{04 VIDEO feat Mollymauk}

[freshtilapia]

[The video opens to Fish awake, sitting up in what seems to be their bed. Their dressing gown is on, at least. It's late at night in Lunatia-- give or take about 3am. And if your volume is up high enough, you might catch the sound of... someone? being very busy the next room over. Fish looks pretty concerned.]

Ah... hello.

[This is awkward.]

It's been a while since I've used this to address the whole network but... I was wondering how people deal with... ah... cats?

[And there's the sound of a door busting open and a blur of violet getting in the way of the camera and Fish and the suggestion that the merfolk threw their hand up so as to save the communicator from getting knocked over.]

Molly what--?

Ignore me, I'm just sneaking in here.

Wait, I can't--

Yeah, it's fine, just let me crawl in here.

I'm on the communicator.

Great. I don't wanna talk I just wanna sit...

[Rustle rustle.]

Perfect.

[A pause of silence.]

Continue, I'm comfortable now.

[The communicator comes down again, a little closer to Fish's face this time, they look defeated. But there's a very content, lavender-skinned, heavily tattooed tiefling on them, their tail swishing lazily and making a mess of the video a bit.]

I guess now you all know what I need... ah... a bit of advice on. Sorry, I'll get to replying to any answers later. It isn't the easiest having a lap full of cat-like tiefling.

[They huff and grin before turning the feed off.]

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[barkonthetree]

[Much more quickly this time]

You're too big to be on anyone's lap. Just because the moons are fucking with you doesn't give you an excuse to be ridiculous.

[shadowonthe]

A subjective opinion.

And how bold of you to assume that I'm not ridiculous all the time!

[ Molly, no ]

[barkonthetree]

Well that much is becoming clear.

[He didn't get so loopy under the Iris moon as to lose himself wholly. Maybe this guy just was determined to be a pain in the neck naturally.]

[shadowonthe]

[ Oh no. Molly was just more inclined than usual to be an asshole, of which he was most often to people who were short with him. ]

I'll just defer you back to my loving partner, ridiculousness and all.

Cheers~

[freshtilapia]

Molly...? Molly! Where's my communicator!

[Rustle. Rustle.]

... what is all this?

[There's a little huff on the other end, as if Molly had just gone and done something ridiculous again.]

He's ridiculous all the time. Just more than usual now. But I love him all the same. Sorry for him, but I certainly won't be cutting his balls off.

[barkonthetree]

[Huh? Was he retreating? But then before he could accost him for his cowardice there's the other person. The message is already sent and done.

Was this how modern people carried out a conversation? How were you supposed to get anything done with all these pauses in between? And when the other guy could just fuck off at any given moment? What the hell was the point of this?

He's hasty to pick up the slack now, trying to keep this all from stagnating.]

Did he run away just now? That's just like a damn cat! What an asshole!

[He sucks in a breath of irritation.] Well then you have no one to blame but yourself. Don't come crying to me if he annoys you so much!

[freshtilapia]

[Fish holds their tongue as they think "I didn't ask you specifically for help, anyway." Everything is fine. Just a little cat fight. They'll leave the irate stranger alone.]

[barkonthetree]

[What? No response?

Did this woman just leave him too? How dare she! So this method of speaking gave everyone the ability to just walk away whenever? Even if they reached out to contact you in the first place? Inuyasha snarls and chucks the bangle into a bush, steaming out the ears.

Until he remembers that's where all his meager phantom money is stored and he is forced to fish through the thorny branches to retrieve it.

He won't forget this....what an insult.]