Complete Private Eastern Brisshal The Grand Start of the Greatest Adventure of em All

[Dynamax]

It has been half of a day since the new star had fell from the Brisshal's skies.

With a wooden sword and a lot of determination, the monkey boy managed to go through his first gameplay mostly smoothly... There was little to no threat that he couldn't deal with (for now), and with everything that had gone through, the one thing he could be proud of was the sack he carried on his back, that was so large it was hilarious.

He glanced around, double checking if they weren't chasing him any longer, just before he started climbing up a tree, as an extra measure to make sure he wouldn't be spotted by them.

Resting the big sack on two tree branches that were close enough to give some base for him to put it down, he finally got to open it, revealing several gems that were sparkly and glowy, enough to make his face lit up both literally and metaphorically...

He had yet to see a shop in this game, but he was sure that this amount of precious gems were going to cost a fortune!

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

Would this count for an exam? Doggo didn't know, even as she got her feet worn with experience (as she liked to call it) and countless unecessary steps. Mapping was hard enough without having to worry about monsters and stuff, and the east side of Brisshal was the perfect area to do so. With countless newcomers and veterans alike, there had to be someone around should she need rescue.

Not like she couldn't handle it, but in-between her artistic inspirations she got the scenery ruined by a bunch of gobbos chasing after what seemed to be a kid. The jingling of his loot made LIL' DOGGO's senses and neurons activate all at once, and in silence did she stand up from her cross-legged stance atop her the tree branch to hop down and begun stalking like a wolf do to their prey, bushes and trees worked as cover to keep herself out of sight from both gobbos and thief alike.

Where the little green skins gave up, Doggo pushed onwards, aided by racial traits to better track down the smell of smelly monkey adventurer all the way to the source atop two branches. Fortunately, his avarice kept him blind from her top secret hiding spot right behind the tree he was sitting at.

Bingo.

Her eyes shone like stars, fingers wiggled as water begun to escape from her canteen and slither over the bark like a snake, growing larger and larger as it approached it's prey...

And right infront of Max, that liquid appendage went right into his loot sack and pulled out, sending a few gems onto the floor, swallowing about five of them like slime would, sending them across it's length all the way back to DOGGO's hands.

Doggo's now!

She exclaimed triumphantly, before breaking into a sprint now that her cover was blown, wagging her tail happily with a piece of his loot, but not before turning back to stare at him and lull her tongue out.

Bleh!

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

Max frowned seeing the slimy appendage suddenly appearing in front of his eyes, swaying like some strange snake and making him scowl in both disgust and hostility. He was ready to face the dire creature, or... Whatever that shit was... But he didn't expect it to go straight to his loot, making the attack that was already catching him by surprise enough, to be even more surprising, rendering him useless while he helplessly watched the gems falling on the ground and into the slime.

"Hey, HEY, you can't EAT THIS!" He roared, stomping the branch he was on and trying to reach it, only to see it slithering back to its 'owner', with his eyes locking on the wagging tail and then the ears and collar.

"A dog? What are you... Hey! Come back here!" Max grabbed the sack and sent it straight to his inventory, hopping down the tree and rapidly reaching for the fallen gems, embracing them against his chest before looking at the thief that had the audacity to stick a tongue out at him.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" His face went red, more out of anger than embarrassment, before he shoved the gems into his inventory and darted off at the direction of the sneaky dog.

"Give me that, you goddamn thief, that's not YOUR loot, that's MINE! EEEK EEEK OOOK!" He chattered angrily.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

'A dog'. Is that how he saw her as?! The audacity almost made her scowl, but of course, this boy didn't knew of her... Yet. Save for being one of the best thieves for having just robbed a thief-- That takes some skill, right?

Not just any dog. THE dog. Lil' Doggo, that i-

Her boasting cut short once she saw the monkey hop down, and not just that, but use cussing words no second after he started to dash in her direction with the recklessness of an ape.

EEEK EEEK OOOK!

That warcry made her fight & flight senses activate, with the latter sounding a much better alternative to the former.

EEEEEEEEEEEEE WAIT WAIT!

