Solo Old Dog, Risky Tricks

[Duce Hazimari]

Fall 2 Riverfall 513 AV Duce sat there in the grass at the Knirin Park watching all of the other citizens walk their dogs. Apparently they were a group of people that came together to well...walk their dogs which was very few, but still surprising to Duce and everyone else that watched in amazement as the owners gave commands and the dogs followed without hesitation. It was quiet impressive to Duce who was closer than everyone else and popping cut up pieces of cooked meat into his mouth. Having nothing better to do he decided to sit and watch the little show as it mildly amused him. "Excuse me sir, but I'm afraid that you have to leave, your awful meat is distracting the dogs and they cannot concentrate" . Duce glanced up through his hair to see a Human standing over him blocking his view of the animals and the sun which was warming him up kindly. "Well...I don't want to move, but if you really want me to, the make me." Duce calmly said giving a annoyed look to the male. "Oh no I couldn't possibly to that, but the guards could." the Human shot back. The human had a really good point Duce had to admit trying to find a good come back to use. "haha look at that hideous thing." He over heard another dog owner call out and point. Taking his attention off the blabbering human and looked in the direction in which the dog owner was pointing, Duce saw a small child walking his dog. At first he thought they were making fun of the kid which ticked him off at first thought until the animal caught his eye. The dog was healthy, but didn't look it. It's fur was dirty and not groomed, one of it's ears looked as if it had gotten into a fight with another animal, and it left tracks of dirt and mud when it walked. "Perfect." Duce thought out loud as he stood up. "Hey don't mock my dog! I bet it could out show your mangy mutt any day." he called out to the person that brought the animal to attention. "I think not, Brutis is a purebred and is strong and very intelligent compared to..to..What is your dogs name? If that even is Your dog." "Butch-erake-erull...Yea my dog's name is Butcherak eerull. It comes from Kenash, Only the most elite dogs are sold there. Duce had no idea what he was talking about. He wasn't even sure if dogs existed in Kenash, but it apparently worked because now they were asking for a show. "Ok then." he said having the child bring his dog over. "Come to me Butcherake." Duce called the animal only to watch as it stood there with it's tongue hanging out it's mouth. The other dog owners snickered at the failed attempt. Duce cleared his throat acting as if he had used the wrong tone and called to the animal again. "Butcherake. Come to me." he said putting more tone in his voice and secretly pulling out a piece of meat out of his pouch and catching the dog's attention as it strutted over to him. "Good boy. Look dog, you want food, I want these guys to leave me alone. So just act wealthy and follow my signals and we will get through this.Duce said feeling that giving the dog a small pep talk would help his chances. Thus the challenge was on. Bells passed as Duce used the cooked meat to make the dog sit by pretending to throw the meat onto the ground, and to jump by doing the opposite but those were easy trick. Then things started to get complex and tricky. "Umm. Speak." Duce commanded as he pointed his large hand toward the dog making a piece of meat slide out and close enough to the dog where it could nab it without the others knowing and bark and wag its tail happily. Bells had passed as he and the dog owner went back and forth giving out commands and he cheating his way through the challenge. Now it was the final test. Both owners had to show a noble trait that their pets had. "How do you do madam?" the dog owner said as the dog lifted its paw and placed it into it's owners hand. Oh petch now he was in trouble, and to make it better he was out of meat to give. "We are waiting." the dog owner impatiently said as they all watched Duce and Butcherake. He had to think quickly. "Butcherake, walk the child home." Duce said pointing to the boy that owned the dog as he picked up the leash and started walking the now full dog back in the direction from which they came. "Amazing, you must teach me how to train my dog to be as intelligent as yours."The dog owner that asked him to leave requeste. Shaking his head in disapproval, Duce quickly left the park upset that he did all of that and gave away all his food just to leave anyways. "Thank you Mister" the boy returned from around the corner hugging on Duce's leg. Well, at least he made a kid happy. Now to return home and find something to eat.

[Magpie]

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Duce :

XP:
Observation +1
Subterfuge +1
Animal Husbandry +1

Lores:
The Kuvay'nas Have the Final Say
Showing Up Jerks in the Park
Dog Training: Using Food

Notes :

I normally hold off on grades until CS issues have been resolved, but in light of your laptop problems, I went ahead with this one. When you get back I still expect you to resolve the issues in your CS. Otherwise, nice little thread here, looking forward to seeing more.

If you have any questions or concerns about what was awarded, please don't hesitate to PM me.
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