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It's the noise a sphynx is supposed to make.

Would you like for me to bring you some cat food for the time being?

I would be obliged, yes, thank you. The sooner the better, he's eating my dinner right now.

I'll be over soon. I expect for you to have settled on at least a few options for a proper name by then.

[FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT LATER and Ardyn will be appearing at her door. He has a plastic bag in one hand, which has cans of cat food in it as promised. He may or may not have a few other things in his car, but... well, he can mention all the other cat items he's brought after she warms up to the poor little guy. Or at least until after she feeds him first.]

This should do for a few days.

Thank you.

[She sighs as she sets the food on the counter. The cat is still sitting in the middle of the kitchen-- presumably, anyway. There's a blanket with a suspicious lump beneath it, and Rosalind is taking care not to step too near it.]

Your nephew informs me his name is Kawaii-san, though I'm not entirely sold on it.

Kawaii-san. [He grins at the name as she follows her in.] Yes, that sounds like something he would name a feline.

[That lump on the floor-- well, of course Ardyn moves towards it and crouches down, lifting the blanket up to peer at her new friend. His grin softens somewhat, his weakness for animals beginning to show.]

Well, hello there. [And then looking at Rosalind again.] You should give him a name that you feel is suitable. But not Uncooked Chicken.

You're very bossy when it comes to cats.

[But she crouches down next to him, looking at her newest charge.

Kawaii-san (or Uncooked Chicken if you're nasty) peers blearily up at them both. It's been a long day. There's been a lot of screaming, both from Rosalind and him. He's cold and he's still hungry and this man, at least, seems affectionate. But nor is he willing to leave the blanket, so out comes a paw, clawing gently at Ardyn in a clear bid for attention.]

He has webbed toes.

[That's neither positive nor negative. Just an observation.]

If you're going to be like that about his name, the least you could do is offer a suggestion or three. Grell already offered Theodore. Kit is still frightened from the way Kawaii-san yelled, but I assume he'll come up with something clever, he names all his gadgets anyway.

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[Ardyn reaches out with a hand, letting Kawaii-san gently claw at an extended finger. He meets the bottom of his paw just behind the claws, so that he doesn't feel the sting of their sharpness, like only a cat owner would do.]

My own cats are named after characters in mythology or fiction. Theming is important.

[Not that he expects for Rosalind to pick up another cat any time soon.]

Why don't you name him after a favored scientist of yours?

I don't know that I have a favored male scientist, frankly . . . I suppose there's Kinsey.

[Finally someone who knows what they're doing. Kawaii-san sighs and worms his way forward, butting his head against Ardyn's finger.]

You've got Erebus, I know that. What are the other two named?

[Now he'll be petting Kawaii-san on the head, scratching gently behind his ears.]

Morla, named after the giant turtle in The Neverending Story. Always speaking in the "royal we". [A hum of amusement.] The other is named Rochester, from Jane Eyre. A moody man of dark secrets, but a romantic at heart.

[If this doesn't reveal a lot about who Ardyn is, I just don't know what to tell you.]

[what a goddamn nerd]

I see.

[You know who didn't need Rochester explained? This gal. They're both pathetic, this is the worst.]

And if you were to take this one on? I suppose Mr. Darcy would be about as well-fitting as Kawaii-san.

[pathetic wow how rude

But he looks up at her, grinning wide.]

I think he'd make a fine Mr. Darcy. Or Fitzwilliam, if you wanted to be less formal about it.

[nerd.........]

There's a reason no one ever refers to him as Fitzwilliam, Ardyn.

[She has Opinions about romance novels. I mean, she has Opinions on everything, frankly, but romance novels are pretty high up there.

Rosalind glances down speculatively at the cat again.]

You need to stop your nephew from doing this.

That's not true. I'm more than certain that his parents referred to him as Fitzwilliam.

[Ha.]

Stop him from doing what?

Forcing random cats on people!

If you take issue with it, talk to him. I can't force his hand to do anything.

[Poor little Kawaii-san. He pets him a bit more.]

Do you really dislike your new friend so much?

He's a bit creepy looking.

[Which isn't his fault, as Grell had cooingly said, but it's still true. Kawaii-san looks up at Ardyn with big, buggy eyes, mournful of this absolutely accurate assessment.]

But I don't dislike him so much as the lack of choice.

He's not creepy at all.

[Ardyn legitimately thinks this. He thinks it's cute and doesn't deserve to be called creepy.]

If you do decide to keep him... I have a few other things for you, but I've left them in my car. Shall I retrieve them for now, just in case?

[She hesitates. She doesn't want to make Ardyn make the trip for nothing, especially for such a generous gift, and she's not entirely certain she wants to keep this thing. It is creepy, but admittedly, that's not entirely an insult. Cats take work (but not all that much, apparently); they take money (but she has that in spades). They shed (but this one wouldn't) and she's never felt that insane over-indulgence that most people do (but it is sort of interesting, in an awful way) . . .

Kawaii-san glances over at her, his eyes widening. It's the same look he'd given her when she'd filmed him, and Rosalind sighs.]

Yes, all right. Thank you.

Perfect.

[Ardyn is definitely the most pleased by this development, grinning wide, and standing to his full height. He practically whirls on a heel to face her, gesturing.]

I have no doubt you'll not regret it.

[He's so excited about CATS he is definitely related to Souji and Yu. He mutters a "I'll be right back" and wanders out of her apartment. It'll take a minute or two, but when he comes back, he returns with various items-- or rather, he does once he spirits them back into existence with his magic, don't mind him.

They appear, one by one, in a flash of light.]

Here.

[HERE. A litter box, a bag of cat litter, various toys, and a scratching post. Oh, and a little cat tree.]

[oh my god YOU GODDAMN NERD

Kawaii-san does not care for that magic, oh, no. The appearance of all kinds of interesting things can't make up for the fact that they came out of nowhere, and--

Oh, he's yelling again.]

Oh, damn it--

[Oh, oops.

HIS CATS ARE TOO USED TO IT BY NOW HE COMPLETELY FORGOT THAT THIS COULD... freak out Kawaii-san.

Well, the items are already out. Nothing to be done about it now.]

...He'll calm down in a minute.

[#helpful]

[EVERYONE HAS BETRAYED HIM . . . ROSALIND YELLED . . . ARDYN DID WEIRD THINGS WITH MAGIC . . . TRULY, KAWAII-SAN SUFFERS . . . only the blanket is his friend now.

Ardyn's right, though: he does soon calm down, but that's it, his trust in everyone is broken. He looks leery of both adults staring down at him, and after a moment burrows deeper into his blanket, because that seems a good option.]

Well, now that we've traumatized my cat . . . a pity, I would have thought he would have fallen in love with you.

[Now he feels a little guilty, and while it's tempting to try to coax out her cat, Ardyn knows felines well enough to leave it be. It'll take a bit, but he'll hopefully forget about it soon enough, returning to normal and venturing out from the blanket eventually.]

Not what I had meant to do, I assure you.

[Sigh.]

He'll come out again. He'll be too curious not to.

[She pats his arm gently. There, there.]

And you can try wooing him again. In the meantime: aren't your cats going to miss all this?

[ :C a sad day when you make a cat sad]

This is all extra, actually. [He lifts a hand to rub at the back of his neck.] When Souji gave me my cats, he was certain to bring all manner of cat-related objects with him. Far too many than what I actually require.

[Well, the cat litter is a new bag, of course, but that's fine, Ardyn will just buy more later.]

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