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Post by morgisback on Nov 17, 2013 14:57:30 GMT -5
Shawn kept his ground. "So, you think its better to get her hopes up, lead her around, only to find out you're npt her father? Look at you." He motioned, "One woman you knew with the same name and you're already assuming the worst. You are in no shape or state of mind to be doing anything. This is how shit gets real bad, real fast. Let me do my job before you go and mess with the poor kid. She's had enough excitement this week and she doesn't need you adding to it."
CJ didn't like Pumpkin.
She wasn't afraid to say it. The kid rubbed her the wrong way. "Kid, I get it. You wanna be treated like an adult. So f***ing act like one. Let Shawn, the guy who knows what he's doing, handle it before you go and scare the poor guy more than you already did."
She sat Pumpkin down and pointed. "Move from that spot, and I'll drag you back to Jelly's den."
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Post by eliaza on Nov 17, 2013 16:39:52 GMT -5
He was 'getting her hopes up, leading her around'? Catnip, all he'd done was answer her questions - which, by the way, Shawn had seemed to want him to do at first. Alonzo gritted his teeth. On the other paw, Shawn did have a point. Still, there was that thing about Pumpkin being very determined to get to the bottom of this, either way... He chanced a glance over at the kitten. Whatever CJ had said to her, she looked rather put-out. He turned back to Shawn. "So what do you want? Me to refuse to answer any more of her questions?"
Oswin glared at CJ. There she had started to be somewhat nice, and now she had to go and yell at Pumpkin. She went and sat by Pumpkin. "I don't know if I feel like playing anymore," she growled. "If Pumpkin wants to know about her mum, no one has any right to stop her finding out." She appealed to Yin. "Don't you think so?"
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Post by shizoo on Nov 19, 2013 9:09:10 GMT -5
Pumpkin gave CJ a calm measuring look--one far beyond her years. To be honest, she didn't care if CJ liked her or not, but she didn't want the other kittens turning on the ornery queen. She had a feeling CJ needed friends, whether she would admit it or not. Pumpkin admitted to having a far quicker temper than her mother. Momma would have been able to handle Miss CJ a lot better, the princess thought with a sigh. Turning to Oswin & Yin, she summoned up a small smile, "It's all right," she said softly. "Miss CJ is right, it would be rude to interupt two adults talking. " Then she turned back to CJ with a stern look in her bright orange eyes & with almost comical dignity from such a small kitten she added. "However, it is also rude for you to threaten to lay a paw on me without provocation. Forgive me for being blunt, but I will not allow you to 'drag' me anywhere. I will wait for my turn to speak with Mr Alonzo, although I highly doubt my questions have frightened him. I do not think you are giving either Mr Alonzo or Mr Shawn enough credit. I think they are just being. . . .(annoyingly) protective of me." The orange princess didn't say 'annoyingly' out loud, but the word still lingered unsaid. Turning back to the kittens, her face regaining it's calm, "Tell you what, why don't you play & I'll watch. I need to learn how to play anyway."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2013 14:50:49 GMT -5
Yin considers the overall situation carefully - there appears to be a lot going on right now, and a lot of it is someone else's grown up business. "Sometimes," Yin comments gingerly "Grownups want to protect younger cats from themselves, from the Truth, and from what they consider dangerous situations. Sometimes, this is even a good idea, but they don't usually feel comfortable telling us WHY they feel the way that they do. My Mom, when she's awake, likes to suggest that sometimes the answer to a question is 'not yet', which means that she thinks I should wait a little while to learn the actual answer" Nothing is wrong with Yin's hearing, trimmed tip notwithstanding. "However, someone offered up a game of 20 questions... Did someone have a Something in mind?" Yin's whole body is expressing empathy... her own desire to explore and learn resulted in some excitement that she would rather not have experienced, but she certainly isn't one to suggest not trying to learn more about just about anything.
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Post by morgisback on Nov 19, 2013 15:42:48 GMT -5
CJ glared at Pumpkin. "How old are you?"
Shawn watched Alonzo. He asked ONE question. He was getting aggravated. Forst, Pumpkin making him look like he can't do his job by interuptting and demeaning his words, then the spy...girl....and now this? He took a deep breath and sighed. "Yes. Until I figure this out." He sighes and motioned for him, "Come on."
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Post by eliaza on Nov 19, 2013 19:29:27 GMT -5
Alonzo's shoulders stiffened. For a fleeting moment, all he wanted to do was tell Shawn to shut up and stop ordering everyone around. But the feeling was short-lived. He sighed. He had brought all this on himself by interrupting a conversation in the name of 'making sure everyone was safe.' All he'd really done was waste his time and theirs, and now someone on the other side of the 'Yard could have been murdered for all he knew, and he wouldn't have been there to prevent it. "All right," he told Shawn. "We'll do this your way."
