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[i_got_this]

Who| South Dakota and You!
What| South making bad-life decisions (aka brother avoidance)
Where| Around the Ship and Legion World
When| First half of March
Warnings/Notes| Language, will add as necessary

South Dakota has never been accused of being a wholly mature person who makes informed decisions after careful consideration. Case in point, when her twin brother arrives on Legion she does her best to avoid him; she's not ready to give up her new-found Independence. On the same hand, though, he's always been an intergral part of her life and the moments she'd spent here without him always felt weird on some level.

So, with these two warring sides, she's been attempting to avoid him in general, and using her power to assume other people's personas when she couldn't sneak past him. So sometimes you might run into someone you swore you just left somewhere else, or - as the case is as the month wears on - you might see someone transforming into someone else as she comes or goes from where ever North is currently.

Feel free to run into any of the following that are actually South Dakota in disguise; South Dakota, America, Dave Strider, Texas, Robbie, or perhaps even random animals.

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[agnominal]

Depending on the animal, it may attract the interest of a kitten that still isn't convinced that life on a leash is for her.

Luna is currently dragging her harness behind her and stalking the halls, when she sees that flicker of movement. Immediately she hunches down, creeping after the movement, as any kitten worth her salt would.

[i_got_this]

South flicks her antennae in annoyance as she crawls out of an air vent and along the wall - that had been close call. She crawls down to the ground and pauses, her little cockroach wings shifting for a moment as her antennae tested the air.

Something was watchi--shit, cat! Something supposedly so small and adorable suddenly appeared as much more sinister, and she immediately starts crawling away as fast as her tiny little legs can skitter.

[agnominal]

Luna is not giving up her quarry that quickly, hunched down and stalking after South with intent. As fast as a cockroach can move? She's not having any trouble keeping up. But now she seems more curious than anything, darting ahead to bat at her before peering closely to see what she'll do.

[i_got_this]

Oh crap now it's ahead of her. She stops for a fraction of a moment and then turns and darts in a different direction, trying to outmaneuver the cat. She's so preoccupied with trying to escape that it doesn't occur to her to switch into anything bigger, yet.

[the_civilian]

Tadashi pauses as he catches movement out of the corner of his eye. It's down low enough that he assumes it must be some kind of animal -- even the Athramites aren't that short, and they'd have little reason to be stalking him around Legion World when he'd just had them make another bodysuit after he'd torn his surfing on the Hab Deck.

"Hey kitty-kitty," he says, crouching down and extending a hand in that direction. He assumes it's a cat. A lot of people seem to be bringing cats in lately, maybe one of them has gotten lost.

"Pss pss pss pss." He flutters his fingers in an encouraging motion. "Here kitty."

[i_got_this]

After the earlier run in with a kitten, South had decided it was too dangerous to switch into anything smaller. So admittedly yeah, she's a little bigger and a little harrier and if someone hadn't caught a full glimpse of her before she rounded that corner she could see why they made that mistake.

The funny noises he makes are amusing, so she pauses where she is, and then turns and trots back around the corner and looks up at Tadashi as if to say, 'Yeah?'

[the_civilian]

That is emphatically not a cat. Tadashi lurches back on his heels with a startled yelp. He's pretty sure that's some kind of badger and while zoology isn't his field, he's pretty sure they're not usually a friendly, pettable species.

"What the heck?!"

[i_got_this]

The honey badger chuffs for a few moments, and then she shifts back into South, laughing.

"Dude, the look on your face!" She leans against the wall to catch her breath. "Priceless!"

[a_shadow]

It's completely unexpected when Tex sees the other soldier—she's turning a corner in the ship, making her way from one area to another—and she stops dead in her tracks when she nearly collides with...herself?

"What the fuck?"

[i_got_this]

Abort, abort! Except the best thought that comes tpo her head right now is to mirror Tex until she can get away.

"What the fuck?"

Yes, South, nice save.

[a_shadow]

Up until that moment, she'd merely been thinking someone had decided to steal her trademark armor color. The sound of her own voice returning to her, repeating the same phrase she had just said, is altogether unexpected. It raises her hackles in a way that little else could have, and she rushes in and grabs her doppelganger by the neck.

"Who are you?" she demands.

[i_got_this]

Well fuck this is the exact opposite of what she wanted to happen. Without thinking she shifts into one of the more terrifying not-Tex people she knows; The Director, who then sputters in a Southern rage;

"Agent Texas, you are out of line! Unhand me at once!"

slides in here finally

[vata]

"I don't believe this." Animals. Animals everywhere, lately. How many kittens has she held in the last few weeks? More than she ever has in years, come to think of it. Still, if someone's lost their pet, they're going to start crying about it soon enough...and that means she might earn a few brownie points for returning it to its rightful owner.

Hence why she reaches down to scoop up that poor little thing almost as quickly as she sees it.

