Mara Tallen, Kitty With A Big Gun - AMA

[Mara Tallen]

Everyone...to the bandwagon!

What a glorious idea this is! So...ask away, folks. Anything at all.

:ohno

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Is Mara at all aware of how goddamned nervous she makes her boat's skipper?

[Mara Tallen]

Actually, no. Not at all. It doesn't occur to her that he's that uncomfortable around her. She realizes that she makes alot of people uncomfortable for any number of reasons (and let's face it, there are several)...but it just doesn't occur to her that Cirr falls into the category.

Hell, it sometimes surprises me OOC, even though I know in that sense.

[Akasha Khan]

Do you ever get stuck halfway? Might be a blessing, actually - all the speed and power of a jungle cat, plus opposable thumbs. You'd never need to bother with the pink monkey suit ever again.

[Mara Tallen]

I haven't gotten stuck halfway or part-way in a shift since I was very little and I was first learning. Because I was born in human form, it took me a lot longer to learn to shift at all. Years longer than it normally takes a full-blooded Felacatian. I used to get stuck in half-shifts all the time. To his credit, my dad never freaked out...my brother Mack never did either. I was lucky that way...made it easier to keep trying to figure it out.

I'm pretty fond of my pink monkey suit - I have some of the strength and speed of my feline form, and some of the senses too. But, I've learned to partially shift on purpose - I can shift my eyes, for instance, and use my natural feline night vision. I can also do this really cool trick with my nails and make them grow into long claws...cuts right through durasteel.

That being said, I'm most comfortable in my feline form. Sometimes I even sleep that way, provided I have no...guests.

[Meeristali Peradun]

I am... proud of you, Mara. I want you to know that.

I also wish you to know that I am sorry; my treatment of you has been my greatest regret. Will you forgive me?

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Do you ever get fleas? How do you deal with that sort of thing discretely?

I'm asking because I'm certain that you do get fleas, and if they end up on my ship, someone will blame me, and I'm not gonna be your fall cat! :mad

[Mara Tallen]

I do forgive you, Stali. *steals a hug from her favorite cousin* And I know that you yourself were too young to have risked trying to help my mother. But I can't forgive the rest of the family. I hope you can understand that.

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Really, Cirr? Fleas? *sigh* I don't get them, nor do I get anything like them at all. Organisms of that nature can't tolerate being on a shapeshifter...which is fabulous, really. Besides...I am fastidiously neat and tidy.

So if there are fleas aboard the godsbedamned ship, it isn't my fault :shakefist seriously...just blame Onashi.