HPU - Richardson Valley

[EchoFireant]

"Natalia, do you want to uh.. check out The Wall?" Marshall suggested as he noticed the sign outside the building.

"Yes, it looks like a lively place. Come on."

Natalia pretty much pulled the german shepherd by his paw across the street to The Wall. When they reached there, they entered the shop, finding a few pets inside there. They stood in line waiting for their turn.

"So uh..did you bring any cash with you? I didn't get the chance to get some of mine." Marshall inquired, embarrassed at asking her about money to pay for their food.

"Yes, I always do you silly pup." She teased as she noticed his embarrassed demeanor. "You can pay it back later once we get home."

"Sure" was all the response that he could give. He still felt embarrassed and bad about letting her pay.

As their turn came up, they each got themselves muffins with Natalia having tea while Marshall got himself a cup of coffee. They took their seat near 2 pets sharing a muffin and started eating their food, talking with the occasional teasing directed at Marshall.

[Alex]

There was a lot going on in The Wall. Alex already put in his earphones, ignoring the action around him. However, soon, a familiar feline caught his eye. It was Amelia, sitting at a table near his own, and with her, an unfamiliar dog. Perhaps her friend, or her "cousin", as the pet of relatives of her parents. But then she split her muffin and offered him a half, with a smile. A hard feeling appeared in his chests. What if they were more than friends? Deep inside, Alex knew this was an irrational feeling, but right now, that didn't matter to him. He stood up, and walked towards them, while putting away the MP3 player and earphones.
Amelia. Who's this?
Eyes pointed to Amelia, his left paw pointed to Brian, the finger almost touching his head between his ears. The expression on his face was serious, almost angry.

[mathgrant]

Brian's enjoyment of the muffin half was interrupted by the intrusion of a cat whom Brian didn't know, but who was clearly on a first name basis with Amelia. Whoever it was, Brian was worried. Crap, Brian thought to himself. The first friend I've made here in Richardson Valley -- well, third, if I can count O'Connor and Tory -- and already I've done something wrong, it seems.

[Teh Brawler]

Sal' shrugged as she walked. "You ain't that old." She turned her head slightly and smiled at him, "Why should age make a difference on who your friends are or who you like?" She turned back forward to look where she was going. "Someone's age shouldn't make a difference to anything, be it, family, friends or love." Sal' was very strong on her opinions of the world.

"Ah, Ah sei." O'Connor smiled slightly. Sal' was very confident of herself, which made it easier for him. "Tha's a greit wei te luk at et." He turned and looked into her eyes. She was taller than him, but only slightly. She actually rather beautiful, now that he thought about it. Before, he had just been embarrassed for the most part. But now......
"Ach, Brian! Ah fergawt 'im! Wei've gaw' teh ge' bahck tu the Woll!" Not thinking, O'Connor grabbed Sal's paw and hightailed it back to the Wall.

*******

Tory had really been minding his own business this whole time. He was happy to be surrounded by pets, and he was still tired from this morning, so he refrained from getting too involved in the other pets' conversations. He didn't even notice when Brian came in with Amelia. However, when Alex walked over and asked who Brian was, Tory decided to join in. He flew over to the table, and landed on Brian's shoulder. He then cried, "This is Brian! He's new here, and he's a friend!"

[Buckdida]

Venison pulled back his lips in a snarl, growling at Felix. "Wait for my leg to get better," Venison flicked his head at Felix, "And for your hand to heal up, and I'll show you who's a pet."

Is THAT the raccoon, Pavelle was hiding out? that's not exotic pet like she is, that raccoon is a feral, i'd bet my bottom dollar on it!
Sara searches her pockets..
Dang, i left my blackberry phone at home. be careful, that coon might not be up to date on it's shots, or even rabid.

Felix looked at the human, narrowing his eyes in distaste. He sounded annoyed as he said, "First of all, lady, I am not some idiot feral. I don't go out of my way to hurt people/other animals, or to rob them or otherwise be too openly malicious. I survive, simple as that. I don't need bands of crazed lackies to back me up. So don't be so discriminate. All I want is to get Edie and go. She'll be safer, obviously," he sneered, glaring at Venison, "if she comes with me back home. So leave off it." He paused for a moment. "Secondly, I am not rabid, even if I haven't let humans' poke and prod me with various needles and spoil my insides with needless medications. If I was rabid, I wouldn't be talking to you. I'd be gnawing on your face instead. So stop making wild accusations."

Venison rolled his eyes at Sara. "Yes, that's the wild raccoon, and that pain in the *** in fact has a name: Felix. And I'd call him much more dangerous than any idiot feral could ever hope. He claims to be Pavelle's sister, and we barely tolerate each other though that link."

"Now. Please tell me where my sister is, and what's wrong with her."

