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[ When Kido gets to the school, Ami greets her with a towel. It seems she's smart enough to do that for whoever manages to come in, since she hasn't seen Terry in weeks. Her babies are sleeping in a room and safe, so she does this too. She's a smart cat.

Meanwhile, Terry has been whining nonstop. ]

Thanks, Ami.

[ Kido lets the whiny puppy down on the ground so he can shake himself off or whatever, while she takes the towel and wipes the rainwater off her face. Every time she goes outside and comes back, she'll have to change clothes and it's so much trouble. But this time, she's not here to stay, because she still plans to go to the shrine, so she crouches down in front of Terry and starts drying him off with the towel too. ]

Will you be alright here by yourself? You're a smart dog, and there's plenty of people around who'll help, and maybe one of them will recognize you.

[ Terry still whines and goes to sit on Kido's sopping wet shoes. Ami looks over at Terry curiously. Boy... why do you smell like cinnamon? Are you a cinnamon breed now?? She doesn't hiss at Terry, but looks at him warily with a hint of curiosity. Her tail sways, but she looks up at Kido as Terry latches onto her leg like a koala now. ]

[ A clingy, whiny puppy... Kido looks back at Ami, because heck if she knows what his problem is. But she wraps him up in the towel and picks him up again like a fussy baby who won't stop crying unless they're held. Maybe he's just hungry... ]

Did you want something to eat, first? Ami, I can get you something too, if somebody hasn't already fed you.

[ Ami would be glad for food. Her tail rises to show that she's pretty happy with that. Terry, on the other hand, is not hungry. He also doesn't want to eat dog food?! Sure, he's a dog right now, but. Come on. There's something about it that makes it feel like his pride is stepped on.

...

This is the weirdest thing to be concerned over. But anyway, he shakes his head no. ]

[ Don't worry, you won't have to eat dog food, Terry.

Nobody in Hirajiro has seen a dog in their life, probably, so there's probably none of that around anyways. Kido was just thinking about finding some sort of meat or something else that's plain and unseasoned and hopefully not poisonous to dogs because she really doesn't know much about them. Can dogs eat cat food? That's mostly meat, right?

She heads over to wherever they're keeping all the cat supplies so she can pour them out two bowls of cat food. ]

[ Wherever Kido goes, Terry goes too. Ami is there to be fed and bring the food to the babies, but Terry... well. Yeah, Ami thinks Terry can take care of himself. It's an odd dog. Cinnamon dog... Cinnadog... Whatever. Ami eats. Terry doesn't. He just keeps staring at Kido. ]

[ If Terry doesn't eat, Ami's going to get two bowls of food. Why are you so picky, dog? Food's food. ]

Hmm... Maybe you're thirsty instead?

[ That's easily amendable. Kido goes to fetch another bowl to fill with water, and if this is also wrong, Ami gets a nice cool bowl of water. ]

[ He shakes his head no, but he watches her pour the water anyway. Ami will take that too. Thanks, human. ]

[ This dog is so weird. After setting the bowl of water down, Kido crouches in front of Terry again. ]

Alright, then... What do you want to do? I'll follow your lead, and you can show me.

[ Terry dashes off to the exit and sits there while waiting for Kido and holds a paw and points it at the door. ]

[ She spent so much time and effort getting dry and drying you off and for what!!

Kido does follow Terry all the way to the door, thinking to herself that he's such a weird dog, because most dogs would point with their nose instead of using their paw. ]

Stay there and I'll be right back.

[ When it was just herself, walking in the rain was fine, because she gets to look all broody emo and that's kind of cool, but if she's going to take a dog out with her, then she's going to grab an umbrella and then come back. Since Terry has to lead the way, Kido can't hold him and they'll both have to walk/swim, so it'll just be like this:

When the two of them step outside, Kido holds the umbrella out over Terry to block the rain, and on her shoulders, Nekogami appears. He looks down at the dog and narrows his eyes, but then focuses forward again. He's officially learned Ice Age, so that's what he brings to the town, covering the entire surface of the water with an inch or two of ice. It doesn't stop the rain, but at least they can walk. Every step Kido takes, Nekogami breaks up the ice beneath her shoes so she'll have traction. The ice under Terry's feet remain perfectly smooth, though; Nekogami couldn't care less if he slips and falls. ]

[ Terry still has to doggy paddle once he's outside, so when Nekogami uses Ice Age, Terry just thinks to himself that Nekogami got a LOT stronger while he was gone...

