[pc] (animal noises)

[ktiseos]

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[georeject]

[they nod.]

I was told at the start not to tell anyone either. I had to ask for permission, a few weeks in.

[ktiseos]

As was I, but frankly, I have never believed I had reason to share with anyone save for the two of you.

[you know, until now. he prefers not letting people know what he does, thank you.]

I suppose we were a bit more confident in it at first due to our methods-- we contacted each other through Bass and Riff.

[countermeasures]

Yeah... that definitely helped a lot.

[she looks around the petting zoo and gives off slightly hopeful vibes... maybe... the horse will come walking in...]

...I tried to hint to whoever the horse was that they should meet us here, but I'm not sure if it worked.

[georeject]

... Ah, the horse found me, actually. However, I'm waiting for permission from Shale to see if it's okay to introduce them.

[ktiseos]

-oh, of course.

[the vibe is very much just.

of Course those two would know each other.]

[georeject]

... Is there something you'd like to say, Emet-Selch?

[ktiseos]

There is not, no.

[georeject]

If you say so...

[ktiseos]

I do.

Did they find you before their appearance, though, or after?

[georeject]

After.

[countermeasures]

Did they say what helped them figure out that they could approach you? It might be good for us to keep in mind in case that other cat shows up again.

[georeject]

I drew a panda in the sand, though the ocean washed it away so quickly that I wasn't sure if they saw it until they reached out to me.

[countermeasures]

I see... I tried writing letters in the sand like I did with you, but the ocean washed it away too.

[ktiseos]

The other cat does still trouble me, as well. If they are copying our forms, somehow, then-- for what purpose?

[ktiseos]

They did not seem especially inclined to try to communicate.

[very huffy vibes.]

[georeject]

[clarte is not cursed as jiuqing was but there are still be nice vibes coming from them]

[countermeasures]

...maybe you might want to try softening your approach a little?

[ktiseos]

They still ought to have made a bit more of an effort.

[countermeasures]

[gently:]

We were all told not to talk to people about all of this... Maybe they didn't realize they could.

I, um, wasn't very communicative when I first met you all as a cat...

[she got distracted by it being touch week.]

[ktiseos]

-well, no. You were not.

[it's the truth he just agrees with her]

But you certainly made up for it later-- and at that point, you had no way of being certain any others existed, being the first of us to show yourself. 'Tis why I ultimately risked it myself in an attempt to find any others who might be able to assist, that week.

[countermeasures]

I'm glad it worked out like that. I was intending, originally, to look around the cemetery before we met up to investigate it in more detail, and see if I could get anywhere that I was too large to as a human...

I wasn't able to find anything, but I did find all of you. Or rather, you all found me.

[georeject]

Yes... I made sure to go over it with Shale before I decided to visit you, Su, and only because the way you arranged the meeting made it clear you knew that I was a person.

[countermeasures]

[she nods]

That makes sense.

[georeject]

Clever. I didn't realize that's what you were asking when you asked for a point of contact, which is why I declined to answer.

[it seemed a little too on the point to name themself]

[ktiseos]

I wondered if that might be the case. Jiuqing asked me something similar, when we met in my other form, and I certainly did not wish to name myself either.

[so he made bass deal with it.]