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Darlington ([info]gentlemandemon) wrote in [info]valloic,
@ 2024-01-08 08:01:00

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Entry tags:!: network post, dc: kara danvers, ₴ inactive: alex stern, ₴ inactive: darlington, ₴ inactive: noctis lucis caelum (2), ₴ inactive: silas, ₴ inactive: ty blackthorn, ₴ inactive: will herondale

A kitten with no apparent human attached just walked up to my desk in Special Collections to sit on my keyboard and demand pets. What's the protocol on spontaneously appearing animals here? Am I free to take him home and give him a pretentious name, or do I need to clear that with some Vallo authority first?


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[info]veggiehater
2024-01-08 02:14 pm UTC (link)
Sounds right. Isn't that just how the Cat Distribution System works in every world?

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 02:18 pm UTC (link)
It's certainly how it works on my version of Earth. My only reason for concern is that I'm fairly certain the kitten just appeared here rather than walking in the door. I wasn't sure if animals needed to go through the DOA the way the rest of us do.

I also thought it important to mention in case the first response was "Oh no, the Teleporting Murder Kittens are back, arm yourselves!"

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[info]veggiehater
2024-01-08 02:52 pm UTC (link)
Oh. Well yeah that's fair. Does it seem bent on murder? I mean, more than most cats.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 03:00 pm UTC (link)
So far the only thing it's attempted to murder is my shoelaces. It hissed at the door but went no further than that, so my current ruling is that it's no more dangerous than the average Vallo resident.

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[info]veggiehater
2024-01-08 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Shoelaces are replaceable. So are doors. Congrats on the cat.

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(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 05:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]veggiehater, 2024-01-08 11:33 pm UTC
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[info]supering
2024-01-08 02:15 pm UTC (link)
I would say checking around to make sure the little guy doesn't belong to anyone would be a safe call, and I think this post counts!

Do you get a lot of spontaneous cats at the Library?

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 02:20 pm UTC (link)
We don't, which is why I thought bringing the matter to the network was wise. It wouldn't be easy for a kitten to make its way to my part of the library without being noticed, so given the ways of Vallo, I suspect he just appeared here by some means.

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[info]supering
2024-01-08 02:22 pm UTC (link)
Definitely not impossible. I had a dog from my home planet appear here several weeks back. They don't seem to attract the same DOA attention that we Outlanders do. Is there anything distinct about the cat that might identify it?

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 02:29 pm UTC (link)
Not especially. It's a white and orange kitten, fond of attacking shoelaces.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 02:30 pm UTC (link)
And its mouth apparently explodes into tentacles when it's startled.

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(no subject) - [info]supering, 2024-01-08 02:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 02:37 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 03:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]thewheelwalker, 2024-01-08 02:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 02:37 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 02:42 pm UTC
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[info]willnotduck
2024-01-08 02:45 pm UTC (link)
Ignoring the tentacle situation for a moment, I would like to hear your pretentious name options. Do they change now that it might be a monster disguised as something adorable?

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Initially I'd been considering famous redheads of art and literature as namesakes. Vincent Van Gogh still might work even with the surprise tentacles. I'm now running through my mental list of monsters and horrors and wondering if Hydra is too on-the-nose.

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[info]willnotduck
2024-01-08 03:02 pm UTC (link)
Perhaps that could be its middle name, so you can appease both sides. Vincent Hydra Van Gogh.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 03:20 pm UTC (link)
I rather like that. It's going on the list of possibilities.

King Henry VIII was also a monster with red hair, but I'm not sure he ever seemed cute and cuddly. Bram Stoker was a redhead who wrote about monsters; there might be something there.

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(no subject) - [info]willnotduck, 2024-01-08 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gentlemandemon, 2024-01-08 04:26 pm UTC
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[info]tynero
2024-01-08 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Do you think someone released a bunch of wild kittens on Vallo? I found two in the sewer just now and they're very dirty. I'm going to clean them up but I don't think my lynx will like kittens around very much.

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[info]silariathas
2024-01-08 03:59 pm UTC (link)
May I suggest you use the sink in the laundry room rather than the one in the kitchen, sir?

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[info]tynero
2024-01-08 04:01 pm UTC (link)
The kitchen has a better sink sprayer? And the right dish soap is there.

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[info]silariathas
2024-01-08 04:02 pm UTC (link)
I could fetch you the right dish soap. I don't mind.

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(no subject) - [info]tynero, 2024-01-08 04:18 pm UTC
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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 04:27 pm UTC (link)
You have a lynx as a pet?

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[info]tynero
2024-01-08 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Yes! Her name is Irene. My sister found her wounded in the Carpathians while I was at school. I nursed her back to health and then she stayed with us.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Is magic involved in that at all, or is your family just uncommonly good with wild animals?

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[info]silariathas
2024-01-08 04:02 pm UTC (link)
There appears to be many of the creatures here, but I haven't heard of any violent encounters.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 04:29 pm UTC (link)
That's encouraging. Thus far this one just acts like a kitten. He has claws like tiny needles, as I just learned when he climbed my pants leg, but the tentacle tendencies apparently come out rather rarely.

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[info]silariathas
2024-01-08 04:36 pm UTC (link)
With cats, there's always a chance for minor violence. One of the species's charms.

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[info]gentlemandemon
2024-01-08 05:35 pm UTC (link)
I've always thought so. It keeps thing interesting.

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