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charisstoma ([personal profile] charisstoma) wrote2015-04-26 11:51 am

On the Streets (part 4) - Familiar Animal Shelter Stories

Title: On the Streets (part 4)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 856

Follows from On the Streets part 3
The arc is posted here http://charisstoma.livejournal.com/622388.html
Tremendous thanks, I think, to onecrazycanuke for the mutual prodding to carry on stories in this The Wizard's 'Verse and pointing out the location of my own post so I could do this. So more of Poof's story, a young feral familiar, but first....



The tall lean man turned to the shelter's attendant, Mr. Aubergine, holding a finger to his lips after he was sure the now medicated kitten was sleeping again. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a thin collar, so light in weight that it seemed to float, and somehow with one hand fit it over the kitten’s head where it settled around his neck without disturbing any fur. Carefully the man set the kitten back into his blanket nest and stood motioning for Aubergine to follow him.

In a low voice, “the medicine should make him sleep well into morning but if he does wake and tries to apparate he'll find it won’t work. The collar has a special feature which if he does manage to escape, I can apparate him right back to where I want him. He probably won’t even know he’s wearing it.” With a stern look at Aubergine, “don’t mention the collar to him and keep him away from the other cats. He’s still contagious and what he’s got, 3F, can be deadly as I mentioned before. I’ll be back in the morning and then your small familiar and I will have a talk.”

Aubergine nodded through all of this, resolving to top up water and kitten kibble before leaving so the newest inmate would have another reason to tarry if he should wake early in the morning. Still he had to ask, “How did you know to bring a collar like that with you?”

The man smiled, “It’s a basic feral familiar necessity sometimes. You never know what you’re going to be dealing with. It has many different features that won’t be needed here.” He thrust out his hand, “ I’m Elert by the way. You must be Aubergine. Thank you for calling us about this little guy. He’s got talent I’ve not seen often and then only in wizards.”

Aubergine opened his mouth and then shut it. Guess that explained how Elert had entered through a firmly shut door. “Will it hurt if I add more food to his bowl before I leave? If he wakes, I wanted him to have a good meal before trying to escape but you were going to give him a second dose of that medicine.”

Waving away Aubergine’s concern Elert replied, “Won’t make any difference really and I can always give him a third dose, if need be. Not a bad idea to give him food. He could probably use it, living on the streets as he’s probably been doing.” He reached into his pocket and extracted a small sampler sized bottle. “Spray down your shoes and such with this and then wash with the remainder. Normal laundering will take care of any of the 3F germs.”

“Sorry,” Aubergine asked, “3F?”

“It’s actually P4F. Probably Fatal Familiar Feline Flu. Nasty stuff, especially in a kitten. Luckily it only attack familiars, so your regular felines won’t get seriously sick if at all, just a few sneezes. The older familiars, if they’ve lived on the streets, have either had it and survived or been very lucky or been immunized at some point. Best to take precautions for those that have been lucky so far.” Elert nodded to Aubergine and walked out through, literally through, the exit door.

A half hour later in a different location, Kormier opened the door to a suspicious knocking and found Elert outside. “Why didn’t you just come in?”

“You ever had your 3F immunizations,” Elert asked.
“Nope,” Kormier grinned answering, “caught it and had someone like you dose me with awful vile tasting stuff.”

“Oh, that’s okay then,” Elert smiled thinly, stepping out of his shoes and giving them a spray before leaving them on the mat inside. “Had a familiar kitten with a bad case of it at The Cages tonight. Good thing he turned himself in there. Might not have made it after a day or two. He was pretty young. Smart too and he can apparate.”

“Could he now,” Kormier followed Elert into the laundry room and hungrily watched as his mate did a strip tease putting his clothes directly into the washer. Hands, face and neck were washed next in the laundry sink with the disinfectant placed there handy for such occasions.

After that Elert wandered with a coy smile through to the master bath followed by a very interested Kormier.

