CELEBRATE TODAY;

[northrend]

Date & Time: December 11th, All Day
Location: The center of the hold
Characters: EXSILIUM, ALL Y'ALL
Summary: These cute little animals are in need of your help!
Warnings: Adorable animals

[Sometime during the night, a few unidentified townsfolk had carried in several boxes with signs attached to them. If spoken to, they only reply that they are busy and they must get these critters inside before it gets too cold outside. All of the boxes are separated and spread out, mostly so that the box of foxes won't chase after the box of rabbits. Each is denoted with a sign to describe what animal resides in the box, accompanied with the following blurb:

"Get in the Holiday Spirit! Adopt a pet today!"

Somewhere near each box is a container of food for the respective animal. The people who had brought the animals inside are no longer anywhere to be found. Somewhere in the outlands, Arthas is watching.]

[ooc: this marks the start of Woodland Critter Christmas.]

Comments

Opennnnnnn

[breakablegirl]

[Claire hears them before she sees them. Tiny squeaks, rustling, little claws running along the inside of the boxes. Suspicious, she follows the noises and carefully steps up to the arrangement of boxes, peeking into them and reading the labels.

Her suspicion and the intense caring need to take one or more of these little guys home are battling it out inside of her head.

..There's no reason why not, right? I mean, if she just leaves them all here what's going to happen to them? Will anyone take care of them? So what if it's a little odd. They're baby animals. Helpless and adorable.]

Aww. It's okay, little guy. [She quickly finds herself cooing at the nearest bunny, putting her hand inside to scratch behind his ears, giggling when it clumsily starts scratching its side with one of his big back feet.

..I mean. How can she resist?]

Re: Opennnnnnn

[spongetastic]

[Peter has always favored a soft spot for animals. Add a soft spot for his niece and these cute little critters are guaranteed to be adopted]

You two look suited for each other.

[danno_williams]

If you come at the right time, you just might see Danny wander by and swipe a box with a rabbit in it.

What? It reminded him of his daughter. Well it had been Step-Stan that had gotten her the actual rabbit but anyway... It looked like Mr. Floppy.

Plus well, it is kinda cute. Not that he'd ever admit it.

EVER.

Open!

[direhit]

["Pets?"

They looked a bit weird to Mei. Animals native to the city, she guesses, but they're nothing like the animals- Pokemon, from home.

She's left her Serperior in her Pokeball for now. No doubt a large snake would probably terrify the little animals, but Mei can't help but be curious. The sounds the cute little furry bodies...

What girl can ignore the utter cuteness in front of her?

She picks up a kitten, white with splotches of gray on it's face and back and just holds it up in the air for a moment.]

You're definitely cuter than any Purrloin I know. [She brings it close to her chest, rubbing the space in between his ears on the top of his head with her finger.]

hope you don't mind a kind of late tag

[idealord]

[Aw, now doesn't that just warm the cockles of your heart. A cute girl and a cute kitten. Hilbert was looking at other woodland creatures himself and trots over with a little deer at his heel, crouching beside her and picking up a tabby one himself.]

Are you going to get one? I'd take them all in if I could. I'd feel bad if they were left out here with no one to take care of them. And these little guys definitely cuter than a Purrloin.

[A girl from Unova, for sure, with that sort of hair knowledge.]

not at all! <3

[direhit]

[Someone that knows about Purrloins! This had to be her lucky day. First Hilda and N, now this guy. Mei can't help but beam back at him, glancing down once at the deer (is it a new form of Deerling? Huh.).]

I know! It's a lot colder out here than in the buildings, so I miiiight. [She plays with one of the kitten's paws.]

Are you from Unova?

oh good <3

[idealord]

[(That's what he thought, too.) Hilbert nods, cradling his tabby. Maybe he'll take this little guy home too. The Thumper to his Bambi.]

You bet. The name's Hilbert, from Nuvema Town. What about you?

[direhit]

[Gotta adopt 'em all!]

You're the one that Hilda mentioned! [She practically gapes at him. This is great. He might have a new Pokemon with him!]

I'm Mei, from Aspertia City. I've never been to Nuvema before, but its nice to meet you!

open

[caligulas_aquarium]

[Eridan hasn't so much adopted one of these little things, after all why the fuck would he care about them? However he'd made a passing glance as he walked by, quickly losing interest and deciding to leave, only for a rogue sparrow to fly out and land on Eridan's forearm.

He raises his arm to look at it, before swatting at it with his free hand to try and get rid of it. It flies off, only to land on his shoulder instead. Again he swats at it, but it just changes position on him, he swats at it again, the cycle continues.

Honestly, this goes on a lot longer than it should.]

Get offa me you little pest!

Open!

[failtsuninari]

[Tenjou happened to pass by when the animals were brought in. At first he assumed the worse but he heard the sounds of the animals in the boxes, he went in. Then he heard the miffed sound of an animal he knew by heart. Immediately he opened one of the boxes and a pair of foxes jumped out at him, knocking him on his back in surprise.

There was no biting like one would expect from them, but affectionate yips. Suddenly he burst out laughing as he gave them a scratch under their chins. ]

I was expecting domesticated animals but I'm not complaining at all.

So Very Open

[strategic_guile]

[Boxes of cute animals. Rabbits and deer and all sorts of woodland creatures in boxes with adopt me signs. They couldn't just have kittens and puppies. Here in Exsilium they went the extra mile. So Blaine leaned over a box filled with rabbits and watched them hop around and look cute.

Hell, he even leaned over to poke at the ear of one and have it lift on it's hing legs to sniff at him. He grinned.]

Where did these even come from?

