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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:28 am
Okay, for sure this time, she was positive, this was where the cadet lived. and not one of Zia's friends or any other addresses she might have bouncing around in her head.
She also might've only found this out after following Euterpe's alter ego home and filing this secret information away for when she couldn't get a hold of him. Like tonight. She couldn't find the senshi around so she took the next logical step and went straight to his home. After prowling around and climbing up and down the outside of his apartment, she set to work looking for an unlocked window to try and pry open, finding one, and wriggling through.
Oh god, she hoped he didn't have any dogs. Or ran around in his underwear like the last guy who owned the last apartment she broke into. Was she breaking into an inordinate amount of apartments? Eh, those questions were probably meant for later.
She was in! But he was not. Maybe he was at that human job he did. No matter. She plopped her fluffy but down in front of the door and stared at it as if she could will him home. Waiting. And waiting. It was only a little creepy.
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:42 am
Luke was coming home late, a hard day at practicing breakdancing with his crew. None of them came over as they usually did, too tired to fool around for the night. It was usually like that on practice day. Singing could be heard outside the door, the sound of jingling keys entered into the lock.
"You make me feel like a teenage dream-- I can't sleep---"
oh. He was singing that song from the Glee Cast, a duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he opened his door rather noisily. The blond head was bent low, a finger slipping into the heel of his shoe to loosen the tight grip around his ankle. Thankfully for the burglar cat, Luke's apartment had nothing to offend or endanger the fortunate guardian. Only carpet, a mess of clothes and a bunch of fancy sound equipment that obviously made his music exceed past the normal speakers on a laptop.
"Click."
The lights instantly flickered on, revealing the two occupants of the room. Luke didn't seem very surprised to see the feline within his apartment, in front of the door. Instead, he knelt to offer his hands towards the female, inviting her to come into his hands on his own.
"Don't tell me my excellent charisma and personality sparked you to be my fan too, Zir? I've got animal fans now too-- You could have left a calling card." Luke chuckled, his usual crossing of familiar boundaries already stepped into, giving the cat his own nickname.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:36 pm
Zirconia was starting to waver in her temptation to dig through his drawers and snoop in his things. Snooping was her favorite past time, and by now she had excused it as just being another requirement of being a guardian. If she knew what magazines he subscribed to and what brand of shampoo he used that just meant she was doing a good job, right?
And suddenly she heard the approaching singing voice outside the door, and her ears swiveled to pick it up as she went back to sitting up as straight as possible.
When he offered his hand, she approached and ran the upper side of her head along his palm in the typical cat way of forcing one to pet them while simultaneously thinking 'mine'.
"I think you know why I'm here," Zirconia huffed a bit. Sense of humor? What was that? "Are you going to patrol tonight, Euterpe?"
She did not approve of trivial human ventures. Like fun. And jobs. Well, she didn't approve of them when they had no direct, positive effect on pampering her. But Euterpe seemed to have already figured out the several ways to her heart, she could never keep up this seriousness around him for long.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:42 am
Luke didn't stop petting her-- Females needed to be treated right and Zir was most definitely a female. AN adorable female cat with whom Luke could hold an intellectual conversation with. What did that say for the thousands of cats in the world? His hand moved idly as he spoke, even lowering to brush his fingers under her chin, scratching lightly.
"Oh Zir, why would I patrol when I get a lovely lady all to myself tonight? You can't expect me to give up this rare chance for something so mundane." Of course, the guardian cat would know that Luke never patrolled regularly, if at all. The BMC rarely played the hero but they played their parts to some extent. Luke, otherwise known as Euterpe? Pretty non-existent. He liked those "trivial human ventures" very much. The blond male dropped the duffel bag to the side, his movements reluctant as he stood up to open the fridge, keeping his foot in between to keep the fridge door from closing.
"I've got some milk-- Would you like some, Zir?" He offered, pulling out a cup for himself, his other hand reaching for a small bowl.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:18 am
Zirconia could just let out a long, annoyed, over exaggerated sigh at the fact he didn't seem to have any intention of going out and fighting evil. But she had also kind of expected that, and honestly, in the back of her mind, visiting Euterpe to pester him to patrol always had some secret agenda to see what pampering she could mooch off of him.
He just gets it.
"Yes," She said, accepting his offer and jumping up on his countertop. She wasn't going to take her drink on the floor like a common cat, that was for sure.
Easily enough she accepted she couldn't force him to go out senshi'ing and started grooming as she usually faded into in casual situations. "Where were you?" She asked, not having much of a grip on his schedule yet.
