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Lace's hiding hole had been discovered by her brother again and she lamented over the destruction of her pile of shiny things. She pawed at one that let loose its small little coins and beads and then looked at her twin who was.....

Cleaning himself.

"You...you didn't have to do that." She said weakly, and then tried to bury herself in her own neckfluff. She didn't know why it was that she could really talk, but knew that she had some sort of mission to find things called Senshi. Whatever they were.

So far, she had been hiding and making a small pile of goods to herself. All ruined cause her twin was terrible. TERRIBLE.

Cats had a very distinctive aura, and Laurelite knew the moment she'd teleported into the area that she was with not just one, but two of the precious little things. She was close enough that she could even hear them speaking.

So, of course she had to investigate.

They were even cuter than she could have imagined (even if one seemed to have a potty mouth). But they were talking about senshi and, to be fair, indicated that they still didn't know what they were doing.

Which was perfect for her, and meant they were just ripe for the taking. She reached down and picked each one up by the scruff of the neck. "Well, well. What do we have here? You two are just such itty, bitty things, aren't you? Where's your mother, dears?" she cooed.

He felt a sense of dread, too, between something approaching and that special twin connection--but he ignored it, right up until it grabbed him.

Silk curled up out of reflex, but he was by far no where near as passive as his sister. He hissed at the woman, baring his little kitten teeth, and his tail poofed out into a baby-bottle cleaner. "And you're such a bit-chy thing, aren't you, lady!? Hands off! Put me down right now!"

Lace was totally caught up in the warm human that was holding her when she was turned over. She felt something grip into her and a startled meow escaped and she squeezed her eyes shut.

It felt so wrong, as it took over. Whatever it was. And it did hurt and it made her squirm. She wanted to escape.

She couldn't...

"W...Why? Wh...What is...this?" She squeaked out.

"Hush," Laurelite cooed, keeping a firm grip on both of the starseeds. She could feel the energy flowing through her, and loathe as she was to admit it, perhaps two corruptions at once wasn't the smartest idea. She was light headed—but two Mauvians? Think of all the senshi they could add to their ranks. Think of all the White Moon senshi they could stop—before they even awakened.

"My precious little kittens, just give it a moment," she murmured softly. "I promise the pain will be gone soon. All your pain will be gone. You'll never hurt again, and you'll be given purpose—taken care of, and loved. You need only trust me and relax."

In this instance, Silk mirrored his twin. His on yowls became muffled, his movements slow and sluggish as Chaos took over, and he too, briefly went limp in the general-queen's hold. He felt the same as well. Where as before Laurelite's aura had been menacing, now it was welcoming. Like a kindred spirit in a sense...

Silk cracked an eye open, lifting his head to stare up at her, his ears flat back against his head despite the shift in auras. He just shot her the grumpiest look he could muster as he waited for an answer to the question, and then he shot the look at his sister. "Finally asking something smart for once...!"