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Hi. This is Claire Bennet. You might know me. You might not. Nathan Petrelli is my father and, obviously, that means Peter is my uncle. At this point, I'm sure that everyone is aware, but if you aren't: they have both gone as of the last jump. I'm not really equipped to deal with the holes that they left in their respective departments, so I won't waste everyone's time trying to offer a helping hand in that capacity or anything. I hope the positions get filled soon, even if they are big shoes to fill. My main thing here is that... well, Nathan and Peter left me with three dogs. I thought about giving the two puppies up for adoption and, you know, running a background check to make sure potential applicants had never murdered a hamster or anything like that. But the more I think about it, the less right it seems to give away something that isn't mine to give. That being said, I need some help in about two departments here. Okay: 1. Can anyone go over the process for getting animals into the grav couches before the jump? Is there a special procedure I should be aware of? Do I just... plop them in there or what? 2. Is there any kind of, like... doggy daycare out there? Should there be? Should we just organize a ship-wide animal meet-and-greet of some kind? Along those lines, let's talk puppy play dates. Not even necessarily with other puppies. I know the dogs spent some amount of time with the comms department, too, so if anyone ever wanted to walk any of them... that would be great. I'd really like to do this right, since they belonged to my family, and they obviously both cared about them. Thanks. EDIT: does anyone know how to use a sword? Specifically, a samurai sword.

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[He sounds weary. He'd watched Tug and the other one being born. It had been disgusting and rather smelly and not anywhere near as bad as a number of other things he's seen, and he'd been tasked with making sure the dogs got to Claire to begin with.

It really wasn't a good idea to develop any fondness for anything here, was it?]

If you bring them to Comms, the only thing I ask is that you don't bring them all at once.

Aside from that, we'll have to exercise care in the new area.

[ As cute as puppies are, as these puppies are, Claire does not, in any capacity, envy him the experience of having watched them being born. There are some smells she's not sure she's ready to deal with, never mind that she's cleaned up a couple accidents already.

She's also not going to blame him for getting attached in any way, shape, or form. Puppies are puppies. ]

One at a time, got it. What kind of care?

It's two levels with an open access area in the floor of the center of the upper one. Most likely, they won't fall, but it's a possibility.

I'm not completely sure that we'll be using the new space, however... its functionality is in question. If we do, it's possible that we could modify it to make falls less likely.

[With at least one employee who's almost consistently drunk, this is probably a good idea, puppies or not.]

I want to meet them.

Luckily I had planned on bringing a leash.

[ Which she recognizes isn't the issue here, but Claire assumes that with a department full of people, someone will be available to make sure Puppy #2 doesn't go tumbling down an open access area. Maybe not the drunk guy. Why is there an open area in the first place? ]

Modify it how? By stringing a net up underneath it? Or maybe there's a way to turn it into a trampoline.

[ She doesn't actually think that. Maybe. ]

I'm surprised you didn't come over the second you heard barking.

Ah! I was wondering what happened to the other dogs since they left— [there are a few barks in the background before a golden labrador and another slightly around the age of the other two she probably has, who can seen briefly on the feed. chuck laughs a bit sheepishly] Sorry, I guess these two were getting a bit worried.

As for your question I can help with the first one and I think the idea of a doggy daycare or a meet and greet is a great idea.

[ Guess who's not a pet person? Yeah, probably zero surprise. Severus is relatively used to Izzie, having encountered her enough times alongside Nathan, but the puppies are another story. Unleashed and slightly anxious over missing their owner, they're even more energetic than usual. And of course, it's like they have a radar for who wants slobber and dog hair the least and he's one giant beeping target on it. ]

Are you sure this is normal behavior? [ asked while feebly trying to get Unnamed Puppy to stop squirming excitedly at him, prodding gently, shoooo go away. ]

Edited 2014-09-16 01:57 (UTC)

[ Oh, god, hello. Chuck is treated to a really flattering angle of the underside of Claire's chin and possibly up her nose until one of the puppies edges its way into frame and begins trying to eat the comm device. When she hauls the little guy out of the way and comes back to the screen, she is suitably less up close and personal. ]

Hi. Sorry. Everyone just got really excited. I was wondering where the puppies came from, logistically, so it's nice to finally have an answer, I think. What - no. Please stay out of there. I'm sorry, just one second. [ The camera ends up face down on a bland bedspread, one of the puppies starts barking, and then stops, placated. Claire is back in a flash. ] Every time I turn around they're trying to eat something else. I only have so many pairs of socks, you know? Doggy daycare would be a lifesaver right now. Get them worn out.

I would love to help you with them if you need it.

[ did u think she would not react to puppies ]

I'm not sure. I don't have any memories of our family dogs acting like this when they were younger, but my mom ran a tight ship and those dogs were Pomeranians, soooo... I did walk them once. They were a handful then, too.

[ Claire is giving it a valiant, Herculean try at keeping them off of him. There is a sort of innate mortification that comes along with having a dog that jumps all over someone. Having it doubled basically makes her want to die. Izzie, for her part, is at least relatively chill, though she does little to reprimand her children and watches from a careful distance. Eventually Claire is going to have to give up because for as embarrassed as she is... it's kind of hilarious. ]

I'm so sorry.

[ Look at her face, no she is not. ]

Yes. Please. Yes. Have I said yes enough?

