> Post kittens.

[alienates]

Karkat Vantas shared a photo. 3/24 near Apprassage

You are goddamn welcome, everyone.
At least now, no matter what kind of a shitstained day you've been having, you can say you saw newborn kittens.

[ timeline-wise this is a little later in the afternoon, so like for high schoolers it'd be after school ends for the day, etc. ]

Comments

[alienates]

Yup.
There's three other ones but the mom's covering them so I can't get a decent picture.

[appraiser]

congratulations! they're so cute, you must be so proud
are you keeping them?
names?
please chronicle their lives, i want to watch them all grow up strong and healthy and happy

[alienates]

I'm keeping one of them.
I already have two cats besides her and I can't afford to have all of them.
Our landlord would probably shit himself?
But they're obviously staying with me until they're old enough to be away from the mom.

[appraiser]

lol if you show your landlord the picture, they might be cute enough to convince him
nine cats does seem like a handful for one household though
that's... two or three months before they're old enough?

[alienates]

Maybe younger if the person knows how to take care of young kittens.
I rather find people who are interested in taking one before they're ready for homes though so I know everyone is prepared for it.
Like fucking hell am I giving my cat to someone who can't clean out a litter box.

[appraiser]

so responsible! it's good you've thought things through to that extent
i'm sure there'll be many people who are interested in the kittens
they're so cute
and small
just looking at their little shining lives makes me happy
i would have the hardest time letting go

[alienates]

I can be a dick but not to my cats.

Do you
Want one???????

[appraiser]

lol you shouldn't be a dick to anybody

also yes
but not for two or three months
and if i have your approval

[alienates]

lol

[ no ]

When they're a little older I'll probably ask you to come over so you can check them out then.
And so I can judge how you interact with them obviously.

[appraiser]

of course!
i'm learning about cats from the best person there is, so i'll be ready by then

[alienates]

Who is this apparent cat whisperer

[appraiser]

none other than Souji Narukami, joint owner of four to five cats, depending!

[alienates]

Oh
I know his brother.

[appraiser]

Yu? Yu is wonderful too-- he also loves cats!

[ the criteria for being wonderful, apparently ]

[alienates]

[ karkat is not even sure how he would describe yu because his relationship with him has been weird ]

Is anyone who loves cats wonderful to you or are they already wonderful and just happen to also love cats?

[appraiser]

i think... people are wonderful in general, and loving makes them even more so!
so you, who exist and likes cats, are wonderful+

[alienates]

[ w.... what the fuck is this. karkat doesn't even know what to do with this. who the fuck does ryoji think he is?????? ]

I
Wait
Holy flaming shit did you mean everything you just said?!

[appraiser]

yes

[ Unfortunately, and with all sincerity, yes. ]

[alienates]

You aren't trolling me right??
I mean
I am having trouble wrapping my head over how extremely optimistic that is

[appraiser]

of course not
optimism has little to do with beliefs
i just think that every person has something about them that is admirable, and that makes them wonderful
you don't think so?

[alienates]

I am pretty sure there are people out there who are just flat out awful and anything admirable about them is immediately negated by how much of a piece of shit they are.

[appraiser]

hmm outliers may be the exception, but
awful people don't start out awful
and they don't have to end that way either
i have hope!!!

[alienates]

Wow I am getting extreme deja vu here
I completely disagree with you since I think there are some people who won't change no matter what.

[appraiser]

in general, or do you know somebody personally?

[alienates]

Both, I guess.

There's gotta be like one person you don't like.