007 ✝ seventh step [action]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill's finding it a little hard to adapt to being a puppy. There isn't much she can do in the way of chores or cooking. At least the laundry isn't piling up while this latest experiment is going on, considering Badou, Mister Mihai, Miss Naoto, and Haine have all turned into dogs. It was a little funny to see, all of them standing around,

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[entaiho]

[There's something that looks rather like a large white tiger sunning himself on the roof of House 31, puppy!Nill. Do you investigate, y/n?]

[manmade_angel]

[Ooh! Always Y!]

[Nill trots over to the house, eyes fixed on the strange wonderful animal, tail wagging. Of course, now she realizes that she can't exactly get up onto the roof. She whimpers and paces in circles, finally resorting to barking once.]

[entaiho]

[What is this barking interrupting his nap. Rokuta opens his eyes just enough to give a lazy glance downward, though it doesn't really answer the question.]

So who're you this week?

[manmade_angel]

[Nill tilts her head, not really understanding the question for a moment. Oh! She's being asked who she is! Of course, she's a dog right now...]

[Though unfortunately, she still can't speak. She can only bark and make normal dog-sounds--it's something at least? It won't help her convey her name, though. She doesn't have any fingers to write with and no paper to hand to the big... tiger-thing.]

[So she sits down, defeated. Being a puppy was really hard...]

[whichwayagain]

[Lacking opposable thumbs in a house full of high cabinets and canned goods didn't bode well for keeping the puppies fed. Mihai himself had discovered this when he tried searching through the kitchen for lunch. Opting not to abide by the cliche "dog eat dog," he'll head out into the village proper in hopes of finding something accessible to eat.

It takes him a moment, but he'll recognize Nill when he comes upon her some time later, a large package of deli-meat hanging from his mouth. Since he didn't lose his manners along with the ability to open doors and jars, he'll head over to see if the girl's hungry as well.]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill catches Mihai's scent before she sees him, but once she notices he's heading her way, she charges towards him. She's had so much energy this week, it's amazing! After racing up to Mihai, Nill circles him once then nuzzles him at his elbow in greeting.]

[Ooh... whatever he has, it smells good!]

[whichwayagain]

[...So much energy. On the other, uh, paw, Mihai's had just as hard of a time keeping up with the others this week, if not moreso. The price for being a big dog, probably.

Still, he's happy to see Nill. He'll drop the package at her feet, then push it towards her with his nose. Want some?]

[manmade_angel]

[For her? But isn't Mr. Mihai hungry? He's seemed a little slow recently, and Nill wondered if it was because they all weren't eating normally or if Mr. Mihai wasn't sleeping enough. Nill liked to sleep in sunny patches recently--and it was just so easy to nap on the carpet.]

[She tilts her head and whimpers a little at Mihai, then tentatively tears open a corner of the package. She'll just take a little bit... Mr. Mihai went to the trouble of fetching it, after all.]

[lost_koneko]

[Sees the puppy and jumps back, hissing!]

[manmade_angel]

[Uwah! Why is this kitty mad at her? Nill was just walking by! What a mean kitty... ...maybe she should chase it?]

[How strange. Nill's never had the inclination to chase cats before. She backs up, tail between her legs.]

[lost_koneko]

[Hisses at a little more but calms down a bit when the scary puppy backs off. Kirimi watches the other cautiously.]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill does the same when the kitten doesn't come after her. Did she just startle the kitten? She really was running about with reckless abandon...]

[Once things seem to calm down a little Nill approaches cautiously again, head tilted, just to sniff.]

[rain_of_bullets]

[When the house is empty and there's no one around to make any of the meals, he takes to checking around the others. While there's no tobacco-clouded scent to help him follow Badou(how the hell does he smoke as a dog anyway...), he doesn't seem to have any trouble locating Nill's scent. And why the fuck is it so easy to remember what Nill smells like?

It isn't long before he spots the fluffy little puppy, already getting into things like she's never seen an upturned trashcan or a garden full of flowers- okay, so he hasn't seen one before getting to this batshit world either, but-...

He gets close enough to nose her shoulder. What's so interesting about a flowerbed anyway?]

[manmade_angel]

[Nill's head had been virtually inside the bed of flowers when she feels a nudge to her shoulder. Given the sort of day she's having, filled with flying tigers and hissing cats, she should jump at the nudge. But Nill just removes her head from the pansies and looks up--ah! It's Haine!]

[She yips a little in greeting, then noses his shoulder as well. Is it time to go home? Is Haine hungry? She wags her tail, waiting for him to lead her somewhere.]

[rain_of_bullets]

[He adjusts to the scent, the flowers distracting him a moment before Nill's head pops up. Flowers huh. So this is what they're supposed to look like. How Lily could see these in Giovanni's scribbles is beyond him, but somehow, he knew it too.

The bark is enough to turn his head, and when the little dog noses his shoulder; is she hungry? Or just trying to play? Either way, he decides to let the flowers be. What the hell are they supposed to eat like this anyway? The grocers still have food...

He turns his head toward the shopping district and starts off in that direction.]

[manmade_angel]

[Oh! Haine must be hungry then! It's true, she's been slacking a little bit, given her absence of thumbs and a sudden decrease in her height. She should have at least figured out something to eat, otherwise everyone was going to have to start going through garbage cans. And that wouldn't be good for anybody.]

[She trots alongside him, trying to keep up, but she has to take at least two steps for every one of Haine's. They probably looked quite odd: a large, black, rough-looking dog walking with a small, fluffy, white puppy. Though really, the puppy looked like her day had been made just because she was walking next to him.]