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 Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:21 pm
Albite had a list of things he needed, boxes that he was checking, for ******** once, one by one by one. Step one? Permission. Step two? Cat. Step Three? A Second cat (because more cats was always better!). A Mau to be specific and Albite knew just the Mau to go looking for! To the top of the tower, to the top of the stairs, into a hissing pile of fur-babies that vehemently made it clear no matter how *Senshi* he was, or *which GK he served*, or *how many treats he offered* (Yes, even the lickable ones! He'd tried!)
None of that worked! Not with the magic wielders, clearly cleverer to bribes than he himself ever would be.
He was not welcome in the 'Mau-er'; the tower of Maus was beyond him. He maybe didn't even fit through the front door? That'd taken a minute to realize, and so he figured he'd have to do things the old fashioned way....
By holding a picnic in his office and inviting the Mau of the hour on down! Midas! The Mau of the hour was Midas....with his golden snitch touch...and...anddd....
Albite was about six quarters of a way through arranging cat-approved meats on a charcuterie board before he realized 'Midas' was not the cat in questions actual name. The expression on his face read a thousand miles of 'oh, no, I've ******** up.' he only hoped Magnus could read around his fauxpaw and -- ah -- would still find the invite legible enough to bother coming to meet with him!
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:17 pm
Whether or not Albite was aware of Magnus's particular love for any and all food, the invitation to dine was well recepted. To be frank, he didn't care that said invitation didn't even have his name on it. Midas was close enough. The eyes read it as the appropriate name. It wasn't until he was right before he was carrying himself out of Mau HQ that he noticed the mistake. "Oh well. The more the merrier Ian sure!" Cause if he wasnt invited, well, he'd beg a snack and skedaddle. Who could say no to his adorable face?
The feline practically skipped down the hallways to his destination (as well as any feline could actually skip) and pushed open the door that had been left open ajar. Likely in thought to those missing apposable thumbs and height for the handle.
The smell of sales meats and cheese were the first to assault his nose and Magnus practically dashed over to the desk where things were being spread out. "I do hope it was me you wanted and not someone else. Cause this smells like I am going to eat my weight in food." He hopped up onto a chair near the desk. Likely said furniture was intended for the human sorts coming to speak with Albite. Magnus used it to stand on his back two legs to see better. His front two paws supported his fluffy self against the desks edge.
"So why the spread? Not that I am complaining, its very appreciated whether for me or not." He licked his lips at the notion.
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:12 pm
Oh thank goooddd-- the relief palpable on his face, a cat had shown! The right cat, even, in spite of his fumble the message had clearly reached it's intended party. Albite smiled, ear to ear shark eating whale flesh grin. Aiming for being welcoming as someone like himself could be. Especially since what he knew of Magnus was so minimal as to be ******** nothing at all--- Was a Mau? Yes. Had a golden ticket to bug town? Also yes! Anything else? Was purely observation and trust in his team, that Magnus was one last gasp and grasp of power from his mission minded, temporarily missing beloved. "You're the exact Mau I was looking for Magnus," as if to say 'see, I remembered your name eventually!' "And the spread is kinda like--one? Who doesn't like a mid-day treat, and two? You ever see those spy movies that have fairies or fae or what-have-you? N'then when someone eats their stuff their like --- bound to their rules? Or a gift or...whatever..." and Albite kicked back, sat across from the Mau, waived his own ramblings off while also making a welcome of motioning for Magnus to have the hell at it to his little kitty-hearts content. "Point is, short n simple n sweet? I'm tryna bribe you. Leme know if it's working, n if not? Leme know how I can make it work---kay?" he seemed to catch himself, his words, winced for feeling as though he might've sounded too crude n to the point with all of this. Any other time? It would've been for the hell of it, because he could, and only occasionally for the sake of watching Tama's fur raise when he smelled another magical cat on him. The hissy-fitted-grooming sessions that ensued after that kinduv a debacle! "Not that I just want t'bribe you without -- yeah -- I wanna get to know you too? N'normally I'd, like, devote time n s**t to that, but on this one instance m'on kinduv a time crunch of a mission...ah...resource needing-wise...."
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 11:46 pm
"I was hoping you'd say it was for me and not some other random mau." Magnus confessed simply as he hopped his way up onto the desk fully. There he sat, the tray of bribes, for that was what is was as clearly stated, sat just at his paws.
"I can't say I really watch a whole lot of TV here." Magnus confessed matter-of-factly. "I have no idea what you're talking about." He tilted his head, tail flicking back and forth. Pity for any paperwork that sat on the desk behind him as it was swept away by his feather duster tail.
Albite was a curious one. Magnus hadn't had much interaction at all with the Eternal beyond any team meetings and involvements. Everything had been brief, or as brief as Waru could possibly be. That was on thing Magnus knew, the man could be both long winded and loose himself beating around the bush. It was both fascinating and a crime. "What is it that you're bribing me for? Did it ever occur to you that you could have simply asked? Again..." He held a paw out, beans pointed to the corrupt as if the palm of a hand. "I am ever grateful for the meal."
But he didn't touch it. Instead, he kept his focus on the current, temporary leader of Faustite's team. "So, what is this mission you're working on?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 12:13 am
"Yeah, but 'I asked n he said yes!' just doesn't have the same kinda zing to it, yanno? Where's the story, the fun, the play by play kinda highlights? C'n you imagine if people just got married like that even..." snorting softly as he watched the toe-beans of holdups grace the top of his table. If Albite nudged some of the better looking cuts a bit closer to Magnus?
