Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 & JoanieSappho)
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				Title: <strong>Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>17-09-2016, 01:05:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/157187c28340d91ce258157a5dd0ec36/http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb438/kesley95/007.jpg)</div><br>Jessica Swanson could only sigh as she looked out the window and the rain pouring down in heavy sheets.&nbsp; There was no thunder or lightning just yet, but she had a feeling it'd be getting pretty bad before the next morning, especially with the weather forecast having said there was another storm front on the way.&nbsp; Normally she didn't care about the weather since her job had her indoors most of the day if not the entire day, sitting in front of a computer as she designed and edited pictures for a fashion magazine, but she liked to be able to take her high end tablet out to the nearby park just outside her place of employment.&nbsp; But with the rain drowning everything in a seemingly never-ending deluge, there was little chance of her stepping outside today, even if she was currently on her day off.&nbsp; She had had other plans but the rain had ruined her outing, and so she sulked and stared longingly outside her living room window.&nbsp; Twenty seven years old and she had no real close friends, no boyfriend or girlfriend to spend an evening with, and no pets to keep her company with.&nbsp; She didn't feel like fooling around with her drawings either, having no inspiration to do anything really creative, so she got used to the idea of simply staring out her window, longing for something to happen that would break up the monotony that was her life these days.&nbsp; The only reason she was even this far from her hometown was because the work she'd been doing for the past year in Los Angelos was far easier to come by and she lived in a relatively nice area that was close to a lot of shopping centers, recreational areas, and places of business someone in her profession would frequent.<br><br>But the rain was keeping everyone but those that didn't have a choice in the matter indoors, but even if she hadn't been stuck like everyone else, there was another reason why she was so glum.&nbsp; For the past couple of weeks, one of the few friends she had in the city was getting ready to head back home for the summer, and chances were good that he wasn't coming back.&nbsp; While Tom was a nice guy, he was more like the little brother she'd never had growing up than anything remotely romantic that Jessica could have used in her life but didn't have.&nbsp; Still, the fact he was moving away had hurt more than she would have initially expected when he had broken the news to her, telling her that the city wasn't working out and he wanted to go back home for a while to get his head back on straight.&nbsp; She understood the need he was talking about, having considered doing the same thing herself, but Jessica had stuck it out so far and had hoped Tom would change his mind, but she had seen the last of his belongings stacked in the back of his truck that morning.&nbsp; While he hadn't left yet, she knew he'd be heading out soon enough, which was also why she was staring out the window like a deer stuck in the headlights of an oncoming truck.&nbsp; Okay, that was a bit of a gross exaggeration, but the general idea still applied pretty nicely as she finally turned her chocolate brown eyes away from the large window behind her black leather couch and offered a world weary sigh to the otherwise silent living room.<br><br>Maybe she should have gotten a pet?&nbsp; That month's issue for the MEP, or the Monster Exchange Program and its many variations thereof for cats, dogs, and more 'domesticated' animal girl hybrids of the same ilk, was sprawled out on her little wooden coffee table in front of her couch, amidst a small platter of half eaten pasta and a side of salad from her favorite takeout restaurant just down the road a ways, and a number of balled up pieces of paper of half hearted sketches for dresses and the models that would wear them for next month's fashion show.&nbsp; Most of them were as human as she was, but a few of the dresses were meant for the monster girls that had become a part of their world some four hundred years ago now.&nbsp; She had half slept through the old history class back in grade school, but the basic story went that when the New World was still largely undiscovered, a giant landmass from a monster girl populated world mysteriously appeared over the Pacific Ocean.&nbsp; The landmass was just visible through telescope from her street since the west facing side of the landmass was turned towards the City of Lost Angeles, which ironically meant that New York wasn't the only city that had seen an influx of refugees and people hoping to make a better life for themselves for one reason or another, although as a result of its early settlement, LA was a fair bit more heavily populated by various creatures other than humans.