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[faithful_kitsune]

*Something's been niggling a bit at Ran recently. A memory. She wonders if this is the hole she's been feeling, the missing piece of herself.

She had a shikigami. A servant, although she feels as though she was more than that, in an odd sort of way. She's not sure anybody here would really understand. But ever since she had the memory, she's felt a longing, the urge to fill that missing space. Temporarily, at least. She cannot imagine anything would ever replace the child in her memory.

She passes by the pet store, and pauses.

About an hour later, she emerges, now with a cat and a bunch of cat supplies. Uh oh, she's not gonna become one of THOSE types of women, is she?*

((1% on Cheee -- *smacks the jukebox* -- en.))

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[ridethelightning]

[This guy happened to be in the area.]

You adopted a cat?

[faithful_kitsune]

She's lovely, isn't she? Something about her just... reached out to me. I just had to take her in!

[ridethelightning]

Have you had the chance to spend some time with her yet?

[faithful_kitsune]

Not too much, but I am certain with a stern but gentle hand she'll be as sweet a child as any.

[ridethelightning]

Make sure to exercise care nevertheless. Cats can be, er...tricky animals.

[faithful_kitsune]

Come now, I wouldn't be who I am now if I could be so easily tricked by an animal that hasn't even grown her second tail. I'm certain it will be fine.

[ridethelightning]

...Do...do all tailed mammals grow additional tails in your world?

[faithful_kitsune]

If they grow old enough. It is common lore in our world. Tails are signs of age and wisdom. What little I remember of the lore, anyway.

[ridethelightning]

Well, they'd have to be supernatural in the first place in my world. The average cat lives to see only around fifteen years.

[faithful_kitsune]

As far as you know, anyway.

[trustycrowbar]

[Halfway to Ermis, guess who else she meets?]

Err. Ran? Did you just get a cat?

[She's going to be answering that question a lot, it seems.]

[ridethelightning]

Despite documented history and veterinary reports claiming my statement?

[faithful_kitsune]

They can't document ALL the cats in the world now, can they?

[faithful_kitsune]

Why yes, I did! Her name is Orange.

[trustycrowbar]

"Orange?"

[He peers at the critter carrier and espies the black cat that peers back at him. Black does not equal orange, but whatever.]

What brought on the sudden urge to get a pet?

[ridethelightning]

A two-tailed cat would draw attention, though.

[faithful_kitsune]

I think you understimate the capacity of the youkai to move beneath the sight of human eyes.

[faithful_kitsune]

It was... a memory, I suppose. I am not certain I could explain it in a fashion most people here would understand, though...

[ridethelightning]

But again, we come from different worlds.

[trustycrowbar]

[He casts the carrier another dubious look.]

Try me.

[faithful_kitsune]

I had a shikigami. I... suppose the closest translation would be a "servant," of sorts. I feel the relationship was more complicated than that, however. She was a cat herself.

I have wondered... if perhaps she explains this gap I have felt since I arrived.

[faithful_kitsune]

Fair enough.

*Man, she does NOT sound convinced.*

[trustycrowbar]

A cat... like you're a fox? [The pieces don't quite fit right, but they fall together in about the right places.]

I think I see what you mean.

[snippysnipe]

[Encountering her somewhere in the vicinity of the pet store. He offers her a disapproving glare.]

So, they really let mangy half-breeds roam around free in this city?

[faithful_kitsune]

*An ear twitches.*

Excuse me? Do you always introduce yourself in such a rude fashion, or was your mother simply negligent in teaching you the finer points of civilized behavior?