[Mari]

Arle giggled so hard she snorted in response to Dark Pit's protests before finally getting off of him at Viridis' command. "Nyah~ I wasn't doing it on purpose! See?" Arle replied. She had much finer tastes than puns! She was pretty sure she knew a couple of ghosts who would be glad to take part in this, though. "Nice to meet meow~ I mean you." Arle remarked, her devilish yet catty smile doing all her speaking for her in terms of all the teasing on the tip of her tongue. "You never know what you might find, Pitty Kitty~" Arle finally went on in response to Viridi's lecturing, only for her eyes to lock onto a red dot.

...What was this feeling, welling up within her? Was this love? No wait--She'd already had this monologue. Well then what was this?! ...Did she want to chase that dot? No, no. That dot is not prey. It didn't even smell a little like curry. Arle shuddered, turning her attention back upon Viridi and folding her arms. "I don't think we have enough of these to make an armeow." Arle lamented.

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A deep embarrassed blush was on the angel's face as he pouted and wasn't happy with the outcome of this. Tail then spiking up at the mention of being stuck like this for a while and he quickly attempted to tug it straight off, but instead ended up just wasting energy as it wasn't coming off any time soon. After Arle was off of him and went on about how the puns and she was doing more things because Viridi just told her too, the winged feline scoffed. "Puppet." he said, rolling his eyes as he got up and dusted himself off. Then looking at Arle for a second before turning around, and then looked straight back at her when she called him 'Pitty Kitty' which really ruffled up his fur and made him pull out some claws. "NEVER call me nyat." DP aimed his newfound natural weapons at the lower class soldier before retracting them as he knew Viridi wouldn't be all too happy with him hurting or threatening a new recruit. Especially one that she seemed to like so far despite being human. "What? You want me to bring a camera next time?" he teased back. If he was put through hell then it'd only be fair for him to return the favour. If the girls had any reactions, he'd wave his hand a bit and make a few gestures to show that he was of course kidding, and just wanted to rile them up like they did with him

Regardless of aggro, DP was entertained quite a bit by the moving red dot and his eyes followed it here and there, though he didn't move from his spot as he wanted to hold his ground. But with time his grip on his insticts slowly slipped and grumbled as he made it look like he was just walking away, but instead he was trying to catch the dot with his feet, speeding up here and there to try and catch it but slowing down too to make it look normal-ish.

"I've been meaning to ask, meow long have you......... HOW long have you been here anyways?" The angel seemed to be having troubles fighting back the nyan and meow puns. Having to correct himself a few times.

[Coolshaymin]

"Pitty Kitty? That's that's a good one," Viridi laughed. She was tempted to use it to refer to Dark Pit at the moment... But she knew it was better keeping him on her side. Nicknames were a thing she felt would lower the copy angel's 'loyalty' so she tried not to use them. It was a hard effort though at times... Especially with things like Pitty Kitty.

It did seem the puns were entirely unintentional. Maybe some kind of natural instinct to mispronounce words? "We will go back to the camera thing. Let's settle our other matters first," Viridi addressed... Rather ominously to Dark Pit's teasing.

"I've been here a while. Have not really been keeping track of time here. I put the plans to confront the Starvia before that with good reason. Their actions against nature will NOT be tolerated!" Viridi answered. Dark Pit's attempts at chasing the dot subtly was extremely cute. This was a way better plan than expected.

... Then Arle brought up something strange. She did seem very good at not chasing the red dot. "An army?" Viridi repeated as she pondered for a moment. An army of cat Forces would be extremely adorable and cute... But... "I admit, the idea sounds adorable... But there is the problem that the catlike tendencies may interfere... As much as I hate to admit it... Why do you mention it, anyway?" Viridi questioned.

[Mari]

Arle gave Dark Pit a sketchy look in response to his insinuation that he would photograph them having fun. To be honest, she was more than willing to burn every fool dumb enough to mock her newfound relationship until that stopped being an issue, but she didn't think Viridi would appreciate that route. "...I'unno. I think you might just be my favorite feline~" Arle teased, pointedly avoiding looking at Dark Pit or the red dot. It stressed her out trying to resist the urge to chase it, and so she was attempting to forget it existed. The mage then turned to acknowledge Viridi, looking down to examine her paws. She wiggled them experimentally. Holding her staff without thumbs was going to be a chore.

