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[ knock knock! better go get that doo— ah nevermind, mako's not gonna wait. please don't be jerking off, bolin. mako doesn't care how bad your morning wood is, this is more important. (and if you make a crack about him and blue balls he's going to shave your eyebrows in your sleep, bro.) ]

Hey, Bo...

[ ugh mom you never wait for the okay this is why you know so much about my morning wood!!! And please don't shave the eyebrows, they're my legacy :'|

But nah, he's still about 1/4 asleep, digging around under the bed for his shoes, and moderately confused by everything that has happened since he woke up. Whoop. And maybe worried. And like, Naga probably needs to go out for a walk. Or to eat a small mammal or... something. That's usually sort of a thing she does. There really are more important things happening today. That said, he immediately scrambles back into the open for brotherhood's sake. ]

Hey, Mako. [ And there's some very genuine pep in there because YEAH, YOU'RE NOT IN A MAGICAL COMA AND THE EXCITEMENT STILL HASN'T WORN OFF, GOOD JOB BEING AWAKE. And good job not being mysteriously transported into monster territory? Yeah. He also tacks on (pointlessly but w/e): ] Come on in, I guess.

[ the cats skitter in soon after mako does, slipping in before he finishes closing the door properly. dinner immediately goes to say hello to bolin's ankles, while scraps sticks closer to mako... cat preferences, who understands them? ]

I just got a call from Korra.

[ and he knows you did too... ]

Yeah. Me too. [ Guess he was right to trust that Korra would handle the handling of Mako's longstanding desire to... handle. At least there's that much going for them.

Mostly it's going for him personally, because he wasn't sure how he'd even do that.

Bolin reaches down to give Dinner some attention, because priorities or something. Animals are generally pretty great when you might be down, no matter who they like best, even when they're terribly named and nowhere near Pabu's level. Plus, he totally just found his shoes under his pillow. Should have known that under the bed was a false lead. What was he thinking? ]

Looks like I'm pulling Naga detail for her for a while. [ While she's out struggling in the wilderness. Without them. Whatever. ] You know, got experience on my side and... stuff.

[ Womp. ]

[ hopefully it goes better than mako's last nagasitting session, where she got mean at all of the werewolves when they got within ten feet of mako.

scraps mrows from her position at mako's ankles, standing on her back legs and kneading the top of his boot with her claws. ]

I know. She told me we could stay in her rooms, since they're bigger and all.

[ this of course, was discovered AFTER they had a small argument and korra got into a confrontation with some beastie and told him she didnt want him (or them) coming to find her. ]

[ Mako and Korra arguing about something? Get out of town. :I ]

Oh, really? [ So what you're saying is now it's a glorified sleepover, but without the person who... is in charge of the property... Bolin gives Dinner one last distracted pat before making quick work of this shoe-putting-on business. ] Well, that'll probably be a huge help! Familiar smells and stuff. Animals really get behind that.

[ Orrrr it will make things even worse because Korra will not be there. Could go either way. ]

[ mako nods, and scraps gives a particularly loud mrow, prompting him to lean down and scratch under her chin. ]

Yeah. You're gonna have to make sure she doesn't try to eat Scraps and Dinner, though. I can't get them to stay out of my room or stop following me.

Aw. It just means they like you, bro. [ Huh. ] Wow, and even after you gave them terrible names that make it sound like we're gonna eat them! That's a real animal friendship for you.

[ GENUINELY IMPRESSED. So impressed that he's gonna try to pick up this cat to silently commiserate with it. Cats are really weird, but if they're Mako's thing now, maybe it's a complementary weirdness. And they're still pretty adorable.

Yes.

He will keep them safe from the jaws of the mighty beast. ]

[ u sure about that bro ]

[ he has a lot of HOPE OKAY

and he wasn't there when naga first met pabu he doesn't know ]

[ licks chops ]

[ NAGA IF YOU EAT ONE OR BOTH OF THEM YOU BETTER BE PREPARED TO METICULOUSLY STAGE THEIR MOVE TO A HAPPY MAGICAL FARM ]

[ bolin, you're taking her hunting.

i guess you'd better avert your virgin eyes when she actually gets her prey. ]

[ u shouldn't talk about korra like that--

but nah idk he'll just have to suck it up ]

[ dinner lets him, legs all akimbo as she stretches out in the way catcordions do. (mako scoops up scrap under her belly instead, and she scrabbles her way up his chest to sit on his shoulder, the way pabu does for bolin, though she's... a bit larger than pabu.) ]

I'd be lying if I said the idea didn't cross my mind the first night they showed up.

