( it's not necessarily that louis' efforts are without any effect — with all of his strength, he will probably leave some soreness and bruising, but at the end of the day, the jaws and teeth of a deer were not meant to leave much damage upon the body of a large carnivore. when lets him go and retreats, legosi carefully brings his hand towards himself — it hurts, and it's a little slobbered on, but it's certainly not the worst outcome from suddenly being attacked by a toddler.
he is, however, standing between himself and haru, arms flung outward. the story it tells is very plain: he's trying to defend her from him.
legosi slowly looks between the tiny deer, then haru, and then back. it's slowly starting to make sense, even though the fact that louis is for some reason a baby again doesn't make any sense at all! but — he has to somehow prove to him that he isn't a threat, right?
he knows that haru had requested he not move, but... he takes a few careful steps backwards, nearly putting his back to the door. then he slowly lowers himself until he's sat on the floor, knees folded up to his chest, arms locked nonthreateningly around them. )
It's okay, Louis-senpai ... Senpai...? No - um... ( he looks back up to haru, who stands behind him, her hands on his small, narrow shoulders. ) Is this some sort of magic, do you think? It has to be temporary, right?
( he's not ready to raise his best friend as a kid... that's just weird. )
[ He's upset, and due to his age - there's no clear way for him to know that he shouldn't act on it. Haru's touch to his shoulder doesn't make him relax. All he sees right now is a carnivore - predator - here, and all he knows is what they are supposed to do to someone like him or her.
So for all the words she's using, there's an evident distrust. And of course, he is afraid. But he didn't want Haru taken like other friends of his and so -- he thought that was what he had to do.
But the wolf shrinks down, almost. Makes himself smaller, less intimidating, and though Louis doesn't relax or soften, he doesn't make a move. He spits out a small: ]
No.
[ No, what? It's hard to say. Sorry, Legosi, you're not getting approval just yet. ]
Louis, he's a friend! I promise. He's here because he's a friend!
[Aah she sounds...ridiculous, trying to reason with a kid, repeating herself because she doesn't know what else to say??
Legosi may not listen to her suggestion to not move, but the steps he takes to put more space between himself & Louis, bringing himself down to their level, was...well, definitely a better move than just standing around being a looming presence.
Not that it seems to be doing anything to help the situation but hey, it's not making things worse.]
Considering all the weird stuff this place does, I'd guess it's magic or...something. [Her hands are still at Louis's shoulders, sensing just how tense the small deer remains. It's not that she wants to hold him in place, but she also doesn't want him lunging at Legosi again.] And it better be temporary...
[She's 19 and not really ready for full responsibility for a kid! Babysitting for a few days or even a week or two is feasible. But for anything longer??]
I didn't realize he'd act this way. It's a bit-- [strange? messed up?] weird.
[...]
Maybe you should take your dentures out?
[Guess who doesn't have the memo that someone's teeth have grown back while they've been here.]
( legosi doesn't necessarily have very much experience with kids. he likes kids, sure, but he doesn't really know how to navigate a situation like this. how do you win a kid's trust when they view you as a threat, even when being told that wasn't the case? and how do you do any of this when that "kid" was actually your best friend, somehow having magically had the hands of time turned back something like ten or twelve years?
all he knows is that getting down on his level wasn't quite enough, so legosi ponders that, his ears lowered flat to his head. he looks around, looks down, looks up, and readjusts his position: this time he ends up flat on his back, arms outstretched, doing his best impression of a beached whale. )
Hopefully it's temporary...! ( he worries aloud, but otherwise remains completely still. his brain moves at a mile a minute, trying to search through everything he's seen, read, and learned to try to find a solution to this.
at her confusion, he decides to remain silent. legosi doesn't even know everything about it, but he knows louis has a deeply-rooted connection to the back alley market. he had seen the brand on his foot, how he had referred to it as a curse that only legosi could break. with what he had learned of the place, working with gouhin, he could make a few very accurate guesses. so, if he's acting as he might have when he was younger... perhaps this isn't such a shock, after all.
what a mess...
