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[ action | OPEN ] first thing's first, I'mma say all the words inside my head

Who: Tannusen and OPEN!
Where: Just some random park in Genessia City with a lot of NPC foot traffic.
What: Tannusen's out in public in his other form.
When: Daytime!
Warnings: Nah. Although he could, if startled or antagonized, I'd prefer he not actually attack anyone. If you set him off anyway, please expect to at least get knocked on your ass. <3
PLEASE NOTE: Tannusen cannot talk in this form! Please don't tag the tiger expecting him to. He can and will emote back at a talker, but not with words! Also please note that even if your character has no idea what a tiger is, the intimidation merit is still in full effect. No one and nothing is not going to know that this is a big-ass predator. Thanks. <3

Tannusen supposed, dimly, that lounging around in public in his other form was an especially poor idea in light of all the strange animals popping out of the woodwork across all the cities. It certainly wasn't going to stop him, of course, and woe to anyone who decided to throw a stupid ball at his head.

Twelve and a half feet long from his nose to the tip of his tail, over eight hundred pounds of sleek muscle and power... he wouldn't have been the largest beast to be called a 'pokemon', but no. No, he was definitely a tiger. A very big, rather bored tiger, laying on the grass in the park and soaking in the warm sunlight hitting his snowy white fur. One dinner-plate sized front paw was outstretched, flexing idly back and forth in the grass, milky-white claws showing themselves every time he tensed his 'hand'.

His eyes were mostly closed, although his ears flicked this way and that as activity in the park waxed and waned through-out the day. Anyone drawing even remotely close had him cracking his eyelids open, of course, fixing whoever or whatever it was with a stare.

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Bracken only left Fayren when he had a reason, and he just so happened to be leaving the city after buying some strange pet food for his newly acquired pokemon. He had a bag full in his hand, an arm wrapped around eevee to hold it, and his staff in the other hand. When he passed by the park, he thought it might be a nice place to let eevee down to run around.

His response to seeing a tiger was lackluster for various reasons. He wasn't particularly fearless, but on his world he'd faced many extremely large foes, including beasts, and was mostly untouchable. He had quick spells he could summon up if he needed, and they were plenty for taking out the beasts.

The second reason was that there were pokemon all over. Much as his interaction with eevee showed, he didn't really try to keep anything in a ball, or even consider any of the pokemon that had appeared 'his' so much. They were all wild animals which hadn't really tried to do much of anything to him, and he'd already heard that some got pretty big.

The tiger didn't seem like it was particularly aggressive so, with eevee following at his feet, he walked over and knelt down by it, opening his bag of poffins to take one out and offer it with a smile.

As with anything drawing near, the tiger had opened his eyes to watch Bracken's approach. Since he was still Tannusen, just with the addition of some extra-strong instincts from the animal side of his brain, he at least recognized the human. He was curious, in fact, as to what Bracken was planning to do as he neared, one ear flicking toward the mage.

What was that? He lifted his massive head off his forelegs to sniff at the poffin, but then turned his head away and sneezed. Nah, he didn't want that. The eevee got a curious sniff, too, if it was brave enough to get that near with its human for company.

The eevee was far more cautious than his 'owner', if Bracken could properly be called that, but had followed along at his heels protectively anyway. As if the little thing would be able to protect him. He hadn't leveled it at all or tried to get into any fights using eevee, treating it as a new puppy instead and coddling it.

When the poffin was rejected, Bracken let himself fall back onto his rear and offered it to the eevee instead, which seemed to appreciate it far more.

"N-Not hungry?"

It was a simple question, since he didn't expect any sort of answer. Instead, poffin taken care of by eevee, he reached out his now empty hand to pat the tiger on the head, the same way most might pet a much smaller creature.

Bracken dear, if Tannusen was hungry it wouldn't be baked treats he'd be after. The tiger whuffed out a sigh in response and allowed the pat... grudgingly, his ears going flat to the sides at the touch. His blue eyes were fixed on the human during the patting.

He liked Bracken, and the eevee was fucking adorable. Those was the only reasons he was allowing this -- for the moment. The fur atop his head was just as dense and soft as it looked, the intricate stripes feeling no different from the white around them.

