Cat About Town

[meowna]

Who: Morgana and you, OPEN POST
What: Catch-all post!
When: From mid-April to mid-May
Where: Errywhere
Warnings: IDK, maybe some swearing? I don't expect much. Except you guys possibly filthing up my poor innocent kitten's nice clean post. =P


Pool Party (cat form; during the heatwave, 5/2-5/4)
[You know what really sucks? Having black fur during a heatwave. Cats run hotter than humans to begin with, he's stuck with a full fur coat, and he's a heat sink? Maybe he's a weenie, but he's still basically dying over here.

However! Morgana has found a solution. He's turned the laundry room sink into his own private pool, closing the drain and filling it with just enough cold water to come up to his neck if he's laying down. Maybe you spot him lounging while you come in to do some laundry? Or maybe you hear some splashing and come to investigate; he's not above playing in the water a little. (As long as he's alone, that is. He has a reputation to maintain!)]


Let's Play (mascot form; whenever)
[Morgana's still not really used to the fact that he can just..... take his mascot form whenever he wants to now. Usually, he goes around as a cat; even in a strange place like this, it's surprisingly easy to just forget. Now, though? He's a man on a mission!

That mission is to play video games himself for the first time ever, because he actually has paws capable of holding a controller now. Any gamers and/or nerds around who would like to help him pick one from the selection he's examining, impart their wisdom, or just do a two player game with him?]


Food Glorious Food (mascot form; whenever)
[Have you ever tried to use a kitchen when you're about two feet tall? It's actually pretty hard, especially when you don't even know how to cook. He's got to pretty much climb inside the fridge to get almost anything that isn't in the bottom drawers, (please don't close him inside because you think somebody left the door open, or you're going to get a very distressed cat probably slamming you in the gut with the door as he throws it open again), climb on the counter and maybe into the cabinets to get to anything, and let's not forget how hard it is to try and climb up or down while holding something..... The kitchen is an exercise in frustration, and the hungrier he is, the more of a headache it is to navigate.

Are you encountering him dragging in a chair so he can get to the counter more easily? Jumping out of a cabinet with a plate or bowl? Sitting on the counter reading the instructions on a package to try and make it himself? Or maybe he's given up on actually cooking, and is just eating an entire thing of lunch meat straight out of the pack.]


Sleeping Around (cat form; later in the month, after whenever the boys decide to sexile him)
[He was with Akira first; the bedroom is his territory by right. Ugh! (He's not jealous, he's offended. .....Yeah, no, he's totally jealous. He's still kind of insecure to be happy about getting kicked out.) But still, if Akira doesn't want him there anymore, he guesses he can't stay..... What a pain in the ass.

Where is he supposed to sleep now, anyway? He hadn't signed up for anything on the housing sheet because he'd assumed he'd be able to keep staying with Akira. What's even the point of signing up for his own room anyway, when he can't even reach the keypad that unlocks the doors?! This sucks! What a pain in the ass. Being short in a world made for the convenience of giants is hell, don't let anyone tell you differently.

If Morgana has some decent positive CR with you, or if Akira would've asked you to let him stay with you for a night, you may find a cat pawing at your apartment door on any given evening. He doesn't want to impose on anyone else too much by moving in with them for good..... So for the time being, at least, the equivalent of couch surfing seems like the best interim solution.]

Hey, can I stay with you tonight?


Network Post (cat form; 5/6 I guess? IDK) [Video; un: morganathegreat]
Hey! So, I was thinking. Since reality is less stable in Fissures, maybe going out into them to try and learn magic or practice new skills might make it easier to do? I was especially thinking about that forest, since it seems like it's a lot easier for your thoughts and intentions to literally take shape there.

Anyway, I was thinking of going out there to practice! Does anyone else want to come, this time or on the regular? It's not too long of a drive, but I need someone who can actually drive me. Or several someones, if more than one person wants to tag along; I can seat seven or eight people.

[Morgana, this is literally your first network post, and you're asking people to drive you. Shouldn't you have remembered to explain that you're also a bus?]


