[video/action for Justice Haus]

[bywiseguidance]

[Oh great, more camera antics. This time it's a Growlithe nose, snuffling at the camera, then a flash of a mouth, a dizzy ride, and finally coming to a shaky rest covered in drool and twitching and light chewing sounds.

...never leave your phone, or Pokegear in this case, within reach of an inquisitive dog.

There's a lopsided view of a basement room, music playing in the background that's not mixing too incredibly well with the everpresent background music.

And then stockinged feet dance through the camera's shot. A few moments later, Ziva comes into full view (farther away this time), practicing ballet.

The video continues for a few minutes, until the song she's dancing to ends.]

It's been too long since I have done this...

[Ziva looks at the camera (still drool covered, though now the chewing has stopped,) and her eyes narrow.]

...Abby, drop that.

[She walks over as her Growlithe drops the Gear with a whine, and picks it up with an 'eww, dog drool' look on her face.]

I should have known to keep this out of her reach. I am sorry for that.

[Click. She'll answer calls after she sanitizes her gear.]

Comments

[Action]

[bywiseguidance]

[Just don't jab the knife into your hand, Viking-son.]

Fairly thin...about the thickness of a piece of cardboard, maybe a little less.

[Action]

[newberktown]

[And once he's finished with his task (COMPLETELY BLOOD-FREE, WOW) he'll move right on to the next assignment Ziva gives him, making sure to keep an eye on the four pokemon he'd brought with him. Valhallarama is still, miraculously, asleep, slumped on the counter--far from the edge--while Snotsnout watches him work with shy interest. Lily's a bit more of a problem, with her constantly leaning over and hooting as if to say "Whatcha doin', you two?" and her inspections of Ziva because "GRANDMA?"

Night Fury's the pain, really, as he leaps up on counters and swats at both owl and hands. He's eventually subdued with a sharp "Don't make me tell your mother about this," and since then he'd remained grumpily crouched next to the fridge.]

Sorry about them--Lily, please cut that out? Hey, how's your team settling in, anyway?

[Action]

[bywiseguidance]

Very well. Abby, Laila, and Jenny are occupied elsewhere--likely napping, and Malachi and Jimmy are probably best kept away from food. Eli prefers to be away from the noise, and so he is content with staying inside his ball while we are in the house.

[What with one being able to poison things and the other being generally slimy.

Ziva adds the onion to the pan she's been heating on the stove and watches it with a practiced eye.]

It's a bit of an adjustment, being responsible for them. The only pet I had before was a fish, and it was certainly not as...interesting.

[Action]

[newberktown]

Good... And you too, right? You're settling in?

[He laughs softly at that.]

I bet. [In his experience, fish aren't all that...interesting. Or intelligent. They're mostly food, really.] It's more familiar, at least, with dragons. They're really strong, and most of them are smarter than they look. Guess I lucked out with that.

[Action]

[bywiseguidance]

I am. And you are as well? Not that you have not been here longer than I.

[The concept of dragons is interesting, though perhaps the Pokemon are similar enough.]

There are many different kinds, then?

[Action]

[newberktown]

Sure, sure... Things here are weird sometimes, but it's nice to have that, you know? Keeps things interesting.

[He grabs Lily out of the air, wrapping her up in his arms before she can tug at a strand of Ziva's hair. Rude, babyowl.]

Of dragons? Yeah. Each of my friends back home has a different kind--except the twins. Ruffnut and Tuffnut share their dragon, since it has two heads. And there's plenty of stories about dragons I haven't seen yet. Toothless used to be one of those.