The Stables; Sunday Morning [05/15].

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The rainier weather today sort of put a little bit of a damper (eh? eh??) on Graham's hopes for exploring more that day. Sure, sure, they could still explore, but having already taken one waterlogged journey when they'd arrived, he decided he didn't really want to deal with a wet Triumph all over again. So, instead, he went down to the stables to keep the old boy some company, making sure he had plenty of tasty food to munch on and a good, comfortable spot for sleeping, and then then was a lot of pets and brushing and telling Triumph all about his first week in between yawns still.

And when Triumph's coat was all as smooth and shiny as a gold coin, the two settled down, with Graham leaning his back against Triumph's soft side as he continued weaving stories for the creature, now able to use both his hands in his explanations, until, finally, comfortable as he was, exhausted as he was, and there in the comforting presence of his best friend in the entire world, he finally managed to actually fall asleep, lulled by Triumph's soft breathing and steady heart.

Overall, there were definitely worse places nap, and it would be such a nice (and long overdue) one that he'd wake up feeling very confident that Triumph had himself a good place to stay in these here stables!

[[ open stable is open and Graham is very disturbable! Work on a Sunday is always a crapshoot, though, so if I flake out, my soul has temporarily just left my body, that's all. ]]

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[furrybluefreak]

Kurt having been a sugar glider for the last week or so had meant he missed out on the sleepless week and was feeling quite rested. Even a bit restless as even a hyper sugar glider was not a match for the normal energy levels of a teenage Mutant with a super hyped up metabolism, So he felt like he had energy to burn.

And rather than working inside, despite the dreary weather, Kurt was outside as he practiced porting around a bit, seeing just how far he could go and how his memory of the grounds around the school was. And after a bit he found himself outside the stables. Kurt hadn't spent much time around the stables and decided to walk in and check for a moment as he stopped to catch his breath. And then his ears picked up something odd.

Sounded like.... snoring? Maybe?

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Kurt might want to check his hearing a little, because there was definitely no snoring here. Especially since there was not any mentioned in the post, and it's not like everyone from Llewdor was afflicted with that particular condition/habit.

But what he might have heard was a little bit of soft squeaking sounds, with the occasional chuff, as Triumph found himself growing a little restless with being a pillow and, while Graham was sleeping, felt like it might be a good time to try to rifle through the pockets of his cloak, hunting for jelly beans. As the hunt became unsuccessful, his nudging became more evident, stirring Graham awake again. "Heeeeey, there, buddy," he murmured sleepily as he pulled himself out of slumber and gave Triumph a scratch between his ears, causing him to trumpet out a few happy squeaks. "You hungry? Hold on a moment..." There was a laugh as a particularly persistent nudged caused a small bit of tickling. "I've got some seed right here. There we go."

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Kurt walked closer, looking for the source of the voice and poke his head around the corner and looked into the stable. His eyes went big when he saw Triumph ... and eventually he noticed Graham there too.

"Ummm hi," he said, trying not to stare too much as he gave a small smile to Graham.

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Stare all you want, Kurt, it would only be fair because when Graham looked over from where he was doting and feeding Triumph, his eyes also went wide and he was getting s good stare in himself.

"Oh, zounds!" he said. "You're blue!"

There were many strange things where he was from, sure,but even blue people tended to be quite the rarity.

Triumph, for his credit, seemed indifferent. He had snacks. He was good.

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"Ah yes. That I am..." Kurt said with a shy grin. The whole mutant being different looking thing was getting easier to deal with when the stares were more in amazement rather than fear or hatred.

"My name is Kurt. Kurt Wagner" he said hold out a hand towards Graham. "I take you are new here to the island?"

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Graham waited a moment to let Triumph finish the seed in his palm (he'd made very quick work of them), and then wiped his hand on his leggings before scrambling up to his feet to meet that hand and shake it with gusto.

"I am new!" he confirmed enthusiastically. "Just last week! I'm Graham! Graham Cracker! And this," he gestured toward the large rodent snuffling around for errant seeds, "is Triumph the Third! It's nice to meet you, Kurt!"

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"Ah, yes. I have classes as well at the school" Kurt said with a nod in the general direction of the castle as he returned the handshake enthusiastically. "Missed the first week unfortunately, but I am back now so maybe we will have a few classes together!"

He glanced over at Triumph and gave a big grin. "And he is so cool! Is he like your pet or something?"

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"Better than a pet!" Graham said, puffing out his chest importantly, a pose that lost a bit of its effectiveness when he glanced back at Triumph with a big, adoring grin on his face. "He's my best friend! He's also great for naps, hugs, and racing through the streets with bowling balls! He's been very popular around here."

More popular than he was, he imagined, but that was only to be expected.

"Soooo," he then turned his attention to Kurt with a thoughtful tilt of his head, "can I ask why you missed the first week? Was it some kind of quest? Were you cursed? My roommate has a sleeping curse, but I think everyone did last week, no one got much of it, it sounds like, except him, he can sleep through just about anything."

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"Ah I... well I ended up being turned into an animal for the week" he said, well aware of how insane that sounded out loud. "A sugar glider to be exact. It's kinda... like a flying squirrel in a way" he explained.

Evidently its a fairly normal thing for people to turn into animals for a time here on the island... "Kurt gave a small shrug. "But it's definitely a first for me."

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"You were a squirrel?" Forget the staring; Graham was openly gawking now. "That flies??"

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"Aye" Kurt said with a grin. "Here, I can show you" he said as he dug into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "My roommate looked after me, and he handwavely took photos.

Kurt pulled up the photos and started flipping through them, showing Graham some of the less embarrassing ones.