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[quark_assassin]

Need to install cat flaps in some communal Temba buildings.
Hotel, Diner, Library are all on the list.
If you want to add or remove a location from it, let me know.
Otherwise, starting work in the next few days.

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[beholding_archivist]

May I ask the reason for this, Dustin?

The mothcats have their own means of entering and leaving the library. If they are the reason, then I request the library to be removed from your list. Entrances such as these only invite other critters in as well.

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[quark_assassin]

[He will submit to making a post on this stupid network, but he will not show his face on it, thank you very much.]

It's for Salem, the cat that's shown up recently.
He is cold and annoying people about it.

I don't disagree with the potential pest problem.
If we can catch him and get him to wear a collar/harness with a transmitter, I could make the flap only open for him.

It’ll stay video for Jon

[beholding_archivist]

Right…

In that case maybe still take the library off the list. I am not sure how the Countess and the others will react to a regular cat. If they tolerate him I can talk to Tony about adding a separate entrance that fits with the rest of the system he has already added to the building.

But I don’t want any actual cat fights taking place here.

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[quark_assassin]

I guess if whoever his owner is has a problem with that, they can bring it up with you.
I'll take it off the list for now.

[small_compromise]

Cat flaps?

[beholding_archivist]

Are you sure he even has an owner?

[quark_assassin]

Yes.
For a cat.

[quark_assassin]

No.
But I haven't seen any other Earth-native domestic species (or similar) here that didn't already belong to someone else, so it would fit the pattern.

[small_compromise]

I figured that much at least. For Salem, then? What does it do?

[beholding_archivist]

But you noticed that he is listed as a unique contact on the network.

You said he's been annoying people. Have you spoken to him?

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[the_tailor]

Is this about the wandering cat I heard about?

[crystalmaster]

That's a good idea. I live at the hotel and work at the diner; let me know if I can help.

[quark_assassin]

[Of course she's never heard of a cat flap before - why was he so surprised? Dustin sighs at his tablet.]

It's a door that you install inside another door, but cat-sized and opened by pushing on it from either direction.

[A couple of minutes later, Dustin provides a second message with an attachment: Scaled drawings for a cat flap, as it would appear on a typical, Agrii-appropriate door, complete with measurements and insets to describe installation. Surely this will help clarify things.]

[quark_assassin]

[Dustin is halfway through typing Why would he have a unique network contact? before he stops ]

[ opens the Dick Shun Airy ]

[ puts his face in his hands for a couple of minutes and erases his previous message ]

I haven't.

[small_compromise]

[Blissfully oblivious to the exasperation she's potentially caused.]

How ingenius! I think Salem would appreciate something like that.

[quark_assassin]

Unless there's more than one of them now, yes.

[quark_assassin]

I know it is.

It's not too intensive of a project. The biggest part is that I'll need to borrow the front doors for a few hours each in order to cut the insets.
If you want to avoid a draft or snow ingress, you might want to have a set of backup doors or tarp available to cover entry while I work.

[crystalmaster]

Right, I'll do that.

[beholding_archivist]

And yet you have decided to instal cat flaps for him. He really must have charmed you.

[quark_assassin]

I guess.
It's better than leaving doors or windows open for him to climb through.

[quark_assassin]

[Dustin stares in abject confusion at the screen for several long moments.]

The fuck are you trying to get at?

[beholding_archivist]

That he's a very much doing what all cats do when they want something. You did decide to help him after all.

[small_compromise]

Agreed. There'd be no point in going inside if it was just as cold as being outside.

[quark_assassin]

If this is supposed to be some kind of weird attempt to get me to admit that I'm being altruistic so that we're all showered in an explosion of happy mothcat kittens and rainbows or whatever the fuck you're expecting, I'm going to have to disappoint you.
Lark offered me the job in exchange for services rendered.

[quark_assassin]

It would also be stupidly inconvenient for all of the other people in the building to have to wait on him just in case he wants to come in and look around for five minutes or whatever.
Plus an appropriately-sized cat door should minimize the number of undesirable animals that come in after him.
I'll have to add a sensor that detects the tablets or something to prevent that entirely.

[Jon had a point, there. Not that Dustin would ever admit it.]