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[ The sheepish look on his face is not one that he's proud of, especially because of what's happening immediately behind him. There's a dog on its back, all four legs in the air, and its chewing on the rope of his lasso. He only wishes that he could say this has happened to him before. ]

If anyone's seeing this, I could use a little help to get out of this...situation.

[ The dog barks. ]

I don't know if I'll get arrested for this, but I think this animal might belong to someone and is lost, so any distractions for the police would be very appreciated.

[ Another bark, like the dog approves and is enjoying its upside-down antics, kicking its legs in the air like it enjoys it. With a wary look back at the screen, Vasquez gives one last pleading look of help in a single expression. ]

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( enter a bemused blonde, only halfway attempting to hide a smile behind her hand. )

I think you just adopted a dog, actually.

( If she looks a little endeared, please don't mind her. Caitlin doesn't have time for a dog back home, but she's always thought having one would be lovely. Dogs are the best. )

I think the dog belongs to someone, all right...

( She smirks a little. )

I also think you've become that someone.

[ no, no. no, he'd really been trying to avoid thinking of that, because the mutt didn't have a collar, but that doesn't mean he didn't slip away and escape!

which probably makes him more of vasquez's type of dog than anything. ]

No, I didn't, I was just walking and I thought it would be good to have some practice.

[ meanwhile, behind him, the dog has managed to lie on its side, panting and nosing the lasso towards vasquez like a leash. vasquez is ignoring him, pointedly, he is. ]

It's someone else's.

Yeah, I think you're going to have a hard time convincing the dog of that. I think he likes you.

( that, or the dog is into weird bouts of s&m, but that's a little too much for a first conversation. or any conversation, for that matter. )

What's his name?

[ Steph snorts a laugh. ]

You've been adopted.

No. No, that's...no.

[ He's laughing like it's a joke, a terrible joke, but holding the device in both hands, he squints at the girl making such bad jokes before glancing to the dog, who doesn't seem to be struggling out of the lasso. ]

Look, I'll show you.

[ Kneeling down to start loosening it, he manages to get it undone without anyone seeing (a miracle). Unfortunately, when he does, the dog doesn't go anywhere, so much as he licks Vasquez's ear.

So, you know, it's a good thing he's not armed right now. ]

I'm going to shoot you.

[ He's not specifying who the 'you' is here. ]

( In spite of herself, Caitlin laughs but her expression is caught between amusement and sympathy. )

Look at him go...

( Now she is joking. )

Aww, come on, he likes you! Look at him.

He can like me all he wants, I don't like him.

[ Which is maybe a bit harsh, because honestly, Vasquez has barely thought of a dog, so mostly he's just irritated that it won't leave him alone. ]

How should I know his name? He's not mine and he has nothing on him to say what it is.

[ Vasquez is glowering into the camera, shaking his head. ]

If I've been adopted, he can abandon me anytime. I don't want to be responsible for anything.

[ Not to mention, he'd only been trying to lasso the dog before it wandered into traffic for practice, not because he cared. ]

[ Vasquez doesn't want to look at him, he doesn't want to look at the dog, because he knows what will happen. His damn soft heart will make him want to look and keep the dog and he can't do that. Being responsible is not something he wants to do. ]

I don't care if he likes me, I lasso'ed him to practice and to stop him from wandering into the street, that doesn't give him the right to like me.

[ The dog barks at this exact moment like the little puta is trying to disrespect him. ]

( Caitlin frowns at that. She hadn't connected the dots. )

Fine, then drop him off at the animal shelter. They can scan him for a microchip and see if he already belongs to someone else they can contact to pick him up or else they'll find him a forever home.

( good luck with that, grumpy gills. caroline just arches a brow. if he really didn't like the dog, logic would hold that he would have already untied it, right? he'd have shooed it away and called it a day, yes? since he hasn't, she thinks it's fair to assume at least some small part of this man really does like the dog. )

He looks like... hm. Maybe a Lassie. ( he did lasso the dog. ) Or Sage? Smokey?

