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

[uberboned]

[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.]

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VIDEO

[bythe_books]

[Sam lets out a little sigh.]

Left it back in port, I reckon. Y'know, when my head got bashed in.

[PAUSE. He sniffs the air.]

Although. This is sorta... [HMM.] D'you smell that?

VIDEO

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Gabriel scratches his ear with his hindleg, which is surprisingly awkward to do in a chair. It doesn't actually have an itch... Just when you have hindlegs that can reach your ears, you sorta just wanna try it. Look, in all his shapeshifting years, turning into an animal.. Never occurred to him. He figured the original Loki did that enough for him to... Justify never doing it again.]

Oh right. I forgot, considering I spent the whole time... Y'know what? Never mind. [YEAH. ANYWAY.]

Yeah, it's called the Barge. I can smell that much even when I have opposable thumbs.

VIDEO

[bythe_books]

Yeah, but it's-- It almost knocks me off my feet, it's so overpowering.

VIDEO

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Don't strain yourself, big guy.

[Which is really hilarious because... He's actually taller than Sam right now.]

Can't take in the whole flood experience in one night, after all.

VIDEO

[bythe_books]

Y'know, a year and a half on the Barge, and this is the first time I've turned into a dog-- no, this is the first time I've turned into a different species. I think, all things considered, I'm doing a bang up job not straining myself.

VIDEO

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Juuust wait until you get out there and no one can stop trying to play with your ears. Then the novelty'll wear off.

[HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAAAT. Who wants to scritch a coyote? Unless it wants them. THEN YOU WILL SCRITCH THE COYOTE, DAMMIT.]

VIDEO

[bythe_books]

God, they'd better not. I mean, they've gotta know I'm still me, yeah?

VIDEO

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure that's not gonna stop most people.

VIDEO

[bythe_books]

[THIS THOUGHT HORRIFIES SAM.]

What I wouldn't give to be back on two legs and have opposable thumbs again.