4th Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

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It was probably best not to speculate on the hows or more importantly, the whys, of Viki having wound up checking out books on knitting.

She wasn’t quite sure herself.

Viki couldn’t really find it in her to be put out, even mildly though, as she sat perched on the back of the couch and watched three kittens (that had been three books) play ferociously with the yarn she’d bought.

It must also be said that she wasn’t sure what had possessed her to go and buy yarn, but that at least had been a decision she’d made. Books that turned into kittens…

Ah well. She lobbed another ball of yarn into their midst and grinned as they went speeding after it.

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Angela gasped gleefully, and completely abandoned her goal of a mug of hot chocolate in favour of kittens.

"Aw, they're adorable," she enthused, making her way over. "Yours?"

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"They were books," Viki said cheerfully. "On knitting, but now they've become kittens and I can't complain."

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"Kittens that were books..." Angela said slowly as she crouched down, making a little clicking noise in an attempt to lure one (or more, she wasn't actually fussy) over. "Not the weirdest thing I've heard."

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"They like yarn," Viki offered, rolling a ball of yarn in Angela's direction which had the kittens skittering after it excitedly. "So I suppose they can't be that weird."

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"I'm such a girl," Angela admitted, stopping the ball of yarn with her hand. "Baby animals are like my kryptonite."

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Feeling a little bored and antsy thinking about upcoming student council things (hopefully!), Turtle went to see what might be happening on other floors and drifted down one first.

"Ooh! Kitties!"

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"Books, really," Viki corrected. "Though they certainly appear to be kittens at the moment."

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That got a headtilt. "Kryptonite?"

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"The rock that makes the superheroes go all fuzzy," Angela said, looking up briefly as she rolled the ball back and forth between her hands. Eager kittens followed it back and forth like watching a tennis match.

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Turtle knew she should probably expect statements like that from Viki, but that didn't stop her from just staring at her for a moment. "Um, call me crazy, but they seem to be doing a bit more than appearing to be kittens. Unless there was some really trippy drugs in my meatloaf today or that's one heck of a hallucination ,I might even go so far as to say that they are kittens at the moment."

It did cross Turtle's mind that they might not have been kittens at other moments. This was Fandom, after all.

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"Oh," Viki shook her head. "Superheroes. I don't care for that term."

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She shrugged a bit. "There weren't though, before," Viki said. "And then they were. So it seemed reasonable to say they are merely appearing to be kittens."

A thoughtful pause.

"Unless they were merely appearing to be books before..."

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Angela shrugged, leaning forward to skritch the nearest kitten behind the ears. "I just think I'm glad the shiny lycra look went out of fashion," she said.

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Turtle tilted her head thoughtfully at Viki for a moment and asked, "Would you say that I am as tall as I am at the moment, or that I simply appear to be as tall as I am at the moment?"

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"You're as tall as you are," she said. "Though how tall that is might be appearing as somewhat different depending on your shoes."

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The kitten purred happily. Which lead to the other two crowding around for more attention.

"I don't think I noticed either way," she noted. "Do you pay much attention to fashion?"

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"I pay more attention when its particularly awful or awesome," Angela told her, still gleeing, not particularly inwardly over the kittens.

"Lycra... tends to draw the attention."

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"That does sound like superheroes though," she said. "Needing to be more than just a hero. Having to stand out."

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Turtle sighed a little, shaking her head. "Never mind. You know, Viki, have you ever thought of being a lawyer?"

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"I don't really understand the psychology behind it," Angela mused, moving on to stroke the next kitten. Equal shares of petting.

"They dress up in brightly coloured costumes, that practically scream 'look at me'. Then wear a mask, so no one knows who they are."

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"Should I?" she wondered. "I hadn't ever thought of it, I'll admit."

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"They want it all," Viki said thoughtfully. "Attention and a normal life. It doesn't really work out that way, I shouldn't think. It all costs."

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"You should," Turtle said, nodding, "think about it. But not too hard!" She didn't want Viki hurting herself! She shook her head then, slightly. "I know I wouldn't want to go up against you in a courtroom and that's saying a lot."

Mostly, though, it was saying that there probably wasn't enough aspirin in the world to recover from that.

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There really, really wasn't.

She blinked. "Think about it only a little? Why shouldn't I think about it more, or less I suppose but that's hardly the point at the moment, if I find it interesting?"

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"I guess I can understand wanting to do something good for people..." Angela said trailing a piece of yarn across the floor for the kittens.

"But I still take issue with the gaudy costumes."