030 — First Loss...?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[There's a large, haphazard H torn into the page, as if with something sharp. An equally messy E was being scratched in as well, until the sound of the journal and other things toppling over an edge is recorded halfway, followed by a thump and a feline hiss. More hissing is recorded, muffled.]


(OoC: Entry and all comments are, of course, recorded. No opposable thumbs, no writing.)

Comments

[riotously.livejournal.com]

[PURE CANINE SUSPICION.]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[oh noes, it's the cat's natural predator - sort of D:]

dictated;

[thefinaldream.livejournal.com]

... Writing kittens?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[more cat sounds and scratched writting appears from below]

[thefinaldream.livejournal.com]

... Elk? Really? You're- uh..

...




Do you need help? One meow for yes, two for no..?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[one (slightly confused) meow - then he adds a second once he catches Shitos attention]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

...

We have cats now?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[a louder hiss, then a distressed meow, still muffled]

[faint scratching marks appear over Shito's words]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

... I don't speak cat.

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[have some more aggravated cat sounds]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[long pause where he stares at the journal]

... who is this?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[another hiss - 'goddamnit I can't speak English!! >(']

[Shuffling is recorded as he tries to find his way back to the knocked-over journal. From the incomplete E scratched in before, he changes the word, scratching a single line for an L, and is currently working laboriously on a K.]

1/2

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

... [hi, I'm a long line of Mandarin swearing as Shito gets up to head to Elk's room]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[sound of door opening]

Elk?

... Okay, what are you doing under your own hat? [walks over to pull said hat off the kitten]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[as soon as the hat's lifted off, Elk's crouching on his hind legs and hissing in distress]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[blank stare]

Relax, you have fur, we'll deal with your lack of clothes come the end of this.

[stares at the cat a bit, before kneeling down]

... Kaoru. If I let you near the mirror, will you promise me you won't fuss over your appearance like you did last time?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[it takes him a while to calm down, but once he does he lets out a gloomy meow]

...

[and he's caught between shaking his head and just staring at Shito]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

That tells me a lot, Kaoru.

... [reaches out to pet Kitty!Elk] Well?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

!!

[Holy crap, bad touch. Elk stiffens again and squirms away from Shito's hand with a meow, but once calm again, he walks closer to Shito on slightly shaky legs.]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

Still not an answer.

[sighs then stands]

Come on. I don't trust some of the people here enough to leave you on your own while you're like this.

... Are you used to walking around like that yet?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[Kitty glare as he keeps his head low to the ground, but eventually gives a quiet meow, then nod.]

[He tries walking faster, but one leg buckles and he falls onto his stomach with a small noise. Definitely not.]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[chuckles softly at the sight before walking back and picking up the kitten]

Looks like you're going to have to practice walking.

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[Cue brief tensing up, then some flailing as he's picked up off the ground. He's not used to the touch, but kinda guesses he can't do anything about it now. DX]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[makes sure Elk can't fall before walking out]

So no staring into the mirror for longer than two minutes, you got it?

[re-enters his own room and gently places Elk on the floor of his very odd room]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[a short meow before he begins walking slowly, trying not to fall over like before]

.....

[...And he finds himself staring at the items in Shito's room before heading to the mirror. It all looks very different now that he's not high and several feet shorter.]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[another sigh before heading to the small coffee table and pocketing something, doesn't do anything else, he's letting Elk wander around]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[practices his walking while wandering around, sitting and stopping in front of one or two things, then moving on]

....

[and he eventually comes to the mirror, staring at first, highly displeased]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[looks away from his book shelf omg reading glasses yay~ and laughs lightly at the pouty cat face]

You look fine. Don't worry about it so much.

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[turns to give Shito a small hiss - how can he 'look fine' when he's a cat? - then curls up on the floor]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[walks over than pets the kitty again]

Come on, at least you can still understand what I'm trying to say.

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[small meow - he knows - and he's a little jittery when Shito pets him, but it isn't as bad as the first time]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

Hm.

[stops petting]

... Where would you like to sleep tonight?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[tilts his head slightly as he stares up at Shito]

...

[he eventually turns to look up at Shito's bed for a bit, decides against it, then walks over to a spot on the floor at the end of it]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[caught the glance at the bed]

... hm.

[walks over and lifts Elk onto the bed before walking off to the washroom]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[looks a bit startled when picked up and set on the bed; he stares at Shito as he walks off]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

[walks back out of the washroom later]

... Is there something you want?

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[he shakes his head no, briefly glancing at Shito's pillow before padding to the end of the bed, sitting down near the corner of it to keep out of the way]

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

You're going to fall off that way.

[pulls on reading glasses again and is now reading before he sleeps... rests... something]

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[a quiet meow in protest, but he moves away from the edge a bit more, glancing at Shito before he tries to sleep, too]

[moneyislife.livejournal.com]

H? E? He? He what?

[pause as he glances at the other comments]

What the hell...Elk?

[xxice-bullet.livejournal.com]

Yes, Akatsuki, I'm so glad to hear that you've learned to read.

[repthplease.livejournal.com]

[meow in the background ♥]