He smiled, enjoying the softness of his fur and happily burying his fingers in the fur and scratching behind his ears. Tannusen was much too big to pet all of him at once, so he settled for just the head. After a few moments of enjoying the feel of his fur, he settled down beside him and scooped up the eevee, petting it as well before setting it back down.

It didn't traverse far, mostly bouncing around in the grass in front of them. It had a bit more sense about dealing with tigers than Bracken, showing some amount of uncertainty about being by Tannusen, before finally approaching and hesitantly touching the top of Tannusen's large paw with its little one.

Bracken, for his part, seemed content just to sit next to him for a little bit.

God damn the eevee was just too cute. Tannusen had just been about to get cranky at all the petting, but Bracken had stopped soon enough, and the pokemon's antics soothed his stirring ire.

So fucking cute. Lookit the tiny little paw!

Tannusen whuffed out another sigh, and flopped onto his side, the tip of his tail twitching in the grass. Apparently the eevee's presence was sufficient bribery for the huge man-eater to just chill out next to a human.

It was a fortunate thing that Tannusen wasn't such a wild beast, because Bracken was a bit too unconcerned around him. The eevee did a flying swiveling leap in the air when Tannusen moved, like an over-excited puppy.

They stayed there for a little while, with the eevee running about in the small area in front of them and Bracken mostly chilling in place.

But, he had no intention of staying forever. He wanted to get back to his cozy home and relax, and it was still a long walk. He reached out again to give the tiger a short, good-bye pat on the head, not leaning towards him much because he didn't intend to stay.

"P-Pretty tiger," he murmured softly, before reaching out to scoop up eevee and collecting his things to quietly stroll away.

And then there's this asshole.

Szel, true to what he'd told everyone before, was not going to make his pokemon fight.

That being said, if they wanted to start fights, well. He wasn't going to stop them. Then again, Tannusen being greeted by a tiny itty bitty baby fox attempting to headbutt him might not be the most intimidating thing in the world. Vicious little sucker though, squealing and dancing around in front of the tiger like she fully expected to have a smack down right here.

As for Szel, here he came around the corner, Midge in convenient corgi shape bouncing along ahead of him, all fluff and energy.

"Belz, don't attack things that can eat you." Spoken with a careless air, not even bothering to pretend to look at the two as Midge fixed them with that piercing, eerie, gold and red stare.

Sup.

Oh god damn it, what--

Tiny adorable baby fox... have a massive, dinner-plate sized paw ever-so-delicately set on you to hold you in place. FITE. Tannusen gave the little beast a cursory sniff, then lifted his head to eyeball Midge right back. That... was not a corgi. Nope. Nah. Nuh-uh.

In fact, its eyes looked an awful lot like those of the bug that had been with Szel in that recent video about the Klingon Hamster. It didn't take a massive leap of logic for the shape-shifting tiger to put two and two together.

Of course, Belz, as her name appeared to be, yapped and wiggled and snipped and carried on as her loving daddy mostly didn't pay her much attention.

Hey. Kid needed to learn. She'd already beat the hell out of a bunch of the fort's smaller, weaker bug like demons. It was a good thing they were all used to fire or else there'd be a lot of dead bugs in there too.

Midge didn't ever blink, but Szel seemed to know just what was going on.

"I know you can't answer, but that's fine with me. I talk enough for the both of us." The 'corgi' came waddling in closer, sniffing and snuffing at the air as the demon drifted in a bit himself.

"You've certainly not lost any of your cuddliness."

At least Szel knew Tannusen well enough to know the fox was perfectly safe. He tended to get cranky when accused of wanting to hurt little critters, and there was no Cassian lurking nearby with a spray bottle this time.

...Probably a good thing, given present company.

The tiger sniffed at the little fox again, then groomed the top of its head. No doubt while it tried to bite his huge tongue, but he didn't care. It was like dealing with an angry little tiger kitten, really. Not that he'd ever done so, but instincts were instincts.

