Talk like a pirate day - kitty edition

[reincarnshaman]

Parrots.

Oh gods.

Parrots everywhere.

Veena is going nuts and Trever hasn't been able to control her.

Hence there can be found around the ship, the sudden fearful squawkings of parrots as a black cat teleports right onto them. And then is knocked off... and then chasing after... followed by another attack... lather, rinse repeat...

Followed by a rather exasperated Trever.

But dude.

Parrots.

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[treadswater]

"Ohhhh, are you like me then, Veena darlin'? Too clever for our own good?"

If she can entertain the cat, Trever might be able to catch his breath a bit more. And she likes the purring, the weight of the cat in her arms. It's...nice.

(It's entirely possible that Annie is a) lonely and b) needs a pet.)

"Catnip? I mean, we don't know how long this is all gonna last..."

[reincarnshaman]

"She is smarter than your average house cat. Five out of six of her kittens are like that," Trever said. "The sixth one is as dumb as a rock. Sweet though."

Trever is rather fond of Mayhem... even if he does eat everything he can.... and he means everything. They've yet to discover anything that can poison the kitten. Not that they've been trying to poison the kitten it's just that he's eaten poison and been fine. And asked for more.

(It's quite possible this is true. Sadly, Trever doesn't have any of Veena's kittens to give her. But he's willing to bring her along for fun times.)

"I try not to give her catnip. Can you imagine a drugged teleporting cat?" He grins a bit. "Though she seems pretty happy there."

[treadswater]

"Kittens?" Seven teleporting cats? Or, no, presumably there's a sire as well, if teleporting is a different species rather than just a breed or a strange or talent. So many teleporting kitties.

Then Annie grins back at him. Not for look, but it's a quick, entertained expression. "I better keep her happy, then. Least so you can sit, maybe."

She pauses.

"There's real rum, too."

[reincarnshaman]

"Yes. Kittens. All of them can teleport. And Fluffy has gills and can breath under water and Mayhem, the one that's as dumb as a rock, can eat anything. And when I say anything I mean we've seen him eat poison - we didn't feed it to him - with no ill effects and his favorite foods include silverware and Kale's machinery."

Does Trever sound exasperated with having to deal with the kittens? Yes. Yes he does. Having to rescue kittens who have gotten inside the microwave by teleporting but for some reason can't teleport outside the microwave is rather annoying, among other things.

"Is there really real rum? I could use some."

[treadswater]

"Really real rum. You can get drunk and everythin'," Annie assures him. She wouldn't lie about this, Trever.

His description of the kittens makes her smile. Not quite believingly, but they sound adorable and such a handful.

"And here I thought the cats who used to live around the docks could get into trouble."

[reincarnshaman]

"That sounds fantastic. I'll have to get Kale to check it out."

No one really believes Trever or any of his family members when they tell people about the kittens. Until they meet them.

"Yup. It's like cats multiplied by ten."

Veena is purring rather smugly about this.

[treadswater]

"No wonder you guys are well versed in makin' stills."

She shouldn't laugh. Cats are cats are cats, and teleporting and magic just sounds like all kinds of terrible trouble.

But she's tipsy, and it's entertaining, and so she is laughing.

Trying to hide it, but laughing.

[reincarnshaman]

It's actually nice to see her laugh. Since he hasn't seen her do it very often. Sure it's because she's drunk but, it's nice.

"Yup. We're almost ready for our first real trial too."

[treadswater]

She doesn't laugh that often in public. Not any more. Nervous giggles, yes, but not genuine amusement.

(The media tearing someone to shreds does that, a little.)

But here, it lights up her face, turns her lovely.

"Oooooh. That'll be excitin'. Bet you're gonna have a bunch of folks ready to try it out, too."

[reincarnshaman]

Trever understands the media tearing people to shreds thing. They do it to him a great deal of the time. You can't be royalty without it happening. He's developed a thick skin

Mostly.

There have been a few broken noses...

"Oh, I certainly hope so. I'll bring you some when it's done, if you'd like. You and Finnick."