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[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[Ambulon is holding up a cat. A very small kitty. You may recognize the cat, actually.]

I've... recently come into possession of Whirl's cat. Splat, I think is its name. It appears a little malnourished.

[He looks at the cat. The cat looks at him. It is a tense two seconds.]

I used the wikireader to research these animals, and it... It was. Interesting. To say the least. But I have a good idea on what I need to... feed it. Does anyone have any cat food? Or, you know, general tips on how to-- [Splat coughs up a hairball on his hand] ... take care of cats.

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[namesnotprowl]

[Oh! Hello cat.]

I have a couple cans of cat food. I'll see if I c'n get them away from my firelizard. And I might be able to bring some other essentials. I... had one for a while.

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[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Thank you, Barricade. Anything will do.

[blink] Oh, you had a cat before?

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[namesnotprowl]

Anything, huh? [He's going to take that to mean 'spoil Splat rotten with awesome stuff'.] I'll see what I can get together.

I did. Orange tabby named Snarl. He didn't arrive here with me, but I'm... familiar with the protocol.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Well, anything that won't make it sick. Which is I... Catnip? No, wait, that doesn't make them sick. Just... weird.

Hopefully someone was able to take care of Snarl in your absence. [He sounds like he could not give a single shit, but really, he is sincere.]

[namesnotprowl]

Bringing catnip too~ And a litter box, toys, things like that.

Claws crossed. But he was pretty self-sufficient when I got him. Sure he was able to take care of himself if no one could. [This just reminds him that he wishes he had news from Sacrosanct. He'd been dragged from the station at a weird time.]

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Litter-- [sigh] I forgot about that. [Ugh, organics and their weird body functions.]

I'm sure. Cats are apparently pretty popular animals for pets, so... Someone should have picked him up.

[namesnotprowl]

Lucky for both of us I remember, huh? [Of course he had been a cat so he kind of knows from experience.]

They're extremely popular pets, yeah. Everyone likes furry things, apparently.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

If Whirl got along with a cat, then... Certainly they can't be too bad?

Though the way the articles read, I'd think they were... extremely high main--... I think it just lubricated on my slab.

[namesnotprowl]

They aren't, in some respects. They c'n be a bit silly, on occasion, but so can the rest of us.

... Yes they do that. Hence the litter box. It keeps them from doing that. Unless they're marking their territory.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Define 'silly'.

[Like, cute snort-chuckle silly or Blitzwing's Random mode silly?]

[namesnotprowl]

Pouncing on paper bags, trying to catch their own tails, running up a wall after a laser pointer. Mine liked to bat at my wings and my claws.

Of course, some of it is chewing on things they shouldn't - including you - bouncing on your head until you feed them, territory marking. It all depends.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

So much energy... They must refuel a lot. I'll need to keep this in mind. Just water and cat food, right? There's nothing else they require? I saw milk somewhere in the entry, but I didn't see it as imperative for their diet.

He's chewed on me once already, but I think the taste of my paint stopped him from doing it again.

[namesnotprowl]

The energy is in short bursts; they spend much of their time sleeping or grooming themselves. Though the young ones tend to have more energy. Water and cat food is pretty much all they need, but a can of tuna fish is a good treat f'r them.

Well, thank goodness f'r small favors, right? If he tries chewin' on anything else you don't want him to, try putting tin foil on it. I don't think they like the feel of it.

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

So, they're constantly shifting from energetic to lethargic then? Hmm.

Tin foil? Huh. I... didn't see that in the wikireader.

[namesnotprowl]

A bit. It'll probably take a bit to get used to, but they have something like routines y'can spot eventually.

It wouldn't have all the little tricks; it's... sort of a dictionary in that regard. Basics but not specifics.