Advanced Bird Haberdashery, Wednesday, period 2

[betterthanaplan]

There were no birds in bird class today. Instead, the classroom was full of little, fluffy, wavy haired puppies, each wearing a little collar reading "I'M A BIRD!"

"Cockapoos," Duke said. "These cute, slightly confused little suckers are going to get cloches." The puppy in his lap leaned its head up and licked his chin. Duke snorted and shifted his face out of reach, scrubbing at the puppy's ears. "Have fun, and try not to get smothered in slobber."

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Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina was super not going to interrupt his baby talking to the puppy.

She was, though, going to poke her head into his class room and, upon seeing him, heaving a sigh of relief.

Okay, good. He was fine!

... and maybe she was going to see if she couldn't get a vid of him baby talking the puppy. Because adorable.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

Duke caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye, and looked up with a little smile. "Nina. How's it going?"

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"Oh, you know, up to mayhem??????????????????????" she said, smiling innocently and like she wasn't here just to check up on him, honest.

Despite the fact that she'd said she'd be doing just that on radio.

Consistency was boring.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

"Mayhem's good," Duke said. "Sorry for missing your class on Monday. I hope you had fun."

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"I missed it myself," Nina admitted since there had been RL things, "but, like, that just means that you didn't miss anything in breakfast land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though, like, the island does keep trying to turn all my scenarios into blanket land instead……………."

She was glad she'd filmed the latest season of Sir Foomy the Brave before this had really gotten going.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

"Yeah, the island's been going nuts with the blanket forts." The puppy tried to lick its way up his nose and Duke leaned out of the way again. "And apparently cuddly puppies."

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"And stuffed animals," Nina agreed. "Which, like, I'm not complaining about but I'm still kind of waiting for them to all go evil or something................"

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

Duke sighed. “Wow, I hope they don’t. I’ve had enough getting attacked by toys for . . . ever.”

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"Me too," she said fervently. "But, like, on the bright side, this has been going on longer than a week and the terrible things don't usually last longer than that, so.............."

So they might be okay!

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

"Is it weird that I've been here long enough that I don't even blink at terrible things having a distinct timeline? I feel like that should be concerning."

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"I mean, like, if you were really concerned about things like that, would you really have stuck around???????????????????" she asked, honestly curious.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

"Honestly, I'm still surprised I stuck around at all. This is actually longer than I've lived anywhere in . . . my entire adult life."

Re: Talk to Duke

[bookbeltof_love]

"Like, you like travelling????????????????" she wondered. "As a pirate???????????????"

Since he had a boat and all.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

"Not technically a pirate," Duke said. "I'm in imports and exports." He was a pirate. He was just one who preferred to run away rather than sack, pillage, or kill. "But yeah, I got my boat and hit the seas and never really looked back."