Inspection

[adageblunder]

Artemis shuddered as he walked down the hallway. It was bad enough that people even joked about eating him, but the fact Minako unwittingly entertained the idea on a regular basis certainly didn't help. Wanting to get out of the room, as he actually did have better things to do than lounge in Minako or Utena's bunk all day long, the thought had

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[harrietwashere]

Harriet sat on her bed as she idly flipped through the pages of one of her new books. She hadn't really had a chance to meet many people yet, besides through her journal, so she had spent most of her time in her room. Being the "new girl" gave her more attention than she wanted.
She paused, noticing the door had drifted open. She'd thought she had closed it... She closed her textbook and frowned at it.
When she went to close it again, Harriet thought she saw something white go past her. She turned quickly, surprised.

[adageblunder]

Darting quickly between Harriet's legs, the silver streak hopped up onto the edge of Liz's bunk. From there, he sat and didn't say a word at first, tilting his head to examine the girl and giving a few curious glances around the room at anything that had recently changed. Seeing as he was obviously in the form a cat, he wore nothing save for the small charm around his neck that Liz had given him for Valentine's Day.

Looks like her. He pondered to himself. Hard to know I can't talk around here, but she might not realize which cat Artemis is... Swishing his tail lightly, he continued the charade that made him appear to be like any other pet. Artemis was not one to be first in volunteering information and showing hands.

[harrietwashere]

"Oh," Harriet said softly. "Just a cat."
She wondered who he belonged to. Surely if he was Liz's she would have seen it by now? He was on her bunk, though.
Maybe he was a stray? No, he looked far too nice for that. She noticed the charm, and nodded. He definitely belonged to someone. Would it say who on the charm? That could be just a dog thing, though. Harriet remembered that one of her neighbors had a ton of cats, and they didn't have any nametags.
It was worth a try, though. She approached the cat slowly, so he wouldn't run or scratch her.
"Here kitty," she called, trying to sound soothing.

[adageblunder]

If the white, black-lettered Shinto charm served any purpose as a nametag, it definitely wasn't in any language Harriet would have known. It had that minor hint of magic and general specialty about it. The visitor simply tilted his head as Harriet came nearer, looking her over as any curious cat would.

Kitty? Artemis smiled. I guess I've been called worse things than 'kitty.' Playfully, he patted the bed with one paw, unable to contain a light chuckle. "Here, human." He took a moment to clear his throat by coughing into his paw, as he was fond of doing. "Artemis. The name's Artemis. I'm assuming you're 'Harriet.' Happen to know where it is Liz scurried off to?"