Session 34
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Captain Fluffypaws and the Myth of Australia (2025-04-05)
Aftermath and Pirate Business
- Mia, Det, and Siz wrap up their discussion with Abrar Kraghide, who promises to keep them updated on any starport-related data.
- Chimes remains excited and chimes cheerfully at regular intervals.
- Det jokes about Abrar’s “pirate” status, prompting him to confess to owning a cat—despite pets being banned in tech areas.
- The infamous "Captain Fluffypaws" is mentioned—a portside feline of fearsome reputation.
The Feline Appears
- Without warning, a massive striped cat (about 40 cm shoulder height) strolls casually through the office corridor.
- Sounds of crashing objects and hissing precede his arrival.
- Siz leaps onto a table in primal Ysoki fear, declaring cats as “apex predators” and warning they hunt baby Ysoki.
- Det and Mia observe the creature with varying levels of concern, amusement, and scientific interest.
Australia Is a Lie
- Conversations spiral briefly into myths and human evolutionary nonsense:
- Det recalls a fabled place with giant spiders—"Australia". - Mia flatly denies its existence as a hoax. - Chimes and Siz contribute comments about death worlds and Australian flora.
Meeting the Captain
- The group visits Captain Fluffypaws' office:
- The room is chaos—scratched furniture, empty snack boxes, and a large tub doubling as a food bowl. - A name plaque reads: *Captain Fluffypaws, Pest Control and General Management*.
- Mia embraces the Captain with unhesitating affection, disappearing under a mountain of striped fur and deep rumbling purrs.
- Det and Siz remain cautiously near the door:
- Siz’s fur has tripled in size due to stress. - Det remains bemused but curious. - The Captain offers slow blinks and a few unsolicited headbonks.
Ysoki Ancestry & Uplifted Origins
- Siz explains that Ysoki were engineered by Dark Elves as a slave race, not merely evolved rats.
- She compares the relation to modern rats as equivalent to humans and bonobos.
- Det shares that her own education never covered much galactic history—her people live under the stars but seldom look beyond themselves.
Departure and One Last Scent
- As they prepare to leave the starport, Fluffypaws follows them briefly and sings “the song of his people”—a mournful, thunderous meow echoing through the corridors.
- Abrar remains behind, smiling at the chaos, while promising to send any findings.
- As the trio exits:
- Det uses the card to retrieve the address of the mysterious library. - Mia catches a faint, uncanny scent of fudge—gone almost immediately. - Siz shivers again, still bristling from the encounter.