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[good_dug]

Dug has got his collar back! As the entire bar probably noticed, given how inclined he is to bouncing around and commenting on everything. But having it back means that he can CONVERSATE with people again, which makes him a very, very happy Dug indeed. No more sadfaces!

Well, not on Dug. There are probably sadfaces on the faces of the Oompa-Loompas

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[hallelujahpilot]

He is a damn mess, that's for sure.

Which is why Trudy is quickly sketching him (real pencils! real paper! Oh, Milliways is gonna be bad for her wallet) before he notices her.

[good_dug]

Dug, despite being a dog and having an amazing sense of smell, is notoriously dim about things like recognizing people. So he meanders around, sniffing excitedly at a chair where someone interesting sat, giving the waitrats a warning growl, the usual stuff.

It's bringing him closer to her!

[hallelujahpilot]

Sketch, sketch, sketch goes Trudy - really, he's a riot of colours.

It's kinda glorious.

[good_dug]

Sniff sniff sniff, goes Dug.

Sniff sniff sniffsniffsnorf? Snurfsnurfsniffsniff sniff.

Wander wander wand-

Sniff?

Sniffsniffsniff!

And he has officially noticed her presence, and is bounding over at top speed, collar happily narrating his thoughts. "Hello nice lady! I have not seen you! I got my collar back! What are you doing? Are you drawing? Is it a drawing of me? Can I see?"

[calledgreenleaf]

"Well, you're a mess," says Legolas, friendly-like, dropping gracefully onto the grass near Dug and presenting an open hand to him.

Legolas likes dogs, though Dug is far different from the hounds of Mirkwood.

[good_dug]

Dug instantly goes for the hand, sniffing furiously while his collar makes his every thought known to the world. "I was in the lake! Did you know there is a squid in the lake? It is a nice squid!"

He stops to gaze myopically up at Legolas. "You smell different! It is interesting. There are many people who smell different!"

[calledgreenleaf]

"I did not know there was a squid in the lake," Legolas replies, graciously, after a moment's surprise.

"I'm an Elf, good hound, I should not be surprised that we smell different than Men of your acquaintance."

Once Dug has finished sniffing his hand, he reaches to carefully ruffle the dog's ears. He doesn't seem to be bothered by the soil.

[good_dug]

"An Elf?" Dug peers at him, tail wagging furiously as his nose continues to sniff. "I do not know what that is! Is it a kind of bird?"

A pause.

"But you do not look like a bird so it probably is not! Is it a different kind of person?"

[princeinpieces]

A slim boy of exceedingly pretty features stops and gives Dug a long, curious glance.

His eyes are large, and amber in color, with something sad and haunted in them even as he examines him.

After a moment, it occurs to him to bow.

"Hello, Mr. Dog."

(He doesn't actually know a Mr. Dog back in Kinkan Town, that he remembers.)

[good_dug]

Ooh. Well, he bows, Dug licks. That is to say there's a large, not very pleasent smelling tongue attempting to get at any part of exposed face it can.

And the voice, of course. "My name is not Mister Dog! My name is Dug!"

[princeinpieces]

Mytho is, of course, completely unsurprised to hear Mr. Dog talking.

He accepts the licking passively.

"Oh," he says, once he can be assured of doing so without getting an accidental mouthful of dog tongue.

... Most of Mytho's reactions tend to be on the delayed side anyway, so this all works out.

"Hello, Dug. I'm sorry."

[good_dug]

This is exciting! Most people are confused by the voice but he is not! There is a gleeful attempt to butt his head up into Mytho's hand, looking for a scratch or two.

"That is okay! I do not know you do you do not know my name!"

Beat.

"I do not know your name either!"

[gorgonfondness]

Mia had chosen just this day to go for a walk outside with the baby in the pram.

She smiles when she sees the dog and coos, "Look, sweetheart! There's a dog out there!"

Cepheus, being tiny and snug in his pram, doesn't see the dog and is more preoccupied with his cuddly Papa bear.

[good_dug]

Dug is busy ferociously sniffing at the base of the tree, but his ears prick up at the sound of the word 'dog'?

He cocks his head, looking curiously over.

[gorgonfondness]

"Oh, he's noticed us," she whispers excitedly to Cepheus.

Then she looks to the dog and calls out, "Hello!"

[good_dug]

Ah, but is she expecting this?

Dug bounds over, stopping a few feet shy of the pram in order to give it a careful going-over. But that's not the surprising thing. The surprising thing is this:

"Hello!"

[notimewarp]

There's another dog nearby, lazily chewing on a stuffed bear.

This dog does have a collar, but it's just a regular leather one, with tags.

Colin's owner is nearby, sleeping with a book open on his chest.

[good_dug]

Oooh.

There is another dog, and it has a toy! And Dug does not have a toy. And it is a little dog, which means it is very possible he can take the toy from it!

He stalks closer, in a manner that would probably be very stealthy were it not for his voice. "I would like that toy, dog! I am going to take that toy!"

[notimewarp]

Colin may not be able to speak, but he is a Very Smart Dog. He looks up at Dug and puts his paw on his bear.

This is his bear, and this other dog is not going to take it from him.

[good_dug]

Hmm.

This requires a different tack.

Dug promptly flops over, showing his belly as he rolls on his back, panting ingratiatingly up at Colin. "Oh please please may I have that toy?"