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 Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:22 am
Ruthie collapsed under the fate tree, where she met the cat that changed her life. What started as a writing session turned into a youma attack, and well, a life of harassing evildoers in a sparkly dress. She rolled onto her stomach and looked at the yellow patches of sky between its leaves and branches. How blue it looked that day!
She pulled her diary from her messenger bag and glanced at her notes from her skirmishes with the Negaverse. They seemed so confident. Maybe they knew what they fought for? She wasn't completely sure of her role.
And that newscast...
After watching it, her parents didn't seem to like Senshi or Negaverse agents at all. Maybe she could return to civilian life? It seemed simpler and a lot less dangerous.
She sighed and grabbed a pen from her bag. She flipped to a blank page and sketched herself in Senshi form eating cupcakes. She added a speech bubble with the words: CUPCAKES ARE ENCHANTING.
Below it, she drew herself in Senshi form stuffing a cupcake into her mouth with a speech bubble reading: NOTHING EVIL ABOUT A CUPCAKE.
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Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:52 am
There was a small black cat with green eyes and a ribbon around his neck moping around, dragging his feet along the grass of the park. How could this have happened to him? All he thought about was her and she didn't think of him at all. He was in such a depressive state of mind that he didn't even notice where he was working or that in five feet he would be walking on top of a young woman.
Four feet.
Three feet.
Two feet.
One foot.
Thetis didn't quite walk into the young woman, and instead started climbing up over her lap where she was drawing.
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Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:09 pm
A cat! A small companion that would listen to Ruthie's sorrow without judgment or criticism! She just felt SO. SAD. Everyone else had a purpose! Everyone else could sense Negaverse! Why couldn't she?!
Sensing an onslaught of melancholy, Ruthie looked to her left.
She looked to her right.
No one was around, so Ruthie set down her pen and picked up the cat, staring deep into his eyes.
"WAI ARE YOU SO SAD CAT." She projected her despair. "WAI DO YOU LOOK AT ME WITH THOSE GREEN EYES SO DEEP AND SAD LIKE THE SEA. WAI CAT WAI ARE YOU SO SAD."
She gave the BIGGEST frown EVER. How could this cat possibly understand? How could ANYONE understand?
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Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:20 pm
Thetis may no effort to fight Ruthie as she picked him up but he avoided looking at her. Saucer sized green eyes, Thetis looked like a small Puss in Boots hanging there in front of the girl. Curly whiskers twitched slightly as the green eyes caught sight of the drawing below him. He couldn't make it out but the paper was tempting him to tear it up and play in the scraps.
He didn't answer her but instead his eyes widened and gave her a look that said 'I am sad because no one loves me.'
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Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:13 pm
As Ruthie stared into his eyes, she felt she stared into the soul, and not just the cat soul, but the all-encompassing soul of existence--a deep, despairing, mind-crushing SORROW. She teared up! THIS CAT UNDERSTOOD. HE UNDERSTOOD THE PAAAIN. Life from death! Existence from nothingness! Ruthie pulled the cat into a hug. Cupcakes would never hurt her. Cat would never hurt her.
"BE MY FRIEND CAT." She wept into his fur. "JUST...JUST WEEP AND BE MY FRIEND."
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:37 am
Soaking up the rays of love that Ruthie sent his way, the small black cat with curly fur found his face twitching softly. There curly whiskers wiggled and his green eyes looked directly into Ruthie's. There was more there than simply the eyes of a cat. He understood the words she said and he understood pain. In the back of Thetis' head, he felt something tingling when he looked at this girl. It was possible she was not simply a girl in the park.
"My name is Thetis," he whispered. "Meow."
Safety nets were important.
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:08 pm
Gasp. Talking cat? Like Julienne? Ruthie wiped away the tears and set him on the ground. She rolled onto her stomach. "Hmm~" She grabbed her journal and quickly sketched. She turned the book toward Thetis.
"Is this what you do, precious kitten?"
She set the journal on the grass and scratched his head, wondering if he understood. She didn't particularly care how talking to cats and drawing pictures of magical girls looked--too focused on gaining answers about what exactly Senshi did.
"My name's Ruthie," she said, "but I also go by Sailor Medea."
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:48 pm
Thetis whined immediately upon being put down because he associated that movement with rejection. How could he have ruined things so fast? He lowered his head in shame and then brought it back up when he realized there was an icky patch of dirt where he almost placed his head. He looked around, and then moved to the right a bit to lower his head on a patch of grass. There he remained until his attention was turned to the book.
Curly whiskers twitching, Thetis understood finally. This girl was a senshi! She was also an artist! Was this beautiful mass of muscle in the middle him? His eyes seem to reflect the very stars in the sky as he admired it, his little silver paws pawing at the paper in awe. It was beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Of course, he was neglecting the actual question here and upon hearing the word 'precious' and his eyes on the drawing, sorrows of being unloved and failing were dashed away.
"Yes!" He exclaimed in a hope to please her, accepting the scratches she offered eagerly. Of course, he wasn't actually a kitten but why would he correct the girl who was loving him right now? He couldn't possibly. What if she only liked kittens? What if she didn't like being corrected? There were too many possible ways for him to be thrown away with hatred so he just took a blow or two with being called a kitten in exchange for that happiness he felt right now.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Ruthie, would that handsome kitten there by any chance be me?"
