No More Caffeine for You

(ooc: July 11. Open to all heroes, but especially Crescent. Puppy shenanigans shall ensue!)

To all who were present to see it, the day was gorgeous. The sun was shining, there was a gentle breeze blowing through the Pridelands, and everything seemed calm. It was so peaceful. So quiet. So... BORING!

Dodger couldn't have been the only one. He couldn't have been the only one that wished something would happen right then and relieve him of the rut he had gotten himself into. Every day seemed the same by that point, and it had gotten to the point when Dodger couldn't tell one day from another. Training, spending some time catching up with other heroes, rinse, and repeat. Dodger couldn't take it for much longer. He missed the hustle and bustle of New York. The unpredictability of the city and the rhythm he had developed to keep up with the day to day life of the city were his life. Being there in the Pridelands for so long had seemed to dig the mutt into a boring sort of rut.

Not like he was doing much of anything to remedy that, though. Dodger currently was laying in the grass not far from the watering hole with his tail occasionally thumping against the ground and his head resting against his paws. Bored New York canine was bored. "Would it kill the universe to throw us a curve ball or something? Something out of the ordinary?" Dodger wondered out loud.

"Can't catch me! Can't catch me!"

The doof-ball of a puppy was running through the camp at her top speed which was a like a mile and hour. She was running as if her very life depended on it. Playing a game she ran towards the tents, shouting at the top of her lungs. "You can't catch me!!!" She sang. Problem was there was no one chasing after her.

She'd made up the game in her head. Nobody would play with her so she took to chasing her tail. That got boring quickly. She couldn't catch it. Femme moved towards the tents, running so fast she slammed her head right into the tent pole. The tent which was holding up the cloth.

The thing started to collapse. She gasped as it fell towards Dodger. "Lookout mister!" She cried, pointing to the tent.

"Lookout, mister!"

That cry was enough to snap Dodger out of his thoughts. He looked up quickly to see the tent falling toward him, and without wasting a moment he leaped to his paws and got out of the way. The tent collapsed moments after he had moved out of the way and a resounding crash followed, only to cause dust to fill the air from the impact. Fortunately, Dodger had gotten away and avoided getting hit. His tongue lolled out of his mouth as he began to pant. That had been much too close for comfort. Before long, his attention shifted to Crescent and he allowed his tongue to go back inside his mouth.

"Thanks, kid. I probably would have gotten hit if you hadn't warned me." Dodger said. This was one of the dalmatians he wasn't all that familiar with. By that point, though, he was beginning to grow used to not knowing the dalmatians offhand. He hadn't realized before, though, just how close to that tent Crescent was. Had she been the one to cause that tent to fall? "Just... be more careful, okay?" he asked. He was assuming it was her, as there hadn't been anyone else around that he had noticed.

Crescent shook her head frantically tongue lolled out of her mouth. Be more careful was something Partner always said to her. And Anita and Rodger. Cadpig'd said it a few times as well. Youth placed her paw on her head and nodded. "Yes sir!" She giggled. She lowered herself and bounced back and forth.

"My name's Crescent! See causa' my ear?" She pointed to her ear. "What's your name? Ooooh! Let me guess! It's probably...Scruffy!!!"

Dodger couldn't help but smirk a little at Crescent's remark. She was definitely a cute little pup. Her comment regarding her name was also easy to understand. The arrangement of spots on her ear looked like a crescent moon. Clever. Dodger thought, nodding his head in approval of the name. It was cute, too. He didn't necessarily want to say so out loud, though. Besides, the topic had changed to what his name was. At length, he shook his head to deny that his name was Scruffy. He could see why she would think something along those lines, though. Dodger was most definitely a scruffy, fluffy dog.

"Nah, my name's not Scruffy. It's Dodger. Some friends of mine call me Dodge sometimes, though. Whatever suits you best is fine with me." Dodger said. He didn't really care what people called him. Dodger, Dodge, other assorted nicknames... they all suited him fine. It was better than having no real name, after all. "So... what were you doing just now, Crescent?" Dodger asked. There had to be some reason behind why she had been tearing around camp like there was no tomorrow.

