voice: un: vi

[faceblocks]

Okay, so everyone knows the lamp network is in the shitter right now, and in case anyone missed it, we got truck rides.

[have a link of free promotion from a coworker! kind of!]

Hit them up if you want to stay safe. But. I'm doing rides, too, only I don't have a truck. It's piggyback or princess carry, bring your own helmet and maybe close your eyes if you're afraid of heights.

[fang will also provide rides that are less ...risky.]

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[dousedflame]

[Her ears twitch - she remembers Maul mentioning that he'd been a cat for a while. How many other people had that experience?]

Maybe. I haven't tried speaking with the loners- the other cats here, yet. I don't want them thinking I'm stepping into their territory for no reason.

[There's a lot of etiquette around that, where she's from.]

I don't think I'm very big. Smaller than a RiverClan cat, but bigger and stronger than a kittypet. [A pause.] Those are cats who live with Twolegs.

[faceblocks]

[she doesn't know about maul's cat transformation - she'd be very amused - but she did see video evidence of him being a ...giant lizard. so if she had to guess how many other people had a run in with being a cat, odds are looking pretty average to high. maybe higher for the old timers.]

All the batcats I've met seem pretty chill. Got two living in our place, and they like everybody. So far, anyway.

Cheeto's a still a baby, so you're definitely bigger than she is. I'm a twolegs, you're a fourlegs, is that how it works?

Oh, yeah, there's a badass witch here that can talk in "all the legs". Legless, too. Nightmares, small snakes, corruption ...deer, you name it. Maybe she could get the word out so you don't feel like you gotta watch your back?

[she is talking about snow white. obviously a badass witch.]

[dousedflame]

[She lets out a little chirp of laughter.]

I've heard some of you use another word - humans, was it? The kittypets call you housefolk. Other than birds, you're the only creatures I know of that walk on two legs.

[The thing about Snow White is noted, though. She'll have to seek her out.]

Someone else mentioned the batcats, although I wasn't sure what to make of them. Is that was Cheeto is - a batkit?

[faceblocks]

Some of us do, yeah. I'm human, well ...maybe not technically anymore because of the whole squid-and-sleeper thing. I've been a folk before, though it's fissurefolk on account of living in the undercity. Lots of humans there, but that's not all by any means.

We've got all kinds of faces, but I've heard that's not the case for some places.

[that sounds a little boring, honestly. also:]

Well, look at me and my accidental rhyme, there. Cheeto is indeed a batkit, of the slightly spicy variety. Her full name's Lady Cheeto Dust of House Hammerfist.

[she can be a princess if vi says so, right? westerosi style titles don't have to make sense in trench. if any knight can make a knight then a sworn sword can make a batcat a lady.]

She gets her blood from people that aren't me, since I've got the poison in my veins.

Speaking of, there's plenty of stuff to hunt here, if that's your thing, and I mean for food, not the job of taking down corruption beasts. Can't imagine those would be very tasty, but I can't say for sure. [a pause, as she thinks about the former.] And if you don't wanna hunt? You're in luck, because that's covered, too, bu a crap ton of places.

[assuming bluestar doesn't drink blood - not a staple of any cat she's ever heard of. vi is no expert, but she's done a fair bit of reading about cats (...and horses) while in trench.]

[dousedflame]

[Bluestar's fur puffs up - Maul hadn't mentioned that batcats drink blood. They sound like the sort of monsters that queen cats would make up to scare their kittens. Even if Cheeto is only a kit, she suddenly wants even less to do with the adults.]

I've found a few mice in the barn I've been staying in... not enough to fully live on, but I hear plenty of prey in the forest. There are definitely... bigger things there, though. I have a feeling sooner or later I'll discover something that eats cats.

[Anything large enough to scare a Twoleg is too big a fight for a cat. She's taking all the warnings she's received very seriously.]

[faceblocks]

[trench and blood, it's easy to forget sometimes - things running on blood (even sleepers, sometimes) is now a day ending in y for vi, but ...well, it's a lot for someone to take in. and who's to say if this one's fresh out of the sea or been around just long enough to realize how different this place can be.]

Oh, yeah, tons of prey out there. But ...you're right. The prey's prey for bigger stuff that's keen on eating us, too. Maybe not me, because poison stinky blood, but also maybe me? Some of 'em don't care about that.

I know a wolf or two that'd hunt with you, if you're a "safety in numbers" kinda cat. And I can show you where the crabs are. Or just bring you something. Make a food drop.

[the smaller ones, that is. the very large ones are a pass for sure.]

[dousedflame]

I don't know what a wolf is. Or a crab. [She hesitates.] But... I will appreciate you showing me anywhere that prey runs.

[She probably will need a food drop eventually. She knows how to fish but she isn't good at it by any means, and she's far too intimidated by the docks.]

Honestly, I would feel safer with my Clanmates around. If you meet any other cats that use these talking stones, please let me know.

[faceblocks]

Wolves are---

[she almost says 'wolves are friends', but that's not always the case. more often than not, sure. but there are always exceptions.]

---different kind of predator. Crabs, too, even though that's weird and crabs should just be food, but welcome to Trench where everything's weird and that makes it the new normal, I guess.

First one I see, or uh, hear, I'll send them to user name: bluestar, and I wouldn't count it out, either. New sleepers show up all the time. But if it's safety you want, I've been known to hire myself out for that sort of thing.

[dousedflame]

I don't mean to offend you, but I don't think you would be very helpful when hunting mice.

[She is speaking slowly, just to make sure she doesn't say something overtly offensive. Twoleg footfalls make the ground shake, at least enough to startle prey.]

But if I need protection, I would appreciate your help. I'll do what I can in return - whatever might be useful to you.