#her name is felis catus and she is the best

[tigerwing-animal-hrt]

Cat HRT 0 Months

My alarm went off, blaring in my ear. I turned it off and got up, heading for the bathroom.

Sure, getting up at noon wasn’t exactly early, but it was for me. Thank you being a night shift employee for giving me a reason to be up the hours that actually work best for me.

I brushed my teeth and got ready for my appointment, being sure to make sure my partner was awake to take me. She was sitting up by the time I was ready.

“Are you ready for your appointment?” She asked, checking she had her wallet.

“As ready as I’ll ever be. Here’s your keys.” I handed them to her and left the room, scooping small kittens out of the way before they got a chance to run in before my partner closed the bedroom door again.

The car ride was quiet, save for music playing as he drove. Until we got to the appointment.

“Are you sure this is what you want?” He asked, gesturing towards the office of Dr. Erian as a woman with budding horns, fur, and a tail walked out.

“Yes, I am,” I responded, a bit shakily. “Is that… I think I know her.”

“Want me to come with you?”

“Yes, please…”

We got out, and she must have seen the nervous and startled look on my face. “Is this your first appointment?” She asked kindly, looking at the way I clutched my fiance’s hand to my chest.

“Yeah. I think I’ve seen you talking about your experiences… Josie?”

“Yeah, my name’s Josie. You look petrified. Don’t worry. The doctor can be difficult, but you’ll be fine. Take the leap. I think you’d be happy.”

“Thank you…” I looked up at her. “Thank you. I should get in there, don’t want to be late.”

“Of course not.” With that, she was heading away.

My fiance looked at me. “Do you know her?”

“Kind of, I’ve seen her talking about her transition. Now let’s go before I’m late.”

We walked up to the doors, and into the reception area. He went and sat down on a larger seat, likely one meant for a dragon or similar creature. He laid down as I spoke with the receptionist.

“Appointment for James… at 2pm.” I said.

“Alright, I have you right here. Fill this out and bring it back to me.”

I took it and went to go sit and fill it out. It was a basic questionnaire, asking about health problems, identity information, the works. I got to the information about species and paused before writing Domestic cat- Felis catus. Longhaired tortoiseshell variant.

I signed the waivers after skimming them, then took all the paperwork back to the receptionist.

“Can my fiance come with me?”

“Sure, but she’ll have to wait for a few minutes after you go back there.”

“Alright, I’ll let her know.”

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“James?”

“Coming!” I got up, put my phone in my pocket, and walked to the nurse.

They led me through the doors and sat me in a room to take my blood pressure, pulse, temperature, ask me the usual safety questions. After I was done, the nurse got my fiance and we walked to the office of Dr T. H. Erian.

“Which one of you is the patient?”

My fiance pointed at me. “He is, I’m just moral support.”

I nodded and we both sat down opposite the doctor.

“I see you’re interested in becoming a… domestic cat?”

“Yes.” I gripped my fiance’s hand tightly under the desk, he squeezed back.

“And you’re a trans man?”

“Yes.”

“How unusual. Why a tortoiseshell? Those are always female, and you marked down male as your legal sex.”

“That’s complicated, doc.”

“I’d expect you to pick a coat pattern that you’d see on a male cat is all.”

“My answer won’t change.”

“Very well then, I’ll see what I can do. Have you been living as your preferred species for the last 48 months?”

“Yes, I have, doc.”

“Can you confirm this?” He turned to my fiance.

“Yes, yes I can.” He held up his arm, showing a faint line of scratches that were still healing. “This is because I gave him a bath yesterday.”

“Is that so? Hmm. I’ll need to develop the formula for you, but that shouldn’t take too long. Your prescription should be ready in about two weeks.”

“Thank you, doc.”

“You’ll need to make changes to your diet while taking this medication. More meat, less everything else. Read this pamphlet before you leave.” He handed me and my fiance both pamphlets about feline HRT. “Some things may differ in order and strength of effect, but all of this information will be relevant.”

“Am I the first trans man to be taking this?”

“Yes, and I’ll need you to log any and all effects to see how thins differ for you.”

“So he’s an experiment?” My fiance asked, standing and looking like she was half a step from hopping the desk and decking the doctor.

I put my hand on her arm. “It’s new and experimental. Someone has to be the first.”

“Exactly. Now. Any questions?”

“Will you call me when it’s ready?”

“Of course.”

“Will I be coming here to pick my prescription up, or will it be sent to the pharmacy?”

“I’ll send it to the pharmacy.”

“Alright, thank you. Oh, last question. Will it be an oral medicine, or an injection?”

“Oral is the usual route. Do you want injections?”

“Depends on if it tastes bad.”

“I’ve heard it isn’t too bad.”

I stood up, and my fiance and I left the office. I was shaking, nervous but excited.

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I got the call that my prescription was ready, almost exactly two weeks later. I turned to my fiance, almost vibrating with excitement. “It’s ready!”

“Alright, get dressed, and let’s go.”

I scrambled to get ready, almost bouncing off the walls.

“Calm down, kitty. I know you’re excited.”

“But… but… but…”

“I know. Let’s go.”

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My prescription was a bottle of small pills, enough for a month with instructions to take before bed each night.

“I wonder what happens if you take it during the day?” I showed them to my fiance.

“Feli- Felisterone?” Is that what it says?”

“Yeah.”

“Wonder what they taste like.”

“You’re not taking them, dear.”

“I know. I wasn’t going to.”

“Go play your game, dear.”

“Love you too.”

I made a post online about picking up my prescription, and a few comments on the timelines I saw, including the white tiger and a few others like Josie, since I’d met her briefly, telling her thank you in particular for giving me the push I needed. I commented on the king cobra guy’s, saying I was another transmasc on HRT. Same for the black arms timeline that crossed my dash shortly after.

I also commented on the slimes, werewolves, dragons, and bat that I saw afterwards. The lamias were neat- I asked to join a server about HRT.

I went to take a quick shower before my fiance gave me my testosterone shot and I settled in to play Farmer’s Life until it was time for my new medication.

My fiance handed me the pill bottle, my drink, and my stuffed animals.

“Here goes everything, I guess.” I took my first dose.

“Good boy.” She patted my head. “Do you feel any different?”

“No, but it’s only been a minute.”

“Still.” She tucked me in and then turned back to her game. “Night, kitty.”

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[dzthenerd490]

File: OC 17

SCP#: ADW

Code Name: Dusty the Healing Cat

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-ADW has been assigned to Mobile Task Force Demeter-4 "Animal Control". When she is on a mission, she is kept at the established recon tent to assist the medical team, this mainly applies for major missions.

When not assigned to a mission SCP-ADW is "contained" as Site-AM. SCP-ADW is allowed to wander the halls, cafeteria, the lobbies and other areas accessible to Level 1 Clearance staff and lower. SCP-ADW has been given a collar to keep her out of restricted and dangerous areas. Each area has been given transmitters that activate when her collar is close enough. It will release a frequency tricking her brain into thinking there is a barrier in front of her preventing her from going beyond the restricted area. It should be noted that this is the same method used to keep other anomalous animals in Foundation custody safe.

Foundation staff are to either treat SCP-ADW kindly by giving her pets and allowing her to eat the crumbs of their food. However, if a Foundation staff member sits down and find SCP-ADW walking up to them and sleeping on their shoulder or lap they are to remain sitting until SCP-ADW gets off of her own volition. Foundation staff that don't like cats are advised to follow the containment procedures or at the very least just avoid SCP-ADW. Any Foundation staff that show hostility or even harm SCP-ADW are to be demoted by a single level and provide SCP-ADW a meal as an apology, there are no exceptions.

Picture of SCP-ADW while curled up on Agent Zato's lap and utilizing its anomalous effects on her.

Description: SCP-ADW is an adult house cat with grey fur and yellow eyes, DNA testing shows she just a normal member of Felis Catus species. SCP-ADW has the anomalous ability to heal anyone she sleeps on with 100% accuracy. Furthermore, when SCP-ADW rests on someone's lap or shoulder, they feel a sense of easy and reduction of anxiety as a whole. Mental conditions such as ADHD and Aspergers have been known to fade after repeated exposure with SCP-ADW and even lead to the brain expanding in memory, learning speed, and reduce chances of developing Alzheimer's disease.

SCP-ADW is very moody, and hates being picked up so to activate her anomalous abilities its always best to let her come to you instead.  SCP-ADW has an anomalous sense to be able to see the true nature of people and often hisses at those that have or are destined to committee horrific atrocities. Given the questionable actions of most Foundation staff ethics wise, it's surprising that SCP-ADW even tolerates the staff at all. Though thankfully this anomalous ability of SCP-ADW has allowed Foundation staff to detect spies that somehow manage to get into Site-AM. It's because of SCP-ADW's sense and her ability to heal those she sleeps on is why she is labeled as Object Class Thaumiel.

SCP-ADW was discovered in 2022 by a Foundation agent named Zato. Agent Zato was off work and driving home when she stumbled across a dirty kitten on the road. She picked it up, took it home, cleaned the kitten, and named it Dusty. She was still suffering from pain from a bullet wound she got a week prior from a mission. SCP-ADW walked up to her and slept on her lap. After SCP-ADW left Agent Zato noticed she was feeling better, and the scars form her past wounds were gone. Agent Zato reported this to the higher ups immediately and brought SCP-ADW to the nearest Foundation Area base where her anomalous abilities were tested and revealed.

At the same time, it was revealed that one of the researchers there was a member of the Serpents Hand. He was trying to get promoted through the Foundation ranks to get his hands on more anomalous items and steal them all in one go. This was discovered when SCP-ADW kept hissing at him, and Agent Zato requested there be a more in-depth background check on him. After extensive research his origin was discovered, and he was apprehended by Foundation security. Because of this SCP-ADW is now considered a highly valuable asset to the Foundation and was sent to Site-AM. Agent Zato was given a position as security of Site-AM so that she could avoid further harsh missions and continue to be with SCP-ADW as the primary caretaker.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[nemossubmarine]

Warhammer 40k: Wrath & Glory RP #1

So about 2 years after finishing KoNS, I’m starting another “another RP”. This time it’s gon’ be some space adventures as we’ll be playing Wrath and Glory which is set in the Warhammer 40k universe. There will be guns, some cyborgs, maybe some aliens? We’ll see.

But first, let’s meet the player characters:

Cayenne Pepper (played by @fuzzybooks), a rogue trader of the Pepper dynasty, spice merchants. Being only the 75th cousin in line of the head of the family, she’s mostly safe from assassination attempts. Got herself a nifty little space ship called Santa Maria.

Gorm Oddmundson (@raddigested) is a Space Wolf scout. This little cub is far away from home and for some reason without his pack. He is looking for that good, good glory.

Gimlet (@xxyumeganxx) in an ex-inquisitonal acolyte. Having left the inquisition after some inside trouble he now is roped into looking after a newly awakened psyker Saef.

Saef (@arctic-urpo) was a ganger until his whole gang got wiped out of existence in an unfortunate event he doesn’t want to talk about. Now he is a psyker and has wanders the world with Gimlet as to stay out of trouble.

Then, onto the story!

Our party of heroes have arrived in the Adeptus Mechanicus controlled Forge World of Triplex Phall, located in the Eastern fringes of the Empire to meet with a tech priest.

The Pepper family wishes to strengthen their bonds with the Tech Cult, so they have agreed to take on some work for them to gain some favors.

Cayenne Pepper has been ordered to do this job, and has taken Saef and Gimlet, new hirings to the ships precisely for this with her.

Gorm is here because the Pepper family has ties to the Space Wolves, and Cayenne decided having one could be useful.

The tech priest is not currently in his room, so our heroes are told to wait, and wait they do.

Gorm introduces himself to everyone, and asks for everyone’s names and comments on Saef’s nice pants! 

He also asks why everyone is here on this mission: Cayenne’s answer is business, Saef is just following orders and Gimlet admits on being interested in the Mechanicus.

Gorm takes this moment to wax poetry about his home-world of Fenris. Aah, Fenris, its icy peaks and glaciers are beauty incarnate!

They talk among themselves about what to expect, the tech priest’s ad hadn’t been exactly specific.

Gimlet says he has heard there might be Inquisition agents on the planet they’re heading.

Gorm comments that he hasn’t much experience with Inquisitors as he has never met one and Gimlet says that he hasn’t either.

Gimlet talks about wanting to know history especially related to the AdMech. He also seems to be curious in this particular tech priest that has hired them.

Gorm asks if Gimlet is the writing type, as he is in need of a person to write down his glorious adventures!

Gimlet agrees. 

