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.]

Comments

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[It's a Cissie! Gabriel puts his paws up on the table and looks... You know. Adorable. Yeah. The predatory animal is adorable. Like the tiny archangel is adorable. Pfft.]

Looks like. See you missed this one. Too bad. It's actually kinda freeing.

[All of that just... Sounded like a series of yaps, really. Gabriel does not know this.]

[cisskabob]

[And Cissie... continues to look flabbergasted. Because she thinks maybe the wild animal is trying to communicate, and that's just nutty.]

...Well, this is special.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[And Gabriel thinks that was actually directed at his comment and is just gonna keep talking.]

....What? Okay. So I have a bad kneejerk reaction to floods. So sue me. I like being the guy, running these party wagons. This one just happens to be kinda hilarious... And not the kind at my expense, either.

[cisskabob]

...You know, I feel like you're trying to tell me something. If you were a collie, I'd be asking who's stuck in the well.

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[SAD COYOTE WHINE. Gabriel's ears actually go back a little. It is the animal version of a sulkpout.]

You haven't heard a word I've said, have you? Nope.

[cisskabob]

[Oh, not the whine! And the ears too? Man, now Cissie feels bad!]

Um. I'm sorry?

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Annd he's fine again. He waves a paw at the screen.]

It's fine, kiddo. Gimme a tic.

[He jumps down from the chair, finds his jacket, and then jumps back up, brandishing it proudly. THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FRIENDS WHO ALWAYS WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT, CISSIE.]

[cisskabob]

[And watch Cissie's eyes pop out of her head. Well, not really, but you know. Shock, she has it.] Gabriel?

[...Waitasecond.] ...A coyote. Well, that figures. Are you enjoying yourself?

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[He spits out the jacket and thumps his tail on the chair, looking quite thoroughly pleased with himself.]

Got it in one. And, all things considering? ....I kinda am.