:33 < furst pounce

[furocious]

Characters: Nepeta Leijon (OU) and open!
Setting: Around room 2-07 and the dormitories.
Format: Action preferred, but I can go either way.
Summary: Nepeta's new to the tower, so time to look around.
Warnings: Mentions of death, probably not much else.

[The act of waking up is a strange one when you don't expect to wake up at all. Freaking out is also mitigated when you're stuck still in--what is this, a human bed?--for half a minute before you can get up. It gives Nepeta the chance to, if not calm completely, get a push on the way there, and also realize she's not in pain anymore. But then what is this place? It doesn't look like the lab, and again, she's pretty sure she didn't have something soft to lay on when her eyes first closed.]

[Once her limbs decide they can move again, though, she's up instantly. Three things come quickly to her attention: the collar around her neck (which gets some pokes, prods, and tugs before she gives up on removing it), then the two letters. Being told her world has been destroyed is no news at all - Alternia is already pretty much gone! - but the rest is unexpected. This is a place to live. There's things here to help in that. And again, most importantly, she's alive.]

[So what does this mean for everyone else? It's a stab to the gut to think back on what happened to Equius, and she can't stop a sharp hiss at the thought of Gamzee potentially being here. But if they could save her, maybe, just maybe, they could save her friends too.]

[After one last delay spent checking the contents of her trunk, she's out the door to get an idea of this place. Her nerves aren't totally settled; her feet carry her light and careful through the halls of the dormitories. For all she wants to see who's here, she can't afford not to be wary.]

Comments

[furocious]

[Crustaceans walking on hind legs don't sound weird at all to her, but she takes in the info all the same. If she thinks it's important and is trying to help, there's no reason to ignore it.]

Kind of strange that it's worse at nighttime than the day. But I'll be sure to remember all of that. Thanks fur telling me.

[It's what her moirail would have wanted.]

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

I suppose it's for the best, though. Better it be dangerous when no one is likely to wander about the halls, than during the day when everyone is awake.

As far as I know, the rooms are perfectly safe, after all.

[At the thanks, she gives her a smile and a nod, of course.]

Ah, speaking of rooms - if you ever need me, my room is 2-07. I am not always there, of course, but it is a good place to look for me.

[furocious]

[She perks up again at that.]

You mean you sleep at night? That's so weird! Where I'm from trolls sleep during the day. Except fur my friend Kanaya but she's kind of funny like that.

[But if her perking up was one thing, her reaction to the room number is something else: she actually jumps up off her feet in excitement.]

That's the same block they put me in! That means we're blockmates, doesn't it? I've never even had one befur ever. I mean, my friends and I were stuck together in that lab but that's diffurent, and my lusus doesn't count the same way either. This is so great!

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

[... GOLLY she's cute. Why are all of her roommates cute??]

Yes, we do share a room, then! There are two others who share our room as well - though I have only met one.

But I am glad we share a room, Nepeta! It's much easier to get to know a new friend when you are around them often, right?

[This is turning out to be a pretty sweet deal - she doesn't have many friends, after all.]

[furocious]

[She's Nepeta. That's why. She can even make painting with blood cute.]

Purrcisely! I'll have to meet the others too. Hopefully they're are nice as you are.

But hey, hey, do you really sleep on those squashy rectangles?

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

... The beds, you mean? Yes, we do. Everyone I know of does, at the very least.

[It's nice, too. A lot better than making due with a cloak and grass.]

[furocious]

I'll have to get used to them. Trolls use these big pods full of green slime called recuperacoons. But sometimes I've slept without one befur, so it won't be too hard. At least it felt comfurtable.

[Pfft, what are you talking about? Grass is pretty good too if you're looking for a nap outside with your lusus.]

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

[Well yeah, grass isn't too bad - but she definitely prefers a soft bed. It's even softer than the one from her house, too.]

It's nice, isn't it?

Oh - I forgot one thing. You have to eat the oatmeal they provide you in the eating area, or anything else will make you ill, alright?

[furocious]

[She hmms a little. For all what she said, she did mean that she'll have to get used to it, even if it doesn't feel bad. That and the second thing distracts her attention.]

What's oatmeal?

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

Foul tasting.

[That's the best description she's got, sorry; and it comes with an apologetic face.]

It is a... cereal, I believe. It is a bit sticky, and it's almost like thick, white, mud.

But after you eat the oatmeal here, you can eat anything else to get the taste out of your mouth, luckily.

[furocious]

Blehhhh.

[She sticks her tongue out; there's her opinion of that.]

You're pawsitive I have to eat it furst? Is there even a purrpose fur it?

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

I'm positive, unfortunately.

To be blunt, if you don't eat it first, you'll regurgitate everything else.

[Which is not good, for obvious reasons.]

[furocious]

Ick.

[Another displeased look at that.]

Okay, I'll eat it, even if I won't like it. Can you at least tell me if there's meat I can have after that? Or if there are any animals that are safe to hunt?

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

Ah, I believe the fish may be edible, here...
But there is cucco meat in the kitchen, yes.

[Well, chicken really. But. She knows them as cuccos.]

[furocious]

Yesss, fish definitely sounds good! Where can I find those? And what's a cucco?

[Chicken would get the same question.]

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

A cucco is a bird - most raise them on farms for their eggs.

Fish, though, live in the ponds on various floors, and another floor with walls of water. You can walk right into it, as well; but I am not sure how many of them can be eaten.

[She's never seen any of the fish there before, either.]

[furocious]

Hmm. Like a cluckbeast?

But that just means I'll catch them and see. Trying something new can be fun!

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

I suppose, if that's what you call them.

[... Cluckbeast - that's really cute...]

Be careful, alright? It wouldn't do to catch a poisonous fish.

[furocious]

Poisonous?

[That doesn't sound good, and her mouth drops open in worry at that prospect.]

Okay, I'll definitely look out and try to catch ones that are furmiliar. Do you know if the ponds are safur than that one floor?

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

As far as I am aware, yes.

... Have you never heard of fish being poisonous, before?

[furocious]

My lusus taught me not to eat certain things, but I didn't know I would have to worry about it here so much. Maybe I can ask around and see if people know which fish are safe or dangerous to eat.

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

That would probably be best, yes. I'm not fond of fish myself, so I'm just going off of what I have heard.

[Which isn't always the best advice.]

[furocious]

I'm more used to eating other stuff besides fish, but I don't mind a change if it means I can keep hunting my own meals. It's just kind of boring to eat stuff someone else has caught or made all the time.

[sevenyearbeautysleep]

I suppose so, for a hunter. I can't say the same, of course - back home, I picked my own food, rather than hunted it. Living in a forest yields more fruits and nuts than game.

[Game that she can catch, anyway - and no matter how much he insisted, she wouldn't eat anything Mido caught. Because it was always squirrels or rabbits. Which is just... no.]

[furocious]

Yes, a hunter is definitely what I am! I used to live in a cave, and me and my lusus would go out together to catch stuff. It was really fun.