2nd Floor Common Room -- Monday Early Evening

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata had figured that even if Warren was more than pleasant about dealing with Yei, that it was only good manners to remove herself (and her cat) from the room at intervals just so he could spend longer than kitten could nap without Yei attempting to stalk and play with his feathers.

Yei was a bit sulky about this move it had to be admitted. She liked the feathers.

At least, until Hinata rolled a brightly coloured ball with bells in it across the floor of the common room and all thoughts of feathers disappeared from Yei’s head as things quickly reoriented themselves, in Yei's view of the world, to ‘Omigod it's moving--moving. My ball! After it! Miiine! HI BALL!’. And a fuzzy white kitten went stampeding after the ball as if it were the best thing ever.

For her part, Hinata contented herself with a book and keeping an eye on Yei.

[Ooopen as common rooms are, yes!]

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[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena was just walking back, on her way to her room, when she happened to poke her head in and spot the attack-kitty.

Awwwwwwwwww.

This required a quick detour three flights up.

When she returned, she had a squirmy gray fuzzball in her arms.

"Playdate?" she asked, by way of introduction.

Hopefully the other kitten liked to make friends?

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Yei would love to make friends! As soon as she noticed which might take just a tiny bit here as she was busy being all Brave and Fierce and the Ball Kept Moving (which meant she had to Go After It and maybe the other kitten would want to help her?).

Hinata looked up, a smile lighting her face at the sight of the other girl with her cat.

"Absolutely," she said, closing her book and holding the place with her fingers. "I could not refuse an invitation like th-that. Yei would never forgive me."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce was still in the process of investigating everything in the town. That included the common rooms.

Apparently pets were allowed in the dorms. That was new information.

"Good evening," he said to the girls in the room. And the cats. "Am I allowed in even if I don't have a pet?"

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Rookie wriggled excitedly in Elena's hands, and since the other girl seemed okay with it, Elena leaned over to let her kitten jump free. Once out of her hands, Rookie was tearing off to chase the ball. And sniff at the other kitten. Sniff! Sniff sniff sniff! Friend?

"Hi," she said. "Yei's your kitten? She's very pretty."

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"Evening," Elena said. "Do you have a cat? She could join the playdate."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I don't, no," Bruce said. "That's not going to be a problem, is it?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hinata smiled.

"Anyone is allowed," she assured him. "The cats just make it m-more cozy."

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"I suppose we can make an exception," she laughed. "Just for you. So long as you're not one of those people that hates cats."

(*facepalm* Hi, sorry, we overlapped...)

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'm usually more of a dog person," Bruce admitted. "But I can make exceptions for friendly cats."

And thieves who dressed like cats, but that wouldn't happen for another ten years or so.

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[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hey hey hey there was another kitten. Yei blinked over the ball, promptly went tumbling over paws and wound up staring up at the other kitten and mewed interestedly as she sniffed.

Friend! HI FRIEND! And so, she was just going to wriggle around and bat at the other kitten's paws. Hiiiii.

Hinata laughed softly. "She's very silly," she amended, "but yes, Yei's mine as much as anyone owns a cat. Yours is lovely as well. Wh-What's her name if you don't mind me asking?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"So it seems," Bruce said, putting on a friendly smile. "Do a lot of people in the dorms have pets?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She considered that.

"Perhaps a quarter of the students?" Hinata guessed. "Maybe as much as a th-third of them. We're allowed a fair bit of leeway in our animals."

Hinata pinked slightly. "A-Ano, I am Hinata," she added. "It is a pleasure to meet you."

[eyebrowgoesup]

Spock happened to be passing by when he noted the presence of kittens in the common room. He chose to investigate.

"Good evening," he said from the doorway where he stood, ramrod straight with his hands folded behind his back.

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

The catgirl look never really went out of style, did it? Especially not in latex.

"Rookie's friendly," she said. "I never had a pet before, actually. Do you have dogs back home?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Good evening," she answered, observing the way he stood and figuring that polite (though Hinata was rather polite anyway) was the way to go. "W-Would you like to come in and sit for a while? The kittens are friendly."

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Paws! If Yei was gonna sniff her paws then Rookie was going to YANK them back. And twitch her tail a few times, waiting, waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiting .... then she launched her vicious counterattack. Which was batting at Yei's paws and then hopping back and wiggling around like crazy.

"I think all kittens are silly," Elena laughed. "It's part of the job description. Her name's Rookie, and mine's Elena. I don't think we've met, have we?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"No, actually," Bruce said. "But I'm never home anyway, so it's for the best. I'm Bruce, by the way."

[living_endless]

Didi watched the kitten from the door for a moment, then stepped into the room and started wiggling her fingers, trying to get the kitten to pounce. "Cute cat," she informed the room. "Who's she belong with?"

[eyebrowgoesup]

"Yes, I am aware of this fact about one of them," Spock said, eying Rookie in case she decided to attack Spock's shoe as per usual. "We share living quarters." He stepped into the room and sat down stiffly in one of the chairs.

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

"Let me guess," Elena laughed. "You missed me so much over break that you had to follow me down here."

Look, if you couldn't tease your roommate, why even have one?

[living_endless]

"Good evening," Didi echoed, glancing up. "You could relax, you know. You're allowed."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

It was a most vicious attack. Which was born out by the way Yei squeaked and wriggled around and then gave a very clumsy sort of leap-hop-skip combo to try and pounce on Rookie's tail.

Tails moved. They were awesome.

"My apologies for not asking your n-name," she said, flushing slightly. "We haven't met as far as I recall, but I am Hinata. It is a pleasure to meet you." Accompanied with that was a bob of her head and shoulders that gave the impression that, had she been standing, there would have been a shallow bow. Embarrassment did that to her. "I s-suppose all kittens are rookies in a way?" she said lightly. "As th-they are still learning."

[living_endless]

"I hope so," Didi told the new boy. "Otherwise I'd have to climb up to three to get my goldfish and the tank's a little heavy."

[living_endless]

"Hi, Elena," Didi grinned. "Your cat is also totally adorable, by the way."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce was a little surprised by those numbers. Apparently it was a pet-loving population. If nothing else, he supposed it made the place a little safer.

"I'm Bruce," he said. "Is it mostly cats and dogs around here?" He wasn't entirely sure that 'a fair bit of leeway' meant exactly what he thought it did, so he felt it best to ask.