September & October Catch-All

[spiritwalks]

Who: Vyng spiritwalks and YOU
What: Catch-All for September + October. See comments for prompts!
When: Various
Where: Various

Note: Style veers wildly between prose and brackets. Just choose whatever style feels good when responding, and I'll match it ♥

Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable

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[vibing]

"He rarely makes dog food," Repede warns her with a soft woof. Yuri raises an eyebrow at him, to ask what the hell is going on. Slipper's eye contact is kind of disconcerting. He holds out a hand for her to sniff if that's what she wants to do. "However, his scritches are quite good."

Repede turns back to them. "No, we are very comfortable. Thank you. If you need anything, find me. Me and my partner want to help people. He may deny it," but Repede won't.

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"Ah, and he learns." Slippers further relaxes at the gesture, and she steps closer to sniff at the extended hand, the nostrils of her wet nose flaring with interest. (Does it bear the scent of boardwalk food? Or is it mostly Dog? Only one way to find out.)

"You are most gracious," Vyng says to their new friend. "Thank you. The same courtesy, of course, extends to you and yours."

[vibing]

Boardwalk food, ice, fire, the bread he was baking earlier. It's a real experience. He should probably wash his hands more. If she lets him, Yuri will give her scritches behind her ears. Expert scritcher here.

"Repede," Repede tells him with a little nod of his head before he heads back to Yuri. He doesn't beg for scritches too, but Yuri raises an eyebrow at him.

"You done? So, what, you learn the mysteries of the universe?"

[spiritwalks]

"Vyng," he answers in kind. It's always good to make allies — even if that means excluding other people from the conversation, apparently.

Slippers closes her eyes and tilts her head at an optimal angle for pets. (Ah, yes. Now you're speaking her language, Yuri.)

"Hey, you are good," Vyng observes. Except this time, it's in a tongue the other man can actually understand. "Can I have some scritches too?"

[vibing]

Repede nods his head, equally glad to have made a new ally.

Yuri, though, glances over at him with his eyebrows raising far into his bangs. "Hey, man, even though you speak dog, doesn't mean you are one."

And dogs get scritches, but people? Yeah, sorry, buddy. Instead, he focuses on Slippers, because she is fuzzy and can't talk (to him) and that's something he values. People are hard. Animals aren't.

[spiritwalks]

"Not anymore, maybe. We've all got our creature comforts, though."

Back in the old days, Vyng might have turned into a dog just to prove a point. But he's a different person now. He's put all that behind him. Consequently, he lets the denial roll off his back by quietly tucking his long legs underneath himself and leaning back on the heels of his palms.

Slippers is enjoying herself, at least. You don't have to speak dog to see how much her tail is wagging.

[vibing]

"Yeah, well," Yuri focuses back on Slippers. Dogs are so much easier to deal with than people. "I'm sure you could find someone to do it." Someone who isn't him.

Repede sits next to Yuri, watching Vyng with something like amusement.

[spiritwalks]

"Fine, fine," Vyng says with a breezy, flippant tone. "If I'm not cute and furry enough for you, that's all you've gotta say."

Maybe the guy's annoyed from being left out of the conversation. Vyng has an unfortunate habit of doing that to humans.