test... drive...?

[mewtation]

[ WHOEVER YOU ARE, wherever you sleep: there is a cat in your bed.

or. well. something that looks sort of like one...? if cats were four and a half feet tall and roughly humanoid. um. ]

Comments

[mewtation]

[ opens one blue eye to look at him ]

Is it? Thank you for the use of it, then.

[wantstheddd]

[ huff. ]

You didn't even ask permission.

[mewtation]

I prefer to ask forgiveness.

[wantstheddd]

Alright, whatever, but if I get tired I'm sleeping there whether you're still taking up space or not.

[ as though that's a threat. he looks like he weighs like 90 pounds. ]

[mewtation]

[ opens the other eye, and perks both ears up ]

Please do. I don't mind sharing.

[wantstheddd]

[ — oh. ]

... What, really?

[mewtation]

Yes?

[ stretches, and then curls himself into a surprisingly small ball considering his overall size ]

[wantstheddd]

I kind of expected, I don't know, scratching or something.

[mewtation]

Not unless you did something to earn it.

[wantstheddd]

Uh-huh. Why are you on my bed anyway, you weird cat thing?

[mewtation]

Because I wanted to take a nap, weird ape thing.

[ still with that mild, polite tone ]

[wantstheddd]

[ considers getting offended but like, i guess i am a weird ape thing, that's fair enough ]

Yes, but why my bed.

[mewtation]

Why not your bed?

[wantstheddd]

Because it's mine and other beds are unclaimed? I feel like we're going in circles here.

[mewtation]

[ there's a pause as he swivels his ears back ]

... I wanted a bed that smelled like people.

[wantstheddd]

Okay, I'm gonna regret asking this, but why.

[mewtation]

It's what I'm used to.

[wantstheddd]

This sounds like a long and tragic story.

[mewtation]

Not particularly. I left home due to being drafted into the military, and am somewhat homesick as a result.

There are other details, of course, but when pared down I wouldn't call it either long or tragic.

[wantstheddd]

I wasn't really asking to know the story, but sure, all right.

[mewtation]

[ earflick. amused ]

You seemed displeased with the thought. I wanted to reassure you.

[ no, it had just sounded like a challenge. ]

[wantstheddd]

I'm not sure 'displeased' is the word exactly...