Chapter 41: Chapter 41 What you leave behind
Kat proceeded steadily through the orphanage. The hall was relatively quiet, but children could be heard behind a few doors likely enjoying the break from school. Pushing open her door Kat threw the bag on her bed and proceeded to fold her clothes half heartedly and then place them in her bag. After a moment of this Lily began to assist Kat silently pulling clothes from there hangers and handing them to Kat where quickly folded them.
"Shouldn't you take a bit more care with you clothes Kat?" asked Lily
"Not really, these are all just everyday clothes they can be a bit wrinkled and I'll live" said Kat
"You should take better care of your clothes Kat" said Lily
"I mean it's fine isn't it? I don't even iron anything, so a few wrinkles are to be expected" said Kat
"Wait you don't even iron anything? I never knew that; don't you have any nice clothes that need maintenance? " asked Lily
"Well of course" said Kat. Lily waited while she handed of Kat's clothes waiting for her to elaborate. After three sets of underwear Lily asked "Well?"
Kat just stared at Lily as she folded clothes and placed them without looking in the bag behind her.
"Why are you looking at me like- oh, oh right. Is that really the only nice outfit you have?" asked Lily
"Pretty much. It's not like I don't have other outfits that look nice but it isn't like they require any special care, and this outfit keeps itself clean never wrinkles and I can summon it at will. Hell I can even repair rips and tears if I dismiss it" said Kat
"Now that's just cheating, I wonder if it grows as you do" said Lily
Kat shrugged "I have no idea. I'd say the chances are likely considering the system said that most demons only get one outfit I'd assume that it changes as we do. I mean my wings can shift through it…" Kat trailed of realising what she had just done.
"Lily did I just walk through the orphanage without anything covering my wings?" asked Kat
"Do you really want my answer to that one Kat?" asked Lily
"Fair enough" said Kat
Finishing the clothes Kat then threw in her alarm clock and her extra pillow along with its two spare covers. After this Kat then looked at the bed in consideration.*Hmm, do I take the sheets as well? Are they considered mine? Do I have space? Hmm.* After being lost in thought for a few minutes without moving Lily asked Kat "What's up? Something on your mind"
"Well, I'm just not sure what to do about these sheets actually. See they aren't exactly mine, or at least they weren't originally. Originally they were just part of a batch lot that the orphanage got but I've had these sheets as long as I can remember and Gramps never replaced them. Now I don't really mind leaving them here too much but everyone else has had the sheets replaced, some multiple times throughout the years. These are a bit tattered along the edges, but I don't really mind so it's more a matter of it someone else would use them if I left them here" said Kat
"Huh, well I mean, I guess so? Does Gramps have spare sheets" asked Lily
"Yeah we have a bunch in storage for accidents and whatnot" said Kat
"I guess just take them then, I doubt someone else will use them. If it's a problem Gramps can walk down the road and take them back" said Lily
"Well, that is true, but I don't really have room" said Kat pointed towards the duffel bag.
Unnoticed to Lily it had filled up rather quickly. Kat may not have had many things but between the half-sized pillow and a full wardrobes worth of clothes it did actually fill up quite fast.
"Right, just wrap them around the bag then" said Lily
"Nice idea" said Kat bundling the sheets together and then wrapping the outer layer around the bag.
"Now it's schoolbooks that I question. I don't really need them but I don't want to just leave them for Gramps" said Kat as she grabbed out her school bag and started filling it with other random things from the room like her phone and charger as well as her pencil case and anything else left over.
"Just bring them down with us and stop by Gramps office asking what he wants to do with them" said Lily
"Hey wait, Kat where are the rest of your shoes" asked Lily
"Well, I did have some but they've sort of worn out in the last six months and I just haven't gotten around to it" said Kat
"Kaaat" said Lily drawing the name out "How many sets of shoes do you own"
"An infinite number of shoes" said Kat
"Well, how do you figure that?" said Lily
"Well, these shoes I have as part of my Demonic Attire can be endlessly replaced as far as I'm aware so I have an infinite number of shoes" said Kat
Lily stared at Kat mouth agape. "Please tell me why we haven't gone out and gotten you new shoes"
Kat shrugged "My shoes work perfectly fine and I didn't want to take on any random jobs around town when I was so close to finishing school"
"Well, even if I can ignore the rest of your wardrobe I have to draw the line at one pair of shoes" said Lily
"Lily you only own three pairs of shoes" Kat retorted.
"That's triple the number of shoes you own Kat" said Lily
"It's two more pairs then I've needed in the last six months" said Kat. Lily just glared at Kat as she pulled the last of her books from the closet. Patting the top of the pile Kat said "Well that's everything"
"Wait that's everything? As in those books, and two bags worth of stuff" said Lily
"Don't forget the sheets" said Kat
"Am I a bad person Kat?" asked Lily
"Where the hell did that come from?" said Kat
"I mean, I just… I complain to you, a lot and I probably whine to myself even more, but I've done quite well for myself, I have stacks of random books I've hardly ever read and a few more clothes besides, and yet I'm the one always complaining" said Lily
"I mean, does it matter? I'm happy to listen to you whenever even if it's to complain. Besides I come around and use your stuff a quite a lot" said Kat
"I guess" said Lily still looking somewhat troubled. Kat just picked up her things, her hands for the books her shoulder for the backpack now that her wings were in the way and her tail for the duffel.