Szel's comment earned the demon a whuffed sigh and, yes, a roll of his pretty blue eyes. Just the same as the white tiger seen... elsewhere, all but lost in the sea of orange tigers with identical markings. Some symbolism was more literal than others.

Poor, dumb little fox. Her fur had been so neatly combed by her obsessive owner and now it was all covered in kitty drool. Not that Szel cared, he could brush it all back into place, but the fox continued to wiggle around and yip and carry on.

Midge, ever far more intelligent, sat a good few feet away, continuing to stare. Then again, someone here had to make proper eye contact. It wasn't going to be Szel, that was for sure.

"If I'd known you'd be lounging about like this I'd have brought along some cat nip." Sorry, Tannusen. He likes you but not enough to not pick on you just a little. He's sure you've heard all this before, let him get it out of his system, okay.

God yes he'd heard all this before, over and over again. Aware that there had to be some reason for the bug-corgi to be staring so intently, the tiger cracked a huge yawn at that comment. Was it sending information to its master, like Jethro could do with Tannusen? Maybe even more-so, since Tannusen didn't get anything as strong as visuals off of the chimerical kirin.

But that it was a possibility, why yes, that occurred to the Faerie.

He let the little fox go and streeeetched a paw out toward Midge, like any asshole cat might do. Claws extended, of course. What's up with your buddy here, Szel?

"I know, I'm aware. You've heard every single one of these before. I know." Oh. He saw that yawn. Somehow.

"I can't help myself, you'll just have to weather it."

As for Midge, the corgi hopped back a few feet to stay ever out of the way of the paw, letting out a few less than terrifying warning YIPS.

No, Tannusen.

Aww, come on Midge, they're just three inch -- four inch? -- claws, on a paw half as big as your whole body, you'll be fiiiiine.

The tiger's tail thrashed briefly in the grass, his ears flicking forward. Oh good, the giant cat was amused. That could only bode well for everyone's personal space.

In fact, he rolled onto his back and stretched both front paws out at Midge. C'mere roach puppy. No? No. Well that was fine, he was having fun anyway.

No, Tannu.

As those paws draw in again, the little dog... vanishes. Disappears with a loud pop and a plume of smoke, before a fat, orange eyed white and gray owl appears on Szel's shoulder instead, clearly disgruntled and offended.

"Don't tease Midge, he's very sensitive." Oh it was gentle, but that was a real chide, the demon reaching up to scratch behind the considerably fluffed up bird's head.

"I need him and I'd rather you not spook him off."

Wow, what a nervous little critter! Tannusen couldn't even reach him from where he was laying.

...Which, valid. The gigantic tiger has that effect on most creatures.

But still.

The tiger huffed out a sigh and rolled onto his other side, tail lashing against the grass. Fine, fine, he'd just lay here and hold the ground down, then. It was a very important job, you know. Suitable to a giant cat.

"He can't help it, he's so tiny compared to you." Body language understood, Tannusen. He'd not been kidding around before when he implied he preferred beasts over things that make people words.

"Midge, how big are you right now?" The owl fluffed, and then, spoke.

"Three feet and seven inches, master." An odd voice, soft, high, nasal, with a faint whistling lisp to it. Male, most certainly.

Aw, what a neat trick. Tannusen couldn't do that trick! Although Jethro could, despite having a horse-deer mouth full of sharp pointy teeth not the least suitable to eating vegetation. The kirin's enunciation was impeccable, when he so chose to use it.

No one but Tannusen on this world had heard the kirin's voice, though. Someday, no doubt, that would change. The chimera was actually snarkier than his master, on top of being even prettier...

Look at that fancy critter though, talking with a person voice. Tannusen just stuck his tongue out at the bug-bird, rather than making a sound back. His noises tended to be big, too, after all.

Midge was special. Technically being not an owl was pretty useful for having vocal cords.

"See? Very tiny compared to a full grown tiger. You can't blame him for being a little nervous."

Granted, Midge could easily change size and fix that, but without Szel giving him permission to throw down with Tannusen, the bug wasn't about to try it.

He knew how fond his master was of his kitty cat.

The blep was answered by a huffy hoot from the owl.

