First Step [Video; public]

[dogwalksyou]

Hello? Hello, yes.

[The dog comes into focus at an odd angle - the communicator is on the floor, between her forepaws as she peers down over it. Apparently satisfied that it's working, she yips in delight, rushing out of view in a close-up whirl of paws and tail and glimpses of an old timber ceiling as she spins in a circle. Then her face reappears, tongue hanging out slightly from her canine grin.]

Hello! I'm the Disreputable Dog. Or the Disreputable Bitch, if you want to be technical. Who wants to go for a walk?

Comments

[gotgreenmagic]

You had a...

But you're sentient. Maybe I'm just getting caught up on the word 'mistress' but that seems a little...slavery-y.

[dogwalksyou]

I'm a dog.

[As if this explains everything.]

She needed a friend, and I came. It's not at all like slavery - I was neither compelled nor bound. But I was her dog, for a time, and she was my mistress.

[gotgreenmagic]

Okay. I mean, who am I to question...dog culture.

[dogwalksyou]

[She laughs.]

It's okay. I promise to only call you by your name.

[gotgreenmagic]

Thanks. Appreciate it.

[dogwalksyou]

[The Dog chuckles, a low whuffing while her tail wags.]

Dogs want to belong, mostly, whether we can talk in human language or not. But it's just as wrong to be cruel to the ones who can't as it would be to hurt me - more, really, since I can tell somebody to cut it out.

[gotgreenmagic]

I know. Preaching to the choir here, Dog.

[Even when she was a villain her two major 'nope' areas were cruelty to animals and picking on the disabled.]

...Dog. I don't - are there other talking dogs where you're from? What do you call each other?

[dogwalksyou]

Just me! I'm a bit of an oddity. A good mage can take an animal shape for a few hours, but they'd still have their own name.