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Two hours after sunset, between thunder claps and over pattering rain, you hear a noise at the door.
▶ No.35512>>35514
I turn the porch light on and look through the peephole.
▶ No.35513
Quoth the raven: "Nevermore".
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>>35512
Your initial view is blurry, obscured, even with the porch light on, and you can only make out a vague silhouette. Small, about half your size. Whatever it is, it appears to have its ears flat as it stares up, watching patiently for a response. When you look more carefully you realize what the creature is: a...
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>>35514
>a...
Slutty Kobold who is cold because his corner working clothes are too small and wet.
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>>35514
...a creature resembling a white mouse, only much larger and less fragile.
▶ No.35535
...a baby fox, bless its poor soul.
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>>35514
Ratatoskr, gossiper of the gods, traveler of Yggdrasil, and encourager of spite.
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>>35516
OP here. Sad to see that out of four responses, this one is the most interesting one to me. Just kidding. About the sad part I mean. I might wait a little longer just to see if anyone else posts, but otherwise I'll probably just go with this one. It's not something I personally would come up with, but then, I think I could work with it, put my artistic spin on it.
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>>35514
A lost, scared, and alone mouse boy youngling. He wishes for shelter from the rain and a fire to lay close beside to warm himself. In his eyes you see panic, and also cuts and scrapes on his body. There is no phone signal this far out, and the only police are an hour away. What could have happened to this poor boy?
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▶ No.35622>>35632
>>35610
Now listen here. A very similar CYOA happened on /furry/ and we wound up getting abandoned right when it was taking off. Please, at least give a reason the thing ends because of an outside source.
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>>35622
The slutty kobold leads you to a dimly lit cave sheltered from the rain and enters a small home crudely hewn into the rock. You follow it and inside you see...
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The face of what looks like a young mouse boy is just close enough to the peephole for you to make it out, when the figure shuffles, and you hear the knock one more.
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>>35643
I open the door, get on the floor and do the dinosaur
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>>35632
>>35643
Is this a branching CYOA?
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>>35648
I'm pretty sure >>35632 isn't OP. Not sure what he's up to with that.
▶ No.35655>>35697
>>35643
I cautiously open the door and attempt to communicate
▶ No.35697
>>35655
>>35649
>>35648
I wrote >>35615.
Is the story heading in this direction? I'll think of some more ideas and see what I can come up with.
▶ No.35703
OP you should probably use a tripcode for this thread
▶ No.36367>>36368 >>36369
You open the door and see a brief glimmer of hope on the boy's face, before his eyelids flutter shut and he collapses, falling forward, right into your arms. He's wearing a simple robe which is just as soaked as his fur, and when you set him down to rest on the floor, you see flickers of pain in his closed-eyed face. He has a fever.
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>>36367
Is this a universe where mouse people are known of? Or do we get to pick?
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>>36367
Regardless, you take off the mouse's sodden robe and hang it by the door, before carrying him over to your sofa and laying him down under a blanket while you decide what to do next.
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>>36369
The mouse does not stir much at all, even as you feel the the fur bared by the removal of his robe, hot to the touch. He's wearing a plain white shirt of light material, as well as a plain pair of trousers, an unremarkable brown color. Both pieces are damp, though whether from the rain soaking through the boy's robe, or from the boy's own perspiration, as he lies shivering under the blanket, you don't know.
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>>36398
Get him some water and pour him a hot bath.
▶ No.36413
>>36398
Try to remember everything you can about mice and micefolk! Is somebody looking for him?
Also, look and see if we have any medication.
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>>36369
>>36398
>>36410
What...what are you people doing?
Fevers are caused by inflammation in the body due to factors such as viruses, the hypothalamus in the brain turns up the threshold for the body's internal temperature in order to heal by making the body inhospitable to foreign microorganisms, while the mouse may appear to be shivering from cold, in truth the body is relaxing the muscles to encourage heat generated by the micro-movements that shivering implies. The brain is tricking the body into thinking that it is cold in order to make the host warm up to elevate the body temperature, because the body temperature needs to match the brain's new set-point to kill the microorganisms. The rain outside has made the body colder thus lowering the immune system allowing it to become susceptible to infection, once infected, it triggers the fever response, which is a natural defense mechanism against bodily threats and elevated the body temerature.
Remove the blankets and the clothes from the mouse, check the body for any possible open wounds: lift him slightly to check his back, and his appendages. Soak the blanket with cold water and wrap him in it (again, he's not cold, his body is tricking him into thinking he's cold, his body temperature is fine and elevating it higher will contribute to his fever state), treat him with antipyretics such as Acetaminophen and ibuprofen; if we don't have those, soak 2 washcloths with cold water, place 1 in his mouth and 1 on his head.
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>>36414
Somehow I don't think this is gonna be a hard scientific adventure. But thanks doc.
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▶ No.36550>>36575 >>36576 >>36581
>>36414
Hang on a second. I understand the part about checking for wounds or injuries (should have been done anyway, if for no other reason than as an excuse to get him naked), but not the rest. If the body is elevating his temperature to combat an infection, why in the Hell would you counter that and take steps to LOWER his temperature? The fever should be encouraged so he can recover faster.
▶ No.36565>>36581
OP should think about using a tripcode for this thread. This is one of the times where tripfagging is encouraged and helpful.
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>>36550
Because we have antibiotics for that. We're stopping the fever because we have a more effective solution.
▶ No.36576>>36807
>>36550
Not that anon, but the body tends to have difficulty moderating responses to disease. For many mundane ailments, the danger posed by an excessive fever is greater than the danger of the disease the subject is suffering from.
In fact, there are a number of diseases that wouldn't be very hazardous if not for the body flipping its shit and producing a dangerously disproportionate immune response.
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>>36414
Wait, logically wouldn't his core temperature be potentially low if he feels hot to the touch despite having been outside in the rain?
He feels hot to the touch because dilated blood vessels are releasing core heat, likely in response to his fever, but if he's been out in the rain his core temperature could be considerably lower due to being wet and the aforementioned blood vessel dilation.
I'd say take his temperature, then draw a warm or slightly cool bath according to what it reads, alternatively, we could check the general temperature of his limbs; cool means we should apply warmth, while if it's hot we should act to curb the fever.
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>>36550
The body is overreacting to a microorganism that isn't really that harmful, he managed to walk up to the house by his own will so he can't be in critical condition, if this weren't the case, then the best solution would've been to let the fever run its course and adjust procedure accordingly. However, since he's so young, higher temperatures can put him at serious risk, if he were an adult he would have a much better prognosis.
>>36565
I agree.
>>36575
OP hasn't told us what timeline we live in, I'm guessing we're either in the modern or victorian-era setting, given the nature of the mouse's clothes. If we are in the modern setting, we should also treat him with both antibiotics and antivirals respectively since we don't know the nature of the disease (antibiotics won't work on viruses and antivirals don't work on bacteria), these drugs are basically harmless to the host.
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>>36581
I'm assuming this is the present we're in right now (because it's in second person), e.g. no beastfolk.
▶ No.36588
>>36580
He has a fever, the point is that the body is being tricked to encourage the production of heat to match the temperature that the hypothalamus has set. The brain temperature is elevated, now the brain is telling the body to elevate the body's temperature. In both cases, the point is to bring the temperature down.
>He feels hot to the touch because dilated blood vessels are releasing core heat
Vasodialation releases heat from the body, opening blood vessels near the skin to release excess heat from the body, which COOLS the body off. When a fever is triggered the blood vessels CONSTRICT, to retain heat, so it can meet the new initial temperature point set by the hypothalamus. He only feels hot because the body has already begun to elevate his temperature thus putting him at higher risk, and needs to be treated immediately.
