scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

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[ablazement]

[perhaps the stick was for burying for later...

but it is being thrown now and you have never seen a more excited dog, he just barks and darts off for the lightly thrown stick, grabbing it triumphantly in his mouth. he comes right back and drops it on daan's foot.

behind daan, karlach says:] Aww, you're getting along.

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Oh, there you are.

Seems like dogs are a bit of a popular animal to have around here.

[ He fully assumes this dog is another set piece like Dani was. Picks up the stick and hands it to Karlach this time. ]

I've become slightly more of a dog person ever since I came here.

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Only slightly!

[amused. she will take the stick, and the dog wriggles, waiting. she throws it much harder, off into the distance, and he goes lightspeed after it.]

He's a good one. He's my dog, actually, if you can believe it. No idea how he got here.

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I wasn't ever good with animals. I'm not a veterinarian, after all.

[ Pickles truly is the one and only exception. And maybe a crow if they'll ever love him back. ]

...Really. You requested him to be here, or?

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No. Fuck no. This is the last place he should be, I don't want anything to happen to him.

[...]

He just showed up this morning. [so now she has another water bottle. yay!]

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In lieu of a Sunday item?

[ Wtf? ]

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No, I got that too - which is something that puts out fires, by the way.

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Well thank god for that.

[ BITCHES. ]

[ablazement]

[snort.]

I'll leave it at the Mortuary probably, just in case I can't get it and you all need it.

[scratch is back to digging holes, which she watches fondly.]

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Thanks, it's probably going to be good to have around in case we wake up in a house on fire again.

[ What! The! Hell! ]

How old is he?

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I'd like to make a vote for avoiding being in a house on fire, actually.

[jeeze.]

No idea. Couple of years? I found him out in the middle of nowhere, protecting his dead owner's body. I can talk to animals back home, so I just asked him if he wanted to go with us.

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Two weeks of some place being on fire. My hopes aren't that high.

...

[ That's kind of sad. ]

And his name?

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Scratch.

[her tail waves a bit, and the dog in question looks up like ? name!]

He's a pretty smart dog. Know that's what all the dog owners say, but it's true.

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I'd believe it after the previous two we had.

[ An independent ranch dog able to handle a farm entirely on her own... and Pickles. ]

Hello, Scratch.

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[his tail goes crazy, and he comes over to snuffle at daan's hands, trying to get him to pet.

karlach smiles a bit.]

You doing alright today?

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...

[ He's a bit hesitant, but he gives Scratch a few soft pets on the head. ]

Fine, yeah. The pain still comes and goes, but it's not as bad as it was initially and I can manage it more or less. I'll just sit down until it goes away if it returns.

...

Yesterday's paranoia has waned also.

[ablazement]

[scratch sits happily at his feet, tail wagging, and leans up into the pets. calmer, this time.]

That's good. Should be gone completely tomorrow, right? At least the pain.

[recession]

It's not like I'm not injured, but it's probably going to be a stroll in the park compared to what I've been dealing with for the last day and a half, yeah.

[ Soreness can't hurt him anymore!! ]

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Look, in this shithole? I'll take even a little bit of improvement.

You think you can manage going to look at all the stuff in the new place? Books sound boring as shit, but there's a cool tree.

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Might need to sit down and take a break here and there depending on how I feel, but better than sitting around doing nothing.

[ablazement]

I could carry you if you get tired!

[alpha week enthusiasm]

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Horse-riding is the last thing I'd recommend for myself right now, as a doctor.

[ Wow. ]

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[HELP what's a horse those don't exist in bg3 (no)]

Aww, come on, at least give me the dignity of an owlbear.

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[ You don't milk them, that's for sure... ]

Riding a bear seems worse than riding a horse.

Why is both yours and Astarion's go-to example animal an owlbear?

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Probably because we've got one in particular on the brain. We adopted one, at our camp. Little guy, babiest thing you've ever seen, can rip a goblin clean in two.

I knew Astarion liked him. Much as he pretends he doesn't.