The most unwilling broadcast of cuteness

[bb_wolf]

Who: Bigby
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Now ish?

[For a while, he ponders the validity of just going hungry and thirsty rather than admit the trouble he seems to have wound up in.

When he went to sleep, sprawled across the floor in a hall in the Iskaulit, he hadn't paid much attention to the fact that there was a grating which shifted under him when he rolled.

When he wakes up, he's horribly, vividly aware of it, because he's stuck down the bottom of the vent and can't jump with enough force to push it open. Puppy legs just aren't strong enough to jump from smooth metal like that and whilst he considers just starving until whatever horror this is wears off, he quickly finds his soft little paw pads are getting irritated by the cold metal.

He tries to message Sascha directly with the communicator, conveniently down there with him. When then fails, he just shoves his nose against it until something turns on it blinks that light that means broadcasting.]

I need help. I'm... stuck. In a vent. On the Iskaulit.

[His voice is child soft and light.

And then he shivers, because the cold is coming up through his paws.]

((OOC: Bigby is glitching for a week or so. Bigby is glitching into an adorable pup.))

Addendum

[Bigby can be found mostly on the Iskaulit and Bloodsport, because while he'd love to hide away in his room, he can't actually get out of it on his own. So you can find the tiny pup wandering around on his own (possibly being stalked by a squealing not-vampire), terrorising the fox park like only a tiny pup can and sometimes falling asleep in random spots because he's just worn himself otu and abby bodies need sleep.]

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[pneumo]

[ Bigby goes out from time to time. That's normal. Sascha may have hidden himself away in the wolf's room in a self-imposed imprisonment, but Bigby comes and goes as he pleases. So not having him return by the time he wakes up isn't too strange. It's the fact that when he browses the network (as he does now, seeking any form of connection to others) he finds this weird, oddly familiar little voice of someone he's never met before.

He should let someone else handle it. He should stay out of it.

But he doesn't. ]

Um....hello? Are you okay?

[bb_wolf]

[There's a hefty sigh and a little pup face appears on screen. Bigby put on the video, even if he didn't really mean to.]

No, I'm not fucking okay. I'm tiny and cold and I can't get out of this fucking vent.

[pneumo]

[ Well there goes all of Sascha's higher brain functions in one fell swoop. He literally gets one second to realize what he's suddenly seeing on-screen before he gasps, eyes slowly widening. ]

P.....p....

[ You know what's coming next Bigby. ]

Puppy...!

[bb_wolf]

[Pale amber eyes, dusky yellow really, blink at him and then narrow.]

Sascha! Focus! I'm cold and trapped!

[pneumo]

P...puppyyyyyyyy~~~~~ Okay puppy♥ [ So cute so cute so cute ]

You're so tiny!

[bb_wolf]

[He growls.

Whilst normally a terrifying, reverberating sound that chills monsters, this somewhat lacks... all of that.]

Stop calling me puppy!

[pneumo]

[ You mean it's goddamn adorable and sascha actually almost squeals, holding his hands over his cheeks as he guffaws. ]

I love you...!

Action

[aigue]

[Lucky for Bigby, Renart has figured out how to get to the Iskaulit for exploration purposes. She doesn't actually see the network message though, she's just wandering around the ship and getting used to the idea of having such a large space to escape to when she gets restless on the Heron. But an unfamiliar noise draws her towards the vent, expecting it to be some space vermin she can hunt and eat.

Nope.

She tilts her ears forward, peering into the vent curiously. First a human child, now a canine pup. Seriously, is the Iskaulit secretly some giant kindergarten?]

You look stuck.

[bb_wolf]

[He's still curled in a little cold bundle. For a wolf pup, he's small, not much bigger than a fox kit really.

He lifts his head and stands up against the side of the vent.]

No shit. When I went to sleep, I didn't even fucking notice there was a vent.

[aigue]

It doesn't always pay to be so big.

[She's chuckling, she can't help it. He's so cute and helpless like this, a stark contrast to the wolf she met in the woods.]

You're lucky I'm in a generous mood. I can get you out of there easily.

[And he'll owe her down the road, of course.]

[bb_wolf]

[Bigby looks at her and there's the same calculating look, despite the adorable puppy face and outsized paws. There's still the promise of a predator in those pale eyes.]

What do you want in exchange?

[aigue]

[You'd think she was asking about the weather she looks so casual.]

How about a favour for down the road? Nothing overly grand, and nothing involving violence.

[bb_wolf]

No.

[Favours are too risky. He doesn't trust them. People always try to take more than they're owed. Try to extort something from him and then spread lies when he refuses to do things.]

[voice]

[passingthrough]

Are you still stuck? [Unsure if someone else beat her to the message. Also, how does someone get stuck? What's happening?]

[video]

[bb_wolf]

[When Bigby replies, he can only turn on the whole system, so Kitty gets a tiny puppy face peering at the communicator.]

No. I got help. It was as humiliating as it sounds. I'm not a child...

[Soft, childish voice, nothing like the usual rumble of the wolf.]

[video]

[passingthrough]

[Is she speaking to the tiniest, cutest fuzzy wuzzy that ever was? Yes. Yes, he is. And this is strange, but no where near her first foray into strange and it really doesn't compare to pink, party-planning ponies who hug you.] No longer stuck and not a child. Check.

........Bigby?

[bb_wolf]

... yeah.

Apparently augment glitches can make you a fucking baby in body.

Sascha hasn't stopped squealing yet.

[passingthrough]

[The amusement goes out of her eyes and she looks more thoughtful.] Well, that... That's probably good timing. For him. [Something to brighten up his days.]

Less for you.

[bb_wolf]

I got him out of the den.

He had to come and get me out of the vent I'd fallen into. And then he just kept squealing 'puppy' for about ten minutes and giggling.

[Sascha's miserable time recently has been why Bigby has tolerated a lot more of Sascha's antics about his puppy-ness than he would normally tolerate.]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka spends a lot of time on the Iskaulit, and she isn't afraid of wolves-- rather, she feels something of a connection with them. So when she sees the broadcasted message, she doesn't waste time messaging back, she just books it to the vent. It's easy enough to use the Force to guide her to where the broadcast came from.

She kneels down at the vent and sticks her face over it, peering down, wondering if he's still down there.]

Hellooo...?

[bb_wolf]

[For a tiny puppy, it has a sense about it that just is not right. Small puppies are not the manifestation of stories and fear of the wilds and consequences, but the Big Bad Wolf is, however ... not big he is currently.

But he stands up in the vent, little paws pressing to the side. The vent grating is clearly too big for such a small creature to move.]
Hello?! Some help?

[resnipstance]

So you are there.

Hold on. Let me see if I can wrench this grate open!

[She puts her two hands on the bars and tugs hard, hoping to lift it off.]

[bb_wolf]

Of course I'm here. Where did you think I'd be?

[It's very easy to lift. Any normal person could do it.

Just... a wolf pup barely bigger than a person's hand would have troubles.]

[resnipstance]

Well, you did send that broadcast to everyone. I wasn't sure you'd still be here.

[She yanks it clean off and tosses it aside.]

There we go. [She reaches down to help him out.] Poor little guy.

[bb_wolf]

While she's reaching down, he springs out, trotting on the cold floor, trying to minimise contact against his paw pads.

Don't condescend me. I'm thousands of years old. I just seem to suddenly be... very young.