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luckycricket33) wrote2020-07-08 01:03 pm
luckycricket33) wrote2020-07-08 01:03 pm
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The one where Felix is named after a Cat
Hello hello hello!
Like a whale evolving away its legs and returning to the sea, I, a person who was never present for lj-era fandom, am going to publish this fic in installments in my own journal instead of putting it on a more accessible site. I do not know what is going to make it into this fic and did not want to risk people on ao3 being tricked into following along a fluffy modern AU only to have it very likely turn into uncomfortable gender/name stuff. Please only read if you are okay with following along as I figure out how to write this, or are okay with dropping the fic later on if it becomes bad and not, idk powering through something upsetting for the sake of finishing reading. "Why are you even including the bad gender stuff then" because it's real and it happens and part of it is figuring out real life and I don't want to explain that to a thousand strangers looking for a popular ship fic just yet.
BRAND NEW ANNETTE
@annettepantene
NOOOO I HAVE MY DREAM VILLAGER IN THE CAMPSITE BUT SHE WANTS TO KICK OUT FELIX!
[Photo attachment alt text: Ketchup the duck, the cutest sweetest most perfectest creature whom I cannot say no to, in my campsite RIGHT NOW HELP]
Annette bit her bottom lip and rolled around on her bedspread in agitation, staring at the dialog box on her coral Switch Lite. This was the hardest thing she’d been asked to do in months. She flipped the machine over and sighed. It was a choice between the only two creatures she loved enough to commit to buying stickers of them and using them on her Switch where she could see them every day.
Let us be clear: Ketchup the duck was top tier. She had been on Annette’s ideal island list since before the game was released. She had been holding out for a peppy villager for a few months to increase her chances of Ketchup moving in, because what was cuter than a DUCK who looked like a TOMATO? Nothing.
But Felix the cat? Felix had been the love of Annette’s life as a child. He was black with white paws and amber eyes and she wrote him letters with oranges included every day for a whole summer, until her father had put the GameCube on a high shelf and told her to focus on schoolwork. When Annette had booted up her new game on March 21st and he was there as her starting jock, she had cried. He’d come home to her! But… was nostalgia enough to overpower the need for a perfect island?
3 Replies
Mercie @SewthisCos
@annettepantene oh no you poor dear!
Annette rolled onto her stomach again and whined, alone in her room. Aaaaaahh… Mercedes! Mercedes was always there when Annette needed to be Seen. It was reassuring. It was why she had turned to Twitter with her dilemma first.
Ashe KyLoog BB 15/50k @gaspardytime
@annettepantene oh nooo not cat boyfriend!
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BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@gaspardytime IM DISTRAUGHT he really was… all the way back in the gamecube version i wrote that cat LETTERS he was my BOYFRIEND i LOVED him
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BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@annettepantene @gaspardytime he’s almost Ketchup tier but I reeeeally need the peppy villager plus it’s always bothered me that he has an ugly basic house still…
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Ashe KyLoog BB 15/50k @gaspardytime
@annettepantene oooh yeah cat bf deserves a better house :(
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Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene Felix is p popular too right? You could sell him off for a bunch.
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BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@claudesplay Yeah he is… i GUESS… QAQ
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Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene c’mon now think of this as an opportunity. You could get anything you want for him. I recommend NMT, they’re harder to get than bells but still very liquid
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BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@claudesplay nnnnnn tbh what id like the most is if he went to a friend so I could visit him in his nicer house… make sure he’s doing well, u know? ;n;
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Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene really? Well, if that’s what makes you happiest. You’re wasting an opportunity to extort though bahaha
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Dimitri @dimitrying
@annettepantene @claudesplay Oh, if you want to visit him more than you want in-game currency I have a friend who can help. Do you want to meet him?
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BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@dimitrying @claudesplay omfg yeah i’ll unlock
Annette sat bolt upright in bed and eagerly curled forward over her phone. Her Switch was still idling on the dialog box. Maybe she ought to look up whether she could write Felix one last letter after she hit yes, pushing him into boxes. The screen was blinding in the dark of her room. She should probably charge it if she was going to keep it open like that until the introduction, negotiation, and transaction were complete. Annette reached over the side of her bed and pawed around for the right wire (why were there so many wires?) and when she resurfaced, Dimitri had made the tweet.
“Oh,” she said to herself. “His name is-”
But before Annette could think of something witty to say about it, the stranger replied to her, twice.
Dimitri @dimitrying
@swordswordsword Felix, my friend @annettepantene has the animal crossing cat with your name moving out.