Her voice trembled nerveously just as her legs begun to kick the dirt. It took her briefly to reach her top speed, but by now it was too late. That monke had the advantage, and just a quick glance over her shoulder reminded her how close the object chasing her was. If he stretched a little he could have reached for her tail even!

DOGGO tried to mumble outloud some magical words, but fear had caught her doing the wrong gestures and wrong incantations, and between holding the gems on her hands and the weighty satchel wearing her down, she opted to run behind a substantially large... Pink tree?

No matter, it worked for her to hide behind it and circle around should the aggressive thief monkey tried to get to her.

IT WAS JUST A PRANK DON'T HURT ME, YOU THIEF!

Mixed signals over there between prank and name-calling.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

The chase was a bit easier than Max expected, at least until soon they reached the tree that stalemated their chase, with them spinning around the tree without ever reaching to a conclusion. "I don't want to hurt you!" He growled, halting himself for a moment and tilting his upper body so he could at least look at the offender.

Which was when he paused, perplexed.

"Huh, you are a goddamn weird dog." Max said, looking at the dog-person that was introduced as 'Lil Doggo'. "You aren't 'lil' at all either, you are a pretty damn large for a dog." He pointed out, looking her up and down, even if barely because of the tree that blocked his way.

"But yeah. I guess you are the dog." Max said, giving her some credit.

"The dog that is taking away my loot!" He shrieked, running around the tree once again, but eventually pausing another time, knowing that wasn't getting them anywhere.

"What the hell do you want anyway? I can do this all day." Max grunted, still outraged that he had to go through such a thing.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

Oh really?! It don't sound like it!

Doggo replied as she span around the tree. Because a growling monkey certainly came off as friendly, specially without knowing just how strong this kid was! The last she needed is a battle scar or something for stealing a few gems, or rather, from taking them rightfully so from a thief!


Her chest heaved a little, giving herself a moment to catch her breath back in as he gave pause to his pursuit only to cut her deep with words alone, gasping out in pure disbelief to his BASELESS accusations.

I'M NOT WEIRD! And don't say 'damn'. That's a cuss word.

Her agitation turned into a glare, glueing herself against the trunk as she pointed out back at him with her free hand.

I'm LIL' DOGGO. That's my name and that's what I am compared to everyone else from the Doggo Clan! And who are you then? Smelly Monkey? 'Couse I'm sure that's your name!

She didn't hesitate to lash out, but her ears perked up at his recognition of the 'THE' part at the very least. Her smile couldn't grow larger because his battle shriek announced the part two of their chase, and her own cries supported the notion.

EEEEEEE That's because you stole it from someone else! Who did you took this loot from?! I'm just gonna give it back to the owner and drag you to an adult if you did something bad!

Of course she had to hit him with some threats of impending retribution for his crimes of playing a game, and her courage showed on addressing it that way. At least until her vindication turned into a smirk, smug like a merchant speaking of her trade.

Or you can let me keep some and I won't tell anyone...

OI AND STOP CUSSING I SAID! You gonna get your mouth washed with soup, and I have water powers to do it!

Soup... Or Soap? English wasn't easy...

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

"I really don't, I just want my loot back!" Max protested, stomping the ground a couple times in a trantum, chattering and crossing his arms with a loud huff. "I can cuss as much as I want, especially if I am angry, goddamn it!" He complained, soon letting out a long and exasperated sigh.

"Of course you are weird, have you ever heard a dog talking and stealing gems?" Max said, then averted his face from Doggo.

"No, I am not called Smelly Monkey. I am Dynamax." He said, poking his thumb on his chest for emphasis, with his tail perking up for dominance.

"DY-NA-MAX"

His agitation, however, halted at the mention of 'soup', making a loud growl escape from his stomach. "Soup..." He muttered, resting a hand over his tummy and pursing his lips.

Before his stomach could growl any more, the sound of rustling vegetation caught his attention, and he was quick to turn around the tree, rushing and this time stretching his arm out to grab Doggo, pulling her close behind the tree and trying to make himself thin behind it.