"Um, I can carry some of that for you if you want" said Lily
"I'm fine, I got a decent bit stronger actually when my wings came in. This isn't even a strain on me" said Kat but Lily still looked a bit uneasy
"Actually, can you take my backpack for me, the wings really get in the way" said Kat handing the backpack over to Lily who gratefully accepted the pack.
"Well I guess we go see how Gramps and Vivian are doing" said Kat as she made her way downstairs, this time eyes and ears on the lookout for troublesome individuals in the hallway. The wings could maybe be explained away but she was clearly carrying stuff with her tail which would raise several unwanted questions.
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As luck would have it they made their way back to Gramps' office without spotting anyone. They found Sylvie and Vivian stacking paper against the back wall helping to tidy up a bit.
"Ah welcome back, pack everything" said Gramps
"Yeah, I guess, I wanted to ask about these books and the sheets. The books can go honestly, I don't have a use for them but if you did or just didn't want to dispose of them. As for the sheets they aren't really mine but I figured you'd just replace them afterwards, so I thought I'd keep them" said Kat
"Well you're right about the sheets. They really should be replaced but I suppose you are taking care of that for me. Your pillow too, if you want to go grab that, I'll probably have to replace that after you leave anyway so it might as well be of some use. As for the books, um how did you do at school recently" said Gramps
Kat laughed "Pretty well Gramps, pretty well"
"Pretty well, Kat your grades are nearly as good as mine and I'm near the top of most classes" said Lily
"I mean the work wasn't that hard really and I don't ace that much stuff" said Kat with a shrug
"Did you not listen to all the complaints for the final set of assessment or tests? I'm sure you are considered one of the best students in the school, if not for any one subject at least for consistency and PE" said Lily
"Well you heard her Gramps, want the books" said Kat
"Hmm, well, I'm a bit torn actually. I think they'd be worth having around as examples for the others but at the same time I'm not sure anyone else will ever stick around as long as you have" said Gramps looking up from his paperwork long enough to give Kat a look conveying That's the real question.
"Huh, I didn't really think about that" said Kat
"Well, I think I'll just throw them in the storeroom anyway. Not much in there save for winter blankets and spares I'm sure I can fit them someone and if I need the space for something else they won't be hard to get rid of" said Gramps
"Sure, I'll stop around back before heading off" said Kat
"I'll leave it to you then" said Gramps
Turning towards Vivian and Sylvie who were still stacking papers Kat asked "Is it time to head of then?"
"Yup, just let me finish this stack" said Vivian flashing Kat a smile before turning back to the half completed stack. Sylvie and Vivian quickly worked in tandem with Sylvie gathering the loose papers and passing them up to Vivian and they would be done in no time.
"Hey Lily, if you don't mind grabbing that extra pillow from my room I'll throw these books into storage and meet you all out the front how does that sound" said Kat
"Sure thing Kat" said Lily stepping out of the room. Kat followed behind but just before she left Gramps said "Remember, I trust Vivian to take good care of you both, but you are always welcome here whether to visit or to stay you'll be welcomed no questions asked… Oh and thanks for the lovely rug"
"I'm just down the road Gramps, maybe I'll show up and try and catch you cooking one morning" said Kat and she heard the faint chuckling from behind her as she made her way outside and around to the storeroom. When Kat reached the door however she remembered that it was locked. *Well great… why didn't Gramps warn me the door was locked?*
Puzzling over this problem didn't actually take Kat long though as when she started to flick her tail in irritation the solution hit her, well almost, her tail would never attack unprovoked.
Sitting on the ground Kat managed to slip her tail underneath the door and wriggle it up to the door to unlock the deadbolt. *Did Gramps know I'd be able to get it here? Or did he just assume that I knew what I was doing because I didn't ask for the keys.*
Dismissing the thoughts Kat walked to the back of the room and found plenty of space for her books. Placing them down shook up a bunch of dust so Kat held her breathe and made her way back out making sure to lock the door. *Ok, next time I visit I really need to make sure that room gets cleaned. It clearly hasn't been done since last winter… Actually did we even remember to do it last winter. Never mind it isn't my problem anymore I suppose, though I'll warn Gramps.*
Making her way to the front it seemed Kat's delay with the lock had allowed the others to gather on the porch before she did.