>I'd say take his temperature
This is a moot point since it's already been established that he has a fever by OP
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▶ No.36778>>36780 >>36785 >>36788 >>36795 >>36858
You remove his clothes, examining him as you do. Neither his shirt nor his trousers hide any external wounds, and you doubt his briefs are concealing any either. He doesn't look any more wakeful, but his condition hasn't worsened either. At least he looks relatively comfortable on the couch - as comfortable as a feverish mouse-boy hot to the touch could look.
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>>36778
giver him some sketti, him look 2 skinny and probably hunger
▶ No.36785>>36788
>>36778
For fuck's sake, it's been over a week and you still haven't even gotten to the sexual stuff yet (the only reason everyone's here). Cut out the backstory and get to the point already.
Take off his undies and show us what kind of penis he has and how big it is.
▶ No.36788>>36792
>>36785
Ignore this degenerate, boylove is a pure thing not to be sullied by nonconsent
>>36778
Give him some medication that will work if we have any (that he can take while unconcious). Otherwise let him rest under a blanket, poor guy clearly needs some sleep. We can chat with him in the morning.
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>>36788
This. Give him something, then go to sleep. Leave the door to your room open.
▶ No.36795>>36804 >>36806
>>36778
>He doesn't look any more wakeful
Are you saying he's unconscious? If so...
Put some disposable rubber gloves on, lift him up at a 90 degree angle, and lift his snout upwards, slip 2 ibuprofen tablets down his throat, follow it up with a penicillin tablet. Lay him back down. Put fingertips on his wrist and his neck to check his pulse. Go soak the blanket and a pillow with cold water, apply it on him. Soak 2 washcloths with cold water, put one on his head and other on his neck. Let him rest. Pull up a chair and monitor him as he sleeps. Check back in an hour to see if his condition improves.
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>>36795
>giving pills to an unconscious person
>>>/out/
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>>36795
You can be conscious but not awake. Or at least, when you're asleep, you're not necessarily unconscious.
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>>36576
>For many mundane ailments, the danger posed by an excessive fever is greater than the danger of the disease the subject is suffering from
This sounds suspiciously like "humans know better than millions of years of evolution 'cause we're so smert." I spent every flu I've ever gotten in my life wrapped up in blankets broiling in my own fever, and as a result get over it after a couple days wereas most people are useless for a week. If a fever kills you, your body is weak and no amount of modern medical coddling is going to fix that.
But back to the story, just what kind of person actually keeps viable antibiotics in their home? That's not normal, not even for zombie-apocalypse preppers because that shit doesn't have a shelf life more than a couple years so you can't stockpile it. How do you even know it's not going to make things worse. Who do you think you are, Doctor Goddamn House?
The kid needs to be cuddled. That's all. Panacea through love. Fuck off with your let's-pump-him-full-of-shit solution to every problem.
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>>36804
Idiot.
>>36806
We have to wait for OP to tell us tho.
>>36807
>Being this anti-science
>being this anecdotal
>not keeping antibiotics around just in case
I bet you think fire extinguishers are a waste too because you could just call the fire department. What a faggot.
>How do you even know it's not going to make things worse
Ok for one antibiotics are harmless to the host and two, in most cases, this one included, even if the drugs are expired, that doesn't make them dangerous. Expired drugs lose their potency, it doesn't kill you if you take them. Why don't you take your home remedy book you bought after seeing it on TV and fuck off back to your shithole hippie commune, you inbred?
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>>36809
>y-you're an idiot
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of an upper airway obstruction.
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>>36810
Not an argument. You clearly have no idea how medicine works.
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>>36809
Quit pretending you know what you're talking about.
You never give pills to someone who can't swallow them, that's a choking hazard you moron.
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>>36812
TWhy the fuck did you think I said at a 90 degree angle? So the pills go straight down, not getting caught? God you're fucking retarded.
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>>36813
>so the pills go straight down
Nigger, you will never find a doctor who advises giving pills to an unconscious person because the likelihood of choking is too high.
You're trying to act like you know what you're talking about when you'd quite possibly end up killing someone you tried to give first aid to
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>>36812
>choking on a pill
▶ No.36816>>36817 >>36823
>you will never find a doctor who advises giving pills to an unconscious person
lemme know when you find one. You're clearly exaggerating this because you have no experience. Why don't you step aside? Your place is not here.
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>>36816
>I have no proof that it's okay, so I'll just bluff and cite experience instead of providing any evidence that my way is safe
Pill aspiration can easily be a medical emergency, depending on the size and chemical composition of the pill. Airway obstruction can always potentially lead to the collapse of a lung.
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>>36778
Mice are small therefore this mouse is fully grown. Only retarded people design all anthros the same height as humans. Said mouse should be mid 20s or early 30s to really piss off these boylove shitters.
Short and tall pairings are hot.
▶ No.36865>>36895
This topic deserved to be derailed into autism about medicine after >>35516 got sidelined for a rat.
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>>36817
>Pill aspiration can easily be a medical emergency, depending on the size and chemical composition of the pill
What the fuck am I reading? Look if you're gonna be a pussy cut the pill in half.
>Airway obstruction
>I don't know what size between pills and throats is
Its time to stop
Maybe OP shouldn't make the mouse unconcious, just wake him up or revive him or something and instruct the mouse to do it so he can up and fucking do it himself. Sage.
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>>36867
>don't be a pussy
I once inhaled a vitamin pill and each of 3 doctors I contacted about it told me to go to the ER, where I ended up getting a lot of xrays and being put under while they removed it with some tool they put down my throat.
I think it's safe to say that you're the one with no grasp of medicine to be downplaying what I've seen treated as a medical emergency.
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▶ No.36916>>36936 >>36959 >>36971
>It was just supposed to be a mystery "anime fever" that requires nothing but bedrest and coddling by the benefactor
>Topic spirals into a massive argument over a bunch of internet-experts over the correct real-world medical treatments
Okay, first of all, if a stranger shows up at your door and is in obvious distress, in the real world, YOU FUCKING CALL POLICE AND PARAMEDICS. Since that's obviously not what we're going to do, as it would immediately end the story (though arguably to the benefit of us all) any "real world" shit should be thrown out the window to begin with.
The kid's not going to die if you don't properly medicate him because HE. IS. NOT. REAL!!
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You walk to the bathroom in almost a daze as thoughts race through your head. The boy isn't in any sort of critical condition, he's certainly conscious. You could tell by the occasional flickers of anguish on his face, and the rare pained squeak of a moan, barely louder than a whisper. But either way, as you make your way to the medicine cabinet, you think to yourself that you could do better for him. Only, once you open and peer inside, alone there in the quiet of the bathroom, small and well-lit, you pause to think, and a whole new slew of thoughts enter your head.
You wonder, if perhaps, you should call the police. Maybe not the paramedics; the boy looks well enough on his own. But a boy wandering around in weather like this for seemingly hours, looking for refuge at a stranger's house such as yours, is as appropriate a situation as any to involve police, or perhaps at least someone other than yourself.
What if he died here, even? What would someone else think, had you forgotten to, or chose not to, call it in to /someone/. Suddenly you feel as responsibility weighing very heavily on your shoulder.
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>>36926
Seriously, what universe are we in? Do you see mouse boys every day?
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>>36927
Contemporary with anthros.
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>>36879
>I'm a pussy so everyone else must be too
>projecting this hard
It's TIME to STOP. Especially from the faggot who mentioned a few posts ago about how you shouldn't use anecdotes as evidence.
>>36916
>YOU FUCKING CALL POLICE AND PARAMEDICS
But OP didn't establish what kind of world we live in back then, if this was a human world, if we called emergency services they would take him away. Think of all the "experiments" they woulda perform on him when he recovers.
