(a filler chapter w cats interacting w the twins! ft cuties in love, trouble, and the Slink Master himself)
The Calico twins were an interesting pair. Where Coricopat and Tantomile were mysterious and all-knowing, gracefully appearing where they were always needed, never surprised by anything because, well, they always seemed to know what was going to happen at any time, Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie were the opposite. The two stumbled through life, tripping and falling until they somehow ended up in places where they could have some fun.
One day, close to when the twins had first found the Junkyard but far enough in that they were comfortable talking to the other cats there, Rumpleteazer stumbled upon a beautiful white Queen. She was humming to herself, while moving very gracefully and rhythmically.
"Wow!" Rumpleteazer exclaimed in her quiet voice. Of course, Rumpleteazer wasn't exactly the quietest cat around, so the white cat heard her meow of excitement, and paused in her dancing.
The two had soon introduced themselves, and within a few days, had started regularly meeting up, chatting, and of course, dancing.
The white cat was named Victoria, and Rumpleteazer was very certain she was the most beautiful Queen to ever exist. She was pure white, with glossy blue eyes, and would tilt her head to the side whenever Rumpleteazer spoke. She liked to dance alone, but said that Rumpleteazers company was always welcome, which had made the Calico Queen blush through her fur.
One day, the two had arrived at their usual dancing spot to find a large, human-made contraption. While Rumpleteazer sniffed, clawed, and growled at it, Victoria had shuffled her paws through some of the nearby junk before pulling out a flat disc.
"This is what the humans call a record, " Victoria informed the other girl. "They put it on that fancy contraption you have, and then it makes noise! My human has one and it sounds beautiful!"
Carefully, the two placed the disc on top of the fancy box, and Victoria worked her little technological magic, and the disc started spinning, making slow but beautiful noise.
Victoria smiled at Rumpleteazer.
"My humans call this music, and they dance with each-other when they listen to it."
Rumpleteazer watched the disc spin round and round, eyes wide.
"We were never allowed anything like this," She said in wonder. "He always told us that being quiet was the best thing to do. Otherwise, we get in trouble."
"Who told you that?" Victoria asked, confused.
"Oh, the cat me n' Jerrie lived with," she replied with a shrug. "Hey, you should show me how to dance! Like your humans do!"
Victoria carefully took the others paws in hers, and they swayed gently.
"I can show you how to work the records," Victoria offered. "So you can hear the music a lot!"
"I would love that!" Rumpleteazer meowed in reply, a smile wide on her face. Victoria smiled right back at her, before pulling her over to show her how to make the music.
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When The Rum Tum Tugger wants to meet someone new, or make friends with someone, then he brings them on a fun adventure. Each time, it is new, exciting, and always ends in trouble, but he's kept some good friends from doing it.
When they were kittens, Tugger and Bombalurina had snuck out and gone fishing by the water. The trip ended with them both falling in, and then Tugger had to swim them both to the shore, and then they had both trudged back to the Junkyard and gotten a scolding from Jennyanydots for going out when they were so young.
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