un: millenialfalcon

[zomboligist]

There's something everyone should see.

We could use all eyes at the bunker. It's...

I'm not even sure how to explain it.

Come, if you're curious.

Bring alcohol. You'll need it.

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[zomboligist]

thinking more like there have been multiple versions

and they're figuring out how not to let us die

only, we keep dying. joy?

[spoileralert]

like clones? hm

[ A couple of minutes pass before her next response. ]

I guess it would be kind of weird to find out you died if you weren't expecting it

[ And another moment or two ]

you should meet my peacock cat friend

[zomboligist]

...

peacock cat friend.

what is

why

are you trying to make my head hurt even more?

[spoileralert]

there’s a whole family living in the forest. one followed me home after hunting one day

I’m pretty sure they ooze pheromones or something but she’s v soothing to snuggle

[zomboligist]

weird as it sounds, I might need one

you've got one tamed and near you?

[spoileralert]

idk about tamed but she does seem to have adopted me

[zomboligist]

in that case, let's see if we can get her to adopt me too

[spoileralert]

come by the inn we’ll see how she does with people

[zomboligist]

don't have to tell me twice to get away from this living nightmare.

I'll be there soon as I can

[spoileralert]

if you've got any kind of meat she doesn't seem to care how it's prepared

[zomboligist]

There's kibbles we made for the dog.

You think the peacock will like them?

[spoileralert]

won't know until we try. normal cats would eat something like that, right? she hasn't shown any interest in like, seed

what do peacocks eat anyway

[zomboligist]

I always assumed they fed on people's attention

if it's a cat and a peacock, that should only double.

[spoileralert]

sounds right to me. she sure doesn't mind being held, apparently.

[zomboligist]

do you sing it lullabies, too?

[spoileralert]

other way around. I tell her about my nightmares and she purrs me to sleep

[zomboligist]

so it's a therapist in animal form?

that's strangely comforting

[spoileralert]

right? who knew being slow to pick up your kills could be so rewarding

[zomboligist]

in that case, coordinates please, and I am coming to pet your bird-cat

[spoileralert]

[ The coordinates she sends him are to the fountain. Nobody’s allowed to know where she lives, and her kitten hasn’t wanted to follow her into the inn itself. Too many human smells, probably. ]

[zomboligist]

[Lucky for her, Ravi would rather be going to the fountain and not to someone's personal house. It feels a bit too much when he's just met someone over a network.

Stranger danger and all, despite his age.

When he gets to the fountain, he's already looking for a woman her cat-bird, not entirely sure what he's expecting.]

[spoileralert]

[ Steph has the creature held close to her chest, and it looks positively blissful at the attention. She had black and white facial markings much like her male counterparts, but only the top of her head and down her neck are that nice iridescent blue-green. Her short-feathered tail is waving idly in the air.

The 17 year-old human girl is looking a little blissed out herself. Carrying the cat naturally requires a lot of contact with those endorphin-releasing oils. ]

Hey! Come, sit, meet Selina.

[zomboligist]

[Well, that is absolutely not what he'd expected when he'd been told about a cat-bird like this. It's a lot nicer looking than he'd expected and yet, he also thinks that it looks exactly like the sort of thing that might have your head, if you're not careful.]

Selina? Big fan of 90's R&B?

[He doubts it, but he had to make the joke, it's just what he does.]

[spoileralert]

[ She snorts a laugh, holding the kitten a little away from her chest to offer her up for petting. Selina grumbles quietly in protest, but turns those brown eyes on Ravi. ]

No, she's named for a friend.

[zomboligist]

You knew Selina?

[He's still joking and he knows, obviously, that she wasn't buddying up with a famous R&B singer who died so tragically young, but he needs the levity right now.]

So what exactly do I do with it to make it give me happiness?