Venison turned to Felix. "Now, for my extended retort. I certainly told you and Pavelle to go home last night. Yet, for some reason, the newspaper reported two raccoons spotted at the animal shelter incident last night. When she heard about that, apparently she had some kind of nervous breakdown and was taken to the Pet Hospital across town. Once she recovers, she might have to face pet retraining, something that nobody should go though. Rav was taken into custody earlier in the day, so he couldn't do much, and I had passed out as a result of dealing with last night, so I was indisposed as well. And whatever your excuse might be, you are right in the fact that we all failed." Venison turned his head to his shoulder, and struck off a clump of mud. "Before you panic and run off to be a hero, our best bet is to have Sara visit and get them out, seeing as I can't walk, and you can't move...looks to be...two fingers? And the fact that you are now high on the animal control hit list." Venison hopped up to Felix. "However, before that visit at all happens, Sara requested that I tell what my life has been like, so I'd like to continue that now." Venison came still closer, and lowered his voice to a whisper that only Felix could hear. "Should nothing come of this, however, I'd hope the two of us would be able to come up with a viable backup plan." Venison turned back and hopped to the tree. "Now...where were we...?" 'Oh, yes, the part that will cause me infinite pain if I don't do this right. Hmm...how do I go about doing this? What did I do before...?'

[Laxan]

Sal' glanced to O'Connor a few times before turning back to look where she was walking 'why is he staring at me? Was it something I said?' She turned around to ask him when their eyes locked. She paused a moment before "Oh," she realised what was going on. 'You ditz why didn't you spot it in the first place' She mentally facepawed. 'Why didn't I see he liked me too- wait... did I just say too? Well of course I didn't SAY it I'm having this conversation in my head, but it means the same thing, doesn't it? Do I like O'Connor? I mean, we've just met, is it too soon? But if I hold back what if he changes his mind? Can you change your mind on something like that? I don't know what to-' O'Connor had apparently said something while they had locked eyes but due to her subconscious rant she didn't pay attention. Though without warning her hand was grabbed and she was dragged off back from where they came. "Woah" Sal' yelled as she partially lost her balance and spun around to follow O'Connor. Finally her slow mind had caught up with her 'he was meant to meet someone at the wall'. She mentally facepawed again. She clasped O'Connor's hand tighter and ran back from where they came. Entering the wall again she forgot she was still clinging onto O'Connor and so she just followed him anyways.

[Kaido]

Pepper glanced over to Alex from his chair. Whatever just happened, it wasn't good. Alex did say he was romantically involved with someone, could it have been her? And then there's this other dog. He had no idea what was going on and had no intent of intruding. Instead, he pretended to look in another direction whilst listening intently on their conversation.

[Dylan]

Amelia pushed Alex's paw away, Hey! don't be rude to my new neighbor! Amelia was a little irritated that Alex seemed to overreact. He just moved here today, and this is his first time outside the house...go easy on him. To make sure there wasn't any hard feelings, Amelia snuggled up to Alex. I'll make it up to you later, if that is okay.


Stevie smiled as she aimlessly wandered the neighborhood until she reached what looked like to be a park. This looked like a quiet and peaceful neighborhood aright, probably filled with soft lovey dubby pets. She sat on a nearby bench and gave a sigh, it would take about a week until she found Amelia.

Dylan tugs on Cier's fur, Hey! do you have any popcorn, this is fun to watch.

[Alex]

Hey! don't be rude to my new neighbor! He just moved here today, and this is his first time outside the house...go easy on him.

Alex didn't expect such a reaction from her. She was clearly overreacting, but then again, it's the same case for him. Once she snuggled up to him, he calmed down, and grinned.

I'll make it up to you later, if that is okay.

Hm... alright. I'll forgive you this time. - said Alex, with a grin on his face, before giving her a small hug. He sat down, and offered Brian his paw.
I'm Alex. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[mathgrant]

Brian, still shaken from what had suddenly and unexpectedly transpired around him, hesitantly and loosely shook Alex's paw. "Hi, Alex. Uh. I'm Amelia's new next-door neighbor Brian. I gather that you know her?"

[Alex]

Just now, Alex noticed Tory who was on Brian's head. Did the bird say something earlier? He couldn't remember. Then what is it doing there? Whatever. Alex shook paws with Brian, and then he looked at Tory, licked his lips, and gave him the "Yum" expression.
Nice meeting you, Brian. Yes, I know Amelia, she's my everything, so to say. - he said, without taking his eyes off of Tory. The bird didn't look delicious, and Alex actually never ate a living creature. All his life it's been mom's cooking and restaurants. But the act that he's pulling off could turn into good fun.

[mathgrant]

"Amelia seems to be a nice person," Brian said. "She's been showing me around the neighborhood and treating me very kindly. I think you're probably very lucky to have her, and I certainly don't intend to get in your way." Brian smiled and continued eating his muffin.

