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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on Jun 15, 2007 15:44:07 GMT -5
Grumpy? Curculio wasn't grumpy. He hadn't been this happy in a long time. With a shrug, he turned back to the twins and nudged the gull towards them again.
"The whole station," Tumble said. "But especially the closet with the kittens. Alonzo, Plato, and Admetus will be helping us, and Munkustrap too, since he's feeling a little better."
Munkustrap bowed his head to the pirate. He had pegged that one as a fighter from the moment he saw him, and figured Cassandra hadn't had much chance with him... but she couldn't go around pissing the pirates off, either! Especially not the fight-loving, short-tempered ones! He glanced over toward the closet. The tribe had too much to lose now. He had too much to lose.
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 16:26:25 GMT -5
Tugger stretched gigantically and yawned, pulling himself out of the wheel of a stagnant railcar. It didn't make quite as nice a bed as his den back at the Junkyard (or the leopard-print kitty bed he had at his Humans'), but it was Monnik-free, and that was a definite plus. And anyhow, the closet was much too crowded, and there was more googly-eyes going on between the Protector and Bomby than he could stand.
He ventured outside, taking a look around with the usual leisure. The Notorious Duo seemed to be doing what they did best - pestering some hapless pirate. Pirates. . . hm. They'd arrived a few days ago, and Munk seemed to trust them, but they made Tugger nervous. Even if they were supposed to help the Jellicles reclaim their rightful territory again. (Although, that one queen. . .)
Bored out of his skull, he sniffed around for some othercompany. Inevitably, this led him back to the closet, where he found Cassandra, coddling a kitten and looking to be a bit on the moody side.
He raised an eyebrow from the entrance at her. "What's got your tail in a twist?"
((I finally posted! =D))
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on Jun 15, 2007 16:30:33 GMT -5
((Yay! (Etcy is thrilled). My own reply is coming next.))
((And Munkustrap would protest that he had been too busy sleeping/healing and trying to keep Jellicles and pirates from accidentally killing each other and trying to keep Apollinax away from any place he could do actual lasting damage to make googly eyes at Bomby (though he might want to.)))
"ARRRR!" Etcetera came bounding over to Tugger when he entered the room, a make-shift eyepatch (fashioned from a penny and a bit of tape) over her left eye. With the pirates around, most of the older kittens (the queens, at least) had been confined to the closet for most of the day (unless supervised by at least one Guardian, preferably two). As a result, Etcetera had not been able to cuddle up with Tugger like she had hoped.
But he was here now! "I be a pirate, matey! Arr!" She tackled the large tom as he entered, and though she didn't have enough weight or momentum to make him do more than wobble for a moment, maybe, she wrapped all her limbs around him and clung to him like a limpet. "Do ya like my pirate talk, Tugger? Huh? None of the pirates talk proper, but I can talk like a pirate should!"
Apollinax, meanwhile, tried to wriggle-squirm toward the door again. Tingly! Out there! WHY WASN'T HE ABLE TO REACH IT!?
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 16:44:10 GMT -5
((XDD Etcy is so adorable.
Change of location. . . I'll reply in a moment. *walks across yard*))
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Post by Arya on Jun 15, 2007 17:12:52 GMT -5
"Pirates, that damn one with the whip smacked me." She growled making her hissy fight with the pirate seem worse then it really was. "I truely don't know why Munkus decided to trust them." She growled her fur starting to stand up again. "They are truely horrid mean creatures."
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 17:51:09 GMT -5
((Agh, sorry. Got apprehended by neighbors. . . with ice cream. . .))
"I feel you, Cass," Tugger assented with a knowing sigh. "Cruelty to women. . . for shame, for shame."
Despite his lightness towards the subject, however, he did agree with her, even if he was better at keeping his cool.
Before he could share his own opinion, he noticed Etcetera bounding towards him, doing her best to imitate the aforementioned "horrible creatures". And what was that she had on her eye. . .? He took one look, and laughed, but not unkindly - leave it to Etce to put a happy face on the situation.
The Maine Coon waited for the tackle, and then conjured up an exaggerated expression of contemplation, tapping the penny gently. How special.
"I'm almost scared to be in the same room with you," he cajoled. "In my book, you could show those scruffy-looking shiprats out there a thing or two."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on Jun 15, 2007 17:59:32 GMT -5
"Woohoo!" Etcetera waved her tail happily at the compliment on her costume. "Uh, I mean, ARRR!" She squeezed Tugger tighter and purred, rubbing her cheek happily against his stomach and stopping only to restick the tape that was starting to peel off on that side. "You can be my bosom, Tugger!"
Apollinax had been getting a lot of experience in wriggle-squirming over the past two days, and he was able to get up to a decent speed as he attempted his escape for the sixty-ninth time (not that he could count that high).
