revenance_rpg | Everyone...meet Bert.

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Everyone...meet Bert.

WHO: Ziva and whoever ends up running into her...and Bert.
WHERE: Near the Sandlot in Twilight Town... You know, big open areas.
WHAT: Ziva has a Meowjesty...named after Abby's hippo.
WHEN: Twilight? (A few days after the MoI adventure)
Warnings: Ziva, a Meowjesty, and her other spirits. There's probably going to be trouble.

Going to talk to Steve, Ziva had been able to put together the pieces from one of her winnings from the party. She'd been...surprised...to say the least when she found out exactly what a Meowjesty was. And it didn't help that Fluffy started doing his version of snickering when the new spirit appeared. Ziva just sighed, shook her head, and took her newest spirit (who she had named Bert) out of Traverse Town and over to the Sandlot, where there would be more room to figure out what it could do.

The three of them had been taking out some of the Nightmares in the area...and that was mostly Bert, as Fluffy and Ziva watched from a safe distance. (Neither of them wanted to get in his way, really.) It didn't take long for most of them to disappear, and she clapped, watching as the giant spirit ran back to where they were standing, before licking her like a dog would. And Fluffy just laughed again, causing Bert to try to lick him too.

"Taste of your own medicine, brat." She said, laughing as Fluffy tried to shake off the remnants of Bert's friendly 'attack', then fly off towards the other end. Bert seemed to pause, looking towards Fluffy, then back at her a couple of times. "What? He wants to play tag. Go!" He didn't move, except to motion towards her, a bench, and his back. Then she understood. "You want me to climb up then?" She used the bench as a boost before climbing up on the spirit's back.... And then he took off at full speed, causing her to almost fall before she managed to grab hold of enough fur to keep from ending up on the ground again.

The chase was on, it seems.

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Oh. That didn't sound good. He couldn't say he was surprised. "Are you okay?" He didn't move to sit next to her - the last thing Wash wanted to do was make this worse.

Fang flew out to join Fluffy in the air. Hey, your person seems really upset! Is she okay? Melody padded up to Ducky's person and placed a paw on her leg. Hey, she's sorry she upset you. She's not sorry she scared Bert, but she is sorry for upsetting his person.

"Fine." And a liar, but what was new? She watched Fang join Fluffy, hearing them holding their own conversation. She's worried because Bert ran over your person, and started that whole mess back there. She'll be okay...I think. He hadn't seen her like this in a while...so he was kind of worried.

When Melody walked over, she moved her hand to scratch the cat's head, not saying anything. She didn't blame her, because it was a normal reaction, but she did blame herself for letting Bert get out of control. Ducky peered down at Melody from Ziva's lap. Sorry, she's not that talkative right now.

That was pretty obviously not true. Wash sighed quietly, crossing the few feet between them and taking a seat next to Ziva. He probably could make this worse, but sitting next to her probably wouldn't do it. "You know I don't blame you, right?"

Ooh. Yeah, Fang had heard about that. His person was okay, though! Shouldn't Fluffy's person be okay too, then? They usually help make each other okay, right?

Melody kneaded Ducky's person's leg carefully. That's okay. It's been a really long day for both of their persons. Did Ducky hear about what happened?

"Yes, but that does not mean I do not blame myself." She said, glancing over at him as he sat down next to her. She stayed where she was, even though part of her wanted to reach over for his hand, or lean against him.

Fluffy did his best impression of a shrug. She thinks it's her fault, and probably won't let that go. Bert is a bit crazy...and being as big as he is doesn't help. He looked over to where his person was sitting. She does this a lot.

He did, Fluffy told him when she sent Bert back and called him out. He figured being filled in was the best thing to do, in case something similar happened later. He pointed a leaf at Melody. He also heard that you made an impression on Bert.

"Well, you shouldn't." Come to think of it, that was probably not the smartest thing to say, but it was too late for that. Great. "You wouldn't believe how often this kind of thing happens to me."

Oh. Fang wilted slightly in midair. Well, his person doesn't blame Fang's person. Maybe that'll help?

Damn skippy Melody had made an impression on Bert. He wouldn't be running over her person anymore - she'd made sure of that. It was probably the wrong attitude to have at this particular moment, but Melody was still proud and adamant.

"How often do you get run over by things?" There was a bite in her voice, somewhat sarcastic, because it was a silly question to even ask. At least to her. "Unless that armor is pretty much invincible."

Maybe. But, she's stubborn. It might take a few days for her to realize she didn't do anything wrong. Fluffy somehow managed a shrug midair as he talked. He glanced over at his person again, she just looked....defeated.