"Ooh, figured something out did ya lass? Thought it was strange you didn't ask me for the keys" said Gramps
"I've got some extra tools for lockpicking now" said Kat flexing her tail as she spoke indicating what 'tool' she'd used to open the door "Though the place is really dusty, needs to be cleaned asap, I'm not actually sure when we did that last"
"I'll get on it I suppose, and by I will, I mean that I'll send those three lazy sods to do it if they can't manage to wake everyone up properly" said Gramps. Vivian giggled openly at that while Lily hid a snicker behind Kat's pillow
"Well, let's load up the car, Lily I assume you're coming with?" said Vivian
"Yeah" said Lily as she and Kat walked to the back of the car.
"Hey Sylvie where is your stuff?" asked Kat
"Already in the car" said Sylvie
Kat just nodded at that, it seemed reasonable and she saw an extra two bags in the trunk that probably had Sylvie's stuff. Adding her own to the pile Kat threw hers in with little grace followed by Lily who gently placed down the pillow behind Kat before shutting the door. Vivian clapped her hands together. "Everyone time to go, take your seats"
Kat was making for the car door when she realised a somewhat complicated problem. *My wings are to long. They extend past my hips if they are folded up and I need to let them sit spread out in order to sit down at all…* Sylvie noticed Kat's hesitation and asked "What's wrong Kat, don't you want to leave?"
"No, I'm fine on that front, I just realised that I'm not sure I can fit into the car with my wings now, sitting down is a bit awkward unless I spread them out but I can't really do that in a car" said Kat
"How far forward can you bring you wings?" asked Lily
"Oh, quite a ways" said Kat extending her wings out all the way and then bringing them to together in front of her.
"Hmm, you might be a little uncomfortable but if you sit forward and hold your wings in front of you they should fit in the gap between seats" said Vivian holding a hand to her face
"Well let's try it I and see" said Kat.
Moving into the car was a little inconvenient having to open the door, extend her wing into the car and then carefully follow after it but it turned out that Vivian was right, she could sit with her wings between the seats. "Now the issue is how to fit everyone else in because I doubt you will have space for you legs with my wings out like this" said Kat
"I can just sit on your lap and Lily can go in the front" said Sylvie
"Great idea" said Vivian
"Indeed Sylvie, everyone can fit that way" said Kat
"Um, guys, is that really safe?" said Lily
"Well, maybe? I mean I'll buckle both myself and Sylvie up and you'll be in the front so it should be fine. Honestly I'm still at the most risk because if anything happens I'll probably break my wings but that's fine I can heal from that" said Kat
"How can you be so sure you can heal from that" said Lily
"Well I already broke them once and tore of most of my face and I was fine" said Kat
"Wait what!" said Lily
"Oh don't worry it only took a moment to heal from. Painful sure but it didn't even take ten minutes for the skin to grow back and my wings were fine after a short nap" said Kat *Though some of my muscles were still out of commission.*
"Well ok Kat, if you say so" said Lily
With that decided the rest of them bundled into the car as per Sylvie's suggestions. Starting the engine and driving off Vivian began "So sad, I've adopted two cute girls but they are hiding in the back of the car"
"What don't think Lily's cute" said Kat
"Why she is positively adorable. I mean Sylvie has her beat hands down, but she does quite well when compared to you" said Vivian sticking her tongue out in the mirror.
"I can't argue with that logic" said Kat and Sylvie giggled on her lap
"Kat's really cool though, so she gets that title" said Sylvie
"Indeed Sylvie, Kat's the coolest person in school" backed up Lily
"Oh? How do I rank on the cool factor then?" said Vivian glancing between the mirror and Lily with the corners of her eyes, careful to keep watch on the road. That seemed to actually stump the other three somewhat.
*Well, Vivian is cool, but it somewhat different from what I think Sylvie and Lily were talking about with me? Or maybe not? They aren't speaking up but I'm not sure I've got enough cool people to really compare*
"Hmm, that's a tough question Vivian" Lily finally managed
"Oh, why's that?" said Vivian
"Well, you aren't quite the right kind of cool? I think, it's hard to think about but Kat gets to be cool with just her presence sort of. Like she can stand there and say nothing but still be cool. You on the other hand seem to do a lot of cool things. I think, I don't really know you that well but from what I've heard you've designed some nice stuff" said Lily.
Vivian pouted at that but then grinned "Well, I can't say I don't know what you mean, especially with the wings now, Kat looks intimidating but in a good way but I'm a bit too cute for that sort of look" said Vivian. The other three found themselves agreeing with Vivian's explanation but also felt like they'd drifted off topic a bit somehow.
It wasn't long before they approached Lily's and Vivian's streets when Vivian asked
"Where do you want me to drop you off Lily"
"Um I'll just walk from the edge of the street if you don't mind. I kinda want to avoid my parents see you driving up just in case they ask questions" said Lily
"You shouldn't lie either Lily" said Sylvie
"Well, it's not really lying per say, just, when I head out it's to visit Kat most of the time and my parents can't go one sentence without insulting Kat so I don't mention it and they don't ask" said Lily as they reached the street
"Well this is my stop, thanks for the lift Vivian, I'll try and visit tomorrow" said Lily as she hopped out.
"See you tomorrow" said Kat, Sylvie and Vivian
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