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[So guess who has finally noticed that a certain nubby-horned troll is gone? Nepeta had thought that things sounded unusually quiet. She had been looking for him for a while, and he was nowhere to be found. More importantly, his scent was weak, even in his room which she had managed to get into. Cheezeburger's bowl was empty and she could tell that he was hungry and despondent right away. That's two owners now that had been taken from him, poor thing. She picked him up and hugged him tightly.]

Hey sweetie. Where's Karkitty? [He bumped his head against hers, and she nuzzled him in return. She already knew the answer. Somehow, she almost felt that Cheezeburger did too. She sniffed a bit, burying her face in his fur until she was able to blink away some tears before looking around the room. It looked the same as when she last visited him to see some of his DVDs--speaking of which, the large collection of movies and TV series were neatly stacked in a holder. She wondered what would happen to those. Would they be thrown out? A long with all his other possessions? The possibility made her sad, and she wondered if maybe she should take them. Keep them safe for if he ever returned. She let out a sigh and gently lowered Cheezeburger to the ground.

She hauled up one of the DVD racks with ease, as if it weighed nothing and balanced it on her shoulder, holding onto the front end. Time to start hauling things to her room. She didn't want this to all be thrown away.

Cheezeburger trailed behind her.]

((ooc; feel free to come across her either in the halls, Karkat's old dorm or hers))

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[Rita was coming out of their room just as Nepeta was returning with a whole rack of somethings and another cat. She was wearing the cadet uniform and carrying two of the library's books under one arm.]

Welcome back, Nepeta. What's all this stuff? [She tilts her head a little, to look past Nepeta.] And another cat?

[Cheezeburger gave Rita a meow in response, and Nepeta nodded.]

This all belongs to a furriend of mine. He was taking care of Cheezeburger too, but it seems like he was sent home. I hope it's ok?

Oh, of course I don't mind, Nepeta.

[She crouches down and sets her books down, offering her hands out to Cheezeburger.]

I'm sorry about your friend. Do you need help with anything?

[He stretches his neck out to sniff Rita's hands a bit before walking over to her and leaning his head into her hands.]

Thank you. [Nepeta really did appreciate it. She knew there weren't a lot of others who liked cats as much as she did.]

There might be some other things back in his room. I'd like to keep it all safe in case he ever comes backs. [She enters the room, looking for a place to set it down and for now just props it up near the door]

It's no problem.

[Rita gently scratches the bottom of his head and his neck, before moving to pick him up.]

That sounds like a nice thing to do. I don't mind carrying some stuff.

[Cheezeburger seems quite content with this!] Thanks. there might not be much but a set of extras eyes will help.

[Hopefully he didn't have anything that he didn't want anyone to see. She leads the way back to his room]

[Rita was also probably not very reliable for carrying anything that was too heavy. She carried Cheezeburger along in her arms as Nepeta led the way, leaving her things behind in the doorway along with the racks.]

Do you think it's okay that we just left that stuff out there in the hallway?

Sure! His room isn't far away so we'll be back soon.

[She left his door only ever so slightly ajar and when she enters again, she has to stop for a moment. It still feels kinda eerie feeling how empty it feels. The quiet is unnerving in a way, and her expression falls before she forces a smile back on her face and enters, looking over her shoulder]

If you see anything that doesn't look like it came with the room its purrobably his! He didn't have a room mate fur most of the time he was here.

[Merlin slowed down as he noticed Nepeta while walking through the halls. Nepeta was a troll that didn't seem as bad as all the other trolls, but...she was still a troll, and Merlin didn't quite know what to make of her.

For now, he opts to wait and see what the troll does. (...was that a cat with her?)]

[Indeed it is! Nepeta is headed somewhere past you. She raises her head from Cheezeburger and gives a faint smile. She shifts the large rack on her shoulder.]

Hi Merlin. [She knew he didn't think much of trolls--but he was infinitely better than that other guy had been, the one whose name she never caught]

Nepeta...hello! [Merlin was just going to smile awkwardly, and wonder if he was going to end up regret not just avoiding the troll entirely later]

...what exactly are you doing?

