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[makejapangreat]

Who: Shido & Open!
What: Lion.
When: 6/3 to 6/15 IC (6/22 to 7/4 OOC)
Where: Throughout the Station
Warnings: None this time!

[At some point, while you are traveling from point A to point B, you may see something unusual.

A fully grown lion that is just standing there and doesn't really seem to know how to lion. Or how to function, at all. It might look at you and blink for a moment before it looks away again, mostly down at the ground and its feet as if it is trying very hard to figure out how it's supposed to make locomotion.

Or maybe it's just given up on that and is lying on the ground, basically being a lump on a log. The most it moves, aside from breathing, may be the slight flick of a tail or just a slight head movement as it looks at you, and then away again. The only thing that really seems to be notable about the lion, aside from it being a lion, is that there is a scar on the underside of its torso where some of the mane is missing.

Either way, it doesn't seem very aggressive? Or particularly friendly. It kind of just is.]

Comments

13th, I guess

[foolishjustice]

[So, poor timing...Goro just happened to be on his way to the kitchen when Shido was stuck as a lion...in the hallway...between where Goro was and the kitchen. The second he sets eyes on what appears to be a large lion, he goes stock still and the color drains from his face. It's not the same as the tiger Noise, but still, the absolute mortal terror is there.

The fact that it doesn't seem aggressive might have calmed more rational fear, but to Goro's phobia, all it says is one thing: he has time to escape. And so, Shido will see his son's impressive foot speed as he tears off in the opposite direction.]

Video!

[makejapangreat]

[Well, he supposes this was kind of inevitable. He... looks away as soon as he realizes who it is, but that doesn't seem to do anything for the fear. By the time he looks back, he's already teared down across the hall and ducks away behind a corner.

After about eighteen minutes, he finally reverts to his human form, and the first thing he does? Is message Goro.]

Akechi?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Holy shit!

[He's coming back from the lab areas and there's just?? A fucking lion?? A full size lion just?? Standing there?? Church backs away slowly and disappears for a minute. Two minutes. Mmmmake it three. Looks like he went off to the kitchens?

Because he comes back with a hunk of raw steak.] Here kitty kitty...Church has a nice treat for you...don't eat anyone here... [PLONK. Steak gets thrown in the air and lands with a gross raw meat noise by Shido's furry feet.]

[makejapangreat]

[The lion startles a bit at the expletive, jumping a bit, then watching the human walk off. Incredibly, he doesn't seem to move a single inch by the time Church goes and comes back.

He watches as the steak is thrown at him and then lands at his feet.

... it smells surprisingly good? But he has more dignity than eating things off the floor.

So he looks back up at Church, then takes a couple awkward steps back and... sneezes.

Terrifying.]

[nor_iron_bars]

[...welp, that sure is a lion in the kitchen.]

[It's also about six thirty in the morning, which means that Jail's main concern is that this giant razor-clawed apex predator is between her and the coffee machine. She stares at it for a brief, contemplative moment before coming to her conclusion:]

Fuck it, it's too early for this shit.

[And Jail proceeds to calmly walk right past the lion without any further interest and begins making a pot of coffee.]

[As far as she's concerned, this could go one of two ways. Either the lion doesn't eat her, in which case it's probably harmless and she doesn't need to worry... or the lion eats her, in which case it's all somebody else's problem. So in her view it's a win-win situation.]

[makejapangreat]

[You have no idea how mood that is, Jail.

He takes a couple of steps... away from Jail, but then ends up overstepping and stumbles, smacking solidly into the cabinets. He doesn't really feel it, but his impressive weight means he makes a pretty loud thump against them.

The lion gives a rather forlorn grunt.]

6/6

[coagmentatio]

[ When it comes to big animals, in general, he's seen some that were over twice his height in just length... but that is definitely much bigger than any of the cats around here?

Aiden's eyebrows lift as he blinks a couple of times, and then just. Walks right on up to it? ]

Morning.

[ He crouches down beside the animal - it's... kind of cute?? Also, since there's no other person around to judge him, he smiles at it! Him? Her? He isn't just going to look. ]

Tired?

[makejapangreat]

[Oh— okay...?

This is the first time someone's just come up to him without any preamble. He also doesn't seem to be visibly alarmed or even afraid of him, which is great, but also makes him worry a bit more for this man's sense of self-preservation???

He even crouches down right next to him— the worry is Intensifying— so he just... ends up staring at Aiden with a puzzled expression.

do you not have large predators on your world...]

6/13

[beguiledcard]

[ Thing he did not expect to see when he came out of his apartment: this.

