Fifth Evolution

[hik_ari_gato]

[It's back to Ari's handwriting... well, vaguely. This writing's even messier than Rat's and incredibly scratchy, huge, and inkblot-dotted as if she tried to hold the pen in her mouth. And like she wrote in a hurry, on top of that. It's readable, but not so easily.]

Rat's missing.

Has anyone seen him?

Or is anyone elses gone?

Comments

[feathered_earth]

Yeah... I think they're gone.

[hik_ari_gato]

I should have expected it.

Still... so soon, so suddenly.

[feathered_earth]

I know. It doesn't seem right.

At least they were here for a little bit.

[pinkmoonrabbit]

My butterfly's missing too.

[hik_ari_gato]

That's a shame.

Sounds like they're all gone by now.

I'm sorry.

[pinkmoonrabbit]

Maybe they all went home.

[hik_ari_gato]

[A teeny pause.]

Maybe.

But pity they must not have warned.

He didn't say goodbye.

he's rat phobic

[man_genius]

A RAT? You let a rat loose around here?! That's just disgusting!

...You don't live anywhere near temporary housing do you?

Like in 1984. XP

[hik_ari_gato]

[Even scratchier - looks like she's a bit bugged.]

My animal companion.

lol oh yeah huh

[man_genius]

You have a pet rat?!

Ok definitely avoiding you, messy handwriting-person.

No offense! It's just...icccck.

"THEY LIKE TO CHEW THROUGH THE CHEEK AND GO FOR THE TONGUE >D"

[hik_ari_gato]

My "familiar". You didnt get one?

I have no hands.

[fugue_angel]

It looks like a lot of people have lost their new-found friends. I suppose there are too many things that are only temporary, yet too many things that are not.

[hik_ari_gato]

True.

Does anything ever come back?

I wonder if they meant something. I had a feeling from him.

The pleasant kind.

[fugue_angel]

It's possible. Quite a few people became very attached to theirs.