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[circumitus]

[The last thing Rey wants to do is show her face for all to see, but after meeting Peter, it feels bizarrely necessary.]

"Would seem some people here recognize each other from worlds different from their own -- this current one as well." [Pause.] "Just to put it out there: Am not that same person, even if we share the same face."

[She then makes a face when a croaky meow can be heard in the background. Rey adjusts the position of the device to reveal a three-legged cyclopean cat, sitting on a table at the bar, his spindly tail whipping happily back and forth while salivating some weird pale green drool out the corner of his mouth.]

"And this can't seem to get the memo. Can't seem to get rid of it, either."

[Maybe a part of her doesn't want to, but it is inconvenient.

[Lastly -- and she looks very uncomfortable saying this -- she adds:] "Some have asked what its name is. Ideas and information would be... appreciated."

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@mage | video

[braidmage]

Is that... a cat?

[ There are some cat-like elements to the design, sure, but the one-eyed thing is really throwing Reynir for a loop. He's seen plenty of one-eyed cats in his day but they had all started with two, and lost one while fighting or in accidents or whatever. This cat clearly has only ever had the one.

And that green drool is... challenging. ]

[circumitus]

Think so? That's what people are calling it.

[The few that the cat had revealed himself to.]

Just showed up a few weeks ago. Haven't been able to get rid of it since.

[braidmage]

[ Well... that answers none of his questions but Reynir is just going to go with it. ]

Why would you want to get rid of it?

[ Sure it's not easy on the eyes, but cats are extremely useful and important. Reynir can't imagine anyone having a cat and wanting to get rid of it. That's just idiotic! ]

[circumitus]

It could settle being with someone better.

[Someone more adept to care for a living thing than her, anyway.

[The first guy the cat seemed to have met was... Kabal, who seemed to take a liking to the animal but was in the same shoes as Rey. Unlike Kabal, the cat didn't proceed to continuously follow him.]

[braidmage]

But it's chosen to be with you.

[ If she was such a bad option, surely the animal would move on. Therefore, Reynir decides Rey is maybe just being hard on herself. Time to encourage her? ]

Cats don't need much. They take care of themselves, mostly, and it's really easy to do the rest. I'm sure you'll be great at it. If you ever need any advice, you can just ask.

[ Although... maybe this cat's needs are a little different than the standard, who knows. ]

[circumitus]

[Rey opens her mouth to argue that she's been "chosen", then closes it. Fuck, that's not too far off from the truth, is it? Oh cockdammit.

[She just makes a disgruntled, growling sound under her breath before she speaks.]

Well, what the hell do they eat? Meat, right? Don't think there's kibble around here.

[Though she could probably stand to take another trip to the zombie-infested food mart if it came to that.]

[braidmage]

Yes, they are carnivores. They eat meat and nothing else.

[ Assuming of course that is true of this specimen as it is with most cats. ]

If he's a stray that adopted you, chances are he was already finding his food by hunting mice or whatever else he could find. But if you decide to feed him, meat's the way to go. Or fish. Cats love fish.

[circumitus]

Mn. Some fish in the lake.

[As Rey contemplates this, she remembers something:]

Not sure how often it gets hungry. Brought back a rodent a few times and then ran off again. Fucking weirdo. [Rey obviously doesn't get cat behavior. Like, at all.]

[braidmage]

Oh! I can explain that.

[ Reynir does understand cat behavior, and he's happy to be your translator right now, Rey. ]

He was bringing you a present. If a cat brings you a dead mouse or bird or even sometimes a fallen piece of fruit, that means it likes you. He was just being nice.

[audio; un: longinmouth]

[abheirrant]

Someone recognized you, as well? [Yes, that is what she said.] I had two people who knew who I was.

[circumitus]

Yeah... One of them mentioned you, actually.

[abheirrant]

It wasn't anything bad, was it?

[Please please please please please don't be Pratt telling her he's a menace to society he should have never spoken to back in another world.]

[circumitus]

What? No.

Wasn't anything, really. Just came up in passing.

[Le audible shrug.]

[abheirrant]

Oh. Good. That's good.

[He wasn't worried. Did he sound worried? Because he wasn't.]

It has been odd, admittedly, to find I have a reputation of which I was unaware. I can only hope I was someone quite different when they met me.

[circumitus]

It happens. Am used to it.

[In a way. Rey's been recognized by people that she didn't remember before when her memories got wiped. She was also a battlefield boogeyman to many soldiers as the Salamander, so... that was always a thing. The last part she's significantly less inclined to share with the class, though.]

[abheirrant]

You are used to people knowing who you are well before you know them.

[That sounds crazy, but to be fair, a lot of people knew who he was before meeting him. He was the heir of Longinmouth, after all.]

[circumitus]

Have a... preceding reputation.

[One that she's grateful people here don't seem to know.]

text / private; @aa

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami hems and haws a bit before deciding to make this private. But it's been a touchy subject, so she doesn't want to talk about it out in the open. ]

yeah ive been running into that as well
although im the one doing the recognizing
if it happens again i think im just going to pretend i dont know them
thatll make it easier for everybody

cute cat though
um
is it a cat

text | private;

[circumitus]

cant speak for everyone but
doubt keeping that shit to yourself will be easier for ANYONE.

and yeah pretty sure its supposed to be a cat?
or something like one. dont know why it's so fucked up

[livingdeadgirl]

[ ... Huh. ]

really?
tbh i thought you would agree with me
im finding that all it does is make things unnecessarily awkward
you basically have to start the relationship over from nothing anyway
so why not go directly to the clean slate

maybe hes a mutant
theres a lot of mutant animals around here
peter and poison have a cat that glows
his name is chernobyl incidentally

[circumitus]

because
if someone knows shit about me, would like to know how much.

[Then again, Rey has never been one for clean slates, given her track record.]

wait are you serious?
are there mutant cats just running around here or did they come from the same place?

[Peter mentioned something about the other Rey, the one people knew from Hadriel, having a weird cat. All signs point to the one that's been following her around as being the same one. Or are there just bizarro mutant cats just popping up wherever?]

[livingdeadgirl]

but if youre not the same person
as you yourself claim
then the info isnt about you per se
conversely if you do believe its relevant to you
then that undermines the premise of you being different people

theres mutant everything running around
youll see if you go up to the farm level
although uh
some of it is large and highly aggressive jsyk
one time kieran and i almost got eaten by a giant plant infested bear
with antlers

[circumitus]

have been LOTS of different versions of myself before - long before ever coming here or having a concept of there being other worlds out there.
didnt always used to remember those lives
but knowing they existed helps a little
even if we're not the same.

been up there a few times but not for very long BECAUSE of all the fucked up mutated shit there
an antlered plant bear tho?
havent seen anything like that yet.

[Rey kind of wants to, now.]

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Waaaaait wait wait wait. Something about that experience sounds a little bit extremely familiar. ]

you mean like
reincarnation?

[circumitus]

[huff]

no
not quite.

it was all by design