Pick Up [Part 8]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao hasn't seen M-21 and Muzaka in a while.
Rating: G
Notes: I was going to carry on from part 7 and write M-21 waking up next to Muzaka but then I started talking with iamprussian, haha.
Genre: Family
Word count: 926
Total word count: 6,017
Status: Work in progress
Tao hadn't seen M-21 and Muzaka in a while. Which wasn't too surprising, not when they'd started leaving together to spar, but he would have heard about that. Someone would have told him.
"Is there something wrong?" Boss asked as Tao checked his phone for the third time in as many minutes. Though if the two were sparring, it would be a miracle if M-21's phone survived or hadn't gotten lost. He really should start making those earring communicators... Far less likely to get broken or dropped.
"Just wondering where M-21 and Muzaka are, that's all." Anyone who dropped out of contact tended to be caught in a fight.
Except Boss glanced out the window.
At the full moon.
"Heh," Tao said, his lips twitching, "they aren't affected by the moon." M-21 had been here long enough to have seen several full moons and M-21 had been his usual self. Boss knew that.
Boss returned his attention to Tao. "Yes, but M-21's now awakened his power."
Tao's eyes widened. "Oooh! Right, I didn't think about that." So since both M-21 and Muzaka were awakened, what happened to them during a full moon?
"They have to be downstairs," Boss mused, his gaze going elsewhere, "or else we would have heard them by now."
Ouch. He had to find them quick in case parts of the house had to be renovated again. Tao checked his laptop, hooking up to the house's security system. No. No. Not that one either – th – "Woah."
Boss peered at the image. "As I said, we would have heard them by now."
On the screen was one of Boss' spare lab rooms and it was looking a lot smaller than usual thanks to the gigantic mount of silver fur on one end, a massive silver wolf taking up the entire side, from floor to ceiling even though he was lying down. It wasn't M-21, the right side of his snout facing the camera and empty of a scar.
Aaand where was he? "Found ya!" M-21 was…much smaller to say the least, looking tiny against that bulk but was probably still the size of a 'teenager' wolf – he was too small to be a regular sized wolf and too big to be a puppy. He was all paws - and also backed up into a corner, staying as far from Muzaka as possible, his teeth bared.
Damn.
"Are they instinctual right now?" Tao asked, watching M-21, worried. M-21 had to be, and Tao was confident enough that M-21 would recognise him; Muzaka, not so much.
"Muzaka won't be-" Good to hear. "-but seeing how this is M-21's first time…"
"Right." Made sense.
"He won't know Muzaka that well," Frankenstein added, watching him.
That much was obvious. Tao chuckled and saluted. "Got it, Boss."
Boss smiled.
* * *
There was only so much time he could keep baring his teeth and growling at the much bigger wolf, but he didn't know him, didn't know his scent and while the other hadn't come closer, the other could be waiting for him lower his guard and –
His ears twitched towards the sound of footsteps coming towards them. He knew the humming that accompanied it. His packmate. Metal-and-static. But if his packmate came here-!
He growled one last time at the other wolf and then dashed towards the door as it hissed open. If he could get to his packmate first-!
"Woah, nonono." Human paws around his stomach and he was lifted into the air until he was pressed against Metal-and-static's shoulder, his nose twitching at the slight prickling it caused. "No running into the house."
He wasn't trying to run away but get his packmate to safety! He whined, struggling but his packmate had him in a secure hold, one hand under his hind legs and the other over his back.
"It's okay, it's okay… Nothing bad is going to happen, see?"
And nothing was happening. He peered over at the other wolf, squinting. Not trying to attack his packmate?
"That's Muzaka – you'll remember him in a bit. Wanna say hi?"
Muzaka…? He knew the name, but other than that, it was unfamiliar to him.
He nodded once, still watching the other.
"Cool." Metal-and-static walked closer, the door shutting behind him. "You not squashed there?"
The other wolf huffed and shook his head. Once they were close enough, the other wolf extended his neck until their noses nearly touched.
And there was something there, the scent that he knew but couldn't quite identify either.
The exchange was over in a few seconds, the other wolf nudging the side of his head with his nose and he growled in response, an ear flicking.
Metal-and-static turned around and leaned back against the other wolf, sliding down until he was sitting.
"Damn," Metal-and-static said with a sigh, letting go of him. "This is better than a bed. Super fluffy and warm. Pretty awesome."
Metal-and-static yelped when they were both covered by the other wolf's tail, huffing laughter easy to hear.
He curled up over Metal-and-static's lap, content to stay now that he knew the other wasn't a danger to himself or his packmate.
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There was supposed to be howling in this, oops.
