𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧
*𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙜*
"Ah, the sound of the letter man leaving a message for me to read. I wonder what it has to say." A tiny paw grabs the note with it's eyes slowly widening.
The letter wrote:
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"𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙊 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝘾𝘼𝙏,
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭? 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 - 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚 "𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟" 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.
𝐘𝐄𝐒! 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐇! 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 (𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐘𝐎𝐔!)
𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑"
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The black cat sighed... "I knew it was coming to this point, I guess I should check my pouch to make sure I have enough gold to afford this fool." The black cat got up from it's wobbled clanky desk and started checking all possible areas to find it's pouch.
"You would imagine I would put this in a place easily to grab, I just never really spend gold like that.. huh?" The cat spoke to itself quietly almost mocking itself.
"FOUND YOU" The cat shakes the pouch and a piece of lint falls out....
"Well, I am in a bit of a pit... I guess he will just have to accept my presence as a currency" It nods it's head and starts walking towards the door.
"HEY IM LEAVING!! ILL BE BACK IN A DAY OR TWO!! SOME WEIRDO IS SUMMONING ME TO THEIR DUNGEON AND IM GOING TO BECOME A SEX SLAVE... SEE YOU!" the cat yelled so everyone in the household can hear it.
"Okay! Can you atleast bring home a cheese crussiant with eggs for your "lovely" mother" the cat's mom yelled back
"yea right." the cat slammed the door with no interest of looking back.
The cat is implusively smashing the door bell until the wizard gracefully opens it.
"AH, YOU FINALLY ARRIVED!! LET ME THROW THE TOAD INTO THE POT! STAND RIGHT THERE, I WILL BE BACK MOMENTARILY LITTLE CAT!" The frog with a wizard hat on is anxiously running around.
"Why is a frog putting a toad in their.... you know what? Nevermind. I will just look around the tower." The cat nodded and started looking at all the decor inside.
This place was stacked with books, pots, and all that wizard stuff you see on the television. The black cat was amazed at all the things it was looking at. But, it dared not to touch ANYTHING as it didn't want to become a frog princess. The cat was a bit superstitious like that.
"My apologies! I was busy but... did I not tell you to stand at the door, you curious cat." The frog swatted the cat with his wand.
"Okay was that necessary? I didn't touch anything, my eyes was just getting a bit aroused of all the trinkets and objects around this place. Have you killed someone before? Do you scarific babies? Have you ever eaten a lambs eye?" The cats eyes are the size of the MOON.
"Dude, I don't mean to break character for a second but seriously? You think witchcraft is just some weird hollywood woowoo shit? I have never and WILL NEVER harm anything that isn't already dead and even then... I do not like even touching dead things. I am a firm believer of pacifism." The wizard squinted it's eyes.
"My bad! My bad! Sorry your majesty for I have said the wrong things." the cat swatts its paw back and forth
The frog croaks just a few times and falls back into line of it's character. "AHUM! Anyways, little kitten. I am aware of you. I see you. I know your future. I sense your desperation." The wizard strokes it's falling off beard that looks like he brought it from a thrift store.
"Ok santa, I know you called me here or whatever but can you get to the point? I am STARVING. The smell of that toasted toad is doing something to me... SPILL THE BEANS!" The cat manuevors it's body closer to the frog.
"Sit right there while I grab my orb so I can only speak of what the universe wants you to be aware of" The frog nods while grabbing it's magical ball.
"Listen, I have been asking around town about this...white rabbit. I assume that you became aware of this endeavour. I am a bit of a hopeless romantic, I won't entirely lie. I kind of been praying for months and months for a two of cups or in human terminology a partner- well matched - maybe a lover. I caught glimpse of this rabbit and I imagine that they fit all of what I am looking for. Plus, I keep having these weird strange dreams about them in particular." The cat leans in wanting to know the truth.
"I see, I will throw my runes." the frog throws his runes... "Observation... Thoughts... This person most defintely already knows you...It's a White Cat."
