It's Such a Fine Life

[meatthefuture]

Who: The Strawhats and Hazmats
Where: Sailing log for now, destination TBA, but eventual stop at Himmelen
When: February 1st-?
What: Sailing, shenanigans, close encounters and likely awkward situations
Warnings: the usual



Post yer threads! Not sure at this moment when we're going to Cat's Retreat but throwing this up for now

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OTA starting 2/9!

[dragonbadfaith]

[AND NOW DRACO. Back from the bloody nightmare island finally.

He'll probably head to his lab almost immediately and then hang out there for awhile, making sure all his potions and such are okay.

After that, you can find him anywhere on board the Nightfury. And he'll be nosy and want to poke around the Straw Hats' ship, too. Even though he's been there before except he was in Luffy's body at the time.

Anyone want to go for a ride on his broomstick~? He could probably (very easily) be persuaded to take you out!

And if you see a small, white ferret skittering around anywhere, please don't hurt it. 8|]

[b2_dragon]

[HELLO NOT!DRAGON FRAND

Toothless might be poking his head through the doorway upon catching whiff of a familiar scent. Or he could be stalking a small furry aminal. Your choice.]

[dragonbadfaith]

[WELL HELLO THERE. Let's start with him being human, shall we?

Toothless isn't exactly tiny, which means you can usually hear him coming when he's lumbering through the ship's corridors. Draco glances up when the heavy footfalls suddenly fall silent, only to grin widely at the sight of the dragon's head poking into his lab.]

Toothless! [And heading over to pat him on the head! Maybe even give him a scratch or two.] Did you miss me, you great beast?

[b2_dragon]

[YAY okay because ferrets can't give very good pettings.

The dragon gurbles happily, shoving his head against Draco in greeting.]

[dragonbadfaith]

Hey now, I haven't been gone all that long.

[Turns Toothless' head this way and that, as though he's checking him over.]

You look as though you came out of that mess unscathed, at least.

[b2_dragon]

[It's okay, you're here and giving him attention so he'll take it.

And he thinks it's a game that you're playing, Draco, so he goes along with the head turning before he finds a chance to give the wizard a lick.]

[dragonbadfaith]

Gah!

[Augh, dragon slobber. Draco drags an arm over his chin where Toothless caught him, but then gets right back in his face again.]

Oh ho, think that's funny, do you? Trying to get your spit all over me?

[b2_dragon]

[HI-larious. Everyone loves Dragon slobber, Draco. It makes great glue!

Toothless warbles at him. Or maybe he's laughing.]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Riiiight, it's just a fantastic thing to be bathed in...

Draco lets out his own chuckle at that warbling, giving Toothless another scratch before stepping back.]

Want to see a trick I learned while I was away?

[b2_dragon]

[The dragon tilts his head as the boy steps away. Oh, oh, is it a fish trick? He loves fish tricks!]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Nope, no fish tricks today. Sorry, Toothless!]

Don't try to eat me, now.

[Draco takes a breath and closes his eyes, focusing for a second—

And then suddenly he's shrinking rather abruptly, twisting and changing form, until there's nothing but a small, white ferret where he used to be standing.

Said ferret rises up on his hind legs, dooking at Toothless in a inquisitive way.

What do you think? COOL, RIGHT??]

[b2_dragon]

[AWWWww but fish tricks! :<

Toothless blinks, head tilting. Don't eat what? Silly human, why would he eat y- oh... Ooooh what.

The dragon snorts in surprise, and then slowly slinks forward to sniff at the creature that certainly had been Draco a moment ago. It smelled like him too- although at the same time, very animal.

Not a cat though! Oh, is this like when he'd gotten stuck as a cat? Toothless nosed the ferret before sitting back.]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Draco's itty bitty body goes tense all over when Toothless comes toward him, all of his new animals instincts telling him to get the hell out of there -- but part of the challenge of this whole transformation thing is staying human enough in his mind to control it. And he trusts Toothless.

So he forces himself to stay put, though he does tumble backwards when Toothless noses him.

Hey, he doesn't weigh much like this, okay? And this body was always incredibly eager to move, it seemed. He bounces back up in half a second and then scurries in between Toothless' legs, winding between them two or three times before hopping back out in front of the dragon. He can't stop the sounds pouring out of him, either, that's something he hasn't quite managed yet. So he's chattering away, making all sorts of dooks and chirps as he bounces around.]