"Shh! It is them-" He said while peeking slightly, hoping that she wouldn't panic again.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

Oh he threw a tantrum alright, but that wouldn't be the end of it, not when he huffed and puffed and said he would keep cussing. Not only that, but Doggo gasped once he DID, in fact, do as he promised and cussed right in the same sentence.

You are asking for it, shortie-- I'm not sure I ever seen a talking monkey stealing gems either!

She growled back, meeting his own agitation and attempt of dominance with her thumb poking at her own chest in an attempt to mimic his mannerisms, giving him a stellar wink in response.

MON-KEY

Of course she couldn't fit smelly into the mix. But what almost made her recoil in frustration came after, when the idea of eating soap made him... Hungry?! DOGGO was baffled: a kid that not only robbed and cussed but also ate soap. Was it a monkey trait or something? Dogs certainly can't eat soap.

Her ears were quick to flicker and detect another presence around them. It gave ample opportunity for Max to reel her in, her voice left behind with a quiet 'EEK!' scattered through the winds.

OVAR KET. HERD MONKERIT. TAJID SEP MONKERIT

DOGGO did her best to keep herself quiet. Obviously the monkey's warning helped, but while she wasn't about to panic, she sure cringed at the mere sight of the goblins, let alone their stench even from here her sensitive nose caught.

Goddammit they are ugly. W-what do we do now? Do we attack them?

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

Max wished he could give that dog a big ass kicking after that stupid wink that cringed him to oblivion, and he probably would've tried doing it. If it wasn't, of course, for a bigger threat suddenly appearing and cutting short all of their interaction.

The quietest of the 'eeks' almost made Max scowl at Doggo, but thankfully she remained quiet.

"Can you fight?" Max asked, sounding and looking far more focused and sharp than before, taking a firm grip on the hilt of his wooden sword and squeezing it tightly. "If you can't. Stay here, run away, or whatever. Just don't get on my way and get hurt." Max huffed.

At that point, with danger surrounding them, he gave a little less care about the stolen gems. After all, he would be too busy fighting to recover them... So he could loot the defeated goblins to compensate.

Without a second thought, Max leaped out of the tree, swinging his blace.

"Eeek! Eeek! OOOOOK!" He roared, startling the goblins before slamming the wooden weapon on the face of one, crushing their face before throwing a knee on their guts.

The surprise attack worked perfectly, with one goblin being down immediately, and making the remaining ones hesitate for a moment. But it didn't take long for them to realize their number advantage, and with a roar, they all charged in at once, instead of going one by one.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

DOGGO's brain got stuck, delayed over to his first question if only because of the gobbos taking most of her attention. But apparently her unlikely ally had the GUTS to pull her aggro with just one sentence and an almost condescending huff of his.

She couldn't give the answer she wanted other than a growl straight out of her throat as the childish monkey screamed his battle cries once again and jumped into the fray.

You dumb or something?! You only have a stick for a weapon!

She shouted, but against all odds his fight turned out to be winnable once that 'stick' actually dealt some kind of damage to a goblin. It gave her a few shivers down her spine to know that could have been her fate if he had decided to bonk her, but the time to let her brain spin around ended once retaliation fell upon the monke, with spears and rusty swords coming his way.

And a wall of ice erecting to block them all with a 'ding!' for each useless strike that barely dented the wall itself.

As if I would ever run away. I'm an Explorer, not a runner!

Doggo pulled her best one line in stock yet, taking advantage of the green skins's confusion as the ice shattered into a million pieces, all these fragments circling around Max's wooden sword with DOGGO's gestures guiding them to wrap around it's blunt edge, turning it into an ICE sword!

Or into a popsicle.

Now you have a weapon. Go monk-

Her encouragement got interrupted by a stray spear thrown in her direction, the whistle in the air enough for her ears to pick apart the threat. That, and the murderous intent on these goblins that made her stomach spin in disgust, alerting her of the danger enough to dodge it.

OI! Monkey, hit that one first!

She pointed out at the offender spear thrower, her hands blasting out water in Max's direction, coating him on spherical motes all around him that served as mobile shields, testament of it being how the waters reacted once an axe tried to chop away at him, only to be stopped by a torrent of water blasting out both sphere and goblin away.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

For most of part, Max ignored Doggo's complaints, continuing his charge and taking her words as a 'I will run away/stay back' answer. At least if he managed to win, he would get to loot all of them by himself. If he lost, well, he would lose his no-death run, which would suck but it didn't matter either.

