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[heeeyadora]

WHO: Catra, OTA
WHERE: Temba
WHAT: fixing roof, being attacked by birds
WHEN: End of month
WARNINGS: Catra


Handy Cat

Climbing up onto the roof of the factory wasn't a problem, but getting the material up was the difficult part. Catra struggled and cursed her way through it, evidence of her failures littering the ground, but in the end she'd managed. Now that everything was there though, she wasn't entirely sure how to go about finally patching the hole Tony had left in the roof.

She lay a few planks crisscrossed over the opening, and began trying to hammer them into place, loud bangs echoing through the factory area, if her cursing and struggles hadn't all ready alerted those near by.



Giant Ass Bird

While playing with the strange lobster things at the beach, Catra had gotten into a confrontation with the birds that preyed on them. She'd driven them off, pleased with herself, when suddenly she found herself under attack again. Only this one was larger than the rest. Not quite large enough to carry her away, but enough that it was able to carry her a few feet at a time.

A flurry of feathers streaked by, Catra shrieking, tail poofed in alarm as she tried to escape the persistent bird, who was surprisingly adept at dodging her attacks.

"Get it off! Kill it!"

Comments

omg get off the roof

[buildingitsir]

There was noise outside. York had waken up from his stasis to a cacophony coming from... was that next door? He peered out of the office window with a scowl. The android had been certain no one lived in either factory, thus why he had chosen this spot to live in. First it had been curses that morphed into fucking hammering.

Apparently Tembra didn't have HOAs.

Heading out of his factory, York noted the ladder and the banging coming from the roof of the neighboring one. Instead of calling up for permission, he just... went. Went right up.

As soon as he was up, York looked over what she was doing before crossing his arms. "Wood is probably not going to be great for this, especially if it rains."

no

[heeeyadora]

She only even needed the damn ladder because of the supplies, and now strangers were climbing up here! She hissed in surprised, but that didn't deter him either, lips settling into a frown as he offered his oh so helpful comments.

"No one asked you," she muttered in return.

fuck

[buildingitsir]

Nope, this cat lady's hiss wasn't scary to him. Instead he walks over, arms still crossed. "You're Right but if you don't do the job right the first time around, you're just going to be right back up here doing the same fucking thing again. You need something that won't absorb the water, possibly get rotted, and drip into your factory."

He pushes one of the planks with a foot. "Unless you plan on sealing this to make it water resistant."

[heeeyadora]

"You wanna do it then?" she countered with a glare, folding her arms to match. It'd been like this for ages now. Dripping was better then a full open sky light.

"Who the hell are you, anyways?"

[buildingitsir]

"I could fucking do it, actually. Literally what I was made to do and I’ve built mansions." York matched her glare with his own. "I'm your neighbor in the factory right there."

He finally crouched down by her material. "I know there's probably stuff in my factory that could cover this, but getting it secured would be the difficult part. I don't have the tools or the screws, but I might be able to find the latter in my place somewhere."

[heeeyadora]

That wasn't really how she expected the argument to go, and her ear twitched, not sure how to counter when he technically agreed with her.

"Tony has tools. In the forge." She gestured towards his place, and while she normal made herself at home there, she hadn't stolen much from him for this, just something to hammer with. That may or may not have been a hammer.

[buildingitsir]

York's eyes fell on the twitching ears, and he wondered if they were real. Or soft. Or both. Maybe really soft. But he was good and kept his hands to himself while sitting now.

"We, or maybe you, could use the planks as a temporary fix. I won't go to Tony's for the shit that's needed, but I can get stuff from my factory that would probably help so there's less to get from him." York tried to think about the rubble and wreckage he might be able to salvage. Maybe if he could get enough, he could offer repairs to other residences in the city. "I know of some panels I could take off and bring up here."

[heeeyadora]

They were very real. And very soft. And he was very smart to keep his hands to himself as her claws were very real too.

"...why would you do that?" she asked in a defensive, almost accusatory way, eying him suspiciously. She hadn't exactly been friendly, why would he help her?

[buildingitsir]

York's at least good on waiting for permission to touch other people. He'd want the same in return so he could tell them no after all.

York scowled in response to her defensive accusations. "I literally fucking said this sort of shit was what I was made to do. And I'm also your neighbor so hearing you bang around out here futilely is not HOA approved." He got up and started heading back towards the ladder.

"I guess you've got this under control though, have at it, pussycat."

[heeeyadora]

Her ears swiveled back with a glare, tail swishing in an irritated fashion. Only one of the them was allowed to be bristly. She could dish it out, but she couldn't take.

"...I didn't say no," she snapped after him, crossing her arms.

