LPF Week 7 - Steadfast

[hwango]

I love my job. Mostly it consists of just wandering around being scary, but I'm really good at it. And I love my boss! He's the best. And wow, what a great place to work! Who doesn't want to spend their nights roaming the grounds of a spooky old mansion filled with monsters and robots and tons of incredibly dangerous scientific equipment that fizzles and beeps and shoots lightning all over the place! It smells amazing!

I remember how exciting it was when I first got promoted! My first job involved chasing after balls and sticks and things, and occasionally barking at stuff. That was pretty great, but when I got promoted whole new worlds opened up to me! Did you know that there are colors?! I didn't even know they existed, and now thanks to the machines implanted in my head I can see them! Also, I'm pretty sure the machines implanted in my head are responsible for me being able to appreciate that I can see colors, and allow me to have complex ideas about abstract concepts. And one of them shoots lasers, which is also pretty neat.

I kind of miss my old paws, but now I've got opposable thumbs. Do you have any idea how much this has improved my ability to fetch sticks and balls? I mean, I don't get to spend a lot of time fetching sticks and balls anymore, but if I ever get to I am going to be so good at it. I can fetch more things, and bigger things! Heck, now that I've got this extra limb with a sawblade on the end I can cut down and fetch small trees! I hope my boss asks me to fetch him a tree someday. That would be great.

Like I said, though, mostly he just has me wander around the grounds, just inside the lightning moat. Oh yeah, I didn't tell you about the lightning moat! It's pretty great. It looks like it's just a big trench, but every once in a while lighting arcs from one side to the other. If it does that near me I run over and bark it at, which I think really adds to the effect.

What with me shambling around being terrifying and the electric moat and the fence covered in ivy that tries to strangle you, we don't really get very many intruders. That's okay, because I hate intruders. Like, really hate intruders, way more than I used to before the machines got put in my head. The only part of my job that I don't like is when intruders make it past the fence and the moat and I have to...do...stuff. I'd really rather use that saw blade to fetch my boss a tree. That would be great.

But mostly I love my job!

Comments

[murielle]

Aww! Poor puppy! I would totally ask him to fetch a tree!

Very well done! :-)

[hwango]

Thanks! Trees, balls of unthinkable size - whole new worlds of fetching possibilities await. = )

[meridian_rose]

This is great! Excited! Puppy! Speech! works beautifully :) And he's such a happy puppy, easily adaptable to the weirdness even if he'd rather be fetching trees than dealing with intruders :)

[hwango]

Thanks! Intruders are such a nuisance, right?

[the_eternal_overthinker]

Awww..poor puppy..I wish he escapes this job he loves ;) :P The voice worked for me...and the writing kept me guessing till I reached the end and realized "Ah! Twisted and Neat." Good job!

[hwango]

Thanks! It rarely ends well for evil scientists, so perhaps our enthusiastic puppy will get a chance to go work for someone a little less evil. = )

[bleodswean]

Hee! What a sweet puppy! He is definitely steadfast in spite or despite.

Have you read "Lives of the Monster Dogs"?

[hwango]

Wow, I had not heard of that, but reading the description on Amazon I can certainly see why this entry brought it to mind. Dang. I may have to check that out.

[static_abyss]

Captivating and entertaining as usual! I love how you have a perfect combination of innocence and creepiness. The chosen voice also really drives home the fact that this is some sort of puppy monster hybrid. Great job!

[hwango]

Thanks! I definitely have a soft spot for terrifying monsters that are secretly gentle souls.

[halfshellvenus]

Haha! I love this upbeat, horribly modified creature that is so eager to please its master.

If it weren't for the saw blade arm, I would think this might be Igor (who's to say how he started out)? But in a sense, he's AN Igor. And what an awesome one. :D

[hwango]

Igors come in all shapes and sizes. At least, they will ONCE MY EVIL PLAN IS COMPLETE! Muhaha ha ha HA!

[wolfden]

Poor puppy. This was fun to read.

[hwango]

Thanks! I am happy to have found the right balance of "fun" and "horrifying." = )

[alycewilson]

Pups are such loyal little beings, aren't they? And definitely steadfast, even when they don't understand what's happening.

[hwango]

I made a short list of things that leapt immediately to mind when I thought of "loyal," and dogs were at the top of that list. I figured, why fight it?

[rayaso]

From puppy to saw-bladed monster -- what a wonderful transition! At first I was expecting a vignette about working in a Halloween horror show, but then it turned into this -- what a great job!

[hwango]

One of these days I'm going to inadvertently meet expectations. = )

[dmousey]

Aww... but he's still a good boy! 🐭🐁😊✌

[hwango]

We can only hope. = )

[bellatrixe]

As a massive dog lover this is a win for me! just made me go "awww" out loud and smile so much. <3

[fausts_dream]

Cute story

[moretta]

What a twist (and how twisted)! So good.

[flipflop_diva]

Awww, puppy! I hope someday he can get promoted to a much better 'job' away from those evil scientists!

This was super cute. I love it!