Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie had a cat. This was not completely new, as she'd actually lived with Mr. Moxy before, but there was a difference. Even though Sam was going to be around for... a while, the cat was still her responsibility, and hers alone. And she was fine with that, but there was going to be an adjustment period, for both her and Moxy.

For one, he had not yet entirely grasped the idea that he wasn't living in Tara's room anymore, and while wandering there was still okay right now, Natalie didn't want him trying to butt in on anyone who might come to live in Tara's old room next week. So, he needed to learn that she was going to be the person to come back to from now on.

Mostly this was an excuse to carry him into the common room along with her after she came back from a visit into town. And so, Natalie had a book and some cupcakes, there was a cat playing with a ball on the floor, and all was relatively well in the second floor common room.

[ooc: Open common room!]

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[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"You have a cat," Toby observed mildly. "Also, hey."

[whenshewasnice]

"Hey," Natalie replied with an idle glance up. The cat in question was a little busy running after the ball to pay too much attention to the new arrival. "His name's Mr. Moxy."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Which I suppose answers the question of 'is it an actual cat, or just someone who Fandom decided to turn into a cat for a few days'."

[whenshewasnice]

"He used to belong to my former roommate." Actual former roommate, not soon-to-be former. "Who's a witch, but to the best of my knowledge he's always been a cat."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Cool," Toby decided, pulling off a shoe and dangling the shoelace off the edge of the couch to see if it would catch Moxy's attention. "He doesn't seem too troubled by the change in people." Of course, it was hard to tell with cats.

[whenshewasnice]

After a moment, Moxy came closer to investigate, trying to bat at the shoelace with his paw.

"Well, we lived together for a while before, and he used to occasionally wander to our room even after that," Natalie shrugged. "It's not a massive change."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Toby grinned and twitched the shoelace a little, watching Moxy go after it. "Guess not," he agreed. "How're you doing?" he asked. "With... the end of the summer and all that."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie suppressed an eyeroll. Moxy kept playing with the shoelace. "I'm doing fine, thank you," she said, mildly. "I like fall."

Just not her boyfriend leaving.

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Which Toby wasn't going to point out, even though he wasn't exactly thrilled either that his first actual friend since, well... ever was leaving. But it was sort of inevitable, Sam had a life in Seattle to get back to, so there wasn't much point in dwelling too much on it. "You're going in to Grade 12, right?" He'd been here a year, and yet still tended to fall back on the terms he was familiar with rather than the American ones.

[whenshewasnice]

"Senior year, yes," Natalie nodded, glancing idly at Moxy. "In the least academic school in the multiverse."