>>36926
OK so he is conscious. Guess that shuts up that other guy. Anyway, give him 2 tabs of that Advil (active ingredient is ibuprofen, an antipyretic) with cold water, lift him up while you do so
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>>36934
Call child protective services.
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>>36936
I don't think three doctors instructed someone to go to the ER because he's "a pussy."
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>>36937
Why ruin the fun? OP already stated the boy isn't in any critical condition. Why not just treat him and wait till he wakes up to question him? What if he turns out to be a runaway because he was being abused at home? We should adopt him instead if that happens.
>>36941
Its your own fault for being a pussy. Mouseboy here isn't as much a pussy as you. And that's really, really sad.
▶ No.36943>>36944
>>36942
Is he a pussy for following the doctor's orders or for being instructed to go to the ER?
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>>36943
Neither, Anon is a pussy for not being able to take a fucking pill. Did he fall out of bed this morning too? Maybe get hit by a parked car as well? How pathetic can you get?
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>>36944
I thought he was talking about taking a pill unconsciously, or having the pill accidentally "go down the wrong pipe" if conscious.
▶ No.36946
>>36926
Just let him get a good night's sleep.
▶ No.36947>>36948
>>36944
The problem is not so much that the pill might cause a stoppage in the throat (as you've survised, pills aren't normally big enough for that), the problem is that the pill might go into the lungs instead of the stomach.
▶ No.36948
>>36945
I'm calling Anon here a pussy because he was conscious and failed to take a pill without fucking it up. I suggested dropping a few pills (cut up into smaller pieces) down the boy's throat while turning his head up
>>36947
The pills would've gone down the throat too fast to taken up by the lungs
▶ No.36953>>36956
>>36926
Take one of the bandaids and put it across the bridge of his nose.
It won't help, but it'll look fucking adorable.
▶ No.36958>>36980 >>37055
>>36858
Yeah, totally a 32-year-old mouse. He's just one of those 32-year-old mice that have undersized genitals, and body proportions vaguely similar to a minor :^)
▶ No.36959>>36971
>>36916
>Okay, first of all, if a stranger shows up at your door and is in obvious distress, in the real world, YOU FUCKING CALL POLICE AND PARAMEDICS.
I mean if I thought that was the right thing I would do it but this seems to be the human world and like anon said they might experiment on him or something, plus it seems like he was running away from something so worth it at least to discuss with him first.
And yeah the medical derailing was pretty autistic but without autism I guess we wouldn't be furries.
▶ No.36960
Oh I just saw this is anthro world. Well, even so, I stand the thought that he must be running from something so we should at least hear him out before we call anyone.
▶ No.36971
>>36916
>a massive argument over a bunch of internet-experts over the correct real-world medical treatments
Man, this might be some sort of cognitive bias but it seems like more and more /fur/ threads keep getting derailed because some idiots try to apply realistic shit to goddamn fucking furries instead of enjoying it for what it is and/or masturbate, which is all there really is to the fandom.
>>36959
>And yeah the medical derailing was pretty autistic but without autism I guess we wouldn't be furries.
Weird, I've never seen the maximum autism "le thicc doggo murr x3" furries get angry at the fact that most representations of anthro animals are not within the realms of the real world. There's a difference between being an autist and just being fucking stupid.
>>36956
Just give the poor bastard some medicine so that we can get this free-candy van rolling.
▶ No.36980
>>36958
>A cub having undersized genitals
>Any furry character, ever, in the history of the fandom, having undersized genitals
No, you see, you can tell which ones are the cubs because they have EVEN BIGGER DICKS, proportionally speaking, compared to their smaller bodies.
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You take two pills of the Advil with you, and return to the mouse, but not before retrieving a glass of water, and mulling over those thoughts a bit more. You momentarily set the glass and two pills down on the coffee table, on a paper towel, so that you can put the blanket back over the boy, then you wonder if you should take him to a bed or just keep him there. It is late after all, and besides your own bed, you do have the guest bed that hasn't been used in forever.
Thinking about all this, you feel a different kind of weight bare down on you. It's late at night, and as rare a situation as this is, it isn't all too worrying as to detract from your drowsiness. You take a seat at the recliner, just off to the side from the couch where the mouse currently lies, having stirred little since you last checked on him, and you already start to feel as though you yourself may fall asleep.
The glass of water and pills are well within arm's reach of the mouse. You could leave it to him to drink when he's ready, and medicate if he feels the need to (assuming he trusts you, or at least doesn't distrust you). It doesn't look like he'll make a move for it anytime soon either. He looks like he wants to lie undisturbed more than anything.
Whatever you do, lounging around much longer will probably put you to sleep rather quickly.
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▶ No.37013
>>37004
Help him sit up and attempt to wake him long enough to instruct him to take the medicine. Worst that could happen is he becomes slightly annoyed.
▶ No.37023
>>37004
throw him into a lake
▶ No.37035>>37239
>>37004
I reckon it's fine to just sleep.
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▶ No.37239>>37288
>>37035
>>37007
You first wake some time after sunrise, when the rain has long stopped and the first rays of sunlight are flooding into the room. You notice the glass of water, now empty, the pills gone, and the boy sleeping under the blanket, looking so very peaceful, in stark contrast to the night before, and you find yourself dozing right back off again.
It's a light sleep, and you wake once more when you hear the faintest stirring. You look over to the couch, and the mouse, upon seeing you're awake, snatches the blanket upwards so quickly he coughs from the sudden motion. He stares at you, silently, for that moment, embarrassment at his less than fully clothed state, as well as his near-comical little exertion there, plain on his face.
▶ No.37288>>37326
>>37239
"You're awake... Are you alright? I'm sorry, you came to my door last night, and you were wet through. You passed out, and I thought you needed to get out of those soaked clothes. You're looking a lot better now. Do you want me to call someone?"
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>>37288
At first the mouse boy gives simple, silent head gestures to answer: "Are you alright?">nod "Do you want me to call someone?">head shake. After a moment, he seems to get his calm, and speaks up. His voice is a little hoarse; he's not all well, but then no one gets sick and recovers in a day. It's also very faint, but you lean forward slightly, and your ears cup forward, and you can just make out his words:
"Thank you for taking care of me. But c-can I put something on now?"
▶ No.37336
>>37326
"Yes, but first you must eat all the eggs and tell me what happened."
▶ No.37337
>>37326
"How about you bend over for me and slide your underwear down so I can take your thank you for saving your life first?"
▶ No.37341>>37378
>>37326
Tell him that he should probably take a bath because he's been stewing in his own sweat all night, and while he's doing that you'll prepare breakfast and totally not peep on him or anything...
▶ No.37360>>37378
>>37326
"Rain carries harmful bacteria that has seeped into your clothes, I'm going to wash them first. Until then, you can wear some of my clothes"
and of course, the clothes are too big and don't fit
▶ No.37378>>37382
>>37341
>>37360
"Rain carries harmful bacteria that has seeped into your clothes, I'll set them to wash. In the meantime, you can use my bathroom to wash up, and I'll make something to eat. Your clothes should be clean by then, but if not, I guess you could borrow some of mine."
He has a somewhat quizzical, maybe skeptical look at your rather scientific explanation, but at the mention of a bath, it's back to his state of undress:
"Could I have a towel then? Unless you don't mind me wearing this blanket to the bathroom..."
▶ No.37382>>37395 >>37436
>>37378
"Of course, let me get you one."
you guys are so mean. Also, we should put his clothes on wash while we're getting a towel. And do it right too.
▶ No.37395>>37398 >>37432
>>37382
>not wanting to see him naked
news flash
traps aren't gay
▶ No.37398
>>37395
>underage
>trap
What.
▶ No.37432>>37483
>>37395
It's not that I don't want to, but we should be
N I C E
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▶ No.37436>>37439
>>37382
You fetch him a towel, then take him to the bathroom once he's all set. He closes the door with a *click* that tells you he's locked it. You tell him to shout if he needs anything, then head off to set his clothes to wash.
