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The Perk - Monday late morning

After an intense run and multiple reps of stairs, and it should be noted, a shower necessary for the public good, Kaidan hiked over to the Perk for coffee.

He did his usual thing and told the baristas to surprise him. The result was a hot beverage in a large mug with foam shaped into..

"Is that supposed to be a Loth cat?" Kaidan asked. There were many attempts at a straight face from behind the counter, "You guys know that wasn't me, right? That was Kanan. I haven't turned into an animal yet. The other K-an name, but not me."

He looked at the foam and facepalmed. "I can't drink that. I mean, come on."

The barista behind the counter sighed and took the drink away, scraping off the foam. She added whipped cream instead and dusted it with cinnamon over a little bat decal before handing it back.

"Thanks. As far as I know, none of my friends turn into bats."

Kaidan took the mug and camped out in a comfy chair by the window. He fired up his Omni Tool in read/write mode and began scanning through the latest data he'd been sent.

[Open!]

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Speaking of friends who had turned in to animals...

There really was only so much one could accomplish at the station when in possession of paws rather than hands. So eventually Liam had taken his leave of Rosa and gone on to patrol the streets of Fandom. Which, he had to admit, was easier in some ways while shaped like this. Spotting Kaidan in the window as he passed by the Perk, he darted in to the coffee shop the next time the door opened, and over to Kaidan.

“Mrr.”

How were you today, Kaidan?

Kaidan blinked down at Liam. "You too, huh?" He powered down his Omni. "Didn't you just do this like a month or two ago? Are you developing a catnip habit we should talk about?"

Probably no, though it would be amusing if true.

Liam hopped up on the arm of the chair and shot Kaidan a Look- a method of communication he was getting pretty good at after being stuck as a cat for over a week. Again.

(For the record, that first time had been three months ago.)

Yes, Verity had been kind enough to procure some catnip tea for him while he was stuck like this, but he was hardly developing a habit.

Kaidan laughed quietly at the oh, so very Liam look on the cat's face. "Are you pettable, or am I going to get bitten for scritching your head?"

A valid question, as Liam normally tended to avoid being touched when he was his normal self. But his current shape apparently had some influence over his behavior, as he tilted his head slightly in assent. Scritches would be permitted.

To be fair, Kaidan didn't generally go about scratching human-shaped Liam on the head nor asking to.

Kitty-shaped anyone, however, was going to get asked. Now that he knew it was actually a person in there. Of course, all cats think they're people, but here at least they actually usually were.

Kaidan supplied the scritching. "While I'm kind of glad to have had two weeks off of wacky island fun, starting to be a little jealous of all the people who've turned into animals. Zack bets wolf for me, by the way. That's two for dog."

Yeah, head-scritching normal-shaped Liam would be right out. But so would things like casual arm-touches. And hugs (unless possibly it were life-or-death).

The look he gave Kaidan was a far more smug one, now, along with a twitch of his tail. Called it, definitely.

"Guess we'll see, someday," Kaidan answered, "though I think it'd be pretty funny if I turned into a badger or something instead."

Liam let out a little huff of air, the closest he could manage to a laugh in this form. Because yes, picturing that was kind of funny.

Although... was he thinking adorable European badger, or meet-you-in-a-back-alley American badger?

Depending on what was going on around him, both might be accurate.

"Hopefully whatever I turn into has a neck big enough to accommodate my dog tags," Kaidan tapped them through his shirt, "That way people will know it's me. Otherwise, I might have to take up some form of interpretive dance."

"Mrr." Or wait a day until radio could report on said transformation! Because the squirrels were eerily thorough.

... Although the interpretive dance would certainly be something to see.

"You realize it'd probably be in your office, right? Either you or Kanan. Maybe Zack, though Zack wouldn't appreciate a dance quite so much, I don't think," Kaidan said.

Could be teasing.

Could be threatening to do a silly little badger dance in your office someday.

Another chirping meow, this one sounding rather smug.

Because if you thought for a hot second, Kaidan, that Liam would not take out his Global and record such a thing...

He absolutely trusted that Liam would. Come on, fair's fair. He got Kanan chasing a tooka doll around and playing it on video.

And it was adorable.

"Uh huh," Kaidan agreed, for all the possible things that meow could have meant, "and then I'd chase the troopers around biting at their ankles."

Their..armored.. ankles.

"Mrrrr."

Did you want to break your teeth, Kaidan? Because that's how you'd break your teeth.

"What do you mean, no? Why can't I bite the troopers?" Kaidan protested, "Fine. They're your troopers. I'll find other troopers to bite."

As a badger, he'd almost be obligated to try.

Hey now, Liam was looking out for you, Kaidan. Being a toothless badger (or dog, because his money was still on that, frankly) wouldn't be much fun, now would it?

For which Liam got more scritches. Good kitty.

"They seem like mostly good guys, anyway. I might feel a little bad later," he admitted.

"Mrrr," Liam nodded approvingly. Not always the brightest bulbs on the string, but they meant well. Even if their idea of a joke was honestly kind of eyeroll-worthy.

He thought of something. "Liam? Are your troopers clones, too?"

He didn't actually know. He'd never seen them without the headgear on.

A nod, and a twitch of his tail. It had taken him a few days to figure out who was who, honestly.

Kaidan closed his eyes briefly. Right. Keep them the hell away from Kanan at all costs.

He'd witnessed Kanan's reaction at seeing Stance. He knew his friend avoided the troopers in town and now, well, now he knew it wasn't just the Imperial uniform.

Kitty scritches, more to soothe himself than Liam. Then he changed the subject.

"Do things get crazier around Halloween?"

Liam and Kanan had actually had a pretty good conversation about Stance running in to Calvin when he'd been... 'visiting'!

The question got a bit of a quizzical headtilt as Liam tried to figure out how to answer given that he couldn't actually talk at the moment.

Waking up last Halloween as a vampire of sorts would certainly fall under the domain of 'crazy', he supposed. But he had no idea how that compared to years past. And aside from being on-theme for the day, wasn't terribly unusual for Fandom weird in general, either.

"That's not a no," Kaidan said with a small frown. "I'll have to check back with you if you have, y'know, speech again before Halloween."

A twitch of his tail, more-or-less equivalent to a shrug.

There were certainly worse things to be turned in to, but yeah. Speech was one of those things he was missing right about now.

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