Cat Spirit 23! [Action]

[catus_carnival]

[With ~spooky~ changes comes ~spooky~ behavior. Well, not really. This sort of hunting is par for the course with Tao.

All throughout today, there will be a catgirl here or there. There will be a catgirl anywhere, all over the village, trying to put her boundless energy to use. It's the thrill of the hunt! And her prey? ...Rats! And bats. And the occasional spider.

Because what better person/animal to take care of the rat problem than her? She's got to put those beastkin instincts to use sometime. Tao can be found zipping all over the village, taking off at full speed, running or on all fours, and chasing down rats in particular. Though if bats fly by your head, she'll go for them too. Spiders are fair game as well.

Point is, she's up and about trying to catch/hunt down these critters, and if you're in the way, better get out of it.]

Meow, meow, meow!? You get back heeeeeeeeeere!

[...Try not to get barreled into. Or trampled. Or crashed into. Or accidentally pounced upon.]

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[catus_carnival]

You're a pirate!?

[Whoaaaaaa. But...he's a crow! Crow. Upside-Down Guy. Whatever.]

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[tomodachi]

You bet! In fact, I was the best pirate, back where I was from.

[Crow you were the only pirate. Or boy trying to act like one. Whatever.]

[risingshepard]

[BUT ISN'T THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION OBVIOUS???

...Yeah, shaking her head to throw off the sudden onset of dizziness.] Nothing...think I got a little too rattled by that.

[hisapprentice]

Stop! Tao! [It comes out the way it did when they were...weird crime family partners.] You're hurting me, and they're not worth chasing!

[catus_carnival]

Meow too...whoops!

[..."Whoops" indeed.]

[weaponry]

[ She notices Taokaka and the pouting. But she doesn't really sympathize. There's more fish in the sea and all of those misused idioms. ]

Please, there's like a billion rats here. I can barely navigate around my apartment room without finding one. [ And now, she gets a Very Good Idea. ] You're free to come up there and hunt as much as you want. [ Taokaka kills a bunch of rats, Tenten doesn't have to deal with a bunch of rats and literally no one will lose in this agreement (except a bunch of rats). ]

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[paladinlost]

That does explain much more handily the purpose of such a holiday.

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[catus_carnival]

...That's all I know about it. Tao doesn't get it.

[...The most important part, clearly.]

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[catus_carnival]

That's so cool!

[Even though he was like the only pirate. Shhhh let him enjoy this moment.]

Did you train a lot?

[catus_carnival]

[Okay, that gets her to stop...she didn't mean to hurt Luke. Little child. :c]

Oh...

[hisapprentice]

[Sigh did he hurt her feelings.]

It's okay. Just be careful, all right?

[catus_carnival]

Hmmm...

[This seems like a good idea indeed. Tenten gets a free exterminator, and Tao gets her practice and hones her hunting skills. Nobody loses except the rats!]

Okay!

[She may or may not ask for meatbuns when all is said and done, though.]

[catus_carnival]

Okay.

[Headtilt.]

If you're hurt, Tao can lick your wounds!

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[tomodachi]

Well, yeah. I've done a lot of exploring for a long while now and worked to get really good at finding things, so I can probably find just about any kind of hidden treasure that a place might be hiding... [Which is basically anything particularly shiny.] Plus, I even found and had my own base that had all the best stuff in it too. [Which was an abandoned amusement park...]

[hisapprentice]

[That sounds...appetizing...not really.]

No thanks. [Hastily getting up before she gets ideas.] Just watch that you don't jump on somebody else, all right?

[catus_carnival]

I'll try, meow!

[No guarantees, but...she tries.]

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[catus_carnival]

Ooh...that sounds super cool! Can I be a pirate too?

[tao stahp]

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[paladinlost]

...I suppose understanding the details matters little, as long as this stays harmless.

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[tomodachi]

[From what he's read in his book, he's yet to come across a female pirate, so he's not sure if it's "allowed" or not. But he'll entertain the idea anyway.]

Well I don't know--think you got what it takes to be a pirate?

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[catus_carnival]

Weeeeeell, Tao's gonna be a strong Kaka warrior one day! Does that count?

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[catus_carnival]

I hope it's not gonna turn scary again, like it did last time...

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[tomodachi]

Huh? What's a "Kaka warrior"?

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[catus_carnival]

A warrior of the Kaka clan!

[She sounds so proud of this...]

Super strong and super fast!

[weaponry]

Okay! Just follow me! [ And now she'll start walking up the wall. Yep. God bless ninja powers. ]

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[paladinlost]

I doubt it. Last time started earlier than this, and there were most side effects.

[He really, really wants to believe what he's saying, and that might show in his voice.]