Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
Zeke froze. He refused to take his eyes off his paper, but couldn’t deign to even fake a scribble. It was looking at him.
The White Elephant in the Room Playground
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unrepentantAuthor
A cat that writes stories.
"Zeke, buddy. Fuckin' pull yerself together and level with me. What's yer problem with the kid?" asked Jesse, moving protectively in front of Gen without thinking about it.
Fusion
Oh knee on
"Does the other kid have a problem with our kid?" Lee asked absentmindedly. He then blinked, realizing what he said. He dare not point it out, and hope nobody noticed.
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
Zeke’s eyes went wide. He didn’t move a muscle except to glance around for an escape. Jesse was a psychic, though. He could only run so fast. He took as deep a breath as his shaky lungs could muster and whispered out, “Kids scare me, all right?”
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Gen's eyes widened at that, but he didn't comment on that. Not yet.
He was too fearful of what Zeke might say to do so.
Fusion
Oh knee on
Oh thank fuck, nobody noticed.
"The hell are you so scared of kids for?" Lee asked. "You're apparently friends with a space god, yet you look terrified by something half your size."
“Apologies for the momentary nonexistence!” Palkia exclaimed, barging back into the room balancing far too many steaming coffee cups on its arms. “I take mine with everything, but I also brought some more ‘standard’ additions~”
unrepentantAuthor
A cat that writes stories.
Jesse took a cup without looking, and shot a wry smile, brow raised, at Lee.
"Well ain't you just the easiest fella t'read without my telepathy," he drawled.
What if he DID have some telepathy back... everyone was using their powers again...
He reached out casually to brush at Lee's surface thoughts. Just a small experiment. He'd see only the important, obvious stuff that way.
"Well ain't you just the easiest fella t'read without my telepathy," he drawled.
What if he DID have some telepathy back... everyone was using their powers again...
He reached out casually to brush at Lee's surface thoughts. Just a small experiment. He'd see only the important, obvious stuff that way.
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
“The hell are you not scared of them for!” Zeke shouted. He slammed his binder shut and looked at Lee. “They’re unpredictable! Monsters! Animals! They don’t reason, think, they just act! Go wherever they want whenever because their stupid parents won’t tell them no while they bumble around spreading chaos or the next plague!”
Zeke took his own to calm himself down. Coffee. An adult’s drink, not for—he wouldn’t even think the word. He took his first refreshing sip, only to side-eye Palkia. “Did you forget the, uh, “shaved ice” in mine?” How? Pallister never got his order wrong.
IFBench
Rescue Team Member
- Location
- Pokemon Paradise
- Partners
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Gen looked down at the ground at Zeke's words. A large frown was on his face.
He began to quietly leave the cabin without a word, clutching tightly onto his reunion cape.
He began to quietly leave the cabin without a word, clutching tightly onto his reunion cape.
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
Oh no
Fusion
Oh knee on
Wolf Brain said:
Lee's ear twitched and he turned to look at Jesse, grinning smugly and crossing his arms. That trickster...
Wolf Brain said:
The wolf casually cleared his throat and cut eye contact with Jesse. This world was a curse. A bloody CURSE. If it weren't for those damn emotions..!
Lee tried to regain some composure, then said. "Honestly... I agree. Mostly. That's how my first kid was until I gave her some sense... Which only kicked in well into her teenage years..." he sighed, his head sinking a bit. "... and even then I swear she doesn't have any anyway..."
“Fraid you’ve got me mixed up with this universe’s Palkia. Can’t blame you, there seems to be a lot of me.”
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
“Teenagers are even worse,” spat Zeke, the teenage zangoose.
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
Zeke blinked, glanced down at his coffee, then laid his head on the table. “Oh that makes this so much worse.”
Fusion
Oh knee on
"Tell me about it..." Lee groaned, vaguely remembering the first time he had to chase his own legs because a teenaged fox was controlling them. Good, tiring, exhausting, but kinda fun times. If he lied to himself, at least.
Fusion
Oh knee on
With another twitch of his ears, Lee's head turned to the door. His ki-- Gen, was upset. Probably over what Zeke had said. He gave Zeke a glance, before walking over to Gen's side. He knelt down beside him, resting a paw on Gen's head.
"Hold on, kid. He isn't talking about you, you know that, right? You've been... nowhere near as disruptive as another other kid could have been. Trust me, I know from experience," he chuckled. "Don't go getting all beat up because of some pansy being a pansy, alright?" Lee petted Gen gently, smiling. An act that was strange to do, still. And honestly with all his fangs it might come off as threatening...
"Hold on, kid. He isn't talking about you, you know that, right? You've been... nowhere near as disruptive as another other kid could have been. Trust me, I know from experience," he chuckled. "Don't go getting all beat up because of some pansy being a pansy, alright?" Lee petted Gen gently, smiling. An act that was strange to do, still. And honestly with all his fangs it might come off as threatening...
Tanuki
Friend of All Chu
- Location
- Rhyme City
- Pronouns
- He/him/his
“Don’t bring it back! It was leaving!” Zeke hissed.
unrepentantAuthor
A cat that writes stories.
Jesse smirked to himself, but he decided not to tease the poor fellow. Even if it had been a while since he'd enjoyed having someone around so obviously into him. Instead he caught himself smiling, genuinely smiling, at the sight of Lee fussing over the kid. The lycanroc really was a decent sort.
"Shut yer yap and get back to work," he drawled at Zeke. Then he went to give Gen a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "Stick with us, son. Ignore that guy, he ain't even old enough to be a dad."
IFBench
Rescue Team Member
- Location
- Pokemon Paradise
- Partners
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Gen stopped, as Lee laid a paw on his head. He turned around as Lee began speaking, and his frown slowly began to fade.
He flinched as he was pet. It...it felt good, but it also felt so weird, and made him not feel human. It also made his tail wag, which made him grimace. That felt really weird.
Plus, he didn't know how to feel about Lee calling him "our kid". He had a family back home.
Would he ever see them again, though?
He didn't want to think about that.
He decided to just accept the comforting for now. He'd have to ask about the "our kid" thing later.
"T-thanks," Gen said. He hesitated, then tried to give Lee and Jesse a hug, as much as he could with his tiny nubs of arms.
Ho-oh, he missed having human arms, and hands.
He flinched as he was pet. It...it felt good, but it also felt so weird, and made him not feel human. It also made his tail wag, which made him grimace. That felt really weird.
Plus, he didn't know how to feel about Lee calling him "our kid". He had a family back home.
Would he ever see them again, though?
He didn't want to think about that.
He decided to just accept the comforting for now. He'd have to ask about the "our kid" thing later.
"T-thanks," Gen said. He hesitated, then tried to give Lee and Jesse a hug, as much as he could with his tiny nubs of arms.
Ho-oh, he missed having human arms, and hands.