video & text;

[bloodbathing]

[ The video shows a small iced-over pond far outside Hadriel's borders. There are large tracks scattered around — mammoth ones, judging by their size — as well as more recent human footprints.

Near a new hole in the ice stands Sal Fisher, proudly holding up a pair of ... fish? Probably fish. They're alien and pretty bizarre-looking, but Sal is holding them in a classic I Caught This pose. Gotta be fish.

The video ends. It's followed by a short text message: ]

Found fish. :)

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video;

[themogget]

[This is a cat. The voice that comes from it definitely sounds like what a cat would sound like if cats could talk.

His interest is probably self-explanatory.]

Where?

not quite here;

[bloodbathing]

[ That ... is a cat. A cat that is talking. A talking cat.

Maine has been in Hadriel for a few months now. He's seen time made irrelevant and experienced people reading his thoughts. He's seen magic and communicated with "gods." But this? This is making him think he might be fucking crazy. Because there is a cat talking to him.

So Maine just ... waves at Sal and points to his communicator. Wordlessly handing over the call, as it were. Because clearly, the man who loves cats and has a weird gurgling moth-thing is a better match for this madness. ]

[sallyfaced]

[Sal isn't sure what he's being waved over to see but once he gets a video feed full of cat his eyes widen. He doesn't quite put together that the voice he just heard from Maine's phone belongs to the cat, though. Clearly someone just had a cat with them, right?

Either way what a cute ass cat.]

Oh, hello there!

[That won't stop him from talking, but he obviously doesn't expect the cat to talk back!]

[themogget]

[Alright, so the first one doesn't talk at all. Mogget sighs to himself and waits while Maine waves someone else over.]

Where have you found the fish?

[Look, he only has one thing he wants to get out of this conversation, and that's the location of the fish, so he can come and take some.]

[sallyfaced]

[Oh. It's the cat. It's the cat that is the one who is speaking. Sal wasn't expecting that but also he can't say he's entirely surprised.]

Outside of the city. We're a couple of days away...but I can bring you back some.

[Nonsense! Why come and get it when the cat lover can bring it to you.]

[themogget]

I think you should.

[He's not going to turn down an offer like that, and one so easily made, too. Mogget's theory that it would not be difficult to get people to bring him what he wants while he's here has yet to be proven false.]

As fresh as you can keep it, if you would.

[sallyfaced]

I'll try my best to keep it fresh. Shouldn't be too hard.

[It's not incredibly hard to get Sal to do something for someone. But also, it's especially easy when it's a talking cat, apparently.]

I'm Sal, by the way.