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Post by Arya on Jun 15, 2007 18:23:42 GMT -5
Alicia, feeling Apollinax start to wiggle squirm away again wiggle squirmed after him. She could smell his path with how many times he had been crawled out of here, or almost. Why did he keep on being bad, she picked up he wiggle squirming pace, she wasn't near as fast as Apollinax though, that was frustrating, but she squeaked loudly, trying to get mommas attention.
Cassandra turned to Etcy laughing a little. "Now there is a pirate that I like." Said Cassandra.
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 18:32:31 GMT -5
"Eh, leave me out of the pirating." His face dropped into a slight grimace. Pirates may've been fun for kitten's games, but otherwise, little else - not only did the idea of dampened fur repulse him, but so did something about their current company.
Tugger then caught sight of something in his peripheral vision, and turned just in time to see Furball #2 making a quick getaway - for something that was only a few days out of the womb, could it ever move fast!
"I think we have a runaway," he remarked, entertained by the kit's technique as he determinedly inched toward the door. "Should I stop him, or should we tell Munk we decided to let his kitten have a look around outside while he was gone?"
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on Jun 15, 2007 18:37:34 GMT -5
Etcetera giggled and grinned at Cassandra before turning to see what Tugger was staring at. "Ooooh, that's Apollo! He's been trying to get out ever since the pirates showed up! Arr! I think he wants to see them!" She giggled again. "Not that he can see anything yet! Arr! Ooh, watch this, Tugger. It's funny!" She let go of her idol and dropped back to the ground before creeping up behind Apollo and lightly touching the tip of his tail.
Apollinax's mouth dropped open and he turned, trying to bat at whatever touched him, but only ended up getting his paws tangled together and rolling onto his back. Curses! Foiled again!
Etcetera tickled Apollo's tummy, watching the kitten writhe in silent laughter. "He looks like a turtle! Excepting that he's all flurffy. And he looks like Macavity. But when he's on his back like this... ARR! He looks like a turtle!" She patted her tape back in place.
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Post by Arya on Jun 15, 2007 18:51:12 GMT -5
Cassandra laughed, picking up Alicia and putting her next to the other kittens seeing that she had also made it a long way. "I think this one wants to be with her brother." She said with laugh.
Alicia mewed, they were so wrong! She wanted to save her brother from getting in trouble!
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 19:02:16 GMT -5
Tugger snirked. Adventures in babysitting. . . He suspected that when Etcetera finally had a litter of her own, she'd be down on the ground wiggling along with them all day.
He crouched next to her, watching her demonstration. The kit's little legs groped the air ineffectually, and Tugger had to admit, he did look like a turtle. He scratched him under the chin and chuckled.
"You start early, dontcha, kid? They all may say you're a bad kitty. . . but the Tugger likes you."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on Jun 15, 2007 19:07:54 GMT -5
Apollinax wriggled more when he felt a THIRD touch - there were the two tickling his belly, and now there was another one under his chin! He reached up with his paws, managing to catch that paw, and he brought it to his mouth, licking and nipping at it to figure out if he could identify it.
Nope. This wasn't the little-she-cats or mother-cat or sister-cats or she-cat or he-cat or bad-cat. It wasn't the tingly or the strongpower. It wasn't slim-cat or spicy-cat. It was... it was... yummy-cat! Apollinax continued to suck on the paw, liking the taste.
Etcetera pressed her paws together. "Awww! Looky, Tugger, he likes you! He's giving you a kissy! Wanna hold him?"
With the little-she-cat's paws off his tummy, Apollinax could curl his hind legs up and wrap them around yummy-cat's wrist, still sucking and slurping on the paw.
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Post by Coricopat~Tantomile on Jun 15, 2007 19:15:26 GMT -5
Jellylorum awoke from her nap to find Etcetera gone! Jemima was still sleeping, but where had Etecetera gone to? She left Jemmy to Bombalurina's care and wandered just outside of the closet. She saw Etcetera cuddling Apollinax with a penny taped over one eye while harassing the Tugger at the same time. Laughing, she returned to the closet and went back to sleep.
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Post by cookingspray on Jun 15, 2007 19:22:41 GMT -5
((Yummy cat XD *dies utterly*))
Tugger was somewhat taken aback as the Furball decided to claim his paw as his new favorite chew toy. "Guh!"
It was cute, but it wasn't that cute. Reflexively, he jerked back, but Apollo had already managed to curl himself around the Maine Coon's wrist like a bracelet, still sucking around.
He looked at the two queens in the closet with a distraught expression, standing and using his other paw to try and pry the spitty furball from him. So far, it was Kitten, 1, and Tugger, 0.
"When I said I liked you, I didn't mean that much. . ."
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