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thistlechaser ([personal profile] thistlechaser) wrote2011-11-05 09:47 pm

Ellie New Cat and the Very Scary Stranger (and WoW, RP)

There's a difference between knowing an animal is scared and holding the cat in your arms, her body rock-hard tense and flinching at every soft little noise. I know how scared Ellie is all the time, but today a workman had to come into the apartment (her first new person she's seen other than the vet eight months ago), and it was a bad time for her. I had wanted to have her be locked in the bedroom for the visit, but the guy was three hours late (ugh) so I let her out. I had to scoop her up and hold her tight so she wouldn't get out the door. (Why these apartment people never close the door while they work...) Having her hugged to my chest, I felt every flinch she made. The noises she reacted to were so soft (to me) -- the workman putting his stepstool down on the carpeted floor, him stepping onto the metal step with a booted foot. Each one made her whole body flinch. It made me understand her fear so much better than just knowing it as a fact in my head.

WoW is suddenly busy, ICly and OOCly. Yesterday I got one name freed for my new paladin (Reed, who I keep calling Reef by mistake. Hi [livejournal.com profile] kaelash!). While seeking out a name for the paladin, I discovered Clove was under level 10, thus could be freed. Not a good paladin name, but I also wanted to level a warlock...

Problem was, no free alt slots. I had one mule left (to buy things from a phased area for me to sell). I don't need more gold, I keep telling myself that, so I deleted it and requested that Clove be freed. Now I have the warlock, too!

...only to discover I have zero cloth heirlooms. I had enough honor to buy shoulders, but there's no chest piece for honor that I could find, so I'm back to doing jousting dailies for the champ seals to buy it. UGH. At least I already had 30 seals all on the alts who have the achievement to unlock the vendor, so I picked the one that I thought the quests would be easiest on (DK). Turns out either I suck at DK (1000000% possible) or hunter is a lot better nowadays. I just got done doing all this on Clover the hunter, it's harder and slower on Haken.

And yes, I now have Clove and Clover. I'm already confused.

In the IC end of things, it's been like blast from the past for two days now! All the old great people I used to RP with! Greyspell, Embersong, and tonight Neru! So much goodness. :D

And now for a bit of seriousness. As most people know, I have zero problems what any two (or more) consenting adults might want to do, RL or ICly. So long as everyone involved is of age and agrees, knock yourself out. However, the other side of the coin is that you shouldn't be exposing non-involved people to what you're doing. Someone needs to tell Matty the slave about this. He was walking in the middle of Silvermoon with that RSP. You want your kinks? Want to RP being a slave? I have zero issues, none at all, it's none of my business. But an RSP like that is out of line. (Edit: Rereading the RSP, I know there are much, much worse ones out there. I'm not sure why this one bothered me so very much. Even on second or third rereading, it gets my hackles up so badly. Maybe the utter lack of quality combined with the subject matter. )

Dear Drow DK, Just stop it. I don't know what the hell you're supposed to be, but stop being it. Really. No love, Thistle

[identity profile] redtangents.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Well it could have been this guy you ran into. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/fallofrain/WoWScrnShot_110511_205544.jpg)

[identity profile] kaelash.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Night. Such a derpface. (Forgot his real character name, Selsomething? Unless that's not on WRA, in which case their flags are the same!)

[identity profile] redtangents.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Admittedly I'm still scratching my head over that MRP.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I recall that name, but not that flag... If it's who I'm thinking of, the RP was really bad, too.

[identity profile] donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, poor little Ellie. But, you know, the fact that you could hold her for an extended period of time without her writhing out and scratching the hell out of you in panic might be a good sign. In my experience, a properly panicking cat will be impossible to hold. I hope she's feeling better now that the Scary Stranger is gone.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed! After I posted, I realized what a big change that was. Previously she wouldn't have let me hold her at all (but especially when she was scared!). I think she's feeling better now, yes. Thanks. :)

[identity profile] ani-mama.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I will agree too! XD It is nice to know that Ellie thinks of you as a safe place in times of danger!

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It makes me happy to know that. :D

[identity profile] kaelash.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
.... looooooooooool Angellous and Sindre. XD This so does not surprise me in the slightest.

[identity profile] kaelash.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
OH OH! And judging by his name I bet you money he's HALF RED DRAGON.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That would so very fail to surprise me. And wait, now that you mention it, I think I sort of know Angellous. I think she was on a social channel I used to be on.

[identity profile] kaelash.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Angellous is a guy :E He's a priest and lovers with Sindre. Kae harasses him whenever he sees him because he sleeps with a DK. XD

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. *pays Kae to keep on harassing him!* :P