((Medic- Ludwig
Scout tis Scout
Demo- Tavish

Dell wandered around the house looking every which way for the missing animal in mind. "Ricky," he whistled a few times "Come on Dicky~." He said just moments later as he entered his bedroom again. The missing pup was nowhere to be found but he couldn't've gotten out. Upon entering his bedroom once again he paused a moment, shoulders slumping as he looked to his bed. The one place he didn't look. He got to his knees slumping over enough to peek under the bed. Low and behold Rick was under the bed almost glaring out toward the lifted blankets. Dell sat there staring toward the eyes glaring from the golden light entering through the window. "Come on, time to go." He stated but when Rick scooted further from the incoming light Dell sighed before getting up.

When he returned he had returned with a delightful smelling strip of bacon, his other hand hidden. For a moment Rick seemed like he would scoot back but after what seemed like an inner battle he finally emerged, his paws clacking against the wooden floor as he pulled himself from under the bed. Upon taking the strip of bacon as Dell attached Rick's leash with a smirk on his face, patting the canine. "Now that you decided to join me," he spoke in a smooth, joking, tone as he grabbed his keys and headed for the door, giving Duchess a goodbye stroke as he did so, tugging Rick along behind him. It was almost too obvious that Rick was unhappy about leaving, strange, wonder why.

Upon exiting the house, he didn't bother with the truck seeing as Lenore lived rather close and Rick could use the exercise. As Dell headed to Lenore's home, he kept looking back at rick who remained a few paces behind him. He chuckled, Rick's ears flipping forward at the noise of the amusement.

It was a few short minutes of Rick moping before they reached Lenore's driveway, a large gate blocking the path. He put a simple code into the gate before opening it, closing it after a short battle to get Rick inside. "What is with you today?" he asked unhooking the leash from the canine's collar. Rick just wasn't in a good mood today, or at the very least did not want to be here.

Upon being released Dell would have expected him to take off but instead he just continued down the path in an almost grumpy mood. "Don't get too excited, you might hurt yourself." Dell spoke sarcastically toward the dog as they reached the house, giving him some pets before they came into sight of an overly large house. It had no resemblance to Dell's house what so ever, it was a large house with big, fancy, wooden doors carved with intricate designs.

Those double doors opened before the two even got within a foot of the porch, a woman with medium raven black hair came from the large home "Dell!" she welcomed with a warm smile that Dell returned, only just barely catching sight of Rick retreating behind him at the sight of the woman. He was brought into a warm embrace with the taller woman before her attention was brought to Rick. "Oh my gosh, he is as pretty as Alice said." The woman tucked a few strands of her swept bangs behind her ear, lot of good that did since it just slipped back into her face when she bent over.

Without warning she had Rick in a hug "Oh, what shampoo do you use with him? His fur is so silky and soft, I really need to get baby Scout something that will keep his fur nice and beautiful." Dell looked down at Rick who really did not look like he was enjoying himself and they hadn't even gotten inside.
"Just a few hours then we can go home." He told him as they both entered the large and very modern home.

Inside there were many people as well as other dogs to which Rick was sceptical about talking to. Perhaps he should take advantage of this 'party' and see if he can get any answers from the animals here. He decided to scope out the inside of the house, walking up and down the halls before moving on toward outside. Seeing as this house must have cost a fortune to both make or buy this woman had to have come from a place of wealth, perhaps married into it. The inside was impressive, rather posh for his taste, while the backyard was clean cut, highly probable that she pays a lot of people to maintain it. How long had he known Dell? He would have never guessed that the man had a friend like this. He walked around the perimeter of the fenced area before walking alone the edge of the house. He had counted ten dogs and seven people so far.

He had almost made it to the door before a small blur of fur ran by him, rather startling as he side stepped into the wall, perhaps the wrong decision as yet another dog came bounding at him. This one was larger and entirely white.

This incoming canine, whatever kind of dog it was, had medium white fur, short enough to be called a short hair but long enough to be extremely soft to the touch… not that Rick would know. The dog stopped just short of Rick in a wide stance, almost like he was panicked. "Slowly and carefully walk toward me." The dog said in a…was that a German accent? Rick was taken back by the request, head tilting just a bit in question as he looked at the other. "Well?" he said as Rick lifted his paw hesitantly "Careful." he was warned by the white dog as he slowly, and carefully, moved himself away from the house without asking another question. After he moved the dog proceeded to move a little dirt away from where he had almost stepped and revealed… bones. Rick tried to get a closer look because the bones were small. "You could have destroyed my rare bird bones." The mystery dog chirped happily as if he had not just been glaring holes into Rick. For a moment he stared at the pile of bones, spotting the skull he could recognise as a rodent skull.

