[catch all with taichi]

[supercatty]

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[goalsides]

[first of all everything is a disaster because fall and spring have issues and debate went badly and he's distracted.

second of all, there's a loud squawk as a flying cat tackles him to the ground, his soccer ball rolling away sadly. ]

Catra, what was that for?

[supercatty]

[what the fuck happened, fall and spring???]

[Catra is completely unaware of any of these issues, so she is just out here living her best Catra life as she cackles triumphantly]

The look on your face. . .!

[she is sitting on him again]

[goalsides]

[don't worry about it. but she is 100% valid even if the look he gives her is mildly annoyed. he also doesn't actually do anything to push her off yet and decides frowning at her is the best course of action.]

Ha. Ha. Yeah, okay. [...but he's easygoing enough he's not actually too mad.] You startled me. I didn't expect anybody out here right now.

[supercatty]

[a little giggle, and she politely rolls off of Taichi and extends him a hand]

I like to subvert expectations.

And one of your bad habits is not paying attention to your surroundings.

[THERE IT IS, THE TASK!!!]

[goalsides]

[im in tears. he pauses, blinking in surprise before he rolls his eyes and takes her hand.]

Of all the bad habits I have that's the one you went with? [he doesn't even necessarily argue but COME ON. ] You could've just said so without the demonstration.

[supercatty]

Aw, but it's so much more fun this way.

[helps him up!! look at her being nice]

[goalsides]

Maybe for you. [SEEMS SUS!!! but up he goes. task complete, happy for catra's clone-fucking opinions.]

I'm glad you're here, actually. I was going to text you later but this is way faster. [for. what.]

[supercatty]

[how do u know those are her opinions, maybe she is doing every task for vouchers?? she is, btw]

[anyway now she looks bewildered]

You were?

[goalsides]

[catra your vouchers...but taichi nods even if she looks alarmed like he doesn't even care he's alarming her.]

Yeah. You switched out of summer to winter, didn't you?

[supercatty]

Oh. Yeah. What of it?

[tail flick]

[goalsides]

Relax. [he's also going to retrieve his emotional support ball.] I just wanted to know how that went. I asked Viola, but I wanted to hear it from you.

[supercatty]

[ah. she does relax a bit, mouth curving upwards]

It's been fine. Winter is no Summer, and it sucks that I swapped just as Summer took the lead in the Dorm Wars, but hey!

I'll just make sure Winter makes one heck of a comeback this week, right?

[COMPETITIVE, ISN'T SHE]

[goalsides]

We'll see about that. [he's equally competitive in most cases, so ignore the slight smirk from him. on the other hand...]

But nothing weird happened with the switch? And Sally was fine with it?

[supercatty]

[at the mention of Sally, her ears droop a bit, arms folded]

[. . .]

Sally was a little disappointed, but she understood. But-- I told her she could bribe us both back if she wanted. And everyone else in Summer said they would try to bribe us back, too.

I want Adora to speak with her a little bit before we really decide, though.

[goalsides]

[there's a nod. it's not like he didn't see both adora and catra at summer dorm for movie night, and it's not like he didn't see how well summer dorm still welcomed her back.]

That makes sense. If the two of you are going to stick together, it should be something you both decide. [he looks like he wants to say more about it, pausing as he looks at his soccer ball. in the end though, he changes his mind and decides it's maybe not his business.]

The whole thing's kind of a pain anyway.

[supercatty]

[. . . she is so not great at this empathy thing, but even she can tell something is bothering Taichi? so she stares at him for a moment, hand on her hip, expression bemused]

It's not that much of a pain. I like the competition.

[okay, Catra]

Sooooo, are you moping?

[goalsides]

[he

kicks the ball at her

as punishment. if she's going to ask stupid questions, she can at least do him a solid and pass back and forth for a bit.]

I never said I didn't like the competition. I think it's a pain the dorms are really strict about some things. [there's a frown.] And I'm not moping. I'm strategizing.

[okay.]

[supercatty]

[a snort, but Catra moves quickly, catching the soccer ball with her feet and dribbling it easily on the ground. SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SOCCER IS HOW IS SHE SO GOOD]

What are they strict about? Neither Sally or Viola seem that strict.

[even if Sally was Serious about Pillows]

[goalsides]

[cat instincts are useful in a game like this. he's watching her and also vaguely hoping her clawsies don't actually pop the ball. hm.]

Apparently it's frowned upon and then kind of forbidden to spend more than one or two nights in another dorm.

[supercatty]

Oh. Yeah, I knew that.

[laughs in catradora]

Where do you want to spend the night? You could always just swap to that dorm yourself.

[goalsides]

[co-dependency is a hell of a drug.]

Fall. [...] I'm thinking about switching, but I also don't like the idea of abandoning Chad to do so.

[this is really just taichi wanting his cake and eating it too and the stupid dorm war won't let him? it's very rude.]

[supercatty]

[one day they should talk about it!!]

Is it really abandoning them, though? [tilts her head] I mean, I felt a little-- [GUILTY] Anyway, I mean I didn't want to abandon Sally, but I can still talk to her, you know?

And who knows? Maybe Adora and I will swap back to summer. It's not like it's a permanent decision.

[goalsides]

[they have to acknowledge it first :\

ALSO YEAH, SEE, THE GUILT THING IS WHAT'S GOING TO KILL HIM so he shrugs in response.]

Maybe it's not, but it just seems kind of shitty to tell a guy you want to get to know him and hang out with him and then swap out of his dorm. I'm not so sure fall wouldn't be a permanent decision anyway.

[because, really, at the end of the day taichi will probably do whatever makes yamato happiest.]

It's still early.

[supercatty]

[mmmmm. . .]

"It's still early" is what I told myself.

And then Hiyori died, and I wasn't there to-- [protect Adora??]

[goalsides]

[which is another problem.]

Maybe...it won't be the same twice. I have to check, just once to see if this is really going to be a pattern. [not that it doesn't make him nervous as hell.] If I could figure out a way to go back to fall tonight instead of spring maybe it'll work out.