Bramble Origins RP Part 2
[At that point, a megaphone rises into the air above their heads. Static could be more felt that heard at this point but it normalizes with a simple broadcasted "AHEM"]

Megaphone: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MOARRRR-NINGGGGGGGGGGG STUDENTS! *its enough to blow anyone ears out but obviously the broadcaster doesn't care*

IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN VINES MIXED IN WITH THE SHRUBBERY. THIS ATTENTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US BY A HOST OF UNCOMFORTABLY MADE STUDENTS.

FOR YOU-RRRRRR INFORMATION, THOSE VINES ARE /RAPE/VINES AND ARE A REGULAR PEST TO THE FOREST. FEEL FREE TO BURN AND RAPE BACK AS NEEDED.

CHASTITY BELTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED DUE TO THE "TOUCHY" NATURE OF THE VINES. YOU CAN GET THEM AT THE STUDENT SHOPPE FOR ONLY 55.99 LG. BUY 2 GET THE 3RD ONE ABSOLUTELY FRRRREEEEEEEEE!

AND WITH THAT, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD LUCK MY BELOVED STUDENTS! AND REMEMBER, ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE SEX!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~~ *cough*

*the surrounding people feel yet another surge of static before the megaphone flies away*

Gideon: ................................ bloody fuck
[Gunner continues to chase his head through the forest. His cranium stops on a rock with a load thud followed by some whimperring and crying. Gunners body pick up his missing part, brushes off the leaves and twings in his hair and attaches it with a pop sound] Gunner: Ha...that was terrible but atleast it's over. [Just then Gunner hears the announcement made by the person on the megaphone] Gunner: Oh dear. I've got to go back to the scary man with sharp pointy things. [Gunner runs back in the direction he came tripping over a root of a tree as he goes]
Gideon: *sighs and prepares to use his weapons for any present threat* better get out as soon as I can
[Gunner feels a light caress on his cheek <3]
Gunner: Ack! [Gunner feels a cold chil run down his back. In a panic he pick up a nearby rock and throws it in the direction of the foreign, un wanted movement. He throws the rock with such force, it tore right through the forest detroying whatever is in it's path] Gunner: DO. NOT. WANT. EVER!!!!!!!!! [The trees and plant life in the rocks way was obiliterated into dust, there was now a straight clearing in the forest. Gunner opens his eyes to see the destruction before him.] Gunner: Hey look a path opened up! I wonder why I didn't see this before? Oh well if it gets me to those faster then all the better! [Gunner begins to run down the path that "opened" before him]
[the vines shrink away as Gunner prances out]
Gideon: *tossing a grenade up and down* acidic or blast...
[Just as Gideon was pondering how to get rid of the perverted vegitation, something knocks him down and falls on him. It was Gunner.]
Gunner: OOF! Ouch, what did I land on? AH! [Gunner gets off Gideon as fast as he could]
Gunner: I'm so sorry! I was running away and I tripped over my own foot! I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me. I break easily...[Gunner lifts his head off his neck to demonstrate that he's breakable] see? [Gunner places his head back and offers a hand to the man lying on the floor] Gunner: Are you alright?
[G feels something creeping up his backside]
[the vines look up and see Gunner. Y hello thar handsome.]
Gideon: *takes out his knife and swipes from behind and jumps away* goddammit why!?
Gunner: AHHHHHHH! [Gunner runs behind Gideon and begins to cower behind him] Gunner: I'm sorry! Please save me! That plant is going to eat me in more ways than one!
Gideon: the hell!? who the fuck are you!? *throws a blast grenade infront of them*
[please watch out for the shrubbery as well, the thorns are not a good place to land on]

