Summertime [Open]

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Zouichi sat by a the mirrored black water of a small pond. Nearby, a wisteria plant was coming into bloom, dangling its delicate, curved violet flowers toward the earth.

As promised, a tray of chilled watermelon slices was set to the side, near the wooden steps leading down to the garden and free for any passersby to take. For his part, however, Zouichi occupied himself with feeding a small group of googly-eyed baby goldfish, who darted back and forth through the water to gobble up stray flakes of fish food.

It was nice to take a break from exploding ghost wolves lions once in a while.

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"What, you think feathers come off trees here? I mean, maybe in hydroponics, but."

The main difference seems to be the length of the rod and how Howard keeps dipping it over Emergency Rations' back, so she whirls around and forgets that he's the one controlling the toy. For her part, Emergency Rations spends a good deal of time rolling on her back and kicking at the toy, as well as making chatter noises and thrashing the tip of her tail back and forth.

"You want it?" Howard offers Zou the toy.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"I can't believe you're training your cat to attack my parrot." He took the toy anyway, bobbing the toy up and over Emergency Rations's head. A simple cat-tail had sufficed for the tom, but he supposed Howard's cat demanded more complex toys. And Emergency Rations was pretty cute, when she wasn't trying to eat him or throw up hairballs.

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"I am not! Besides," he puts a hand to the side of his mouth, "I think Alan can handle himself."

Emergency Rations gets so worked up at the toy above her head that she leaps for it, flips in the air and only barely manages to land on her feet. She chatters and stands up on her hind legs to bat at it again.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"He did beat Shoutarou in an even match," Zouichi agreed. Alan: battle parrot.

He has to admit that Emergency Rations is pretty cute, though, even if she is kind of ill-tempered. And occasionally scatters kitty litter over the floor.

Of course, Alan is still the best pet.