[Dylan]

Amelia chuckled at Alex's facial expression, while she placed her head on his shoulders. Watch out, he will take a bite if you're not careful. Saying to Tory while the two were being introduced to each other. Both of them seemed to get along well enough, this turned out better than when she saw Alex with Mai, something like that again could ruin a whole day. Amelia placed her muffin on the table, And if you excuse me, I think I will not be having muffins. Amelia said while she looked at the little red bird along with Alex. Of course she didn't want a bite, but a little fun doesn't hurt.

[ArgentFlame]

Cier sighed as Venison growled at Felix, he was getting tired of all the yelling and hostility. At least the coydog seemed to calm down as he talked. Venison hopped back over to the tree, apparently done with Felix for now. 'Well at least that seems to be over' He looked over at Dylan again as he spoke up. "Sorry, no popcorn here. Looks like it's over anyway."
_______________________________________________________________
Sean ignored Matthew's frown, he was used to others not approving if him. "Yeah, it would. You know Cier?"

[Alex]

And if you excuse me, I think I will not be having muffins.

Save it up for dessert. Does anyone have any salt?
Alex' evil grin became bigger because Amelia joined the fun. He exposed his teeth now.

Amelia seems to be a nice person, she's been showing me around the neighborhood and treating me very kindly. I think you're probably very lucky to have her, and I certainly don't intend to get in your way.

Of course she's nice, and I can't be happier for having her.
He grabbed her paw, and licked her cheek, without breaking the eyecontact with the bird.

[mathgrant]

Brian smiled at the show of affection between Amelia and Alex, and petted Tory.

[Jimmy Jazz]

she didn't look at the cat as he sat down near her she just ignored him. then she felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around. "I'm sorry for bothering you, but it's okay that I eat this right? I mean...this is human food, I didn't know pets could even get this." she shrugged "Yeah, they where eating one" she said jabbing her thumb at the table where some pets had started gathering. "I don't know personally, I haven't had one myself. in fact I haven't had anything in a day or two." she waved her hand and said "you have your muffin or whatever, Its safe."

[Cthonion]

"I don't know personally, I haven't had one myself. in fact I haven't had anything in a day or two." she waved her hand and said "you have your muffin or whatever, Its safe."

His ears laid back as he looked to the muffin and the cup of coffee, they smelled really good, but he had eaten that morning, albeit a bowl of Dollar General's cat food, but he was still full. He put the money that was left next to the cat next to him, and slid over the muffin and the coffee. "Um...I ate this morning, I really don't need this. I hope you do okay, okay?" He mumbled, still blushing softly. He slid off the seat, taking his tail in his hands he squeezed and ruffled the fur on it, doing another quick glance around the room at the other pets talking happily and eating, then slumped his shoulders and started walking out of the store

[EchoFireant]

While Natalia and Marshall were eating, the table near them had some sort of commotion going on which made them turn their heads and look at the direction. Whatever had happened, it had ended almost as soon as it has started.

"They look very interesting. Shall we go and introduce ourselves, Marshall?' said the husky while drinking her tea, her gaze still at the table.

"Sure." he said as he took a final bite at what was left of his muffin. After that, he downed his coffee in a few gulps, not caring whether it would scald his tongue.

They got up from their table together and went to where the 2 cats are at. "Hi, sorry to interrupt but we just moved here and you seem to be friendly with each other. Ah, where are my manners, my name is Natalia and this is Marshall."

"Nice to meet you." Marshall said while extending his paw in the human's way of greeting.

[Jimmy Jazz]

Sekhmet looked between the muffin and the cat surprised. "wait, so you just hand over food and drink no questions asked? " she asked after the black cat "not even knowing my name?" she had never known anyone that would so quickly give things like that to someone else. Sekhmet glanced at the cup and Muffin "I mean... I'm not complaining or anything. but..."

[Cthonion]

Jance stopped when she spoke to him, his tail going inbetween his legs as he wasn't expecting a response. He turned and just stared at her for a minute, did I do something wrong? I thought I was being nice... He poked his two pointer fingers together in front of him as he stared down at them, before slowly coming up with something to say. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to do something out of line. I didn't think I needed to know your name, but...em...you are hungry and don't have anything to eat, I'm a little peckish but I can go home and eat tonight whenever I want" He bit his lip, shifting a bit from foot to foot. "But I don't want to break any rules, so...my name is Jance Stovall, I just moved in here."

[Keeshah]

Felix looked at the human, narrowing his eyes in distaste. He sounded annoyed as he said, "First of all, lady, I am not some idiot feral. I don't go out of my way to hurt people/other animals, or to rob them or otherwise be too openly malicious. I survive, simple as that. All I want is to get Edie and go. So stop making wild accusations."