[meatthefuture]

Oh hey! [he's lying on his hammock when he spots the ferret in the room.

Pounce!

Which is now the ferret in his hand]

Are you a ghost weasel? [since last time they docked they were at the nightmare place]

[dragonbadfaith]

[He absolutely is not a weasel, how rude! ...Well, he doesn't think he is, anyway. Actually he's not entirely sure just what the difference is, now that the question has been brought to mind. Oh god, what if they're related somehow? They probably are. Salazar save him, that's been his insult for Weasley for years and now he IS one.

Just when he thought that a bloody ferret being his Animagus form couldn't get any worse...

...

Oh, right. He's currently being grabbed by the rubber kid.

Why did he think snooping around in here would be a good idea again?

DON'T MIND HIM, he'll just thrash and squirm around in Luffy's grip a bit. And be noisy about it, squeaking and screeching all over the place.]

[meatthefuture]

[it's okay. Luffy knows how to hold him so he won't get free. His grip is gentle but firm and he pets the top of the weasel's head.]

Did you decide to come sail with us? [he sits on the hammock, still giving the creature small pets] I'm glad. We don't have a lot of adventures but there's still fun stuff to do.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Still squirming plenty, but those pets actually aren't...bad...

He goes limp after a moment, glowering at Luffy and dooking pitifully at him. Really, he could just turn human again, but he's gonna try to avoid that particular reveal for at least a little longer.

Anyway, since squirming wasn't working, Draco twists around and tries to nip at Luffy's fingers instead.]

[meatthefuture]

[the ferret's movements are pretty easy to read so he just clamps its tiny jaws shut]

Bad.

Ah, but I guess you're hungry. Come on I'll get you something to eat. [and he'll meander toward the galley, petting it lightly. Sanji left some grapes out and maybe they were still there]

[dragonbadfaith]

[ARGH. How dare you.

That sets off another round of unhappy squealing until his mouth is free again, but before he can give biting Luffy another shot, they're up and moving and he quiets down just in case anyone from his own crew is around. Better not to catch their attention...

And he is not hungry, thank you. Hmph. He just wants to scamper around and explore thiiings.]

[meatthefuture]

[well Luffy doesn't speak ferret and Chopper is not here. Anyway he gets to the galley and sets the creature on the table close to the grapes.]

Have some. They're really good!

[he pops a grape into his mouth]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Nope, not gonna have one, not going to give Luffy the satisfaction! Also, he's learned that ferrets are actually carnivores, so the grapes don't interest him that much...

But now that he's free!!! He promptly hops from the table to a chair and then tumbles to the floor, before darting off to hide behind a barrel. Though he doesn't stay there for long -- really, sometimes this body moves too quickly for his brain to even keep up with. In any case, he's poking his head out half a second later and making more dooking sounds at Luffy.

Wanna play? He's really good at hide and seek like this!!

.....Wait, no. What?]

[meatthefuture]

[blinks as the weasel who he's decided to call Weasely for absolutely no purpose and having nothinng to do with any kind of metatextual irony decides to weasel his way off the table.

But then gets it and grins when he pokes his head around the barrel]

Shishishi You wanna play!

Okay!

[belly flops on the floor and snakes his way over to the barrel to try and catch him]

[dragonbadfaith]

[No he doesn't!!!

...

But you're so not gonna catch him.

Draco chirps and ducks behind the barrel again, only to dart back out the other side and sprint across the galley floor, past Luffy and over to the chairs. He winds around them a few times, eventually bumping into a table leg and tumbling a bit because of it. But he rights himself and quickly scurries up onto a chair, peeking around it to find Luffy again.

Since, in all his scampering about like a nutter, he forgot that he was supposed to be hiding.]

[meatthefuture]

[laughs as Draco escapes, enchanted by him skittering around and then watches him peeking like he wants to be chased now]

Here I come!

[and he divebombs the table intent on catching him. But not too intent. The chase isn't fun if it's over too soon]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Quickly rolls out of the way -- and therefore right off the chair, tumbling to the ground again and scooting backwards away from Luffy, making those dooking sounds the whole time.

He waits for Luffy to get up again, hopping all around, sometimes darting forward a step or two only to retreat again.

It's like he's saying: "Can't catch me, can't catch me, nyah!!"]