Cayenne tells about the galas that her family does, helping orphaned animals.

Gorm asks if there’s any pets on board her ship.

She says yes, some cats and dogs. There’s also an indoor park and a shark tank!

Gorm says he isn’t much of a cat person himself. Definitely more of a dog person.

Gorm takes this moment to relay the tale of his childhood, where he was thrown into the sea, swam to find a kraken who raised him. Hence why he is called the “Child of the Kraken”.

This lovely tale is barely finished when the tech priest arrives. Much like the rest of his kin, he is rather haphazardly put-together figure with several extra limbs and eyes.

He leads our heroes to his lair, a tower-like room filled with shelves and computer screens.

There’s also a cream-colored cat that jumps onto the priest’s shoulder.

The tech priest shakes Cayenne’s hand with the hand that still appears to have some skin left on it, even still it’s cold and unpleasant. 

He introduces himself as E-E \\ 821.

Now onto the mission at hand.

A four person group of Mechanicus has disappeared on a mission in the planet Styria R867, led by E-E \\ 821′s sergeant K303 2:82. The tech priest wishes them to be found.

The planet itself is a curious thing, it  is unreachable for hundreds of years at a time, because of a storm and only comes out of it for 10 years at a time. Even then it is incredibly hostile as far as living there goes, but it does host a small population of human settlers, who mostly do mining.

The Imperium presence on the planet is really sparse, there’s members of Ministorum on the planet but not much else.

There used to  be some kind of ancient civilization there, and the storm occasionally uncovers ruins. 

The Mechanicus went to the planet to survey the ruins to see if there’s a need for the Mechanicus to ready a bigger mission, and to possibly find the origin of the storm so that the Imperium could use it better.

There is a settlement of Hellhole, where the Mechanicus were last seen. A Sister of Battle resides there, and she could be useful informant.

If the Mechanicus are dead, a data disk must be retrieved  from the Sergeant’s body, that is the condition in which our heroes are paid for their services.

The tech priest is very fond of swerving questions by asking clarifying questions and then answering those instead of the first question, but our heroes still get a lot of information.

Cayenne asks for something to show the Mechanicus to show that our heroes are authorized by their commander. 

E-E \\ 821 gives her a badge of the Mechanicus symbol with some damage on it.

They leave. Gorm doesn’t take his eyes off the cat, because he is suspicious, and just before the doors’ to the lair close he sees the tech priest give the cat a little pat on the head with his mechanical claw hand.

Before getting too far, Gorm has one more thing that he wishes from the tech priest, so they return.

Gorm wishes to have something with the sergeant’s smell on it.

As the tech priest starts climbing up his tower to find something that fits the description, his cat decides to take this moment to jump down in front of Gorm.

Despite Gorm showing no inclination for playfulness, the cat seems to be ready to play.

Gorm asks someone to get rid of the cat before he loses it.

Gimlet swoops in and attempts to befriend the cat, but she gets scared, smacks him on the hand and finds safety on Gorm’s shoulders.

Luckily before Gorm wolfs out, the tech priest returns, gently swoops up the cat and places it back on his shoulders.

For Gorm, the tech priest hands out the sergeant’s undershirt.

Gorm and Gimlet make a hasty retreat before the cat can do anything else bad, while Cayenne and Saef stay to say proper goodbyes.

Gorm says bye from the other end of the hallway, and the tech priest opens up a speaker right next to him to bid him goodbye.

After leaving, they talk a bit in the hallway, Gorm comments on having difficulty with robot-people.

Cayenne says eye-contact is important and instructs him to pick an eye and stick to it.

Then it’s off to Styria R867! 

Cayenne has her servo-skull to give a tour of the ship to the other three.

Gorm takes Saef to the tax-free shop to pick out moomin mugs for themselves.

While there he comments that he has heard good things about Saef’s gang, and he wishes to be Saef’s gang friend.

Saef doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about this, but he mutters a “sure” and keeps on looking at the mugs.

Gorm asks if they should ask the other people to be in the gang as well, but Saef says he should take care of recruitment.

Then the last bit of business is deciding whether to be a violent or non-violent gang.

Saef says he’s alright as long as he gets to fight, which sounds pretty violent.

As Santa Maria has warp travel capabilities it doesn’t take our heroes long to get to Styria R867.

They get teleported on the surface of the planet little ways away from Hellhole. And immediately get attacked by three scorpions. (as one occasionally does)

Gimlet immediately gets face-full of poison from a stinger shot. Gorm rushes that scorpion and gets a hit in with his cool-ass chain-sword.

Gimlet retreats a bit and takes care of the poison before anything else.

One of the scorpions attacks Gorm, but can’t get through his armor.

Cayenne takes a shot with her plasma gun, absolutely annihilating the third remaining. Unfortunately her gun jams.

Saef takes this moment to show off his psyker powers, smiting one of the scorpions.

Gorm finishes one of the remaining ones and Gimlet shoots down the last into bits.

Gorm turns around and demands to know which one of our group is a psyker. 

Saef rises his hand and Gorm tells that he doesn’t appreciate magic.

I guess that’s it for their awesome little gang.

Cayenne gets a bunch of unhelpful comments about her weapon such as, try turning it on and off again (Gimlet) and smash it against a rock (Gorm).

She knows her way around a plasma weapon however, and cleans it up no problem.

There is no more incidents as our heroes reach the settlement of Hellhole. Situated against the mountain they are mining in, the settlement consists of houses made out of mis-matched metal plates. There’s an AdMech ship parked on the front.

A woman clad in the black-and-white armor of the Sisters of Battle comes to meet up with them and introduces herself as Portia Bailey.

Upon hearing our heroes want to discuss the missing mechs, she suggests they do so in her house (well, more of a shack).

Sister Portia is a bit of a rambler, veering off-topic quite often, but from what our heroes can gather, the Mechanicus went to a ruined castle on the other side of the mountain.

Sister Portia has been to the castle before, but it was filled with traps and generally unsafe, she tried to warn the Mechanicus of this as well, even saying she could come with, but the Mechanicus were rather secretive.

In fact only the sergeant (or as Sister Portia says, the weird horse-legged one) did talking, the rest communicated among themselves in sign language.

After the Mechanicus left and weren’t heard from again, Sister Portia went to check the castle and noticed that the ancient machines in the castle were powered up again and the giant doors to the castle were locked up tight.

Sister Portia knocked but no answer.

She surmises that maybe the Mechanicus just wanted a castle, but admits that she has no real proof they are still alive.

She suggests our heroes travel to the castle at night, as they are less likely to be attacked by beasts as the nights still get cold-ish around here.

Plus they could catch glimpses of movement in the castle.

Before leaving the Mechanicus’ ship is there, although locked.

Sister Portia says she’ll look the other way if our heroes want to take a look. Which they do.

Before they can get to the ship, they are stopped by two kids, Layla (11), who is really interested in big Space Marine man (Gorm lets her hold his chain-sword) and Laurel (8), who asks about the big ship in the space.

Their mother calls them away before they can waste too much of our heroes’ time.

Gorm breaks the lock on the Mechanicus ship, and our heroes take a look around.

Cayenne looks over the sergeant’s room, and finds a data pad where the captain’s logs are generally kept, but she can’t crack the code of it. She still takes it with.

Saef goes over the other people’s living areas and notes that they are bereft of any signs of living or personal belongings.

Gimlet takes the bridge, and extracts the black box of the ship, but he has no tools to listen to the recordings inside.

Gorm checks over the cargo bay, and notes that the Mechanicus, especially the Sergeant appear to be extremely well-armed.

He also finds a device for listening to black box recordings. So that’s what they do next.

They pick the latest recording; the only speaker appears to be the sergeant, who admits to some uncertainty about the situation, saying he hopes “that Eden is right”. His musing are interrupted by something and he laughs and reprimands someone named Tora for their (sign) language. He then notes that it’s best that he does the talking while the rest can communicate via sign language.

There’s few oddities on the recording. 

Gorm is convinced something is up with the sign language and wishes they could have visual recordings of the Mechanicus.

(also we found out both Gimlet and Cayenne know the basics of sign language, though very specialized language only)

Gimlet notes that it is odd for the Mechancius to laugh, as they pride themselves in getting rid of their humane qualities.

Cayenne noticed the two names spoken, Eden and Tora, neither of which appear in anyway in their mission statements.

Gimlet suggests they could maybe ask the kids about anything odd the Mechanicus might have done while here, and everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

They find the kids in the mesh hall with their mother, who doesn’t want to talk about the Mechanicus.

Gorm tries to persuade the mother to come with her outside but only manages to her to clamp up even more.

Gimlet asks her to get them some food, which she agrees to, buying our heroes few moments with the kids.

Laurel, the boy, whispers what he knows into Cayenne’s ears. Apparently he had caught a glimpse of some of the non-sergeant Mechanicus without their hoods/helmets and he says they had pieces missing on their faces.

When they noticed Laurel they got really angry, and he ran away, which Cayenne says was a smart move.

And that’s enough information gathering for one day. Next time our heroes start heading for the castle! What mysteries will await them there? We’ll see.

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Cats: The Archeological Site!

There’s an internet meme making the rounds that says if dogs are “man’s best friend” then cats are basically weird roommates. However, if you happened to live in ancient Egypt, you’d consider cats to be tad more special—a veritable link to the divine, in fact. Cats were of great importance in matters both earthbound and spiritual in Egypt, beginning even before the First Dynasty over 5,000 years ago. Aloof but lovable, cats played the role of pet, hunter, and deity in ancient Egypt and to this day they haven’t forgotten. Believe me, cats know.

Let’s start with the practical role that cats played in Egypt. Has yours ever left you a present of a dead mouse or bird? Odds are that it has—whether you liked it or not. Ancient Egyptians valued cats for this very skill. Cats hunted the rodents that threatened to devour Egyptian grain and spread deadly diseases. Cats also hunted animals dangerous to humans like snakes and scorpions. Tomb paintings also depict cats helping their royal owners hunt elusive marsh birds for sport. Egyptians loved cats for their companionship as well—not just as hard-working professionals—and played a major role in domesticating them. Ancient Egyptian art captures cats wearing collars and lurking under chairs not so differently from the cats that keep us company today.

When cats stretched themselves out in the sun for a catnap, ancient Egyptians associated them with the sun god Ra and his daughter Bastet. Bastet was the goddess of the home, fertility, joy, and the protection of children; and she is often depicted in statuary as a woman with the head of an alert, attentive cat. Even earlier depictions of Bastet, however, show a fierce and wild lioness. Some scholars believe this shift in imagery is connected to the domestication of cats—from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) to the modern-day housecat (Felis catus). These traits of the goddess Bastet—vigilance, protectiveness, companionship—were reflected in the characteristics of Felis catus. Ra, in his cat form, also shared these characteristics. When accompanying a deceased Egyptian to the afterlife, Ra was prepared to defend them from Apep, the serpent god of chaos and disorder.

By the Ptolemaic period of Egyptian history (305-30 BCE), Bastet was hugely popular. Her temples drew thousands of pilgrims every year. These pilgrims would buy statuettes of the goddess or actual cat mummies to leave at the temple. This was a way for the pilgrims to commemorate their visit and to venerate Bastet. When the number of these statues and cat mummies grew too large, the priests of the temple would dig special trenches and bury them to make room for more. About two thousand years later in the nineteenth century, archeologists would begin to unearth these trenches and discover more cat mummies and Bastet statuary than they knew what to do with. Unfortunately, some English excavators even sent the cat mummies they discovered back to Britain...to be ground into fertilizer!

Millions of cats were mummified in ancient Egypt either to be buried alongside their owner or to be sold to pilgrims devoted to Bastet. Cat mummification in the name of Bastet became an industry because many temples—depending on the whim of pharaonic decree—had to sustain themselves financially on their own. Sometimes a temple might sell a pilgrim a “fake” cat mummy! And it’s one of these curiosities that the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has on display in Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt. While it looks like a standard-issue cat mummy (Roman period, c. 30 BCE), an x-ray led to the discovery that the remains belong to another undetermined animal.

Cats played a central role in the daily life and religious practices of ancient Egyptians. They kept their humans safe from snakes and scorpions and Egypt’s grain supply safe from rats and mice. Cats even came to represent in animal form some of Egypt’s most important gods. So, the next time your cat ignores you and wanders off, know that one of its ancestors quite possibly did the same thing to a pharaoh.

Nicholas Sauer is a Gallery Experiences Presenter and Natural History Interpreter at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.��Museum staff, volunteers, and interns are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences and knowledge gained from working at the museum.

