Haru hands Beth a kitten. Named ANdre.

arcangel eyes the Andre-kitten.

AndrePussy says "Mew."

arcangel scritchies it behind the ears and checks to see if it has a collar.
Andre tolerates this and purrs appropriately. It has a collar of fine gold
links.

arcangel LEAVES THE COLLAR ON.

Andrekitty drat.

arcangel is NOT STUPID.

Andrekitty sulks. REX would have taken the collar off.

arcangel is not Rex.

MasonK giggles.

Andrekitty noticed. Purr. Rub rub. Purr.

MasonK pets Andre.

arcangel scritchies Andrekitty behind the ears more.

Andrekitty closes eyes. And rumbles.

arcangel . o O (We'd better get him fixed at the vet's, or he'll be
bothering all the other cats in the neighborhood.)

arcangel . o O (Then again, he's gonna be hissed enough at me...)

Andrekitty opens one eye to EYE Beth, as if he knows what she's thinking.

arcangel smiles benignly at Andrekitty.

Andrekitty settles down again, tail lashing slightly, as he keeps an eye on
her. But purrs.

arcangel tells Andrekitty, "Don't worry, I won't take off any of the
original equipment. That includes the collar."

Andrekitty's tail lashes and he sulks, but believes this is relatively
acceptable. Relatively.

arcangel scritchies him more.

arcangel says "Very pretty kitty."

Andrekitty fluffs slightly, eyes closing. Purr.

arcangel scritchies the base of his tail to see if he does elevator butt.

Andrekitty does elevator butt. But might murder any larger cat who
attempted to take advantage of it. He's just showing what he's got. Really.

OOOoh, right THERE.

arcangel scritchiescritchiescritchies.

Andrekitty purrs, butt in the air, tail straight up.

MasonK giggles.

arcangel scritchies more, and uses her other hand to scritchie him behind
the ears and under the chin.

Andrekitty rubs his cheek against Beth's hand. There. She's his now.

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

arcangel scritchiescritchie.

Andrekitty flops down in Beth's lap. And kneads.

arcangel moves the paws to someplace less, ah, distracting. Continues to
scritchie. Rubs his tummy!

Andrekitty purrs, paws in the air. Oh yeah, he's got it made.

arcangel grins happily.

arcangel says "Mmm, warm kitty."

Andrekitty rumblerumble, eyes closed, doing smug-whiskers.

arcangel rubs his ears in That Spot.

Andrekitty finds one of his feet moving up without his will to scratch at
the air beside Beth's hand. Hmmph. Stupid vessel.

MasonK suddenly considers a heresy. Andre as Djinn.

arcangel chuckles.

arcangel grins at Mason!

Haru grins too!

arcangel tickles AndreKitty between the hind toes to see if he spreads them
like Huntington did.

Andrekitty does indeed spread his toes, revealing wicked-sharp claws. He
purrs and stretches.

arcangel gets the claw-clippers.

MasonK says "After all, he doesn't want to care for anyone, but he wants
everyone to care for him. It's perfect!"

arcangel nods!

Andrekitty eyes her and reminds her silently of a promise she made.

arcangel says "It's not _declawing_. It's a _manicure._"

arcangel says "Do you want them to grow and snag in the couch and make you
trip and fall over?"

arcangel says "Very undignified."

Andrekitty glare. He's in the body of a KITTEN. His teeth don't do the job
should he need to defend himself from, oh, Laurence. (...not that his claws
would.)

Andrekitty ...hesitates, considering. True, that.

arcangel says "Hey, I'll protect you from Laurence. No cruelty to kitties!"

Andrekitty yawns vaguely and spreads his toes, then.

arcangel takes the paws and trims off the very tips of each claw. Not too
far down.

Andrekitty watches with a vague air of superiority.

arcangel gets a nail-file and files the rough edges.

Andrekitty approves. He washes his face with a front paw as this occurs.

arcangel holds out her hand when she's done with the back feet. "Front
paws, too, please?"

Andrekitty yawns again, stretches, and plops a front paw in her hand.

arcangel trims claws gently, and files them. "Do you want any nail polish
for these?"

Andrekitty contemplates the fact that they retract and decide no, it'll
just get on his fur, and shows this decision by turning over so that he's
crouching on his belly in her lap.

arcangel says "Okay, no polish. It'd probably smell nasty to you, anyway."

arcangel scritchies his back more. "Want more tummy rubs?"

Andrekitty considers this, eyes slitted, then idly flops onto his side
again, permitting her to rub his magnificent tummy.

arcangel rubs the magnificent tummy!

Andrekitty purrs, head falling back.

arcangel avoids doing babytalk while she does it, too!

Andrekitty appreciates that and you shall thus survive when he gets his
true form back.

arcangel works on rubbing him under the chin in juuuuust that spot.

Andrekitty tilts his head back further, his purr a rumble against Beth's
fingers, feet twitching.

arcangel has had a lot of cats and knows most of the really good spots!

arcangel says "Mmmm, preeeeeeetty kitty!"

Andrekitty approves. And certainly doesn't mind being called pretty. After
all, it's true.

arcangel continues, "Most lovely kitten in the world, oh yes."

Andrekitty smugs. Oh yes he does. And he purrs, too.

arcangel adds, "Probably just about the smartest, too!"

arcangel . o O (Since, well, Jordi might be a pretty smart kitten too...)

Andrekitty opens one eye and tilts his head up slightly as if to say 'you
had doubts?' ...then stretches into the tummy rub. Mmmmm.

arcangel continues to minister to the Prince of Kittens!

arcangel . o O (Because, hey -- he's much happier in a good mood!_

Andrekitty clearly has it made right now. Someone to kitter... er, cater to
his every need. Just what he always wanted. (And usually got!)

arcangel . o O (And without all that pesky administration that kept getting
in the way!)

Andrekitty bliss.

arcangel . o O (You know, Kath would probably cuddle him and keep him in
that form for a while, before letting him loose, in SSO...)

arcangel . o O (Assuming it's the point in the timeline where they've
arrived at... understandings.)

Haru snickers. Poor Andre. ....well, I mean, he deserves far worse, but.
Awww. ^^

MasonK snickers.

arcangel giggles.

You say "And the best part is that he can wash himself at any guests, and
nobody will know that he's secretly laughing at them!"

arcangel giggles!!!

arcangel says "Except the people who know cat bodylanguage."

You say "It's true. My cat invariably washes himself as snide commentary on
stuff."

arcangel laughs!

You say "and, of course, there's the frantic-shoulder-licking. ^^"

arcangel says "Embarassment!"

arcangel hands AndreKitty off to another, as she must take toddler
upstairs, brush her teeth, get her into PJs, and into bed and sleep.