voidtreckerexpress | OTA - Wooloo Shearing Season

Who: Katsuya, his pokemon, and You!
Where: Gym, and Kitchen
When: Late Day 16 (After the train leaves the platform again)
What: It's time to shear Wooloo! ...And deal with a recent power development at the same time.
Warnings: Nah.

[GYM CARRIAGE]

While most people are getting ready to greet new people on the train platform, Katsuya has a veritable laundry list of things he intends to get done- and fast. Technically this could've been done a few days back- but ultimately, he had the sneakiest feeling that...well, he wouldn't really get the space he needed.

So, he keeps dear Amar comfy, gets his things ready, and focuses on other things. Drawing out on the leather he bought, what cut-outs need to be made for what he intends to gift with this bow for Madoka (though he'll be giving her the bow with the klefki, he thinks). Buying the agreed upon klefki. Buying himself his deck of cards, for that matter.

And then, then.

He'll be spotted in the Gym carriage after the train leaves the platform- shears slowly at work on a less than patient Amar.

"Oii oii, hold still dammit..! Y' fidget too much I'm gonna cut somethin' tha' ain't wool!"

"MmmmMMEEEEEH!" is the 'pouting' response, followed by an inky black dragon head poking out of the blond's shadow.

Katsuya is quick to gently pap it back down using his elbow. "Nope- you don' get t' help."

"AAaaAaaouuuuun...."

"Tha's a no! Geeze, take th's long t' show up at all, now I can't ev'n get y' t' sit tight..." he mutters, clipping away.

Boy that's a lot of wool though.

[KITCHEN CARRIAGE]

And now for the fun part.

"Geeze it's a good thing Blue got cookin'..."

Katsuya has taken one of the sinks, it appears, and if one looks inside they can see why. All of the shorn wool from his wooloo- currently looking very different (and jacket-free) at his side alongside Kaseri the ponyta- is now soaking in the sink, filled to the brim with somewhat warm water.

Katsuya himself sort of...pokes at it occasionally, and otherwise just sorts through his cards while sitting on a chair. "Well, least it'll clean up faster th's way I guess."

Mostly he has to soak it at this point...

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"MEEEEH!" Amar, while obedient, is practically pouting.

"Thanks..." Katsuya pauses to frown at the wooloo. "Oii oii, she's righ'! Yer gonna be way too hot otherwise, so sit still!"

The sheep continues to pout.

She continues to pet Amar, hoping that it would help soothe the sheep at least. "I know, I know...it's annoying, but the sooner you let him sheer your wool, the sooner you'll be done."

The sheep, naturally, continues to pout. But!

"Heh! Well, she's stayin' still at leas', so tha's somethin..." And boy does she look interesting the farther in the shearing goes. The wool is pretty thick after all, and he's trying to get as close to Amar herself as possible with the shears.

Kitty continues to gently scratch behind Amar's ear, helping her keep still while Katsuya sheers her wool.

"Wow, you've got a lot, huh?"

"She sure does..! We had t' use 'cotton guard' a lot while we were out 'n tha' blizzard," Katsuya explains as he trims. "Worked out great while we were there, not so much when we got back...Wooloo like t' roll around t' get around, an' she c'n barely get through th' doors like this..!"

She can't help a giggle, just imagining what the sheep would have looked like before he had started sheering her.

"At least she was able to keep warm. I heard it was pretty bad up there."

"Yeahhh, tha's true...really hope it doesn' happen much though," he snorts, "She'd get tired 'f it real fast..."

"Oh yeah, I didn't even think of that. It must be hard to move with all that extra wool, huh?"

"Yeaaah...plus, she'd never hold still long 'nough 'f she had t' do it evr'y month," he adds.

Well, the wool pile is increasing in any case... "Hmmm...jus' gotta figure out where I'm gonna wash 'it all now..."

She glances over at the pile of wool. "Yeah...I don't suppose you could just throw all that in the washing machine, huh?"

"Hnnnnn. ...Dunno.... ...Prob'bly oughta look at like, a manual 'r somethin' b'fore I try tha'... ...Prob'bly better t' jus' handwash it though, make sure I get everythin'....

"Yeah, that's probably the best way to go."

Still petting Amar gently, she looked back at the sheep and smiled.

"You're doing so good!"

"MEEEEEEH."

"Hey, she's righ' y'know! Soon 'nough, we'll be all done! An' uh..." He blinks. "I guess I'll have t' get y' a jacket 'r somethin'..."

"Maybe a blanket? Something easy to cover her."

"Maybe..? We don' really have small blankets though huh," he remarks, moving to adjust the wooloo. "Alrigh' Amar c'mon, we gotta get yer belly..."

A grumbling 'meeeh' was the reply.

"Maybe you can take a thin one and fold it in half?" she suggests as she helps get Amar into an easier position to shear the wool of her belly.

Amar will remember this. All of you are meanies.

"Hohhh, maybe...though come t' think, maybe my towel would work then? Oughta work until a bit grows back anyway!"

"MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEH!!!"

"Oi! Don' squirm, yer almos' done Amar!"

"Shhh..." Kitty tries to reassure the sheep. "It'll all be over soon, okay? Just relax..."

The sheep is of course stubborn, but it does pay off. After all-

"Annnnd done! Alrigh' y' whiny brat, yer finally free t' go."

"MEEEEEH!" Suffice to say the first thing Amar does is run a few feet away from the two, and do a bit of jumping around. Hooray!

Katsuya of course is stuck with the wool. "Yeesh. An' now clean up I guess..."

Watching Amar with a soft giggle, she then glances at the wool as she brushes off her clothes. "You want some help?"

Katsuya stands and looks himself over as well, unable to keep from grinning. "PFff- Y...Yeah I think I migh' need it t' be honest! Go figure it'd get all over me too huh?" He can definitely clear himself off at least- most of the wool, fortunately, came to the ground like a strange pillowy sheet.

"Yeah, it did kinda get everywhere, huh?" She brushes her clothes off a bit more before giving up. "I wonder if there's a lint roller somewhere."

"Maybe?" Katsuya shrugs, eventually giving up on carrying the wool in his arms and simply peeling off his sweater- the polo does fine for scar hiding, outside the arms, and now he can make the world's laziest pouch by tying the sleeves around the hood. Yayyyyyy. "I dunno 'f lint 's really th' train's big worry though, heh!"

She snickers a little, gathering the wool to help put in his makeshift pouch. "Maybe not, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone had ever put in a request for one."

"Huh! Yeah, tha's a point... ...Righ', did we miss any..." It's hard for him to see around the wool pouch bundle once he's lifted it up, honestly.

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