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[detectivetroll]

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[Calls, texts, and emails are a-okay! He has both a work email and personal email, and an office phone and cell phone. Just specify which one.]

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SNAK AFTERMATH TEXT

[sassymaru]

IM A DOF

IM A ROBOT

[detectivetroll]

where the fuck are you

[sassymaru]

BY WHERE RAYS COFFEE SHOP WAS ITS GONE HESW TIH PARAMDICS

its bad

[detectivetroll]

shit

okay I'm coming I'll be there asap

[sassymaru]

ok ok ok

im the fucking robot dogWOLF you cant miss

[detectivetroll]

[dogWOLF, huh? Nick catches that, but commenting on it is for later. Now, he just makes a bee-line for the coffee shop, hunting through the rubble until he finds it - and a purple robotic dog.

Yeah. That's... definitely a thing.]

Yuji?

[Nick looks a little beat up, but the bandages around his ribs and shoulders are safely hidden under his shirt, purposefully so he can look better off than he his.]

[sassymaru]

[Yeah he can't even make himself type the word "dog" without snarling internally.]

[He was hunkered down in some shadows until he sees Nick approach, and then he's delicately stepping out. He's... the size of a big dog. But not giant. Not yet.]

[His ears perk at his name, and he shakes himself. His eyes flash as he speaks.]

Yes. It's... uh. It's me.

[detectivetroll]

Hey, you can actually talk like this. That's convenient.

[A lot better than when he was dealing with Lyall or Angela in their wolf forms. ...which brings up a good point.]

...dude. Does this mean your other self was a robot werewolf?

[sassymaru]

I'm so utterly thrilled I can be of convenience to you.

[Wow, he's still huffy, even as a giant robot dog. He hunkers down a little. If he had a tail, it would have tucked down.]

I don't know. But is now really the time for wondering that?

[detectivetroll]

It's the perfect time.

[Leave him alone, this is a little bit of a shock, okay. But that does shake him out of it enough that he leans down, slinging his good arm around the robot dog's neck in a brief hug.

Robot dog or not, that's still his partner, and he's relieved he's alive. And... probably uninjured.

How do you tell if a robot dog is injured? Right not the point.]

Did anyone see you change?

[sassymaru]

No, there are more important things to worry about.

[Like how to change back, or how he's going to keep working, or...]

[Oh. A hug. He sort of butts his head up against his partner's chest, like a dog should. Since he doesn't exactly have arms to return the favor with.]

Only Ray. And he's... en route to the hospital. Some hospital. I couldn't follow.

[detectivetroll]

Yeah, yeah, okay. You're right.

[For once.

The head butting is oddly reassuring, and Nick doesn't let go, even though he probably should.]

...shit. Okay. We'll - let's go back to my apartment, all right? We can hide you there for now, and I'll - go check on Ray.

[sassymaru]

[All right, he'll just stand here with his head mashed against your chest, bro, no big.]

Right. I... that's the best option. Isn't it?

[detectivetroll]

[What there's nothing weird about that. Just because one of them is a robot wolf doesn't mean they can't cuddle.]

...yeah. At least until morning, and we can work on changing you back.

[sassymaru]

[Yeah there's totally nothing weird and dependent here, nothing at all.[

Right. Well... If anyone asks after me, I've been re-routed to another section of city.

[detectivetroll]

[Nothing at all. Just like there's nothing dependent about the fact that Nick kind of doesn't want to let go. But he kind of has to, at least enough so that they can walk.]

I'll tell them. Come on, let's get you to my car. The less you're outside like this, the better.

[sassymaru]

I don't think anyone has seen, for what it's worth.

[But he steps back, glancing over his shoulder.]

Let's go, then.

[detectivetroll]

[As much as Nick would like to stay in contact with his partner on the way, he knows it's a better idea for Yuji to stick to the shadows right now. So he nods, watching the robot wolf step back, and then starts towards his car.

He pops open the trunk when he gets there to fold down the back seat, for once grateful that he doesn't have a sports car.]

Hop in.

[sassymaru]

[He makes one of those sounds dogs make when they're looking at something severely unappealing, but have no choice in the matter.]

[Then he sighs, and, hops in. The back of the car sags a little.]

[detectivetroll]

[Poor Yuji. The indignities he has to suffer.

Nick closes the door after him, then climbs into the car and starts towards their apartment.]

...you didn't get hurt, did you? Can you even get hurt like that?

[sassymaru]

[He ends up curled on the seat, turned away from him. He's... looking back the way they'd come, actually, his "ears" cocked in that direction.]

I feel fine.

[SO MUCH MOPING.]

[detectivetroll]

[Nick's keeping an eye on him through the rearview mirror, just in case. He doesn't look injured, but then, how do you even tell if a robot wolf is injured?]

Can you, uh. Hear better like this?

[sassymaru]

No.

[Wow, that was curt. He starts curling up a little more. He would rather be back there, tracking that ambulance, even if there's nothing to be done about it.]

It's the same.

[detectivetroll]

[Nick's quiet for a moment. He knows his partner, him being in a different form doesn't change that.]

He's in good hands. And I'll text you as soon as I see him.

[sassymaru]

I know that. And I know you will.

[He huddles a little more. If he had more of a tail than the stump, it would have tucked up underneath him.]

... he has antennas now. They're going to notice that.