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Chaser lurches inside and wipes his feet lethargically.
Peryta: "Are you okay? What happened?"
Chaser: "I don't wanna' talk about it."
Peryta: "Well..."
Peryta steps aside as Chaser lurches through the office door. She follows in behind him.
Peryta: "Would you be willing to talk about our front desk dilemma? Obviously, it's no longer an ideal position for a non-reforming hellborn."
Chaser stops short of falling into his chair. He remains with his hands on the armrests keeping his butt suspended above the seat.
Peryta: "I don't suppose any of your former clients are still looking for some stable income." (tilts her head) "Maybe you've already got someone in mind?"
Chaser: (nods) "I might."The back door opens. Peryta looks up from her desk.
Peryta: "Good afternoo..." (frowns) "Oh my..."
Apollo ducks his head through the doorway as he enters the room.
Apollo: (nods) "Your highness."Peryta is back at her desk with Apollo sitting across from her.
Peryta: "Has Chaser, uh, warned you at all about the... Possible consequences of working for Lepin & Legion?"
Apollo: "That I will need to wear a suit? And a shirt underneath it?"
Peryta: (frowns) "Well... That would be appreciated..." (folds her hands across the desk) "But the truth is that our law office has been forced to grapple with things for which even the Ars Goetia do not have any clear-cut legal standing."
Apollo: "I'm not afraid of a challenge. He must have told you I've tangled with exorcists."
Peryta: "He did. But we also have, ah, other residents currently under our protection."
Carcha: (O.S.) "Should I bring them in?"
Peryta: (stands up) "Let me close the blinds first just to be safe."Apollo is at his desk typing. The blinds are all closed and the lights dimmed. He stops at the sound of a chair squeaking across the floor, sighs and pushes his keyboard aside.
Victor climbs up onto the desk, crawls over and stretches out, arching his back like a cat, before laying down where the keyboard had been.
Apollo: "Can I help you?"
Victor: "No, I'm just bored." (lays on his back and looks up at him) "Your name's Apollo?"
Apollo: "Er... It's pronounced 'a-poy-yo'. Like it's Spanish."
Victor: "Okay."
(awkward pause)
Apollo: "Your, uh, dad called. The wound's healing up and they're going to discharge him before the weekend." (pause) "Is he your dad now?"
Victor: "Maybe."
Victor scoots over and nuzzles his head against Apollo's arm. Apollo glances off to the side awkwardly before lightly petting Victor on his stomach.
Victor: "Can I ask you something personal?"
Apollo: "I... Sure, I guess."
Victor: "Okay. I was wondering... As a bird, when you celebrate your birthday, is it on the day your egg was laid, or the day you hatched out of it?"
(awkward pause)
Apollo: "Anything else?"
Victor: "Well... One other thing... If chickens don't give milk, why do they have breasts?"
Apollo sighs and resumes petting Victor's belly.A DHORKS kid non-canonically identified as Victor is © Vivziepop.
Apollo is © myself.
Original artwork by
Cotton Candy Bumble Bee. Please favorite the original here.
Peryta: "Are you okay? What happened?"
Chaser: "I don't wanna' talk about it."
Peryta: "Well..."
Peryta steps aside as Chaser lurches through the office door. She follows in behind him.
Peryta: "Would you be willing to talk about our front desk dilemma? Obviously, it's no longer an ideal position for a non-reforming hellborn."
Chaser stops short of falling into his chair. He remains with his hands on the armrests keeping his butt suspended above the seat.
Peryta: "I don't suppose any of your former clients are still looking for some stable income." (tilts her head) "Maybe you've already got someone in mind?"
Chaser: (nods) "I might."The back door opens. Peryta looks up from her desk.
Peryta: "Good afternoo..." (frowns) "Oh my..."
Apollo ducks his head through the doorway as he enters the room.
Apollo: (nods) "Your highness."Peryta is back at her desk with Apollo sitting across from her.
Peryta: "Has Chaser, uh, warned you at all about the... Possible consequences of working for Lepin & Legion?"
Apollo: "That I will need to wear a suit? And a shirt underneath it?"
Peryta: (frowns) "Well... That would be appreciated..." (folds her hands across the desk) "But the truth is that our law office has been forced to grapple with things for which even the Ars Goetia do not have any clear-cut legal standing."
Apollo: "I'm not afraid of a challenge. He must have told you I've tangled with exorcists."
Peryta: "He did. But we also have, ah, other residents currently under our protection."
Carcha: (O.S.) "Should I bring them in?"
Peryta: (stands up) "Let me close the blinds first just to be safe."Apollo is at his desk typing. The blinds are all closed and the lights dimmed. He stops at the sound of a chair squeaking across the floor, sighs and pushes his keyboard aside.
Victor climbs up onto the desk, crawls over and stretches out, arching his back like a cat, before laying down where the keyboard had been.
Apollo: "Can I help you?"
Victor: "No, I'm just bored." (lays on his back and looks up at him) "Your name's Apollo?"
Apollo: "Er... It's pronounced 'a-poy-yo'. Like it's Spanish."
Victor: "Okay."
(awkward pause)
Apollo: "Your, uh, dad called. The wound's healing up and they're going to discharge him before the weekend." (pause) "Is he your dad now?"
Victor: "Maybe."
Victor scoots over and nuzzles his head against Apollo's arm. Apollo glances off to the side awkwardly before lightly petting Victor on his stomach.
Victor: "Can I ask you something personal?"
Apollo: "I... Sure, I guess."
Victor: "Okay. I was wondering... As a bird, when you celebrate your birthday, is it on the day your egg was laid, or the day you hatched out of it?"
(awkward pause)
Apollo: "Anything else?"
Victor: "Well... One other thing... If chickens don't give milk, why do they have breasts?"
Apollo sighs and resumes petting Victor's belly.A DHORKS kid non-canonically identified as Victor is © Vivziepop.
Apollo is © myself.
Original artwork by
Cotton Candy Bumble Bee. Please favorite the original here.
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