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[jeet]

Not to add to the comments about strange things that are happening, but something very odd is going on with Nimh.

And by that I mean he is talking.

(ooc| So basically Baljeet found himself wishing his pet rat was more than just somehow above average intelligence. So responses could come from Baljeet or Nimh or both. Nimh will probably pretty much be Templeton in terms of personality. Favorite rat forever.)

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[greenteengenius]

Who is Nimh?

[jeet]

Nimh is my pet rat. When I got him at the beginning of the year, he was not so vocal about his need for food.

[greenteengenius]

Perhaps someone is throwing their voice?

[jeet]

I do not think that is it. This is very, very distinct.

[greenteengenius]

It's unlikely that your rat spontaneously gained sentience.

[voice]

[ratbastard]

Hey, I could always perceive and feel and all the things that make a being sentient. I just couldn't communicate it to you humans.

Re: [voice]

[greenteengenius]

My apologies, but if you're going to insist that you are a talking rat, I'm going to have to put my goat on.

[voice]

[ratbastard]

I don't want to talk to a goat.

Look, you're Dox, right? In 'Jeet's house? So come up to the boys' fourth year dorms and you can see me talking.

Re: [voice]

[greenteengenius]

All right, I'll indulge you.

[And he closes his journal and goes to see a man about a rat.]

[voice]

[jeet]

[And Baljeet will be there, sat on his bed with Nimh pacing in front of him.]

[action]

[greenteengenius]

And this is the wondrous rat?

[Lyrl bends down to have a look at him.]

Well, what have you got to say for yourself?

[action]

[ratbastard]

I have to wonder if you're looking for me to bite you.

Re: [action]

[greenteengenius]

Careful, I bite back.

[He looks around the room for whoever else might be there. He doesn't know Baljeet well enough to know if he would do something like this.]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar enough with voice-throwing magics to be convinced by this.

[action 1/2]

[ratbastard]

Fair enough. The kid's lonely enough to buy into something like this, so he'd have someone to chat with.

But that's not really his fault, and for the record, this isn't a trick.

[action]

[jeet]

NIMH! You can stop talking now!

Re: [action]

[greenteengenius]

[He addresses this to Baljeet]

I'll admit life has been unusually odd lately, but wouldn't rat sentience cause quite a few ethical issues? We'd need some sort of rat rights movement.

[action]

[jeet]

I did not make this up! And yes, it might, but I did not choose for this to happen!

Re: [action]

[greenteengenius]

[He crosses his arms.]

Then you'll need to see a professor. You can't own a little person as a pet.

[cabra]

oh goodie someone else i can talk wiiiiiiith

[voice]

[ratbastard]

I don't talk to goats.

[voice]

[cabra]

Why don't you talk to gooooooooats.

[voice]

[ratbastard]

Because you guys aren't particularly bright. Or entertaining.

[bonafide_divinity]

Well Baljeet, considering the fact that we go to a school full of wizards, I think it's safe to say that this is just an illusion. A very clever illusion, but an illusion nonetheless.

In other words: your rat is not talking.

1/2

[jeet]

Or, considering the fact that we go to a school full of wizards, this could be the result of some magic gone awry.

Re: 1/2

[bonafide_divinity]

Or [inkblots]


It's an illusion. Stark did it.

[jeet]

You are incredibly stubborn.

[bonafide_divinity]

Think realistically, Baljeet. Who else would make it look like your rat was talking to you?

[pause]

Other than Jones. She might have done it too.

[jeet]

Some sort of language-based spell?

[bonafide_divinity]

Right. So somebody was trying to interpret something, but the spell misfired and now your rat is speaking English. That makes perfect sense.

[Wait a minute. That does make sense. Damnit.]

It's definitely an illusion.

[jeet]

Nimh is right. You are stubborn.

[bonafide_divinity]

Nimh is Tony Stark. Don't listen to anything he tells you.

[jeet]

He is not Tony.

[bonafide_divinity]

How do you know?

[jeet]

I just do, okay?

[bonafide_divinity]

You just really want your rat to talk, don't you?

[jeet]

I did not say that.

[bonafide_divinity]

But you are very willing to believe that it is -in fact- your rat talking to you. Almost too willing.

[jeet]

I am done with this conversation.

[bonafide_divinity]

Well, that's absolutely fine by me, Baljeet.

I'm sure your rat is missing you anyway.

[voice]

[ratbastard]

Excuse me? You want to say that again?

[bonafide_divinity]

Stark, this is you, isn't it? If you think that I'm going to engage a "rat" in conversation, you are absolutely wrong.

And if this is what you're doing with your time, you have quite a lot of nerve to suggest that I need a girlfriend.

[voice]

[ratbastard]

...What the heck are you talking about? I don't care if you have a girlfriend, and I'm definitely not that smug-faced Stark kid.

[Switching to voice. Why not?]

[bonafide_divinity]

Aha! I see you're making very good use of a number of deflection tactics. Very clever, Stark, but I won't be fooled.

[WHY NOT INDEED!]

[ratbastard]

You are absolutely nuts, you know that? I think THAT'S why you don't have a girlfriend.

[bonafide_divinity]

We've been over this, Stark. I don't have a girlfriend because I do not want one.


And quite frankly, it's none of your business anyway!

[ratbastard]

You're really different from 'Jeet, then. He loves girls. But in a polite sort of way; it's kind of amusing.