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Defend with me

Who: Zenyatta, Rainbow Dash, others
What: Rabitten quest
Where: General Store, Domina
When: Day 17, midday
Other: If you are taking part in the quest, hop in if you'd like to

Having taken to occasional long walks to the town, Zenyatta hums as he browses the marketplace. He is not alone. Curled around his neck is a tiny flowering vine. It is actually a newly hatched Lullabud, dozing away, very still. Jennifer's grumbling does not go unnoticed, and soon Zenyatta has an earful (if he had ears) of grievances. Bothi (the Lullabud) is surprisingly resilient towards staying asleep.

"I would be happy to help. I will head to the general store to look." Zenyatta gives a shallow bow and makes his way toward the store.

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Outside the store hovered a pegasus, a frown on her face as she muttered to herself. "What would Fluttershy do? Maybe if I got tough with him..." She'd thought that more than once, and still wasn't sure it was an answer.

The Omnic popping up pulled her out of her contemplation long enough to wave. "Hey, Zen. What's up?"

"Greetings, Rainbow Dash." Zenyatta heads her way, always glad to see a friend. "What brings you here?"

He has a suspicion, but he will let Rainbow Dash speak and confirm his thoughts.

"There's a big ol' bunny in there I'm supposed to be getting rid of." She rolled her eyes at that -- clearly she'd only been asked because the rabite was an animal monster thing and SHE was an animal monster thing, right? "Now normally I'd just go buck it across town till it got the hint, but I have a friend who'd never forgive me. So I gotta figure out what to do about it!"

Lacing his fingers together before him, he tilts his head at Rainbow Dash's tone. Maybe she was more press-ganged into helping rather than volunteering, but this does not need to be a negative, or violent, experience.

"I was also asked to help remove the rabite from the store. Shall we work together to find a peaceful solution?"

Thing is, Rainbow didn't have to say yes. She had.

"Oh, cool!" The pony promptly perked up at the promise of assistance, specifically more social and diplomatic assistance than her. That freed HER up to be a little more direct if nothing else. "Yeah, we can get this bunny out of here together!"

"Wonderful! While time is an illusion, I believe they will appreciate having their store back to normal as soon as possible."

Zenyatta walks to the door and holds it open for Rainbow Dash. He does not have to worry about accidentally setting the rabite "free." If it ran away on its own accord, then their problem would be solved.

In she zipped -- them promptly (and audibly) screeched to a halt in midair, before backing up slightly. She hadn't actually SEEN a rabite before.

"Whoa. 'Big bunny' was a little understatement."

"It is adorable," says Zenyatta, like he is supposed to be at a petting zoo. He moves closer, and the rabite stops gnawing on the corner of a wooden crate. Its ears perk up with alarm. With a solid thump, the rabite turns to face them.

"Greetings!" Zenyatta wants to pet it....

"Hey there, bunny. You gotta get out of here, okay?" Rainbow, taking the direct approach, drops to all four hooves to walk over to it. "You're causing trouble, you know? You gotta -- WAIGH!"

The bunny opened its mouth wide. Really, really wide, and Rainbow scrambled backwards in flailing alarm as it snapped at her, looking like it could swallow her head whole. Look out for the flailing, retreating pony, Zen!

"Please do not be alarmed. We mean you no har--" Zenyatta is interrupted by Rainbow Dash's sudden tactical retreat. He will try to steady her and prevent her from falling over if allowed. If not, he will try to stay out of her mini escape.

The rabite snaps its jaw closed.

"Zeeeen," Rainbow said from behind his back where she'd retreated to peer over his shoulder. "How does a rabbit have a mouth that big? I mean I know it's a big rabbit but that was a big mouth!"

"Perhaps this creature dines on trees instead of grasses and carrots." He turns his head slightly to look back at Rainbow Dash. "Could you bring over a tasty looking branch. We could try tempting away it with other food."

There is a start of a plan at least.

"Maybe it dines on ponies." Not normally this quick to fear, Rainbow couldn't help but be unsettled by how UNNATURAL it all was. A rabite was close to something from home, but very different in one or two horribly unsettling ways.

Still, she shook her head to clear it, then nodded. "Yeah, I'll go find something." On that note she was off, leaving a rainbow wake.

