Unfazed, D stands under the gaze without batting a lash. He watches Rang carefully, expression guarded in its placidity. There is something familiar in the way Rang asks this question… A telling detachment.]
The pet shop caters to a person’s desires. To their hopes and dreams, their wants. We always have the perfect pet for whoever enters.
However. To buy a pet, they must sign a contract saying they will follow the guidelines for owning that pet. Each pet is different. In the event they break those rules and the contract, the pet shop is not liable for whatever happens after. The owner will then forfeit the pet, and I go to retrieve them.
[He does not clarify what is meant by after, but it may be obvious.
He doesn’t trust humans to take care of them. Which inadvertently is the point.]
As Rang listens, the light in his eyes change. There's still distrust, but that's more intrinsic than anything, and it's temporarily outshone by the obvious amusement on his face. the way his lips quirk up in a smile, like he's enjoying thinking about what exactly 'after' entails. it makes him see D in a different light at least, what he thought was just another human -- maybe something more? something interesting at least,]
When do you know?
[not 'how', but just a when. as if it's obvious that these contracts will always break?]
Right at the moment of? Does the animal tell you right away, or can you just sense it somehow?
Well, Rang isn’t entirely wrong. Most contracts get broken because that is just how humans are. Selfish, and greedy, and ignorant.
The change in Rang is curious. It feels familiar, though not to himself exactly. T-chan is looking back and forth between the two of them now that he is unsure if he has to play guard.]
I stay in touch. [He simply knows, but he does not want to say that so readily to Rang yet.] Often, the owners will contact me afterward in distress.
[But uh
sometimes the owners don’t contact him at all lol.]
[imagine having to talk to a human while they're in DISTRESS, in this he will exhibit his shriveled sense of empathy and commiserate with what he thinks is the worst part of d's job.
or maybe the best part, since rang also enjoys human fear and despair. i can't believe they're all gonna be on a team together.]
They're the ones that messed up. What right do they have to ask for help?
[Rang is so freaking funny. D parts his hands a little, almost like a shrug but not really.]
That is the way of humans. They are tempted by all manner of things: love and lust, greed, gluttony, envy. When they break the guidelines, whether intentionally or by accident, I am the first one they call for help. But all I can do is take back the pet and remind them of the rules they have broken.
Sometimes, I may have to remind them of how they got there in the first place.
[Rang is a big, angry baby. T-chan looks from Rang to D slowly.]
Sometimes. [He'd be a liar if he said otherwise. For as much as he dislikes humans, he cannot fault them when they shockingly do the right thing.] It just depends on the person, how willing they are to change.
As much as a nuisance as they may be, they are still... a part of the life on my world.
[Huuugh. UNFORTUNATELY, he has to care... about humans... a little. He's just trying to get them to LEARN.]
If it is not too forward of me, may I ask... what you are? I usually am a good judge of pedigree; however... this place has changed some things for me.
The look on Rang's face is both like 'gurl....' and 'my condolences' all mixed into one, because imagine having to give humans the benefit of the doubt.... couldn't be him!! he's already signed onto the human racism lyfe!! he'll never be in terror of experiencing sudden growth where humans are concerned (smiles at the camera like i'm at the office)]
At least you asked first. You wouldn't believe how many 'what are yous' I've gotten the last two days.
[rang has also asked people straight up what they are. well he is a non human and he's allowed to do that,]
I'm a gumiho. [normally he'd say fox because no one here is KOREAN except my gyuhyuk oppa, but maybe he wants to test if Count D knows? since he is... a pet shop owner,
and seems slightly more intelligent about these things than anyone else here]
[Received a lot of those "what are yous" he means. Looking at HARU and RIN especially. Tch... human teenagers. Anyhow...
A slow, surprisingly genuine smile comes to his lips at the answer. This makes so much sense to him, especially the following day. Sorry to Rang, but he now has to deal with D's softer expression because he loves!! animals!! and especially mythological ones!!] Ah. [Wow, this makes things so much clearer.]
I do hope you won't eat my heart.
[The most hilarious thing is he does not look like any of this bothers him, and he doesn't look like Rang being human bothers him either.]
Your species are a little different, but I have a kitsune in my pet shop. His name is Ten-chan.
Rang like I expected D to know, but I didn't expect this? Hello? Don't just smile at him???? And mention your heart??? He is suddenly seized by the desire to tell D that he hasn't eaten hearts in centuries and really, if he had to pick a part of the human body to eat -- it would be none of them. He has since graduated to bigger and better things, like kbbq.
He doesn't say any of that, he just looks annoyed because that's better than feeling embarrassed. Sometimes, you are a (redacted) fox and people don't actually like you.]
