Wellspring Arms & Meditation Center, Friday

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette was doing some basic weapons repair at work today. Someone had come in with a blaster, something they'd picked up somewhere throughout the multiverse, and had mistaken where the crystal went for where a bullet went, and wouldn't you know it, when you attempted to focus a compressed beam of highly-energized particles through a bullet, bad things happened in there.

But she didn't want to tell the customer that the blaster was a write-off, either. She just... was going to take out all the melty bits and replace them with fresh parts and a focus crystal and inform them that so help her if she found out another bullet went into there instead of a power pack going in over there, somebody was gonna get pistol-whipped. Or maybe she'd just take pity on them because they were lucky to still have hands right now.

People were dumb.

[OOC: Open, but snoozly.]

Comments

[bookbeltof_love]

After radio, was it really any surprise that Nina's next step was to burst into Wellspring Arms as if the world was ending?

Well, with glee, but still.

Nina posed dramatically in the door and then ruined all the drama by blurting, eagerly, "Prompto's a puppy, Vette!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And if Vette didn't have enough 'eeeee' to go around then Nina had that in spades.

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette glanced up from the... ugh, totally slagged electronic components inside the blaster she was working on.

And blinked.

"Wait what?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina flung herself inside, allowing the door to fall shut behind her, as she draped herself on the counter, earnestly, eagerly, as bright-eyed and wiggly as Prompto likely was.

"He's a puppy," she repeated. "Vette, he's a literal puppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette was caaarefully nudging some of those blaster components off to the side, then, blinking at Nina. And then grinning.

"So, what you're saying is that we need to find who's looking after him, and then go throw a stick for him and cuddle his stupid dog face forever?"

[bookbeltof_love]

And Nina was going to take that extra space on the counter to hoist herself up on it, to sit crosslegged, and beam.

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or, like, kidnap him from Furnado if he's still there!!!!!!!!!!!! And, like, we need ribbons and toys and need to take all the pictures of him because oh my gosh he loves photos, right?????? So we need to capture this for all eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For his sake!!!!!!!!!!"

And not at all because she just really needed pictures of him as a puppy. Honest.

[chirpchirpchirp]

"I mean," Vette mused, "if we need to go to Furnado to get toys anyway..."

She paused.

"No, no, that's a trap, Nina. I know a trap when I'm about to set myself up for one."

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina blinked at her.

"I mean, like, if you don't want to invade a place full of cute animals to kiss and snuggle so we can find Prompto and toys???????"

Honestly, Vette, not everything was about you.

"I promise I won't wheedle you into buying a cute animal companion??????????????"

[chirpchirpchirp]

Oh, Nina. Not everything was about you, either, nerd!

"... I wasn't worried about you wheedling me," Vette replied, sticking out her tongue at Nina. "Tiny animals are insidious and tricksy and if Miss Dozy is still there she won't be for long."

Really, she'd already named the kitten. Months ago. It was a wonder she hadn't gone back for her already.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Then we have another companion for our photoshoots!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A beat.

"Ohmygosh do you think he'd be down as a puppy to do a photo with Foomy????? Or, like, I bet Summer's got everything we could ever want for a photoshoot at her store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And if they brought Miss Dozy home with them, well, Nina wasn't going to complain.

(Nina was probably going to stuff Miss Dozy into her bag and make sure she came home with them.)

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette... would also not complain. Miss Dozy really liked that warm place on Vette's shoulder, nestled neatly under one lek.

Probably mostly because Twi'leks ran hotter than most humanoids, but she was going to ignore that fact.

"Ohmygosh. Ohmygosh that'd be super cute." A beat. "Wait, how is he with Foomy usually, again?"

They were gonna make a tiny scared puppy piddle himself and then it would be sad.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Ummmmmm, well, he's never met Foomy????????????? Just seen pictures of him?????????????????" Nina hitched one shoulder up. "He seemed a little embarrassed to be scared of Foomy when he saw the pictures?????? But, like, he hasn't met him in the flesh yet either, so… I don't know??????????"

She didn't want to traumatize the poor puppy. She just wanted cute pictures.

[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette pursed her lips a little at that, looking thoughtful.

"I mean... you did mention he was kinda terrified of demons, you know? Maybe 'as a tiny helpless wiggly pup' isn't the best time for their first meeting..."

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina heaved a sigh, but nodded.

And then brightened.

"That means then that we've absolutely, definitely got to get Miss Dozy out of Furnado!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We need a photoshoot companion!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's, like, necessity!!!!!!!!!!!"

[chirpchirpchirp]

... Haaaaaayyyyy...

Vette squinted a little.

"I'll consider it," she said, after a few moments. "She might already be adopted out, you know? I haven't checked back since the snowmen thing, and she was pretty cute."