Venison rolled his eyes at Sara. "Yes, that's the wild raccoon, and that pain in the *** in fact has a name: Felix. And I'd call him much more dangerous than any idiot feral could ever hope. He claims to be Pavelle's sister, and we barely tolerate each other though that link."

Sara nods her head, keeping behind Cier as he takes a defensive position encase a fight breaks out.
Yes venison, i can see how well you two are getting along.
She looks over to the male raccoon.
My apologies, Mr. Felix. your quite right, i shouldn't have made unfounded accusations. May i ask why your a feral/stray, when your sister is such a tame an caring pet?

"Now. Please tell me where my sister is, and what's wrong with her."

Pavelle felt responsible for Rav being taken into custody, for that business that happened at the animal control building. then she saw this morning newspaper reporting two raccoons were in on the raid, as Venison said. she became very worried an panicked that animal control would be after you two. An then on top of all that, she found out that her parents learned about her forging pet papers for you. An she just couldn't handle all the stress that was happening all at once an she collapsed, an started mentally shutting down, which can be fatal. The medics took her to the pet hospital, again as Venison said. last report i got was that they had her stabilized an sedated, an is resting comfortably. By now, they should have transferred Rav over to the hospital, to be with her, when she awakes later on tonight.. if all goes well, Pavelle an Rav will both be home in the morning.

Venison turned back and hopped to the tree. "Now...where were we...?"

Your a coydog, an have a sister. your parents were rich, an secretive. your much smarter than the avg pet is. you were picked-on by stronger pets. your father has papers describing some pet mental treatment, that you found. an you seem to have a headache..

[D-Singer]

“Alright, I’ll see you later.” Blood carelessly replied as began walking, keeping his head up, and cautiously looking over his shoulder every few minutes. The last thing he needed was for some half-witted animal control agent to yet again mistake him for some outcast, scavenging coyote. Seeing just how many were currently patrolling the streets was enough to keep him on high alert. Blood trotted into the park through one of its side entrances taking another short glance at his now stretched shadow. He sniffed at the air, the various natural scents calming to him. Trees, grass, running river water……another dog?

Further away, Blood could see a female German Shepherd slightly smaller than him sitting on a bench. Seeing her as the only other dog in sight, he slowly crept closer. “She looks a little disappointed, wonder why……maybe I should at least try to be a little more open this time. It’s been a while since I’ve interacted with a female.” Walking around in front of the bench, Blood kept six feet distance so not to surprise her.

“Hello.” He greeted in a casual tone of voice.

[caelei]

"Wait for my leg to get better," Venison flicked his head at Felix, "And for your hand to heal up, and I'll show you who's a pet."

Felix let out a soft snarl of his own, but he was smiling. "Says the Coydog who can't even lift a manhole cover..." he scoffed, his grin widening to expose sharp canines, "And has to use some zappy little device to fight his battles for him."

My apologies, Mr. Felix. your quite right, i shouldn't have made unfounded accusations. May i ask why your a feral/stray, when your sister is such a tame an caring pet?

Felix's ears automatically went slightly back, and he scowled. He didn't know how much information Edie had given about her past, but he doubted a lot. She was generally very secretive. He shrugged, then winced as the movement stung his shoulder. He looked at the human levelly for a moment, frowning, then gave a rough sigh. His sentences were short, clipped. "We were kids. She was taken. I didn't get caught. I stayed behind." He shut his mouth tightly, not wanting to say anything else. His face had hardened into a mask of unyielding blankness, the expression he used when he was trying not to let people see what he was feeling. He was such a bad brother. Letting Edie down then, and now, too? He should've protected her both times. A twinge of guilt showed on his remote features for a second, but he quickly wiped it off, hoping that no one had seen.

The Coydog and human continued on and stated their separate accounts of the story. Felix listened to both, and his face became animate again, enough to show off his irritation. He didn't like what he was hearing. Not at all. His tail twitched back and forth in agitation, and his good fingers curled into a tight fist. A mental shutdown? What was that supposed to even mean? Like, she just collapsed over and went crazy? He felt a light grimace on his face. He needed to get to that hospital before the people got their medical claws too far in to Edie. Of course, this human had said that his sister would be back by tomorrow. But he didn't want those 'medics' doing anything awful to her in the meantime. He'd never been in a hospital. He didn't know what they were like. What if she was tied up to some bed in a dark room, wanting to get away, but unable to? He frowned. But. Then again, Venison said that if the Sara-human couldn't save her, they could somehow do it together. Working together. Like a team. Ugh. He hadn't ever 'worked together' with someone in a fight or on a mission. Such touchy-feely crap was usually left to the pets. He shook his head and waited for the Coydog to figure out what he was going to say, so that afterwards they could get on the task of formulating a plan.

[Kalvin]

Balbaroy stutters as he's rushed into the chair with Rav, everything happening so fast since he made it into the room that he is left baffled by the activities.

