video; take a chance on me

[kaowont]

Name: Kaoru Hakaze.
Date: 6/30.
Format: Video.

[ The frame shifts and stops awkwardly on a fairly attractive young man accompanied by lovely music in the form of squawking and banging, and it's kind of obvious this is an amateur recording with how shaky it is. His tweed waistcoat is a little singed and dusted up, but the little wink he gives makes it seem like he's looking straight at whoever's tuning in ( you... yes, you! ). There's something a little mesmerizing about that gaze of his. Maybe it's those grey, vulpine eyes.

He's also kneeling on the floor with a cute little pup wrapped up in his arms, daisies arranged in their hair and tail wagging. Poochie here is ready to play!! ]

Hey, all you dandelions out there. ♪ [ like there are no guys in the city, ] We're looking to find... uh, what was it? ... — forever homes! Forever homes for these cuties. It's a real sad situation, you know... the unrest going around after that really weird moon. [ and dream, ] Like there's been an increase in people just packing up and vanishing? I guess they're just not in their right mind, or... well, not to be a total downer or anything, but a bunch of these little guys need to find a new friend. Like Justine-chan here.

And you want a nice new owner, don't you? There's a good girl. [ he wiggles one of the dog's paws for the audience, ] Justine-chan's about four years old and super friendly. We've also got, uhm... Clarice-chan is pretty new, and there's a whole bucket of beckos that need a home... — I guess they're cute? Just hard to keep an eye on. And catch.

Ah, and it's not just the ones I mentioned. We've got a wide selection of critters. Hmm... I've got about thirty minutes to answer questions if you're looking to adopt a new best friend... and might be willing to swing for a little more time if a girl asks me to do it. ♪ [ this is his last day to make this work, anyhow ]

Comments

[kaowont]

[ even kaoru's got limits... well. maybe he just needs to approach this from another angle to get the point across. ]

oh, i don't mind bringing leon along.
he'll be super excited to see you, naturally.
it's not like i can be a replacement for you, after all.

[ there comes a pause in texts, and then: ]

it'd be a shame for your little corgi-chan if this were his last time seeing you though~.
so maybe you should come clean and just accept what's happening.

[wolfcorgi]

[ he really, really doesn't like it. what kaoru is trying to say, how he is even trying to say it. leave it to his senior to beat around the bush and not be direct with his words. it's infuriating. it worsens koga's mood more than it's necessary. ]

i told you i aint got plans to die
and i don't know what the hell you mean by that ok?!
i don't know what the fuck is happening!
the sun fucking hurts, i cant stay awake during the day, my skin's pale as shit, and i keep vomiting everything i goddamn eat! the hell you want me to say? huh?!
you seriously think i'm just letting this happen? that i like being stuck in a damn infirmary bed being taken care by pipsqueak?!
if i could make all of it stop then course i would! but i don't know how to do that
is that what you wanted to hear from me?

[kaowont]

[ the texts run together so closely and so quickly that it feels like the print will leap off his distorted display and start to trample him right there. koga's angry, and for good reason, and... he's never going to get any better at this, is he?

once upon a time their leader dropped the duty of caretaker into his lap, and while he's never acted like it mattered much in the least, now it's so... ]

... you couldn't enter the theater, koga-kun.
pale as a sheet, overwhelmed by the crowd...
... it's obvious you don't want to talk about it, but haven't you... been feeding?
it's kind of wild to think about how our unit's aesthetic is why i know so much about this, but...
if you're a vampire...

this is exactly how twilight went

[wolfcorgi]

shut the fuck up.
shut up. don't you fucking say that word to me.

[ this, this one specific thing is exactly what koga has been desperately trying to avoid. it's something he knows, something kaoru knows, something most people around him know. it's not news, but for two months he has been avoiding it, avoiding talking about it, avoiding thinking about it, avoiding acknowledging it. maybe if he didn't, it wouldn't be true. he'd be able to forget all these weird changes and symptoms and whatever happens under the bright full moon, and things would get better.

it has been wishful, hopeless thinking since day one, but it has been always easier to deal with everything if he just denied it all. mentally easier. otherwise it has been a living hell. ]

i'm a wolf, i'm never gonna be anything else
i dont give a shit what you think i am, you're wrong, ya hear?!
as if a proud wolf like me would ever turn into one of those shitty creatures!
if i fight these changes they'll just stop. i ain't gonna give in to them
i'm not gonna lose this goddamn fight

[kaowont]

[ ... he expects the backlash, but maybe not like this. not with an intensity that's a little off from the usual. if he pushes the matter any further they might never talk again at this rate, so... ]

okay, okay

[ he concedes, plain and simple. ]

i hear you loud and clear~
by the time you're out of there i'll have found homes for every single one
then you'll be forced to say good things about me ♪

[ ... ]

just focus on getting better