[ MAKO. PLEASE. ]

Edited 2014-06-20 03:29 (UTC)

[ Aww, what a good cat. What good multiple cats! Mako, meanwhile, is the worst, holy crap, THE SAVAGE. ]

Hey! [ Bolin is almost offended??? But he also kind of immediately loses steam because hey, the cats have not been eaten. Unless there was formerly a Breakfast and Lunch, but he hasn't even considered that. He's also not entirely sure where he'd go with the offense anyway. He knows his brother. Mako would totally eat one of these if all the other food became a non-option. So he follows up by lowering his eyebrows and squinting off to the side for a hot second because what does he even do with this, and okay, he's got this. Dinner is relinquished to the bed so he can point at his brosef properly. ]

No. [ BAD MAKO. BAD. ] I mean, you wouldn't eat Pabu, would you?

[ would you ]

[ mako is the picture of street orphan innocence here, you know, the kind of innocence that says "yes i may have stolen your bread but you didn't see it and therefore have no proof" somewhere in that vacant expression.

he takes his time. pauses to nick scraps under the chin again, adjust his shoes by tapping the toe of one boot on the floor, doesn't look at bolin. ]

I mean, at this point, Pabu's pretty much family...

[ mAKO? THAT'S NOT A NO... it also isnt a yes and dont you dare put time based modifiers in your answer either sir...

(and mako, your sense of humor is terrible enough that joking around to hide your worry could make things worse, real quick.) ]

[ And dramatically clutching his chest like a total nerd. ]

It's like I don't even know you anymore. [ and he thought that parking ticket thing forever ago was bad. IS THIS WHAT SEPARATE APARTMENTS DID TO US? ]

[ wow, that was perfectly hammy, bro, maybe you should be in showbiz. but man, bolin was just what he needed here, and mako can't help but crack a grin instead, and mussfluff up bolin's hair.

he missed you, bro. ]

Maybe you shouldn't feed him so much junk food. Fat makes meat more tender.

[ mako. stop. ]

[ Alas. His greatest weak spot has been compromised. He can't just stand for this! A man's got to have his principles. And Bolin has them. He has sooo many principles. And righteous fury. Zero pouting.

But nah, he just kind of stares Mako down while he pushes it back into its proper place. What a rude guy. The rudest guy of all the rude guys! Don't make him drastically........ throw a pillow. ]

Pabu had a hard life before we got to the arena! I'm just... letting him enjoy the finer things. Orrrr I was. And I will be. [ He raises a hand palm-down and sweeps his fingers from side to side, to better illustrate that present circumstances are clearly a stumbling block on the road to indulging tiny furry family members. ] Once we get done winning wars for fairies or whatever.

[ mako's smile, already not very bright to begin with, dulls at the edges. he still hasn't gotten a clear answer on what happens if they win from anyone yet, if they actually can go home or, something altogether different. he knows what happens if you lose.

or die. or whatever. ]

Alright, whatever you say... [ a tiny pause as scraps nuzzles the side of face. ] Korra wants me to change their names anyway.

[ Well, he briefly touched on the potential death aspect in his thoughts on his first couple of nights in the castle. And it turned out he, uh. Really doesn't like contemplating it. Especially if his brother's all still and comatose. So he made himself stop thinking about it, and everything turned out great.

Yep, it was definitely the end of that. ]

Oh, good. I think we've all learned an important lesson about naming animals when you're hungry or think you're going to be hungry. [ Clearly oxygen deprivation is the superior method, get with the times??? ]

Guess I'll have to think of something else...

[ right now, he's leaning towards... "asshole" because of dinner's propensity for knocking things over in his room for fun and batting him in the face while he sleeps, and "cat" because scraps was the original cat, after all. amd she's less of a jerk. ]

Well, yeah. Can't just leave 'em nameless. Naga might think that means it's okay to make them disappear? I'm never totally sure how she's thinking.

[ he holds up one hand, and starts counting off on his fingers... musing quietly out loud for bolin's sake and entertainment. ]

Probably something like: food; Korra; more food; scaring Tahno; food... [ he's out of fingers now... so he tugs the door back open, and waits for bolin to get his ass out into the hall. like a mom ushering children to soccer practice. ]

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