Eye of the Tiger (multiple forms; anytime from 5/6 onwards)
[Did you decide to tag along with him to Amesta Forest? Or maybe he's decided to stay a little closer to home and practice at Bloodsands Beach today, and you just happened to stumble across him. You may find him cycling between forms--regular house cat, mascot, and bus--, changing his shape in various ways while a bus, or..... standing still and concentrating while in his cat or mascot form, because try as he might, he can't adjust those the way he can the inorganic shape.

At least for now, he looks determined rather than frustrated. The weirdness and instability of Fissues means that people can sometimes spontaneously develop magic after spending time in them, right? Which means it's the best choice for trying to figure out how to destabilize these distortions that have taken over his body. He will purge himself of them, and reclaim his humanity and his memories, no matter what!1111]


Wildcard
[You know the drill. Toss your own scenario at me, and let's figure it out.]

Comments

Pool cat

[fistsofchange]

Lin wandered into the laundry room to deal with her chores, but stopped in the doorway when she saw a cat soaking in the sink.

Well, that was an odd thing for a totally ordinary cat to do, but it WAS pretty damn hot out. She said "You've found a way to beat the heat, haven't you?" in that slightly demeaning tone one uses when talking to pets while scratching him behind the ears.

Re: Pool cat

[meowna]

Oh, god. That tone again. That demeaning, not-quite-condescending baby talk tone most humans take whenever they talk to a cat. 'You're a stupid animal who has no idea what I'm saying as long as I make it sound cutesy~ ♥' He hates hearing that voice. He can't really hold it against her, since he's never seen her before, so there's no way she could know.....

Still, it contributes to the Unimpressed Cat Stare™ Lin gets, even as he lifts his head into the scratching a little. "Mmhmm. AC isn't great at getting through fur, you know?"

[fistsofchange]

Lin stopped, and stood there frozen in place for a moment, while she processed what had just happened. Had that cat just talked? Did it matter if he had? She was lost in another dimension with magic powered robots so was a talking cat even that unusual?

Slowly, she withdrew her hand. "I...guess it wouldn't...?"

[meowna]

.....Heh. Okay, he guessed her frozen bewilderment was kind of funny? He'll forgive the baby talk. There was a small splash as he lifted a paw out of the water to point at Lin. "You've got hair long enough to tie up. It's a lot easier to stay cool when you get it off your neck, right?"

"I can't just put my fur into a million tiny ponytails, though, so this is the next best thing!" Splash, splash~ Morgana rolled onto his back as though to prove his point, paws curling against his chest. Look, tiny pink toe beans under the water~

[fistsofchange]

Being cute was doing wonders towards restoring her mental equilibrium. No demon bent on devouring her whole would have tiny pink toe beans like that. "I hadn't thought about it like that."

Lin put her laundry down, not sure what to say from here. "So...you're a cat. But you can talk."

Pool party pool party

[blackestwitch]

[ Maddie shows up at some point during the heatwave, clad in a T-shirt and shorts, a load of laundry in her arms but also a cane in one hand, awkwardly moving it in front of her while also carrying this load. ] How are we looking in here, Zel?

[ A cat with a coat of mixed browns jumps up onto the edge of the sink. And he gives a somewhat. Judging look. Down at Morgana. Then he speaks. ] There's a cat in the sink, so perhaps don't use that.

All of the washers seem to be free, though. They're - more to the right, yes there.

[meowna]

[What..... what kind of shirt is that? Some sort of school thing? Why is it referencing its own logo? Morgana isn't ironically cool enough to understand this level of metaness in hipsterdom.

He glances up at Zel, raising an invisible eyebrow at his fellow feline; don't you judge him, you have a full coat of fur, too. It's hot, okay?]

.....What? It's easier to use a washer for a load that size, anyway.

[blackestwitch]

[ When Morgana speaks, Maddie freezes, halfway into unloading her laundry into the nearest washing machine. Zel, for his part, just stares at Morgana. ]

Zel.... I think that's the talking cat.

So... so it would seem.

[meowna]

[Groan.]

I may look like this, but I'm not a cat!

[BRB lifting a paw and shaking it to flick water at Zel, since he can't reach Maddie to splash her.]

