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Comments

[fiddlestick]

Okay, but if you change your mind I'll do it!

...Though I have to ask, are you sneakingly trying to check out Crow and Rean?

[HE SEES YOU THERE, DARK LORD MEOW]

[maskreant]

it wouldn't be bad to add to our fridge, actually.

what do you mean by "check out?"

[fiddlestick]

Actually, that would be pretty cute.

You invited both of them to our home without revealing who you were first....

[maskreant]

i believe this would be called assertive platonic courtship.

[fiddlestick]

Pretty sure courtships start with introductions...

If anything, your approach reminds me a little of a cat. [Morrigan is rubbing off]

[maskreant]

i got to introduce myself and they're coming over. it worked out.

how so?

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, it did. You'll like them, they're good guys!

Well you know how cats are when they meet new people? First they watch them from afar, and then they approach you but not in straightforward manner before finally letting you pet them?

You read like that.

[maskreant]

well, i can't imagine you would be friends with bad to the core guys.

hey, i thought inviting them over to our house is pretty straightforward?

[fiddlestick]

[Akira that's sweet you have such faith in his tastes. It's misguided faith, but it's sweet]

Haha, I'd hope not. But people can be pretty different from their past selves, right? So I was a little nervous at first...

Sure, but you did challenge one to a duel at first....

[maskreant]

that’s understandable, but what matters is now and who they’ll become. you can pick your ducks.

it was a playful preface.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, right. Well, if goes well, we'll have two more ducks to add to our great flock.

Right. Just cat-like.

I do appreciate you looking out for me though.

[maskreant]

am i a cat? a duck?

you can take care of yourself. i'm just curious.

[ he knows as he keeps talking that this isn't refuting Elliot's cat statement. ]

[fiddlestick]

Both.

[maskreant]

cute cat. i'm surprised it stayed still long enough to get its picture taken like that.

what kind of sound would i make? qeow? muack.

[fiddlestick]

Me too. I don't think we could get either Katkat or Morrigan to do the same.

Hehe, qeow sounds pretty cute!

[maskreant]

Morrigan might do it if he's feeling generous, but you're right for the most part.

it kind of does, but it also sounds like something someone would say as they attack? a sfx.

[fiddlestick]

Ahaha, I'd rather not push my luck there. Morrigan already likes to make a point of showing the locks in my room aren't enough to stop him.

[Better to appease the cat that could destroy his instruments]

It...could be your battle cry too?

[maskreant]

i still have no idea how he learned that... maybe it's something he picked up on the streets.

[ ... ]

Qeow! Fear me!

[fiddlestick]

Haha, he is really smart! Street smarts.

[Okay, that gives him to laugh enough that Akira might be able to hear it from his room]

You sound like a cartoon villain!

[maskreant]

he'll end up in cat jail eventually.

[ Akira doesn't respond. Instead, he literally saw QEOW loud enough for Elliot to hear. ]

[fiddlestick]

No he won't. He's too good for that.

[He hears that and laughs again. A moment later, he'll yell QEOW right back in response]