Housepets! Fanfic: Getting to Know Yourself
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:17 pm
Various disclaimers: the Housepets! Universe belongs to Rick Griffin, obviously.
Bosses and programs named belong to Blizzard. WoW <3.
All names used in the story, and all characters, are based on my life. All their actions, I believe, are fairly accurately portrayed. Maybe to some exaggeration, but what’s a good story without it?
Now, I know the uh…grammar and everything might suck at some points, and I’m not 100% happy with the entire thing…mostly conversations/interactions. I suck at those apparently. Especially the first one…you’ll see how clunky it is. Oh man…
If you see anything drastically wrong, go ahead and tell me. I can take it. I think. If not, I’ll just run off and cry, no big deal. :>
P.S. doing the attempts at the chat log sucked to figure out how to implement. That’s also going to be very clunky. D: I’m going to stop…writing this…disclaimer now…NOT BEFORE I SAY HOW UGLY THIS IS GOING TO LOOK OMG (after messing around not too bad)
=========Chapter 1: The Big Reveal=========
The large beast was nearing its demise. It was simply a matter of time. Careful manipulation would be essential.
~“Okay, slow down damage on the head and focus down this skeleton. We don’t want to have two alive during the last phase.” All of the damage dealers switched off of the head to kill the skeleton before it exploded. It was destroyed right before the beast broke free from the chains on the platform.
~“Alright, push the body below 30%. Quel, just tank the next skeleton that comes down. He should die before you do.” Quelthien, paladin tank extraordinaire, nodded before catching the next skeleton that dropped down and dragging him towards a corner of the room.
The beast was pushed below 30%. Shortly after, its master started throwing balls of shadowflame towards the raid. ~“Everyone spread out to lessen the strain on healers! Go ahead and pop heroism, we’re going for a burn.” They moved in sync, spreading out, and grew fast thanks to the courage of the shaman in the raid.
“Dag! Dinnertime! Come in here and stop playing that silly game,” my mom yelled.
“Moooooommm, you know I raid tonight! Same as every other Tuesday. I’ll be in there shortly,” I replied. She always did this, made me dinner while I was killing a boss. I sighed. Shortly after, the boss dropped dead, thanks to my group of allies.
~“Good job guys. Clean kill. Now, I’ll be back shortly, dinner time. Opacus is going to come in for me. Quickly kill Omnotron so we can clean this up tonight,” I said before clicking my hearthstone so the swap could be made. I took off my headset and placed it on the hook beside my desk, tabbed out of WoW to pause my Pandora Radio, then hopped out of my chair. I made my way towards the kitchen; I stopped by the bathroom first to do my business.
Mom started to yell for me again when I entered the kitchen. “I’m here, I’m here. Calm down,” I said as I hopped into my chair. She passed me my bowl and a spoon, and I started to dig into my kibble. It never tasted particularly good, but it did fill my stomach, and that’s all that mattered to me.
“You’re so cute when you’re flustered, Dag. If you eat up fast you can go back and join your friends,” she said while rubbing behind my ears. I closed my eyes in pleasure. That felt soooo good.
“They can wait…” I replied, slowly. She really knew how to scratch a dog. She stopped shortly after, and my head drooped for a moment before I continued eating. “You know,” I said with a full mouth, “you didn’t have to stop.”
“But then you wouldn’t have finished your dinner, and I know how much you love your ‘raiding’ or whatever it is.”
I thought that over for a moment. “I guess you’re right. Not like they need me for a while anyway, the rest of the bosses should be easy.”
I wolfed down my food after I said that, so I could hurry back and finish raiding for the evening. “Thanks mom. I love you,” I said as I scooted out of my chair and gave her a hug. She rubbed my head again. “I love you too Dag. Go finish playing with your friends, I want you to go to bed early tonight. We’ve got a big day tomorrow.”
“Aw. But I don’t want to do anything tomorrow…” I said, pouting as I walked down the hallway.
