smashacademy | Portal People Poppycock! [audio/action: OPEN]

[Seth can't be bothered to do a full-out video. Too much effort, really. He has better things to do and better places to be than here. You simpletons just get audio, appreciate that he is giving you that much! This boy's words have a tendency to end on a slight purr, perturbed and pretentious as they are.]

Excuse me? Anyone with a brain left out there? I certainly hope you've noticed the date and if you're smart like me you're going to take advantage of it. It's spring break.

[He scoffs.]

I've seen the most maddening things at this academy and I have no inclination to be any part of it this time when I should be enjoying my time off. Come call me when this zoo goes back to being normal or when classes start back up again or something.

Or whatever you want to deem as normal around here.

Bulba, I know it's hard being on your own without your dear roommate, but I'm afraid it's the only way. You should come with me.

...Or stay here with the rest of these lunatics and wild animals for all I care. Whatever suits you. Please do take care of yourself, if that's the case. Your poor, brave soul you.

[So "Seth" packed his bag and left that day for places unnamed. Or so he claimed. What he left behind was his secretive, furrier, night-prowling alter-ego. He was still, deep down, under the skin and freckles and lies, a Persian. A cat. A cat with his own self-serving agenda, regardless of whatever form he decided to take. Why deny those primal instincts to go hunt and mark one's territory? Humans certainly never got the proper hang of it, hah. He didn't particularly like this place; if anyone was going to piss all over it and any anyone's parade here, it was going to be him.

...Quite literally.

With all these strange new people (and other cats! preposterous!) coming to and fro and all their strange filthy, foreign smells stinking up the place, "Seth" was going to do just that.

OPEN ACTION POST: A large feline has been marking up the school by rubbing against walls and pissing on objects that probably belong to you when you aren't looking, among other things. ~~Yowling at Ocelot's self-esteem team every night.~~ Follow your nose and you might just run into the strange and elusive beast himself. Be careful though, you might not like what you find in the dark...]

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[IT IS A FACT THAT BULBA HATES BEING ALONE so hrmmghglg.]

Getting out while weird stuff goes on is a really smart move, yeah. I appreciate the offer but I'm not going anywhere. I need to make sure things are okay.

[Boo hoo cry him a river.]

Oh you aren't? I really must commend you, you're so brave. You're going to take care of your trainer, aren't you?

[Weeping. But no, he nods.]

I don't know about brave, but yeah. I'm going to keep an eye on him and make sure nothing happens to him.

~~What type are you again~~ What do you think might happen?

~~Supposedly jolly ha~~ Who even knows around here. Since it's just some guys showing up from wherever, I'm hoping a lot of nothing. But it's better to be safe than sorry.

~~How cute~~ Oh, that is exactly what I'm hoping for--but not expecting. Imagine if all these weird people left and took people with them forever and ever to never be seen again? I could not even stand the thought.

[Ha ha ha oh what's that. Time to feel uncomfortable? You bet it was.] Nnno. Nobody's going to go anywhere or get lost or forget anybody.

[His favorite!] I should hope not. I always wonder how long things like that go on around here before someone just... gives up. I've heard stories about people thinking they leave for fives minutes when it's actually been five years. Have you heard of that?

[Look at all this visible discomfort. I bet it would be tasty in a salad.] Yeah... Yeah I've heard of that. I think something similar happened to Knuckle's one time. He was still the same guy when he came back though...

Really? Implying he could of come back an entirely different person or something?

[LOOK AT IT.]

... Yeah. That's happened too.

[Let's get really busy with folding up some of these sweaters.]

[If there was one thing he couldn't overindulge in any more... Seth leans forward, eyes wide and voice a low but in an insatiably curious whisper,]

Really?

[Your dear, sweet, keen roommate is going to make a very educated guess.]

...Oh, don't tell me...

[Frown. This is the most sympathetic looking frown. You could really believe he cares here.]

Why, it's almost been exactly a year since your pink, close friend left, hasn't it? And come to think of it... didn't he just recently come back?

[His very busy folding becomes notably less busy as this train of thought continues.]

...

[There was a thought of correcting Seth on his time frame, but it quickly slips away. Bulba sets the sweater he was holding down, casting Seth a fleeting glance.]

... Yes, he did.

[The blonde gets up to put a hand on his roommate's shoulder.]

I am truly sorry. [He at least looks and sounds very sincere.] I realize it must be terribly insensitive for me to not even realize. Are you alright?

[How very sincere. He holds this look a little longer, since Seth is right there.]

No, don't worry about it. It's not like you could do anything about it.... I'm fine. [As he glances away.]

It's... okay to be sad.

[A bittersweet smile.]

... I know. I'm just pretty sick of it by now.

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