Kitten-Rearing with Casey Patterson

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Casey doesn't "do" gifts, but he does "do" "sick shit for puppycats." While the Junior Coppertools were preparing for the evening's Grotto party, Casey handed Sy Stoker and Jacob Wood each a small orange hoodie and a bracelet. The hoodies are bright orange yes I know it's supposed to be "rust" but that isn't very vibrant or noticeable now, is it and will expand as their respective kittens grow. Each has a large appliqué on the back featuring the cat's initial in a varsity font. The bracelets have small orange beads and one slightly larger metallic bead in the centre.

The hoodies are for Killer and Victor, his roomies' new kittens, and the bracelets are for Sy and Jacob. Casey explains the gifts "whatevers" thusly:

• The hoodies are so their "Rag Crew" can stay warm outside when it's chilly, especially as ragdolls like to follow their owners around. While it's been warming up lately, Casey thought the second part of the set would be helpful in the meantime...


• "The bracelet's got, like, barrier charms on it and shit, with the sick li'l hoodies. So when you stick it on your wrist 'n your tiny bro's got his sick li'l tiny bro hoodie on, it can only get, like, twenty feet away from you. You've still gotta watch 'em though, 'cos they'll get into shit 'cos they're so tiny and they don't know better yet. Or somebody might get drunk 'n think they wanna play when they don't wanna so, like, keep an eye on 'em tonight if you bring 'em to the party."


• "Like my Gramps said, and he's fuckin' smart as nails, kittens are a fuckin' big RESPONSIBILITY so don't go runnin' around with the bracelet on if your familiar's got its hoodie on because you'll fuckin' drag 'em with you and that's ANIMAL ABUSE and it's WRONG and I'll KICK YOUR FUCKIN' ASS if I see you do it. Don't force 'em to follow you with this shit, either. You gotta be their best bro 'n teach 'em that they wanna follow you. Show those fuckin' kittens how fuckin' sick you are 'n they'll just follow you 'cos they wanna. Got it?"


• But wait! There might be a teeeensy hiccup with the spellwork. Casey futzed around with the charm a little bit (Casey why would you do that, that isn't a good idea at all) and... sometimes it doesn't work exactly as planned. Once in a while, the charm will opt to follow the cat instead of the bracelet—this means that Sy or Jacob could be pulled along for the ride when their kitten chases a butterfly, or decides to see what's down the opposite trail. It's more of a gentle push than a drag and won't harm the boys. Casey has no idea he made this happen. (This is uncommon and random, and it's up to you if/when it ever happens. The option is there if you want it!)


• He also got Hugo a matching hoodie, but he's full grown (and no longer so young that Casey needs to keep him close at all times) so he won't need it until the next winter's round of parties.

Much of the above was posted in this IC/OOC comment.

Comments

addendum

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in case you ever wanted to see a ragdoll in a hoodie...

i'm actually crying too hard over this to respond coherently

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MY JOB HERE IS DONE

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also i'm copypasting a bunch of this into the "before" grotto post thing JUST FYI

fuck off this is cute get the fuck out

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omg okay I finally got a chance to read all of this and it is so cute ahhhhhhhhhh i can't function

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:D CAT GANG SWAG

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THIS IS SO CUTE. CASEY IS SO CUTE. I MEAN. ~ONE SICK BRO~

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Re: addendum

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V IMPORTANT QUESTION: can the bracelet be attached to Hugo somehow so he can babysit kittens?

the actual answer is NO do not take a kitten to the grotto even if it has a big bro looking out for it

Re: addendum

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yeah, let's say it only works when in contact with a human's skin or pulse or something. plus, hugo is an intuitive cat but doesn't have magical blood like the kittens, so that would... probably end badly.

if jacob brought victor to the grotto victor wouldn't be able to get very far from him

just give the bracelet to your boyfriend, jacob

he can cat-sit while you play beer pong