Upon reaching my room, I hopped back into my chair and put my headphones back on. I pushed my shift key and said, ~”Alright, I’m done with dinner. What boss are you guys on?”
~”We’re on Atramedes. Just he and Nef left alive. You want in?” Psilo, one of my fellow officers, asked me.
~”No thanks. You know I can’t stand that fight. Good luck though!” I replied. That fight was just a huge annoyance that I didn’t want to deal with at all. About 8 minutes later, Atramedes went down, marking the time for me to come back in. I typed to officer chat:
[O] [Dagglet]: So, have you prepared groups yet?
[O] [Psilo]: Pretty much. Pulling you in, taking Sea out, and working on platform assignments right now
[O] [Twy]: Sounds good. Same general platforms as usual, minus the moving around of a few people?
[O] [Lishyluu]: Fine by me, let’s just hurry this up so I can go eat
~”Alright, Daggy’s coming in for Sea, and platforms are being set up right now. Be patient for a few.” Which meant they could start up some small talk while they waited, per usual.
~”So, Opacus, I heard from some female guild members that you’re a hottie. Have you posted a picture?”
~”Yeah…it’s in the real life pic thread. It’s been there for a few weeks, surprised you haven’t seen it.”
~”Oh, I don’t look often. Has Daggy posted a picture yet?”
~”No, I haven’t. Not just yet. I don’t know if you guys even want to see me…” I said, hoping to get them off the topic of my picture. I don’t want to show them I’m actually just a corgi…Not that I really cared. I’m worried they’ll take it…wrongly, that one of their officers is merely a pet.
~”Oh come on you scaredy cat, we won’t care! There’s nothing to fear!” came the voice of Angrywife, one of the shamans in the raid. I smiled, thinking of their reactions…which made me frown and ears fold over a bit, almost knocking my headphones off.
~”Honestly, I’d rather not. I’d hate if people made fun of me for it,” I replied, continuing to drive them off the subject.
~”Who thinks Daggy should post a picture? Hit 1 in raid chat!” A flood of 1’s entered the raid chat. Pretty much every raid member thought I should post a picture. There was even a flood in guild chat. Some of them were listening too!
I sighed and replied, ~”Okay…if we one shot Nef tonight, I’ll post a picture. But ONLY then! You lose the opportunity if we wipe. Sound fair?” I received a chorus of “Yes!”’s. I sighed again. They REALLY wanted to see me…
~”Fine. But let’s kill this guy. Psilo, you ready?” I asked.
~”Yessir! Platform assignments and interrupt assignments going out. Pulling in 1 minute. Prepare yourselves to see the picture of Daggy!”
Ten minutes later, Nefarian was dead. One shot. Oh no, I was not expecting this at all. My ears folded back, headphones falling off in shock. Should I really post my picture? What will they think…how will they react? I thought, slightly freaking out. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Nefarian was our worst fight, how did we one shot it? Ignoring the loot, as I had everything I needed, I tabbed out to look through pictures I had. Which should I use? One that it’s obvious who I am? Or one with a family member in it? This was horrible. Painstakingly horrid. I finally settled on a picture I had taken of myself while laying on my bed listening to music. I hope they accept me…
I picked up my headphones and put them back on, after posting the picture. Time to hope for the best. ~”Alright guys… I posted. I hope you guys aren’t freaked out. And before you ask, that really is me.”
A few minutes passed. It felt like an eternity. And then my chatbox exploded.
[O] [Lishyluu]: Daggy, what the **** is this? Is this some kind of sick joke? Is that really you?
[G] [Angrywife]: That’s you Daggy?
[O] [Dagglet]: …Yes, that’s really me.
Lishyluu has gone offline.
What. Did he just…rage log? Because of my…picture?
[G] [Roulfein]: Is one of our officers really a dog? Wtf?