[buildingitsir]

His feet stopped at the edge of the roof where the ladder rested. York looked to her over his shoulder, hands in his hoodie pouch. He turned to face her fully, pursing out his lips as he pretended to think about it.

"I don't know, your tone made it sound like you didn't want my help so now I'm wondering if you do." Despite that, the android started back towards her. Crouched down with enough space between them so she couldn't grab him too quick. "I wasn't kidding when I said I am literally built to do work like this."

[heeeyadora]

Her head tilted, trying to work out how literally was literal.

"What, like a robot?" The ones she's seen in her life time didn't look anything like a human, so the idea was strange to her.

[buildingitsir]

"I'm an android, and I think for myself. Robots fucking don't." While he didn't have the ears and tail like she did, it was clear the word 'robot' made York bristle. "My name is York, a custom sculpt android and I was living in Detroit before getting brought here."

He looked over the supplies she had been working at before he interrupted her. "I've designed and built houses and a skyscraper. This is all different from that, but the basics are the same.

Birb!

[small_compromise]

Omega liked coming out to the beach, although she knew better than to go out for a swim. She liked how the sand felt under bare feet and collecting shells and interesting stones. Of course with the lobsters out there she knew better than to go unarmed.

The shouts prompted her to move faster, her boots sinking slightly into the sand as she pushed into a jog, but she saw Catra and the apparent threat. "I'm coming!" she shouted, pulling her bow from behind her. The violet energy crackled to life as the weapon sprung open, and she pulled back and took aim, firing just past the bird to try scaring it off.

[heeeyadora]

"Shoot it!!" Catra shrieked, not at all concerned about scaring the thing away. The bird briefly dropped her again, squawking and making a short circle before steering towards Omega instead. Maybe she was small enough to lift. She'd make a good meal.

[small_compromise]

Killing the creature outright wasn't something Omega was hoping to do. She saw it wheel towards her instead and gasped. Never had she seen one of these so large, but she'd though them to be generally harmless.

Again she took aim, sending an energy arrow at the bird, hoping not to hurt it too much even as she did so, preparing herself to have to kill it if it came down to it.

[heeeyadora]

In the past Catra would have seized the opportunity to flee. She even started running, but cursed herself, stopping in the sand and yelling at the bird to try and split its focus, even hucking a few rocks at the thing. The bird screeched in annoyance, and again in pain as the arrow singed its feathers, swinging round in a larger circle as it considered whether it wanted to make another attempt.

[small_compromise]

It hadn't quite left, but it seemed hesitant at least. Omega pulled back for another shot, trying to look as menacing as she her small frame could possibly manage. She loosed another shot to disrupt the bird's circuit, give it a bigger hint to leave. While she hadn't yet gotten a good look at who she was helping out, she was a little glad they stuck around to help out.

[heeeyadora]

The bird veered off, and disappeared back towards the tree line for now. Either it had given up, or it was off to get reinforcements. Not that there we any other birds as big as that one. Right???

Still panting, Catra looked quite pleased with herself, half forgetting she'd had any help at all.

"Did you see the size of that thing???"

[small_compromise]

Omega couldn't help but watch anxiously as the bird vanished, hand still on her bow. She allowed herself a sigh in relief after a bit had passed, letting her grip relax. Then she finally turned to Catra.

"It was huge," she agreed, cracking a faint smile. "Are you all right?" Come to think of it, she'd seen this person before, hadn't she? Except she'd acted a lot different before.

[heeeyadora]

"I didn't know they came that big. You think it was just a weird freak bird, or are there more like that??" She half smiled, before her guarded wall came back up and she shrugged a shoulder dismissively. It wasn't like she needed the help. Except...she had.

"I'm fine." A few bruises, some scratches, nothing too major.

[small_compromise]

The girl's eyes went a little wide as she looked back towards the treeline. "I sure hope there aren't any more like that..."

She slung her bow behind her once again, stepping closer to Catra to give a quick once over, but she was glad nothing looked too bad.

[heeeyadora]

"If there are we could eat them," Catra argued. That'd be a lot of meat. You got meat from birds, right? She'd never technically hunted, not for prey, but she looked after the bird almost eagerly now.

"Do you think you could hit it with that thing?"

[small_compromise]

Things hadn't gotten so bad in their situation back with her squad that they'd have to try hunting for food, so Omega couldn't exactly call herself an expert either. She blinked, looking from Catra back to the forest.

"That thing looked like it was trying to eat you," she pointed out. "I could probably hit it if I had to though."

[heeeyadora]

"So fair game for us to eat it. Two against one. Come on."

She reached for the girl's hand to try and race after the direction the bird had gone.