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[ A video feed of a ferret sitting very primly in a pet bed, surrounded by a variety of snacks. There's a scrap of what appears to be silk right on her paws. She stares into the camera down her nose, her head held high, then she snakes forward to turn the feed off.

(She is expecting everyone to be so jealous of her Christmas haul. It has not quite struck her that this gesture might have made ZERO SENSE.

A text message is right below the video window:]

christmas gets a pass this year
praps i judjed it too quick

anyone heard of an island called sampetra
warm sandy lots o green
full to the brim with lizards and other filth

[ ... at least she gets to the point? ]

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STUPENDOUS? ADORABLE? SUPER AWESOMAZING?!

wait lyall like mr lyall the biology teacher??

stick with stupendous lad

aye that be him
are ye one of his students

stupenDORABLE [russel no]

i was last year! school's out for christmas right now or i could just drop it off with him.

no

hm
could ask him if he could get it from ye
wonder how far ye live from here

i dunno where he lives so i couldn't say! but if you tell me the address i could find it.

better to ask him first
wait a tick

[ this pause is her sending a message to lyall asking about it. even though they're in the same room. it's for obvious reasons, but still... life's hard. :( SINCE I'M ASSUMING THAT GIVING OUT HIS ADDRESS TO A VILLAIN LIKE RUSSEL WILL BE FORGIVEN EASILY she'll come back and type up the address (meticulously) for him. Imagine it's here. Right now. ]

clear enough for ye

yeah perfect! is mr lyall home right now? [pause....] can you even answer the door if he's not?

aye
but i can come and go as i please
got me a little door in the big one ye follow

[ pet door. PET DOOR ]

[SHE

HAS

A

PET DOOR]

[THAT IS THE CUTEST THING HE HAS HEARD ALL DAY]

[KEEP IT TOGETHER, RUSSEL.]

ok then i'll be there in a little bit!

hurry it along then

[ PET DOORS ARE PRACTICAL ADDITIONS TO THE HOUSEHOLD HHHMPH

Anyhow, her impatience gets the better of her at some point and now she's actually outside, pacing in the cold. RUSSEL GET HERE FASTER MERCY AND HELLFIRE ]

[it doesn't take him very long. but probably much longer than an impatient little ferret wants to wait!]

[he parks at the curb in front of Lyall's house and climbs out of his dad's truck, carrying a small, impeccably wrapped present in one hand. he's dressed in nice jeans and an argyle sweater and a white pea-coat, because he dressed up to see you Stella!! good thing she can't tell how outdated his fashion sense is.]

[he closes the door and turns to look up at the house--oh my gosh is that her?! FACE LIGHTS UP...]

[NO RUSSEL KEEP IT TOGETHER YOU CAN'T TREAT HER LIKE AN ADORABLE LITTLE FERRET JUST BECAUSE SHE IS ONE.]

[ok!!! he is going to do this right. he is going to treat her no differently from any of his human friends and it will be RESPECTFUL and POLITE.]

[he makes his way over to her and kneels down to greet her...]

Oh my gosh you are even cuter in person, I can't believe it!!

[FAILURE...]

[ She sees the effort, Russel, she really does, so she is not at all disappointed when he falls into the trap of his own whimsical tastes. More... resigned. Well, maybe next time.

She sighs visibly, then bobs her head in greeting, pointing a paw at him, then tapping at the ground. Wait here. She twists around and dashes to the side door of the house, going through her pet door and into the living room, where she last left Lyall. She chuckles for Lyall's attention, zipping towards the front door. Visitor, Lyall! ]

[And Lyall, having been waiting for that, pushes up from his seat at his desk and comes out to investigate, opening the front door for Russel a moment later.

And offering the boy a little smile. Yet another student caught up in all this mess....]

Russel, hello.

[he blinks as she taps the ground and then races off, turning his head to watch her go. ...oh, was she telling him to stay? the front door doesn't seem to be the one with the pet door in it, hmmm, was she going inside for something then?]

[he does wait as instructed, puzzling over what her intentions might be, until the sound of the front door opening catches his attention and snaps him out of it. seeing Lyall, he jumps to his feet.]

Mr. Lyall!

[He walks over to the door, extending a hand to him because a handshake is the appropriate greeting for a former teacher] Hi, I'm friends with your ferret. [SAID LIKE IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL...]

[ She hops up on the nearest high place (probably a shoe rack, or perhaps the closest armchair) just in time to hear the dreaded phrase "your ferret". The nerve! She hisses a little, loudly enough to catch their attention she hopes, and makes a very deliberate headtilt at Russel. Whose ferret, lad? ]

[Lyall knew that was coming, and he winces just a little as he shakes the boy's hand quite seriously. Then he shuts the door, and explains:]

She isn't my ferret, lad. Stella is her own person. But I'm glad you're her friend. I'm not available as often as I'd like to keep her from getting bored enough to destroy my furniture or leave fur in my sink.

[He shoots Stella a mildly amused look at that. He's mostly teasing her, since he's the one more likely to actually destroy furniture, of the two of them.]

[oh, did she just hiss at him? ferrets can hiss? that is so weird!]

[...what is she hissing about tho?]

[his attention returns to Lyall as he explains, clearing up that confusion] Ohhh. [he leans around Lyall to call past him to Stella] Sorry Stella, I didn't mean it that way!

[ She looks deliberately at Lyall, and equally as deliberately rolls her eyes. She sees that joke, Lyall, and she won't be having such outright joy and frivolity around her. Really.

She nods at Russel. Oh, she's sure he didn't, but she will get touchy about it anyhow because she's got to draw a line about that sort of thing somewhere. She maneuvers her way over to Russel's arm and starts nosing at the gift as best as she can. To business! What is that? ]

[Lyall steps back to let the two interact. He's just the chaperone here. ... if one can really bother being a chaperone to a teenager and a ferret.]

Edited 2014-01-09 05:09 (UTC)

[DID SHE JUST ROLL HER EYES? that's...so...cute!!!!]

[ok ok he's not going to gush, he's not. really. REALLY.]

[when she starts nosing the gift, he smiles and lifts it out of her reach] Haha, okay, okay!

Here. [he leans down and presents it to her, holding it out in both hands.]

[inside is a ferret-sized tricorne hat. a fancy one, of course, because she said she was a captain in her memories!]

[ RUSSEL YOU ARE SO BAD AT THIS but she forgives him because of reasons. When she reaches the hat, she sniffs it. Oh, aye, she knows what this is, but apparently just the sight of it isn't enough to trigger anything.

Well, whatever. She dips her head after inspecting it, in approval, then noses her way under it, putting it on.

You two have two seconds to appreciate the sight of Miss Stella Ferret with a hat on her head before a tattered, white linen tunic smelling faintly of seasalt pops into view above her and falls, burying her in its folds. HEY THERE SUDDEN ECHO HOW ARE YOU. She barks out a squeak of surprise. ]

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[text] OK I'M READY whoever gets here first can get the next tag

[action!] 1/? im sorry russel is made for tagchains

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hang on lyall's right after me

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