It's possibly thanks, in large part, to the fact that he can shapeshift into a dog, that his mind initially goes to the chance that this could be a case of that? Maybe somebody else gained a new power...? ]

Uhhh... hey there.

[ He's already set to equip Cybele, just in case, but he is slowly moving closer. ]

You wouldn't happen to be somebody I know, would you?

[makejapangreat]

[The lion definitely perks up at the sight of Akira. In response to his question, he gives a grunt.

... okay, nevermind. Head bob?]

[anarchia]

[All things considered, finding a lion here wasn’t too surprising. What was surprising, however, was it’s inability to really...lion. That clumsy unfamiliarity with its own form was familiar, almost to the point of endearing. Having his men all adopt new alt-modes, he could tell someone adjusting to a new form when he saw it.]

Having trouble?

[makejapangreat]

Oh thank god, someone who can understand me.

[A couple blinks.]

You... can understand me, right?

[...otherwise he just heard a lion grunting at him. He doesn't know how animals work? Much less a robot-wolf??? How should he know if he can understand him!

...but if he can, well. The scent and voice alone should give away just who it is.]

> BEFRIEND THE LION

[biddentodance]

[That's a lion. Alright. Minato just keeps walking, as if he barely notices anything.







Wait, backtrack. A lion? Here? Is that just, like, a thing? The lion seems about as disinterested as Minato was a few moments ago... Maybe it's sick?

Most would hesitate to approach an unfamiliar, unexplained lion. Minato is hardly 'most'. Approach the lion, casual as ever!]

You alright? [Should lions be that lethargic?]

[makejapangreat]

[What is with some people's lack of self-preservation, here?!

Granted, he's deliberately trying to make himself seem non-threatening, but it is a little concerning when someone walks past him without much more than a glance. It's a little more concerning when he just... walks up to him?

When he talks to him as though he's expecting a response, the lion looks a bit confused after a moment, but then gives a couple of grunts and looks at him hopefully.]

6/4 i guess

[blackestwitch]

[ It's just another day in the station. Maddie is walking to the common room, completely unaware that there even IS a lion in the way as she turns a corner.

Her cat, however, does. So that lion is treated to the unusual sight of a small house cat running in between his owner and the lion, taking on an aggressive stance and YOWLING as loud as a cat possibly can. Is it trying to scare off the lion?

The blind girl stops walking at this point, looking confused in the vague direction of her cat. ]

[makejapangreat]

[Well, the lion startles at the very ferocious cat that's like, one-tenth of its size? And quickly backs off...

Backs off too quickly, apparently, because it stumbles and scrabbles and falls to the ground with a solid thwump and a little startled grunt.

Well. You sure showed that lion, kitty.]

[fistsofchange]

[Lin is hiding from the lion behind a couch, but cautiously peeking over to keep an eye on him.]

It’s just lying there. Why is it just lying there?

[makejapangreat]

[Lin, talking to yourself around a lion is not very conducive to staying hidden from said lion.

Luckily, it doesn't seem to be taking much interest in her? Its ear flicks in her direction, indicating that it heard her, but its head nor gaze moves in her direction.]

[bulletnews]

[Oh, hey. 'Sup.

Aya's at least aware that there are people around that can turn into animals some way or another but she hasn't seen you before, potential mr. lion man.

She's also confident in her ability to get the hell out of here, just in case, though.]

[makejapangreat]

[Hi? He gives Aya a glance, but not much more than that. In fact, it looks like lion is going to finally try this walking thing!

The movement is stiff and awkward, like he's not quite sure how he should be using his legs, but hey, he's... making forward progress, at least? Slowly? Very slowly and awkwardly.

But he's not moving towards Aya, instead walking in another direction. Slowly. Carefully. While looking at his own feet.

He's got this.]

[nojohnyouare]

...Lion-san?

[Mai stares and cautiously approaches the lion in the hallway. Her little robot bear follows and gives a metallic growl.]

[makejapangreat]

[The lion blinks at Mai, then looks at the bear when it growls and takes a hesitant step back.]

LOL IDK let's say the 7th

[dragonmouth]

[ As Tali walks into the hallways, carrying some books, she's stopped cold in her tracks because that's a big fucking lion.

Welp, since her room isn't currently blocked by the lion, she'll head into there and come out with that fuckall sword she often carries.

She brandishes it carefully, moving closer as she tries to fucking get out to get some food tyvm ]

[makejapangreat]

[Shido is Very Done with this whole lion thing already, and when a sword is brandished at him, he just kind of... gives Tali a Look and trods out of the way.