Then you search your wardrobe for appropriate clothing: a t-shirt and a pair of shorts with an elastic waistband---that should stay on him with relatively little difficulty. Hopefully he wouldn't mind the lack of underwear. You set the clothes neatly folded at the foot of the door, then get to cooking.
The mouse re-emerges not too long after you've finished cooking and gotten the table all set, and he seats across from you promptly. The clothes are obviously baggy, but he makes due, and with the boy now at the table, you both begin to eat.
▶ No.37439>>37451
>>37436
"Okay. Do you want to tell me what you were running away from last night?"
▶ No.37451>>37461 >>37522
>>37439
"Will you make me leave if I don't?"
▶ No.37461>>37538
>>37451
"No... you can tell me when you're ready. But, if you're going to stay a while, can you tell me your name? I'm Anon."
Also, this story/art is muchas cute OP, thanks a lot. <3
▶ No.37483>>37504
>>37432
Fine, but I don't trust this kid for a second. He's hiding something other than his dick and I don't like it.
If it turns out he's a demon or some other paranormal being I want his clothes off stat
▶ No.37504
>>37483
I really don't think he's a demon. But if you say so. Anyway, even if he is, results will be improved through niceness
▶ No.37505>>37511 >>37795
He's a maleherm, he's got a cute lil twat and he doesn't want us to know, he was bullied because of it and is afraid we will too.
▶ No.37511>>37795
>>37505
Don't be ridiculous. Obviously, his parents died in a car crash so he was moved to a foster home, where they mistreated him so he ran away.
▶ No.37522
>>37451
"You don't have to tell me right away, but you do have to tell me a little about yourself. What's your name? Where are your parents?"
▶ No.37538>>37570 >>37571 >>37578
>>37461
He lights up at your words, echoing a choice few out loud, though he may not have intended to:
"Stay a while?"
Immediately he turns, blurts out a thank you, and a nice to meet you, and all that, though the volume of his voice quickly drops down to just above a whisper, and then he answers your question from before:
"Echo---... Call me Echo"
▶ No.37570
>>37538
"Echo, huh?
Neat, so if I yell into your anus, it'll echo like a cave?"
▶ No.37571>>37655
>>37538
"It's nice to meet you too Echo. And... sure, you can stay a little while, if that's what you want. Maybe you could help out with chores and stuff in return, but it's pretty clean right now anyway. I only have one bedroom, so we might have to take turns on the couch. What do you like to do for fun? Maybe we could watch a movie later or play video games. After breakfast I have to work on my computer for a bit, you're welcome to watch TV or read one of my books. Is there anything else you wanted to do?"
▶ No.37578>>37579
>>37538
"Can you tell me where you came from?"
▶ No.37579>>37610
>>37578
His mom's vagina obviously
▶ No.37610
>>37579
Well, if he is indeed a demon maybe not.
▶ No.37655>>37669
>>37571
Echo seems rather comfy with that idea, and this whole situation, and so you decide not to press any further. Breakfast concludes, and neither of you has said much more, at least, nothing beyond idle chit chat and small talk, which is mostly you; he's a rather quiet boy, from what you can tell.
You show him to the library, then set him up with the TV, before finally you settle down in your room, at your desk.
▶ No.37669>>37686
>>37655
Look up your local newspaper and see if you can find anything about missing children.
▶ No.37686>>37708
>>37669
You find your local newspaper, but no mention of any mouse boy missing, so then you do a more general search, and still nothing matching his description. So he's probably from nearby, not farther away, probably only went missing just yesterday, and that's why he hasn't been reported yet, or a report hasn't been publicized, or however that works. But then you suppose, it's still possible he could have been on his own for a while now, and he just slipped through the cracks, undetected by the system.
As much as you may ponder, you have no real idea where he's from, how long he's been on his own. You know his name, or at the very least what he'd like to be called by, and other than that, he's hesitant to tell you much of anything else.
At the very least he seems quite polite, if quiet, and certainly appreciative. But it appears that's all you'll know about him, for the time being.
▶ No.37708
>>37686
Look up mousefolk and see what is known about them. What kind of society do they live in? Are they just like humans?
Then do some work for a bit, and then see how Echo is getting on.
▶ No.37755>>37756 >>37762 >>37763 >>37802
Nothing immediately helpful, but you do learn a bit about mousefolk culture and some famous mouse individuals---celebrities, athletes, academics—but here mousefolk are just like everyone else, for the most part. Scattered through and sprinkled about, just another part of the mix.
After work, you go to check on Echo, and find him curled up on the couch, cuddling up to a book, sleeping until you approach.
▶ No.37756>>37765
>>37755
You let him sleep while you make dinner
▶ No.37762>>37765 >>37767 >>37777
>>37755
Now's your chance, you rape him while he's vulnerable
▶ No.37763>>37777 >>37809
>>37755
He's curled up because he's trembling from the sight of your 8" dick poking from your boxers, trying to hide his tiny erection.
Give him what he wants, a long hard fucking.
▶ No.37765>>37767
>>37756
>>37762
Stop namefagging, you have no reason to in this thread
▶ No.37767>>37792
>>37765
the issues with namefagging? it was set like this from another board because apparently 8ch carries that shit over. also tor users cannot upload files on this board so just take my word for it >>37762 is not me
▶ No.37777>>37779 >>37818
>>37762
>>37763
Do not
Yes let him sleep for now and make some food if it's time for it, if not pass some time home officing. We gotta be solvent to have a home to stay in after all and we shouldn't overload him. He's a huge cutie but being a predator is bad ok.
▶ No.37779
▶ No.37792
>>37767
I believe you. This site's software never ceases to surprise me.
▶ No.37795
>>37505
>>37511
These scenarios are not mutually exclusive.
▶ No.37802
>>37755
Ask him about which book it is, and how he likes it.
▶ No.37809
>>37763
I like this idea. It's a good idea.
▶ No.37818>>37839
>>37777
You pass him by, and he's back to sleep, like you'd never been there.
When you look at that clock, you realize just how much time had passed. Echo had been polite enough not to bother you in all that time, and rather quiet, and now it wasn't all too early to get some dinner cooking.
You've just put the food on, when Echo appears at the doorway. He speaks up in that quiet hesitant voice he'd had earlier, when the first few words were being exchanged and he hadn't yet gotten into a flow of conversation.
"Oh, hi Anon. I uh... smelled food. What're you cooking?"
▶ No.37839>>37865 >>37896
>>37818
"Well, I thought I'd make spaghetti... is that okay with you?"
▶ No.37865>>37867 >>37868 >>37873
>>37839
I hope you also made a side-salad, because mice are herbivores.
▶ No.37867
>>37865
Spaghetti is wheat and tomato sauce.
▶ No.37868>>37891
>>37865
Nigga mice eat anything.
▶ No.37869>>37916
Mice are omnivores, but prefer to eat things like fruits. Doesn't matter though since spaghetti doesn't contain any meats unless there's also meatballs.
▶ No.37873
>>37865
Wheat is a plant. But I assumed mousefolk eat people food anyways. Personally I am a vegetarian so, if I can eat it I assume they can. Anyway I figured Echo would look cute slurping it.
▶ No.37891>>37910
>>37868
So do junkyard dogs; that doesn't mean it's healthy for them.
Also, without a comma your sentence can be read to imply that only "nigga mice" eat anything. Which is pretty funny.
▶ No.37896>>37903 >>37916 >>37936
>>37839
Echo: "Oh, nice. Uh... could I help? I mean, is there anything I can do? With the cooking, I mean.."
His offer is earnest enough, though the struggle for words makes him wring his paws together.
