@kai.gracen

[halfbloodhatchling]

How many of you had pets back where you're from? Or picked up one here.

And when you think about it, if your cat or dog or whatever were here, would you give up part of your water ration for it? I totally would, for Newt. Who's a cat, long story.

What's the weirdest thing you've done for your pet, if you've had one?

I do also need a roommate, if anyone's interested. I probably won't let you have my water ration, not unless you look more like a cat than I do. But I'm not that bad of a roommate, mostly.

[ Kai's really selling this. ]

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@marcos.diaz

[heliophilous]

I have a dog. Zingo.

( well, the mutant underground had a dog but he'd taken care of zingo many times over the years. )

I don't know if I have a weirdest thing I've done for her but she's been there to help me when I've been in horrible moods. Most people won't come around me then.

( zingo was unafraid. )

You new here?

[halfbloodhatchling]

Yeah, animals can be pretty fearless. And pretty steady. Newt's got expectations of me, but I can usually meet them.

And I am new. I should note for the record that I wasn't one of those threatening to stab anyone.

[heliophilous]

Newt, the cat with a long story attached. What kind of expectations?

( he can't help but be a little curious about that story. )

I've been threatened like that before even if you had been. It's a thing. Not my favorite thing but it's a thing.

[halfbloodhatchling]

It's not really that long of a story. I had to save a child from a giant salamander, and after I killed the thing this kitten decided it had found dinner. Cat was the same damn color as the newt.

[ And he'd bitten Kai, and generally been a disaster ever since. Kai loves that cat. ]

Now he wants me to be home on time, and never skip feeding him. For a kitten willing to eat raw newt, he's grown up awfully picky.

I try to make it obvious when I'm the one making threats, so people know where they stand with me. It's only polite.

[heliophilous]

Giant salamander?

( he should be used to hearing strange things like that but sometimes it catches him off guard. )

Sounds like your cat makes the rules. I don't think Zingo's that bad. She just wants to be fed and to have space on a bed. If that happens, she's happy.

( an easygoing dog. )

You threaten people a lot?

[halfbloodhatchling]

Giant salamander. Large enough to eat a dog.

To be fair, I don't always make it home. As long as the first thing I do when I get there is feed him, and I always buy the same cat food, he's good.

I try not to, but it's necessary more than you might think.

[heliophilous]

I'll try and stay on the side of not getting threatened. I'm on a good streak right now.

( he's sad all the time but he hasn't gotten threatened so he's counting that as a win. )

See, where I come from, there's no giant salamanders. They dangerous besides the dog eating part?

[halfbloodhatchling]

You seem smart, so you'll probably do fine.

Teeth and claws. And kids are the same size as dogs.

[heliophilous]

Not often someone'll call me smart.

( he snickers. )

All my world has is mutants. Not mutant dogs, though. I don't think.

@jai.kinvaio

[kestrels]

Badass and a bleeding heart.

Really selling it there, guy.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Everyone's got a soft spot for their pets.

cw animal cruelty mention

[kestrels]

#doubt.

I think it's more like, twenty percent of people have a soft spot for their pets, sixty percent just have a pet because it's the normal thing to do, the rest of them would eat Snuffles in an apocalypse or sell them for a gram, so.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Fine. You've got a point. A shitty point, but a point.

Don't know that I agree with your percentages though. Some of those people who just get a pet to have one will end up falling in love with it.

[kestrels]

Last I checked, love wasn't some be-all, end-all shield against being shitty, either.

（ why is this a conversation he's having. he shouldn't be. it's not like it'll tell a stranger a whole hell of a lot, but aidan reads fucking everything, and he's going to see it and know what it means. ）

[halfbloodhatchling]

Did I say it was?

Just the idea that only 20% of people who have a pet want it for the pet's sake seems like a number you pulled out of your ass.

[kestrels]

Or it could be that we're from different worlds with different standards and ideals about pets and the ownership thereof.

:)

Just saying.

[halfbloodhatchling]

Then maybe I'm just a product of my world, rather than being a bleeding heart.

[ Kai's definitely a bleeding heart, but whatever, he doesn't see any need to back away. ]

@harley.quinn

[mahem]

i had bruce back home
my best baby boy

[ she fails to mention that bruce is a hyena. ]

you need a roomie, huh?

[halfbloodhatchling]

Tell me about him?

[ It's fine, Kai's not-boyfriend is convinced that Newt is actually a gargoyle. Admittedly a five pound gargoyle at that. ]

I was told I can't afford a place by myself and looking at the prices... Yeah, I need a roomie.

[mahem]

well
he's spotted and fuzzy
about 120 lbs

so funny story
i'm sorta looking for a place too

[halfbloodhatchling]

You talking about a pet or an ex-boyfriend?

Yeah? Only way to make the budget balance. Even then, the place might be a bit shitty.

[mahem]

oh! pet!
he's a hyena

yeah well my last apartment got blown to hell so anything with a roof and four walls would be a step up

[halfbloodhatchling]

And people give me a hard time about my cat.

I hope you weren't the one to blow it up?

[mahem]

too bad he's not here or i'd introduce you two
he's really a sweetie pie

nah
just some people trying to kill me and collect the price on my head

[halfbloodhatchling]

Right. A shame.

That still sounds like a recurring type of problem. Or did you take care of them.