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Topic: Empire Dog Rings

In: Boards ► Brockton Bay Events

AllSeeingEye (Original Poster)

Posted on February 20, 2011:

So, now that the Empire's lost two of their main dogrings (Thanks PRT!), they're going to have to train up a bunch of new fighting dogs.

Everyone, keep a close eye on your pets, and don't let them stay out in your yard at night!

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► Wendy Sims

Replied on February 20, 2011:

What? My Niece lost her puppy yesterday. She had it out in the yard and the next thing we knew it was gone. The Empire almost never is in our neighborhood!

I don't know what to tell her. I've read about bait dogs and it makes me want to throw up!

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There were dozens of replies of people who had lost their own dogs. A good chunk, Lisa figured, were probably just normal losses, but many weren't. A huge number of people were bitching at the PRT, because of course Hookwolf wouldn't be grabbing dogs if they hadn't been attacked.

But now Lisa needed to wait for someone in particular… He liked to talk on the boards, though he spent a good amount of time on the cooking boards, but… yep!

► Jim Lake (Verified Cape) (Verified Boyfriend) (Verified Trollhunter)

Replied on February 20, 2011:

I don't know what to say, but this is awful. Is there anything we can do?

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"Oh, bad call," Lisa said as the feeding frenzy descended upon him. Half the people demanded that he go out and call out Kaiser, the other half were saying it was his fault, with a small (and soon banned) group of E88 sympathizers claiming it would have been better if he'd just given the girl to the E88, because she needed to learn to stick to her neighborhood. Trollhunter didn't respond. There were a few messages of help, though Lisa wasn't certain what they could do.

► Winged_One

Replied on February 20, 2011:

Don't feel too bad about not being able to help. My Brothers aren't always able to do as much as they should. Maybe when your girlfriend meets my middle brother, they can talk.

But nothing substantive. Just as planned.

She bent down and started typing:

Private message from AllSeeingEye:

AllSeeingEye *New Message*: You know, you should talk to your Director. I'm certain that she'd be willing to toss some resources in that direction. After all, the PRT's part of defending the bay, and for a lot of kids, that means defending their pets.

By the way, if you don't know what happens to bait dogs, don't research it. Trust me.

Lisa grinned.

"He's totally going to google it."

[hr][/hr]

"I don't understand," Jim glanced at Claire but she looked just as confused. They'd talked about it after Jim got over being sick at the pictures. Blinky had agreed that such an action was unconscionable, and they'd spent the rest of the day gaming out a plan that they could use.

"What part of no, don't you understand," Director Piggot said.

"But these are—"

"Dogs. The responsibility of the BBPD, and unless Hellhound is involved, not part of our responsibility." Emily looked down at the two of them. "We have just won a victory, and damaged Hookwolf's dogfighting operations, but that was a byproduct. It's up to the BBPD, who, I might add, would lose no time in telling us to butt out. Meanwhile, there's a new group trying to replace Skidmark, the ABB is increasing some of their illegal operations, which include human trafficking, and you want me to dedicate our resources to… shutting down a dogfighting organization."

"I—" Jim shook his head. Okay, he knew that dogs weren't people. Trolls ate cats, and some of them did so living, but it was at least fast. Jim didn't, even if the smell was attractive, he couldn't shake the 'pet' sensation he got when he looked at them.

Back home, one of the Trollhunter's innovations had been to ban the taking of owned cats. Jim felt a pang of homesickness as he wondered if they were still abiding by that.

"If you have anything else, of importance?"

"Um… No, No Ma'am," Jim said, as he and Claire beat a hasty retreat.

"That… That… OH!" Claire's eyes were tinged purple as she tried to find a proper word. "And after everything, the people said about you. This wasn't your fault."

"That didn't bother me," Jim said. "I was more… upset by all the kids wondering if their pets were being hurt right now."

"If she won't…" Claire shook her head. "No, how would we even start?"

"I don't know," Jim said. When he got back to the Wards quarters to wait for his patrol to start, Jim started half-heartedly surfing PHO, while Claire went back to her book, this one about conjuring objects and spirits out of magical energies. Claire was determined that when Merlin came back, he'd find her yelling at him for not giving her enough books.

"Ping!"

Jim blinked. There was another message.

Private message from AllSeeingEye:

AllSeeingEye *New Message*: So, she said no, didn't she?

You know, there are a lot of people who aren't fans of having to explain why some kids don't have their cats and dogs anymore. If you're free, we could meet at the Boardwalk, say tomorrow at 3:00, at Felipes, since I've seen you eat there.

Do some brainstorming. Maybe figure out a way to ruin some Nazis' day...

Jim paused, thought about it. Why not. The BBPD had sympathizers, Director Piggot wasn't going to do anything… He bent down and typed out a response. He could bring Claire with him, and they could decide whether or not to work with the group. Moments later, the message was confirmed. Jim couldn't resist the grin. It may end up being nothing, but after days being kept "safe" while other people fought his battles, it was a little like getting back to the old Trollhunting days.

Well, minus the killer trolls.

"Grue!" Tattletale called.

"Yeah?" Grue asked.

"Clear your calendar for tomorrow. I've gotta talk to some Wards, Trollhunter and Shadowdancer."

"The fuck?" Grue asked. "I do not want a rematch with him, Tats!"

"Relax, they'll be on our side," Tattletale said. "Evidently nobody told them to never talk to the thinker."

"Fucker flipped Brutus," Bitch said.

"And today… They're going to help us rescue most of Hookwolf's bait dogs, and humiliate him, while also boosting our own PR… and nobody is going to see this coming!"

Lisa leaned back in her chair. This was going to be fun!