How dare, sir.

What Tannusen was, was a matter of some debate. A tiger who turned into a human and a Faerie? A Faerie who turned into a tiger and a human? The third obvious option, of course, wasn't even a consideration. Humans who were actually humans... didn't turn into jack shit, on his world.

That offended hoot, though, that was some funny shit. It was answered in turn by an amused, rumbling chuff from the huge cat.

He understood the point, of course; his tail was three feet long. Maybe even plus those seven inches, it was hard to say with too much precision; not many people got too close with a measuring tape for some reason. That suited him fine, of course.

Even Isaac had treaded a bit... carefully.

NOT FUNNY. The owl shuffled itself closer to Szel's cheek and, ever a doting parent, the demon reached up to sooth the poor ruffled creature.

"I suppose sunbathing is a decent enough way to spend the day, I really don't find it warm enough to be outside long enough for it to have any benefit."

That's right. He'll stand here and have a conversation essentially with himself because fuck you, he loves his voice, thanks. If Tannusen wants to add something he's more than welcome to take a more talkative shape.

"Sometime tells me I'm going to be wearing gloves well into May at this rate."

Also-

"If you really are considering nibbling on Midge at any point, I feel I should at least tell you he's just as poisonous as I am."

Oh. Oh did you not know he was poisonous?

Well.

Sorry Midge it was funny and you'd never convince him otherwise. Cat.

The bit about poison, though, the interest in the way his ears perked forward was unmistakable.

Reeeaaally?

Of course, Midge, as Szel starts to just vomit out information, starts to fluff and smack his wings against his ear.

"Hush, hush, it's necessary!"

The tiger has to know! Just in case. Totally. Doing it out of concern.

"It's quite true. Everything in me is quite deadly, Midge as well. I'd hate for something to happen to you."

Midge was perfectly safe regardless; as established before, Tannusen didn't hurt little animal things.

...Himself, though, that was fair game and Szel clearly knew it.

That didn't stop Tannusen's intrigue, though. Bloody demon was going to give him thoughts -- more thoughts, anyway -- and they both knew it.

Midge just don't want potentially sensitive information out! THE KIND SZEL IS GIVING SHUT UP.

He's not shutting up.

"Just bear this in mind the next time we meet and you're more speech capable." And everything capable.

In response to that, Tannusen just purred. Only on exhale, but a purr nonetheless. From a very, very big cat!

Yeah he'd keep that in mind, alright.

He's expecting a show the next time he visits you, Tannusen.

Szel loves nothing more than being the center of attention.

"Oh but I have to get going, it's getting close to dinner."

Well. First dinner, anyway.

"I'll try to stop by tonight."

And off he goes, Belz yapping and running off after him as Midge the Offended Owl finally breaks eye contact with Tannusen to focus on the sidewalk ahead.

One does not simply lounge in a park and NOT get bothered by a certain green haired youkai. At least, if the person in question was interesting. And a big, lazy white tiger was very interesting. Especially when it held the mind of a person she had met before (and had given her a few stiff, delicious drinks.) Well, he had said he was a tiger or could turn into a tiger or something of the sort...

Koishi would land a short ways away and walked over, her presence nearly invisible as she knelt down and, very gently, began petting the tiger's ear. He'd probably notice the touch around the same time he'd notice her giggling.

"Awww, your ears are so soft." Pet pet "I love it!" Apparently Koishi had not learned to not sneak up on people and pet their ears despite nearly getting slashed by Blake some time ago.

Fucking--

The reaction was pure instinct, one huge dinner-plate sized paw swiping out to the side at full speed and a deep, angry roar echoing through the park.

Koishi really needed to stop petting people without their permission. It always seemed to end up with her getting attacked. Though, to be fair, it was also Tannusen's fault for being such a floof.

Sensing the very sudden shift in his mental state, Koishi had already started moving out of the way when the paw got to her. The last minute barrier was just enough to mitigate the damage from the claws, but the force was still enough to send her sprawling.

Her hat fell to one side and she rolled over once, blinking up in surprise and confusion before bursting into laughter. She managed to sit up, some dead grass and a leaf clinging to her hair. "Wow! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to surprise you! Your ears looked so soft though! I had to see for myself."

