Domestication [Complete]

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Character(s): Larxene and Timon
Content: Larxene gets a pet.
Setting: Niflheim gate
Time: afternoon, week eight
Warnings: none, amazingly

While she couldn't really be happy, she was close. Larxene had never had a pet before, but it really was seeming like a good idea. What was a few bugs she had a dusk or two drag in when she had such a little trophy? She had won, and she was going to show off.

So, dressed in sunhat and flowing white dress--she looked a bit like Namine like this, and the thought amused her--she waited for the little meerkat to show up.

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As one could predict, Timon was late. Not by much, fifteen minutes or so, but still none the less belated. He did not appear to be in all that great of a hurry when he finally appeared into view, walking at his own comfortable pace. An unusually bored expression could be seen over his features as he pulled himself toward the gate. He weaved between the people that passed, not bothering to look up at the Nobody until he reached her feet. Had it not been easy enough to find Larxene due to her darkness, the light made it practically effortless.

“Hello Larxene.” The meerkat greeted flatly. Compared to their previous meetings he appeared surprisingly calm and unbothered by her presence. In fact, had he not acknowledged her by name, one could easily assume he saw straight through the Nobody.

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Larxene hadn't seen firsthand the results of the experiments on Timon until now, and she had to say it was amusing. She smiled down at him, and if there was a hint of that condescending sort of glee, it was all but squashed.

"Nice to see you again, Timon," she purred, bending to look at the little meerkat on a more even level. "How have you been feeling?"

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“Fine.” He replied, certainly used to the question by now. However, the response seemed to fuel a lot of argument from those he had previously spoken with. As well as he truly felt, unfortunately, no one appeared to believe him. Part of him expected Larxene to understand unlike the others, likely knowing the results of the experiment from Vexen, the other didn’t care. After all, it didn’t really matter what the Nobody thought.

He looked at her blankly, unfazed by her movement to examine him better and ultimately draw closer to him. "Nice outfit; can barely recognize you."

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She grinned. "I know a girl who dresses like this," she said, simply, and fished around for a moment in a pocket of the dress. She pulled out a small, silver collar.

"You can examine it if you want," she said. It was normal enough--she didn't plan on hurting him with it. No, the point was for others to see what she'd accomplished.

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Timon had a suspicion that he knew the girl Larxene was talking about but he made no mention of this. Instead he watched her dig around in her pocket, revealing the collar she had mentioned over the journals only an hour ago. As far as he could tell it didn’t look like anything particularly special. He didn’t understand the significance of the item but even if he did, in his current state, he would not have entirely cared about ‘ownership’.

“I can look at it any time if I’m going to be wearing it.” He told the Nobody, showing little interest in the item. Silver wasn’t his colour anyway.

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"Fair enough," she said, and put the collar around his neck. It fit loosely, but not so loosely he could slip out of it. Really, this was a good day for her.

"There'll be a few rules, but other than that, you're free to come and go as you please," she said.

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The meerkat scratched at the collar and shook his head a few times when finding the possession was rather uncomfortable to wear. It would take a little time to get used to, to say the least. Although he could not argue, it was not as though it were actually tight, causing him real discomfort by ultimately choking him. The loose fit worked exceedingly well that that case.

“And?” Timon asked, running a slender appendage against the collar. He wondered where he would be staying, what it would be like. Larxene had mentioned food, what did she intend to feed him? For now he would stick to one matter at a time. “What are the rules?”

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"You can't bring anyone back," she said--and the Nobodies would stop him if he tried, "you can't take the collar off, of course... And you can't take orders from anyone else unless I say so."

Because, light-saturated as he was, he was rather suggestable. She wouldn't want him getting into trouble while she wasn't around.

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“No visitors.” Timon repeated emotionlessly. He could not imagine anyone wanting to see him anyway. All he needed was somewhere to stay and keep out of trouble, Laharl did not mention anything about visiting or visitors being a necessity as well. The meerkat nodded and continued to listen to the Nobody. He could begin to figure out how to remove the collar in the first place if it failed to simply be pulled off. As for her last demand, even with the intent of keeping it there was a likely chance Timon would break this rule. If convinced well enough, which was not very hard with the lights influence, he would obey the orders of another.

Suddenly his stomach gave a fierce growl. His paws flew down, holding it as though to sooth it before he looked up at Larxene. Light or not, Timon still had a mean appetite. Failing to eat anything as of the day so far his stomach had far from begun its protest. However, it had yet to this loud until now. “I’m hungry.” He told her, explaining the obvious. “Can I eat?”

There were no taking orders from anyone else, even his stomach, without her say so.

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Larxene smiled; his obedience was something she took a great amount of pleasure from. He had been such a little annoyance before, even if he was an amusing one. To have him as her little plaything willingly was more than she could have hoped for.

So of course she didn't want him to starve. She snapped her fingers and a Nobody stepped out of a darkness portal with bugs--real ones.

"Suitable?"

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She had bugs. It didn’t matter where or how she found them, only that she had them. For all he knew the Nobody could have poisoned them or carefully placed a sharp object of some sort inside of them, yet he could not care less. All he knew was that he wanted them, regardless what she’d done to them. It had been years since he had sunk his teeth into an exoskeleton or came so close as to tearing a beetles wings off. It would have been impossible to resist without the light.

He stood at the Nobodies feet, reaching up for the bugs longingly. Who knew Larxene would be the one to discover bugs in Paixao, never mind actually share them. And here he was, the bug catching champ. Timon would have had a lot to say about this. Not to mention the fact that she had found one of his favourites. His eyes did not waver from the insects when he answered Larxene. “Yes.”

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"Good," she said, and held back the urge to laugh." Eat all you want; I'm sure you're hungry."

Because he was always hungry, as far as she knew. But she would have to take care of her pet, now. And he was such a good little status symbol she didn't want him to shrivel up and die on her.

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“Starving.” He replied. Larxene was right, he was always hungry. If there was one way to win his heart it was through his stomach. It was alarming how well she was starting to know him, however that was not something he was concerned about. All that was on his mind now was food. He continued to reach for the insects but this time turned to look at the Nobody. Her words had caught his attention. “There’ll be bugs at home too?”

Home. There was certainly a very odd but pleasant ring to that.

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"All you can eat," she said; really, this was amusing.

Almost too easy. Maybe too easy. Oh well; there was always Laharl to really play with. Though the idea of breaking him just enough to make him a docile little pet, too, pleased her. They'd be a nice little match, and Laharl even came with vassals! The demon would be more difficult, though.

But then again, he wasn't a rat.

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Timon was sold from the moment Larxene mentioned unlimited grub. And here he’d been told this could only end poorly. So far it seemed to have more perks than anything else. Whatever catch there could possibly be to it all mattered as little as everything else to the meerkat though. The dopey grin on his face only made it clearer. He joined the Nobody and stood by her side obediently.

“Let’s go home.”