by Arcaii » Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:46 am
Choices:
1: Call for him
2: Follow him
3: Follow him
4: Follow him
5: Follow him
6: Follow him
7: Follow him
8: Follow him
9: Follow him
Roll says... 6: Follow him.
Slowly, you get up and go after him. He's waiting for you in the road, and when you reach him, he trots off. Having nothing better to do, you trail after him.
The walk to wherever you're going is silent. Scat has started to be pretty quiet around you lately, probably because it's hard for you to understand him, and you don't have much to say either. You ask him once or twice where you're going, but he simply shakes his head and trots a little quicker.
Thimble's neighborhood is on an uphill incline, which you're luckily used to. You haven't really traveled past her house yet, so this is all new territory to you. Scat himself seems a little unsure of where you're going, but he keeps moving.
Up and up you go, until even you're a little out of breath. Abruptly, Scat stops on the sidewalk and turns around. You look behind you.
You can see the entirety of Derby from here. The tallest buildings are a stark black against the sky, and the lights from the city look like a cluster of yellow, red and white stars. It's oddly pretty.
"Bigplace." Scat sits and wraps his wiry tail around his feet. "Lotsacats."
"Way too many," you say with the tiniest sigh. "All strangers, too."
"Missyourhome?"
"Yeah."
There's another five minutes of silence while the two of you watch the little lights flicker and move.
"Howmany?" Scat says suddenly, turning his head to look at you.
"How many?" You tilt your head. "I can't possibly count them all."
"Alldifferentsorts." His eyes have a strange, almost excited shine to them. "Fromallwalksoflife. Comefromallovertheworld, Ibet."
What's your point?
Yeah...?
I wouldn't say the world.
Say nothing.