I'd say it's more than a little. I wouldn't be caught dead in a shop.
[okay rang, just because ten-chan is superior...]
How come no one's eaten you yet? There has to be one pet that wants to.
[RANG IS SO FUNNY. D also wouldn’t eat a human, but he has animals who will.]
I believe you have a misconception about my grandfather’s pet shop.
[No fault of anyone’s own. No one knows (redacted).]
On the contrary, Mr. Rang. [D motions below him to T-chan delicately and smiles.] You are in the presence of one who has tried to eat me.
T-chan was a Chinese chef. I knew the moment I saw him he was a totetsu. He was extremely beautiful. He courted me for a while, and then he tried to eat me so he could make the perfect meal with my parts. We were interrupted, but that’s alright.
After he was arrested, I asked him to give up his pretend human form and live with me in my shop instead, and he accepted.
[This does not explain how nothing eats him. He just has that animal rizz.]
Rang stares at D, and then down at T-chan, and then back at D. He is over six hundred years old and yet he is still bamboozled by this story. CHINESE CHEF??? PERFECT MEAL??? ARRESTED??????????
he looks at t-chan,]
Are you in love with him or something?
[why else would you MOVE IN AND BECOME SOMEONE'S PET? RANG HAS SEEN THIS DRAMA BEFORE]
D rolls his eyes upward, exhaling in exasperation. Of course Rang would think and say this. T-chan looks equally as exasperated.]
You are misunderstanding his nature. He's a totetsu. There is no difference between his love and his appetite. He loves to eat and eats to love. He was after the perfect meal. He had killed several people, and then was after me.
All that mattered to him was being fed. He came to my shop because he would not have to worry about searching for food any longer.
[Rang relaxes, like the idea of loving to eat so much that you want to eat people is better than loving another person. we have issues but we're not going to unpack that, instead, he looks intrigued again. im sorry he mood whiplashes a lot like a small child.]
So do you feed him humans then? Is that what happens when your customers break contracts?
[rang was assuming an equal buffet, pets eating their own owners, but maybe t-chan gets first pick?]
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Unfazed, D stands under the gaze without batting a lash. He watches Rang carefully, expression guarded in its placidity. There is something familiar in the way Rang asks this question… A telling detachment.]
The pet shop caters to a person’s desires. To their hopes and dreams, their wants. We always have the perfect pet for whoever enters.
However. To buy a pet, they must sign a contract saying they will follow the guidelines for owning that pet. Each pet is different. In the event they break those rules and the contract, the pet shop is not liable for whatever happens after. The owner will then forfeit the pet, and I go to retrieve them.
[He does not clarify what is meant by after, but it may be obvious.
He doesn’t trust humans to take care of them. Which inadvertently is the point.]
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As Rang listens, the light in his eyes change. There's still distrust, but that's more intrinsic than anything, and it's temporarily outshone by the obvious amusement on his face. the way his lips quirk up in a smile, like he's enjoying thinking about what exactly 'after' entails. it makes him see D in a different light at least, what he thought was just another human -- maybe something more? something interesting at least,]
When do you know?
[not 'how', but just a when. as if it's obvious that these contracts will always break?]
Right at the moment of? Does the animal tell you right away, or can you just sense it somehow?
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Well, Rang isn’t entirely wrong. Most contracts get broken because that is just how humans are. Selfish, and greedy, and ignorant.
The change in Rang is curious. It feels familiar, though not to himself exactly. T-chan is looking back and forth between the two of them now that he is unsure if he has to play guard.]
I stay in touch. [He simply knows, but he does not want to say that so readily to Rang yet.] Often, the owners will contact me afterward in distress.
[But uh
sometimes the owners don’t contact him at all lol.]
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[imagine having to talk to a human while they're in DISTRESS, in this he will exhibit his shriveled sense of empathy and commiserate with what he thinks is the worst part of d's job.
or maybe the best part, since rang also enjoys human fear and despair. i can't believe they're all gonna be on a team together.]
They're the ones that messed up. What right do they have to ask for help?
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That is the way of humans. They are tempted by all manner of things: love and lust, greed, gluttony, envy. When they break the guidelines, whether intentionally or by accident, I am the first one they call for help. But all I can do is take back the pet and remind them of the rules they have broken.
Sometimes, I may have to remind them of how they got there in the first place.
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They're so fickle and weak-willed. A pet of their dreams only counts if their dreams don't change, and they always do.
[TYPICAL!!!! imagine buying a pet and not getting THERAPY!!!]
Do they even learn after you tell them? The humans I talk to never understand what they've done wrong.
