Main Campfire, Monday Evening

[longislandiceme]

"No, Kate, you can't have a s'more," Bobby said sternly to the cat who was currently nosing around the s'more ingredients he'd set up. "Because s'mores aren't for cats, that's why."

No, he couldn't actually understand cat. He's just Bobby, and physically incapable of shutting up for more than a few minutes at a time.

[ooc: open! location moved 'cos I'm a dolt who didn't notice there was already an evening post set at Ninth Hell. not deleting this time, I promise.]

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[puppy_fair]

Okay, so Zack's eyes were slightly blackened from a hilt-to-the-face that he'd received earlier in the day, and he was carrying a wad of toilet paper in his pocket on the chance that his nose started to bleed again, but he was still in a darn chipper mood was he wandered out to the Main Campfire to see if there was anything going on there.

You'd be in a good mood too, if you'd managed to beep the nose of Prince Arthur Pendragon.

"Bobby! ... Bobby's roomie! Hey, guys!"

[longislandiceme]

"Zack, hey!" Bobby waved. "So, uh. Guess you got my phone call, huh?"

[puppy_fair]

Zack nodded, trying not to look too sheepish as he did so.

"I did. I would have gotten in touch with you earlier, but I got kind of trounced this morning in a spar, and between my nose and classes, it's been kinda busy."

Stupid nose. He'd down a potion to fix it, but that seemed like a waste.

"I guess people have probably told you that this is kinda normal for Fandom by now, though, huh?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Oooh," Turtle couldn't help but note with a grin, "a newbie's made it out to the main campfire. And he brought s'mores, too. Off to a good start, Bobby."

[longislandiceme]

Bobby nodded. "I saw you in class, but there was all that, uh. Singing," and WTFing at Captain America on his part, "so I didn't really get to say hi or anything. And yeah, a couple of people said it should just... clear up," he waved a marshmallow on a stick to emphasise this last.

[puppy_fair]

"I'm not exactly the world's greatest singer at the best of times," Zack chuckled, eyeing up the marshmallows for a moment. Huh. He should have brought some, too. "It promises to be an interesting class, between Mr. Rogers and Deadpool, I'm sure."

He leaned forward a little to get a better look at the cat.

"She doesn't seem upset or anything, I hope? I think I'd be more worried if she wasn't a happy kitty. Fandom kind of does things like this from time to time. I think it's mostly just to remind us that it can do far worse, if it feels up to it."

[longislandiceme]

"...Yes I know you're not actually a cat," Bobby told Kate-the-cat with a long-suffering sigh. "But it's still not a good idea. I'll make you some when you're human again, okay?" He looked up as he noticed Turtle. "Turtle! Hey! Campfires without s'mores or at least marshmallows are just sad. And I wouldn't want a sad campfire, would you?"

[longislandiceme]

Bobby had been just about to say that Kate had actually seemed to be in a pretty good mood today when she let out an unhappy yowl and turned away from Zack.

"...She *was* in a good mood, like five seconds ago?" Bobby offered.

[puppy_fair]

Zack was blinking and staring. Was it something he'd said?

"I guess I just have that effect on... Um. Roomies-turned-housepets." Darnit. He kinda liked kitties, too. "My bad, I think. But she was good until just now, right? So she should be fine."

A pause.

"You might want to carry some clothes around with you if you're going to carry her around, though. Just to be on the safe side. I've heard about people turning back and being completely naked when they do."

[longislandiceme]

"...Naked?" Bobby squeaked.

[puppy_fair]

Zack nodded his agreement, a blush coloring his own cheeks as he made a point very suddenly to not look at the cat.

"I mean, I've never seen it happen or anything, but they mention this stuff on the radio all of the time..."

It was entirely possible that Zack would have keeled over and died of mortification if he ever had seen something like that.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Of course not," Turtle agreed with a nod, taking a seat, and she nodded, again, this time toward the cat. "Did I hear you mention the cat being human again? You're already dealing with a animal transformation?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir, Makejoy in tow, made his way to the main campfire with his notebook and a couple of jars of lemonade. He took his seat, waved to those already there, and smiled cheerfully as he scribbled in the book.

[longislandiceme]

"Yeah," Bobby nodded, pointing to Kate with a bit of a dramatic flourish. "Kate, this is Turtle. Turtle, this is Kate. Usually she's taller and doesn't have a tail." Kate offered Turtle a cheerful mew of greeting.

[longislandiceme]

"Um, hey," Bobby said, glancing at the dog and then at Kate. "Your dog's okay around cats, right? Cause this... isn't an actual cat, she's my roommate." And, yeah, he was feeling a little protective of her at the moment.

[longislandiceme]

Bobby's eyes went even wider. "I think... maybe I'll do that, yeah," he nodded. "That's a good idea, a very good idea."

Kate, for her part, seemed to be pretty much over whatever had set her off a minute ago.

[puppy_fair]

"I have those, sometimes," Zack shared.

The idea that he'd had that had lead to the hilt-to-the-face hadn't been one of those better ideas of his, and he sniffed, once, just to be sure that his nose wasn't dribbling again.

"So, is that the weirdest that's happened since you've gotten here? If it is, I'd say you're not having a bad run of it, so far."

[noluckwithmen.livejournal.com]

Tosh had wandered out of her cabin, figuring she might as well try to be a bit social. "Aw, is that your cat?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine had wanted to check in on Kate after last night's radio, so on her way back from town with doughnuts, she'd knocked on the door of 9th Hell cabin. There was no kittified little sib nor roomie-of-same-who-she-hadn't-yet-met, but at least she got pointed in the right direction.

And indeed, there at the main campfire was a boy with a cat. "Is that Kate?" she asked. And then, "Sorry, hi, I'm Francine."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Makejoy's tail wagged playfully, but she kept right next to Liir.

"She plays with Hinata's kitten all the time," he assured the boy he didn't know with a little smile.

"She's very gentle. And she listens to commands. She won't jump or go without me saying she can, though."

[longislandiceme]

"Nope," Bobby shook his head. "That's my roommate."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Kate?" Turtle gawked just a little. "That's Kate? She didn't even make the weekend without having something happen?"

She shook her head, letting out a long whistle. "That's got to be a new record or something. Congrats, Kate. And that's right, you're her roommate, aren't you, Bobby?"

[longislandiceme]

"It is, yeah," Bobby said. "How'd you know?" Maybe she'd talked to Jean or something?

[noluckwithmen.livejournal.com]

Tosh leaned over to scratch the cat. "Your roommate is a cat?"

[intraspective]

Ino, who'd gotten bored of reading, wandered out covering a yawn with one hand.

"Nice fire," she decided. "New, right?"