[well, it's not the first... or even the second time he's seen a cowboy, but it's definitely the first time one's had a dog in tow. don't mind the chuckles too much, vasquez.]

Think you're a little beyond help, bud.
Anyone ever tell you the cardinal rule about strays? [a pause] You don't bring 'em with you or you'll never get rid of 'em.

You can always take it to a shelter. As far as I know dogs haven't figured out how to work doors yet.

Yes, that. That sounds better.

[ Unfortunately, there's now a clueless look that passes over his face. Because... ]

Where's the shelter? And what's a forever home? Are you talking about them killing the dog and sending him off to whatever waits after?

I'm not sure, you'd have to look at the town map. I know there is one, though. Best Friends Rescue. I haven't been there myself.

( She looks surprised at that; Caitlin hadn't considered that it might be a kill shelter. It probably isn't in Cadelle, but she doesn't actually know the answer to his question and it shows on her face. )

Oh...no, I think it's probably a no-kill shelter and they'll keep him until he finds another home. You'd have to ask them...some shelters will keep animals for a given amount of time and then...yeah...

Or 'Anyone But Mine'.

[ He's glaring, even if a small part of him is only worried because the dog had been close to hurting himself and he'd looked very sweet, he supposes. Glowering at the stranger, he also wonders why she's not helping. ]

Are you going to come help me untie him and find an owner or no?

It was that I put the lasso over him or he was going to be a pancake-dog in traffic, and I don't want to have to peel that off the ground.

[ He's not exactly happy with the situation, which is clear, but the dog seems plenty eager to bark and offer its opinion that it's enjoying the whole thing. Vasquez sighs, long-suffering. ]

I thought maybe I would be more in trouble for tying up a dog in public. Do people not care about this?

[ Once in a while Jax is the Worst. And right now this one of those moments. Excuse as he guffaws over this entire situation. This is cute, man. How can you say no to such an adorable dog? ]

I don't know, man. Looks like the dog's definitely found you.

[ Badum tsst. Thank you! He'll be here all week! ]

I don't know why you're fighting this. You could have just untied him and let him go, but you didn't...

( hold your horses, cowboy. she'll treat him to a bit of a show as she tugs the straps of her boots up her calves; it's less intentional and more just for the sheer fact that she really only has two hands to do anything with, and they're needed more urgently to get dressed. too bad for vasquez she already had the rest on, eh? )

Where are you, exactly, that you're running into cute dogs all by yourself?

[fry squint. that...doesn't look like one of theirs. but he could be mistaken.]

I don't think the police will really care. But you can bring him to the shelter if you want?

[where he knows that they'll do everything they can to have him take the little guy back out the doors with him. there's plenty of animals who need a good home here.]

You might want to untie him first though.

[ She's laughing. She can't help but be laughing, right now. ]

Oh my God, you two are adorable.

There's one problem with that. I don't know where the shelter is.

[And maybe there's a stubborn part of him that's willing to ask for help on an open video network, but not to a person right in front of him. He's not sure how he'd react to any disdain or disapproval if it's right in front of him and a fight isn't what he needs today. ]

Can you look it up? Guide me?

[Vasquez looks at the dog, then the video on the phone, bending down to haul the dog into his arms because he thinks it will run away. Though, maybe that's not such a bad idea.]

And there's no park? Maybe somewhere that has fences that I could just drop him off? Maybe his owners will come see him.

[Not that Vasquez imagines there are any, but then, he also doesn't deal much with dogs that aren't strays and mutts.]

[He makes an unimpressed face, though whether it's because of Jax or the dog, he's not saying. He's still extremely unhappy, so maybe he's just going to keep glaring at the both of them for a while. Nothing is adorable about this, he thinks, nothing.]

I don't have to keep it just because I stopped it from getting flattened. Do I? Is that a thing in the future?

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