Better?]

6/8-9 ish? Somewhere there.

[founderinglight]

[So there is a thing that Shido does not yet know about Eos and the people originating from it.

And that is that pretty much all of their wildlife is much larger than its earth counterparts.

As a result, when faced with suddenly lion in the kitchen, Izunia has the completely rational reaction of - ]

...Huh. Rather small and unspotted for a coeurl.

[ - and then begins to go about his weekly mass coffee prep, dumping mugs from his Armiger into the dishwasher.]

[makejapangreat]

[The lion actually greets Izunia with a small grunt. The bit about a coeurl has him headtilt slightly?

Otherwise, he's just going to look over and... watch Izunia go about his coffee prep. That is a lot of mugs??? He sure hopes that is over a decent length of time that Izunia's been keeping them...]

6/3

[letsplayer]

[ It's hard to care about a dumbass Earth lion when the lions from your world could breathe fire from every orifice. At least, that's Marla's rationalization for why she doesn't seem too concerned when she spies the lion in the A/V room while she tries to play what looks like some sort of horror game, the Litwick that recently hatched all over the network at her side and a fairly large sandwich between them.

She just takes a quick glance in its direction, shrugs, and goes back to... playing something with a spooky house and a man who looks like he's the product of some sort of Franken Fran abomination experiment following her character. You know. The usual. ]

[makejapangreat]

[Lion is... very unsure what to do with himself at the moment. He glances at Marla, then at the TV. Something on the game makes him start a bit, but he doesn't react much more than that. Instead, he just looks around rather helplessly.]

6/3

[superstylishsquid]

[For a while today, a strange and confusing smell has been nagging at Alastor. It smells familiar in two different ways, making it hard to tell what exactly he's smelling. Then he finds...a lion flopped in a hallway.

Now that the unfamiliar part of the scent is identified, figuring out what else is familiar about it is much easier. Shido, though...might notice that Alastor smells like thunderstorms and predator.]

Masayoshi, is that you?

[makejapangreat]

[Oh

You can tell who he is??? He perks up from his spot on the ground and grunts lightly at Alastor.]

[byanyother_name]

[...okay, that's a little pathetic. Shido's (and Kurama knows it's Shido; his scent has changed but not completely) total inability to lion, while understandable, is kind of sad to watch for someone that was born with four legs.

So eventually, the lion is approached by a silver fox that's about as tall as he is, though somewhat leaner, with eerily two-dimensional green tails. Canines don't work in precisely the same ways as cats, but honestly it's closer than anything on two legs is going to get?]

[makejapangreat]

[He takes a bit of a step back at first, because most animals who have approached him so far seem to Hate Him, but then he picks up the scent and recognizes... him? Kurama? He did mention being a fox, didn't he? But he wasn't aware that he could actually transform into one...

He gives a hesitant little grunt, like he's hoping to be understood.]

JESUS CHRIST IT'S A SHIDO GET IN THE VAN

[meowna]

[Guess who's got no thumbs and and a craving for some of those crab legs in the fridge? This guy! He stops short at the threshold of the kitchen, ears pressed flat against his skull, tiny claws emerging, and tail fluffing up in alarm; at least one person seems to have a sense of self-preservation here? He hadn't been expecting a Cerb--a lion!

Except..... wait.....

Morgana takes one step back, then stops, eyes narrowing and sniffing intently; there's a very familiar smell here, partly buried beneath the overwhelming scent of Predator.....]

[makejapangreat]

[There is definitely a Shido-y scent to the lion, who looks at Morgana. The lion gives a very soft, apologetic huffing noise as it lies on the ground.]

6/5

[notjustahacker]

[ With her laptop tucked under one arm, Futaba was on her way towards the AV room and stopped short when she spotted the lion in the hallway. It was definitely intimidating because whoah. She's never seen a lion in person before, so of course there was caution and surprise there but then she realized that the lion was... awkward?

It was kinda like it didn't know what it was doing.

Futaba leveled the lion with a look, still wary of getting too close in case it actually lashed out. Mostly just kind of watching it for a little bit. ]

...I'm gonna just guess you're not a real lion. Those don't just appear out of nowhere so you gotta be someone who can shapeshift. Right?

[ Slightly farfetched guess but it's not too crazy considering she knows a giant robot who can change into a wolf so... yeah. ]

[makejapangreat]

[The lion definitely perks up at the sight of the girl, but makes no move to actually approach her. Instead he gives a soft grunt at her words, then follows it up with a head bob.]