"That's not a-" Rick tried to explain but was quickly interrupted when the canine came up to him.
A big black nose was stuck into his fur as the dog sniffed him "You are not from around here. No, you don't smell anything like Fraxinus Texensis." He stated as Rick sidestepped to get away from the nose that was moving along his fur.
"You know this because I don't smell like a tree?" he asked before jumping away from the canine and sitting. Their nose was too close to somewhere nothing should be sniffing.

There was a silence between them as the mystery dog just stared at him before giving him a smile and a sigh "You are one skittish dog." He said in a happy tone "the name is Ludwig-" before Ludwig could continue the small blur was back and it was quick to slip through the opening between his hind and front leg where it finally stopped so that Rick could see what it was.
"Who the fuck is you?"*the rather small dog said as Rick silently looked down at the little…what was it again… Jack Rustle Terrier or something. The big part was that it was small, fast, and had a big attitude problem.

"Watch it, I is bigger than you." Rick mocked from his place as Ludwig gave a chuckle, clearly amused with the situation as other canines started to come outside.
"Easy, it's only Scout~." Ludwig almost purred, nudging the small dog with his paw as he wagged his tail. Following the appearance of a small dog was… another, a Scottish terrier to be exact. "Well, meet the group~." Ludwig said as he stood up to greet the terrier "This is Tavish, that is Scout, and the rest are not here." he stated with a toothy grin that quickly disappeared. Rick had been getting ready to speak but a nose in the wrong place had him bolting away, stopping a meter away to look back in confusion.

"Hey! Get back here!" Scout yipped as he chased after Rick though before he could get there to properly finish what he was doing, the larger dog sat down staring at the irritated terrier. "Did you want the first sniff or somethin'?" he asked but Rick really couldn't answer.
"I want to ask…Ludwig a question." He stated clearly, seeing as he was the only one that was semi-sane so far. Ludwig tilted his head, ears flopping with the sway his head created. "Have you seen any tattooed human, creepy, wearing a cloak…thing."

Ludwig thought a moment, humming as he did so. "Now that I think about it, Mrs. Blanc is always wearing black even though her name means white." He said with a squint as if he was onto something. Rick simply stared at him wondering if he would ever find a dog smart enough to help him.

"You mean Mr. Voodoo? That funny smellin lad?" Tavish asked, catching Rick's attention as he stood and walked over curiously.
"Mr. who?" Rick asked quickly, forgetting there was a little dog still behind him.
"Mr. Voodoo. The shady man that lurks around the forest." Tavish paused, staring at the canine that seemed confused "Lives on pine-"
"You mean the one that you got my bird bones from?" Ludwig interrupted, Tavish simply nodding.
"Right, right, he lives down on Pine street next to Child's-"

more interruptions kept Rick from understanding where this Mr. Voodoo lived. The interruption that kept him from knowing an area marker would be a tall man with glasses, very professional. Ludwig seemed very distracted as his tail began to thump against the ground upon seeing the man who seemed to just be checking how all the dogs were fairing before entering the house once more. Ludwig seemed to forget everything as he watched the door as if the man would come back out to get him. After a few more minutes of all the dogs looking toward the door, Rick excluded as he awaited their attention again. He was so close to getting his answer and being on his way.

"Child's…" Rick inquired as he stepped closer to Ludwig, the white mutt finally turning back to look at him.
"Oh, yes, Child's…something, child's playfield? Child's sweet shop…It was something related to children, I always see a child in pink out front." He finished with a smile toward Rick as he looked from Ludwig to Scout, as if Scout would have any further information, before he could manage to look toward Tavish he felt a nose in the wrong place and yelped.
"That's enough, thank you!" he yelled as he bolted into the house, completely forgetting about the little thing he figured out. Claws in the dirt, pads for indoor floors.

He ran into the house so fast that he just started sliding, he slid right on past Dell, flopping onto his side in an attempt to stop himself before he ran into the end table holding a beautifully shaped lamp. Okay, take it easy, just calm down, everything is okay, nothing has been broken…besides pride. Being a dog has really put a dent in Rick's pride.

