Bark 01

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[Toboe appears on the Plane, looking confused but happy. He looks around, sniffing at the air curiously, this time taking a good look around.

Then like the good puppy he is, he sits down, making sure to keep his 'posture' straight, just as Granny taught him, and trying to look overall composed. The effect is ruined, however, when his mouth opens and he let's his tongue loll out, letting out a happy bark as he does]

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[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[he cannot resist, so as long as you obviously aren't biting, he is so petting your head, Toboe]

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[Toboe is more than happy to be petted; he leans into the hand, his nose nuzzling at the Brigadier, tail thumping softly against the Astral Plane]

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[ear scratch; also he totally knows how silly it is to be talking to a wolf, but please notice he doesn't care. he is so one of those people that talks to their dogs]

Knew we had the hyena around here... haven't seen you about before.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[You know have a very happy and somewhat distracted Toboe in your hands, though he manages to catch the comment] It's only my second time here, and first time I've actually stuck around.

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[he should so be startled by talking wolf, but no, he's used to it, but he so continues petting and all that]

Ah. Have a name?

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

Toboe!

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[tilts his head a bit at this] Brigadier Letin...Lethi...Lethbradg-Stewart? [Toboe is not used to complicated names like these, and is obviously struggling]

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Brigadier works fine.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

I'll keep practicing, promise!

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[he grins a bit] Earnest, aren't you?

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[His head moves up and down a few times in what's supposed to be a nod] You were able to pronounce my name right, so I should be able to do the same for you, right?

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

I'm simply good with names, Toboe. I'm used to having to bark them out at my men.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[seems a bit confused at this] Your men?

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[. . . yes, well, wolves don't have armies, do they?] Think of it like... a pack. I'm the alpha.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

[the awe is clear in Toboe's eyes, and he actually sits up a little straighter] You're the alpha male? That makes you the best and the strongest of the pack!

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[he nods] Exactly. So I have to keep the men under me in line.

[only-a-pup.livejournal.com]

A good leader needs to be firm and strict with those who depend on him, but he can't forget to show his loyalty to them either; it's what granny always said.