"I do not think that is the case..." Zenyatta says, but he is too late the get the words out. Rainbow Dash has dashed away all ready. Bothi stirs a little around Zenyatta's neck, and he places a hand lightly on their blossom head. "Do not fret, little one. I will not let the rabite dine on you either."

When Rainbow Dash returns, she will find Zenyatta sitting on the floor and watching the rabite sniff around curiously. It has never smelled an Omnic before.

Rainbow had one heck of a branch clutched in her hooves and another smaller one gripped firmly in her teeth. She offered both of them up very carefully to Zen, staying well out of nomming distance.

He quickly takes the small branch from Rainbow Dash and allows her to move away. Holding out it our toward the rabit, Zenyatta keeps the branch at an arm's length and still. The rabit stops investigating the new smells in favor of something it can actually eat. (Besides the boxes.)

"Place the larger branch just outside the door but still in view, please."

"Oooh, I get it." With her ears and tail perked up now that she saw how this was gonna work, Rainbow zipped back outside, dropping down the bigger branch right outside the door. "Branch in position!"

The rabite takes a rather large bite of the branch Zenyatta is holding, and as it is chewing, Zenyatta moves back towards the door. It finishes chewing and then looks for the branch again... which is a few feet away from where it sits. The rabite follows.

The "trick" works for the first two bites, but then the rabite sees the larger one outside. It hops with amazing speed towards it.

Rainbow Dash should have the opportunity to slam the door shut once the rabite is outside.

The only delay came from Rainbow quickly getting on the inside of the shop. The door banged shut behind her as she kicked at it with a hoof. "All right! That's one evicted bunny! Great plan, Zen!"

Bothi jerks fully awake at the door slam and curls their vine legs tighter around Zenyatta. He pats their blossom head and whispers comforting words.

"Thank you. You did well, Rainbow Dash. Jennifer and Mark will be pleased to know the rabite has left their shop." And Zenyatta is pleased that they were able to come up with a peaceful solution to the problem without harming the rabite.

Edited 2016-09-21 00:40 (UTC)

Rainbow wished Fluttershy were here -- she'd have scolded or coaxed the rabite out no problem at all.

But hey, the two of them had done really good! And that definitely went a long way towards making up for the disaster that had been the whole cutie mark swap thing. Flitting over, she stuck out a hoof for Zen to slap. "Looks like we're the heroes of the day!"

And give a high five/hoof is what Zenyatta does, though the impact is very light and barely enough to make a sound. He did not want to risk hurting Rainbow Dash. "We should look out the window before we leave. It would do no good to let it back in after evicting it."

(Of course, it is possible that the rabite will wander back in for another group to deal with.)

"If I know rabbits, it'll get sick of waiting and wander off once it eats that branch."

But, in a rare moment of honesty, Rainbow added after a moment, "...not that I really know them that well. I'm more of a tortoise lover myself."

"A tortoise lover? I would not have guessed." There is a smile in his voice. He really would not have guessed that such a speedy pony would have a pet that was not. "I am partial to butterflies and birds."

Bothi stirs and nuzzles the side of Zenyatta's head. "And plants, of course."

"You and Fluttershy would totally get along." Maybe that's why Rainbow liked Zen, she mused; he reminded her of her pegasus PFF a little. "But if you ever saw Tank you'd totally see why he's my pet."

"Do you think so? I am honored." He tilts his head slightly, not quite a bow but a kind humble all the same. "Tank has a good caretaker."

And he does not doubt it. Rainbow Dash liking a creature so slow means she looks beyond surface characteristics to the true self inside. A good trait to have.

"So, how 'bout we go see how grateful what's-her-name is now that we saved the day?" Rainbow said, zipping back over to the door to check for the rabite. Nope, all clear!

"Yes, let us do that. I am sure Jennifer is eager to get her store back in order." And maybe they can offer the advice of luring the rabite out with food.

All but slamming the door open, Rainbow shot off at speed!

...then returned, sheepishly, a moment later, having gotten way ahead of herself. Heh heh, whoops. They ought to go together.

Zenyatta does not have a chance to even move forward before Rainbow Dash is back. He gives a soft, lighthearted laugh but draws no further attention to the oversight. She is eager, and fast. He is slow and knows this.

They leave the store together, and Zenyatta makes sure to close the door behind them. Their hard work would be for naught if they left it open, and the rabite returned.