▶ No.37903>>38043
>>37896
"Well, you could help me to cut up veggies and make the sauce, but, are you okay with knives and stuff? ...Um, how old are you, anyway?"
▶ No.37910
>>37891
Damn, now I have soda all over me.
▶ No.37916
>>37869
Mice like food high in carbohydrates, so spaghetti really isn't too far off.
>>37896
"How old are you, anyway?"
▶ No.37936>>37938 >>37950
>>37896
You could get naked and pour this jar of tomato sauce all over your body so things can get saucy.
Then we can take turns slurping each other's noodles till we have a nice alfredo going.
▶ No.37938>>37939 >>37984
▶ No.37939>>37942
▶ No.37942>>38207
>>37939
Calm down, Anon, now is not the time for lewds. That comes later.
▶ No.37950
>>37936
I think if you try anything with this boy's noodle, you'll find he's so young that his jar of alfredo sauce is still dry.
▶ No.37983
Make him 30. Make him a con artist that acts like a child to steal stuff.
▶ No.37984>>37988 >>38010
>>37938
Agreed. Cute mouse boy is not for lewd.
▶ No.37988>>37991
>>37984
OP should've made him butt-fucking ugly then if he didn't want me to fantasize buttfucking him
▶ No.37991
>>37988
Yeah but then you'd turn him into someone else's fetish
▶ No.38010
>>37984
Cute mouse boy could eventually be for lewd, assuming anon doesn't try to get into his pants literally a day after meeting him. Come on.
▶ No.38043>>38050 >>38066 >>38069 >>38072 >>38073 >>38095 >>38215 >>38315
>>37903
"I'll be careful," he says. He's already chopping away when he says, "I'm eleven."
▶ No.38050
>>38043
Eleven years old, and already surrounded by the worst kind of sexual deviants. Poor fool.
▶ No.38066
>>38043
>"I'm eleven."
Fuck.
▶ No.38069
>>38043
Well, if their age is on the clock...
▶ No.38072>>38073 >>38103
>>38043
Continue cooking while you chat about inane things.
▶ No.38073>>38103
>>38043
>>38072
Oh and ask what book he was reading earlier.
▶ No.38095
>>38043
FUCK HIM IN THE ASS
▶ No.38103>>38106 >>38115 >>38124 >>38314
>>38073
>>38072
You open up with some small chat, little insignificant things like pop culture, current events, the weather, your house, and eventually he settles into a pretty comfortable rhythm. He doesn't look any more ready to open up about himself than he did earlier, but at least he's warmed up to talked to you again. Then you think to ask him what he was reading.
Echo: "Oh, just some sci-fi novel. I really like them, but most of them might as well be fantasy to me. Guess it kinda ruins sci-fi to have a dad who---... err no. It's not ruined for me—sci-fi, I mean. But anyway uh what do you do for work?
▶ No.38106>>38136
>>38103
Work is dull, ask him if he's seen Firefly; if not it's time to marathon it.
▶ No.38115>>38136
>>38103
"What was that about your dad?"
▶ No.38124>>38126 >>38136 >>38348
>>38103
We work in some kind of IT consultancy field, most of the time we can work from home but sometimes go into work.
And there's no need to ask about his dad, we can file this information away and come back to it when he's more comfortable talking about it.
Watching Firefly sounds like a pretty good idea though, or maybe GitS if he's not in the mood to watch something that long.
Well, he seems grown up for his age but I guess something more age appropriate could work too, how about Summer Wars?
▶ No.38126>>38136
>>38124
And now you have me picturing a version of Summer Wars where everyone is a furry, and Kazuma is actually the rabbit, and his online avatar is literally Bruce Lee.
▶ No.38136>>38137
>>38106
>>38115
>>38124
>>38126
what a bunch of boring responses
Firefly was gay and lame, I don't see how anyone could have ever liked that garbage
▶ No.38137>>38138
>>38136
Well what do you suggest then faggot. He's eleven and seems to have little experience with sci fi, I'm sure he'll like it.
▶ No.38138>>38196
>>38137
Obviously you give him a sexual experience that's out of this world.
Tell him that you work at a space station and can test if he can become a great astronaut if he's interested. If he says yes, tell him to strip naked and then inspect his body. Then put your space shuttle in his foreign soil and buck into him. If he asks you why you're doing this or to stop, just tell him you're testing his endurance of turbulence. Shaky astronauts don't get to go to space, after all.
Once you cum in him, hug his body from behind and lackadaisically say, "Whoops, looks like my aliens discovered Uranus~. Oh well, if you want, you can try again later, maybe you'll be able to stop an alien invasion then."
Alternatively the two of you could just watch The Big Bang Theory.
▶ No.38141>>38142
▶ No.38142>>38144
▶ No.38144
>>38142
No fuck you leatherhead!
▶ No.38196
>>38138
>big bang theory is sci-fi
>big bang theory is a better choice than FireFly
objectively shit taste
▶ No.38207
>>37942
Fine Bane, you get to bring friends
The fire better rise though
▶ No.38215
>>38043
Somebody call child protective services.
▶ No.38314>>38315 >>38333 >>38336
>>38103
Hey OP, we all like your little drawings, they're great, but don't feel like you have to do them for every update if it slows things down too much. Or you could re-use them if it's just him talking. Sorry, don't mean to interfere, just getting really into it now haha.
▶ No.38315>>38333 >>38336
>>38314
I'd be totally fine with >>38043 for the rest of the thread (it's adorable)
▶ No.38333>>38334
>>38314
>>38315
how about you two cucks shut up and let OP do what he wants, it's his thread
▶ No.38334>>38337
>>38333
It's just a suggestion, prick.
>cucks
Fuck off back to /pol/
▶ No.38336
>>38315
>>38314
Glad you guys are enjoying! I've actually been busy since last post, in a place with no wifi even, so I didn't see a point in even starting drawing anything in the meantime. I'll be able to work on the next post pretty soon now though!
▶ No.38337
>>38334
Keep your suggestions to yourself then dickhead, OP didn't ask what he should do
And that's exactly what a cuck would say ,cry harder faggot
▶ No.38348>>38359
>>38124
You tell him what you do for work---"so you'll be home a lot!" he says—then you mention watching Firefly or Ghost in the Shell, to which he says he doesn't mind just sitting on the couch watching TV til he falls asleep tonight, so you decide on Firefly. You finish dinner together, make your plates, and take to the living room.
A couple hours later, food settled and a comfy couch seeming even comfier, you find the boy asleep, his head having drifted to your shoulder without your noticing.
▶ No.38359>>38360
>>38348
Gently pick him up and move him into your bed, without waking him. It's your turn to be on the couch anyways.
Could as well tuck him in too.
Return to the couch and think about what's happened so far. Decide on what to do going forward.
▶ No.38360>>38361 >>38417
>>38359
That seems like a tall order! You can't carry someone across a room without waking them surely, it's not like he's been working out or anything to make him super sleepy.
Maybe we should just think about stuff right here then sleeeeep.
▶ No.38361>>38362
>>38360
Once you're sure that we won't end up in an uncomfortable sleeping position with Echo, alright. At least grab a blanket or something.
▶ No.38362>>38363
>>38361
Well, if we can reach one from where we are... He's leaning on us! I don't wanna disturb him.
▶ No.38363>>38370 >>38371
>>38362
No blankets in reach.
▶ No.38370
>>38363
Aw, well, we'll be okay without it.
▶ No.38371
>>38363
Could we shift him off without waking him up? It'd be easy to find a blanket then.
▶ No.38417>>38436
>>38360
>You can't carry someone across a room without waking them surely
Kids sleep pretty easily even when being moved around. Even if he wakes up, he can fall back asleep pretty much immediately.
▶ No.38436>>38482
>>38417
Mmh, well, if you guys say so. I guess if you want to put him in bed that's fine.
