- Location
- Down Under
[x] Cling to the kitty cat and don't let her go back to work alone, she needs you to translate for her!
A Conjuror's journey
nmWarden
Webcomic Glutton
- Location
- Texas
[x] Cling to the kitty cat and don't let her go back to work alone, she needs you to translate for her!
This has been a tanker-sized dose of horrifying with some bittersweet flavoring. I want to stay with Louise until she stumbles into something in such a way that she redeems herself or she finds a sliver of inner peace. I wonder if our cat friend has some bedtime story that can soothe Louise's mind for a while; she was the bookworm of RWBY after all.
This has been a tanker-sized dose of horrifying with some bittersweet flavoring. I want to stay with Louise until she stumbles into something in such a way that she redeems herself or she finds a sliver of inner peace. I wonder if our cat friend has some bedtime story that can soothe Louise's mind for a while; she was the bookworm of RWBY after all.
A Cat By Any Other Name
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
"Here we are. I'll let your sister know where you are if I can find her so just go to sleep." The cat said as it bent over to set her down on a fluffy fluffy mattress.
At any other time, Louise might have listened, but she couldn't let a person shaped cat wander around without supervision. The last time one of Cattleya's kittens had roamed free, it'd somehow found its way into the servants' soup. Her sister thought they wanted to eat her pet and their father ended up firing six of them, Louise's favorite maid included. It was her duty to keep the new kitty out of trouble.
Clinging in place to keep from falling onto the bed, Louise solemnly declared, "Don't worry, Kitty. I'll protect you from soup."
"-ou so strong?! Seriously, let go already!"
"Meow!" Louise argued back, fighting as hard as she could to cling to the cat's torso. Legs locked around her waist and arms around the neck, the monochrome kitten had no hope of breaking her hold.
"Stop meowing at me, I'm not a cat!" The cat lied, not that Louise was dumb enough to believe it. Instead, she slipped a hand up to pet the bow on the cat's head and got a surprised hiss in return when her fingers slipped through the fabric to touch soft fur.
The shaking and spinning as her sister's pet fought harder to get her off made her swimming head worse, but she held on for dear life... which made it worse considering what her hand had just been touching. When the worst of it was over, she slowly relaxed her grip and stroked the panting and cursing kitty's head. "Shhh... good girl."
"It's... official... you're a demon... sent to torture me."
"L-Louise?" A voice said from behind them, causing the pinkette to roll over.
Ignoring the kitty's protests at being rolled on, she took in the white eyed girl's confusion and gasped, "Hinata, you're not supposed to walk on the ceiling anymore!"
"What?" Hinata replied, leaning over the pair of them. "I'm not... and since when?"
Fuzzy.
Distracted as she was by the sensation against the hand held above her head, she didn't entirely forget about her young friend and did as any thoughtful friend would do. Share. "I found a kitty!"
"That doesn't-"
"For the last time, I'm not a cat!" The cat rudely swatted at her hands and interrupted Hinata, not that she'd met many polite cats before.
Huffing, Louise rolled back over and put her nose to the cat's. Unblinking, the pinkette maintained eye contact until her eyes began to burn and slowly lectured, "I felt your ear-bows, it's useless to deny it! I... er... Cattleya isn't as dumb as her udders make her look, she'll figure it out too if you try to lie. It's in her name."
"Cat-Lie-a?" The kitty groaned... Meowed? It wasn't clear to her exactly what a people shaped cat's noises were called, but noises were definitely made. "Now I know you're on drugs, nobody seriously makes jokes like that outside of TV shows."
Unsure of what joke was told or who told it, Louise laughed so as not to be singled out. She wasn't used to jokes not being about her, but since she was with friend and cat, she doubted it was about her. Well, the cat might have been rude enough to, but cats can't tell jokes, so it must have been Hinata's joke. She actually felt a little bad for not listening to whatever it was.
"Oh no, don't cry." Hinata begged nervously, turning to the cat to ask, "What's wrong with her, why's her arm in a cast?"
