Pearl and Puppy - [Active / Semi-Open]

[aherounleashed]

Characters: Bolt and Pearl Fey; possibly open to others in the Library Hotel (ask please?)
Content: Bolt wants to find some less psychotic roommates, and agrees to meet Pearl.
Location: The Library Hotel
Time of Day: Morning
Warnings: Teeth-rotting cuteness is likely?

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[spiritualpearl]

Pearl had never expected to have a pet of any kind; her mother would never have allowed it. Only the most proper of things could have been given to her while Morgan was looking after her. And Mr. Nick could barely take care of Charley, let alone a dog. He didn't have time for anything other than his cases and Mystic Maya

[walkonmyhands]

Hybrids? Whatever that meant, she was pretty sure that wasn't the case. It sounded bad. "That's just... how things are back home." She shrugged a little. It wasn't the biggest deal, and besides, Pearl was talking.

"Really? I had no idea!" The similarities basically extended to hair color, from what Ty Lee could remember of Mia. It had really been a while since she'd seen the mayor. Maybe she and Pearl could take Bolt on a visit. "Mystic Mia? I thought she was just the mayor. Does she communicate with spirits?" That would have just been another level of interesting. Even more reason to try to help her or just get acquainted with her in general.

[aherounleashed]

Bolt shook his head...whatever, that wasn't something he really wanted to contemplate. A little too strange, even for him. And the head scratching was much nicer to focus on. He had to resist simply sliding down and rolling over so that he could get belly scratches as well.

Her cousin was the mayor and a mystic? That sounded like something Harry would know; like magic. Bolt's brow furrowed a bit. "I thought she had said at the meeting that she wasn't in charge and had no special powers..." At least, that's what he thought he recalled when he showed up there. But maybe there was something he missed. He had no clue what how it would be possible for someone to 'communicate with spirits.'

[spiritualpearl]

They apparently didn’t know about spirit channeling. Pearl hesitated to enlighten them, but figured that if a talking dog and a strange girl that had to be half-monkey were here, a spirit channeler wouldn’t be the strangest thing around

[walkonmyhands]

Did Mia say that? Ty Lee would have remembered something like that... maybe she'd been doing something else that day. It was possible. Maybe she had just been trying to avoid all that drama that was going on with Mia, whatever it was.

Suddenly, though, Mia was much more interesting. "Wow... she never said anything about that!" And by extension, so was Pearl. Ty Lee would have to spend a little more time with the Feys, wouldn't she. "How does your channeling work, exactly?" she asked, bending her knees down into a squat and peering at Pearl. While she did that, she extended her hand carefully to pet Bolt.

[aherounleashed]

Of course, a spirit channeler did still seem strange to a talking dog. There was something kind of...unsettling about it. Although he could imagine its usefulness in certain situations.

"So it's sort of like powers being passed down from generation to generation..." Bolt mused to himself. That was the closest equivalent he could think of it, anyway. This was interesting information, however...he wasn't aware that Mia had those kinds of powers. And it was nice to see that Pearl had a real devotion to her family. That was always something that he could get behind.

Then Ty Lee bent down to their level. Bolt flinched a little at first, but then walked forward a step so that Ty Lee could pet him, too. Coming here definitely seemed to be a good idea after all.

[spiritualpearl]

“Mystic Maya knows more than I do about channeling,” Pearl answered. It was true enough. Pearl was still young, after all. “Our spiritual power is passed down from female to female in our family. Some are more spiritually inclined than others, but no matter her spiritual power, a member of the branch family can never become Master of Kurain while the main family still lives.”

And without knowing it at all, Pearl had just given away her mother’s motive for everything she’d done, though of course the little girl had no idea that her mother had been behind any of it and would have been completely appalled by the very idea.

[walkonmyhands]

See? Petting was a good thing. Always good. Ty Lee smiled a little at Bolt, but kept her ears open to what Pearl was saying. "Master of Kurain?" That sounded like an impressive title. "So that's like being the Avatar, sort of?" On second thought, maybe she should have explained what the Avatar was. "The, um. The master of all four elements and the one who's supposed to bring peace to the world and stop the war." She didn't really even remember why the Fire Nation was fighting everyone anymore. She'd been here for what, five months? Silently, she wondered whether or not the war was still going on.

Without even noticing it, her petting was getting a bit harder. Probably not enough to hurt Bolt, but that's what Ty Lee did when she was worried.

