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xp_logsCats are awesome. Except when you're the size of a bug.
One advantage to their tiny size, Topaz reflected just a little bitterly, was the ease with which they could get in and out of rooms. She'd just slid under a door, checking to see if it was the one they were looking for - she knew where Amanda's suite was, but everything looked the same at this height - and had slipped right back out again with relative ease.
"Someone needs to vacuum more," she grumbled, shaking her head and sneezing. "Honestly, I-"
She cut off when she saw something approaching them slowly down the hall. It was big, and ginger, and clearly a cat on the prowl.
"...Bugger."
"I thought someone vacuumed daily." Clea trailed slightly behind. She was looking down until she heard Topaz swear.
Looking up Clea whimpered. "That is one of the cat that hunts mice. Wait, I have seen Cata use that same pose....when she is hunting. Topaz should we run?"
Somehow, Topaz didn't think they would be able to outrun a full grown cat. The cat pounced, and Topaz quickly shoved Clea out of the path of it. They hit the floor, and she rolled to sit up again, finding the cat looking around, slightly confused at where its prey had gone.
"Now we run."
Clea fell to the floor but it felt like the entire ground was vibrating when the cat landed. "Bad Cat!" Clea said as she scrambled up and didn't need to be told twice about running. "Do you think we could duck under a doorway?" She turned around again to see the Rooney turning to see its mini meals where on the go.
"Door is good!" Topaz said as Rooney pounced again, and she dragged Clea under the closest door. "We can't stay here forever," she said, looking around. "We'll need to find a way to get the cat to leave us alone."
A cat paw came from under the door. "Uh..." Looking around for anything that would help. "I wish Cata was here. She will drive this beast far away."
"Or she would help eat us." Always the optimist. Topaz found a pen on the floor and ran over to it, trying to lift it. That didn't exactly go well, so she dragged it over to Clea. "Here, let's try poking its paw."
"Cata? Never. Not even when she was her orginial size." Clea rushed over to help with the pen. "Or maybe a laser. Cats like lasers right?" Dragging it over to the cat paw reaching out for them.
"I've got a laser pointer in my room but I don't think we'll live to get there." Topaz, with Clea's help, jabbed the capped end of the pen at the cat. She didn't want to hurt the thing - just make it stop trying to eat them. the cat yowled and yanked its paw away, and Topaz hurried to peek under the door before grabbing Clea.
"Run!"
Clea didn't need to be told twice. She rolled under the doorway again and booked it, but staying close to the wall. Maybe the cat won't see them. "Is it following us?" Not wanting to turn around.
Topaz looked back. The cat was still distracted by its injured paw, and she made a note to check on the poor thing later. When she was bigger than it again. "Nope! Keep going!"
"Up ahead, our group!" Clea pointed out, strength in numbers right? She would not stop running until she would be safe within Amanda's room.
Topaz looked back again to see the cat had finally recovered and was looking for its prey again. Fuck. "Go, go!" She said quickly, trying to keep an eye on the cat and usher Clea under the door. Once the younger girl was safe, she dove under as well.
One advantage to their tiny size, Topaz reflected just a little bitterly, was the ease with which they could get in and out of rooms. She'd just slid under a door, checking to see if it was the one they were looking for - she knew where Amanda's suite was, but everything looked the same at this height - and had slipped right back out again with relative ease.
"Someone needs to vacuum more," she grumbled, shaking her head and sneezing. "Honestly, I-"
She cut off when she saw something approaching them slowly down the hall. It was big, and ginger, and clearly a cat on the prowl.
"...Bugger."
"I thought someone vacuumed daily." Clea trailed slightly behind. She was looking down until she heard Topaz swear.
Looking up Clea whimpered. "That is one of the cat that hunts mice. Wait, I have seen Cata use that same pose....when she is hunting. Topaz should we run?"
Somehow, Topaz didn't think they would be able to outrun a full grown cat. The cat pounced, and Topaz quickly shoved Clea out of the path of it. They hit the floor, and she rolled to sit up again, finding the cat looking around, slightly confused at where its prey had gone.
"Now we run."
Clea fell to the floor but it felt like the entire ground was vibrating when the cat landed. "Bad Cat!" Clea said as she scrambled up and didn't need to be told twice about running. "Do you think we could duck under a doorway?" She turned around again to see the Rooney turning to see its mini meals where on the go.
"Door is good!" Topaz said as Rooney pounced again, and she dragged Clea under the closest door. "We can't stay here forever," she said, looking around. "We'll need to find a way to get the cat to leave us alone."
A cat paw came from under the door. "Uh..." Looking around for anything that would help. "I wish Cata was here. She will drive this beast far away."
"Or she would help eat us." Always the optimist. Topaz found a pen on the floor and ran over to it, trying to lift it. That didn't exactly go well, so she dragged it over to Clea. "Here, let's try poking its paw."
"Cata? Never. Not even when she was her orginial size." Clea rushed over to help with the pen. "Or maybe a laser. Cats like lasers right?" Dragging it over to the cat paw reaching out for them.
"I've got a laser pointer in my room but I don't think we'll live to get there." Topaz, with Clea's help, jabbed the capped end of the pen at the cat. She didn't want to hurt the thing - just make it stop trying to eat them. the cat yowled and yanked its paw away, and Topaz hurried to peek under the door before grabbing Clea.
"Run!"
Clea didn't need to be told twice. She rolled under the doorway again and booked it, but staying close to the wall. Maybe the cat won't see them. "Is it following us?" Not wanting to turn around.
Topaz looked back. The cat was still distracted by its injured paw, and she made a note to check on the poor thing later. When she was bigger than it again. "Nope! Keep going!"
"Up ahead, our group!" Clea pointed out, strength in numbers right? She would not stop running until she would be safe within Amanda's room.
Topaz looked back again to see the cat had finally recovered and was looking for its prey again. Fuck. "Go, go!" She said quickly, trying to keep an eye on the cat and usher Clea under the door. Once the younger girl was safe, she dove under as well.
