w0 curfew: someone gets stabbed again while will is in the little cowboy's room.

[squelching]

this is such a group

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[resumed]

[ sometimes you just stand around in front of some prepacked meals, weighing your options. he has a sushi pack in one hand, and some kind of sandwich in another. will is probably getting more weird snacks elsewhere. ]

Are you picking it out or am I?

[ it would seem like maybe he's talking to someone but his back is to the room and nobody is immediately visible nearby so. wtf. ]

[squelching]

[...

gazes at him.]

Do you have a secret pet?

[resumed]

[ oh. he looks over his shoulder to where she's at. ]

I don't...I wouldn't call it a secret, I think? [ he seems genuinely surprised like he had not thought other people would be paying attention to him. but since she is Gazing, she will notice there are a.) two vaguely cat-ear-shaped lumps peering out over the hood of nico's jacket and b.) two glowing white eyes.

OwO? ]

[squelching]

[hello??? truly distraught i am not playing someone who would be more excited over kitty, but she leans forward to get a better look at the glowing white eyes.]

Oh...? Are they the one who held your clothes hostage?

[resumed]

[ which is probably okay because she leans forward and soon a cat-shaped wispy, shadow cloud of a creature crawls out of his hood to sit on his shoulder and look at saya.

owo?

it doesn't seem to have any real visible features outside of tiny leg-like limbs and a smoky body, the pointed ears swiveling a little. ]

That would be correct. I think they must have woken up first when we got here because they refused to move even after I asked.

[squelching]

[oh.

never mind. she likes this cat. what a funky little dude!!]

Ahaha, were they punishing you for waking up late? What are they, anyway?

[resumed]

[ yeah that tracks. the baby continues to look at saya curiously, chirping softly as she speaks. ]

I think they were also just feeling a little lazy, but a punishment would also make sense. [ a hand reaches up to pet the cloud. ] Their kind are called cacodemons, but...it's kind of a difficult term to remember sometimes and doesn't suit it, so it's easier to call them Cocoa Puffs.

[squelching]

[she wiggles her fingers at the baby. hi.]

It's just "caco" plus "demons." It's not hard to remember... But Cocoa Puffs can be a cute nickname. Why doesn't cacodemons suit them, though?

[resumed]

[ it lifts its clawsies in the air to sort of paw back in a wave.

he pauses because it's not so much that the name's hard to remember or that it doesn't suit them, it's more he doesn't want to be calling it shame and thinking about what it really is. so he pets the baby. ]

You just said it. Cocoa Puff is a cuter nickname. And they don't look that dangerous.