PlatyPost #1

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[Cambot has found something strange! He flies past the media deck, picking up the sounds of what could be a soap opera given the cheesy music and dialogue. He turns back to see who or what he can make fun of, however when he arrives on the deck he instead finds a small, teal animal lying on the couch. Shouldn't a platypus be on the nature deck?

The platypus looks up and makes a chittering noise, his eyes going in both directions so he's not looking directly at Cambot. Cambot zooms in on the platypus as if testing this. There have been talking ponies and birds and what not, surely the platypus wasn't...just a platypus.

But, nope, Perry just keeps lying there on the couch with his eyes pointing in two different directions. A subtitle pops up on the screen]

"JUST A PLATYPUS!"

[Cambot then spins around to leave, not seeing Perry let out a sigh of relief and getting comfy on the couch to enjoy his soaps. Perry makes a mental note to do something about that camera floating around otherwise he might be in trouble.]

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[Perry is not at all surprised to see the wolf come up to him, though he is a little cautious. He really would NOT want to be eaten, thanks. Still, he's afraid to do anything with those camera robots broadcasting all over the ship and who knew where else.

Instead, he's just going to stay perfectly still and maybe both the camera and the wolf will go away and he can do some proper investigating of this place.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Don't worry, Ammy won't eat any living animals! She's got other food she can find, and it's part of her job to make animals happy, anyway.]

[She is, however, still curious as to what Perry is. So she comes right up to him and sniffs, trying to determine if he's a bird or a mammal. And it seems more like mammal, although she's not completely sure. At least it doesn't seem dangerous.]

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[ While Cambot isn't sure when this turned into a nature documentary, Perry decides the wolf is a more curious prospect right now than the robot. He lets it sniff him since there isn't a harm in that and since the wolf appears to be polite or trained enough NOT to want to eat him. Not that he'd LET it, but he was hoping it didn't come to that because it would blow his cover before he'd even figured out if it was necessary to HAVE a cover.

Perry steals a glance at the bot but it's still hanging around.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Once Ammy is done investigating, she figures she may as well just go ahead and ask. Well, ask in as much as a wolf that doesn't talk can ask something. She steps back and tilts her head at Perry with a questioning look, as if to say 'What are you?']

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[Perry picks up on the question quite easily. This wolf is more intelligent than he gave her credit for. Perry can't do much with the Cambot there, at least, he doesn't want to.

Cambot, however, seems to have grown bored. These two can't exactly be funny like other people on the SoL and so he floats off. Perhaps someone else will have material for him to film.

As soon as the bots are gone Perry sighs and the wolf might pick up the spark of intelligence in his eyes. It's a relief that he's gone and Perry can relax. Still, to answer the wolf's question might be hard if she's never seen a platypus before.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[The...animal that Ammy can't seem to identify relaxes as soon as the Cambots leave. And it looks like maybe he's got his own sense of intelligence, but also can't speak. She thinks for a long while, trying to figure out what else she should ask. She wants to ask about his reaction to the robots, but maybe should go for a simple question first.]

[She takes out a piece of the paper she's been carrying around, and her paintbrush. She paints for a little bit, then shows the finished product to the animal:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=10xrbwy)

[She is a god, named for the sun. What is his name?]

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[Perry can't help but be a LITTLE surprised when the wolf pulls out paper and a painbrush. Now that was something you didn't see everyday and the wolf still hadn't put on an agent hat. Perry watched her work, dropping all pretense of the cross-eyed expression, but still staying down on all fours on the couch.

He sits up, however, when she finishes the drawing and pulls out a pencil and notepad from...wherever he kept such things. He liked drawing and the game pictionary so maybe this was like that. He didn't exactly have a fancy symbol for his name like a sun or anything, so he drew a 'pear plus e' and then wrote his name as well in capital letters.

That done, he then flipped to a blank page and drew a picture of himself wearing his typical fedora hat and holding a paw up to his duck bill in the universal sign for 'shhh' or 'secret']

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[It was good that he seemed to get her question well enough. Ammy waits while the animal draws his answer, then peers close at the symbols he shows her...a pear, plus the letter e. Pear-e...Perry! She can understand that.]

[With the next picture, she gets the idea that he has another, more human identity, what with the hat. And obviously this is supposed to be kept secret. At least that seems to answer her questions about his behavior and nervousness with the robots.]

[She nods once in understanding, but then lightly taps Perry on the head with her paw, where his hat should be. She wants to ask why this is a big secret.]

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[Perry has a very good reason of course. He looks sad for a moment before huffing and drawing a picture again. This time it's of him walking away from a house with two boys waving goodbye in the doorway. If his secret gets out he'd have to leave his family and Perry really doesn't want that. It was bad enough the stuff he just went through with the memory erasing and the anger Phineas had shown at him HAVING a secret identity.

He shows this to his new friend, looking a little sad just thinking about it. Perry realizes he probably could have shown her the pamphlet, but he didn't have a new copy of that]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Ammy waits while Perry draws, then studies his new drawing...it's obviously Perry having to be separated from someone he cares about. Apparently, his human identity would mean he couldn't be with them anymore.]

[She looks sad...she understands being separated from friends since no one she knows is here. And as important as her duty was, knowing she had to go back to the Celestial Plain and leave behind the many people she met in Nippon was a sobering thought.]

[She turns around in a small circle and looks around the media deck to indicate that she's asking something else...are Perry's friends here? Does he need to keep up that secret with all humans?]