"Out playing or at your... your fake occupation thing?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:42 am
Luke poured the milk into the bowl, a generous helping for himself and Zir, tipping the cup to pour almost the whole glass into his mouth with one sip. Emerald green eyes gave Zirconia a sideways-glance, a moment of drinking and lapping milk in silence before they spoke. Several moments, actually. Luke needed to drink the whole cup after all. Using one sleeve to wipe at his chin, he laid the cup in the sink. The sound of running water filled the background as he spoke.
"Don't you mean my real occupation? Luke comes before Euterpe .. At least in this lifetime." Luke pointed out, he was drying his hands now, wiping it on a blue towel that hung over the sink. His tone remained cheerful, although he was reminding himself inwardly to beware of Zir. She might drink all of his milk carton if he wasn't careful.
"I went out to practice dancing. Playing or working, call it whatever you want to call it."
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:05 pm
Zirconia had to wrinkle her nose at 'Luke' coming first. Euterpe was his proper title, she insisted, and the sooner he just accepted that the easier it would be.
Still she went to happily lapping up the bowl of milk he'd put in front of her and listened to his explanation about practicing dancing. It did occur to her that he made a better entertainer than a warrior against evil. Then again, he was the senshi of music so she figured that probably had something to do with it.
"Fine, Luke," She said finally, complete with a roll of the eyes to show just how stupid she thought it was. But she could play along. She wondered if he'd have a better sense of duty if he could recall any memories, but decided that might be a conversation for later as she finished off her milk and started casually prowling around his kitchen, pawing a cupboard open to explore.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:42 pm
"Are you here to snoop? The porn magazines are under the speakers but I don't think they're your style." Luke settled on top of the counter, seating himself easily with a push of his hands and lifting his body. He waited in silence. There was nothing that needed to be said on his side .. Unless you counted idle conversation suited for impressive idiots. Like Luke. But one method was silence. because eventually, the other had to get around to their choice of topics.
Silence might have been an hour or two.
The only sounds in the kitchen was: slurp, slurp. Or a shelf closing here and there.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:42 pm
Zirconia was about to shrug off whatever he had to say, since, quite frankly, it was a rare time when she wasn't there to snoop and if there was ever a time when Zirconia was seeking out a BMC member without snooping in the back of her mind, it was probably an emergency.
Of course, then he had to mention the porn and the large cat dropped back to all fours and gave him a shocked look.
"Honestly, Eu-- Luke," She said with a judgmental shake of her head before going back to snooping, until seeing a flash of movement.
It was probably nothing but a cricket or a dust bunny, but that didn't stop the cat from skittering across the floor and pouncing at shadows.
"So..." She started, just mildly distracted as she hunted low to the ground, "Are you going to eat dinner tonight?" which was her polite way of asking if he was going to feed her or should she take her mooching elsewhere.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:40 am
"Zirconia. I'm a poor med student with a bartending job. What a college kid's dinner is .." He opened a shelf to pull out a box that every college kid should know by heart. The cheap creation known as: instant ramen. The circular Styrofoam container sat dully on the counter as the sounds of water filling a kettle and a click of the stove turned on.
There was two instant ramen on the shelf. If Zir wasn't going to eat it, Luke probably was. Luke's back rested against the door of the refrigerator. Only the humm of the water heating and Luke's singing filled the air as he hummed to a tune that sounded suspiciously like pokemon. Mildly. Or a lot.
"You in or not?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:45 pm
Zirconia had to crinkle her nose at the instant ramen. Fake chicken flavor? Cardboard noodles? It was practically a crime against nature in her oh so humble opinion.
"N-not," She said with a facial expression composed of both disgust and pity, if humans could recognize a cat's expression, anyway.
She padded around his ankles, considering Luke a charity case at this point. Poor med student has to eat horrible food. She practically saw him as a charity case at this point.
"We could always go elsewhere to eat!" She suggested, forgetting most cats did not spend their days as productive, human members of society. Not that it was a secret she kept from BMC-ers, she just didn't announce it or keep track of who knew what.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:02 am
Luke knelt down to gently run his fingers behind Zirconia's grey ears, the brush of soft fur against his bare feet was strangely comforting. Did all guardian cat have this effect or was it simply Zir?
Luke was never one to house pets but that was because it was too much of a hassle. However, an pet with an intelligence that rivaled and possibly surpassed his own-- Well, that was an entirely different story. There was no teaching of how to go to a toilet or go outside.
What Luke didn't mind was being regarded as a charity case. What good was pride when you were starving?
"Where at? You got any ideas in mind, Zir?"
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