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Castellano, Nuria. “The Sacred and Secret Rituals in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.” National

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[amassingeffect]

Ficlet Prompt Friday - Popcorn - mReyder

@trajektoria asked for: Reyes and SAM plotting something together behind Scott's back?

Reyes and SAM plot with a little help from someone who’s done this before.

Warnings: post-Meridian

Reyes didn’t think it would be this hard. He was used to being able to source pretty much any and everything. It was Kadara Port after all, everything could be bought for a price.  

Anything except this one thing.

All his sources, all his contacts came up with nothing. It was mystifying. If he could get a cat, why were dogs so hard to find? He still remembered Scott talking about the dog he had back on Earth, the one he had to rehome before journeying to Andromeda.

He knew the Tempest had just docked, it was hard to miss that distinctive black, white and red ship. Scott had been gracious enough to give him a connection to SAM. How he swung that, Reyes didn’t know, but he accepted it and kept his mouth shut about it. But it was certainly useful now. If he knew Scott, he had about thirty minutes before he came to Tartarus.

“SAM, if I could ask you something?”

“Of course Mr Vidal?” SAM’s measured tone was crystal clear.

“How are dogs impossible to find?”

“The canid DNA banks are still in cryo storage.”

“Cats aren’t.”

“The felidae DNA banks were illegally accessed by a tech and felis silvestris catus were propagated before the action was caught.”

Reyes had no doubt someone caught a ton of shit for that. But it did tell him that if someone had done it once, another person could do it again. And given how things had settled down a bit after that madcap battle with the Archon on Meridian…

“How would one go about getting a dog then?”

“Species propagation paperwork should be filed with the DNA bank director as well as Directors Tann and Addison to ensure that proper care is taken with the introduction with a new species to the Heleus cluster.”

“SAM, that is not what I wanted to hear. What I want to know is what it would take to get a dog for Scott.”

“The Pathfinder’s clearance would expedite the process. Shall I—”

“No,” Reyes wanted to shake his head. “I don’t want the Pathfinder to know. Surely there are other avenues to pursue to see this done.”

There was a prolonged silence from SAM and then, “As the Pathfinder is outside your door, this is a conversation we shall continue at a later time Mr Vidal.”

“Wait—”

That was all Reyes got out before the door slid open and Scott stalked in. He flopped down on the seat and snatched up Reyes’ glass of whiskey to drain it in one gulp. Then he filled it up again and sagged back into the seat.

“One of these days, I’m gonna shoot Tann. Do know what he actually said to Morda’s face? I don’t like her, but I damn near let her fight him.”

Even Reyes had to admit, when Scott told him, his eyebrows rose. Tann was definitely an idiot and if he could pull this off somehow. If anything, he would go to the Nexus himself to give Scott the dog in front of Tann.

The first part was easy, he didn’t really need a particular breed of dog. Scott had said he adopted his dog from the pound and it was as much a mutt as a mutt could be. SAM was suspiciously quiet until one day, in the middle of a firefight with Roekaar, SAM piped up.

“Are you busy at the moment, Mr Vidal?”

“A bit,” he returned fire, catching a sharpshooter that was trying to reach the high ground. “What is it?”

“Connecting you to Sidera Nyx. One moment.”

What the hell, was this SAM’s idea of a joke? Seriously, this fight was nowhere close to wrapping up and—

“Hello?” a flanging turian voice came on. A young sounding one. “I was told you’re looking to get a dog and— Is that gunfire?”

“Yes, SAM has terrible timing,” Reyes grunted as he lobbed a grenade and ducked back behind cover. “But I am indeed looking for a dog.”

“Hm, I can’t do it. I got into so much trouble with the cats and…” Sidera paused as the grenade went off with a loud boom and yells and screams following after the split-second of silence. “But I can put you in touch with someone in the DNA bank. Who exactly is this?”

“SAM can get me in touch with the person— One moment.” Reyes dashed to new cover, firing bullets at a Roekaar attempting to set up a turret. The invasion program he fired at it worked quick and the turret identified the enemies and opened fire. “SAM can contact me when the person wants to talk.”

“Oh no no no,” Reyes could practically see Sidera shake her head. “That’s not how this goes. No name, no contact. Take it or leave it.”

Of course it was. “Reyes Vidal, a pleasure to talk to you Miss Nyx. Are you perhaps related to Vetra?”

“She’s my sister!” Sidera sounded delighted now. “And I know all about you Mr Vidal. No worries, I’ll see about that contact for you, if this is for who I think it is,” there was a moment of swearing from Sidera and then, “Gotta go!” before the line cut out.

At least now Reyes could focus his attention on the fight. Once the last Roekaar was dead, and they were sweeping through the bodies and base for info, Reyes managed to slip away to a quiet spot. However, SAM did beat him to the punch.

“I apologize for the hasty connection Mr Vidal. She was quite insistent on speaking the person wishing to procure a dog.”

“It couldn’t have been at any other time?”

“No. I was only able to secure the connection for that small window. Her activities are monitored ever since the ‘feline episode’.”

Reyes barely smothered a snicker at the delicate tone SAM used. “Understandable then. Are there any other problems you foresee?”

“Only one. While species propagation and the DNA banks fall under the purview of Tann, Addison and the DNA bank director, the recently formed Andromeda Council takes great interest in what is revived from the DNA bank. We may have to field a representative with questions.”

“Direct them to me and I’ll handle it.” Reyes said. “Pretty sure we can pull this off.”

In all honesty, Reyes expected to be dealing with Tann or Addison when the call came through. SAM sounded very urgent when he finally called Reyes.

“I have the krogan Council member insisting on speaking to Pathfinder Ryder about the revival of canids from the DNA bank,” SAM paused for a moment. “They are not pleased.”

Thank god Reyes was at home when this came through. And at least SAM gave him some warning this time. But damn, Sidera worked fast. She hadn’t even gotten in a return call.

“All right, put her through SAM.”

“Acknowledged. Ryder and Morda have an acrimonous and tense relationship. I will be masking your speech with the Pathfinder’s. Please endeavour to approximate Ryder’s speech patterns as best as possible. Connecting you now.”

It was just a few moments and then, “What the hell are you playing at Ryder, wasting resources on pets?”

“It’s called diversification of resources,” Reyes snapped. “Did we plan for cats? No, but they’re helping with morale where they are and some people are training them to hunt small game. Dogs can be used in the same capacity and to assist in hunting as well as guarding. Be glad it was dogs I approved because geese are far worse. Now I’ve put in the approval, so quit wasting my time when I have better things to do.”

“Pathfinder Ryder,” Morda sounded like she was in full bluster.

“It’s approved and I’m done here.”

Reyes disconnected the call as he heard an angry growl. After a moment, he sighed and rubbed at his forehead. “How much worse did I just make things for Scott?”

“Scott usually is sarcastic with Morda unless he has reached a point that he refers to as ‘done’. Given their recent interactions, Scott is officially on the verge of ‘done’. Morda should suspect nothing.” There was a moment of silence and then, “Sidera Nyx is requesting an immediate call.”

“Patch her through.” Reyes waited until he heard the soft beep of a connection. “I understand you wanted to talk to me?”

“Man, you work fast. My contact in the DNA bank wants to know what kind of dog you want. She wants to get it started and some out before they try to shut her down.”

“Give me a mutt.” Reyes said.

“I know, but what kind?” Sidera asked again.

Nothing like a translator to take some things literally. “Just a mixed breed dog. When you look at the dog, you can’t quite tell exactly what breed. You can guess some, but don’t really know.”

“Okay,” Sidera sounded hesitant. “Can you arrange to smuggle it off the Nexus?”

“I shall do you one better: I’ll be there in person to pick it up.”

“Oh,” Sidera said with a knowing thrum in her voice. “All right then. I gotta go now. I can hear Morda stomping into Tann’s office, so gonna get this going. Call you later, bye!”

“Kids.” Reyes chuckles as the line went dead. “SAM, if they get this started today, how soon until we have dogs?”

“Approximately two weeks. Once the process is started, it’s inadvisable to halt it. While yours is first in the queue, I do see some requests for dogs now too.”

“How many exactly?”

“418 and increasing.”

Reyes couldn’t help but smile. That wasn’t precisely a number to shrug at. And if they tried to cancel it, it would be like the cats all over again.

“SAM, is there perhaps an urgent reason for the Tempest to come to Kadara?”

“You have given me numerous reports of increased Roekaar presence and there have been rumours of kett presence. I shall bring it to the Pathfinder’s attention.”

“Since you mention it,” Reyes pulled up his omni-tool. “I just sent you some copies of reports I wrote up on the last few Collective missions I ran where we encountered Roekaar. Does help to have something backing you up. Embroider where you need to.”

“Acknowledged. Can I assist you with anything else today, Mr Vidal?”

Reyes laughed. “I think I should be asking you that. But no. And thank you SAM.”

“You are welcome, Mr Vidal.”

“You can call me Reyes, you know.”

“I know Mr Vidal.”

That was the last thing SAM said and Reyes felt fairly sure the AI was pulling his leg.

Scott was really damned confused now. They’d spent the past two weeks on Kadara weeding our Roekaar hideouts. They were winning points in Evfra and Keema’s books, which was never a bad thing. But he’d had some words with Morda before coming to Kadara that left him more puzzled and pissed because what the hell was she going on about him lording it up and making such massive and arbitrary decisions.

Once they were done, Reyes announced he’d come back with him to the Nexus. That alone left Scott wondering because Reyes had also once said he’d be damned if he set foot on Tann’s little kingdom again.

All Reyes had done was shrug and say, “There’s a Council now, right? So they’ll bicker about what to do with me and I’ll be gone by the time they decide.”

Then he’d smiled and winked as he strolled onto the Tempest and Scott felt like he really missed something massive. Not that Reyes said a damn thing about whatever it was.

“I feel you,” Vetra had commiserated with him one night in the galley over dinner. “Sid’s up to something but damned if I can figure out what. I just hope it doesn’t involved another trap.”

“Hell, I’d take a trap. I have no idea what Reyes is up to.”

Setting foot on the Nexus… he was desperately confused. Everyone was so damned nice, high fives, grins and waves and shouts of ‘Thank you!’ He had zero damn idea what he supposedly did. Reyes seemed entirely unruffled by it all and Scott finally narrowed his eyes in suspicion as they walked along.

“This have anything to do with you?”

“Me? I’ve been with you on Kadara this entire time.”

“That doesn’t sound like a denial.” Scott pointed out.

“I think we should get to your apartment.” Reyes just smiled and kept on walking.

“What did you do?” Scott hurried after him. “Reyes!”

All Reyes did was turn and wink at him, a wide smile on his face. Scott followed after him, the door to his apartment on the Nexus closing silently behind them. There was Sidera half vanished behind his couch, talking to something.

“C’mon you little cutie, they’ll be here any moment.”

“Or they already are.” Reyes chuckled.

Sidera yelped, jumping up and knocking the couch out, something furry and wriggling in her arms. Scott looked around, eyes settling on a carrier and his heart leapt into his throat.

“Reyes,” he asked weakly. “What kind of cat did you get me?”

“It’s better than a cat.” Reyes’ smile softened as he tilted his head to Sidera.

Scott looked over as she came over and he could see floppy ears, paws everywhere and a tail wagging a mile of minute. Sidera was laughing as she was vigourously sniffed and then she deposited the wriggling bundle in his arms.

“You’re welcome Pathfinder.”

Scott could barely see through his now blurry vision. He blinked, seeing golden fur splotched with black with clear blue eyes looking up at him. Then big paws were scrabbling at him as his face was licked.

“You got me a puppy?!” he managed to ask, holding the animal tighter.

“First one in Andromeda.” Sidera grinned as she headed for the door. “I’ll just go now and can one of you please tell Vetra that it was a good thing I did.”

All Scott could do was nod as he held the excited puppy in his arms and looked at Reyes. Once the door was shut, he was walking over.

“You are impossible, you know that,” Scott hauled him in for a teary kiss. “How the hell did you pull this off? Is this why everyone suddenly loves me again, because you somehow got us dogs?”

Reyes shrugged, suddenly looking sheepish. “I wanted to get you a dog. Everyone else is a happy byproduct. I’m very much willing to be the unsung hero here.”

“Is this why Morda was so pissy with me?”

“I had words with her.”

“You’re my damn hero,” Scott kissed him again only to have the puppy break it up. “We have to name him.”

“That’s entirely your honour.”

“Popcorn II,” Scott didn’t even have to think about it. “In honour of the long passed Popcorn, back on Earth.”

“The first dog ever in Andromeda is named Popcorn.” Reyes looked like he was trying to not laugh. “I do like the lack of gravitas.”

