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Comments

[antagonize]

Barkson Pawd Goodness gracious.
Barkson Pawd Someone's cranky.

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen you've got a lot of experience with knives, huh?
Nyante Cattailen that start before or after we started getting all these memories back?

[korekara]

i'm trying to decide if that's a risk i wanna take
how quick will my death be

[korekara]

i can do anything if i try hard enough and refuse to listen to reason

[megabond]

Augustine Sauveterrier Very true to the spirit of April Fools.
Augustine Sauveterrier Although the parental filter is a nice addition, though.

[appraiser]

I think he's taken care of kittens before, actually. But he's trying to find homes for them, and won't let them go to others until both sides are fully prepared.

[ The most responsible friend.

Ryoji also works off the notes to see what food each cat should get, measuring out the proper around and letting Jubei double check that it's correct before filling bowls and setting them down for the cats. Old cats especially, he really likes them. The way they don't mind having their fur smoothed down while they ate, unlike the younger cats who take his approaching hands for play things to pounce on. ]

I'm sure I'll be able to do a good job taking care of a cat, but there's also a matter of being home for them. I'd never want to leave my apartment, for wanting to always be there for them.

[appraiser]

[ AND YET he's good business, laughing her off as he picks out the boxes of brittle, but gets distracted by a small bag of dark chocolate truffles, and oh, these mint patties look good too... ]

If I bought one of everything in the store, how much would that cost?

[ It's a serious question, pac-man forgotten. ]

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking that's a lot higher than I would have expected
Steven Squawking I take that back, maybe make it a little less addictive

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen idk dude they're both pretty lame in their own ways
Nyante Cattailen this isn't some neopets board where you have to have your personal identifying font
Nyante Cattailen pretty soon everyone's gonna be ending their posts with jpg signatures and inspirational quotes

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō I used to work in a tech company with a very competitive workforce.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Breaktimes were often spent trying to beat one another in games like this, so... plenty of practice.

[samuraisoul]

It sounds like things are going very well already.

[That makes Jubei laugh quietly; not out of humour, but because he's endeared... and because he can hear himself in those words, in some ways.]

You don't need to worry; were you taking in a dog the amount of time you are at home would be a much bigger deal, but cats are very independent. You should of course make sure you spend time with your kitten, though I don't need to tell you that, hmm?

[He thinks he knows what to say to help here, too. Fussing over each of his charges in turn, Jubei sounds quite content in his work as he goes through the Kitten Problem. This is a good career, isn't it? Helping out souls in need, both pets and owners... his old job seems so far away in this moment.]

But they are quite happy to be alone for periods of time. Need their alone time, in fact. Even a young and overly energetic cat will have moments when they just want to be left to sleep, so leaving your apartment sometimes would in fact be good for them.

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen got it

[Which means that he's officially Done ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ He hasn't had enough time away from the events of the past week yet to be willing to take the shit he's sown.]

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen define crazy
Nyante Cattailen i'm pretty sure i've seen some stuff this past month that goes way beyond freaky eyes on the crazy scale

[appraiser]

That's good to hear. Cats nap much of the day, so alone time...

[ Alone time is something he's always been unsure of, with "alone" for him meaning uneasiness, a huge reason why he thought of getting an animal companion now that he's settled down in Recollé with no further plans to move away or travel. All he can hope is that the kitten would like him, and grow up comfortable enough to sleep in his room as its own little personal space in close proximity. ]

I do love dogs though, how they're always happy to be by your side. Sometimes I walk the neighbors' dogs, especially when it was cold out these last few months and not everybody wanted to be outside. How do you choose who to take home...?

[ Look at these cats, clambering over for their meals (he can pretend they're tripping over themselves because they're happy to see him). He's so fond already. ]

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking well no but those are things you'd expect to be codenames. a name like "jim" doesn't sound all that suspicious until you start thinking about it for too long, you know?

[chiseler]

Steven Squawking all right,
I can see what you mean. I've only been getting better by playing on my downtime at the bar
Steven Squawking "used to"
though?

[darkinferno]

Nyante Cattailen i want to know what kind of "gentlemen" you're hanging out with that are really saying "badonkadonk"

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Oh! I'm sorry, yes, we have. How are you doing?
Hitori Togusa Seems like it's always one step forwards, two steps back with the coding here. I'll take some username glitches and having to play some pac-man over those videos.

[samuraisoul]

[That earns another laugh, though afterwards Jubei shakes his head a little; ah, yes. This is an age old problem for him.]

With great difficulty... except for those rare, lovely moments when a pet and owner just click upon first meeting.

[Reaching one of his favourites now, a shy, older girl he has previously dubbed Shiori, Jubei sighs a little (though his smile does not shift). There is little room in the tiny place he lives in, and besides that his landlord has forbidden pets; on his current wage a bigger place with more options is simply impossible. There's nothing to be done, though. He's not giving up this job for anything.]

I only wish I could rehome several of the darlings here.

[samuraisoul]

Mewbei Nyankōbō That was back in Japan, quite some time ago.
Mewbei Nyankōbō Here I work at the animal shelter and nowhere else. It's my full-time job now.

[darkinferno]

[Oh dammit Anya, why do you have to be so excited and pleased about it?]

Nyante Cattailen well i'm glad one of us is enjoying it
Nyante Cattailen both the nyans and the eyes
Nyante Cattailen i feel fine but it's ducking annoying
Nyante Cattailen i'll accept these memories since there doesn't seem to be any way to avoid them but the physical changes are way too much

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa We're back on my question of how it's following us. As if it knows who we are and can jump to any device we're using, or even switch users when the active person switches, without a log in or fingerprint or anything.

Hitori Togusa .....How would that even work on a smart TV, though, does the TV turn itself on when you're not using the app now?

[constellates]

oh
no it is nothing like that
she did not do it because she liked me that way
i would have asked
i know better now

[constellates]

Nyanya Vasiliev they are very sweet and i hope they are having fun here now that they moved
Nyanya Vasiliev some people are stubborn and it is hard to unlearn ? what you know i think
Nyanya Vasiliev so i will keep trying unless they hurt me because if i am hurt i know more people will be sad and i cannot do that to them

[constellates]

[lmao when you stop being able to speak english you kinda hope that everyone else is chilling]

Nyanya Vasiliev is it a bad physical change or a change that you do not want ?
Nyanya Vasiliev there is always color contacts i think but they are for fashion mostly