rose: have a terrible day

[fluthlu]

[Spending fourteen dreadful days in the body of a cat is never fun, but Rose had underestimated precisely how dreadful it could be. She woke up this morning with a horrendous headache, the feeling of fur in places she never wanted it, and the itching urge to wash her face constantly. She couldn't get out of the stupid castle quickly enough.]

Admittedly, being a cat wasn't as agreeable as I had imagined it. It was, in fact, a bit infuriating. I wouldn't recommend the experience, unless you're already accustomed to walking on all fours.

[Bundled up in a jacket and scarf, she's gone outside with a mug of hot chocolate and a small paperback tucked into her pocket. The fresh air and the feeling of being 5'1'' again are enjoyable, but one thing is still bothering her.]

… Did Kanaya Maryam leave again? I noticed her nameplate had vanished.

((ooc: Open for kisses! Come make Rose's day even more terrible!))

Comments

dictated forever

[payback]

You didn't have fun?

[fluthlu]

There were high points, but I'm afraid that climbing furniture and conversing with my own dull cats lost its luster after a few short hours.

[payback]

I was a cat for quite a while at one point. And I was infectious.

[fluthlu]

... Infectious? That sounds a bit concerning.

[payback]

Everyone who touched me turned into a cat.

[holyrabies]

[By the time Mavis spots Rose, she's finished dictated to the journal, which means there's nothing stopping her from rushing up to her friend. She definitely noticed Rose was gone, although it wasn't at the forefront of her mind after the kiss that she is decidedly not thinking about anymore.

Still, it's a relief to see that Rose is still there... The possibility of her being truly gone hadn't hit Mavis until she saw her, thankfully. It makes her all the more eager to say hello.]

Hey! You're here, that's great! I was wondering what happened to you. Have you been lying low? [A little laugh.] You didn't get into any trouble, did you?

[fluthlu]

[Rose turns around immediately at the voice, and smiles. She doesn't have a free hand to wave, so she just gives Mavis a nod of acknowledgement.]

That depends on one's definition of trouble. I just spent a lovely two weeks as a kitten.

[The inflection she puts on "lovely" is clear indication that her experience was anything but.]

So I guess you could say I was lying low. Quite a bit lower to the ground, in fact.

[holyrabies]

A kitten? [Mavis can't help it... She giggles at that image, especially with what Rose says after sharing the information. But it's quick, and then her expression turns thoughtful.]

I'm sorry to hear about that. Being a kitten... How strange. [No thumbs!] Were you thinking like a kitt-- Oooh! Hey! Did you see in color, or black and white?

[fluthlu]

[That gets an actual almost-laugh.]

Cats are not entirely colorblind, though the spectrum of color visible to them is a bit limited. So I suppose that yes, I did see color. And no, I was not thinking like a kitten.

[She shakes her head slightly.]

At least, I was myself enough to realize that conversing with actual cats is almost unbearably dull.

[holyrabies]

I didn't know that! Wow, that's pretty interesting... And I'm glad you weren't thinking like a kitten. That would be weird, I think.

[At the statement about talking to real cats, she shrugs.] Is it? That's too bad. I've never tried talking to any of the cats at the hotel... Not that I'd be able to understand them, but still. Our old head chef could understand his rat, though.

[Which is barely relevant, but she kind of wants to feel like she has something interesting to say, too!]

[dupable]

[ You know what's super awkward? Watching after your best friend for half a month without even realizing it's her the entire time. He feels kind of dumb for it still. ]

Yeah... I bet that's gotta suck a lot.

[fluthlu]

[John, John, John. Can you hear the facepalm??? She doesn't sound upset, though. Only teasing a bit.]

Almost as much as not being recognized by one's closest friend, I would presume.

[dupable]

[ John's upset with himself! Well, not really, he's mostly just embarrassed about the entire thing. ]

You were a cat! It isn't like you normally turn into a cat. That is Nepeta's thing most loses.

[fluthlu]

Well, you're correct on that count. Turning into a cat is not something I am in the habit of doing. However, I would have thought that shockingly famliliar violet eyes and a complete refusal to do normal cat things, such as lick my butt, would have been clues aplenty.

[She's not being serious at all, though. Just needling. If John had been the cat it might have taken her awhile too.]

[dupable]

[ It didn't take people too long when John had become a bunny, but then again he'd outright been trying to get people to figure it out, even if Dave had been an obnoxious jerk and literally no help at all there. ]

Ugh. Okay, but maybe you were just a classy cat? I mean, a lot of animals here aren't normal animals and don't do normal animal things.

[shenunigans]

you were a cat

[He honestly can't think of anything more witty to add.]

[fluthlu]

Yes, a bit.

[shenunigans]

how can you be a bit of a cat
i didnt take you for a pussy lalonde
cause
yknow
kittys got claws
are you okay
i think you might have cat scratch fever

[fluthlu]

Good gracious!
Cat scratch fever is not something to be kitten about.
Your attempts at feline humor barely pass as a-mew-sing.

[shenunigans]

yeah ok schrodinger
im done
tell me more about the whole cat thing

[brohoof]

I have to echo my bro. You were a cat?

And to avoid redundancy, I'm also going to ask "how the hell did that happen?" as well as "is this something that happens to people here?"

Y'know, just to spice things up a little.

[fluthlu]

I was, indeed, for a frankly hellish two weeks.
And I regret to inform you that the answers are, respectively, "Magic" and "Yes".

[brohoof]

Magic and Yes.

Well alright then.
So what exactly triggers this so I can avoid it?

[fluthlu]

If I had that information, I wouldn't hesitate in passing it along, I can assure you, but it seems to be entirely random.

[brohoof]

Oh. Well, then.
I guess along with trying to find out how to get back home, I'll add preparing to turn into a cat to my list.
This just gets more and more

annoying, to say the least.