With the first monkey down, Max didn't take long to realize he had thrown himself into the worst positioning possible, but he stomped his feet and maintained a firm posture regardless.

"Come on!!!" He chattered, but before the goblins got close enough for him to become mince meat along with some of them he would manage to kill, an ice wall covered him protectively, save for one goblin that was tossed upwards by the ice lifting off the ground, before gravity did its job and crushed it as it fell like an idiot.

Then, with the ice shattering like a choreography, soon attaching to his sword, Max looked at it with shimmering eyes. "Woah! What the heck!" He beamed, and then turned his face to look at Doggo.

"This is really cool!" He flailed the sword excitedly, only for the excitement to be interrupted by the spear whistling near Doggo.

Max's gaze turned sharply at the direction of the remaining goblins, especially at the unarmed one, that was ready to pull another spear to throw. Halfway through Doggo's call, Max darted off, leaping upwards to dodge the frontline, and with the motes bubbling and deflecting the incoming stones and sharp projectiles while Max entangled his tail on a branch and spinned twice before throwing himself at full speed toward the goblin that had attacked the Doggo.

"Don't mess with the dog."

Without a second thought, Max started pummeling the goblin's face with a hand, while the other slashed the blade around him, striking at least two goblins, that had their cuts wide open before it froze into ice, like a crystalized scar running through their bodies.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

His reaction was exactly what she needed to confirm his well being, and the fact the spell had been successful! Of course she had to play along and act cool, because that was totally not a spell she only did once under pressure or anything. Good thing the game solved most of the spellcasting for her with the auto assist.

Ehe~

Unfortunately, there were still plenty of goblins to deal with, but the situation had turned in their favour thanks to their panic. The monkey himself proved to be more than enough to weave his way through the brawnier of the goblins (not like they were that different to begin with, aside of their weaponry of choice) and went after the one threat that she couldn't outrun.

She almost wanted to team up with the goblins just for his constant 'dog' remark, knowing it didn't meant any positive at all! But fair game's fair, she called him a monkey.

The crystalized scars through the goblins he struck gave her the opening to spread the cold with a flicker from her fingers all over that duo, whose screams were shutdown once they became a set of ice statues for Max to shatter, offering little resistance once disabled.

The remaining goblins wished to help their comrades, only to be struck in fear not only by the brutality of his assault, but the power of his blade. The last they wanted was to end stuck forever as if petrified into stone by a bassilisk, and opted to flee instead, dropping what little gold they still had on their person as a means of distraction, at least for the greedy monkey who took all of that and more from them before.

Coward tactics were their best trait, apparently.

AND DON'T COME BACK UNLESS YOU WANT MORE OF THAT, YEAH!

DOGGO roared, chasing them off for a few extra steps before giving up as she noticed the speed difference between these green skins and herself. A bead or two of sweat and a bit of panting, but she finally got herself back in shape.

The only true crime was how some of the gems dropped on the path had frozen entirely thanks to her magic, unbeknowst to her.

See? I'm not just some dog, MAX... I'm THE Doggo.

She puffed her chest pridefully, only to rush closer towards him, tilting to the side to give him a better look up and down.

What's with that tail, how can you jump around with that thing? That's awesome, I can't do that with mine. No wonder you are a good thief.

She glanced over her shoulder and wiggled her own tail, in an attempt to bend it on the ways his could. In vain obviously, no way hers was that flexible.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

With the running away goblins getting out of their sights, Max could finally relax his stance, watching them escaping from a fate similar to the frozen goblins near them. He peered over them, not wasting time to simply breaking them to make sure they would actually die. He may be a murderhobo, but he wasn't there to leave them to a terrible fate of being eternally suspended from life and death.

As Doggo approached, however, Max nodded and grinned. "You are kickass, Doggo. You did real good." He waved the blade, that slowly had its ice melting, making him shrug before sheathing it.

