youre_smashing | I'M A FREEEEEE BIIIIRRRRD YEAH!!

I'M A FREEEEEE BIIIIRRRRD YEAH!!

[My goodness, what an entirely odd situation. There looks to be a girl with... rather canine additions approaching the gates, wagging her oddly long tail as she walked.

... Wait is the end of that said tail a freaking paintbrush? UH YEAH, yeah it totally is! Why, this isn't a girl at all! ~~I mean it is but you know what I mean~~ It's a pokemon with a horribly poor disguise of a pokemon!

And what's this?? She appears to be...

...

Singing?

Actually that sounds incredibly familiar, almost as if two vehicles could be flying across a cliff to this soundtrack.

Nah. That's just silly.

But she is singing and she is rather elated looking to be standing on this property again. Yehaw. She's completely friendly and despite the fact that she's kinda wearing a spiked collar, she's just shy of five foot and actually uh... she looks about as intimidating as a marshmallow with a toothpick sticking out of it. Oh well.]

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[Yarne has... no idea what he's smelling, to be honest. Certainly not a human. Of course, he didn't exactly need to smell her to figure that out anyway.]

...Really? Don't you, uh, think you might be a little young for that?

[Blink blink.

She should have been used to that by now, people mistake her for being crazy young just because of her shorter stature. It sucked, to be honest... but she'll live. ... by puffing up a cheek of course.]

Too young? I'm seventeen, I don't think I'm too young.

...Uh.

[Well, that just made things awkward. How can a girl a year older than him be so much tinier??]

Well!! Good, then! That's, uh... great! You know, that you're... old enough to attend this school and stuff.

... It's because I'm this short, isn't it?

[Snort snort. Time-space continuum makes her not as old as she SHOULD technically be but.... well it sure as hell didn't make her as tall as she should be HA HA HAhaha ~~shes a runt~~

But she lets out a sigh. No don't get mad, don't get mad. He made a mistake, they all do. Positivity!!]

Eh, I figured that I'd be old enough, I mean heck I knew folks in their twenties still tryin' to finish schoolin'. ... Or probably older. [Chuckle.] Either way, enough of this talk of heights and ages, my name's Smee!

I-if you say so!

[Yarne sighs with relief at the change of subject. He just met this girl, after all. He doesn't need her hating him for mistaking her age and planning to kill him as revenge.]

My name's Yarne. It's nice to meet a... nice... uh, whatever it is you are, exactly. It's nice to meet a nice one of those.

[She wouldn't do that, she'd just make him faint. That's totally how every universe of pokemon is, right. right.]

Nice t'meet'cha! [Oh man someone doesn't know what she is, and he's an animal! This is always fun.]

I'm a pokemon, specifically a Smeargle! And I'm going to take a random shot and say that you are definitely not a pokemon... Am I right?

Uh.... huh. Can't say I've ever heard of either of those... I didn't even know there were other beast-people! Besides manaketes, anyway.

I'm not surprised you don't know what I am, though. I mean, I am kind of the last taguel left... Which is, basically kind of a race of bunnypeople.

Manaketes...? [Look at that puppy head tilt. She's so curious.]

Whoa... wait a second.

[SHE JUST REALIZED WHAT HE SAID--]

You're the last of your kind? Oh my gosh... that's so sad!

Yeah. They're like, dragon people. They age really slowly, too.

Aaand... pretty much, yeah. It's, uh... it's been pretty hard. I have to be SUPER careful all the time so the Taguel don't end up going extinct.

Whoa... neat! Dragons are pretty cool.

[Crossing her arms, she glances up at him, pouting slightly.]

Yeah no kiddin'... I know if I was the last Smeargle in the world I'd be as careful as I could be as well. At least you're safe here! I mean I've been kinda beaten up for various reasons but if I'm remembering correctly... no one's died!

[... fumbles with her collar for a second.]

I mean that wasn't already dead.

Yeah... being able to turn into a huge, fire breathing dragon would be way better than a rabbit.

