humans hard to make mate

[dagnir]

Is brilliant plan. I take my human for walk, lead him to the one I like! No more fire elf. More little humans. Maybe I get eat ravens?

But no, humans ruin. Stupid humans.

And stupid boss want ravens still. I need get them to him, but no want to talk. They tell everyone.

Maybe knock out, drag to him. But then maybe die? If boss could walk, then problem solve. I do all work.

My plans more important right now, sorting out life of human. Ravens can go fly into window.



Dagnir: *wanders into Nuala's store while the ravens are out*

Nuala: *eyes him but keeps on weaving*

Dagnir: *hops up onto a stool to watch her, head cocked with interest*

Nuala: *passes the shuttle between the rows of thread*

Dagnir: mrowl? *makes a show of looking around for Nuala's friends*

Nuala: The ravens aren't here now.


Dagnir: *nods in satisfaction*

Dagnir: *obviously inspecting her*

Nuala: I don't have any food here.

Theoden: *comes in, looking around* Have you seen a cat? I swear he walked in he-- *sees that Nuala's a dunlending and stops*

Nuala: *gives him a dirty look and tamps down hard on the weft of her fabric* He's right over there. *nods to Dagnir*

Theoden: ...why would you come in HERE, Dag? *reaches over to get his cat*

Dagnir: *thumps down out of reach and below Nuala's chair*

Theoden: o.o

Nuala: *smirks* He likes me, or had you forgotten?

Theoden: ...mnnnng. What did you do to lure him in here? *can't bring himself to approach where Dagnir's hiding, afraid of Nuala stabbing him*

Nuala: I've been fattening him up. I'm going to eat him. *deadpan*

Theoden: o.o you can't! He's my pet!

Nuala: *rolls her eyes* I'm not really going to eat him. Don't be daft.

Theoden: why wouldn't you? Dunlendings eat anything. Dagnir, come OUT

Dagnir: *nuzzles Nuala's leg*

Nuala: *reaches down and scratches behind Dagnir's ears, choosing to just ignore Theoden if he's going to be purposefully ignorant*

Dagnir: *purrs*

Theoden: you're a little traitor

Dagnir: *trying to send 'LOOK AT HER SHE IS APPEALING FOR A HUMAN' vibes at Theo*

Theoden: *gets down on his knee to try and coax Dagnir to him*

Nuala: He's a cat. How does it offend you when he likes people who feed him?

Theoden: he doesn't know what's safe

Nuala: *returns to her weaving* And you think I'm not safe. Are they still talking about me at the guard station? Worried about when I'll snap and start killing people left and right?

Theoden: *doesn't like her, but not going to repeat what he's heard, she's a LADY* I don't think that's your concern. Dagnir!

Dagnir: *retreats back under*

Theoden: I'm going to wring your little neck

Dagnir: *makes what sounds almost like a chuckle*

Nuala: And now you're the one threatening him. Is it any wonder he won't come to you?

Theoden: he can't understand me. *has edged closer, but keeping an eye on Nuala's hands, really is afraid of her after all the things his older cousins told him about Dunlendings*

Nuala: Can't he? He seems to understand me well enough. Don't you, Dagnir?

Dagnir: meow?

Nuala: *shrugs*

Theoden: he's smart, but he's not human-smart. Come on. Come here *holds out his hands* treats?

Dagnir: *retreats again to get Theo closer to Nuala*

Nuala: Apparently, he's determined to stay. But don't you fret, I'll send him along when I go home this evening. He's not allowed inside.

Theoden: *affronted look* why not? He's housetrained

Nuala: Because my ravens are afraid of him. They live in my house, and I'll not have my housemates being terrified in their own home.

Theoden: you keep carrion birds? *edges closer again to try adn grab Dagnir*

Theoden: wait. Ravens?

Theoden: Those little monsters who've been tormenting Dred?

Dagnir: *facepaw*

Nuala: Yes, them. And I've told them to stop.

Theoden: figures you'd be in league with them. *dives for Dagnir*

Dagnir: !! *scramble*

Nuala: *yelps when her chair is knocked over and she's dropped on the floor*

Theoden: o.o *proper fucking manners take over* sorry! Sorry! *reaches to take her hand to help her up without thinking*

Nuala: *looks well and truly indignant at this point, so she doesn't take his hand, but instead hoists herself up by grabbing the frame of her loom* Be more careful!

Theoden: I'm sorry, I--

Nuala: Don't be sorry, be careful. *picks her chair up and straightens her clothes*

Dagnir: *decides to get behind Theo obediently*

Theoden: I was just trying to-- mng. Nevermind.

Nuala: I know what you were doing. Your courtesy is fine, sir, but it would have been more appreciated if you hadn't come into my shop and treated me like a heathen with no sense of honor or decency.

Theoden: *guilty look and bends down to pick up his cat*

Dagnir: *stays in place this time*

Nuala: And for the record, it is my concern what they say about me at the guard station, because your people hate me without cause and would just as soon gut me as guard me. It's obviously bad, or else you wouldn't have been ashamed to say it.

Theoden: *can't meet her eye, she's right* Look, I'm just going to take my cat and go.

Nuala: *stiffly* You do that.

Theoden: just... shoo him out if he comes back. *backs out*

Dagnir: *sighs, humans are so complicated*

Nuala: *gives him a hard look as he exits*

Theoden: that was horrifying. Why do you do this, Dagnir?

Dagnir: *cat sigh*

Nuala: *angrily returns to her project, hoping sincerely that she never has to lay eyes on another Rohirrim*