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[doitrockapella]

Carmen Sandiego

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." —Winston Churchill

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[mercurio]

born and raised here actually
i'm trying to show him around as much as i can

[doitrockapella]

What have you seen so far?

[mercurio]

we went to the ocean and down the boardwalk also i've been showing him places to go eat around town
oh the petting zoo also it was one of my favorite days

[doitrockapella]

All excellent choices. I'm partial to the zoo myself, but I like the big cats best — and they're not really up for petting.

[mercurio]

i bet if you asked... the cubs are pretty domesticated aren't they?

[doitrockapella]

I'd worry about whether it was the right thing for the cubs, instead of just the right thing for me.

When tigers pace in their habitats at the zoo, it's their way of coping with the stress of captivity. Even the finest enclosed area is still just that — an enclosed area. And don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of seeing them sheltered from dangers in the wild that would threaten them with extinction, but they're not pets, either, and shouldn't be. They're beautiful creatures evolved a certain way, but due to factors their evolution could never have anticipated, they've come to be in an environment that keeps them safe while still not precisely suiting them.

[Funny how when she writes it all out like that, she comes to recognize just how much she identifies with those big cats in their pens. Moreso than she lets on even to herself, sometimes.]

[mercurio]

wow
didn't realize you were big on animals

[doitrockapella]

Oh, I love them. Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my. :)

[mercurio]

do you have pets?

[doitrockapella]

A cat, by the name of Bustopher Jones.

He's a sweetheart, but he's also, well...undeniably unique.

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[mercurio]

oh no WHAT bustopher jones is really cute!
super fluffy
hehe what a photogenic guy

[doitrockapella]

Super fluffy and unfortunately a little klutzy. Or possibly even more than "a little". I once saw him stretch, forget why he was stretching, get confused by this unexpected turn of events, and then fall over.

What about you, do you have pets? Cats, dogs, birds?

[mercurio]

he sounds absolutely perfect
i have a dog his name's rufus
brown labrador
i guess i'm also part-owner of a super fluffy cat called etro and a smaller half-husky white pupper called tiny athena

[doitrockapella]

Oh? And how did you end up part-owner of Etro and Tiny Athena? Some sort of time-share arrangement?

[mercurio]

i had to take care of etro a while because my friend wasn't around for a while
and i kinda forced tiny athena on him after he got back lol she's just too cute

[doitrockapella]

...That absence of his didn't happen to coincide with this past August, did it?

[mercurio]

nah it was back in february-march he was in hospital a bit

[doitrockapella]

Ah. I'm sorry to hear that — but he's doing better now?

[mercurio]

yeah all better now! no reason to worry

[doitrockapella]

I'm sure he's glad to be out and about again, too. I can't say I've ever met a hospital that I WASN'T happy to get out of as soon as I could.

But the two of you must be close, if you took up the charge of looking after his cat. Have you known each other for a long time?

[mercurio]

he is and yeah i agree
hospitals aren't super fun

i guess he's my best friend? i met him earlier this year
we just hit it off

[doitrockapella]

How did the two of you meet?

[mercurio]

i was his delivery guy for food most nights
one day we just played video games together after i delivered his food
and the rest is history

[doitrockapella]

And now you're best friends with a few shared pets and a history. That's absolutely charming.

Is he going to be celebrating Halloween along with you?

[mercurio]

oh shit i haven't asked him that actually