video; ♚ 8 [ dec. 24 | around 1 AM ]
[ the feed clicks on to two little pink paws and white fur obscuring a large part of the image. ]
Hey, that’s not for you to play with. [ a curious pink nose pokes at the screen even as the kitten is pulled back, the little thing squirming in Allen’s hand. He sets the kitten in his lap and rights the communicator. Once the swerving subsides the screen shows Allen sitting on the floor surrounded by two dogs, a puppy, and that same kitten. His clothes look a bit tattered and his hair’s a mess but he seems unhurt. ]
Um…hi. I was wondering if anyone would know who to call for animal control in this city? I’d check the phone book but… [ there’s some kind of… thumping noise that seems to be coming from the direction of the bathroom ]
I’m kind of using it for something else right now.
[From off-screen there's a muffled and outraged voice, seemingly from the next room-]
They've ransacked my desk!! Half of my reports have been shredded!!
[Link comes storming into view carrying another set of kittens in one arm and a squirming puppy in the other, looking equally disheveled and beyond fury. The responsible parties are deposited unceremoniously onto the couch behind Allen.]
I demand the General rectify this immediately! Have you contacted him as well?! And where did he manage acquire a bobcat?!
[ Allen for his part is unfazed by Link’s outrage…and even by the entire situation. Really, he expects no less of Cross. ] Do you really want to know the details about how my Master does things?
[ he’s not sure your heart can take it, Link.
One of the puppies (it looks like a beagle mix, or perhaps a foxhound) settles next to Allen, resting its on Allen’s lap. Allen shifts the kitten to make space for it. ]
We’re better off taking care of this than demand Master do anything anyways, you know that.
...and you do know it doesn’t help when you yell like that, you’ll startle them. Did you lose anything very important? [ he scratches the kitten chin absently as he talks to Link. One of the kittens that Link brought in jumps off the couch and hides under it. Another begins to scratch at the couch. Overall there is just a lot of mewling. ]
Did you not hear of my damaged reports?! I will have to rewrite nearly a dozen by the looks of things!! I demand he be held responsible for-
[He's cut off with a hiss as a kitten thoughtfully begins to scale his leg. Dragging it off of himself, he fixes Allen's device with a final, venomous look - Yes Cross, that is directed at you - before storming off-screen with mewling kitten in hand, too flabbergasted to even continue the conversation.]
Right, your reports. [ he's not sure how important they are, sorry. After all what are you reporting here in DC, Link? ]
Hey, you’re leaving me with all of them? [ Allen calls after Link though he’s a bit stuck where he is. The kitten seems to be nodding off. In the end he doesn’t seem too upset.
The puppy in his lap bumps its nose against Allen’s hand, licking his fingers. ]
…well anyways I’d appreciate any suggestions of how to deal with these guys and the bobcat in the bathroom. Sorry to bother you all at this late hour.
Hey, that’s not for you to play with. [ a curious pink nose pokes at the screen even as the kitten is pulled back, the little thing squirming in Allen’s hand. He sets the kitten in his lap and rights the communicator. Once the swerving subsides the screen shows Allen sitting on the floor surrounded by two dogs, a puppy, and that same kitten. His clothes look a bit tattered and his hair’s a mess but he seems unhurt. ]
Um…hi. I was wondering if anyone would know who to call for animal control in this city? I’d check the phone book but… [ there’s some kind of… thumping noise that seems to be coming from the direction of the bathroom ]
I’m kind of using it for something else right now.
[From off-screen there's a muffled and outraged voice, seemingly from the next room-]
They've ransacked my desk!! Half of my reports have been shredded!!
[Link comes storming into view carrying another set of kittens in one arm and a squirming puppy in the other, looking equally disheveled and beyond fury. The responsible parties are deposited unceremoniously onto the couch behind Allen.]
I demand the General rectify this immediately! Have you contacted him as well?! And where did he manage acquire a bobcat?!
[ Allen for his part is unfazed by Link’s outrage…and even by the entire situation. Really, he expects no less of Cross. ] Do you really want to know the details about how my Master does things?
[ he’s not sure your heart can take it, Link.
One of the puppies (it looks like a beagle mix, or perhaps a foxhound) settles next to Allen, resting its on Allen’s lap. Allen shifts the kitten to make space for it. ]
We’re better off taking care of this than demand Master do anything anyways, you know that.
...and you do know it doesn’t help when you yell like that, you’ll startle them. Did you lose anything very important? [ he scratches the kitten chin absently as he talks to Link. One of the kittens that Link brought in jumps off the couch and hides under it. Another begins to scratch at the couch. Overall there is just a lot of mewling. ]
Did you not hear of my damaged reports?! I will have to rewrite nearly a dozen by the looks of things!! I demand he be held responsible for-
[He's cut off with a hiss as a kitten thoughtfully begins to scale his leg. Dragging it off of himself, he fixes Allen's device with a final, venomous look - Yes Cross, that is directed at you - before storming off-screen with mewling kitten in hand, too flabbergasted to even continue the conversation.]
Right, your reports. [ he's not sure how important they are, sorry. After all what are you reporting here in DC, Link? ]
Hey, you’re leaving me with all of them? [ Allen calls after Link though he’s a bit stuck where he is. The kitten seems to be nodding off. In the end he doesn’t seem too upset.
The puppy in his lap bumps its nose against Allen’s hand, licking his fingers. ]
…well anyways I’d appreciate any suggestions of how to deal with these guys and the bobcat in the bathroom. Sorry to bother you all at this late hour.