Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@001zlnv If there's one thing @anthracite has taught me, it's that dragons can have whatever the hell they want.

As per previous boost, yeah, I went to bed around 2 am, figuring Umbra had proven himself more than capable of being a good guest.

And then the pitiful mewling began. And then the sounds of things being knocked around in the front room.

We caved and let him sleep with us in the bedroom. He was an absolute sweetie. And I even woke up with clear sinuses. It's a Catsmas miracle.

@001zlnv

I SAID "meh!" :)

(I'm stuck in a self-critical phase. I'll get excited when stuff actually happens and people actually notice us.)

- some stuff i forgot
- meh whatever
- dragon
- kitties
- maps so many maps
- new orleans
- something about seattle fuck it
- can i go now

===== MEWS UPDATE =====

Peeking over at Umbra like every five minutes to make sure they're still breathing and stuff, despite Umbra having absolutely no signs of any health issues.

I'm so fucking grateful I never had children. I am far, far too prone to fretting over whoever I care about, especially if they're eensy and vulnerable.

I was like this when my nieces and nephews were babies, too. Absolute. Ongoing. Terror. (They're all fine and, like, in college and stuff.)

===== KITTY NOT-REALLY-NEWS =====

If it weren't for the fear of losing track of him and, you know, basic health regulations and stuff... I would be so tempted to call an Uber and go to, like, Waffle House or IHOP with the kitten and just pull my all-nighter there with him on my lap. ^__^

(I'd joke "HE'S MY SERVICE ANIMAL" but faking that shit isn't really funny since real people need... um... animals other than cats. Cats are adorably useless for anything except affection & smallscale murder.)

===== DEPECHE CHAT =====

Yup, this is gonna be a rough night. Only an hour in and my allergies are already raging. Still don't have the heart to leave the cute little bugger alone all night. Umbra's been a real good kid so far, aside from stuffing my lungs with dander.

===== BREAKING MEWS* =====

Because I am both cruel and kind, I am watching a psych-horror movie while I kittensit. Umbra is adorably indifferent so far to the sound of human screams.

Good kitty. =(^)_(^)=

* Happy now, geniefox? :D <3

@Phorm Not before about 10 seconds ago, coincidentally! =^______^=

===== KITTY ALERT =====

I... I don't have the heart to leave Umbra by himself in the front room all night. Allergies schmallergies, I'm gonna pull an all nighter and keep the little dude company.

Even if he tried to nibble my toe, and is giving my first real experiences with cat-like typing onpl[oknhgb

@spacewastrel@snouts.online Jesus, nobody should have to live like that. I hope life gets less rough for you soon. *hug*

===== KITTY ALERT =====

I'm so proud of Umbra for being the first of the kittens to pass Round 1 of their Litter Training Final Exams and earn probationary long-term (i.e. >3 minute) stay privileges!

Pictures not provided. You're welcome.

@zx3 I can't say that because "ok" implies a much lower standard than what I actually think of you. Projectionist robot, you are humble and lovable. <3

===== KITTY SURVEILLANCE =====

Ungrateful little jerkasses. <3

@Aradia @anthracite see she gets it ;__~

Also, your support today—and some other good news—kinda restored my faith that while friendship is fragile, mercurial, difficult, and frustrating, it might indeed still be magic. 'Cause it did help reflect an attempted psychic attack of sorts right on its sender. If anything, I feel better and more secure than I did this morning. Love y'all and thanks for all the support. <3 <3 <3

@hystericempress What really annoys me is that one of their rants about postfurry was about how ungrounded WE supposedly were in reality... and turning out that it basically just because it didn't hew with THEIR game rules of "my plurals are really really really really really truly real and conveniently justify whatever havoc I want to do sow with them" is just such a goddamn disappointment. I had such a good self-loathing worked up for absolutely nothing. >_~

@hystericempress Yeah. I genuinely meant it when I said "You have my permission to stop beating yourself up with your imaginary version of me." But it was hard not to feel even a little MORE betrayed when I saw just how... woo-based so many of their grievances are. It's like, "Didn't I distinctly call Not Included at the very start of this little game of Magickal Keep-Away that you're playing with yourself?"

@hystericempress I just... I just don't even know how the fuck to react to something like that. What do you even do in the face of crazy like that, especially when it's determined you hurt it and NOTHING you say can convince it all you want it to do, genuinely, is fuck right off?

That Plural System totally clocked me. This is going to shock you all, but I've been living a lie:

I'm not really a space tiger or a space raccoon. I'm an Earth primate with 46 chromosomes who has been pretending to be a series of fictional characters for fun and as a means of self-exploration.

I know. It's shocking. I hope you can forgive me for this horrible self-serving, and certainly unprecedented within our social circle, deceit someday.

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