Someone is... at least a little civilized... maybe

[thirteenth_brat]

[Roxas is in his room, lounging on the bed and bouncing a tennis ball off the wall, catching on the rebound and tossing it again. He looks annoyed, though there's no way to tell why he's annoyed.

He seems to be taking to the civilized life better than everyone else, though. It's entirely possible that mama wolf explained to him that he's not actually a wolf and that when/if others of his kind found him, he would do better to learn their ways. Who knows? When he notices Cambot, he catches the ball and holds it.

After a pause, he makes a shooing gesture. Cambot pans side to side. That's a no. Roxas makes a noise that sounds distinctly like a growl. He's not completely civilized, it seems. At no point does he speak. When Cambot still doesn't take the hint, Roxas tosses the tennis ball at him.

Oh, that's a cracked lens. Roxas leaves the room, upright and surprisingly comfortable with it. Maybe mama wolf was familiar enough humans to make sure human puppy was moving the way he should?]

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[halfdarkened]

[Riku catches sight of Roxas moving down the hall and turns his head curiously with a hint of a whine. What's going on? He tries to get Roxas's attention with a bark.]

[thirteenth_brat]

[Roxas is actually heading for the cafeteria... for another argument with the food synthesizer. It seems to think he wants either tofu or overcooked meat. Not that he doesn't like cooked meat. He actually finds it pretty tasty (mama wolf would probably think him crazy), but the rarer, the better.

That bark catches his attention and he turns to look. What? Can't a guy go get some food? Or, if you're interested in the tennis ball, you might have to fight with Xion for it...]

[halfdarkened]

[Riku follows curiously, tongue lolling out from time to time as he looked up at Roxas. A few times he rears up as he trots along, taking a few awkward steps on actual legs before going back to all fours. How is he doing that?

Though that tennis ball could be fun, too.]

Why am I developing an AU head canon for this? o_O

[thirteenth_brat]

[Somewhere in the back of his mind, Roxas feels that this whole affair is even more ridiculous than it actually is. To his knowledge, they were all raised by wolves and as far as he could tell they'd all been found at the same time, more or less. Why was he the only one adapting readily to civilized life? Unless... right, this place is weird. As for just walking on two legs, he always has, as far as he can remember. Maybe he was already doing so when the wolves took him in. Mama wolf thought she was adopting a monkey and he's actually pretty good at climbing trees. He can't really answer Riku's question, but maybe if Riku asks nicely (and doesn't beg while he's eating whatever the synthesizer's going to give him this time), Roxas will try to help him learn to do it.

Or he could just go get the tennis ball and see if that won't keep Riku busy for a while. If Xion already has it all bets are off, but he turns around and heads back to his room anyway.]

I dunno? O.o

[halfdarkened]

[Riku cocks his head as Roxas turns back. Did he forget something? He follows along, still rearing in an attempt to walk erect from time to time. He gives a little whine as if to ask where he was going, but was otherwise silent.]

I blame this event |D

[thirteenth_brat]

[No, he hasn't forgotten anything. He's just... pondering the possibility that the ball will keep Riku busy for while. Or maybe it could be used to coax him into walking properly upright. Who knows?

The ball is wherever he left it, which is wherever it bounced to after he chucked it at Cambot. Turns out it rolled under the bed. He retrieves it and holds it up.]

[halfdarkened]

[Riku looks up at the ball and waits a second. His back half is shaking slightly much as a Corgi's body does when it has a docked tail. He then tries to stand, trying to paw at it with curled fingers.]

[skysmirror]

[Xion sees that tennis ball, Roxas. Maybe they can play with it? At any rate, she's off to find you now, yipping happily when she does.]

[thirteenth_brat]

[Oh good grief, he doesn't even have the ball anymore. Cambot and his cracked lens can attest to that. Actually, Roxas is heading to the cafeteria. Maybe that synthesizer... thing... will give him the rare beef he's been asking it for rather than overcooked to leather steak or... tofu. Not that the tofu hadn't been surprisingly tasty (especially the fried kind), but when you're raised by a wild predator, no amount of civilizing (or attempts at civilizing) will take away the desire for fresh meat.

