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Creepy Old Mansion on Phoenix Way, Saturday Morning

At this rate, Derek was beginning to give serious thought to not sticking around on island for the weekends. First he woke up as a woman, and now there was a wolf in his sleeping bag with him. Along with the goddamn puppy.

How was this his life?

"It's too early for you to have a fit," a voice that reminded him very strongly of his sister informed him. The wolf was awake and staring up at him, it would seem

The talking wolf.

Right.

Derek did the wise thing and mostly just glared back in confusion. Then, he grabbed his phone to give Jack a call about this terrible, terrible situation. Of terribleness.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack, meanwhile, had made it back home from his thrilling excursion to Wales just in time to collapse into bed before dawn. He'd barely slept three hours when his phone woke him.

He listened to the message, eyebrows up. "Of course Derek would get a talking wolf," he muttered before being interrupted by a scraggly yellow-and-black canine he could swear he'd never seen before.

"An African wild dog is much more sophisticated," the creature agreed, bowing her head in a kind of amused subservience. "Maradachya, at your service."

And then there was really nothing to do but take Maradachya off to meet Derek.

"Don't blame me for not warning you," he said when he got to the house, without preamble. "This has never happened before."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least Derek and his wolf were waiting for them on the porch. With that damned puppy running around, trying to get the wolf to play with him.

"You have a dog," Derek said needlessly.

The wolf next to him trotted forward to sniff at Maradachya.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"An African wild dog, also known as a painted wolf," Jack said, rolling his eyes about it. "Mara's very particular on that point."

Maradachaya, meanwhile, was occupied sniffing at the wolf. He seemed to pass the test; she sneezed in satisfaction before retreating to stand beside Jack.

"We have a whole bloody pack here," Jack observed. "Down to the pup."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
As Derek sighed, the wolf made a chuffing noise, seemingly satisfied with what she found there.

"We're not a pack," she replied for Derek, moving back to press against his legs. "Two don't make a pack."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I count five," Jack said, and it barely felt strange to be talking to a wolf. "You and Derek, Mara and I, and Joe."

"That's not how it works," Mara told him.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Derek's hands closed into fists to resist the urge to run them over Talaiel's head. "A dog isn't part of a pack," he said instead. "Have you tried being apart from Mara yet?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack shook his head uneasily. "I haven't wanted to," he said simply. "Why?"
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"It hurts. Like they're a part of us."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Go around to the other side of the house," Jack told Maradachaya.

She shook her head. "We aren't doing a test. He's right."

"Then I will," Jack said, and bolted into the woods. He got perhaps twenty yards before the pain made him turn around, and he was ashen when he got back to the group. Mara, for her part, was lying down whimpering.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Told you," Derek said, crouching down as Talaiel moved forward to circle Mara hesitantly. Like that would help.

Because everyone was socially awkward here!
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"And yet I had to check for myself," Jack groaned. "I learned my lesson."

"Probably not for the last time," Mara muttered.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Does that lesson involve listening to me?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Mara and Jack both bristled a bit at that, defensively. "Yes," Jack told his shoes. "But would you have believed me without testing it?"
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe," he said with a shrug. Talaiel ducked her head as though to keep from making a comment on the matter. Because of course they would both be closemouthed about everything. "Any idea why they're here?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not at all. I hoped you had one," Jack said, shaking his head. "Did anything odd happen yesterday?"

Mara looked equally interested in the answer.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just a party."

"Someone threatened to lei him," Talaiel added.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack snickered. "Better than my evening. I got to babysit a teenage vampire."

"Not on the island," Mara added, rolling her eyes a little. "Say that before you worry them."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Derek glared down at the wolf, mouth tight for a moment before relaxing again as she leaned against his leg. That really needed to stop being comforting.

Any moment now.

"Something to do with Eric?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-22 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," Jack said, and paused as Mara moved closer to his legs. "Someone who used to teach here. His housemates couldn't find him and called me instead."

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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-22 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"How'd that go?" Was he trying to be interested in your life, Jack? We could probably blame Talaiel.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Jack shrugged, surprised at the interest but always happy to talk about himself. "Fine. It made me very glad I only had to be sixteen for one year. I couldn't have stood it for eternity."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a punishment to me," Talaiel said, sitting down on her haunches.

Derek's response was grunt of agreement.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"It must be," Jack agreed.

"Punishment for what?" Mara asked. "None of us choose what we become."

"Stop being cryptic," Jack sighed.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
"I settled perfectly," Talaiel insisted. Like there was anything else she could have turned into.

Derek sighed in annoyance. "They're not very helpful."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Are they meant to be?" Jack wondered.

"We can be," Mara said. "If you ask the right questions."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, all the eyerolling at that. All of it. "I'd rather be a woman instead of this."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
"I like being in my own body." That ... came out a bit strongly, perhaps. Mara nuzzled against his ankle in response, and Jack took some comfort in that.

"I mean," Jack said, in a more measured tone, "I don't find her that annoying."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, suuuure. You're not the one constantly yelling at teenage boys because you can't yell at yourself at that age!

Seriously, Derek. Get some goddamn therapy.

"They know too much about us," he said, watching the wolf with a wariness that was echoed in it.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Because we're reflections of you," Maradachya said in a soothing sort of voice. "Why are you so afraid of that?"

Jack eyed Mara. "Yeah, that's not my favorite thing either."

"It's not my fault you hide so much of who you are," Mara said serenely.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Derek raised an eyebrow at that, but stayed mercifully silent on the matter. You're welcome, Jack.

"Everyone has their reasons for doing that," the wolf said, slinking around to Derek's other side.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Quiet," Jack warned Maradachya, before she could get any bright ideas in her head about sharing what those reasons might be in his particular case. She arched an eyebrow at him but stayed silent.

"They don't seem inclined to spill our secrets, at least," he said. "That's something."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Derek stared at Talaiel, willing her to keep quiet about, well... everything. Ever.

"I'd hope not."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Jack scuffed a hand back through his hair, trying to regain his equilibrium.

"It's a weekend," he said. "It's Fandom being -- Fandom. May as well be kind to them while they're here and expect them to vanish by Monday."

"You sound like you'll be so sad to see us go," Mara observed.
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Derek nodded at that, looking away. "And next week will be the full moon."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
"And the parents' weekend at the school must be soon," Jack added. "It's usually around now. I hope they had the sense not to make it the weekend of the moon."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"...that would be bad," Derek said needlessly.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you think so?" Mara asked, twining around Jack's legs.

Jack shrugged helplessly. "I'll check," he said. "If it is next weekend -- maybe I should go off-island, I don't know."
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[personal profile] justlurkinghere 2012-09-23 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"This place is far enough away from the school to keep you from anyone."

SUUUUUURE.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2012-09-23 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"It probably is," Jack nodded.

"You didn't even sound like you believed that," Mara said. "But you're probably safer here then anyplace you don't know."
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