Eilonwy had been listening to the conversation for a bit, and while she felt it would be rude to intrude she couldn't resist laughing at Cresent's silly attitude. She was a cute puppy. "Would you two mind if I joined you. I couldn't help but overhear the conversation. and i was curious as well to what you were up to Cresent."

With the arrival of Eilonwy, Dodger allowed himself to relax. Maybe now the day was going to pick up and something more interesting was going to happen. At least, Dodger could hope that something interesting would happen. He flashed a smile Eilonwy's way and nodded just a little. "Go ahead, we don't mind. It's just the two of us, anyway." Dodger said. Scruffy canine felt his tail wagging a bit when he finished speaking. Now he could safely say that there would be something going on. What that something was remained unknown to him for the time being, but that didn't matter. Dodger was just satisfied knowing that he could at least get a conversation going.

the clicking and grinding of metal gears could be hear as Silver limps down the row of tents he was still healing the scars on his chest and shoulder would now always be there as a reminder and they joined the countless other scars he had gotten threw out his lifetime. "such a grand day no?" he greets Dodger,Eilonwy and Crescent.

It was at that moment when a small gray rabbit had hopped up. It had been a while since he had seen Gurri or Bambi or even Mooch. So he had decided to maybe make some new friends, the first one he saw was Crescent. He hopped over eager to introduce himself. He had never seen this Dalmatian before maybe she'd wanna be friends. "HI" The rabbit said cheerfully.

At the sight of the cyborg, crescent's eyes widened, her ears drooped and her mouth quivered. She almost wet herself. He was so SCARY! "MEHHHHHHH!" She whimpered backing up until she backed into a fluffy gray bunny. She turned and stared at the bunny. tilting her head to the side she stared at Thumper before blurting out one word.

"BUNNY!" She crouched low in a playful position. "Bunnnnnnyyyyyy. Must chase bunny!" She roared and bounced up and started to chase after the rabbit.

"Hi my name is Thum........................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Thumper said with a scream as he sees Crescent chasing after him. Why did this dog seem so different then the other Dalmatians? He hadn't met many of them but the ones he did meet never really chased him. Was this a game for the pup? Thumper looks around, he was trapped . There were no holes or small gaps he could fit into. The little Bunny cowered against a big tree. "Please don't eat me nice puppy! Trust me I do not taste good you could ask anyone." The scared little bunny said frightened.

Eilonwy bit back a laugh at the sight of the oddball puppy chasing after Thumper. At least someone had good spirits in the middle of all of this. She seemed like an odd sort but very cute none the less. "I don't think Cresent would eat you Thumper, i think she just wants to have a little fun."

"BunnyBunnyBunnyBunnyBunny!!!!!!"

Crescent bounced after the rabbit, not trying to catch him, just trying to chase him. She giggled. "Bunny! I'm not gonna eatcha! I just wanna play!" She tripped on a rock and fell on her chin. "Oopsie!" She giggled and got up, chasing after Thumper some more. The war was forgotten in the pup's mind, all that mattered was chasing Thumper.

"hush now luv i'm not that scary now eh?" Silver chuckle gently "i'm-"by the time Silver was about to get the next word out Crescent was already off and chaseing Thumper. "glory be she sure is a spry thing eh?" he turns looking at Dodger and Eilonwy seeing if they would agree with him.

Dodger, however, was inclined to agree with Crescent. Silver was freaky looking. It was a wonder the pups and kids in camp weren't scared to death of him. Dodger decided it was better not to say anything, however. He'd taken notice of Thumper being chased by Crescent and decided to follow her to see that she didn't get herself into trouble. Dodger was soon bounding after Crescent and Thumper, and he fully intended on keeping up with the pair of them.

"Maybe we ought to make sure this little gal doesn't get any more caffeine." Dodger muttered. She certainly was a hyper little puppy. Then again, Dodger didn't expect any different. Puppies naturally were full of energy, so this probably was to be expected. He broke off from following Thumper and Crescent and soon was running to the side of them. Well, at first he had been trying to make sure that no one got in trouble. Now, though, Dodger was enjoying himself. "Having fun, you two?" he asked.