[failtsuninari]

[Tenjou was getting acquainted with his new pets; a pair of foxes, most likely mates. He sees Blaine and walks over to him. While the foxes are tempted to make a meal out of the rabbits, Tenjou gave them a stern look and the idea vanished from their minds.]

Who knows but why are you poking the poor thing?

[strategic_guile]

[The rabbit is sniffing at him and he runs his fingers over the fur between its eyes. He smooths over one ear which flicks out from under his hand after a second.]

Everyone likes to poke at animals.

open

[glenamored]

[ Glen stares at the sign dumb-founded and doubtful. Adopt a pet? Of all the extraneous activities that don't involve actually doing something against the supposedly immediate threat the United Earth poses, this is the most ridiculous scheme yet. People seem to be buying it to it, though -- peaking into boxes and petting what she can only assume are the fluffy, cute animals sitting inside.

Glen purposely strides up to what she assumes is going to be the least fluffy animal, a box labeled "robin". The bird tweets at her once as she peeks inside, and in response she pastes on a very convincing smile, meant more for anyone who happens to be watching her than for the robin.

Well, here's for fitting in. And maybe having a small, non-human friend won't be so bad, either. ]

Come on, off we go. You're coming with me. [ She manages to mix fondness and exasperation into those two sentences, and it's not even that difficult. The robin chirps again from within the box, and the girl carrying it rolls her eyes. ]

[kingdom_of_song]

[Swann should never be let out by himself, really. It's a miracle he hasn't gotten himself killed over the last few months. Perhaps he's more intelligent than he looks, but at this moment, he's not thinking clearly.

[For he has seen wee animals. For adoption.

[He has to wonder, has the TARDIS ever had a pet? He had several dogs back in his time, but they were the entire carnival's pets and not really his own. They liked him well enough, though. But these! Squirrels and wee sparrows and foxes and--oh! A snake! The very fellow, a wee milksnake with stripes. When he picks it up, it curls around his wrist.]

Och, there ye go, all tail, you are. You're beautiful, aye. Would ye like to meet a friend of mine? Better than hanging about here, I think.

[It gives him a snakey tongue-flick and starts to slither up his shirt sleeve.]

[shoesfitperfectly]

When he gets to Room 605 the door is unlocked, as it has been ever since the Doctor moved his TARDIS in. He has, however, relocated the Police Box and it now sits in the main room, tucked in a corner, conspicuously blue against the plain white of the walls and amid the rather Spartan furnishings.

The Time Lord himself is in the apartment's kitchen, gazing glumly at the stove where a kettle is taking its sweet time bringing water to a boil.

OPEN;

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Arturia Pendragon never owned a pet growing up. Sure she took care of the stables as any "child" to a knight had to and sure she learned how to ride her own steed in particular. Beyond that, she's never held a tiny critter in her own hands unless it was cooked.

So she's not sure why she's pulling out a rabbit as white as snow out from a box or why she's taking a bag full of what's meant to feed it with her. Tucking it into the belt she wore with the rest of her armor, she'll stare the rabbit down in her hands with a strange look.

She's always had a secret fondness for cute animals... ]

[emptysword]

Hey.

[Lo and behold, said boyfriend, while carrying a box of supplies for one of his part-time job, happened to pass by the area.]

What are you doing with that?

[ex_cashcow493]

This?

[ Glancing down at the rabbit, then back up at him. ] I was, um, I was going to prepare it for you for dinner tonight.

[ Flinching at the obvious lie, she shakes her head quickly after. ]

That is what I should say, but the sign said I would get into this holiday spirit if I adopted a pet. I saw no hounds fit for hunting, but this beast...

[ Holding up the fluffy white rabbit once more. ] This is a foul beast that surely would have harmed someone else. It is my responsibility as a knight to burden myself with keeping it from others.

[emptysword]

[Hang on a second as he tried to translate it from the usual "I-it's not cute at all!" Saber speech to normal speech.]

...So basically, you want a pet.

[And hammering it with well, a giant hammer.]

[ex_cashcow493]

That is the gist of what I was saying, yes.

[ Holding the rabbit close to her metal breastplate. Poor thing. ] Am I radiating with holiday spirit now, Shirou? You can be honest with me.

[peachbaths]

[ She never had any real pets growing up, either. Ka Koubun said that dirty animals might make her sick! But as she scoops up the cutest rabbit she has ever seen, she starts to think that animals aren't so bad.

What's this? Another girl with the same thoughts? Maybe Kougyoku the Friendless can strike up a conversation with this person. ]

Um!

What sort of holiday are we celebrating again...

[ NO THAT WASN'T WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY ]

sorry for the delay ;; <3

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Oh, has she never heard of the modern holidays? Saber looks her over to gauge just where she might be from before continuing. ]

I am told it is for a holiday called Christmas.

it's alright!

[peachbaths]

[ Judging from her wardrobe alone, Kougyoku looks like a girl from ancient China. As one would expect, she shakes her head when informed of an unfamiliar holiday. ]

I have never heard of it. [ But she's curious: ] Are small animals usually part of this Christmas tradition?

Wiiiide open.

[inline]

[Late morning finds Kazu weaving through the boxes on his A-Ts, stooping every now and then to peek at their furry occupants. Squirrels, rabbits, dormice, birds... Even a box of skunks, which he skiiiiiirts around at a healthy distance before coming to idle by the box of hedgehogs next to them. These he gives a second look, then a third, and then he's dropping into a crouch (on wheels, yes), arms hooked dangling by their elbows on either knee as he offers a tentative hand to the nearest snout.

...That doesn't stop him from throwing dubious looks at the sign, though.]

Where'd they get these from? Was kinda under the impression everything out there's neon-coloured with like three heads.