"You didn't run away either." He crossed his arms, with his eyes aiming at hers, muttering something so quietly it was almost an internal thought before he half-opened his mouth, only to be interrupted by a compliment being thrown at his tail.

"Yeah! My tail is very strong. I'm a monkey-boy, after all." He didn't bother to just admit it, and he looked at Doggo's tail. "It must be hard to keep this tail by yourself. You don't have a owner, or anything?" Max asked, curious.

"You helped me out, so I will bring you to them, if you are lost." He suggested, still unaware of Doggo's true nature.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

Her hands dropped on her hips as she was FINALLY addressed properly. Missing the 'Little', but take any wins you can they say and that's what she did.

Hehe, you weren't bad at all either.

She smiled, tilting her head from side to side with her ears wiggling along with how quick the motions were.

Run away and leave you with all that treasure and fun? Not a chance! Besides, who would have saved you if not me?

The explanation over being a monke was acceptable enough. Of course, her tail came in question, and the way he looked at it made her hold onto it with both hands to pet it a little. It might not be nimble, but it was fluffy and warm enough to keep around, but before she could even let a giggle, her mind snapped, and her teeth gritted, almost about to bare her fangs at him.

Next time you think I'm a dog with an owner, I'll bite your hand off.

A harsh glare went after his eyes like a wolf rather than a doggo, a hand tugging from the edge of her cap, a bit rougher than needed given her mood, but a sigh like steam pushed out of her lips, in an attempt to be civil again.

I told you, I'm LIL' DOGGO. I'm no one's pet, I'm an explorer for the Explorer's League, the best guild out there full of players and stuff!

She retorted, completely certain of her words, despite not being a part of them... Yet- But these were details!

Just because you are a monkey I'm not going around assuming you should be locked in a zoo or something, right?

She waged a finger in a 'no-no!' kind of gesture.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

"Hmph, so you just wanted to steal my loot after all." Max sighed, rolling his eyes at the dog thief, unsure of why she was so insistent on trying to steal what was rightfully his.

"You want to bite my hand off and you don't want me to believe you are a dog?" He frowned. "I don't know what the hell is an Explorer's League. But I guess they go to dungeons or something? Must be lucrative at least." Max shrugged, rubbing his chin as he pondered, but he couldn't ignore when he was pointed out to be a monkey ready to be thrown at the zoo.

"I'm not a monkey. I'm a monkey boy. A monkey boy, it isn't hard to see that." Max waved his hand, gesturing at his own body.

"Besides, if you aren't a dog, what the hell would you be..."

'what the hell would you be...'

'what would you be...'

'would you be...'

'you be...'

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"You know, this shit has been weird by now. That thing is really a dog?"

"Wut? 'Course ye! Y it wouldn't be?"

"I don't know, fam... This dog is too weird to be a dog. Like, it is cute, but not in the dog way of cute, y'know?"

"If it ain' a dug, wut it is then?"

"I... I... Well, its voice is kinda girly, so..."

"HAHAHAHA, WUT?! U CRAZY? U THINK DIS IS A GAL?"

"I mean! What else it would be? It sounds like a girl, acts like a girl, you know, the pieces, when together, kinda show that..."

"U dumb shit, it sounds like a gal cuz it is a female dog"

"Oh! Actually, you got a point!"

"Ye, always do"

"Haha... What I would do without you, right? I guess I will just go back to my things, my bad..."

"I was listening to the two of you talking, and I can't help but say, that specimen is actually both a girl and dog."

"Eh?"

"It is a fairly easy assumption, see that her body is actually humanoid shaped. She lacks the most prominent dog traits and isn't quadruped. She has knees, she can talk using the most varied type of sounds that certainly can't be produced by a canine's vocal cords, and showed to have an intelligence far above average on top of formulating complex actions and behavior, even using clothes to express herself in a visual manner."

"And that means?"

"She is just a girl with dog ears and a tail for cutesy points. You two are neurons, just imagine her with a dress or something, it should make it easier for both of you."

"Hmmmmmmmmmm-"

Spoiler: Imagination

"Smug lil shit"

"Yes, the worst part is that she is cute, so she probably will get away with it."

