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What happens to the animals that get adopted by imPorts who vanish? Is there a re-homing business just for them, or...

[ Bucky slumps down on video, sitting at the breakfast table in Heropa #6, chin propped up against his right hand. Judging by the blend of concern and sincerity in his expression, the assassin has been thinking about this for a while. ]

Does someone even check on them? I mean, I've been considering a pet, but I'd like to know that it would find another home if something happened to me. On a related note, what's the best way of acquiring an animal here.

[ You know - legally. ]

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sometimes other imPorts will take them in, or natives

for me personally, my horse is in training as a therapy horse and i work for a therapy horse company so just in case i vanish, there's someone in line to care for him

so there are options

Edited 2020-10-18 18:37 (UTC)

But is it an active situation? Do imports register them? What if someone was here, found a pet and didn't tell anyone, then vanished.

[ not that he's been worrying about that. at all. ]

What's a therapy horse?

i'd imagine it depends on how you get it, then. like adopting through a shelter versus picking one up off the street or something. it's always possible for one to be left behind, I guess, but i feel like if people are going to go through the trouble of getting a pet, they'd want to make sure it was taken care of no matter what

therapy horses can do different things! Mine is mostly emotional support. he's a miniature pony so i take him to schools and nursing homes and stuff. dress him up in silly outfits and let people pet him and talk to him

Edited 2020-10-18 20:10 (UTC)

They probably would. Well, normal people probably would.

Oh, that's neat. I bet the kids really like him. [ mostly kids, although adults as well. maybe? most of his own experience is with one frequently sick kid, but that was in the old days before all these newfangled hospitals. ] Does he like going?

[ annnnd, ] What kinda silly outfits?

I love to dress him up like a unicorn. the kids adore that one, even if it gets glitter everywhere, and i feel like it's bringing a little magic into other peoples' lives, just for a little bit

he does enjoy it, and so do the people we visit. animals are so important, and people who don't have a lot of freedom to go out can miss having a pet. or being able to just pick up and go to the zoo or something

[ at this point, he finally reverts to text, because she's just so darn stubborn on her end. ]

Is he really, really tiny? Or big enough for a small child to ride? And do you have any pictures? I'd love to see what he looks like.

[Sometimes Speaking Is Difficult, and this is one of those times; Tina feels like she needs more time to think before communicating lately. She happily sends along a series of pictures of a small piebald pony.]

here he is!! He could have a smaller kid ride him, yeah, but I prefer to stick with petting. or brushing, he loves to let people brush him.

As someone who can probably count as an export animal sanctuary at this point--either you "will" them to someone when you port out, or a shelter will take them, though occasionally friends or roommates will take them in too.

If you're looking to get something, my suggestion to you is to look into fostering instead. Fosters are always meant to be temporary situations, so the animal isn't distressed from suddenly losing their family. And shelters are always looking for more caring foster homes.

Edited 2020-10-18 18:43 (UTC)

Willing would indicate being pro-active about it.

[ Which is probably for the best as a responsible pet owner. It's just that, in Bucky's day, pets were often just alley animals who hung around because you fed them table scraps. ]

Fostering is ... what? Letting 'em stay until they find a regular home, right?

[ sometimes it amazes him how much HYDRA left out of his training. ]

[Ah, so old.]

In this life, it's always a good idea to be proactive about it.

[In any life, really, but here especially.]

Or until the shelter has room for them, or care for a sick animal they can't devote the one-on-one attention to. But yes, that's the gist.

[ old and grumpy, yessiree. ]

Do you think if I called one up out of the blue, they'd let me take one home? I've got a backyard and plenty of room in the apartment.

There's a little bit more to it than that, but more or less. Things tend to move quicker when you're an imPort too.

In the meantime, I have a robot tiger I'll let you babysit if you're that hard up.

[He turns the camera to a lounging Fubuki on an opposite couch, gently batting a chinchilla in a hamster ball.]

[ since the camera is briefly turned, M won't see Bucky's jaw drop at the big, robotic cat. He might hear a tiny strain of excitement in the other man's voice though. You know, like an inner science nerd. Or something. ]

Holy cow. Where did you get ... it? Him? Her?

I'm not too sure about that. Jane was looking into that a while ago, but I don't know if we got anything conclusive. I imagine that when you adopt something, you make sure to mention that on the forms so they can keep updated on that.

You could always put someone down to be like ... a second guardian or something.

[ okay, he'll get to the other stuff in a minute. but first, ]

Why are you talking about yourself like that?

Huh?

[Jane blinks.]

Oh! Oh, no. I mean my friend, Jane Porter!

[ It's Bucky's turn to blink.

Which he does, after a long startled silence. ]

There are two Janes here?

[She nods.]

Yup. I'm Jane Foster, from the early 2000s, while she's Jane Porter from the late 1880s, I think? She's also a biologist. I think. She studies animals.

You'd have to figure out arrangements yourself. Get a back-up, and a back-up for your back-up. Same as with even non-imPorts, right? If other people suddenly disappear, only their friends or family look after their pets.

What you wanna do is to come to the shelter. I volunteer at one! There are plenty of critters that could use a home.

So ... [ that sounds a lot like the escape plans he's formulated since his escape from HYDRA. ] I think I could manage that.

Which shelter?

The Maurtia Falls animal shelter. Ya can't miss it.

And honestly, people talk a lot about what's gonna happen to our animals after we're gone, but they don't know the reality of it, y'know? We can't keep all of these animals. Sometimes it's a temporary home or not at all. You'd be doing a good thing.

[ Wryly, but not unkindly: ]

Why do I get the feeling you're going to end up with some one-eared, three-legged rescue?

[ oh hey, he knows that voice. and the tone, maybe, too. ]

No idea what you're insinuating, Andy.

Sure you don't. [ Mildly then: ] Where did you end up? I'll check on whatever poor creature you decide to take in. If it comes to that.

I'm still where they put me. [ Even if that isn't what she meant. ] Not sure if that's a good idea, but I still kinda want to.

The offer means a lot, though. I'll let you know. [ he stops for a moment, considering. ] How've you been?

[ A quiet noise of acknowledgment, on her end. ]

Still damnably alive. [ Wryly: ] That's me. One of life's constants. What about you? Ever find yourself a place to volunteer?

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