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Wonderful. I am outside now.

[WTF JADE?!?!?1/1?!]

WHY?! [Despite that yell Idia is heading downstairs and towards the door, not trusting to leave Jade stuck outside. Who knows what he may try...

Why did Idia ever allow him to know where he lived? Wait... he didn't... Cater did.

Ehhh, stomping his way to the door Idia opens it to Jade and,] What?

Good afternoon, Idia-san. I am glad to see you are well.

[ The cat under his arms’ head tilts at Idia. A meow escaping it from under the fleece teeth of the shark-themed hat it is wearing. ]

I brought an inspiration for the mascot we discussed.

[GASP!

...cat.

Oh! Cat! Oh look at it! Wait...] Is that Catfish? [Idia's seen but not had a chance to 'meet' Catfish. Not really. Not at any of the times Idia has been over at Jamil's, always getting dragged there for a reason and never getting a chance to sneak away and see the cat. Oh! Look at her!

SHE'S ADORABLE! Idia's annoyance at Jade instantly melting away. Oh, look at her little hat!]

W-what? [Oh, yes, Jade's talking.] Mascot? Oh! Mascot! [Ah! Yes!] Ah sure. Come in.

[ Jade shifts Catfish in his arms, holding her properly in his gloved hands instead of just casually under his arm like a fuzzy football. ]

Yes, this is Catfish. I adopted her for Floyd for our birthday just before I disappeared.

[ The day he disappeared from the city, technically. How messy. He steps forward to follow Idia inside. Catfish purring all the while as her small paw bats toward the flickering flames of Idia’s hair. ]

[Oh! Cute! Cute! Cute! Cute!!!! SHE'S SO CUTE! Idia doing all he can to resist grabbing her, clutching his hands in front of his chest, one over the other, fingertips pressing tightly against the knuckles of his other hand.

Wait, one correction, a wave of a finger, summoning his skull that comes flying in from his room and into the garden space. It whipping around in the air... to take photos. Got to get photos of this! Of her being so cute! People touching his hair? Ehhh. Cats? OMG THE BEST!]

I hadn't had a chance to meet her proper like yet! [Yup, all annoyance, all anger far gone, Idia's tone that of joy, his flames reflecting it as they snap and flare up more, showing that excitement.] Oh, I hope Drago ok with another cat in his space... [Whoops, that might not be good. Hopefully both will behave...]

[ Why, this is going even better than Jade had thought it would. The camera is distracting enough for Catfish’s eyes to shoot from Idia’s hair to the skull… only for Idia’s hair to flare more and her attention to flash between the two sources of her attention.

The wiggle in his palms is telling. Oh dear. ]

Oh, I had not realized that you had obtained a cat of your own.

[ Not that it seems to have lessened Idia’s excitement over the rag doll wiggling in Jade’s gloved hands. ]

Shall we head to your room then? I would hate for Catfish to upset the balance of Drago’s territory.

I mean, it's technically Silver's cat. Kinda. It followed him home. Literally. [And... Silver took it in. But... it works. It was nice having a cat around. Even if it seemed to just appear when least expect it to, the number of times Idia has woken up to find Drago on his chest or in his bed purring away. Despite having closed doors.

Oh, yeah,] Good point. [So good that Idia doesn't even question that would result in Jade being in his bedroom. Normally it would. But the power of cat is great.] Come on. [Idia leading the way through Elysium's garden and to the house side of it, his room upstairs.]

[ Excellent.

Jade's arm moves to settle under the cat's bottom. Giving her bottom feet some support as she sniffs and paws at the skull flying around her. Eyes caught in the glow of Idia's flowing flames. The bag at Jade's side fortunately not making too much noise as he obediently follows along behind. ]

That is enviable... Other than Catfish, I rarely have such luck with animals.

[ And he'd thought then that she was the perfect gift for Floyd... if she liked Jade, then of course Floyd would adore her. A small claw catches on the back of Idia's Hoodia. A purrip of satisfaction cut short by Jade pinching a pink toe bean to free her. ]

She is a fairly personable cat.

[Yup, cat diversion a success. Idia totally not focused on said bag, hadn't even noticed it. He does however turn a little to look at Jade from that comment.] I... was thinking more them not fighting not... you scaring Drago. Do you normally scare animals? [WTF Jade?]

Ah, yeah, I've seen her running around and stuff but not... I donno. [It suddenly feels embarrassing to say 'to meet her'. Since she's a cat. But she's so cute! Cats are so adorable! It's nice to be around actual cats, not cats like at the cafe.]

Not with intent.

[ Not mammals, anyway.

When they stand outside of Idia’s room, Jade offers the cat toward the gamer. Her delightfully fluffy body dangling from his gloved hands. The sign of a good cat—or so he has heard. ]

Would you like to hold her?

[Idia pausing just as he opens the door, hand still on the handle as he looks back to Jade...

With such joy in his eyes.] Really? [Omg...] Ahh, only if she wants me to... [Not all cats like that after all, or only with certain people, but... he has to try, right? Hands moving to take Catfish, if she will let him.]

[ The hands reaching toward the cat bring only brief pause. Her head tilting and the eyes on the top of the shark hat's head making direct eye contact with Idia. Her back feet come upwards toward her stomach... before she relaxes to let him take her.

Jade can't stop himself from smiling a little. A gloved hand coming up to rest against his chin. ]

She is rather used to being handled.

[Oh. Oh. Gently. Gently. Carefully holding Catfish in his arms, cradling her, letting her shift and move if she needs to. Before a happy 'heeeeeee~' sound getting out from between Idia's teeth, hugging her gentle to him.]

She's so sooooffftttt~ Oh, she's perfect! [Oh look at the adorable kitty! So much floof!]

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