I'm in the wrong place, the wrong time [OPEN]

[burningheart]

Who: Kieran and YOU. (Guest-starring Ishimaru as the Cockblocking Dynamo maybe possibly.)
What: DEER ENCOUNTERS.
Where: All over the dang place.
When: October 20-24, let's say.


[Ah, autumn. When a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love.

Kieran was, admittedly, feeling a bit skeeved out by that strange way-too-intense spirit who had flatly told him that he was not allowed to rut this year, but in true a-little-too-flighty fashion, he had simply brushed it off. Surely everything would just work out fine in the end, right? They always did! Maybe that spirit would just forget all about it.

At any rate, there wasn't much point spending his days sitting around doing nothing. There were people to meet up with, places to explore, spars to fight, and all that exciting jazz. So for the next few days, it was probably going to be no surprise to find Kieran poking his nose in all over the place. Can't blame a guy for being curious, can you?]


((If Kieran has made plans to meet with you, this is the place for it to happen. If Kieran has not made plans to meet you, but you would like to meet him (and/or be subjected to atrocious attempts at flirtation), this is also the place for it to happen. If you would like to attempt to speak to Kieran only to be ABRUPTLY COCKBLOCKED BY ISHIMARU, this is also the place; please just note in the subject line that cockblocks are okay with you. Also specify a location/date, just for ease of keeping things organized, if you please.))

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[flamejock]

Jock was surprised to hear somebody calling at him from the trees; doubly surprised to hear him called a spirit. He looked up and sniffed the air. There was something... tasty... nearby, but this human nose just wasn't as good at its job as it should have been.

Eventually he spotted the kid with the brown hair sitting on a tree limb.

"Wow, hi," said Jock. "What are you doing in a tree? What's up there? Who are you? I'm Jock."

[burningheart]

"I'm in a tree because I can be," Kieran happily informed this spirit. A friendly one, at that. Good; Kieran had nothing against the more ornery spirits, but it was always so nice to be greeted by someone willing to talk. "I just learned how to do it yesterday. It's really a wonderful thing -- do you want to come try it with me? I'm sure the tree won't mind. He's very sturdy."

Kieran attempted to scoot an inch or two further down the branch he was on, wobbling precariously all the while. "Oh... my name is Kieran," he added. "Hello, Jock."

[flamejock]

Jock looked up at the tree warily. "I'm still learning to walk on just two legs," he answered. "I don't know if I can climb a tree or not. I guess I could try?" he asked the guy, not waiting for an answer. "I'm pretty strong, I bet I could do it." Well, he talked himself into that easily enough.

He crouched down, his butt almost touching the ground (good squat form, bro) and eyed a branch above him. He'd have to grab on with his front paws, uh, hands. But he could totally pull himself up after that - Jock could do a million pull ups. A million and five. A million and ten pull ups.

He put his calves to good use and sprang upwards and grabbed onto the branch, shaking the tree a bit. Don't wobble too much, Kieran.

[burningheart]

Kieran, unfortunately, did not have an excess of biped grace and balance. Just staying on a perfectly stationary branch was a tricky enough task for him; as soon as a bit of wobble came into the equation, he toppled right off the branch, hitting the loamy forest floor with a soft "whumpf."

He blinked up at the canopy above in vaguely surprised confusion, then sat up with a little laugh, a few crumpled dead leaves sticking to his hair. "Oh!" He blurted. "I guess you're a bit better at tree climbing than I am."

[flamejock]

"Oops," said Jock as he hung from the tree and gently swayed. "Sorry, I'm real strong. Sometimes I do things like that." Jock did a pull up. Then he did two more. "I can climb real well, and I can do lots of pull ups."

He then let go and dropped down to the ground next to Keiran. "But I'm just learning to walk so maybe I should be down here, because I need to practice that more. I'm pretty good at it, but I probably need more practice, especially since I'm so good at climbing trees already."

Jock. Jock you have an ego the size of a wailord.