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[suddenlycaptain]

[ The feed starts with an orange tabby yawning into it until Carolyn shoos him away, brushing some of the cat hair off her lap as she adjust the screen. She's in her room today, the tomcat who helped start the video settling against her side. Judging by the orange tail sticking out from her other side, there's another cat in with her. ]

Tranquility. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Carolyn Fry. I do what I can to try to teach what I can about living in space and the flight crew, and I'll get to that, but I'm hoping some of you might be able to give some advice of your own first.

[ She pauses, looking distinctly uncomfortable. ]

How do you tell if a cat is pregnant? And how do you stop them from... trying to reproduce? Doctor Tam, maybe?

[ Pets are so out of her league it isn't even funny. Shaking her head, she takes a breath and then continues. ]

Anyway. The flight crew is always looking for more members. If you don't have any experience working with spacecraft, we'll teach you. As of right now, a great deal of what we do is maintenance. Anyone who's interested can talk to me or one of the other members about it.

In addition, I know a lot of you are new to space or to more modern technology in general. I have a series of videos that may help. They include the ship's official evacuation procedures, how to stay healthy and safe, and some of what we know about this universe in general. There will be a live review of all of these, but for anyone who can't make it or would like to review on their own time, the videos can be found in the link I'm attaching.

[ That is, here. ]

In addition to this jump's review, I'd also like to know what you'd like to learn about. It doesn't necessarily have to be about space specifically. If you speak up, I'll see what I can do.

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[enforced]

We need to talk.

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ If it's not one thing, it's another. ]

What is it?

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[servant]

Do you think you're having kittens? Erm, not you, of course. Your cat.

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[suddenlycaptain]

I'm not sure. They've definitely been... uh. Trying.

voice

[quotate]

You could always just wait nine weeks to find out.

voice

[suddenlycaptain]

Is that how long it takes for them?

[video]

[notjelly]

[She is a cat herself, a brown and white tabby. There's a white cat standing next to her as well.]

I know a fair bit! Had to learn the ropes once I got one for myself. [She drapes one paw over the white cat's shoulder. The white cat meows in minor irritation, then yawns and lies down.]

Don't know 'zactly about how to tell if they're preggers, but when they're in heat they meow and murble and wander around and hold their tails to the side! Boy howdy did this one do it almost every dang week when she was little! You gotta get them fixed, see. Not when they're in heat, though, that's bad for 'em. Don't suppose we got a vet on board?

[The white cat starts purring, so Camille starts licking her ears.]

Oh, I'm Camille by the way! The talking one! And this here is Lunch.

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ Hold on as Carolyn just... stays for a bit. She knows she hasn't been sleeping well lately, but... ]

... Am I hallucinating?

[ She just has to ask that before addressing any of the rest of that. ]

[abrahamic]

...I didn't think we'd have actual evac videos. Huh.

So about your cat — they don't have neutering and-or spaying where you're from?

[suddenlycaptain]

We didn't have actual evacuation protocols until I wrote them. Resnik's approved them.

They might? I've never had any pets before, and Earth animals are either strays or a luxury.

[text]

[doggedly]

im going to offer my help here in one second but first i have to know why you have so many cats in the first place

its a bit weird

[text]

[suddenlycaptain]

I have two. They were left behind when their owners left the ship.

video; i already owe 897324 tags but how could i not come on

[billybadass]

Thinking about having kittens, Carolyn? Didn't have you pegged for the maternalistic type.

[ Because of that one time you tried to dump all the passengers, get it. ]

video; puts kitties in johns' hair

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Hahahahahaha. :| ]

I'm not thinking about having them so much as thinking that I might not have a choice.

[makedo]

Space 101 for dummies. Not a bad idea. [ Says one of those entirely new to space. He approves of the videos, though, there's something about running emergency drills that he can very much relate to. ]

[suddenlycaptain]

It works best when people show up, watch the videos, and pay attention. [ Her frustrations, let her show you them. ] It's definitely helped people in the past, though.

voice;

[idkmybffjessie]

[fucking hell]

Two goddamn cats wasn't enough for you?

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[suddenlycaptain]

More than enough, actually. I'm not trying to get them to reproduce. They're trying to do that on their own.

[ :{ ]

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[faithlessly]

Kittens, huh? Now there's a solution for our recent rat problems. [ he's joking!! maybe. ]

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ sure he is ]

Someone's already suggested cat armor.

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[watashinonamaewa]

I don't know much about the animal specifically, sorry.

Perhaps it would be an interest to remove the reproductive organs from at least one of them to prevent spread of its breed aboard the ship? The younger offspring may actually contribute to the rat population by mistake... :c

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[suddenlycaptain]

How is a cat going to contribute to the rat population?

[doc_pompous]

[oh my god

at least it's not babies]

I'm...I could probably determine whether or not she's pregnant. We'll have to either spay her or neuter the male to stop it from happening again and I could try, but that's...really not my area of expertise.

[I am going to end up kILLING THIS CAT]

[suddenlycaptain]

You're the best we've got.

[ That was meant to be reassuring. ]

Should I bring her to medical or do you want to come here?

[unparental]

...you know, I have a therapy animal setup already.

[suddenlycaptain]

... Will that help?

[ Jenna your Earth terms are weird :c ]

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[wentshopping]

How convenient. I was told to present myself to youfor the flight crew, I presume. I'm competent with five-space astro-navigation, and comfortable with technology, though never trained as a pilot.

As for cats... generally one has them spayed or neutered to prevent unwanted breeding in general.

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[suddenlycaptain]

We can take care of the pilot training. How are you at maintenance?

Pets aren't common back home. Not Earth animals, at least.

[killarevolution]

As long as Katniss's damn cat isn't the one breeding. [He actually has no idea where that damn cat has gotten off to since Prim left. He assumed Katniss has been keeping him.]

[suddenlycaptain]

Not as far as I'm aware. [ Those would be some grumpy kittens. ] Just these two.