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people think its a surprise. it's messy.. cake gets wasted.. it scares me..
people who do this crap need to get their brain checked.
so don't do it. you'll get cake in your ears and nose too and that's just more cake that i can't eat.

just give me cake as it is.

It was never a consideration, I am glad to say.

I have wrapped it, for she cannot carry it otherwise.

[ Somewhere in the dark woods stretching glumly behind Gintoki--a small branch snaps. ]

_{[ Well. Given the fact that Gintoki isn't on good terms with either side, he's particularly jumpy when it comes to people or things sneaking up on him. Gintoki keeps his hand on the hilt of his bokuto and glances around the woods

...???

A text goes out to Kida. ]}

what is she exactly

I do not know if there is a word for what she is, actually.

[ Kida, you're not helping.

Out from between the trees--twin yellow eyes, glowing balefully. One moment they're there, and the next they're not. ]

THAT'S NOT COMFORTING YOU KNOW!!

_{[ He has his bokuto out?? It's just kind of pointing towards the woods. ]}

AT LEAST MAKE SOMETHING UP!!

I say 'min-altirak', usually.

[ Still not helping Kida, that's Atlantean.

Something breathes.

Right. Behind. Gin. ]

oi.
you sure you ain't sick..
please take care of yourself.

_{[ Though, his message is cut short cause he is too busy screaming and running away from the thing that has just made itself appear out of nowhere. In a bit of a frenzy, Gintoki has dropped his bokuto when he turns around to face the thing that is so close to him. ]}

[ Ninat is almost twenty feet long, given the length of her tail, and as high as a horse. She has the vague shape of a cat, but dwarfs anything alive by a wide margin. Yet, despite having the shape of a cat, nothing else adds up--certainly not the leathery, mottled skin, or the glowing tendrils she has for whiskers, and definitely not the rock-hard crest that extends from her nose down the back of her neck like a built-in bludgeon. She glows in the dark, and her belly reflects the light of the fire.

In her tremendous jaws she holds Gin's cake, boxed and wrapped in a cloth for transport. To her credit, it is completely unblemished, and she lowers it delicately to the ground.

Ninat doesn't see Gin, really, and out of the water her sense of smell is a fraction of itself. Instead she sense the rapid pulses of his nervous system as he scrambles away, like lightning shooting through his body. Like fireworks.

How entertaining!

She moves forward, past the cake, and opens her mouth--surely nothing so catlike should have so very many shark-like teeth--and picks up his bokuto. He dropped it, silly human. She should return it!

She's padding in his direction now, the wooden sword in her mouth. ]

Min-altirak means....'feline-shark'?

_{[ Gintoki has seen some things. Really, he has. His homeland had been invaded by aliens roughly 20 years ago and they had populated and basically ruled over late 1800's Japan with ease. They brought with them modern and futuristic technology. He's seen cats on all fours, walking and talking like humans— he's seen large beasts that resembled demons but were as harmless as flies because they enjoyed the simple things in life like raising and nurturing plants.

Things like this.. don't surprise him. They freak him out, though. ]}

O..oi! Heel! Stop! I'll — uh — I'll do something if you come any further!! Put that down, that thing I bought off of an infomercial. _{[ did he really .. ]}

_{[ sorry, Kida. He can't reply right now. ]}

[ Gintoki's nervous system goes off like more fireworks, pleasing Ninat. Her tail sways from side to side.

She more-or-less understands what he's saying, but ignores his commands in favour of staying the course.

She's getting pretty close now--any farther and he'll be backing into the fire.

Actually, you know what? She's just gonna keep going, and knock him down, and lie on top of him. The bokuto can be discarded; her new priority is to clean that bird's nest of hair. ]

AaaaAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
_{[ Down he goes, feeling his lower half over powered by the weight of this creature. Next, he is getting a tongue twisted in his hair. Was it grooming him? He actually probably needed it— Gintoki really hadn't gotten a decent bath in awhile.

Too bad this is a giant beast playing with his hair and not a pretty girl. He absolutely loved to have his hair teased by somebody..— not this, though.
Though, something about this situation reminds him of Sadaharu back home. A giant Inugami that he had taken in as a pet without really knowing it was actually a God dog. He was about Ninat's size too.. but was more fluffy and huggable than this thing. ]}

Oiii, oioi! I'm not your .. _{[ what would you call this ..? She's a shark-cat, right? ]} pup-kitten!
Crawl in a hole and die! Gin-san doesn't deserve your _{[ ??? ]} affections!

