[panchiko]

Originally Posted by elysian

Autumn
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The ginger tom had been just... sitting. Minding his own business. Huddling up against a small box, trying to preserve warmth. There wasn’t much else to do in the dead of winter. His tail was fluffed up so it looked extra poofy, and the rest of his medium, orange coat was the same. Green eyes were absolutely zoned out, thinking of... food, probably, to be honest. His stomach rumbled.

Yep, food.

Suddenly, his wandering mind was dragged back down to earth as a cat scampered toward him and... tripped. Not moving at all, he side eyes the newcomer. "...It’s, uh, Autumn. You?" What was with these strange encounters he’d been having recently? Well, this was probably the burden of living with other cats. Protection and shelter, yes! Privacy, nope. "Uhhh okay?" He had no idea what else he could have said to that.

Autumn! Cute name. "I'm Orpheeeeeeuuuuuus!" he loudly and proudly answered the question. “Without the eeeeeuuuuu. Just Orpheus.” Orpheus gave Autumn a once-over before nodding. “Are you good at standing still?” He paused to think for a second. “Actually, you don’t have to answer that. If it’s a yes, then great. If not, you can use this as practice.” Orpheus offered a brief smile. “Okay, all you gotta do is sit down, chill, vibe. Make yourself comfy, blah, blah, blah. All that nice stuff!”

He shivered in the cold for a minute, motivating him to speed this up. “‘n then I can sit next to you, chill, vibe, all comfy. To keep warm, ya know?” Warm and cozy! Orpheus missed being warm. It’d been too long since it was hot ‘n sunny out. At least this way, he could get a break from the freezing chill.