[He lets out a loud sigh, thinking of how much more protected he'd be in fights if he were a dragon instead.]

Nowhere's really 'safe'... even in normal life, people die all the time! I could slip down some stairs, or get heatstroke on a hot day, or get attacked by a swarm of bees, or... lots of things!

And that's not even getting started on just how much more dangerous the fact that this place teaches fighting makes it! Training accidents happen all the time!

Hey, if you want to be technical I'm just a dog with a paintbrush for a tail.

[....She's hella weak tho whoops.]

Shhhshhhhhh... That's no way to live life. Sure, there ARE dangers about, but that doesn't mean that you have to fear every little thing! I mean, heck, I'm an artist! There's a ton of things that I could die from, but I still make art!

And if you don't want to take the fighting classes, you don't have to. I didn't when I was weaker and younger and it worked out for me.

When I'm the last of my race, it does!! If I slip up, or make the slightest little mistake, then that's it! I'm dead, the taguel are extinct, and it'd be all my fault for dying!

[This is obviously a very important matter for him, and one that causes him no small amount of stress. He's kind of a nervous wreck, really.]

And besides, the taguel are supposed to be good warriors, and I've already gotten into tons of fights before. I need to take every chance I can to learn to defend myself better.

Ooooh...

[it all dawns on her now, and in a way she really does sympathize with him. Her ears lower a bit, frowning.]

Then you will have to take the classes, but... honestly? You really don't need to worry. The professors are professionals, they know exactly what they're doing to train us as safely as we can to be as safe as we can in the world.

[Placing a hand on her chest, she nods to herself.]

And I have faith that you won't be the last one! An entire race's extinction will not be happening at this school! Mmhmm!

[Smee pls.

I guess you have a point...

...I'm still not too sure about avoiding extinction, though. I mean, even IF I don't get killed somehow, in order to not be the last one, I'd have to-

[Yarne realizes just where that line of thought is going to lead, and immediately cuts himself off, coughing awkwardly and looking away.]

... You'd have to do... that thing.

[Giggle. She's totally blushing. ~~and totally not acting 14 again.~~]

Yyyyeah... Which means, you know, having to find a girl like you, that'd do... that thing...

[A brief moment of silence passes, before Yarne realizes what he just said.]

I-I mean, not... not like, YOU, specifically, I mean... I'm not going to ask you to help repopulate my species or anything! I barely even know you!!

[Look at that awkward silence. Look at it. Incredible.]

I um. No offense, dude but ... you should process those thoughts better before you let them out. I mean, I do it all the time myself but... wow.

Right. Right, uh. Yeah, I'm... not exactly the best at talking to people.

No biggie.... I personally know how it is, and I'm not going to walk away after that little awkward moment.

[Pause.]

I mean unless it gets worse, but I doubt it will!

Well, thanks then!

I don't really know how this could get any worse, though... I mean, maybe I could, like- No no no, nevermind! I'm not even going to start down that train of thought!

[Not that saying that is going to help. Yarne kind of has a habit of thinking of every possible thing that could go wrong.]

Nothin' to it...~

[Her hands go up, in a gentle way of course. No sudden movements from her really.]

Shhhhh... No bad thoughts! This is a positive zone right here and then! People make mistakes, it's okay...!

Okay, but I make mistakes a LOT. I mean, even right now, all I can think about is saying how much I want to make tons of babies with you or something.

[A second or two passes before Yarne just kind of. Rests his face in his hands.]

Gods why do I even keep talking.

[Oh wow. This guy is all sorts of awkward. Okay, time to employ a tactic she saves for only the worst cases. Gently rubbing her temple with a hand, she looks up at him and casually tries to signal him closer.]

Yarne, come down to Smee height for a second. Promise I won't hit you.

[Because that is so reassuring, I'm sure.]

[Yarne just kinda groans a bit, and leans down until he's at her height.]

You sure? Because I'm pretty sure most people would want to kill me for saying such stupid things by now.

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dont mind the icon :V

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