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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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[garotted]

[ .. ah. alex's attitude softens considerably hearing a voice that young. is anyone looking after him, or is he alone here? gods. ]

It can be a lot when you're new to thinking of people that way, but it's really not as complicated as it sounds, I promise. [ a thoughtful pause. ] All you really have to do is remember to refer to me as he when I tell you I'm a he, and she when I tell you I'm a she. Not too tough, yeah? And if you have more questions about it, we can sit down and talk about it sometime.

I'm not mad. I'm a little curious, too, actually. Do you not like cats?

[stantheman]

[ Stan wants to comprehend it and while in words it feels simple but actually understanding it still seems beyond it but the other's willingness to talk to him about it sometime he feels a welling of relief that he could get more information. ]

I'll do my best but it would be nice to talk about it sometime. I was going to try and find a book...

[ He probably will anyway. He likes to read. ]

It's not that I don't like cats! I never had one or anything but there were strays that were nice back home... But none of them ever talked at me before.

[garotted]

I appreciate someone willing to take the initiative to research it on their own. If I find a book on it before we get to talk, I'll send it your way.

[ he makes a noise that sounds surprisingly amused for all that he's currently a cat right now. ] No, most cats don't talk, I imagine. Hang on, maybe this'll be easier for you. [ he stands, stretching lazily and trotting away a few steps. there's a kind of shimmer that crosses his fur, and the next moment, he's a green-haired teenager with the same heterochromia.

he makes a ta-da! gesture with his hands, smiling. ]

Better?

[stantheman]

I'd appreciate that. I like to learn and understand things.

[ Especially things that don't feel natural to him and make him uncomfortable. If he doesn't learn about them they just stick in the back of his mind unsettled and menacing.

The whole change from the cat to the person that's now there he furrows his brow, confused even though the other had sort of explained it already and his voice would sound a tad perplexed. It's another thing to really see it and to know for sure that cat hadn't been just some elaborate puppet or something. ]

You can do these things because your a demigod? [ It's easier talking to a human though. ]