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Book Haven; Saturday [ 10-2 ]

Waking up today had been... interesting.

Normally, Alphonse would wake up and find a cat curled up somewhere on his bed, either napping or staring off into space (whatever a cat's thought process was, he had no idea). This morning proved itself to be very different from a normal one, because usually there wasn't a kid in place of a cat bouncing around excitedly.

Finding out his pet became human was reeeeeally strange. ... On the other hand, it was kind of neat. Alphonse just felt bad that this had to happen on the day he worked, but Cuddles seemed to be okay with the fact of going out-- he didn't want to leave him by himself in this state.

So in the bookstore today there was Alphonse tending to things around the store, and Cuddles, who was usually not there nor human-shaped.

[ ooc: yay pet plot. cuddles will say hi to anyone who drops by \o\ ... that is an awfully strange name for a person. ]

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Proudfoot wandered downstairs and curled up in her chair. Not quite as comfortable as it usually was, but still good.

Cuddles was the first to notice Proudfoot and waved excitedly at her. "Hi, hi!"

That caught Alphonse's attention, and he looked from behind a bookshelf, noticing the woman in the chair. "Um, hello?" he greeted as well, unsure. He didn't hear anyone come in through the door...

Proudfoot smiled, but didn't uncurl from the chair. "Hello, Alphonse. Hello, other person I don't know."

"I'm Cuddles!" he filled in for her.

Alphonse blinked. It took a moment for the lightbulb to click on, but when it did he looked more surprised than he should have. "Proudfoot? You too?"

"Her name's Proudfoot?" Cuddles looked between her and Alphonse, then back at her again. "I know your name now, too!"

"Hello, Cuddles," Proudfoot responded, managing not to look too smug at having a far more appropriate name. "Nice to meet you. And yes, Alphonse, it's me."

Cuddles didn't seem to mind the name (and if he did, he was doing a good job of not showing that), but Alphonse... well, it wasn't his fault he was eight years old when he named the cat. If there was any trace of a smug look on Proudfoot's face, Alphonse didn't notice it.

"I guess it's not only my cat, then," Alphonse mused. "I think this place is being weird again."

Proudfoot stretched luxuriously. "I do love this island. Things are always interesting here."

Sometimes a little too interesting. At least this sort of effect wasn't so bad.

"I imagine this would be a little odd for you, too," Alphonse said.

Proudfoot shrugged. "The Goddess says I shouldn't lick myself in public and I do miss my tail quite a bit, but other than that..."

"Yeah! That one feels straaaange." Cuddles emphasized this by waving a hand behind him. "And so do these hands!" He stuck both of them out in front of him and waved them around. "I can't crawl under things anymore, either! I'm too big!" Which was followed by more arm waving above his head. "That's not so bad though because I can do people things!"

Alphonse gave an odd look. "Probably not for long..." He glanced back over to Proudfoot. "Well, that's good. I wonder how many other things got affected."

Proudfoot gave Cuddles the indulgent, slightly smug look of older cat to kitten before turning her attention back to Alphonse. "I have no idea," she replied. "But with magic one never can tell what might happen."

Alphonse definitely learned that a long time ago. "Yeah," he agreed, then gave her a curious look. "You're familiar with it?" It sounded like she was.

"With magic?" she asked. "Of course. I am an Asheth Temple cat after all. And I grew up mostly at Chrestomanci Castle. How could I not be familiar with it?"

"Asheth?" Alphonse gave a slightly puzzled look. "I-- I'm sorry, I don't know what any of that is."

"No one here does," Proudfoot said ruefully. "It is several worlds away. The Goddess and I left when I was just a little kitten."

"A long time ago?" Alphonse guessed. "With Miss Millie?" He knew that most likely had an obvious answer, but he'd never heard anyone refer to her as that.

"With The Goddess, yes. I don't understand why she doesn't have everyone call her that." Proudfoot moved as if to begin grooming herself, then stopped and sighed. "How do you humans manage without being able to stop and clean yourself whenever you need to?"

Huh. Alphonse couldn't help but wonder what story was behind that one. He then lifted his eyebrows at what he thought was an odd question. "Um, I guess it's different, with us. We just go take a shower when we need to."

"But then you have to get all wet," Cuddles pointed out, making a face.

Proudfoot shuddered delicately. "Fur takes forever to dry."

Alphonse chuckled lightly. "I don't think I've met a cat yet who did like the water."

"Not many of us do," Proudfoot said with another shudder.

"It's not so bad for people," Alphonse said with a tiny smile.

"Really? Do humans like these shower things?" Proudfoot asked curiously. It was entirely possible that if answered in the affirmative she'd rush up and try one herself.

