Circe's Manor THE NEXT

[AmbushCat]

*nods* It was an old issue before, and nothing that was any of a human's business. The stigma lingered for quite a while, even after my species' reputation improved. *bitter chuckle* Then along comes my first boss and I, and historians started having conniptions.

[Ookalf]

Which boss was that? Anyone I know?

[AmbushCat]

No one you've known. *downs the rest of her margarita* And considering that his ashes are scattered across Kittenoa, you never will.

[Ookalf]

...Ah. I'm sorry to hear that.

*Seeing that Zapana's finished her drink, a maid approaches her.* Do you want me to refill that?

[AmbushCat]

*Zapana answers the maid with a polite affirmative before facing Circe, her eyes glowing purple with suppressed energy for just a moment.*

Don't be. That sadistic fool was aspiring to be Kittenoa's own Lord Surtur, with me as his Fenrir. *amused smile* You think me being an @#&% to you was bad? He was the one who made me like that.

[Ookalf]

...I'm feeling a lot less sorry, then.

*The maid takes the glass and heads out to refill it.*

[AmbushCat]

*a nod* Getting back to my original point, we were pretty violence-happy. For the most part that's been toned down over the centuries, but it still has a higher priority than, say... *reluctantly* ...intelligence. And cuteness, too, but especially intelligence.

[Ookalf]

Well, you could certainly be doing worse in that...

[AmbushCat]

*sourly* I dunno. I find it kind of hard to top the fact that until late last year, I hadn't a clue who your genie-form was based on.

[Ookalf]

Now, now. I wouldn't say failing to recognize Shantae makes you an idiot, per se...

[AmbushCat]

*bitterly* It was on one of the Boorus, I think, and the tags were right there in plain sight. I shouldn't have missed those.

[Ookalf]

...Well, were you paying attention to those before? Maybe you saw it and forgot, or something.

[AmbushCat]

*shakes her head* Ie. I never saw them at all.

[Ookalf]

Oh. ...Well, why is this a big deal, anyway? Did you need to know it for something?

[AmbushCat]

No, it's more like I'd believed all this time that it was an original character that someone made up. Then in December Aldonza pointed out a game in the eShop that she was thinking about buying, and my brain shut down temporarily.