Those very soft ears were laid flat back, the tiger having sprung to his feet as soon as his swipe was complete. Nearly four feet tall while standing, his tail was lashing side to side and Tannusen continued to growl, his head down and his teeth bared. There was not an ounce of humanity to be found in that giant cat brain for a long, instinct-fueled moment. None in those big round eyes, either, fixed on the tiny youkai on the ground.

When sense flooded back in a moment later, Tannusen's demeanor... didn't really change. He wasn't pleased! That earlier roar and the continued growling now, that was all more than plenty to have sent the other people in the park... elsewhere. In a hurry!

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Koishi just continued smiling, carefully climbing to her feet and brushing herself off. At 4'2" the tiger was practically the same height as she was. She paused, looking around before stepping over and picking up her hat, brushing that off too before placing it on her head.

"Please don't be so grumpy!" The little youkai had no fear. Literally. "I'm sorry that I startled you. I wanted to say hi and then your ears were distracting! Sis has tigers too. They're also soft and I love them." She clasped her hands in front of her, floating up into the air again.

"Sometimes my own unconscious nature gets the best of me and I just can't stop myself! So please don't be mad."

Tannusen growled a bit more to vent his annoyance, but his ears flicked forward again. After he got that out of his system, the tiger sat down and lifted a paw to groom it, though his gaze stayed fixed on the floating girl.

Fiiiiine. That bit about one's nature especially won the day, though he wasn't inclined to allow more petting anyway.

"Hehehe." She drifted forward again, entirely in his bubble, but not touching him. "Thank yooouuu." Her third eye was weaving a little pattern in the air, the artery over her left shoulder twisting itself into a looped heart-shape.

"So what are you doing out here all by your lonesome? Or is it just the sunshine? Because that's really nice. I have to stay covered though because humans find my appearance creepy and strange. But you're a big kitty so I guess its okay!" Clearly, her logic was flawless.

She tilted her head the other way, remianing silent for a few more moments. "Can't you talk in that form?" Another long pause, the little youkai blinking. "Okay then! That's fine. I like sitting in the sun quietly too. It's very nice."

Kitty or not, as a Faerie Tannusen was more than used to things humans found creepy and strange. His late husband had been a sluagh, after all. With all that that had entailed.

The tiger huffed out a sigh as Koishi figured out he couldn't talk like this -- an agreement, of sorts. In truth, he had to spend some time as a tiger, and sometimes he didn't feel like hiding away like he'd had to on his world.

Though there were obviously still disadvantages to tigering it up in public. Grabby tiny youkai for one!

Though grabby, tiny youkai were usually preferable to panicking civilians or angry hunters. So there's that.

"I see. Well that's inconvenient. Almost as inconvenient as not having thumbs!" Indeed. It was truly a nightmarish thing. "But you're also fluffy so if you need something you can just make a sad face and I'm sure someone will help."

She blinked and looked up, staring across the park for a moment before looking back at the tiger. "I was about to go get something to eat. Do you want me to bring you something? There's lots of delicious things around here. Like tacos and ice cream and live rabbits!"

Koishi was truly the bane of bunnies everywhere.

It's true, it's still an upgrade. At least if anyone tries to tranq-dart him here he can freely teleport them into a lake and not wind up with four dozen fanatical humans hunting him for being a supernatural creature.

Of course, the dart itself would still suck.

He'd probably have to turn back into something with thumbs to deal with that. At least to call someone to come get him.

Tannusen chuffed lightly at the offer -- a good tiger noise! -- but also shook his big head despite how unnatural the gesture felt. He wasn't hungry. Have fun hunting tacos and rabbits, Koishi.

"Ohh. Okay! I'll do that then. It was nice seeing you!" She drifted up and, with a smile, simply vanished.

She didn't stay away for very long though. It was less than fifteen minutes before the little youkai had returned with a few fish tacos wrapped in paper and tin foil and a single dead rabbit.

She was unseen again but the moment the tiger smelled the food, its source would be easy to locate.

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