&nbsp; Still, all in all, people lived harmoniously with their monstrous neighbors, especially since monster girls were often able to do things humans couldn't do, or they couldn't do them easily without the assistance of a lot more machines and the like cluttering up various buildings and what have you.&nbsp; But all that was secondary as Jessica picked up the magazine and idly flipped through it, curious to see if there was anyone looking to perhaps sell her something cute and sweet to keep her company if nothing else.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>19-09-2016, 11:46:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/JoanieSappho/Sekrit/puppy3_zpsza1af2h2.png)</div>Odessa growled softly to herself as she glanced up at the sky, and the gathering storm clouds, not quite able to keep the edge of a whine out of her voice as she gripped the letter in her hand and gave the house in front of her distrustfully as she stalked towards it. <br>The rain was light enough, at least for the moment, that it didn't bother her - one of the advantages of her canine form - but the reason for her being out here most certainly didn't sit well with her. She had been perfectly happy where she was, but the human had just had to have been unreliable in the end, claiming to need to live elsewhere, where he couldn't bring her with him and now ... well, what was she meant to do? Apparently, she was meant to find somewhere else now, now that she wasn't wanted where she had been. <br><br>The run through the town to this place had taken the edge off of her irritation, but she still felt quite betrayed and distrustful right now and it was a while before she actually approached the house. She paused again, just outside the door and took a few moments to sniff cautiously. She was, apparently, left with little choice but to trust whoever this person was, and she tried to get as much of an idea about her as she could. <br>Human, but that was obvious, female and ... she couldn't get much more than that, not just from her attempts to sniff around the door, especially in this rain. Her ear flicked with her discomfort before Odessa, with one last grumble to herself, knocked on the door.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>19-09-2016, 16:02:12</strong>
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				Looking up from her magazine, not that she'd been looking closely at it in the first place, when she heard the knock on the door, Jessica blinked in confusion as she leaned back on the couch and pulled the curtain aside to get a look at whoever was at her front door.&nbsp; Half expecting it to be Tom to say goodbye, she about fell off her couch when she saw it was a stray dog girl standing in the rain, a letter in hand if her eyes didn't deceive her.&nbsp; Shaking her head of long black, almost blue hair in disbelief, Jessica wasted no time in pulling her pink silk nightrobe tighter about herself, having really rolled out of bed the same way she'd gone in after a relaxing if lonely bath the night before, before going to the door to open it and get a closer look at the poor girl standing in the rain.&nbsp; Seeing her up close didn't ring any bells either, and she was pretty sure Tom had never had a pet, mundane or otherwise, so a stray perhaps?&nbsp; True, Tom could have gotten himself a companion and she simply hadn't noticed or he hadn't told her for some reason, but she didn't think so.&nbsp; She simply didn't know, and Jessica could only stare for the longest time before she shook her head again when she realized she was being incredibly rude.<br><br><strong>"I'm sorry, I'm normally not this weird I promise.&nbsp; Let's at least get you out of this rain, then you can tell me what brought you here."</strong>&nbsp; Jessica offered and stepped aside, allowing the dog girl to come or not as she pleased at her own pace.&nbsp; If she was anything like a normal dog, which she had had one as a little girl growing up, then letting her come to her own decisions would likely be the best idea, especially if she'd been recently abandoned or had never had a home before.&nbsp; While it was way too early to decide if the rather pretty girl with her bushy tail and dog ears would be sticking around, a part of her already hoped she wouldn't be stuck alone in her admittedly large house anymore.&nbsp; For living alone, Jessica was doing quite well for herself, although what had possessed her to buy the upscale home with its swimming pool in the backyard, three bedrooms, two baths, and all the modern accessories in this day and age one would expect, she couldn't tell you now.&nbsp; But beyond the half eaten food on the table, if Odessa used her nose, she'd get a fair amount of information now that she wasn't in the rain.<br><br>Despite the comfortably luxurious house she owned, it was cold and lonely despite attempts to make it warm and inviting.&nbsp; The walls were bare of any pictures or declarations of any sort, the floor was a bland blue carpeting that had come with the house, and beyond a few faint lingering smells of the few people that had come over, Jessica's was the only one that would be prevelant throughout the entire place.