2/2 Friday evening

[imaginist]

There is a cat in my apartment. If someone doesn't claim this flea-ridden trespasser within the next 30 minutes, I am calling Security to terminate it.

Comments

[imaginist]

Then it's on their head if an animal dies tonight.

[Raine]
Wh No! Is a man not allowed to maintain a cat-free space?

[rainbowfish]

How are you going to catch it?

[Enoch]
Crysta said you're afraid of cats.

[imaginist]

Stealing someone else's prototype, probably. Doc has these balls that you can throw to trap an animal inside.

[Raine]
And I'll take my revenge against her later. [...] Yes. Fine. It's not debilitating, I simply don't like getting their attention. They stare at me.

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

That's how they show affection. You stare at me.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

That's different. I don't stare at you because I'm thinking about eating you. [...] Well, not like that.

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

I think you have a lot in common with a cat, actually.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

Because I'm prickly and inconstant and prone to hissing, I suppose.

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

Curious. Independent. Pretends not to be affectionate but likes sitting in the same room as me in silence.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

I'm not pretending [...] Not too silent. I like knowing what you're thinking.

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

You can always ask.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

And simply toss all these pages of observation notes? Plus, you dislike that you can't lie to me, so I'd rather not force you into that position too often.

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

[...] I'm less worried about that now than I used to be. If you really want to know the answer to something I don't mind if you ask. [...] Might ruin your surprise parties sometimes, though.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

I only went to my surprise party because you asked. Although we really should've known that Crysta had planned a second, even more surprising party.

Do you Are you honestly

Raine/Enoch

[rainbowfish]

I knew she had to be up to something. And then she gets mad at me when a cat turns up in your room and I don't automatically assume she's innocent.

Raine/Enoch

[imaginist]

Because as much as psychological torture is de rigueur between us, she'd never want me to be actually unhappy. Not that she'd admit it.