"Ye, she is-"

"Wait, she-?!"

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Max suddenly jumped, staring at Doggo with wide open eyes and exclaiming- "Wait a second, you are a GIRL!" He roared, almost accusatory, stumbling backward and pointing a trembling finger at her, wrinkling his nose as he averted his eyes in shame. How he couldn't have noticed, it was RIGHT THERE, yet, she disguised herself as a dog with expertise.

And he was being rude at her since the start!

"Goddamn it, look at this, look at what you have done!" Max growled, but then, a flash of his father's face appeared in his mind, shaking his head as his voice echoed.

'Max, a gentleman never blames others for his own mistakes.'

"Grrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnoooooooooo, get off my head, oldman!" He shook his head, rubbing his hair intensely as he breathed a sigh. "Crap... What I have done?!" Max gritted his teeth, curling a bit while his tail whipped against the ground.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

His accusations were right in some form. The cat took her tongue, or in this case the monkey did, because she was left without a counter for it.

W-wait a minute hold on-

But before she could even begin to formulate an explanation in the first place, he went ahead and said the cursed word 'dog'. It was part of her name afterall, but not when he used half of it to bully her. That's EXACTLY what it was, nothing more nothing less. The bell saved him from her wrath however, as the word 'Explorer' left his mouth and made her gritting teeth and mean face turn to an offended expression instead, her hands furiously grasping her waistline to grant composure to her stance.

YES it's very lucrative. We go out and face a lot of dangers and find places no one ever found. We are so cool, others call us first because they can't do stuff on their own and want us to deal with it first. Explorers are the best League out there!

Her lips kept moving, but no sound came out from them. Had he gone deaf? Well, the next image he could get beyond the mental gymnastics he was forced upon by his neurons was that of the world shaking violently up and down, up and down. Like a earthquake of a magnitude never before seen or heard- Well, the former a lie, for now he could see what the world would look like if he was spinning on a roulette, or the way maracas see it when shook by human hands.

MAX... MAAAAX! There's something around here please answer me! What's going on with you why are you looking at me like that?

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX!!!

Doggo screamed as loud and as hard as her lungs and her vocal cords allowed, and that seemed to have done the work as much as shaking him from his shoulders did. She took a step back just as he jumped on spot and recovered his senses. Her ears perked back up from being tucked against her head.

She wanted to tell him just how stupid he was, even offer to treat his wounds because clearly the goblins left him with some concussions or actual brain damage from a previous encounter, but nothing came out of her mouth the moment everything pieced itself together, like a domino effect or a checkmate finally realized four plays earlier.

Silence, a dreadful one at that, followed. The chittering sounds of earlier didn't scare her anymore, nor the strange crystal dust that lays now on their feet. But neither did her face show any form of amusement at this point other than pure unadultered anger befit of The Beastlord itself. He begun to curse.

To curse at an old man that didn't exist, to curse at himself for his sins, and suddently this boy didn't seem any better than a little little brother for her to take care of. That is when her eyes, filled with tears, finally set upon his tail.

Taking advantage of his own disconcerted state, Doggo made a quick slide to his side and lifted his tail with both hands spread apart enough to consider it as her wielding a bo staff or something, before opening her maws, flashing her fangs and her baby doggo teeth for them to savour the wind and...

❰ MONKE PUNISHMENT!!! ❱

Finally clenched down on that extra limb of his.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

While Max was having a mind breakdown, he couldn't notice the moment where his precious tail was in great danger, ready to be crushed by 250 psi of pure canine bite... And when it actually happened, Max's eyes widened, feeling the sharp pain running through his tail and chilling through all his spine in which were it was connected and going all the way to his brain, electrifying the three neurons that had been talking earlier.

As soon as the bite was registered, his mouth opened widely in a desperate scream of pain and suffering.

"AAAWOOWAAHOHOHOOOOO-!"

Max leaped, with his tail tugging as hard as it could to slip away from Doggo's dire fangs while he held onto it tightly, blowing it a few times as if some air escaping from his lips would be enough to tone down the pain he just felt.

When it recovered, even if remotely, Max turned to glare at Doggo with a furious glare.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU--?!"