Ducky looked over at Melody. Well, he's scared of you. You win.

"All the damn time," he snapped back. He paused for a few moments - okay, that wasn't completely true, and right now that actually mattered. "Okay, not all the time, but more often than you'd think. Last time it was an armored jeep." Wash let loose a short bark of laughter at her next statement. "I wish."

Oh. Fang winced slightly as his person's tone changed. It doesn't sound like his person is helping too much either. That's not good.

Hey, having Bert scared of her definitely worked for Melody. Maybe it would keep him from running over her person again.

She looked over at him, not helping the small smile on her face, giving him a look of 'what'. "You want me to believe you got his by an armored jeep and came out of it alive?" It wouldn't be the most extreme thing she'd believed since being in this dream world, but still. She shook her head and looked back over at where the two bats were floating.

She'll be fine later. It's probably better if he's here, even if he's not exactly...helping. Fluffy knew his person would probably appreciate the company later...even if she didn't now.

Wash took a moment to backpedal. Ziva was smiling, at least. That was good. "You have a giant sentient flower on your lap. Is my getting hit by a jeep really the weirdest thing you've been asked to believe here?"

Yeah, his person isn't always great at helping, but at least he tries! ...usually! Fang was doing his best here.

She glanced down at the spirit in question. Ducky just looked up at her, bobbing his head back and forth. "Good point." She smiled again. "By the way, I never said thank you for him."

Hey! She's talking more, at least. "Are you sure you are okay?"

He returned the smile, breathing a silent sigh of relief. He hadn't actually expected to be able to head that fight off at the pass, so things right now were going better than he'd hoped. "You're welcome. Glad he comes in handy."

That's a good thing, right? "I have a healing unit and a potion. I'm fine."

"First off: I was the one who caused it. Second: I am your girlfriend, I am allowed to worry about you. It is in the job description." And she would, ok?

"He could have seriously injured you. And then Ienzo's sat on you." A wonderful girlfriend she was, really.

"No, your Meowjesty caused it. They do have minds of their own, you know." He offered her a small smile to soften the words. "And you are allowed to worry about me. What you're not allowed to do is beat yourself up over it." He simply ignored the hypocrisy that statement carried, as usual.

"But he didn't. Neither of them did. And that's exactly what the armor's for." Well, okay, it wasn't exactly for Meowjesties, but it was supposed to lessen the blow of larger injuries. It had certainly done that today.

"Yes, but I did not have to encourage him to go chasing after Fluffy." Which she had, in her own way. At his commentary about beating herself over it, she glanced over, giving him that look. "I will not, if you do not. Deal?" Agent Pot, meet Special Agent Kettle.

"I doubt your armor was designed for giant cat-dogs to go running you over. Unless things went really crazy."

"And I didn't have to go walking down that particular street, but this isn't getting us anywhere." Wash shut up pretty quickly at that proposition. She was catching on to him. "Deal," he finally replied.

"No, but it was designed for high impacts and the vacuum of space. I'm pretty sure it can stand up to a giant Meow Wow."

He was right, they weren't really getting anywhere with the conversation. She sighed and glanced over at him when he agreed. She would probably have her moments, but he didn't need to know about them.

"Well, you will not have to worry about the giant Meow Wow much. He is probably terrified of Melody at this point."

That deal wasn't going to last forever - Wash knew he'd have times when he quietly tore himself to pieces, but as long as he didn't do it in front of anybody, then Ziva didn't have to know. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her.

...okay, that line of thinking was dangerously inaccurate, but that wasn't about to stop Wash.

"And she's probably pretty proud of that."

Melody meowed in affirmation. You bet she was!

One of them would probably break at some point, it was too much in Ziva's nature to worry about the people she cared for, Wash included.

She laughed and moved to scratch at Melody's ears. "Sounds like she is. Just do not flat out attack him on sight, please?"

Melody purred and kneaded Ziva's leg appreciatively. Maaaaaybe.

"Melody." Wash knew the cat well enough by now to know he'd need to get a straight answer, even if he couldn't really understand it. Body language worked well enough sometimes.

Melody stopped kneading Ziva's leg and yowled. Butbutbut-

"Melody."

The yowling stopped abruptly and Melody dropped down, resting her head on her paws and meowing grumpily.

"That better have been a yes."

The only response was another short, grumpy meow.

Wash looked over at Ziva. "She won't."

Ziva chuckled as she watched the exchange between Wash and Melody, before patting the cat on the head. She watched as Ducky reached over and pat Melody too, as if commiserating with her.

"I appreciate it."

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