[G] [Bodiggity]: I can’t believe it
[W] [Footsz]: That really you? I’m confused…
In fact, I couldn’t keep up with the chat. Not that I’d be able to in my state. Ears folded back once again, headphones on the ground, head facing my lap. This is what I feared. What I had suspected. A bunch of humans wouldn’t accept a mere pet to be amongst their elite, not in a guild of this caliber…What hurt me the most was my fellow officer rage logging. I knew he was rude a lot, but to do that…It cut the deepest. I felt alone, while I heard the voices of 26 other people trying to talk to me through Ventrilo.
Minutes past, feeling like hours. I ignored all the sound coming from my headphones, merely noise at this point, to my mind.
~”EVERYONE SHUT UP. Daggy, are you alright? DAGGY!” Psilo yelled. That startled me out of my reverie. I picked my headphones back up and replied, ~”Yeah…I guess. Do you guys need more proof or something?” I asked, sniffling as I did. It’s hard for me to cover my crying. I’m an emotional dog whose world just came crashing down around him.
~”If you want to provide it, sure. Not like the raid will continue, not after that bombshell,” He replied.
~”Al…alright. I’ll *sniff* start up my stream and set it to my webcam. Give me *sniff* just a moment.” At that, I let my headphones drop around my neck, and started up my webcam and livestream. I proceeded to link it in my Ventrilo comment.
~”There. Check my Vent comment. There you’ll get to see me as I am.” I said quietly, still getting over the shock. I made sure the stream wasn’t broadcasting the sounds of my headphones, and then slumped backwards. As people logged on, I heard a bunch of “Awww…”s come from the raiders, as they saw how I looked.
Ears bent backwards, head facing the floor, eyes and muzzle wet with tears, because I was still crying. They could hear the sniffles as I tried to stop, but couldn’t. I felt dejected and lonely, despite a bunch of people watching me, in that moment. It wasn’t until I heard a voice I hadn’t heard in a long time that I perked up slightly.
~”Daggy? Can you hear me? It’s Prias,” she said. I looked up and smiled, somewhat in shock once again.
“P…Prias? I haven’t heard you in so long…since you left…” I said, knowing she could hear me via the webcam microphone.
~”I know. I’m sorry about that, by the way. Not your fault one bit, even though I slightly blamed it on you.”
“I know…What’re you doing here anyway,” I asked, curious as to why she’d come back into our Vent server after leaving in a brash manner.
~”I heard you finally posted your picture, and I still have you on real ID. When you didn’t respond at all, I had to come in Vent to check.”
“Oh,” was all I replied. I wasn’t sure why she was the only one talking.
~”Anyway, Psilo moved us both to a separate channel, to see if I could break you out of your slump. You look so sad…what happened,” she asked.
“Lishy…*sniff* he rage logged out when he saw the picture. And I was getting so many whispers…I was overwhelmed. I knew I shouldn’t have shown my picture…” I replied, still feeling quite dejected. How could he just…rage log like that, over something so small as me being a dog…I was still confused.
~”Well…Lishy has had bad experiences with pets. I’m talking with him on Skype. He was just furious that you were promoted before him, without anyone knowing what you were beforehand. Don’t worry, he’ll get over it.”
“I hope so…*sniff* this is so depressing.”
~”Well…if it makes you feel any better, you’re absolutely adorable, even when you look so sad. I wish you’d be happy,” she said. That made me both perk up and blush.
As I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment, I replied, “Why…thank you…*sniff* that means a lot. I’m going to move us back down now, I guess…”
Since Ventrilo was still open, I dragged us both down to the raid channel. Upon entering, I was greeted with a vast amount of cheering. Every mic was lit up. I blushed even harder. “You guys…” I said quietly.
~”Daggy, you ARE absolutely adorable. I don’t care what Lishy says, I’m glad I’ve got you as an officer,” Holagato, the resident female raider, said. As if I couldn’t blush any harder…
~”Hola, stop it! You’re embarrassing him even more. Now, Daggy, are you ready to come back? Or are you going to continue to be sad for yourself,” Psilo asked me. I thought about it.
