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“Awww come on,” The cat muttered as he paced. He had spotted another guardian cat and followed them here, vaguely remembering the building, but the other cat disappeared before the large savannah could figure out how to get inside. Something about the place was just niggling his brain. He had been here before! He knew he had… just didn’t remember when, or how to get in.

It was chilly, even though it was spring the nights were still cold, and even with fur Mel was cold. He was tired, hungry, dirty, and cold. He had followed the cat in the hopes of at least getting a warm spot to sleep. Not having a senshi to live with really did put a crimp in his lifestyle. “I just want to scribble out my idea and sleep,” He practically winned into the darkness. “Why won’t you let me in? I have a great idea! I’m willing to share! Just let me in!”

Mel stopped his whining when another cat approached him, at this he turned to see the smaller feline and couldn’t help but c**k his head in confusion. “I’m not Darling. I’m Mel but I guess I could answer to Darling. I’ve answered a lot of things.” He might have actually started to go off on a tangent when the other cat, Ash, introduced herself and then did a really neat thing with a glowing keyboard and everything.

“Oh wow! That's cool! It's like virtual reality but in real life!” The savannah cat craned his neck trying to get a better view of what she was doing and how she was doing it. “I’m not new, I’ve been in the city for a while… although I did wake up from a nap a few hours ago. It was a good nap. How are you doing that?” And Mel was off on one of his rambles, but oddly enough he was fairly focused. For him that is. “Well there was some time when I wasn’t in the city but that was an accident. It's not my fault my napping spot was in a moving truck. Or that they went miles and miles away. It took forever to get back. I guess I could have stayed where I landed but they didn’t have any good sushi places. It was a shame. But I did get to live with this little old lady for a bit. Deaf as a post but so nice.” His chipper run on information dump died out when he added, “But she passed away.” He had liked that lady. It was a shame that she had died. Even worse were the grandkids who liked to pull his tail. When it became clear he would be stuck with those people he skedaddled right on out of there. Through sheer luck he ended back up in Destiny City some time ago.

“Ah, kind of like some of my nicknames. Makes sense.” Mel absently responded, much more curious as to what the smaller guardian cat was doing then some strange name she called him. It wasn’t like he hadn’t been called all kinds of things before so it ultimately didn’t bother him at all. His not so secret snooping was put to an abrupt end when Ash flicked the computer thing away with her paw and headed for the door of the building. “I mean, yeah but that's just the human-” He cut off when the guardian did something and the wall moved.

“Wow! How did you do that!?!?” He bounded over and just stared in amazement at the cat sized entrance and the stairs that led down. He was so entranced he nearly missed his chance, as soon as the ‘door’ started to make a noise his fur stood on end and he darted inside right before it closed behind him. With no other option he chased after Ash, nearly running into her once they reached the bottom of the stairwell. “I wonder if my room is still here,” He contemplated even as he gaped at everything around him. “It was so long ago and there were these robots and everything. It was cool fighting and we all got little rooms all to ourselves but well, I never could figure my way back here. I could have sworn it was a left at the pizza place and a right at the sushi spot but I guess its two rights at the Subway and a left at the fancy Italian restaurant. Is there any food here? I could really go for some pizza right now, or fish. Fish is also good. Fish is always good.”

The large guardian started to explore, trying to sniff out any food that might be hiding. “Oh that reminds me. I’ve got this really great idea! It's like one of those bags that pizza delivery guys use to keep the pizzas warm but for senshi. And not a bag. Or for pizza. I guess someone could use it for pizza but really why would you? Cold pizza is just as good as warm pizza. Not the same, but it still has its own merits.”

“Yeah! There were these robot dogs, or at least I think they were dogs and they went zap and bang and zoom.” He bounced around, trying to describe the fight as best as he remembered it, even as he stuck his nose into everything he could. “I like my room but I never did get a chance to do anything in it. Not that I have any money or anything so I guess it will remain bare. But that is ok since I guess the whole city is my home now. I can sleep pretty much anywhere and there are a lot of nice people who are willing to feed me. If not, there is a really nice Italian place downtown that throws out a lot of fresh pasta. I don’t get chased from there very often. Unlike this one sushi place. That chef is super protective of his leftovers I guess since he does his best to get all of the cats that lurk in the alley in the back of his place to scatter. He also smells like feet so I really don’t like him.”

Mel continued to ramble, not realizing the least that he might be over sharing or boring Ash. But he at least turned to face the smaller cat when she mentioned his idea. “No silly! Not a bag! Like a force field or something. Basically tweaking the magical circuits for either knight’s rings and/or senshi phones to include a personal temperature regulator. You know… like letting the guys who have too many layers, stay cool in the summer and those that really should be wearing a scarf be warm in the winter?” Honestly such a thought from this particular guardian was very surprising but stranger things have happened in the city.

Maybe….

“Wait! I have a communicator or a phone? REALLY?”

Probably not, really.

“I’m not really sure. It just kind of came to me.” Mel shrugged as only a cat could before his eyes brightened when Ash produced a little communicator from her sub space. As much as he wanted to bombard her with questions on how she did that, he was still a bit fuzzy on that, he was much more interested in the communicator. Especially since it gave him a little spark of thought.

“This is fantastic!” He went over and gave it a poke with his paw before his brain bounced back to his earlier idea. “I don’t suppose you have a… um… thing that shows how the coms are made do you? I wonder if it's possible to make a whole personal AC/DC,” He paused a second and corrected himself, “AC and heating…. That was a band I think, an app for the phones. If it can then it could absolutely be pushed out like one of the updates that Apple forces on people. But this time it would be nicer. I mean they have an app for traveling to the moon right? Can’t we just tweak the parameters on that so it's like a forcefield but just for temp rather than travel?” Mel had no clue if his idea was even viable but Ash seemed to know what she was doing. He would bet his whole dinner on her being able to figure it out!

Mel’s tail dropped when Ash shot down his plan on just modifying the existing code but even that little dip in his cheery personality was quickly erased when the other guardian cat did something on the computer and pulled up the blueprints of the communicators. “Oh wow!” The large cat breathed quietly, in awe at the complex designs.

“You will? That's great!” Mel looked over at Ash when she offered to help. He was really quite happy. Ash definitely seemed to know what she was doing, unlike Mel. “Ok, so what about this…” He didn’t even wait for Ash to possibly change her mind, or even regret her decision. Oh, no. Mel just dove right in, tossing out ideas left and right.

It seemed like it was going to be a long night. A productive one… but a long one.