"You gotta be kidding me?? BUT THEN WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE RABBIT?" The cat is blankly annoyed at this point.
"You have mistaken a dream for a prophecy, young cat. We are both aware that the timing has been wrong but the timing is wrong for a specific reason. That rabbit may pretend to be what you pray for but that's not your actual prayer." The frog nods it's head.
"But the only white cat I know is...But we aren't like that... but... you must be wrong!" the cat is almost shocked by itself.
"And you must be a liar! We both know the runes are NEVER wrong. You can run from yourself but the everbeing of the universe knows.. It's the all seeing eye after all. But go on, keep up your own lie." The frog is now waving it's arm telling the cat to go away.
*𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤*
*𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠*
"I just feel so lost. I thought I had figured it out, right? I thought I had all the answers to my questions but I guess not. I just don't think it's like that with the white cat. Sure, I might get alittle possesive and jealous knowing they are sharing their time with someone else but that's because we are friends!! Duh! We are just friends, it's normal to get jealous over a friend spending time with others. It's just an irrational thought that's only happened once or twice. It means nothing. I don't think I should care anyways, because we are just friends and maybe I am just lonely and overthinking things. Plus, I like the white rabbit and the white rabbit knows the white cat. That would be a DISASTER waiting to happen. I would just ruin everything with the white cat. I just want to be friends with them anyways. Yea... Just friends. I should check them off my list of potentional romances because they probably already have someone, and we are just friends. I shouldn't add them into the equation. Maybe the prophecy is wrong." The black cat was lost in its own mind.
It finally stood up and grab it's own orb. The cat had a thought that maybe if it saw life from a new perspective, maybe if it spoke to its own orb, and maybe if it had the intentions to get rid of the distractions to figure out where their heart is than it wouldn't have to argue with itself.
"ORB! TELL ME WHERE MY INTENTIONS LIE?" the cat chanted.
The ORB shined with a number TWO.
"what the fuck does that even mean? why did I even ask this dumb orb anyways." the cat pushes the ball over and starts thinking of a different plan.
So once again, the cat is lost in thought....but wait!
The cat remembers her siblings has mentioned a potion that shows you the depths of your heart.
"AHA! I just need to take that potion!" The cat felt so intelligent for a few seconds but then it dawned on them... they can't take it alone.
*𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧*
"are you finally ready to take it... this shit is the REAL deal and I know you have never done anything on this level" the sibling cat gently pushes the black cat.
"I am more ready than I ever will be." the black cat nods
"bottles up!" as they both take a swig together.
The cat has never experienced something so.... well dark. The two cats sat and watched fish swim but the black cat was too lost in thought. It thought of different dimensions, ideas of futures that would never come to fruition, and many hallucinations of the two of cups. Everywhere the black cat looked was water and cups, and it was trying to avoid merging two cups. The black cat was crying the entire time. Tears became the cats best friend in that moment. But, it's intentions were set. It needed the exact answer it was looking for... At this point the black cat almost completely forgotten about the white cat. It has set it's focus entirely back on a white rabbit and a laughing hyena. But the cat knew, the hyena was never part of the equation either just another careless thought.
"I want to go home" the black cat cried.
"but where even is my home.... is it that dark room I spend hours in with my pet fish and typewriter? No. I feel so restricted and trapped down there. Is it where I currently am? In this old lousy room staring at two goldfish. No. Ugh Where...." the cat was lost in its own thought imagining it was speaking outloud but their voice was completely gone.
then in that moment a vision came to the cat, a plane away. a ticket. a flight in one direction. to the white cat.
"no no no that isn't right.... noooo that's just my friend why would I imagine them to be MY SAFE SPACE. It is not like that, push that thought away" the cat fought with itself and surpressed the thought.
Eventually the cat came down, the experience was finally over. The cat then protected it's ego and said "well whatever. I didn't learn anything or change my perspective anyways."
But the cat lied. The cat started paying more attention to it's feelings. It was still confused but not entirely unsure.
