genessia | Critter fun

[It's late at night when Cassian is awoken from his usual light, paranoid sleep by a sound. He remains still in bed, listening. There it is again. A cracking noise. Grabbing the blaster from underneath his pillow, he makes his way to the bedroom door - left open despite all cat dangers, due to needing to keep an eye, or ear, on the eggs.

There's another sound, a peep, and this time he can say for sure it's coming from the nest.

He's cursing under his breath as he flicks the light switch, only to find one egg already broken, and the other cracking.]

Kay!

[To droid had turned himself off while recharging and it's not until he hears Cassian's cry that his optics light up. Standing up as fast as he can and unplugging the recharge cable from his back, the droid looks for any possible danger.]

Cassian? I don't detect any intruder in the fla...oh. [His gaze falls on the broken egg and quickly moves towards the one cracking. He can see something white and blue peeking from a hole, it looks like a tentacle of some sort. Or a tail.] So they're alive.

[he moves to stand in front of Cassian, just in case.]

[There comes a sound of something crashing from the hallway and Cassian whirls around, blaster raised high to fire, but before he can pursue the noise there's another peep and a tiny blue ball of feathers lands on his head, fluffing itself up in its new bedhead hair nest.

Cassian just stands there wide-eyed.]

Kay? Please tell me there's nothing on my head.

[The baby Swablu puffs itself up and chirps.]

There's nothing on your head.

[Looks like the only time where Kay is actually good at lying is when Cassian makes a direct request. The droid stares at the blue thing happily perched on Cassian and the bird chirps at him again.]

That nothing looks an awful lot like some sort of bird. Maybe I could...

[One of his hands reaches out to try and grab the bird but then there's another crack behind him. The other eggs is finally open and something blue and white slithers between Kay's legs. The droid stares down at the new beast, Dratini, who stares back up at him with unblinking eyes] ...that's a dragon. Cassian, it's a dragon.

[He does not shriek.

This is now his reality and he holds to it.]

This is all your fault!

[He takes a rapid step back from the blue and white dragon, while the blue and white bird on his head flaps its wings indignantly at the sudden movement.]

This is you and your dragon talk...!

[That 'not shriek' makes the Dratini squeak in surprise and then hide behind Kay's leg. As much as a 2m long blue dragon can hide, that's it.]

How is this my fault? I didn't get the eggs into the house! I only theorized about what was insid...Fest, no. FEST!

[Kay notices the cat, who's already grumpy from being woken up by screams, stare at the bird on Cassian's head with huge eyes. She ignores Kay's warning, decides that it's Climbing Cassian Time, and tries to do just that to get to the bird.]

[Yeah, Cassian's not very impressed with the stealth skill of a snake-like dragon that is nearly Kay's size.]

It is... Ow!

[Tiny sharp claws dig into his bare legs as the cat tries to climb them, and before he can shoo the cat away, she changes strategy and leaps at him, finally finding purchase in his shorts. There's more bellowing as Cassian holds on to the shorts for dear life while trying to shake off the cat.

And on his head, the Swablu digs her claws into his scalp when her hair nest becomes a lot less steady all of a sudden.]

KAY! Do something before I shoot it!

[The poor thing is trying, don't judge the baby too hard. Kay gives it another look, determines that there's only a 30% chance that the blue dragon is dangerous while there's a 85% of probabilities that Fest or Cassian will end with a broken bone and his attention focuses on them.]

Don't yell, you can handle some scratches. [There's something kind of funny int he way Cassian is trying really hard not to lose his pants. Humans are weird like that about clothes. Kay wraps a hand around Fest's tummy, careful not to squeeze her too hard, and tries to get her to let go of Cassian. She meows unhappily, tiny claws digging into the shorts.]

Fest! Bad kitty. Come on, none of that now, let him go...[It takes some coaching, Kay is still worried about hurting the cat, but he manages to free Cassian of the angry kitty after the third try.]

Bad kitty?! That's all you've got to say about this?! [Cassian shoots Kay a truly impressive glare, one he considers well deserved considering he was very close to having certain delicate parts of his anatomy shredded by kitten claws. He snorts and shakes his head.] Of course you're going to...

[With the danger to his shorts gone, he brings his hands to his head and tries to get rid off the other pest. His fingers dig into cotton-like fluff, which makes him hesitate long enough for the bird to start protesting, too.]

Just for the record, I'm blaming all of this on you... and I know I heard a noise from the hallway before... There must be more.

