auroraexpress | (no subject)

....you have a talking cat.

[Listen, he has priorities and they are TALKING CAT.]

[#priorities]

I think it might be more accurate to say that I speak cat.

....can you teach that?

Sure.

[no]

But lessons aren't cheap.

What do you want?

[lifts a hand as though to adjust his glasses, realizes they aren't there, and then just dips it into his pocket instead]

50 sparks a lesson.

I don't think we can transfer sparks.

So buy you something for fifty sparks?

Deal.

[he was joking because he can't actually teach Dusk to speak cat, but you know what. here they are. free stuff]

[You say that like Dusk wouldn't just buy you stuff if you asked, he rarely gets stuff for himself.]

So when's the first lesson?

Right now.

[sitting up, tugging the hoodie of the kigurumi off his head]

Repeat after me.

[a beat]

Nya.

....

[Nya.]

[Deadpan.]

Nya.

Very good.

[thumbs up]

Now say, "meow."

....

Meow.

[trying SO HARD not to laugh, it's impressive how well he's keeping a straight face]

Good job.

Do you want to know what you said in cat?

Sure.

[He's picked up he's being messed with, but he's willing to see how long Twilight can keep it up.]

[don't underestimate him]

"My armpits smell like fish."

[he delivers that with such a bland expression, too]

What an odd first lesson. Is that a normal cat greeting?

Yep. In cat culture it's unacceptable to greet someone in any other way.

Funny how cats don't sniff armpits in general then.

[aw shit CALLED OUT]

You got me.

[he doesn't seem bothered at all, though]

And here you got my hopes up. I should give you a noogie for that.

[But he's not reaching out for him, so.]

You'll have to catch me first.

[but he doesn't phrase it as a challenge as much as he just says it super blandly that it's hard to tell if he's being serious or not]

Maybe one day. [When he's not tense about touch. Friendly one thinh, bullying another.]

Also you can just ask me for things. I'm pretty good at getting Sparks.

[good plan; trying to noogie Twilight now might lead to questionable results]

Hm? Well. . . I don't think I need anything right now.

[and he will probably never outright ask for anything because he can earn his own way]

Got it. Just saying. No reason to not help out a teammate.