THNMY: After the Carnival (For Rock)

[a_tin_soldier]

Zero's finally left, and Iris is weighted down with an enormous armload of plushies - even though her brother is helping with some of the load.

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[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Rock lets out a laugh. "I think we've run into another problem. Here, just give me the rest. I bet I can keep them balanced long enough to at least get the door open."

"Though I have seen a guy try to open a door with his foot if you want to try that, hehehe."

[angelinbloom]

Iris reluctantly piles more plushies on Rock, leaving herself with only a few that she can hold onto and fre up a hand to open the door. Then she'll take back the plushie overload.

The duplex they're renting is kept very neat and clean, though there is a slight conflict of styles. Colonel habitually keeps things neat, with an almost military severity and simplicity.

While Iris? Iris is just one of those people who puts doilies on things...

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Though he smiles at the living space, Rock doesn't say anything about the style conflict. It kind of reminded him of the way Roll had to have things clean while he left things a mess, only coexisting.

"So where should I put these?" He half wondered if Iris would try to spread them around like the dolls.

[angelinbloom]

"I think we can put them on the couch, until I find places for them," Iris says. Which indicates that, yes, they are going to end up all over the place.

((Doilies, not dolls. :3 Am I the only person that remembers those? Crochet lace things, usually placed on tables or chair/couch arms? Usually indicates a person that also likes lace trimmed curtains and decorates in pastels? Very, y'know, girly. XD))

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

"Okay." And he'll dump the plushies on the couch, scooping up any that roll off and putting them back.

((Oops. There's probably other people that do but I'm not one of them. ^^;; ))

[angelinbloom]

"Yip! Yip yip!"

Iris and Colonel are placing their own loads of plushies on the couch when an enthusiastic brown terrier mutt darts in from one of the other rooms. The dog gives Iris a few happy licks ad then sniffs curiously at Rock. It has a bow on it. Poor dog.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Oooo, a puppy! "Well, hello there. What's your name?" Rock grins and crouches down to let the dog sniff his hand.

[angelinbloom]

"Oh, that's Coco. Isn't she sweet? Someone was trying to find homes for some dogs in the Nexus, and since we'd already moved after brother's LOL and had some of the supplies to take care of one... well, I couldn't have just left and not done something to help."

Coco will happily lick Rock's hand.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

"She is. Someone would have to have something against dogs not to like her." He laughs at the hand lickings and tries to pet Coco and scratch behind her ears.

[angelinbloom]

Coco wags her tail so much at this that her whole rear end wriggles.

Iris, meanwhile, tries to find places for some of the plushies.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Rock's easily distracted by the wriggly puppy and will probably play with it as long as he can.

[angelinbloom]

Wriggly puppy is happy to be played with.

"Would you like some tea, Rock?" Iris asks after a few moments.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I wouldn't want to be any trouble."

[angelinbloom]

"It wouldn't be any trouble at all," Iris says, and gives him a smile as she goes to put the water on. And possibly put a few plushies away.

Colonel just gives the pile of plushies a slightly embarrassed look.

And Coco? Still squirming and being a happy-lovey pup.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

"Well, okay."

Rock lets himself get knocked over by the puppy so it can 'win.'

Looking up at Colonel from the floor, Rock giggles. "You might have to invest in a plush net."

[a_tin_soldier]

And Coco will give him licks to the face.

Colonel, though, just blinks. "Plush net?" Had Rock meant plush met maybe? Colonel was almost certain there actually was a plushy metool in the pile.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

He laughs and shields his face.

"Yeah, it's this little net that hangs in the corner of a room, up by the ceiling, and you can pile plushies in it. Or other toys..... Maybe it was called a toy net." Rock's not quite sure, but he can always ask Roll later.

[a_tin_soldier]

Coco is not deterred, and will lick hands and anything else in the general facial area that she can reach instead.

Colonel nods. "I'll see if I can find one. Thank you for the suggestion." That would be a lot better than having them all over the place.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Rock lets out a squeak and another laugh at Coco's licking.

"No- hehehe- no problem!"

[angelinbloom]

After a while, Coco seems to decide that Rock has been thoroughly licked, and lays down next to him with her head on his chest as if guarding her 'new toy'.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

Rock doesn't mind that he's become Coco's new toy and just lies there, petting the puppy.

[angelinbloom]

Coco just lays there and wags her tail.

And Iris returns with a tray with tea, teapot, teacups and saucers, sugar, cream, lemon, and an assortment of those little shortbread tea cookies. She'll take that over to the living room coffee table.

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

He should probably get up then. But there was a puppy on him. But it'd be rude to continue to lay here.... Ah well, Coco would have to forgive him.

"Sorry, Coco. You'll have to go without a pillow for a while."

[angelinbloom]

Coco lets him up wit a slight whine - and then a happy yip as she realizes she'll be able to claim lap space!

Iris giggles at this. "Coco really likes you, Rock."

[megadidit.livejournal.com]

"I seem to get this reaction from most animals. Don't know why," he grins sheepishly. "Not that I'm complaining, of course."