An Upset Catgirl [Video]

[dictator_ko]

[Ordinarily she wouldn't make a first impression like this. After all, one must show off ones cute side. But right now she's upset. Very upset. So upset her eyes've turned red without her noticing it. Just one of those things from her past life. A past life she most definitely doesn't appreciate, horrifying as her memories had been.

She'd already discovered the Network while trying to Google up the strange number she'd gotten stuck in her head, but hadn't made a post just yet as she read it trying to get a sense of what's going on. She got just enough to realized that this thing was being used by those Numbered folks. She's not sure why it exists or why she can access it now, but she does know one thing: she's upset.]

What's going on? Why am I getting terrible fucked up memories? Why did I get a fucked up knife? And now I have freaky cat ears, too! And I can make a weirdo force field.

Am I one of those Numbered freaks now? Aren't you the guys whose fault it's the aliens invaded? Why'm I one of you now?

And what's with the gross slimy stuff? Is that you guys' fault, too?

Comments

[dictator_ko]

Hartford, in Connecticut. We moved when I was two.

[She likes talking about herself.]

[numberedshepherd]

[It's a personality type Lazarus recognizes and greatly enjoys. It's not unusual for him to get through conversations with them knowing quite a lot about a former stranger, only to leave them wondering what the heck his name is.]

Why did you move?

[dictator_ko]

My parents wanted better weather and a better neighborhood.

[numberedshepherd]

And did they find it, before it all went to hell?

[dictator_ko]

We loved the place.

[It was rather an exclusive place full of rich people.]

[numberedshepherd]

Maybe you'll come to love the new place just as much. It's not impossible.

[dictator_ko]

It's alright, I guess.

[numberedshepherd]

There's no place like home, but... familiarity also breeds contempt. I wonder which one will turn out to be true...

[dictator_ko]

It's just not the same as my old home.

[numberedshepherd]

The good news is that every move hurts a little less. You get used to it like every other inconvenience.

[dictator_ko]

The neighborhood isn't as good.

[numberedshepherd]

The truth is that a lot of things aren't. But we make the best of the situation we have.

[dictator_ko]

Philosphical, aren't you?

[numberedshepherd]

As much as anyone else, perhaps...

[dictator_ko]

No, you're definitely more philosophical than usual!

[numberedshepherd]

What on earth is a litmus test for that kind of thing? It seems arbitrary at best and kind of existential at worst.

[dictator_ko]

You're overthinking things.

[numberedshepherd]

Being thoughtful doesn't make a person a philosopher.

[dictator_ko]

Whatever. Point is, you think more than most people.

[numberedshepherd]

To make that claim you'd have to have a pretty good idea of how much others think, as well as a way to quantify it.

[dictator_ko]

See, you're doing the overthinking thing again!

[numberedshepherd]

I don't think I am.

[dictator_ko]

You definitely are! It's not my fault if you don't know it.

[numberedshepherd]

What do you even know about philosophy to make such sweeping judgments? It must be a lot.

[dictator_ko]

Argh, just stop talking!