♔ video // DECLARATION THE SIXTEENTH ♔

[daddydaioh]

GOOD EVENING, SIREN'S PORT!

[Tamaki is wearing a uniform! It looks a bit like a police uniform, but it's missing all insignias and patches and anything that would make it anything official. But it's quite dashing and becoming all the same! He immediately strikes a pose, a hand to his chin!]Yes, yes, a good evening, and wonderful news! You may have

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[action, if possible.]

[elderyouth]

[what was this he heard about getting a new leash? but he'd just finished burying the old one...!]

[as for that vest... 'Copper' was attempting to be a good, helpful dog-wolf; he had one leg through an arm hole and his neck stuck through the other one, looking all the more pathetic (and very not Finder-ish) for it.]

[action, always!]

[daddydaioh]

[Tamaki sets aside his NV and turns back to Copper, all ready to start to work on the vest again--but he has to laugh when he sees the predicament that Copper is in. Not at him, necessarily--it's sympathetic more than anything else, and he immediately starts to try to disentangle him.]

Ah, we really do need Haruhi's help, I think! Although I don't know that it's so common, for commoners to dress their animals in vests... Still, she knows all about these sorts of things! I'd redesign the vest with fewer pockets, of course, but we need those pockets!

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[elderyouth]

[the words get an attempt at a head tilt (do we really need the pockets? how much are you going to put in here? I can handle it, of course, but!), even while he found himself suddenly being pulled at--]

[a half-bark, half-huff later, and only his head was still stuck in the vest.]

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[daddydaioh]

Oh, there!

[Another tug, and he tries to extract Copper's head as gently as he can.]

Perhaps we won't need Haruhi after all! Won't she be surprised, when I've put the vest on you myself!

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[elderyouth]

[except... it's not coming off. he was a wolf in honesty, after all, and wolves probably never wore dog vests before.]

[his tail tucks over it.]

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[daddydaioh]

[He pulls on the vest--heaves on it, really, but it seems quite stopped where it is. Another tug, all the same, and then he sits back on his heels.]

My, but this is difficult work! I wonder if perhaps I cut away some of the neck hole... Do you think that would work? Or perhaps I ought to wait and consult Haruhi on that point....

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[elderyouth]

--! [he almost gives out a 'no!' to the cutting, but instead substitutes it with a very shocked expression indeed. twisting to tug lightly on the other's sleeve with the second proposal-]

[firstly because that had less risk of snipping his fur. secondly because that meant Haruhi would have to be around, and if both of them shared anything, it was probably their devotion to that girl.]

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[daddydaioh]

Ah, no?

[He doesn't pull away from that tugging, but rubs his chin thoughtfully with his other hand.]

Perhaps you're right! We'll wait for Haruhi--she always knows what to do! Is it very uncomfortable as it is, right now? I don't want to undo the progress that we've made, of course-- [He pushes at the vest, pensively.] I wonder if they're still manufacturing those devices that allow dogs to speak with you!

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[elderyouth]

[it was very fine progress, really, it was, and Toboe showed his approval of this with a small, low wag of his tail (he'd gotten these dog mannerisms down pat)--]

[devices that let him talk? without... having to be out of place?]

[well, that set his tail to wagging more, lips stretching up in a 'smile,' even restlessly hopping on his paws. that would be amazing! and then he really could help with the Agency, though Tamaki was usually beyond good at reading his thoughts-- it'd still be perfect!]

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[daddydaioh]

[He smiles and starts to scratch behind Copper's ears, pleased with that reaction.]

Oh, you'd like that? I think it would be wonderful if we could understand you! It would make things quite easy, wouldn't it?

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[elderyouth]

Yes!

[-- that was covered up beyond an agreeing-sounding bark, but the vowels might've slipped in. Toboe, for his part, didn't notice, tail still a-wagging.]

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[daddydaioh]

[A... pause. He blinks.]

Did--

[He thinks, but then laughs, scratching Copper's ears anew.]

No, no! It-- my imagination, surely!

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[elderyouth]

[ahh, ear-scratching...! made any curious questions seem unimportant.]

[... that is to say, Toboe's huddling up to Tamaki's side and giving a near questioning-hum back. this was the best day in the world.]

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[daddydaioh]

[He continues scratching, though it slows after a bit, and he leans down to peer closely at Copper's face. And he doesn't say anything, yet, but studies him intently.]

Hmmmm...

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[elderyouth]

[Copper blinks back as Tamaki's face closes in, ears swiveling hesitantly forward. 'hm...?']

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[daddydaioh]

You can't-- talk, can you?