[open] Sir, your vibes are atrocious

[silentabyss]

WHO: Noah & Whomstever
WHAT: Crimes I mean uh Vibing with Noah
WHEN: End of May, after the sleepover
WHERE: Everywhere but outdoors!
WARNINGS: Wolfie's shitty sense of humour and also this meme



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[angelindisguise]

[An eruption of barking cuts through the silence, as Angel never agreed that she had to be nice to these little shadow cats. She chases one around the corner, tail wagging wildly until she realizes there’s a ton of them hanging out.]

What in the....

[silentabyss]

[Oh, hello from the floor. The source of the cats is one (1) tired-looking teenage boy. Noah's at a weird angle to see Angel, so he inclines his head and stretches his neck way too far just to get a fleeting glimpse of her approach.]

Hey, uh...

[And then that position hurts his neck too much and he goes back to staring at the ceiling.]

You don't like cats?

[angelindisguise]

Oh, I wouldn't say I hate cats...

[As much as she used to]

They're just a lot of fun to chase, that's all.

[silentabyss]

[Maybe he should've learnt to make shadow dogs? Noah's sure he could do that, it's just... effort, you know?

But he's an asshole and a teenager and he winds up very quickly flipping his wrist to the left, making one of the cats absolutely dart off in another direction. He can only manipulate the shadows within ten feet of himself, but hey, that's a range of ten feet to boredly torment a whole dog! Sorry, Angel. He owes you double-snacks now.]

[angelindisguise]

[Angel lowers herself to the ground, tail wagging, and she darts after the shadow cat. Breaking into a bunch of yipping as she does. It's not really torment if it's fun!]

[silentabyss]

[So Noah wants a dog now.

He chuckles a little bit, rolling over now onto his stomach to watch her play. If he could make the cat make panicked yowling noises, he would, but that's beyond his ken. What he can do is make the little shadow bound its way up the side of the wall and sit on top of the vending machine for a spell!]

I would've loved a pet growing up... [he mutters wistfully, half to himself.]

[angelindisguise]

[And she places both paws on the vending machine, giving a few mighty barks before she hears Noah's voice.]

Did you say something?

[silentabyss]

Just, uh... I was talking to myself, but... when I was a kid, I always wanted a pet. We couldn't have one, though.

[Which is... part of the reason he's taken to having shadow cats, because now that he's older he's also constantly on adventures and that means no pets. There is, in fact, currently a shadow cat perched on top of his head.]

[angelindisguise]

Why not? Allergic?

Is that the reason for all these cats?

[silentabyss]

N...no, not entirely. My older brother was supposed to be the heir to, uh... [Fuck, how does he explain the El Masters? Maybe it's too complex to talk about right now, so he settles on,] ...well, he was supposed to represent our household, basically. My parents...

[Neglected Noah.]

...my parents were focused all the time on trying to help my brother perform his role and train him. So we didn't have time for any animals on account of... [on account of the fact that their parents couldn't raise him because their household name was weighing on his brother's success.] ...You know, all that.

And then I was a pretty sickly kid, too. They said it was a terminal illness at the time. So... yeah, I guess the cats are kind of because of that?

[angelindisguise]

Oh...

[Angel’s tail stops wagging, and she loses all interest in the shadow cats. She’ll walk over and come sit by Noah.]

Are you... still sick?

[There’s a lot to address there, but she’ll go with the most important question first. She cares about this weird family.]

[silentabyss]

Um... not anymore, luckily.

[He reaches out to scratch her behind the ears.]

I recovered, luckily. "Terminal" my ass. I've always been fine in the end, I found. Somehow.

[angelindisguise]

[She leans in so she can accept the head scratches.]

Well, I'm glad then. You kids are kind of like my family here.

[Well there's adults here too, and she's kind of young herself, but still...!]

I'm sorry it was so rough for you.

[silentabyss]

[Noah really is about to pull the whole "I'm not a kid, I'm sixteen" card out in the middle of this heartfelt conversation, but he saves it this time. Look at that, character growth.]

That's... that's good. I don't want to be anything less.

[Angel is the best dog. 300/10, honestly.]

But can I ask something that's off topic? ...how do you do homework? Are the teachers being hard on you?

[angelindisguise]

Oh, they definitely get mad, but I'm usually not in classes long enough for them to find me. Benefits to being a small dog, I guess. Lots of hiding places.

To be honest? I can't actually read anything they're writing down.

[silentabyss]

That makes sense... why don't they get that you're a dog and you can't read what they're writing, though?

[Really makes ya think.]

This school is so weird, I wouldn't put it past them to try and say that a dog is failing the classes...

[Scritch, scritch... No he will not stop petting.]

[angelindisguise]

[She appreciates the pets!]

Everything about this place is weird. The weirdest thing though? I wouldn't mind learning some of this stuff...

[But she doesn't bother. She doesn't understand anyway.]

[silentabyss]

Yeah... hey, do you think you can learn how to read? 'Cause... I read a lot, so if you want to learn to read, I can help.

[And it might make Angel's life a little bit easier here, he thinks anyway.]

If not, I get it. I don't want to learn to do math, for example.

[angelindisguise]

I... wouldn't mind, learning how to read.

[It'd make those darn network posts much easier to read too.]

You'll really teach me?

[silentabyss]

Y-yeah, I mean... my brother taught me to read, so... I think I know how I'd do it. You have to learn the alphabet first, you know, the letters. But... there's lots of books here that are probably easier to read than others. I think you'll be fine.

[angelindisguise]

.... That's really kind of you.

I'll take you up on that offer, then. I'd like to know what's going on in classes.