“And you got everything for him too!” Scott could see a dog bed, a leash and feeding bowls. He set down Popcorn to let him run about.

“Mr Vidal wanted you to have as little to worry about as possible initially.” SAM’s smooth voice interrupted.

“SAM’s lying, that’s all them. I worried more about the logistics of getting the dog.” Reyes stepped in close, wiping the tears away on Scott’s cheeks. “Please tell me you don’t want a horse. I have no idea where to even put one.”

Scott sputtered with laughter. “No horses. Popcorn is more than enough. We’re in another galaxy and you got me a dog. Never let anyone tell you that you’re not incredible.”

Now Reyes was quiet, a blush coming to his face. “Anything you want, Scott.”

“This. It’s more than enough,” Scott took his hand, giving it a quick squeeze. “C’mon, let’s take Popcorn for his first walk.”

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For perhaps the most part, cats meow only to communicate with humans, not with some other animals, as reported by anthrozoologist John Bradshaw in the book of his, Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can make you an even better Friend to The Pet of yours (2013). Part of his evidence is the fact that feral cats don't meow nearly as much as domesticated housecats.

Furthermore, scientists think that the meow is a manipulative conduct cats follow to get what they need. Nicholas Dodman of Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine argues that cats are able to find out which noises are best at getting their owners to undertake the things they need them to do (Robins 2014).

But how well do humans understand what cats are saying?

Back in 1895, when cats had been just beginning to be usual household pets, a male known as Professor Alphonse Leon Grimaldi authored an essay explaining what cats were expressing to humans. Before 1895, cats have been mostly outdoor animals. They were used to get rodents but were not brought inside frequently or perhaps loved as companions. In the essay of his, "The Cat," Grimaldi converted several of the most common cat words into human words. For instance, he thought that "Aelio" meant "food."

Over a hundred years further along, some cat experts still believe that particular cat noises can be understood by humans. Jean Craighead George, an author and naturalist, categorizes cat vocalizations in a way that appears really simliar to human interaction. For instance, she claims that "Mee-o-ow" (with dropping cadence) is a whine or a protest Klikk her.

But not all scientists think that cat sounds may be interpreted so easily. A 2003 study by Nicholas Nicastro as well as Michael Owren titled "Classification of household cat (Felis catus) vocalizations by naive and skilled human listeners" discovered that cats don't make use of vocalizations to attract focus coming from people, however, the potential to translate many noises relies a lot on the man. Owners tend to be better at interpreting the significance of their personal cats (Owren and Nicastro 2003).

One common misunderstanding among cat owners tends to be that cats just purr when they're happy. Sandy Robins explains that while most cats do purr when they are happy, they in addition purr when they are anxious or even in soreness (Robins 2014). Read the Everyday Mystery, "Why as well as the way in which do cats purr?" to learn more and more purring.

Among the other main ways that cats communicate both with other cats and humans is with the tail of theirs. A cat walking with an upright tail is relaxed and welcoming. A tail swishing back and forth rapidly can mean a cat is curious or angry. If a cat's tail is fluffy and additionally the hair style standing upright on end, meaning the cat is vulnerable and is attempting for making it seem larger to frighten away a threat (Newman, Alexander, plus Weiztman 2015).

Another common behavior is when cats head-butt humans and rub against them. Researchers believe this is possibly a way to greet people and say they are glad to see them - or perhaps as a means of spreading their scent and marking their territory. Cats have scent glands on near, jaw, and cheeks their tail. When they rub those parts of the body of theirs on an object or another animal, they transfer a scent that just other cats are able to smell (Robins 2014).

Allow me to share some pointers for improving the communication of yours with your feline friend, found in The original Catfancy Cat Bible:

Cat kisses. The way to "smile" at the cat of yours is to look the cat of yours in the eye plus slowly blink. They take this when you're a loving gesture, as well as will often undertake it directlyto you. (Robins, p. 470)

Talk to them. Many cat owners have found that their cats are more talkative when they respond to their meows!

Speak to the cat of yours in a soft and calm voice. Cats are susceptible to tone, and often not be really forgiving.

Avoid saying negative things together with the name of theirs. For instance, in case you say "No, Fluffy! Stop! Fluffy, get off of the counter!" This is going to confuse them! It is best for your cat to connect the name of theirs with calm and happy words.

Know ways to address. The best way to deal with a cat would be to get on the level of theirs and expand your hand with a closed fist and one finger slightly extended.

Pay attention. The more you watch and listen to your cat, the easier it will be to understand what they are communicating. Notice patterns in their behavior - do they do one kind of meow when they are starved and another when they initially see you?

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Warhammer 40k: Wrath & Glory RP #48

After being done at the tech-priest’s lab, our heroes return to the ship to leave for Styria. It’ll take a few hours for that, so they’ll have time to do other stuff. Z47r asks Gorm whether he may lend the test results of Gorm’s brother he was shown at the lab earlier, because he did notice that there was a spirit stone of him in the lab as well, so might as well make sure whether he has the same virus as Uffe. Gorm agrees that this would be a good course of action, so Z47r goes to find a lab for himself.

Gorm and Uffe leave for their room, talking in quiet Fenrisian among themselves. Before Gimlet manages to escape, Saef grabs him and tells him he needs him in his room. They go there, and find Theo stuffing assorted meat into the toilet at the same as he tries to stop Felis Catus from eating it. He has lifted the unconscious, naked eldar onto the bed. Saef asks Theo to go to Molly’s place for a bit and after he has left, he asks Gimlet to help the man, while he gets him clothes and a towel to cover at least some of him. Gimlet gives the man a shot that should wake him up and then takes a step back. Saef stays guard at the bedside.

Gimlet notices the man waking, though he attempts to look like he hasn’t and greets him. The eldar sits up. He is not trusting of the humans that have saved him, though Saef attempts to reason with him. They ask why he was there, and he tells them that he and his brother were captured by Inquisition. The eldar is very bad on describing people, but Gimlet shows the man a picture of Tanner and that’s not it. They ask the eldar of his name and he tells them it’s Ynmarg. Ynmarg doesn’t know what has been done to him at the lab he was in, he doesn’t know how long has passed. Oh yeah, Saef and Gimlet mention that his brother was killed by a friend of theirs, which honestly doesn’t appear to surprise Ynmarg much. Maybe Ynmarg could take a shower and put on clothes? Asks Saef. Please? Continues Gimlet, but Ynmarg isn’t too keen on that, asking when he can leave. Saef says that right now he is most safe here, and Ynmarg definitely isn’t happy to hear that. It seems there isn’t much our heroes can get out of him.

Gimlet says he should go drop the spirit stones off at Cayenne’s safe. He does show Ynmarg one and Ynmarg leaps from the bed, snatching it from Gimlet’s grasp, exclaiming that those don’t belong to Gimlet. Upon learning that there are more of them, he demands to be given them, and when he is told no, he attacks Gimlet with his psychic powers. Saef shoves him away from Gimlet with a psychic blast and tells Gimlet to leave. Ynmarg hisses at Saef that he will haunt Saef until the day he dies or until he gets the spirit stones back, cradling the spirit stone in his hands. Felis Catus comes to cuddle with the eldar and lick the strange goop off him. Saef leaves the two.

Uffe and Gorm talk while they are making their way to Gorm’s room. Gorm lets Uffe know he is planning on calling Fenris and explaining everything. Uffe has nothing to say against that, Gorm says Uffe should call and report too and Uffe says he needs to think about what he is going to say. Gorm also apologizes to Uffe about what he suggested back at the lab, about Uffe joining the Deathwatch Blackshields, it was not alright. Uffe wants to know if they’re still going to continue with the mission like before, with Uffe confronting Rolf, even if neither one of them may be the people they thought they are, Gorm thinks this is a good plan, and if Rolf’s still able to be saved, well… Uffe says he can’t figure out how Rolf would have allowed any of this happen, and not be lost, but perhaps that’ll be a conundrum for another day.

Lastly Gorm brings up the strong negative reaction of Gimlet and Saef when Gorm killed the eldar back at the base, and he wants Uffe’s opinion of the situation because Uffe is better at reading people. Of Gimlet Uffe thinks he was mostly concerned with getting information, but from Saef, Uffe got definite fear. Gorm is surprised to hear that, of course he wouldn’t hurt Saef. Uffe suggests bringing it up, in a not-so-defensive manner, but first a call to Fenris.

Gimlet goes to visit Tabasco at the medbay, he wants him to check in on the wound Ynmarg left. Tabasco questions where Gimlet got a clearly psychic wound and Gimlet tells him to not worry about it, it’s all under control. Tabasco is not very happy to hear this, saying he isn’t feeling very trusted right now. He shares with Gimlet the results of the test aka that the sample from the tech-priest’s lab is as surmised from Gimlet, and asks what Gimlet wants to do with it. Gimlet asks Tabasco to send it to his father. Tabasco says he does so, but he is clearly still quite mad at Gimlet for not telling him stuff, and leaves the situation quite pissed, despite Gimlet’s attempts to remind him of his affection. 

Gorm calls up Sveleighr on Fenris and lets him know of the clone situation, as well as his own misstep regarding planning on putting Uffe into the Blackshields (he asks to receive conditioning once he returns to Fenris). There is some strange comfort in that this whole clone situation seems to finally shake Sveleighr, who says he must consult his runes about the matter. Sveleighr says that if the matter of the clones can’t be definitely fixed, Snorri’s and Uffe’s bodies must get to Fenris to be investigated. Gorm asks if he should send them right ahead, but Sveleighr wouldn’t risk it, as chaos has had dealings in this tale. If Gorm doesn’t make it Cayenne will make sure the bodies reach Fenris.

Gimlet meets up with Saef back near their room and they go to Gimlet’s room to chat, as Saef has something important to tell Gimlet. Saef says that Rat is an eldar, a fact Saef isn’t too happy to reveal without her permission, but seeing how Gorm acted back on Triplex Phall, Saef really needs someone to have his back and he thinks Gimlet could help. He makes it clear Rat has been raised among the humans and has no connections to the eldar people as a whole. The duo also thinks if they should let Cayenne know about the eldar in Saef’s room, as she could grant him asylum, but before they can do anything, Gorm is a-knocking on Gimlet’s door, so they let him in.

Gorm informs them that he has now reported to Fenris, and when Gimlet asks if it was a nice conversation, Gorm answers it was not. The subject of Z47r is brought up (by Gimlet I think), sort of asking how does the group feel about him. Gorm says that so far he seems to be a helpful and an agreeable fellow, and reminds the duo that despite what the tech-priest has done they’re on the same side here, and the assistance of the Mechanicus is a good thing. Gimlet seems doubtful that Z47r won’t get into the way. Gorm says it’s a bit hard at this point to reason to him, why he should let the trio (+ Uffe) deal with the situation that so clearly concerns the Mechanicus.

Gorm brings up Ahram in the lab and Saef admits it wasn’t a surprise to see him there, as he knew that Ahram was a clone. Saef explains the situation briefly. Gorm admits that he is having trouble with Uffe’s situation and asks his friends not let him make a decision about it without enough information (enough information, not all information, Gimlet).

Gorm has something he wanted to talk with the others about, mainly Saef. He mentions having debriefed with Uffe about the eldar-killing situation and how Uffe saw that Saef was scared afterwards. Gorm says he is not going to kill Saef, just because he’s a psyker, and yeah, maybe this whole situation highlights the differences of opinion within the Imperium, as clearly Gimlet and Saef feel differently about keeping eldar alive and getting information from them than Gorm. But that’s okay (well, maybe not that specifically, but differences in general), Gorm has learned that he can learn from different people, such as the Ultramarines and their Primarch, a thing which is unusual to the Space Wolves, and Gorm can cop to that. They can always talk about situations like this, since they are friends.

Saef says that he wasn’t scared for himself in that moment but rather on the account of someone else. Gorm says he wouldn’t execute a friend of Saef’s like that, even if Saef’s sympathizing with xenos is slightly worrying. But luckily that shouldn’t happen, right? No xenos pals around… Saef lets Gorm know Rat is, though raised among humans, an eldar, and Gorm admits he couldn’t even have guessed. Where is she anyway? She is after Inpax because Inpax has Eden. Well it’s a shared cause then, as they are trying to find Inpax too. Gorm promises he won’t kill Rat, and he’ll tell Uffe to do the same. Z47r might be a problem, but not one they can’t talk themselves out of, surely. Gorm asks if Rat wants to return to her people, and Saef says she doesn’t know eldar, but that Saef isn’t sure. It might be for the best.