"You read orbs, right? Can I get a reading?" The white cat ask very nonchalantly.
"Oh yea, no big deal let me set it up" the black cat nods
As the black cat is meditating and setting it up, it's deliberatly asking the white cat questions about it's own beliefs. Do you believe in soulmates? Would you want ot get married? Should I check the orb on your love life?
"hmmm so I do see someone in your friend circle. totally wifey material. implusivity and whatever happens their is going to completely transform your relationship with that person. I mean heavily not even a nice transformation." the cat stares at the orb.
"oh well thats cool. anyways I gotta go. thanks!" the white cat just leaves like nothing.
But the black cat, festers. sulks even.
"Oh wow so someone is going to confess their feelings? And the person is like the total package... What a lucky person they must be. I feel kind of jealous." the black cat is stuck even further in it's own head.
Maybe the black cat forgot that the white cat leads it's own life. Maybe the black cat was relieved it wasn't them who had to do it because they are focused on the white rabbit. Maybe the black cat didn't think that deeply about it. Maybe the black cat even kind of forgot about the reading entirely.
But as usual a couple days go by, the black cat dreams about the white cat and them sharing cups. Oh no. The black cat is about the explode.
"I don't see why I couldn't be allowed to pursue the white cat. I am single after all and I am not exclusive to anyone. I don't think it would be harmful to get closer to the white cat, I mean I have been doing it subconciously all along. What's the harm in that?" the black cat stared at the ceiling
The black cat braced with confidence in their decision. It wants to just throw it's chips in the pot maybe buy in.
So the black cat implusively and swiftly ask the white cat out, it agreed. WHOOSH.
However, the white cat accidentally knicked the black cat on it's paw. And the black cat hyperfixated on that small drop of blood.
imposter syndrome
"I don't deserve the white cat if im not 100% certain, my feelings have been so back and forth. What if they find out? What if someone else tells them about the white rabbit. What if they know? What if they start hating me? I have to tell them. I have to tell them, I have to tell them." the black cat starts spiraling.
"Hey so white cat... can we meet?" the black cat asked
"Sure? Is something wrong?" the white cat questioned.
"Well.... Their is this white rabbit and I keep having these strange dreams about them and i'm sure you probably think im a disgusting creature anyways so like... I like both of you but im uncertain right now... i dont know" the black cat told the white cat while accidentally placing its claws on its cheek.
"OH! I can help you with that no big deal, I didn't like you like that anyways" The white cat responded while also clawing the black cats back while patting it.
"Oh, okay... thanks....." the black cat was ashamed and walked away from the conversation.
Now both cats have scratches from one another and the black cat started thinking of the white cat as danger like many who have clawed it accidentally or purposely before. It didn't know what to do so it walked to a stripped cats house asking for their advice.
*𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙜*
"HEY DUDE WHATS UP??" the stripped cat was as peppy as ever.
"I am so absolutely fucked" the black cat shakes it head
"WOW WOW WHATS WRONG??" the stripped cat immediately sat up
"So you know about the white rabbit, you were there when I faced him. And you know about the white cat but I need to tell you something... I kind of like him and im confused." the black cat said still ashamed of itself.
"I understand. Look man, I know exactly how you feel. You are pretty dedicated and loyal person so getting hurt is scary. But think about it like this; imagine you meet someone and they have a dumpster. Let's say you start searching in that dumpster because maybe their is treasure in it right? But their is a chance that the dumpster might have spiders in it. So you start looking at everyone dumpster and you start refusing to dig in them because their might be spiders. Maybe you even start hallucinating spiders because all you ever found in past dumpsters are spiders. This is a new dumpster. You might find gold. I know I didn't want to start diving but then I found a dumpster that was gold too. Maybe the explanation isn't that great but, we are cats. We need to search through trash cans to survive. You'll be okay dude. Trust." the stripped cat nodded and whisped the other cat away.