No one would know save the two in the room alive enough to tell it any way they wanted to, and maybe Cerbs? If ever he showed his feather hide n the creature one day magically found itself in a talking mood instead of a pecking one.
"Not that simple, straight proposals aren't good n'their own right...They definitely can be! That s**t can absolutely be all, like, rom-com levels of a good time on it's own? Not that this is a proposal! Not that kind." and he made an attempt to reel himself in as he leaned back till only two of the chair legs beneath him touched the floor. "But--project---mission--you n your golden touch? Me n Haymitch are working on a few things. I've gotten it all approved, I've run the consent gauntlet of good times. The trick is now material components? Gems, metals, tech---gold--which? It seems you've got in spades ever since our trip up-state with the city's resident space-draddy blessed you with a golden shelled beauty of a bug."
"Who m'willing to supply some food towards the keeping of...If y'wanna see the proposal on the items? I've got 'em on my tablet here somewhere." And he'd already started busying himself checking for the thing, as if he weren't quite sure where he'd misplaced the device, but given time? It'd show itself, and in the interim he could always glean a little more about the suave-er seeming by the minute Mau.
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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:48 pm
Albite was a wordy one. A beat around the bush not once, twice, but three times before landing on his purpose and point. Maybe. It was honestly very amusing to listen and watch the wheels turn as the point was narrowly missed multiple times before found at last. Sitting there out in the open as it wont to do for the corrupt.
But Magnus was a patient mau. He didn't mind the word salad and in fact enjoyed it. It made things entertaining. Albite was entertaining.
And the offer was something to be entertained, for sure.
Thankfully, when Albite wanted and needed to focus he could. And they got to the direct point of what was needed. Haymitch and Albite were working on a project and supplies were needed. Right now, Magnus had no major project going on beyond keeping his new friend well contained and gold was not the best metal for such things. Plus, he theoretically had an endless supply of gold. He just needed to wait for it to be shed.
"I would have given you what you wanted without a proposal, but if you're willing to help feed the Kosopod I won't object to that." It would be one thing that Magnus wouldn't have to worry about. Keeping the critter contained was a job in and of itself. Plus, the enclosure may even require frequent repairs. The acid spit of the larger-than-it-deserved-to-be-space-bug was no joke.
Finally, he grabbed a piece of salami with a claw, skewered it right down the center, and proceeded to munch on the deli meat.
"Let's see what you have there." Magnus was intrigued. What was Albite and Haymich up to?
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:10 pm
Albite finally found the point, the mother of all shrubbery. Shifted his mind and his mouth into park right there. "Not gonna lie?" multitasking as he finally got the files up, slid the glowed to life tablet in front of Magnus's thickly furred paws. "The second I saw those Kosopods on the -- ship? M'calling it a ship. Whatever---the bugs tho? I ********' wanted one, but the idea of me -- like -- tryn' t'keep a thing alive without all hell, havoc, n a motherload of acid breaking loose was just..."
"Despite all appearances? I do know my limits. Which might be a terrible ********' level of awareness cause then all I wanna do is test them! With acid---and bugs---and--ah...yeah..." motion to himself, to the scattering of scars, the littering of marks made and healed by fire and any other manner of gods knew what sort of creatures; bears, bullets, magic with teeth in it's makeup case. "Seeing you get that golden snitch though? That -- ughfff -- beautiful ******** bug, Magnus!! If you're able n willing to keep contained it then I'll help you keep it alive..."
Waru looked ecstatic, exuberant. Like Magnus truly did hold all the worlds gold n goals in a single claw tip. Like he -- as a good boy of a Senshi -- would've bent to some degree of that same claw. If, of course, it meant he got to pet bugs n pin sparkly carapaces to his walls.
"Don't even get me started on -- yanno faustites office? Yanno that massive ******** claw mounted on the back of it like a Marlin? *That* is the kinda trophy I think the little baby bit of golden skitter-critter could bring home someday. That? N gold is good s**t for -- uhm -- what I wanna do, obviously." as if he felt like saying 'i like sparky shiny s**t' wasn't quite endearing magnus enough to his cause. Better to lay it on thick with even more honesty!
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Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:18 pm
Magnus patiently listened as Waru went on about the kosopods and everything else in between. He was in no hurry. Not with the food laid out for him and, yes, he was taking full advantage of the little 'picnic' Albite had created for him. A paw, even a claw or two were utillized as utensils as he picked up and happily nomed on meat and cheese.
"Keeping it a live is goi ngt o be the tricky part, I think." He confessed through chewing. "There's a lot to keep in mind. Plus, I have to make sure it doesn't get out. That acid it has is pretty potent." He paused to swallow.
"But if you're willing to offer the help I am not going to argue. Especially since I don't need any of that gold right away. I don't know when it will shed though. So you'll have to be patient." He flicked his tail and nabbed another piece of cheese that she chewed with obvious satisfaction.
Meat and cheese were satiating foods though. And it didn't take long for the mauvian's stomach to feel full and then some. He certainly pushed down more than he should have, but who was he to pass up a free meal? Licking his lips he stood. Blue eyes contemplated one last morsel of salami but decided against it as he hopped down from the desk. "We can discuss a schedule for feedings later."
The mauvian offered Albite a jovial smile. "Let me know if I can help at all with whatever it is you're working on, too. You've got me curious." He yawned a big toothy yawn. "oph. Yes. Well, thank you for the food. It was greatly appreciated, but I best get back and check on our little friend. It's still adjusting to its new environment and I want to make sure it's not creating any issues."
With a flick of his tail, the mauvian navigated himself out of the room with the smallest of 'I am very full' waddles.
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