entrancelogs | Not even a slight flicker of blue [Open]

Who: Billy Kaplan and You
Where: Everywhere
When: Duration of the Puppy event
Rating: PG-13 probably
Summary: Billy's magic is gone and he's not taking it overly well. Also there's an adorable puppy that found a new home.
The Story:

From the moment Billy woke up he noticed everything was wrong. Everything was dull, like the color had seeped out of everything, and the power the ran through his veins, the magic he could always feel like a low hum in his head was gone. He took a deep breath and tried not to panic, chaos magic and panic didn't go together and he'd learned a long time ago panic never did any good. Except he never felt like a piece of himself had been torn from himself, not even when his powers had been dampened when he had been a prisoner in the cube and then the negative zone. He couldn't access it but he could always feel it.

IwantogooutsideIwanttogooutsideIwanttogooutside.

Nothing. Not even the slightest flicker of blue.

Shit. Ok, he could handle this. He just needed to find Tommy or Kate, maybe they knew what was going on.

1.

Getting dressed he left his room in search of someone who could tell him what was going on...and why a herd of puppies just ran by him.

2.

Billy found himself outside walking the grounds. He felt better out here then inside the mansion, like the walls where caving in on him and he couldn't do anything to stop it.

He kept looking over his shoulder every few steps, sure he heard something behind him. The third time it happened he turned fully to find a brown and white puppy bounding out if the bushes and over to him barking excitedly.

Billy couldn't help but laugh and squat down letting the pup lick his face and jump around his excitedly. Scooping him up he continued his aimless walking letting the dog down to run about his feet.

3.

Whatever you want. Billy will be out and about, probably with a puppy tagging along. You can run into him wherever you'd like. Maybe help him come up with a name for the dog.

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[Sam has acquired a large number of puppies and seems much more concerned with them than with the lack of colour in everything. Because look, puppies.

There's a group of them following him around when he steps outside, with one of them, the neewfoundland pup he's called Five, sticking close to him while the others play (Three, predictably, is a show-off.).

One of the puppies yaps and bolts off towards Billy's dog, and Sam chases after it.]

Hey! come back! You can't- Oh god, I'm sorry. They're not... not very well trained yet.

[Billy laughs watching the two dogs chase each other.]

No, that's ok. He's not either, just been following me around all day running through my legs. I think he's trying to trip me.

They do that. I think maybe they just want you closer to their level, y'know? Easier to lick.

All part of their evil plan then I guess.

Yup! [Sam kneels to scoop up Five into his arms, holding the puppy so that it faces Billy.]

Just look at that face. That is the face of pure evil. You can feel the malevolence.

Kill us with cuteness. [Billy laughed at the puppy tried to lick his face.]

[Sam grins and hefts the puppy into a better grip because even small, Five is heavy.]

Have to say, they're well on their way to succeeding. I for one welcome our new canine overlords, with their fluffy paws and cute noses.

I can see that, you've taken on quite a few.

[He laughs again as his puppy comes running back over so fast he trips over his own legs and tumbles into Billy's legs.]

I'm Billy by the way.

Yeah well, they're slightly less unruly than the people I have to look after at home.

[He sets Five down and grins at the new puppy, holding out his hand to sniff.]

Sam. Nice to meet you.

Where's home for you?

[Billy was curious. Curious about most people here, especially the ones he didn't recognize immediately.]

England. I mean, Abel Township really. Hard to really be a country when the government and the monarchy all got eaten, right?

[Well that was new.]

Eaten?

Zombie apocalypse.

[It sounds pretty hilarious now that he's not living it.]

It kind of sucks a lot.

[Well. That was...not what he was expecting.]

Well that sounds terrifying, and I've faced down Dr. Doom. [Among other things that have wanted to kill him.]

It's... [Sam would dearly love to be able to say it wasn't as bad as it sounded, but it really really was.]

Dr. Doom? Sounds like an interesting guy.

Just your run of the mill psychopath who thinks he should rule the world.

[The more he explained his life to people the stranger it always sounded.]

Oh, that type. We have one of those. He's... well, terrifying.

Usually they are. We have a few of them, none of them ever seem to learn that they don't win.

Right. They don't win.

[Sam looks a little sick for a moment. Oh god, Van Ark had Five and there was nothing he could do.]

Hopefully they'll pick it up eventually.

[Shit. Billy could see he upset him. Time for a topic change. He reaches out and scratches the puppy Sam was holding behind the ear.]

Have you named them yet?

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[The puppy doesn't make a sound, but licks at Billy's fingers enthusiastically.]

Most of them! This one is called Five.

[Billy laughs as his fingers and licked and looks down when something crashes into his legs. He bends down and picks up his new fuzzy friend.]

He keeps just crashing into my legs.

[Sam looks down to see the puppy crash into Billy's kegs.]

He wants attention obviously. He's cute.

He is, isn't he. [Billy can't help but grin.]

He reminds me of someone from back home.

[Thinking about Teddy hurt, but Billy would rather that then having him stuck here too, no matter how much he missed him.]

Yeah? [Sam cuddles Five closer.] Mine too.

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