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[seabeast]

[ A video feed of a ferret sitting very primly in a pet bed, surrounded by a variety of snacks. There's a scrap of what appears to be silk right on her paws. She stares into the camera down her nose, her head held high, then she snakes forward to turn the feed off.

(She is expecting everyone to be so jealous of her Christmas haul. It has not quite struck her that this gesture might have made ZERO SENSE.

A text message is right below the video window:]

christmas gets a pass this year
praps i judjed it too quick

anyone heard of an island called sampetra
warm sandy lots o green
full to the brim with lizards and other filth

[ ... at least she gets to the point? ]

Comments

[seabeast]

nay
we were the same size
hell she was taller
coulda spit me with that trident o hers

i dont know ifn the other me was anyone important
if she was wouldnt the emperor himself make her captain instead of sendin some rat with a stick

[amberhearted]

What sort of trident? [ maybe she means a fork... ]

Well if the rat belonged to an order of an emperor then I'd say that's still of some importance. What were you captain of a ship?

[seabeast]

hmm
iron probably
proper sturdy and barbed
taller than her even
looked like itd seen a good fight but clean enough

aye i was

[amberhearted]

[ he is, of course, picturing a normal (for his reality) sized ferret on a tiny little boat in a pond or some such. ]

Navy maybe with a kingdom involved. Or a very important trader. Did you have any weapons of your own

[seabeast]

[ oh alex ]

navy
funny

hmm
dunno
mustve had one tho
wouldve been hard on the seas in my business without one

[amberhearted]

Perhaps wielding Randy's kitchenware will yield you a skill in weaponry

[seabeast]

alex

[ flat. flat flat flat. although, a few seconds later: ]

i aint desperate enough to try
yet
sides i dont got no thumbs
taint gonna work

[amberhearted]

Did the you in your memories have thumbs? And the rat

[seabeast]

she did
i did too

[ she isn't about to tell him how she knows that tho. ]

[amberhearted]

If you tried you might get the thumbs

[seabeast]

i could
but let me think about it
what happens if i get caught by them police and they sees a ferret what have her some movable thumbclaws
what happens to me eh

[amberhearted]

[ oh shit, she's right. ]

Point. Very good point

[seabeast]

if i gets desperate enough ill give it a go
otherwise ill wait until somethin else i cant hide turns up
wont have nothin to lose after that right

[amberhearted]

Right [ not... really something to hope for, but... ]

Do you get bored?

[seabeast]

most beasts get bored mate
the smarter ye are the easier it gets
but i got me books and sometimes i go out sightseein with lyall or banagher
it passes the time

[amberhearted]

You ever watched a movie?

[seabeast]

those creatures on the tv
couple o times
couldnt get the hang of it

[amberhearted]

[ what does that even mean ]

Not your thing then? [ gosh, what else could she do to pass the time... oh! ] You used an iPad before? We have an extra one [ because ravi bought gogo an ipad mini before he'd reverted to a normal cat (#priorities). ]

[seabeast]

[ approximately: human affairs are mostly way too foreign for her to relate so she's never really been able to get interested with 99% of what's on. also i don't think lyall has animal planet or national geographic. ]

an ipad
never heard o that

[amberhearted]

It's like a small computer with a keyboard on the screen. Or a big smartphone. You can play games surf the web and read books on it

[seabeast]

hm
give it to me

[amberhearted]

Lol! You don't beat around the bush do you? Get Randy or Banagher to drop you off I'll show you how to use it. You can meet the cats too

[seabeast]

better than wastin time

oh good
i like cats

[ B) ]