Vines: *start surrounding their prey but not yet touching them*
Gunner: Oh how rude of me, I'm Gunner. [Gunner looks around] Gunner: Ahhhhahahh I think we're in trouble.....[Gunner continues to hide behind Gideon]
Gideon: Tch! *loads his guns with the special shells* how fast can ya run?
Gunner: Oh I'm quite fast..[Looks at the threatening vines stalking them] Gunner: Even faster when I'm scared......[Gunner begins to whimper]
Vines: *drop down from the branches right behind them so they can't escape from there. forward and deeper into the forest looks like a much better prospect of freedom*
Gideon: good, dont fall behind then *tosses a another grenade infront of them followed by another to clear a path* run
Vines: *shriek and burn and shrink away from the explosion. some try to make them stumble as they run or lead them right into dense thorny shrubbery. careful, you might get dead-ended*
[Gunner hearing the word begins to run as fast as he can, faster than he's ever gone and screamed louder than ever. He really dosen't like those vines] Gunner: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zaldun: [within the sight of chaos, she wields her mighty.... pie. and bites it.]
Gideon: *was running like gunner minus the screaming* ~I refuse to get molested again!!!!!~ *shot and sliced any vines that got in the way*
Vines behind them: *pursue lovingly <3*
Gideon: *while running* so whats yer name? *decides to save his bullets for later and uses his knives*
Gunner [While running]: My name is Gunner! I'm a homunculus! I don't like perverted plants!!
[right in front of them, a bunch of flying puffer fish fly right towards them]
Gunner[Running]: AH! Puffer fish! Aww they're kinda cute...DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!
[it is a well known fact that a self defense mechanism of flying pufferfish is flying towards the enemy and exploding]
Gideon: AWW HELL!!! *tosses another grenade and when it reaches the center or the swarm he shoots it making it explode* names Gideon, assassin, I also hate perverted plants!!!
[needles]
Gideon: *tackles Gunner out of the way*
[As Gunner and Gideon fall out of harms way...] Gunner: NOOOooooo...the fishies....
Zaldun: [takes a bite of magic ice cream while thinking of hot men] ~~
Gideon: HOLY SHIT JUST HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS PLACE!?
Gunner: Poor fishies......
Gideon: it'll be poor us if we dont get out of here.
Gunner:.....right.....Let's move on....there's pleanty other fish in the ....sky.
[fate taking pity on the both of them, they see the forest starting to thin out in front of them]
Gunner: Oh look another clearing! How lucky!
[from a nearby bush in front of them, a friendly kitty pads out and miaos]
Gunner: Awww a kitty!
Gideon: *stops Gunner* we better be careful, I dont exactly want to walk in a bloody tra- OI GUNNER!!! *too late*
Kitty: *makes its way to Gunner* <3
Gunner: Yay! It likes me. It's a good thing we're not in Ludus forest or else I'd be in.....oh....wait.........oh no. [Gunner leaps to Gideon] Gunner: SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!!!!!!!
Kitty: *seems to grin at Gunner*
Gideon: *facepalms* fanfuckingtastic *makes his way to Gunner to help*
[all around them, latin chanting is heard]
[more kitties peek out from the trees]
Gideon: should not have gotten out of bed this morning *sighs* oi Gunner do ya have any abilities that could probably help us?
Gunner: SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! [Gunner picks up a tree with ease and tosses it towards the kitten but misses. He continues to run behind Gideon]
Gideon: O______________O holy dang!
Kittens: *miao in unison and skuttle towards them*
Gideon: Gunner... you do realize you just uprooted a tree right?
Gunner: I did what?
Gideon: you just uprooted a tree and tossed it at them -_____-U
Kitten: *jumps onto G's shoulder from a branch and snuggles against his cheek*
Gideon: *calmly pets it with his left hand*
Gunner: Me? No way I can't throw a tree, I can bearly lift a kettle but there is someone around here who can! Is he around? AH! [Points to Gideons shoulder]
Kitten: *licks the hand before a human hand emerges from its mouth and tries to strangle G's neck*
Gideon: *crushes kitty with his left hand and tosses it aside*
Kittens around them: *hisses and spit at them. more kittens start dropping down from the branches*
Gunner: Wow you're strong. [Gunner looks behind him] Gunner: Hey who can throw a tree?! He can help us!
Gideon: you can goddammit! *sighs*
Gunner: I can do what? AHHHH! MORE KITTIES!!!
August: [Still munching on magic ice cream, thinking of pancakes and eggs. Awww yeah.] So, lady, ma'am, teacher. What'd you prefer me to call you? I'm August Antoine, part-time tutor. [Has had his fill, he swings the branch of magic, resulting in another Post-It! note turning to ash, but his hands are now freshly sterilized and totally clean.]
Gideon: Gunner forgive me but this is just to test it out *picks up Gunner easily and throws him at the center of the moster kittens*
Gunner: Huh? Hey wha---AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! [Gunner flies through the air. He notices he's about to land among the cats] Gunner: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kittens: *pounce on Gunner, heads separating from their bodies so that hands and tentacles can come out*
Gideon: ah well there goes that idea -_____-U Hang on Gunner *makes his way to the Homunculus to help*
[As the tentacles grab Gunner his eye roll into the back of his head. He grows silent and begins to froth at the mouth]
Zaldun: [blushy and sweaty] mh~... so -eh~ good... Huh? Oh right! heh~ [Fixes self] Names Zaldun. Skip the last name. It's not important. You can call me whatever you want really.
Gideon: *stomp, slash, crack. Still making his way to Gunner*
[Just then Gunner's body glows blue. The light fades and gunner is covered in armor]
Kittens: *jump onto G's back*
