Part 2 of @sunnysidesevenup 's Moonlit Song Competition event, Kat's Groovy card! Part 1 here.
Appearances Pt. 2
Right after taking the potion
Kat: eeee! Oh my gosh!
Thera: hey, you took the cloak off, are you feeling more confident as a- and he's already swimming away.
Kat: Arlo, am I what I think I am?
Arlo: you're a merman. That's what we said the potion would do.
Kat: no I mean the type of fish, like how you're a pirhana.
Arlo: I don't know? There's billions of gray fish species how the hell should I know which one you look like.
Kat: I think I'm a Chinook salmon!
Arlo: probably. I dont care.
Lilia: ah, I know those fish, they're pretty popular as food in many places.
Vil: I fail to see what's so exciting about being common gray sushi.
Kat: dudes, I know Chinook salmon like I know myself. My first job was at a fish hatchery where we worked with them.
Thera: that must've been fun.
Lilia: don't salmon die after they have their eggs?
Kat: yup. Autumn was a very violent time of year. Our process was to knock 'em out, cut 'em open, and sort them for processing into food and other stuff.
Everyone: ...
Vil: and why did you say you're excited to become this fish?
Kat: the Chinook salmon are like friends to me.
Arlo: friends you killed every year?
Kat: friends with a short lifespan. Just because I know I'll see something die, doesn't mean I can't enjoy watching it grow up. You get it, don't you Lilia?
Lilia: uh... I'd hardly compare my loved ones to salmon, Kat. But I suppose I see the point you're trying to make.
Cater: well this whole conversation got dark real fast.
Vil: yes, I'd rather not ponder the idea of Lilia watching us all die Kat.
Kat: you're the ones who made it about death. I was just saying I love Chinook salmon.
Arlo: how exciting. Anyways, has everyone successfully transformed?
Cater: Cay-Cay has!
Thera: psst, hey Kat.
Kat: oh, thanks for getting the cloak.
Thera: do you.... want to swap back?
Kat: swap back?
Thera: you seemed comfortable in your scales is all so I thought you might wanna wear your crown for a bit instead of hiding in a cloak made in my size.
Kat: I... I could. Do you... want to?
Thera: yeah, here.
Kat: I uh, wow...
Arlo: Kat! Thera! Stop staring at yourselves, we're moving.
Thera: coming! Here Kat, I'll help you swim to keep up.
Kat: have you done this before?
Thera: swam with a tail? For legal reasons I have to say no. But I actually wanted to ask a bit more about Chinook salmon.
Kat: of course, whatcha got?
Thera: so are the black spots a trait of those salmon?
Kat: yeah, they can be useful for telling them apart, kinda like freckles.
Thera: cause I was just thinking they don't look all that different from your scars.
Kat: ah... I guess so.
Thera: they even snake across your shoulders. So I was wondering what makes you so much more comfortable like this.
Kat: oh... I suppose. But it's normal for Chinook salmon, it's nothing weird. They're not scars anymore, there markings. Markings every salmon has.
Thera: so it rounds back to being different.
Kat: no. It rounds back to people asking and making assumptions about what happened to me versus just looking normal.
Thera: there's the story.
Kat: ...you baited me into telling you.
Thera: hey, I'm just here to listen.
Kat: and you always manage to get me to talk. Well, is it time for another Thera P. session?
Thera: ha! You won't let that joke go will you.
Kat: not until you give up trying to fix me.
Thera: you're not broken Kat.
Kat: sure.