"Yea I guess I should go back and talk to the white cat huh....ugh." the black cat started walking away down towards an ally to think
The black cat was finally ready to admit it's entire feelings to the white cat. It was scared but it was ready or atleast it thought it was.
"Hey, so like... sorry for calling you but we need to talk." the black cat just looked around.
"so what do you want to talk about?" the white cat said a bit confused.
"OH! Uh, your day... I want to talk about your day... I just wanted to talk to get to know you more..." the black cat got nervous.
"You don't want to talk about...Nevermind. Uh Sure... How was your day?" the white cat just went along with it
"Oh uh haha uhhh mondane.. yea." the black cat nodded.
A sword could've easily cut between the awkward silence between the two despite them still continuing to speak. They talked about past job experiences, their majors in colleges, and their hopes for the future.
"I went to school for business.. I guess I just like being apart of businesses." the white cat said.
"Oh really... Actually a future goal I have in life is to own my own business!" the black cat got excited.
But the call was still completely full of tension, jumbled words out of nervousness, and neither of them knew how to really break it so eventually the call ends.
The cat just sits alone and wallows in it's own head like normal. It was aware that it needed to actually tell the white cat how it felt or try to figure out what the white cat is feeling back.
*a couple days go by*
"Sorry I called you to meet me again, this time I really do want to talk. I just feel confused like.." the black cat started spewing, absolute word vomiting to the white cat.
"No it's cool but I genuinely do not like you like that, We are just friends. I made a mistake by saying yes to your date, I thought you meant it like friends. I just thought you know" the white cat pats the black cats head but it's claws digged into it.
"FINE! Whatever, just let me see the white rabbit" The black cat claws the white cat purposely this time hissing.
"Sure, I'll help." the white cat agrees and nonchalantly turns around
The black cat bites the white cats leg. "Well for your information, not like I care but I wasn't even that into you like It doesn't matter to me at all. I just have traits I wanted in a partner but clearly you dont reciporate so you are checked off"
The white cat just continues to walk away. The black cat can't even believe this cat. So the black cat prants one more time completely ontop of the white cat now.
"STOP PRETENDING LIKE YOU DONT CARE! UGH YOU KNOW THATS A LIE!" the black cat is swatting at the white cat over and over again.
The black cat is fighting tooth and nail with the white cat. Bothered by how unbothered the other cat is acting. Irritating.
"If you don't like me than why do you do this and this and all these things!! IT MAKES NO SENSE BUT LOGICALLY IT DOES AND THIS IS WHY." the black cat is taking any possible dig.
The white cat puts its paws against the black cat. "Fine sure half of what you said was right but your still wrong. I DONT HAVE FEELINGS FOR YOU. Im sorry" the white cat gives a long winded response spewwing itself clearly overwhelmed.
"UGH YOUR SO ANNOYING! FIGHT BACK! JUST FIGHT BACK!" the black cat was waiting to finally get a direct hit back, a moment of blood.
"No, I am not leaving you or fighting back. But I am also not dating you." the white cat still holding its paws against the black cat.
"DUDE! I didn't even ask to DATE DATE- I just wanted to get to know you better" the black cat is annoyed.
"Oh well duh im not going anywhere, I will get to know you better but romance is off the table as of right now. but you need to explain all of this" the white cat pointed at the black cat.
"UGH fine ill explain it." the black cat starts to lower it's head onto the white cat. But as soon as it got comfortable.
It started second guessing. Was the white cat only trying to lower it's guard so they stopped fighting? Why is the white cat staying? Doesn't the white cat already see all the blood everywhere? And so the black cat flintched and started thinking of an escape plan. But before the black cat could get that far, a simple thought went through the black cats head "I care too much to leave."
So as the black cat started lifting its claws to attack again, it completely rest it's head down surrendering to the white cat.
"Fine, i'll start seeking help and become better. I'll do better" the black cat told the white cat.
And so, the tale only continues from this point onwards. The tower has fallen. Blood was splattered. But the two remained in it's own cat world.