Gunner: Defensive mode activeted. Locked on to targets. Begining attack procedures. [Gunner lands on the ground with a loud thud. He pauses for a moment and realizes something is wrong] Gunner: Condition: Critical. Conmencement of attack procudures, suspended. Begining hybernation mode. [Gunner falls to the ground while the armor still covers him. The kittens cannot destroy his armor making safe but still unable to move]
Gideon: FUCK! *immediately takes off his trenchcoat and begins blasting away, ones the last one is dead he quickly picks it up*dammit and I just got this a few weeks ago! *looks towards Gunner* ah dammit!
August: Not a very feminine-sounding name, in where I'm from anyway. Should we get to work, Zaldun? I can hear some students in there and I don't want some /student/ getting the prize. [Before running off into the forest, gets a pile of Post-It! notes from his back pocket, quickly scribbles a line of code in binary, then sticks it on the ice cream container. Same spell as earlier, set to activate when someone starts munching.] Might wanna leave that for that gentleman polar bear over there, shall we? [Runs straight into the forest following the voices, testing different methods of effective plant removal on the way, ranging from WeedBGone, freezing, cutting them up and just giving them a firm stepping on.]
Gideon: .... fuck *decides to take the risk and tosses another blast grenade where Gunner was*
Zaldun: But we just aaaaatttteee.... I might get appendicitis, and that huuuuuuuurrrrrrrts... [pouty 3/4 view face with right middle finger in mouth and ice cream all over it.]
[The blast was intense, all living creatures surrounding Gunner was now dead. All that was left was a pit, some burn marks, the smell of blood and gore, and Gunner who has reverted back but has passed out. His mouth is still covered with froth]
Zaldun: [still warm, sweaty, and blushy]
Gideon: *imediately runs toward Gunner and carries him like a sack of potatoes and quickly gets out of the area, shooting, blasting and kicking the kittens from hell away*
[somewhere, someone is taking down notes on the damage caused to the forest itself. puts it on the fleeing student's tab]
August: [Arrives at the former patch of forest where Gideon and Gunner were, where August assumes, they were having a plant destruction party.]Woah! Hey! Weren't we supposed to preserve the forest? If I were your teacher, you'd be a point below passing! [Runs after Gideon and Gunner.]
???: [A little further ahead of where Gunner and Gideon were headed off to, multiple sounds of slashing can be heard. Further in front of them, several vines appear to be obliterated in an instant. A silhouette appears out of the breach in the vines and a humanoid, rather fit half naked man who appears to have a white fur cape on his back comes leaping out but directly plumets himself towards both Gunner and Gideon, crashing into them rather clumsily. ] WAUGH!
Gideon: AUGH!!!!!!
August: [Distracted by vines and shrubbery here and there, he runs straight into the Gideon-Gunner-Arjun pile, promptly tripping and falling on them.] Oof! What the hell! Don't just stop! [Gets off, shoulders his branch, then helps up the other two.]
Mikhail: [Wakes with a start, under a massive tree.] Where... is... Mikhail? *grunts* must be chemical resistance test again, yebatsya, Mikhail hate soviet scientist [gets up uneasily, noticing that theres a trench coat slung over his right shoulder, and pinned to it a note.] what? [He removes the note and starts to open it, noticing the smell of lavender] *reading aloud* "Velcome to Ludus, Mikhail Czar, (yes, i know your name, it was on your fatigues) and I hope you enjoy your stay! I took the liverty of patching you up and returning you to help the others. With respect, Lord Behemodo" [with a questionable look on his face, he looks under the coat] BY RASPUTIN. [He barely has time to contemplate, when he hears the resounding thud of two people running into each other]Mikhail might be needed [and runs of towards the sound]
Gideon: th-thanks... ow *checks to see if Gunner was alright as well. Still out cold it seemed*
???: [Gets up immediately and his ears twitch happily, a tail noticeably pops out and swings around carelessly] HEY! PEOPLE! [unnecissarily loud] WAHAHA~ Pleased to meet'cha all, did that Edward guy also ask you to clear out the forest? [looks rather happy despite having plowed brutally into a total of three people]
Gideon: um no, just got a notice from the school, said the students had ta help with clearing the stuff
August: Hi! [Looking up, waving the branch to get Arjun's attention.] And no, I'm a tutor here, they kinda just forced us, 'go and clean the forest!' Are you... some kinda dog...? Actually, are you a student here?
Gunner[sleep talking]: I can't eat anymore......no no....not he big needle.....don't eat me........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gideon @ Gunner: -______-U
August: Are you seriously... wearing shades in a forest? [Waves branch back and forth in front of Gideon.]
Gideon: yeah, got nightvision anyway so my sunglasses arent much of a problem
Mikhail: [walking out between two trees, addressing the group] Da, Mikhail meet this Edvard, took away Mikhail's gun [frowns at the thought, then smiles, saluting the group, clicking his heels together] Mikhail Czar, 23rd Russian Special Forces.
Gideon: .... ya work for the Spetsnaz?
Mikhail: Da komrad, Vympel,15 years, before Mikhail being assigned to Cold War Science Unit for development of new transportation technology [points to the sky] portal Mikhail felled out of.
Rowlf: .... [He watches as the young man holding the branch run off, leaving only the female knight and that wonderful smelling butternut squash ice cream. But is it truly made of butternut squash? He walks closer, smiling meekly at the female knight, his expression that of someone asking permission to have some of that delectable icecream. He is about to ask for some when he remembers what he's here for. He should be working! Not eating butternut squash ice cream!