Also, just for reference, what are echos colours? (Eyes, fur, etc)
▶ No.38482>>38483 >>38855
>>38436
Grey with a beige tint.
▶ No.38483>>38855
>>38482
Black eyes, pale pink tail, pale pink inner ears under fur.
▶ No.38484>>38492 >>38505 >>38663
Carefully you scoop the mouse up into your arms and carry him off to the bedroom. He doesn't stir much, even when you place him down gently onto the bed, where he curls up on his side. You reach for the blanket to tuck him in, when you hear a knock on the door.
You're not expecting anyone.
Echo stirs slightly, but it looks like he'll just fall right back asleep if you don't bother him, and the knocking hasn't totally woken him, even when the sound repeats itself a few seconds later.
▶ No.38492>>38509 >>38510
>>38484
Finish tucking him in and look through the peephole again.
▶ No.38505
>>38484
SHIT GUYS THE FBI ARE HERE
▶ No.38509
▶ No.38510>>38670
>>38492
This, but some instinct makes you first reach into a closet and grab a baseball bat before you approach the door.
▶ No.38614>>38639 >>38746 >>38749
Hurriedly you tuck him in. Four more taps at the door. An eyelid rises lazily.
"Anon?" Echo says sleepily.
▶ No.38639>>38670 >>38798
>>38614
"There is someone at the door...
No worries, I'll check it out quickly and return when right after that"
▶ No.38663>>38670 >>38749 >>38798
>>38484
grab your 1911 out of the desk and keep it behind your back as you approach the door
▶ No.38670>>38710
>>38663
>>38510
Geeze we might be going slightly over the top here.
>>38639
this
▶ No.38710>>38712
>>38670
>He doesn't bring a weapon when he answers the door
It's like you want to get your shit kicked in, Anon. You should probably seek some help for your suicidal tendencies and/or rape fantasies.
▶ No.38712>>38745
>>38710
We're not even opening it yet. How do you sign for parcels when you're hiding an AK47 behind your back?
▶ No.38745
>>38712
Who the hell drops a package at night and expects a signature? Besides you could do it with your free hand.
▶ No.38746
>>38614
"The police finally found me
You're gonna be my hostage"
>points gun at Echo
"Get up right now and come over here"
▶ No.38749>>38751 >>38756
>>38614
>>38663
Approach the door, 1911 in hand. Hold it close to your chest for maximum control. Face towards the doorknob, perpendicular to the door. In one smooth motion, pull the door open and step back, so that only a small slice of the outside is visible to you. Carefully work your way radially around the door to clear it.
▶ No.38751>>38756
▶ No.38756>>38767
>>38749
>>38751
Just look out the fuckin peephole damn.
▶ No.38767
>>38756
>not operating operationally
▶ No.38798>>38799 >>38838 >>38891 >>38956
>>38663
>>38639
He almost says something more, but stops himself, and he settles back down into the cozy little pile atop your bed.
You check the peephole at your front door, but not before arming yourself. Outside in the post-sunset twilight stands a fox around your age, looking casual enough, despite the formal wear.
You've certainly never seen him around. And he doesn't yet appear to know that you're in. You're not obligated to answer---that you know of—but he also has a very... official... sort of composure.
▶ No.38799>>38812
>>38798
I reckon we should hear what he has to say. And get rid of the gun for lands sakes. Don't tell him anything until we hear what he says.
▶ No.38812>>38822
>>38799
>And get rid of the gun for lands sakes
Don't be a liberal faggot, answer the door, but only crack it slightly and don't let him in, ask him who he is and what he's doing here
▶ No.38822>>38838 >>38855
>>38812
Don't be a paranoid maniac. How likely is it that a random person you meet at the door is going to try kill you or whatever. I mean yeah considering this is fiction it's a bit more likely but even so he probably just wants to ask if we've seen Echo. We can just casually pump him for information and then tell him we'll call if we see anyone like that. I think we're more likely to get something out of him if we look like a well adjusted pillar of the community than a nutjob who won't open his door.
▶ No.38838>>38847 >>38907
>>38798
Unrelated to the current situation, but look in a mirror the next chance you get.
>>38822
I agree. Try not to act suspicious. If it's clear that he's looking for Echo then act like the entire interaction between the two of you is a waste of time. Act like you have other things you need to be doing and try to keep the amount of time he spends on your doorstep to a minimum. Don't let him inside if you can help it.
On top of this keep the 1911 tucked into your waistband and put on a jacket if one is nearby to keep it fully concealed. You know. Just in case.
▶ No.38847>>38850
>>38838
>look in a mirror the next chance you get
Aren't we all just self-inserting into this? Hence the protag's name being "Anon"?
▶ No.38850
>>38847
That's what I figured too but it might be interesting to know if we're an anthro or not.
▶ No.38855
>>38482
>>38483
mind doing a quick base coloring next time his full body is in view?
>>38822
>Don't be a paranoid maniac
>in a world where the CIA, FBI, NSA, and numerous other alphabet soup agencies exist
▶ No.38891
>>38798
Seduce him.
"Hey big boy. Want that dick sucked."
▶ No.38907>>38912 >>38920 >>38922 >>38938 >>38956
>>38838
After concealing your weapon, you open the door to greet the fox. He smiles as you do, meeting your eyes and speaking immediately.
"Good evening. I'll make this quick, as I'm sure you're very busy, and I myself still have a few more rounds to make.
A young mouse boy was last seen traveling in this direction. I'm here to warn you not to shelter such a boy, to report him to the police immediately, no matter what he says, how pitiful or harmless he looks.
He's dangerous. The police have been chasing him since he was seen fleeing a house, where inside a man lie critically wounded."
He pauses, waiting nearly as long as it takes for you to speak up, before adding,
"You haven't seen anything of him, have you?"
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▶ No.38912>>38920
>>38907
Shrug and say you've been asleep up until then and haven't seen anything. If he asks to come inside to look, tell him to get a warrant or fuck off.
Next, grab some coffee and resolve to stay up all night watching Echo to make sure nothing funny happens.
▶ No.38920>>38926
>>38907
>>38909
>>38912
Geez guys play it cool.
Obviously we haven't seen anything like that, but ask for a description of the boy and his name, and anything else we can figure out without seeming too suspicious (the circumstances of him running away from the scene? just like 'oh that sounds crazy, what happened?'). And ask for who I should contact (does he have a card?). Of course if you see anything you'll let him know.
▶ No.38922
>>38907
Invite him in for some coffee and discuss the prospect of sex with him.
▶ No.38926>>38928 >>38933 >>38938
>>38920
You tell him you haven't, then you get his business card. He seems to appreciate you asking, and perhaps believes you just a bit more---that you really haven't seen the boy—because of it, and tells you to call him back and he'll fill you in on the details of the attack, which he says he has very little of right now.
▶ No.38928>>38937
>>38926
What does the card say before we do anything else? He police or a private detective?
▶ No.38933
>>38926
Also, let's go back to the bedroom, if Echo is awake then we can tell him about this and ask what he has to say about it, if not just let him sleep and ask in the morning.
▶ No.38937
>>38928
FBI. Real deal, from what you can tell.
▶ No.38938>>38949
>>38907
>>38926
Make a note to call the fox in the morning but don't mention anything to Echo. Tell him that it was a cop going around the neighborhood warning folks to lock their doors and windows because there have been a few robberies. Pay attention to Echo's reaction when you mention this, and if he seems relieved, ask him if he expects anyone to come looking for him.
Echo was mentioning something about his dad earlier which makes me wonder if he ran away from something but they want him back, so they could make up a few lies to make Echo seem more dangerous than he is in order to get the public more involved in finding him. Either that or the lil mouse is a stone cold killer using his cute shota booty to seduce guys before offing them
▶ No.38949>>38956 >>38975 >>38989
>>38938
You say goodbye to the officer, then shut the door, locking up tight. When you leave the door, something from the bedroom catches your eye.
