text;week 2

[p_mortem]

[ Right... The watch thing can function as a phone, is what Minato had been told, though it's been largely silence on his wrist and he hardly ever bothers with it. The lack of correspondence is normal and is fine with him, but it's times like this where he thinks it useful for reaching out to people, both who he's talked to and not. ]

Just wondering... Does anybody have a dog, or knows how to take care of dogs? Or know if it's okay for a dog to eat nothing but curry for a week...

[ The answer to his last question is obviously a "no," but it leads to the question he's implying but doesn't really want to admit. AKA he has no idea what to feed a dog, as he was the one in charge of taking his out for a walk but not of meals, and it's since dawned on him that a strict diet of curry isn't the best for either people or dogs.


For those who'd rather speak in person, Minato will most likely be found in his room, laying flat on his back on his bed, Koromaru flopped over on his stomach. Both of them seem listless— the usual, for Minato, but quite unusual for the dog who'd be the first to jump to his feet to greet you at the door. ]

Comments

[eccitato]

i have a cat!! not a dog of course but not that different because uhhhhh
i think sena would yell at me if i fed her nothing but curry for a week and that probably goes for dogs too
but i have some of the food that he made for little john that i think we could share with a dog!

[p_mortem]

That'd be helpful, thanks. Cat food is fish...?
I don't want to keep relying on you, so I was hoping to learn how to make it.

[eccitato]

it's not just fish, i don't think? it's made from stuff we had in the kitchens
but since sena's sick right now he can't really teach anybody how to make it [ sorry sena, selling you out ]
once's he's not though!! i'll definitely definitely ask him how he made it

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[brodakota]

I mostly just know you're supposed to walk and feed them regularly. Make sure they get outside, and all that.

Maybe mix up the curry with something else? Dogs like meat and stuff, right? This place seems low on kibble

[p_mortem]

Yeah, walking was my job back home, but I was never around for meals. I've been giving him the meat from my curry in exchange for his carrots, but I wasn't sure if that was enough. I'll try to find more meat.

[brodakota]

Yeah, maybe different kinds?

Is there a library here or some way to look up the information?

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[fuck1ngusernam3]

[Video's the last setting he had this thing on, so video is what this post is getting. The lighting's shit though, which is probably a good thing; the less of Hank's pale skin and various sweat stains that show up on camera, the better. Not that he's in any position to care what he looks like. His gaze on the camera's a little unfocused, and the screen doesn't even really show all of his face.]

Depends on what's in it. Um... Sara!

[He calls the name into empty air and the wet, hacking cough that follows is joined, off camera, by a snuffling noise. Then a big, furry face noses its way under Hank's arm, first cutting off the camera's view of Hank and then obscuring him completely. His question is still audible, though, and then there's a pause as Hank listens to nothing.]

What d'you put in curry? ...Cause Sumo can't eat it, can he?

[He shoves his way under Sumo's chin, finally, to rasp at the camera.]

She says garlic and onions aren't great. Raisins are a no-no, if you got those in there. Uh, some nuts are bad, can't remember which ones... If you don't feed him too much it's probably just gonna give him the shits, or make him puke if the uh, little food parts aren't cut up small enough. Sumo's gotten food every day since we got here, I guess the uh, creepy ghost butlers must pull it out of somewhere. If you're that worried about what to feed your dog, why don't you just ask them where they get their shit?

[p_mortem]

[ Minato switches to the video feed too, although after squinting at Sumo from the other side of the screen, he decides it might as be a phone call and his side goes dark, presumably with his arm resting on the covers of his bed instead of being held up over his face so he can text while laying in bed. ]

I'm not the one who made the curry, so I don't know. So, no garlic, onions, raisins, nuts... I'll remember that. Thanks.

[ He thinks there might have been onion in the curry, though, and reaches over to pet Koromaru's head apologetically. He should have eaten those along with the dog's share of carrots. ]

I didn't know the ghosts had dog food, either. They won't talk to me.

[ He's tried talking to them plenty, never about anything important and never to request anything, and they just sort of... float there, until they get bored, and then phase through a wall where he can't follow. ]

[fuck1ngusernam3]

Shit, you want them to?

[Hank shudders, which is either horror at the idea or a shiver, but the difference doesn't matter to Sumo, who tries to flop on top of whatever part of Hank is closest. The resulting shoving match makes the screen interesting watching or, if Minato's decided to forego looking at his watch altogether, Hank's grunting at Sumo's utter refusal to move lasts for a few seconds.]

