[Log] An Odd Owner for an Odd Egg; OPEN

[vowlyball]

Who: Bokuto, his hatched Odd Egg, and YOU
What: Who put this guy in charge of another living creature, he can barely take care of himself. Please send help or an adult.
Where: Around the Home Tree
When: After his Egg Hatched idk
Other: TBD

[1] Home; the Study: What Does it Eat
[In all eighteen years of his life, Bokuto had never been allowed to have a pet. For one thing, his home had never had room for his boisterousness and his siblings, much less any animals. For another, he would barely have time to take care of one, and even though Bokuto had spent as much time as anyone else pouring over cute dog or cat or owl pictures, he could concede it was probably a bad idea to get a pet.

The little moss thing that had came out of the egg, while weird, definitely seemed to be pet-like. So Bokuto was going to do his best to be a good owner, even if it meant trying to make sense of the mostly blank books in the study. After about a minute or two of furtive, noisy page flipping, he was going to toss his head back, gripping it in despair.]

What does moss eat?!


[2] Home; Outside: Putting on the Ritz
[Okay so Bokuto doesn’t know much about moss or pets or what exactly he should do to be a good pet owner, but pets like walks right? And the little thing has legs, so he’s just going to be outside, a few steps away from the little moss ball looking thing with legs, calling towards it.]

Here Ace! Come here!

[Though if he caught anyone watching, he’d beam up at them proudly.]

Hey, hey, hey! Do you have a leash?

[Because clearly this was normal and the right way to do things.]

Comments

[vowlyball]

Oh! Good idea. Hey Ace, are you thirsty?

[The little moss ball didn't seem to hear, seemingly content wandering around Bokuto's feet, occasionally venturing near to I-Pin as if scooping her out before turning around.

He took the canteen from her with a grateful grin, before squatting down next to his pet, pouring some water into his hand and holding out.]

Here Ace, here!

[The little moss ball wandered up to him and one minute there was definitely water and then the next, none.

Bokuto looked up at I-Pin as if to say 'see?'.]

It's the same with food.

[controlledfajing]

[ Ace scurrying around her feet, made her take a few steps back. He was cute, in a way, she guessed. But, she was still slightly skeeved out. As she watched Ace drink, she tilted in her head in confusion, before kneeling down next to the both of them. ]

...What? How did he...? Do it again!

[ This time, she leaned in closer, pure curiosity trumping over any fear. ]

[vowlyball]

[Bokuto shot I-Pin a grin as she settled down next to them, pleased that she seemed to be warming up to his pet.

He did it a few more times, each time the water disappearing just as quickly as it had the first time.

However, perhaps I-Pin would notice that somewhere in that mess of mossy fur, was a mouth.]

Weird huh?

[controlledfajing]

[ The closer she looked, she finally noticed something was rustling in Ace's face (?). Maybe the little thing did have a mouth, after all. Steeling herself, she was tempted to try to give Ace some water. ]

It is weird... I think he may have a mouth, but I'm not sure. [ A pause. ] Can... Can I try giving him some water?

[ Hopefully Ace needed a lot of water with how much they were hydrating him. ]

[vowlyball]

Are you sure?

[Even though Bokuto was totally head over heels for Ace, he could understand that not everyone would be enamored with a creature that looked like a mossy pair of balls with legs. Also, I-Pin wasn't going to have to take Ace out to the bathroom multiple times after he drank his weight in water.

Still, it was her canteen, so Bokuto handed it back to her obligingly.]

[controlledfajing]

[ First rule of having a pet: people will want to play with your mossy balls, but it's up to you to take care of them. How did Ace relieve his bladder (?) anyway?

I-Pin took the container from Bokuto, and gave a determined nod, despite being squeamish about Ace. No guts, no glory. ]

Y-yeah. [ She poured a small amount of water into her hand and held out her palm to the creature. ] C-come here, Ace.

[vowlyball]

[Omg lmao.

Bokuto clapped an encouraging hand onto I-Pin's shoulder, settling down next to her to watch as Ace toddled over to her. He seemed as fearless as his owner, because without much other encouragement, he was sticking his mossy ball shaped face (?) into her hands, the water gone rather quickly. However there might have been a weird brush of something that felt mouth-like, or at least something not as furry as the rest of him.]

So? What do you think?

[Bokuto asked somewhere by her shoulder, peering down between I-Pin and his pet thoughtfully.]

[controlledfajing]

[ The moment Ace planted his face into her hand, a shudder coursed through her body. As tamed as the little moss ball was, the fuzzy texture of his body was odd. What caught her attention was the tingle of something against her skin.

Was that...?

She gave Ace a soft ruffle on the top of his head-body. ]

I... think he has a mouth? I felt it, but I don't think he has teeth.

[ Speaking of which... ]

Bokuto-senpai, how do you know Ace is a 'he,' anyway?

[vowlyball]

Really? Cool!

[He scooped Ace up, parting his moss a bit as best he could, but nothing jumped out of him. Well, he'd look for it later. The question however, made Bokuto glance back over to I-Pin, expression deadly serious.]

A mother always knows.

[Bokuto please.]

Plus look at him! Doesn't he look pretty manly!

[controlledfajing]

[ She canted her head to the side--as if an angle change would give a perspective shift of the moss ball--and stared at Ace. Pulling back, she crossed her arms and gave Bokuto a stern look. ]

...Well, he could look manly now but when he grows up, you might find out Ace is actually a she!

[ I-Pin, don't bring your past into this. ]