▶ No.38950
I feel this will get darker before it gets better
▶ No.38956>>38957
>>38798
>>38907
>>38949
HOLY FUCK KILL HIM KILL HIM KILL HIM
KILL ECHO HE'S DANGEROUS
▶ No.38957
>>38956
Slow your god damn roll and stop yellin
▶ No.38958
This thread is dramatic af
▶ No.38975>>39076
>>38949
"You heard all that?
You know I have to ask if it's true or not. I want to hear your side of it, Echo."
▶ No.38989
>>38949
Interrogate him. Ask him if he's actually a mid 50s like the villain im Orphan.
▶ No.39076>>39098
>>38975
He's mumbling, barely speaking above a whisper, which, as a mouse, and a small boy, no less, comes out as a squeaky sort of whine. But you think you hear "I couldn't hear it from here."
▶ No.39098>>39311 >>39724
>>39076
Go into the bedroom and sit on the bed.
"That was a policeman, he was looking for you. I didn't tell him anything, but I want to know why, Echo. Can you tell me that? If you tell me the truth and you didn't do anything, I'll believe you."
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▶ No.39694>>39702
rip thread
never got to see naked mouse backside :(
▶ No.39702
>>39694
Meh it's only been a week, I'll just keep checking back every now and then
▶ No.39724
>>39098
Echo tentatively joins you on the bed, sitting just a little bit away from you, to your side.
"You didn't tell him anything?" Echo asks, seemingly asking "why?" as well, though he doesn't say the word.
▶ No.39735>>39746
We should say "I didn't have a reason to" and leave the "yet" implied.
▶ No.39746>>39768
>>39735
"Didn't have a reason to...?" But then... you lied, didn't you? Lied to the policeman?"
▶ No.39768>>39806
>>39746
"The police aren't always right. I thought that you deserved the chance to tell me what happened yourself. I want to hear it from you."
▶ No.39806>>39813 >>39815
>>39768
"But I---... you trust me over a policeman? I'm a stranger—you barely even know me..."
▶ No.39813
>>39806
"Well, but I don't know the goddamn copper either. Do I look like a fucking FBI agent to your rat-faced ass? Do you hamster stinking punk think I am some kinda fascist who gives a shit about police authority?"
▶ No.39815>>39823 >>39867
>>39806
"That may be true, but that policeman's not my houseguest, nor is he the one who came to my doorstep soaked and injured.
Yeah, it might be wrong to lie to him, but it'd be even worse to throw you to the dogs like that when I don't even know if you're the one they're looking for. He never gave me a complete description of their suspect, after all.
*deep exhale* Whether you're their target or not, ever since you came here to my house, I've... felt like it was my job to keep you safe. So, if you don't mind hanging out here a while longer, let's see what happens together, alright?"
(also if we give him up now how are we gonna get the sex scene with mouse booty, keep quiet about him to the police)
▶ No.39823>>39827
>>39815
This but leave out the third paragraph
▶ No.39827
>>39823
>not wanting the entire horse
make your own suggestion then if you don't like mine dude, OP didn't say there were a limited number of replies to his prompts
▶ No.39867>>39902 >>39903 >>39904 >>40001 >>40020
>>39815
Echo looks up at you in wonder, his eyes seemingly sparkling in the dim light, maybe even a little watery, and he moves like he's about to hug you, only to catch himself, hesitant and unsure.
▶ No.39902>>40228
>>39867
Give him a big hug of course and pet his head. Poor thing. We still need to find out what this is all about but maybe not right now.
▶ No.39903
>>39867
Give him a pat on the head and tell him everything will be fine.
▶ No.39904
>>39867
Give him a headpat.
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▶ No.40020>>40228
>>39867
"Heh, that's okay, you don't have to hug me. Though I take it that means you'd like to keep me company? That's good to hear.
Oh, by the way, are you going back to sleep now? If you want to stay up a bit I could make some hot chocolate for the both of us, I got a little chilly from standing outside for so long."
▶ No.40228>>40269 >>40711
>>39902
>>40020
You reach over and wrap your arm around him, pulling him in close. He flinches at first, but a warmth between you two quickly grows and he catches himself touching his forehead to your chest when you offer to make hot chocolate. His eyes light up, briefly, as he quickly tries to hide his excitement at the prospect behind a quieter, more subdued "Okay. Thank you."
▶ No.40269>>41103
>>40228
You go to make it I guess.
▶ No.40711>>41103
>>40228
"No problem, I'll be in the kitchen making it then. Feel free to come ask for anything else if you need it, otherwise I'll call you when it's ready. Sound good?"
▶ No.41103>>41105 >>41110
>>40711
>>40269
You leave to make the hot chocolate, and it appears Echo is content to stay behind and wait in the bedroom. Perhaps a moment to yourself might be useful, just to think some things through; Echo is likely doing just the same.
▶ No.41105>>41112
>>41103
Put some roofies marshmallows in his cocoa.
▶ No.41110
>>41103
He's going to run away again
▶ No.41114>>41261
>>41112
Deliver it to Echo, sit on the bed, and say "We need to talk..."
▶ No.41261>>41281 >>41302
>>41114
"Okay, well... Thank you. For the hot chocolate, and uh, for letting me stay here and all..."
▶ No.41281>>41282 >>41301
>>41261
"Echo, I need to know what's going on with you. Over the last few minutes you've practically been fading away to nothing. It's not healthy for a boy your age to be sketchy like this."
▶ No.41282>>41301
>>41281
kek
But seriously, mouse-anon, quality over quantity. C'mon man you can do better.
▶ No.41301
>>41281
>>41282
Sorry, you're right. I'll make sure to pay mind to visibility from now on, but tbh a goal I had with this project was to draw more regularly. Don't expect much consistency to the artstyle, because there are times when I work on something and it's not getting anywhere and I realize that spending any more time on it will only get me more frustrated. Rather than get discouraged and put drawing off for who knows how long, I decide to just finish already and move on to the next.
▶ No.41302>>41303 >>41304
>>41261
Repost for visbility
▶ No.41303>>41308
>>41302
Lol, you should draw however you like. But anyways.
"It's no problem, Echo. But I need to know what's going on, and why that policeman came to my door. All I want is the truth. You can tell me anything."
▶ No.41304>>41305 >>41306 >>41308
>>41302
"I need to know why you're at my house. The policeman said that you came from a house where they found a man hurt badly. Are you going to hurt me? You need to open up or I'm sending you back out into the rain. The police are looking for you. They'll find you."
(Its time to get a little bad cop with the questions here. This story has stagnated like a motherfucker.)
▶ No.41305>>41309
>>41304
"Yes, I'm going to hurt you. Furfags are a cancer. This gun is the cure"
You're brutally murdered. Your family does not miss you, having been perpetually embarrassed knowing of your intellectually stunted pursuits into furfaggotry.
The end.
▶ No.41306>>41308
>>41304
I agree things need to move along a bit but this is just dumb, like honestly trying to get anything from a kid that way won't work. Also you're being mean to the qt. Give him one more chance at least with some gentle honest questioning now we're sitting down and nothing's going on.
▶ No.41308>>41540
>>41303
>>41304
>>41306
You sip your hot chocolate alongside him as you plan out how you'll approach the subject. You tell him what the policeman told you, and gently ask him to explain himself.
"I wouldn't hurt you, if that's what you're thinking. You're a nice person. I really think so. I mean, I can already tell you're nicer than him..."
"That was the man I stayed with before you. I never wanted to hurt him, or anyone, really."
