User:Nextoy/Short Stories/Easter2018

'''Izzy and Cindy were looking for a new place to stay together. Being a couple who had an interest in getting pets in the future, their choices in places to stay wasn’t that large. However, one place looked quite appealing to them! Though it already had three people staying there, it was quite a large house. Almost a mansion. The rent was reasonable as well, and people there already had pets. A small notice even said “Only come if you don’t mind cats.” Izzy and Cindy thought cats were cute, so they decided to check the place out.'''

'''“Ah, you two must be the couple who wanted to check the place out!” A woman introduced herself. The ragged hair, jumper, and sweatpants caused Izzy to chuckle. She looked like the crazy cat lady type he’d imagined. However, a small elbow from Cindy would quiet him down. '''

'''“My name is Deloris, and I’d be happy to show you around!” She opened the door wide for us to come in, seeing one of the cats go running out onto the sidewalk. It quickly darted towards a nearby ally, giving nobody any time to respond.'''

'''“Oh... she was inside.” The woman looked worried for a moment before sighing and straightening herself up. Izzy and Cindy looked between them and received the answer to an unspoken question while walking inside.'''

'''“Oh, don’t worry about Xaras. She’s always flying around somewhere. She’ll be back before too long, I bet.” Deloris gave a small laugh before walking her guests into the living room. There they saw that this woman was being quite serious when it comes to the “don’t mind cats” notice. In the living room alone there was four of them wandering around. And Deloris pointed to each one with an introduction, speaking foundly of each.'''

'''“So that one there is Hanji,” She pointed towards a cat with short, nearly black hair who was playing around with a bunch of gemstones. “Always loved her gems. Sometimes she even aligns them to look like people and tries talking to them.”'''

'''“That one giving everyone just the sweetest, cutest look is Draken.” She pointed to a cream colored cat with almost glistening fur. Izzy almost thought that it was giving the two girls bedroom eyes, but figured that a cat wouldn’t be like that. Although Cindy was enamoured with it.'''

'''“Oh, and over there is Iae.” Deloris pointed towards a dark colored kitten who had this hat strapped on it’s head that’s almost as big as it was. It sat on top of a bookshelf, adjusting the hat so that it balanced on its head rather than trying to take it off. “She may look like a kitten, but she’s actually one of the older cats here. Runt of the litter, but I still love her. Almost as much as she loves that cute, little hat.” '''

'''“And up on the clock there is Iocus.” She pointed towards an almost blue colored cat with patches of brown fur near its paws. “He does love clocks, although I’ll never knew why. I think he’s just a little goofball, though.” '''

'''“What about that one? With the cone?” Cindy asked, pointing towards a very angry looking cat. '''

'''“Oh, that’s Azazel. Poor thing.” Deloris sighed, giving a sad look towards the angered kitty as it tried to claw the protective collar off. “He keeps scratching himself until he bleeds, so I needed to put that on.” '''

'''As she introduced them, the three heard what sounded like feline combat in the other room. They rushed over to see a cat with seemingly red fur harassing two other cats, one with silvery fur and the other with purple fur. Deloris quickly rushed over to grab the reddish cat, picking it up and holding the violent cat so the tantrum was pointed in a safe direction.'''

'''“I told you to stop picking fights, Gin. Do I need to put you in the cage, again?” It hissed in response, but Deloris didn’t back down. Eventually it calmed down, with Deloris turning to Izzy and Cindy.'''

'''“Sorry about that. Gin is always trying to beat up Crono and Maria. I don’t know what they did to anger him so much, though.” She sighed, walking over and opening the screen door while continuing to hold Gin so it couldn’t do much to her. She set it outside while the three looked up. Birdsong had been accompanied by two cats meowing in response.'''

'''“Oh, those are Nam Mo and Avec. They’re always playing with the birds.” Deloris walked towards a tree in her oddly small backyard. It was only large enough to let the cats have a place to run around in, and even then it looked like there were different openings for them to go to and fro from.'''

'''As they stood there a dog started barking at them, walking out from a dog house in the corner of the yard. It almost looked like a wolf with how thick and rugged it’s fur was, but it seemed friendly enough.'''

'''“Oh, hey Tony.” Deloris petted the dog as it panted happily. “His full name is Gluttony, by the way.”'''

“Uh… why?” Izzy asked, him and Cindy sharing confused looks.

'''“That’s what his previous owner named him. She named all of her pets weird things. Greed, Lust, Pride. I think one was called Enbii or something.” Deloris answered, going to move away only to have Tony sit on her foot. She sighed and humored the dog’s ravenous hunger for attention. “She still visits now and then.”'''

“Anything else we should know about?” Cindy asked, starting to wonder just exactly how many cats there are around here.

'''“Oh, one of our cats just had kittens. David keeps a look over all of them, so don’t be surprised if you see a bunch of kittens wandering around with a single adult.” Deloris asked, making the question come back into Cindy’s mind. “Also, there is one other you should watch out for. Oavyce is really bossy and likes to herd people and order them around. He’s also prone to temper tantrums. Victor and Korem help keep him in line though.”'''

'''“Anything else I can do for you two?” Deloris asked as Cindy and Izzy exchanged worried looks. '''

“We’ll let you know when we’ve come to a decision.” Izzy told her, eager to get out of this crazy household.

'''“Thank you very much though.” Cindy added on. Deloris gently pushed Tony off of her foot and saw the two out. She felt certain that the two would enjoy the house, if they decided to stay.'''