> You have received the quest Cat Needs Food Badly

[shiroganeheir]

FELIX MAXIMUS MAGNUS, YOU GET YOUR FURRY ASS BACK HERE OR SO HELP ME IZANAMI.....

[Naoto's angry voice rings out across the network before she cuts herself off.]

My apologies, everyone. I seem to have lost a fat, white cat. He will likely eat all of your food if you are not careful. If you find him please let me know.

[OOC: Feel free to make up Magnus sightings! He's fussy, arrogant, and will eat all of your food.]

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[loyalrebel]

Where are you? I believe I have found him and can get him to you.

[shiroganeheir]

Thank you, Malik-san.

[She streams a quick transmission of where she is, not far from the door to the workshop.]

Does that help?

Psychic > in person

[loyalrebel]

Yes, it does. Just... be ready to grab him if need be.

[And so, a good bit later there comes a potentially ridiculous sight. One Felix Maximus rightfully delivered with... a sparrow perched (semi)majestically on his head. The sparrow has horns. It also talks. With Malik's voice.]

I think I am safe enough, though it got a bit close when I had him chasing me.

Action forever

[shiroganeheir]

Magnus, you must know better than to chase birds.

[She squats down and pets the cat, who just grumbles a bit.]

Thank you, Malik-san. I appreciate it. I barely know what to do with a Bit that adopted me, let alone a cat.

[She ends up sitting on the ground watching the cat and bird. Magnus has given up trying to either throw off the sparrow or bat at it. He lets out a resigned yowl.]

Re: Action forever

[loyalrebel]

He is a cat, chasing birds and mice is what they do.

[He fluffs up a bit at her thanks, wings shuffling a little.]

Cats are... fairly self sufficient, I am sure that if you leave out some food and water for him in your rooms he will think of it as home.

[shiroganeheir]

That is true.

[She smiles at the fluffing bird, resisting a temptation to pet its feathers.]

I hope he does. I am getting fond of the furball.

[loyalrebel]

[Malik really does not realize how adorable he is like this.]

I am sure he is fond of you as well, as much as a cat can be at any rate. At least hopefully you will not have to worry about kittens, hm?

[shiroganeheir]

[Somewhat instinctively, she holds out a hand in case he wants to hop over.]

I certainly hope not. The last thing we need is Traveler Kittens. I don't want to know what they would end up being able to do.

[loyalrebel]

[He does, more because she offers than anything. He's exactly as warm and fluffy as any sparrow would be, tiny talons scratching against her fingers.]

Float and breathe fire maybe? Wait I think those are dragons, not kittens.

[Yes, he is trying to make a joke here. Forgive him.]

[shiroganeheir]

[She actually laughs a bit, making a small space in her hands for him to burrow if he so chooses.]

That... would not be very good around here. The last thing we need is more fire, literal or figurative.

[And then she pauses, glancing out over the space for a moment, then back to the bird in her hands.]

Thank you, by the way.

[loyalrebel]

[He fluffs up a bit indignantly at her laugh, but stays put. He's well aware of how rare it is to be able to hold a usually wild and nervously shy creature like he currently is, so he's fine with indulging her a bit.]

If only more people agreed with that sentiment.

You have no need to thank me, it is only sense to be cautious with who gets taught things. Especially the more... weaponized skills.

[shiroganeheir]

I would think that would be common sense. However, around here, common sense seems to be not very common.

[She takes a breath, shaking her head.]

Sometimes I wonder how some of these people got by in their own worlds. There is no logical reason they should not have gotten themselves killed or shunned by others.

[loyalrebel]

I wonder that about most of you every moment, but then I am also from a very different place in time than all of you.

You all seem... comparatively sheltered and coddled to what I am used to.

[He really hopes that's not terribly offensive to point out.]

[shiroganeheir]

That is... a valid assessment, even for myself. I grew up in a metaphorical ivory tower. My family have been detectives for many generations, and I trained myself from a young age to do that, and only that. It has not been until recently that I have been exposed to much of anything outside of detection, books, and police stations.

My grandfather means well, but he is quite old, and fussy.

[She sighs, glancing down at the sparrow.]

There are things that I feel I can understand better than those twice my age, but there are things that even Maria-chan can do better than I.

[loyalrebel]

You have seemed a bit better about understanding that about yourself than others here.

[He just kinda fluffs up, comfortable as he is for the time being.]

You are... not alone in having been trained to be something specific your entire life. I was handed a sword when I was a child and trained to be a warrior in the same war that my father fought in and his father before him.

It may not be much, but you are welcome to complain at me about everyone else over tea if you ever want to. I might have to ask seemingly stupid questions... but the offer is open.

[shiroganeheir]

To many people, their world is the only world, and the only way things could be. I have seen the darker sides of humanity, things that are 'ordinary' for some, but extraordinary to others. To some, staying at home and preparing a household for one's husband is the highlight of their lives. To others, the idea is horrific. What we experience here is... on a much larger scale, but the basic idea is still the same.

[She pauses, and smiles a tiny bit.]

Perhaps, even with a gap of almost a thousand years, we are not that much different.

I thank you, Malik-san. I will likely take you up on that. You cannot ask any less intelligent questions than many of my acquaintances at school.

[And then, a bright blue light shines between them, and an Emperor card spins between them. She stares for a moment, and then smiles, a tiny, amused smile.]

[loyalrebel]

The more people change, the more we stay the same. People enact horrors on one another for reasons only they can fathom and have done so since even before my time.

[He's in the middle of a chuckle when the light shines, and he flails off her hand to the ground with a flip of wings and horns with a muffled shout when he lands awkwardly in the damp sand.]

What the-?!

[shiroganeheir]

[The light and card go away quickly, taken back into Naoto herself. She reaches down, a bit of a peace offering.]

I apologize, Malik-san. That was... my S.Tech acting up. What it was showing is what is called a Social Link in my world, a connection between two people.

[loyalrebel]

Why does it need to be so... flashy?

[He'll hop back up, still ruffled from his tumble.]