Eden- Boot Camp

[dcbishigirl]

Another beautiful day in Eden. The cute brunette couldnt help but feel that way.. and a new batch of Ferals just got brought in. She smiled, because she loved working with the beasts, getting them ready for their new families. Maybe she'd buy one this time... after all she had enough for one.

"They all look wonderful... I have to thank you for your work. Your payments will be sent accordingly."

The hunters carried cages in with ease. Passing the brunette, and setting them down inside the training center. Leaving the mobians alone as they went back outside to finish talking to the brunette.

[DB]

A tenrec was among the ferals brought in. He glanced around a bit at his neighbors as he gingerly brushed his fingers against the stitches on his cheek. Not the same ones he came in with. Not that he liked the people that he met in the hold (the jackal actually freaked him out a bit), but a LITTLE bit of familiarity... that'd be awfully nice.

[Leda]

And while his partner tended to the red tape, a rather burly blonde man, with sunglasses and a scruffy face, peered down at the new recruits. Most of them seemed to be the usual suspects... Although, one of them had stitches along the side of its face.

Well, clearly, that would be the one to start with.

Duke Nukem The trainer folded his arms behind his back as he gazed over the beasts at his feet. "Welcome to the rest of your life!"

[DB]

Frown. And wince a bit.

Well, this is going to suck.

[SHM 128 III]

@luke@

Meanwhile, outside the training facility, Dr. Luke paced back and foward as the brunette was busy talking to the hunters. There was something important he needed to discuss with her, and he wasn't going to leave until he told her, despite the fact that he did not like the place much more than Port Eden.

[dcbishigirl]

After she spoke with the hunters, she watched them leave and turned to go back inside. Before she did, she spotted the doctor.

"Is there something wrong Doctor?"

[SHM 128 III]

(This post was written as a colab with Shannon)

@luke@

Upon hearing the trainer address him, Luke immediately turned around and faced her.

"Oh, yes... Ms... Sarah, is it?"

The brunette smiled at him, "Yes it is... you should know that by now, Doctor. Did you need to speak to me?"

She pushed some her short brown hair behind her hear and listened, waiting for a responce. The doctor turned red a bit.

"Oh, forgive me, I'm terrible with names... Anyway, I need to inform you about one of the ferals you will be training today. A young tenrec who calls himself 'Dash'."

Sarah kept her smile, "The brown and yellow one with the stitches?"

Luke nodded.

"Yes, that's the one. When he was brought in, he was suffering from a broken jaw that required surgery to fix. He has made a speedy recovery, but I still would like to personally request that you go easier on him so as to not agitate anything."

Sarah nodded knowingly, "I understand completely. He' seems much more docile than the others... so training shouldnt be difficult anyway. But dont you worry, I treat all the beasts here as if they were my own. I'll make sure he's properly cared for."

"Thank you. That is all. I shall take my leave now."

"So I'll see you again at the next delivery," the brunette waved lightly to the doctor.

"Yes. Goodbye, Sarah."

And with that, the doctor walked off.

[Leda]

"I DON'T THINK SO, BUSTER!!" Duke howled at a jack rabbit that had dropped a tray full of dishes in the midst of its cowering. "You think you can just go breaking your new owner's property?! They'll tan your hide, if they don't get rid of you entirely!!" With that, he swatted the hapless beast in the rear with a rod that distantly resembled a riding crop.

His attention then turned onto Dash and his own assigned task. Those eyes didn't look friendly at all. "I thought I told you to CLEAN that floor, not make it dirtier with urine!!"

[DB]

Bristlerec is bristling.

Wait. ... What was that he said?

"... Dirtier?? How am I making it DIRTIER?!", Dash protested, holding up the rag he was using. He paused, than looking it over. "... maybe yoh shhould give me a cleaner rag than thish. Thish one's seen better dahys."

[Leda]

"You'll make due with what your master gives you, maggot!!" the scruffy-faced trainer shouted, slashing Dash across the cheek (the one with the stitches, no less) with the switch he carried. "If your owner gives you a TURD and tells you to make the house spotless with it, then you better figure out a way to do it!!"

[DB]

Eye twitch.
"GnOOOOOAAAAOOOOOWWWW!"

[dcbishigirl]

Behind the large man the door opened. Sarah stood there looking rather shocked and upset.

"What did you do!" She quickly rushed over to the tenrec and started looking him over.

"Shh... its okay.. you're okay.... Dont worry it wont hurt for too long... " And she emphasised this by petting him lightly on the head.

[Leda]

Duke snorted and folded his arms. "What are you mad at ME for?? It's this heathen that wasn't doing its job!!" Apparently disgusted with the whole situation, the man turned on his heel and took off to scold a kangaroo that'd knocked over a lamp with her tail.

