It's only a small triumph because you're stupidly tall [audio]

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Date: January 4th 2020
Characters: [Kitty's number]

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I'M BACK!

[We hope you didn't need your ears. If you did - sorry. Ears are overrated anyway.]

I'm back and I'm not going away again. [She'll RUN OFF AND LIVE IN THE CASTLE if they try to make her move out of Mossgate again. or something like that. She's determined to not let them take her away again.]

What did I miss?

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[Audio] Walter's first line here occurred to me as I was writing.

[iamnotgod]

[Kitty is not Chad; all the same, his ears are still ringing.

He's grateful to hear from her, though, because he has a question.]

Most notably, all the dormice in Mossgate have unionized.

They're trying to herd us down into the cave system, though no one's been able to figure out why - or how to get down there.

I don't suppose you know of any unofficial entrances?

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[The only time that she's heard about unions so far was in history class when they learned about the coal miner strikes.] ...They're on strike?

[What.

But for the question...] Of course I do. What's in it for me, though? [Is she trying to get sweets out of people for her help? Fuck yeah she is.

[iamnotgod]

If they're striking, I don't know from what.

But they are gathering.

[And it's not the most important part, anyhow.

Walter doesn't have to guess at what she's aiming for... but he also knows that this is Kitty.]

Assuming we all survive what we find down there, ice cream.

A lot of ice cream.

[Ice cream therapy? Perhaps.]

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A big pot of ice cream every day for two weeks!

[Yes, she's totally going to haggle about the definition of what a lot of ice cream is here.

...though she is curious about the whole thing, and will most definitely show up to help them find a way inside. Still. Why not haggle for more ice cream if you can?]

[iamnotgod]

[Internally, Walter sighs.]

Specify how big, first. We don't all use the same pot, you know.

[And, small though it is in comparison, he won't forgive himself if she actually gets sick as a result.]

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[...okay, so, she's going to try and not overdo it.]

Like Ben and Jerry's size!

[iamnotgod]

[Good.]

Then you'll have it.

Any place you care to meet?

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At the band stand on the Greens.

[That's as easy a place as any.]

[iamnotgod]

I'll be there when you are.

[Or quite likely sooner.]

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See you there!

[scarsolderthanyou]

Were you here for the whole "these people are aliens" thing that happened? Because that's a big one, too.

Mr Helpful, Mr Evil, and the third guy are all aliens.

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[She moved away about a year ago, in the Christmas holidays 2018/19. So she hasn't been around for a lot.]

..ALIENS? [Wow. That's. That's AMAZING.]

So do they have tentacles?

[scarsolderthanyou]

They look like normal humans, mostly, they're trying to fit in so they're disguised. They don't smell like normal humans, though, so the disguise isn't perfect.

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Boring.

...Not even the tiniest bit of tentacle? or blue skin?

What about spaceships?

[scarsolderthanyou]

Probably, but we haven't seen 'em. Mr Evil does have a white cat, though, and his evil lair is protected by sharks.

[She might enjoy that, at least.]

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...Evil Lair?

[Okay, that sounds pretty interesting.]

What is he doing there?

[scarsolderthanyou]

Something evil. That's pretty much all we know, at this point. Mr Helpful wants us to stop him, but that's easier said than done when we've got no access to him.

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What have you tried to break in there?

[She might be no break-in expert, but she's absolutely on board if someone needs a small person who can climb really well, and also fly.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

It's on an island surrounded by sharks. So no. We did send a drone though.

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...I've seen documentaries. If your boat is big enough sharks can't do anything about it and you're safe from them.

[scarsolderthanyou]

I'm not about to trust the kinds of boats we could get our hands on against whatever this Mr Evil can think up. They might be mechanical sharks, or megalodons, or engineered to chew through hulls.

You wanna try it, be my guest. I hope you can swim.

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Of course I can swim! [She didn't skip that class.

Though he does have a point.

...] I can float, though. Through the air. [She just doesn't know how far.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

That might be better than a boat or trying to swim, if you could make sure you wouldn't be seen. Though if you can't bring anyone with you, it wouldn't be safe.

[She's just a kid. Nobody should send a kid alone into someplace dangerous. (Nobody should go someplace dangerous alone, no matter who they are, really.)]

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...I don't think I can.

[To be fair, she hasn't tried yet. She most definitely could try...]

[Audio]

[dragoonrouge]

Oh, Kitty! Welcome back! It's good to hear from you again.

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I'm going to stay now.

How have you been?