The furry thing on the table was looking at her.
And she was looking at it.
Zelgadis had put it on the table with a wry sort of smirk, and her eyes had narrowed as she picked it up. She hadn't expected it to come to life when she tilted it over to look at it more carefully. "Oooooaaaahhh," it had said.
She'd almost dropped it, but managed to right it and set it on the table.
"Bum bum bum..." it said.
She poked it. It laughed.
"Loo-loo!" it said, then blew a raspberry at her.
"What the...?" Lina muttered, scowling at it.
"Kah may may u-nye." It said.
Lina looked over at Zelgadis. "What is that thing?"
"It's called a Furby," the chimera answered.
"E-day doo-ay!" The Furby said.
Lina reached out and tipped it over, thinking it would get quiet again. Instead, it started to flap its ears all the harder.
"Boo doo-ay! Kah boo toh-loo! Kah boh-bay!"
She frowned at it. "What is it saying?"
Amelia looked up from a thin book. "I think it's scared, Miss Lina."
Lina picked the thing back up. It went "Whee!"
She facefaulted. "How do you turn it off?" she muttered.
"You don't. It has to go to sleep," Zelgadis answered, sitting quietly.
Thirty minutes later, it had sung and danced and done everything but sleep.
Lina was ready to kill it.
She'd shaken it, she'd tipped it upside-down until she swore it was crying... she didn't know what to do with it.
It seemed about as dumb as Gourry, so she started to explain the creation of the world to it. After all, that had put Gourry to sleep right easily.
It sat through the whole tirade, occasionally making noises. When she was done, it looked at her and said very clearly: "Boring."
Very quietly, Lina got up from her seat and walked away.
And she was looking at it.
Zelgadis had put it on the table with a wry sort of smirk, and her eyes had narrowed as she picked it up. She hadn't expected it to come to life when she tilted it over to look at it more carefully. "Oooooaaaahhh," it had said.
She'd almost dropped it, but managed to right it and set it on the table.
"Bum bum bum..." it said.
She poked it. It laughed.
"Loo-loo!" it said, then blew a raspberry at her.
"What the...?" Lina muttered, scowling at it.
"Kah may may u-nye." It said.
Lina looked over at Zelgadis. "What is that thing?"
"It's called a Furby," the chimera answered.
"E-day doo-ay!" The Furby said.
Lina reached out and tipped it over, thinking it would get quiet again. Instead, it started to flap its ears all the harder.
"Boo doo-ay! Kah boo toh-loo! Kah boh-bay!"
She frowned at it. "What is it saying?"
Amelia looked up from a thin book. "I think it's scared, Miss Lina."
Lina picked the thing back up. It went "Whee!"
She facefaulted. "How do you turn it off?" she muttered.
"You don't. It has to go to sleep," Zelgadis answered, sitting quietly.
Thirty minutes later, it had sung and danced and done everything but sleep.
Lina was ready to kill it.
She'd shaken it, she'd tipped it upside-down until she swore it was crying... she didn't know what to do with it.
It seemed about as dumb as Gourry, so she started to explain the creation of the world to it. After all, that had put Gourry to sleep right easily.
It sat through the whole tirade, occasionally making noises. When she was done, it looked at her and said very clearly: "Boring."
Very quietly, Lina got up from her seat and walked away.