Bastian Reiner
January 30, 2005 8:32 AM
Storytime... but not what you would expect by Bastian Reiner
He had become incredibly pitiful in their chambers. Sulking would have been an understatement as Nero had sat around looking forlorn no matter Bastian's efforts to entertain him. It was the whining that finally had Bastian walking out of his comfortable armchair by the fire and into the library, Nero right beside him as giddy as could be."Just one book, Nero," he said, looking down at the crup on his heels, tongue hanging out the side of his mouth in his excitement. "We'll go in, choose one and take it back to our sitting room, understood?" Nero pulled his tongue in and with large eyes, tilted his head. "One. Book. It's bad enough I let you win and bring me here, you'd think our personal library was empty!" Nero seemed to ignore Bastian's words and leapt at the door, his front paws pushing on it in an effort to just get inside already.
Sighing, Bastian pushed the door open and the crup went barrelling inside. If there was one misguided familiar that knew his way around a stack of books and also pick one, it was Nero. Course, the fact he saw himself as Bastian's own blood and seemed oblivious to the fact he bore fur, had nothing to do with it.
Seeing Nero make his way along the stacks, sniffing, nosing books to check out the spines, getting up on his hind paws to check higher shelves, Bastian stood next to the counter ready to sign out the book the crup would soon choose. Hopefully that stone hippogriff riding moron wouldn't pitch a fit about Nero's presence, that would never bode well with the crup.
After a few moments, Nero stood on his hind legs, his front paws steadying him against the shelf as he nosed the books on either side of his selection back to give him more spine to grasp carefully between his teeth. Carefully, he pulled the tome off the shelf and carried it towards Bastian...
and made a left to the nearest empty plush chair and jumped up in it, the book on the cushion in front of him as he tilted his head and gave Bastian a look saying, Well, come on, we're reading it here.
"Nero!" he warned as loud as etiquette would allow in a library, his right hand pointing to the floor beside him. "Here. Now."
The crup laid down, his head on the book cover, and began whimpering.
"Oh for the love of Merlin." With an exasperated sigh, he resigned himself to idulging the spoiled crup. Crossing the room, he picked Nero up, as well as the book, sat down and let Nero settle himself in his lap as he began reading aloud to him softly.
How did I get this easy to manipulate? he asked himself.\n\n
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Tarquin and Oscar
January 30, 2005 11:15 AM
Merlin.... It's you but it's FUNNY! by Tarquin and Oscar
Tarquin was hanging more posters in his office when the library door was opened. These posters were the sort librarians got sent free by the government, which tried to demonstrate that reading and libraries in general were 'cool'. Some went for the less than subtle approach of having Quidditch players, or popstars (usually from the bottom of the leauge and bottom of the charts) holding up their favourite books and smiling cheesily. Tarquin tried to keep these to a minimum. He knew that very few people actually respected these so called 'celebrities', and there was nothing clever about their slogans. He appreciated a good pun. In fact, his favourite poster bore a large dragon, breathing fire at a boy, who was repelling it using a book as a sheild. It read 'Escape with a book'. Tarquin thought it ever so clever, although rather improbable, and it tapped into his most common use for books. He loved a good story.And apparantly he wasn't the only one... Tarquin had been obliviously hanging posters when Tweedy (whose name he had learnt was 'Reiner' having seen the man in the staff room and, on occaision, at dinner, since the paths incident) but someone had been alert to the comings and goings in the library. As the man, and that thing entered, Oscar hurriedly uncurled from the front desk (which was currently in a rather delicious sunbeam). He backed into the office, swishing his tail and hissing softly, as Bastian lounged by the desk and the animal freely scampered about his library. He shot Tarquin a demanding look.
Do something about it.
Attention drawn by his cat's distress, Tarquin place down his tea mug and snuck to the door of his office. He peered out, then sharply withdrew, pressing himself against the wall by the door so he couldn't be seen. Oscar stared at him intently. After a moment, Tarquin dared to look round again. Bastian Tweedy had moved, and was heading towards a sight that made Tarquin's skin crawl. Not only was there a Crup in his library, but it had one of his precious books in its mouth! Why was it that dog, or Crup, owners never had any respect for other people? They let their pets poo freely in the streets, most of them not even bothering to clean it up, and now this.
Tarquin was incensed. He had half a mind to charge out there and demand that the book was removed from the beast's jaws, and that the beast was removed from the library. Well, politely request it at any rate... Had it been anyone else, he probably would have done. But, ironically, given that he didn't particularly like the man in his library, he felt himself forced to refrain.
"I can't," he whispered, giving Oscar a 'come on, please understand' look. "He'll just think I'm getting him back for the statue thing..." The only thing worse than being humiliated by a man like Tweedy was humiliating him back. It was a sure fire way to flare his colleague's temper, especially if he thought it was mere retribution. Giving his owner a purely disgusted look, Oscar stalked into the library. Fine! He would deal with it himself. Incapable human! And if the vicious monster ate him, then his human would be sorry. Placing himself a good few feet away from the pair, but very firmly in their line of vision, the sleek grey cat locked his yellowy eyes onto them and let out a cattish version of a growel, flicking his tail steadily. \n\n
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Nero and Bastian
January 30, 2005 3:18 PM
I'm NOT funny... just in a comical situation, if you please by Nero and Bastian
He didn't like the sound. It was awful, it distrurbed his father's reading, and it sounded a lot like... a chew toy. Glaring as best a crup can, Nero leaned his head down against Bastian's lap to peer from under the open book and came to find a cat, of all the ruddy things, sitting a few feet away having a hissy. Did the mangy beast not see that they were being well behaved and had done nothing to the pathetic mongrel?Oh all the cheek!
