> Nepeta: Host Midsw33p's Vigil.

[nepetaleijon]

The path up to Nepeta's cave has been carefully shoveled free of snow.

(Okay, not so much "carefully shoveled" as "joyfully blasted". If there's one thing laser claws are good for that isn't fighting, it's carving through annoying stuff that's in your way. There are a few vitrified and/or half-melted fragments of rock lining the path. Don't worry; none of them are still steaming.)

Up close to the cave mouth, two huge cats have been sculpted out of snow in guarding positions, one on either side of the path such that any visitors will have to pass between them. They look incredibly adorable menacing.

Invited guests are welcome! Uninvited guests will probably be warned off before the cave's automatic defense systems kick in.

Probably.

Comments

Re: Arrivals

[vance_prime]

"And vigilance is something we're definitely used to."

Alyx kind of wishes they could become less used to it, but that's not going to happen anytime soon.

Re: Arrivals

[crabbycustomer]

"RIGHT. SPEAKING OF..."

"IS EVERYTHING STILL QUIET ON THE COMBINE FRONT, YOU KNOW, SINCE?"

It has gotten pretty trite to harp on how odd the seriousness and determination Karkat can sometimes display looks on a face that is just into its teens, but it's not a thing that stopped being true.

Re: Arrivals

[acts_of_gord]

"There's still pockets of their forces on Earth here and there," says Gordon, "but people are more or less slaughtering them on sight. There's nothing left to back them up any more."

Literally. The Overworld tore itself to pieces and collapsed in on itself.

Gordon kind of finds it unnerving that he was able to do that.

Re: Arrivals

[vance_prime]

"It's the equivalent of an insect's leg still twitching after it's been cut off," adds Alyx. "It won't last. No, we're more concerned about keeping safe from Xen lifeforms, these days."