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 Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:35 pm
Trapped? Probably by humans. "Poor thing," she muttered, petting Seamus. "I don't know why anyone would want to hurt you." Maybe in Scotland they still had people who believed in the supernatural. Or had someone simply wanted to injure a cat? She frowned. "Did they catch the people responsible?" she asked.
Something else had caught her attention. "Ghosts? They're real too?" She made a face. She'd never heard anything pleasant about ghosts. She ran her hand down Seamus' back.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:39 pm
"Well they... I--" Obviously this young woman was expecting her to say that the people who'd caught the cat were punished, but in reality they had just saved the cat and let them be. "Yes." They caught them, sure. They had a conversation with them even.
"Oh, yeah, they're real. There's all sorts of different types and classifications. We actually have a resident who's a ghost."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:53 pm
"Good." Maia was very pleased. "Anyone who hurts an innocent creature like this needs a good scare." And to meet a few sharks. Or ghosts. Or something equally as terrifying as sharks.
A resident that was a ghost. Maia went slightly pale. She swallowed. "Oh really? That's great. I can't wait to meet them." Every ghost story she'd ever heard flipped through her head. She sighed. "Do you happen to know what time it is?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:10 pm
The worker nodded. Oh, if only life were that fair! She grinned at Maia's terrified reaction while it completely counteracted every word she was saying.
"Oh! It's--" The woman turned to her computer and read the time in the corner, "It's ten forty."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:49 pm
Ten forty. That gave her twenty minutes. Should she call Toby? Ask him where the meeting was? But then she'd have to leave Seamus. "Do you think Lori will be able to find me here? Or should I call and ask where the meeting was?" There was no point in considering the question when there was someone there to help.
"Do you have anything to play with, Seamus?" she asked. She had a string of shells hecould have. "I'll bring you some thing tomorrow."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:57 pm
"I don't know where he is, but usually when he's teaching it's right over there. I'll let him know you're here," the woman said with a nod, and then looked down the row of not-quite-cubicles as if something would be there.
"He's got a box of toys against that back wall if you want to play with him."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:06 pm
Maia looked in the direction the woman indicated, as if expecting Lori to be there. When she didn't see him, she looked back towards the woman. "Really? Thank you. C'mon Seamus, let's go play." She stood, walking towards the back wall.
"What do you want to play with? I've only got a few minutes."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:14 pm
"No problem!"
Seamus trotted after Maia as she walked toward the back, apparently energized by something or other. He actually picked up the pace enough to beat Maia to the toys and sat there squinting happily as he waited for her. He was still purring.
His toybox was actually an old wicker basket filled with some actual purchasable cat toys as well as shoelaces, a water bottle full of glitter and shakers and some homemade yarn poofs. Obviously this was a well-loved fae cat.
As if he could understand, the cat reached out and batted at a feather sticking out of the basket. It was attached to a string and stick. Sometimes the simplest things were the best.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:27 pm
Well, suggesting they play had certainly gotten Seamus to move! He'd gotten ahead of her. She reached him and bent down to scratch his ears. "You sound like a motor boat. I've been on one, you know. Toby drove it, he was grinning like a maniac."
She noticed him batting at the feather. "You're a spoiled kitty, you know that? But I'm sure you deserve it." She took the feather attached to the stick and started to wiggle it around on the floor.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:40 pm
The tip of Seamus' tail flicked and then the cat teaser came out of the basket. Some of the employees were curiously watching, but none said anything or diverted from their work. A new entity on the grounds was always something of a special event.
Suddenly Seamus was interested. He got low to the ground and his pupils grew wide. He wiggled his rump a moment and then shot forward and stopped abruptly, patting aggressively after the feather.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:57 pm
Maia was oblivious to those watching: her focus was on Seamus. She'd Never played with a cat before this, and She found his behavior fascinating. It was as if he were hunting. She moved the feather a short ways away from him, hoping he'd do that again.
"Can you catch it again?" she challenged him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:59 pm
Rather than wiggle again, Seamus just lowered himself and lunged forward, catching a bit of the rug with a claw. This didn't seem to bother him as he just began using the other paw to try and catch the feather that had somehow escaped his grasp. His tail was up and alert and his eyes nearly entirely black.
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:51 pm
The cat's antics caused Maia to giggle. He was on the prowl, shooting forward and attacking the feather. She wiggled it in front of him. "There. You're a brave Hunter aren't you?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:04 pm
Seamus threw himself to the ground and grabbed the feather with his claws and tried to stuff it into his mouth.
A chuckle sounded behind Maia, but Seamus was more occupied with his feather. Lori had come up behind them and spotted the selkie playing with the resident fae cat. He had a manila folder under one arm and looked pleased moreso than amused at Maia's antics. Pretty much everyone came to play with that cat at some point.
"Well, you're early."
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:42 pm
Maia looked up at Lori's voice. She smiled. "I made a new friend," She said. "This place was the first I found and I've stayed here. The lady there said I found Research so I knew she must know you." She reached to pet Seamus. "I'm going To ask Toby if I can have a cat. I've decided I like them." She knelt and then stood.
"Is it time for lessons?" she asked. "I don't suppose Seamus is invited to them."
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