Mission [Out of Reach]
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esp_dragonv2Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Frankenstein adds something new to the living room for Tao. M-21 isn't happy.
Notes: Concerned prompt for Let's Fix It event.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 399
Total word count: 5482
Status: Work in progress
There was dust in the air when M-21 returned from his patrol. Frankenstein was on a step ladder, adding...
Huh.
M-21 looked around at the new shelves in the living room. Except they weren't just shelves, bridges connecting a few of them. There was a clear path to follow and - Tao was already on one near the bottom, getting steadily higher.
No!
M-21 dashed towards him, and picked him up by the scruff, taking him to their bed. Tao protested, but that was fine. The fall could hurt him, and Frankenstein wouldn't want his new thing to be covered in cat ha-
"M-21," Frankenstein said, and he turned an ear towards him. "These are for Tao to explore, so please let him go."
They were? But... M-21 looked up again. They were so close to the ceiling... If Tao was to fall...
"Tao's better at jumping than you think," Frankenstein said, "and if Tao prefers this room, that means he won't be in rooms with machinery as long."
Oh. That would make sense. M-21 set Tao down, who scampered straight towards the bottom of the shelves again.
M-21 followed from the floor as Tao made his way around the room, whining. Frankenstein said he would be all right but if Tao got hurt while he was in the room... He didn't want that.
He whined again as Tao lay low and wriggled, eyeing the gap between him and the next shelf. It was so big and Tao wasn't going to make it.
Tao leaped. M-21 half-jumped as well, ready to grab the kitten when he fell. Tao grabbed the edge with his claws and scrambled up the rest of the way.
Oh. Good. He made it.
"M-21," Frankenstein said, and M-21 looked over. Frankenstein was sweeping the floor, and he raised an eyebrow at M-21. "Tao will be fine; you need to trust him." He curled his fingers, gesturing M-21 closer, and he did, keeping his ears pinned on Tao.
"I know you're worried about him," Frankenstein said, scratching M-21's head, "but he will be fine."
But what if he wasn't? If there was a time where Tao missed a jump?
M-21 looked back at Tao's meow, and saw him nestled up at the utmost shelf. M-21 could also hear his purrs and... All right. Tao could do this.
He didn't like it, but Tao was happy and safe.
Summary: Frankenstein adds something new to the living room for Tao. M-21 isn't happy.
Notes: Concerned prompt for Let's Fix It event.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 399
Total word count: 5482
Status: Work in progress
There was dust in the air when M-21 returned from his patrol. Frankenstein was on a step ladder, adding...
Huh.
M-21 looked around at the new shelves in the living room. Except they weren't just shelves, bridges connecting a few of them. There was a clear path to follow and - Tao was already on one near the bottom, getting steadily higher.
No!
M-21 dashed towards him, and picked him up by the scruff, taking him to their bed. Tao protested, but that was fine. The fall could hurt him, and Frankenstein wouldn't want his new thing to be covered in cat ha-
"M-21," Frankenstein said, and he turned an ear towards him. "These are for Tao to explore, so please let him go."
They were? But... M-21 looked up again. They were so close to the ceiling... If Tao was to fall...
"Tao's better at jumping than you think," Frankenstein said, "and if Tao prefers this room, that means he won't be in rooms with machinery as long."
Oh. That would make sense. M-21 set Tao down, who scampered straight towards the bottom of the shelves again.
M-21 followed from the floor as Tao made his way around the room, whining. Frankenstein said he would be all right but if Tao got hurt while he was in the room... He didn't want that.
He whined again as Tao lay low and wriggled, eyeing the gap between him and the next shelf. It was so big and Tao wasn't going to make it.
Tao leaped. M-21 half-jumped as well, ready to grab the kitten when he fell. Tao grabbed the edge with his claws and scrambled up the rest of the way.
Oh. Good. He made it.
"M-21," Frankenstein said, and M-21 looked over. Frankenstein was sweeping the floor, and he raised an eyebrow at M-21. "Tao will be fine; you need to trust him." He curled his fingers, gesturing M-21 closer, and he did, keeping his ears pinned on Tao.
"I know you're worried about him," Frankenstein said, scratching M-21's head, "but he will be fine."
But what if he wasn't? If there was a time where Tao missed a jump?
M-21 looked back at Tao's meow, and saw him nestled up at the utmost shelf. M-21 could also hear his purrs and... All right. Tao could do this.
He didn't like it, but Tao was happy and safe.