Ed was bored. And realised he hadn't actually checked out the bookstore in town. So when he went in and saw his brother working, it was a surprise. A good surprise, but a surprise nonetheless.

"Hey, Al! I didn't know you were here."

Alphonse turned at the sound of Edward's voice. "Oh, Brother! I--"

"It's you!" Cuddles quickly cut off Alphonse's sentence and pointed at Edward, before it became an excitable wave.

He stared at the little boy. "I don't know you!" But he couldn't help waving back. "Do I? Did someone turn into a kid?"

"Um, sort of," Alphonse replied.

Cuddles took this opportunity to latch on to Edward's arm. "It's me!"

"... It's Cuddles," Alphonse supplied. "Just not furry, today."

Ed patted the little boy on the head with his non-latched onto hand. "Hi..uhh, Cuddles?"

"...what's going on?" he asked Alphonse. He looked back at the boy. "I can't believe you let that Setsuna girl name a boy cat Cuddles."

Alphonse facepalmed. "Why does the name matter?!" He gave an exasperated sigh. "I just woke up and he was like that!"

He laughed and looked down at the boy again. It was nice to be able to look down at someone.

"So, ah, hey Cuddles. Whatcha doing today?"

"Being here!" he responded. "And watchin' him do stuff."

Alphonse looked a little sheepish by that response. "S-sorry, I wish I could be a little more exciting today..."

Stan popped in for some reading materials. His bookshelves were sparse.

Realizing she hadn't seen Alphonse since he'd gotten back from his trip, which was just insane, really, Setsuna definitely made sure to stop in at the bookshop to say hello before she had to head into her own job that day.

Cuddles was, of course, the first to hear the door open and promptly went to see who it was. That 'who' turned out to be quite a familiar face, and he decided to make this known by shouting out her name cheerily; "Setsuna!"

Hearing both these things, Alphonse appeared from where he was hidden among bookshelves again, except he knew who to expect from the outcry alone. "Oh, Setsuna," he echoed.

Setsuna blinked at the unfamiliar person who apparently seemed to know her. "Um, hey, Alphonse..." she said, absently, turning her head slightly toward him but not taking her eyes off the other boy. "And..I'm sorry, I don't seem to recall who you are...?" She always was bad at remembering the names of newer students, but she usually could recall their faces. The eyes looked somewhat familiar, though...

"He's--"

"Cuddles!" he finished off for him. "I'm not a cat today! I'm a person instead."

"Um, right," Alphonse clarified awkwardly. "He's... my cat. Usually."

Setsuna just stared a little as she waited for that to process. It...was Fandom, after all, and, hell, her old sensei's best friend had been turned into an ermine, so did it really seem so far fetched that her best friend's cat would be turned into a person?

"Oh, I...see," Setsuna said slowly. She looked to Alphonse with the unasked question of Fandom Weirdness in her expression before offering Cuddles a smile. Poor thing. Having to be a person named...Cuddles. "How...do you like it so far...uh, Cuddles...?"

If Alphonse could read Setsuna's thoughts, he'd be inclined to agree; while, yes, it was somewhat of a childish name yet still acceptable for a cat, a person on the other hand... He was just glad this wouldn't be permanent. Or that Cuddles didn't display any care about it.

"It's so weird!" Cuddles answered. "It's waaaaay different, but it's kinda fun!"

"Yeah, I, uh...I bet those opposable thumbs are a real, uh, hoot..."

And as Cuddles spoke more, Setsuna shot Alphonse a truly What the heck? look.

It was a look that anyone could figure out, including Alphonse. He shrugged and made a vague wave around the area, implying that it was definitely Fandom Weirdness at work.

Mentioning that, Cuddles lifted up a hand, wiggled his fingers a bit, then beamed. "Hey, yeah! I didn't even realize that-- I can pick up things!"

Setsuna bit her lip a little. It was a bit difficult not to be amused by that. "So how long have you been in person form instead of kitten form, Cuddles?"

...She was calling a person Cuddles.....Maaaaan....

"Since this morning," he answered, waving his hands around a little more. "I woke up like this! I dunno how it happened."

"Neither do I," Alphonse filled in. "I'm just blaming it on Fandom weirdness again; the same thing happened to Miss Millie's cat."

"Fandom Weirdness certainly does seem a plausible explanation," Setsuna nodded, thoughtfully looking at Cuddles and deciding that, yup, that was definitely Cuddles. She could tell by the eyes. "Wonder if it's happening to all the pets..."

She was having a brief flash in her mind of Mizu as a person, but quickly forced it out of her head for several reasons.

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