His voice has quieted down to a near whisper by the time it speaks those last words, trembling along with the not quite imperceptible shaking of his body.
▶ No.41540>>41606
>>41308
"Okay... but he did get hurt? How did that happen? What did he do that wasn't nice? I'm sorry, but I think it's important."
▶ No.41606>>41629 >>41694 >>41806
>>41540
"I understand. I guess I can tell you that, at least. At first, it was mostly okay---staying with him, I mean. After a while, I started to pick up on the things he'd do, the things I hadn't noticed those first times. I'd rather not get into specifics..."
"Well one night, he took things a step further. Actually, he was up-front with me. I didn't know what to say, what to do, but I didn't let him get very far. He'd cornered me in the kitchen."
"He had me up against a counter, and I was scared, looking for any way out, then I saw it, and something clicked. One second, he was trying to rape me. The next, he was on the tiles, with a knife in his chest..."
▶ No.41629>>41746
>>41606
"Well, alright... thank you for telling me that. I'm really sorry that happened to you. Maybe if you told the police that, they'd understand? I don't know. I guess they might not. It sounds like he's still alive anyway, so, that's something at least...
I'm sorry, I wish I knew what to say. Like I said, thank you for telling me. Do you want to do something or try get back to bed?"
▶ No.41694>>41707
>>41606
So was this like a morality play OP? Where that was/is our possible future for meanness? I can't say I disapprove, but if we're a good boy I don't know how the story will continue from here, I mean are we gonna adopt Echo and send him to school and shit?
▶ No.41707>>41717 >>41724 >>41727
>>41694
Well, considering he was just almost-raped, it seems very unlikely there will ever be any lewd content in this story.
▶ No.41717
>>41707
Sure, that would seem likely, but what I mean is where do we go from here? I guess there's still the mystery about why he ran away in the first place. Well, I guess we'll see, I'm curious.
▶ No.41724
>>41707
If we went with the kobold hooker this wouldn't have happened.
▶ No.41727
>>41707
Not with that attitude there won't be.
You can easily pin him to the bed and rape him, who's to say we didn't spike his hot chocolate? He's only 12 anyway, I doubt he'd have been able to realize what had happened until it was too late.
Only question is whether OP's willing to let this quest get lewd or if it'll stay purely SFW.
▶ No.41743>>41753 >>41777 >>41790
300 posts and literally nothing happened and the art is copy pasted now
wowie artists are going to revive this board singlehandedly guys
OP i appreciate that you didn't just do another meme story with nate hitting banktellers with dildos, that shit is so unfunny and reddit.
but for fuck's sake buddy
small children have written more engaging dramas than you
▶ No.41746>>41753 >>41790
>>41629
He lies down in bed at that, but he doesn't look so ready to sleep just yet. And then idly, he starts talking again. Maybe he finds some comfort in the dark, blank ceiling above.
"I wish I could tell you more, but I'm afraid what you'll think. I want to trust you, but it's hard. I'm scared."
"I mean, I'm afraid of what I think about it, afraid I can't trust myself. Like I've barely had a day to think even. These past few days, just running and running. I just need to breathe."
"Just, let me get settled down, if you're still okay with me staying here, and I'll tell you everything, when I'm ready."
"Thank you, again, for not turning me in like that, but I don't know what they'll do if they get an idea that you're actually keeping me here. But I do know it'd be safer if I left, and if that's what you want, I'll understand."
▶ No.41753>>41761 >>41777 >>41790 >>41806
>>41746
Pack it in dude. Learn how to write a fucking story and then waste a thread on your art dump shit. Jesus Christ you're slower than a frozen retard. I'm actually agreeing with Salos here >>41743 and that means something is dangerously wrong.
I have no qualms about you trying again later. But have something in mind. Let me take a super spicy guess, the last guy tried to rape him and he hurt him bad and ran away. Big fucking whoop, I just laid the plot point out in one post and it took you 285 posts and you're not even close to it yet. Stop wasting our time and let this thread die. Write a better story. You're done here.
▶ No.41754
Still better than Kazerad
▶ No.41761
>>41753
that banana peel when u realize i've been right every time
this thread really makes u think
▶ No.41777
>>41743
>>41753
cmon doods, don't be like that. I'm enjoying OP's story.
▶ No.41790>>41791
>>41743
>>41753
Two "anons" have an attention grabbing outburst about OP's story instead of simply asking "Can you pick up the pace, and is the story going any further than this? What's happening so far is obvious," or trying to press Echo for more info themselves.
That said I'm willing to bet there's a twist, but the only abnormal thing (FBI guy) looks like it was expended on the Echo's trouble with the last person he stayed with. There's still no clue I noticed as to why he started traveling alone in the first place. Maybe that's coming up in the next day?
>>41746
"What I want is your safety," anon says with a soft smile, attempting to reassure the small mouse. "I'll assume 'more' is what happened to your home, parents, and why you've been traveling alone. Could you at least tell me how long you've been on the streets?"
▶ No.41791
>>41790
>the only abnormal thing (FBI guy) looks like it was expended on the Echo's trouble with the last person he stayed with
Or maybe the FBI guy only said that as a scare tactic. A convenient lesser truth to get people to give up the boy, and hide the real reason they're looking for him. Surprised no one's said anything like that yet.
▶ No.41806>>41930 >>41947 >>42233
>>41753
>Let me take a super spicy guess, the last guy tried to rape him and he hurt him bad and ran away. Big fucking whoop, I just laid the plot point out in one post and it took you 285 posts and you're not even close to it yet.
Not sure what you're saying here? It's not really much of a "guess" considering >>41606 already says exactly that. And it's not even "the plot point." It's a relatively minor one, actually.
And anyway, hardly even 24 hours have elapsed in the story since Echo actually arrived. Just that that time has been spread out over the course of a month or so, so maybe I don't have the best idea of just how the pacing is right now. If people do want me to pick it up, or have any other problems with how it's going, then they only need to make a post and say so. It's not that I've been trying to pad it out---I have a pretty solid story already planned out—it's just that I've been maximizing user interaction potential over forward story movement.
A big part of that interaction has been in the dialogue. This is meant to be a more story-/dialogue- oriented quest, with a focus on obtaining information and getting yourself through conversations, rather than physical puzzles. That's why I haven't just skipped through conversations in one post.
▶ No.41930
>>41806
Fuck the rat already.
▶ No.41947>>41954
>>41806
the fact he was able to accurately guess what happens without having read that post is proof of your bad writing. predictable
▶ No.41954
>>41947
>shitpost "guesses" what's going to happen... which already happened in a post made a full day earlier
>implying he didn't read the literally day-old post
Are you this naive?
▶ No.41956
>OP ignores my legitimate question of whether this is a SFW or NSFW quest to play with the trolls
sick meme
I just want to know if I have to draw my own Echo porn or not but I guess I have my answer
▶ No.42233
>>41806
>I have a pretty solid story already planned out
You do need to speed it up. Interest is waning. There doesn't need to be interaction on literally every action, here. Things like making dinner or hot chocolate or whatever are superfluous, and your dialogue is too slow. If anon decides to ask Echo about what happened, you can tell us everything in ONE post, not have Echo vacillate around the subject and force us to re-post to essentially repeat the question, several times.
I don't care if it's SFW or not; I just don't want to have to wait around until bloody December for a week to go by in the story and Echo to build up trust. You don't have to character or world-build all at the beginning like a full exposition; it can happen while the plot is happening. Less like a book, more like a movie.
▶ No.43600
I mean I still wanna see a continuation...
▶ No.43734
rip thread
started off nice but slowly unraveled, sad
▶ No.43856
Guess this is dead then.
I never even got to see Echo's dick, either.
▶ No.45580
hopeful bump that mouseanon will return
▶ No.45602
hopeful bump that mouseanon will return