Edited 2016-01-03 04:03 (UTC)

[ Ninat continues to lavish her attentions on Gin's hair, clearly thinking that he has all the hygiene skills of a 'pup-kitten'. Her tongue is rough and sandpaper-y, like a cat's, only vaguely slimy, and tough like a shark's basihyal. All in all, it probably isn't the most pleasant sensation, and Gin's hair will probably smell like fish.

Kida's voice comes over the jewel, concerned: ]

Gin, is everything all right?

[ ARE YOU KIDS GETTING ALONG? ]

_{[ His response to Kida: ]}

YOUR THINGY-THING IS TRYING TO EAT ME!!
How do I stop..!? Where is the stop button? If I press something, will it disappear..!? Where is the light switch..!? Is it plugged in anywhere?

_{[ plugged in, though.
Gintoki is squirming and fussing.. just like a 'pup-kitten' would! Ninat, how are your motherly instincts going to react? ]}

Edited 2016-01-03 04:57 (UTC)

[ Ninat presses her massive paws into Gin's shoulders, holding him still. When pup-kittens get unruly, they get disciplined.

Which means Ninat rumbles unhappily, opening her teeth-filled jaws to nip-- ]

Ni-nu! [ Kida's voice is more like she's scolding a small child than preventing murder. ] Kwam tapik! Cake bernotseken!

[ At the sound of her master's voice, Ninat halts with her mouth just shy of Gin's nape. With an unhappy grumble, she pushes off of him--sorry about that weight on your back, Gin--and pads back over to the cake, still in its box on the ground. ]

_{[ Gin doesn't do well when people or things try to take control of the situation, so he's absolutely pitching a whole fit when Ninat steadies him with her paws. His feet are kicking about, stirring up some snow and dirt. There's probably a lot of colorful words in his next phrase, but then, everything has stopped.. and he can move?

Gintoki props himself up on his elbows, naturally curly hair slobbered straight as he just watches Ninat wordlessly. ]}

Hey.. — that's mine. Don't get any weird ideas.
_{[ not even a thank you. Just.. yeah, that's mine. ]}

[ Ninat sits by the cake, her long tail curling around her. She bends to pick it up again, delicately. It hangs by its handkerchief from her jaws, and she extends her neck, holding it out for him to take. She watches Gin as he watches her.

She seems calmer, at least? ]

_{[ ....
Gintoki finally gets back to his feet, closing the space between them before slowly reaching out and — taking the cake.
And holding it pretty close to him. ]}

Uh.

_{[ awkward glance. ]}

Thanks.
_{[ he unravels the handkerchief and pops open the box, sticking his finger to hook it around a scoop of icing before sticking it in his mouth. With a low tone of voice, he speaks: ]}

Y'know, you should brush your teeth at least.
_{[ Gintoki was the king of monologue and soliloquizing. Internally and aloud when nobody was around. It only encourages him to speak more when there is something else present, even if he isn't sure how much it comprehends. ]}

[ She understands enough to tell he's annoyed with her, which she has yet to connect a cause to. She delivered his food, and the thing he dropped, and bathed him. He should be appreciative. When he thanks her, the bioluminescent spots along her crest dim and light in quick succession, like she's happy--and then Gin ruins it by mentioning her teeth. You sure know how to talk to a girl, Gin.

Ninat's face isn't mobile enough for her to pull back her lips and snarl, but she tilts her head as if to say 'really'?

Kida's voice again: ]

Gin! Did you get it? Is it delicious as you had hoped?

[ Was it worth slimy hair??? ]

Edited (html is haaaaarrrrrd) 2016-01-04 05:21 (UTC)

Oiii, Ki-saaaan. _{[ His voice drawls, finally talking to her in response. His mouth sounded like it was half full. ]}
It's cake. Of course it's delicious. _{[ She can also hear hm smacking and licking his lips. ]}

Your pet-thing is.. — _{[ scary? beautiful? well tamed? ]} .. something else.
_{[ ah.
Regardless, he is beginning to make his way towards Ninat again, this time with a palm outstretched. Can he.. pet it now?
N..ot like he wants to , or anything. Not like he wants to say thanks, or anything. Not like he actually likes animals, or anything. ]}

[ Kida's reply is laughter, pleasure divided between his enjoyment of the gift and his 'admiration' of Ninat.

