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[It's not quite early, but it's still morning to Erica. She heard Isaac making noise in the morning, getting ready to go work at Allison's (the Pet Store) and she just rolled over and went back to sleep. Then the sound of heavy panting wakes her up and she nearly screams when she opens her eyes to find the dark shadow of a wolf staring at her from the side of her bed. Another one has curled up at the foot of her bed. When she went to bed the night before, as far as she knew Isaac's shadow wolves were few. Few as in there were maybe three of them. Now, he might have made more before he went to sleep, but these seem different.

Mostly because Isaac isn't home and they're still here.

She gets out of bed and has the one following her around, but when she gets out into the main area of the apartment she sees just how many there are.]

Crap.

[It takes her a few minutes, but she's really not sure what to do. When she opens the door to see if anyone else is having the invasion of the Shadow Wolves, she thinks one (or four) of them slips by her.]

Crap.


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[She turns on the video - for the first time in a public manner. Erica definitely just woke up. Her hair (which there is a lot of) is piled atop her head and she's wearing pajama shorts, tank top, and over that (because a boy is staying in her apartment) a large t-shirt. She's more alert than when she had been this morning, but there is a definite WTF on her face.]

Just a heads-up... Isaac had these shadow wolves and I counted I think fifteen of them at first, but now I only count eleven... and I did open the door, so there's a chance there are some shadow wolves wandering around.

They don't seem ... [She doesn't want anyone to hurt them.] I mean, they won't hurt you. Unless you threaten them. [She thinks.]

I just -- [Hold on. HOLD ON. She has a confused look on her face.] No... get, get off of her. [How do you even figure out if it's a boy or girl?] Nope... off the couch and off of her. Now. Down.

[Apparently, that's just... weird enough for Erica to want to ignore it but unsure what's going to happen. If Isaac keeps that one around will there be Shadow Wolf Puppies?]

Anyway, if anyone sees them... just try not to, I don't know. Try to send them back here? [OH!!] Tell them to go home.

[Her head whips around again, hearing a crash.] That's not yours!

[The video feed moves a bit, as Erica moves toward one of the wolves. The POV is to the wolf and you can kind of see that he has something in his mouth.]

Give. [Her hand is held out. The wolf opens his mouth to drop a drool covered, slightly bitten up white wolf toy.] Not. Yours.

[And Erica's back. She looks flustered and tired and she's only been at this for.... five minutes.

She cuts the video and will reply slowly... as she tries to get these things off the furniture.]

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[freezerburned]

[After feeding the birds and doing an (incorrect) inventory, Isaac finds himself lounging against the counter. It's early, there's nothing much to do, so he opens up his bracelet to send Erica a message, maybe see if she liked his... surprise.

And then he sees the post.

Oops.]

...you seem to have your hands full.

[Not that it's completely 100% his fault or anything.]

Did you say some of them got loose?

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[ISAAC!!!!!!!!!

We Need to Talk About Wolves.]

I think... I don't know, it's kind of hard to tell them apart and each time I think I have a count then I wonder if I already count-- [hold on she just got knocked into by two of them deciding they wanted to race around the coffee table.]

Ow. [Huff.]

Counted that one.

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[hollowchild]

[guess who's stopping by the pet store in the early afternoon? with a bonus familiar wolf. despite the fact that it's perfectly heeled at her side, her fingers brushing its head, the customers seem a bit disturbed anyway]

Hello, Isaac.

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[swedge]

[ so when jo went in to work today, she expected to find a few things. one being ash asleep on the pool table, another being gale repairing...well, something, and a third being an otherwise empty bar. much to her surprise, she is very wrong with this assumption, because the moment she unlocks the door and steps through a shadow of something shoots in past her. it's weird and it catches her attention and after doing everything she needs to do to open up the bar, she goes to finding it.

which is where she is, right after checking the network. with a shadow wolf leaning against her legs as she scratches it behind the ear, firing up her bracelet. ]

So these are Isaac's? [ and it's so cute too! ]

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These? How many do you have?

[oh right an answer.]

Also, yes. I mean, I think it's probably his.

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[averagemedium]

...geez, is that what all the noise is? How do you even fit eleven of those in a room?