He shakes his head quickly and nods once. He gives another smile at the knight.] My apologies for simply gawking at you ma'am. I cannot help but smell the ice cream you have in your possession so I was drawn to this spot. I'd like to have some but I figured I'll focus on the task at hand for now. My sincerest apologies for having disrupted your meal. [He forces himself to ignore the smell and go on his way. As he left the clearing, he looks at his map once again, consulting with it. He nods a few times, as if he understands where he's standing. He walks a few steps to his left and touches another tree with his paw.] So this one here's a Sequoia. Hmm. I wonder how many types of trees are there in this forest.
August: Nightvision? Does it really work like that? So do you see in green? [Genuinely asking this question.]
Gideon: black and white
???: [He frown upsetedly at August] I ain't no dog, you should recognize a white lion when ya see one [snaps his rather large teeth at him, in a joking fashion. He turns to Gideon] "Night vision" hey, that's pretty darn cool. I bet it comes in pretty handy. [pause] Oh right, Edward sent me here to do somethin' uh... Appart from wipe out the vines ... But i can't really remember what... [rubs his temples]
... [Decides not to spend much more time thinking, it generally hurts him to do it for to long]
I'M ARJUN [tail wagging happily]
Gideon: *tries not to wince at the volume of his tone, he was thankful he didnt have any of his hightened senses activated* er nice to meet ya, the names Gideon
August: Y-you're like a dog!? So how do you coordinate your clothes in the morning?! Do you get someone to do it for you or... or... [Takes a step back from Arjun's snapping, but as he introduces himself, he doesn't seem to be... too dangerous.] Hi Arjun! I'm August! I think we have to clean up the forest, take out the thorny stuff, it's great you're helping! [Pats Arjun on his head]
Gideon: they should have warned the student about the kittens from hell then and the rape vines *he sighs*
Arjun: [Doesn't really understand Augusts' head pat. He wonders if it wasn't just a way for people in this place to greet eachother. Doesn't really know what to do so just pats August back on the head] Wull Hi August, great to meet'cha ! And I'm glad I could be of service an' all. [pats Gideon's head] Happy to meet ya as well Gideon. [at the mention of the rabid kittens his ears twitch]
Want me to help you take them out? [grins confidently]
Saori: [Looks inquisitively at the forest’s entrance, finding the thorns to be quite imposing. Armed with a knife engraved fancifully in odd runes and a large yellow orb, it was obviously way too decorated to be actually practical.]

