02 [video]
[For those who have sensitive stomachs, it would be best to turn away for now. When the video feed clicks on, there’s nothing but a blur of motion as whoever is holding it rushes around what appears to be the inside of a building. The sounds become distinguishable only when the motion stops for a moment - chirps, squeaks, barks, and a soft Christmas jingles from the radio somewhere above. The one holding the camera turns, revealing the interior of a large pet store during the early opening hours.
The camera zips around before stopping at the section where aquariums cover the wall. Salt and freshwater fish dart away in fright as the camera gets up close and personal and soon the NV’s carrier is dashing away all over the store at blinding speeds, stopping at random intervals to peer at the animals in their pens.
The cats and kittens arched their backs to spit and hiss -
The puppies wagged their tails and barked excitedly -
The small rodents, rabbits, and guinea pigs all scrambled for their shelters or burrows in the shredded bedding material -
The birds shrieked and squawked -
The reptiles stared in an unamused fashion -]
Hey, Tove!
[ZIIIIIPing on over to the sound of the voice until there is a crash landing in the open-air pen where the ferrets are supposed to stay. The NV is propped against the wall, and a fuzzy brown badger face obscured the screen before jumping up onto a very tall man’s shoulders. Fang has in his hand two squirming, brown baby ferrets. Both of them were apparently at war with each other and with Fang’s fingers, given how they continued to nip at each other and chew on the man.]
I know you’re teething, little guys, but that tickles!
[He chuckled and placed them back in their pen. He watches them hop around and stand on their hind legs before looking at the NV screen. Tove chitters at the baby ferrets.]
Hey, guys. Sorry if this sounds a little pedestrian, but what are your favorite animals? Mammals, reptiles, amphibians… birds… fish? [That pause? All Gilbert and Raven’s fault. D:< ]
The camera zips around before stopping at the section where aquariums cover the wall. Salt and freshwater fish dart away in fright as the camera gets up close and personal and soon the NV’s carrier is dashing away all over the store at blinding speeds, stopping at random intervals to peer at the animals in their pens.
The cats and kittens arched their backs to spit and hiss -
The puppies wagged their tails and barked excitedly -
The small rodents, rabbits, and guinea pigs all scrambled for their shelters or burrows in the shredded bedding material -
The birds shrieked and squawked -
The reptiles stared in an unamused fashion -]
Hey, Tove!
[ZIIIIIPing on over to the sound of the voice until there is a crash landing in the open-air pen where the ferrets are supposed to stay. The NV is propped against the wall, and a fuzzy brown badger face obscured the screen before jumping up onto a very tall man’s shoulders. Fang has in his hand two squirming, brown baby ferrets. Both of them were apparently at war with each other and with Fang’s fingers, given how they continued to nip at each other and chew on the man.]
I know you’re teething, little guys, but that tickles!
[He chuckled and placed them back in their pen. He watches them hop around and stand on their hind legs before looking at the NV screen. Tove chitters at the baby ferrets.]
Hey, guys. Sorry if this sounds a little pedestrian, but what are your favorite animals? Mammals, reptiles, amphibians… birds… fish? [That pause? All Gilbert and Raven’s fault. D:< ]