1st Vision [Video]

[visionarykitten]

[Bet you didn’t expect to see a big-eared white-and-tabby kitten looking down into an iPad camera, did you? But here’s one, and if a kitten might look frustrated, this one looks frustrated. His ears are turned back, and his eyes are narrowed, as if he’s either angry with the screen, or having a hard time seeing it. Maybe both.

After a moment of his jaw working just a little-- perhaps speaking too softly for anyone to actually hear, or perhaps just trying to come up with the words to say-- he finally speaks.]

What is this? This is-- is-- sshai-sau!

[Okay, whatever that word was, it was definitely not in English. Also, it’s a little softer than the rest, sounding more like a hiss than a word. He turns back his ears further, more frustrated and a little embarrassed, and tries again.]

Crazy. This is crazy. Who are all you ehhif? How come there are no People on here? Where did that long thing in my head come from?

[Apparently he doesn’t have the “English” word for number yet, but apparently he can at least match up symbols on the virtual keyboard with the ones in his head. Also apparently, he hasn't seen Regina's post yet. The last thing he says before waiting for a response sounds a little desperate:]

And how come I can ueeur ffroouaaou’hhu? I mean-- understand you?

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[Video | Water Trough]

[destinedforrock]

[Another non-human here who can speak! She was a bit excited on seeing the start of this kitten's message, brain also going along to perhaps asking him if he can still "speak cat", ask him what that cat outside her stable wants - but her ears flick up at a certain point.]

No people?

There are plenty of people on here!

[Video]

[visionarykitten]

[What even is that! The kitten rears back from the iPad screen with his ears flattened back, looking alarmed. His voice is a little higher pitched, and obviously nervous-sounding, when he replies.]

People. People! Auo'fih! I mean-- I mean-- like me! You know, little, furry, see in the dark, purrs?

[Video]

[destinedforrock]

Oh. People who are cats. [Of course.]

Well, I know there's one. Although I don't think that they've learned how to talk yet.

[visionarykitten]

[His eyes go a little wider, if that's even possible.]

There's another one on here? Where? Who?

[And she still hasn't answered his question about why he can understand her. And everyone else. But then again, she doesn't like anything like anyone he's ever seen before. Maybe she doesn't know.]

[destinedforrock]

I~I - didn't catch their name; they couldn't talk, remember? [She puts a bit of a giggling whinny into that last word, to keep it from sounding like a jab.] But everybody took notice. If you were to ask one of them about a gray cat with blue eyes who looked to have connected to the network all on their own, well, someone might have more to say.

You can still talk to - well, ordinary cats, can't you?

[visionarykitten]

[That sound is just kind of scary, actually. Gomez, already on edge, actually hisses at her at the sound of it, backing away from the iPad and almost out of the screen entirely. All that's visible is the tips of his whiskers.

He's still audible, though, even if now there's a little bit of a growl under his voice.]

I uh. Sort of. They're not really very, um. Interesting.

[Sentient cat trying to converse with a non-sentient cat has been tricky. He's tried, though, and at least he hasn't scared them off or anything.]

[destinedforrock]

[She flinches at the hiss - though the alarmed aspect flows rather quickly into an offended one. She suppresses a huff in the interest of civil communication.]

..."Sort of"...?

[It would figure if he can't really talk like a cat normally would anymore any more than she can talk to the cat skulking in her pasture, and she didn't have her hopes up on it, but still, it could've meant something for that very concern.]

[text; iphone]

[amberhearted]

[ so this is something alex has never expected to see while he whittles the downtime away in the rig on his iphone.

actually, this is something he never expected to see anywhere, anytime. ever.

his partner had thrown him a weird look when he jumped in his seat and incredulously whispered, "gogo?!" and lingered a bit more when his thumbs went furiously to work. ]

Gogo what the hell are you doing on here?????

[Video]

[visionarykitten]

[Gomez hasn't figured out text yet-- it's too much effort, really-- but he can somehow read that. Reading he discovered not long after understanding, a little before talking. It's still sometimes difficult, though, especially on this awful little screen.

So he squints at that, trying to make it out, before he answers.]

I had something in my head. I hit the auhhi'ir in the right order when I made my ehhif's flat thing huau'auwhhu ur-au and now it shows me stuff. How do you know my name?

[He doesn't seem to notice this time that he's slipping in and out of English, or what sounds like English, but it's mostly understandable, anyway.]

