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Post by Moonstruck on Nov 19, 2013 13:14:03 GMT -5
Electra nodded at his request to tell Merton about the yard. She held a paw indicating that she needed to think a moment to try an organize her thoughts about the yard so that they were actually linear and understandable. Considering she had lived here most of her life Lecky tended to forget that newer cats wouldn't understand some of her references. She never got the words out though when Merton started his story of coming to the Junkyard and Lecky's eyes widened in disbelief. Horrible experiments? She was reeling mentally from that information when suddenly there were more cats, a tom and a queen.
Lecky smiled at them, "Hi, um I'm Electra." She greeted the two, watching Merton launch himself at Tommy. "Looks like you didn't really need my help finding him."
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Post by eliaza on Nov 19, 2013 19:32:51 GMT -5
Alyssa grinned back at Electra. "I'm Alyssa. And...well, you probably know that's Tommy. And I guess that's the famous Merton." She watched the two toms. "They must be best friends, like, super, we-go-way-back-forever-and-ever best friends."
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Post by X2 on Nov 26, 2013 15:19:38 GMT -5
Tommy, though hadn't expected Alyssa to come with him, he wasn't surprised by her appearance either. He was about to introduce her, when he found he had an armful of Merton. A big smile graced his lips, and sadly the two girls around them faded from his sight. He returned the hug with vigor and nearly choked the black-ginger tom. Loosening the hug and having a arm slung around Merton's neck, he grinned. "I was on my way back to the Healer's den when I got lost. You look a lot better buddy." He did gaze up, remembering Electra and Alyssa. "Something like that." He addressed Alyssa. Giving Electra a small smile, while his paw moved through Merton's shoulder fluff. "Hello Electra. Good to meet you."
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Post by Moonstruck on Dec 2, 2013 14:35:31 GMT -5
Lecky nodded watching the joyful reunion of the two. Well that would save a lot of time looking around the Yard. She chuckled lightly "Happy to meet you too and don't worry the yard is a little easy to get lost in. You get used to it."
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Post by shizoo on Dec 2, 2013 16:41:20 GMT -5
Merton grinned, his world righting again with Tommy's presence. For several moments he just hugged his buddy, grateful Tommy was all right. Then blinking he realized, that there were not one, but two queens present. Brightly he looked at his beloved Electra & then to the new queen then swung his head back to Electra. He was all set to make introductions when he realized yet again, he didn't know the little cat goddess's name. Well crud. He opened his mouth to speak a couple of times & ended looking a bit like a fish as no sound came out. Merton gave Electra a longing look, then shyly peeped at Alyssa too. Then he looked up at Tommy & lost track of what he was trying to say anyway. "Did you know they have a cat who talks to dead people? I like it here-there are pretty girls, lots of cool stuff & weird old cats. Can we stay?? Pretty please??" he asked instead. Much as he liked everything, he wouldn't stay here if Tommy didn't want to.
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Post by eliaza on Dec 2, 2013 19:29:24 GMT -5
Alyssa grinned at all of them. She didn't care whatsoever that Merton didn't know her name yet or that everything kept jumping around all over the place. She thrived in "crazy chaos-ness," as she called it. "A cat who talks to dead people?" she echoed. "I haven't met whoever that is yet!" She looked at Electra. "Who talks to dead people?" Without actually waiting for an answer, she looked back at Tommy and Merton. "Yes! You guys should definitely stay!" she told Tommy. "This place is fun and awesome and you two would add even more fun and awesomeness!"
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Post by Moonstruck on Dec 13, 2013 1:00:48 GMT -5
The joy of the others seemed infectious to Electra as her smile widened further watching the interaction and then Merton's string of questions. Now this constant bouncing around was more what Electra was used to and what she loved about living in the Yard. Although the dark queen was almost never quite as outwardly hyper and excited as those around her, her joy and excitement was usually conveyed more subtly.
Laughing lightly Lecky nodded, "Yeah, that's what everyone says. Some just think Stubinz is a crazy old tom. And I'm sure the Yard would love to have you two stay. There's always something happening here."
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Post by shizoo on Dec 26, 2013 22:34:30 GMT -5
Merton grinned leaning against his buddy happily. There was something about Tommy's presence that always soothed the smaller tom. Unconsciously, he rubbed his cheek against the muscular tom's chest & addressed the queens. His tail quirking happily, he let out a stream of questions & information, most of it unintelligible, confident that Tommy would understand. Finally winding down & speaking more slowly, he added, "So that's where we're from & how we got here." He gave Electra & Alyssa a melting smile, "But enough about us, what about you ladies?" Merton made himself comfortable against Tommy's side, looking brightly from one queen to the other.
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Post by eliaza on Dec 27, 2013 9:48:55 GMT -5
Never needing a second invitation to talk, Alyssa jumped right in with her 'story.' "I'm from the States," she announced. "Y'know, big ol' country across the water? I had a human family and we came over here on a vacation 'cause they had tons of money and could afford to just hop on a plane and go wherever they felt like. (You guys know what a plane is?! You get inside it and you can fly like a bird!) So they brought me with 'em but then I wandered off to explore and they forgot all about me and went home." She stopped to catch her breath. "It's okay, though, 'cause I found the junkyard, and it's great, and I never want to go live anywhere else." She looked at Electra expectantly. "How 'bout you?"
