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[thewrightidea]

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[thewrightidea]

[Phoenix smiles at the cat, reaching over to join petting it.]

What a cute cat! A cat cafe seems like the perfect getaway...

[summonthesuit]

[As soon as Phoenix reaches out to pet, Steven withdraws his own hand. Cat's all yours, Phoenix!]

It is, innit? We had these things back home too, but I've never been to one. Would've felt a little sad going there all by myself, I reckon. [Because that's not an awkward thing to say.]

[thewrightidea]

Yeah, we had them too.

[Phoenix pets the cat, and the cat seems to move closer into Phoenix's arms. Oh... He's not entirely used to this, but it is cute.]

This is my first time at one too... [Yeah, Steven's statement is awkward, but Phoenix is also awkward so it works. He just laughs slightly.] Well it's good we can both go to one with a friend now!

[summonthesuit]

[He chuckles, sitting back in his chair.]

Yeah, it is. This world's absolutely horrid, but... There's loads of little things like this that make it tolerable, you know? There's some folks out there who prefer this place over their own homes, and sometimes I get that.

[thewrightidea]

[Phoenix's smile fades just a bit. It's a tough subject since he wishes more than anything to return home. His eyes shift away from Steven and toward the cat as he continues petting it.]

Yeah... I guess that's one good thing about this place. It's given me an excuse to visit a cat cafe.

But... I can understand if someone has come from a truly horrible place... This might be better.

[summonthesuit]

Yeah... Yeah, it is.

[Steven knows a couple people who've died back home, or who are about to go through something terrible, so he understands why they'd want to stay here too. But that's kind of a downer turn for the conversation to take, so he'll try and turn it right back around again.]

How long have you been here already?

[thewrightidea]

[It is definitely a downer, but unfortunately it is how a lot of conversations here go.

And it's even more of a downer when Phoenix thinks about how long he's been here.]

I... Hm. I think it's been about two years? Maybe a little more...

[He came just at the Nattensfest season, he recalls. Despite the fact that it was March back at home and Christmas had very recently happened.]

What about you?

[summonthesuit]

[Steven is low-key impressed by the two years in a positive way. After seeing friends leave this place after only really having known them for two months, and after Marc only having been here for two weeks, he kinda selfishly wants everyone else he knows to stay here for those years. If not longer.

Needless to say, an awed little "ooh" escapes him at the estimate.]

Nothing that long. Since last June, so that's... seven months? I mean, it is a pretty long time to be a cannibal monster, but compared to two years? Not that long.

[thewrightidea]

Yeah, I guess I've... kind of gotten used to it.

[He has somewhat of a sad smile. Weary. It's not something he ever wanted to be used to, but... the human mind will always adjust.

He stirs some sugar into his tea idly.]

I guess any amount of time having to be here is pretty long in that sense. Several months... You've fully changed and all by now, haven't you?

[summonthesuit]

Oh, yeah, I think I stopped growing into this form after the first three months. If I remember right, last thing that happened was that I got these extra eyes.

[He points to his left temple, where an eye is just barely visible behind locks of curled hair.]

I had some proper vertigo those first few days. Four eyes means you see way more of your surroundings, you know? But I got used to it. I've met other nephilim who shot up a couple extra feet, but seems like I'm destined to be short next to all them. And that's fine, I s'pose- means I'm not in danger of hitting my head when I go through doors. Still a weird difference, though.

[thewrightidea]

Geez, I... can imagine.

[Having extra eyes at the edges of his face would make learning how to see again really difficult.]

It's already been kind of a ride adjusting to my new bird sight. It's great to see detail from far away but... Yeah, it's a headache sometimes.

[He laughs somewhat softly and politely.]

[summonthesuit]

Oh wow... I never stopped to consider harpies would have eyesight like that. Makes sense though. You're basically all birds of prey. Means that you could be high up in the sky, look down and see a wee little mouse scampering about, right?

[Unbeknownst to Steven, his tail has been twitching idly near the leg of his chair, and it's attracted the attention of a second cat. The kitty's sneaking closer from behind, wide eyes caught on the fluffy tip of the tail.]

[thewrightidea]

[Phoenix doesn't notice the idle twitching of the tail or the cat. Despite his eyesight being good, it's only when he really focuses on something.]

Yeah, I guess I could if I really wanted to!

But it's not all the time... I have to really focus. But I guess it's kind of cool sometimes once you get used to it!

[He shifts his legs, crossing the other one this time.] So you kind of see the world through a fisheye perspective, right?

[summonthesuit]

Yeah, I guess it's a bit like that. I can try to keep the extra eyes closed, but that takes effort too, you know? Like winking, except it's two out of four eyes now. But we've all got funny extra stuff to get used to, right? There's a couple folks here who change their monster form every month, and mad respect to them. I don't think I could do that.

[The cat has moved into position! It's pressed down low to the ground, eyes still on the tail and ready to pounce. Steven still doesn't see it.]

[thewrightidea]

Yeah, I've seen that happen a bit...

[He gets a headache just from imagining all the constant vision changes.]

I only changed my form once, and that was when everyone seemed to randomly change with it. I did have to get used to having normal eyesight again, and then.... I had to go back to this.

[He sighs. There is a lot about this place to dislike.]

Oh! There was another time when a bunch of us seemed to change into desserts. My hair was.... pudding.

[Now he actually laughs.]

[summonthesuit]

Pudding?

[He frowns, trying to process the mental image of all that, and why that would even happen. 'Dessert' is hardly a monster type. But then he remembers hearing a story vaguely like this.]

Oh... Was that back in the summer last year, maybe? When newcomers came in?