[He's just blinking at the feed, head slightly tilted. They look a bit familiar (had he caught sight of shadowy things like that when they'd gone out to Ice Hell? Ryan's pretty sure he had) and alright, shadow anything had to be at least 40% more interesting than the normal version.]

D'you, uh. Have everything in hand over there?

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[Eeps!]

Sorry, Ryan. I don't... I don't know how they all fit, but they kind of do? I know one might be in the bathtub again. I tried to get it out, but I think it likes it.

[bonnypiperlad]

[That is...a lot of beasties, even shadow beasties, and Jamie just watches them run around for a moment before the lassie mentions telling them to go home. And that causes his eyebrows to disappear into his bangs momentarily as he looks between her and them. He may be a little skeptical about the odds of that actually working.]

Are ye sure they'll listen if I did?

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Maybe?

[She frowns.] They might go find Isaac. He's at Allison's. [a beat] The pet store, not... the person.

How many do you have near you?

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[scarygirl]

It seems everyone is prone to having problems with pets these days.

[Leah's fortunate in that regard, because 1) Thori isn't actually her dog, no matter how Loki might like to dump him on her, and 2) that she so thoroughly terrified the hell-hound when she had her magic that he doesn't think of defying her now that she's without them.]

I may have spotted one in a hall. Should I catch it, or just corner it?

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Uh... maybe just be careful around it. I don't think Isaac wants them trapped.

I guess if you can catch it, maybe put a leash on it and bring it back? [Erica doesn't know what to do with them. Isaac should just be able to call them back when he's not at work. She hopes.]

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[hollowchild]

Isaac did what?

[the girl on the video might be familiar from the shenanigans in getting isaac's door fixed. at the moment she looks mostly amused, shaking her head]

...wait, fifteen?

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[Erica, being the nosy girl she is, does recognize Sophie. She also remembers that Isaac told Sophie that he was "looking after" Erica. Like a pet or sick child.]

There's only eleven here now...

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[predators]

[ well this looks like a mess. ]

For his sake, I hope Isaac summoned those to protect you instead of just trouble. [ because there better be a good reason for the wolves. ]

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[Emphasis on LOOKS because hey!! Gurlfriend here has the VIDEO feature on! Improvement, right? Right? Oh, and this is all your fault, Derek.]

I don't need to be protected. [stop it.] And they're not too much trouble...

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[dragonspeak]

[Swallowing a laugh here because...he really shouldn't laugh. He knows how frustrating dealing with animal-pet-things can be.]

Need a hand rounding these wolves of yours up?

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They're not mine, they're Isaac's. He's supposed to handle whatever is left when he gets back from work.

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[fantastix]

Are they home yet, or are they still on their afternoon stroll?

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I'm still missing two.

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[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh wow this is basically awesome? ]

I'll definitely keep an eye out.

[ And then he's going to spend some time messing about with them before he sends them home. ]

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Thanks, I appreciate it.

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[hadbadays]

Fifteen... shadow wolves.

[ He might be laughing. Just a bit. ]

Seems like a handful.

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They've calmed down a bit since this morning, at least.

[mccallmemaybe]

I found one. [ Well, more like it found Scott. ] I told it to go home but it won't listen to me. [ He can't even put it on a lead on it to take it home which is annoying. It's also scaring Allison and he doesn't know what to do with it. ] It looks crowded over there... Why does he have so many?

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He got a power boost, I guess. He made them to keep me company, but there are definitely too many. He's at your store though. If you want to bring it to him.

[whitechocolate]

Uh, did they just... on the couch... [ This is awkward. ]

[ Sam looks worried when he hears the crash, not because of the toy he gave to her being eaten, but because he's worried about her getting hurt. Though he laughs when he sees Snow has been used as a chew toy. ] I guess they don't like the wolf. Maybe they think I didn't do an accurate representation of them...

Are you okay? You look stressed. Can I help?

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Yeah... I just. [She sighs and then smiles at the video. It's a smile of soft relief - almost an internal 'Hi.' that she gives him.]

They'll calm down. I'll just have to wait for them to do that. How are you?