—his dentures? legosi flusters, sweat beading at his brow. shit... had he really not told her? )
I - If I could, I would, but... well, after I transformed back, that first Iris moon... they, uh, grew back too.
( a beat. ) Though that would be really useful right now... to be able to take them out.
( no, legosi, don't think about doing that again. )
[ He doesn't understand what is happening here, but he doesn't seem to have relaxed. He seems pretty unhappy about the entire situation. His eyes shoot defensively between the two of them, and there's immediate concern. He is trying to find the words to articulate his worry, his concern, because damn if he's going to let a herbivore get eaten here and now. But there's the friend fully submitting himself. Or at least, that's what it looks like. So, he steps forward a couple of steps, squatting down by Legosi's feet, and he puts one hand right on it, as if he's testing the waters with something marginally less aggressive.
Is he still afraid? Yes.
Is he still feeling the hatred towards carnivores through and through? Absolutely.
But, he's also infinitely curious because he'd never seen a carnivore do this so freely in front of him. ]
Oh.
[ He stands up then makes his way towards Legosi's side, shuffling across the floor in bare feet. He stares down at him, head tilted. Then he looks towards Haru, opens his mouth, and points towards his mouth, and snaps it shut. ]
No?
[ Not a very eloquent way to try and understand, but to his best understanding is that they are not food for this wolf. ]
[PLEASE DO NOT YANK YOUR TEETH OUT LEGOSI. 1) NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT IS VERY UNSEXY & 2) THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU LOOK NOT-DANGEROUS IN FRONT OF A CHILD
All in all, were it not for the level of confusion and panic Haru is feeling right now, this whole situation would be flat-out ridiculous; why does it feel like the moment Legosi stepped into both her and Louis's life for good, it's just been a nonstop comedy of errors? This place, and the current situation with Louis, certainly isn't helping, and now with Legosi laying flat on his back with his arms out, looking like a squashed spider, admitting that his teeth have grown back--
She shakes her head, letting go of Louis before he even begins his approach, running her fingers through the short fur between her ears. After a few seconds, it registers that Louis is moving towards the supine wolf, and all Haru can really do is stand in place, bracing herself for the worst.
Which...doesn't come. The atmosphere around Louis seems to shift a bit, in a way that herbivores are sensitive to the movement and feelings of others whenever potential danger is afoot, and Haru feels the tension she's been holding in her shoulder recede as Louis seems more curious than confrontational.
She blinks when the fawn looks at her and gestures to his mouth.]
No...? [No...what? No teeth? No bite? No...??? ugh she might as well just guess.] No...uh, yes. That's right.
Legosi isn't going to eat you. [Not unless you give him permission again like last time.......] He's not going to eat me either.
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he is, however, standing between himself and haru, arms flung outward. the story it tells is very plain: he's trying to defend her from him.
legosi slowly looks between the tiny deer, then haru, and then back. it's slowly starting to make sense, even though the fact that louis is for some reason a baby again doesn't make any sense at all! but — he has to somehow prove to him that he isn't a threat, right?
he knows that haru had requested he not move, but... he takes a few careful steps backwards, nearly putting his back to the door. then he slowly lowers himself until he's sat on the floor, knees folded up to his chest, arms locked nonthreateningly around them. )
It's okay, Louis-senpai ... Senpai...? No - um... ( he looks back up to haru, who stands behind him, her hands on his small, narrow shoulders. ) Is this some sort of magic, do you think? It has to be temporary, right?
( he's not ready to raise his best friend as a kid... that's just weird. )
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So for all the words she's using, there's an evident distrust. And of course, he is afraid. But he didn't want Haru taken like other friends of his and so -- he thought that was what he had to do.
But the wolf shrinks down, almost. Makes himself smaller, less intimidating, and though Louis doesn't relax or soften, he doesn't make a move. He spits out a small: ]
No.
