Room 527, Wednesday evening

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Jaina had mellowed out a lot since yesterday, and she was very glad for it. She'd simply decided that overall, it was a bad few weeks, between zombies, having to say goodbye to the kids that she'd loved, and knowing she only had a couple weeks left with her boyfriend here. This was just one more thing. One more thing that made her head hurt a lot.

The problem with deciding you were just going to deal with something was that Fandom was a complete bitch.

Which was why when Jaina was simply getting up to go get herself a glass of water, she suddenly found herself at floor level once again, meowing her displeasure as she tried to find her way out from under her clothes.


[ETA: OH AND FOR THE KITTENSITTER.]

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Really, that wasn't how he'd expected the evening to go. "I thought I was the one transforming this week?" John asked, moving to find the kitten in the pile of clothes.

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She did too! This was not right! This was- oh, hey, there was light.

Jaina let out a little kitteny wail. This wasn't faaair. She had work to do!

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"You're crying for your data pad, aren't you?" John sighed, going to scoop her up. "I don't think your claws are going to make it very easy to work." Besides, he'd find one of those paper towel rolls and entertain her for hours later.

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He knew her so well. But! She'd just had a super slow response time due to zombies! Then to kids! She couldn't call out on account of being a kitten!

She also couldn't call out, period.

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"Hey, before you have a kitty panic attack let's work on keeping your claws tucked back when I'm holding you," he reminded her, petting a finger over the stripe of fuzzy fur between her ears.

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Oh, right. Tucking in her wee kitty claws, she found herself leaning her head in towards his finger, demanding more petting. This was so humiliating.

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"Good girl," he said, scritching her ears. "Last thing I need are claw marks all over. I'd have to tell people about my abusive cat girlfriend."

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She was not abusive! Just unthinking. Because she'd just been a human a minute ago, thanks.

And yet she fell right into the scritching, purring contentedly.

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He was having a difficult time not snickering at her for sounding like a tiny motor boat as he walked back to the bed and sat down to get some reading in.

"I know better than to try to do anything without letting you get comfy first," John told her, releasing his hold but petting over her back.

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She was a cat. There was no comfy when she was a cat.

This did not stop her from arching her back into her hand as she trotted over to one of his pillows. Of course.

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"Of course you'd pick my pillow," he murmured, shaking his head and grabbing up his book from the floor. "Can I interest you in a piece of string?" He was only half kidding.

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She didn't want any string. She wanted her comlink, and a voice, and opposable thumbs! She did keep her head up when she'd settled herself, though, just in case he brought some out.

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He didn't exactly have a string, just one of those cheap bookmarks with an incredibly manly tassel that he could dangle in front of her with one hand while he held the book in the other.

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She wasn't watching. Really.

Okay, she was totally watching, and was completely given away by the way her eyes followed the incredibly manly tassel.

And then all of a sudden she was getting back to all four of her feet, really watching.

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Which was when the tassel slowed and lifted higher.

Yeah, he just wanted to see her jump up on her back paws and attack. It was adorable.

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Jaina watching it carefully, leaning forward on her front paws for a moment, then suddenly attacked the tassel exactly as he wanted.

She was so easy.

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Chuckling lightly, John let her grab hold of the tassel once but as soon as her grip loosened it was up in the air again, whipping side to side to keep her entertained.

No, he wasn't really reading.

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No! She'd come so close! She was completely entranced by it, too, occasionally stopping to watch and then trying with all her kitty might to catch that teasy tassel.