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[thelightbringer]

The Inner City. This world. Local gossip. I don't know, how big a doodle do you feel up for?

[al_truism]

I'll see how much I remember.

[thelightbringer]

There's some paper inside. Ready?

[The kitten pads over to sniff Al's shoes; it's only obvious because she leaves paw prints in the dirt.]

[al_truism]

Sure. I can only really remember a few floors of the inner city, but I know the rest of the city itself well enough.

[Al leans down to stroke a few fingers along her back.]

[thelightbringer]

I see you've met her already.

[al_truism]

Break introduced us when I went to see him.

[His tone warms considerably.]

He says that he hopes she's purple.

[thelightbringer]

[He just grins. He won't tell Break if she is or not.] That would be fitting, wouldn't it?

[al_truism]

I didn't know cats came in purple. Then again, I didn't know cats could be invisible, either.

[thelightbringer]

She's a hellcat. She could be anything I want her to be. [Cooing the words at the kitten, who playfully paws Lucifer's face. And scratches him to the bone on accident, but it heals in a few seconds.]

[al_truism]

[Al winces.]

You'll have to teach her how to use her claws. That wouldn't heal up on Break.

[thelightbringer]

She doesn't touch him with her paws. And if she did, he has me, hm?

[But training these animals is a lot more difficult than it sounds. He gave Break the kitten when she was brand new so that she would learn instinctively not to bite or claw him even in play. Other people might be screwed.]

[al_truism]

Good. She's very sweet, though.

[Al strokes behind her ears, giving her attention.]

[thelightbringer]

She'd better be.

[Her purring is so loud it rattles the loose dirt around her feet, and she's getting strong; she arches against Al's fingers.]

I'll be back.

[He goes and returns with scraps of paper, a board, and some bits of charcoal.]

[al_truism]

[Al explores with his fingers, still scratching gently, finding any physical differences between her and a normal cat.

When Lucifer comes back, he sits down, devoting one hand to cat-attention, organizing supplies with the other.]

Which do you want first?

[thelightbringer]

[She has tufts on the tips of her ears, and a spike on the end of her tail. Apart from those and her razor sharp claws, though, she's a normal, sweet kitten.]

Inner City first.

[al_truism]

[Al gets to sketching with one hand. His lines are precise, borne of many tactical years and multiple break-ins. He clearly labels things and gets them all correct the first time. There are a lot of gaps in the map, which are labeled with what the areas likely are.

The areas encompass the basement level, the outside grounds, and several different floors, but not nearly all.]

[thelightbringer]

[Lucifer takes a picture of it as Al progresses, for back up.]

The dinosaurs were here?

[al_truism]

Outside. In the courtyard.

[He hovers a finger over it, indicating the area.]

[thelightbringer]

And how do power losses progress? Where are they first noticed, do they get worse...?

[al_truism]

What do you mean, power losses?

[thelightbringer]

I'd be powerless here, wouldn't I?

[al_truism]

I never lost power while I was in the Inner City, so I have no idea. My alchemy worked just fine until I lost consciousness.

[thelightbringer]

Really? Good to know.

[al_truism]

The way I understood it, it's underground that power loss happens. I've never been in the underground.

[thelightbringer]

Oh I know underground we will. We have no plans for the City right now, I just like to keep my options open.