The cat's gaze follows the stretch and flex of Gintoki's hand, 'watching' the electricity that dances up and down his arm. She extends her head, bumps her nosy against his palm. The texture is like a crab's carapace, touch and bony, and sliding his hand to the side, along her cheek, will reveal a prickly, leathery skin, like a shark or ray. As he touches her, Ninat will progressively tuck her chin, to indicate that she'd like him to scratch around her crest. The crest itself isn't flexible, but it's compose of interlocking plates that shift as she moves; all along the length of her back, from nose- to tail-tip, is a line of luminescent cartilage.

Ninat doesn't purr, but if he scratches just so, she'll keep leaning her body weight into his scratching. And just. Not stop? ]

_{[ Kida will probably hear him speak to Ninat— as he has been keeping the audio recording for this entire time. He possibly (and probably) forgot to turn it off, but she'll hear him clicking his tongue at her— followed by kissing noises. Embarrassing.

Good to know he's warming up to her now that he realizes she isn't particularly dangerous to him. ]}

Aaah, Sadaharu would like you. A playmate? Possibly— he would probably like to chase you too.. or hump you, I'm not sure.

_{[ Obviously, he was missing his pet back home.
His hand shifts, scritching around her crest then down under her chin.
Finally, Gintoki just sits right down in front of her and reaches up with his other hand, using this hand to scratch too. ]}

—Do you miss home?
_{[ Not like that was indicating anything.. it wasn't!! ]}
Should you go back to your pretty master?

[ It's not really in Kida's nature to tease at moments like this--she might puff at him a bit about it later, if ever he tries to convince her that he's not soft--but she's actually quite delighted to hear it.

(All comments about humping aside. Excuse you, Ninat is a precious and pure maiden.)

Ninat can feel his affection welling up, almost literally as his brain fuses with endorphin release. She rather likes him right back, mostly because he doesn't fear her, also because he's using two hands to scratch her. What an excellent human being. The more he scratches the more relaxed she gets, and eventually her mouth falls open and she makes a low, raspy breathing noise, the tip of her tongue just edging past her teeth.

Kida's very audibly smiling. ]

Her master could lend her to you for the night. She is a good companion, though not very warm.

[ As opposed to a truly warm-blooded animal, that is. Ninat is warm enough for her own sake, but if she stops moving too long she'll start losing heat, though Gin has a fire going so she'll manage. The take-away is: Ninat likes cuddles. Cuddles are great. ]

Be sure to bring her to the river in the morning, yes?

[ --AND DON'T LET HER GO OUT PAST MIDNIGHT, YOU HEAR? ]

_{[ Gin nearly jumps when Kida's voice comes from his watch. Ah, right. Might ought to turn that thing off now that we now everything is okay. With a soft grumble at this discovery, he responds: ]}

She's not very cuddly.
_{[ N—Not like that's something Gintoki especially likes in a pet (it is.) Gintoki used to spend plenty of time outdoors— admiring nature and the creatures of it as a child. Since he's an orphan, he made friendships with a lot of other things— like animals when he was younger. They gave him company when he didn't have any; this could may explain why he likes talking aloud to himself is that he's accustomed to talking to nature as a whole.

He's come to appreciate most, if not all, living things... as long as he knows they won't eat him.

Gintoki's red eyes fixate on the eyes of this creature, as if questioning: ]}

Dunno if she really wants to stay.
_{[ A big fat lie— look at her expression. ]}

[ Ninat won't eat him; he's too big and strong to be worth the effort, and she'd prefer fresh fish besides. To get his attention back for more cuddles, she boops him on the arm with her giant, blunt nose. The grumble of noise she makes causes Kida to laugh. ]

She is cuddly enough!

[ If he puts a blanket between himself and Ninat, that is: the leathery skin can get pretty irritating. ]

Good evening, Gintoki. Sleep well.

[ That's all Kida offers before cutting the line. Ninat has her entire head pressed up against Gintoki's torso now, because seriously, why did he stop. ]

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