[blackestwitch]

Zel, we're not supposed to let anybody know!

I know, I- augh!

Maddie! He's flicking water at me! [ He sounds so indignant. ]

Food

[anarchia]

[Carnivac had his own reasons for examining the kitchen, but seeing the weird...feline...thing (?) struggling in the search for food diverts his attention.

He looks over at him, watching for a moment, before speaking.]

What are you?

[No 'trying to do' follows. He's blunt like that.]

Re: Food

[meowna]

[Predator. It's the smell that hits him first, makes his fur want to stand on end, as he's dangling from the cupboard with one paw and reaching for a plate with the other. Some kind of dog or wolf or something?

He doesn't get a chance to turn around and get a look at Carnivac until he carefully drops back down to the counter--but all it takes is one look for instincts to scream at him that he should be turning back into a cat and jumping up to the highest cupboard he can reach, for safety's sake. That's..... ridiculous though, right? He's fought way tougher monsters than wolves! There's nothing to be afraid of!

Besides, he's talking, and roaming freely in the station without a handler..... so odds are pretty good there's no need for fighting or fleeing. Under circumstances like this, he can forgive a little bluntness--he's actually kind of curious, too. Real wolves don't talk, after all.]

I'm a human! I just..... got turned into this, and I haven't figured out how to undo it yet. What are you?

[anarchia]

[The look on his face suggests that he's not entirely convinced. But he supposes stranger things can happen, and he's hardly a stranger to transmogrification.]

A strange shape to get turned into.

[He can see something feline about it but it's also got strange proportions that couldn't possibly serve any evolutionary advantage. He wonders if Morgana's neck is particularly strong to bear the weight of his head.]

Do you not have wolves where you're from?

[meowna]

You're telling me..... I don't know why I look like this, either.

[Siiiiiigh. He won't let himself get too discouraged, though!]

We do! But they're usually wild and live far from humans. They can't talk, either. So..... I guess I figured you might be like me. Kinda silly, huh?

network, un: seriousasa

[myocordial]

[See, the cat part, that doesn't really surprise him at all. But then...]

I'm sorry, I think perhaps I misheard something.

Did you say drive you?

[meowna]

Yeah, you heard right! Cars can't go anywhere without a driver, you know?

[myocordial]

Well, I actually know of at least one exception to the rule on that. But that isn't really the issue here...

[Does this cat really not realize...]

[meowna]

Woah, really? How? Maybe I could learn how to do that, too.....

[It's been a while since he had to explain himself to people, shhhh. He completely forgot.]

kitty sexile

[founderinglight]

[The downside of having the pre-Palace meeting in his room is, in fact, that Morgana knows where it is. And that it's occupied by a friendly human.

Izunia's attention is only half on Morgana when he answers the door, the rest of it back on something else in the room.]

I don't mind, but Verity might have some objections.

[There's a meow.]

[meowna]

Verity? I didn't know you had a pet now.

[Morgana peers into the room as he hears the meow, ears pricked forward attentively; his tone is conversational, like he's just been told there's a new roommate living there.]

Hey! I don't think we've met yet.

game somethings

[bulletnews]

[Aya still doesn't exactly understand video games despite having been at Keystone for nearly two months.]

...Did we get an inchling here and I didn't know about it? Why are they so... square?

[There's some other things going on here she thinks are odd but she'll call it how she sees it to begin with.]

[meowna]

[Morgana hears Aya come in, but doesn't pay much mind to it; this is a common area, after all. People are bound to be going in and out whenever they want. It's the question that draws his attention; he looks up from the case he's reading the back of, nose twitching as he glances over his shoulder.]

An inchling? What's that?

[bulletnews]

They're tiny people, pretty much.

[aaaand that's about it to say about them in general.]

I guess we didn't, though. Thought I saw something moving that wasn't you.

[meowna]

Huh..... how tiny are we talking, here? I didn't see anything.

[He'll just..... peer under the couch, just in case.]

sexile cat

[letsplayer]

[Marla opens the door. Her room smells faintly of chocolate chip cookies and weed.]

...yeah, sure.