Summary: Tao hasn't seen M-21 and Muzaka in a while.
Rating: G
Notes: I was going to carry on from part 7 and write M-21 waking up next to Muzaka but then I started talking with iamprussian, haha.
Genre: Family
Word count: 926
Total word count: 6,017
Status: Work in progress
Tao hadn't seen M-21 and Muzaka in a while. Which wasn't too surprising, not when they'd started leaving together to spar, but he would have heard about that. Someone would have told him.
"Is there something wrong?" Boss asked as Tao checked his phone for the third time in as many minutes. Though if the two were sparring, it would be a miracle if M-21's phone survived or hadn't gotten lost. He really should start making those earring communicators... Far less likely to get broken or dropped.
"Just wondering where M-21 and Muzaka are, that's all." Anyone who dropped out of contact tended to be caught in a fight.
Except Boss glanced out the window.
At the full moon.
"Heh," Tao said, his lips twitching, "they aren't affected by the moon." M-21 had been here long enough to have seen several full moons and M-21 had been his usual self. Boss knew that.
Boss returned his attention to Tao. "Yes, but M-21's now awakened his power."
Tao's eyes widened. "Oooh! Right, I didn't think about that." So since both M-21 and Muzaka were awakened, what happened to them during a full moon?
"They have to be downstairs," Boss mused, his gaze going elsewhere, "or else we would have heard them by now."
Ouch. He had to find them quick in case parts of the house had to be renovated again. Tao checked his laptop, hooking up to the house's security system. No. No. Not that one either – th – "Woah."
Boss peered at the image. "As I said, we would have heard them by now."
On the screen was one of Boss' spare lab rooms and it was looking a lot smaller than usual thanks to the gigantic mount of silver fur on one end, a massive silver wolf taking up the entire side, from floor to ceiling even though he was lying down. It wasn't M-21, the right side of his snout facing the camera and empty of a scar.
Aaand where was he? "Found ya!" M-21 was…much smaller to say the least, looking tiny against that bulk but was probably still the size of a 'teenager' wolf – he was too small to be a regular sized wolf and too big to be a puppy. He was all paws - and also backed up into a corner, staying as far from Muzaka as possible, his teeth bared.
Damn.
"Are they instinctual right now?" Tao asked, watching M-21, worried. M-21 had to be, and Tao was confident enough that M-21 would recognise him; Muzaka, not so much.
"Muzaka won't be-" Good to hear. "-but seeing how this is M-21's first time…"
"Right." Made sense.
"He won't know Muzaka that well," Frankenstein added, watching him.
That much was obvious. Tao chuckled and saluted. "Got it, Boss."
Boss smiled.
There was only so much time he could keep baring his teeth and growling at the much bigger wolf, but he didn't know him, didn't know his scent and while the other hadn't come closer, the other could be waiting for him lower his guard and –
His ears twitched towards the sound of footsteps coming towards them. He knew the humming that accompanied it. His packmate. Metal-and-static. But if his packmate came here-!
He growled one last time at the other wolf and then dashed towards the door as it hissed open. If he could get to his packmate first-!
"Woah, nonono." Human paws around his stomach and he was lifted into the air until he was pressed against Metal-and-static's shoulder, his nose twitching at the slight prickling it caused. "No running into the house."
He wasn't trying to run away but get his packmate to safety! He whined, struggling but his packmate had him in a secure hold, one hand under his hind legs and the other over his back.
"It's okay, it's okay… Nothing bad is going to happen, see?"
And nothing was happening. He peered over at the other wolf, squinting. Not trying to attack his packmate?
"That's Muzaka – you'll remember him in a bit. Wanna say hi?"
Muzaka…? He knew the name, but other than that, it was unfamiliar to him.
He nodded once, still watching the other.
"Cool." Metal-and-static walked closer, the door shutting behind him. "You not squashed there?"
The other wolf huffed and shook his head. Once they were close enough, the other wolf extended his neck until their noses nearly touched.
And there was something there, the scent that he knew but couldn't quite identify either.
The exchange was over in a few seconds, the other wolf nudging the side of his head with his nose and he growled in response, an ear flicking.
Metal-and-static turned around and leaned back against the other wolf, sliding down until he was sitting.
"Damn," Metal-and-static said with a sigh, letting go of him. "This is better than a bed. Super fluffy and warm. Pretty awesome."
Metal-and-static yelped when they were both covered by the other wolf's tail, huffing laughter easy to hear.
He curled up over Metal-and-static's lap, content to stay now that he knew the other wasn't a danger to himself or his packmate.
There was supposed to be howling in this, oops.