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[Perry picked up on the fact that Ammy could relate to his troubles with this. Apparently she had someone she missed or would have to part from as well. He gave her a sympathetic look, knowing there was nothing either of them could really do about it.

He's getting a little bit better at understanding Ammy's questions. He shrugs. Honestly he just got here a short bit ago and doesn't know who all is on board or where he really is other than on a satellite in space. As far as whether or not other humans can know, well, he'd rather err on the side of caution for now, especially until he knows more about the situation. His body language and facial expressions convey the question he hasn't asked yet: where are we and what's going on?

He wants to help but he can't exactly help if he doesn't know the situation and Major Monogram hadn't briefed him as usual so this was either unrelated or a surprise to even the Major.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[So, he doesn't know if any of his friends are here yet. At least the people she has met so far are quite nice, so she offers him a small encouraging smile. Maybe he'll make new friends here as she has, too.]

[As to his other question...well, that's rather hard to explain, especially since Ammy doesn't quite get it all herself. She saw one of the experiments and has seen the Mads talk, but it's still all pretty weird. Finally, she pulls out several sheets of paper and starts painting. Once done, she shows three sheets to Perry:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=23i89x4)

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2yuwmtv)

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2ypgadu)

[They are in a ship up in space, there are two mean scientists down in the earth below, and they must read bad stories at the scientists' insistence.]

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[Perry takes the sheets and studies them. Well, this is new. Those don't look anything like HIS nemesis but it's also not Phineas. That's good to know since it means Phineas hasn't gotten in over his head and that Doof is out of the picture too.

He can't help but wonder who THESE guys are though and what sort of plan involves bad literature? No, actually, he takes that second question back. He can just imagine Doof pulling off a scheme like that with something like the Badbookinator or something. He sighs, yeah, totally used to this sort of thing and he hands the drawings back to Ammy. He's thankful she explained it at least.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Funny, Perry looks like he's seen something like this before. Perhaps his country has stuff like this? That's a weird thought. She gives a bit of a shrug.]

[Oh, there is something else she needs to mention...she nods in the direction that the Cambots left, and then gives Perry a big wolfy grin, which could look either happy or a bit threatening. The idea being: they need to be happy and positive, especially for the camera robots. She then paws the drawing of the Mads again, like stomping on them. Them staying positive will be bad for the scientists.]

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[Well, not EVERYONE is like that but since he has to deal with someone like this on a daily basis it's not exactly the best news ever.

Perry looks from the robot down to the drawing of the Mads. Well, he's pretty good about not letting these things get him down. He nods, letting her know that shouldn't be a problem...but then pauses and reiterates the whole 'I'm supposed to be a pet on camera, someone might see me.' He does this by indicating the cambot and then switching back into his 'just a platypus' mode]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Ammy understands his thoughts, and offers another small smile...whether he's using his normal pet look or his other identity, being happy seems to be the key. Or at least, a lot better than being unhappy.]

[Speaking of making people happy, Ammy has one other question, and draws it for Perry:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=14l4xus)

[What does he like to eat?]

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[Perry looks at the picture. He's not hungry but he figures out she's just asking what he likes to eat. Perry draws a little shrimp image and also a can of "platypus" food. Don't ask where Phineas gets platypus food, although Perry imagines it might be secretly provided by OWCA.

He taps Ammy's drawing, directing the same question back to her. He's fine with this kind of small talk.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[The shrimp she recognizes, but the can of 'platypus food' sounds like something she'd only be able to find on this ship. Well, at least she'll know this for future reference, if she ever runs into a different platypus again and wants to gain some praise from it.]

[In response to Perry's question, she draws a few of the foods she's had and liked:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=11awun7)

[Turnips, beef and chicken dumplings, rice stew, roasted fish, and best of all...cherry cakes!]

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[Perry gives Ammy a thumbs up. Those all look pretty delicious, though he's never had beef and chicken dumplings before.

He looks from the drawing back to Ammy and points to the drawing. Where did she learn to paint like that anyway?]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[That's a bit more of a difficult question to answer...she knows how to paint because that's just how the gods affect the world. So she's sort of always been able to.]

[She's not sure if Perry will understand it or not (not that many recognized her name, after all,) but she paints for him the symbol for the gods:]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=np03cz)

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[Nope, Perry doesn't get it. He looks very confused in fact, making the swirl in the air with a questioning look. Sorry Ammy, Perry isn't up to date on his mythology or anything like that. He gives her an apologetic look.]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Hmm, that doesn't work at all. Godhood can be difficult to explain without seeing it firsthand. Ammy pulls out another old drawing: showing her with her divine instrument, and the fact that it's now missing.]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2s80cah) (http://tinypic.com?ref=abh4bc)

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[Well, she's not an agent. Maybe she was a superhero, although that thing on her back looks more like flames than a cape.

Perry draws a superhero and taps the picture, asking if that's what she is and if she lost her powers or something like that?]

[yabigfurball.livejournal.com]

[Lost her powers, yes, but not a superhero. Gods have rather different jobs than superheroes. She shakes her head no, and tries to draw another picture, of the astral plain. Maybe this will help out more:]

(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/ammy7.jpg/)

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[The first thing that pops into Perry's head is Heaven, although this isn't quite what he pictured Heaven to be...if platypus considered such things. He shook his head again, still not quite sure he understood but drew and angel anyway]