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(Scrunches up a bit, clearing his throat.)
That's a shame. I hate going outside, or near crowds.
(Nods intently at Trudy's description.)
...If you'll forgive my reliance on an untranslated Japanese word, she sounds incredibly sugoii. Is she a cute and pretty girl...?
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-Charity steps out and looks to the forest edge-
To the edge, then back.
-She sets herself down, ready for the sprint-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?(Grins, teeth ill-fitting in a human-shaped mouth, glistening like jagged pearls.)
You take such willing pleasure in your own debasement, I almost feel sorry for you~!
(Stretches those long legs and gets down. You can hear her pelvis reset itself, somehow, in a more quadrupedal configuration...)
Mm, such a shame... The boys should, ideally, be just as cute as the girls so you can take that much more vicarious enjoyment when they kiss.
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019I don't fear you, nor the threat of failure.
-She locks her eyes with the forest-
Now!
-And she sprints-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Charity bolts towards the edge of the forest, her tightly bandaged limbs pounding ahead and her monkish tunic billowing in the wind-
-She's fast, athletic, but she's human after all-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?(Nods, uncurling a bit and moving his gross finger-mouthing to his thumb.)
Focused and tight, much like this one I'm reading now.
(Lets loose a short, impassioned and very much lupine howl as she taps into that homunculus strength and gives it all she's got...!)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-Charity realises that Claudia has just about surpassed her, but hopes this next part can put some distance between them-
-She reaches the forest, prepared to stop and swing about to run back with minimal skid-
-Dogs can't do that, right?-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-No no no no no no no-
-She bought herself some lead time but it's evaporating fast-
-She watches Claudia slip into the lead, and with the potential to expand it to a humiliating distance before the finish-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Charity comes to a stop, defeated, skidding to her knees-
-Smoldering anger, and just perhaps a few tears-
-The tears aren't from anger, though. Probably closer to shame-
This isn't... possible...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?(Is rolling around in the dirt and cackling to herself like the animal she is, tongue lolling out as she does.)
(Take heart in one thing, Charity: this girl is an animal and you're not.)
(Just smiles. You've made this shaggy, stick-thin man a very happy man indeed, Trudy.)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019

...That sounds quite shoujo, but in a novel way. What are the protagonists like?
(Back to Marcia.) ...Tell me.
(Drops down on all fours and trots to the door, tail wagging hard.)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019