--------------------

Lucky makes it to Rav's house but all the lights are off indicating that nobody is home. Cursing inwardly to himself, he ponders what to do next. Completely lost he shrugs and closes his eyes and begins spinning, hoping the universe would send him in the direction he was needed. When he opens his eyes he begins heading directly in the direction of the thinking tree. (LUCK 10 MO FOS!)

[Jimmy Jazz]

"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to do something out of line. I didn't think I needed to know your name, but...em...you are hungry and don't have anything to eat, I'm a little peckish but I can go home and eat tonight whenever I want" He bit his lip, shifting a bit from foot to foot. "But I don't want to break any rules, so...my name is Jance Stovall, I just moved in here."

She looked at Jance a little exasperated "No, you didn't break any rules. I'm just surprised that's all." she said looking at the muffin and the cup again. "Uh, my name's Se... Sasha" she said stumbling a bit with her name. "I would head home for food, but it's in a state of chaos. or was when I left." she said un-wrapping the muffin and taking a small bite of it. "So, where did you move in from?" she asked trying to sound causal ((and succeeding, due to 8 Charisma)) she took another bite thinking about how she might get info out of Jance, small talk was probably the best option right now.

[Teh Brawler]

Tory enjoyed the light pet from Brian, and began to chirp with mild indifference as the scene unfolded. At about that time, however, O'Connor came bursting through the door with Sal' in tow. "Ach, Brian! Ah'm sorreh, Ah gaw' destrahcted!" he yelled. Then, he realized that the Wall just happened to be full, and not only had he just drawn attention to himself, but he also was holding another dog's paw. He quickly dropped Sal's paw and turned a deep shade of red.

[Cthonion]

She looked at Jance a little exasperated "No, you didn't break any rules. I'm just surprised that's all." she said looking at the muffin and the cup again. "Uh, my name's Se... Sasha" she said stumbling a bit with her name. "I would head home for food, but it's in a state of chaos. or was when I left." she said un-wrapping the muffin and taking a small bite of it. "So, where did you move in from?" she asked trying to sound causal ((and succeeding, due to 8 Charisma)) she took another bite thinking about how she might get info out of Jance, small talk was probably the best option right now.

Jance stopped leaving when Sasha began talking to him, he gripped the leather case he held tightly in one paw, and put his paws behind his back as he fidgeted, thinking about what she said, shifting back and forth from foot to foot. "Um, well...I came from down the street" He pointed straight out the door and down the street, "I just got done helping the movers bring all out stuff in." He sniffed and moved to sit back down next to Sasha, his ears still folded, and tail tucked inbetween his legs, showing obvious signs of nervousness still. "How...um...how about you?"

[Buckdida]

Your a coydog, an have a sister. your parents were rich, an secretive. your much smarter than the avg pet is. you were picked-on by stronger pets. your father has papers describing some pet mental treatment, that you found. an you seem to have a headache..

‘The papers…what I said was a direct quote from the papers…
Maybe…’
“…forgive me if this sounds weird,” Venison said, “But I think this might be the only way I can tell this without getting a headache…the only way to have others tell the story.”
Venison cleared his throat.
“Vinton?” Venison had twisted his voice with some bad voice acting, making it sound higher pitched than it usually was. “Mom and dad were talking about something weird. I overheard them… Yes, I know it’s rude, but this sounded serious! They sounded worried about some things you’ve been doing…What? How would I even know what you’ve been doing? You…Okay, okay, so I do know. But mom and dad found out through the security cameras, I think...No, I don’t know what they’re going to do about what you’ve been learning…”
Venison changed his voice again, but it sounded sweeter and softer. “Vinton, mom and dad are angry at you. You know it too, don’t you?...No, don’t you lie to me. You’ve never been a good at lying. Now, what have you done to make mom and dad angry, you think?...Why would you even need to learn things like fighting and picking locks?... Vinton, we’ve gone over this dozens of times. None of us know what mom and dad do for work, and it’s probably better that way…You’re trying to find your mother? That’s why? What does that have to do with…I don’t know what mom and dad did with all the animals after you were rescued. They just said…” Venison trailed off.

“For some reason, Minka didn’t finish that sentence…” Venison continued. “Then, one day, I got to where I wasn’t supposed to without even trying. In fact, I was just locked out, and trying to find a way back inside the house.” Venison cleared his throat again.

"WHO'S THERE?...I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO NEVER COME IN HERE!...
GET THE **** OUT OF HERE NOW!...I SAID…GET OUT!"
Venison switched his voice again.
"That man can't do a single controlled ANYthing without my help, or without anything exploding or...OH MY GOD, Vinton, WHAT HAPPENED?!?!...ARE YOU OKAY?!?!" MARK! IF YOU DID ANYTHING TO VINTION...!"
Venison closed his eyes and switched voice again.
"Venison? Are you okay?" His voice was fearful sounding, but he again switched voice…
"Did something scare you...Hello? Oh GOD, why are you covered in blood?!?"
(OOC: Look familiar? Check page 7!)

