Don't know where i'm gonna land

[mirrortide]

WHO: Lapis Lazuli & Ginko
WHERE: Menagerie
WHEN: Day 36
WHAT: Lapis Lazuli harasses a poor tall lad who only wants to do his job.
WARNINGS: N/A

In getting used to the Carnival and all of its... intricacies, Lapis has been wandering around. Both on foot and in the air. Partly in an attempt to test whatever it was keeping her here for weaknesses (she's found none), and to learn the layout. Might as well spend her time doing something useful for herself.

Where here wings take her today doesn't actually bode well for the person she's seeing. She lands a little harder than normal, and her feet make a soft noise as she hits the ground, but she doesn't seem very deterred by that. Rather, she's choosing to instead fix a glare at the person doing something with a chain around and animal.

"What are you doing?" Sure did just get a little chilly out with that tone.

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[dontpokethat]

While Ginko wouldn't say he necessarily disliked the tyrannosaurus, he also wouldn't say it was really his favorite animal to deal with. Especially when it came time to take it to the pasture to exercise.

There's something undeniably nerve-wracking about trying to lead around what is essentially an enormous carnivorous bird, no matter how fluffy and well-fed it is.

As such, he is - visibly - a little more startled than he might otherwise be by suddenly being addressed, especially like that.

"--Uh." The dinosaur, apparently displeased with Ginko suddenly stopping, takes a stubborn step forward, and Ginko stumbles a bit on his hooves to keep up. "Just taking this guy out for a walk. Something wrong?"

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"Why is it chained up?" Lapis is, unsurprisingly to anyone who knows her, extremely not pleased by the sight of chains. Bad memories and all that. Especially when attached to something large.

She'll follow any steps he takes, though she is fairly pleased to see that the giant animal can boss around the one with the chain. "If it's just going for a walk, why does it need a chain?"

[dontpokethat]

"Well... simply put, it's mostly to let it know it needs to go slowly right now."

For being as uncomfortable as he is right now, Ginko does a pretty decent job of hiding it. Or maybe that sense of detachment is just a side effect of his being distracted by the combination of keeping an eye on the tyrannosaurus and staying steady on his still-new hooves.

"I mean, I assume you can tell I can't actually pull this thing anywhere. But it's been taught to stay by me when it's on a chain. Makes it easier to get it where it needs to go."

[mirrortide]

"Can't you do that without a chain?" It's an honest question, but some of the ice in her voice eases as he confirms that the big creature could easily drag him around like it looks like it can. Still, Lapis knows that size isn't exactly an indicator of strength (She'd out bruted Jasper for months on end, after all), and she's still concerned.

[dontpokethat]

Shrug. "In theory, if it'd been trained that way. But this guy's been around since before my time. The moment I let it loose, it figures it's just time to do whatever it wants."

[mirrortide]

"Why is that so bad?" Like, she honestly doesn't know why it'd be a bad thing to let a gigantic animal off of its leash. That's just the space rock life, apparently.

Besides, Steven had Lion, didn't he? Lion didn't use a leash.

[dontpokethat]

"Because knowing this thing, it would probably wreck half the carnival and most likely end up getting itself hurt. It doesn't exactly have a great understanding of how to interact with the structures and equipment here."

[mirrortide]

"Oh." Okay, all of that... makes sense? That doesn't mean she has to like it, but Lapis honestly has no sort of rebuttal for that explanation. She's still going to frown at him and watch him, because that's just how she works.

[dontpokethat]

Well, she seems satisfied with that explanation at least... maybe.

Sort of.

Hm.

Ginko leads the tyrannosaurus into the exercise area and pulls over the stepstool sitting against the fence, then glances over his shoulder at Lapis as he steps up to get the chain disconnected from the dinosaur's collar. "...Did you want something else?"