&nbsp; Jessica herself though was likely the nicest person in ten blocks, and despite having never really succeeded in making her house a home, she'd likely be the most pleasant scent in the immediate area, not counting the food on the table of course.&nbsp; The scent of her shampoo and soaps she had used from last night's bath would be hard to ignore, but Odessa would find it hard not to notice that Jessica was all but radiating warmth and kindness, although the acrid stink of chemicals used to treat the pool would also be present around her if to a far lesser extent.&nbsp; But she didn't tend flowers in a garden, the smell of fresh soil under her nails or anything like that wasn't present on her person, but Odessa could likely still smell the nearby park on her that Jessica visited frequently when the weather was far more accommodating.&nbsp; A study in sharp contrasts if there ever was one since she was as pretty as she was kind, yet Jessica lived alone and had no one to really lean on.&nbsp; In a way, she was as much of a stray as Odessa.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>19-09-2016, 19:55:23</strong>
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				Odessa returned the stare with one of her own, her electric blue eyes taking in as much as her nose. She didn't lean in to get a better smell or anything like that, but it was left pretty clear that the dog studied the woman in front of her quite closely before she warily allowed herself to be led inside and gave herself a shake that dislodged a lot of the water in her hair and tail, but did little else for the rest of her, save for how it shook her small chest around. While she didn't mind being a bit wet and the cold wasn't as bad as what she had been used to, it was still better to be inside than out there, although the way she looked at Jessica made it clear that she didn't trust her, which was probably not the approach one wanted to take when one entered their house. <br>Not, of course, that she wanted to be here, but Odessa knew that she had little choice in that regard. But, while she'd admit that to herself, saying it to some random human ... <br><br>Instead, Odessa let her head be dragged around by her nose, which had easily picked up the scent of food, and turned to look in that direction for a few moments before her attention returned to the human. And she steadfastly ignored the little wag her tail gave, too.<br>"Nothing brought me here," she replied flatly, her voice lightly accented. "But there is nowhere better for me to be now, either." Her head turned back towards the food-smell, although she refused to ask for it or, indeed, anything&nbsp; else in general. It had been a while since she last ate, but she'd wait and see just what this human did before she considered anything past the immediate present.<br>"Do you want ,e to go, too?" There was a distinct absence of any other strong smell in this place, so it could be that this human was a recluse with little desire for contact or companionship, she supposed, and Odessa wouldn't insist on staying if she wasn't wanted again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>20-09-2016, 19:14:42</strong>
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				Jessica wasn't all that surprised that Odessa had examined her as she'd done the same, but she did nod and hold up her hands in an apologetic manner when she stated quite flatly that nothing had compelled or brought her to her door.&nbsp; The shake, while it got Jessica and her floor slightly wet, did draw the raven haired woman's gaze to the dog girl's chest against her better judgment but she was able to largely disguise her inappropriate glance by shielding herself against the water that came out of her tail and hair.&nbsp; Not that she blamed her in the slightest for wanting to get dried off, so Jessica didn't protest other than to shake her robe a bit in an effort to get what water had hit her off of the soft material, accidentally revealing more of her larger chest to Odessa as she did.&nbsp; The human hadn't missed the distrustful glance thrown her way, but if she'd been abandoned which she was beginning to suspect more and more, Jessica couldn't blame the dog girl for that either even as she glanced at the food on her table.&nbsp; Untrusted or not, Odessa was still obviously hungry, but pride apparently figured into her decision to not ask if she could help herself.&nbsp; It brought Jessica a small smile to her lips as she gently shut the door once the dog girl had properly stepped inside.<br><br>Which ironically served to answer the question that followed from the rather prettily accented dog girl.&nbsp; <strong>"I wouldn't feel right leaving you in the rain, alone and cold even if you did have somewhere you could go."</strong>&nbsp; Jessica replied gently, mindful of the fact that any quick movements or actions would likely not end favorably in gaining the girl's trust.&nbsp; <strong>"But no, you don't have to go anywhere if you don't want to.&nbsp; I have plenty of room, and truth be told but I could use the company."</strong>&nbsp; She was leaving the decision in her hands, but Jessica did go back to the couch and began to move as if she meant to dispose of the food on the table.&nbsp; She was hoping that the dog girl would either snatch some of it away or offer to help under the pretense to get something in her stomach which Jessica didn't mind, so long as she felt like she <em>could</em> eat if she was hungry because otherwise it would just go to waste.&nbsp; Of course, she'd happily make something for Odessa if she asked, but baby steps first.&nbsp; <strong>"If I'd known I'd be receiving company today though, I'd have at least cleaned up this mess."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>21-09-2016, 20:45:02</strong>
