Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 05, 2022

Don’t complain, Elvis. I suspect Lupin’s crinkle attack will be most effective! (Goldie does not appear to share my sentiment.)

It’s okay Puck, Elvis is a wizard, so he doesn’t have to be as careful about language as a cleric. (Except when he’s incanting of course.)

That’s one mean vacuum! And it’s electric cord is whipping and cracking! But Lupin vows to CRINKLE IT!!!

That’s a mighty big vacuum

It’s OK, Elvis – first off, magic users are great for ranged attacks, so you should stay back where the enemy can’t swipe at you, and secondly, Lupin isn’t going to beat this thing in one turn, so you could be the one to strike the decisive blow!

Look at the size of that vac! Lupin, you’re gonna need a bigger crinkle ball!!

Love the vacuum’s dragon spines!I wonder if our companions will get some help from the dust bunnies. Common enemy….

It’s a horta.

Puck keeps it PG. Goldie keeps it real. She knows the real threat is before her…

Notice how Puck very carefully covered Elvis’ naughty word with a dialog balloon.

Look at me, Imma crinkle it right

Imma crin-, Imma -kle, Imma crinkle it, yeah

Look at me, got a lovely toebeans

Imma crin-, Imma -kle, Imma crinkle it, yeah

Look at me, all goin squeeeee, yeah!

Imma crin-, Imma -kle, Imma crinkle it, yeah

Look at me, Imma showing toebeans

And the vacuum has no chance against the cutieness, yeah

(I’m a Train / Albert Hammond)

Brave, brave Lupin, deaf as a rock, can’t hear the roar of the vacuum so he’s not intimidated by the roar. Instead, he flashes his kitty beans in hopes of reducing the vacuum to a quivering puddle of SQUEEEEEE…

The dragon is so big and the cats are so small! At least Natasha has her lute back. And Lupin’s pink paw pads look perilously portentous.

Elvis is … um … a cat of a slightly earlier generation. As with humans of similar vintage, he is less inclined to pander to the preferences of the mealy-mouthed.

You haven’t been properly scolded until you’ve gotten a tongue lashing from a Siamese cat!

Back of 3 Cat Heads!

What is that colorful thing down in the lower left corner in panel one? Huddling dust bunnies?

Per her signature in panel two, is Georgia Dunn a co-VM along with Violet?

Language, Elvis!!

What happened to Goldie’s headpiece between panel 1 and panel 3? Could it be used as a throwing weapon and is now in her paw?

The cats look so very small as the vacuum menaces. One speech bubble censors another (oh, the cleverness of our dear author and artist!). And Goldie looks like she is So Over It.

…oh, lord, how many times have I worn Goldie’s EXACT expression when playing with my old group…

when we switch from panel 1 to panel 3, Elvis & Pucky have swapped sides!

Marie and I just started streaming Stranger Things. We have never seen it, but what is hilarious is the kids are playing D&D just like this. In fact, in the show last night, they were rolling to see how a battle against a Demogorgon went. What I gather from watching the show and seeing this arc is that the game/dungeon master is a storyteller at heart and/or overly theatrical.

Turn order can be a pain. Often my turn came too late and whatever I was responding to was in a different place. This vacuum can operate without a cord, which throws all my strategies out the window. At least Natasha seems all in favor of the “Crinkle it” strategy.

Perhaps Natasha can play/sing a lullaby and soothe the vacuum to sleep.

Let’s see, toe beans, a tiny little lute, upset Elvis….

OT: I hope this isn’t breaking too many rules. Just a quick question – do any of the Orbsters live in New Orleans? I have a chance to visit there next February (after Mardi Gras) and I’m looking for any recommendations for a decent, reasonably priced hotel in the French Quarter. Thanks for your help.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: Welcome to the first No Longer Hidden Library’s Dice and Diversion Night. Tonight we would like to introduce you to the ancient game of Senet. The boards are courtesy of Master Builder Wally.

Elvis-Anum: He did a great job on them. Could I use the oak board with the ebony inlay?

Bea: Feel free to select any board you want to use.

Lupinium: I’m gonna use the throwing sticks instead of the dice.

Tabith-Isis: You just want to bat them across the floor.

Lupinium: So? We created rules for that.

Sophititi: I’d like to point out the beautiful paint work done by Adobe Style, Maat-Tilda, and me.

Puckmosis: You all did a tremendous job. I would like to select the board with the water hieroglyphs along the sides.

Burt-Ra: Great selection. May I join you at the board?

Puckmosis: Certainly. Where are the throwing sticks?

Elvis: Lupinium! Stop batting those throwing sticks!

Bea: Alright. I think we’ve finally got everything ready to start. Now we just need the most important thing.

Thomios: Coming right up!

Look like the crazy kitties are high on catnip !

I sense a brave, but futile, charge.

These cats have been reading too much Calvin & Hobbs.

Puck is the Steve Rogers of this clowder of avengers.

Hope everyone is having a good day! Just wondering, what are your cats names and personalities? :)

RELEASE THE CRINKLE!!!!

that’s a green vacuum

Elvis! Dont take Cats name in vain! This is an family site!

Poor kitties, fireworks yesterday, today this~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, Natasha’s enthusiastic for this turn of events. Go, Lupin! Crinkle that monster vac!

Wonder if Goldie is beginning to regret not letting Puck heal Lupin’s crinkle madness? Or, would she be just as put out by anything he chose to do when going first?

Will it blend- uh, I mean, crinkle? That is the question!

OT: Thanks…

We had a cat who loved being vacuumed. She was, uh, eccentric even by cat standards, in other ways. She took Prozac for a while.

I love BCN and Georgia’s drawings are always adorable…. but I’m ready for this arc to be over. Guess I’m no fan of D&D

OT

This could end in a TPK! (Total Party Kittens)

Great, I called the rogue’s attack yesterday. They are so…. Robin, I think that’s your cue.

We are having nature’s fireworks again tonight, thunderstorms, lightening, possible hail and high winds marching thru west to east as usual. More of the same predicted for most of the week. Good for the crops but nerve wracking for people. Storms have definitely ramped up in frequency and strength the last decade or so. The dog is calm and so are the cats but I end up a nervous wreck.

FYI: If anyone is wondering what it means to “roll initiative,” each player rolls a die to find out what order they get to take action in. The DM (dungeon master) does the same thing on behalf of the monsters and tells the players who gets to go next.