Gertrude beamed as she stood in the kitchen 8/30/2024

 8/30/2024

Gertrude beamed as she stood in the kitchen. The kitchen sink was piled in messy dishes. The stove top was dirty from spilt over batter. 

“I made a cake!” She gushed at the cake on the table. The icing had partially melted off in some places exposing some burnt edges of the cake. 

Aqua cringed as she looked at the unappetizing cake. She wasn't even sure why Gertrude was showing her said disaster. She didn't even like sweets! She stood silent for what felt like too long. She gulped, “Congratulations…” She tried to make her smile look natural. “What's the occasion?”

Gertrude smiled. She liked how Aqua tried not to hurt her feelings. “It's been six months since you moved. So I wanted to celebrate.” Truth was she was practicing to make a birthday cake. She was great at cooking. But baking, well, there was a reason cooks on many cooking shows dreaded dessert challenges. Plus, she didn't know when Aqua's birthday was. Aqua had lived for a hundred years or so. Maybe she didn't remember when her birthday was. 

Aqua nodded. “Thank you for the thoughts.” She eyed the cake. 

“I can take it to work if you don't want to try it.” Gertrude giggled. “It was my first time attempting to make one.”

“You've lived for 200 years and have never once attempted to make a cake?” Aqua murmured in surprise.

Gertrude was active and always wanting to try new things. With as often as she enjoyed making new dishes, a cake had never been among them?

“I like sweets.” Gertrude shrugged. “But I just never wanted to make any.” She turned to grab a container from a cabinet. “Plus I've noticed you don't seem to like sweets that much.”

Aqua nodded. “Citrus desserts

catfish office work

 11/1/2022 catfish office work

Sephie tapped her foot as she sorted the many papers on the desk. She wondered when the last time any of these files had been sorted. It looked like they had just been tossing the random papers into the cabinets and hoping the files would magically sort themselves. Sephie bit back the harsh cackle in her throat. Her being a magical being organizing these files wasn't lost on her. 

At least she was being paid for it. Though she wondered if she should ask for a raise. After all, she was at risk of so many papercuts. It took several hours to sort the papers and neatly stack them. Sephie groaned as she got up from her desk. She needed a drink before going through the long process of typing up the papers into a digital format. 

The break room has a decent selection of coffee and tea. Sephie stretched her sore limbs as she scanned the selection. What flavor caffeine did she want today?

She continued doing stretches as she tried to make up her mind. Wrapping her hands above her head and leaning her upper body to the left and right. She eventually settled on green tea, taking a paper cup with a lid back to her desk. She hated at the clock. Why couldn't it be time to clock out yet? She blew into the lid opening before sitting the cup down. It would take several more hours to convert these files into digital format. 

Sephie grinned when her watched beeped. "Finally!" She silently cheered. It was time to go home. She had barely made a dent in the sorted paperwork. She would tackle it tomorrow. She checked her now empty cup before tossing it in the trash. She logged out of the computer before clocking out and leaving. 

Sephie stretched out her limbs as she left the building. The breeze felt invigorating as she walked down the street. She wondered if she should take her cat form and take the roof top route. Either route was about the same time. Though each had different short cuts that could be taken.

She decided to walk through the park area while she mused over it. Her eyes caught the glint if scales in the distance. The park had a decent size river with a chill current going through it. She recognized the glint if light as coming off of fish scales. She quickly walked over for a better look. 

Sephie chuckled as her keen eyes caught sight of Tallu's hiding form. She glanced around, there weren't too many people do creating an illusion barrier wouldn't be too much on her. Once her barrier was up, she called out to the mermaid. 

"You're feeling daring today, huh Tallu?" Sephie let the laughter roll into her words. 

10/25/2022 catfish nap

 10/25/2022 catfish nap

Sephie stretched out on the window nook. It was very soft and comfy. The plushies only added to her comfort. Her ears twitched as she heard the foot steps coming to the door. But the sun beam was soooo warm.

The door opened and Tallu kicked off her shoes. She carried a bag towards the kitchen. She stopped in her tracks as she spotted Sephie laid out in the window seat. 

"Sephie, I'm home." She chuckled softly. 

"Welcome back," Sephie mumbled as she drifted between the walking and the dream world. 

Tallu marveled at the odd twisting of Sephie's body as the cat girl softly napped. "Do you want to get up and eat with me?"

Sephie mumbled, "Nu-huh. Too comfy."

Tallu chuckled as she continued to the kitchen. "That's fair." She whispered.