PBA 069c

[6/26/2015 11:58:14 PM] Iskandar: Library, probably.

[6/26/2015 11:59:23 PM] Basement Cat: He almost runs into a giant tiger when he opens the door!

[6/27/2015 12:00:26 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar blinks. "Tora, that you?"

[6/27/2015 12:01:02 AM] Basement Cat: The tiger blinks, too, and turns back into Tora-humanoid.

[6/27/2015 12:01:20 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... sorry, I just took a nap on one of the couches in there.

[6/27/2015 12:03:57 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: It's one of the nicest-smelling places on the ship.

[6/27/2015 12:04:47 AM] Iskandar: That's okay.

[6/27/2015 12:05:00 AM] Iskandar: He looks past her, into the library. ".. I wonder why that is."

[6/27/2015 12:05:18 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... a lot of people don't react that well to a big tiger coming at them... oh, it's the books.

[6/27/2015 12:05:48 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: I love book-smell. I missed it living in at the park for so long.

[6/27/2015 12:07:52 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods. "Oh.  Well, that makes sense."

[6/27/2015 12:08:17 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... sorry, I'm standing in your way, aren't I.

[6/27/2015 12:08:23 AM] Basement Cat: She moves aside.

[6/27/2015 12:09:41 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar smiles. "No worries.  Everything okay?"

[6/27/2015 12:10:25 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: .... yes, I suppose. Well, sort of.

[6/27/2015 12:11:13 AM] Iskandar: Sort of? What's wrong?

[6/27/2015 12:12:12 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Well... I don't have anything to do here. I've already done everything I could think of that's constructive. But I'm a bookkeeper. Other than tracking what goes in and out of the kitchen I've nothing to do, really.

[6/27/2015 12:17:07 AM] Iskandar: Malaise isn't an uncommon problem here. What do you *like* to do?

[6/27/2015 12:17:55 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: I liked being a bookkeeper. Making numbers dance and harmonize, and seeing patterns.

[6/27/2015 12:18:04 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Keeping track of everything is fun.

[6/27/2015 12:18:54 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... and it's nice to be around people again here, but sometimes it feels like... well, a lot of strangers. I should come out more, but ... I wonder if I spent too much time as a tiger.

[6/27/2015 12:22:50 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar thinks. "What about hobbies?"

[6/27/2015 12:23:42 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: I used to read a lot. Romances and things.

[6/27/2015 12:29:40 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Talas doesn't mind if I hunt rabbits, too.

[6/27/2015 12:29:42 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods. "I wrote an erotic thriller!"

[6/27/2015 12:29:54 AM] Iskandar: You should read it, it's quite good.

[6/27/2015 12:30:34 AM] Basement Cat: Tora blushes. "... what's it called?"

[6/27/2015 12:31:22 AM] Iskandar: "Passion of the Void". I've drawn some inspiration from my adventures here.

[6/27/2015 12:32:00 AM] Iskandar: I have the manuscript in my quarters, I'll let you borrow it.

[6/27/2015 12:32:49 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: I'd like that. You know, most people don't react as well to being surprised by tigers.

[6/27/2015 12:34:27 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar shrugs. "Well, I figured that there was a good chance that you were a tiger I knew."

[6/27/2015 12:36:30 AM] Basement Cat: She smiles. "That's sweet. You don't mind if I'm a tiger around you?"

[6/27/2015 12:37:16 AM] Iskandar: Hey, you're a tiger. IT's what you are, just as much as this shape is.

[6/27/2015 12:37:24 AM] Iskandar: He gestures vaguely to Elf-Tora.

[6/27/2015 12:38:23 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Well... sort of. I mean, I wasn't born this way. But I really like it and I'm used to it now.

[6/27/2015 12:39:00 AM] Iskandar: Exactly. So why should you change.

[6/27/2015 12:42:03 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... before I got stuck at the park I used to have a... a friend, who would brush me. ... I know it sounds strange, but it's different when you have fur.

[6/27/2015 12:44:12 AM] Iskandar: Hmmm. Do you have brushes?

[6/27/2015 12:44:52 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: No. ... I use picks and combs on my hair.

[6/27/2015 12:45:41 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar is thoughtful. "Well.  Have you been to the bazaar?  We could find you some brushes there."

[6/27/2015 12:47:03 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: I haven't left the ship, really. Not without you.

[6/27/2015 12:48:30 AM] Iskandar: Well... you probably don't want to leave the ship alone here.

[6/27/2015 12:48:52 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods. "Want to go?  We'll buy you some brushes.  My treat."

[6/27/2015 12:49:28 AM] Iskandar: ... I would much rather surprise you, but I don't know what brushes feel good on tiger fur, so I need your expert input.

[6/27/2015 12:49:42 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Oh, you don't have to do that, I mean... I already owe you for rescuing me.

[6/27/2015 12:50:19 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar shakes his head. "You don't owe me anything."

[6/27/2015 12:53:01 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: You've been so kind to me.

[6/27/2015 12:56:14 AM] Iskandar:  /me shrugs.

[6/27/2015 12:56:43 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar shrugs. "WEll, I like you.  You're a cat, *and* a girl, and I like both those things.

[6/27/2015 12:58:44 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Well, I know you like girls, anyway. That girl with the blue hair, aren't you...

[6/27/2015 12:59:49 AM] Iskandar: Arin? Sure. And Allys. And Ven now, too, somehow, not sure quite how that happened.

[6/27/2015 1:00:29 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... all of them?

[6/27/2015 1:03:16 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods. "Is that strange?  It's not terribly strange where I come from."

[6/27/2015 1:04:18 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: ... it... seems strange.

[6/27/2015 1:05:25 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: How does it work?

[6/27/2015 1:06:11 AM] Iskandar: Well.... they're all with me, but also all with each other, if that makes sense.

[6/27/2015 1:06:25 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Ohhh.

[6/27/2015 1:08:53 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: .... you must be very close.

[6/27/2015 1:13:56 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Is it... difficult? Keeping up relationships with all of them?

[6/27/2015 1:14:51 AM] Iskandar: Not for me. I think I'm just good at them.

[6/27/2015 1:15:28 AM] Iskandar: Plus in this arrangement, the burden isn't just one on person, it's kind of spread around, right?

[6/27/2015 1:16:34 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Oh, that's true.

[6/27/2015 1:17:07 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: How do you... do you ever add people? Your bed must be enormous.

[6/27/2015 1:18:03 AM] Iskandar: It is getting to be an issue, that's true.

[6/27/2015 1:19:06 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: You might have to use two and just... rotate or something.

[6/27/2015 1:19:31 AM] Iskandar: We have two put together right now.

[6/27/2015 1:20:48 AM] Basement Cat: Tora blushes a little bit, and stays quiet.

[6/27/2015 1:22:11 AM] Iskandar: Do you want to go to the bazaar? I'd like to brush a tiger. I've never done that.

[6/27/2015 1:23:00 AM] Basement Cat: Tora: Yes. That sounds so nice.

[6/27/2015 1:24:01 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar smiles and holds out a hand.

[6/27/2015 1:24:08 AM] Basement Cat: Tora takes it!

[6/27/2015 1:30:16 AM] Iskandar: Iskandar takes her out into the bazaar. To buy brushes. For brushing a tiger.

[6/27/2015 1:30:29 AM] Basement Cat: Cuuuuuuuuuute.