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				As the robe opened and the soft curves beneath were, at least partially, revealed to her, Odessa gave the human's form a brief appreciative glance. She may not like a lot of the things that had happened to and around her recently, but she had always been something of a fan of breasts, regardless of the situation. Still, while she made no effort to hide her glance, she didn't linger there for long.<br><br>Especially not when the food started to be taken away.<br>Despite her intentions and the tough girl act she had adopted, she couldn't stop the little whine that rose up into her throat at the sight of the food being moved, nor did her efforts stop the blush that rose up onto her cheeks, a redness that was made all the brighter by her pale skin and hair.<br><br>"If ... if you're not going to finish that ..." she grumbled out, embarrassed at her lack of self control. "Maybe I&nbsp; could ..." She looked away, still not entirely willing to ask for a handout of food like this, even if she knew how obvious it was that she wanted it.<br>"I'm Odessa," she introduced herself abruptly, partly just to change the topic away from her near-request. "Who are you?" <br><br>She was still rather blunt about things, though, even when she looked so red-faced and felt uncomfortably vulnerable.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>22-09-2016, 17:42:18</strong>
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				Jessica pulled her robe closed when she caught Odessa looking, but beyond that and a slight blush of her cheeks at having all but flashed the poor girl, Jessica didn't say anything since it was her own fault anyway.&nbsp; That and a part of her Jessica was quick to realize, had gotten a little excited at revealing her soft, gentle curves to such a beautiful girl, even though yes she had a tail and a couple of strange looking ears.&nbsp; But Jessica pushed those thoughts to the side before they got anymore distracting, and wasted little time to begin collecting the food on the table only to stop when she heard the soft whine in the back of the girl's throat.&nbsp; Glancing at Odessa in slight surprise since that whine had sounded rather close if not exactly like a normal dog's, Jessica straightened but smiled softly in return as she left her half eaten meal on the table for the dog girl.&nbsp; It seemed the tough girl act was just that after all.<br><br>But Jessica didn't comment on that since it would be rude and besides, Odessa as she found out, had been left behind in the rain of all things.&nbsp; She'd be a bit grumpy and cautious as well about asking for anything from a complete stranger.&nbsp; Still, Jessica chuckled at the abrupt change of subject, but wasn't going to be so easily distracted even as she slowly held out her left hand to her reluctant new companion.&nbsp; <strong>"That's a pretty name for a pretty girl.&nbsp; My name's Jessica, Jessica Swanson."</strong>&nbsp; Regardless if Odessa shook her hand or not, which she doubted she would given the circumstances, she'd casually leave Odessa to tend to her own needs.&nbsp; Besides, she had some housework she'd been putting off anyway that needed to be done such as the laundry, washing the windows, things like that.&nbsp; But more importantly, she apparently had to get one of the bedrooms to get ready for a new guest.&nbsp; Which had her turning around and sticking her head back into the living room.&nbsp; <strong>"Help yourself if you want Odessa, but when you're done, I have a spare bedroom you might like.&nbsp; And if you want to take a look around my home, feel free.&nbsp; I'll be getting some stuff taken care of in the meantime."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>23-09-2016, 19:47:44</strong>
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				Odessa's response to the hand was, in a word, slow. First, she looked at it, then back up t Jessica's face, then back down again. Perhaps it was because of the compliment - who doesn't like to be called pretty, after all? - but she gently and warily took the hand in both of hers, apparently not too used to handshakes and such yet. <br>"Thank you," she replied softly, her cheeks still a little pink. "You're pretty, too, Jessica."<br>And then, as if she'd realized that she'd con just a little too far, she let go of the woman's hand and moved towards the food, although if Jessica was to look, she'd see an ear turne in her general direction and the occasional glimpse of those sharp blue eyes, although whether Odessa was being curious or wary was open to interpretation. She certainly didn't seem to know herself, and instead distracted herself by, pun not intended, wolfing down her food.<br><br>And then, left alone by this woman who was almost too generous to her, she silently made her way around the house, following her nose as it led her to the more heavily used and interesting-smelling areas of the building. She wouldn't enter Jessica's room, not yet, but she certainly noted where it was, before her attention shifted. Jessica had already gone to plently of effort for her and she wasn't sure if she liked the idea of just accepting all of that help.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>24-09-2016, 01:31:31</strong>
