Message 03. Insert Pertinent Internet Meme Here

[unrecovered]

[The communicator, set on a bedside table, seemingly turns on by itself - that is, until Fang leans in the frame to check that it's on and squeaks happily when he sees that it is. Looks like someone's been picking up bad habits from other Spirits.]

[The bat leans out of the frame and the video shows Wash in his hotel room, dressed in casual clothes and staring up at the ceiling.]

Get down from there.

[There's an indignant meowing from offscreen. Wash makes a frustrated noise and rolls his eyes.]

Look, there's nothing up there. Nightmares don't even come inside, let alone hide in my ceiling. Now will you just get down?

[There's another meow, and Wash's eyes widen slightly. He lunges to the left, barely managing to catch something small and pastel falling from the ceiling - a Necho Cat, as it turns out. It meows happily and rolls over in his arms. The room is secure; they can all relax now. Wash just rolls his eyes again.]

I would end up with the paranoid cat.

[Oh come on, it's not paranoid - just overprotective. The cat reaches up and boops him on the nose with a paw and Wash's expression just melts, a big, dopey grin growing on his face. He is unmistakably a cat person. He takes a seat and scratches the cat's belly as it stretches out on his lap. Fang, deciding he wants in on this, squeaks and nudges the communicator off, and the video cuts out.]

Second Shock [Traverse Town, Voice/Action]

[motorvation]

[Someone seems to have caught up with life here, because when Asami comes on the communicator, she looks fairly refreshed and happy. This might have been a sudden swerve in her life, but overall it's not as mentally jarring as the last one she went through.]

[And, apparently, she's decided to have a little fun.]

Just because it's night here all the time doesn't mean we have to be boring. Does anyone want to go shopping with me? I've been feeling a little cooped up in this hotel and it feels like a good time to get out. I'll be in the stores in the Second District if you want to come along.

[Doing something girly would be nice, for a change. Also, practically, she really does need more than one set of clothes. About fifteen minutes after she broadcasts that, Asami can be found in the stores across from the Hotel, just as she said, sorting through a rack of skirts. Not very practical for fighting in, but a girl has to feel pretty sometimes.]