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[k2so]

[Action if you want to come across him | Starts in Everglade then Kay is walking to his home in Genessia city.]

9 days, 13 hours and 23 minutes ago, Kay told Bodhi Rook that the possibilities of their companions being in the cities were 35%.

9 days, 13 hours and 25 minutes later, Kay realizes how optimistic he had been.

The Rogue One team is gone. Yes, there’s Bodhi Rook and Kay trusts him but he is not Cassian Andor. Just like K-2SO is not Galen Erso. They’re both missing something important. Someone.

The droid is standing in the middle of the street when a wet, furry bundle presses against his ankle and interrupts his train of thoughts. It meows up at Kay pitifully when he glances down. The cat is a sorry thing, a dirty and half-starved white kitten with blue eyes far too big for her head. Kay glances around, looking for a possible owner or the cat’s mommy but his optics meet only houses and fog. Staring back at the cat, he makes the appropriate calculations to determine how long something so small will survive on its own in a place like Everglade.

The odds are not in the cat’s favour.

There’s another mewl and Kay falls into a crouch, one knee touching the ground as fingers reach out to scratch under the cat’s chin.

“There’s a 87% of probability that someone will eat you or step on you before the week ends.” The small feline just purrs back in response, closing her eyes. “Ignoring my warnings already, now that’s familiar…”

A second later, Kay picks up the cat. The kitten is so small that she fits in the palm of his hands with ease. She doesn’t weight a thing and her fur is cold to the touch. The droid moves her closer to his body and the kitten rubs against his chest plates, meowing again. 

“I’m going to call you Fest.”

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[Video]

[The video starts with Kay holding a small white kitten with dirty fur in one of his hands, close to his chest to keep her relatively warm.]

I require assistance. Could anyone here point me out where to find proper information about how to bath a cat? She's about a month old, information about their dietary habits would also be welco...ey ey....no...stop...

[The kitten apparently grew bored of staying still and started to climb Kay's chest to reach his neck joint. She purrs loudly once it gets there, making herself comfortable around his neck before Kay can reach and put her down. He decides it's not worth the trouble. The droid sighs in defeat. ]

...organics....

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[Video]

[yuuwish]

[A chuckle.] Who would have thought becoming a cat-sitter was what Fate had in store for you?

Just one piece of advice: don't name it.

[Video]

[k2so]

Believe it or not, I am actually used to babysit organics. Just not of this size.

Oh. Might be too late for that.

[Video]

[yuuwish]

Is that so?

In that case, I'm afraid you're going to have to keep it. What did you name it, then?

[Video]

[k2so]

I'm a security droid turned rebel, keeping people out of trouble is one of my main directives. It wasn't easy either, Cassian had the terrible habit of ignoring my warning when I told him about the odds of him dying.

Keep her, it's a she. I found her in Everglade, her probabilities of surviving on her own weren't good. I named her Fest.

[Video]

[fairysoul]

How cute!

[Mavis wishes she could pet the little creature.]

Well bathing a cat is not easy, because they don't like water. And when they're little, it's usually their Mom cleaning them. You don't happen to know where the Mom is?

[Video]

[k2so]

Thanks? [Kay is not used to dealing with compliments, even if they're directed at his new furry companion.]

I looked around for but I couldn't see any other cat. It was very foggy in Everglade.

[Kay raises a hand to scratch the kitten in his neck between her ears.] She's very easy going, though, droid-climbing tendencies no withstanding. I'm more concerned about the feeding.

[Video]

[fairysoul]

You're welcome!

Oh... [She frowns, wondering for a moment if she should offer to go look for the Mom with him, but eventually decides against it.]

How old did you say she was? One month? ...I think she's just old enough to start eating something else than her Mom's milk. [So at least, there's that.] Try soft food, with proteins and vitamins in it? There might even be shops in Genessia that sell cat food. [Because why not? Kay cannot be the only one to own a cat here.]

[Video]

[k2so]

[How cheerful. It's ...oddly nice, for a change.] I'm K-2So.

