Grumpy Raptor Seeks Punching Bag [Open]

[raptorwithagun]

Red Snout roamed the halls of the ship, muttering to himself. His attempt to win leadership had failed (failed!) against the old human, who had proved more formidable then he expected.  It was no shame to lose, he knew, not against a chief (he knew now why the old one was chief. He was wily, tricky and even possessed some physical strength) but the

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[lilyofthedrills]

Yuri is walking happily, glad the meeting with the adults went well. Yet as she rounds a corridor, there's a familiar set of beady yellow eyes, breath like a fish market, and big, scary claws. She squeaks in fearful surprise as Borg's eyes turn to Xs.

[raptorwithagun]

Ohohoho! It's the little human. And no Kirk around to save her this time. He grins nastily (well, if Yuri could decipher Raptor body language, the would) and pauses, circling the girl.

"Hello again, Yuri. I hope you have been a good little human..." He pointedly licks his chops, playing up the 'predator' thing. Not that it needed much playing up.

[lilyofthedrills]

Yuri's arms cross in an instinctive gesture designed to protect the internal organs. She shakes and replies fearfully. "Y-y-yes I h-have..." Tears well up at the side of her big eyes, ready to fall at a moment's more agita.

Borg, meanwhile, directs his agitation outward. He flicks a ropy tongue at Red Snout, tasting the air. The aggressive pheremones the raptor puts out are matched by his own. Yuri may be defenseless by herself, but her symbiont is as much a predator as he is...

[raptorwithagun]

The raptor ignores Borg. He's not particularly worried about the thing. Last time he talked to the human, it did nothing. Still, perhaps best to keep an eye on it. He leans in close to Yuri, letting his breath wash over her face.

"I have a task for you, little human."

[lilyofthedrills]

Oh god, oh god, oh god...It smells like a a butcher's with athlete's foot!

She barely manages to stammer out a reply. "S-sure w-w-w-w-what is it?"

[raptorwithagun]

He none too gently pokes her in the side, hissing.

"You will teach me the human writing and reading, so that I may follow your communications. And you will tell no one that you are teaching me!"

[lilyofthedrills]

Yuri squeaks and flinches. In response, feeling the spike of pain, Borg lashes out with a phalanx of drills, closing of a metal flower and cage, whirring organic steel.

"No Borg!" She cries, commanding the symbiont to stop, which it does, humming and growling before retracting its own claws.

It wants to learn to read?! This was certainly a new development. It would be comical if she weren't so terrified.

"O-o-o-of course Snout-san, w-when would you l-l-like me to start?"

[raptorwithagun]

The Raptor jumped back with a surprised growl, dropping into a defensive crouch before Yuri called the symbiont off. Heh. Good. The human had control of the thing and the thing would not attack. Good. Red Snout ponders this question for a moment, stroking his snout with one claw. Hmm.

"We will start tomorrow. You may come and find me tomorrow morning slurping down that disgusting stuff they call food."

[lilyofthedrills]

"O-oh k-kay..." A small idea occurs to her. This strange and scary creature that she wished would just go away already was almost as confused by Stacy's eccentricities as she was. Might as well get a bit more on its good side by helping. "T-there's a way to make it taste b-better. Take it to the s-s-sensorium and ask Stacy to m-make it taste better."

[raptorwithagun]

Blinkblink. Wait, there was a way to get better food here? That actually made him a bit happier, though pushing the girl around had begun to do that anyways.

"Really? Just take it to the sensor-ee-ums? Or whatever they are called?"

[lilyofthedrills]

"Y-y-yeah although you should probably be specific about it b-b-ecause maybe Stacy doesn't know what Velociraptors eat and might m-m-make it taste good to a human..." Honestly she has no idea what they like and is afraid of offending him by suggesting he eat a dinosaur that is forbidden or not tasty or something.

[raptorwithagun]

"Hm. Yes. I will remember this. You have been a great help to me, little Yuri." Hey, he used her name. That's a good thing, right?

"I may decide not to eat you. Now run along." He waves a claw dismissively.