video; un: mogget

[themogget]

[There is a cat on the screen. A white cat wearing a red collar sporting a small silver bell and a green, tear-drop shaped pendant. He looks at the communication device for several moments with a pair of sharp, vivid green eyes.

Then the cat speaks.]

Ah, good, it's working.

[The cat's voice sounds... more or less as you might expect a cat to sound. He doesn't have a human voice, but rather the various sounds a feline might make are twisted around into entirely coherent words. He shifts in place, adjusting the position of his small white paws.]

I thought it best to get this out of the way as quickly as possible, having no wish to spend another year explaining that I am not someone's familiar. [His ears flick back momentarily.]

Nor am I a human choosing to look like this, or a simple housecat. Do not treat me as such. [The talking part probably gave that last bit away, but he's met a lot of stupid people. Mogget pauses here, and lets out a quiet sigh.

He ends the communication there, though one might hear a mutter of '--don't know why I bother' just before it shuts off.]

Comments

[letmewin]

We had a few cats in the Underground -- but... there were a lot more dogs. It sorta sounds like housecats are adopted as family...

( Which... doesn't sound so bad. )

But, you're not really a cat? O-Or, uhm -- you're a really special kind of cat.

[themogget]

I look like one.

[He feels like that's enough of an answer. Mogget yawns widely, showing off his sharp teeth.]

But no, I am not really a cat.

[He's enough of a cat, in all honesty, and definitely acts like one a lot of the time... but he's not about to outright say he's one.]

-- However. I will accept any offerings of fish if you happen to have it.

[letmewin]

( It... sort of is. He won't ask him to explain further. As someone who used to be a flower, he sort of gets it. )

... Uhm, I don't have any fish, but... there's a beach here. Are you good at catching them?

[themogget]

[Mogget lets out a little sigh.]

I can catch them. Though I find it far more rewarding to let other people catch them for me.

[Truly, a cat.]

Do you fish?

[letmewin]

I've never tried...

( There wasn't really a reason to learn at home. )

B-But, I could try. Is it hard?

[themogget]

It doesn't look hard.

[Probably trickier than it looks, really, but what would he know? He'll catch them with his paws if he has to.]

It's just a stick and some string.

[letmewin]

Oh... uhm, really?

You don't need anything else except for the string?

( That... doesn't seem right. )

[themogget]

[Mogget blinks once, slowly.]

I don't know. I've only ever watched people fishing with poles. I can catch fish with my own hands--

Paws.

[letmewin]

( Asriel looks at his own paws then, studying them closely before looking to Mogget. )

... M-Maybe... I can try like that for you, too.

[themogget]

... Hmm.

[He doesn't mind the idea, actually.]

All right. We can do that, if you like.

[letmewin]

( Asriel can't help but stop at that, looking to Mogget in a curious manner before he nods his head a bit eagerly. )

Gosh, okay...! I'll try to watch how you do it, and then give it a try.

[themogget]

[The cat makes an amused sound.]

Very well. The next time I decide to go fishing, I'll be sure to inform you.