04 ❂ Hydra

[absentconstellation]

[ For whatever reason, Pounce has chosen to make this post while lying on top of a file. It isn't evident from the video whose file it is, though that will become apparent in a moment. It does kind of look like he found it and immediately decided it was a bed, though. ]

I have evidently been entrusted with Arthas' file. Given the circumstances, however, I believe it is safe to assume that I will not be taking the role of his permanent warden. None the less, until I am told otherwise I shall consider myself responsible for him as though I were.

I presume you are still free of the Lich King, Arthas. So long as you do not try my patience I will keep my claws to myself.

Comments

[babyfacedkiller]

Yeah, it shows.

You do, though?

[absentconstellation]

I find mortal life fascinating. Your very mortality drives you to be so much more than you are.

[babyfacedkiller]

And then we end up dead, anyway.

Those of us who don't end up here, I mean.

[absentconstellation]

Yes, [ he says sadly, ] the Black God takes each of us in turn.

[babyfacedkiller]

Well, if you're made of stars, I bet your lifespan is a bit longer than the average housecat's.

[absentconstellation]

A bit, yes. [ There's amusement in his voice. He's not truly immortal, only effectively so. ]

[babyfacedkiller]

So you got bored hanging up in the sky, decided to come down, put on a furry coat and hang out with the short-timers?

[absentconstellation]

That is the long and short of it, yes.

[babyfacedkiller]

Okay, man.

I guess there's stranger things than cats falling out of the sky.

[He doesn't know yet what those things might be, but what the hell, he'll roll with it.]

[absentconstellation]

Far stranger, certainly. Though I didn't fall. I walked.

[babyfacedkiller]

That's good. Otherwise it's a pretty long drop.

[Still rolling.]

[absentconstellation]

That depends on your perspective.

[ The world of constellations is a very complex, abstract one. ]

[babyfacedkiller]

[He actually scratches the back of his head as he tries to make sense of that one.]

I figured it'd be the same distance no matter where you're lookin' from.

[He doesn't ponder science a whole lot, but he thinks he has that right.]

[absentconstellation]

Very nearly, but the distance changes depending how you choose to travel.

[ There is very little actual science involved. ]

[babyfacedkiller]

[Lloyd's frowning, honestly trying to understand, and honestly failing.]

No offense, pal, but I'm gettin' a bit of a headache talkin' to you.

[absentconstellation]

None taken. It is difficult for mortals to understand.

[babyfacedkiller]

Yeah, I guess that must be it.

So... if Arthas tries something, what can you do to stop him? I guess you must have some constellation powers.

[Whatever the hell that means.]

[absentconstellation]

I am a cat, yes, in the most basic definition of the word. I am all cats. I appear the way I do only because I choose to do so.

[babyfacedkiller]

I got no fuckin' idea what that means.

Can you swarm Arthas with cats?

[absentconstellation]

Have you ever been pounced on by a fully grown lion?

[babyfacedkiller]

Nope. Not even a half-grown lion.

[But he's smiling a little, thinking of Arthas being sat on by a big fat lion.]

So you can turn into any cat. Even the big jungle ones.

[absentconstellation]

Or I can take on their aspects. I am rather fond of this shape.

[babyfacedkiller]

Could you roar like a lion, even when you look like this?

[absentconstellation]

I most certainly can.

[babyfacedkiller]

That's a neat trick.

You could sneak up on somebody, make 'em jump right out of their skin that way.