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Save Our Earth Mods ([personal profile] ourearth) wrote in [community profile] saveourearth2018-07-24 10:12 pm

Don't pet them, grab them! [Mingle]

Date: 25th of July
Characters: Open!


I.

In the afternoon on the 25th, a network message alerts the Numbered to the fact that the petting zoo in Moss Manor's Menagerie is facing a major break-out: Someone has torn down the fences, and all the bunnies, sheep, and all the other animals typically found in petting zoos have decided to book it. They are now swarming the manor's grounds.

Due to the staff being nowhere near enough to catch them all, and due to the generally low threat level of the animals that escaped, visitors are asked to help catch them instead of being sent away.

And anyone who just happens to show up and help will be happily welcomed and included in the fort, without any question of who told them that help is needed.


II.

Afterwards, Lady Margaret Camilla Brassant invites everyone onto her patio and offers refreshments - tea, water, little sandwiches, cake and scones with clotted cream and jam. She retires quickly herself, but not before giving a brief speech thanking everyone who helped save the gardens from hungry mouths.
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I. But also I SEE THAT PARASOL.

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-07-31 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, this is just grand. First peacocks, and now this!

Seeing the guinea pigs scattering about, moving in not anything like a herd, leaves Walter making a strangled growling noise himself.

Picking them up is almost guaranteed to get him bit, so instead he's using what he can to reroute the separated pigs - and doing his best to not trample any himself.

"A little more direction for these little guys would be nice!" he mutters.
Edited 2018-08-01 13:46 (UTC)
channingchanningchanning: (pomeranian: angry)

[personal profile] channingchanningchanning 2018-08-13 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
He barks at Walter. Look, he's herding! He's giving direction to them!

He is not. He just dreams big of being an actual herding dog.
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-13 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter spares the dog a cock-eyed glance.

"You're not going to eat them, are you?"

Internally, he questions why he's talking to the dog... buuut it's not like he can't use the distraction.

"Can't you just, run alongside them instead?"
channingchanningchanning: (pomeranian: angry)

[personal profile] channingchanningchanning 2018-08-19 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
He growls. RUDE. They are not pre-packaged delicious smelling pebbles or goo and no human is trying to currently eat them, either. Also they're way too furry, you'd probably just end up with a mouth full of fur and bones and eyes. Ew.

He has SOME standards.

A lot of them.

The growl freaks out the nearby guinea pigs and makes them scatter a bit, and he barks and takes off, trying to run a circle around them and herd them back towards Walter. It's... vaguely successful.
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2018-08-19 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Some pets have worse taste, Chad. One can never tell, especially of stranger's pets.

Walter has to make himself stop abruptly, because one of them's darted towards his shoe and stepping on one when he thought he was fast enough to avoid them would be... well, bad.

The rest of them are more-or-less amassing, however, which is better. Walter jumps back into motion, gently nudging that one guinea pig towards its comrades.
channingchanningchanning: (pomeranian: heh)

[personal profile] channingchanningchanning 2018-09-07 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Chad barks some more for good measure and proudly circles back.

He's slowly getting the hang of this, he's pretty sure. Clearly an excellent herding dog was lost on him.