33 - Soldier

[radiantwingedone]

Who: Duke and puppies and YOU
Where: park
When: This weekend
Style: [ for now ]
Status: OPEN! Although note, Duke is in a terrible mood.

[ Duke is out at the park today, tossing a ring for the dogs that Ioder left with Dhaos and him.

The bubble floats above his head, only most of the time... its a murky purple black color. A bit like one of those depressing rainclouds. Occasionally, it moves like its a swirling of fluid down a drain, only for Duke to grimace and stare intently at the dogs and one of them takes the place of the doom-and-gloom look.

Only it repeats. After a little while, the darkness fills the bubble again, and eventually a drain. The dogs will fill in the bubble eventually, but... for now he's a little stuck looking. And also looks like he hasn't been sleeping well or properly, but that's Duke for you. ]

Comments

[faiofmisfortune]

[It's okay, it just means Fai will have to show Duke that it's a possibility. There was once a time where Fai had difficulty believing strangers would want him to be happy. Those he now called family were patient enough with him until he came to see things differently.

He will accept that topic change, moving to stand and dust himself off a little. But the idea has been suggested and he hopes that eventually he can be of some help for Duke. It sounds like he has practically nobody.]

Okay. Is there a certain way I'm supposed to throw it?

[radiantwingedone]

... A wrist movement like ... this.

[ Duke shows the flick, slowly. ]

Helps it fly further.

[faiofmisfortune]

[He watched Duke's example, then practiced the motion a couple of times before really giving it a try. The disk doesn't go very far but the dogs don't seem to mind one bit as they happily bring back the ring. Let's face it he's never really had to be athletic. ]

So what are their names?

[radiantwingedone]

Ico and Iona.

[ No, Duke doesn't really know why.

And the dogs really don't mind. It means that Fai can toss it for them again all the sooner! ]

If you curl a little, to use your whole arm and end with the flick, it goes a little further. Or in a direction unintended.

[ Frisbys are tricky things. ]

[faiofmisfortune]

[Fai takes the ring back from the dogs, slipping it on his wrist for a moment so he can pat both of them on the head.]

They're nice names.

[He tries to take Duke's advice into account but his throw doesn't improve all that much, and it does happen to fly off at an awkward angle. The boy looks a little sheepish about it now even though he's sure it's not a big deal.]

Do you bring them here to play a lot?

[radiantwingedone]

[ From the way Duke watches it, it doesn't even reach the scale of "possible big deals". ]

Once in a while. The island has a similar amount of room, but they treat this place as somewhere new often enough....

[faiofmisfortune]

I'll have to come here more then. [Mostly because he likes being around the dogs, but also because he thinks Duke might need more people to talk to. Fai pets the excited canines, throws the ring one more time and waves to Duke.]

I should get home. It was nice to meet you again.