[DB]

UNBELIEVABLE PAIN IS UNBELIEVABLE. Honestly, WHO THE HELL DOES THAT?
"gngngdgghd yooujeeerrkk"

[dcbishigirl]

Sarah looked worriedly down at him, "I know... He is... Just try not to talk back to him... its better he doesnt get mad so often..."

And with that her pettings became gentle scratchings on his head.. moving out of habit towards his ear.

[DB]

At this point, Dash learned something.

Even with excruciating pain shooting through his face, the sweet gentle caress of a scratch by his ear soothed everything.

In fact, he practically melted.

[dcbishigirl]

Sarah smiled gently down at the tenrec, "Now... Lets see....," picking up the rag, she shoves it in her pocket and pulls a clean(er) one out, "This might make it easier <:, I'm sorry he hurt you... I'll try and make sure he doesnt hit you there again... after all, the last thing you want is to not get adopted.."

And the gentle skritchings continued.

[DB]

So, so very nice, this felt~
It... it reminded him of way back when, when he was just a little'rec, and his mom would hug him and kiss him and scratch his ears just like this..

Dash paused, snapping out of his revelry. This was an overlander, not his mom.

"I UH... oh... thanksh... that... thath'd help..."

[dcbishigirl]

The brunette's smile never left her face.

"We arent all like that... some are like me and the Doctor. You'll see... I think with the right family, You'll like it here." With that she let him go and stood back up.

"How about you try again? If he sees you doing better he wont be so angry. The hardest part is the lessons."

[DB]

"Arright..."
And with that, he went back to work. He certainly didn't LIKE the idea of having to get back to work, but... well, he didn't like ANY of this. But the sooner it was over, the better. That is, he could cheat his way through it...

[Leda]

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF SOME UNDERTERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME...

Duke Nukem eventually finished the latest rotation and made his way back to Dash's station, his eyes narrowed into beady little pricks. Or maybe he was just a prick in general. "ON YOUR FEET! Inspection time begins NOW!"

[dcbishigirl]

Sarah stood to the side... determined to keep the violence to a minimum... after all.. and injured beast was not a valuble beast. Her eyes surprisingly watchful and observant of the man "training" the ferals.

[DB]

With a frown (which the man couldn't see as he was looking downward at the time), the tenrec got up to his feet, standing rigidly and... giving the guy a salute.

"YESH SIR."

Though he seemed to tremble a bit. Odd.

[Leda]

The trainer loomed high over the frightened tenrec, and eventually knelt down to scrutinize the work. "...Hmph," he grumbled, rising to his feet and smacking the end of his crop into one hand. "This SHOULD have been clean enough for me to see my smiling face in!!"

Nevermind the fact that he wasn't even smiling.

[DB]

Dash glanced down for a moment, scrutinizing his own work. No, he did a fine job. This guy is just being a douche. Of course, he couldn't tell him that. So, instead, he just returned to his saluting stance with a frown and slightly drooped ears.

How is he going to get through this...

[dcbishigirl]

The brunette stepped forward,"Its a fine job and you know it. Its probably the first time he's ever shined a floor. All of them will get better with practice."

Her expression said she didnt want to argue.

[Leda]

"I GUESS this will have to do, even though it's obviously uncivilized heathen work," Duke muttered with a harsh glare onto Dash. "You can skate by this time, but mark my words--" the human abruptly grabbed his ward by the ear in a decidedly unpleasant way, and began dragging him toward another training area, "--if you slack off on your next task, I'm turning your skins into a rug for my bathroom!!"

[DB]

As the gruff 'gentleman' pulled him by his ear to another area, the tenrec's eyes widened. Both because he was surprised by the action the overlander had just pulled off (and upset, as his bristling told), but also HORRIFICALLY FRIGHTENED AT THE IDEA OF BEING SKINNED.

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

[Leda]

"And speaking of my bathroom..." Dash would quickly find himself ungracefully dumped onto a hard, cold, dirty tile floor. Nearby was an equally questionable sink, along with a non-too sanitary looking toilet. Trainer Duke towered over him from behind with folded arms. "I want this thing SPOTLESS by the time I get back!! If it's not, you're cleaning the places you miss with your TONGUE!!"

[DB]

The tenrec was still doing his impression of a cheerleader's pom-pom (though a rather painfully spiky one) at this point, still terrified over the threat.

Sure, the doctor and the girl seemed friendly enough, but 2 out of 4 weren't the most soothing of odds when he didn't know what overlanders were even capable of. Maybe this guy would skin him, maybe it wasn't an idle threat.

"Y-Yes s-sir..."

Oh Aurora- if he didn't get this right he'd end up skinless and with a filthy tongue.

THE HORROR.