[Because that's just what they need.]

[The glare is noticed but ignored a moment later.]

She's only a few months old, she still needs to learn commands. I'm sure Fest was trying to protect you from the weird bird.

[Fest is wriggling in Kay's hold, eyes still staring at the giant fluffy bird. She wants to gnaw at it a bit, nothing more!]

You always blame me for everything. [Yes, Kay is whining but he has a good reason. He leans forward to put Fest on the ground, scolding her.] You stay here and be good, little miss. No more attacking the Captain and his new pet. And no attacking the dragon either.

[Kay points to the left, where a few minutes ago the Dratini had been staring at them. It's nowhere on sight now and Kay optics look around until he spots the tip of a blue tail peeking from under the couch.] ...well, okay, You stay there.

Cassian the dragon is shy, can you believe it? I don't think it's going to bite you or try to eat me. [He sounds relieves. The conversation about terrifying Panna dragons that eat metal is still fresh on his processor.] There were just two eggs. How many creatures could there be?

I... don't know? [He gives the eggs a wary look. The one on the right is fully open, and empty, but the one on the left only had a hole large enough for the dragon to escape it. No saying if there's anything else in there.] I always thought that one egg held one animal, but I'm sure we have at least three on our hands here...

[And if one holds several animals, it's likely the other does, too. He really doesn't like their chances.]

Let's stay away from the dragon creature. If it's scared it could bite out of fright. Some animals do that [Which is pretty much the only thing he knows about animals. Hm.

He's still trying to dislodge the bird, but it has a surprisingly strong grip on his hair, and a sharp little beak, too. And now it's batting its wings to defend itself. They're cotton-soft, but the heavy weight struggling on his head isn't very fun. He sighs.] Kay? Some help?

They're magic eggs, I suppose they don't bother making any sense.

[After inspecting it, Kay breaks open the eggshell where the dragon came from. It's his egg, he doesn't fail to notice, he could tell which one belonged to whom. Before he can properly look inside, Cassian distracts him. Had he been looking at it, Kay would have noticed a small, yellow fuzzy thing quickly crawling out of it.

Kay turns towards Cassian to help him with the bird and the Joltik takes the opportunity to jump on the droid's back, hungry for electricity. Kay's frame is too thick to gnaw it with it's mandibles and the pokemon moves up, headings towards the ports at he top of Kay's back.]

That bird doesn't have a feather in its wings, Cassian. They look like a cloud. [Arms raised towards Cassian's head, Kay tries to grab it with the same care he held Fest. Beady eyes blink and him, the bird lets out a peep and to Kay's surprise, it doesn't try to stab his fingers with its beak.] Oh...seems friendly enough.

Friendly enough when it's not on your head, and holding on for dear life! That thing's landing jostles you pretty bad, too, it's heavy.

[But hey, he's finally getting the help he needs, and he's so close to being freed from pets that he can taste it. With this in mind, Cassian can be patient.

Kay carefully pries loose the bird and Cassian gets his first good look at it. It's a blue fluff ball with white wings, which indeed look like small clouds.

It's... surprisingly cute, as far as birds go. Certainly a lot nicer than the large snake-like dragon.]

The first thing it did is annoy me. I'm certain that one hatched from your egg.

Maybe it likes you. It hasn't tried to claw your eyes out.

[That alone is a good sign in Kay's books. He holds the bird for Cassian to give it a proper eyeful but the droid's attention is still on the cat. Fest is staring at him with big eyes, as if she's ready to jump on him for some reason.]

It didn't, my egg was the one with the dragon. [So no blaming this on him, mister. Swablu puffs itself up, wiggles its wings and chirps at Cassian.] I think it wants you to hold it. Perhaps you should...

[Kay stops abruptly, straightening up with a jolt as he feels something in his back. A second later, whatever it is, it pinches one of his ports and Kay let’s out a startled screech. He let’s go of Swablu, who bats its wings to keep itself in the air, and turns, trying to swat away whatever it’s in his back. He can’t see or find, what it is.] Cassian! There’s something trying to eat me.

Something trying to... [Cassian is all ready to tell Kay that of course there is nothing trying to eat him, don't be ridiculous, but when Kay turns his back to him he catches sight of a small yellow creature, standing out by its bright color on Kay's gunmetal grey frame.

He places his hand on the droid's shoulder.] Still. Hold. I'll take care of it. [There's a command in his voice now, one that permits no arguing. The last thing he needs is Kay knocking him out with his wild flailing.]