So, if Xion wants it, the ball's in his room somewhere. If she wants to try to get him to play, he'll be in the cafeteria, most likely growling at the food synthesizer.]

[skysmirror]

[She'd gotten a little ahead of herself and hurried off before the video finished. Oops. When she gets to his room, he's not there anymore. Sadness! But there's still the ball, so she picks that up in her mouth and trots off to find him.

Apparently he's in the cafeteria, and she perks up when she sees him. It looks like he's getting food, so she drops the tennis ball not far from him, then goes to investigate. Sitting up on her haunches, she puts her front paws on the machine.]

I have a raised by wolves AU for him forming in my head thanks to this event XD

[thirteenth_brat]

[He hears the ball hit the floor before he finds Xion pawing at the counter. He supposes he should get her something and debates whether or not it would be worthwhile to try to teach her to use a utensil to eat like humans and similar creatures are supposed to. Or would he be better off getting her something that be eaten without a utensil?

He almost punches the machine when it gives him tofu again. At least it's the fried kind, which was the one he'd found to be surprisingly tasty. He's not sure what to make of the dark green, leafy vegetable that came with it. Is it some kind of seaweed? The dish smells good overall, but it still isn't what he wants. However, it did give him the tea he asked for. When he asks the machine for some kind of finger food for Xion, it hands over perfectly fried chicken strips.

If he felt like speaking at the moment, there would be some colorful and profuse swearing here. Instead, he just growls and takes both dishes over to the table. Maybe he can at least get her to sit in a chair at the table normally? He's toying with the idea of picking her up and setting her in the chair the right way, but he's not sure how she'll take that...]

XD It's an interesting thing to ponder. I keep on trying to think of what they'd look like as wolves

[skysmirror]

[Yay, he'd known to expect her even before she went to see what he was doing. Though she should have guessed that, since she hadn't exactly been going for stealth in her approach. She hadn't been trying to surprise him.

It's very nice of him to get food for her, though she doesn't realize that's what he's done quite yet. What she does know is that it smells really good, and she's hungry. Maybe if she asks nicely, he'll give her some. Though he sounds annoyed about something...that hadn't been a happy, playful growl.

So she follows him to the table, but tries not to act too enthusiastic or curious. Not that she can help occasionally almost rearing up to sniff the food--it smells so good. Trying to get her to eat with utensils could only end in frustration, and setting her in the chair would bewilder her, but she wouldn't lash out if he tried.]

It's still a step up for these two. And they'd probably be kind of cute as wolves |D

[thirteenth_brat]

[He'd halfway expected her to come looking for him.

He just kind of figured it wouldn't be very nice or polite apparently) to sit there and eat while she had nothing. And no, he's not happy about something, but it's a minor annoyance next to other things this place does.

He decides on a different approach before actually picking her up and putting her in the chair. He sets her food on the table and pulls out the chair for her. He then takes a seat himself and gestures, first pointing the chair, implying she should sit in it and indicating himself and how he's sitting. Will she understand this or will she end up sitting in the chair the way a dog would? He suspects the latter if she gets into the chair at all...]

They'd be adorable as wolves. Mama wolf would love them more than the Org did, at any rate. X3

[skysmirror]

[Xion can be predictable like that.

Not knowing human manners, she didn't know that would have been his way of thinking, though even wolves didn't think it very fair to hog ALL the available food. Everyone got something from the day's hunt.

She gets that he's not annoyed at her, and wants to keep it that way. The situation with the chairs throws her for a loop, though. She's never sat in one before. So she tilts her head to one side in confusion before going to investigate it. After a few sniffs, she gets distracted by the smell of chicken and puts her front paws on the table, using them to help balance as she sits on her haunches to look over the table and see where Roxas put the food.]