But I got cat class and I got cat style

[righthandstand]

Who: Okuyasu and You!
When: April 30th - May 2nd
Where: Curti Center, House B-09
What: Okuyasu regains a bizarre pet
Warnings/Notes: none for now

A. Curti Center, April 30th

[Ganeshan is a good guy, something Okuyasu decides the instant he returns to the island where his new home lies. The trip had given him two Asterisks, free food, and a backpack full of trinkets, plus other bags from the freebie tables that are holding school supplies consisting of small notebooks and pencils found on the ground. A most excellent haul.

Immediately after landing, he is notified that Biggs and Wedge found an item in the Dream Width matching his personal frequency. Before Okuyasu can respond with a "what the hell does that mean", an intern holds up a potted plant. On closer look, the flower appears to be thrashing around, and upon closer inspection, it's hissing like a cat. Actually, it looks a lot like a cat.]

Oh, shit!

[Okuyasu makes a quick grab for the plant and scratches behind the petals that constitutes as its ears. The plant calms down in the presence of a familiar face, but it's still growling at the general situation.

Okuyasu, on the other hand, is panicking.] Are Biggs and Wedge okay? Are they in the hospital? [Is that why they're not here to personally deliver the cat plant?] I'm sorry if Stray Cat hurt anyone!

[The intern is confused.]

B. House B-09, May 1st - 2nd

[So whatever took Okuyasu's Stand away also took Stray Cat's, but left enough power to allow it to exist. That's fine. No one will die horribly considering Okuyasu's lost the ability to erase its air bubbles from existence. Now they're stuck with an pet that acts like a normal cat when upset.

He has it standing on the front steps of the house while he sits beside it, enjoying the sunny weather and watching it attempt to preen itself. Silly cat. He dangles a piece of wheat over its face and watches it bat at it, one cheek propped on his hand.]

I thought you were supposed to be lookin' after Pops...

[Stray Cat huffs at its lack of claws. It closes its eyes as its petals compresses the air inside and shoots it out in a quick, small gust. The head of wheat snaps, but it doesn't break off the stem. Stray Cat repeatedly shoots air out from its "head", frustrated that it lost the ability to utterly murder whatever it wants.]

Comments

A

[chefbayardee]

[ Hunk walks over, nonchalantly wearing a pair of yellow slippers on his hands like mittens. See, he'd heard Okuyasu's voice and expected trouble, or some kind of laugh. What he got was far worse. ]

Wh-what is that? Are you gonna end up in the hospital if you hold it?!

[ Hunk may or may not have a hand reaching towards the gunblade sheathed at his side. Very slowly, so as to (hopefully) not alert the weird angry potted plant... that... might be called Stray Cat?? ]

[righthandstand]

[Okuyasu furiously scratches the hissing flower's petals as he turns it to the wall, away from the intern and Hunk. Any comment on his incorrect method of wearing slippers will have to wait.]

Long story, but don't get to close or it'll hit you!

[Stray Cat notices Hunk. It sees him reaching for something. One thought comes into its cat brain: enemy. The plant hisses (somehow), and its petals constrict as it sucks in air.

Okuyasu is understandably freaked out. In a last minute effort to distract it from hatred, he grabs the necklace with the large dollar sign hanging from his neck and dangles it over the cat's head.]

[chefbayardee]

Hit me?

[ Hunk takes a step back as he wheezes out those words, and he starts circle-strafing around Okuyasu. His hands are up at his sides, as if the cat were pointing a gun at him. ]

With what?! It's a plant!

[ Or is it? It looks alive- er, well, sentient? Okuyasu wasn't doing anything about it, so he wasn't sure how much of a problem the thing actually was. ]

[righthandstand]

[Stray Cat is angry and ignores Okuyasu's offering of a toy. Once it collects enough air, Okuyasu twists away from Hunk, turns the pot, and aims the flower at the wall.

A loud puff of air is released.

...

Well, that spot on the wall was nicely dusted.]

Huh? [Okuyasu stares at the wall in disbelief, then at the cat.] You did that?

[chefbayardee]

[ Hunk watches in horror, moving himself to one foot to leap out of the way of whatever this plant was gonna-

Air. Huh. ]

That was... cute? [ And then Hunk barely lets the momentum carry himself into a normal, real standing position again. There might've been a spin involved. ]

Wait, did that plant just breathe?

[righthandstand]

[The plant growls, to which Okuyasu scratches his head. Stray Cat was super pissed, it should've blown up the entire wall in a rampage. But here it was, barely forming an air bullet and still mad as fuck.]

Uh...yeah, it breathes [It was still alive, meaning that the Dream Width didn't steal its Stand, considering Stray Cat is a Stand/user combo. But what was up with the air.] It must be sick if that's the most it can do...

[Oh well. Hunk won't die if Okuyasu faces him, showing off the pissed off cat face on the plant. The head puffs up, drawing in another puff of air.]

[chefbayardee]

Sick? [ Hunk lets out a dejected little whine. Sure, the thing seemed like a bit of weird creature, but he's seen aliens. Lots of aliens. This is kinda cute by comparison. ] Can we do anything about it?

[ Hunk brings his face closer to the plant, maybe about two inches away, and looks at it with a concerned face. ]

Can we find a doctor for it?

[righthandstand]

[Okuyasu shakes his head.] Nah, unless they got, like, doctors that know how to deal with Stands. Its [He looks down briefly, considering how to explain this.] these powers some of us got back home. I had one, but it was gone when I woke up. Stray Cat is its own Stand, so gettin' rid of it would probably turn it into a regular flower. Or cat, I dunno which came first.