This stuff belongs to a furriend of mine. Someone who I think was sent back. I don't really know what they do to the purrsonal belongings of people who are returned so...I just want to make sure it isn't thrown out or given away or something. You know, in case he ever comes back.

...People's belongings stay here when they get sent back? [Merlin thinks about the Sidhe Staff he has hidden in his room, and pales. If he were to suddenly get send back home and Arthur found it...]

I think so. His did, anyway. I mean unless you actually have it on your purrson, like you did with stuff when you were brought here, I don't see why it would be sent back. I mean I guess it's pawsible but Time Compurression is a really finicky thing.

What about stuff from home that just...appeared, later on?

I think that was an exception. That's the furst time something like that has happened in the time I've been here.

So they could potentially get left behind?

Well this [She nods at the DVD rack] was something he had gotten back when people were getting stuff and it got left behind, so yea.

[Merlin pales a little of this. If he goes home and the Sidhe Staff stays behind...Arthur could find it.

He needs to find somewhere better to hide it.] Right, well...I actually really need to go now. I have to go wash Arthur's socks. He'll complain if I don't get it done.

Bye! [And with that Merlin promptly starts heading back to his own dorm, trying to figure out where on earth he's going to hide the Staff...]

[Mikuru looks slightly confused when she comes across Nepeta carrying stuff in the hallways.] Are...you moving rooms?

Moving? Oh! No. [Nepeta shook her head] A friend of mine was returned to his world, I'm purrty sure. I'm taking his stuff to keep it safe in case he returns.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. [Not really knowing what else to say about it (despite having lost two roommates and a few friends to time compression herself), Mikuru tries to move on quickly.] Do you want any help moving anything? [Well, clearly Nepeta's got the bigger things covered, but many hands make fast work.]

Thanks, we just gotta accept somethings, right? But help would be real nice! Let me just drop this off fur a moment and we can see what all is left. [She scurries the rest of the way to her room, which isn't too far off and drops the it off before returning to Mikuru]

By the way, did you ever manage to get rid of that costume?

[How did she manage to scurry with that. GDI Mikuru is going to have to poke at her strength junctioning. Anyway, she'll wait for Nepeta to lead the way to her furiend's room.]

I did! Some boy named Wally took it. [And frankly she doesn't really want to know what he ended up doing with it...]

A boy? [Thinks about this for a moment] Weird, boys are usually all uppity about wearing stuff like that. More so than girls anyway.

[It's a bird! A plane! A... walking DVD rack!]

...Nepeta?

[Lea flattens himself back against the wall to avoid getting in her way. How's she even carrying that? It must weigh a ton.]

Are you moving or something?

[Somewhere within the large rack of DVDs her voice comes]

Lea? Yea, it's me! And nyoo. Not moving, this just belongs to a furriend of mine who was recently sent back. I'm affuraid that they might throw out or give away stuff that people left behind so I'm taking it back to my room fur safe keeping.

Oh... that sucks. About your friend leaving, I mean.

Hey, I don't have anything else to do tonight! Do you need a hand moving stuff?

It kinda feels like a lot of us have been leaving recently. I sorta wonder just how many of us outsiders there are, exactly. But I guess that's just how it is and we gotta make the best of it. It'd be purrty cool if once this war is over if we could all still see each other.

That'd be real helpful. Let me drop this off in my room real quick. [She heads over to do that and returns fairly quickly]

Hey, do you like movies at all? If you don't have other plans, maybe once we're done here we can watch one of them.

Yeah, I hope when we figure out how to get home, we figure out how to go to other worlds, too. That way we wouldn't have to leave all our friends, right? -- Even the ones who already left!

[He sobers a little as he waits for her to drop off the DVD rack.] ...I wonder how many of us there are left, too.

And yeah, that sounds like fun! What kind of movies do you like?

I really, really hope so too.