Gorm lets Uffe know what’s up, and makes him promise not to kill Rat, which he does. Meanwhile Saef and Gimlet go to find Cayenne to let her know there’s an eldar on board. She is pretty chill about and goes to talk with Ynmarg. She is quite a talker as she manages to convince him to dress up finally and arranges for him to have a room of his own. She asks if our heroes would be willing to part with the spirit stones once they’re done with them, as those are the things Ynmarg desperately wants back. This seems agreeable.

Next up, our heroes need to deal with Z47r so he won’t be a trouble when it comes to Rat. They find him at a lab, not wearing his usual overcoat (which makes his relation to Vivek more noticeable). He lets our heroes know that he indeed does have the life-eater virus. “That’s logical,” says Gorm, and Z47r tends to agree, logical indeed. Saef brings up the fact that they are expecting to meet an eldar in their travels, an eldar that is young and has grown among humans. Z47r doesn’t quite get why she shouldn’t be killed, but Saef manages to convince him (using logic!) that she is best handed over to an Inquisitor of Ordo Xenos. That’s settled then.

After that Gimlet and Saef let Gorm know that there’s an eldar on board, but that he is Cayenne approved. Gorm grumbles a bit, but acquiesces. They decide to go talk to now-clothed and slightly calmer Ynmarg. Still a bit prone to dramatics (possibly a Harlequin in before-becoming-Ynnari-life?). Few things they find out, Ynmarg’s capturer was Inquisitor Engarde (Saef shows the picture he got from Demir). He has been held by the tech priest for some 5 years (they calculate this using Guilliman’s return as an anchoring point). They ask more about the spirit stones, Ynmarg says he can’t tell everything, but also admits that humans shouldn’t be able to use them. He still claims the stone he stole from Gimlet is empty, so he is shown the other stones (not before he and Gorm argue about putting a blindfold on him, which he refuses). Ynmarg is quite concerned about what is put in the stones. He also mentions spirit stones being tied to certain people, so he is taken to see Uffe where he confirms that the stone is tied to him (but not to the other Uffe). Saef asks Ynmarg if his people would take Rat in, and he says that his goddess Ynnead is for all the eldar. Gorm makes a snide-ish comment about Ynmarg’s devotion to his goddess, but that’s about it with him.

Gimlet returns to Tabasco and apologizes for not telling him stuff. He explains that he got the wound from an eldar they got on board before telling Cayenne, so this is why he didn’t tell Tabasco. Tabasco accepts the apology. Gimlet freely admits that he still has a lot of trouble trusting people, and Tabasco reminds him that he has people who care for him, who haven’t betrayed his trust so far, and though Tabasco can see that it is hard for Gimlet, the mistrust is still something that can hurt people who care for Gimlet. But all good for now, so the two go out to get coffee. 

Before our heroes leave for Styria, Vivek catches up with them, wanting to say goodbye, which boils mostly down to “hope you guys don’t die”, since there isn’t much else to do. Gorm thanks Vivek for the well-wishes and says that he has appreciated Vivek’s company and contributions and it’s a shame that he can’t come with. Uffe hugs Vivek and they exchange a few murmured words between the two of them. Saef tells Vivek he’s probably the best friend he’s got through this whole adventure, and VIvek laughs and warns him not to tell his sister that. They also hug. Vivek makes clear that his wish encompasses Gimlet who says alright. So off they go!

Our heroes get Z47r and teleport on the planet’s surface, not quite on top of where Rolf is supposed to be but near, which turns out to be an entrance to a Necron temple, outside which is the ship of (ex-)Inquisitor Inpax as well as Inquisitor Corrida and their crew.

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Ok, so, if you had to pick animals that represented each dai companion, which ones do you think would be best? I saw that mod Sarah had a zoology interest and was a bit intrigued.

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Cassandra: Perhaps a cat (any member of the family Felidae, though specifically for Cassandra, Felis catus, AKA the domestic house cat). Cats come in many personalities, just like humans and many other living creatures (not limited to vertebrates, consider cephalopoda). People, however, often associate them with being graceful and powerful hunters, but with also being somewhat standoffish– which is not a trait that is granted to all cats, as any cat owner would know. Most cats are loving and intelligent, too, which makes me think cats (mostly domestic cats, but if any of you are thinking of a black panther, which is just a melanistic member of any of the Panthera species) then go for it.

Iron Bull: A tough one. The bull (defined as any uncastrated males of the species Bos taurus), is the obvious choice– but with now much Bull likes dragons (while unfortunately not a real creature, because they can’t have a spare set of limbs to make wings-reptiles are part of the supergroup tetrapoda, have only four limbs; to have wings, the front limbs must be wings or or they don’t have any at all. In that regard, Skyrim dragons are the more anatomically correct dragons if they were to exist but WHATEVER this is a fantasy universe) a drake is also a very possible choice for Bull.

Blackwall: A bear would be the obvious choice, perhaps Ursus americanus, the American black bear, which is the most wide-spread of bear species and often the ones that wander into human settlements looking for food.

Sera: While many of you think of the a honey bee, any bee that is a species under the genus Apis, I don’t believe this suits Sera. Perhaps a raven, or another member of the genus Corvus. The reason for this is that members of the genus Corvus (which contains such species as ravens, crows, rooks, and jackdaws) are highly intelligent– and known to be ballsy as fuck. They can be taught human speech, and are known to even play tricks on each other for shits and giggles. They are the pranksters of the bird world, and I feel this would fit Sera excellently. 

Cole: A mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. Bear with me on this; while all members of the order Octopoda, which are cephalopods, a subgroup of molluscs, are highly intelligent and capable of fantastic camouflage through the use of iridophores and chromatophores (to put it simply, they’re specialized dermal cells that contain pigment to rapidly change color), a mimic octopus is perhaps the best of all at camouflage. A mimic octopus is capable of changing its skin texture and shape to copy other species to blend in– sometimes called ninjas of the sea. Watch this TED Talk for further information: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments 

ANYWAYS, GETTING OVER HOW RAD I THINK CEPHALOPODS ARE, Cole was a spirit who took the form of the mage Cole, in the White Spire. We have no idea what he looked like before then– as Dorian describes most spirits, they look “bizarre (and) monstrous” in their true forms. If a spirit is capable of such mimicry and such intelligence, I can think of no better animal to represent Cole than a mimic octopus.

Varric: A parrot. Parrots are highly intelligent and known for their speech capabilities, along with being v. pretty. There are MANY different members of the order Psittaciformes, which encompass all parrots. It is a very large clade composed of 393 species to date, but I I think Varric could best be represented by an African Gray Parrot, specifically the Congo African grey parrot, an Old World parrot of the species Psittacus erithacus. These birds are SUPER COOL because they’re among the best at mimicking human speech; one in particular in Japan was returned to his family after repeating the address of his home. They’re also known for hearing things in their surroundings and then repeatedly saying it, much to the ire of the humans they live with.

Dorian: This one is easy; a peacock, which comes in three species, though all are members of the family Phasianidae, which is shared by pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Old World quail, and peafowl. These are popular gamebirds, often poor at flying but PRETTY AS FUCK. For Dorian, I think I’ll go with the Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus– notice the familiar ‘Pav’ in the name, anyone?

Solas: An ostrich A gray wolf, Canis lupus. No further explanation needed.

Vivienne: An orca, Orcinus orca. Orcas are among the most intelligent animals on Earth, known for being beautiful as well as the apex predators of the sea (being cosmopolitan species, like humans, they are found in a variety of environments, across multiple habitats. 

Josephine: A dove, any member of the family Columbidae, which encompasses 310 species. (Fun fact! Members of Columbidae are the only birds that don’t have to lift their necks up to swallow water. All birds except for them have to pull it into the mouths and pull their necks up to swallow). Doves are seen as an international symbol for peace and love, suitable for an ambassador. For her, I think I’ll go with the diamond dove, Geopelia cuneata.

Leliana: Like Sera, I think she would also fit as a raven, but for the sake of being a nerd and introducing another sort of animal, the next runner-up is the ferret, Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets were domesticated for their ability to ferret– that is, to hunt and catch prey, specifically rodents, which often reside in narrow holes and tunnels that humans can’t reach. Being an excellent spy, well, I feel this should explain itself.

Cullen: An African lion, Panthera leo. If anyone has seen his helmet, it should be sufficient explanation, but they are also famed by their beautiful, voluminous manes– just like Cullen!

The moral of this story is: don’t ask me about animals unless you are prepared for the info-dump, because I love the kingdom Animalia so much (I got OVER 100% in a college-level Zoology course, I could regale you for HOURS on Animalia, ranging from Porifera (sea sponges), the basal clade and taxa of Animalia, all the way to Mammalia. I meant to do chores an hour ago but got carried away. Thank you, and enjoy my fangirling.

–Mod Sarah

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2000 word Jaal x Ryder fic feat. the crew and a birthday party! (and cats)

Slight spoilers under the cut

It was Fiona’s birthday. 23. Nearly a quarter of a century, give or take 600 years. Scott’s birthday too. She wanted to be on the Nexus, celebrate it with him, but instead, she was stuck on underside of the icy ass of Voeld, waiting for mission results. Sure, it had warmed up since they’d activated the Vault, but it was not paradise. Her email terminal pinged, dragging Fiona’s attention away from her melancholy, and she rolled off of her bed to shuffle over and read it.

“I have a present for you, Lexi said it was your birthday today. And you thought none of us would know, just because you didn’t say anything. Ha! Liam pitched in on ideas- said you were missing some things from the Milky Way. Hope this helps. Meet us in the crew quarters, and hurry!” -Vetra

Her interest was piqued. Of course Lexi would spill that detail.

“Patient confidentiality,” she snorted, fixing her hair and ensuring she looked at least semi-presentable. Then again, there was the possibility of a party, and parties meant pictures… Better to dress herself in real clothes and brush her hair. Plus, she had no doubt Jaal would be there. She indulged herself for a brief moment as she ran a comb through her brown waves, reading his recent email- dearest, he called her. It made her heart flutter.

The crew quarters were just down the hall, and Fiona cautiously waved the door open. She was met with a group of smiling faces, all of them mischievous. Her whole squad had crammed into the small space, even Gil, Lexi, Suvi, and Kallo perched on some of the bunks.

A chorus of happy birthdays brought a massive grin to Fiona’s face. It only widened when Vetra presented a cake, Peebee standing proudly next to her creation.

“Do you know how hard it was to bake that properly on this ship? Gil and I had to rig up an oven from the Nomad’s power source! No synthesized cake for you, Fi,” she proclaimed. Sure, maybe it showed she cared a little too much, but Peebee was willing to bend her rules. Humans didn’t get that many birthdays.

“Aw, you guys, this is amazing! I don’t even know how you managed to get the ingredients for this… Shit, Vetra, can you even eat this?” Fiona couldn’t push the smile from her face, giggles bubbling through her words.

“Ah, I don’t do sweets that much. Well, actually, I- uh- procured some dextro-chocolates from someone, but those are long gone.” The turian shook her head slightly, mandibles flaring. “Now, this isn’t actually the present I was talking about. If Jaal would stop messing with it, we could actually give it to you. It’s in the bathroom.” Vetra passed the cake to Cora with a firm warning to not let Drack anywhere near it- the krogan was eyeing it with vicious intent.

“You’re gonna love it, Fiona. But you have to promise to share, okay?” Liam piped up, sliding next to her.

“Share? What- Why is my present in the bathroom?” Fiona asked, following Vetra and Liam. She knew Jaal was fond of making gifts, but… the bathroom?

“Jaal, we’re coming in. Is it ready?” Liam asked, knocking on the metal door.

“It is ready, yes. And it will not stop talking,” Jaal replied through the door, and Fiona balked.

“You’re giving me something alive?” She hissed, terror on her face as Liam opened the door. God only knew what creature they’d found in Andromeda to torture her with.

“Oh, relax,” Vetra mused, “you’ll know how to take care of it. So, ready to meet your gift?”

The door slid open to reveal Jaal sitting on the ground, twisted to look behind him.

“Come now, you must meet your mistress, little furry thing,” he chided, moving to herd it to the front of the room. Liam shut the door, leaving the four in a very cramped bathroom. Fiona completely forgot her mild claustrophobia when she saw what Jaal was talking too- a small, gray cat, with gorgeous green eyes.

“Holy. Shit,” Fiona breathed, dropping to her knees. “Where the fuck did you find this? How did you get a cat holy shit?! Cake and a cat, am I dead?” She immediately put a hand out, cooing at the creature and wiggling her fingers.