Sniffling, Louise shushed whatever ignorant reply the kitty was going to make and repeated the question in a way she would understand, "Meow."
A dull thump was all the answer either of them got as the kitty did as kitties do, she ignored them all and closed her eyes to sleep. Explaining to Hinata, Louise said, "She's sleeping. Cat's do that a lot."
"I'm really not."
"Ano... I've seen through your bow already, you don't need to keep denying it."
"Hinata, you can speak cat?! That's amazing!" Louise cheered, making the younger girl blush at the praise.
"I meant I'm not sleeping!" The cat replied. "Can you please do something about this kid and stop talking about cats?"
Flicking the cat's ear in reprisal for that remark, Louise matched her glare with one of her own. "I'm not a... a kid, I'm a grown lady."
"Whatever, sure you are, just get off already." The Kitty said with a disbelieving roll of her eyes. Louise wobbled as she obeyed, squinting at the ruffled ear-bows as the cat adjusted them. Her balance failed her before she could spot the fuzzy things she'd felt beneath the fabric and she fell on her rear.
Her eyes were drooping with fatigue when the kitty finished and looked down at her impassively. Hinata was being adorable and awkwardly poking her fingers together in a way that made Louise want to give her one of Master Cynric's head pats to cheer her up... but moving felt impossible at the moment, so she tried another way.
"Pat pat, Hinananata." She slurred, patting the air between them with her magic. It sort of worked... at least in the sense that the Hyuga's long sideburn-antenna-things flew into her face and startled her out of her poking game. Mission accomplished, she rolled face first into the now standing cat's shins and latched on. "Take me... Take me to the sister, Kitty."
"Ugh." The fuzzy fuzz groaned. "Look, just call me Blake or something."
"Something? That... that isn't a name." Louise pointed out reasonably, punctuated with a yawn. Why was she so tired? "How about Sour-puss, cause you're a grumpy cat?"
"No."
"Princess Kitty?"
"No."
"M-Mrs. Fuzzy Bottom?"
"Gods no!" Something-the-Cat hissed, her cheeks gaining a pink dusting. "I already said my name is Blake."
"Or Something." Louise corrected, inching her way higher on the captured leg. "Blackie?"
With a pinched expression, Blackie sighed, "Fine, close enough."
With that decided, Louise, Hinata, and Blackie headed back downstairs... once Hinata pried Blackie's leg free and the kitty reluctantly took Louise in her arms again.
Status: High on life... and drugs, but mostly the drugs. broken arm.
Magicka: (8000/12000)
Choose:
[] Go to the sister as requested. Possibly doze and drool in Blackie's arms.
[] Sidequest! Find and complain/talk to a person.
[] POV Switch:
[] Write in.
At any other time, Louise might have listened, but she couldn't let a person shaped cat wander around without supervision. The last time one of Cattleya's kittens had roamed free, it'd somehow found its way into the servants' soup. Her sister thought they wanted to eat her pet and their father ended up firing six of them, Louise's favorite maid included. It was her duty to keep the new kitty out of trouble.
Clinging in place to keep from falling onto the bed, Louise solemnly declared, "Don't worry, Kitty. I'll protect you from soup."
"-ou so strong?! Seriously, let go already!"
"Meow!" Louise argued back, fighting as hard as she could to cling to the cat's torso. Legs locked around her waist and arms around the neck, the monochrome kitten had no hope of breaking her hold.
"Stop meowing at me, I'm not a cat!" The cat lied, not that Louise was dumb enough to believe it. Instead, she slipped a hand up to pet the bow on the cat's head and got a surprised hiss in return when her fingers slipped through the fabric to touch soft fur.
The shaking and spinning as her sister's pet fought harder to get her off made her swimming head worse, but she held on for dear life... which made it worse considering what her hand had just been touching. When the worst of it was over, she slowly relaxed her grip and stroked the panting and cursing kitty's head. "Shhh... good girl."
"It's... official... you're a demon... sent to torture me."
"L-Louise?" A voice said from behind them, causing the pinkette to roll over.
