Memoir: An Etrian Odyssey One-Shot Book

ONE-SHOT: Have You Seen This Cat?

TITLE: Have You Seen This Cat?

COUPLE: none

NOTES: The characters in this one-shot are members of the Guardian's Guild, and belong to TheShatteredRose . I wrote this forever ago as a gift for Rose, inspired by her character Magnus and his little kitty Zanna.

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The snow had piled up in the few days the winter blizzard had raged through town. For once it had let up, and people could peer outside to see the white fluff reaching the bottom of the lowest window sills. It took more than one volunteer to shovel the snow enough so the door of the inn could be opened at all, and that took so much energy everyone gave up on the walkways and roads.

If you peered out at the right moment you'd see brave citizens trudging through the waist deep snow trying to go about their normal routines, but most of Lagaard was happily tucked inside where the fires were burning bright and warm, without the white crap anywhere near them.

Currently, Lynus was sitting in an armchair near the fire, blanket around his shoulders and book in hand, Chi-Hung curled up near his feet with the tip of his tail giving short, jerky twitches, like something was irritating him but he was too lazy and comfortable to bother with it. Lynus reached down to pet behind his ear to somehow calm him, his head lifting when the sound of soft footsteps lead into the room.

Their guild's blond alchemist looked uneasy, surprising considering he'd been acting so calm and upbeat, literally the only one from their guild who didn't seem to be too bothered by all the snow. All that relaxation seemed to have seeped out of him, his hair was a mess and one hand was lifted towards his mouth as he looked around the tea room.

"Magnus?" Lynus called out, closing the book as the timid man looked in his direction, "Is something wrong?"

"Ah," Magnus immediately tugged at the red scarf around his neck, looking down, "Um, no, I just can't seem to find Zanna."

"Oh," Lynus set his book aside and shrugged the blanket off at the mention of the newest member of their guild, the little kitten Magnus had brought home on a rainy day.

She'd grown quite a bit since then, and she was usually with Magnus if she wasn't lazing around sleeping in random places in his room, most notably on Shen's bed, which she'd taken a liking to, much to the Ronin's confusion (it was funny for everyone else because he didn't have the heart to move her). She was still a little thing though, and the inn was quite large, there were a number of problems she could get herself into.

"Want me to help you look for her?" Lynus asked, and Magnus nodded slowly, wandering over to the window and pushing the curtains aside to look behind them, "I'm sure she's okay."

"Mhm," Magnus didn't sound too certain, getting to his knees to look under the couch as Lynus pulled the cushions off.

"What's going on here?" Axel was the one to ask from the doorway, his eyebrows lifted towards his hairline as he watched Lynus lift a couch cushion over his head, looking honestly ridiculous, "Are we redecorating?"

"Zanna has wandered off," Lynus explained, setting the cushions aside before turning and looking towards the other side of the room, "You haven't seen her, have you?"

"The little guy? Nah," Axel wandered into the room, hands in his pockets and a small smile on his face as Magnus scrambled to his feet.

"What if she's hurt?"

"She's alright, I'm sure. Cats are really self-reliant and smart."

"Maybe she's in your room?" Axel suggested, and Magnus nodded slowly.