text, un: hector

[petcromancer]

Name: Hector [un: hector]
Date: Mid Maiuril
Format: Text


There is now an animal shelter operating within the city. We are accepting donations and volunteers. If you find an injured or homeless animal, you can bring it here.

Thank you.

[Attached is a picture of the shelter with the sign just out of frame. There are dogs, cats, rats, and some native species. Hector's also listed the address of the building, but not the name. Because it's awful. Blame Everett.]

Comments

un: ma - voice

[stopfen]

[She's only using voice so he knows who it is.]

Hello. I'm not able to help at the moment, maybe once things have settled...Do you have any advice on telling injured animals apart from people who can turn into animals though?

[Looking after something small and fuzzy was bad after she'd eaten a rabbit. But also, she's picked up three shapeshifters now.]

voice

[petcromancer]

Umm, try observing their behaviors for a few minutes before you go to grab them?

[This is not a problem Hector's had yet, at least that he knows of.]

I would think a shapeshifter would move differently than a real animal. But in either case, if you find something hurt, it's best to try to help it, right?

[stopfen]

The first time they didn't give any indication...I only know now because of their scent. [As in she'd see them after she'd snuggled their animal form for most of the night. He got a tired sigh over the watch.]

It is...But this person acted like a normal animal and clung to me.

un; nocturne

[synchroswim]

what if we cant catch em ourselves? theres a couple stray cats near the place ive been staying but they seem preeeeeeeetty skittish even when i try bribing em with food :(

[petcromancer]

if you can't catch them, let me know where they are and when they tend to be active. i can come try to round them up. most animals are less wary of fauns than they are of other people.

text; un: leslie

[foundfamilies]

That’s wonderful, Mr. Hector!

The animals are so cute in the picture. And you even have a sign! To let people passing by know the shelter is there, right? You didn’t get it in the frame. But it’s still a good picture!

[Not that she’s sure that it’s for the shelter, since she can only see the very bottom of it, nearly completely cut off.]

[petcromancer]

The sign's not important. I'm using this to let people know where to come.

But yes, the animals are very cute. You are welcome to come visit them. Many of them like to play.

text; un: reddeer

[rightfoot]

...I'll volunteer. I wouldn't try and force any to stay if they don't want to, though.

[petcromancer]

great. don't worry, it's a shelter, not a prison. if something doesn't want to be here, I'll let it free.

[Well, if an animal is brought in injured, he'll insist on keeping it long enough to treat it, but surely nobody will protest against that.]

un: hakunon | text

[sealeted]

[Oh! Finally, some good news...]

That's great to hear, Hector. Is there anything in particular you need right now, or is this a general call-for-all?

[petcromancer]

I know. I didn't believe it would work out, but it did.

Right now, I could use a few volunteers to help walk dogs and play with cats to keep them entertained. Would you be interested?

text, un: chazuke

[needsteaplz]

What sort of animals do you have there now and how many? I'd like to make treats for your shelter residents and bring them over. I can't guarantee they'll happen all the time though.

[petcromancer]

Right now, I've got a handful of dogs and about a dozen cats...a few rats, a dingbat, and there's a couple of petalwolves that live behind the building. We have room to house more animals, and people may drop off new animals or adopt the ones here at any time.

[So the number likely won't stay static. Sorry, he knows it makes planning a pain.]

text | un: harmonia

[digiorno]

will you be serving non-mammal species at your shelter?

[what priorities]

[petcromancer]

yes, I'll take in anything that needs shelter. most of my experience is with mammalian and avian creatures, but I can expand my horizons.

text | un: ashlock

[silverhands]

Rats, though?

[Please forgive him; his homeworld is more or less medieval and he has never known the joy of cuddling a rat on his shoulder and having it stick its nose into his ear.]

[petcromancer]

what's wrong with rats? they are very intelligent animals, and they can make great pets if you take the time to train them.

[Hector's medieval too, but he's been sold on rats by his housemate.]

text; un: nacchan

[thirdbeauty]

Oh, how cute!

Are some of the smaller ones babies?

[petcromancer]

they are, aren't they? yes, some of them are pretty young, though none of them are so little they couldn't be adopted.

un: WJH

[indispensabilis]

I got pretty good at handling some of the difficult and dangerous creatures in the Monstrumarium if you need help with that kind of creature...

[petcromancer]

Yes, if you have experience with dealing with more wild animals, I could use the help. Even if we don't keep them here, we may have creatures like that brought in to the clinic.

text | un:wwxwashere

[weiward]

an animal...shelter. i've never heard of anything like that before. but i'm even more surprised that you have such a hobby.

[petcromancer]

what is so surprising about it? i like animals, better than i like most people.

i used to have to...wait to help wounded animals. now i can intervene earlier in the process.

[So, like, he doesn't have to wait until they die. It's great!]

text | un: wangxian

[taciturnly]

I will gladly provide assistance in healing, if needed.

[petcromancer]

Thank you. Do you have experience with healing animals?

[Hector needs to gauge what kind of cases to call him in on.]