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[shysupersister]

[Violet had gone back to her room to find a place for her new music box she had bought at the festival. Her desk had been completely rearranged to house it in a way that gave the space good flow; happy with the new layout, she turned the knob to listen to it, watching the little horses spin round and round

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[kittybeggarking]

[The cat that followed her to her room, now with new stitches on his foreleg and side with bandages neatly wrapped around them, lifts up his head from his place batting at a piece of lint on the ground. His ears swivel forward, previously only halfway paying attention.

That box came from the voodoo fair?

He tries to ask, but all that comes out is a meow.]

[shysupersister]

[She had almost forgotten she was sharing a room with that strange scraggly feline. At the sound of his meow, she looks back over her shoulder at him.]

What is it, Kitty?

[Maybe he's hungry, or doesn't like the sound of the music box, or doesn't like the little noises the communicator made.]

[kittybeggarking]

[Well, to be fair, it's easy to forget he's there. He slips in and out as he pleases and spends most of his time either curled up at her feet or batting insects. It's hard to do much else with a bum leg.

He limps towards the desk, blatantly ignoring the fact he should be resting his delicate foreleg and jumping on the chair. Then he sits on his haunches, swiping out with his good paw and spinning the horses on the music box before looking up at Violet expectantly.]

[shysupersister]

[She looks down at the calico, shaking her head a bit.]

What do you think? You don't think it's cursed, do you?

[All the same, she reaches down to give him some ear skritches.]

[kittybeggarking]

[Instead of submitting to the head skritches, he just nods emphatically. Yes. Yes, he thinks it's cursed.

...Your stray cat just responded to your question, Vi.]

[shysupersister]

...

[Did it just...?]

O-okay, now something had to have happened to me, because it looked like you just gestured a "yes". I-I think I'm seeing things now...

[kittybeggarking]

[Your reaction is hilarious.

In response, the tomcat gives a very deliberate shake of the head. No, Violet. You are not seeing things. Your cat can understand you.]

[shysupersister]

...

[That's it; she's going insane. That HAD to be what the music box did to her.]

A-alright, kitty; h-how many fingers am I holding up? [Three.]

[kittybeggarking]

[He's having way too much fun with this.

He meows three times.

YOUR CAT IS POSSESSED]

[shysupersister]

[Wait for it.

...

Wait for it.

...

WAIT FOR IT.

...

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM.

There we go.]

H-how, what, that's impossible! I have to be going crazy or I'm seeing things, or... [fdjbkvkdbjfvkbjfrdukbjigvukdfjukfbjdvkjbfgvkjbfdkjbd]

[kittybeggarking]

[Fffffffffff pah ha ha ha ha ha! XD

Okay, okay, Clopin, focus. This is useful beyond just screwing around with the nice gadji for your own amusement.

He braces his hurt leg, then jumps off the chair, rubbing up against Violet's leg briefly before walking to the door and looking at her expectantly. Come on, Violet. You might be able to help him out here.]

[shysupersister]

[She just stares stupidly, lost between shock, fear, and confusion.]

No... no, no, no, no, noooo... This isn't happening. This is not happening. [She is going crazy and thinks the cat understands and wants her to follow.]

[kittybeggarking]

[This reaction is totally understandable, but c'mon, snap out of it. He needs you to focus here.

The cat gives a very human roll of the eyes and a loud meow before pawing the door.]

[shysupersister]

[She gulps... The delusions aren't stopping. She's going mad and that's all there is to it.

All the same, maybe if she does what he wants her to, it'll stop.

So with a shaky hand she turns the knob and pulls open the door.]

[kittybeggarking]

[The cat limps out, going to the stairway and checking behind him to see if Violet's following. C'mon, he needs to show you his charm.]

[shysupersister]

[She's following, albiet she's looking pretty paranoid.]

This is almost as bad as finding out the Underminer's been rooting around right under the girl's locker room... [True story.]