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[neptune_sleuth]

Something was licking her.

Veronica Mars wrinkled up her nose, bewildered, as she jerked back and eased herself onto her palms at the same time. Her eyes flew open and unconsciously she reached out in search of her taser before she realized she didn't have one anymore.

And then she noticed the puppy.

It was a German Shepherd, a couple months old

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[neptune_queen]

Groaning quietly in her sleep, Lilly rolled over and reached a hand up to scratch at something unseen on her face. She was really not a morning person and never had been and, prior to the Island, that'd been because she liked to stay up for unsavory activities and needed extra hours in the morning to make up for it.

Here, though, it was more like habit.

[neptune_sleuth]

"Lilly, there's a puppy," Veronica said, tone sing song, and set the dog down on the bed. Promptly, the puppy crawled over to nudge at Lilly through the blankets. "Did you hear anyone come in last night?"

[neptune_queen]

"What the--" Lilly's eyes opened when she felt something crawling on her, blinking blearily down at the fuzzy, obnoxiously cute thing sitting on her chest. And, okay, ow, he-- she-- whatever, needed to get off the tits.

Sitting up as best she could, she reached down to gently push the puppy off of her and then looked over at Veronica, confusion clear on her face. "Where'd it come from?" she asked, ignoring the fact that Veronica had asked her a question first.

[neptune_sleuth]

"I woke up and she was, like, licking me," Veronica said, shrugging. "Look at the tag. She's for me, apparently, and..." She trailed off shaking her head. "I didn't hear anyone come in last night, did you?"

The puppy didn't seem to much mind having been pushed away. She was returning to Veronica now, inspecting the bed along the way, and already Veronica's mind was hunting for names.