He calmly stood up, tail tucking between his legs as he walked to Dell. He could see some people giggling while others seemed to feel a little concern before returning to their conversations. "You know, I used to be a damn sniper, I used to be respected. All this dog nonsense, unable to do much on my own- I was independent once…" Rick muttered his protests, excuses, and complaints as he approached Dell, nudging his leg to tell him to get the hell up and get them the hell home.

As usual, Dell didn't get the point and simply started to pet him. Rick let out a loud groan as he lifted himself to put both paws on Dell's leg, though he quickly lost balance and slipped so that he was bent over the man's knees. It took him a moment to manoeuvre himself to be in front of Dell, where he tried once again but this just seemed to be amusing the man rather than informing him of anything.

"Come on Rick, we only been here twenty minutes." Dell chuckled as Rick was forced into a sitting position as two legs wrapped around him trapping him in place. His paws remained on Dell's thigh as a hand ran through his fur, massaging around his neck and chest. It… was rather pleasing despite the very awkward place he was in. The gesture was forceful enough to make him sway but not enough to be anything but soothing. With a ridiculous amount of hesitance Rick rested his head against Dell, shifting so that he was leaning more on the man. Rather comfortable if he forced himself to not think about…anything.

He must have drifted off or something because the next time he woke it was because a big snout was in his face, that of Ludwig's. He shifted his head up, ears flattening as he found his head pressing against Dell's stomach. "Well, well, well, for a wolf you are rather affectionate." Ludwig said, Rick becoming alert immediately as he came to stare at the white dog.
"How did you-"
"If you put two and two together, you figure things out." Rick's stare never left Ludwig, which soon caused the dog to snicker "Tavish told us." He finally answered "Plus,"
"I don't smell like a tree, got it." Rick said rather annoyed. The other canine hummed as a hand came to rest on his head, the sophisticated looking man from earlier being the culprit of such affection.
"This begs the question as to why you are acting so domestic." Ludwig's eyes seem to sharpen, as if he was being completely serious, aware of his surroundings. It was almost as though he dropped an act.

The sudden change had Rick struggling in Dell's grip, which loosened so he could slip out "Well, why don't you put two and two together?" Rick asked in a snarky tone "I have my reasons." Rick told him seeing as Ludwig probably wouldn't understand if he explained everything.
"You're an outcast."

Rick found himself speechless as he looked to Ludwig in a confused manner, unable to find the right question as to ask why Ludwig thought that. "Your actions speaks louder than your muzzle." Was the only answer he got from the white canine before his owner got him excited to go home, which resulted in getting a tail to his face.

Rick sat there a long while, even after Dell stood up to say goodbye to the folks that remained at the little get together. He wasn't an outcast, he chose to be alone, he chose his life and the way he lived it. That dog seems to think he knows everything. "Contemplating something?" he heard the familiar voice of Tavish behind him, which he greeted with a glare over his shoulder. "Don't get fussy at me, lad, you were the one choosin to talk to 'um." Tavish said as he laid down lazily to wait for his human to finish up her conversation.
"Does he actually think the rat bones…"
"Are bird bones? Yeah, I told him they were bird bones from Mr. Voodoo's personal collection." Tavish seemed to smirk as he laid there, Rick looking at him before chuckling. Tavish wasn't half bad, if nothing else, he was amusing.

"Come on, Rick, time to go home." Rick's ears twitched at the familiar voice as he Dell gave him a gentle nudge with his hand as he passed by. His eyes caught Dell giving Lenore a hug as she headed to the back yard, possibly where Scout had chosen to remain after Rick entered the house.

Rick stood, stepping over Tavish on his way to Dell "Be a good dog, Rick… well, as good of a dog as a wolf can be." Tavish added as a somewhat goodbye as the duo left the household.

The short walk back was quiet, the sun having gone down enough to where it was dark but just light enough for Dell to be able to walk home without much difficulty in seeing, Rick on the other hand could see perfectly fine due to the upside of being a wolf.

Upon entering the house, aside from his damaged pride, he felt like the gathering hadn't been entirely a loss. He knew, somewhat, where he needed to go. Now, actually getting there would be difficult. A child's something? A child in pink out front? Pine… something, street? That would be difficult to go off of.

As two duo entered the home, there was one thought in the back of Rick's head that bothered him, not enough to affect much other than his attention span. What was he doing that gave Ludwig the notion that he was an 'outcast'? Whatever reason Ludwig had found, it was wrong.