Snips and Snails.... Who: Zale and Nastasiya When: about 8:00pm Where: outside Cherryblossom Place What: New puppies and Hollywood
Zale was feeling pretty damn good about himself today, mostly on account of his having managed to keep himself thoroughly amused all day long, which - given - wasn't difficult for a man of his particular disposition, but it nonetheless put him in a perfectly wonderful mood. After reading about himself in the paper and enjoying a fresh bottle of fae-blood, he'd spent the day tooling around town and visiting human acquaintances. The adorable part about his mortal friends was that each of them adored him, even knowing he was a vampire, all very open-minded clever people who would give a vein to him if he said he needed it.
And each one of them, a person he'd gladly drain if they offered.
But tonight his affections were for a new friend, currently tumbling around in a blanket in the front seat of Zale's car. Oliver - he'd decided to name him Oliver Twist - was an adorable golden retriever puppy whom he'd recovered from a box on the side of the road. Poor fellow. He was currently chewing the hell out of a rope toy Zale had got from the local pet store and bouncing around the seat with puppyish zeal.
"Aww..." Zale ruffled the tiny animal's ears as he pulled into the parking lot. "Aren't you feisty?"
He bailed out of the car, picking the tiny dog up and tucking him under his arm as he locked the door. Oliver expressed his appreciation for being picked up by licking Zale furiously all the way from the parking lot to the lobby. The animal, out of all the other puppies in the box, had been the only one unafraid of the vampire and therefore, obviously, the only one left alive. Zale, in response to his new pet's adoration, cuddled the furry squishball unrepentantly.