Owl to A

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

A,

Dunno whether you'll need this anymore but I made you a bindrune, if you want it. For protection.

Also, you wanna go get L some fish?

Matt

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[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"The way I look after Schrodinger and Einstein?" If L thinks so highly of Matt, then clearly Matt is an excellent person and well suited to taking loving care of a puppy.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"I guess. I mean - you need to train puppies, though. It's a bit..."

A bit nerve-wracking, really.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"If you ask L, he will help you." A says this with utter certainty, both of L's beneficence and wisdom.

The packages are a lot to struggle with, but somehow they are managing, nearing the pub with the fireplace.

"And Koopa seems very happy. I think he is as good at being happy as Schrodinger is."

High praise!

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Matt smiles. "Dunno how he feels about dogs, though."

Getting into the pub might be kind of tricky, but luckily there's no need to turn a handle; shouldering the door is enough to get it open. Matt uses his foot to keep it open enough for A to get past.

"Here's hoping. Maybe they'll be friends."

Koopa's younger than both kittens, and probably little smaller than Schrodinger if not Einstein. It might work.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Trickier is getting the floo powder out and into the fire, but somehow they manage it, and then they're both in the Ravenclaw common room. A looks around.

"We should move quickly. It would be nice to be able to surprise him."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Right, then." Matt's a little impressed by how smoothly they managed to emerge from the fireplace, considering all their burdens. There's some distressed puppy noises coming from Koopa's box, though.

"Lead the way. I think he wants out."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A bustles up the stairs to his room.

"You can let him out while I start setting up the aquarium." Not something he's ever done, but he has the book to tell him what to do. "He can meet the kittens."

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Right." Matt unloads himself of the bags of stuff quickly, before putting the tank down, taking the box out of it and - finally - pulling out koopa.

Who yips again, and proceeds to lick at Matt's face as soon as he's close enough, tail wagging.

"Heya boy," Matt laughs.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

The wagging, of course, might as well be a magnet. A small white streak darts across the room, and suddenly two little white paws are batting eagerly at the moving, fluffy tail.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

The first thing Matt notices is how much bigger Koopa is, even though he's younger. Which shouldn't be so surprising, but there you go.

He puts Koopa down. His ears are twitching, his tail still wagging, and he yips hopefully at Schrodinger.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger hops backward, ears back, and raises one paw. She mews, looks at Koopa appraisingly, and bats him across the nose with her raised paw.

"Schrodinger!" A would rush in and grab her, but his hands are full setting up the fishtank.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Matt sits close-by (he'll help if A asks him to, really) and watches, ready to intervene if necessary. Koopa has lept back a little, but is already taking a few steps forward again, tail wagging; he is nothing if not persistent.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Despite her hisses, Schrodinger doesn't appear to be truly hostile; she bats Koopa on the nose again, but her claws aren't out.

In the meantime, Einstein has noticed the commotion, and he creeps slowly forward, tail lashing, ready to provide backup.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Every time Schrodinger bats Koopa on the nose he shakes his head and jumps back, before returning a few moments later.

"... d'you think he's a bit dumb, or just really friendly?" Matt asks A. He's watching with some amusement.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"I don't know what dogs are like," A says with mild consternation. But he's trying not to laugh as well, as Einstein takes his turn leaping at the puppy's tail.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Koopa yelps, spinning around and cocking his head at this newcomer. Einstein is quite serene about letting him approach and sniff curiously at him, and doesn't even object to a puppy-lick.

Of course, this means that Koopa has taken his eyes off Schrodinger.

"I think they're laying a trap," Matt tells A.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Before A can open his mouth to agree, Schrodinger pounces again on that oh-so-temping puppy tail... and when Koopa turns to look, Einstein leaps onto his back and starts licking his head.

"I think he has been accapted," A says gravely.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Looks like it," Matt grins. The three of them have turned into a yelping, pouncing, jumping bundle of fluff, and Matt is looking very entertained. "I hope I'll be able to extract him to take him back to my room."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"We can lure them into separate corner with bits of sausage," A suggests.

The puppy-and-kitten antics provide a good deal of distraction, but eventually the aquarium is set up, the three fish swimming briskly in their new home.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

Knock-knock.

L is looking for some dinner, (well, alright, cake) and is wondering if he can persuade A to join him.

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

Matt glances up - he's fairly sure there aren't that many people who would be calling on A. He grins.

He's also managed to lure Koopa away from the kittens, and is playing tug-of-war for his thumb again.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A, of course, knows L and Kusuriyuri's knocks, and that's definitely L's. "Stand in front of..." he points to the fishtank, as he opens the door slowly.

"We were going to have to look for you, A says with an excited smile.

[ijk-mno.livejournal.com]

"Were you now?" Biting his thumb, he peers around A, and seeing Matt, smiles.

"Something exciting must have-- a puppy?"

[gamerspy.livejournal.com]

"Uh," Matt says, grinning. He's managed to get in front of the tank just in time, holding Koopa in his hands, and the husky is taking the opportunity to lick at what's visible of Matt's face. "Yeah. This is Koopa."

He looks to A to announce the presence of Team Rocket.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"We were... we were at the pet store and we got...

A's never given anyone a present. He's babbling a little.

"They're from Matt but from me too and I picked them out and they're for you!"