Not sure if this has been done yet, but I’ve been getting into a lot of Polytrix AUs where Rumi is some sort of creature/animal while Zoemira take her in. So I thought, what if she was an alien?
Totally not using this ask as an excuse to rant more about this AU And so do Mira and Zoey!
I like to think that Zoey gave Alien!Rumi one of her notebooks because she noticed how much Rumi likes to ask her questions about humans, their behaviors, their planet—everything.
Zoey was more than happy to answer any questions Rumi threw at her(she told Rumi this herself after explaining that “fire away” is an expression, not permission to actually start blasting). So whenever she sees Rumi walk up to her with her notebook Zoey knows that she’s in a for a good, long, discussion about whatever new thing has plagued Rumi’s interest.
Imagine Zoey explaining to Rumi how different relationships work, or the many, MANY aspects of the LGBT community. She’ll doodle little turtles in Rumi’s notebook while sharing different facts. Rumi wants to know what a kiss is? Zoey’s got it covered(And what if Rumi asks if she could try it on Zoey???).
At some point Zoey will apologize for going off topic during one of her tangents—especially if it’s another thing that Rumi doesn’t understand, but Rumi doesn’t mind. That just gives her another interesting thing to talk to Zoey about. She loves listening to Zoey. And Zoey definitely doesn’t cry or anything about the fact that she now has two amazing people who actually listen to her. Nope. No siree.
(Rumi occasionally goes to Mira as well—Mira usually sends Rumi to Zoey if she can’t figure out how to explain things, which happens pretty often. She doesn’t want to push her away. She just doesn’t know what to say. But when she does know how to explain something, like how their pets aren’t actually their babies, or different habits that Rumi and Zoey have but never noticed, or anything kitchen related, Mira very nonchalantly answers and totally isn’t super happy to be the reason Rumi smiles while adding new notes to her notebook)
So I was bored and thought a little bit more about the pets within my AU so I figured I would share some information about them here!(Drawings included!)
Derpy had come with Zoey when she and Mira moved in together(Zoey’s parents did not want to keep a big ol’ Maine Coon in their house), and he’s been their little baby boy ever since. He has a habit of sleeping on faces. Which isn’t a very good habit to have when you’re the largest cat breed there is.
Everyone’s favorite OCD cat and if he hasn’t been spotted in a while, he’s probably gotten stuck trying to fix something he’s knocked over. Poor little guy.
They got Sussie when Mira saw a magpie crash right into her bedroom window. Fortunately there was a balcony so the poor bird didn’t fall far. They worked together to nurse them back to health and, after a few failed attempts at setting them free back into the wild(because they kept coming back), Sussie joined their household. Which was also the purrfect(hahah get it? No? Okay..) opportunity for Derpy’s little hat to be put to use since he just won’t keep it on no matter how many times Mira’s put it on him.
Derpy doesn’t move around much so you can often find them sitting on him. If not Derpy, then they’re resting on Mira’s head, since she moves around the least out of everyone else besides Derpy.
Hunter(Nicknames: Chonker, Bubs, Bud, Furry Baby)
Hunter is the golden retriever(OC, I guess??) that I gave HUNTR/X in my “Hunter of HUNTR/X” AU. He’s in this one because (1)I’ve grown too emotionally attached to him, and (2)I needed a reason for Zoey and Mira to just shamelessly stumble upon Alien!Rumi’s spacecraft. Unlike in my other AU, where he just sort of spawns inside their house, Hunter is actually a foster fail when Zoey had convinced Mira to help foster this puppy from a shelter her friend(Mystery—or Abby maybe?) works at. They then got too emotionally attached and couldn’t let him go in the end so they just gave up and adopted Hunter themselves.
He’s extremely clever a very food motivated—it took a WHILE to keep him from climbing the countertops. A big baby to be honest. Zoey accidentally taught him how to open doors and he makes it his personal responsibility to accompany Mira whenever she’s in the bathroom.
Zoey and Mira have decided to take Alien!Rumi to the pool for the first time! Zoey is near the lawn chairs, setting things up for Mira while she takes Rumi to the showers. She turns her head to see Mira inching Rumi towards her out of the corner of her eye.
Mira, trying and somewhat failing to hold back laughter for some reason as she pushes Rumi towards Zoey: Go ahead, Rumi, ask her.
Rumi walks up to Zoey, an adorably hopeful look on her face that tells Zoey that there is something new that she wants to learn, and Zoey has once again been blessed with the privilege of teaching her.
Rumi: Hey, Zoey, could you teach me how to do doggystyle?
You could practically see when Zoey’s brain absolutely buffers. All she can say in response is a weak and embarrassingly breathy “Huh???”
Rumi, none the wiser, while Mira laughs her ass off in the background: Earlier you had mentioned teaching me how to swim while we were here? It’s okay if you don’t want to—we just got here and you probably want to have fun first—
Zoey, once she recovers from her brief heart attack: Oh, you meant the doggypaddle. Okay, yeah—god—yeah, I can… help you learn to swim.
Zoey leads a beaming Rumi to the pool, walks by Mira, giving her a glare that only seems to make her laugh harder: I will get you for this…