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Boars Blades Battlestar Galactica @swordswordsword
@dimitrying @annettepantene HI. HELLO WHAT YES WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR HIM
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Boars Blades Battlestar Galactica @swordswordsword
@swordswordsword @dimitrying @annettepantene LITERALLY ANYTHING I WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR THIS CAT
Next scene
Like a whale evolving away its legs and returning to the sea, I, a person who was never present for lj-era fandom, am going to publish this fic in installments in my own journal instead of putting it on a more accessible site. I do not know what is going to make it into this fic and did not want to risk people on ao3 being tricked into following along a fluffy modern AU only to have it very likely turn into uncomfortable gender/name stuff. Please only read if you are okay with following along as I figure out how to write this, or are okay with dropping the fic later on if it becomes bad and not, idk powering through something upsetting for the sake of finishing reading. "Why are you even including the bad gender stuff then" because it's real and it happens and part of it is figuring out real life and I don't want to explain that to a thousand strangers looking for a popular ship fic just yet.
BRAND NEW ANNETTE
@annettepantene
NOOOO I HAVE MY DREAM VILLAGER IN THE CAMPSITE BUT SHE WANTS TO KICK OUT FELIX!
[Photo attachment alt text: Ketchup the duck, the cutest sweetest most perfectest creature whom I cannot say no to, in my campsite RIGHT NOW HELP]
Annette bit her bottom lip and rolled around on her bedspread in agitation, staring at the dialog box on her coral Switch Lite. This was the hardest thing she’d been asked to do in months. She flipped the machine over and sighed. It was a choice between the only two creatures she loved enough to commit to buying stickers of them and using them on her Switch where she could see them every day.
Let us be clear: Ketchup the duck was top tier. She had been on Annette’s ideal island list since before the game was released. She had been holding out for a peppy villager for a few months to increase her chances of Ketchup moving in, because what was cuter than a DUCK who looked like a TOMATO? Nothing.
But Felix the cat? Felix had been the love of Annette’s life as a child. He was black with white paws and amber eyes and she wrote him letters with oranges included every day for a whole summer, until her father had put the GameCube on a high shelf and told her to focus on schoolwork. When Annette had booted up her new game on March 21st and he was there as her starting jock, she had cried. He’d come home to her! But… was nostalgia enough to overpower the need for a perfect island?
3 Replies
Mercie @SewthisCos
@annettepantene oh no you poor dear!
Annette rolled onto her stomach again and whined, alone in her room. Aaaaaahh… Mercedes! Mercedes was always there when Annette needed to be Seen. It was reassuring. It was why she had turned to Twitter with her dilemma first.
Ashe KyLoog BB 15/50k @gaspardytime
@annettepantene oh nooo not cat boyfriend!
|
BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@gaspardytime IM DISTRAUGHT he really was… all the way back in the gamecube version i wrote that cat LETTERS he was my BOYFRIEND i LOVED him
|
BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@annettepantene @gaspardytime he’s almost Ketchup tier but I reeeeally need the peppy villager plus it’s always bothered me that he has an ugly basic house still…
|
Ashe KyLoog BB 15/50k @gaspardytime
@annettepantene oooh yeah cat bf deserves a better house :(
...
Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene Felix is p popular too right? You could sell him off for a bunch.
|
BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@claudesplay Yeah he is… i GUESS… QAQ
|
Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene c’mon now think of this as an opportunity. You could get anything you want for him. I recommend NMT, they’re harder to get than bells but still very liquid
|
BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@claudesplay nnnnnn tbh what id like the most is if he went to a friend so I could visit him in his nicer house… make sure he’s doing well, u know? ;n;
|
Claude @ DM Hell @claudesplay
@annettepantene really? Well, if that’s what makes you happiest. You’re wasting an opportunity to extort though bahaha
|
Dimitri @dimitrying
@annettepantene @claudesplay Oh, if you want to visit him more than you want in-game currency I have a friend who can help. Do you want to meet him?
|
BRAND NEW ANNETTE @annettepantene
@dimitrying @claudesplay omfg yeah i’ll unlock
Annette sat bolt upright in bed and eagerly curled forward over her phone. Her Switch was still idling on the dialog box. Maybe she ought to look up whether she could write Felix one last letter after she hit yes, pushing him into boxes. The screen was blinding in the dark of her room. She should probably charge it if she was going to keep it open like that until the introduction, negotiation, and transaction were complete. Annette reached over the side of her bed and pawed around for the right wire (why were there so many wires?) and when she resurfaced, Dimitri had made the tweet.
“Oh,” she said to herself. “His name is-”
But before Annette could think of something witty to say about it, the stranger replied to her, twice.
Dimitri @dimitrying
@swordswordsword Felix, my friend @annettepantene has the animal crossing cat with your name moving out.
|
Boars Blades Battlestar Galactica @swordswordsword
@dimitrying @annettepantene HI. HELLO WHAT YES WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR HIM
|
Boars Blades Battlestar Galactica @swordswordsword
@swordswordsword @dimitrying @annettepantene LITERALLY ANYTHING I WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR THIS CAT
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