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[thanoodles]

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[keepsakethe]

[She likes this place...

But still wishes she were some place else.]

[startriots]

[ The stop of unlaced boots. Someone crouches down and stares at this creature, tilting their head and giving a little sniff of the air. ]

[keepsakethe]

[the little snake rests, unmoving. she hopes this person won't toy around with her. she doesn't like it when people toy around with her, letting their animals poke at her and picking her up with sticks.]

[startriots]

[ A moment, then rather pointedly, she says: ]

I can smell you.

[keepsakethe]

[It still takes a moment for words to be heard.]

Please don't poke me with sticks or animals.

[startriots]

Don't you think it's tempting, to say it that way? What if I want to poke you with sticks?

[keepsakethe]

It would hurt me.

[startriots]

You'd get better.

[keepsakethe]

[She begins curling up, a little bit.]

It would be unkind...

[startriots]

Then why don't you bite?

[keepsakethe]

[A curious moment.]

That is what you want?

[startriots]

Maybe. [ Curious. ] Hey. If I poke you with a stick, will you bite me?

[keepsakethe]

I do not want to bite you. [that would be unkind.]

[thesnowbringer]

[ It's way too warm for his liking, but then again most places are. When Psônen finds his third cigarette smoked down to the filter, he curses under his breath and drops it to the ground, grinding it down with the toe of his sneaker. It's only when he glances down that he notices the snake.

He grins at it. ]

Howdy.

[keepsakethe]

[Silence. She stays still.]

[thesnowbringer]

[ He drops down into a couch before the animal, bracing himself against the ground with one hand. ]

Aw, c'mon. Don't be like that. I promise I won't fuckin' eat ya. How's that?