5th Drawing /// Accidental Video

[hardcorecute]

[Here's Bubbles, ready for another fun day in Adstringendum. She's brushing her hair and putting it in pigtails. From the decor behind her, it's clear that she's in her room at Juliet's house. She finishes her hair, then goes to the bed and picks up Octi.]

I'm going out to play, Octi! You can stay here today and make the bed.

[She sets him down on

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[capuletnomore]

[Juliet hears her from the back of the house, where she is hanging laundry, and smiles.]

Be careful, child! Take the little machine with you in case you get into trouble!

[She hasn't noticed the sheep - Bubbles had led them off elsewhere when Hawke came to take her berry-picking. So she sees the various scenes on her PCD when she takes a moment to check the network later that afternoon.]

Bubbles! Those - those sheep! Where on Earth did you find them?

[They seem harmless enough, and her mind is already working, wondering if Tybalt's knife can work to shear the wool from one or two of them. She knows a very little about spinning, but is certain that someone here would know. And having thread and yarn would make things so much easier. And, out of the child's sight, perhaps one could be slaughtered for fresh meat?]

[video]

[hardcorecute]

[When Bubbles responds, she's so excited that she's talking nearly at the speed of light.]

Juliet! They're everywhere! I just came outside to play and I took my machine like you told me too, because I wanted to be good and I don't ever mean to get into trouble, but sometimes it happens and I can't help it and then I came outside and there were SHEEP!!! Juliet, they're rainbow sheep! They have rainbows on them! They're RAINBOW!!! All the colors are on them! Pink and green and blue and red and purple and yellow and orange! ALL of them! See???

[She picks up a sheep and thrusts it at the camera.] They're so cute, Juliet! Can I keep them???

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[capuletnomore]

[It takes Juliet a moment to process everything Bubbles is saying. The girl's excitement has her smiling.]

I think it would be all right if we kept one or two. No more than that, though. Our house and yard are not big enough for more than a pair of the creatures. You will have to ask Tybalt as well, though. He may be very cross with both of us if you do not.

[video]

[hardcorecute]

Okay, Juliet! I'll make sure to ask Tybalt, too! I don't want him to be mad at us! I think a pet could be good for him. Pets cheer people up, don't they? He couldn't be so grumpy all the time with rainbow sheep around!

[video]

[capuletnomore]

Pets often do, yes. I had a little sparrow at home, in a gilded cage. It was quite dear to me.

[Another grin.]

No, I do not think even he could be so grumpy all the time with a pair of rainbow sheep in the yard.

[He'd be too busy imagining fresh mutton on his plate once the pair bred more sheep.]

[video]

[hardcorecute]

[She's fascinated by the talk of Juliet's pet back home.]

What was the sparrow's name, Juliet? I bet it had a pretty name...

[She giggles.] Even Tybalt would be happy about rainbow sheep!

[video]

[capuletnomore]

I would call it Hope, although Nanny thought it a silly name for a bird.

He may like them so much that he would help us to give them a haircut. They must be very warm with all of the fluff.

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[hardcorecute]

I think that's a beautiful name for a birdie, Juliet! I really do!

[Wide-eyed stare time. Would Tybalt really like them that much? That would be wonderful! But a haircut...?] The fluff will grow back, right, Juliet? I don't want them to be cold in the winter!

[video]

[capuletnomore]

It will grow back, and very quickly, too. The sheep at home are often given haircuts, because they grow too warm with all of the fluff. But come late fall, the farmers stop cutting it, so that the sheep will be warm for the winter. And we have much time before that happens, so they will be happy for the thoughtfulness we give them.

[At least, she assumes this is how it works, else how would Nanny be able to bring home wool and thread so often from the marketplace for their sewing and the maids' spinning?]

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[hardcorecute]

[Bubbles listens attentively to all of this. She didn't know all of this about sheep!]

Then they'll be happy if we give them haircuts, Juliet! That would be really nice of us and they'll like us a lot!

[Pause.]

Juliet, do you think Fluffy Headed Spike needs a haircut, too? Like the sheep do?

[video]

[capuletnomore]

[She smiles, as much for Bubbles' enthusiasm as for the material they'll have if they can shear the sheep.]

I believe you are correct, Bubbles.

[Then, she blinks.]

Fluffy Headed Spike?

[She's only met blond spiky Spike so far.]

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[hardcorecute]

Yeah! There's Spiky Hair Spike and Fluffy Head Spike! That's how I can tell them apart. Do you know them, Juliet?

[video]

[capuletnomore]

[She giggles.]

I know Spiky Hair Spike. He is a dear friend. I've not yet met the other Spike. But I am certain to recognize him if his hair is fluffy like a sheep.

[video]

[hardcorecute]

It is! It's dark and really, really fluffy. And he smokes cigarettes.

Juliet... Spiky Hair Spike was weird last night.

[video]

[capuletnomore]

I am certain to recognize him now.

[She frowns at the girl, suddenly concerned.]

How was he weird, child? Did he say something weird or did he act weird?

[video]

[hardcorecute]

He was going to walk me home, which was nice of him, but he kept calling me "kiddo" instead of "bit" like he usually does and then he wanted to take a short cut, but it didn't seem like a short cut to me, and he took me where there weren't as many people and then he turned into a monster and got really ugly and he wouldn't go back to normal, so I flew away and came home and went to bed.