Ignoring the kitty's protests at being rolled on, she took in the white eyed girl's confusion and gasped, "Hinata, you're not supposed to walk on the ceiling anymore!"
"What?" Hinata replied, leaning over the pair of them. "I'm not... and since when?"
Fuzzy.
Distracted as she was by the sensation against the hand held above her head, she didn't entirely forget about her young friend and did as any thoughtful friend would do. Share. "I found a kitty!"
"That doesn't-"
"For the last time, I'm not a cat!" The cat rudely swatted at her hands and interrupted Hinata, not that she'd met many polite cats before.
Huffing, Louise rolled back over and put her nose to the cat's. Unblinking, the pinkette maintained eye contact until her eyes began to burn and slowly lectured, "I felt your ear-bows, it's useless to deny it! I... er... Cattleya isn't as dumb as her udders make her look, she'll figure it out too if you try to lie. It's in her name."
"Cat-Lie-a?" The kitty groaned... Meowed? It wasn't clear to her exactly what a people shaped cat's noises were called, but noises were definitely made. "Now I know you're on drugs, nobody seriously makes jokes like that outside of TV shows."
Unsure of what joke was told or who told it, Louise laughed so as not to be singled out. She wasn't used to jokes not being about her, but since she was with friend and cat, she doubted it was about her. Well, the cat might have been rude enough to, but cats can't tell jokes, so it must have been Hinata's joke. She actually felt a little bad for not listening to whatever it was.
"Oh no, don't cry." Hinata begged nervously, turning to the cat to ask, "What's wrong with her, why's her arm in a cast?"
Sniffling, Louise shushed whatever ignorant reply the kitty was going to make and repeated the question in a way she would understand, "Meow."
A dull thump was all the answer either of them got as the kitty did as kitties do, she ignored them all and closed her eyes to sleep. Explaining to Hinata, Louise said, "She's sleeping. Cat's do that a lot."
"I'm really not."
"Ano... I've seen through your bow already, you don't need to keep denying it."
"Hinata, you can speak cat?! That's amazing!" Louise cheered, making the younger girl blush at the praise.
"I meant I'm not sleeping!" The cat replied. "Can you please do something about this kid and stop talking about cats?"
Flicking the cat's ear in reprisal for that remark, Louise matched her glare with one of her own. "I'm not a... a kid, I'm a grown lady."
"Whatever, sure you are, just get off already." The Kitty said with a disbelieving roll of her eyes. Louise wobbled as she obeyed, squinting at the ruffled ear-bows as the cat adjusted them. Her balance failed her before she could spot the fuzzy things she'd felt beneath the fabric and she fell on her rear.
Her eyes were drooping with fatigue when the kitty finished and looked down at her impassively. Hinata was being adorable and awkwardly poking her fingers together in a way that made Louise want to give her one of Master Cynric's head pats to cheer her up... but moving felt impossible at the moment, so she tried another way.
"Pat pat, Hinananata." She slurred, patting the air between them with her magic. It sort of worked... at least in the sense that the Hyuga's long sideburn-antenna-things flew into her face and startled her out of her poking game. Mission accomplished, she rolled face first into the now standing cat's shins and latched on. "Take me... Take me to the sister, Kitty."
"Ugh." The fuzzy fuzz groaned. "Look, just call me Blake or something."
"Something? That... that isn't a name." Louise pointed out reasonably, punctuated with a yawn. Why was she so tired? "How about Sour-puss, cause you're a grumpy cat?"
"No."
"Princess Kitty?"
"No."
"M-Mrs. Fuzzy Bottom?"
"Gods no!" Something-the-Cat hissed, her cheeks gaining a pink dusting. "I already said my name is Blake."
"Or Something." Louise corrected, inching her way higher on the captured leg. "Blackie?"
With a pinched expression, Blackie sighed, "Fine, close enough."
With that decided, Louise, Hinata, and Blackie headed back downstairs... once Hinata pried Blackie's leg free and the kitty reluctantly took Louise in her arms again.
Status: High on life... and drugs, but mostly the drugs. broken arm.
