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[garotted]

[ when the feed opens up, it is to a small black cat with heterochromia (one eye brown, the other a bright gold). depending on where you live, he might even be a familiar black cat. ]

Hey. [ oh and he talks. ] Figured I should get this out of the way, since I'm.. here, I guess, for the time being. [ an ear flicks, and he settles, getting comfortable and crossing his paws. ] Anyway, I'm Alex, and I got here.. recently. [ alex fierro: he of the frustratingly vague and casually suspicious nature. ] Norse demigod here, so if one of you Asgardian lot feels some strange seidr on the air or whatever, hi, that's me.

[ he blinks mildly, head tilting as he considers the video feed. what else, what else.. oh! ]

Despite all evidence to the contrary, I'm not always a cat. .. Sometimes I'm a flamingo. Or a dragon. Also I'm genderfluid, so don't be a dick about it and I'll give you my pronouns. [ a significant pause. ] They're he/him today if you're wondering. That's it, thanks.

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[ikols]

[ !!! Also a cat, just to support his not-child from across the Multiverse. ]

I've never been a flamingo, [ hi, how are you today, let's talk about the important details in this post, ] what's that like?

[garotted]

[ mom pls. ]

It's like any leggy bird. The instinct to stand on one foot after lingers, though.

[ikols]

You'd be a very graceful ice-skater on one leg ...

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

[The talking cat is cool and all, but:]

Hold the fuck up, you can turn into a dragon?

[That's Big Magic]

[garotted]

I can turn into anything. Godly heritage, et cetera.

[spellslots]

I can't imagine any dragons are big fans of that.

[Taako is talking shit he doesn't know any dragons personally.]

The biggest thing I can do is a dinosaur, but those fuckers aren't magic.

[He can't really turn into magical creatures, that's a whole different ballpark.]

Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

[Oh, that's a cute cat. This is one Viking that loves animals. Can Ivar just cuddle you for about six hours, Alex?]

You didn't tell me you can shapeshift. And what is "genderfluid"?

[Yeah, that's a concept that wasn't really around in the 9th century.]

[garotted]

[ maybe if you're very good for him.. ]

It didn't come up. [ and oh boy, here it is. maybe he ought to be human for this..

he rises to his feet and steps back about a foot, then settles again. there's a sort of shimmer across his fur, and in a blink, alex is seated there. ]

So, being genderfluid means that sometimes I'm female and sometimes I'm male. My body doesn't always match my gender, though, so it's a good idea to ask if you're not sure.

[ragnarsson]

That sounds confusing and I'm not sure I entirely get it.

[But hey, he's open-minded enough that he'll try his best to understand. After all, Loki seems to shift his form from man to woman and back again at the drop of a hat.]

So...you're a guy right now?

[Alex did say to ask if he wasn't sure.]

@just.marco; video

[brightline]

[His brows raise and he smirks at the screen a little bit.]

Man, I'm starting to wonder if this place is some alternate universe Valhalla or something.

[He doesn't look entirely displeased by that, though.]

It's really, really weird to see a talking animal that's not in a cartoon, though. Seriously.

[garotted]

Definitely not Valhalla. I'm the only einherji, as far as I know. And the gods don't really belong in Valhalla, anyway.

text, s.uris

[stantheman]

[ Stan chooses to text his response because he needs time to figure out what to say and how to say it and mostly he's pretty sure his confusion and inability to really understand all of the message and discomfort with being faced with more not normal things would show and that'd be rude and make for a bad impression.

He's too curious to leave this well enough alone, though. ]

Hi. I'm Stan.

What does genderfluid mean?

[ A thirteen year old son of a rabbi from the 80s is going to have no idea. ]

What exactly is a demigod and why are you a cat...?

[garotted]

[ huh. text, is it? ]

Hi Stan. [ back home, he'd normally flip people the bird for asking this. it's not his fucking job to educate people, after all. but it's different here, when there are people from all over the multiverse, and from different times, too. for all he knows, stan is from the 1500s, or some world where they have no concept of gender at all.

start simple, though. ]

Genderfluid means that my gender changes; sometimes I'm male, sometimes I'm female. Some genderqueer people prefer gender-neutral pronouns, or to use specific gendered pronouns. I prefer he/him when I'm a guy, or she/her when I'm a girl. [ a beat, curling a paw briefly over his ear, tail sweeping around his haunches. ] My body doesn't always match my gender, either, so please don't just assume because you think I look more physically male or female that day.

[ moving on-- ] Being a demigod means you're the child of a god and a human. And is there a reason I shouldn't be a cat?

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[dothelokimotion]

[ Hmm. ]

What prompted this introduction?

( private )

[garotted]

[ a mild, slightly uncertain blink. ]

I wanted to go ahead and get it out of the way. Why? Shouldn't I have? I didn't mention you. [ you know, if loki's trying to keep it under wraps. not like it would take a genius to figure out who alex's mom is, but-- ]

video; un: ghostking

[deathkid]

How did you get the communicator on with paws?

[garotted]

[ a brief glance heavenward, like really? ]

I can literally change my body in any way I want, a phone is therefore a piece of cake with paws. I've been known to do some weird chimaera shit with my shapeshifting.

@a.parrish; text

[antietam]

[ Adam isn't going to add to the questions about genderfluidity, a bit because he's not sure any answers would help him understand, but mostly because a talking cat is the more important part here. ]

Hi Alex.

How should we know when it's you and not a dragon that's adoptable and/or a threat at first glance?

[garotted]

I mean.. [ a slight tilt of his head, tail swishing absently. ] Ask if it's me? Also, I'm way more fabulous than your typical dragon. I usually have like.. butterfly wings, or I'll look like a flower.

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[worldsaway]

Loki's daughter, I presume? I should introduce myself, I am your uncle Thor. I'm the fun uncle, also your only uncle here.. I think.

[garotted]

[ a slightly uncertain pause. he not only has two versions of his mother here, but an aunt and an uncle. and the uncle is thor of all people.

an uncomfortably attractive thor at that. weird. ]

Son today, actually. [ if he's anywhere close to as ignorant and offensive as the thor from alex's reality, he's going to have to spell it out for him. ] What does being the fun uncle entail, exactly?

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[alkahestic]

[ staring because KITTY!!!! but also talking kitty, which is a little disconcerting. apparently it's one of those weird powers things, otherwise, he'd be very concerned. and of course, he has questions about the genderfluid thing, but after seeing the responses to other people with the same question, he figures he understands it well enough to get by. ]

So... sometimes you feel like a boy and sometimes you feel like a girl? Does that mean that today you feel like a cat?

[garotted]

[ despite himself, he's charmed. it's a cute question. ]

Yeah. And tomorrow, I might feel like a snake. Who knows what the future will bring? Thankfully for you, the only thing you have to remember is to use the pronouns I offer.

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[absolutperfection]

[Better late than never, right?]

What do you look like when you're not a cat? Inquiring minds would like to know.

[garotted]

[ by the time he gets the ping for this, he’s doing something else, so— tj gets text, too. ]

Depends. Sometimes I have pretty green scales, sometimes I have feathers.
And then occasionally I look like a human, I guess.