And his gaze locked on her teary eyes.

"-- Why are you crying?"

Max's anger quietened, still holding onto his tail, and with his ears flattening against his head, having the concerned and guilty expression on his face, instinctively looking around as if some adult would show up at any moment, inquiring about the reason there was a girl crying in front of him.

"Hey, what's wrong, come on... You are the one that bit my tail." Max frowned, with his tail escaping from his hand as he turned to look at her, flinching for a moment when it barely touched its bite wound on the ground.

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

LIL' DOGGO growled, as her head bobbed around along with his tail, yet the rash movements managed to wiggle her off, landing on the ground with her backside. watching his 'smoking' tail twist and recoil in pain didn't make her any happier, and neither did his very characteristic screams.

Her big blue eyes dropped onto the ground, her frown could be as hard as his glare but he wouldn't see the end of it now that he asked about her tears.


"NOT CRYING!" She shouted, planting her hands on the floor and helping herself spin around to leave her back towards him.

You are very rude and I don't like it! It's unfair!

She sniffed a little,using her hoodie's sleeve to get rid of her tears before looking over her shoulder in his general direction with one ear perked up.

What was I supposed to do, you weirdo? You stopped talking and weren't listening to me. I tried waving, snapping my fingers...

You left me no choice. Plus you were mean, so this is your fault! I'm not saying sorry until you say sorry!

Even if she wanted to in the first place, she had to try and not show weakness whatsoever. He clearly wasn't taking her seriously early, so even now with a teary face, she had to stand her ground, with her pouty posture she adopted, arms and legs crossed alike.

@Dynamax

 

[Dynamax]

"I'm not rude! You stole things from me, that's why I got mad!" Max retorted, crossing his arms and twitching his eyebrows. Well, the part of him calling her a dog was probably rude enough and unrelated to the stealing, but he didn't consider that his fault either.

His lips clenched shut when she began cleaning up tears and sniffed a bit, that even if she was trying to hide it was quite obvious.

'Max, a gentleman never makes a girl cry'

'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK YOU, OLDMAN, FUCK YOU. STAY DEAD AND OUTTA MY MIND, FUCK YOU!'

But he couldn't voice it outloud, not when it would make the do- the girl in front of him cry again and be even angrier. Goddamn it, what a stupid guilty, goddamn it, this stupid biological determinism and gender role society has pushed deep into his mind. Now he couldn't even be an ass to a girl without feeling bad. 'Fuck you, oldman, fuck you, society.'

He half opened his mouth, ready to tell everything that everyone has taught him to go to hell while he would stomp this dog into the worst of the insults he could pull out of his ass, tired of everything that made him so limited.

Yet, after setting his gaze on Doggo, he paused, lowering his finger and closing his mouth for a moment.

Crossing his arms, he averted his face.

"Sorry."

@Little Doggo

 

[Little Doggo]

His audacity, his excuses... How was he not rude?! He called her a dog plenty of times!

It shouldn't make her this mad nor hot-headed, but he wasn't budging apparently, and only two things could come out of it once she made her own: He would leave without apologizing, or would apologize. But the latter was unlikely to come.

Doggo kept her stance firm, arms crossed and not giving him even a glance now, on the middle of this dusty dirt road. Her legs started to get a little cold sitting on the ice she formed seconds earlier, but something compelled her to remain still like a statue-- Some hope that ended up delivering.

Her ears twitched, and she clenched her eyes shut to keep the joyful doggo in, before she glanced over her shoulder with a quirked up brow and half-closed eyes.

Didn't hear you well. Did you say you are... Sorry..?

She huffed, jumping back up to her feet and leaning closer towards Max, crossing her arms once again.

Fine... I'm sorry too. Sorry for turning your loot into ice cubes at least.

She pointed out to a few of these she had stolen which, sadly, turned into nothing but crystalized dust. But at least she had a good reason to, given it was these gems or his life.

Don't do it again though! Not now either! I keep hearing stuff on these woods and I'm not a good fighter, so I need a sword monkey to help me find out what's up.

Unless he is a chicken boy.

@Dynamax