"C- Crimson... my name is crimson.. i- i just moved here.." he says vey quietly, almost inaudibly

"Well, so did I--I don't know anything more about the place than you do."

She cocked her head.

"What's wrong? I don't scratch, or bite."

"it's nothing.. don't worry.. i'll just be getting off of your lawn now" he rushes off and hides behind the tree on his own lawn again

"Hey, it's not MY lawn. I'm a stranger here myself. But you do what you want."

She'd done what she needed to by Crimson. She felt kind of sorry for him, but what was she going to do? She was no fairy godmother.

She went back to her game of catch.

As T.J. approached the house, a dark colored cat jumped out from behind the corvette. "Who are you?" she hissed at him.

he sits, watching her play catch. wishing to himself that he had the courage to go over and join them.
"someday.. someday by thor i'll be man enough.." he thought to himself as he watched her maneuvre gracefully to catch the item they were throwing

T.J spun around like he was going to attack, but he wasn't. He relaxed ever so slightly when he realized it was a girl, but he'd met some pretty kick-butt girls in his life and didn't let his guard down entirely. "I'm T.J...who are you?" he asked looking the cat in the eye.

"aww heck!" crimson says to himself after getting frustrated with his cowardice. he gets up and cautiosly approaches hazel. "uhh, excuse me.. mis,, uhh hazel? m- may i play too please?"

"Robin," she hissed, claws extended. "What are you doing outside my house?"
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[Whenever Robin talks, it supposed to be dark blue, but I only see it as black, anyone else see it the same way?]

Winch was holding the sock at that moment, "Yeah! Play catch with us! Catch!" He said as he tossed the sock to Crimson.

Hazel chuckled good-naturedly. "MISS Hazel, yet. What a gentleman. Sure, by all means play with us."

She prepared to catch the sock.

he leaps into the air right out in front of hazel and catches the sock "hehehehehe! CATCH!" he gets some distance and then throws it over to hazel

Hazel caught the sock doing a back flip through the air.

Tossing it to Winch, she said, "See, nothing to be afraid of here. You look better when you're having fun."

She meant every word she said. She was sure there would be room for pranks, but not to this dog. If anyone picked on him, though, they'd better watch out.

approaches hazel and whispers to her "uhh.. miss hazel? who is that over there?" he points discreetly to winch

Jack and Ruby walked out of the house soon after Lyd fell asleep, "Well this has been an eventful day." Jack said
"And it's not even half over" Ruby replied as she pointed towards a cat and a dog playing catch with Winch. "Shall we?"
"Ladies first" Jack said with a nod
Ruby walked up to the cat "Hello, I'm Ruby."
Jack doffed his hat and bowed, "And I'm Jack Lazul, It's a pleasure to meet you"

"Him? He's Winch. He's FUNNY," said Hazel. What a well-brought-up dog Crimson was. She knew how her friends back in the old 'hood would have treated him and was glad she was meeting him here instead of there.



"Ah, the famous Ruby! You're the first cat I've met since moving here," said Hazel.

When Jack removed his hat and bowed to her, Hazel chuckled and affected a curtsy. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you too, sir. The name's Hazel. Hazel Nut."

She was making a lot of friends here, and they were the good sort. No gangs to be found here--so far, anyway.

upon seeing more new faces crimson retreats behind hazel a bit and remains quiet. he shakes a little bit with fear and hugs his tail.

after talking himself up to it he pokes his head out from behind her and speaks "m- my name is Crimson" and then he retreats again

Hazel chuckled.

"Crimson, I like you and all, but I'm sorry, it wouldn't work out between us."

She hoped he'd laugh and the tension would be eased, but she wasn't sure. You could never tell with these sorts....

Ruby smiled, "I didn't know I was famous already, but yes, that is me"
Jack looked at Crimson curiously, "Are you alright? We won't hurt you, we just want to be friends"

"wh? huh? hehe, hehehehehehehe!" he bursts out with laughter then silences himself and wipes a tear from his eyes.

"i do appologise miss hazel.. surely that must have made you a little uncomfortable.." he steps out fom behind her and bows politely to ruby and jack

"f- friends? with me? really?? i- i haven't really had friends before.."

Katy was looking out the window. "Huh. Looks some guy we haven't met yet. Seems kind of shy, so, we shouldn't-" However, she noticed that her brother was gone...And, that he was heading toward Crimson. Katy sighed. Her Rottweiler of a brother just wasn't that smart, was he...?

Hazel laughed. "Not a problem. You're actually kind of cute, for a dog. I don't mean that as an insult, I just don't know the dog standard for handsome."

She was glad he was laughing now. It was a much more relaxed atmosphere now, which was just how she liked it.

When he said he'd never had friends before, she said, "Well, that ends here and now. You've got friends now. Right, guys?"

"w- wait... what?? d- did you just call me cute??" he stares at her, almost quizzically
"i- i'm nothing special...."

Hazel looked at him and smirked.

"Who told you that?" she said, shaking her head. "You're more than you know, you know?"

She winked at him.

"FRIEND!" Then, the Rottweiler attempted to tackle glomp Crimson. Katy just groaned, and, went outside toward them.

Hazel tapped the Rottweiler on the shoulder.

"Excuse me. Over here, big guy. I'm the girl."

She tried to get him not to scare Crimson without causing a problem.

"th- thank you miss hazel... i- i think.." he blushes bright and scratches the back of his head, shyly looking down and avoiding eye contact

Katy walked over to Brad. "Sorry. Um, he's kind of dumb like that." She chuckled nervously, then glared at the Rottweiler.

crimson smiles nervously over at katy "he, he wont do that again will he?"

"Nah, he won't. If he tries I'll keep him occupied," said Hazel.

She flirted with the Rottweiler. "Y'know, if you were a cat you'd be perfect," she said, strutting in front of him.

looks at her, lost in thought. can't help but wonder why she, or any of the pets are bieng so nice to him

Jack smiled at Hazel, "Well, we can also be friends, I'm not that bad for a Jackal, I ju-" suddenly Jack was interrupted by Brad flying by his head, "Brad! What in the name of Isis!?"

Brad looked at Hazel. Smiling alittle, he said, "R-really?" Katy sighed. "Anyway, I'm Katy, and, he's Brad."

Lyd woke up and walked to the window. Great, more people. I can either A) go greet myself and risk making a bigger fool of my self. B) go back to sleep. Or C) so see what is taking T.J. so long. He thought about it for a while and then started home, to check on TJ.

crimson waves shyly to katy, he blushes bright read and retreats behing hazel again

Ruby walked up next to Hazel and smiled, "Hmm, I like your style, my dear feline. I think we will get along quite nicely."

Katy blinked. Does that guy like me or something...? Well, Dad did always say that my being a crossbreed of Husky/Shiba Inu made me extremely attractive.

"Lovin' it, lovin' it," said Hazel, doing a "secret handshake" with Ruby.

"Something the cats in the old 'hood taught me," she explained. "It looks complicated but once ya learn it there's nothing easier."

crimson works up the courage and comes out from hiding behind hazel and shyly approaches katy
"h- hello miss Katy"

I guess he does, or he's just polite. "Hello. I don't think I've gotten your name yet."