OTA - Wooloo Shearing Season - Horseshoe 16

[luckydragonsfoot]

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...

Comments

KITCHEN CARRIAGE

[mtsilver_conquor]

She hates Platform days and the best response to well, everything ever right now, is to drown her soul in tea.

Or distract herself with the other trainer on the train. Or do both, honestly, because she can make tea and talk at the same time.

"Do I want to know what you're gonna do with that wool?"

There's no pokemon with her and her hoodie hides all but Lele's levelball.

Gym Carriage

[storms_eye]

[From the sounds emanating from the gym, Silvia wasn't sure that she wanted or should enter at this moment. Plus, it won't be long before the train pulled up to that platform and she would like to get off here if it was at all possible. There was no indication that it would be, since she was fully in control of her senses, but she would keep trying.

Still, her curiosity was getting the better of her as she hesitated by the door]

A little... peek couldn't hurt.

[Gliding the door partially open and bracing against it, she looked inside. There was an already sizable pile of wool near the heart of the activity, and at least two figures she recognized. Why was no one ever using the gym to... I don't know... do gym things? Like sports... or weight lifting, or jogging?

Still- at least it was something harmless.]

Gym carriage

[goingthroughaphase]

Kitty paused a moment at the sounds of distress coming from the gym. As she took a look inside, though, she had to keep from laughing as she watched him shear the poor squirming sheep for a moment.

"Hey...need any help?"

Kitchen

[hisblueskies]

A (somewhat confused) fellow Blue was in the Kitchen, watching the Wooloo curiously. Where this place had been busy earlier with cookies, now there was... fabric-making?

The things one could do on a train.

"Will you need any help clearing that up later, sir? I don't believe anyone's going to want wool for dinner."

At least this was for soaking, as opposed to something more intensive.

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Nyh?" He may have been a bit distracted.

(The intensive stuff was earlier, anyway) "Nahh, I oughta be fine, 's long as no one decides t' make an early dinner at least...just has t' soak a bit more b'fore I rinse an' haul it out, basically."

The blond winces. "...Eugh, clippin' all th's upstairs in stores 's gonna suck though..." Gotta dry somehow though...

[luckydragonsfoot]

"MEEEEEEH!" Amar whyyyyyy.

Katsuya groans, tugging the sheep again. "Man...th's seemed so much easier when I was thinkin' about it..." Ah well. "'f y' can hold 'er still, that'd be great though..."

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Well, ultimately, it's just a great room to use for non gym things! And not a very good one for basketball.

Plus they have a training carriage, so.]

Yo, Silvia..!

[...Did she ever give him her name before? Ah well. He doesn't even look up, ultimately.] You uh...y' need anythin?

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Uhhhhh... ...I dunno, make yarn 'r somethin'?"

The wooloo, having not yet seen Eva properly, sniffs in her direction. Katsuya just pokes at the wool again. "Hey, gotta do somethin' with it righ'? Can't jus' waste it!"

[goingthroughaphase]

"I can try," she offered as she walked over. Thinking for a moment, she then knelt down in front of Amar, gently petting her head.

"Shhh, hey," she said softly, just to get the sheep used to her first. "It's okay. You'll feel a lot better after this."

[hisblueskies]

Alfredo hesitantly lets himself get closer to both man and wooloo.

"I can't say I know a faster way, sir - though it would be useful if we had a source of sunlight in here. Or more targeted heat in general."

He's from the age before dryers, Jonouchi. Weep for him.

"In the meantime, perhaps I can help find clips?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

Katsuya's brain is torn. On the one hand, god, he misses dryers. On the other, even string and clips is kinda wild for his EgyptBrain.

But also, Egypt brain had the massive powers of the SUN. "Mannn, got tha' right. At least w'th th' sun we could like. Lay it out, leave it a few hours...guess I oughta be glad it's one sheep's worth 'nstead 'f a flock huh," he ultimately sighs.

"Oh, 'f y' could find more clips though, that'd be great! I dunno if there'll be 'nough free up there."

[hisblueskies]

"I can go take a look now, sir."

Then, considering the sheer variety of powers he's encountered on this train so far, he pauses.

"Is there anyone who could recreate the sun's warmth for us?"

me laughing as both these two go 'ok sir' while jou dies

[luckydragonsfoot]

ROMEO????

"S-sir..?" Whyyyyyyy. "Nyh...Jonouchi's jus' fine, 'f y' need my name! ...Sir jus' feels weird, I ain't ev'n outta highschool..."

The sun though... "Hoh, good question. Maybe we could ask around?"

14 IS ADULT TO ROMEO'S MIND. ALFREDO IS ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER. XDDD

[hisblueskies]

"Jonouchi, then."

Much as he was one of those who did seem to deserve the title, Alfredo could still respect the man's wishes!

"I can make a lookout for that as well, then!"

Clips and sunshine people. Nothing difficult about that! Haaaa...

Alfredo heads off, only to come back early with an idea.

"Have you met a man- an elf, named Glorfindel, Jonouchi?"

jou sobbing,

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Thanks!" Maybe he does deserve it! But, alas, for Katsuya's street sensibilities it's...well, just too weird for him.

Clips, sunshine...oh. By the time Alfredo comes back, it looks like Katsuya's in the middle of the rinsing process. He looks up from handling the tap to blink. "Nyh? Glorfindel? ...Yeah I think so. Don' know 'm tha' well, but he's decen' enough." Feels like the kind of guy who gets to know everyone, when he thinks about it...cool dude...

[hisblueskies]

While Alfredo does not (yet!) have much in the way of clips to report, hopefully he's come up with something useful!

"He spends quite a lot of time in the Greenhouse. It's as if he radiates light - and perhaps warmth, in a literal as well as spiritual sense?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Nyh- Seriously?? Tha's neat as he-"

Wait.

"Nyh...I dunno 'f askin' 'm t' stand by th' wool until it drys is really..." They may just want to use fans.

[luckydragonsfoot]

"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.

[mtsilver_conquor]

"True that," She says with a small giggle as she her hand out for it to sniff.

"The best use of the wool is shirts and I've heard it can be spun finer than a merīp's."

[hisblueskies]

"Maybe if we ask him how long he'd be comfortable helping..."

Alfred put a hand up to his chin, thinking.

"Even if he only helped us for a few minutes, the wool would still dry that much faster, right?"

Because yes, Glorfindel likely had other things to do with his time!

gym

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is here and ready to train, dressed in his undershirt and khakis with a towel over his shoulder. He is...puzzled, to see Jonouchi with sheers and a very fidgety Wooloo. And he sighs internally, folding his arms.

"How's the shearing going?"

He doesn't need to ask. He can see. But he asks anyway.

[luckydragonsfoot]

"NyyyyHH-"

"MEEEEEEEH."

"Well, uh. Abou' 's good as I 'xpected I guess...figures Blue'd be goin' somewhere full 'f ice, I dunno what I'm gonna do w'th all th's when it's spun up int' yarn..."

[blue_ice]

"Oh...you're making a wool coat? Or a blanket?"

Kaiba kneels nearby, watching Amar curiously.

"...want a hand?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Pffff, yeah I don' think it's gonna be anythin' that big," the blond snorts.

"Keep'n her still would be good though yeah. Anyway I dunno- I'll get a decen' amount of yarn prob'bly, but it sure ain't enough for a coat."

[blue_ice]

"Mm. Figuring it out later, huh."

Kaiba just nods and crawls closer, gently offering a hand to Amar. He'll try petting first before trying to hold her.

"Easy now. Good girl...is there any special technique that keeps her calm?"

Probably should've asked that first.