cats, man

[stardiving]

[As the Gear turns on, there's a loud rustling and scratching of claws against the ground. Not a whole lot of light, it's late after all, just the ambient light from the screen of the Gear itself. Just enough to cast a little light on Estinien's face, eyes open and lying on his back staring at the ceiling of his tent in tired resignation.

The scratching and shuffling comes rapidly closer to the camera, and a large shadow passes over--for those with quick eyes, it's the belly of a Perrserker, which is bouncing around the tent like a godsdamned maniac.

It's 3 AM. Cat's got the zoomies.

This has happened every night for the past two weeks.

Estinien grunts as the manic metal cat uses his stomach as a springboard to launch itself out of the tent, there's a yelp outside and for a split second the inside of the tent takes a reddish-orange cast as his Ninetales breathes fire at said crazy cat just outside. The crashing noises get distant for a little bit, but just as Estinien is sitting up to get his Gear and turn it off, he's knocked back flat on his back by the Return of the Cat, satisfied with its early, early morning chaos, and settling directly on his chest while making the most horrid noise.

Estinien just sighs as deeply as one possibly can with a 60 pound cat weighing you down.]

Truly, are you going to do this every night?

[He frowns and turns off the Gear. Goodnight everybody!]

Comments

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Cecil looks so awake and happy at this ungodly hour, it's almost offensive.]

Cats are much like toddlers. You need to wear them out during the day, if you wish to sleep undisturbed.

[He's had a toddler and he has a cat, he knows what he's talking about.]

[video]

[nastyboy]

[The video opens to what looks like a hotel room - so already doing better than Estinien on that basis alone. What unites the two scenes, however, is that the Perrserker's zoomies seem to have gotten the attention of another Pokemon.]

[A Rattata.]

[He starts smacking his little paws against the screen excitedly, chittering with just as much energy. Behind him, there's the lump of a person doing their absolute best to sleep with a Munna on their head... but the Rattata doesn't care.]

[BUDDY. HEY BUDDY. BUDDY!!!!!!!!!]

voice;

[apshot]

If it's a problem why not toss it in its ball?

[bestswordmaster]

[Normally, Felix spends the hour or so before bed winding down by maintaining and polishing his weapons. Since there are no weapons in this world, he finds himself restless in the evenings on the trip from Violet City to Azalea Town. So, on the advice of a few of his friends (and their Pokemon), Felix has discovered this network thing on the Gear and is bored enough to peruse it. If nothing else, it will give him a sense for what other kinds of people have been brought to this world--and might tell him if someone else they know appears.

He lifts an eyebrow when he sees the...raucous cat. The Espurr perched on his shoulder and the Purrloin peering into the camera from where she sits beside Felix both take just as much of an interest in what's on the screen.]

Your cat is out of control. Doesn't this world have catnip or silvervine?