“Vinton…” Venison’s voice was sob-like. “What are mom and dad going to do to you? I heard them talking again, and they were saying you were too smart and too curious and, and, they were going to change it! From the things I’ve heard them say before, I just, just…Vinton! Stop prying and breaking into their labs! Don’t die! I don’t want you to die!”
He changed his voice again…
“Vinton honey, time for a bath!...Well, I wanted to give you a bath this time. I haven’t spent enough time with my own pet, you know, and it shouldn’t be that way...”
Venison paused for a good while, then continued with the same voice.
“After this time, we promise, you won’t remember a thing. This part, this device, this is only for you, because we love you, and we don’t want to hurt you or let you remember…We're only doing this to protect you...we don't want to let this happen, but it's the only way. You’re too smart any other way. But don’t worry, we are absolutely sure this works…We wouldn’t do it otherwise…”
Venison paused for another good long while, then again continued with the same voice.
“Bathtime’s over, honey. Looks like you fell asleep. You liked the bath, didn’t you? Now, com’on, take a towel and dry off…” Venison trailed off again.

“As far as I know, I took plenty, and plenty of…baths. And I couldn’t remember how pleasant each one of those baths were, no matter how hard I had tried. And after each bath…something was washed away. Bath after bath…” Venison opened his eyes. “I stopped doing many things that would normally do. I didn’t notice, but Leaka did. She kept snooping around, and she found…some documents…”

Venison used his own voice, reciting the documents from memory. He closed his eyes as he spoke.

“Test subject V3N150N: A.K.A. Vinton Galifer, seems to be stabilized, with no recollective memory of procedure. Procedure recorded as astounding success, with details in Document 41 (e). Subject otherwise acting as per usual, and as a result of normal behavior, is extremely suspicious of time lapse during ‘Bath,’ and is extremely likely to begin unauthorized search for classified information. It is highly recommended to secure all documentation under lab protocol 27: 4(b) to avoid breach, and to continue next phase of testing ASAP.”

“Test subject seems to be responding well to the psychological subconscious aversion treatments. He obeys simple commands such as ‘sit,’ and ‘stay,’ sometimes without realizing, though other times he will be insubordinate before reluctantly obeying the command. However, he seems to be unaware that he can not disobey the command entirely. Despite this, he seems to be growing evermore suspicious about not only the baths, but the fact that many more commands are being issued than usual, and why he continuously obeys them. Even more dangerously, he has noticed external damage that has resulted from the procedures, and has become increasingly on edge, and extremely aggressive in attempts to gather information. It would be prudent to push even faster with testing and procedures, lest test subject becomes aware of his unawareness.”

“Our prime test subject seems to be doing well. Not only is he completely unaware of the procedures, the subliminal stimuli has fully altered his behavior and produced immediate results. In the large interactive mansion environment, he no longer has a natural curiosity that could potentially cause fatal accidents. For example, he no longer utilizes crude methods to bypass security systems. He no longer attempts to find an alternate route, either. He waits, calls for assistance, or simply gives up and attempts another activity. Most importantly, he no longer searches for information. In a closed test, a mock document was left easily accessible in a normally searched area. When coming across it and picking it up, he simply set it back down before shrugging and leaving the room, seemingly unable to care. More research on such behavior is required, but lab protocol 27: 4(b) is now receded due to the fact that the subject no longer cares to find new information.”

“Possible lab security breach reported and noted. All documents appear to be undisturbed, and subject remained in a single area, recorded by camera, remaining stationary for the 13 hour time frame, (as well as two hours before, and three after,) in which the breach may have occurred. However, it is recommended to move forward to final procedure, as this would re-enforce and cement all previous procedures, and make the subject once again unaware if the subject has become aware.”

“Previous methods and procedures are now proven to be far too effective, and will be scaled down and retested before public release and use. Main test subject no longer acts much on free will, and is mostly devoid of emotion, aside from anger, preferring to act entirely on logic, and otherwise obeying all commands from any source. Procedures to counteract treatments are currently under development, and will be used ASAP on subject.”

“Subject, at approximately three-hundred hours, is reported to let out a cry of anguish, and collapse. Subject is currently in critical condition, and is currently having difficulty breathing.”

“Subject, at approximately thirteen-hundred hours, awoke, and was extremely aggressive. Signs and results of previous procedures seem to have vanished; subject no longer listens to commands, and attempts to bypass security on his own accord, even more aggressively and intelligently than pre-procedure conditions. Acting upon free will has returned, but pre-procedure personality and emotion has not. Note that procedures to counteract previous treatments and procedures have NOT been applied, but subject has appeared to break the psychological hold upon his mind. This appears to have caused severe mental damage, and the subject appears to occasionally, temporarily, exhibit mania or dementia.”