“I guess I’m ready to go *sniff*. Thanks guys, this means a lot to me. Before I forget, should I turn off my voice changer?”
I received a resounding “YES!!!” from everyone. ~”We were really tired of your monotone voice anyway. How’d you manage that,” Footsz, a retribution paladin friend, asked.
“I programmed it myself. I needed it to take any tone and make it one, on top of making my voice slightly deeper. I am a pretty smart puppy when I try.”
~”Well that’s obvious, you fooled all of us! Welcome back Daggy, and it’s good to hear the real you,” replied my guild leader, Pwnytailz. I froze. He was watching too!?
“Uh…thanks. Now let me turn off my livestream so we can get started, eh? Ehehehe…” I laughed cautiously. I wasn’t sure how HE’D react to this news.
~”Go for it. And good luck guys! I’m going to head out, logged onto Vent when I saw all the commotion in guild chat. Daggy, you look worried. Don’t be, nothing will happen to you because of this. Before I go, actually, how old are you? In human years.”
“I am…” I paused to count on my fingers, which received some laughs from Ventrilo. “I’m 7, just turned it actually. I kind of lied about my birthday before…and actual age, in human years, ehehe…”
~”That’s perfectly fine. It’s been great to have you, regardless of species difference. Have fun,” he replied before logging out. I sighed in relief. That had gone over a fair bit better than I had expected! Well, discounting one person…My ears started to fold back again. No! I won’t think about him, it’s raid time.
Picking up my headphones and putting them off, I turned off the livestream and said, ~”Alright team, it’s raid time! Let’s go.”
(Author's Note: Oh my goodness I can't believe I'm actually posting this. I feel so worked up over it, but...I'm glad it's going through now. No reason to stop now.
Special Thanks going out to My Life. You are a fantastic thing which inspires all of my writing. And a Special Thanks to River Flows Through You Radio. Gentle piano music playing helped keep me calm, rather than freak out.
HOLY CRAP I WRITE A LOT D:)
Please let me know if I should add more spacing. I'm completely fine with adding more. It kind of looks cramped to me, personally.
Bosses and programs named belong to Blizzard. WoW <3.
All names used in the story, and all characters, are based on my life. All their actions, I believe, are fairly accurately portrayed. Maybe to some exaggeration, but what’s a good story without it?
Now, I know the uh…grammar and everything might suck at some points, and I’m not 100% happy with the entire thing…mostly conversations/interactions. I suck at those apparently. Especially the first one…you’ll see how clunky it is. Oh man…
If you see anything drastically wrong, go ahead and tell me. I can take it. I think. If not, I’ll just run off and cry, no big deal. :>
P.S. doing the attempts at the chat log sucked to figure out how to implement. That’s also going to be very clunky. D: I’m going to stop…writing this…disclaimer now…NOT BEFORE I SAY HOW UGLY THIS IS GOING TO LOOK OMG (after messing around not too bad)
=========Chapter 1: The Big Reveal=========
The large beast was nearing its demise. It was simply a matter of time. Careful manipulation would be essential.
~“Okay, slow down damage on the head and focus down this skeleton. We don’t want to have two alive during the last phase.” All of the damage dealers switched off of the head to kill the skeleton before it exploded. It was destroyed right before the beast broke free from the chains on the platform.
~“Alright, push the body below 30%. Quel, just tank the next skeleton that comes down. He should die before you do.” Quelthien, paladin tank extraordinaire, nodded before catching the next skeleton that dropped down and dragging him towards a corner of the room.
The beast was pushed below 30%. Shortly after, its master started throwing balls of shadowflame towards the raid. ~“Everyone spread out to lessen the strain on healers! Go ahead and pop heroism, we’re going for a burn.” They moved in sync, spreading out, and grew fast thanks to the courage of the shaman in the raid.
“Dag! Dinnertime! Come in here and stop playing that silly game,” my mom yelled.
