Luke's, Thursday

[lovemykilt]

"Look," Priestly said. "I know I said you could do some decorating in here, but that teal deer statue has got to go. I swear, wherever I stand in the dining room, it's somehow still staring at me."

The cook stared at him, frowning. "What teal deer statue?"

". . . The one with the reporter's notebook in its mouth?" Priestly tried. The cook slowly shook his head. "Oh come on!" Priestly threw his hands in the air. "We haven't even been talking that much, today!"

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[lovemykilt]

Mind the deer.

Talk to Priestly

[lovemykilt]

Help him try to startle the deer out of its statue impersonation.

Re: Talk to Priestly

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi had followed the deer in. Hoping to sneak food when people were occupied by other concerns.

Well, that was about as complicated as raccoon thought processes got.

Re: Talk to Priestly

[lovemykilt]

"Dammit," Priestly said, noticing the raccoon. "I'm pretty sure that's against some kind of health code."

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi chittered and looked adorable. Maybe she understood that? Maybe not. Maybe it was good to pretend she didn't?

Climbing onto a spinny stool had her momentarily preoccupied.

Re: Talk to Priestly

[lovemykilt]

Priestly looked askance at the deer. "Are you two in league, here?" he asked it.

The deer continued to play a remarkable game of "statues".

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

More chittering. Explanation? Distraction for a partner in crime? Who can tell?

Whoooooooooooooooa! Spinny stool is spinny!

Re: Talk to Priestly

[lovemykilt]

Priestly watched the raccoon spin on the stool.

". . . You're a student, aren't you?"

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Chitter chitter, chitter chitter!

Yes, she meant to do that. You'll never get her to say otherwise.

Kenzi debouched onto the counter and lay flat for a moment to get her bearings back.

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[lovemykilt]

"Woah, hey!" Priestly tried to shoo her off the counter without getting into bite- or claw-range. "No students-turned-furry-creatures on the counter!"

That was reserved for HIM to sit on, thank you very much.

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby had been chasing looking after a Kenzi-turned-raccoon all week. Kenzi being Kenzi, this was not the first time she'd 'slipped the leash' so to speak.

At least it was giving him a chance to practice the concept of tracking someone using their thoughts (though raccoon-Kenzi's thoughts were definitely not as clear and defined as human-Kenzi's, they were still so Kenzi that he could eventually track her down).

"Hey," he said, pushing the door open. "You seen a raccoon wander by by any chance?"

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[lovemykilt]

Priestly was attempting to wipe up some of the soda water he'd sprayed all over the counter to shoo Kenzi away.

"Yep," he said simply, tilting his head at Toby. "Your pet, or fellow student?"

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Fellow student, full-time troublemaker no matter what shape she's in," Toby said with obvious fondness. "That her handiwork?" he nodded at the counter.

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[lovemykilt]

"Sort of," Priestly said. "She wasn't responding well to the broom."

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby couldn't help it, he had to laugh at that mental image.

"Sounds like Kenzi," he said with a snicker.

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[lovemykilt]

"The raccoon is Kenzi?" Priestly blinked. "Actually, that makes a lot of sense."

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi wandered over. That chitter probably sounded a lot like 'O HAI' and look! A straw wrapper, Toby! Just for you!

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"... Thank... you?" Toby said dubiously, accepting the straw wrapper. Raccoon-Kenzi's definition of "interesting things" was clearly different from human-Kenzi's.

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Chitter chitter, chitter.

Kenzi had to share what she'd been up to, right? Cheering on squirrels, looking in mirrors, talking to the guy with the hair....

Also now there nomming off the floor. Have some?

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"No, no," Toby assured her. "That's allllll yours."

And she was gonna get teased to hell and back for eating stuff off the floor when she turned human again, you better believe it.

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

You sure?

Now would be as good a time as any to start that teasing, because a full-size human Kenzi was now on the floor.

"...what the...?"

And yup, naked.

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Well, first there was gonna be a decent amount of flailing, because oh my god suddenly-human-and-very-naked Kenzi. Or was that suddenly-naked-and-very-human? Whatever.

Flailing and looking around for something to cover her up because oh my god naked in public. Tablecloth. This was a restaurant, shouldn't there be a tablecloth around somewhere?

"Welcome back!" Toby managed to squeak while not-looking. Because even if he'd seen his girlfriend naked before, there was something about the venue that made it like 1000% more awkward.

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi coughed. "What is in my mouth?" She hacked, then looked around, and down. "Oh shit. I mean. Hi! How's it going?" While trying to do a kinda yoga-origami of herself that would allow her hair and limbs to cover, um, everything.

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[lovemykilt]

"Yeah, that definitely breaks the health codes."

OOC

[lovemykilt]

Yay, teal deer!