23 Cats Can Dream Too (1/2)
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After the conversation with Tarou, Mina sashayed towards a low hanging branch, finding the best position to scout the area. Mina saw how the colors in the sky changed as night melted to dawn and then she saw nothing but darkness.
Unlike before, Mina felt more comfortable in the dark but the pitch black environment she was in made her struggle. She tried to call out to anyone. It took her a moment to realize that she was calling out hello in her human voice. Stunned, she tried to get a feel of her surroundings. Her hand felt something cold and solid. She skimmed the surface with her hand and a panel lit up in front of her.
Slowly, a large square and several small squares appeared on the panel. Mina saw her human face in the large square icon. The image of the general wearing the sedge hat appeared on one of the smaller squares while Tarou appeared on another one. All the other squared were locked.
When she pressed the square with Tarou's icon, a stats page appeared revealing a string of information.
Character: Mouse
Weakness: Food, Poor Vision
Strengths: Photographic Memory, Unlimited Memory Space
She lingered on the buttons for a while before deciding to head to the main menu instead of choosing More. Curious, she clicked on the square with her image right away.
'This is so intriguing. I feel like I'm in a virtual reality game. This is awesome!'
Character: Cat
Weakness: Short term memory, Near-sighted, Far-sighted
Strengths: Super hearing, Night vision
Just when she was about to press the icon to show the general's stats, an earthquake happened. She tried to grasp on something to steady herself but she felt her world sway violently. Losing her footing, she struggled even more violently until she heard a squeal followed by another violent shaking.
Mina closed her eyes until the shaking stopped. She struggled again and this time, she finally broke free of the darkness only to be greeted by an almost blinding light.
When her eyes adjusted to her environment, she found herself in a satchel fastened on the general's horse. The other riders halted at their back and while she tried to make sense of what was happening, she heard another squeal from the general's horse.
Just then, she realized that her claws somehow damaged the satchel and dug onto the horse's side, causing the animal some level of discomfort.
”Nightmare.”
Mina was about to meow apologetically explaining what happened when she heard the general's soothing voice.
As Mina retracted her claws, she heard a horrifying sound. Just a few feet away, giant rocks fell down the slope on the path they were supposed to take. The spooked horse calmed down when he heard the sound. Everyone's attention was diverted from the general's horse to the valley in front of them.