Bastian paused his in reading to gaze past the book at the sound greeting them. It didn't shock him that it was a cat, only there was one problem, unlike Harriwood, the cats here at Sonora would not be familiar with Nero yet, or his particular... ways. This little display on the cat's part wasn't settling well with the crup as Nero began his warning glare, low, barely audible throaty growl and froze pose. If that blasted cat didn't shove off soon, it would soon be missing a tail.
Casting the infernal beast a glare to outdo his familiar's, Bastian called to the feline, "I don't recall inviting guests to our little reading, so I suggest you clear off."
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Oscar and Tarquin
January 30, 2005 3:43 PM
Valid point... by Oscar and Tarquin
Oscar rose, his fur standing on end and his growling and hissing rising in volume.Tarquin had heard Reiner's comment and could hear Oscar's reaction. He understood what it meant - 'it's MY library, so I suggest you and the beast clear off' - but he was sure that the Crup would simply see it as a threat. Much as he wanted to avoid confrontation (which had now been taken to a higher level of losing face, thanks to his cat's confrontational attitude) he also wanted to keep his familiar in one piece. He stepped out of his office, pacing over to where the group was, picking Oscar up out of the line of fire.
"I'm afraid he really doesn't have a lot of choice but to stay," he informed Reiner, in a highly polite tone, rubbing his cat's fur. Oscar kept his eyes locked firmly on the beast. "He lives here. Though I'll happily keep him out of your way this time, if you refrain from bringing your Crup in here in future," he said, hoping the compromise would appease but feeling rather anxious about this display of authority. He tried to keep his tone as neutral as possible. "It really is nothing personal," he assured him, "I just make it a rule that pets are not allowed in the library. And, er, I believe," he said, his anxiety rising as he got onto the debatable area of opinion, "it encourages a disgruntled attitude among students if they see me applying one set of rules to them, and another to staff. No.... No hard feelings?" he added, uncertainly. \n\n
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Batian and Nero
January 30, 2005 5:56 PM
*nods* by Batian and Nero
Bastian calmly raised an eyebrow, perhaps too calmly. It even unnerved Nero, who sat back into the chair, squeezing into the little space between his father and the arm of the chair."Pardon? Not bring Nero in here?" They were more statements than they were questions, his annoyance plain. "Unless you failed to notice, it is quite hypocritical indeed to prohibit pets as you so casually, and incorrectly I might add, them, into a space in which you admittedly house an ordinary cat." His hazel eyes were anything but warm.
Closing the book slowly, he continued, his legs crossing as he assumed his usual 'battle of wits' stance. Cool, collected, and poised to strike at any little sign of mental incompetance.
"Nero, my crup, not some ordinary Jack Russell, has done nothing to provoke your pet," he spat the last word, "so it was your cat that was at fault. Nero would never attack without provocation, especially as he sees himself as my son and not some ordinary animal and as such, is as well mannered and behaved as I would expect my own blood to be." Here, Nero smiled, as only a crup could do and gave the mangy cat a triumphant look. See, my father you flea bearing foot warmer! he thought.
"Furthermore, Nero has been raised in libraries since he was a pup and treats one with far more respect than half the student undoubtedly does." With a smug look, he opened the book, uncrossed his legs in invitation for Nero to resume his position, and began reading the collection of Poe to the crup again by way of telling the Stone Riding Moron that their discussion was over.
Nero stays.\n\n
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Tarquin
January 31, 2005 12:21 PM
Those however... by Tarquin
Oh Merlin... He wasn't being aggressive. He wasn't taking out some kind of vendetta against this guy. He was merely stating the rules of the library, which he felt it fair to insist all teachers followed too! Yet Tweedy was having to turn it into some great battle. Some points scoring contest... Tarquin refrained from rolling his eyes, not that any attention was being paid to him."Oscar mainly lives in my office," he said calmly, metally instructing himself to take deep, even breaths. "He only ventures into the main part of the library when he fears something is amis, in order to draw my attention to it. And I think it is perfectly reasonable to allow him that, which is why it is a bad idea for me to allow animals which are his natural enemies in," he said, hinting at the fact that Oscar hadn't really 'provoked' anything.
"Look, I'm not out to get you, I have nothing against your p- Crup, I'm just trying to maintain my library rules. You wouldn't like it if I stormed into your classroom and began disrespecting all your rules. I've said you can finish that story - I'm offering you a compromise..." He was tempted to say 'the least you could do would be respect me a little in return!' but he decided to leave it at that for now. He had probably said more than enough. He was glad he had Oscar to protect him from the beast. And its nasty Crup...\n\n
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Batian and Nero
February 05, 2005 5:24 PM
Those <i>what?</i> by Batian and Nero
"Well, compromise unacceptable," Bastian said cooly in return, his eyes never leaving the page.Honestly, just because that moron's little fur ball lived in his office didn't make it right to allow that flea bearing feline to walk about the library while his well behaved and duly respectable Nero from coming to select his own books was unwelcome. Double standards seemed to be this twit's cup of tea.
"I have no intention of making Nero remain behind as I come to chose a tome, but if you wish to restrict his free movement about the school, I suggest you tell him yourself." With a grin, he finally lifted only his eyes, so his vision was pleasantly unfocused on the Moron. "I doubt it is normal policy to allow people to climb atop the Labyrinth statues, but I take it you would be nonplussed to be told you were having your little stone friend taken away," he added, pleased at getting a jibe in on the man while Nero gave the Moron a look daring him to tell him to stay out of the library.
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