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[open/mingle] in which cats reign
WHO: pretty much anyone, leo, and like twelve cats
WHERE: park
WHEN: 20th-22nd
WHAT: a three day cat concert..! it's just a log about cats (for cats by cats)
WARNINGS: n/a
i.
[the cats are always out and about to greet people before it's time to begin, cute colorful ribbons tied around their neck or tail (depending on which was easiest, frankly), and they... are not actually shy of human contact despite being strays one might's seen around the city.
they will beg for food though. give them food. they will literally mob people if they see them with food, meowing and pleading and getting underfoot. stealing things from picnics and the like as well.]
ii.
[the actual concert performances are conducted by leo and
honestly they sounds like a bunch of cats singing sound.
there is a certain cadence to it that's actually songlike, the cats are actually singing to what leo is playing on his keyboard and they're sitting very nicely on the steps he's got for them too, but their attention spans aren't good enough for performances and, without fail, at some point of time they start to just... wander off... sitting in people's laps or rolling on the ground without a care.
the conductor doesn't seem to mind and just gestures for people to take their places, which can be your character or some npc, and yes he will bean cat treats at whoever is singing as "rewards". complain if you want or try and catch them, laugh at your friends or encourage them to go up and try!!]
iii.
[otherwise, there's apparently plenty to do..! leo has makeshift profiles of all the cats next to their resting spots (the big sign drawing anyone to it says star hall despite there not being a hall in the middle of the park and they're apparently all up for adoption... with papers to show their vaccinations and the like.
there's toys! there's treats! there's a space dubbed the "sleeping corner" where you can curl up with the cats and doze in the afternoon sun! it's a paradise!
play with the cats and enjoy the company of them, they're all named after different flowers and are all kinds of colors and personalities! it's really just a log about cats in the end.]
WHERE: park
WHEN: 20th-22nd
WHAT: a three day cat concert..! it's just a log about cats (for cats by cats)
WARNINGS: n/a
i.
[the cats are always out and about to greet people before it's time to begin, cute colorful ribbons tied around their neck or tail (depending on which was easiest, frankly), and they... are not actually shy of human contact despite being strays one might's seen around the city.
they will beg for food though. give them food. they will literally mob people if they see them with food, meowing and pleading and getting underfoot. stealing things from picnics and the like as well.]
ii.
[the actual concert performances are conducted by leo and
honestly they sounds like a bunch of cats singing sound.
there is a certain cadence to it that's actually songlike, the cats are actually singing to what leo is playing on his keyboard and they're sitting very nicely on the steps he's got for them too, but their attention spans aren't good enough for performances and, without fail, at some point of time they start to just... wander off... sitting in people's laps or rolling on the ground without a care.
the conductor doesn't seem to mind and just gestures for people to take their places, which can be your character or some npc, and yes he will bean cat treats at whoever is singing as "rewards". complain if you want or try and catch them, laugh at your friends or encourage them to go up and try!!]
iii.
[otherwise, there's apparently plenty to do..! leo has makeshift profiles of all the cats next to their resting spots (the big sign drawing anyone to it says star hall despite there not being a hall in the middle of the park and they're apparently all up for adoption... with papers to show their vaccinations and the like.
there's toys! there's treats! there's a space dubbed the "sleeping corner" where you can curl up with the cats and doze in the afternoon sun! it's a paradise!
play with the cats and enjoy the company of them, they're all named after different flowers and are all kinds of colors and personalities! it's really just a log about cats in the end.]
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Yes. Rather, this person feels quite special to her in my memories... and I believe they may be... [ ...no, she sort of wants to do this the same way it played out with miss attendant's sister. ] I'll explain it better in a moment, but first... Would you like to hear a fairy tale?
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[ a cat in his arms, and leo's accompaniment. it's a nice setting for storytelling, really. hopefully this fairy tale won't be so depressing. ]
Let me here it. ♪
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elizabeth takes a moment to recall the memory—she's thought about it over and over, about minako's mention of dying... about wondering if her guest does the same—if this fairy tale refers to her guest. if there's anything she can do to help it, just as she wants to in her memories... ]
...In my world, at the far reaches of the sea of the soul, there stands a large door. A soul which devoted itself to sealing that door slumbers there... [ she pauses ("why did it do such a thing?") and turns to watch potato hunt a nearby butterfly ] That soul is doing so to prevent the destruction of the world—those who have lost sight of life's brilliance cry out for a being more powerful than you or I, and that soul keeps it sealed away... As a guardian of that door—of the whole world, really.
[ this has a point. and it isn't really a fairy tale, even with a light and even voice telling it. ]
In my memories, I'd like to save that person. I wish to rescue them from such a sorrowful existence, to give them a happier ending... One they deserve more. [ if at all possible, she'd do the same, here. regardless of which one it is. ] Given the fondness I feel from various memories, and the circumstances I am privy to knowing in this life... I suppose that person—that soul—may be the guest she asked much of and learned much from over the course of the year she knew them, observed them, assisted them.
[ ... ]
That wasn't a very nice story, was it.
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...No, it really wasn't.
[ so curt. that was oddly specific, elizabeth, are you okay ]
But I get how special they are now. Not everyone's willing to sacrifice their life to protect humanity from its impending destruction, even if it meant leaving their loved ones behind. But on the off chance that they're here and if they do remember their circumstances in that life -- maybe they'd feel the same way about you too. About how dear they are to you.
[ ... ]
I hope you'll find that person again someday. You too deserve something happiness and sappy stuff like that.
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That's very sweet of you to say, Mizuki, but I don't believe so. I've met that guest here—it was not as terrifying as I imagined it to be; actually, it was quite a pleasant talk, and he a very pleasant young man—but to think I may feel something as strongly as the young woman in my memories did...
[ she trails off—not exactly unsure, but it's still something buried deep within her. she's scared of being that attached to someone, that she'd go to such lengths. how far she'd go for her friends doesn't extend to "routinely travel the sea of souls to drag a monster to the moon and defeat it to protect someone important to her" after all. ]
...it doesn't matter, I suppose. [ aha. but that swelling fondness, the vague notion that it isn't something she should have because of this and that... #tooreal, canon elizabeth. ] Thank you for listening to my story as well. I can tell you a happier one, if you'd like. It has much excitement in it.