Unexpected day / off from work results in a / multipup EP!

[a_mere_child]

A pregnant woman,
poring over a large map
of Australia.

A Warehouse agent,
seated at the piano,
playing Tom Lehrer.

A long, lean, black cat,
stalking small scurrying things
through the new spring grass.

One mun, many pups,
one outside and two inside.
Which one will you tag?

[Open 'til it scrolls. Haiku optional.]

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[fiery_ring]

A young woman is
Watching Alyx from nearby.
She wanders over.

Dropping the haiku format becasue it's a pain.

[a_mere_child]

The map is covered with notes in half a dozen different colors, marking off roads, towns, riverbeds, and other less identifiable things. At the moment, Alyx is marking off a largish dotted circle smack dab in the center of the map.

[fiery_ring]

Carlotta hovers. Alyx looks busy.

"Hi, are you Alyx?"

[a_mere_child]

She glances up. "Yeah... why, have we met?"

[ostro_goth]

Piano player,
Being watched by Ostrogoth.
This music is new!

Dropping the haiku format becasue it's a pain.

[doyousmellfudge]

Yes it is. Teja is unlikely to have heard a song like this before.

"But during National Brotherhood Week,
National Brotherhood Week,
Lena Horne and Sheriff Clark are dancing cheek-to-cheek..."

[ostro_goth]

It is a very odd song; and Teja actually chuckles at the line with the 'one-anotherhood week'.

[doyousmellfudge]

"It's only for a week, so have no fear--
Be grateful that it doesn't last all year!"

He finishes the song with a broad grin. That song always annoyed the hell out of his dad.

Artie

[gotham_knocking]

"You know 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park'?" Knox grew up with Lehrer on TV, on That Was the Week That Was.

[doyousmellfudge]

Artie grins and starts playing a familiar tune.

"Spring is here, spring is here,
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do..."

[gotham_knocking]

As Tom Lehrer impressions go, it's not bad (mainly because Lehrer can't really sing). Knox joins in softly on the chorus. Getting the words wrong.

[doyousmellfudge]

Artie's singing voice isn't great, but it isn't bad either; he was classically trained, once upon a time.

"When they see us coming, the birdies all try and hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide..."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

It's been a long day back home, all fast marching and fighting and running across the Wasteland in the dark. Sometimes you really just need to be somewhere that isn't a tumbledown desert. Outside behind Milliways is good, even if it means a soggy butt from sitting on the grass (Ellen isn't really used to the whole concept of water from below).

She's never seen a cat hunting before. She's just going to lean forward and watch with her chin in her hands and a fascinated look on her face.

[withhistailhigh]

The cat slinks through the grass, belly almost on the ground, eyes fixed on a small shrew grooming its whiskers. He stops and drops down even lower. Nothing moves except the very tip of his tail.

Then--POUNCE.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Oh, that's a fine sight to see. Cat hunting is a lot different than Dogmeat's hunting.

- did it actually work? Or did the shrew escape?

[withhistailhigh]

Oh, the shrew is still there, pinned under the cat's paws.

Then the cat moves its paw, the shrew wriggles free, and he pounces again.