I want to walk with the animals...

[traveltobelize]

For someone like Belize, the most contact he had with the animal world came in the form of shoo'ing away a small squirrel,  batting off a  pigeon in Central Park or a glance at the caged beasts in the Bronx Zoo (and even that was pushing it. Belize hardly traveled to, through or near the Bronx.)

So naturally, it had caught him off guard when a

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[asher_talos]

Even before the island, back when he was still home in New York and still very much a vampire, Asher hadn't done much in the way of daily hunts for his meals. Since the blood farms had been put into place, there'd been no real need for it; meals were readily available at all hours of every day, no work required. Which is probably why his hunting skills were a bit lax, even as a cat.

With the squawking bird in sight, Ash flattened his small frame as close to the grounded as he could, inching along on his belly stealthily. Once he had gotten within a reasonable striking distance, he rushed forward, leaped into the air and then landed again soon after, with nothing but a mouthful of feathers for his efforts.

"Well, fuck...," he sulked, attempting to scrape the feathers off his tongue. Maybe he should stick to mice for now. It'd been worth a shot, though.

[traveltobelize]

It was all too much. Just as Belize was thinking about speaking back to the esteemed talking bird, a clean, white cat lept through the air.

"Excuse me...did you just use vulgarities?" Belize questioned seriously, still hoping that the cat wouldn't answer back.

[asher_talos]

Asher just stared for a moment. The guy understood him? He was still a cat, wasn't he?

Lifting a tiny paw, he flexed his claws out then back in, just to make sure. Uh-huh, still a cat... "Yeah, I did, I'm sure my mother is turning over in her grave. You... you can hear me?"

[traveltobelize]

Belize nodded, still a bit stiff with apprehension and confusion. "I would honestly love to say 'no, no I can't hear you', but yes. Yes I can."

Belize blinked and brought his hands up to his cheeks. Giving them three quick, hard slaps, he hoped he's wake up from this bizarre dream. The sting on his cheeks lingered and the white cat, albeit a beautiful cat, was still in front of him.

"Damn."

[asher_talos]

"....meow," said Asher, a slightly mischievous glint in his eye. There was no real harm poking fun at the expense of another, especially not when he'd been the one turned into a damn cat. He'd trade his current condition in for a simple run as Doctor Dolittle in a heartbeat.

"Nah, just kidding. That bird wasn't a good friend of yours, was he?" Not that he'd feel bad if it was. He's a cat, and it's an unwritten law of the universe that as a cat, he needs to terrorize birds. And small rodents. And anyone with allergies.

[traveltobelize]

Belize moved his hands to his hips and smacked his lips together.

"Don't go teasing me now. Imagine what others must think looking at me. I was just greeted by a British sort of parrot and an talking cat. You form your own decision. Insane?"

Belize looked at the cat and rolled his eyes. "No. He wasn't a friend of mine. I don't really care for animals." Belize stopped himself and smiled. "You are a handsome cat, though...."

[asher_talos]

"Maaaaybe." Although, it wasn't uncommon for Asher to be seen talking to the animals up but the Compound on an almost daily basis. He didn't think of himself as insane, though. Besides, he'd woken up as a person that morning, but you wouldn't really know it. This was definitely an island thing, not a questionable-mental-health-thing.

"I'm not a bad looking human, either," he insists, and that's really as modest as Asher Talos gets. "I'm not usually a cat... Not that I remember, anyway."

[traveltobelize]

"Oh?" Belize cocked an eyebrow in curiosity. "So I'm not the only lucky bastard on the island that these sorts of things are happening to?" Belize looked up at the sky and wiped a bead of sweat that was about to fall into his eye.

"Why a cat, I wonder?"

[asher_talos]

"Definitely not the only one..." Asher had even seen some crazy blond lady floating around in a huge bubble, wearing the puffiest pink dress he'd ever seen in his life. The whole island was fucked, more so than usual.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure my new look was my dog's doing... He wanted to play with some stupid stick he found, but I couldn't be bothered." He's not really sure where Onyx had gotten off to, but the further away the better for the time being. "I would have picked something a bit bigger and not all all resembling an animal that looks like its name would be Snowball. A panther, maybe." That damn bird wouldn't have stood a chance if he'd been a panther.

[traveltobelize]

"A Panther?" Belize asked, laughing. "How many people would want to come near a panther?" Belize chuckled again, looking down at the cat. "Unless of course that is your aim." Belize bent down and began to stroke the cat. "Snowball."

[asher_talos]

"A panther," Asher echoes firmly, puffing out his furry little chest proudly; he liked his choice. "Sleek, black... maybe not the most approachable, but you take the good with the bad." So said the Facts of Like theme song.

"Asher," he quickly corrects with a hiss, fighting the urge to purr when he's pet.

[traveltobelize]

Belize stood back up immediately, glaring at the animal. "You just made me remember why I hate animals."

[asher_talos]

"Why's that...?" Asher asked, the tip of his tail twitching back and forth slowly. " ...were you bitten as a child?"

[traveltobelize]

"No." Belize answered honestly. "I was never bitten as a child. I just don't ever recall liking animals. Besides, it wouldn't be like my type to like animals." Belize stopped and grinned. "Unless you were a little dog, small enough to fit in a handbag. THEN you'd be just perfect."

Belize laughed remembered Prior's cat Sheba. He had liked Sheba only because Louis hated it. "I should take you home. My friend would love you."