[OPEN/CLOSED] seize your capability

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Who: Add & OPEN
When: All through June
What: Catch-all log with various prompts in the comments☆
Warnings: Add Some imp-induced murder in the first prompt. Will update as needed!

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((Open/closed prompts will be marked appropriately in the comments, and format (prose/brackets) doesn't matter to me so I'll match with w/e. If you'd like to thread something out that isn't covered here, feel free to hit me up on plurk at BlueFlewFedUQueen, ping me through the game discord, or send me a PM!))

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[8.5/10 what is this a fucking yelp review]

Um. I've never tried to make them bigger, only smaller, and I can make a bunch of them. I'm limited by only being able to control shadows within about ten feet of me here, but on Elrios, I had more reach.

[That said, hm. Bigger cat... can he make a ten foot tall cat... Is there room for that? Room for cat...

Noah makes the current cat jump down off of the table and go to an empty space in the room where... you guessed it, he makes the largest fucking cat he can manage. It is unfairly large. Does it fit in this room? Not really. Is it an extremely large cat? Yes. Absolutely.]

...it doesn't quite fit, does it?

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[yes hello welcome to Add's Cat Reviews, today we have a fine specimen of felis giganteus maurocatus, commonly known as holy shit that's a giant cat made of shadows. in order to properly review this specimen we must analyze it's most critical feline qualities: softness, volume, temperament, audio, and special abilities.

SOFTNESS
this cat is so soft you'd almost think your hand passes right through it, which you'd be right about, because sometimes it does. unfortunately, this detracts from the overall softness experience since you're left feeling like you dreamt about that cat you just touched, always wanting for more but unable to feel true satisfaction. there is also the matter of the lack of proper floof, which is unfortunate but understandable considering this cat is made of solid shadow, and made less of an issue due to the fact that you can still bury your whole face in this cat easily, you just have to live with the fact that you're literally inside of its body to some degree. 6.5/10.

VOLUME
this cat is fucking huge to the point where it's almost frightening to approach. 10/10.

TEMPERAMENT
as this cat is being controlled entirely by Noah's whims, it has impeccably good behaviour. however, Noah has also been known to use his shadows to fatally stab his classmates in voidschool, so it remains to be seen if this cat could kill a bitch if prompted. unsettling. still, one cannot ignore good behaviour under the current circumstances. if nothing else it is very well trained. 9/10.

AUDIO
do Noah's shadow cats purr?? they make a yowling cat sound when he attacks... is that the shadowcat somehow vibrating its shadowy body to replicate the functionality of vocal chords, or is it Noah cupping his hands and making cat noises while he does his attacks? further research needed, inconclusive.

SPECIAL ABILITIES
it's made of shadows?? what the fuck. that's still pretty cool. it also reminds him just a tiny bit of Dynamo since Noah can control its movements... also, it can explode and murder people, so that's also pretty cool. a very good balance of practicality and flair. 10/10.

OVERALL SCORE - 8.8*
further research in the audio department needed to obtain a "true" overall score. however, this is the most accurate analysis possible with our current information. an above average cat, and a clear improvement from the earlier attempt at an "average sized" shadowcat. Noah has clearly honed his craft to a high degree and deserves appreciation for all his effort and hard work.

anyway, Add walks over to the shadow cat to wrap his arms around it and bury his face completely in its side. a good cat. excellent.

after about a minute of this he pulls himself away, once again directing a very serious look at Noah]

How small can you make it? What about quantity? Is this the maximum overall volume, or can we produce more by splitting them up into multiple units spaced apart...?

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[If only Noah knew that Add had an entire review system for this shadow cat. All he knows is that Add is currently hugging said cat with his face comically inserted partway into it. Maybe one day he'll figure out how to make the shadows more solid, and then he can put a saddle on the giant cat, and Add can live his best life.

Good things to learn to do, he supposes. Anyway, he's been asked a question. Why is Add looking at him with such a serious expression after he literally just buried himself in a giant cat, hello—]

Well... I think I'd have less fine control over many of them, to be honest. Like I said, it's only within ten feet of me here, so I'm limited in that. Back home, I could control the shadows much further away from me, mostly.

[Kiss the giant shadow kitty goodbye, Add, it's going away in a puff to be replaced by as many tiny cats as Noah can make. Which is, frankly, a lot. He manages to make roughly one hundred of them — with a pretty great deal of strain on his magic — all clustered around the tables and chairs and the floor, each about two inches tall. He's tired already. Just maintaining the shapes of this many objects is a lot, not to mention the obvious handicap put on him by this school.

It's fine, it's for science. And for cats. If anyone walks in, it's really going to look like they're just surrounded by shadowy little blobs.]

Yeah, I can't... I have no fine control over these, so they're just going to have to sit as-is.

[Like he's made like, three or four kitten sized cats before, just to play with ("play with") but this is too many bug-sized kittens for one man to handle.]

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[So many tiny cats............. but Noah's personal assessment isn't incorrect. These cats lack definition, can't really do anything, and are too small to pet effectively. He's tempted to lay down on the floor and let himself be buried under them, but for now he'll just crouch down to try and pick one up, maybe. Hmmm.

He looks over to Noah again, considering the boy himself for a moment. The strain of using this much magic is starting to show... so these are the limits of his abilities.

Add cracks a grin, rubbing the tiny cat against his cheek.]

Kukuku... well, I suppose that's enough data for now. How gracious of you to share so many of your weaknesses with me. A ten foot range of attack, was it...?

[he'd be lying if he said this was all a trick to get Noah to show him his limitations, but hey, he's still tucking that bit of info away in case they get in a fight again]