Venison opened his eyes. “As I was…leaving. I happened across one last bit of information. The one I mentioned earlier? 'Testing for the Coxlian Method has been suspended until data can be fully analyzed, and proper conclusions can be drawn. However, at first glance, methods up until the final step work with great effectiveness, though more testing is required to support this conclusion. Otherwise, the only downside to this method, while it may work on approximately 99% of pets in full and for the remainder of their lives, is that the of the remaining 1%, generally those whom are highly intelligent or strong willed, can shatter the mental hold the conditioning has upon them. When the pet breaks free from its hold without the counter-counseling methods used to reverse the method, the results are disastrous; generally a shattered psyche which varies based on personality. In rare cases (approximately .00001% of all cases), the mental damage is so severe that it can interrupt vital functions such as breathing."

Venison stopped for a moment, letting the others around the tree process what he was saying. Silence for a full minute.

“So then I lived as a stray for a good couple of years. Stealing supplies to stay alive. At one point, I tried to gather a feral pack of my own to fight back against those after me, but this only backfired. After all of this, I found my way here, trying to find food. I’ve been here since.”

Venison leaned back against the tree. “Take it as you will.”

(OOC: Holy wall of text, Batman! Geez. Sorry this one is so long. It just kinda...happened.)

[ArgentFlame]

Cier listened as Venison began talking, changing his voice and playing the part of other people. His curiosity to know of venison's past rapidly turned to anger as the story went on. The thought of people using animals in experiments, against their will and knowledge almost made him physically sick. He started to growl quietly, and as the story went on it grew louder and louder, his paws, shaking with rage, clenched into fists so hard his claws dug into his palms, drawing blood. On his shoulder, Del was seething as well. That anyone would pervert science in such a way filled her with anger. Eventually, she noticed the way Cier was reacting, and pushed it to the back of her mind, and focused on trying to calm Cier down, talking quietly in his ear.

[Keeshah]

Balbaroy stutters as he's rushed into the chair with Rav, everything happening so fast since he made it into the room that he is left baffled by the activities.

Rav snuggles against Balbaroy, feeling his warm body pressed up against his back, as the nurse covers them up under a blanket, as they lay in the recliner next to the bed..
It looks like your going to be spending the night here with us, Balbaroy.. what a strange sleep over this have become..

Rav reaches out through the beds sides rails, to take Pavelle's hand in his.
Holding it reassuringly..
Yes, yes... i know, you don't like to be tied down.. But i'm here to watch over you, an nothing is going to happen while i'm on guard here. Just sit back, relax, an try to sleep off the effects of the meds they gave you. then we will be right as rain to get out of here in the morning.


**** meanwhile, back in the bat cave..err tree ****

Sara is looking quite speechless, an pale looking..

That doesn't sound like any kind pet training, that i have ever heard of.
Sounds a lot more like, aggravated animal torture and abuse. a felony that can carry up to 10 years imprisonment, if convicted.

She wants to hug an try to comfort the stray, but not sure that we would except the gesture. An given that even Cier is now growling threateningly, it is best she doesn't do anything to provoke the agitated pets.

An i can assure you all, with 100% certainty. Rav, Pavelle, and the other pets in the hospital, are not being subjected that, in any way at all.

[Laxan]

Sal' spotted Pepper, "Sorry I ditched you lil' bro. I was also... Distracted." Feeling O'Connor let go, she also blushed also and just smiled at him. "I'll catch you later" Sal' whispered to O'Connor before walking over to Pepper's table, tail wagging happily behind her.

[Kaido]

When Pepper saw Sal sit down, he couldn't stop grinning.
"So... anything happen?" he asked her. He glanced over to O'Connor, and then back at Sal. A shade of red was still slightly visible on her cheeks.

[Jimmy Jazz]

He sniffed and moved to sit back down next to Sasha, his ears still folded, and tail tucked inbetween his legs, showing obvious signs of nervousness still. "How...um...how about you?"

She shrugged for a moment, because she had a larger bite of the muffin in her mouth and couldn't talk. she swallowed it and said "Ah, like where I walked in from or where I moved in from?" she asked taking a sip of the coffee and pulling a face "Oh god, why is that so bitter... ugh, so I'm going to assume where I moved in from. Well, I was born here, went away for quite a bit and came back rather recently."

[Laxan]

Sal' looked confused at Pepper's grin. "What you mean?" She turned around to see that Pepper was glancing at O'Connor. "Oh! No, no. Nothing happened." Sal' lifted her paw and placed her elbow on the table with her head in her head, staring at O'Connor. "Then again..." She thought to when they locked eyes for a brief moment. Though she stopped when she spotted Pepper's grin out the corner of her eye. "Why are you smiling like that?"

