Drabble Cascade #41 - Christmas: The Sounds of Children Playing (G, Wizard World 'Verse)

[charisstoma]

FB3X Drabble Cascade #41 - Christmas

Title: The Sounds of Children Playing (G, Wizard World 'Verse)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 200
Prompt: Christmas
Wizards World ‘verse … yes again. Meridae has a lot to answer for.

It was the clink of metal being dropped and then rolling followed by the skittering of little paws on slick floor that drew the attention of the adults. Thoughts of ‘they probably have one of the new toys’ making them lose interest , before the realization that among the Christmas toys had not been anything like the latest play thing. There was a thankful collective sigh that it didn’t have that hollow sound of glass before Brian stood to see what it was.

Duke briefly raised his head off of his paws to notice that Brian ‘had it’. Rustled shaking of the newspaper said that Balthazar trusted Brian to handle anything that was a problem, he was the knight in the family after all and knew when to call for help if he needed it.

Brian looked down at the small kitten racing towards the carpet’s center with something golden clenched between his teeth, his siblings racing to see where he was going to drop the favored toy. It was Brian that pounced first.

Studying the golden ring carefully, he read, Made In China then released the toy to its fate deeming it safe. It was in the wrong ‘Verse.



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Comments

[meridae.livejournal.com]

Ranel is not Warne's first familiar, and Warne has long experience with wizards who regard their familiars as nothing more than non-sentient slaves who are to be used and abused. He also knows about the black market slave trade in familiars and their offspring. So yeah, very protective and determined the same won't happen to his babies (or any of Ranel's brothers/nephews).

But he also knows that one day the kittens will go off on their own whether he lets them or not (just try and keep Buttercup at home!), so he's working out ways to protect them even when he's not around.

I get the feeling and and Bazaar are conniving and plotting behind the scenes on this one.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Puzzle pieces clicking together. The reason that Warne has a cat form, that Ranel first met him in, is some covert working he's done in the past to stop the slave trade in familiars.

*evil cackles* Imagine thinking you've caught a familiar and the familiar able to crisp your bones from the inside out. *teeth showing*

[meridae.livejournal.com]

I think the reason Warne has a cat form is that he's a transfiguration wizard and the pinnacle of skill is to be able to transform oneself (so basically, he's a show off). Of course, no doubt he put the skill to more practical uses later on.

If you ask Warne why he was in cat form the first time he met Ranel, he'll just tell you he liked basking in the sun, and had nothing to do with making contact to the infamous familiar family living next door to him, and absolutely NOTHING to do with the Wizard's Council.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

"Papa," asked Buttercup, "how did you meet Papa Ranel? And why aren't you a familiar like us if you're a cat?"