"I think cragalanche would look pretty good as cragalkitten~" Arle would go on to remark in a rather suggestive tone, grinning devilishly at Viridi. She seemed to be pretty into the idea of super bell fueled shenanigans. If nothing else, the interruption appeared to have made her entirely forget the circumstances of her transformation and the implications of it. "Perhaps a Captain Flareball..." Arle would go on to muse aloud, feigning serious consideration. "Virkitty..." the mage would go on to mumble to herself, just barely audible.

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Dark Pit looked over the goddess whom he allied with as she commented on the nickname, but he knew that she knew he didn't like being called such names. Though she did muse the ideas, she didn't say them around him, so at least he had that going for him and not Viridi doing it too. At least while he was there in the room with them or sharing a telepathic link. Though he did swear during past adventures while he wasn't talking initially and just joined into the conversations that he might've heard a nickname or two. Regardless, he just shifted the blame on Pit since he was the frequent criminal of these acts.

Though the looks he got from the girls were both threatening after the mention of a camera, scoffing as he then replied "What? Can't I joke around too? Touchy....." he said, his words and actions suggesting he was indeed joking and not planning on the camera idea at any time. Though also a look of regret was on his face as he could tell he went a bit TOO far with that one.

Then matters went on to the times when Viridi was around and apparently she was here a long time before the dark angel had awoken. Leaving him to stop chasing the dot and stand there thinking. "But I've been having troubles getting into contact with you ever since I woke up. No link, no connection, nothing. It was strange." he said, then listening Viridi have her usual complaint about how things are acting unnaturally. "Good thing I got here eventually. I'd rather not be caught up in whatever blast you might try to throw at them."

Dark Pit was fighting off the red dot urge for a fair bit, listening in to the conversation before face-pawing at the idea of making the entire Forces of Nature an army of cats with a plentiful supply of super bells. "Ok, 3 things. 1. Viridi has a point, these things can make us have more weaknesses. 2. Getting all of those bells would be a pain. And 3. It's a stupid idea." he said with those snarky remarks. Though raised an eyebrow as his cat ears flickered at the faint sound of Arle's mumbling and could tell there was something going on between the human and the goddess.

[Coolshaymin]

"I am not sure why that would be. Might be the same reason Palutena could not just find Pit. And I have no plans to reset anything right now. I still need to rebuild after Pit destroyed my old facilities. Coming here kind of delayed that as well," Viridi replied to Dark Pit about the connection thing.

Viridi then listened to Arle's suggestion of Feline Forces. It did sound like a great plan from the adorable factor... But she had to have some self-restraint. She did like the cat puns name though... "Dark Pit is right for the most part. It would mostly cause distractions. And we do not exactly have the Super Bell supply to do that. Maybe we can do it occasionally if we have a steady supply... But right now it's too costly unfortunately," Viridi lamented. She was into the idea but there were limitations...

"Anyway, back to the facilities thing. That is where you two come in. We need to start building more strongholds to create what we need to take down the Starvia. You two will work together on that," Viridi ordered. She then turned towards the door for a moment. "Oh, and Dark Pit. If you don't want anyone else to know about this cat incident... I want you to keep Arle a secret. You keep that secret and I will keep the fact you were forced into a Cat Suit by two girls a secret. Understood?" Viridi added.

[Mari]

Arle pouted at no one in particular as her idea was shot down, meandering back over to her bed and the golden egg that laid upon it. She promptly hopped up on top of the egg and sat on it, crossing her legs and placing her hand-paws on her knees. Most eggs needed to be brooded, and nobody else was going to help her raise this thing. ...Probably. Maybe. "Sounds purrrfect~ But what's the nyaxt step? Is there another target in need of clearing like the last base, or do we need to find a new target first?" Arle wound up asking, sparing a devious look in Dark Pit's general direction. She had this feeling he was going to be ... fun.

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Dark Pit nodded at the first mention of not setting off any resets any time soon, seeing as how she was just getting the Lunar Sanctuary working and being used as a base. There wouldn't be any bomb factories if this was all she had. But Viridi always knew how to make due, so he wasn't so sure about that. "I guess if we were trophied then that cut off meowr connection. I was trophied for a while apparently, then that meant that Pit was too. Something similar happened back with the Chaos Kin and Pit turning into the Ring, remember?" It seems he managed to link a few facts together that all seemed to match up to previous events.