“Moooooommm, you know I raid tonight! Same as every other Tuesday. I’ll be in there shortly,” I replied. She always did this, made me dinner while I was killing a boss. I sighed. Shortly after, the boss dropped dead, thanks to my group of allies.
~“Good job guys. Clean kill. Now, I’ll be back shortly, dinner time. Opacus is going to come in for me. Quickly kill Omnotron so we can clean this up tonight,” I said before clicking my hearthstone so the swap could be made. I took off my headset and placed it on the hook beside my desk, tabbed out of WoW to pause my Pandora Radio, then hopped out of my chair. I made my way towards the kitchen; I stopped by the bathroom first to do my business.
Mom started to yell for me again when I entered the kitchen. “I’m here, I’m here. Calm down,” I said as I hopped into my chair. She passed me my bowl and a spoon, and I started to dig into my kibble. It never tasted particularly good, but it did fill my stomach, and that’s all that mattered to me.
“You’re so cute when you’re flustered, Dag. If you eat up fast you can go back and join your friends,” she said while rubbing behind my ears. I closed my eyes in pleasure. That felt soooo good.
“They can wait…” I replied, slowly. She really knew how to scratch a dog. She stopped shortly after, and my head drooped for a moment before I continued eating. “You know,” I said with a full mouth, “you didn’t have to stop.”
“But then you wouldn’t have finished your dinner, and I know how much you love your ‘raiding’ or whatever it is.”
I thought that over for a moment. “I guess you’re right. Not like they need me for a while anyway, the rest of the bosses should be easy.”
I wolfed down my food after I said that, so I could hurry back and finish raiding for the evening. “Thanks mom. I love you,” I said as I scooted out of my chair and gave her a hug. She rubbed my head again. “I love you too Dag. Go finish playing with your friends, I want you to go to bed early tonight. We’ve got a big day tomorrow.”
“Aw. But I don’t want to do anything tomorrow…” I said, pouting as I walked down the hallway.
Upon reaching my room, I hopped back into my chair and put my headphones back on. I pushed my shift key and said, ~”Alright, I’m done with dinner. What boss are you guys on?”
~”We’re on Atramedes. Just he and Nef left alive. You want in?” Psilo, one of my fellow officers, asked me.
~”No thanks. You know I can’t stand that fight. Good luck though!” I replied. That fight was just a huge annoyance that I didn’t want to deal with at all. About 8 minutes later, Atramedes went down, marking the time for me to come back in. I typed to officer chat:
[O] [Dagglet]: So, have you prepared groups yet?
[O] [Psilo]: Pretty much. Pulling you in, taking Sea out, and working on platform assignments right now
[O] [Twy]: Sounds good. Same general platforms as usual, minus the moving around of a few people?
[O] [Lishyluu]: Fine by me, let’s just hurry this up so I can go eat
~”Alright, Daggy’s coming in for Sea, and platforms are being set up right now. Be patient for a few.” Which meant they could start up some small talk while they waited, per usual.
~”So, Opacus, I heard from some female guild members that you’re a hottie. Have you posted a picture?”
~”Yeah…it’s in the real life pic thread. It’s been there for a few weeks, surprised you haven’t seen it.”
~”Oh, I don’t look often. Has Daggy posted a picture yet?”
~”No, I haven’t. Not just yet. I don’t know if you guys even want to see me…” I said, hoping to get them off the topic of my picture. I don’t want to show them I’m actually just a corgi…Not that I really cared. I’m worried they’ll take it…wrongly, that one of their officers is merely a pet.
~”Oh come on you scaredy cat, we won’t care! There’s nothing to fear!” came the voice of Angrywife, one of the shamans in the raid. I smiled, thinking of their reactions…which made me frown and ears fold over a bit, almost knocking my headphones off.
~”Honestly, I’d rather not. I’d hate if people made fun of me for it,” I replied, continuing to drive them off the subject.
~”Who thinks Daggy should post a picture? Hit 1 in raid chat!” A flood of 1’s entered the raid chat. Pretty much every raid member thought I should post a picture. There was even a flood in guild chat. Some of them were listening too!