Magicka: (8000/12000)
Choose:
[] Go to the sister as requested. Possibly doze and drool in Blackie's arms.
[] Sidequest! Find and complain/talk to a person.
-[] Espinoza.
-[] Vahlen.
-[] Master Cynric.
-[] Write in.
-[] Vahlen.
-[] Master Cynric.
-[] Write in.
[] POV Switch:
-[] Cattleya
-[] Cynric
-[] Cynric
[] Write in.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
This has been the fuzziest I've felt in a while.
I am now ready for the next heartwrenching catastrophe.
[x] Sidequest! Find and complain/talk to a person.
-[x] Espinoza.
We have a kitty, it's time to find a puppy. We are all friends in our zoo!
[x] POV Switch:
-[x] Cattleya
I think Cynric should resume teaching Cattleya, just in case.
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Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
We should introduce her to some Khajiit. And leave her there.
[x] POV Switch:
-[x] Moira
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
I can do a Moira interlude, but you haven't secured her as a full party member, so no controlling her actions directly.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
Don't we interact more with her than with Louise by now?
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
That's not what determines loyalty. You worked to grant Louise's wish of becoming a real mage, cured her sister's disease, and encouraged her when almost everyone else believed her to be worthless.
What have you done to earn Moira's loyalty, saved her life? She knows that was due to her usefulness. Saved her people? She only really had a vague want for her species to not die out, which she now considers impossible thanks to multiverse theory. Given her stuff to research? She's behind enough as it is with all of the information from the alien database that Espinoza recovered and he's an X-com native.
- Location
- Other side
Man is it hard to earn the loyalty of intelligent people. They always (rightfully) suspect ulterior motives.
Oh wow that was Blake all along? I had wondered but disregarded it as too obvious and thought I read her fur (hair?) was white.
I've been pronouncing it Cat-tell-Alya in my head to my eternal shame.
Oh wow that was Blake all along? I had wondered but disregarded it as too obvious and thought I read her fur (hair?) was white.
I've been pronouncing it Cat-tell-Alya in my head to my eternal shame.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Nah, Vahlen is just a smart and cynical sociopathic geneticist. Ozpin is intelligent, but he is also an optimist at times and lets his experience with being the only real authority on magic cloud his image of your 'noble sacrifice' in saving who you could.
Blake was too obvious, therefor nobody would expect it to actually be Blake, so it was obviously not going to be her, and so I obviously had to have it be her! But really, my reasoning is more that she recently left the White Fang after the train fiasco and had to be in Vale in time to enroll for Beacon and get a totally legitimate recommendation letter from Hei Xiong, a completely legitimate business man with legitimate reasons for hiring skilled fighters to defend his interests. She's been living in the faunus gypsy camp that was on your lot and stuck around to work/keep an eye on the people who offered homeless faunus a mining job... The SDC being a mining company and all.
Words is tough, man. Sometimes they sound how they look and other times they are completely different. I only know Cattleya to be pronounced the way it is because of the source material and the flower she's named after... which is pronounced several different ways from what i've heard, but meh.
- Location
- Actually pretty lost
Yeah, I first thought the pun here was Cattle-ya, with the "udders" comment.
- Location
- Europe
[X] Go to the sister as requested. Possibly doze and drool in Blackie's arms.
Cattleya should be informed about how Louise saved Blackie from soup.
Cattleya should be informed about how Louise saved Blackie from soup.
[x] Sidequest! Find and complain/talk to a person.
-[x] Espinoza.
As fun as the Not!Cat is, I do feel it's time to see how the other peons are going.
Besides, there will be plenty of time for Louise to socialise with her new cat when they inexplicably find themselves on the same Huntress team.
-[x] Espinoza.
As fun as the Not!Cat is, I do feel it's time to see how the other peons are going.
Besides, there will be plenty of time for Louise to socialise with her new cat when they inexplicably find themselves on the same Huntress team.
out of curiosity, what would we need to do to earn her loyalty? there doesn't seem to be any easy neurosis we can exploit.
[X] Go to the sister as requested. Possibly doze and drool in Blackie's arms.