OPEN : AUGMENT MALFUNCTION

[passingthrough]

Who: Kitty Pryde and YOU!
Broadcast: Open
Action: Twin Roses & Iskaulit
When: 3/4 - 3/10ish

[ Video ]
[Kitty appears on video looking a liiiiiiittle different than the way she usually looks. The augment had some fun adjusting her. She’s not a cat, but she’s certainly got a lot of catlike features which isn’t unheard of for a mutant.

The pupils of her eyes are no longer round, but a slit. Her nails have also changed, growing to a point and hooking slightly to serve more as claws. Her fangs have extended slightly. Her ears now come to more of a point and are soft and fuzzy like the rest of her body. There’s a short layer of fur everywhere now, similar in color to her usual skin tone, but with gray tabby-like striped markings appearing over certain parts of her body like her face, legs, arms, and tail. Oh, yeah, there’s a tail too. Of course there is.]

Okay. Just get all the puns and jokes out of your systems right now.

[ Twin Roses ]
[You might spot the direwolf pup, Seeker run by with Kitty following him.] Come on, it’s still me.

[Or maybe you just run into her in the kitchen, bridge, lounge, engine room, or shuttle bay. There are only so many places to be on the ship after all and she gets cagey being all locked up during the drifting weeks when she’s at her best. Right now she’s even more restless than usual. And you know how she’ll often sit on a table or counter instead of a chair? Well, she’s still doing that, but sometimes she’s taking it even more extreme being up on the top of book shelves and various equipment.

You could also find her in her room if you’re looking for a more private moment.]

[ Iskaulit ]
[As awkward as she feels in this body, she’s not going to stop living her life because of it. That means time spent training in the gym where she very awkwardly isn’t sure what to deal with her tail. You might get to see her step on it again. It also means she’ll drop by the library to replenish her book supply and Jarvis’ for some food. A girl’s gotta eat!]

Comments

Twin Roses

[pork_bowl]

<sub>[He was just getting something to eat when... well he sees the puppy hurry by and he's about to try and pet Seeker but then a big... person? Comes by? He doesn't recognize it at first. He panics, his heart leaps out of his chest, he looks terrified and he.... wait. Is that--

Come on, it's still me...]</sub>

Kitty? Is that... you?

[passingthrough]

[She comes to a stop when she sees Yuri recoil. It's not like Seeker can get away. It's a spaceship. But it does take a moment to even register what would have startled her shipmate. Strange that her first guess wasn't that she was the fear-inducing thing. Back home she usually was just by being a mutant.]

Yeah. I woke up glitched with the least subtle glitch.

[pork_bowl]

_{[He doesn't mean to recoil he was just startled at a new unfamiliar being rushing around. He's a small fairy ok? Take pity. Once he knows it's just Kitty he visibly relaxes.]}

Oh dear. Are you ok? Do you need me to help somehow? How does that even happen? .....Does it hurt?

[passingthrough]

[Okay, that actually gets a light laugh. She shouldn't laugh. It's a pretty strange thing to happen and if you're new to it there really are no right or wrong questions. But this is far from her first rodeo. Her last imprisonment with mysterious overlords had things happening like this almost weekly and she was there for almost a year.]

It doesn't hurt unless I nick myself with my claws or my fangs. Don't worry. I'm fine. It should only be a few days. A couple weeks at most. [She REALLY hopes it's not a couple of weeks.] It's an augment glitch. I mean, people call it a glitch. I figure it's the Atroma messing with our augments to work on ratings.

[pork_bowl]

_{[She is so tough, that's why she's the captain. Err, co-captain. Yuri is relieved to have such a capable person in charge though. So when he gets anxious and curls up into a little ball he knows he doesn't need to fear for his life too. He knows things are under control even if the captain is a cat woman.]}

Augment-- They can glitch!?

[passingthrough]

[Captain was fine. /nodnod]

Mmm...first time hear it? Yeah, they can do a lot of things. [She lifts a furry arm.] Clearly. It's my second time, but I've been here over two years too. Some people never get glitched. It is something to be aware of though. It can be ...bad. [Should she get more sugar to coat it?]

[pork_bowl]

Y....yeah. I never heard of that before. I just... _{[he is trying not to have an anxiety attack, he is a fragile boy, he's just gonna bottle this. Body dysmorphic glitches are the stuff of nightmares.]}

Is there any rhyme or reason why some people glitch and others don't?

[passingthrough]

[Oh, no, did she break him? That feels like a Vash captaining issue.]

Not that we know of, but probably? [Does that make sense?] Really, it's something most people don't get and they aren't usually this extreme.

[pork_bowl]

_{[It's either or, you are both nice people. But Vash has that cat and Yuri will try to pet her and fail and that will be sadness.]}

Oh I see. Still, why you? Are the atroma picking on you? Because that's not right, you're strong and capable and... I'm the weak one. I should be turned into a cat.

[passingthrough]

[Maybe try Remy's cats instead?]

Hey, hey, I'm sure they just thought it was a funny thing to do because of my name. But why do you think you're weak? [Giving him a concerned look.]