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@caitsith: video

[catricide]

Planning on meeting someone? Or merely announcing your position for otherrr reason?

[Hello Batman, meet cat... man???]

@inthebelfry, audio

[srsbat]

[Good God, what kind of splicer have you gotten a hold of?]

In case anyone is nearby. [A pause.] Is that... a Physornis fortis?

perma video;

[catricide]

[RUDE HE WAS BORN THIS WAY!!]

A what?

[He looks behind himself to the Chocobo peeking over his shoulder, the bird tilting its head curiously at its master's own curious look, before Lehko turns back to the feed.]

He's a chocobo--something I have learned to be ratherrr rare in these parts. Are Physornis Fortis similar crrreatures whence you hail?

[srsbat]

A chocobo. [The fuck.] In a way. Physornis fortis is a prehistoric bird. Most people call them "dinosaurs."

Did you find it here, or did it come with you?

[catricide]

He came with me. In Vana'diel chocobos are a favored mode of transportation.

[Like a horse. But a bird. Horsebird.]

[srsbat]

[A giant, riding chicken. Wonderful.] Interesting.

You might want to keep your eyes--and ears--on it. I'm sure plenty of people here will be ready to turn it into tenders.

[catricide]

Ah, yes. Someone has suggested the thought to me should food grrrow scarce. Little do I plan such a savage end for my companion, howeverrr.

Anyway, I'm Lehko Habhoka, and you would be...?

[srsbat]

[Well. Might as well, considering.] Batman. [It would make more sense if it wasn't just audio.]

Have you been spliced, or are humanoids with feline attributes common in your world?

[catricide]

Batman? A code name, I imagine.

[He tilts his head curiously at the mention of splicing, not a word he's familiar with, a concept even less so.]

I am a mithra, one of the five spoken races of Vana'diel. I'm afrrraid I don't know what splicing is.

[srsbat]

A code name.

[So a race. Interesting. Cat people, who knew. At least he's privy to the idea of inter-dimensional travel and, thus, isn't put-off by the mithra's existence.] Splicing DNA. It's a questionable concept even in my world. Some scientists are interested in the outcome of mixing animal and human DNA to create a better race.

[catricide]

A fool's purrrsuit if I ever heard one.

[Sure, there's squabbles between the five races of Vana'diel, and some would think themselves better than the others, but to make a "better" race? Artificially? Sounds idiotic, and a little bit mad.]

Is that why you are called "Batman"?

[ARE YOU A BAT-MAN, BATMAN?]

[srsbat]

[Dear God in heaven.] No. It's an alias. [But he won't say he's only human even if he prides himself on it. (Unless he's proving a point to Natasha, of course.)]

The suit I wear resembles a bat.

[catricide]

I see! Are you part of an animal themed unit?

[A beat, then curiously:]

Are those spliced humes why the terrrm "furry" was coined?

[srsbat]

I'm not. [..............] No.

[catricide]

Favor bats, then?

[A thoughtful hmm.]

Then perrrhaps you could explain why someone called me one if that isn't it? I came to the conclusion it had to do with my more cat-like attrrributes, and since that lead you to believe I could possibly be spliced—it was linked. Apparently that is not the case.

So, then, what is a furry?

god!!! let me finally answer this horrendous question

[srsbat]

It's a human subculture of people interested in anthropomorphic animal beings that have both human personalities and characteristics. Most of the time, the term comes with negative connotations.

I'm assuming this person was referring to you as a likely commodity of this subculture because of your racial attributes. Frequently, humans don animal costumes at conventions--"festivals"--and play a made-up role.

[WOW, THAT DOESN'T AT ALL HELP HIS OWN CASE!! FUCK!]

bless u

[catricide]

Costumes? Not unlike your own?

[A beat]

I see, so you're a "furry" then?

[srsbat]

[A long pause. Then:] No.

[catricide]

Oh?

Then why the batsuit—if not for that whole animal subculture thing?

[srsbat]

Long story. [And rather Freudian, honestly.] It's a motif designed to instill fear in criminals.

[catricide]

Do people fear bats where you're from?

[Sure, there's some dangerous bats where he's from, but they're pretty minor in comparison to literally everything else...]

If so, then I must applaud you on the psychological warfare against crrriminals. I am sure you are very intimidating.

[Him being a "criminal" makes Batman much more interesting to him.]

I THOUGHT I HAD REPLIED TO THIS??? wtf

[srsbat]

People are always superstitious. They are afraid of black cats crossing their paths. In a similar way, they fear bats because they don't understand them.

threadjack!! text; evening/not long after their other thread

[mrcreamsicles]

[You know, it was real easy to miss this earlier when he had dismissed this dude as boring and unimportant from the initial travel text and hadn't yet known that he's Batman. Now? What else is there for a bored teenage bird boy to do than read through other people's conversations? Which has led him, at last, to here.]

[It takes him a moment after listening (spent laughing his ghost butt off) before he can gather himself enough to say anything.]

hahaha holy shit
i cant believe this happened
this is the most beautiful moment of my life

[srsbat]

You and I are going to have a little talk.

[mrcreamsicles]

about what
furry fandom?
my fursonas name is akwete purrmusk if you need to know