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[thekingsgambit]

[If you happen to be passing by Boys' 4 today, you might spy a young man setting up the most bizarre mouse trap you've ever seen. Thankfully, he's gone the catch-and-release route. The collie beside him seems very keen on helping in her own special way

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[ascendthethorns]

[I'm supervising, idk.]

How did they get this out of hand?

[thekingsgambit]

[Speaking to, while prepping the trap.]

They have taken refuge in the trees in addition to their early hideaways. Our previous estimate was severely undershot.

[ascendthethorns]

I see. Then what is our present estimate?

[thekingsgambit]

[Plucking a shollie from behind him. It kicks its miniature paws in protest.]

More than fifty, and that is without knowing whether this is all the original nest or whether they have been breeding.

[ascendthethorns]

Meaning they can't be differentiated by age but confirming nothing. Hmn. Can we be sure that none remain inside?

[thekingsgambit]

No, especially not with disinterest of the cats. At least Nunnally has not mentioned hearing them at night since the start of the week.

[ascendthethorns]

Have their points of entry been discovered?

[thekingsgambit]

Suzaku and I have sealed up whichever ones we could find. But judging from the initial number, there may be one or two that remain unknown.

[ascendthethorns]

Of course. What have you discovered about these pests? And how many do you have left to trap?

[thekingsgambit]

At the moment, we have twenty traps available to us. I expected that the dog might be able to startle enough into trapping themselves, but she has been more of an impediment than an aide. Still, we should at least ten. As to information, they are herbivores and function in packs. The leader remains at large.

[ascendthethorns]

Leader? What cause do you have to believe they're pack animals?

[thekingsgambit]

Their movements are coordinated. There is no way they would have survived the natural predators this long without it. It also explains how they have spread so rapidly.

[ascendthethorns]

[Quieter:]

Have any been sent for dissection?

[thekingsgambit]

... Not yet.

[ascendthethorns]

Very well, then; I'll collect a few after Nunnally has left. Have you any further observations?

[thekingsgambit]

[Yes, you have a shollie chewing on your cape and a dog who is seconds from lunging at it.]

Just their preference for noisy areas. It could eliminate the cornfields as a potential relocation site.