It's very small, with shaggy fur. [He reaches carefully for the small animal, which has attached itself to Kay's charge port. Tricky position, but at least it's small.] We have to figure out a way to keep them all contained, we can't keep doing this all night. [He says, and makes a grab for the Joltik...

...only to get shocked.] Owch! [Cassian yanks back his hands and shakes them, cursing under his breath.] Okay, I... Where are the insulating gloves I got in case I need to work on you?

It's one of those Panna dragons, isn't it? I'm going to be eaten alive!!! This is your fault for mentioning them.

[Kay might be overreacting a little bit. He stays still at the command, trying not to make things worst. The small pokemon lets out a high pitched 'joltiiiik' cry and tries to move away from Cassian's prying hands, zapping him when that fails. It has the side effect to electrocute Kay's in the process too, the metal frame shaking badly.]

CASSIAN! What happened?! I...don't know! Try your room?!

I don't know!

[And now they're both panicking, and this is clearly not going like intended, but...]

I was never trained as a kriffing zookeeper!

[He gives Kay and the yellow fluff clinging to his back another frantic look before storming back into his bedroom, and ransacking through his gear till he finds the thick latex gloves.

He's still yanking them on as he rushes back into the living room.]

Okay, just... Stay still. Stay very still while I yank it off. I'll yank it off in one go and then you have to grab the blanket from the couch for me so we can trap it, okay? We can't have it attack again.

[Kay is twisting hi arm and trying to reach the fuzzy thing as he waits for Cassian to come back. The joltik is moving out of reach every time, making the droid increasingly frustrated and the look he gives the Captain is one of misery.]

It's going to ruin my recharge port and then we will have a big problem. [He looks around, locating the blanket and then stays still.] Okay. Ready.

It won't, I'm not going to let it...

[He makes a wild grab for the fuzzy beast and tears it off, the thing sends out shocks for all it's worth, but the gloves hold true.

Kay holding up the blanket, he throws it into the blanket.]

Wrap it up, wrap it up! Quick! It's small and fast!

[And on second thought that was a terrible idea, they should have gone for a box instead. It's far too small to be contained inside a blanket.]

[It's far to small indeed but Kay is trying to trap it nonetheless. The joltik is back to screeching its name and emitting jolts of electricity from inside the blanket. Cotton doesn't conduct electricity and the pokemon no longer hurts Kay but it's moving around and trying to find a way out.]

It's going to end burning the blanked if it keep this up. What is that thing?

I don't know! I've never seen anything like it, but I know for a fact it came out of your egg!

[He's now rummaging around for some box that might succeed to hold the critter, and ends up upturning a large tool box. Tools scatter all over the ground, but the box has a lid, and that's all he cares about right now.]

Let's try to dump it in here. No idea how long the plasteel will hold it, but... I don't have a better idea.

Everything came out of my egg, according to you. [Kay huffs but he's slightly calmer now that the yellow bug thing is no longer on him. He's holding the blanked closed and takes a step towards Cassian.]

Okay, on the count of three, let's hope this works. [And lets hop Cassian is fast closing the lid. Kay manoeuvres the blanket and then..] 1, 2...3.

[Of course it all came out of his egg. All the trouble came out of his egg. If they come across a no-trouble pokemon, but then that one came out of Cassian's egg.

The yellow fuzzball comes falling out of the blanket, screeching Joltik! Joltik! all along and sending out shocks for its little life. Cassian throws himself down with the lid, and slams it shut.

He looks up to Kay, eyes wide and terrified.]

Did we get it? Please tell me we got it.

[Dratini is doing nothing but being and oversized pool noodle under the couch, and she came out of Kay's egg!]

Yes, we got it. But don't move just yet. [He's going to look for something heavy to put on top of the lid. God they really are uncultured, there's no single book on sight in the livingroom. Kay ends placing a potted plant on top of the box tool as the pokemon inside it still screeches unhappily.] There. Hopefully it will calm down, eventually.

Are you okay? You are showing signs of stress and your pulse has accelerated.

[She is also a kriffing dragon, that makes your every argument invalid!

Cassian's still holding on to the lid for dear life, but forces himself to finally release it and get up.]

Of course I'm stressed! We have been invaded by hostile unknown alien animals and so far we have only captured one! And we don't even know how many of them there are!

[Just in time, there's a sound from the kitchen, like a chair scraping as it is moved.]

Critter fun

Night of March 22nd to 23rd

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