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closed 🪶 i'm in the end, just what you made me.
Who: Benedikta Harman & others.
Status: Closed.
Where: Around.
What: Catch-all log for November.
Warnings: FFXVI spoilers. Definitely lots of foul language.
[If you would like a closed starter, please feel free to poke me over at my plotting post and we can plot something! 💚]
Status: Closed.
Where: Around.
What: Catch-all log for November.
Warnings: FFXVI spoilers. Definitely lots of foul language.
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She's never seen a cat toy like that before, alright!?
So she eyes it suspiciously.]
And what exactly do you mean for me to do with that?
[Like. What the hell is it...]
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Well you wondered how good of a mouser she could be. Why not put her to the test and have her chase one?
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This is meant to be chased?
[She turns it over in her hands, waves it, and looks over to note the way that Ashtail's undivided attention is on this little wand toy in her hand.]
I would look ridiculous.
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Think of it as being able to taunt and lure her in any direction you want to go.
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She will still have to come and get it if she wants it.
[NOPE, STILL NOT BUDGING.
But Benedikta can see the way her eyes darken and go wide, sparking with interest as that instinct starts to kick in.]
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You have to move it.
[And just mimics the little wiggling motion with his hand.]
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....
He looks ridiculous doing that little motion, so what makes him think that Benedikta won't feel absolutely stupid doing it, too? And with this bell?
There's a long pause where she grimaces at it...
......
But then she's lowering it closer to the floor with a sharp groan to give it a testing wiggle first before—]
I won't!
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It was small, but Ashtail is now perched very close to the edge, tail swaying this way and that as she is so very focused on the mouse. Seeing this, Cid just looks at Benedikta and nods at the cat.
Come on, Benna.
Just another little wiggle.]
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...
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But fine.
She will move a little closer to where Ashtail is perched and give it another wiggle. And then another...]
I don't understand why she didn't just go for a treat.
[There's a loud thump as Ashtail leaps from where she is... stalking it slowly...]
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[Ashtail continues to slowly stalk the mouse before making for a pounce.]
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She's not sure it's working.]
Well, I've won this one.
[It's with a haughty laugh, and Benedikta sees that telltale wiggle of her bum before Ashtail leaps out with a speed that a cat should not have, and she manages to catch the mouse and wrench it free from Benedikta's hand to attack it.]
Hey—!
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Think Ash won this round.
[He bends down to give the cat a little scratch under her chin just the way she likes it before taking the stick to have a go at it this time. He's a lot more active with it, making the mouse move this way and that as Ashtail resumes chasing it.]
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Images that have her trying to wash down that awful taste with her even worse beer.]
I don't think so.
[A slightly bitter voice as she heads to the kitchen.]
You look like you have it under control anyway.
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Come now, this is a great way for you two to bond.
[Just going to lure Ash into the kitchen as he follows.]
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She looks back when he follows her to the kitchen, and she snatches the toy out of his hand again. Well, if they are supposed to bond, then she should be the one with it, shouldn't she? Besides, she can't stand looking at him like that—better that she does it, no matter how silly it is.]
I think this is about as good as it's going to get.
[As she tries to lure her up onto the counter to see if she'll make the jump, all while holding on very securely to her beer this time.]
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It is your first meeting. She was a bit standoffish to me for a bit, too.
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[She raises a brow and brings the toy up over her head, and Ashtail surprisingly goes for it, leaping up on her back legs to try to catch it, but Benedikta is just a touch too fast for her.]
She seems to be all over you now.
[ >:| ]
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Bit cute, actually.
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Maybe that's why Benedikta huffs at him.]
And I'm sure you give her exactly what she wants.
[It's mumbled under her breath, though probably loud enough for him to hear as she wiggles the toy in Ash's face again, and allows the cat to catch it briefly before leading her down from the counter and onto the table—a jump that she will need to make if she wants it...
...And she winds herself up for it...]
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[...He just sneaks her an extra treat or two sometimes that's all—
And he'll watch as Ash lines herself up...
WHOOSH!
True to her pedigree, she bolts over like lightning and lands on the table, already stretching out to try and catch that mouse!!]
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She'll let her have it.]
You did have that wolf with you for some time, didn't you? Surely not as high maintenance as this one.
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Still, took to being back with humans quick as you please, especially after Charon found those bones he liked.
[And a bit of a hard knock to the head, but, you know, arm thing.]
But not the first time I took care of dogs before.
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I don't recall you ever being around dogs before that.
[Though, she does think he strikes her more as a dog person—part of why him having a cat surprised her so much, among other reasons.]
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[There's a far off, nostalgic look in his eyes as he stares down at his half empty glass.]
Hunting dogs, mainly. Some were made to be as aggressive as you can imagine, but others were easier to please.
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You always did enjoy hunting, did you?
[With her, at least. They would often go out and hunt for meat together to bring back to Stonhyrr on the quieter days and would steal some for themselves over a fire before returning.
Though, there's something else that bothers her about this, and thanks to that, Ash manages to get a catch on the mouse again.]
You say that as if it was a terrible thing. They say that dogs make good companions.
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💚💜 fin.