[ mwahahahahahah her plan is working. dance puppets dance. ]

You most certainly are not. [ Severus is fully aware she finds this hysterical, and is sliiightly put out at having to break away from serious spacehell living to deal with fuzzy animals, but isn't actually bothered. He'd said he would, anyway.

Finally he gets the exceptionally wiggly one to sit, using the only-mostly-fool-proof 'step forward slightly against dog and raise hand to hold attention' move. But the other one sits down directly on his feet, so he gives up. They'll calm down in a bit, anyway. ]

Do you have the rest of it sorted?

I am a little bit.

[ Claire makes a face behind his back, something between a laugh and the most poorly produced pout since she was seven, and then bends to straighten up another mess that the dogs have of course dragged out from somewhere. It doesn't seem to matter where she puts them or what she tells them or how many objects are actually within reach, their sharp little teeth have managed to find anything she tries to keep away from them as if they have made it their personal mission to oppose her.

They might be sitting on his feet, but at least that means they aren't moving. Claire scoops up the one that is still running free and lets it gnaw on her fingers for the time being. ]

I'm not sure what to do with the paintings. Honestly, I'd rather not hang them up, but I don't just want to shove them under my bed either. The coat... I'm thinking maybe I bust that one out at Halloween.

[ She's joking. Honest. ]

Claire, hello. I don't know if your father ever mentioned me, but I'm Laura Roslin. We were together, until recent happenings. I should have spoken to you earlier, and for that, I humbly apologize.

I don't know anyway to care for his dogs, but, I would be happy to help you care for them. It's been a long time since I've had much interaction with any animals in any regular fashion, and I certainly took a shine to your father's dogs.

Thank you.

N...o. I don't think that ever came up in conversation. It's nice to meet you, all the same. If you're ever interested in walking them or... I don't know. I don't want to seem like I'm just foisting them off on people, but I don't want to hog them, either. I know a lot of people liked them.

[ Severus does manage to sit down on the bunk opposite Claire finally - Merlin, this room is too little for two people and this many dogs - and convinces foot-puppy to stay seated, so long as he's getting headpats (that Severus looks vaguely resentful of). ]

I can put the paintings somewhere in Xenogen if you like. [ Not.. in a containment unit like the mask, but: ] Relevant as something being brought in from the outside to annoy a person aboard.

[ She's on her own with the jacket. He thinks about saying Save it in case Nathan shows back up, but it seems too flippant, this soon. Instead he checks his comms device with the hand that's not attached to a dog. ] He never mentioned a girlfriend to me either.

Edited 2014-09-16 02:58 (UTC)

Luckily, it only takes three yeses for me to agree.

[ she'll be a puppet for puppies lbr. ]

And to think, for a second I really considered only going with two. In all honesty, I appreciate anything that even remotely looks like help with them.

[ The room does feel too small, too active. She's used to it being quiet and... clean, and while there isn't much in the room to actually mess up, it feels cluttered all the same. Claire sits down across from him and stops the puppy in her lap from chewing her skin clean off the bone. Her voice is a rush of air. ]

That would be great, thanks.

[ She uses the window in which he checks his comm unit to scroll through hers as well, wondering if anyone has said anything about the sword, which is standing up in a corner of her room. She looks up again with eyebrows raised. ]

Don't take it personally. I'm not. He never mentioned a lot of things. [ She doesn't sound resentful, just matter-of-fact. Presenting things as is. Although that catches her attention somewhat retroactively as she's tapping out a reply. ] I didn't realize you guys were close enough that he would have mentioned a girlfriend.

Yeah, a little too much excitement, but yeah Digby over here is the other half of where the puppies came from. [chuck nods and waits for claire to come back before speaking up again] It's okay, I definitely know what you mean.

I used to have help with this but between these two and Pigby, they're all more than a handful to deal with.

[ The dogs are not that bad, really, Severus is just being really uppity for no reason other than he's himself. His thoughts skim briefly in a direction about Black also being a dog, and how it's fitting because they're honestly pretty stupid and pointless, wriggling around and slobbering. But he discards it, never actually in the mood to think of the Marauders. ]

Well he-- [ an abrupt stop. Severus isn't sure how to phrase that. Rather he is, but he suddenly doesn't want to, and instead takes a moment to be intensely distracted by checking his messages (which he has none of, right now). In a more dismissive tone, ] We just spoke often.

I knew it was going to be a lot of work. I just... wasn't anticipating. At the same time, I don't just want to adopt them out or anything. It's just gonna take some getting used to. [ Claire runs her hands through her hair and scrubs them over her face. ] How difficult is it to wrangle them up during jumps?

Oh. That's - [ Weird, is what Claire wants to fill in the silence following that with, but it really isn't all that weird when she considers it logically. Maybe a little bit weird, but not enough to stumble on. Claire smirks at him and his comm unit. ] - nice, actually.

[ She'd like to ask him what else they talked and didn't talk about, just to get a better sense of the person Nathan was while he was here, but she's resolved not to linger too much on what's transpired. It's much easier to focus on the fact that she is going to have to find somewhere for these animals to poop and take them there on a very regular basis. ]

I would've loved to have been a fly on the wall for those conversations - hey. No!

You made a very good choice, then. It'd be nice to fill any down time with something not work or solitary things, so I certainly don't mind lending a hand.

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