uberboned | 038 (Voice/Video) And, all the while, coyote keeps on singing....

Entry tags:

038 (Voice/Video) And, all the while, coyote keeps on singing....

[There's some scratching sounds on the microphone and what to human ears will sound like a frustrated dog's growling is actually Gabriel swearing and trying to urge HIS NEWFOUND PAWS to operate the controls on his journal. After a moment of cojoling, the video clicks on and there's an EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF A PAIR OF AMBER EYES AND A SNOUT... And then Gabriel hops back, revealing... A coyote. Sitting in a chair, tilting his head at the camera.]

...Honestly? I was kinda expecting a lot worse.

[Now watch as he realizes that only the fraction of the Barge that is currently animal in nature actually understands what he just said. HE CAN ONLY BE ANNOYING TO A SMALL PORTION OF THE POPULACE.]

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

[Oooh, a coyote!

Coyolxauhqui's thinking of going hunting now.]

Well...yeah, guess it's not too bad. As long as we remember we're all really human, and I stay in high places, I'll be great! And gliding's fun!

[Gabriel decides, meanwhile, that it's a lot harder to be master of your emotions when you're an animal and have actual hackles to get up, so Sam gets to be sitting beside a slightly controlled coyote threat display- bristly fur, hackles up, slight growl, etc.]

Flood hit you a little late, huh, bucko?

[He flops down on the floor with his head on his paws and just staaares in an amused manner. Eventually, you'll be disconcerted enough to say something, Murphy. There's a large predatory animal staring at you. It's a disturbing concept.]

[HEY. HEEEEEY. He puts his paws on the edge of the table and... Um. Tries to look like himself, which is really hard, because animals are not equipped to deal with that many facial expressions, so he really just ends up looking like a coyote that's way too amused for some reason.]

I know. It's a surprisingly good look for me, isn't it?

Just stay away from the chicks who are getting way too into this and you oughta be fine.

[THAT IS A LARGE MOUND OF FLUFF.]

Not sure which one you are, champ, but I think you definitely got the shortest end of the stick.

[All she hears is a Coyote whining. She smiles though, which is gentle at first before it becomes sort of menacing.]

Would you like to catch game with me?

Will do.

...how am I going to feed Machu?

[And Gabriel is thankfully not as stupid as he sometimes acts. LOOK, HE DATED KALI. HE KNOWS THE WARNING SIGNS. (SOMETIMES.) He backs off the table and perches on the chair, looking somewhat wary.]

Thaaaat depends on the game. If you're hunting me, you're just gonna be really disappointed.

....And you can't hear me, so I'm just talking to myself here.

[Shame, a coyote could have really helped her with catching the small game. She listens to the noises for a little bit longer, then makes a dismissing kind of gesture.]

You look disinterested. Shame. It would have been fun.

[Sam's first instinct is to let out a low growl at the sight of a wolf, but he relaxes as the newcomer's identified as Harry. He glances over at Gabriel, not missing the coyote's agitation.]

Anyone else feel like a run?

*Harry growls back at Gabriel and lifts his head*

Maybe it just couldn't let you be the big one for once. *This flood really isn't going to be good for his practice of calm rational reactions*

[The angora is unamused, but its expression doesn't change. It lifts a lazy paw to type.]

divck

[Castiel is having a hard time using his journal with flippers so he's just leaving the video on, it's easier that way.]

Do things like this happen often?

[Not gonna laugh. Not gonna laugh.

...Oh fuck it. Gabriel has to cover his snout with his paws to hide a snort.]

Eh. A couple times a month. You almost get used to it. [Sporflesnort] Also, props to the Barge for really capturing your likeness in animal form.

Sorry. Don't speak cottonball.

[Gabriel looks down at Sam and then stands, moving over to Harry, all aggression replaced with casual indifference.]

Only if I can run circles around the big guy. [He gives Harry a good hard whack in the chest with his tail as he passes that can only have been intentional.

He pauses briefly and then grabs Murphy in his mouth- GENTLY, DAMMIT, HE'S NOT AN ANIMAL- and carries her back over to the other side of the room at a steady trot. Look. Harry's a giant. He is keeping her from being stepped on. It's totally not rooted in petty jealousy.]

Edited 2010-06-28 00:16 (UTC)

[Murphy goes very, very still after the initial yelp and flail, dangling from between Gabriel's jaws with the most scandalized look her doggy face can manage.]

What. Do you think. You are doing.

[Gabriel at first attempts to tell her, "What does it look like I'm doing," but it comes out as a series of muffled growls, because it's really hard to talk with your mouth full of Murphy. He lowers her head and places her back on the floor and looks pointedly innocent.]

Carrying you over the threshold. Except Harry's blocking the door, so I had to settle for carrying you four feet back over this way.

[She manages to sit still for about five seconds before getting up and quartering the room, nose to the ground. She's still ignoring you, angel-boy. SHE IS. She just can't. Sit. Still.]

I want out. [This is said with definitive certainty, as she trots over to the door and starts digging at the base of it for a moment before stopping herself and pacing in front of it instead.]

[Gabriel flicks his ears and lifts his head, tilting his head as if listening for a distant sound.]

What's that? Did I hear something that sounded like, "Please, Gabriel, let me out of this room?"

*hi Gabriel, have an agitated wolf pouncing you the second Murphy is clear.

What? He can't help it. It's a dominance display.*

[OH YOU DID NOT JUST CHALLENGE HIS ALPHA MALE STATUS, HARRY. NOT COOL.

A normal coyote would stay pinned and slink away when it was sure it wasn't going to get EATEN BY THE GIANT WOLF. Gabriel, unfortunately, had a reputation to protect and the benefit of being stronger than the average coyote. He went down under Harry's weight and immediately snapped his jaws up to get a tight grip on his throat, snarling.]

*YOU CHALLENGED FIRST PIPSQUEAK.

Here's hoping Harry's experience with fighting as a wolf gives him a sliiiight advantage. Not likely, but he can hope. He hunches his shoulders to protect his throat and tries to bite Gabriel's head.*

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 4 of 5

038 (Voice/Video) And, all the while, coyote keeps on singing....

no subject

Video [Animal speak]

SPAAAM.

[SPAM]

no subject

Video [Animal speak]

VIDEO

no subject

Re: Video [Animal speak]

no subject

no subject

Re: SPAAAM.

SPAAAM.

VIDEO

Video

Video

VIDEO

SPAAAM.

SPAAAM.

SPAAAM.

[SPAM]

[SPAM]

SPAAAM.

SPAAAM.

SPAAAM.