[network] @Iwillnot; What's a cat to do [open] Day 156

[absentconstellation]

[ Audio ]

[ The Cat has regained his tablet, packed his bag with as much food as it would fit and holed himself up in the house accessible only by a dog house. It seemed appropriate. Now he's assessing what to do next, and as much as it pains him to admit, he needs some advice on that. ]

Where might a particularly small individual do the most good?

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@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

how small are we talking?
kid-sized?
midget-sized?
i'm sorry "little people-sized"

[absentconstellation]

[ Ah yes, the grumpy Healer. The Cat can appreciate that.

Text is just barely too much work, so he sticks with voice. ]

Suffice to say that I am small enough to fit in the vents, and smart enough not to try.

[rubikscomplex]

what are you?
a talking bird?

[absentconstellation]

[ There's an interesting leap. ]

Why a bird?

[rubikscomplex]

because there was a guy with a trained/semi-sapient bird
that hopped into the vents and died horribly
and if you can fit into the vents
you're not human

@totheark, text

[0thingsonmymind]

tun nel es

ithink new
hsai oke
are hard er to getthrough
may be small er easi er
?

*Or harder. One of the two.*

audio 5ever

[absentconstellation]

Perhaps, though I fear I will not be of much use in digging.

[ Tiny cat legs are not great for moving heavy rubble. ]

text 4 lyf!

[0thingsonmymind]

but ifsmall canget through
holes
then cantell if dig ging
cor re ct

[absentconstellation]

That assumes that there is a path through the rubble, even a small one. That is a great deal of work for very little potential benefit.

@zd; text

[swatsflies]

Yo!
You should ask Kesara (@hsiaoke) and Frisk (@determination).
Or check with Haurchefant at Kesara's tunnels.
They found a museum and might need some help there.

permavoice!

[absentconstellation]

I cannot lift rubble, nor can I dig through hard stone.

[ Or whatever this concrete nonsense is. ]

\o/

[swatsflies]

You could squeeze into small openings they might dig.
Scouting ahead could be pretty cool.
Have you checked the school? Maybe check inside the lockers?

[absentconstellation]

I have checked the school quite thoroughly, and found nothing of interest. Perhaps my skills are best put to use in the tunnels after all.

@determination, text

[despiteeverything]

If you mean you're a kid a lotta adults are gonna say that its best if you stay safe where people can watch you

[Salty? Not at all.]

Me and some of the others are trying to figure out other stuff we can do though

permavoice

[absentconstellation]

I am not a "kid".

[ He... gets the sense that this doesn't mean "baby goat". It sounds like it means "not an adult". ]

[despiteeverything]

[There's only a few seconds before Frisk flips on their video feed on.]

Well, that helps a little bit. The others've talked about the obvious stuff, but there's gotta be other things too.

[The high places, small places, the vents, the tunnels... those were the straightforward ones, but there had to be other things too.]

I'll try talking to the others. We can't do a lot of the normal stuff easy either.

[absentconstellation]

Please do. I should like to make good use of the time I have here, however brief it may be.

@username; text

[advanced]

[Hey, he knows that voice.]

The vents. Something is hidden in the vents.

[absentconstellation]

[ Congrats Bucky, you're not crazy! ]

Indeed. And I have no intention of going to my death on the unlikely chance that I am able to identify it before it kills me.

[advanced]

You asked where you would do the most good.

[absentconstellation]

I did. And I shall do very little good getting myself killed for no reason.

@haurchefant; voice

[silverfuller]

How small might you be? There are mysteries other than the vents we have yet to fathom. The barricade here in the museum is grand indeed and a small being might be able to climb through it where the rest of us cannot.

I am sure there are other such places.

[absentconstellation]

[ He yawns hugely. ]

As you may have garnered from my other conversations, I am a cat.

[silverfuller]

Of the more household variety or half way between such and a coeurl? Where I hail from cats come in many shapes and sizes indeed.

[The cat said "small" so it can't be the size of a fully grown coeurl, right?]

[absentconstellation]

I too come in many shapes and sizes. At the moment I have the shape and size of a housecat.