Anyway, he manages to get on the ice after breaking some of it around his paws because HE WAS STILL TRYING TO SWIM, BONGOGAMI!!! LET HIM LIVE... If Terry was a regular humanoid, he wouldn't be as cold, but apparently pomeranians are sensitive to cold so this sucks. His paw pads feel like they're going to freeze off, but he ends up sliding anyway. It's to the shrine's direction. He slips and falls and ends up sliding very... very far. ]

[ Goodbye, Terry...

Kido know better than to run on ice, even with Nekogami's help, so she just shoulders the umbrella and uses it for once, taking her time as she walks down the street after Terry. Nekogami yawns on her shoulders and flops there, unbothered by the rain. Getting to take out his frustrations even a little bit felt good. ]

[ As long as it helps with the eventual Shadow fight, he will take any and all frustrations as a pom. Sliding on the ice might be fun if he wasn't a pom, but alas. He's just cold now. He's still sliding and once he's facing away from Kido, he presses on the ice momentarily to make a crack and a hole to hold onto so he stops sliding.

IT'S COLD and he's shivering so much but he just gotta deal with it. ]

[ Nekogami will be the eventual Shadow fight and then he's going to go back to doing nothing and living off growth 3 for the rest of his life.

It takes a bit for Kido to catch up, but she smiles a little when she does. Good boy, waiting for her instead of dashing off. Nekogami pins Terry with a stare and flicks his tail, but Kido doesn't notice. ]

Are we heading out into the forest?

[ Must be a nice life, Nekogami... Terry would let you leech exp again when you stop being mad at him. Terry yaps once, noticing Nekogami staring at him, but points to the shrine way over there with his paw. ]

[ Kido looks over at the direction the dog's pointing, but her eyes focus on the trees directly in front of them rather than the forest as a whole or what's in the distance inside the forest. But alright. Sure. They're near the path that leads to the castle and the shrine, so Kido goes ahead and scoops Terry back up in her arms— Nekogami hops down from Kido's shoulders the moment she touches him, and yawns, arching his back. He's on path making duty. ]

You'll slam into a tree if you go running off again, so I'll carry you instead. Just bark or something to let me know if we're going the wrong way, okay?

[ Terry nods. Her hands are always cold, and the moment Kido picks him up, his trembling intensifies. He can't even whine and shivers in her arms. ]

[ Endure it...

Kido probably doesn't leave her jackets just lying around everywhere so we'll just say she took it back and tied it around her waist or something. With that in mind, she sets Terry back down again, wrings out the jacket as best she can while keeping the umbrella clamped between her cheek and shoulder, and puts the jacket back on. It's wet and gross and heavy. But she'll endure too, crouching down so she can pick Terry up and put him in there, in between her wet jacket and the front of her wet shirt. Can't help wet and gross, but at least her core is warm, if nothing else.

Is that any better, dog? ]

[ It may be gross and wet, but he likes this a whole lot better than being cold. Terry the pom licks her cheek after standing on his hind legs and nestles into the jacket to stop shivering. ]

[ She's glad, and the doggy kiss earns him another smile, but she also turns him around so he's facing forward instead of looking at her. You're the navigator, don't forget, but Nekogami more or less just makes his ice path overlaid across the original one leading through the forest. ]

[ When the shrine is a lot closer, Terry barks towards it while staring up at the stairs. He remembers some things around the shrine too, but not quite everything. ]

[ Kido looks over at the shrine. It's where she intended to go in the first place, so why did the dog want to go to the school? He's a weird dog. Cute, though, so she forgives him.

Nekogami disappears once she gets to the steps, climbing them slowly and carefully since everything is wet, and soon, the rest of the shrine comes into view. ]

Huh. There's no crows for once... You should've seen this place during the summer. There were crows everywhere.

[ And they were mad. And it was partly her fault. But now it's empty and quiet, save for the pattering of rain. The water basin is empty, the cover keeping the rain out of it. ]

[ Terry glances over at the water basin with a cover on it. Oh. Yeah, note to self, remember to check on that everyday. He knew there was something important here, but he forgot what. He looks at the offertory box too. That's where they put those colorful rocks inside. It reminds him of back home, where they would build some fancy structure for him and offer "the finest blood pack the world had" and it was so fucking weird. All blood tasted the same, except his own. Drinking his own didn't add to the lifespan and it was bitter as hell for some reason that he never thought about.

Hm.

He also remembers that the crows would flock around and be annoying from time to time. Oh yeah. They stole Rei's takoyaki once. They deserve to be barbequed.

Terry looks up at Kido. He'd prefer to stay like this, but if she looks uncomfortable while holding the umbrella too, he'll hop off. ]

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