driftfleet | Tea and Crumpets [OPEN VIDEO]

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Tea and Crumpets [OPEN VIDEO]

Who: Arthur, Crumpet the cat, and you
Broadcast: Video - Open
Action: Cargo bay of the Wunderduck
When: Dec 16th

[Arthur is absolutely beaming into the camera as he holds onto a very ruffled, very grumpy Scottish fold cat despite its deep growling. Clearly, the cat wasn't happy about being shoved into the now-open box in the background of the video, but the nation couldn't be more pleased.]

Happy Christmas a little early, everyone! I hope the gifts you were sent were as good as mine!

This is Crumpet. I've had him for a very long time and raised him myself!

[Holds onto the cat's paw to make it 'wave' to the camera. Crumpet just glares flatly, unimpressed.]

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[There's a noise like a muffled "aww" as Mantis turns on his end of the feed. The cat is cute enough, but that name is very British and it's been a little too long since he heard an accent like that.]

Crumpet looks more inspired to leave a present in your shoes than to be paraded like that. [He lifts two necklaces about his neck up with one thumb: the first sporting jackal teeth and the other a wooden charm shaped like a lion.] My present wasn't a living thing, but now I'm wondering if I could keep a pet happy on these ships.

Heh, I wouldn't put it past him.

[Well, Arthur is very British too. The most British of British in the fleet. Chuckles, rubbing his face against the disgruntled cat's cheek.]

I'll be finding that out myself.

What a mischievous feline.

[It's the most comforting sound he's heard in ages, really.]

Well, any supply of meat should be all Crumpet needs. Maybe mix it with the gels for a bit of vitamins, assuming he would even accept that flavorless gunk as food.

I'm sure we could disguise it enough to fool him. Or he'll get hungry enough to scarf it down anyway.

Cats should learn to eat more like dogs. They don't particularly care what you put in front of them.

They also drool and demand walks at three in the morning. I'm fond of them, but I don't think keeping one without a household staff to tend it is for me.

[He can't help but remember Sniper Wolf and all her dogs. It was always her and the scientist taking care of them...]

Cleaner than dogs, too, if I remember right. They spend almost as much time grooming as they do sleeping.