[But it was really the only thing she had that could slash things. Hitting branches with her arrows would take far too much time. So taking a deep breath, she trudged on, making sure to hack off the spikes before proceeding.]
Gideon: -____-U er please dont pat me on the head
????: [A masked figure, in a black and cyan body suit, sits upon a higher branch, watching them scurry about. His cape flutters in the wind behind him, as his sharp eyes focus on the crowd. He knows the risks of being seen on broad daylight but the chairman had mentioned trouble, and where ever trouble went, he would follow. His voice is horser now, as he talks to his companion in harsh whispers] Ashbringing what do you make of the situation? [growl]

Ashbringing: [is a kitty in a mask] Meow.
August: I can't believe you're having a problem with /kittens/, Gideon. [Swings the branch, suddenly catnip everywhere. A Post-it! note turns to ash.] Simply problem, simple solution!
Gideon: *raises an eyebrow* did you ever see what they look like when they're about to in fer the kill? ............ *slowly backs away at the catnip and prepares to run*
[a cat head pokes out of the bushes]
Kitty: *miaos*
Arjun: WHAT IS-- [ As he catches a large wiff of the catnip his ears jolt up and so do his tail. The hairs on the back of his mane stand up and he suddenly turns beat red all of a sudden. For some reason he seems incredibly out of it. ] M-Mwrroooooowwwrrrrr.... [seems very drowsy]
Gideon: oh crap *looks over at Arjun*
August: See! Look at that! Any cat, big or small can't resist! [Turns his head to see a cat in the bushes, kneels down and pats the ground in front of him] C'mere kitty kitty kitty...
[more kitty heads peek out of the bushes and seem to smile at August]
Kitty: *comes out of the bush and goes to August*
Gideon: Au-August I think we should run now *readyning his gun*
Rowlf: [continues walking around, occasionally slashing at the vines creeping around him. It gets slightly annoying when it wraps its tendrils around his legs, spreading out ever so carefully. He stops for now and plops down, opening his satchel and bringing out a submarine sandwich and begins eating it. While chewing, he looks at his ~*very useful map*~ and scans the area from where he's seated. Subconsciously understanding that this map isn't very useful at all, he scribbles notes about the trees he's encountered so far.]
Arjun: [The cat nip is more or less spread on the ground around him. He places himself in the crunched up sleeping position he usually does and seems very happy, Arjun is now immobile]
Gunner: [smells the catnip] Ahhh smells like cereal........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gideon: ........... I hate my life
August: Oh... that's... [Remembers his run-in with kittens in his first few terms in Ludus.] A lot... [Waves the branch, conjuring a cat-buffet, an endless bowl of milk, dozens of balls of twine and enough Whiskas to feed every stray cat in the world. Th-th-they better be happy with this... [A good number of Post-it! notes burn off the branch] Hey there you... c'mere... [Still coaxing the single kitten]
[more kittens coome out of the bushes and start snuggling against everyone]
Saori: [It took a while (and a whole lot of slashing—to the point that her knife wielding arm was feeling extremely sore) but she finally made it to a clearing. Someone, or something, had been there before and left it quite devastated. Thorns and vines were cut, scattered limply on the floor. And an uprooted tree was carelessly cast aside, crushing whatever used to sprout in its resting place.]

Well this looks… quite dangerous. [Taking out a piece of paper from her jacket’s side pocket, she silently read its contents] The note didn’t say anything about danger though.

