The Park, Sunday Morning

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara would've been quite content to hole up in her apartment until this business was done with, it had been embarrassing enough the first time around and that was when she hadn't been on the island with oversharing squirrels. But today Vieno had been quite insistent on going outside to enjoy the fresh air.

But that didn't mean she was happy about this. "We could be in the preserve, hunting," she suggested.

"We could," Vieno agreed, cheerfully. "But I'd rather do this."

So now there was a giant wolf chasing after a ball from one side of the park to the other like an overexcited puppy.

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[weirderthanthou]

"You think it would be okay if I played?" Seiph asked, her talons tensing briefly into Jesse's shoulder.

Jesse winced. "Claws," she said.

"Oh, right, I'm sorry!"

... Don't mind the redhead and the hawk watching you awkwardly from the sidelines, Cara.

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara was just as awkwardly ignoring Jesse, but Vieno, the furry little traitor considered them carefully before running over to drop the ball at Jesse's feet.

Cara really needed to interact with more people.

[weirderthanthou]

"I guess that's an invite, buddy," Jesse said, glancing at the bird on her shoulder.

"Uhhhh," Saiph said. "Can you... can you throw it?"

Jesse made an amused noise and leaned down to get the ball, repressing the fleeting urge to give a little telekinetic swing just to keep things interesting. "All right," she said, and tossed it in the air.

It made a neat arc-- and Saiph was gone before it left her hand, shooting forward as she tried to get to it before it landed.

Sadly, she was fast, but not that fast.

[wrongkindofsith]

Vieno raced over to where the ball landed, picking it up in his mouth and tossing it in the air.

See, Cara, it was great to make friends.

[weirderthanthou]

"Awwwwwww," Saiph pouted, flapping away just before she could actually touch down on Vieno's head.

"Sorry," Jesse called, smiling a little. "I'm sure you'll do better next time!"

She looked from the wolf to the woman it seemed to belong to and tried a smile. "Hey."

Smooth, Jesse.

[magnusrushesin]

Was a giant, lumbering bear headed over to Vieno exciting enough for Cara? Because that was Bernie, going to go meet up with a buddy while also looking like a small, moving mountain of fur.

"Hey, Cara!" Magnus said from behind the mountain.

[wrongkindofsith]

Vieno bounded over to meet Bernie halfway, his tail wagging furiously. "Hi! Cara, look, it's Magnus and his daemon!"

"I can see that," Cara replied dryly, and nodded in Magnus's direction. "Magnus. Bear."

[magnusrushesin]

"Hi," Bernie said, flopping down next to Vieno like she already surrendered.

"Her name's Bernie," he explained, catching up with a little jog. "Aren't they fun?"

[wrongkindofsith]

"That's debatable," Cara said as Vieno stretched out beside Bernie and sniffed at her muzzle.

"This is the second time I've been like this," he exlpained. "She's grumpy because she misses all her non-Magnus friends."

"Is yours this oversharing?"

[magnusrushesin]

"No," Magnus replied. "I mean. I do that on my own most of the time if you ask anyone back home."

Why did no one want to know his tragic backstory?!

Bernie flopped again, carefully nudging Vieno with one massive paw.

[stykera]

They'd spent most of their time indoors yesterday so today Stark and his daemon were making an effort to be both outdoors and near other people. The park had seemed like it might be good place to accomplish both goals.

"We could go to the pond," the platypus said from Stark's arms. "I do like swimming. Or the beach later?"

Stark was still a bit thrown at the idea that part of his soul might be external and corporeal and that it was shaped like an Earth animal that honestly looked like it belonged on another planet entirely. Still, he was inclined to allow her whatever she asked. "If you like," he agreed. "You can swim where you please."

[firstofitskind]

Liam's jaunt to Turtle & Canary to pick up some ingredients for dinner tonight had him going past the park, where he spotted a familiar face.

"Hey, Stark," he greeted. "Who's your friend?"

[stykera]

"Ginny," the platypus said, waving a webbed foot in Liam's direction.

"She's a platypus," Stark explained. "They're Australian." Earth was weird.

[firstofitskind]

"Hi, Ginny," Liam replied.

"This," he held up his right arm, where Kestrel was still curled around it. "Is Kestrel. She's a skrill."

"Not Australian," Kestrel felt compelled to add.

[wrongkindofsith]

Vieno, who was cheerfully ignoring Cara's desire to ignore everyone, trotted over to sniff at the unfamiliar daemon, he didn't recognise whatever she was.

[stykera]

Ginny leaned over Stark's arm to get a better look at Vieno before sliding down to the ground to better greet the other daemon.

"Hello," she said cheerfully. Stark, for his part, eyed what was clearly a predator a bit warily.

[wrongkindofsith]

Vieno was a very well behaved one, he wouldn't eat another daemon!

"Hello," he said, just as cheerfully. "I'd ask if you were a Fandom animal, but Cara's never seen anything like you either."

[gospel_of_oblivion]

"I told you we weren't going to be the only ones out here," Illyana informed Nestor, crossing her arms. "Come on, let's go."

"No, you need to practice," Nestor replied, in the same slightly British-accented Illyana used, though his voice was rich with amusement. "So here we stay."

"I hate you."

"No you don't."

[wrongkindofsith]

"I see you're having the same problem I am," Cara observed dryly.

"You love me anyway."

[gospel_of_oblivion]

"I would rather not chase a ball today, though it is nice weather for it," Nestor said, winding between Illyana's legs. "Hunting would be nice, though she keeps telling me I'm not allowed to eat the teal deer or the squirrels."

"Because I don't want detention for the rest of the year if you end up eating a radio squirrel, Nestor!"

[wrongkindofsith]

"Cara would prefer to be hunting too," Vieno told Nestor. "But it's better for her not to sulk alone."

"Could you not in front of a student?"

"Since when do you actually care about being appropriate?"

[firstofitskind]

Liam (and Kestrel, naturally) was not exactly in a rush to get to the store; so yeah, he'd maybe grabbed himself a tea from the Perk and was taking a moment to just hang out on a park bench for a while.

[wrongkindofsith]

More people mean more thrown balls, Vieno ran over and dropped the ball at Liam's feet expectantly.

[firstofitskind]

Liam blinked down at the ball for a moment. "What am I-"

A memory, not his own, of a young redheaded girl, picking up a ball and throwing it, the dog by her side tearing off after it with an excited yip.

"Oh." Though he was pretty sure this was a wolf and not a dog, but if it was what he wanted... he picked up the ball and threw it as hard as he could.

[wrongkindofsith]

He was a deeply majestic and often sarcastic wolf who also really loved chasing balls. It was a side effect of Cara's tragic backstory, don't ask.