norglomofnit.livejournal.comMoist opened the Post Office, directed Gladys to get the place in order, then went to check out the sorting engine. It was rumbling and rattling and emitting a strangely harsh blue glow.
He ducked.
A box with holes in it shot out a chute, straight across the post office, and was neatly plucked out of the air by Gladys. It was meowing.
"Nice catch," Moist said as he cautiously approached. The box wasn't just meowing, it was emitting a long, drawn out, mournful wail. "I'll go over there, you open the box."
"Yes, Mr Lipwig." Gladys ripped the box open, revealing an extremely disgruntled looking small black and white cat, which promptly leapt off Gladys and rubbed her head against one clay leg.
"A cat." Moist watched bemused as she trotted determinedly through the building, claiming everything as hers, ending up under the desk, staring up at him. "Oh no. You just stay down there."
It was a cat. Obedience was never going to happen.
She leapt onto the desk, into Moist's lap, kneaded with her paws, then promptly bit his finger and hopped down. "Ow! The Post Office doesn't need a cat. The Post Office doesn't want a cat!"
Despite that, the Post Office seemed to have acquired a cat, one who was currently making herself comfortable in a pile of mail. "If the building burns down, I'm not rescuing you," Moist muttered, surrendering to the inevitable and going in search of a bowl.
Anyone receiving mail today might find it slightly chewed and/or shredded. And the cat was definitely not going to be named Tiddles.