Wind.

It was brisk and cold as Shawn stepped outside. Rarely this cold in the LA region and with leaves tumbling about, the whistle of sharp gusts sounded out as wind ran through Shawns hair.

Down the left side of the Street, a car was slowly making its way down the road. Down the right side, in the distance and at the end of the street, a small gathering of neighborhood kids.

Shawn squinted into the distance to his right to see if he recognized any of the kids. It had felt like forever since he’d played with anyone, and he felt a little nervous about it. Maybe he’d forgotten how to do it right.

Shawn tried to see who was about and could make out a group of three kids. When was clearly Penelope. She was wearing those big glasses and had that permed fluffy hair. Then there was a short boy that Shawn didn’t recognize. The food was a girl with a smile on her face and dark black hair. She was dancing among the fall leaves that whirled around her in the middle the street.

Shawn decided to go see if the group would let him play with them. They seemed to be having fun, at least.

“Get it! Get it!” Penelope yelled as Shawn drew closer.

Black-haired girl moved to one side of the yard. Just then a dog raced across the yard, knocking over the smaller boy who tried in vain to grab a hold of the animal and, having failed, face planted in the leaves dirtying his “Transformers” shirt.

Shawn wasn't sure what Penelope was talking about at first, but then he saw the dog coming across the yard. He tried to move to intercept it, not wanting to let the other kids down.

“Get ‘er! Don’t let that dog blow by you!” The short kid yelled, cheering Shawn on.

Shawn rolls Dexterity + Animal Ken

OOC: 18:23, Today: Shawn Cramer rolled 2 successes using 2d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+1),10(+5).  Dexterity + Animal Ken.

It looked like the dog was going to charge Shawn And knock him over. However, just at the last second, Shawn reached forward and grab the dog by the collar as it was passing. The animal struggled, twisted it’s neck back and forth but eventually gave in. And let out a little whimper as it sat down defeated.

“Wow!!! You called my dog! Great job! Nobody ever catches Rex. I can’t believe it!”
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Penelope came up to Shawn and the short kid. She gave him a look and then averted her eyes. It was a look that seemed to be an acknowledgment of a memory that they shared. And it was clear that the memory that she was conveying in that glance was not a pleasant one. It was a glance that had a shared meaning to it.

A large, pink rabbit that had Devoured Delilah.

“Oh yeah… Good job. You got him.” Penelope said a little awkward she brushed her hair away from her mouth

Shawn met Penelope's gaze, though there was a little more relief in his expression than there was in her's; this was his first direct confirmation that she'd survived the trip to the underworld. He'd been told she was fine, but he'd been lied to a bunch before. Still, he didn't press it, since he didn't really want to revisit that particular memory either.

Instead, he held on tight to the dog and gave the new boy a grin. "Well, he didn't make it easy. Rex's really fast!" He tried to make a good first impression, to seem cool, but also friendly and approachable and nice.

"Could've done better with that Pink Rabbit." Penelope said under her breath.

"What?" said the boy, who apparently had heard the comment.

"I said, 'It's a good thing he got Rex before the dog could eat a Rabbit.' " Penelope said and gave the boy a toothy grin.

"Oh. Yeah." He agreed. He turned to Shawn and came over to take hold of the dog.

"My name is Leonard. I'm glad that you caught my dog. My dad would get really mad. He'll kick the dog if he can. Any chance that he gets, he'll -boom-, kick it. Especially if he finds out that it's ran away again. Rex isn't a bad dog, but he likes to chase small animals."

Shawn gave no sign that he heard Penelope's snide remark, but inwardly he wanted to protest that a dog was a lot smaller than that giant pink rabbit. He released the dog into Leonard's care, making sure he had a solid grip on the collar before he let go. "I'm Shawn, it's nice to meet you. I haven't seen you around before, are you new here?"