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Post by X2 on Jan 3, 2014 0:01:09 GMT -5
Thomas was enjoying the hug, and relaxed with his buddy into a half hug. Holding Merton tightly, his one paw was clutched around Merton's shoulder, while his other paw, unconsciously, went up to Merton's chest, idly stroking it. Chuckling he gave their two female guests a wide smile. "He spins quite a tale, huh? Though Mert, buddy. It wasn't an alien science lab or anything paranormal."
Least he didn't think so. He was rather out of it at the time. Hearing Alyssa speak, his attention slowly went onto her, though he was still wrapped up with Merton; paying attention to his friend and what was on his mind. "The states, huh? ..." He was actually glad Alyssa spoke over him, as he was about to say 'Oh that bar on Wilshure Street..'. "Ah. I've never been to the states, you Merton?"
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Post by Moonstruck on Jan 4, 2014 12:53:00 GMT -5
This time around Electra listened to see if there was anything she'd missed the first time from Merton's story. As far as she could understand, through the nearly unintelligible she hadn't missed any of the understandable information.
The dark queen was surprised to hear that Alyssa was from the States. Although it took her a moment to connect that the States was a shortened version of the United States. It must have taken so long to fly across the ocean! "Wow, that's a long way to travel." She commented before answered Alyssa. Electra gave a small shrug, "Nothing nearly as exciting as any of you three. I grew up here in the junkyard; it's always been my home. "
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Post by shizoo on Jan 26, 2014 11:43:21 GMT -5
When Electra spoke. . Merton's attention jerked again, back to the lovely young queen. He leaned against Tommy as his eyes grew soft while staring at her. "Electra the bright & beautiful. . . the most lovely & gracious princess of Greece. . Well, until she plotted to murder her mother & her mom's boyfriend. then things got a little weird--" Merton stopped. . Had he said all that out loud?? Crud. he had. Stammering a little he tried to repair the situation, "But hey they like totally deserved it, I mean so her dad had her older sister killed as a sacrifice, that didn't mean her mom should've taken a lover & killed her dad. . I mean. . wait." The erratic young tom looked at his buddy for guidance--his mind searching for something Tommy might say to a pretty queen. "Umm. . forget all of that, so, what do you like to do for uhh. . fun around here?" Again Merton looked at Tommy, this time giving him a thumbs up, his expression saying. whew I pulled that one off right?
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Post by eliaza on Jan 26, 2014 18:39:30 GMT -5
"Hey, I've heard that story!" Alyssa put in, though Merton hadn't exactly been addressing her. "My owner's kid had to read it for school." She rolled her eyes. "Humans and reading... Anyway, he and his mom acted it out to help him remember it, and they totally used a food sauce to look like blood for the deaths and, uh... Anyway, Clyta-whatsername and the A-dude totally had it coming to them, right? I mean they killed Aga-dude and stuff. So yeah." She looked at Electra, giving her a thumbs-up. "Your character is totally okay." She trailed off as Merton quickly said to "forget all that" and asked what Electra liked to do for fun. Alyssa would have rudely taken over that question as well, only her brain was still in on the whole Aeschylus thing and she was pondering who was right to kill whom. So she watched Electra to find out what she'd say; she'd been here the longest, so surely she knew a lot of fun things to do?
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Post by X2 on Jan 31, 2014 10:14:08 GMT -5
Tommy still had a tight hold around Merton, his fingers idly stroking Merton's chest fur, though Tommy wasn't even consciously aware that his paws were even still on his best friend. He was use to Merton rambling off onto things, subjects, and stories that Tommy pretended to understand. In fact, in their long standing friendship, Tommy looked forward to Merton's ramblings. Not that he'd ever state that out loud. It was almost soothing, well that and Tommy mostly tried to tune it out. Still, Tommy caught on to the fact that Merton was trying his hardest to impress the dark tortie. He knew, in Merton's own way, that it was Merton's attempt at flirting. With a reassuring head nuzzle, Tommy grinned at Merton and then at the two ladies. "Yeah, my buddy Merton here, is smart. Has stories for just about everything." He wasn't all that surprised that Alyssa actually followed Merton's rambling, he had thought she was the female version of Merton when he first ran into her.
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Post by Moonstruck on Feb 1, 2014 17:05:18 GMT -5
Electra had never heard the story of the Greek princess that shared her name, this was the first that she'd ever heard of it and the confusion was clear on her face. And killing her mother? Daughters sacrificed? Oh holy hell, she was glad that to be in London rather than Greece. Her confusion was only added to when Alyssa recognized the story and now the black queen was a bit lost, so she just nodded along with a smile. "Very smart to know a story like that I'm sure." She took a moment to think about what they usually did for fun, and really realized that it pretty much depended on who she was with, "Most anything really, pretty much as long as everyone's enjoying themselves it's all fun there's not really a ton of rules on what we can or can't do. So I guess it depends on what's fun for you?"
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