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Has over heated and is heading to that big bamboo forest in the sky.
The mortician was quick to adjust the umbrella so that both of them could have a nice little safe spot from the rain without getting too much in eachother’s faces. Still, from up close, there’s slightly more warmth to that dumb smile on his face, drawn only from the fact that something he’s doing is useful to another person.
“Oh, not entirely. I need to return to work, i’ve got a couple of clients waiting for me to finish their arrangements~” he tilts his head to a side for a moment, seemingly in thought before turning back to his unlikely companion. “But i can welcome you to keep me company if you want to; it’s not a long distance, but i could carry you in my arms. Your feet are very, very short, it will take you much longer to follow me on foot~”
Now certainly she is aware going off with a stranger to an undisclosed location, knowing nothing of said stranger’s occupation or temperament, could very well lead to an unfortunate if not potentially lethal situation for her.
She takes this into consideration, truly, yet as she weighs it against the possibility of making a new friendship with an interesting individual and sating her curiosity of what occupation and temperament he holds.... well one side wins out and its not the side that involves getting out from under the umbrella.
“No need to get your arms wet, if you can lend me a shoulder I’m more than comfortable sitting up there.” Giving her fur another quick shake to dry off as much as she could, the bear climbs the man like a tree and plops her body across his shoulder with her hind paws hanging over to his back.
“I’m Panda by the way.” Holding a paw out for a greeting shake the damp fluffy bear tilts her head a strong medicinal smell seems to be coming from the man’s skin. “Are you a doctor by chance?”
Maybe he took their conversation too lightly which kinda proved her point. He wouldn’t call her if he was neck deep in shit. Would he even call anyone? His troubles were too complicated to drag other people into it. It was a self made mess he wanted to clean up himself but apparently it hurt the ones he was close to - he never really thought about that.
The bottle had been the best way to deal with this kinda stuff.
“ Yeah… I get the idea. “ The wolf replied quietly, looking away for a moment as he thought. Usually when things got bad he grabbed a bottle of Jack and withdrew for a few hours. Then he woke up with a hangover and rinse and repeat. Should he seriously just call her instead of doing that? It seemed wrong, felt wrong too. This sure would take him some time.. Maybe he could start with small things.
“ Sure Panda. You can be a friend like that. I’ll.. Make an effort to rely on you more. “ Bandit smiled a tired smile, yet he really tried to sound genuine. Because he wanted to make an effort but where to even start?
"Thank you Bandit.” She smiled back at him, a fuzzy faced sideways 3 and hoped he knew she meant it too.
Letting an easy silence fall between them she eventually asked him about the knife mark in the table on the way in and the story behind it, a quiet but warm conversation enveloping them from the sound of the others in the bar and the pouring rain outside.
When her drink was finished, in no hurry and long after the storm had quieted to a cool peaceful night, Panda got the contact info of the farm and told Bandit about the little spots around the city she’d begun lingering should he ever not find her in her home.
Before she said good night she hesitated, as though something was still on her mind but thought better of it and instead asked him to meet her in the river side woods on Wednesday morning for a run.
“If you’re up for it. I know you’re busy but the air tastes fresher there, more crisp and filling.”
Kaiden nodded, continuing to pet Aki’s head. Scratching behind her ear, the dog’s cinnamon roll tail wagging. Her back leg started to thump against the sidewalk. It wasn’t the first time she was asked if she was human, so it didn’t bother her.
The hand petting the dog stopped, she looked at the girl and blinked. The question took her way off guard; she didn’t know how to respond.
“I…I uh…” oh god, how does she answer this? She turns her head to the side, free hand over her mouth.
“Ma-Maybe…I don’t know, it’s complicated.” the older woman was desperately trying to hide how flustered the question made her.
Panda took the maybe as a yes and smiled innocently.
“Good to know. “ Noting the woman’s flustered expression she tilted her head. “Oh, I’m sorry that was too personal wasn’t it? If it makes you feel any better I’m just a friend and Bandit and I have never had intercourse.”
There, that should help put her at ease.
“Nice day isn’t it?”
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-▐│ ╯COULD YOU SAY NO TO THAT FACE?
⊱ Aluin is very careful to pick her up slowly and softly as to not SCARE or accidentally HARM : Pull out fur : Scratch her with his notably long black nails, however, his hands are uncontrollably COLD. The vampire is very very careful with Panda. She is like a cotton ball cloud, super cute, and so small which only ADDS to her cuteness, how does she get anywhere by herself? He wonders placing her up on his bony shoulder. There isn’t much room, so he moves SLOWLY to retrieve the juice boxes from his bag so as to not knock her off.
The vampire carries around the apple juice in case he is to BITE someone, the juice helps with the blood loss, but today, it’ll make for one HAPPY panda. The size comparison between her and the box was…adorable. It gets a giggle from the vampire which turns into laughter at the sight of her pulling the bag of cookies out of her fur. He knows he should say NO, they might be covered in fur or be Panda food – which he assumes is a lot like cat food – but she’s so very CUTE, Aluin shakes his head, YES.
❛ I would love one. ❜ He passes the juice and holds his palm out for the almond cookie before speaking again. ❛ With those little legs, walking anywhere has to be so SLOW and tiring…I guess they wouldn’t really make bicycles for little bears, but ever thought about getting an RC barbie car or something like that? I am sure there is someone out there who can turn it into a real electronic car for you. ❜ ⊰
Thankfully the thickness of her fur saves Panda from the worst of the vampire’s cold touch, the chill noticeable but not uncomfortable. A mental note is made to get the man some mittens. Moved to his shoulder she instinctively makes herself comfortable, more than familiar with this pose on a larger being’s anatomy and watches curiously as he retrieves the juice box.
