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Character(s): Rikku, Rakka, anybody else want in?
Content: Rikku and Rakka go searching for a hideout.
Setting: H6-ish somewhere
Time: Afternoon
Warnings: none

Once they got a ways from the main road, the foot traffic became a lot more sparse than the bustling crowds up around the train station. That was good, of course. After all, what kind of hideout would it be if people kept stumbling over it all the time? Something convenient but still out of the way was your best bet, pretty much. And naturally it had to be unoccupied, and it'd be nice if it was already clean so they didn't have to fix it up...

Well, let it not be said that she didn't have standards.

Rikku floated along the sidewalk a little ahead of Rakka, looking around for a suitable place; it probably would have been easier later in the day, when people would have lights on, but she didn't really feel like waiting that long. As it was, she peeked discreetly through just about every window she flew past, and found most of the windows occupied - enough to assume the ones connected to them were occupied, too, at least. "C'mon, there can't be people living in all these houses," she huffed after a while.

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"Maybe," Rakka said, and was suddenly reminded of the cat Kuu had played with back in Glie. This was a lot bigger, though. "It would have to be a pretty big fish, though."

And where were they going to get that? She hoped the animal wouldn't attack them; Rakka had no way of defending herself.

Maybe this was why so many of the people here seemed to have powers of some sort? Rakka hoped her lack of them wouldn't end up getting her or anyone close to her injured.

That was a good point, and Rikku didn't have any idea where to get a big juicy fish on such short notice, for that matter. But soon enough she'd thought of another idea, and she descended to about its eye level, carefully moving closer to it. "Heeeeeere, kitty, kitty," she said softly, beckoning to it. "C'mon outta there, puss. We'll get you somethin' good to eat that's not us."

After a few seconds, the lumen finally seemed to get what she was telling it, and scooted out from under the sofa, getting quickly up on all fours. Standing, it was clearer that the animal was about the size of a large bobcat or a medium-sized dog, though in appearance it was closer to the bobcat. Rikku shied away from it a little, but it didn't seem hostile, or even particularly upset at the intrusion. It just eyed both girls with what almost seemed like curiosity.

Rikku looked between the cat and Rakka a few times as it walked lackadaisically around her friend for a better look; then she smiled and put her hands deftly on her hips. "Well, that was easy, huh?"

Rakka couldn't help but be fascinated. The animal's appearance seemed like it should have been familiar--like maybe she had heard of or seen animals from before she came to Glie--but she was certain she had never seen anything like this up close beore. It didn't seem like it was going to hurt them... Surely it would have already if that was what it was planning? She entertained the idea of trying to pet it, but decided against it; just because it wasn't planning on attacking her now didn't mean it wouldn't bite her if she tried to touch it.

"I wonder if it's a stray?" Rakka wondered, though she recalled that she hadn't seen any animals that might have been native before today.

"Well, it must be, huh? Or it wouldn't be here," Rikku commented. Her own curiosity piqued, she scratched her chin thoughtfully. "Does it have a tag or anything?" she added, floating around it to get a better look. It didn't seem particularly vicious, so there wasn't as much reason to be careful, as far as she was concerned. If it did have an owner, they'd probably better shoo it out. But if not, maybe they could keep it! Wouldn't that be neat?

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