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[donttasemebro]

WHO: Brunodog and EVERBODY (open)
WHERE: The roof and hallways of the MAC plus all over the north end of the City in general, including some parks. (Moonybase threading can happen in here too)
WHEN: Afternoon and evening/night of Thursday the 21st and most of the daylight hours of Friday the 22nd man I am being oddly accurate today :|a
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in the MAC, Friday

[trueltning_fury]

White wolves should not have been in the city, much less a tall building, much less the place people lived. Geddoe stepped out of his flat through the busted door and stopped short, instantly alert. His hand came to rest on Wild Geese's hilt just in case.

More of this, he thought.

[donttasemebro]

And here Bruno was just trotting along minding his own business, heading for Yuusei's place to hang out with him again today. Large eyepatch-wearing sword-wielding men were not exactly something he'd been expecting to run into.

Bruno stopped curiously when he saw the man come out the apartment door and then practically startled at the sight of the sword, scooting back down the hall a little to get thoroughly out of swing-range and all but tripping over his own four legs. For a guy who'd exchanged blows with a giant unicorn and sparred with a former Batgirl you wouldn't think he'd be be so jumpy, but swords were a bit outside his realm of experience. Bruno stared up at the guy with what he hoped was an "i'm friendly don't hurt me :(" expression.

[trueltning_fury]

The fact that the wolf didn't attack him was a point in Bruno's favor. Geddoe hesitated, not relaxing his guard but not attacking either. After running into other animals the other day, he had learned to be wary, even if he didn't know why animals were roaming the streets freely lately. His good eye narrowed. "You belong to somebody here, boy?" he wondered in a low tone with absolutely no excitement.

[donttasemebro]

Bruno shook his head. Of course he didn't, he was just one of those people who'd turned into animals!

... Unless he... hadn't heard about all that. It was all over the network, but Bruno himself sometimes got busy and didn't check for a few days, so... this guy might not know about it. He had thought for a second that the busted door must mean that something like what happened at home with Edgeworth yesterday must have happened here, but, well, in this city there could be a lot of reasons for there to have a giant hole a wall besides someone inside suddenly turning into a polar bear.

Bruno whined nervously to himself and fidgeted his weight from paw to paw as he tried to think up a way to let this guy know that he was a human, and in a hurry. Of course he didn't even realize that the movement was causing his comm, which was again hanging from a lanyard around his neck, to swing back and forth a little.

[trueltning_fury]

Fortunately, Geddoe was something of a dog person. This was looking more and more like a pet and less like a plains wolf he would have to take down, so he extended a hand as if to let the dog sniff it. It didn't help that he wore thick leather gloves, but his scent was probably mingled in with the smell of leather (and perhaps traces of moose blood from hunting).

But then, he noticed the comm device. His eyebrow went up. "Wait a minute. What are you doing with that...?"

[donttasemebro]

Bruno was dubious of the extended hand at first, until he realized it was just to let him smell it. Maybe this guy was giving him a chance after all? He cautiously inched up and obliged, sniffing at the interesting mix of leather-scent and people-scent and something that smelled a little like blood (but not fresh blood, and not human, so he wasn't worried.)

He looked up at the man's face at the question, though, and tilted his head to the side quizzically. Doing with what?

Bruno had been wearing the comm for a couple hours now, ever since he'd left Moonybase this morning, so he'd thoroughly forgotten that he had it on.

[trueltning_fury]

By now Geddoe was thoroughly convinced that the animal was domesticated, so he crouched down with a creaking of leather and reached for the comm. For what reason would a dog have one of these? The obvious thought was that he was taking it to his owner, but then, why would it be hanging around his neck? Dogs picked things up with their mouths.

"Hmm." Geddoe didn't say anything else out loud, just crouching there thinking. He idly patted the Bruno-dog's head, scritching his ears.

[donttasemebro]

Ooooh man that ear-scratching and petting felt good. Bruno had already repeatedly discovered this by now, but somehow it felt just as nice every time. Bruno's eyes lidded slightly and he grinned one of those 'hurrr I am a happy dog' grins as he indulged in the attention (and relaxed at the fact that this probably meant the guy trusted him now.)

It took him a bit to realize that Geddoe was examining something other than the dog clolar Franziska had forced him into again this morning. But after he curiously tilted his head at the slight change in pressure around his neck, Bruno all at once remembered what else he was trucking around down there.

He suddenly perked up and barked excitedly at the man, sitting up very straight and puffing out his chest to clearly display the comm.

[trueltning_fury]

There was really only one conclusion Geddoe could make, even if it made no sense. He regarded the big dog with a raised eyebrow. "...is that yours?"

[donttasemebro]

Bruno barked again and nodded enthusiastically. Maybe this guy had heard about it after all!

[trueltning_fury]

Geddoe hadn't, but he decided to roll with it. There really was no other explanation, particularly with the vaguely human-like behavior of this dog. He pushed himself to his full height and nodded. "Fine, then. Sorry if I threatened you. I won't hurt you, now."