\o/

[i_got_this]

Ah, yes; this is why South hadn't done a cat before. People liked cats, and weren't afraid of them, to the point where she's getting scooped up before she can really process what's going on. Even being a cat with greater sense of smell and hearing she wasn't great at taking stock of her surroundings.

A little growl rumbles in her throat as she turns to look at the offender, ears going back in preparation of a hiss, but then she sees who it is and there's a dim recollection of seeing her before ... she grows silent for a moment, then settles into Sombra's hands and starts purring.

Yeah, they'd fucked around but she'd helped her deal with the whole Silent Horizon bullshit so she's giving her a pass on this.

oh my gosh.....

[vata]

Well that's...endearing. Too endearing. It takes a few beats of silent staring before Sombra slowly glances around to be sure no one else is watching, then cups the little kitten against the center of her chest, stroking its fur with a patient hand.

Knowing the local cat crew, one of the armored horde must have lost track of their newest pets. Connie, maybe?

"It'd be a lot easier if they put a name tag on you."

XD

[i_got_this]

Okay this was unexpected but -- really, South isn't exactly surprised when she thinks about it. People love kittens. She's probably not helping any with the purring but it was a moment of weakness and she's doubling down on it.

To Sombra's comment she gives a plaintive little 'Mew!' No one's putting a tag on her!

left it intentionally vague for your purposes!

[muroieda]

Animals are always friends!

You'd think that someone that grew up in the irradiated Australian wilderness would know better than to approach an unfamiliar animal, especially one that seems removed from its usual habitat. But here Junkrat is, reaching out with a metal hand to pet and greet this creature.

"Awh, g'day there! Didja get lost, mate?"

bwahahaha hope this works!

[i_got_this]

So in her experiences so far South has discovered cats couldn't resist bugs, people couldn't resist cats, and as fun as it was freaking people out as a honey badger she's still trying to keep a low profile.

Which is why she's gone with a spider on the wall. Cats can't reach and people won't!

Then this bastard comes along and starts getting handsy. There's no winning here, is there? She tucks her legs in at first, then tries to scurry off away from him.

i'll chock up him reaching for a spider on the grounds that he's nucking futs

[muroieda]

"Don't be like that, mate! Come on, yer gonna get squished in a place like this."

And like that, he plucks her from the wall. Despite being a chunky metal prosthetic, his hold on her is feather-light to avoid hurting her but too rigid to let her escape and get to, say, something she can bite and actually cause damage.

"Where did ya even come from...? I got a place I can keep ya, as long as ya promise not ta get underfoot."

Because those are promises that spiders can make. Right?

[goddamngrenades]

Oh what a cute little kitten wandering around on it's own. A sweet, unassuming cat that doesn't belong to anyone and really shouldn't be wandering out all alone. No collar, no leash- York's pretty sure he knows what's going on. Crouching down to scoop her up? Isn't that big of a deal.

"Now what are you doing out here all on your own?"

[i_got_this]

Flat ears and an unimpressed swish of the tail as she glares him down with yellow eyes. If anyone knew her trick and how she preferred to use it, it'd be York. She gives him a deadpan glare and a single, long, irritated meow. She was minding her own damn business thank you very much you can put her down now and do the same.

Hopefully without calling her out on her shit.

Because seriously she just doesn't want to deal with adult things right now.

[goddamngrenades]

YEP. That's South. Okay time to put this game to an end because this shit is five kinds of ridiculous. "Let's get you some tuna, okay? Well. Tuna substitute."

Because obligate carnivores still gotta eat and shit. He tucks her up against his shoulder and starts walking- well. To his habitat. It's nice and safe there, right?

[nofortunateson]

North wouldn't say that he's looking for South, exactly. But he has made it his business to know where her habitat is. And to heavily favor the routes that pass it and its access points as he moves about his day. Once or twice he thinks he's sure he sees her, darting out of sight just as he comes into view. And he takes a deep breath, and tells himself that she's not hurting herself or anyone else, and that she's bound to get tired of doing this eventually. He tells himself that he's absolutely fine with waiting, and that this isn't bothering him even a little bit, at all.

It's not always convincing, but it's a mantra he's become very good at reciting, all the same.

He stays friendly - that, at least, is second nature. So when he spots America, he lifts his hand in genuinely pleased greeting. "Beeny, hey, where're you going?" He quirks a grin, obviously teasing. "Sim rooms are the other way."

[i_got_this]

Ohhhhh fuck. Did he know America? Of course he knew America. She gives him a little wave back and tries to think of some bullshit answer that'll get him off her back without realizing.

"Did it occur to you I might be leaving the sim rooms?"

Yeah, yeah that sounds good. A little humor, does she do humor? Well, she does now. But, this is the first time he's talking to her directly; until now South had been able to bypass him one way or another.

[nofortunateson]

"Hah. I guess they won't deliver there from the mess, huh."

Purely a hypothetical - he's just ribbing her, and he lets it go without waiting for a response, more important things on his mind than teasing her about her sim room use that's swiftly becoming infamous. "Thanks again for that hand on the mission. I owe you one."