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				For a moment, Jessica wasn't sure Odessa would ever reach up and shake her hand, but she offered the dog girl a warm smile and an approving nod of her head even if she proved herself unused to such a gesture.&nbsp; That was her own fault though since she had forgotten for a moment that Odessa wasn't entirely human, or rather she wasn't human, she just had a human like face was all.&nbsp; Still, it was a harmless mistake, and one that she didn't seem to mind even as she tried to still appear as if she were in no need of a near complete stranger's help, which was fine by Jessica so long as they remained friendly with each other.&nbsp; Despite the continued tough girl act though, Jessica felt her own cheeks turn a little brighter at the compliment before leaving Odessa to her meal.&nbsp; She did notice how her ear remained cocked and upright anytime she popped her head into the living room after leaving to tend to the rest of the housework, but Jess chose not to comment on it as she went about the process of preparing Odessa a space to sleep and get comfortable with.&nbsp; Assuming she slept on a bed given her human like shape, Jessica didn't think twice about pulling the sheets and blankets down to the foot of the bed in one of the spare bedrooms she didn't need on the first floor, before moving to fluff the pillows some at the other end.&nbsp; A light dusting later had the relatively small, at least when compared to the master bedroom upstairs, bedroom prepared and ready for its new occupant.<br><br>Odessa's explorations would reveal nothing out of the ordinary about Jessica.&nbsp; Beyond a drawing room where she kept physical copies of some of her artwork, mostly done with pencil and a full easel set up near a large bay of windows on the other end of an otherwise empty space, not even the carpet extended this far, preferring the look and feel of the hardwood floor, the only other space in the house she frequented regularly was the kitchen and the pool out back.&nbsp; The rest of the house, beyond a garage and a walkout basement where the washer and dryer were kept, along with a half folded stack of laundry waiting for her to finish the job, was devoid of anything of significance or note.&nbsp; It was a nice house though, every room even if it wasn't regularly used by anyone, herself included, was well kept, cleaned, and taken care of.&nbsp; And while Jessica would appreciate Odessa not prying into her bedroom on the second floor, the dog girl would still see the occasional half finish sketch that she had forgotten, balled and crumpled up and tossed aside.&nbsp; Despite the fact they were apparently no good to the human, they and the sketches in the drawing room were very well done, beautifully so in more than one example.&nbsp; The fact that most of the balls of paper were by a garbage can or a waste bin said that either she was a piss poor shot or she hadn't tried that hard to make it into the garbage in the first place.&nbsp; Just another little quirk that added to Jessica's personal charm though.<br><br>Unless something came up, it would take Jessica a good hour to get down to the basement to get to the rest of her laundry after cleaning up the rest of the windows and the far more frequently used rooms, in which time Odessa might have taken to perusing the artwork all over her drawing room.&nbsp; While the storm outside was slowly getting worse, with the wind and rain having picked up, it was quiet inside the house beyond the soft patter of the human's bare feet as she meandered about the place, a little tune on her lips.&nbsp; The pictures, even the ones she had tossed to the side, were more for her personal inspiration and amusement than anything.&nbsp; They were whatever she had found beautiful or awe inspiring in some way.&nbsp; They ranged from something simple as a flower she'd seen while walking through the park one day, an odd 'duck' mixed in with roses where it shouldn't have been, to more personal things such as a couple walking down the road, arm in arm as one leaned in as if to kiss along her partner's neck.&nbsp; Whatever the case might have been, a few had pride of place, proudly displayed on the walls next to her folded up easel which had no project ready to go, only a clean piece of paper waiting to be filled.&nbsp; One of her crowning achievements was a sunset or a sunrise, it was hard to tell at a glance, and Los Angelos in the background, and just on the edge of that was where all of the monsters in their world had come from, fading into the distance behind the city skyline.&nbsp; Layers of details all rolled into one picture, in a way it wasn't far off from how Jessica herself was as a person, with the most obvious being what you got on the surface.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>24-09-2016, 12:41:17</strong>
