2025-02-18 - Ari's Stinky Baby

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Ariiii! Hi! Have you been reading the employee forum thing? Have you found a bunny?

[TXT to Ty] Ari: no bunny, just the same old stinky cat

[TXT to Ty] Ari: to clarify for his honor and for my own: it's his personality that is stinky. he smells like sawdust and surprisingly not like ham

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I haven't either, I wonder if like the pokemon have to choose you and I'm not worthy??

[TXT to Ari] Ty: You have a cat that smells like sawdust?

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I mean, yeah, I guess they could but I imagined like...old carpet or something idk

[TXT to Ty] Ari: yeah fr i wanna be a pokemon trainer. or a princess from that other place i'm told we're not allowed to reference lol

[TXT to Ty] Ari: oh i haven't graced you with photos of michigan yet? wait wait wait

[TXT to Ari] Ty: pics pics pics!

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Yeah I mean the princess-from-that-other-place is a slippery slope. Starts off with a bunny and then suddenly you have like all the sewer rats following you around town

[TXT to Ty] Ari: [image: A slinky black cat, caught mid-groom with its pink tongue halfway out towards its lifted paw. The cat is laying on a piece of plywood.]

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i rly do not want to have sewer rats following me. now THAT would be stinky.

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Awwwww you have a void!

[TXT to Ari] Ty: name?

[TXT to Ari] Ty: oh wait is MICHIGAN the name?

[TXT to Ty] Ari: yes he is my stinky baby so i named him after the state he was... presumably born in. i mean, unless he's secretly canadian???

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Aw not like Michigan J. Frog? Hello my baby hello my darling hello my ragtime gaaaal

[TXT to Ty] Ari: lol i just looked that up. nah my whole fam is name this way, mom's choice. figured i'd nab michigan before any of my sibs decide to settle down and have kids here

[TXT to Ari] Ty: omg I'm embarrassed for knowing that know hahahaha

[TXT to Ari] Ty: the frog thing

[TXT to Ari] Ty: don't tell anyone lmao

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I remember you saying the thing about the states, yeah. v on brand

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i promise i will not share your secret

[TXT to Ty] Ari: he mostly stays at the shop but sometimes i sneak him into the apartment when i think i can get away with it. don't tell my brothers

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I promise I won't. Now we are even with our blackmail haha

[TXT to Ari] Ty: So he's a proper shop cat. I love that. I don't get more than aggressive pigeons at the Bard's Balcony. 😐

[TXT to Ty] Ari: he is! he's very helpful. sort of like you know those random picker wheels online you can use when you're struggling? he helps me decide things all the time at work

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i can loan him out to chase away those aggressive pigeons if you want though

[TXT to Ari] Ty: How does he help? Knocking stuff off your desk?

[TXT to Ari] Ty: And yes pls! I would SO bother him for that. These birds seriously aren't scared of anything though

[TXT to Ty] Ari: he's surprisingly delicate around things so that doesn't happen much. mostly he keeps me company when i work late. it's nice having someone there

[TXT to Ari] Ty: awwwwwww gentle boi

[TXT to Ty] Ari: he is when he isn't slicing me up

[TXT to Ty] Ari: [image: A selfie of Ari holding up his hand to his face, twisted around to show the tiniest little claw mark on the ball of his thumb joint. Behind it, he's making a big frowny face.]

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Oh no! You gotta buy those little nail clipper things

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Cause yeah slicing is bad

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Pawdicure time

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i was thinking of getting those little caps you can put on their claws, for protection

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Are those easier to put on than just trimming them?

[TXT to Ty] Ari: that... we shall find out. lol

[TXT to Ty] Ari: and that's the update on my cat. what about you? besides your lack of bunnies

[TXT to Ari] Ty: haha keep me updated! I'm invested now

[TXT to Ari] Ty: That was a great update, 10/10

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I wish I had something interesting like that but it's basically a lot of bardcore covers of Gaga's new song

[TXT to Ari] Ty: People going wild for that right now

[TXT to Ty] Ari: it's good but disease is still gonna be my fav. and ofc i'll keep you updated, consider yourself subscribed to michigan cat facts

[TXT to Ari] Ty: truly the only subscription I'd pay for

[TXT to Ari] Ty: oh yeah they want BOTH of them

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I had to learn a bit of the dance too, gets more tips

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i mean, great choices ngl. good luck on the dance tho that's gotta be like, a lot

[TXT to Ari] Ty: it's mostly just flailing around the lute but anything counts haha

[TXT to Ty] Ari: lol i had to go back and watch the mv for it because i mentioned it

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i gotta come watch your show so i can cheer you on sometime

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Lots of jazzy shoulder pops

[TXT to Ari] Ty: And yes you should! I'll play anything you want. For a dollar. JK the friend discount would make it 50 cents. I'll play anything you want for 50 cents

[TXT to Ari] Ty: And we still gotta do a game night

[TXT to Ty] Ari: i'm there! friend discount is appreciated but not necessary, we creatives gotta support each other

[TXT to Ty] Ari: and yeah. hey, you like d&d?

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Alright then you're back at a dollar 😆

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I do but I haven't played in like foreverrrrr

[TXT to Ty] Ari: come join us on friday then! we're gonna do an intro sesh and see how the party fits together.

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Awesome! I'm there. Should I bring anything?

[TXT to Ty] Ari: character sheet if you want to roll your own. dice if... you want to roll your own. lol. snacks! bring your favorite snack! otherwise we can theoretically provide everything else i think.

[TXT to Ari] Ty: I don't have dice so I will just leave it to the DM. But I can get a sheet and I can definitely get snacks

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Thanks for the invite!

[TXT to Ty] Ari: ofc, it'll be lots of fun! looking forward to seeing you there

[TXT to Ari] Ty: Likewise!!