“Lexi told us that the initiative had therapy animals put in cryo alongside the rest of us. Said they’d help with stress levels. It didn’t take much convincing for us to get her on board with the plan, and this little one followed. It’s a boy, his name is up to you. But, a warning, I think you’ll have to fight Jaal for him,” Vetra explained, her heart warming as the cat sniffed Fiona’s fingers. The Pathfinder let out a small whimper, its whiskers tickling her skin.

“Fiona, are you- are you crying?” Liam asked, nudging her with his knee.

“Yes! This is the best birthday I’ve ever had, and I just- you guys, you’re the best!” She let out a small sob, happy tears spilling over her cheeks.

“Is this normal? Do humans cry when you are happy as well as sad?” Jaal asked, observing the exchange carefully.

“Uh-huh. You’ll find that humans cry about a lot of things,” Vetra replied, and she elbowed Liam. “Wanna give them some alone time?”  

“I guess. But seriously Fiona, share the cat. I’ll save you a slice of cake!” He and Vetra slipped out quickly, the sounds of loud music wafting through the walls.

Fiona took a deep breath and rested her back against the door, idly running her hands through the cat’s fur. It was already purring- hell, the thing was affectionate. She blinked the tears from her eyes and finally acknowledged Jaal with a small wave, sitting cross-legged across from him. The cat stretched and paced over to the angara, rubbing against his knees. Jaal watched with absolute fascination, mimicking Fiona’s petting. He was rewarded with a chirp.

“That is a new sound,” he commented, a smile crossing his face. “Are these common pets in the Milky Way?”

Fiona grinned- he said Milky Way in the best way. “Meelkee Way,” she mimicked, stifling a laugh. Jaal rolled his eyes, but let her continue. “Yes, they are. I always wanted a cat as a kid, but Dad never let us keep one. Said they were too messy. Of course I’d have to make it to a whole different galaxy just to get one,” she joked, and Jaal chuckled.

“The angara have symbiotic relationships with animals for agriculture, but we have no animals that are so… domestic. I like it.” He really was fascinated, observing how it wandered and explored the room. “Liam, Suvi, and Cora all advised that it be introduced to the Tempest in small intervals. The bathroom seemed the best choice, both to hide it from you and keep the ‘litter box.’ Will it only defecate in there?” He obviously wanted to know more, but the nature of his questions made Fiona snort.

“Asking the real questions there, huh Jaal? Yeah, most cats will naturally ‘go’ in their litterbox. They also get really crazy sometimes and will start jumping on walls and tearing things up. We call that the ‘midnight crazies,’ even though it happens literally whenever they want.” She wanted to gush about cats- the number of vids she’d watched in her spare time, it was almost shameful.

“That is fascinating. Do you have thoughts on the name?” Jaal asked, waving Fiona over to sit next to him. She obliged, scooting over. Their knees were touching by the time she settled, and the contact made his email suddenly jump to the forefront of her mind. The cat began to clean himself, one leg stuck high in the air. Jaal’s brow furrowed, and he shook his head.

“I was thinking Tann. You know, to fuck with him? Get off of a serious vid-call with him, just to see the cat cleaning itself on the deck. Classic shit right there,” Fiona laughed, framing the cat with her thumb and forefingers. Jaal side-eyed her curiously, his pupils narrowing.

“I like your sense of humor. One of the many things you are wonderful for, jokes,” he commented, and Fiona blushed.

“Must you constantly make me red?” She asked, calling Tann over with a few clicks of her tongue. He regarded her plainly, tongue half out of his mouth, and continued his cleaning.

“Would you prefer I stop?” Jaal asked, and Fiona shook her head.

“Nah, it’s probably good for keeping the blood circulating. So what’s this about fighting you for the cat?”

“Well- he has been on the ship for a day now, and I like him. He is affectionate, but also strong and agile. They are little hunters, and- well, no, this is silly.” He was bashful, Fiona could tell, and she nudged his knee with hers.

“Aaand..? Come on, Jaal, I won’t laugh,” Fiona reassured, and Jaal sighed.

“He looks angaran. I believe it is the eyes,” Jaal admitted, his gaze cast to the side.

“Oh, you do have similar eyes. I always thought you reminded me of a lion for some reason,” Fiona mused, the connection finally making sense.

“What is a lion? I thought this was a cat,” Jaal frowned, crinkling his nose in confusion.

“So, this kind of cat is Felis catus, the domestic breed of cats. There are different species of cats on Earth, some of them are large predators. Like lions, Panthera leo. They can weigh up to 250 kilos and they’re pretty ferocious. I’ll email you a link on them later, but that’s a pretty good thing to be compared to.” Fiona watched Tann pad up to Jaal and climb in his lap, his fur wafting off and sticking to Jaal’s bioelectric field.

“They shed,” he grumbled, swiping fur off of his rofjinn.

“Yeah, good luck getting that off,” Fiona teased. “So, how are we going to get cake and watch the cat at the same time?”

“I believe Liam expressed interest in spending time with him. I am eager to try this ‘cake,’ given your reaction to it. Shall we?” Jaal gently moved Tann to the floor, earning a protest from the feline. He frowned, apologizing to him, and they quickly opened and shut the door.

“I will trade cake for time with the the newest member of our crew! His name is Tann, and he licks his butt!” Fiona announced, and Drack almost choked on his cake.

“I have to tell Kesh!” He exclaimed, his rumbling laughter spreading through the crew.

“I call the cat!” Liam called, grabbing two plates and handing them to Jaal.

“SAM?” Fiona asked quietly, watching her friends in their reverie.

“Yes Pathfinder?”

“Can you record this moment? Save it for me?” There were tears in her eyes again, emotion hitting her like a brick.

“Of course, Fiona. I’m glad you’re happy,” SAM commented, and Fiona nodded.

“Me too, SAM. I think we might finally be home.”

“I concur.”

Jaal arrived a few moments later with cake, the plastic fork awkward in his hand.

“I certainly hope you enjoy that. Cora said she saved it for you, it is a corner piece,” he elaborated, and Fiona shot Cora a grateful smile. She cared, in her own way.

“I hope you like it too. Darling,” she added, the joy in her heart making her daring. It caught Jaal off guard, his fringe shading blue.

“Of course. Dearest.” He took a bite of his cake and his pupils widened, focusing in on the plate. “There is too much sugar in this,” Jaal groaned, “How can you eat this?”

“Well, shit, I’ll eat yours too!” Fiona cheered, and Jaal shook his head. Fiona was a handful, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Who wants to take a group picture? Someone get Liam!” Suvi called from the other side of the room, and the party spread out into the hall and the galley. Someone found the beer, and for a brief moment, no one worried about the fate of the galaxy.

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59 things about Gabriel DropOut 05

37  “Gab-chan’s fate now rests on a game of Old Maid.”

.....Why.... is there an astronaut...?

The human world is truly a tightrope over the abyss.

Felis Catus, edit. Danger level: B

OH NO ANOTHER CUTIE-

It always surprises me how small Gabs is.

The... is that a gas mask? ANYhow, it reminds me of Ayano’s gas mask from Yuru Yuri...

Jfc Gabs... 

“KA. TSU. A. GE!”

Oh no... Raphiel...

T-Tap-chan? Tapris.  oh no that’s such a cute name...

B-BLUSHES DON’T WORK LIKE THAT???

Oh no... Raphiel’s “Ara ara~”

RAPHIEL’S REACTION FACES...

Raphiel’s genuine amused laugh is.... a national treasure.

DATENSHI!

WHOA That’s weird... pls.... pls tussle her hair back omg.

...who does Taps remind me of?

Oh no... Raphiel no-

OH NO-- DID SHE...?

SHE SO DID

I REMEMBER WHO TAPS REMINDS ME OF NOW.

AHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA SATANIA GFDI-

Satania please get out of the-

YOU MISSED THE BEST PART, RAPHIEL HAHAHHAHA

God I hate how much I relate to Raphiel...

Why do I love Satania so much??

WAITRESS?!!?

W-Wait what... Taps... TAPS WHAT?!?!

Oh my god Taps... Taps no... Taps what...?

“If I must, I’ll look.”

HAHHA HER FUCKIN... HEAVENLY CENSORS.

Oh no, they both have the hair clippy thingies!

Wh-What even were those mascots??

HAHAHAH RAPHIEL’S AMUSED FACES.

OLD MA- OH MY GOD.  I am essentially Raphiel at this point. I can’t even-

HOLY SMOOTH-ASS FUCKIN TABLE SLIDE, BATMAN?!?!?

“Gab-chan’s fate now rests on a game of Old Maid.”

OH NO SATANIA PLEASE-

RAPHIEL STOP THAT-

Wild baham... wh- SATANIA GOD DAMN IT.

OH NO Taps please... TAPS YOUR POKER FACE GAME IS ZERO-

Aaah smug Satania is... 10/10

“It was entertainment of the highest caliber.”

RAPHIEL JUST “UHUHU”-ED!!

OH NO VIGNE.

Aw poor Taps.

PANDA BANDAID!

Uh oh...

“Tsukinose-senpai.”

Yes, Vigne the angel-ic demon.

OH NO VIGNE’S NERVOUS GIGGLE-

JFC Taps pls relax-

“Her straight-man game’s harder than the back of God’s head.”

Oh nooo Vigne.

BEAMING VIGNE IS 10/10

CLEAN UP YOUR DAMN ROOM GABRIEL JFC

Oh no pls don’t flashback... it’s so weird and painful...

GABRIEL YOU LITTLE ASSHOLE-!

“THAT’S what you’re mad about?!”

[isabellaklein97]

Tips For Cat Spraying Stupefying Useful Ideas

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Cat Spraying Feces

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Cat Urine From Concrete

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[funnycutcats]

5 Fun Facts About the Brown Tabby Cat

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There's nothing shabby about the brown tabby! Brown tabby cats embody all that's great about cats … and tabbies. They are not a breed – remember, tabby is a type of design – they are distinctive. Tabby cats come in a variety of colors. While one of the most popular tabbies are the orange tabby, brown tabbies are gorgeously noteworthy. The brown tabby cat comes in different colors and their bright, sparkling eyes offset their richly colored fur. Let's explore more about what makes the irresistible tabby cat brown!

1. The Brown Cat Tabby Has Some Accolades

It's no surprise that majestic brown tabby is favored by show judges. Photography © Paul Spiers | iStock / Getty Images Plus.

The judges concur – of the top 25 cats judged by The International Cat Association in 2018 (TICA), three of them boast the brown tabby cat coat. When you factor into the other categories (Top 25 Longhair Cats, Top 25 Shorthair Cats, Top 25 Kittens, etc.), brown tabbies take home a lion's share of the titles.

TICA's top winning cat breeds sporting the brown tabby cat coat include Bengals, Maine Coons, Exotic Shorthairs, Persians, Munchkins, Siberians, Scottish Folds and Oriental Shorthairs. The feline breeds wearing the bold, dark brown stripes on a light brown background run the gamut. The Best Longhair Cat of the Year Marikoons Magic Mike, who is a Maine Coon. The Best Household Kitten of the Year title went to a brown tabby named cat Rambo. Rambo's stunning mixed-breed good looks defy purebred confirmation!

2. A Brown Tabby Cat Boasts Wildcat Vibes

Bengal cats sport the brown tabby cat coat. Photography by Shvaygert Ekaterina / Shutterstock.

The Bengal is arguably the most conspicuous and rare in the country. Bengals were originally bred from Asian leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). There are a few wildcats that are about the same size as our domestic cats resembling the traditional brown tabby cat as well. The Amur leopard cat, the Tsushima leopard cat, ocelots and margays are dead ringers for brown tabbies. These wildcats are nearly extinct in their natural clothes (mainly Asia, Central America and South America) – so our brown tabby Felis catus is the closest most people will come to see their relative regal.

The Toyger ("toy tiger") is another unusual brown tabby cat who looks wild. The breed is purported to be created by breeding Bengals to a variety of cat breeds. Toygers are believed to have been bred by one woman in the 1980s who imported tomatoes from India to a tiny tiger phenotype. Interestingly, it is also believed that the Toyger's creator intended to inspire tiger conservation in order to increase the number of large cats in their natural habitats.

3. Brown Tabby Cats and Their Tabby Features

Brown tabby cats boast that distinctive "M" on their foreheads. Photography © busypix | iStock / Getty Images Plus.

All tabbies – regardless of color – have a few marks of distinction. The "M" on their foreheads is one common tabby characteristic. Because the tabby pattern is a dominant gene, it is the most popular type of cat coat pattern in the world. There are some interesting further facts about the type of stripe is created through genes!