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				While her ears twitched every now and then as she listened to Jessica as she made her way around her house, Odessa found herself looking through the pictures. She hadn't precisely meant to but, once she'd found them, she couldn't quite help herself. She mainted her cautious approach, though, and took care not to disturb the artwork through her examinations, although she found herself drawn to the sunset picture. <br>Or sunrise. <br><br>She thought it was a sunset, at least. But, more important than the time of day in the picture was the island. The home of those like herself, even though Odessa had never actually been there. After four hundred years there had been a few born down here amongst the humans, and that included the canine girl. She'd heard about the place, of course, but everything had been secondhand and from faded memories rather than anything clear and precise. She grumbled softly in the back of her throat as she heard the rain and wind pick up with the storm outside. She was glad she'd found an apparently nice place to stay, at least until the weather passed but, at the same time she couldn't let herself trust this human too deeply, even if she smelled nice and trustworthy and had given her food and shelter already. <br>She still couldn't trust her, despite all of that. Not so quickly and not so soon after .... <br>Again, she grumbled quietly to herself and, eventually, decided to move on. She could try to find the bedroom that was being set aside for her, which wouldn't be too hard of a task, not with all of the recent activity that there would have been around it, but Odessa found that she wasn't quite in the mood to sleep. Maybe it was the new surroundings or recent events or just the weather, but she wanted to be up and about for at least a little while longer. Without much else to do, she set off to track Jessica down. Maybe she would have something for her to do, or would at least be more interesting to be around than an empty room.<br>Odessa may not have liked to admit it, but she hated the feeling of being alone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>29-09-2016, 07:44:23</strong>
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				Odessa wasn't the only one that didn't want to be alone, but unlike her, Jessica wasn't afraid to admit it, albeit with some minor coaxing.&nbsp; Living alone since moving to the city hadn't been the plan, but it was how things had simply worked out was all.&nbsp; And now with Tom leaving for greener pastures, the dog girl's strangely timely arrival couldn't have happened at a better opportunity truth be told.&nbsp; Even if she didn't stay for long, Jessica couldn't help but wonder if perhaps adopting another stray monster girl if the dog did decide to leave wouldn't be a bad idea?&nbsp; If she decided to stay, Jessica would of course let her barring any unwelcome surprises of course, but again such thoughts were too soon to potentially build false hope upon, so she went about her household chores more to distract herself than anything now.&nbsp; Whatever ended up happening, time would likely tell regardless as it always did.&nbsp; Besides, Odessa had made it pretty clear she wasn't in a hurry to trust anyone now anyway.<br><br>Finding the bedroom set aside for the dog girl would be a simple affair.&nbsp; Of the three bedrooms, two of which were on the first floor, of which only one had a bathroom, Jessica had left the door open for her for the one that also had its own bathroom.&nbsp; It wasn't much to look at, but it was nice enough for what she had paid for the house.&nbsp; Beyond the comfortably large, soft bed and a small walk in closet that was empty, along with a decent sized dresser by the windows to the far right, the rest of the room was empty.&nbsp; She could decorate if she wanted, but that'd be a conversation for later because Jessica decided to stick her head in a few moments afterwards.&nbsp; <strong>"Hey, I see you found the room I set aside for you.&nbsp; It was the only one with its own bathroom on this floor, but since no one else was using it I didn't see the harm in letting you have it.&nbsp; If you want to settle in it's fine, I was just going to watch a movie or something in the other room, provided the power doesn't end up getting knocked out from the storm."</strong>&nbsp; While she didn't come right out and offer Odessa a spot on the couch next to her, Jessica did offer her a hopeful glance before making her way to the kitchen to make some popcorn.&nbsp; <strong>"You like popcorn by chance?"</strong>&nbsp; She called out, curious as to her answer as she got things together in the kitchen for herself and possibly her guest.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>30-09-2016, 03:41:47</strong>
