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[stardustish]

Who: Sylvia Kawano and you!
When: Juril 1st - 4th, some closed prompts from the 5th on
Where: Various
What: Working at the Cat Cafe and Kitty Quest + some closed prompts in the comments.
Warnings: Mentions of character death later on

purramid cafe.

[ working at the purramid cafe has been an interesting experience, to say the least -- sylvia enjoys her job and has learned a lot about how to be a barista! ...however, she's still a little clumsy with handling dishes sometimes, and while she hasn't broken anything, she's prone to letting things spill a little or overflow from the cups. she's getting better at it, promise...but that doesn't mean she's without unhappy customers. ]

Miss. You filled the cup way too much, and now there's a coffee splatter on my shoe!

Gah-- [ sylvia gasps, but she doesn't really turn around to face the customer because she's in a scramble to make her next order. she gives them a few hurried glances and an apologetic look, but it doesn't seem to placate the woman at all. ] Sorry about that! I'm really sorry, I swear I didn't mean for that to happen!

It doesn't matter if you meant it or not, you got my brand new shoes dirty with a coffee stain!

[ feel free to tell sylvia to be more careful, or tell the customer to take a chill pill. or watch. maybe you're the customer who's next in line, even! ]

blink and miss 'em.

[ sylvia is among the volunteers at pile's petagorium, doing her best to rally all the cats together. she has a bowl of cat food next to her and has attracted a few kittens to her side, but there are still a bunch running amok. she's not very good at this, judging by the frantic expression on her face. she didn't have to work with the cats at the cafe, so she has...absolutely no experience in this department whatsoever, and it shows in how she can't quite get the cats that aren't hungry to settle down.

she reaches for one that sniffs at her feet, but the kitten poofs just before she can touch it. she heaves a heavy sigh, shoulders slumping as she runs a hand through her hair. ]

This was a mistake. Ughhh, this was such a mistake.

[ she tries to say that under her breath, but it comes out a little louder than she'd intended for it to. that being said, a little help would be appreciated! ]

Comments

[marmoron]

It's a symbol used by a group called the Blade of Marmora. They're a network of Galran spies trying to take down the empire from within. Don't know much more about the Blades than that.

[ A sigh. ]

And alright, I guess it's less weird and more complicated? It's a long story, you really want to hear about it?

wow i missed this

[stardustish]

Hmmmm.

[ she seems to think on this for a moment. good question. ]

You got a summary for me? I don't need to hear the whole thing if it's a lot to go through. Just know that I've met half-humans before at home, sort of, so I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to stuff like this!

[ she'll hand the knife back over to him, too! ]

it's ok! ive been super slow this month

[marmoron]

[ He takes the knife back, eyes lingering on the symbol before tucking it away. ]

The Galra are a technologically advanced alien race. They've been conquering vast swaths of the known universe for thousands of years and back home, my friends and I are fighting them together with five robot lions that can combine to form the most powerful weapon that's ever been created.

[ A beat. ]

Not all the Galra are bad people though. The Blade of Marmora is a group of Galran spies trying to take down the empire from within. If it weren't for them, we'd have probably died.

[ A beat. ]

That's the complicated part. The confusing part is just... I don't even know how I came to exist. The Galra have never been to Earth before. If they had, we'd know. THey're not exactly subtle about turning entire planets into slave labor camps or destroying them outright. There's just a lot that I don't know.

wheezes...we can climb tag mountain!!

[stardustish]

So that's what you guys are doing up in space!

[ now it's all starting to make sense. she was under the assumption they were all astronauts, but she wasn't aware that an entire empire was taking over the universe. what a scary thing to think about.

anyway. that's not the thing she should be addressing here, so she shakes her head. ]

Anyway, geez, though. That's a whole mystery in itself, isn't it? ... I wish I had something more helpful to say here, but I hope you get the answers you need someday. Must be tough to not know these things, especially when it comes to your family.

[ and oh boy, that's a whole can of worms, too. ]