Sighing in relief when the embarrassment of the Feline Forces idea was shot down faster than a duck in Duck Hunt, the dark angel nodded at Viridi's words. "Besides, it'd make another way for the enemy to humiliate us. 'Forces of Nature defeated by a giant yarn ball' or even cat nip if these things really do make us more like cats. Do you really want your forces known for being the biggest failure?" he said, trying to reason further and make sure she didn't get any temptations if they did ever get the funds to make the Feline Forces. "We have bigger fish to fry. Bases and the Starvia come first." DP wasn't one for sugar coating things, and he wanted to really drive his point home on this one since they already embarrassed him. And he didn't want to be like this forever. If the Goddess of Nature got a hand on all of those bells, then he'd be in trouble. Though his stomach did growl a bit at the mention of fish, which he promptly looked awkward afterwards, rubbing his belly a bit with a paw.

Dark Pit was fine for the most part about finding new bases to take over or maybe create from scratch. It'd be something to do while he wasn't looking over Pit and making sure he didn't die, though working with the human that he saw Viridi playing with made him suspicious and rather...... well he didn't like Arle currently, let's leave it at that. But it was definitely not how Viridi usually treated humans, so he had reasons to be suspicious about what was going on. Though the blackmail was less than favourable. "URGH. Fine. I'd prepurr if you.... I really hate these cat puns..... I'd prepurr-" DP was seemingly annoyed now but just decided to go with it since there wasn't any other ways of dealing with it currently. "...... if you didn't speak about this. But then again, what evidence do you have? There's no physical proof apart from two little girls who are crying wolf. Same can be said about you and Arle's secret from my side. Even if I told Palutena and Pit they'd never believe me. So no need to sweat it." he said, making a fair point about the blackmail as there was no proof to blackmail with.

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi Arle as she walked over to the egg and started treating it like a bird or something... Might be best to ignore that for now. It's not like they could really name the thing until it hatched anyway. Giving something a name without any clue what it would look like did not feel right. Besides, Arle looked like she had that egg handled for now anyway.

"Yeah, those both are probably true reasons for those things. It would be pretty bad if we were defeated by natural instinct. Talk about irony," Viridi agreed with Dark Pit... For the most part. "Who says I didn't have proof? We have to keep an eye on the Lunar Sanctum somehow. What if something went wrong while we were busy with other things? How do you know that whole cat thing was not recorded? Not sure I would take the risk personally," Viridi argued ominously... It was hard to tell whether or not she was bluffing. Would she really hide a camera or something in Arle's room? More importantly, was it a possibility that could just be ignored?

"But you are right. You do not seem to have proof and it is unbelievable. So let's move on, shall we?" Viridi dismissed her suggestion. "We still need to figure out another location for a base. I still need to perfect something before making a Reset Bomb Factory. Honestly a bit too risky right now. No telling if the Starvia can just take control of it. Next I think we need to handle a little problem Phosphora has. I can't exactly send her out because she does not have any place to resupply. So we need to take control of a location that is high in electrical output like the Thundercloud Temple. That way she can control a fort and she can aide a bit more. She may be powerful but she also need recharges," Viridi suggested.

[Mari]

Arle shifted a bit on top of the egg, pursing her lips as she tried to get comfortable brooding it. She didn't appear to enjoy this, but most eggs did require the heat and this one was more than strong enough to support her weight. The solid gold egg was probably tough enough to be used as a weapon if one tried, though Arle was far too mothering to do such a thing. ...Mothering. The thought made her squirm, but she didn't know how else to phrase it. Turning her gaze upon Dark Pit, she gave the other a rather sly look. "I was kinda surprised when I learned I could be locked in my own room, nya." Arle remarked with a shrug. It was unnerving, but with any luck it wouldn't become an issue. She had already crossed several lines in choosing to trust Viridi. "...Besides, I don't think nyanyone's gonna need any proof to imagine a big old Pitty Kitty batting at a yarn ball~" Arle went on to remark, flashing her enhanced canines--or should I say felines--with a big grin. She seemed to be testing her luck.

[Coolshaymin]

(Going to skip ahead now so the ship can continue. Dark Pit related things can be done in another thread due to the absence. Sorry.)

Viridi relieved Dark Pit of his punishment for now and was now alone in the room with Arle again. She wanted the alone time with her again and Dark Pit had some really bad timing. Still, it was good to know he was still okay all things considered. She still had plans she wanted to execute as soon as possible... But it was still pretty soon after she sent Arle to that temple... She felt Arle has deserved a break for now even if Phosphora depended on a electricity source.