Yeah, he was still admiring. Oh, oh how he hoped that beautiful mass of muscle was him.
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:59 pm
"Yes?!" Ruthie's eyes sparkled with delight. Oh this was good! A new companion! A knowledgeable companion! Maybe he could show her the way! "And yes, my fluffy, he is you!"
The adorable mound of fur and excitement twitched and pawed so sweetly, Ruthie melted into happy mush and could only admire his playfulness. The evening started with tears of failure and confusion, but now she found guidance and friendship!
Laughing, she sat up and pulled Thetis into her arms.
"O Knowledgeable One, will you show me the Senshi way? Will you teach me how to sense others like you sensed me?"
He was so adorable. She hoped he knew the answer.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:18 am
Thetis basked in the glory that was that beautiful drawing of him and all the compliments that were thrown his way. He was so happy he could explode but he made sure not to because then Ruthie might not like him anymore because he exploded all over her and got her dirty. He couldn't have that, no, he definitely couldn't do that. He needed Ruthie's love. He didn't just wanted it, he needed it. If he did not have love right this moment he was going to sink into a hole and never come out.
"Sensing? Hmm..." he said with a slight raise of his paw to his face as if to give it a grand appeal. "Well, you have to concentrate to really get a good read but when you are powered up you should be able to feel a 'pull' of sorts. They might be hard to distinguish at first but a difference between order and chaos signatures should be quite obvious. You'll feel it." Chaos didn't feel nice at all.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:27 pm
"Thank you, my dear. A feeling huh?" Ruthie turned to a new page in her notebook and jotted, Thetis the Amazing says senses are 'feelings'?. She focused--did she remember any feelings during her awakening, run-in with a youma-bike and its owner or the assailant in the blue shirt?
Nope.
But she did when she met Senshi--both White Moon, Dark Mirror and Corrupted. Maybe she felt closer to them? She felt so oblivious.
She couldn't help but smile at his showiness, though.
"Thetis!" She flopped onto her stomach again. "You're so magical! Teach me your waaaays."
She brushed aside the fur on his brow and studied the star. "What does that mean? What does it do? Do all of the star-headed cats talk? Are all of them our friends?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:53 pm
Thetis wondered if his explanation was helpful at all as he watched her jot notes down in her notebook. The smile on her face and her on-going compliments eased him into a hopefully true sense of security. For a moment, he could tuck away his sorrow into the back of his mind and flop down on his stomach as he mimicked Ruthie.
He thought he was going to be stroked when her seen the hand raise toward him and his eyes lit up with hope. He longed to be touched! However, the touch he received was brief and not at all what he hoped for. Following it was twenty questions that left Thetis at a bit of a daze. What does what mean? What does what do? It wasn't until the word 'star-headed' came up in conversation that he realized it was the star on his head that she had touched and inquired about.
"Possibly," he said in a soft voice, direly wanting to make sure he didn't say something that would end up untrue and have Ruthie hating him later. "All of the 'star-headed' cats I've met talk," he said trying to add some sort of reassurance to his words. Were they all his friends? Probably not. Were they all her friends? He could hope so!
"I don't know what they mean though and do they do something?" He asked out loud, debating with himself.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:10 pm
"It's okay, my lovely!" The adorable creature seemed as new as her! Ruthie wanted so badly just to feed and play with the cat, but no! Who knew when another guardian would cross her path? "No one can have all the answers!"
But I wanna plaaay, whined her internal child.
NO PLAY.
But he doesn't knoooow.
She gave in. Only for a little bit though! Then she would ask more questions because of her job, and...and her duties! And...um...
"Enough business!" she said, packing up her notebook. She ran her hand along his back. "Are you hungry? Do talking cats nom?"
Did talking cats eat human food? She wasn't sure she could sneak him into a restaurant (terrible liar as she was). Maybe she could pick up food somewhere or make something for her friend at home?
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:31 pm
It wasn't okay. HE HAD FAILED. He should have had all the answers. He should have done better! He would do better! He would find the answers! Disappointed yet determined, Thetis had a strange look on his face. He wasn't sure if it was okay for him to be happy or if he should be crushed so his eyes said 'save me' while his face said 'I'm so happy.' Frankly it was hard to read, even for a cat.
"There's food?" He asked, his ears perking up as his fur did the same under her touch. "I am a tad famished."
Were was the food? His nose sniffed and his head turned left and right until he found himself crawling into Ruthie's bag in search of this food. Was it in here? Surely if there was food it must be in here! There was a newly placed notebook in here but that wasn't food. Disappointed, Thetis lowered himself down onto the notebook.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:55 pm
Oh no! Sad cat! Hungry cat! What could Ruthie do to appease her tiny companion? His look crushed her SOUL. She scratched his fluffy head and peeked into the bag. "Aw, sweetie! You make me happy! Now what do you like to eat? Do you prefer home cooked meals or do you want to see what's around?"
Gently, she slipped the bag over her shoulder, and before she stood, scratched his head and asked, "Are you okay in there?"
They would go on an adventure! Shopping for cat foods...or regular foods...She wasn't sure! But with Thetis at her side, she could do anything!
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