[Suddenly feeling anxious at the clearing’s state, she decided to backtrack and hopefully find someone who could help explain what exactly was happening. At least backtracking meant not having to cut any more vines.]
August: [Whispering] Gideon, I'm frail and weak, can you carry Kimba out of here?
Kitten: *comes closer to August and miaos*
Gideon: will you be alright then?
August: I can manage, I didn't graduate from here for nothing. [Wink wink wink at Gideon] Hey there... hesitantly puts down a hand towards the single kitten]
[some kittens do get curious about the toys and food and try them]
Arjun: Heeeeey Youuu guuyysssssss ~ [appears to be reffering and talking directly to the cats] Man aren't these humans like... super cool an' stuff. [nods] Yeaaaahhh.... You know I bet we could get loads more'a this stuff if we raided the pantries...
Gideon: alright *picks up Arjun and carries him on his free shoulder* August do something ta shut his trap!
Kittens: *perk up at Arjun*
Gideon: fuck....
August's Kitten: *hops into his palm and licks it*
Arjun: Hnnn ... ? Aww, yeah, If you guys're like, nice an' stuff we can like totally agree that they give us like, all that ... uh ... whatever this white stuff is.
August: Hey... you little kitten... [shoulders his branch, then holds the kitten by the area where a mother cat holds them when they're being naughty] You. Don't attack people okay? [Srs face is srs]
Kitten: *looks at august and miaos*
Gideon: screw it *drags them out of the clearing and did not want to stay there for more than another minute*
[kittens are calm and so ttly not bent on killing you all]
Gideon: *is still scared of them please*
August: [Plan: Get Kittens Fuckin' High ~*SUCCESS*~ mental fistpump] If you behave, I'll bring you along, okayyy?
[Saori sees flying rainbow puffer fish fly by]
Arjun: [wiggles out of Gideon's grasp] Alright you guys, promise me you'll be ,like, all nice an' stuff until we're done here .... [growls slightly] Cause like if ya don't yer gonna have to answer to big brother Arjun, okaaaaaaay ~?
[Puppies approach Rowlf]
Arjun: And theen i'll get y'all somma this awesome stuff.
[kittens cant understand a word from August but do understand Arjun. so they listen to the cracked up big white kitty]
Gideon: *back in the forest, and out of breathe, he puts Gunner down by a tree* I do not like cats *collapses*
Arjun: ... Uuhhh [looks at August lazily and smiles] Did that, like, help an'all ?
August: Well... That looked... vaguely like an understanding. [Plops the kitten into his hood, along with a small serving of catnip] That. Helped. /Beautifully/. [Walks towards the stoned Arjun, deliberately stomping on every vine, aggressive or not, offers a hand to Arjun] Let's get to work?
Arjun: [holds onto August's hand and follows him like a child follows a parent] Hehe, I did good.
August: Okay so... [Takes out the ~*outstandingly helpful map*~, nods as if he understands, which he doesn't, then simply follows the path where the thorned plants get thicker. He pockets the map, pets the little devil in his hood, then trudges on] Yep, Arjun, you did goooood!
Rowlf: [smells something new in the area and immediately notices the puppies approaching him. He looks at them quizzically, opening his mouth slowly and tossing the last bit of his submarine sandwich in it.]
Saori: [Halfway done backtracking, until a rainbow puffer fish conveniently passed by. It wasn’t enough that a puffer fish was actually FLYING. In air. It just had to have such a pretty colored body too. Now she was successfully distracted from her mission of returning to the entrance and more focused on trying to find out more about this flying, air-breathing fish.]

Well aren't you pretty… [Follows, finding the glimmer it produced from what little sun filtered through to be very attractive.]
Mikhail: [Stands in the middle of a massive white circle, where dozens of kittens are playing happily amongst the yarn balls, drinking milk form saucers that don't seem to empty, and eating cat-food like kings. He watches and wonders where the two men, the boy and the particularly happy white lion went off to. He also wonders why there are a good amount of kittens adorning his person, and how three managed to get up on his head.]

*smiles*

[Gently setting down each kitten, he makes sure to give each one a pat on the head before sending it off to play. He hears a scratching sound coming from under the trench coat slung over his right shoulder, and with a great booming voice, he laughs.] *Reaching into the coat with his left hand* come to Mikhail... [He withdraws his hand, holding two kittens by the scruff of their necks, and sets them down on the ground, crouching as he does.] *Pats the kittens on the head* Naughty little ones, no one gets to play with new toy before Mikhail. [He smiles again, and stands up straight, stretches a bit before striding away in the direction of the group.]

Mikhail beginning to like this, Ludus.

[Mikhail strides out of sight into the forest.]
????: [he had been watching, against the tree trunks, observing. Cape fluttering behind him. He jumps from the tall branch back to the ground. Coordinated enough to the that. His feline companion, already there, purred up and cuddle his right ofcombat boots. His voice is forcibly horse (think Rorshach)] - My companion wishes to partake in the festivities. [insert intimidating squint here]