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[ While many would go out of their way to avoid picking up oddities while looking through the items people were trying to sell as they cleared out their clutter in what he could only describe as suspicious spring cleaning… A certain mage had always been rather drawn to picking up items of such a nature (often left behind by other mages who would not appreciate the ‘Scourge of Mage Society’s’ nosiness) and then analyzing and reverse engineering them himself… Maybe making some improvements.

Everyone needed a hobby, right? And at least this meant someone who knew what they were doing was picking stuff up before people who wouldn’t know did.

Of course, not everything always went to plan and sometimes the universe threw you little curveballs for its own amusement… And Waver was many things, amusing when ruffled being one of them. One of the townsfolk had slipped in a ‘bonus’ without his noticing, and while he absolutely could probably solve it… It wasn’t so simple when it presented a very distracting situation.

So… You know… Enjoy the sight of a man on his last nerve and the sound of multiple meows coming from the other end of the feed. Yes, that’s right, he’s got a cursed object that has attracted a bunch of stray cats to his workshop. ]

Afternoon, everyone. I seem to have picked up something a bit… complicated.

[ Gods, this is embarrassing… The man tries to keep a straight face, but there’s a stressed switch in his brows. ]

I’m sure there have been a few people who’ve already picked up oddities that the locals have been trying to get rid of, and while most of the ones I’ve come across have been fascinating finds…

[ No, seriously, his magic-solving brain has enjoyed the workout. ]

It seems something was slipped in that, while I can undo the enchantment, is proving to be more distracting than I can properly focus on.

[ Another meow, the sound of a beaker being pushed off the counter and breaking on the floor, is heard. Waver takes a deep breath. ]

If anyone is good with cats, I would gladly pay them to- stop scratching up my sofa! And you! Get down from there! [ He cleared his throat before trying again. ] I will pay someone to gather and remove these trouble makers before they destroy my workshop!

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[ Well, Waver didn’t expect to be jump scared by a really enthusiastic lady way too close to the screen today, but he also didn’t expect to end up with a magic workshop full of cats. It’s a day for new experiences all around. Furbeasts? Offering them large fish?? Entertainment?? Actually, that last one is probably a yes. Waver himself is very entertaining to watch flounder when his routine is interrupted by the unexpected.

Gods, where does he even start with that? At least he can easily surmise ‘furbeast’ means cat wherever this woman is from. ]

‘Furbeasts’ actually. Plural, as there’s more than one. Four last time I counted- no, scratch that there’s… six now??

[ How are they even getting IN to the workshop?? Regardless, he pans the phone across the workshop that has been invaded by ‘furbeasts.’ There are indeed six cats of varying colours and sizes making themselves at home. Some were up high along shelves and others were on his counter without any care for the delicate instruments and experiments he’d already been working on. Others were, indeed, using his sofa as a scratching post. It’s pandemonium. ]

And frankly, they’re seeing quite enough without risking knocking down things stored on my upper shelves.

[Ah, yes, that will require many fish.]

I shall ask Gili if I might take the afternoon off to acquire fish. They must all be so hungry.

[ Oh, great. His workshop was going to smell like fish now, wasn’t it? ]

Gili… Oh, you work at the forge.

[ Absent minded comment, because he knows he’d seen Lauri-El around before. Probably when passing by the forge to get to where he is now. ]

I suppose their being hungry might make their behavior make sense. I’ll pay you for the fish then.

[ Anything to return peace to his workshop. Gray was the one who was better with animals than he was, after all. Or at least cats in general. ]

[Oh it was absolutely going to smell of fish. Was that a bad thing? Fish are a tasty food.]

Yes. I am Journeywoman Lauri-Ell. And I am happy to pay for the fish to help the cats. They are good creatures. Even if you call them something silly like 'cats'.

[ Listen, he definitely agreed fish tasted good. But he had a very specifically weird and horrifying experience as a teenager that definitely left one with a slight nostalgic distaste for an overpowering smell of it. ]

It’s nice to officially meet you then, Lauri-Ell. I’m Waver Velvet.

[ The fact that he’s getting used to saying that again is both weird and a good thing, he thinks. ]

In my experience, they are generally disruptive and prone to getting into things.

