[ Sharp sounds carry further in the humidity -- the tapping scrape of claws on stone rings out well before the softer scuff of a leather sole behind them. A skeletal shape prances into view below, forepaws stayed on the bottom stair. Her back is arched, matchstick bones and shining muscle under black velvet. This is a dog with a long snout and longer legs, the cord of her tail stirring into a whip flank-to-flank upon clocking Fitcher far above.
She licks her snout and begins her ascent, fleet enough to take the flight two clumsy stairs at a time.
Her master isn’t far behind, inky cape coat and long legs to match. Even discounting the queer creature goblining its way up the steps for her, he’s impossible to mistake in fine clothes -- high in the collar and hard in the nose, one bony hand steadied to the banister along the way.
The look he crooks up at her on his way betrays him, absent of severity.
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Date: 2022-03-06 10:06 pm (UTC)She licks her snout and begins her ascent, fleet enough to take the flight two clumsy stairs at a time.
Her master isn’t far behind, inky cape coat and long legs to match. Even discounting the queer creature goblining its way up the steps for her, he’s impossible to mistake in fine clothes -- high in the collar and hard in the nose, one bony hand steadied to the banister along the way.
The look he crooks up at her on his way betrays him, absent of severity.
Keen for mischief. ]