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Double the Bunny, Double the Fun

Who: WangJi and You! ... with closed action to WuXian
Where: Greenhouse Car, Dining Car, randomly around the train
When: Horseshoe Day 1
What: WangJi has retrieved his new rabbit from the luggage car and wants to introduce it to the train... and find his husband
Warnings: Fluff? Is fluff a warning?

WangJi had finally picked up his request from the luggage car, a small black rabbit that was both a friend for Little Rabbit and a surprise for his husband... since he wanted him to name it since he had gotten to name the last one.

So he was wandering the train with the black rabbit in his arms, standing out brilliantly against his white sleeves. He wanted the rabbit to get used to the sights and sounds of the train, the same way that Little Rabbit was used to them as well.

In the course of his exploration with the rabbit, he made it to the dining car to see what herbs and vegetables were available for a snack and through the library. He avoided the music car because he didn't want to upset the small rabbit with too much noise.

Greenhouse Car
Finally, he decided to take the new rabbit to meet his companion, Little Rabbit. For the moment, he was going to let them get used to each other through the fence of what would be their shared hutch, letting them not see the other rabbit as a threat.

But the black rabbit, of course, wanted to explore the garden car, hopping around and sniffing the plants.

"Careful, little one," WangJi said to the rabbit, kneeling in between where the rabbit was exploring the hutch where Little Rabbit was sitting, watching the new arrival.

Closed to WuXian
Finally, he found his husband. Somehow in a living arrangement that was basically a straight line, it was still hard to find people.

"Wei Ying."

He approached, holding the black rabbit in his arms.

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"That truly is so very sweet." She smiles. "I am glad you were fortunate enough to find your beloved - and also, that he is here on the train!"

"I am glad as well. I spent so long without WuXian that it would be difficult to be here without him."

He considered himself lucky that even though WuXian had left, he had returned almost immediately.

"It is hard to be apart from the one you love."

Nerdanel says sadly, and her eyes dim in long memory.

"I am glad you have your chance here."

"Yes, we both know how that feels. I'm glad you have a chance here as well."

He smiled, watching as the little black rabbit wiggled away from between them, wandering a bit before hopping over to look at Little Rabbit sitting in his hutch watching them.

"They seem to be getting more comfortable with each other."

She smiles faintly back at him and nods, packing the grief away, as she has done so often before.

"They are. I think you will be able to let them interact freely soon - they seem quite curious with each other!"

"I hope so too. I want them to get along. Like all animals, they can be annoyed by outsiders, but they both seem interested."

And they had not displayed aggressive signs towards each other through the fence.

"Perhaps, while you are here, we could let them meet each other without the fence."

Another hand to help catch on the off chance they needed to be separated.

She claps softly.

"Oh! Yes, I would dearly like to be here for that. And with two we can act swifter should they startle each other."

"Mn." His thought exactly.

WangJi moved to the enclosure where Little Rabbit was, the small black rabbit sitting up to watch what WangJi was doing. WangJi picked up Little Rabbit carefully, bringing him out of the enclosure and setting him down on the ground a slight distance from the black rabbit. Enough that they weren't immediately next to each other and had some space, but close enough that they could see each other.

For the moment, they both stood at a distance, sniffing at each other, Little Rabbit leaning towards the other while trying to not actually move closer.

"So far, it is good."

Nerdanel watches them closely, shifting so she can grab if either decided to get aggressive.

"They seem more curious than anything."

She nods, pleased.

"Have you a snack for them?"

WangJi was standing back to give them space, but he was also ready to move if he saw the rabbits' first meeting starting to go badly. It was better to have a lot of non-aggressive, separated meetings than have them try to fight.

"I do."

He took out his qiankun pouch and produced some of the herbs he'd started carrying around to treat the rabbits. The black rabbit watched what WangJi did curiously. Little Rabbit knew this likely meant food and hopped over to him, sitting up and pawing at the front of his robes. Food? Yes? Feed the rabbit?

"There's enough for both of you."

WangJi offered some herbs first to Little Rabbit and then to the black rabbit when he came hopping over.

Nerdanel is statue still, apart from her smile.

"Ah, they're not fighting over the food! A good sign."

It was true. The rabbits were eating within a few feet of each other and they weren't getting possessive or upset.

"Very good."

Even better when Little Rabbit finished his snack first and came over to take a piece from the black rabbit and the black rabbit clearly didn't seem to care.

"Very good," he said, this time to the rabbits.

Nerdanel brightens when he does.

"Ah! That is a very good sign indeed." She agrees. "I think they will be very good friends, if they can already share food."

"Yes, I think they will be good friends."

He watched as they ate food only a few inches from each other without complaint.

"I will still keep them separated long term until I can be sure fighting is unlikely when unsupervised."

This was only a few hours after picking up the black rabbit and he was pleased it was going this well, but he didn't want to overwhelm Little Rabbit since the hutch was HIS home as far as he was concerned.

"Will you need a new hutch?" She wonders. "Or will you keep one with you?"

"I plan to keep this one so they can be together when we are not there."

Rabbits were social so once they were comfortable with each other, being separated would be stressful.

"That is a good thought." She smiles. "Perhaps we should expand it a little, what do you think?"

He nodded his head once. "I think that would be a good idea. It was plenty big enough for Little Rabbit, but if they are both using it, they will need more space."

"True." She smiles at the thought.

"Will you need help in doing so?" She asks hopefully. "I would not mind being of assistance."

"I would appreciate some help, thank you. And I know they will too."

He was not one to turn down an offer of assistance in caring for his rabbits. Others here were as much family to the rabbits as they were.

She smiles at him.

"I will be honored to help them make a comfortable home."

SO MANY IDEAS. Maybe stop her before she builds them a palace.

"Thank you. Perhaps after the next mission, we can begin to work on that. We don't want to start it and get disrupted."

He wouldn't stop that. His rabbits are precious to him so a palace would be fitting. He might say though that they didn't really NEED a palace.

"I think that would be a good idea." She smiles and nods.

"I will draw up some plans, while until then, so that we have a place to start."

WangJi smiled faintly. "I would like to see the ideas that you have for their hutch."

Little Rabbit, done with his snack, sat up on his hind feet for a moment until the black rabbit looked at him. At that point, Little Rabbit bounced in the air and took off running, the black rabbit quickly giving chance.

"It seems they are playing."

She beams back.

"What sort of designs would you like to incorporate? After all, they are your rabbits."

She clasps her hands together and does not squeal because ladies of the Noldor who are technically ex-queens do not squeal, but her eyes go very soft.

"Oh, oh, they are, how sweet!"

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