User blog:Baluar/Special chapter 1: Enter the dog, plus my first drawing attempt

Yeah... this is Special Chapter one. Might post more in the future.

Despite the fact I’ve always liked dogs, ever since my first dog died of old age when I was a kid, I never had one again. That changed, though, when I met Rufo.

I was one day walking through the Sunken Grid, and I began to hear a distant yet clear bark coming from somewhere. I headed towards the place where the noise seemingly came from. There was a dog that resembled a black retriever, but much larger (kind of like how large I am when compared to average people), barking aggressively towards an Ogretail. The Ogretail seemingly didn’t care about it, but the dog wasn’t kidding: it jumped over and sank its teeth in the Aragami’s head. I assumed the dog was going to be crushed, but its attack surprisingly killed the Aragami. That intrigued me. I began to call it:

-Hey boy! Come here. I won’t do anything to you. – The dog seemingly was distrustful, but came close anyway. I began to pet him while saying: – Good boy! Here, let me give you this. – I had just bought some ham, and took the closest way to home passing through the Sunken Grid. When I took my hand off my pocket, the dog sat down, moved its tail sideways and barked once. – Here you go! – I said while throwing it a bit of ham. He grabbed it in the air. I repeated the operation two or three times, and I then said: – Sorry boy, but I’ve got to leave. – He leaned his head towards his right and watched me as I left. That broke my heart, but I had to leave him.

When I was entering home, though, I saw a shadow passing underneath me. I was closing the door and then I looked towards the carpet the shadow had installed itself, and turned the light on. As one can imagine, it was the dog. Despite I had never seen it moving, he apparently followed me all the way here. He then repeated his gesture of sitting down, move his tail and bark. That convinced me I should adopt him.

-Hmmm, let’s see how I’ll call you. Toto? Nah, too generic. – I omit all the 50+ names I said but didn’t like. – What about Rufo? I like Rufo. What do you think, boy? – He barked. And that’s how I adopted him.

Curiously, months later Dr. Sakaki came home, and he was intrigued with the dog for some reason. He asked me for a bit of its hair while drinking his tea, and I granted him a bit I managed to cut with a knife before Rufo knew I was behind him. The next day, Sakaki came again, and with news:

-That dog is an Aragami!

-I had thought so. That was the only logical explanation for why its bite killed an Ogretail. – I replied, knowing beforehand that Rufo was an Aragami. Sakaki, however, had his eyes wide open.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Would you lend me the dog so I can study him? – He asked.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Forget about it, Doc. I’ve no plans of letting you study my dog. – 2 seconds of silence. – I’ve got a doubt. Are there any benefits of Rufo being an Aragami?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Well, there’s the possibility he could live longer, but we’ll only know for sure if…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-… if we study him. I know you, Paylor. I’ve already said no. Thanks for letting me know. How’s the tea?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-Actually it’s quite good.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-That means I’m getting the hang of it. Although I myself have always preferred coffee…

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:20.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Plus, you get to see my first drawing attempt in Anime/Manga style.

<p class="MsoNormal">While it's pretty shitty (granted, it's my first drawing ever in this style, so it's no surprise), I've got to admit, it's better than I thought it'd be. That lets you know just how much of a PATHETIC drawer I am.

<p class="MsoNormal">Not that I really care about it. I know I excel at other things.

<p class="MsoNormal">Give your opinions. And please, be as destructive as possible. I want to know what's the less bad thing of the pic and what makes you want to puke when you see it.