[aherounleashed]

Bolt didn't really understand any of this business about titles or masters...except in the context of a dog's, of course, and he didn't think this was the same thing at all. Truthfully, it seemed a little much for girls of Pearl's age to be worrying about, and he'd been living with Penny, who was in constant danger.

While Pearl seemed okay, something looked to be upsetting Ty Lee...he would've been able to tell even if she wasn't petting him harder. When people got upset or afraid, something about their smell changed, and dogs could pick it up.

Probably the petting would've been a bit nicer if it were just scratching behind the ears or a full-on hug, but as it was the harder petting made him duck down a tad lower. "Uh, hey..."

[spiritualpearl]

Pearl's hands dropped from her cheeks and she gave Ty Lee a confused look. She had no idea what this 'Avatar' was, but it sounded kind of scary. She'd have to avoid this person if she ever heard of them coming here.

That didn't keep the little girl down for long and soon she rose on the balls of her feet and bounced on them. "But Mystic Maya will be the best Master," she continued, love and affection for her older cousin obvious in the way she said this. "I know she can do it."

Not being the most observant person sometimes, Pearl didn't notice that there was anything wrong with Ty Lee as she bounced on her feet.

[walkonmyhands]

Before talking any more, Ty Lee looked down at Bolt and suddenly noticed what she was doing. "Sorry, Bolt!" she said, pulling her hand back. She didn't want to hurt him.

And she also noticed that Pearl didn't really comment on anything she'd just said. Well, no big deal. Really, it was probably for the best. It was a lot more trouble than it was worth to try to explain. "I don't know a lot about Maya, but if she's as strong as you say she is, we might have to get together and talk about these things." Ty Lee was legitimately interested in that. The spiritual side of a city like this was no doubt fading fast.

[aherounleashed]

Bolt shook his head a little. Deciding he was done with petting for now, he did the next reasonable thing a dog would do: he began exploring his surroundings, mostly by sniffing the lobby area. There was a wide variety of smells around here, mostly books and...coffee?

Pearl did seem very focused on her sister. While Bolt had only seen her a little around the network, she seemed a little strange. Still, he imagined that he'd meet her sooner or later, if he was going to be staying here. "At least she seems...enthusiastic about it," Bolt finally offered. Maybe you needed that sort of attitude for dealing with spirits.

[spiritualpearl]

Of course Pearl agreed with Ty Lee about Maya and it showed in the way she grinned up at the other girl. "Mystic Maya is really nice. I'm sure she'd like to talk to you."

She would have said a little more on the subject, but Bolt had taken to sniffing around and the sight distracted her for a little bit. She didn't really know what else to say, though, so she just watched for a little before it occurred to her to ask what he was sniffing for. Pearl had never actually been around a dog before.

"Does something smell good?" she asked curiously, wondering what could have caught his attention like that.

[walkonmyhands]

"I'll try to get in touch with her," Ty Lee agreed with a smile. But soon after, she noticed Bolt sniffing around. Hearing Pearl's question, the girl sniffed the air, but couldn't really make anything out. Animals' noses were a lot better than hers, though, and Bolt seemed to have a pretty good hold on whatever he was smelling.

Another sniff and something came to her, but it was a strange smell. Something she'd never smelled before. "There's something. It's kind of... musky? I don't recognize it." It was the coffee, but she didn't know that. "I don't know how to describe it, either. Do you smell what I'm talking about, Bolt?"

[aherounleashed]

"I'm just checking this place out, I haven't been here before," Bolt said without glancing up. He made his way around the perimeter of the lobby before wandering back to Pearl and Ty Lee.

"...Smells like coffee, I think." He hadn't smelled it that much, but it was something you recognized pretty quickly. He looked up again when he realized that Ty Lee had said so. People didn't generally use their noses to find anything. "What, you smell things, too?" It seemed like everyone here had a myraid of talents that you wouldn't suspect at first glance.

[spiritualpearl]

Pearl had no idea what they were talking about with the musky smell. She didn’t smell anything unusual, having gotten used to the smell of coffee long ago, and not having associated ‘musky’ with ‘coffee.’ So she just watched them both curiously as they sniffed around a lot, offering her opinion when they mentioned coffee.

“Mr. Diego likes coffee,” she told them, still watching. “He drinks it all the time…” She remembered seeing him around the courthouse a bit and he never went anywhere without a mug full. “Is that what you’re smelling?”