I believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned...

[mademeaweapon]

Sydney is sure she used to have a job that didn't have anything to do with shepherding a bunch of animals around. If she'd wanted this, she could've been a zookeeper. And she keeps forgetting that wearing a white shirt is never the best idea. Because now she's covered in cat hair

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[sarkraticmethod]

In the grand scheme of things, Sark does not have the best timing, but timing is not something a ferret's brain can register even if Sark occasionally wishes that it could. (And yes, it really does bother him that he has little to no control over the animal within. It makes things far more difficult than it should.)

So really, all you can do is blame the animal part of him that gives him the impulse to, uh, ferret things... Like Sydney's watch, which is shiiiiny and has a Sydney-smell to it. Usually, stealing said watch works well for him until someone dares to upset his private stash and give it back to her.

Also, usually, Sydney's not walking down the hall around the same time he's carrying the guilty watch for the fiftieth time.

[mademeaweapon]

Sydney can't miss a certain ferret cheerfully trotting down the hall with something shiny in his mouth. And that something, somewhat unsurprisingly, is her watch. Again.

"How many times...?" she mutters under her breath. "Sark!" She's developed a very good "scolding the small furry things" tone.

[sarkraticmethod]

When human, Sark's initial response to someone attempting to scold him is to blink at them very rapidly in a 'do you really think that's going to work?' kind of way. While a ferret, that would still be his response if the animal didn't override the human most of the time.

So he drops the watch and presses himself against the floor in his best attempt at being contrite and apologetic. It makes his human side want to facepalm.

The look on his furry little ferret face pretty much seems to suggest I can't help it that your watch is pretty and smells like you, and I just want to hide it. I'm sorry.

Being a ferret (especially one who rather enjoys his playtime) is rather humbling for Sark to the point that he likes to deny that any of this happens when he goes back to being a human.

[mademeaweapon]

Sydney sighs and steps forward to grab the watch from off the ground, glowering at him as she puts it on. The pathetic look and the big eyes are familiar enough that they don't have much effect. On top of which... it's Sark.

"I have had a long enough day already," she says, a bit of a growl in her voice, "without having to deal with you. Understand?"