Oswin's smile started to come back. "I've got something in mind," she told Yin. "Start asking questions! They have to be yes or no." She glanced sideways at CJ as she asked Pumpkin's age. "What's that got to do with anything?"
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Post by shizoo on Nov 20, 2013 13:19:01 GMT -5
Pumpkin gave CJ an enigmatic look, "I was born soon after the last Jellicle Ball," she answered politely. "My Momma & I lived on the waterfront by the docks. That's where I was born." She tried to ignore the conversation between Mr Alonzo & Mr Shawn, she wasn't sure what had put the knot in all the adult's tails, but something sure had. Turning politely to the kittens, she watched Yin & Oswin with interest. Gently she smiled at Oswin, "It's all right, I will find my answers--eventually. Now, excuse me please, but what is the purpose of this game of questions? I have never played it before."
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Post by morgisback on Nov 26, 2013 23:04:30 GMT -5
CJ ignored the kittens, her arms crossed as she stared at Shawn She wanted to go. Now.
Shawn tensed, feeling the glare halfway from across the junkyard. Its a damn shame she didn't have a knife. It would have been better. She motioned with her hand and turned, walking away. Shawn sighed and turned back to Alonzo, "Well she s gone."
(CJ OUT)
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Post by eliaza on Nov 26, 2013 23:53:41 GMT -5
Oswin stared, open-mouthed, after CJ. Well of all the rude--! Growling under her breath, she returned her attention to Pumpkin and Yin. "Never mind," she said brightly, "we can play just as well without her! The way it works, Pumpkin, is that someone thinks of... Well it can be a person, a thing, ... Pretty much whatever you want. And the others ask yes or no questions and try to guess what it is!"
Alonzo frowned. "Apparently she's not going to give Pumpkin fighting lessons or play games with her." He glanced at the kittens, who still seemed pretty well occupied. "So what now?" he asked, turning back to Shawn.
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Post by shizoo on Dec 4, 2013 16:48:53 GMT -5
To be honest, Pumpkin wasn't too upset when CJ left. The older female had a lot of anger in her & while Pumpkin felt bad abut that, she had no idea how to help someone who didn't want to be helped. Turning her head back to the other two kittens, she tried not to listen to the conversation between Shawn & Alonzo, but couldn't help but hope they would say something about her mother. "OK, so it is a game of questions. Sounds interesting. Perhaps you will go first & show me?" she asked hopefully, unconciously settling closer to the two males.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 22:02:04 GMT -5
Yin thoughtfully examines her toes, thinking very hard. So many possible questions! She looks around, hoping for inspiration. Size, maybe, to narrow it down? Or some other category? Hmmm. "Is the Something that you are thinking of Alive? Currently alive, that is?"
Yin takes a moment to glance around the area, checking up on the current number of cats. Tom cats... Mom had quite a lot to say about them, but none had ever hurt her. Yin's attention returns wholly to her fellow gamesperson.
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Post by eliaza on Dec 9, 2013 9:32:38 GMT -5
"Alive?" Oswin acted like she had to think about Yin's question for a minute, then grinned. "Yes, they...it...is alive."
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Post by shizoo on Dec 16, 2013 12:27:35 GMT -5
Pumpkin pondered the question silently. What was the point of this game? she wondered. It did not seem to make much sense to her. Of course the playing & tumbling game the other kits & Riven had tried to teach her made little sense too. Perhaps fun wasn't supposed to be practical? The little princess thought about that for a bit. Politely, she interupted the 'game'. "I am sorry to be dense. So the point of the game is to guess answers to random questions?" she asked, her eyes puzzled.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 22:05:13 GMT -5
Thinking more seriously than is usually her wont, Yin turns to Pumpkin. "One of us thinks of a Thing - almost any thing - and the others ask questions about that Thing - yes or no questions - until we can finally ask the final question "Is the thing a.... well, a whatever it is". The point is mostly for us to have something to talk about as we get to know each other. Once we know each other better, even a little better, we are less likely to hurt each other's feelings by accident, and we might not feel quite so ... alone all the time." Yin thinks about it some more. "Oswin will get to know me better, based on the questions that I think to ask. I will get to know Oswin a little better, based on the Thing that he chose. and we will both get to know YOU better, by both the Thing that you pick when it is your turn and by the questions that you think of when it is your turn. And, as it happens, it is your turn to think of a question, if you want to."
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Post by morgisback on Dec 19, 2013 2:11:25 GMT -5
Shawn turned to Alonzo. "Go watch thr kids. And for the love of God, don't answer any of her questions. I'm going to go ask about."
(Exit Shawn)
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