I sighed and replied, ~”Okay…if we one shot Nef tonight, I’ll post a picture. But ONLY then! You lose the opportunity if we wipe. Sound fair?” I received a chorus of “Yes!”’s. I sighed again. They REALLY wanted to see me…
~”Fine. But let’s kill this guy. Psilo, you ready?” I asked.
~”Yessir! Platform assignments and interrupt assignments going out. Pulling in 1 minute. Prepare yourselves to see the picture of Daggy!”
Ten minutes later, Nefarian was dead. One shot. Oh no, I was not expecting this at all. My ears folded back, headphones falling off in shock. Should I really post my picture? What will they think…how will they react? I thought, slightly freaking out. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Nefarian was our worst fight, how did we one shot it? Ignoring the loot, as I had everything I needed, I tabbed out to look through pictures I had. Which should I use? One that it’s obvious who I am? Or one with a family member in it? This was horrible. Painstakingly horrid. I finally settled on a picture I had taken of myself while laying on my bed listening to music. I hope they accept me…
I picked up my headphones and put them back on, after posting the picture. Time to hope for the best. ~”Alright guys… I posted. I hope you guys aren’t freaked out. And before you ask, that really is me.”
A few minutes passed. It felt like an eternity. And then my chatbox exploded.
[O] [Lishyluu]: Daggy, what the **** is this? Is this some kind of sick joke? Is that really you?
[G] [Angrywife]: That’s you Daggy?
[O] [Dagglet]: …Yes, that’s really me.
Lishyluu has gone offline.
What. Did he just…rage log? Because of my…picture?
[G] [Roulfein]: Is one of our officers really a dog? Wtf?
[G] [Bodiggity]: I can’t believe it
[W] [Footsz]: That really you? I’m confused…
In fact, I couldn’t keep up with the chat. Not that I’d be able to in my state. Ears folded back once again, headphones on the ground, head facing my lap. This is what I feared. What I had suspected. A bunch of humans wouldn’t accept a mere pet to be amongst their elite, not in a guild of this caliber…What hurt me the most was my fellow officer rage logging. I knew he was rude a lot, but to do that…It cut the deepest. I felt alone, while I heard the voices of 26 other people trying to talk to me through Ventrilo.
Minutes past, feeling like hours. I ignored all the sound coming from my headphones, merely noise at this point, to my mind.
~”EVERYONE SHUT UP. Daggy, are you alright? DAGGY!” Psilo yelled. That startled me out of my reverie. I picked my headphones back up and replied, ~”Yeah…I guess. Do you guys need more proof or something?” I asked, sniffling as I did. It’s hard for me to cover my crying. I’m an emotional dog whose world just came crashing down around him.
~”If you want to provide it, sure. Not like the raid will continue, not after that bombshell,” He replied.
~”Al…alright. I’ll *sniff* start up my stream and set it to my webcam. Give me *sniff* just a moment.” At that, I let my headphones drop around my neck, and started up my webcam and livestream. I proceeded to link it in my Ventrilo comment.
~”There. Check my Vent comment. There you’ll get to see me as I am.” I said quietly, still getting over the shock. I made sure the stream wasn’t broadcasting the sounds of my headphones, and then slumped backwards. As people logged on, I heard a bunch of “Awww…”s come from the raiders, as they saw how I looked.
Ears bent backwards, head facing the floor, eyes and muzzle wet with tears, because I was still crying. They could hear the sniffles as I tried to stop, but couldn’t. I felt dejected and lonely, despite a bunch of people watching me, in that moment. It wasn’t until I heard a voice I hadn’t heard in a long time that I perked up slightly.
~”Daggy? Can you hear me? It’s Prias,” she said. I looked up and smiled, somewhat in shock once again.
“P…Prias? I haven’t heard you in so long…since you left…” I said, knowing she could hear me via the webcam microphone.
