Research Lab

[zarikrahia]

'When the green liquid stops bubbling an' begins to look more like flat green soda with a puppy in it. =3.' Zari watched the tube with interest. 'Interesting combo. With training, you could have a lot of fun on your hands.'

[Omni]

Ethan smiled, laughing a bit, then turned to watch the tube again. The puppy was growing fur with the black, white, and striped pattern that had been shown on the preview. The fur grew to full length, and Ethan watched for bubbles. After a moment of not seeing anything, he looked over at Zari for a second, then looked back, brought his finger up to the button, and pressed it. He watched as the liquid drained from the tube and the puppy settled to rest on the bottom. Shortly thereafter, it blinked and opened its eyes, looking up and whining softly.

"Hello," he said to it, reaching and picking it up. He checked to see what gender it was: male.

"How are you doing little guy?" Ethan pet the puppy and held him. He was just about the right size for Ethan to hold.

[zarikrahia]

'Do you want me to mix up something for it to drink? It's prob'ly hungry.' Zari rummaged in her cupboard and pulled out a plactic bottle. 'My clones ate mince mixed with milk quite happily for their first months. So we'll try that. Are you going to name him?' Zari looked in the fridge that hid in a corner and found something that must have been for the clones dinner- A container of mince. 'Does he have milk teeth?'

[Omni]

((What are milk teeth? Are they those tiny little incisors at the front of the mouth, like my cat has?))

[zarikrahia]

((Baby teeth.))

[Omni]

((Gotcha))

"Yeah, he's got teeth." Ethan looked into the puppy's mouth as he opened it, sometimes to yawn, sometimes to pant, and occasionally to bark. Ethan could see little canines, no pun intended.

[zarikrahia]

(Minor godmoding of unamed clone)

'Okay.' This was followed by more rummaging, then Zari holding up the aforementionplastic bottle, filled with some sort of light-brown substance. 'Aha! Knew that puppy formula was in there. ^_^' Zari put the bottle on the bench and grinned at the puppy now trying to twist to get a better look at Aeloan, who was on Zari's shoulder. The russet-coloured cub gave the dog a curious look, make a hacking noise, then barked. The puppy stared. Aeloan barked again, then meowed. Zari laughed. 'Aeoan says "He asked what I fell in to get myself that colour? I think he thought I was another dog...But that was the object of the exercise!"' More Laughing. 'I think he's hungry. Bottle over there. Are you going to name him?'

[Omni]

"Yeah, he needs a name, else I'm going to have a hard time calling him to me." Ethan took the bottle and held it up for the puppy, squeezing the tip so that a little milk would come out. The puppy sniffed curiously, catching the scent of food, and grabbed the bottle with his teeth before starting to drink it.

"Well, he's mostly siberian husky and siberian tiger, so perhaps Siber?" Thinking about the pronounciation he used, he added "Or maybe Cyber. Nah, that's to corny considering... well you know." He thought for another moment. "I think I'll write it 'S-I-B-E-R' but pronounce it 'cyber'. How does Siber sound?" he asked the puppy.

Siber was too busy eating to pay much attention.

[zarikrahia]

'Siber sounds good. Hungry little fellow.' Zari moved the green tube, which was beginning to refill.

[Omni]

"More room for training rewards then."

Ethan looked at the bottle and saw how much Siber had already eaten. "Alright, I think that's enough for now," he tugged on the bottle, but Siber held on. "The little guy doesn't want to let go," Ethan laughed, giving the bottle another tug. "Come on, Siber..." Ethan tugged harder this time and the bottle popped out of Siber's mouth. Siber promptly began whining.

{Hey! Don't take that! I want it! It's yummy!}

((Edit: Changed the thought-enclosure tags so Siber's thought can be more easily distinguished from the other clones'))

[zarikrahia]

'I think he's still hungry. Hybrids always are for the first few hours- That green stuff makes them hungry, a tad thirsty and- Uh oh. Ethan, get him to the litter tray. I know that facial expression. It's over there.' Zari indicated a blue tray in the corner, filled with a very strange mixture no doubt of Zari's own making. 'It's fine, I assure you.'

[Omni]

As soon as Zari pointed out the litter tray, Ethan made a mad dash for it and placed Siber in it, holding him with one hand just to make sure he didn't wander out before... well, you know.

"Either that milk digested quickly, or that green liquid also 'feeds' them in some way... the latter I would actually kind of expect.

"Okay, housebreaking: high priority," Ethan noted, as Siber did his 'business'.

[zarikrahia]

Zari doubled over, wheezing. with laughter. 'Yes...housebreaking...indeed...scusemethatwasjustamusing.' she rasped before arrowing side ways and collapsing onto a stool.
'I'm lucky in that cats are naturally clean. It took a few nudges in the right direction, but now all eight use the tray. And they cover it. With a few chemicals, it makes good garden fertiliser.'

[Omni]

((Looks like my attempts at humor are working ))

Ethan nodded thoughtfully, "I'm sure that worked for the cat-clones, Siber is a dog though. I think I'll paper train him, it would be easier if we're in a place without a litter box, plus it's not exactly easy to cover the floor with litter boxes." He picked up Siber and let him have some more mince-milk.

[zarikrahia]

'Hmmmm.' was Zari's only reply.
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