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saveourearth2018-10-03 06:31 pm
iamnotgod) wrote in saveourearth2018-10-03 06:31 pm
Half time goes by, suddenly you're wise
Date: October 6th, 2018
Characters: Walter Weekes; anyone who wants to bug the birthday boy!
A year before, and he might not have paid attention to the date on the calendar, with how he tried to keep himself busy.
Oh, he never forgot it; he'd just never asked for anything spectacular as a gift. Close friends either found out the date through casual conversation or ferreted the information out somehow on their own, but his family had never thrown lavish parties and he'd never wanted one.
(Haley had gotten one, once, once she'd chosen her degree back in London. Everyone involved had agreed afterwards to Never Speak of it Again.)
But he found the day special for a separate reason - or perhaps the same one, if people considered "discovering who you were" to be a form of rebirth.
What with what he now knew as a Numbered, though - that this day, six years ago, had been the activation of his first Echo/flashback/remnant of another's memory - it was all the more surreal.
[This is a post for Network communications, threadings for birthday shenanigans at the flat, and one (1) bike run in the evening!]
Characters: Walter Weekes; anyone who wants to bug the birthday boy!
A year before, and he might not have paid attention to the date on the calendar, with how he tried to keep himself busy.
Oh, he never forgot it; he'd just never asked for anything spectacular as a gift. Close friends either found out the date through casual conversation or ferreted the information out somehow on their own, but his family had never thrown lavish parties and he'd never wanted one.
(Haley had gotten one, once, once she'd chosen her degree back in London. Everyone involved had agreed afterwards to Never Speak of it Again.)
But he found the day special for a separate reason - or perhaps the same one, if people considered "discovering who you were" to be a form of rebirth.
What with what he now knew as a Numbered, though - that this day, six years ago, had been the activation of his first Echo/flashback/remnant of another's memory - it was all the more surreal.
[This is a post for Network communications, threadings for birthday shenanigans at the flat, and one (1) bike run in the evening!]
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Comparing him to a cat, of all animals. The NERVE.
I keep wanting to pet him, but I feel I'd lose a hand.
"Can't imagine what you'd be coming over here for," he says
still wondering at himself over talking at the dog, slowly walking back to lean on the door."But aren't you more likely to find it at home? And if your family's noticed you're gone, they're probably worried."
'Home' and 'Family' are the keywords he hopes get through, here.
He'd never try to injure a human, but he might bark a lot
He'll need to keep an eye out for that.
Sadly, he can't relay any of that thought process and thus just barks at the front door. Open this door!
He's also saying it aloud to deal with how stupid it may sound.
Carefully, purposefully, Walter turns and opens the door...
Poor Walter.
Thanks for warning him about the following him home, because he'll make sure to use paths through cat doors and gardens and other routes that Walter won't be able to follow him on.
No stalking and telling his owner!
:V
Specifically, as soon as Chad starts taking the hard route, Walter will turn off a side street and stealthily run almost all the way to the restaurant Chad's family owns, only to stop a block short and walk the rest of the way.
He'll be loitering by the front door, not saying a word.
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Wow that's.
That's mean.
He skids to a halt a bit further up the street and just. Stands there. Breathing hard. Trying to figure out what to do now.
Staring at Walter.
Out of nowehere, tumbleweed materialises and rolls across the street.Someone on the scene needs a harmonica!
"Good. Figured I'd see you here eventually."
And he says that at a perfectly audible conversation level, too, just in case someone's at the door.
He's not banking on anyone being ready to come outside, but a part of him would be terribly amused if that was the case.
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Sadly for Chad, that doesn't make Walter disappear.
Well, he's in a bit of a pickle here, isn't he? Not only is that door closed, but Walter is also blocking his way inside. He could just walk away, but feeding time is soon and what if the food disappears if he misses that?
Uh. He runs left, then right, then left, then right, trying to figure out how to continue from here. He could just walk away, but... food...........
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"Hello? Anybody in at this hour?"
There's no reason why there shouldn't be.
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"Yes?"
'a large man opens' is a wild line out of context, just so you know. :V
"Just wanted to check in, is all. Having a bit of a day, wanted to make sure it wasn't spreading..."
Which is true - but the fact he's not drawing attention to Chad immediately can be taken as a signal for said dog to make a decision already.
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"Which of the kids is this about?"
Chad, meanwhile, decides that this is the best chance that he'll get.
Chad used STEALTH!
Or is currently trying to be as stealthy as possible, anyway, attempting to sneak around both humans and back into the house.
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"Ah, none of them, actually. Completely unrelated, I swear."
Not that he can blame the man, really. He subtly shifts his legs when Chad tries to go around them.
"Still, having a busy time of it here?"
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Which makes Chad turn tail immediately and bail, heading down the street and around the house.
The man curses, grabs the kid, pushes them inside, and then slams the door shut behind himself as he takes off after the dog.
Walter is forgotten for the moment. First he needs to catch this escaped dog.
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"Nevermind," he says, turning around to follow the two-
And then thinking better of it and going around the other way.
Chad, why must life be difficult around you.