Exchanging the juice for a cookie, a nice big one because he seems a little pale and could do with the sugar, the bear fiddles with the straw and aiming it in the little silver circle, jabbing it a few times before breaking the foil and taking a sip. The first sip scrunches her face up with the intensity of the flavour but it passes and she enjoys her juice happily as he asks his question.
“You know its funny, I probably am moving quite slow but I’m so busy enjoying the journey I never think of it.” Really when all you have is free time and no destination, fast and slow kind of lose their hold on you.” Sometimes I get tired so I stop for a tea break or sit and admire the flowers a while.” Raising her juice box at the mention of a little car she shakes her furry head.
“I had a tricycle for a while but whenever I rode it I looked quite silly.” Another sip. “Not that I mind silliness but it’s hard to hold a conversation when the other person can’t stop giggling at you.”
Tilting her head she stares at the stranger a moment.
“You have beautiful eyes. Do you enjoy going for walks too?”
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“Daddy!”
“Mommy says if you don’t come back she’ll kill you!”
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“Hm? Of course he does… He supports and takes care of me all the time. He’s a great boyfriends. He’s just… going through something right now.”
“Something?” Tilting her head she waited a moment before shaking it and holding up a paw. “Actually I’ll check with him myself, right now we need to talk about you.” Wait no that sounded wrong.
“By which I mean, we need to talk about you and your, um, life.... Chika are you doing good?”
“Oh, all the time,” the little lady hums, twiddling her thumbs. “But it takes two to make this work–I just have to make sure I support him as best I can.”
“...Hm.” Nodding she agreed with the support part but. “You know, you can be more...wanting? “
“Maybe its not my place but, does Achim support you back?”
“Ya think i haven’t tried THAT already?! It’s not workin’! Nothing that’s— not alive freakin’ works…!” his hand drag through his hair in frustration.
“…forget it, i’m outta here!”
“Ah! Achim!” Alright evidently this is worse than she thought. Not to say she wasn’t taking him seriously, just that when he gets snippy everything seems worse than it is. This seemed pretty darn bad.
Dropping the branch she chases and stops in front of him.
“Hang on a second! I’m sorry, that was rude of me. Please... come back inside and sit down.”
“…Like my teeth fuckin’ hurt so much that i can barely use my dumb brain to keep myself from FUCKIN’ TEARING YOU APART RIGHT NOW!”
“Oh.” Huh. Yeah that sounds pretty bad. “...One sec.” Getting up she trots out and returns with a large branch comically carried in her little arms.
“Chew on this.”
“I know–I want to. But… I want Achim has to be ready. He’s–I don’t think he’s ready to face them yet… Especially not now.”
“Well have you told him you want to?”
“Panda, i get it, you’re right, we probably should fix that too, but REALLY now—! I have other things i gotta deal with!” he’s a bit snappy true, but he’s also restraining himself quite a whole lot right now.
“Like?” Not to be dismissive but the bear has no clue what’s bugging him.
“So not to rush you guys or anything but... you know you have to tell them about you guys one day right?”
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Panda flinched as the door opened, not at all expecting the woman to come meet her at the entrance but not unhappy with the sudden meeting. Smiling wide enough to put a bit of colour back into her cheeks the shivering girl greeted the other cheerfully, seemingly missing the curtness of the greeting given.
“Hello Ms.Adrianna. Would you have a moment to discuss a business proposition?”
A pause and she pulled some small cards from her pocket and quickly checked her notes. Yes…Yes this was the appropriate greeting for a conversation like this. Ms.Adrianna was of course a woman of business so it only made sense to show her the proper respect and etiquette for this.
Nose wrinkling, the girl inhaled sharply and brought her hands to her face to catch a sneeze. Ugh, human bodies were so inconvenient in cold weather. Why would any species evolve not to need fur? Oh wait no there was the whole Eden thing. How did humans agree on that again?
Questions for later. For now she wiped her hands on her thin coat and smiled again.
“May I come in please?”
Unblinking he stood before the bear, no light reflecting off the dark contours lidded eyes that stared down at the creature before him. There’s a smile curving his lips, cryptic and odd, but barren of any kind of ill intent. If anything, mild fascination and intrigue is what’s being written across his features.
“Oh, yes, yes, quite wet indeed, but very, very peaceful though; so very, very little wind this evening, i simply had to go out~” a small nod of confirmation as both hands grasp the handle of his wide umbrella a little tighter. “But you poor thing, you are so very, very soaked… Were you caught by surprise?” tall figure crunches down effortlessly to the sounds of a few joints cracking and popping, until he’s down at their level.
“…Do you need to be somewhere?”
The bear tilted her head curiously. What a nice smile the gentleman had. Such big eyes too. Perhaps she was being naïve but she thought he looked like a very friendly person. At the comment to her sopping wet fur she gives a little shake to get the worst of it off.
“Sort of? I knew the rain was coming but perhaps not the quantity. At least I don’t have to bathe anytime soon.” Casually stepping in under the protection of his umbrella she smoothed down the fur around her face and flicked her ears a few times.
“Oh, no not particularly. I suppose I should go home and dry off but…” Well her home was just her but out here she had the stranger for company.
“Did you have any plans tonight?”
Kaiden held the smile on her face, but she was becoming a tad confused at what the girl was trying to ask her. Finally she chuckles and pets Aki on the head at being asked if she’s human.
“Yes, to my knowledge I’m human.” She answered. “And I’m also aware of what Bandit and his pack are.” she added.
“Oh excellent! Thank you for being so upfront.”
Knowing she wasn’t about to out her friends was a huge relief. Admittedly her radar for supernatural beings had dulled considerably so she wasn’t too embarrassed she had to ask if the woman was human. It was a bit of a surprise though!
“Are you one of Bandit’s lovers?”
Asked in 100% genuine curiosity.