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[The Man With No Name] ([personal profile] withloadedguns) wrote in [community profile] poly_chromatic2012-12-09 02:21 pm

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[Video Post]
[Flicker, flicker, snap! Although what can one see, really? It seems to be downright pandemonium at the moment: movement and thundering hooves and brown...cowhides? Yes, and lowing. That low rumbling sound, that's cattle lowing--tired, irritated cattle. Pushy cattle. Cattle not to keen on being made to go where they are going, and yet the herd demands it. The sounds seem to echo as though in a canyon. Or in a city street.

And there are also shouts and whistles from time to time. Whistles, followed by hoofbeats.

Cows! Lots of them! A herd of them!

And when there are cows, who does one call?

Cowboys, of course.

Fortunately, things are starting to clear, even if the view seems to be from the shoulder of a horse. That shouldn't be too surprising by now, videos like this at an angle like that. There's certainly one person we all know who ends up posting video like this to the Network all the damn time.

A couple of whistles come from just above the device (there he is now), the view turns, the horse steps sharply--and some would-be strays are pushed back in.

A pause and a view of nothing but cattle...walking around in a narrow road somewhere in the City (a small mercy it's not the square, but it's no fun to try and herd these critters in narrow alleyways).

A pause. The cows mill around. None wanders too far. A tally is made. An accounting.

Quietly, almost under his breath:]


Twenty-two.

[....................wait a minute...]

Twenty-two...

[An uncertain tone to that statement: twenty-two doesn't seem quite right. There is a pause. The horse is turned. The camera of the Network device alights on a calf, standing some distance removed from the herd, pitifully bleating. There's no laugh but the sound of a smile from the man on the horse.

He and the horse step around the calf and push it back into the herd.

A new answer:]


Twenty-three.

[Another pause, another smile.]

Twenty-two and a half.

[Get on there, cows. Maybe we ought to say "git along little dogies." Or something like that. In any event, he pushes the cows up the street. A lesson for you cows: don't try to annoy the cowboy. He'll only herd you. The cows move on through the streets, lowing and grumbling as cows do. The horse steps along behind them. A hand comes into view--of course it would, since there's a rope looped up nearby and the man on the horse (you know who he is by now) seems to need it.

But, in so doing, he snaps the lid shut on his Network device again. The sounds of the cattle echo for another moment more, but then even that too falls into the darkness in the empty space of the Network and the feeds ends in a--]

[//video post ends]

[ooc: These are the irritating but less violent cows that he's working on herding here. Feel free to join in and help, if you'd like. Otherwise, he'll just chase this little herd up to the barn and let them hang out there...where they will annoy him by cuddling up against him or trying to eat his duster or something, probably. And this is all funny because Rawhide. (Someone call him "Rowdy" today. Oh please.) If you'd like something of a visual (and a view of some really amazing chaps), look at the opening scenes of Hang 'Em High. You're welcome.]
universaltranslator: Uhura laughs (Happy: Too cool)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-11 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Uhura leans against a fence post and watches admiringly.]

Looking good, Rowdy.
universaltranslator: Uhura looks a little annoyed (Annoyed: Now here's the thing)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-12 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[You invited me.]

Are you a cowboy full-time, or is this a special curse event?
universaltranslator: Uhura looks annoyed (Serious: What?)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-12 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ride drag?

[Alas, she doesn't know your colloquialisms!]
universaltranslator: Uhura smiles (Happy: Cheerleader smile)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-15 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you usually do?
universaltranslator: Uhura looks playful (Happy: I've got a secret)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-18 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
You must keep pretty busy.
universaltranslator: Uhura smiles (Happy: Laughing smile)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-19 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't mind a bit. It's flattering from a handsome gentleman such as himself.]

My name's Nyota. [She holds out her hand with a smile.] It's nice to meet you.
universaltranslator: Uhura gives a flirty smile (Flirty: Oh really?)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-19 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Not usually. But I thought I'd stretch my legs a bit. [Her usual haunts were way too full of cattle. At least this place is the type of place where cows belong.]

So how exactly do you hustle cattle?

[Magic space future. She doesn't know what she's saying.]
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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-23 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[You've got a nice smile, sir. You should do it more often.]

Do the cattle ever fight back?
universaltranslator: Uhura looks out a window and smiles (Happy: Look at this world)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-27 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe?

[A curious answer. Care to elaborate?]
universaltranslator: Uhura makes a face (Goofy: GRRRRRRR)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-29 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Uhura eyes the cattle nervously, and backs away a little.]
universaltranslator: Uhura looks shocked (Scared: What?)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2012-12-30 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cattle might as well be alien life forms to her, and she doesn't have a phaser if things get rough.]

I'll take your word for that.
universaltranslator: Uhura looks out a window and smiles (Happy: Look at this world)

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[personal profile] universaltranslator 2013-01-01 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Can I?

[The answer is yes!]

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