Kuroo's heard some murmurings about an issue at the inn, and it seems like it's worth looking into - especially since it sounds like it pays. They all need to be looking for ways to make money, and at the moment there aren't a lot of options for someone like him. Best to investigate all possibilities that don't blatantly sound outside his capabilities, then.

It's as he's making his way to the inn, his Rabite (which he's named Lev) lolloping along behind him, that he spots Iwaizumi. He changes course on a whim. "Hey, if it isn't Iwa-chan~."

Kuroo's like a very low-key Oikawa when it comes to irritating people. Of course he'd mimic him for a laugh. (Unlike Oikawa, though, he'll probably knock it off when requested.)

One of these days he's going to shove Oikawa off a fucking cliff for making that damn nickname stick. Grumbling under his breath, wondering if it would be worth the trouble just to ignore the Nekoma captain or if he should actively engage.

...Dammit. Not like he had much of a choice, and the guy wasn't so bad he guessed?

Arms crossing over his chest he gave a gruff sort of grunt in response.

"Iwaizumi," correcting idly before he spots the Rabite, brows raising. "That yours?" Well, obviously.

Kuroo grins at Iwaizumi, but he's not really looking to harass the guy so he accepts the correction. "Iwaizumi, then. What're you up to?"

At the question about his rabite, he grins and kneels down at Lev's side, rubbing his head. "Yeah. He's cute, right? You can pet him if you want, but he likes to nibble things, so be careful of the mouth."

He's glad they could understand each other there. Shoving his hands in his pockets, shrugging his shoulder a bit. "Heard about something interesting, so I figured I would check it out. There's not much else to do." He was itching for excitement after finding those blocks on the first day, making the entire town appear.

And Oikawa has been sort of quiet so he had to busy himself somehow.

Giving a wary look to the fluffy thing, raising a hand in quiet protest.

"Y'know, I think I'm good." Iwaizumi liked all of his fingers where they were, as cute as the fluffy thing was he wouldn't risk it. "What about you? Just takin' a stroll or..." gesturing idly with his free hand.

"Suit yourself." Kuroo shrugs easily, scruffing Lev between the ears one more time before straightening up again. "And I was heading to the inn. Heard they needed some help checking something out, and I thought it might be an easy way to make money."

He cocks his head. "Actually, I heard we've got you to thank for this whole place." He gestures around them at Domina in general. "I've only heard about the fact that you somehow made this place appear out of thin air, and honestly I still don't get it. What exactly happened, anyway?"

Getting rid of monsters wasn't unfamiliar for Hisame. But they weren't usually monsters like this. They didn't usually look this cuddly and adorable. Tatara and Mao stare at it as well, both blinking in unison.

They found it. Now they just needed to get rid of it somehow.

"Ah, it appears the rabite has returned," Zenyatta says, mostly to himself but still loud enough for Hisame to heard him. Perhaps those other two creatures are the partners Hisame spoke of earlier.

"This one has quite an appetite."

And hear him Hisame does, as do Tatara and Mao.

"Returned? Was this one driven off before?"

There's an enthusiastic "Hello!" from Tatara which earns him a rebuff from Mao, the Virus-attribute Digimon snapping at him to not take his eyes off of the Rabite.

"I think it is the same one. Rainbow Dash and I lured it out of the building with some branches and closed the door once it left." Zenyatta hums in thought. Rabites are more persistent than he thought they would be. (Or the owners of the store forget to close the door behind them.)

"Another method may need to be employed if it will return so easily."

So they were able to lure it away the first time. Hisame turned his attention back to it, studying it a little. Normally, when it came to dealing with monsters, he and his team did one thing; exterminate them, extract the core, and be done with it. But that was back home and this was not home. Though that was still an option.

"Do you have something in mind?"

Edited 2016-10-07 17:07 (UTC)

Zenyatta is silent for several moments while he thinks. Bothi flickers a vine limb and sleepily curls tighter around his neck.

"Perhaps if we capture it and release it in the forest, it will decide to forgo returning." Zenyatta will try for peaceful solutions first. The rabite is not hurting anyone, really. Profits, maybe, but no physical harm to the owners or townspeople.

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If you had plans to thread with someone else, I can delete this

Nah, I didn't have any plans with anyone.

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