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				Was she going to stay here? Odessa didn't know, and that uncertainty made her uncomfortable. Being alone made her uncomfortable too but, right now, human company <em>also</em> made her uneasy, although in Jessica's case there was an extra helping of guilt, as the woman had not actually done anything to Odessa, and she knew it. <br><br>Still, despite her conflicted feelings, the growing storm outside drove her towards the only company that was on offer here. The idea of staying was still unsettled and unsettling, but the movie and popcorn? That was an easier question to deal with. <br>"I like the salty sort," she offered, before she gave a little shrug. "But if you want to share, I'll just have what you'e having, thanks."<br>A movie might be fun, after all. And if it wasn't, then she stil wouldn't have been left alone, not again.&nbsp; Not, it increasingly seemed, much of one for talking, she made her way back to the couch and took one edge of it for herself. She stayed pretty far off to the side, and had to fight down the urge to just stretch out and lie on it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>02-10-2016, 00:16:26</strong>
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				While the question popped up about whether or not dog girls could even eat popcorn, or rather should they consume such things like a normal human being, Jessica didn't ask because one, it would have likely seemed incredibly rude to make such an obviously uninformed assumption, and two, she trusted Odessa to tell her if she'd have an issue with normal 'human' food.&nbsp; So she left her question unspoken and proceeded to get the popcorn situated sorted out, making a note to grab a box of salty popcorn the next time she was out.&nbsp; <strong>"I don't have any salty, sorry, but I don't mind getting some the next time I need groceries."</strong>&nbsp; Jessica offered, since she didn't mind so long as there wasn't an overabundance of honey all over her popcorn.&nbsp; Beyond that she could eat the hard little kernels for hours on end if she had any say in the matter.&nbsp; But she normally kept herself limited to movie nights like today and anytime she actually went to see a movie at the theater a few blocks away.&nbsp; That said, she did glance towards Odessa, curiosity getting the better of her, but just as she started to ask something about the dog girl, the microwave beeped at her and she left her question unspoken once more.&nbsp; Grabbing the bowl she had dumped them into, she set it down on the small table by the couch, went back to the kitchen to get herself and Odessa something to drink, and was soon nestled onto the left side of the couch with Odessa on her right.<br><br>If she'd wanted to stretch out over the couch, Jessica wouldn't have cared as she propped her feet up on the little coffee table in front of them with a satisfied groan.&nbsp; As for the movie, she picked the first one that seemed even remotely interesting, which turned out to be some horror romp where the big bad of the movie was a female ghost in a black funeral gown that proceeded to terrorize the characters onscreen, but Jessica was half tempted to pick something else by the time the midway point rolled around.&nbsp; <strong>"Netflix and Amazon, thousands of movies and TV shows between them, and I wind up picking a dud.&nbsp; Story of my life."</strong>&nbsp; Jessica chuckled sheepishly as she looked over towards Odessa.&nbsp; <strong>"Sorry if this is boring you to tears Odessa."</strong>&nbsp; She offered, but she didn't change the movie playing on her TV, a decision made easier if Odessa at least found the show interesting if nothing else.&nbsp; If she looked as bored as she felt though, Jessica would happily hand over the remote and let her browse to her heart's content.&nbsp; In either event though, she did give Odessa a curious glance and remembered her earlier question.&nbsp; <strong>"You don't take very much do you?&nbsp; I don't mean to pry, Odessa, but I can't help but be curious about you.&nbsp; Is there anything you feel like sharing?&nbsp; If you'd rather not talk right now it's fine, but I hope that might change if you decide to stick around."</strong>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>02-10-2016, 02:00:55</strong>
