[The video flicks on to a far too close up look of Billie's face until a paw slaps down over the camera and gently pulls it back to a more reasonable view as his Omen comes to his assistance.]
I guess I could get you some chestnuts. There's all kinds around here. My rate's five gold coins a day, plus expenses.
[Just because he's been turned down before, and had it explained to him that currency isn't actually a thing in Trench, doesn't mean he's going to stop trying. He's still going to try to maintain some standards, after all. Besides, maybe it was a lie.]
[Oh, Maul remembers that face. The little boy that adores cats. He'd been so nice to Maul when he was one. (The animals he's not turned into under the eyes of Pthumerians is starting to get higher than he would like.) Still, he'll be more gentle than he normally is with people.]
Ah, you aren't the one this message was intended for. But if you would like to do me a favor and bring some to me, I shall give you....two gold coins.
[Gotta haggle!]
Cranky is an animal that belongs to me. He is what is called a Pokémon and his species is called a Mankey.
[Upon hearing his name, Cranky leaps onto Maul's back, something the Sith Lord is used to by now. He's actually about the same size and weight as Billie himself. He sniffs the Omni screen curiously with his little pig-like nose before he settles down.]
Say hello, Cranky.
[Cranky lets out a screech that indeed means hello and waves his paw towards Billie.]
[Billie considers the offer thoughtfully. Realistically, it won't take him all day to gather some chestnuts and drop them off to Maul, and he's not vehemently opposed to a bit of negotiation.]
Two gold coins and two chocolate croissants.
[His attention is immediately pulled away by the appearance of the Mankey. He is about the most bizarre creature Billie has seen, but there's something also very cute about him, and the way he screeches and waves hello. Of course Billie waves back immediately.]
[He doesn't keep sugary things in the house except for a few non-perishables for when guests of a more human persuasion are about but he can have some croissants delivered from the local bakery for the young boy.]
I suppose cool is one word to describe him.
[Though Maul himself would be more likely to go with "holy terror" given all the headaches he's put his owner through. At least he's behaving marginally better these days.]
Well, I once stepped on his tail, and I didn't realize he'd take it so to heart when I didn't give him an apology for it. He broke almost everything breakable in my house, including me!
So do I. Like this one time, this guy that owned this store tried to make me go away so he could talk to Tuck and Vyng without me there so I stole some poison from him. So you should be nice to people so they don't get tempted to be mean to you, or steal your stuff.
[Maul said, nodding in agreement. He also didn't see anything wrong with Billie stealing poison from the store owner either. When he had been the same age as the youngster, he would have done the exact same thing.]
Though being nice can be difficult sometimes, I have striving to be so more often.
[He wasn't even being sarcastic. Children never had any reason to lie to him, so Maul believed them far more than the adults that usually surrounded him.]
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Date: 2022-11-12 01:15 am (UTC)I guess I could get you some chestnuts. There's all kinds around here. My rate's five gold coins a day, plus expenses.
[Just because he's been turned down before, and had it explained to him that currency isn't actually a thing in Trench, doesn't mean he's going to stop trying. He's still going to try to maintain some standards, after all. Besides, maybe it was a lie.]
Who's Cranky, anyway?
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Date: 2022-11-12 05:10 am (UTC)Ah, you aren't the one this message was intended for. But if you would like to do me a favor and bring some to me, I shall give you....two gold coins.
[Gotta haggle!]
Cranky is an animal that belongs to me. He is what is called a Pokémon and his species is called a Mankey.
[Upon hearing his name, Cranky leaps onto Maul's back, something the Sith Lord is used to by now. He's actually about the same size and weight as Billie himself. He sniffs the Omni screen curiously with his little pig-like nose before he settles down.]
Say hello, Cranky.
[Cranky lets out a screech that indeed means hello and waves his paw towards Billie.]
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Date: 2022-11-18 06:30 am (UTC)Two gold coins and two chocolate croissants.
[His attention is immediately pulled away by the appearance of the Mankey. He is about the most bizarre creature Billie has seen, but there's something also very cute about him, and the way he screeches and waves hello. Of course Billie waves back immediately.]
Oh, he's so cool! Hi, Cranky!
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Date: 2022-11-19 07:48 am (UTC)[He doesn't keep sugary things in the house except for a few non-perishables for when guests of a more human persuasion are about but he can have some croissants delivered from the local bakery for the young boy.]
I suppose cool is one word to describe him.
[Though Maul himself would be more likely to go with "holy terror" given all the headaches he's put his owner through. At least he's behaving marginally better these days.]
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Date: 2022-12-21 12:17 am (UTC)[Look, he's obviously a creature of pure and utter chaos, and as far as Billie is concerned, that translates to absolutely delightful.]
He doesn't even look cranky at all.
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Date: 2022-12-22 08:37 am (UTC)[He also tends to bear a shocking resemblance to Maul when he does so. Like owner, like pet.]
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Date: 2022-12-28 02:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-29 07:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-02 05:25 am (UTC)Well, you're supposed to apologize when you hurt someone. Especially when you didn't mean to.
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Date: 2023-01-02 09:07 am (UTC)[Maul was very much emotionally underdeveloped. It took talking to Snow White to realize just how mad that had made Cranky.]
He takes such things very personally.
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Date: 2023-01-03 03:42 am (UTC)[Sage advice from a nine year old.]
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Date: 2023-01-05 09:00 am (UTC)[Maul said, nodding in agreement. He also didn't see anything wrong with Billie stealing poison from the store owner either. When he had been the same age as the youngster, he would have done the exact same thing.]
Though being nice can be difficult sometimes, I have striving to be so more often.
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Date: 2023-01-08 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-09 03:42 am (UTC)[He wasn't even being sarcastic. Children never had any reason to lie to him, so Maul believed them far more than the adults that usually surrounded him.]