Cat Spirit 19! [Action]

[catus_carnival]

[Tao is no stranger to plushies. Hell, she made one (very crudely) for Litchi for Christmas. But the difference between Luceti Land plush dolls and well, Tao's, is the rather huge quality difference.

The Kaka kitten plushie they have as a prize for one of those almost looks...

...real. (By Tao standards.)

This means she gets the wrong idea.]

Don't worry little one! Tao will set you free!

[As a result, Tao is at a Luceti land game booth, throwing angrily like her life depended on it, and generally making a ruckus. These small baseballs are LAME. She prefers her regular ones. They hit things (like people) better.]

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[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[And he blinks several times at this instant turnaround.]

What's wrong?

[catus_carnival]

...I thought it was a real kitten, meow.

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Oh. [...Geez.] But this is a good thing, right? This means the kitten's not, uh, hanging from a hook in a game stand.

[catus_carnival]

...Tao's gonna get it anyway, then!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

I guess that's ... good? [It's better than moping about it not being a real kitten.] You weren't kidding when you said you all look alike.

[catus_carnival]

Uh-huh. But sometimes, their tails and clothes are different, meow!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[Only sometimes?] Is there a reason most of you wear the same clothes?

[catus_carnival]

If there is, I don't know it. But it's nice and comfy!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

They sure make your arms look long, though... [His attention is drawn away slightly as the droid restocks its prize collection, hanging up another Kaka cat plushie and other toys.]

[catus_carnival]

But that's where our claws are too, meow.

[and as if to make a point, she holds a paw out, fingertips up, and unsheathes the claws she has in her sleeve things, then retracts them.]

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[...

And he'll just stare at where those claws used to be. Because he hadn't expected that ... though he distantly thinks he probably should have.]

[catus_carnival]

[Stares back.]

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[... ... ...]

The teeth, the claws, the tail... [He just. Keeps thinking about the Lesser Fellpools.] Do you have claws on your feet and fur, too?

[catus_carnival]

We have claws on our feet too, meow, but not much fur.

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's fascinating. [Now he wonders how evolution happened in their world where they had a pretty good grasp for language, but still had those kinds of hunter features.] Do you and your kind have to fight and hunt?

[catus_carnival]

That's right. The little Kakas train and grow up to be awesome warriors, just like Torakaka!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

You're not a warrior like Torakaka? [He wonders just how much fighting a warrior did in comparison to a regular Kaka ... villager. With the ferocity Tao was throwing those baseballs, he had thought she was fighter of some kind...]

[catus_carnival]

Not a great one yet. Cat person says I have to see the world, meow. But Tao is gonna be, one day!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

So is that what you're doing right now--? I mean, back in your world? [Traveling the world. ...He wondered how she would get along traveling alone.]

[catus_carnival]

Yep, with Good Guy!

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[...Aaaand that leads to a perplexed expression.] A good guy? Huh?

[catus_carnival]

Rawrgna! Cat Person said to go with him.

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Is he a friend of yours then? Since you're traveling together?

[catus_carnival]

Yep! And he gave Tao food.

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[...Very simple desires...]

So if I were to give you food now, we'd be friends?