tushanshu | [console | video/action] identity issues

[The video begins with the camera focusing not on a face, but on a very fancy, wide-brimmed cavalier hat. People who've been in Keeliai for a while will likely recognize this guy instantly. For those who haven't had the pleasure--

Meet Rue. Also, meet the small, fat, beautifully-colored songbird sitting on top of Rue's hat. It's currently singing the tune to the Beatles song Hello, Goodbye.

Rue's high-pitched, nasal English accent sounds much more aggravated than his usual laissez-faire attitude.]

Ravel, your bird is back. Kindly come collect it before I feed it to the giant wolf.

[Rue's face hardly ever shows on the camera. When he does appear it's a flash of powdered skin or rouged lips. He's wearing a lilac-colored silk frock coat to go with the cavalier hat, and a shiny black brooch holds a decorative feather on the breast of the coat. Nothing about this guy looks modern.

In the corner of the feed, on the chair behind and just to the side of Rue in the Hotel, a fluffy white cat appears. The cat leaps up to the top of the chair and perches, eyes locked on the bird, ready to pounce. Neither Rue nor the bird seem to notice yet.]

((ooc: For those who haven't suffered through Rue yet: yes, this is Erskine. He is, however, quite good at disguising his voice, and his appearance is currently magically altered. Also Rue is horrible and I apologize in advance ~~but not really~~))

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[Unlike Rue and the bird, Valdis is well aware of the cat now wandering the Hotel. In fact, she is currently eyeing it with something close to horror as it balances on the chair, its tail twitching back and forth.]

Er-Rue?

[The cat pounces]

[Rue's head jerks around at the sound of that name--almost the wrong name--and the hasty motion dislodges Bird from his perch. The Beatles tune stops as Bird lifts into the air above them and out of reach of the cat.

Which means the cat is coming straight at Rue.]

[The cat lands on Rue's head, its claws catching in the hat as its teeth close around the feather and the hat slips down over Rue's eyes.]

Bad Cat!

Bloody hell--!

[To his credit, Erskine manages to stay in character as the cat is landing right on his head. He doesn't even panic and flail at the cat to try to get said animal off of him--very calmly he reaches up and picks the cat up, the cat's claws bringing the hat along with it.

Underneath the hat, 'Rue' does not, in fact, look like Erskine. He looks a whole lot more like this guy in powder and lipstick. It's actually not a half bad look for him.]

Edited 2016-04-15 04:24 (UTC)

[The cat releases the feather and meows loudly as he retracts his claws and the hat falls. The fluffy white creature looks at Rue with his bright green eyes and reaches out with a paw to pat him on the nose. Valdis walks over, hesitant to take the cat from Rue. Meanwhile, the bird flutters down to land on her shoulder. Valdis doesn't comment on his strange face, keeping her eyes on the cat.]

[Rue stares at the cat for a long moment and the cat stares back. Finally Rue looks over at Valdis.]

Friend of yours?

[He's still keeping the voice up; the console is on and he's in public.]

He seems to think so.

[The cat turns to look at her and purrs softly, its eyes settling on the bird once more and the bird twitters angrily, ruffling its feathers.]

[Rue chuckles and shifts the cat in his grasp so that it's tucked under one arm, unable to leap for the bird, and reaches down to scoop up his hat. Once it's firmly on his head again he looks back at Valdis.]

Shall we trade, then? Or would you rather keep Ravel's wayward feathery friend instead?

[The bird twittered, sang a few notes and then fluttered back into the air as Valdis reached for the cat.]

I'll take him.

[His hat now back in place, Rue shifts the cat again and holds him out for Valdis. As soon as the trade is complete, Bird flutters down to rest comfortably on the hat and starts up his song again--this time it's Here Comes the Sun.

Rue frowns and reaches up to tap the crown of his hat.]

Let's practice a little self-preservation, shall we?

[And then he focuses on Valdis and the cat again.]

So where did your friend there come from, my dear?

[Valdis lifted the cat out of Rue's hands and the cat snuggled down in her arms, closing its eyes and purring. Valdis smiled at the bird for a moment before returning her attention to Rue.]

I have no idea. He just followed me home from the water sector.

And it can't sense the wolf? My my, neither of these beasts has much in the way of good sense, do they? Are you going to keep him?

He's either very dumb or doesn't care.

[She as leaning toward 'doesn't care', the cat seemed far too intelligent to just not know. Most animals knew instantly that she wasn't normal and were afraid of her.

She frowned at Rue, not entirely pleased with the implication, despite knowing that he was joking.]

I don't think it's up to me.

I suppose I'll be kind and lean toward the latter.

[Aw, Valdis, he just meant you're a big puppy. Don't be like that.]

He does seem quite taken with you. I suppose you'll need to come up with a name, then? [He smiles and taps his hat again, near the bird.] Possibly something more original than Bird.

I don't know...

[For some reason it felt wrong to name the cat, and something was nagging her about it, like a whisper in the back of her mind.]

[A pause]

Something wrong, dear?

No.

[The cat meowed loudly and she looked down at him.]

I just don't remember his name.

[...wait what?]

Remember? What do you mean, remember? I thought you said you didn't know the cat?

[The cat mewed loudly and squirmed in her arms]

I don't.

[The cat stopped and released another mew, this one almost sounded sad.]

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