The brown tabby cat is usually healthier than other species that are the result of over-breeding or extensive breeding by cat breeders trying to display recessive genes (especially albino). Their noses and eyes come in different colors, and the pads on their paws are brick red or gray. Their noses can even change color.

4. Famous Brown Tabby Cats

Lil BUB is one very famous brown tabby cat! Check her out, Mike. Photography courtesy Annie Butler Shirreffs.

Outside of tuxedo cats, vying for the most recognizable cat in the world has brown tabbies ahead by a nose. Currently, one of the most famous cats around the globe is Lil BUB, a brown tabby cat. Lil BUB was rescued out of a shed in Indiana. She was the runt of a feral cat litter, but soared to YouTube fame soon after becoming a member of the family (she's short on stature but big on personality!).

This brown tabby cat has not only been promulgated, but also has been adopted (and adopted with special needs). In addition, this trail-blazing tabby is starring in her own movie, I'll Be Next Door for Christmas! Lil BUB is so popular that her film debut was paved by individual donors through online crowdfunding. That's an impressive resume for a kitty born to community cats.

5. The Bottom Line on the Brown Tabby Cat

Adopt a brown tabby and see what all the fuss is about! Photography by Denise LeBeau.

The brown tabby is a fantastic feline – if she is born to a great dam for a high-end, responsible breeder or whelped in a manger (or shed!) – these beautiful beasts will surely steal your breath away. And your heart! Adding a brown tabby to your home – and possibly possible – international fame.

Tell us: Do you have a brown tabby cat? What is he or she like?

Thumbnail: Photography © andeva | iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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[nemossubmarine]

Warhammer 40k: Wrath & Glory RP #44

As Gorm goes to talk with Carl and Gimlet goes to check Engarde’s body, Saef makes his way to his room. Outside it in the hallway he spies uncomfortable looking Vivek and his older sister Mai. As soon as Vivek notices Saef, he ducks into Saef’s room, leaving the siblings to talk with each other. Mai questions who Vivek is, like is he Saef’s… Friend, says Saef. Next thing Mai asks is about Saef’s new look. Saef explains the whole psyker, sanctioned psyker, army business, and Mai is like alright, did not know that. Anyway, Mai tried to reach Saef earlier but only met up with this strange AdMech boy (also Saef’s friend), which wasn’t exactly surprising considering Saef’s track record. But what she meant to say was that their parents are returning to Civitas A. Mai clearly thinks it’s not a great idea, she has tried to talk them out of it. Mai and her husband and kid are staying on Santa Maria, and Saef says he can put a good word in with the Captain. She is planning on sending money to the parents back home, anything to help their remaining siblings to get a little ahead in life, and she was thinking she could help Saef too, but clearly he has a good career ahead of him. Mai says Saef got back just in time before their parents left and she suggests he goes to say goodbye. (they sort of agree to have lunch later, it’s a bit awkward, as all Saef-family stuff is)

So Saef makes his way to his parents’ room and catches them just in time before they leave. Mother Analyn does most (all) talking, she is of course glad to see her son before they leave and happy (though surprised) that he has chosen to serve the Imperial Army (and also since when were you a psyker?). Saef asks if it’s safe to return and if they have a place to stay, and Analyn says there’s a camp for returning people. Saef says he can send his pay check for them and if they ever need anything they can just contact him. Analyn says that Saef should send the address to where he is stationed so they can send cookies or something. Saef likes that. It’s all super awkward still, but Saef takes his parents to the transporter and waves them goodbye.

After Laurel has left Gorm armors up and he and Uffe go to visit Z47r at his ship. It’s a bit stuffy for the Astartes, but they find the tech-priest working on a replacement jaw for himself. Gorm comments how there wasn’t any losses in the battle, and Z47r says he lost a Skitarius and several servitors before the arrival of our heroes, but yes, good job all. Gorm affirms with Z47r that he can locate Rolf, and Z47r says he will do this, but again needs to be on Triplex Phall for that. Gorm then asks about servo-skulls and whether Z47r could make Snorri’s skull into a servo-skull. Z47r says of course, and then asks what kind. They discuss a bit on how servo-skulls are made and what were Snorri’s strengths. Gorm agrees to bring Snorri to Z47r and he says he’ll have the skull finished before they get to Triplex Phall.

Gorm wants to talk with Z47r about Uffe, and surprisingly Uffe wants to stay in to listen in on this, but Gorm does the talking. Gorm is frank with the tech-priest as he appears to appreciate it, and says that he knows that Z47r has rifled through Uffe’s memories. Z47r admits to this, he says his mentor X56r contacted him to work on two Wolves, standard memory erasing after traumatic events. Gorm supposes Z47r doesn’t know about the memories’ content and Z47r says the AdMechs usually don’t look through the memories, they just erase the synapses. Gorm says he’ll contact Fenris about this AdMech + Space Wolves co-operation and Z47r has nothing to complain about that.

Before they leave Z47r has a question for Uffe. He noted that he was carrying an AdMech standard plasma caliver, and wonders where he got it from. Uffe replies that he got it from Vivek. Gorm notes that obviously they all know what’s going on re: knowing Vivek before/after servitoring. Z47r comments he doesn’t care about the fate of any particular servitor. Gorm agrees and maneuvers Uffe out of the room.

Outside Gorm comments to Uffe that he was rather open with the detail of where he got his gun, and Uffe asks if he should have lied. Gorm says he’s not reprimanding Uffe, just trying to keep a working relationship with the tech-priest, he doesn’t like the man, and understands that Uffe might have some difficulty with him. Uffe says he understands, and says he needs to go get his phone back from Vivek. Gorm stops Uffe and asks if he’s alright, and Uffe pauses for a bit before admitting he’s not sure and that he needs to talk with Vivek. Gorm reminds Uffe that he’s there for him if he needs him, Uffe nods, bonks Gorm’s head and leaves. 

Saef returns to his room and Vivek sort of catches him at the doorway, says there’s a bit of a hitch and sits him down with Felis Catus on his lap. The little bit of a hitch is that there is only one of the two kiddos in the room. Theo is sitting on his bed, unservitored, but Rat is nowhere in sight. Saef introduces himself to Theo who notes that last time they met Saef punched him in the face. But hey, all cool now. Saef asks where Rat is and Theo says that Rat followed an Inquisitor lady (Inpax), because she couldn’t let her take Eden. Theo tried to stop her, but she can turn invisible. Sorry. Saef says it’s okay, Rat would not have been stopped anyway, she’s that type of person. Theo has been hanging in the room alone mostly with the cat, when Mai stopped by so he asked her to text Saef about the Rat thing, but by now she could be anywhere. Saef texts Rat and gets back briefly shared location (Triplex Phall (surprise, surprise!)), a shush emoji and “I’ll leave you a sign”. At least she’s alive. (at some point Vivek is picked up by a very serious looking (so normal looking) Uffe)

Gimlet texts Saef and Gorm and asks them to come to his room for a talk. He’s made tea, and he has his Inquisition badge on the table, so it must be serious business. Gimlet gets right to the business, namely that he thinks our heroes should look into the data disk once more, to get some information. Kuru was not a nice man and he was at least related to weapon smuggling (being a Mendoza) and whatever Eden and Eden’s creator have done. Gorm says information is good, but he admits hesitance in looking through another man’s memories. He’s not sure what this has to do with Gimlet’s mission. Gimlet is apparently worried about who took Kuru’s body from the Necron planet, and why did it end up on Dew Mountain. Gorm says it must have been the Mechanicus, no one else would know anything about it. Gimlet asks why they would take it, and Gorm guesses to hide stuff? But the most important part of Kuru (for Eden’s purposes) was the data disk, so why the body. Gorm points out that Eden is not an AdMech technically, so AdMech may have a completely different priority. Gorm says he feels responsibility about the data disk since it was handed to him, and he won’t hand it over unless Saef agrees. Saef points out that Vivek was previously really mad about them looking into the data disk when Saef accidentally slipped that information to him. Gorm agrees that Vivek should be taken into account, and says Gimlet must get Vivek’s permission for it (which is exactly what Gimlet didn’t want).

Gimlet says he has some more information he hasn’t yet told and Gorm and Saef sigh really loudly. Gimlet mentions that he was looking into Eden and Eden’s creator at the behest of Inpax, as well as the connection between Kane Bullard and Eden, and for that he was tasked to get the data disk. Saef says he asked Eden about his connection with Kane Bullard and Eden said he helped to complete the work Eden’s creator started. 

Gorm has a question about Eden that he thinks worth thinking into, namely why was Eden created. According to Eden it was so his creator could steal Eden’s body, which makes Gorm think perhaps Eden’s creator had the life eater virus as well. And well, they really can’t be sure that Eden’s creator isn’t Eden, obviously he wouldn’t share that information. The point being they can’t and shouldn’t trust Eden in this moment.

Gimlet explains about the people Alex and Lu Yan were looking into, Inquisitor Engarde and Port Wine respectively. Saef tells Gimlet about the text message Demir sent him, about remembering his father working with Engarde, Eden’s creator and X56r. He also mentions that apparently Engarde was providing eldar crystals to the AdMechs.

Gimlet still would like the data disk, and Gorm says that Gimlet is really into seeking knowledge, but he’s going to have to start making decisions at some point. Gorm fully admits he often makes decisions without much knowledge, but maybe Gimlet goes too far in the opposite direction. For example Gorm knows he needs to find the tech-priest X56r for his mission, and Gimlet in turn needs to decide what to do with Inpax, information or not. Gorm agrees that answers are all right, but he is worried that since it’s clear that the AdMechs and Engarde were involved with xenos stuff, trying to understand that stuff is a sure way to heresy, there is no point in understanding heretics. Gimlet asks doesn’t Gorm want to save civilians (re:people with the life eater virus in them). Gorm thinks saving people is easiest by the way of getting rid of heretics.

Gorm asks again about Inpax, is Gimlet going to kill her immediately or what. Gimlet says he wants answers from her about what has gone down. Gorm also saw the video that Z47r showed Gimlet and to him it looked pretty personal, revenge and all. They speculate about the situation, but decide asking Inpax is probably for the best.

Gorm says he is not on board with all of this, and Gimlet tells him to leave Inpax to him. Gorm says he meant the information about heretics and xenos, he is stopping that if necessary.

Before the conversation is over, Saef mentions that Rat has gone after Inpax and is currently on Triplex Phall and finding her is his top priority. Gorm and Gimlet both appear to be willing to help (though they don’t know about the eldar thing).

While they’ve been talking they’ve heard Vivek and Uffe returning to their respective rooms. Gimlet decides he wants to talk with Vivek now, and asks Saef to stay with him to make so Vivek actually listens to him. Gorm he doesn’t want with, so Gorm leaves to go check up on Uffe presumably.

After Gorm has left Saef goes to get Vivek from his room. Saef immediately notices that something is wrong as Vivek looks quite upset. Saef asks what’s up and Vivek says he and Uffe had a bit of a row, and Vivek honestly doesn’t know what even happened. He can’t give Saef details as ir relates to an incident that he can’t talk about, but basically Uffe accused him of something Vivek knows he didn’t do, but unfortunately he is keeping something secret from Uffe, and Uffe might have picked up on that, so now Uffe is mad at him, and yeah. Saef lets Vivek know that Gimlet wants to talk, and Vivek tries to gather himself before following Saef to Gimlet’s room (Gimlet also notices something being up, but doesn’t mention it). 

Gimlet comes right out and says it, he needs to look into Kuru’s memories. Vivek interrupts him and asks what gives him the right to do that, and Gimlet says he’s hoping Vivek will. Vivek clarifies saying that he needs to know what kind of moral principles Gimlet is operating on (but he is very keen on interrupting Gimlet so he doesn’t get a full sentence out). What kind of information Kuru’s memories might even contain? Who is going to be in trouble? Gimlet attempts to go for “preventing-another-Limestow, and Vivek goes is that the end-all and be-all for Gimlet, and Gimlet frustrated asks him to listen. Nobody knows what Eden has done, and Vivek says he does. Gimlet asks what is that then, and Vivek says a lot of bad stuff, but he can’t share it, because it’s the sort of stuff that is going to get Triplex Phall purged. Gimlet comments the Inquisition already asked him about that and he said no. Vivek says that whether the AdMechs or the Inquisition get him in the end, there’s stuff that just has to not get out. Gimlet asks why AdMechs are going to be after him and Vivek says because as soon as his brother gets back to Triplex Phall, he’s going to let people know that he found a prisoner walking free so they’re going to start looking into it.