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				Odessa simply shrugged when she heard there was no salt available. It wasn't too good for her, although she could eat it just fine, and it was hardly as if Jessica had expected company, after all. She'd given her shelter and food already, that was more than enough, really. <br><br>She kept her distance when they sat down, both to avoid crowding the human and, well, she was still a little wary. Sure, Jessica had been nothing but nice to her so far, far more than she had to be, but Odessa had trouble with trust right now. The movie wasn't too great, something that her host seemed to agree with, but it was better than nothing and an excuse to have popcorn. Without having quite noticed it, Odessa had slowly drifted closer to Jessica, although there was still a gap between them when they reached the midway point of the film.&nbsp; <br><br>When questioned about herself, the dog girl frowned and her ears shifted and flicked back and forth uncertainly. "I ... I don't talk much, no," she agreed after a little while. "And, well, recently, I ... things ..." her ears dropped back against her head and she very definitely did not let out a barely audible little whine despite herself. "Things weren't good recently." She settled on. "As for things I'll share ..." which, quite clearly, did not include recent history for now. "What would you like to know? I was born down here, like running ..." She shrugged again while her ears slowly returned to their more normal positions. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>05-10-2016, 02:13:32</strong>
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				Jessica breathed a little mental sigh of relief when Odessa only shrugged her shoulders when she said she didn't have any salty popcorn.&nbsp; While her offer to get some the next time she left for groceries had been genuine, the human was glad that the dog girl wasn't going to make a big deal out of it either.&nbsp; Still, while the ensuing movie was a dud, the human couldn't help but notice that the poor monster girl had slowly gotten a little closer to her side of the couch.&nbsp; The human didn't comment on it, but the subtle gesture didn't go unnoticed either as they sat and ate popcorn in comfortable silence.&nbsp; It felt good to have a friend again, even if again it was far too soon to call Odessa as such, but eventually the silence became distracting and Jessica began to gently press for answers regarding her mysterious, quiet companion.&nbsp; As such, the human watched with vivid interest disguised by a neutral expression as Odessa's ears shifted about while she tried to put together a coherent response to her inquiry.&nbsp; Not because she had trouble speaking, but simply because Odessa herself said she didn't talk much and Jessica couldn't shake the feeling that she was understandably being wary around her still.&nbsp; At least she was talking at all though, so there was definitely that working in the dog girl's favor.<br><br>Jessica's heart melted a little when Odessa's ears drooped visibly, making her want to pull her into a warm, encompassing hug, but she bit back the impulse since it would likely be met with resistance at this early stage.&nbsp; It didn't help that a soft whine soon followed, but instead of focusing on it lest she do something rash that would likely backfire despite her good intentions, Jessica instead nodded and more fully turned to the dog girl, the movie forgotten at this point.&nbsp; <strong>"Well, what do you like to do, besides running I mean?&nbsp; Do you know how to read, write, do you have favorite foods, drinks?&nbsp; Anything like that?"</strong>&nbsp; She was essentially asking for mundane things that Odessa would hopefully feel comfortable in sharing since it was pretty obvious that her recent history was off the table, at least for now.&nbsp; She'd gladly answer whatever questions the dog girl had of course, but for now the conversation was directed at her for now.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Heavy Petting:  A Monster Exchange Program Story (Vergil1989 &amp; JoanieSappho)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JoanieSappho</strong> on <strong>05-10-2016, 17:59:30</strong>
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				Odessa's face seemed to change little as she listened or spoke, but the canine's ears were a very different and much more expressive story. While her expression was as stoic as ever, her ears shifted with open uncertaintly for a few moments before she replied to the continuing questions. As with Jessica, Odessa had mostly forgotten about the movie already, which was probably a common response to that particular film, given its apparent quality, or lack thereof.<br><br>"I can read and write," she replied, leaving out the little detail of how her eyes weren't really too good with close-up fine detail like that. "But I don't really do either often, I guess. I'm more ..." she hesitated and her ears reflected a spike in nervousness that didn't appear on her face. "Outdoorsy and I like to sing. Anyway, food." She hurried quickly on, just a little bit nervous or embarrassed or at least uncertain in some way about the mention of her singing. "For food I hope you don't have a problem with a big meat-eater in the house. And fish." She smiled faintly and her tail whacked quietly against the back of the sofa as her thoughts turned to food. "I really like fish. And cheese. You wouldn't think they'd go together, but they sorta do ..."<br><br>She leaned back, a bit more relaxed and seemed not to notice how she was now tilted more towards Jessica.<br>"Admittedly, the cheese isn't all that good for me, but it's not like humans don't eat stuff you probably shouldn't, so ..." she shrugged. "Besides, I'm still in good shape, right?"
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