[caelei]

Felix listened to Venison with a bland expression. He looked back and forth after the story ended, first from the Coydog then to Cier and Sara. He stared at the last two for a moment, taking in their reactions. His ears caught a noise and he flicked his gaze quickly in that direction, to see another dog approaching their location (Lucky). He didn't bother to act friendly, or give any indicator that he had noticed the new dog. He just looked back at Venison. "So. What you're really saying is that you've recently eaten something that's screwed you up inside, and now you can't control your brain and you're spouting off a bunch of bull****? And you two," he said, giving an irritated glance to the dog and human, "You guys are actually believing this? You do know this guy is insane, right? Not really a reliable source of information..." His eyebrows had raised, but he didn't put his arms down, in case his response caused Venison to go haywire and attack. He sighed, managing to make it sound incredulous. "I mean, come'on! I'm a freakin' wild raccoon. I'll admit that I've seen a bunch of humans do a bunch of awful things to animals, in my time." He paused for a moment, considering. "And after all that, this still seems more than a little far-fetched." ((That's a response to Venison's Charisma 2. Oh, and because Felix never liked Venison in the first place, so... it's only natural for him to doubt))

Meanwhile...

Yes, yes... i know, you don't like to be tied down.. But i'm here to watch over you, an nothing is going to happen while i'm on guard here. Just sit back, relax, an try to sleep off the effects of the meds they gave you. then we will be right as rain to get out of here in the morning.

Pavelle sighed, but quit trying to struggle against her bonds. It was hard for her to settle down again, but she got herself down to a level that she could just lay quietly on her bed and not think too much about things. She could feel the sedatives beginning to slowly run out, though only a little. However, that released her mind enough to give her an inkling of why she was in the hospital. She shivered a little, gripping tighter to Rav's hand, and closed her eyes. Think nice thoughts... nice thoughts... she started drifting off a little, in a light doze, dream-free.

[Dylan]

Dylan just stared at Venison, What kind of messed up ******* **** is that! Sounds like ****!.

Amelia took a bite of her muffin as she snuggled next to Alex.

[Missingo]

Yeah, it would. You know Cier?"

"Yeah, he's been here since I moved here. I grew up with him." Matthew paused for a second. "It must be nice, to know your real brother," he said, sadly.

[Dylan]

Pyxis smiled, All you need is duck tape and how know how to stack boxes...easy stuff. Pyxis ran out of the kitchen and headed upstairs to collect a few boxes.

[Buckdida]

Sara is looking quite speechless, an pale looking..

That doesn't sound like any kind pet training, that i have ever heard of.
Sounds a lot more like, aggravated animal torture and abuse. a felony that can carry up to 10 years imprisonment, if convicted.

She wants to hug an try to comfort the stray, but not sure that we would except the gesture. An given that even Cier is now growling threateningly, it is best she doesn't do anything to provoke the agitated pets.

An i can assure you all, with 100% certainty. Rav, Pavelle, and the other pets in the hospital, are not being subjected that, in any way at all.

"Yeah, I'd imagine they'd not be subjected to the levels I went through. They did mention that they'd tone it down before public use. But even then, what if these methods they're using now were applied to humans? What would they say?"

Dylan just stared at Venison, What kind of messed up ******* **** is that! Sounds like ****!.

"Yup. Pretty much. It'd be far worse if I could remember more."

"So. What you're really saying is that you've recently eaten something that's screwed you up inside, and now you can't control your brain and you're spouting off a bunch of bull****? And you two," he said, giving an irritated glance to the dog and human, "You guys are actually believing this? You do know this guy is insane, right? Not really a reliable source of information..." His eyebrows had raised, but he didn't put his arms down, in case his response caused Venison to go haywire and attack. He sighed, managing to make it sound incredulous. "I mean, come'on! I'm a freakin' wild raccoon. I'll admit that I've seen a bunch of humans do a bunch of awful things to animals, in my time." He paused for a moment, considering. "And after all that, this still seems more than a little far-fetched."

Venison simply shrugged in response. "Well, take it as you will, as I said. I don't like to tell the story because I know it's hard to believe, and it really, and I mean really pains me to tell the story, so I don't like to talk about it much. There's no point, unless someone actually wants to listen. My usual story, my alibi, that I usually use in place, would be the tale of a dog who was abandoned by his owner, a locksmith, and needed a place to stay. I think Sara can attest to that one." Venison looked downcast. "It's the one lie that I'm good at, only because I had practiced it a million times, and it allowed me to avoid my real story. As for me being insane, yeah, no ****. Though for whatever reason, it's been improving in the past couple of weeks. At least, so say my dreams, which is a whole 'nother insanity ballgame..."
Venison looked up. "So. What I'd like is for Pav and Rav to be out of there, ASAP. I don't think either of them need any kind of training. Free will is hardly any psychological condition that needs treatment...and at the very least, I want to see that they are okay."