Sudden Appearance

[Raleigh]

*Meanwhile at Elliot's apartment*
Kirei: Hmph. Messy messy boys get punished. *She removes her glasses as she sets about preparing for when he arrives home later. Seems rope will be involved.*
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*Raleigh is lead out to the hot springs and takes a seat in them. Some of the catgirls set out to prepare him some food while he just relaxes for a soak. As he sits there Elliot will probably see Raleigh making characters and symbols with the mist from the hot water.* Raleigh: Hm.. I need to get to work on reconfiguring my seventh gem so I can attach it to the sword. *He grins.* Something that ups my stats by two or three for every second of combat should be a good addition I think.

[Harri-chan]

Elliot followed them out to the hot springs, trying to avoid eye contact with the cat girl guides turned and came back passed him on their way to fetch food. As usual, most of Raleigh's chatter when way over the unqualified boy's head, and as such it bored him, probably as much as his talk of comic books and arcade games bored Raleigh. Still, he kept watch, now sweeping leaves from the paths between the springs. 'Can you see and hear all this?' he pushed the thought out to Vulpina.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina: Only when you direct it to me. We don't have a soul contract like Raleigh has with his familiars nor did I put any kind of surveillance into your body which leaves me unable to see or hear through you unless you explicitly desire it. Still this is interesting as it indicates he is finding yet another 'break limit' point and would explain why his fighting style relies on so much evasion and defense to start with.

*Raleigh starts to fall asleep.*

[Harri-chan]

Watching Raleigh nodding off, Elliot risks moving a little closer to the hotsprings, still maintaining the sweeping, even though he was now on grass! He willed his vision to be pushed to Vulpina as he crept towards the edge of the spring. 'What should I do now?', he asked. 'Those cat girls will be back soon... '.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina:Nothing for now. He is highly defended when he sleeps. If you observe closely you can see a flickering of an electric current around him in the form of a sphere. It'll fry anything that gets too close. If I send you to do anything to him while he sleeps it will have to be when he is in his lair and sleeping upon his hoard.

[Harri-chan]

"Great...", he muttered, the maid dress swishing as he headed back inside, winding through the corridors, and into the staff changing room. "Does he know I'm here?", he asked aloud as he opened his laptop and started updating his notes.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina: Highly likely. You might not see it but there are the usual two dimensional creatures that float around in the air. Most people only see them as what appears to be floating threads that they are certain are tricks of the light. At least a handful of them are likely working for him and as such have reported a suspect maid. To interrupt your complaint I am telling you as I'm sure you've always wanted to know why he sees everything. That is one of the tricks he uses.

*Raleigh is roused a few minutes later by one of the returning catgirls. She happened to have a really good non-conductive poking stick for those who are wondering how.* Catgirl: Sir, the food is ready.

Raleigh: Thanks my dear. *He gets up and as he does the water seems to just float away from his body as his usual black clothes form around him.*

*Another catgirl happens to have spotted Elliot and is rapidly approaching him.*

[Harri-chan]

Catching sight of movement over his shoulder, Elliot quickly closed the laptop and turned. He was hoping to avoid interaction, and blushed when he saw it was one of the pretty cat girls. Squirming a little, he adjusted the dress around his thighs and offered her a smile as she reached him.

"Hello... ".

[Raleigh]

Catgirl: No time for that. I find you in here slacking off.... this is why we don't employ a lot of humans. *She hands him a chef's outfit, naturally one with something of a skirt meaning its for a girl, and starts to push him toward an unoccupied room.* Get dressed and ready. You are going to help present the meal to the boss.

[Harri-chan]

"But... ", whined Elliot, before trailing off. He couldn't exactly come clean. He stumbled along, pathetically weak, probably no stronger than even a cat girl, catching the outfit in his arms before being pushed into the room with a yelp, and crashed down onto his chest as the door closed behind him.

"Did you hear that? I can't cook, Vulpina! I can't even boil an egg!", he said in panic as he pulled off the maid dress, and slipped into the female Chef's outfit. "I'm so going to get busted by that cat girl... why do my enemies always have to be so pretty?", he huffed, standing back up, now dressed, smoothing out the skirt and tying the apron bow in the back before lifting the large puffy hat onto his head.

Drawing a deep breath, he opened the door and stepped out, blushing.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina: I think they just want you to help serve it and look the part.

Catgirl: It'll do for now. Follow me and don't dawdle. I'll try to be slow enough for one of your kind to keep up. *She begins what amounts to a walk for her but for a human would nearly be approaching a dash. Seems this catgirl has some cheetah in her.*

[Harri-chan]

"Hey... wait up!", complained Elliot. As if the running wasn't bad enough, he definitely want used to doing it in heels! One hand clutched the chef's hat in place as he followed. 'Why do you sound so calm?! She thinks I work here! She could expect me to do anything! What if Raleigh wants dancing?!', he groaned internally to Vulpina.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina: Then if he does grab the closest thing to a weapon and I'll lead you through the appropriate dance. Besides, I've known that old coot for eons and he rarely if ever asks people to dance for him. He is more likely to ask you to explain what poison is in his drink instead.

Catgirl: Alright then, here we are. *Elliot will probably notice she has lead him into the kitchen.* Take those two plates out to the boss. If you mess up by tripping or sneezing or the like I'll make sure Lady Katy fires you.

[Harri-chan]

Elliot rolled his eyes, "I'm not a klutz", he muttered. Fortunately he had experience of carrying drinks and baking trays at his jobs for Julia, so picked up the plates confidently and headed out of the kitchen. "Bosses around by a cat girl... we better find some useful information on this job", he complained before emerging outside, "Where would you like your food, Sir?", he asked, doing his best feminine voice.

[Raleigh]

Vulpina: Even if we don't I get a laugh out of it.

Raleigh: Ehh, just put it here on the table in front of me Ellie. *He chuckles to himself while he continues to read over another report he had just been handed.* Seems my investment in female garments repurposed for males was a good idea. Always good to make a bit more money. Stupid unicorn and that bet.