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Broderick was having a fine day; a fine day indeed--- at least as fine as one could have when stuffed into a purse. Considering he was rather large as felines go, and extraordinarily fluffy, this was no easy task and he was convinced his myammy was going to pinch something either getting him in or getting him out of the Chaos-cursed carrying device. What was worse was that he had sensed a starseed nearby, and he needed to go... go and do that. Not that he was the best at it, and worse at explaining anything, but it was still something he needed to do.

And do it he would, if this darn purse would let him loose! Finally, sweet relief came in the form of his senshi opening the bag, and he jumped out with a rather displeased yowl, turning to squint grumpily up at Alex. "You owe me extra, that purse is too small," he complained, then trotted off in the direction the soon-to-be senshi had gone. Had there been another cat calling them? It didn't seem like it, but he'd heard someone mention a cat, so he might as well err on the side of caution.

...Caution, in this case, meaning he ran right up to his target and started winding around her feet, purring. Pay no attention to that other cat--- especially since he hadn't noticed a thing--- pet the big, fluffy, adorable ball of marmalade that's right here. Won't you~? Purr, purr, purr, he even turned on the big-eyes charm, because nine times out of ten that was utterly irresistible.

He could stay quiet, Broderick knows. He could and he should until they get somewhere a little less open, but then again... why has he ever bothered with what he should do? It's not like he has anything to be afraid of; this stranger clearly likes cats, and she's already been nice to him. Besides, he doesn't want her to get him the kind of food he'd dislike.

...Not to mention her attention should be on him not on... whatever that was. An ordinary cat? Something else? This city got very... strange, sometimes, especially this time of year. No, it was better he get her to focus on him.

"He's not my buddy," he says, making the decision and flicking his tail lazily. "And I don't like cat food much, thank you. I like watermelon."

"No, no, it's okay --- well, I'm okay, I won't hurt you, and that other thing is gone," Broderick said, eyes widening and taking a seat in front of the now-antsy human. "I promise, I'm just here to give you a present! ... Well, kind of a present, it does come with some stuff you have to do but..." Ugh he'd never been good at this! He'd probably never be good at it!

Tail twitching in agitation, he threw himself onto the ground and rolled onto his side, purring loudly and reassuringly. "Please don't be scared? Of me! You can be scared of that thing but all I do is talk and give presents, nothing scary there, right?"

Surely that would win her over. Purring and being fluffy always helped. Right?

"I'm no demon, but I'd bite one if it game near," Broderick promised, purring louder as his belly was rubbed before popping back up to his feet with a mewl. "... Are you hungry?" He asked, twitching an ear and squinting up at the stranger. He supposed she must be; people didn't automatically assume food gifts from magic animals unless they were, in fact, very very hungry. Right? That seemed like it made sense, at least. But either way, he wasn't here to give out snacks, so he hopped onto her foot and balanced there, shaking his head slightly.

"No, I don't give out food. I'm not a snack bar," he complained, tail twitching as he spoke. "Or dead animals, because ew. I'm not that kind of cat. But I do give cool things, if you wanna see a magic trick?" Magic tricks were still popular, right? She should be okay with that. "Uhm--- it's not a creepy disappearing magic trick either, just something fun! And not scary! Promise!"

"Watch and see," Broderick declared proudly, and hopped off of her foot to perform the loop-de-loop that would provide this senshi-to-be her transformation pen. "And before you... write it off," Haha, that was a good one, he was so clever sometimes and he knew it, "Know that it's magic and therefore way more special than it looks at first glance."

Was she still going to follow through on that snack front? He hoped so; all of this talk of food was making him really hungry!

"Demons?" Brody echoed, then shook his head. "No, sorry, you're not half-anything, unless you already were?" He didn't think so, but how was he supposed to be sure? That seemed a little hard to tell, especially if she meant video game terms and the like. "What you are is magic, and you do get to fight. If you want to, of course!"

Some people didn't like fighting, and he knew he couldn't really force them to deal with youma, let alone chaos agents, if they didn't want to and weren't ready. Hmmm. "But it is kind of complicated, so maybe I could introduce you to some people who'll be able to give you better ideas." He wasn't sure if his myammy would want to meet this one, but maybe Miss Kitty, or hers...

In the meantime though... "And you are still going to provide a snack, aren't you?"

"A... what now?" Broderick asked, twitching an ear. He was used to some pretty silly reactions when senshi first awakened, but this was... this was something else entirely. But a moment later he was scooped up and decided it wasn't worth questioning. People were weird and it was best just to roll with it.

...Besides, watermelon waited in his future!

(Any thoughts of the strange, shadowy feline that wasn't a Mauvian faded quickly from his mind. Obviously it wasn't a big deal, if it was already gone!)