Oh, yes. Someone was going to be jumped and marked well tonight. It was a good thing he’d put the collar on the kitten, hopefully the medicine would work its magic and the kitten would sleep a little longer than usual. Elert was going to be a bit later than he’d intended getting back to the kitten if Kormier’s rapt attention was anything to go by. Having a powerful loving Familiar mate had benefits, such as spell abilities that a wizard might normally command, there was the cost though of lack of sleep when someone clamped teeth in your nape and fucked you into the mattress, if a person ever made it that far. Elert’s smile turned dirty, he wasn’t going to complain, not at all.

Continues here with Part 5

[identity profile] onecrazycanuck.livejournal.com 2015-04-26 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
*squeee*. I mean awwww!

Yay me! Yay you! Yay everyone!

[identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com 2015-04-26 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I laugh. The storms are on us again. What I get written in the next few days may not be available for a while.

Thank you for the lead in by questioning about Poof. I'd forgotten and to remember I had to read those again which meant that the plunny lying in wait bit me. As You Planned.

*grins* We'll see where this goes. I hope that I can produce well enough that you still think this a good read.

[identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com 2015-04-26 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
*snorkles* This does mean you've got to write more Cal, Teddy and the 3 little familiarkittenateers.

[identity profile] onecrazycanuck.livejournal.com 2015-04-27 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
I will. After I finish my year-long A to Z. Only four more stories to go. Teddy, Cal and the boys are being very patient with me so I'm sure you can be too.

*tries to glare but ends up giggling instead*

[identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com 2015-04-27 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Patience us? Are you sure about that?
Is it written yet?
How many more words?
Now?
How about now?
*giggle*

[identity profile] onecrazycanuck.livejournal.com 2015-04-27 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'm sure you can be patient. You are both adults, are you not?

No, it's not written yet. I still have three more letters in the alphabet to go (only 3 OMG).

How many words? You expect me to pay attention to word count? I never have before, I'm not gonna start now.

Nope.
Nope, not yet.

[identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com 2015-04-28 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Adulthood is over-rated *pout*

Alphabet fics, I was doing those. Fallen behind two now.

LOL - my version of 'are we there yet? How many more turns..' Only time I look at wordcount is for these 100word drabbles otherwise fic goes unnatural.

Awwwwwwwww

[identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com 2015-04-26 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
hehehe you wrote more! *happy dance* but um I got to go to work so will have to read it tomorrow, damn

[identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com 2015-04-26 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
*grins* Will read what you think then tomorrow.

Hopefully I'll have internet at home. I can't get to LiveJournal any more from work without leaving big footprints. Dreamwidth, I can which then posts to Lj but I can't answer comments.

Onecrazycanuke has a lot to answer for but she has to finish her Familiars story of Cal, Teddy, and the 3 familiarkittenteers.

[identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com 2015-04-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
She did write a bit more of them so there's hope :D
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[personal profile] frogs_of_war 2015-04-28 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I missed this when looking through my flist. Good thing I rechecked.

Elert knows what he's about. I did find it odd that Elert didn't introduce himself until after he'd treated the familiar, but I get why Aubergine didn't ask.

I was trying to remember what could and couldn't happen in Wizard World. I know both male familiars and humans can get pregnant, but can a familiar get a wizard pregnant? Because I made it happen in the story I wrote yesterday.

[identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com 2015-04-28 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You wrote something... YEA.
My internet at home is out due to storm and here I am at the public library. Work won't let me on Lj but Dreamwidth is still open to me. Noticed there's a Tri- waiting to be read. Will try to get to it tomorrow.
Preg Wizard hmmm think it could be possible. Good thing you wrote it. *grins*

It just didn't feel right for Elert to introduce himself until then. Don't ask me why.
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[personal profile] frogs_of_war 2015-04-28 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
By the end (being in Elert's POV) made me feel that what you wrote is exactly how he would be. Come in, save the day, and oh yah, introduce himself. Sometimes he probably doesn't even do that.