Viridi walked back over to the bed with the cat nurturing the egg and sat down. Viridi watched the egg for a moment before speaking. "... Well, Dark Pit is gone now. It is just you, me and the egg again," Viridi observed at first.

"... I know my restrictions could be hard on you... And I do not exactly want that after what I already put you through. So, since I love you enough I will be a little loose on the rules," Viridi began to state.

"You are allowed to state your loyalty and relationship with me on your whim. However, I still do not want Palutena or Hades to know yet! So you don't have to keep it a COMPLETE secret. However I trust you won't let them know. Not until I am ready at least. That way you get to rub it in that Satan Guy's face. Does that sound fair to you?" Viridi offered.

Mari

[Mari]

Arle smiled sheepishly at Viridi in response to noticing the other watching her. It was kind of embarrassing, having to take care of the egg like this, but most eggs didn't tend to survive without warmth and well... She was a responsible parent! She had to assume this one was no different since she didn't know any better. "Carrying this thing around all day is pretty hard on my back~" Arle remarked light-heartedly in response to the other's comment on them being alone.

However, what was said next caused her eyes to widen in shock. Oh no. She wasn't shocked that Viridi would let her tell people about their relationship; that was completely normal. She was shocked that... someone had told her they loved her, at an appropriate time at that! The last time she'd heard those words and not cringed in response was when she still lived with her mother!

Arle's heart swelled and she felt tears forcing themselves forth. Oh no; not now... This was not the time to cry! She was happy! That was exactly what she wanted to hear from Viridi! Those three words! And yet, her eyes betrayed her. Arle averted her gaze, attempting to hide her tears of joy so that the other didn't get the wrong impression. "...Thank you, Vivi." Arle said softly in response, placing her catsuit paws to her face and awkwardly attempting to clean her eyes. She seemed to be having trouble with this; curse her lack of fingers.

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi watched Arle in confusion at Arle's movements... Was she effected by something she said once again? Last time she acted strangely by her choice of words was when she asked if Arle loved her... Wait, so the inverse was effecting her too? Arle hid her face with the paws of her catsuit and it was not hard to guess what she was hiding... The magical girl was a little odd at times when it came to love...

"..."

Viridi remained silent for a moment as she watched Arle. Hiding her tears as if they would give the wrong impression. It's almost like she underestimated how much she can understand reactions. Well, even if she didn't, the motion kind of gave the idea was something was up. Was not a much better way of preventing a misunderstanding if she had to be honest.

"... You don't have to hide your tears. I get you are happy. Humans can be backwards sometimes. Besides, I think it's kind of cute my love would make you happy enough to cry. Guess it shows your heart is devoted," Viridi attempted to reassure.

[Mari]

Arle brushed at her cheeks with the backside of her paw-hands, doing her best to dry them. "...Th-Thanks again, Vivi. It's like I'm going nuts, y'knyaow? I've been waiting for someone to say that and mean it for a long time nyaow, and for some reason my brain just decided now was the time to cry!" Arle replied, laughing awkwardly at her own expense.

The mage turned, shifting upon the egg to face Viridi. She then wrapped her thighs around the egg to get a better balance and leaned forward, reaching out to wrap her arms around the other. Arle gently pulled Viridi closer to her and hugged the other, brushing her cheek up against Viridi's and purring out a soft admission. "I love you too..." Arle murmured. It was nice to be able to say these things without feeling like she was going to throw up in her mouth.

[Coolshaymin]

Viridi resisted the urge to respond on the nuts part. Her opinion of humans was still pretty low. Still, she felt willing to give Arle a chance. It's like she is going a little nuts herself in this scenario. She never imagined herself ever accepting a human's love... let alone telling them she loved them. It still felt a bit odd for her to accept... But Arle felt different somehow.

Just then Viridi was a bit surprised as she was lost in thought for a second. She found herself pulled closer to Arle into a hug... A hug that was a little odd given she was rubbing her face against the Goddess... Still, she did not completely object to it at least... Hopefully no more unexpected visitors come this time. Of course Arle already stated herself but it was a tradition or something to return the words. Viridi decided after a moment to return the hug for a moment... It was kind of awkward she insisted on keeping the egg warm while she did it...

 "So if you are mothering the egg does that make me the dad or would you rather it just be two moms?" Viridi teased... She did not seem entirely serious with the statement. She was basically Mother Nature so dad was an awkward imagination. Still, it was fun to mock Arle a bit.