3RD NIGHT | VIDEO

[aboveand]

[Terry's sitting in his apartment, holding a leafy green hand with his free hand. Behind him is Ace, who just looks bored.]

Uhh... So... question. Is anyone in Nonah growing like some sort of human-shaped topiary or something?

[He holds up the hand. Other than the leaves sticking out of it, it looks almost... lifelike.]

Because if so, Ace just kind of ate it. Er... broke it? I don't think dogs eat bushes.

[Look, Terry's trying his hardest to be a good dog owner, but he can't possibly know everything.

For his part, Ace doesn't seem the least bit guilty about this.]

Sorry?

[He glances down at Ace.]

Is this something I have to worry about? You eating bushes?

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[isthatyou]

Yeah dude, that's me.

[Surprise! It's your new neighbor, the grass person.]

I'm surprised it's in such good shape.

video, quietly. jacks.

[viciousmaukery]

How did a dog manage to rip your arm off? [gahhhhhh.] You should come inside, there's significantly less dogs here.

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[aboveand]

[Terry definitely notices the "green person" part, but doesn't immediately notice the "made of leaves" part.]

Oh, uh, sorry about that. If there's any way I can pay you back for...

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[aboveand]

[Wait...]

For...

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[aboveand]

[Oh god.]

Did Ace eat you?

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[viciousmaukery]

...I might have an idea who that belongs to.

[aboveand]

Do you? Could you apologize to them for me? Ace usually doesn't bring weird things home...

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

Wait, I've seen something like that before. I think that's part of a dryad.

I didn't think this place had monsters though.

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[Terry turns the hand over.]

Wait, you mean this isn't from a topiary?

[isthatyou]

Well, I guess it does now.

[He sounds grumpy.]

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[girlybruiser]

[ Someone is rather impressed by the hand-shaped ... is it a topiary? ]

The detailing on that is superb... I wonder, who grew that?

[aboveand]

Whoever it is, I hope they aren't mad.

[isthatyou]

[Waving awkwardly. With an identical grass hand!]

It wasn't very hard work on my part.

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[cassassin]

[frowning at this aaaaand mostly looking at ace.]

Ace. [trying to sound properly reproachful. sorry terry. THE GOODEST BOY HAS MADE AN ERROR]

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[aboveand]

[Look, the dog's got super strength. Terry tries not to judge.

For Ace's part, he looks for about a fraction of a second in the direction of the communicator after hearing his name, then yawns and goes to find a corner to lay down in.

Remorseful he is not.]

I think he wanted to tell me he wants to play fetch, but he also barely tolerates fetch so what do I know.

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[eloquentness]

[ . . . ]

I know dogs will fetch anything, but this just seems ridiculous.

[aboveand]

I know I've told him I'd like a hand around the house but this is ridiculous.

[Ba dum tish.]

[isthatyou]

Imagine how I feel.

[shotgunsolutions]

Ah! Terry! That seems to belong to my new roommate. I saw him briefly this morning in passing. At least, I can only assume it belongs to him. It looks very much the same as his own... appearance.

I hope it doesn't cause a large problem for him.

[isthatyou]

[It sure does belong to your new roommate!]

It grows back.

[aboveand]

[Terry decides it's high time to let the hand go, and it falls to the floor.]

I can't believe Ace just ate a guy's arm!

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[fridgeflower]

You said Nonah, right? So it's like not, like-- [ It not De Chima. So that's... Good? ANYWAY. ]

Doing dogs go after grass when they've got digestive problems? Maybe this is self-medicating.

[aboveand]

Like...? [He feels like he's missing something here.]

I mean, there's eating grass and then there's ripping a hand off a topiary. That really doesn't help with digestion...

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[storyseeker]

Your dog is a vegetarian? Better watch out, he'll be stealing your salad next.

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[aboveand]

I'm pretty sure a vegetarian diet would kill him.

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[choosetruth]

Oh, good, it goes after arms.

[Considering Georgia is also in the apartment, it's a little silly to use video instead of just poking her head out the door. But she would rather not get too friendly with the massive, over-amplification weight dog, thanks. Both because of ingrained wariness, and because she really does not want to find out how far the nanites will protect people and creatures from Kellis-Amberlee. No one wants a big zombie dog in the apartment.]

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[aboveand]

For the last time, he's not dangerous!

[Anymore. The key word that hey's not dangerous anymore.]