The rain rain rain came down down down...

[talkyourwayout]

It was a good day to be inside, that was for sure.

"Sorry about your trip, Unca Scrooge..."

Although Louie was very glad it at least wasn't a thunderstorm. The rain was coming down hard, but without thunder and lightning, they were okay to stand by the kitchen window and watch - it was kind of cool-looking, in a way, everything blurred by the rainfall. Even inside the manor, though, the cold of the day's weather could be felt, which was less than cool. Louie pulled his hood up over his head - it still kind of smelled like the soap Boober had washed it with, and that got a nostalgic smile out of him. Sure, that day had been stressful, but all's well that ends well, right? He pulled the hood further down his face, until it was nearly covering his eyes, and inhaled deeply.

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[thewisdomwithin]

In her little towel cocoon, Mokey scooched over closer to Gobo.

"Well, it was an adventure - not the kind I'd like to repeat, of course," she said softly, "but an adventure."

[gobetween]

Gobo laughed weakly, leaning against her as she came closer. He lowered the towel to his shoulders.

"Yeah, I guess." A pause, then, "I'm glad you're okay, Mokey."

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey leaned against Gobo in return, genuine confusion on her face at what he'd said.

"Of course I'm okay, I was with you."

[gobetween]

"Sure." He closed his eyes, resting on her. At another shiver, he tucked the towel up more. "I won't let anything happen to you..."

[thewisdomwithin]

She nuzzled against his towel. "Mmm, I know, Gobo."

She'd always felt so - just so safe with him, even when he made a mess so often. The world could be big and confusing, especially - but not only - beyond Fraggle Rock. Gobo... Gobo was a tether, in some ways.

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[gobetween]

He nodded faintly, nuzzling up a bit into her.

There he stayed until he heard footsteps, and he glanced up to see Scrooge returning, now in a different coat he noted.

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[moneymatters]

Scrooge glanced at them curiously as he came up, but only tucked that away for now, in favor of the actual matter at hand.

"Come along, then. There's warm soap and water ready for you both." Once they'd both stood up, he led them to the master bath, where he'd prepared the tub for them. "I'm no' sure what constitutes a deep clean for a Fraggle, but this'll get every bit of mud out of your fur, I can promise you that. You can drain it here," he indicated, "and then refill it here if you need more water, and there's a couple of towels for you both on the hamper there once you're finished. Louie and I will leave you alone for it, but we won't be far if you need anything; just call."

[thewisdomwithin]

"Thank you, Scrooge," Mokey said, leaning up towards the edge of the tub. "It smells good in there, Gobo!"

[gobetween]

Gobo leaned over himself, momentarily cheered by realizing the same. "It does. Thanks, Scrooge." As the old duck nodded and stepped out, Gobo slipped the towel off and carefully stepped into the water, sucking in a breath at first. Ooh that was warm, wasn't it? There was a definite grateful sigh though, as he sank into it up to his eyes, tail bobbing up weightlessly behind him.

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey slid in shortly after, sighing with relief to be truly warmed. Idly, she splashed her hands and tail against the water's sudsy surface.

"Red would like this place," she giggled.

[gobetween]

"Yeah, though I don't think Scrooge would appreciate having to mop water off the ceiling." He snickered softly, then took in a breath to dip completely below the water, starting to scrub himself all over.

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey nodded with another little laugh. She took a slightly different approach to cleaning herself off - she submerged her tail completely, then used her belouvious as a scrub brush of sorts.

[gobetween]

The tub was big enough for him to turn over a few times without disturbing Mokey, getting to every spot that he could. Now just- he flipped, getting his arms behind him -to try and get- nope, couldn't reach, maybe his tail? -his back- oh shoot NOPE RUNNING OUT OF AIR-

He came up with a splash and a large gasp, breathing deeply a few times.

[thewisdomwithin]

"Oh!" Mokey blinked in surprise as Gobo popped back up, then tilted her head just a bit. "Gobo, are you okay?"

[gobetween]

"Yeah, I just stayed under too long trying to scrub everywhere." He laughed weakly, pushing his hair back. It worked better this time.

"Can't quite get my back though. Mind giving me a hand?"

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey smiled softly and nodded before half-walking, half-swimming around to behind Gobo. She scooped up sudsy water in her hands and gently began to scrub his back - well, mostly gently. Some of that mud was stubborn!

[gobetween]

Gobo smiled, closing his eyes. It was like getting a massage at the same time, and after that ordeal he certainly felt like he needed one.

[thewisdomwithin]

After a good while of scrubbing, Mokey's expression shifted a bit - not that Gobo was looking, but her gentle smile turned into something a bit more sly as she lightly tickled his sides.

[gobetween]

He started giggling, squirming a little. "M-m-mokey-ey-yy, tha-ahaha-t tickles-s-s!"

[thewisdomwithin]

She pulled her hands back, though she laughed as she did so. "Of course! That's why I did it."

[gobetween]

He was still giggling, turning to face her. "Fine, but that totally leaves you open for retribution."

He brought up his hands with curled fingers, then dove them in and started tickling her sides.

[thewisdomwithin]

"G-Gobo!" Mokey sputtered, though she grinned through her protests and half-hearted attempts to escape.

[gobetween]

"Fair's fair, Mokey!" He tickled her a few more moments, then leaned back with a laugh.

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey smiled at him for a few seconds of quiet, then grabbed Gobo in a tight hug. The adrenaline and sense of strangeness were both wearing off, and - as he'd said of her earlier - she was just so happy that he was okay.

[gobetween]

Gobo welcomed the hug, holding onto her. In that moment, the glow after the brief bit of playing around, the last bits of his worries seemed to wash away with the rest of the dirt. Alright, so it wasn't the best "welcome" to Outer Space, but they had weathered it together, and that was what counted about this, right? He'd definitely do his absolute level best to keep her safe, but it was nice knowing there was someone there to keep him safe, too.