dualislogs | Pet-nanigans

WHO: Anyone and everyone

WHAT: South Southing it up, feat. animals!

WHERE: Anywhere in the city

WHEN: Beginning of November

WARNINGS: None yet

South is trying to get the hang of her new tattoo and it's powers. After some work and more than a few fuck-ups, she has managed to conjure up her first actual animal! Now, she was told they weren't real animals, something about fae and shapeshifting and nonsense, whatever, it was animal enough for her! And the best part, no feeding or cleaning up shit, just the fun of hanging out with a critter without dealing with the responsibility parts!

She can be found in town with either a goat, jackal, dire wolf, or even a black bear following her around, a grin on her face every time she looks back at her little fur baby. Or out in one of the parks, sitting off in the grass and no doubt making her pants damp as she watches a good sized hawk circle around before it comes to land by her feet. There's even a chance she's sitting out next to a building, a happy hyena prancing around in front of her as she tosses it scraps of meat to catch in it's powerful jaws. She's spending the day out with her newly learned animal summoning magic, only one animal at a time though, having a ball getting used to using the magic and playing with the critters.

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Major resumes trying to mouth and nuzzle her face, but South's able to nudge his attacks up to her hair instead so she can talk. She doesn't need a bear tongue in her mouth, thanks.

"He's as vicious as a squirmy new baby." She rolls her eyes slightly and smiles again, making no move to get up off the grass just yet. "The fuzzy fur is seriously one of his best features! Seriously, pet him, he's so fucking soft." She insists, looping an arm around the bear's neck as much as she can and tugging him into a hug, "He won't bite or anything."

Tifa isn't really sure who to trust here, but at the same time she isn't the kind of person who is innately wary of everyone she meets. So she just decides to take the woman at her word, figuring that if things start going wrong, she's strong enough to take care of the bear. Taking a few steps closer, she reaches out to gently stroke the bear's side. The fur is surprisingly soft and Tifa lets her fingers soak up the feeling for a few seconds before she retreats.

"You're right. He's really soft. Almost reminds me of a friend of mine." Except Nanaki is a sort of feline-type (????) species and not anywhere near the size of a bear. Faster, for sure, and more powerful, but not bigger. "Does he have a name?"

The big, tubby, fuzzy beast hardly reacts to Souths hugging headlock or the other woman letting him, managing to get the collar of Souths jacket in his mouth and focusing on chewing.

“Bear fur reminds you of a friend? Like. A...human?” If so, she’ll only be slightly surprised. With the people around here, a person with animal or similar hair wouldn’t be that unusual. “His name is Major, I’m still considering a middle name, though.”

"No." Tifa immediately shakes her head at the questions. Nanaki wasn't human. No one really knows what his species actually is. They all just know he's not like any of the rest of them. "He's like a small lion. He never told us what his species is called, but he looks like a large red feline and he can talk just as well as any of the rest of us. He's been a great friend so far."

Yea...okay...that's going to earn a silly little expression, but South is at least nice enough right now to tuck her face against Major's fur to shield any judgement. A lion? That can speak. Like just a regular lion? Regular enough... Or like a...man-lion..? Oh, her mind is racing with maybe too many, funky thoughts. So she just, holds it back and nods slightly as Major let a glop of drool fall to her leg.

"Great friends are...hard to come by." Especially if it's a talking lion that's a friend. Sounds utterly insane, but then again, most things she's seen and heard of here have been pretty crazy.

Tifa nods in agreement. "They can be, whether they can talk or not." She gestures with one hand to indicate Major. "I should let you go, though. I didn't mean to interrupt your day."

"Nah, you're not interrupting anything." She insists as she finally lets go of Major and stands up. "Besides, while he's harmless as a baby, it probably doesn't hurt to socialize him."

He seems indifferent to either decision, lazily yawning before he scoots up closer to South so he can try mouthing at the hem of her shirt to chew on.

Tifa watches them a little dubiously. The bear seems harmless enough now, but who knows what it'll be like later. If it's just a baby now, later might bring a whole host of other problems. Still, she decides not to run and instead gives the bear another pat on his shoulder.

"He's well-behaved so far. How long have you had him?"

He's pretty well grown, and since he's a magic'd up bear, he probably won't grow more. The pat has his eyes looking up at the other woman, but his fuzzy bear expression only shows mild curiosity as his main focus stays on chewing the fabric.

"Literally like half an hour, maybe. So far he's pretty much just a chubby, cuddly furball, very well behaved." She beams like a proud pet ~~mom~~ owner, dropping her hand to rub his head before she tries nudging him lightly to discourage the chewing. He doesn't even slow down. "Except for this chewing thing, just keeps gnawing on shit, he already pretty much ate one of my other boots."

Half an hour? That's a short time to have an animal. Looks like it's going well, though. Tifa hopes it continues that way.

"He's not hungry, is he?" she questions curiously. "Or maybe he's like a puppy and just needs something to chew on." It's as good a theory as any. "Where did you get him? I didn't know there was a large animal shop around."

"Nah, he's had food and I've tossed snacks his way, think it's like a puppy thing." Well, a baby thing specifically. Like a pacifier? Maybe? She's prodded inside his mouth and he has all his teeth, though, so maybe it's a...comfort thing? She has no idea.

"I got a tattoo that lets me summon animals." She beams and yanks down her jacket and, yep, half pulling off her shirt, don't mind it, just exposing her shoulder and the tattoo on it, "I can get him so far, but it should let me call up a few others."

"A tattoo lets you do that?" Tifa asks, dubiously. That doesn't sound very safe in a place like this, though it might explain the chewing. Maybe the bear just thinks the woman is part of its family.

"Good luck, I guess. Hopefully he'll grow out of chewing everything."

Don't mind her if she just wants to leave the creepy summoned-by-tattoo-magic bear alone. She has nothing against bears or summoned creatures as a general rule. It's just the very Shinra feeling this place gives her and the idea that something like this magic could be used to control someone.

"Yea, I got it with my voucher thing from months ago." It's all weird, and that's why it took her an eternity to finally get one, she's new to any magic bullshit whatsoever. But she likes this special ability so far, all the fun of a pet without any of the literal shit.

"Thanks- hopefully he does, it's driving me a little crazy already." Hasn't been very long, but she liked those boots he gnawed up!

Whether she notices any off the off-put feelings of the magic'd up bear or not isn't clear, but she's still smiling and patting the hat on Major's head.

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