[ No, what? It's hard to say. Sorry, Legosi, you're not getting approval just yet. ]
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[Aah she sounds...ridiculous, trying to reason with a kid, repeating herself because she doesn't know what else to say??
Legosi may not listen to her suggestion to not move, but the steps he takes to put more space between himself & Louis, bringing himself down to their level, was...well, definitely a better move than just standing around being a looming presence.
Not that it seems to be doing anything to help the situation but hey, it's not making things worse.]
Considering all the weird stuff this place does, I'd guess it's magic or...something. [Her hands are still at Louis's shoulders, sensing just how tense the small deer remains. It's not that she wants to hold him in place, but she also doesn't want him lunging at Legosi again.] And it better be temporary...
[She's 19 and not really ready for full responsibility for a kid! Babysitting for a few days or even a week or two is feasible. But for anything longer??]
I didn't realize he'd act this way. It's a bit-- [strange? messed up?] weird.
[...]
Maybe you should take your dentures out?
[Guess who doesn't have the memo that someone's teeth have grown back while they've been here.]
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all he knows is that getting down on his level wasn't quite enough, so legosi ponders that, his ears lowered flat to his head. he looks around, looks down, looks up, and readjusts his position: this time he ends up flat on his back, arms outstretched, doing his best impression of a beached whale. )
Hopefully it's temporary...! ( he worries aloud, but otherwise remains completely still. his brain moves at a mile a minute, trying to search through everything he's seen, read, and learned to try to find a solution to this.
at her confusion, he decides to remain silent. legosi doesn't even know everything about it, but he knows louis has a deeply-rooted connection to the back alley market. he had seen the brand on his foot, how he had referred to it as a curse that only legosi could break. with what he had learned of the place, working with gouhin, he could make a few very accurate guesses. so, if he's acting as he might have when he was younger... perhaps this isn't such a shock, after all.
what a mess...
—his dentures? legosi flusters, sweat beading at his brow. shit... had he really not told her? )
I - If I could, I would, but... well, after I transformed back, that first Iris moon... they, uh, grew back too.
( a beat. ) Though that would be really useful right now... to be able to take them out.
( no, legosi, don't think about doing that again. )
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Is he still afraid? Yes.
Is he still feeling the hatred towards carnivores through and through? Absolutely.
But, he's also infinitely curious because he'd never seen a carnivore do this so freely in front of him. ]
Oh.
[ He stands up then makes his way towards Legosi's side, shuffling across the floor in bare feet. He stares down at him, head tilted. Then he looks towards Haru, opens his mouth, and points towards his mouth, and snaps it shut. ]
No?
[ Not a very eloquent way to try and understand, but to his best understanding is that they are not food for this wolf. ]
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[PLEASE DO NOT YANK YOUR TEETH OUT LEGOSI. 1) NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT IS VERY UNSEXY & 2) THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU LOOK NOT-DANGEROUS IN FRONT OF A CHILD
All in all, were it not for the level of confusion and panic Haru is feeling right now, this whole situation would be flat-out ridiculous; why does it feel like the moment Legosi stepped into both her and Louis's life for good, it's just been a nonstop comedy of errors? This place, and the current situation with Louis, certainly isn't helping, and now with Legosi laying flat on his back with his arms out, looking like a squashed spider, admitting that his teeth have grown back--
She shakes her head, letting go of Louis before he even begins his approach, running her fingers through the short fur between her ears. After a few seconds, it registers that Louis is moving towards the supine wolf, and all Haru can really do is stand in place, bracing herself for the worst.
Which...doesn't come. The atmosphere around Louis seems to shift a bit, in a way that herbivores are sensitive to the movement and feelings of others whenever potential danger is afoot, and Haru feels the tension she's been holding in her shoulder recede as Louis seems more curious than confrontational.
She blinks when the fawn looks at her and gestures to his mouth.]
No...? [No...what? No teeth? No bite? No...??? ugh she might as well just guess.] No...uh, yes. That's right.
Legosi isn't going to eat you. [Not unless you give him permission again like last time.......] He's not going to eat me either.