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You jump down from the window and run to capture the stick. You manage to trap the tip of it in your mouth. The girl looks confused and tries to shake it, but you hold on tight. The mother and father blink and stop walking. They look at you, but the little girl doesn't. It's as if the girl has no idea you're there. She tries to pull the stick towards her and down towards the ground, but you hold fast.

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Keeping the stick in your mouth you curl up at the little girl's feet. Mother and father go still, staring down at you. A few moments later they start laughing. Father takes the girl's stick and gently tries to pry it from your iron jaws.

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As father tries to pry the stick from your jaws, you watch him closely. Anticipating his moves you hop into the air, startling him. You land on your paws as the stick comes down in turn, and go from simply not allowing him to take the stick to jumping with it when he tries to pull it away.
Finally getting bored you let him take the stick back. He hands it back to his daughter before explaining what happened. Now knowing you're there, she reaches out a hand towards you.

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Purring, you paw your way closer to the little girl, rubbing against her leg as she kneels down to pet you. The parents talk among themselves, and then to their daughter as she strokes your fur.
It suddenly hits you that they're talking about taking you home!

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You rub up against the little girl's leg for another few moments before getting bored. Deciding to celebrate the best way you know how, you start to run around in circles. Mother and father let you for a few minutes before mother picks you up. Soon, you're out of the shop and being placed in a little pet carrier in the car.

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You deserve better than to be trapped in this tiny box. Determined to get your new humans to let you out, you let out a long, loud meow.
It doesn't work, so you try again. And again.
The battle of wills between feline and human finally seems to shift when you notice the little girl's hand moving out of the corner of your eye. She's brushing her fingers over the holes in the crate, as if she's trying to find you.

@JesseF8693 Interesting; it’s totally psychological for me that I really don’t like interactive fiction games, but in this medium, it totally works for me.

@Pipistrelle Psychological in what sense? I'm kinda curious now.

@JesseF8693 Well, my first game on iOS was Papa Sangre, so it was a very rich soundscape. I got used to playing multimedia games, and when I tried text-based ones, they didn’t do it for me at all. I basically said to myself, “Throw this thing down and read a book.” But here, I’m just reading text anyway, so I don’t mind the interactive fiction bit.

@Pipistrelle Ah, got you. Yeah, I could see that.
I don't really game at all these days though. The "blind friendly" games just don't do it for me in the slightest.

@JesseF8693 I love arcade and adventure games, so yes, I do get into those from time to time.

@Pipistrelle The problem I have is that it feels like a lot of games that are made for us, as a community, seem to be simpler in play and design. I have no issues with folks who like that kind of thing but I don't enjoy playing games that feel like they were made for younger folks. I want something deep I can sink my teeth into, and that's just not something we see too often.

@JesseF8693 I understand that argument. I’m not looking for anything intricate in games in general. I save my deep thinking for books. Games are my way of blowing off steam. Kill zombies, etc. LOL

@Pipistrelle I should read more but the only options I'm aware of are Bookshare, which I don't enjoy as I don't like books read by a screen reader. Which is weird considering I use one *all the time...* but whatever. CNIB which doesn't have a very large collection, and Audible, which... yeah, I'm not paying $15/month or whatever it is for one book.