ... you really are a dog, aren't you?

[She's utterly delighted by this new phenomenon. All the people have started crossing to the other side of the street to avoid the weird caped dog, apparently, because no one gets in the way of the camera's view. This has to be some sort of crazy new kid's show, right?]

[littlelostwolf]

[Suddenly, where the wolf had been sitting, a boy crouched, the only sign he had moved at all was a slight sliding of the cape behind him.]

Ah! You're the lady who said she'd meet me?

[Toboe looks around then smiles bashfully.]

My name's not Wolf, it's Toboe. What's yours?

[Ok, this new kids show was really weird. What were the producer's smoking? Crazy wolf boys talking to themselves was not a good basis for tv]

[librariansheart]

[There was a yelp of surprise, and a scrambling sound at the sudden change, like there might have been had someone been leaning close to a frog when it jumped.]

Ah! You're... But that's marvelous! How did you-- Sorry, yes, I'm Sheska, and I'm very pleased to meet you, Toboe-san. Would you still like me to fix that for you?

[A shining needle and a spool of red thread materialize out of thin air three feet or so from Toboe and maybe two and a half feet off the sidewalk. ...This thing just keeps getting stranger by the minute.]

[littlelostwolf]

[Toboe looks around confused before looking at himself]

Oh, ah, yes! Haha sorry... sometimes I forget people aren't used to me ... changing.

[The laugh is a nervous one, he's blushing furiously now and staring at the ground to hide it.]

It would ... be really nice not to trip over this all the time. I'll probably still end up tripping...

[Toboe leans away from the needle, looking all around before reluctantly unfastening his cape. What's a superhero without his cape?]

[librariansheart]

[Part of the cape crimps, and the tail end is pulled across the sidewalk to lie up at an angle -- it looks like it's laying across the knees of someone kneeling. A set of pins appears as well.]

No, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so surprised, since you were looking for the convention. I've never met anyone who could change their shape like that. It's wonderful!

Hm... Would you like this short enough that it won't get in your way when you're a wolf? [The cloak folds to something closer to a half-cape, and then folds back, so that it would hang somewhere around his human knees.] Or more like this?

[littlelostwolf]

[Toboe fidgets, blushing harder now]

That's what I try to tell them but they say I get caught too much to really be considered useful. It's ok though! I'll show them at the convention.

[He smiles cheerfully in Sheska's direction.]

[librariansheart]

[The needle starts tacking again with more energy and speed.]

Of course! And I'll be there to help back you up, even if -- Well, I'll be there too. I suspect it's just that you need a little bit of practice, and training. You can definitely do it. I'll have this done in just a minute.... and then we can go right to the convention.

[littlelostwolf]

You really think so? And I'll be there to make sure no one steps on your toes!

[Toboe laughed cheerfully]

The other heroes will be jealous of my cape!

[librariansheart]

[Sheska laughs too - it's a little contagious - and the thread ties itself in several complicated knots before breaking itself off. The finished cape levitates by the "shoulder line" and hangs in front of Toboe.]

It's not the best piece, but it's certainly better than having it be too long!

[littlelostwolf]

It fits! And it doesn't completely cover me anymore! I can actually see my tail

[He chases his tail twice in a circle before sitting down]

Uh... I was just... making sure I wouldn't trip

[librariansheart]

Wonderful! I hoped I hadn't gotten the length wrong...

[There's a shuffling sound and then a footstep or two.]

Shall we go to the stadium and see if we can get the other heroes to pay attention?

[littlelostwolf]

Yes! We'll show them we're just as good of superheroes as they are. Just because they never notice us, doesn't mean we can't be heroes too, right?

[librariansheart]

Absolutely! We work just as hard as they do. There's no reason that they shouldn't recognize what we can do. I suppose the question is, how do we get in? I'm not sure if they locked the door, but if they did, I can't exactly climb the outside of the stadium... I'm not that fit...