Private Finished Group Research

Abbysaurus

Abbysaurus

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2020
448
Canada
Gender
Non Binary
Pronouns
She/Her
Anne was entirely speechless by the time it was all over. She wasn't staring at where the fire had been. Her focus was instead right in front of her, right on Elavabeth.​
​
At least, she thought it was Elavabeth. She couldn't be sure because what she was staring at wasn't a lava rock. Hell, it wasn't any sort of rock. It was made of rocks, sure, all black with little glowing orange veins and two bright eyes staring back at her.​
​
It was a cat. Unmistakeably. Not just a normal housecat, but one that appeared to be her jokey pet rock brought to life by whatever the hell just happened. She had never been rendered truly speechless in her life, but this situation was so entirely alien, so utterly foreign, so extremely off-base from anything she was expecting to happen that there were just no words.​
​
Then Elavabeth meowed at her.​
 
Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Promise nothing and deliver less
Sep 16, 2018
1,414
Australia
Pronouns
He/Him
Posting Status
Irregularly
Wednesday's eyes snapped from the slightly singed ground to the source of the noise, eyes widening. She looked from the cat, back to the crucible, then back to the cat again in quick succession.

"Did...did we do that?" She pointed at the cat, dumbly.

This was all taking her a moment to process.
 
Abbysaurus

Abbysaurus

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2020
448
Canada
Gender
Non Binary
Pronouns
She/Her
"I.. I think we did?" Anne finally found something to say, staring at the cat in her hands while she started to wriggle and jump out. She landed on all fours just like a normal cat, walked just like a normal cat, hell, she was even rubbing up against Anne's leg and purring.

"I.. I guess Elavabeth is a cat now?"
 
Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Promise nothing and deliver less
Sep 16, 2018
1,414
Australia
Pronouns
He/Him
Posting Status
Irregularly
Wednesday's expression shifted multiple times, from surprise and shock to sudden fear to "oh-its-kinda-cute-actually" and back.

Then she went still.

Her shoulders relaxed, the tension fell from her body, her expression finally settled on one of calm.

"Ah, I'm sure there's a completely rational explanation for this." She said, simply. "Elavabeth was your prototype, right? It's entirely possible that after the damage it sustained in your initial tests the heat absorbing properties were warped enough to absorb generalised magical energies instead."

"Plus, I've always had an affinity to cats, I was linked to one for a while, actually. Maybe since the residule magic originated from me that same affinity ended up mixed in, that was quite a powerful spell, after all."

That...seemed to make sense her mind, at least, if the way she so suddenly calmed down and explained it was anything to go by.

"Maybe I should run some tests on it as well to find out more..."
 
Abbysaurus

Abbysaurus

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2020
448
Canada
Gender
Non Binary
Pronouns
She/Her
"No!" She responded quickly to the idea of more tests. "I mean- yeah, at some point, but.. we should figure out if it's going to last without any interference at first. Plus, y'know.. at least, like, let her be a cat for a little while."

She dropped to kneel next to the cat, petting her and giving a very visible reaction of 'I expected cat feelings and I am not feeling a cat and I cannot tell if I like this not-cat feeling object'.

"I think you're probably right if you have a connection with cats." She tapped her finger against her chin while she kept trying to think.

"And Elavabeth melted in the first place because I couldn't stop the stone I was using from over absorbing heat, so it could have ended up absorbing some of... whatever that was earlier"
 
Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Promise nothing and deliver less
Sep 16, 2018
1,414
Australia
Pronouns
He/Him
Posting Status
Irregularly
She couldn't help but giggle slightly as she started to pet it.

"Well, at the very least...she does seem to like you. What, um, what do you think we should do with her in the meantime then?"
 
Abbysaurus

Abbysaurus

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2020
448
Canada
Gender
Non Binary
Pronouns
She/Her
"I mean, I've got my own apartment, I could take her home with me." She held out her hand to pet the cat again, having settled on the fact that while she may not feel like a cat, she was still nice to pet.

"Plus, uh, she's so warm. Like, I think I could probably manage to sleep well without either Alyx or any hot water bottles if she was lying on me."
 
Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Promise nothing and deliver less
Sep 16, 2018
1,414
Australia
Pronouns
He/Him
Posting Status
Irregularly
"Hmm..." She tapped her chin as she considered. "I still think it's worth looking her over first, just in case anything dangerous happens. Though..."

She looked over her again, walking over and squatting down, running a hand down her rocky back.

"....I suppose if you're careful, there's no harm in it for now."
 
Abbysaurus

Abbysaurus

Well-Known Member
Aug 25, 2020
448
Canada
Gender
Non Binary
Pronouns
She/Her
"Oh, yeah, we should at least make sure she isn't going to, like, burn my whole building down or something." She agreed. Elavabeth kept purring as she was pet, clearly a very friendly cat. Anne thought for a moment before reaching into her notebook and pulling out a piece of paper, crumpling it up into a ball and tossing it to the cat.

She watched intently as Elavabeth immediately went from being content with Wednesday's attention to scrambling across the floor after the ball to start batting it around. It didn't look like it was catching fire, or even singing.
 
Lotharingia

Lotharingia

Promise nothing and deliver less
Sep 16, 2018
1,414
Australia
Pronouns
He/Him
Posting Status
Irregularly
She watched the cat go with the same rapt attention as Anne, looking out for any oddities and clearly not finding any.

"Aww..." She said softly. "I mean, um, the fact it isn't belching fire or anything is probably a good sign?"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Forgot your password?