[ the first thing mae does is wind up playing bass for the music group. it's lucky but unfortunate, because technically doesn't know any of these songs. thankfully, she's good at rhythm games; once mae gets the flow, she manages it play well!

so, like. there's a cat playing bass with a group of fish? ]

Hey!

[ when the song ends, mae's congratulated on a surprisingly good job. the band chatters about it for a moment, ignoring as she tosses her hands up and shouts: ]

Yeah, pretty good considering I don't know this song!! [ this is her life. being good at bass and minigames, apparently. ]

[ at some point, mae is considering getting a job. not for a logical reason, honestly - she just wants to re-enact disney's ratatouille. but there's also a different reason for this - so she's sat outside the restaurant on a bench, talking outloud. to you? maybe. i don't know. she's a protagonist in a story driven game, so it's mostly just exposition for the player. who would be you in this case! this was a long joke, and it's not funny anymore. ]

Okay, Mae. Missing princess, important looking guy told you to look for her. You are so good at finding things. You've got a knack for finding things. Especially dead things. If she is dead you will probably find her first. Hopefully she's not dead and you still find her!

[ a beat. ]

Wow, I am going to just, like, completely ruin all my morals to play Super Mario Brothers in real life, huh? Jeez. Don't say I never did anything for you.

[ another beat. mae stands. ]

Worse comes to worse, I can just pretend it's a Disney movie!

[ DONT LET HER PUT HER RATS IN THE KITCHEN???? ]

No.

[ here is mae. here is the royal guard. here is mae rejecting the royal guard. her reasoning? ]

I'm serious. The Royal Guard is like... The cops. The police. I don't mess with the police. Eff the police! Eff the cops! Eff the Royal Guard! I'll never join your ranks, scallywags. Ne'er do wells by the people!! Where were you when the economy crashed??

[ oh my god. ]

[ there's really no mistaking mae at this point. the fact she hasn't eaten a merperson yet is really, like. proof positive she's a domesticated cat. there are so many sushi options here and she isn't attacking. not once. not at all. the joke is she wouldn't do it in the first place, and how dare you consider that she would do stupid thing in particular.

but she is still stupid, so mae walks up to a trashcan, undoes her watch, and...

proceeds to smack it on the metal part before standing on it in a desperate bid to get some bars. well. ]

[ feel free to me pm if you'd like to plot. i'm weirdautumn also, if you'd like to plot on plurk! ]