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Posted: 4 April 2016 17:23
From: Genos

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This is Genos. Shinki to slavic god of hospitality, Radegast. If possible, I request assistance from those more experienced in workings of the Far Shore.

Today I've returned to my god's temple, with an uninvited guest.

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[ A short video attachment, shows Genos chin down, with his shirt rolled high up, almost to the collarbone. That's it if he even had visible collarbones. The hatch on his chest is open, and in the cavity, among all the machinery, right next to the glowing blue orb, lies a kitten. Fur disheveled, and it seems to have hurt leg, but aside from that it's a normal, albeit homeless, kitten. It wakes up, blinks owlishly to the camera, yawns, and goes back to sleep, snuggling comfortably. ]


Should I assume I've been interacting with a ghost-cat from the start? It could see me, and tried to make me pay attention to it. Which is unlikely other inhabitants of the Near Shore.

However if it's not a ghost, would the travel to the Far Shore hurt it? Is there any official protocol on giving a temporary shelter to such Near Shore creatures?

[[[ ooc: Art in the link by furaitsu! weird cyborg anatomy is weird ]]]

Comments

[subtract]

How many cats could you fit inside there, theoretically?

[Add is here to ask the important questions on everyone's minds.]

[scrap_metal]

[ What kind of question is this--? Oh, right, it's the internet. ]

I guess two? Maybe tree. Depends on size of the cats.

[subtract]

Is that taking into account the animals' physical comfort and the possibility of overheating? How long would you be able to maintain that state?

Animals seem to be able to see us without any difficulty based on my experiments, [read: petting random cats until some asshole living person walks over and gets in his way] so it's likely just a normal cat. Transportation to the Far Shore doesn't seem to affect them negatively. There's a cat currently dwelling in Chang'e's temple as well.

[onepunching]

just so you know were not keeping that

[scrap_metal]

I understand. However in its current state, it can't be released in the wild either.

[ by wild, he obviously means, the city he snatched it from ]

[onepunching]

you know how to take care of cats? didnt think youd be a vet
[ The kitten is adorable, but far too much trouble to keep at their place. ]

[mybadhabit]

That's so cute...

[scrap_metal]

It is.

[ did they just... agreed on something? ]

[mybadhabit]

[Adorable cat videos on the internet; bringing bickering together people since 1999]

What are you going to name it? Are you going to train it to be a battle companion?

[oathkeeper]

looks like you're a proud cat dad now!

[scrap_metal]

That would be pretty much impossible.


[ taking things too literally ]

[oathkeeper]

why because you're a robot? you can still be adoptive cat dad! if anything that makes you a better dad!

[tofus]

awwww~ (●♡∀♡) hes soooo cute!

does it matter if its a ghost or not. he looks so comfy in there w/ u!

[scrap_metal]

I need to be careful, because it took way too much liking to napping there. [ And he can't really walk with cat in his chest, srsly ]

I guess it's the warmth.

[tofus]

just have a friend take him out! but hes probs goin to want to do it again. esp if it's warm.

i dont think theres a protocol. u should totally keep him!! o(^▽^)o

[cloak]

It looks like a normal cat to me.

One followed me and Ludger back, and she seems to be fine, so I don't think there's a problem.

[scrap_metal]

Thank you. That's a reassuring information. [ he'd hate to be a surprise cat murderer, though picking an already ghost-cat wouldn't be that bad ]

Did you kept the cat that followed you?

[cloak]

Yeah, that's what we ended up doing. Ludger and Add are pretty attached to her.

[The one thing they seemed to agree on so far - a cat]

She seems to like it here well enough, she keeps making that rattling noise all the time.

[ex_adept179]

That cat looks a little worse for wear, I'd imagine it's homeless.

Lily has gone back and forth between the near shore and far shore with me, and I haven't observed any adverse effects. You should be alright to take that one in. But if you don't mind my asking...are you a robot?

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[ Thank you kind stranger with experience in catnapping ] I see. That's reassuring. I'll take good care about it.

And I'm not a robot. I'm a cyborg. [ and oh boy, a TL;DR is incoming ] Albeit there isn't much organic parts left of me. Most of my body is entirely artificial. Even processes like breathing is helped by machinery. It is a mystery even to me, why I'm stuck in this form after dying. But maybe I was augmented early in my life, and as such grew to associate this form with "myself", more than the original flesh and blood body?

[ex_adept179]

[H-hey, she was abandoned and he adopted her...

Not that he gave this context, woops]

Already looks fairly happy to have you around, if you ask me.

You're the first cyborg I've ever met, though I suppose a number of us must have some colorful backgrounds. Perhaps we're brought here in whatever condition we passed in. So you would be this way because it's the way you were at that time. It would explain how we bear the marks of our past lives, even if we don't recall the reason for our present states.

[galactically]

name it Noir
(๑ↀᆺↀ๑)✧

[what a helpful contribution, Sheryl]

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[ That's a cute emoticon ]

If this continues I might need to have a voting poll. [ the cat has already three names ]

[doestheickyjobs]

You know, I had a cat try to play with my shoe the other day.

Maybe animals have an easier time noticing us than people.

[scrap_metal]

It's always cat, isn't it?

Maybe there is some link between The Far Shore and them. Then those folk-tales of cats being more in tune with spirit world would actually be right.