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[blastiafreak]

[Here is one Rita, glancing off to the side of the camera defensively.]

Okay, if--if nobody comes and picks them up, I'm not keeping them all.

[A slight blurring of the video as the camera rotates, and the picture focuses on no fewer than half a dozen cats lounging in various spaces in the study.

Yeah, guess who was busy during that robbing curse. Eyes is nowhere to be seen...because he's out of sight of the device, comfortably situated in Rita's lap.]

[ooc: If your character owns a cat, feel free to have theirs be part of Rita's haul!]

Comments

[stargathering]

[ Tyr would have just surprised Kanone, but now he's imagining this. ] ...I bet. His attachment to Eyes is... [ ...yeeeeah. ]

[blastiafreak]

It was just unnatural! He wouldn't shut up about it until I brought him back. [Because clearly it's abnormal to be angry that she stole him in the first place.]

[stargathering]

Maybe he was worried about the fact you were hoarding him with a bunch of other cats.

[blastiafreak]

Why would he be worried about that?

[Wait, what did Tyr come here for? Yeah, it's off to the disaster zone that is the study!] Anyway, you want to look at them, right?

[stargathering]

[ He would have given her a few reasons, but instead he just nods. ] Yeah, I want to pick one myself...

[blastiafreak]

So let's go. And you don't have to pick just one. [She leads him to the study, where cats are still lounging all over the place. At least she cleaned up that hairball, too...]

[stargathering]

I'd rather not. He might not accept the one as it is...

[ Tyr wanders in, careful not to step on anything and I'm glad Rita is sanitary, at least. All the cats look pretty ordinary to him, but Tyr has cat-catching experience. ...as he carefully takes his time picking one. ]

prooobably last one before bed o/

[blastiafreak]

[even she wouldn't leave vomit on the floor THAT'S JUST GROSS sob While Rita just stands off to the side and watches...maaaybe petting another cat, though it's not the same as Eyes.]

If he doesn't, you're keeping it.

okay! ♥ sleep well!

[stargathering]

[ LEON IS STILL PROUD, SURELY. Rita may miss Eyes, but Tyr doesn't notice. He's looking at the more available cats. Having another that looks like Eyes might be bad, so... He goes for the tortoiseshell cat that seemed to be very happy licking herself until Tyr started petting her. ]

I'll keep that in mind... [ ...strokestoke. He wouldn't mind having a cat... ] But if you're just releasing the others, I could do that, too...

morning~♥

[blastiafreak]

[YES. SOMEHOW. No way, she totally doesn't miss him. Even if the cat she's petting looks slightly similar.]

I guess, but...It's not like one more cat's going to make a huge difference at your home.

Good morning! ♥

[stargathering]

[ Sure you don't, Rita. Tyr isn't really enjoying the way the cat he's petting is nuzzling his hand, either. ]

...That's a good point. [ as an excuse ] If Kanone rejects it, I'll take this one home.

[ Scooping up the kitty now. ]

♥

[blastiafreak]

[Right, just like Luc isn't a cat person. And she's succeeded in getting rid of another one no she won't be sad to see it go]

It'll probably like you better than it would like him, anyway.

[stargathering]

[ All these characters hate cats, most of all Kanone. ]

Probably. [ Is it purring? Ahhh. He doesn't look at her while her scratches behind the cat's ears. ] Kanone doesn't seem like the type to let things go if they reject him, though...

[blastiafreak]

[Absolutely. He didn't want Eyes back at all.]

[Rita furrows her eyebrows at the statement, but--anything weird about it is probably just her imagination.] So you think he's that starved for attention from a cat?

[stargathering]

[ And Eyes is such a sweet cat! ]

...Yeah. [ Even if he agreed to give Eyes to Tyr for a bet, Tyr is sure that was just a bluff. ] Doesn't he seem lonely to you?

[blastiafreak]

[He was around Rita~]

[And Tyr is asking the wrong person that question.] Huh? What's lonely about him?

[stargathering]

[ ...Spoiled cat. ]

[ And Tyr isn't sure if talking to Kanone to Rita or...pretty much anyone he knows is a good idea at all. ] It's just the feeling I get, like he doesn't have much company.

[blastiafreak]

[Spoiled or doomed?]

[While Rita sort of wonders why he's even mentioning it in the first place.] Maybe he spends too much time with that cat, after all.

[stargathering]

[ Spoiled to death? ]

[ It totally isn't because he's worried about Kanone and himself a little! Tyr doesn't sound certain when he responds: ] Maybe...

--He's still getting this one whether it's the cat's fault of not, though.

[blastiafreak]

[Hopefully not, but.;;]

She does find that response kind of weird, and is a little caught between curiosity and the fact that it's Kanone.] Then he can spend even more time with his cats. Why are you giving it to him, anyway?

[stargathering]

[ ... ;____; ]

Because he should have a cat that doesn't hate him, and you're going to put them out on the streets anyway... I don't think Kanone is cruel to cats if nothing else.

[ ...that came off a bit more strongly than he would have wanted. He looks back up at her. ] Would you rather he spent more time with you?

[blastiafreak]

[The way he worded it makes it sound like she's just abandoning them--okay, maybe she sort of is, but he didn't have to say it like that. She crosses her arms uncomfortably and glances away.] I was just curious, all right? There's no way I'm going to waste my time with him.

[stargathering]

[ Tyr is pretty sure she is just abandoning them, so no guilt on his part! Even if he does sort of question doing this now. ] I didn't think so. It's just Eyes you care about, isn't it?

[blastiafreak]

[It's not like they're her responsibility or anything...] I don't care about him or his stupid cat!

[stargathering]

[ They put themselves there! ] ...You must have been really cursed to steal a cat you didn't care about from a guy like Kanone...