[text; iphone]

[amberhearted]

[ the hell is auuuhhhwhuuaaaahh -- that's what it sounds like to him, anyway, no matter how close he presses the phone to his ear. ]

I'm your human. Man we need to talk when I get home

[visionarykitten]

[Gomez takes a minute to work that out and let the meaning come to him, but then his eyes go big. Alex, this is your kitten panicking. He gives a yowl of guilty fear, scrambles back from the iPad, and is gone from view. Most likely he's gone to hide under the bed, like he usually does when he knows he's done something wrong.

Or it's thundering. He hides there then, too.]

[text; iphone]

[amberhearted]

[ whoops. he automatically says, 'nonononono-' out loud, earning another odd look from his partner.

sigh. ]

Not in trouble. I'll bring you tuna when I get back

[ he's hoping gogo will eventually come back to look at the screen of, well, whatever it is he's using (ipad? shit, he learned his pin code?? sheesh!) ]

[visionarykitten]

[Hey, the pin was easier to pick up than the laptop's password. Alex uses the iPad more often, after all.

Gomez will be back, but it'll be probably an hour later, so by then Alex will be back to work. From then on he sits, staring at the iPad, kneading the carpet nervously and reflexively licking his nose, answering responses when he gets them.

By the time Alex gets home, though, he's nodded off, and is curled up next to the now powered-down iPad. The sound of the door opening wakes him up, but since he's in the middle of the living room floor, he just blinks stupidly at his ehhif walking in for a minute.]

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[angelskills]

You're a cat!

[ ... Yes, thank you, Colette. ]

[Video]

[visionarykitten]

[His ears skew back at that, confused at the statement of the obvious.]

Eeih. Er, yes. I am a cat. And you're an ehhif. I mean... a human type thing.

[angelskills]

I am!

Oh, I'm sorry. That was rude of me. What's your name?

[visionarykitten]

Gogo.

[He doesn't realize that's a nickname more than his actual name, so much. Nor does he realize it's a funny sounding name. It's what his person calls him, okay? That makes it officially cool.]

What's yours?

[angelskills]

Gogo... that's... that's so cute! My name is Colette. It's very nice to meet you! I've never spoken to a cat before.

Um, well, no... that's not true. I have. But I've never been responded to before!

[visionarykitten]

I don't think any other cats can. I've tried.

[He looks over his shoulder, as if one of the other two cats might be watching him. But he's still alone in the living room, for now.]

I mean, I can sort of talk with them... but it's just... different.

[And he doesn't have the words in English or cat-speak to really explain why. He's just a kid, cat-wise, after all.]

[Video via Cat Food Tray]

[sacrifice_everything]

[ANOTHER CAT! She's so excited she's just spinning in circles for a bit before greeting him via cat-language. Because English is for losers.]

Hi! Hi, you're a cat! You're a cat like me! We can talk, and you can understand me! It's so great to see another cat on this network thingy! Hi, I'm Regina! Who are you?

[Most dignified cat ever.]

[Video]

[visionarykitten]

[The excitement-- and the bigger cat, warped by the reflective food dish's bottom-- spooks him a little at first, and he skuttles back from the iPad. That doesn't last, though, and his nose and whiskers are poking back into the screen a minute later.]

Uh. Hi. Hunt's luck, I guess. I'm Gogo. Yeah, I'm a cat, too. You can't talk like the ehhif talk?

[Video]

[sacrifice_everything]

I can only talk like a cat so far. But a horse talked to me and you speak human too so maybe I can learn! [She settles to groom her chest fur and try not to scare off the smaller cat.] It's very nice to meet you, Gogo. Do you know how I can learn to speak human? There's a human I really want to talk to so I can thank him for being so nice to me.

[visionarykitten]

I talked to the horse, too. And I didn't learn. It all just kind of showed up one night-- and it's not all there. There's still words I don't get, and I keep messing up and saying things like this, instead of in that language.

[He pauses, looking baffled by his own words, and adds,]

And I'm not sure it's really the same language... it's all... weird. And different. But I can understand, anyway.

[sacrifice_everything]

That is weird. [She wrinkles her nose.] I wish I could wake up and speak human... but it doesn't work. You're very lucky. Have you gone outside yet? I have. Every time I come inside something keeps telling me I should be outside.

[visionarykitten]

That's when I learned. I got out and tried to talk to some other cats outside, and they chased me....

[The fur on his tail and neck fluff up a little, even at the memory. Gomez doesn't like thinking about that, but he keeps doing it anyway, since it had resulted in this new language thing.]

I don't have any feeling like that, though. It just gets really boring in here.