Fuckin, Sumo... I don't know, his food's just kinda appeared in my room whenever those stupid fuckin flowers do, I try not to think about it too hard. Maybe they got a ghost cupboard somewhere, you tried following any of em?

takes you up on that ACTION OPTION

[crystallomancy]

[ Natsume finds himself hoping the last question is a joke of some sort, because, hm. It takes some time to locate Minato, primarily because he's still learning where everyone's rooms are, but peeking in as he passes works well enough and once he finds it, ah... That must be Koromaru. Very cute.

He at least knocks against the doorway as he enters, pausing at the entry way; he has a plate of thinly sliced meat across rice, something sniped from Korwa's attempts at feeding herself, which... while not his favorite... he knows dogs like meat, and people also like meat? So. ]

I made a little too MUCH. [ As way of explanation, which is not entirely true but also not entirely false, but. ] Are either of you hunGRY, or at least willing to take some off my HANDS?

[p_mortem]

[ Minato feels Koromaru stir on his stomach just before he hears the knock on the door frame, the dog shifting but not making the effort to get off. So it's Minato that sits up, holding the dog in his lap as the slow wag of Koromaru's tail brushes the inside of his elbow. ]

I wasn't, but now I am.

[ You know how it is, when somebody offers you food. ]

What about you, Koromaru? Hungry?

[ Koromaru barks in return, a happy doggy smile on his face in place of jumping up and down in joy. ]

[crystallomancy]

[ Well, a healthy appetite is good, so Natsume'll move further in and set it down in front of them on the bed. A little awkward to keep standing, but he won't presume he's allowed to sit, either. ]

I didn't want it to go to WASTE, and I saw you were wondering about food options for DOGS... [ ...so. He glances at Koromaru, then. gingerly. holds out his hand for him to sniff. He has a friend with a dog, but he's still a cat person at heart, having two of them, so. ] A pleasure to meet YOU. I'm an acquaintance of Minato-kuN'S... I hope that the two of us can get aLONG.

[ he's very serious don't take this away from him. ]

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[weremongoose]

I don't know if it's okay for a dog to eat curry period.

If there isn't dog food available, a basic meat and a starch is best. Boiled. Chicken and rice, beef and rice.

Source: I'm friends with many wolves.

[p_mortem]

There's meat and potatoes in curry, right? And a bunch of other stuff... I heard onions aren't good.
Koromaru seemed pretty happy eating it. But maybe he just liked getting to share a meal.

[weremongoose]

It's the spices I'm not sure of. Dogs are sensitive to that.

Though if he ate it, he ate it. Still, it might be better to get something less exciting for his stomach.

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[gluhen]

[ This is already too much confounding idiocy for one evening. ]

Absolutely not. That level of salt in the meat and those will spices will make them sick. Where did you even get that foolish idea from?

[p_mortem]

Uh. He looked happy eating curry, so it never crossed my mind it could be bad for him. I know table scraps aren't good for dogs, but sometimes he eats that at home too.

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[parttimes]

Sheesh, it's not enough to just end up here, you've got a pet to take care of too? That's kind of rough. I'm sure you've already heard plenty about dogs and what they can or can't eat.

[Also he doesn't have any pets so. Sh...rugs...?]

But are you going to be okay?

[p_mortem]

After everybody's advice, I think we'll be okay. He takes care of me as much as I take care of him. So I'm grateful he's here.

[ Rather than a pet, Koromaru really is a partner to him, somebody he knows would have his back no matter what, and that's worlds of comfort. ]

[moonlightbeast]

I haven't ever had a dog but I think they need to eat meat.
So meat curry maybe???

[p_mortem]

There's some meat in the curry, but not a whole lot. Curry is a balanced meal, isn't it...? There's meat and vegetable and rice.
Good enough for me, so I assumed the same for dogs...

[hatamon]

So how'd you end up with a dog?

[Pet Care 101 seems like the kind of thing you look into before you adopt.]

Did one follow you from home or something?

[p_mortem]

[ Minato never would have trusted himself with another living creature if he could help it, but, alas. ]

Yeah. I used to live with him back home, with some others. So he isn't exactly my dog... we all took care of him.
I wasn't in charge of meals.

[ evidently ]

action!!

[purrtagonist]

[. . . so anyway, there's a very loud cough at the entrance to Minato's room to alert him to a visitor. a visitor who should probably not be here, but. Akira's not so great at doing what he should be doing, unless he's trying to keep up appearances]

Koro-chaaaaan. . .

[p_mortem]

[ Mr. Curry Guy, go back to bed.

Minato turns over in bed and tries to mentally beam this message into Akira's head, but Koromaru's the one he's here for, so he rouses the dog to let him know somebody's here to see him. ]

You're popular, aren't you...

[ Koromaru barks his hello, although he doesn't rise even after Minato rolled over and slides him sideways off his stomach. ]