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Sometimes. [He'd be a liar if he said otherwise. For as much as he dislikes humans, he cannot fault them when they shockingly do the right thing.] It just depends on the person, how willing they are to change.
As much as a nuisance as they may be, they are still... a part of the life on my world.
[Huuugh. UNFORTUNATELY, he has to care... about humans... a little. He's just trying to get them to LEARN.]
If it is not too forward of me, may I ask... what you are? I usually am a good judge of pedigree; however... this place has changed some things for me.
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The look on Rang's face is both like 'gurl....' and 'my condolences' all mixed into one, because imagine having to give humans the benefit of the doubt.... couldn't be him!! he's already signed onto the human racism lyfe!! he'll never be in terror of experiencing sudden growth where humans are concerned (smiles at the camera like i'm at the office)]
At least you asked first. You wouldn't believe how many 'what are yous' I've gotten the last two days.
[rang has also asked people straight up what they are. well he is a non human and he's allowed to do that,]
I'm a gumiho. [normally he'd say fox because no one here is KOREAN except my gyuhyuk oppa, but maybe he wants to test if Count D knows? since he is... a pet shop owner,
and seems slightly more intelligent about these things than anyone else here]
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[Received a lot of those "what are yous" he means. Looking at HARU and RIN especially. Tch... human teenagers. Anyhow...
A slow, surprisingly genuine smile comes to his lips at the answer. This makes so much sense to him, especially the following day. Sorry to Rang, but he now has to deal with D's softer expression because he loves!! animals!! and especially mythological ones!!] Ah. [Wow, this makes things so much clearer.]
I do hope you won't eat my heart.
[The most hilarious thing is he does not look like any of this bothers him, and he doesn't look like Rang being human bothers him either.]
Your species are a little different, but I have a kitsune in my pet shop. His name is Ten-chan.
[T-chan huffs. Agreeing maybe...?]
d is so cute.... moe
Rang like I expected D to know, but I didn't expect this? Hello? Don't just smile at him???? And mention your heart??? He is suddenly seized by the desire to tell D that he hasn't eaten hearts in centuries and really, if he had to pick a part of the human body to eat -- it would be none of them. He has since graduated to bigger and better things, like kbbq.
He doesn't say any of that, he just looks annoyed because that's better than feeling embarrassed. Sometimes, you are a (redacted) fox and people don't actually like you.]
I'd say it's more than a little. I wouldn't be caught dead in a shop.
[okay rang, just because ten-chan is superior...]
How come no one's eaten you yet? There has to be one pet that wants to.
[HE'S JUST COMPLAINING NOW]
is… is he…
I believe you have a misconception about my grandfather’s pet shop.
[No fault of anyone’s own. No one knows (redacted).]
On the contrary, Mr. Rang. [D motions below him to T-chan delicately and smiles.] You are in the presence of one who has tried to eat me.
T-chan was a Chinese chef. I knew the moment I saw him he was a totetsu. He was extremely beautiful. He courted me for a while, and then he tried to eat me so he could make the perfect meal with my parts. We were interrupted, but that’s alright.
After he was arrested, I asked him to give up his pretend human form and live with me in my shop instead, and he accepted.
[This does not explain how nothing eats him. He just has that animal rizz.]
HELP ME this doesn't mean d is not moe
Rang stares at D, and then down at T-chan, and then back at D. He is over six hundred years old and yet he is still bamboozled by this story. CHINESE CHEF??? PERFECT MEAL??? ARRESTED??????????
he looks at t-chan,]
Are you in love with him or something?
[why else would you MOVE IN AND BECOME SOMEONE'S PET? RANG HAS SEEN THIS DRAMA BEFORE]
YAYWON
D rolls his eyes upward, exhaling in exasperation. Of course Rang would think and say this. T-chan looks equally as exasperated.]
You are misunderstanding his nature. He's a totetsu. There is no difference between his love and his appetite. He loves to eat and eats to love. He was after the perfect meal. He had killed several people, and then was after me.
All that mattered to him was being fed. He came to my shop because he would not have to worry about searching for food any longer.
THIS ICON
So do you feed him humans then? Is that what happens when your customers break contracts?
[rang was assuming an equal buffet, pets eating their own owners, but maybe t-chan gets first pick?]
lil t-chan
[Wow. Why the fck would he hand people off to his pets like that? Unhinged. Deranged. He smiles gently.]
I only said he wouldn't have to worry about food because I am a respectable manager, and I feed my pets so they do not starve.
[There is so much he is pointedly not saying here, Rang.]
grips him by the horns lovingly
You don't see me clutching my pearls.
[taps head can't be terrible if you think it's perfectly reasonable?]
But I guess a manager can do better, if it's for the pets you cherish.