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Yep. [ a pause. ] Do you have a house, somewhere? Like you don't live on the streets, right?

[ ...um ]

No, I'm a street cat. [ he paws at his fish, ears turned back. ] Sometimes I'll stay at Kumeow or Purrji... Kumou or Puji shrine, and I like sleeping on the ferry docks, but I don't really have a purrmanent place to stay. Not for lack of people asking me to stay though, [ just to clarify, because everyone is very nice to him. ]

[ she wrinkles her nose. ]

Those were both bad. [ the puns, she means. ] But you can stay at the winery if you want. Any time.

[ they're AMEOWZING PUNS, THANK YOU. ]

...Thanks, I guess. [ is it just because they have a mutual? tsukasa stares at her, the cat version of a human squint.

well, he won't know unless he asks, so he eats a little more before he does -- ] Why? Not that I'm ungrateful or anything, Beau-san, but you hardly even know me.

[ she's quiet for a minute, and then she sighs heavily and rubs at her neck. ]

Yeah, I know, but I think we have something in common? Like something big.

[ she gives him a meaningful look, but doesn't... explain further. ]

[ ...there's only one big thing that's happened recently -- well, a few big things, but one that he'd share --

he's never been an indirect cat or person either, so he'll just come out with it, moving closer to place a paw on her knee and peer up at her face. that thing cats do, you know. ]

Maou?

[ the funniest thing that will never stop being funny is how it just sounds like he's meowing when he says shit like this. ]

[ she scoots back just the tiniest bit, at the sudden cat in her face, but she adjusts quickly enough.

it also takes her a couple seconds to figure out if he's saying meow or maou, this is terrible. but she nods, after those seconds. ]

Yeah. What a weird pair we make, huh.

[ a weird pair... he hmmms again, settling back down to his food. ]

No weirder than Kanyan-san and I... Or Wei Wuxnyan-san and I. [ a beat. ] Or Wei Wuxnyan-san and Nyan Wangji-san.

[ im having fun can u tell ]

I'm just relieved to have found someone else though...♪ Two heads are better than one, after all. [ ...he paws at his rice, ears flattening. ] And I'm no closer to figuring out how to solve the whole "end of the world" crisis. Mrrr, I was terrified of that dream the first night... After the meteor shower.

[ these puns are absolutely murdering me i can't ]

Yeah, me fucking either, right? You'd think they'd give us a little more to work with. [ beau says, huffily. ] Like hey, how's it going, here's some supposedly fucking huge amount of power and a destiny to save the world but you better figure that shit out on your own! No hints!

[ she curls up on the bench grouchily. ] Fucking gods.

[ poor beau. same hat, but poor beau all the same.

it takes him a second, but she'll have a boy sitting on the ground next to her -- tsukasa smiles slightly, holding out some fish to her. easier to do when you're human-shaped, unfortunately, hence. ]

Worry not, Beau-san. We'll figure it out. [ he's a little more confident now that it's two of them... he really feels it. ] Everyone in town's working towards the same goal, after all. None of us want that future to come true.

[ his tail, a little too long to be hidden by his kimono completely, curls around his ankle. ]

...At least, I hope that's the case. [ that being said only like okuni and beau know he's maou so, ] Mmm... I know the gods haven't put us in a very favorable position at the moment, but do you suppose there's anything wrong with beseeching them for a little more guidance? I didn't think they'd listen to a little cat's meows myself, as rude as that is, but certainly they'd listen to someone such as yourself. ♪

[ oh, hey. a boy. he really is like kano. beau takes the fish offered to her, picking at it slightly. ]

Most people don't want that future to come true. [ she corrects. ] I've been trying to get their attention, but they don't listen to me any more than you, I'm guessing.

Maybe the two of us working together will make it easier for them to pay attention, though. We can just be loud.

[ oh, so there are people who... well, he won't be so negative. maybe they simply don't believe it'll come to pass. ]

...We'd have to find a shrine to pray at properly for them to listen. [ but he doesn't sound... too in favor of it, even though it was his idea in the first place. he picks at his fish too, frowning slightly. ] Well... They're the ones who caused it all to happen in the first place, so they might not reply anyway, even with more of us.

... There's gotta be more than just the two of us, right? [ she says, glancing at him. ] Maybe someone who knows what the fuck they're doing.

[ he glances too, biting the inside of his cheek, and nods. ]

At least, I'd hope so. They say good things come in threes, don't they? Tragedies, too. And there's always trios in stories. [ he's just hoping this is not one of those rather duo ones. ] All we have to do is search for them.

[ .......... ]

How did you find out I was one?

It got whispered to me. [ she says, stretching out with a sigh. ] I think it was Okuni. She found me straight off, scared the shit out of me.

She does that. Okuni-san can be very tricksy...

[ but he sounds very, very fond of her anyway. they've been friends for years at this point - he adores her as much as he does anyone at the shrine. ]

Mmm... She sought me out too, to talk about the Maou - she said she knew one, but she wasn't able to give me their name. Just said they were a good person.

[ she wrinkles her nose. good person, bleh. ]

Yeah, she grabbed me pretty quick and said she knew it was me, but. [ huff. ] Do you have any weird shit you can do now that you couldn't before? Like, what's changed for you?

[ hm... ]

When I cry, they're not normal tears - they're crystals instead? [ very pretty ones, actually. ] Ah... I can stabilize the powers of others, should they go out of control. I haven't really had to do that yet though. What about you?

Yeah. Me too, with the crystals. My blood gives people adrenaline boosts. [ she rubs at her neck. ] I think I can do shit with nature? I think. Like making crops grow better and stuff.

Oh, how lovely... I wish I had something like that. [ he was just talking to sena the other week about how cool it was that sena could grow flowers...... ] I'd make everything grow everywhere ♪ It'd be so pretty.

[ MAYBE THIS IS WHY YOU DIDNT GET IT, TSUKASA. ]

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