[ He does not deny they are good creatures, but he also would not be him if he did not grumble somewhat. A sign that Waver is fond of someone or something, to some extent, is his grumbling. ]

I take it furbeast is the proper term for them where you’re from?

That is an interesting name. Velvet is a type of cloth, is it not?

[Distracted. Don't judge her.]

The Kree do not have them. But it is a beast and furry.

[ You know what? That’s actually a new one. Most people talk about how weird his first name is. That’s what he expected when she led with ‘an interesting name.’ ]

Ah, yes, that’s correct? It’s not really a common last name, if that’s what you mean.

[ So she came from somewhere without cats at all. Interesting, he kind of wishes there were no cats here right now. ]

I see, I suppose that’s accurate… But aren’t there a lot of things that could be described as furry beasts around here?

[ Listen, he needs to ask, even as he disappears from the feed with a panicked sound to try to pick up a cat that was getting a little too close to a magical experiment of his. One can hear a harried ‘Do you want to keep your whiskers?? Geez, get out of that!’ ]

Many human last names are strange to me. But it is yours, and it is a good type of fabric. Very soft and cozy.

[The background of the shot of her face shows movement now. Clearly she's heading out to buy fish.]

There were the flerkin, when they came to visit. And you should not chide curiosity. It is important for all learning.

Ah… Thanks. I’m rather attached to it again.

[ This is a weird conversation, he decides as he awkwardly responded. Not a bad one, just a weird one. ]

Flerkin… I believe I heard talk of those, but I didn’t end up running into any. [ no because he was stuck running around the forests around Aterat that week.

Tsking, he loses his grip on the cat that proceeds to at least find something ELSE to get into. ]

As a teacher, I would agree, but letting a cat that doesn’t know any better to stick its face into a bowl of something caustic isn’t exactly a good idea.

[Again? That's definitely getting a confused look from her.]

Are you certain the cat cannot learn? They are wise creatures in their own way.

Though I suppose caustic is a good argument.

[ Indeed, again. It’s a bit… complicated, really. He forgoes explaining that in favour of trying to wrangle cats. ]

Supposedly, but that doesn’t mean they can’t come to harm if they aren’t careful. Then they end up causing trouble for themselves and the people who weren’t around to stop it.

[ There’s a slightly bitter edge to his tone there, but he breathed a sigh of relief once he has the bowl secured and covered for now. ]

Yes. But that is how learning happens. This should not be that shocking.

Do you have nip?

[ She’s not wrong, and he can honestly say it’s not that it’s shocking. It’s that sometimes the end result is a final, and then they’re gone and he’s stuck picking up the pieces again. Is that about more than curiosity and cats? Yes, but everything always tied together in a knotted mess where Waver was concerned. ]

No? I don’t keep cats, so I don’t keep it on hand.

[How unfortunate, it would mellow them out.]

What of a small light pointer?

[ If he wasn’t afraid that the amount of cats running around wouldn’t bring the place down in his absence, he’d go get some. ]

Er, also no? Not really something I’d use much.

Ah. Well, I shall collect some of that as well.

If you think it would help, I’ll reimburse you the costs for what you do pick up as well.

[ Because at this point, he’ll do anything to regain some semblance of peace around his workshop. ]

Oh, that sounds wise. But I do so like helping kitties.

[ He can be wise sometimes. ]

Which I appreciate. They definitely need help to get out of my workshop.

[ He wishes he were better at this… ]

I think perhaps you do as well.

I can’t deny that.

[ He needs them gone, for his peace of mind and the good of his various magical experiments on the go. ]

I will be there in... I believe ten minutes. Perhaps after I help you should get out of the room for a bit.

Ten minutes, then. I’ll have the door unlocked, so let yourself in.

[ He’s deactivated the bounded field for now since it’s doing fuck all to deter the cats from approaching. ]

Perhaps… I suppose I’ll need to get some things to clean up this mess, anyway.

Oh yes, a shopping trip always makes things better!

Uh… Yeah, it’ll at least help to get what I need to put things back in order.

[ He has a feeling they have very different ideas about what was an enjoyable time. He was more the stay in and play JRPGs all night type if he didn’t decide to get lost in research. ]

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