Nepeta: Try to stop caring (and fail at it).

[rogueofheart]

[The kitchen is in shambles, so watch your step. Empty milk cartons are scattered around, as if someone decided to drink the castle's supply of milk and just toss the garbage aside. In fact, that's exactly what happened. The fridge is completely empty of milk and milk-substitutes. There are also little puddles of milk that seem to have seeped out from the discarded cartons, pooling where they may.

And in the center of the kitchen? There's one feline troll laying on her back and staring at the ceiling with a vacant, far off expression. She makes no attempt to move out of anyone's way, letting anyone who passes simply walk around her.

Her journal lays discarded a few feet away from her, open and with only a few words written. It's as far as she got before the milk binge began.]

Rose left, too.

Comments

[cyan_maid]

[Hey, Jane's not complaining. She can understand; while she might not have been here as long as Nepeta, she's seen friends come and go, too, whether they've played the game or not. Every loss hurts.]

At the very least...it's a good thing to miss them, I think. It only means we cared about them dearly.

[rogueofheart]

[She considers that for a moment, and then her voice gains a slight edge to it.]

I'm tired of caring. All it does is make me feel terrible. I just want to stop caring about who leaves or who stays because that's all that ever happens. People come and go whenever and we don't even have a say in it.

[cyan_maid]

Nepeta...

[What should she say? It's not like not caring wouldn't be practical. But a Nepeta that didn't care about her friends? That sounded way too strange.]

Well...I don't...I don't think I could stop caring.

[rogueofheart]

[Even if she doesn't want to care, she always will. It's who she is. It's why she's acting this way in the first place. But she's frustrated and spouting things she doesn't entirely mean.]

I know. I don't think I can, either.

OH NO THAT FACE IN THE ICON ;A;

[cyan_maid]

...How about we do something when I get back? You and me and whoever else would like to join in, we get together and...well, we do something.

[Probably sit together quietly in solidarity, because even Jane can't think of anything to do.]

[rogueofheart]

Okay.

[That's if Jane does come back and isn't swept away just like everyone else. She's hopeful, but she won't be holding her breath.]

NO THIS ONE IS JUST AS CUTE IT DOESN'T HELP

[cyan_maid]

It's a date, then.

[Oh, Nepeta. Jane's not leaving you all alone.]

[rogueofheart]

[She goes quiet again. Don't worry, she won't bail on the hanging out. after she replies to jane's latest entry]

[cyan_maid]

[Take all the time you need, kitty cat.]