Escape 053

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and they called it puppy love;

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[Rudy, fortunately, has picked a café with reasonably lax health code restrictions on pets in the dining area, having long since pointed out that an establishment willing to serve the various vampires, werewolves, angels, and other assorted supernatural phenomena really had no excuse to disallow a simple canine from entrance. So he's listening to his Walkman at a table in the corner, puppy obediently near his feet, when Angela and Biscuit arrive, and doesn't bother to remove his headphones upon their approach.]

Hello.

and they called it puppy love;

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[Thirteen, actually. And his bristling displeasure, let him show you it. His expression doesn't change, yet somehow still manages to convey a deep sense of loathing.]

Kindly refrain from unsolicited terms of endearment.

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[lionesscouchant]

[She sits down in front of him - she looks a bit older from the last time you saw her. Also taller. First thing she does? Greet his Imperial Majesty]

Oh, hello your majesty, you've gotten terribly big!

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[prefers_chess]

[Interesting. He does indeed notice the age difference, and the height difference, too. Growth spurt? That would be a girl thing to do.]

As young emperors are wont to do. And naturally, he extends his greetings accordingly.

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[lionesscouchant]

Of course he does.

How are you today, Rudy?

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[prefers_chess]

Functioning at standard capacity.

You're taller.

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[adamantined]

Now I'm sad Mr. Muggles isn't a Miss Muggles.

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[prefers_chess]

Mr. Muggles would not make a suitable empress, anyway.

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[adamantined]

Are you kidding me? Have you seen that dog look high and mighty?

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[prefers_chess]

There is more to being an empress than merely looking high and mighty.

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[neverplays]

[ Mindy's crossing the square when she comes across Rudy. She doesn't turn around to say hi, but she does reach out too whack his shoulder, gently. ]

Dumbass.

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[prefers_chess]

[Predictably, he bristles at the whack, more from the act of being touched in the first place than from anything to do with the force involved. But he recognizes the voice, of course, and even if he didn't, the profanity itself would more than do it.]

Hi.

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You're not gonna start asking me stupid questions, are you?

[ She says it as a casual remark, busy with pulling something out of her pocket. No, it's not a knife, but a foil-wrapped pack of bubble gum. Mindy offers it to him.]

Where would you take a girl on her first date?

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[prefers_chess]

I don't ask stupid questions.

[Though he is relaxing slightly as he turns to better face her and accepts the gum, motioning for His Imperial Majesty to sit obediently at his side. The look on his face, however, manages to convey the implication of "but apparently you do" in response to Mindy's follow-up question, despite the fact that his expression is still as deadpan as ever. It's something in the eyes, clearly.]

And I don't date. [Pause.] But I do go to the arcade.

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[rejuvenated_sun]

[Now that she'd gotten a little used to being in the City, Ammy is walking around to see what she could see. And what she sees is a boy and a puppy. Immediately reminded of Mushi and Hayabusa, she walks over, wagging her tail in greeting to both of them.]

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[prefers_chess]

[Vaguely, Rudy recognizes the wolf from the Network, if only because it's not a particularly common occurrence to find a wolf on the Network at all, much less a talking one. That kind of thing does tend to stand out, which makes the recognition all the more simple. So, when she comes trotting over, Rudy raises his eyebrows slightly--merely because His Imperial Majesty hasn't gotten many candidates for Empress that don't come with a human attached--and his puppy wags its tail in return.]

Hello.

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[rejuvenated_sun]

[She dips her head in greeting to Rudy before turning her attention to the pup. All animals back in Nippon recognized her as the Mother of All Good, but it didn't necessarily go the same way here. So it was lucky of her to find these two. It would give her a chance to see if the animals in this City could see her for what she was.

And so she barks to the little one, asking him his name.]

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[prefers_chess]

[It's not that Rudy was particularly expecting a reply, honestly, being that his visitor is indeed a wolf (albeit a talking one), but his eyebrows quirk a bit higher as she barks--apparently to his dog--and go higher still as his dog...barks back in reply.

Fortunately for everyone concerned, the dog has the decency to introduce himself as Alexander, half because he has no perspective on what the various vaunted titles that Rudy consistently awards him really mean, and half because even if he did, six names is a lot more troublesome than one.]