can you see me

[playdolls]

They've all suddenly decided to notice I'm not human.

This stopped months ago, and it is extremely annoying.

The next child who pulls my tail is losing an eye.

Also let me know if you need help finding your pets. That was also extremely irritating. Are you planning to feed my cats for me Retrospec?

I didn't think so. I'm going to leave an entire litter box in your break room, I promise.

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[matchbreaker]

What.

Who says things like that, honestly.

[playdolls]

I'm literally a flesh eating monster cat.

[matchbreaker]

[ And what, she admits to that...? But then, she's admitted to her own baggage pretty directly, as a matter of getting accountability for herself. Maybe the principle is similar here? Or maybe...

Mmm. ]

Well that's got to be quite the adjustment. Are you speaking in present tense for having already changed your stomach or as the embracing past identity thing?

[playdolls]

No, I'm like you, I'm not compelled to eat anybody. I just remember doing it, and I remember that my king only found the most powerful tasty.

I think I like coffee and grilled cheese too much to go all the way back, if I don't have to.

[matchbreaker]

I'm not all the way along yet.

Does that mean that the species exclusively eats humans or sapient creatures, or just whatever?

[playdolls]

We eat whatever. And then pass along the traits of what we eat to the next generation. We're called chimera ants. I was born from cat and human and maybe some other treats.

[matchbreaker]

[ Treats, jesus Christ that spends a weird chill down her spine, even if she knows that she finds herself thinking just as dismissively about humans, sometimes. ]

That's quite the trait! So in the long term it won't end up changing your diet, or does that mean it'll become purely carnivorous?

[playdolls]

I'm not a queen ant. I don't think it matters.

[ What that means for them in terms of their relationship to humans, they're not actually all that certain. And not being certain annoys them. ]

[matchbreaker]

Huh.

Any other people in the same boat as you?

(also did that ideology play into why you picked a fight with me back in November?)

[playdolls]

Other chimera ants? No, not that I've seen.

And I didn't pick a fight. I just wanted to see how strong you were.

[matchbreaker]

That's a little bit of a weird distinction but ok makes sense I guess.

[playdolls]

I want to be strong too. I know it's in there, I just haven't managed ot wake it all the way up yet. But it's starting.

[matchbreaker]

I can't deny that the strength I've gotten has been useful to me but okay? Hope it works out for you!

As long as you aren't maiming people?

Having an invisible hill really is a hassle for finding a missing cat.

[playdolls]

I haven't maimed anyone since coming to Recolle.

I was able to sense my cats' auras for a minute, that helped.

[matchbreaker]

[ UM???? ]

Aura?

[ Let's focus on that part... ]

[playdolls]

Their nen. Their life force.

[matchbreaker]

Okay is this a new age thing or an ability of your ants?

[playdolls]

I don't know if it is all of the ant. I know about me, and my king, and the humans we ate. The more powerful ones were the tastiest.

[matchbreaker]

[ christ that's unsettling. ]

in terms of that life force nen thing?

[playdolls]

The king wouldn't even eat a normal human, he spit them out.

[matchbreaker]

Wow.

so if you sensed your cats, all living things have it?

[playdolls]

Definitely.

[matchbreaker]

And you can sense that?