~”I know. I’m sorry about that, by the way. Not your fault one bit, even though I slightly blamed it on you.”
“I know…What’re you doing here anyway,” I asked, curious as to why she’d come back into our Vent server after leaving in a brash manner.
~”I heard you finally posted your picture, and I still have you on real ID. When you didn’t respond at all, I had to come in Vent to check.”
“Oh,” was all I replied. I wasn’t sure why she was the only one talking.
~”Anyway, Psilo moved us both to a separate channel, to see if I could break you out of your slump. You look so sad…what happened,” she asked.
“Lishy…*sniff* he rage logged out when he saw the picture. And I was getting so many whispers…I was overwhelmed. I knew I shouldn’t have shown my picture…” I replied, still feeling quite dejected. How could he just…rage log like that, over something so small as me being a dog…I was still confused.
~”Well…Lishy has had bad experiences with pets. I’m talking with him on Skype. He was just furious that you were promoted before him, without anyone knowing what you were beforehand. Don’t worry, he’ll get over it.”
“I hope so…*sniff* this is so depressing.”
~”Well…if it makes you feel any better, you’re absolutely adorable, even when you look so sad. I wish you’d be happy,” she said. That made me both perk up and blush.
As I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment, I replied, “Why…thank you…*sniff* that means a lot. I’m going to move us back down now, I guess…”
Since Ventrilo was still open, I dragged us both down to the raid channel. Upon entering, I was greeted with a vast amount of cheering. Every mic was lit up. I blushed even harder. “You guys…” I said quietly.
~”Daggy, you ARE absolutely adorable. I don’t care what Lishy says, I’m glad I’ve got you as an officer,” Holagato, the resident female raider, said. As if I couldn’t blush any harder…
~”Hola, stop it! You’re embarrassing him even more. Now, Daggy, are you ready to come back? Or are you going to continue to be sad for yourself,” Psilo asked me. I thought about it.
“I guess I’m ready to go *sniff*. Thanks guys, this means a lot to me. Before I forget, should I turn off my voice changer?”
I received a resounding “YES!!!” from everyone. ~”We were really tired of your monotone voice anyway. How’d you manage that,” Footsz, a retribution paladin friend, asked.
“I programmed it myself. I needed it to take any tone and make it one, on top of making my voice slightly deeper. I am a pretty smart puppy when I try.”
~”Well that’s obvious, you fooled all of us! Welcome back Daggy, and it’s good to hear the real you,” replied my guild leader, Pwnytailz. I froze. He was watching too!?
“Uh…thanks. Now let me turn off my livestream so we can get started, eh? Ehehehe…” I laughed cautiously. I wasn’t sure how HE’D react to this news.
~”Go for it. And good luck guys! I’m going to head out, logged onto Vent when I saw all the commotion in guild chat. Daggy, you look worried. Don’t be, nothing will happen to you because of this. Before I go, actually, how old are you? In human years.”
“I am…” I paused to count on my fingers, which received some laughs from Ventrilo. “I’m 7, just turned it actually. I kind of lied about my birthday before…and actual age, in human years, ehehe…”
~”That’s perfectly fine. It’s been great to have you, regardless of species difference. Have fun,” he replied before logging out. I sighed in relief. That had gone over a fair bit better than I had expected! Well, discounting one person…My ears started to fold back again. No! I won’t think about him, it’s raid time.
Picking up my headphones and putting them off, I turned off the livestream and said, ~”Alright team, it’s raid time! Let’s go.”
(Author's Note: Oh my goodness I can't believe I'm actually posting this. I feel so worked up over it, but...I'm glad it's going through now. No reason to stop now.
Special Thanks going out to My Life. You are a fantastic thing which inspires all of my writing. And a Special Thanks to River Flows Through You Radio. Gentle piano music playing helped keep me calm, rather than freak out.
HOLY CRAP I WRITE A LOT D:)
Please let me know if I should add more spacing. I'm completely fine with adding more. It kind of looks cramped to me, personally.