[Here he is, sounding so smart but just repeating what Jotaro and Joseph deduced.]

So back home, it can make air bubbles and when they pop, shit gets broken. What you just saw ain't nothin' to be afraid of. But that's what's so confusing! [He slumps his shoulders, surprising Stray Cat to release another puff of air. It shakes his tiny pomp and is rough against Hunk's clothes, but it doesn't come close to injuring them.] It's like it only got a tiny bit of its power.

[chefbayardee]

Well, it's cuter this way. What, uh... what'd your Stand do? [ It was a little worrying to imagine Okuyasu with any kind of special powers. And then his voice changes, shifting into full-on baby-talk as he tests the waters and tries to lightly pet the thing's... pet...als? ]

Who's a cute little cat-plant? You are, yes you are! You're gonna huff and puff and everyone away!

BBBBBBBBB

[rivieran]

[ Ena is on her way back to her assigned dwelling after spending the day at the Curti Center when she sees someone on the porch of the house next door for the first time. Huh. Neighbors. She slows her pace briefly to give her greetings when she sees it's...

...The delinquent!

For a second she actually doubts that he might live there. Maybe he likes hanging out on people's porches uninvited - she doesn't know! She's about to ask what he's doing there when she sees him... playing with a plant? ]

What is that? [ Her thoughts exit her mouth without her really realizing it. ]

[righthandstand]

[He would hang out on porches he finds if his house didn't have one of it's own, but for now loitering is not a concern. When he looks up calmly, his hand drops, lowering the head of wheat and allowing the plant to catch it with its front petals. Of course, without claws it doesn't hold onto it for long, but it's the thought that counts.]

It's my cat. [A shrug.] And a flower at the same time, I guess.

[rivieran]

[ Blink. Blink. She'd seen a few cats in her day, and, uh, ]

...That's a cat? [ Either he was crazy, or she was. ] How is that a cat?

[righthandstand]

A Stand did it somehow. I dunno what happened, but it's mine now.

[Stray Cat turns to the newcomer, regards her as strange and interesting, then paws at its face with a leaf.]

But if it acts like a cat, it's a cat, right?

[rivieran]

[ A stand? Like, a night stand? An art stand? She didn't quite get what he meant, but different planes, different worlds and all that - she would leave that question for another time. ]

Ah... I don't quite agree. [ She frowns and blinks. Her frown isn't quite upset, though, but more... very confused. ] I would think that a person that acts like a cat is still people. [ a pause ] But then again, I've never seen a plant act in the first place, so...

[righthandstand]

[Okuyasu hums loudly in agreement and plants his hands on his legs, giving Ena a firm nod.]

Plants can't even think. It's impossible for a flower to make cat noises and eat cat food and take cat naps, unless it's a cat! A person actin' like a cat's just a nutcase.

[rivieran]

I suppose so, but... I don't know, I think I would classify it more as a plant than a cat, because regardless of how it acts, it still looks like a plant, and it's even potted! You don't put cats in pots, do you? [ At least the cats she's seen have never been held in pots! ]

[righthandstand]

[Cats love sitting in pots, but that's a different story.]

Yeah, but if you leave it in the sun for a day, it gets hungry. So it looks like a plant, but doesn't act like one. [It's confusing.] I try not to think about it too hard, else my brain hurts.

A

[chocobosnap]

[He just happens to be looking around the Curti Centre, minding his own business until he turns around and comes face to face with some kind of cat-shaped plant.]

Gah!

[It's the same kind of sound he makes when he sees a bug.]

What is that?

[Prompto practically flails and steps back.]

[righthandstand]

[The plant hisses and swipes its leaves wildly. Okuyasu pulls the pot away from Prompto as if protecting him from a horrid beast.]

Shit! Sorry! [Stray Cat huffs and sucks in a petal-ful (?) of air, then lets it bursts of out its mouth.]

This is my cat. It's a plant, too. It's complicated. [That's all he knows about it.]

[chocobosnap]

It looks-

[Nope, he shouldn't finish that sentence, but it's somewhere in the vicinity of 'icky'.]

Uh, hi. [He smiles nervously, right, he's talking to a stranger, one who startled him half to death.]

Um, it's not going to...bite is it?

[righthandstand]

[Thankfully, it only speaks Cat and is not insulted. Still growling, though.]

I dunno, it sounds pissed.

[Which means the catplant does not want to be touched.]

[chocobosnap]

[He wouldn't touch catplant with a ten foot pole thanks. It looks like it's going to bite his hand off if he tries.]

.....R-Right.

[He sighs, how does one fight a catplant perchance if one happens to attack him?]

And you were looking for it?

[righthandstand]

Not...really. [Okuyasu sucks in a breath. If he were home in Morioh and Stray Cat was missing, of course he'd go out searching for it. This is different.]

It just showed up in the Dream Width, and I'm not gonna let just anyone take it. Nothing else to it.

[But he appears far more nervous than relieved to be reunited with his pet.]

[chocobosnap]

Oh no I don't want-

[He hopes he doesn't think he wants his pet. He really really doesn't.]

I mean. I already have a chocobo.

[That's the reason. Yep. Not because it looks terrifying.]

[righthandstand]

Figures.

[It's kind of scary until you befriend it. Even he, Okuyasu Nijimura, was reasonably worried about handling the Stand-User that killed him at first. Sure, he didn't really die, but he understood how dangerous that thing was.]

That giant chicken? Where do you keep it?