ANOTHER ONE

Well, hubris has bit me in the ass! We have another one! So, I was reading fanfic, when I heard Bellatrix knock on my door. So, she heard noises in her desk drawer, and she wants me to come with to take a look at it and help her catch whatever rodent wriggled their way in there. All fine and dandy, I agree, Gregor comes along in my shirt pocket.

So I'm guessing that Bellatrix has something in mind to capture the damn thing. Which.. ae did, but using your hands is a super stupid move. So Bellatrix digs around in there... then YANKS aer hand out with a bleeding cut on aer hand. I look inside and there's another 1 foot tall little man. I tell Bella to bandage her hand up and get a pair of tongs. She does. I have Tingtang Hong Lu captured in a pair of tongs. We're both freaking out. Hong Lu is, obviously a lot less okay with this than Gregor was once he'd calmed down, and even Gregor wasn't fine with the situation at first. He finds his way out of the tongs while I'm not looking and he LEAVES THE ROOM. This is when Bella notices. So we go chase him down. I'm worried about Calypso, because even if Calypso doesn't maul him, he might maim Calypso.

I hear Calypso bark.

You do not know the FEAR that filled every crevice of my body, mind, and soul in that instant. I rush over to Calypso, forgetting in my terror that Gregor is actively scared of Calypso. Bella trails behind me.

Hong Lu is petting my dog. Not maiming, not stabbing, not attacking in the slightest, just.. happily petting my dog. He has not noticed me or Bella. He's softly speaking to Calypso, telling my dog how much they remind him of his own dog. Gregor is hiding in my pocket, and at this point I remember and feel really bad. I ask Bella to keep an eye on Hong Lu and Calypso, and I go to the other room to calm Gregor down. Nothing much to say there. I gently place him on the couch and go back into the Hong Lu area. Bellatrix and I watch Hong Lu pet Calypso until he finally notices us. He stands there, in a bit of shock because he just got caught showing off his soft side, and he slowly pulls out his knife and points it at us. We try to reassure him that we didn't intend for him to show up here and eventually he reluctantly calls a truce.

So, here's where we are now. Courtesy of MS Paint and my computer mouse.

Not my best work, but it'll do. Yes, those are accurate enough renders of me and Bella. I'm the orange one, Bella's the indigo one.