[She begins to lead the way to Karkat's room]

To be honest I haven't actually watched all that many! So I'm not really sure what all there is but I like adventurous movies! And romantic ones. That's most of what he has--romantic comedies, I think. [Karkat you are such a loser but she loves you for it.]

What about you?

I like adventure movies too! And action movies. You know, anything with lots of fighting!

[Pause.] Dunno about romantic comedies. I mean, I guess if they're good it's okay...

So was he the romantic type or what? [Lea grins.]

[She laughs] Sorta and sorta not. He was funny. [Her expression becomes fond.] He likes romantic comedy and was really into quadrants and he was kinda the go to purrson fur romantic advice. He took purride in all of that but when it came to his own romantic life he always tried to act all tough. He could be purrty rude and loud--really loud but he was actually real sweet beneath it all. He just didn't like showing it.

...He sounds like a pretty good guy. [He pauses, taking stock of Nepeta's fond look and grinning at her.] So did you like him?

[You know. Like, like like.]

[Wow. Maybe Vriska had a point. Her face colors, and after a moment she gives a reluctant nod and laughs.]

Is it that obvious?

[...wtf.]

[Neku came across Nepeta just strolling through the halls, carrying that DVD case like it's nothing. As a matter of fact, it's so impossibly big that he can't even see that she's kind of a gray-skinned horn monster right now. All he sees is a girl and her cat walking along.]

...What the hell are you doing?

[Cheezeburger seems to take quite an interest in Neku, and scurries up to him, curling around his legs. This is a demand to be petted, obey.

The voice is an unfamiliar one to Nepeta, but ever the friendly person her tone is cheery when she responds]

Just a bit of room cleaning! Moving a furriends stuff over to my room.

[That's a weird accent if he's ever heard one. It sounded like 'fur-riends'... whatever. Room moving isn't unusual, especially since the whole place kind of got re-shuffled lately, but he thought that everyone would have sorted it all out by now.]

They moving to your room?

Mm. No, not exactly. They were sent back, I believe. But this stuff is theirs and I just want to make sure that it isn't given away to someone else or anything like that. He's purrty fond of his movies so I'm going to keep it in my room so if he ever returns [which she really hopes] I can give it back to him.

[It felt weird talking to someone without really being able to see them, so she carefully shifted so she could set the rack down against a wall]

I don't think we've met befur?

Oh. I guess that make se--shit.

[Nepeta... you're... gray...]

[So he's just going to kind of stare at you for a moment. He's... never had the pleasure of meeting any troll before, it seems. Oh well, gotta start somewhere, right?]

...Uh, no.

What are you, anyway?

[She couldn't help but laugh a little at his expression]

I'm a troll! Not the kind that lives under a bridge.

A... troll.

[Neku does not appreciate being laughed at, missy. But you know what, he's not going to show it, because he's too busy just... looking at her. That is a freaky looking thing if he ever saw one.]

[It occurs to Neku vaguely that this might just be a human trying to pull a fast one on him. Come on, she looks totally humanoid... except for the horns and the skin.]

...Any other 'trolls' here? Or just you?

[Aw, no harm meant, Neku~]

There's one other. Vwhi--Vriska, is her name. There use to be a handful but they're mostly gone now. Two of them use to be teachers.

[Jeez, did this girl walk out of a crazy webcomic or what??????????]

...Huh. I never saw them.

[Long, awkward pause.]

...Y'need any help with that?

[a crazy, obtuse webcomic. if only you knew how right you were, neku]

Help would be nice, yea. I'm Nepeta by the way. [She held out a hand to shake!]

Neku. [He shakes her hand and goes over to the DVD rack, taking off as many of them as he can carry in an attempt to lighten the load. He doesn't know where this other guy's dorm was, anyway.]

[Ahh, that helps. She picks up the rack again, balancing it on her shoulder and takes the lead.]

Thanks! Have you been here fur a long time?

Yeah, a while, I guess. I'm in my... second quarter. [He has to pause for a little mental math there.] What about you?

My third. [She blinked a bit] Gosh, it's hard to believe it's been that long already.

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