If my estimate calculations are correct, a month old. There's a 35% of probabilities that she's older than that. But the cat's underweight and that throws off my data. Perhaps I can find those in a supermarket? I've seen some around the cities.

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[truesmiles]

How about the library? They have books on almost everything.

[Fai smiles, he thinks the cat is cute.]

Though I've never raised a cat myself, so I wouldn't know about how to actually raise one, but considering the age and such I'm sure they are still meant to be on thier mothers milk. So you'd probably need to find replacement milk that's not cows milk.

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[k2so]

I love libraries, those are always useful. But...books? You have documents printed on paper? [Like savages???, Kay almost says. But the mysterious man is trying to help and he appreciates it enough to keep quiet.

The poor thing needs to gain a few kg but she's cute on her own way, yes.]

I don't know what's a cow, so I didn't even thought about that. Thank you for the information, though.

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[truesmiles]

Yes we do. it's strange isn't it when you see places like Nova City where it's not nessissary to have such a thing.

[He finds he learns quicker with books anyway.]

You don't know what a cow is? I can explain it to you if you'd like to know not what to go for.

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[k2so]

Amazing that such prehistoric things had survived for so long, they're really hard to find where I come from. Nova city is the closest thing here to my homeworld too, that explains it.

[Kay is partial to databases or the holonet. Data is so much easier to assimilate when it comes in binary.]

No but I'm going to guess it's some sort of animal. If you don't mind...[The more he knows the better.]

[Video]

[black_black_heart]

My roommate likes little cats like that one. I don't know if he's ever kept one that small, but I'll ask him to chime in.

[Because no, the tiger in human skin doesn't know a thing about house cats. Or kittens in general!]

[Video]

[k2so]

Thank you, that would help a lot.

[Well, those are different things so it's understandable.]

I'm mostly concerned about the feeding.

[black_black_heart]

Yeah... I was never that small, so I'm not much help there.

[If talking to a robot is weird at all, it doesn't show. And honestly, it's not. Quite a few chimera are mechanical in appearance, thanks to science fiction. A former friend of his had had a horse that had been a huge black clockwork monstrosity!]

[k2so]

You were never...? [Kay tilts his head, staring at the man.] You aren't human, by chance?

[Kay appreciates being talked to as if he's a person and not just a thing, to be honest.]

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[whiteas]

Cats eat meat. The best fish market is in Fayren, though it's probably going to be a far cry from the technology level you're used to, so you may want to just stick to getting some canned cat food from the grocery store until you're a little more settled in.

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[k2so]

Any sort of meat works? I visited that city while I was...looking for someone. It looked really primitive, true. [To his standards, of course.]

That I'll do. Thank you,ma'am....?

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[whiteas]

Weiss Schnee, though I'm better known as "the hologram lady" to those who haven't gotten to know themselves around here. I'm also the CEO of Schnee Company, founder of the Genessia Scientific Research Foundation, and City Guardian of Nova City. Most meat is fine, though just make sure it's a decent quality, and fish seems to be the biggest preference.

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[k2so]

Oh. Yes, I remember the holovid. I'm K-2SO, pleasure to meet you Weiss Schnee. I've read the information available about your company and the investigations that are going on.

The quality won't be an issue. I don't need to eat myself, all the red bills I have yet to spend will be useful to get Fest some decent food. [Kay scratches the kitten's head when it meows after hearing her name.]

[video]

[scarlet_devil]

Perhaps the first order of business would to take your kitten to the vet? Makes sure she's healthy enough.

[video]

[k2so]

That's...actually a really good idea. I didn't consider that we had vets in the city. Thank you! Do you know where they are?

[video]

[scarlet_devil]

Hmm, I have a vague idea of where one is in the city.

[ She gives him directions that will at least lead him to the area near the vet. ]

Video

[monkeystowaway]

That cat might be super annoyed to get a bath. Or it could be one of the strange ones that like the water.

I think there are books in the library about caring for different pets and such.

Video

[k2so]

I could deal with her being angry, it won't hurt me if she scratches me but I want to keep her stress levels to a minimum. Do cats like warm water?

Books. Made of...paper?