But yeah, information, Vivek supposes he can give answers to stuff that’s not going to be harmful to Triplex Phall. Kane Bullard? Eden helped with completing the fucked up metro thing, and as for why Tanner was there, maybe just doing his job of getting rid of criminals (but like in a fucked up way). Kuru’s body? No clue, maybe someone who knows about the virus took the body. Why doesn’t Eden remember Inquisition stuff? Deleted from his memory, there was this email from Inquisitor (presumably Tanner) about procedure and samples Eden had no idea what it was about (and did not recognize the Inquisition symbols in the message, which Kuru noted as odd). The writer never showed up (bc Tanner was dead). There’s a sample at Eden’s base of genetic material he used for example in curing Apple. (that’s the gist of it, except just, like add 120% more meanness for Vivek) Vivek says he’s done and Gimlet is free to come ask more questions, if he can explain his rationality and / or morality. Then he leaves.

Gimlet asks Saef to stay for a bit and asks what Saef thought of what Vivek said. Saef tends to agree with Vivek, private memories are different from information and as Saef sees there’s no reason to disbelieve Vivek. Saef thinks he’ll share information if it is relevant. Gimlet asks if Saef is at all worried about the effect Eden might be having on Vivek. Yes, says Saef, but there’s nothing to be done about it, and not everyone can be saved. With that Saef also leaves.

Saef returns to his room, where Theo has already gone to bed. He finds Vivek in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet seat with his head in his hand. Saef asks whether he should stay or go and Vivek replies with a quiet I don't know, so Saef sits down on the bathroom floor, while Vivek has a bit of a cry. What a cheery way to end this session on.

[nemossubmarine]

Warhammer 40k: Wrath & Glory RP #16

Our heroes have finally made it to Dew Mountain. Eventually. Not for like the first 2/3rds of this session, but there will be Dew Mountain stuff, yay?

First we start with a little bit of a blast from the past, Saef’s past specifically. Dew Mountain’s biggest city, Civitas A, has seen an election of a new government official, Kane Bullard, who has promised to rid the city of crime with the help of his fancy-pants Bureau for a Better Society (BBS for short). 

Baby Saef (only 14!) and two of his friends, Nnenna and Levi have decided to go vandalize a near-by office building that is to be turned into a BBS building. 

Levi is super into this, and the others have to steady him a bit. 

The building appears to be abandoned when our little criminals-to-be get there. 

Levi does find an open door so our heroes sneak in through that. 

There are tarps and all kinds of other construction stuff. 

Levi decides he wants to make a little oil prank, while Saef gets onto spray-painting the walls with ”fukc BBS” -slogans (more like Bureau of Bullshit, amirite?).

Nnenna, being the oldest (at 16), keeps watch. 

Unfortunately she doesn’t notice the trouble brewing before the trouble grabs her by the collar and has her held at gunpoint. 

Saef and Levi turn to look when Nnenna screams and find an Inquisitor holding the poor girl. 

Behind the Inquisitor stalks a shadow of a spider-like feature with seven glowing blue eyes. 

Saef asks the Inquisitor to let Nnenna go, even volunteering to go with the Inquisitor in her place. 

Levi begs Saef to flee with him. 

Fortunately the confrontation is interrupted by the voice of Saef’s gang-leader Ahram, who has come to look for the kids. 

The Inquisitor agrees to let Nnenna go and Ahram orders the kids go home while he stays behind to talk with the Inquisitor. 

The kids go. 

Saef tries to return back but Levi catches him. 

Levi is super-worried about the kind of trouble they’ll be in, but when Ahram returns, he isn’t mad, just disappointed. 

He asks the kids to stay out of the way of Kane Bullard and BBS, especially now that they know he’s working with Inquisition (and strange spiders). 

Then it’s hugs for everyone (except Levi, who claims to be too old for hugs).

Back to the ship, not so baby Saef (already 22!) is checking out the chocolates at the tax free, when he is approached by the engineer, Molly, who helped Uffe and Vivek escape the ship.

So Necrons, huh? Molly asks. 

A-yup, says Saef. 

Molly shows Saef the earrings she had bought with Saef’s money. 

She wanted to speak with Saef because she wanted to let him know she won’t be of trouble. 

She knows Saef is high-ranking, she’s seen the people he travels with (mostly the captain of the entire ship, and her personal Wolf), and she doesn’t want trouble. 

And maybe don’t tell the captain she employs a person who takes bribes? 

Saef says it’s alright. 

Molly says if she can ever be of any help, Saef just needs to ask. 

Saef then asks her to recommend him some chocolate. 

Molly picks her favorite (super-fancy dark chocolate).

Gimlet finds Saef. He says that he has visited Eden and explains that Inpax has taken Eden’s memory banks, so he's in a rough state. 

Gimlet suggests maybe Saef could take Felis Catus and together they could go pay Eden a visit. 

This is what they do. 

Eden, obviously, doesn’t recognize Felis Catus and seems to be somewhat confused by Saef’s explanation that the cat likes him. 

Gimlet says he should hold onto that thought. 

Eden says he shall, for the next 12 hours. 

Saef asks if they should come visit him again after that, that perhaps it would be of use. 

Eden surmises it might be comforting for Gimlet and Saef than to him, but if it pleases them…

Saef and Gimlet talk a bit after visiting Eden. 

Gimlet wants to talk about Gorm. 

He tells Saef what Gorm had talked about last time, that there’s a chance Saef might go bad, since he is ”a very bad boy with that leather jacket you’re not actually wearing right now...” 

Saef feels that has already been implied by all the ”hello warlock” -talk Gorm does. 

Gimlet tells Saef to be careful and reassures him that since he’s never turned on Gimlet, Gimlet knows he’s a good boy. 

And if Gorm ever starts acting up, Saef should come talk to Gimlet. 

Saef says that the big puppy talks big game, but in the end it’s mostly talk and Saef trusts him. 

They also talk about the possibility that Gorm himself might go ”big bad wolf”. 

In that conversation Saef notes that Gimlet seems to be the only one of them that’s not on the cards to go bad, being the harmless fellow he is. 

Gimlet mentions wanting to get chocolate for Layla in the hospital. 

Gimlet then explains that he is not in the best of terms with Gorm right now, because Gorm took Gimlet and Layla into the wilds to poke wolves with sticks in some kind of weird ritual and Layla got hurt.

So this would not be all Saef all the time, we follow Gimlet to the Tax Free where he is approached by Inquisitor Corrida. 

Corrida has realized why Gimlet’s name was familiar; he was one of Tanner’s kids. 

Gimlet looks like a deer at the headlights. 

Corrida clarifies it’s not an accusation, they simply weren’t aware other people had been fired and not killed as well. 

Apparently Alex who they employ, is also one of Tanner’s former ones.

If they had known there was another former Tanner-person without a place to go, they might have offered a job to Gimlet too. 

Gimlet says no thanks. 

Corrida wonders why Gimlet is so afraid of them. 

Shouldn’t it be quite obvious? 

Corrida says they only deal with xenos, so technically, if Gimlet is going to get into trouble with Inquisition, it would be with likes of Inpax. 

But they won’t push the conversation if Gimlet doesn’t want to. 

Gimlet asks them to say hi to Alex and flees the scene with his purchases.

Saef goes to visit Gorm. 

He is a bit surprised there’s a live wolf there, but alright. 

When Saef says he wants to talk with Gorm about what happened at Orchard Mountain, Gorm shuts down immediately. 

He’s learned his lesson, he’s going to keep his stuff to himself. 

He’s already been shouted at twice today so if Saef’s here to shout, he can go straight back out the door. 

Saef says he’s not here to shout, just wants to hear what happened. 

Gorm says he thought it went great. 

And anyway it was Gimlet’s fault for getting noticed by 15 wolves. 

Surprise Gimlet made it out alive. 

If things had gone bad, Gorm says he would have just joined the wolves. At least then he’d have a pack. :( 

Saef wonders if Gorm consulted Layla’s parent. 

Gorm admits it didn’t occur to him, he’s not used to parents, he doesn’t remember his own parents. 

Saef says if he was a kid and went to fight 15 wolves it would have been just about the coolest thing ever, but also, maybe it’s not great to take kids from the parents to trips like these. 

Gorm says he’ll go talk with Jennifer. 

Gorm says Saef should be careful about Inpax as she knows about Saef’s powers. 

Gorm then continues that he’s not saying it’s Gimlet, but he’s not saying it’s not Gimlet, that has leaked such information to Inpax. 

Saef says he’s going to be careful. 

Gorm also shows Saef the rest of Vivek’s eye he stole. 

He needs to figure out a place to put it in while our heroes are at Dew Mountain, because Inpax will surely go through his stuff. 

Saef says he has a friend he can give it to hold. 

Before leaving Saef asks if Gorm and Gimlet are okay to go together to Dew Mountain. 

Gorm says he’ll take it like a big man. 

He only tried to befriend him. :(

Saef goes and drops Vivek’s eye to Molly, who is busy pretending to work. 

Molly takes the bits and says she won’t ask questions, which is probably for the better.

And then, Saef goes to knock on Inpax’s door. 

Inpax lets him in and Saef wastes no time, asking Inpax about knowing of his… talents. 

Inpax shows a profile of Saef on her computer. 

Apparently Inpax has sanctioned Saef, a rather unorthodox move, she admits. 

She apparently has some interests in Dew Mountain, that caused her to run into Saef. 

Also obviously she’s keeping tabs on Gimlet (don’t tell Gimlet that though). 

But, for the moment, Inpax says Saef is alright in her books.

Saef calls her much kinder than people give her credit, which she laughs off. 

Saef then asks Inpax for a favor, regarding both his situation with the Tyranid stuff and with Theo, namely needing Eden. 

Inpax says Theo was obviously made servitor because of a criminal background, but if there’s a reason to re-examine the case (which she seems to think there may be), she can allow his un-servitoring. 

Saef thanks Inpax and leaves.

Saef, Gimlet and Gorm meet up to talk what their plans on Dew Mountain are. 

Well, they need to find Saef’s parents, and Cayenne’s mom and Gimlet needs to find Limestow survivors. 

Saef also says he wants to find Theo’s gangmates, which everyone is cool with. 

Gorm says they can get access to the planet via Inquisitor Corrida, so they’ll head there first (with Gorm’s wolf bits).

Outside Corrida’s room they hear a piece of a conversation between Corrida and Inpax. 

Something about Inpax wanting Corrida to check into something the AdMechs are doing on the planet. 

Anyway, Inpax leaves and our heroes go see Corrida. 

Corrida is very pleased with the stuff Gorm has brought. 

Gorm asks them to check over his new (live) wolf. 

Corrida does so, and says they can’t see any sign of Tyranid mutation, but to their eye at least the wolf doesn’t look the healthiest. 

Gorm wonders who will take the wolf while he’s at Dew Mountain, since Saef seems pretty insistent that the city won’t be great for an animal. 

Corrida suggests leaving the wolf with Alex. This is agreed to.

Our heroes are ready to teleport to Civitas A. They teleport near the place where Saef used to live. 

Civitas A is a city of quite different scale than any our heroes have ever been before, hosting 70 million people and a subway system spanning several 100 stations throughout the city. 

Our heroes decide to check the local store near Saef’s place. 

Gimlet points out the alleyway where he run into Saef originally to Gorm. 

Inside the store, the store clerk, a quite silent woman by the name of Effu recognizes Saef. 

Apparently the business hasn’t been great and there’s monsters in the subway system, as people keep disappearing. 

The army is apparently doing something at the other end of the city. 

Saef thanks for the information. 

The Rat Pack’s, Theo’s gang’s base, is not far from where our heroes are, so they go check that out first. It’s positioned at an abandoned sewer pipe and quite empty. 

Gimlet and Gorm manage to find a hidden room with a path to the subway tunnels that clearly has been lived in not so long time ago. 

Saef leaves a note to contact him in the hidden room. 

No more clues are here, so next they might head to the area where Saef’s folks live and where at least few of the names on Gimlet’s list also live.

And at some point (subway ride to the other side of the city?) Saef texts Vivek, telling that it was Gimlet who got him arrested to buy more time to Eden. 

Vivek replies that it might not have been smartest move, although obviously Gimlet didn’t know that (he’s still an ass, tho). 

Vivek was apparently holding three things for Eden, two keys (one to Eden’s memories, one to his program files) in his eye and one presumably intangibly in his mind. 

Saef managed to scoop one of the keys, but another is missing. 

Saef says Gorm saved the rest of Vivek’s eye, but obviously they hadn’t checked whether it had a key.

Saef’s still an angel. (Also Gorm is too.)

Two angels and an ass, what a lovely party. (Gimlet’s a dear, just not to Vivek :P) Next week, we get to some Civitas A adventuring proper!