Tier Up! (Kyrie)

[Lucien DeChain]

It is a beautiful autumn evening in Long Beach. The sun is low in the sky, casting an orange light on the landscape. Now that the exposition is set, what the hell is Kyrie doing?! WHAT IS SHE DOING SDFJA;SDFLKJA;DFJKL

[Kyrie Blaze]

Kyrie sighed a breath as she slid back into Dragon Territory over the wall, greeting the guards there by name and waiting for their brief reports on what had gone on that day and if all was clear.. She had just returned from inserting herself into Barker territory, scouting closer and closer to the location of another of Barker's strongholds.

One that was near where she used to live.

She was dusty and sweaty, but it was a good feeling, despite the rumble in her stomach. So long as everything was clear, she would leap from the top of the wall back into her home territory. She landed upon the ground and rolled the impact off, redirecting the momentum through her body before she popped back to her feet and continued at an easy run.

[Lucien DeChain]

SUDDENLY

You hear a dog barking! A man runs up to you from the side, an old man wearing a white poncho.

"Please! You've got to help me, that dog is going to kill me!"

Indeed, Kyrie would be able to see a dog approaching at full sprint for the man, bloodthirst in its eyes and barking viciously.

[Kyrie Blaze]

The noise was startling for starting so suddenly. Kyrie's eyes streamed around, looking up, down, across, around...and she spotted the man wearing the poncho. Her eyes sharpened a little and she took in the words, processing them quickly. She side-stepped around the man, looking at the incoming dog and actually bristling, herself.

"Be calm. Tell me why." She moved in such a way that she could keep the man in her peripheral vision. By her tone - authoritative from one so small - she expected him to explain while she dealt with the canine.

She had stared down an Alpha Wolf before and hadn't backed down, all for the protection of an Elder. She uttered a sharp whistle, meant to draw the dog's attention if she didn't have it already. She used her posture to be assertive, and yet, not necessarily threatening at this point.

[Lucien DeChain]

"I-I-I don't know what happened! He was calm, everything was fine, and he just started... barking in my face, trying to bite my arms off, going for my throat! I don't know what happened!"

The dog would be drawn to Kyrie instead of the old man, and as it approached it slowed, coming to a stop about five feet from the woman. It arched its back and its fur bristled, ears raised and teeth bared. It growled ferally.

[Kyrie Blaze]

"Relax and keep calm. Stand still and do not draw attention to yourself."

Serene in both word and even mind as she watched the dog shift its attention to her instead of the man. Her hair lifted slightly in the breeze, but her gaze, calm and stern and peaceful, was on the dog. While the dog wasn't similar to the one she used to have...she felt a pang of loss again.

She continued staring at the dog, her posture remaining as she had it before. She simply stared and after the dog was through its first explosive growl, or it tapered off a bit, she would begin to murmur, low under her breath. Words she did not often speak. Now that she had its attention, she could work on calming him.

[Lucien DeChain]

The man kept quiet and stood still.

The dog's brow furrowed in slight confusion. He wasn't letting his guard down, but he was listening.

[Kyrie Blaze]

"Veri olen piros, ekäm. Sívad olen wäkeva, hän ku piwtä."

She smiled without showing her teeth and kept her murmuring up. She watched for the canine to drop his guard, to either accept her or become curious enough to show some kind of sign.

[Lucien DeChain]

The dog seemed to calm a bit, but he was still wary. He would glance over to the old man, then back to the girl, who was murmuring and smiling. He took a small step forward with his front left paw, looking the girl in the eyes.

"Oh, thank God. Now, while it's calmed down, be quick and kill it."

[Kyrie Blaze]

Kyrie held the dog's gaze and slowly extended her hand, palm out and flat with her fingers pointed to the ground so if the dog did snap to bite, at worst it would only scrape her palm and she could pull back quickly.

"Be silent. Let me work."

Despite her careful emphasis, she kept her voice along the same tone she had been using with the dog so it wouldn't cause the canine to revert.

[Lucien DeChain]

The dog stepped. Slowly. Towards Kyrie, still keeping an eye on her and on the man.

When he was close enough, he sniffed her palm. Then backed away one step and looked at her quizzically.

[Kyrie Blaze]

The blonde moved, stepping to the side so she could more readily see the man, urging the dog to turn with her.

"Sit, pup. Sit." Kyrie's eyes remained on the dog, but now that she could see the man more clearly...she was a little more at ease. "So...tell me, why were you near this dog, anyway. And what were you really doing to provoke an attack that I have clearly just calmed the canine down from..?"

[Lucien DeChain]

The dog sat, and its tail laid flat on the ground behind him. Seemed like he was warming up to Kiyr.

"You calmed it down for now, sure, but it's a killer, I saw it!

That dog has been in my neighborhood ever since I moved here. Street dog, it is. Probably rabid. And it's got puppies, too, dirty and starving, people should really learn to spay things. Anyways, I've seen it around lots, and even walked past it a lot, but today it just came at me. Rabies, I tell you! Put it down!" The man's voice was hoarse, and getting more aggressive.

[Kyrie Blaze]

Kyrie's gaze was kind upon the dog. She made soft shushing noises as she listened to the man. Internally, she began to bristle. Puppies. Puppies. This was a female protecting her babies. Likely starving just as he said her puppies were. This man was taking the wrong approach entirely with the little blonde.

This dog had a family. And family was precious.

She straightened, her back to the dog with no fear as she looked at the man. Though she was still serene, there was a thin edge of steel beneath her tone, now.

"Saw her kill what? What were you doing that you know she has puppies? Where were you? How close? Do you know of any vets in this day that could possibly spay her, let alone spay and neuter her puppies when they are old enough? Did you ever think she is starving? For food to feed her family and kind words? A kind hand? A warm bed to keep her and hers safe?"

As short as she was, she was probably seeming to be larger than that as she looked dead on at the man. She expected him to begin answering now that her full attention was on him.

[Lucien DeChain]

"I.. Why can't you just see it as it is?! Scavengers, mutts, the lot of them! You know who else is starving? ME! Why just the other day I saw this one bring back a rabbit, and it was dumb enough to let it out of its sight long enough for me to snatch it! Barely fed me half a meal. You're a Dragon, right? Dragons look after people! How about looking out for me-"

Kyrie really shouldn't have turned her back on the dog. Her attention was turned back to the hysterical man, and the tension coming from both parties was more than enough to set her off. She bolted, taking a leap at the man and tackling him to the ground with angry snarls and barks. No bites or claws yet, though, just barking.