The Deck; Thursday Afternoon [09/01].

[kawaii_complex]

While Sakaki seemed to have been safe from cats in the ceiling during her classes, it was a different matter entirely once she returned back to the dorms. Not even Maya could fend them off or protect her from airborne attacks. Half the time she didn't even see them before they descended, and, when she did, she tried to be nice and appreciate their adorableness from a distance, but she really, really should have known better.

Thankfully, if she was outside, there were no ceilings for cats to put the drop on her.

So it was out on the deck that she sat with her first aid kit, diligently tending to all her wounds, which were considerable enough that she almost wondered if she should go to the clinic. But it was also nothing new, either, they were familiar bites and scratches and easily attended to.

And Maya enjoying the outdoors and chasing down butterflies and occasionally coming up to her to nudge her knee and start purring was easily the best balm to sooth all her wounds, anyway.

[[ yes, probably sp, but I had to? Open deck is open, anyway! ]]

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[cassandras_sister]

Allie was still getting the lay of the land, which involved a walk around the dorms till she found the deck. And-

"Woah, what happened to you?"

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki look up and blinked at Allie, and, before she could answer, Maya stationed himself in a defensive stance in front of Sakaki and let out a fearsome (not really, not even a little) meow.

That derailed Sakaki's train of thought for a moment, before she shook her head and finally managed, "Ceiling cats."

As if any further explanation was clearly unnecessary.

[cassandras_sister]

"Oh. I don't know why I didn't guess that," Allie said, eyeing Maya. "Cute non-ceiling cat."

Honestly this week was massively weird but she knew how to roll with things by now, and like, sometimes you just got ceiling cats, apparently.

[kawaii_complex]

"Thank you," said Sakaki, smiling softly as Maya seemed to relax a little in feeling like Allie was not an immediate threat, and then looked back at Sakaki to meow questioningly. She nodded, and when Maya looked back at Allie, his meow was much friendlier. "His name is Maya."

[cassandras_sister]

"Good to new you, Maya. I'm Allie."

That part was said to both of them.

[kawaii_complex]

Apparently, it didn't even cross Sakaki's mind that anyone would bother with including her in the conversation, because she just sort of sat there for a moment, as Maya got distracted by a tiny spider making its way across the deck.

But she did eventually ask, as Maya occupied himself with other things and so her attention went back to Allie, "You're one of the new students?"

[cassandras_sister]

"Apparently." Which was weird! She had not been to school for half the year! "You're not?"

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki shook her head. "No," she answered, "I've been here since...last year, actually."

Which was a little surprising. It certainly hadn't felt that long, and she'd already realized in one of her classes that she was a senior now, and she'd be graduating, and she should really get started on those applications to veterinary school before that snuck up on her, too!

[cassandras_sister]

"Is that a good thing?" Allie asked.

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki took a moment to think about it.

"I don't think it's a bad thing," she decided.

Guess she'd know for sure if it really did help her get into vet school.