[Becky had seen the post, but she had also not replied to it at that time because she was in the middle of getting ready to leave the dorms to take care of some things. While she was a bit ahead of her schedule, that was to be sure she had time to get where she was going even if she got stopped once or twice along the way, so taking extra time to respond to a post that she could always just answer later would put her at risk of falling a few minutes behind.
While she's on her way down from the fourth floor—taking the stairs, of course, because she refuses to set foot in the elevator unless she absolutely must—she catches a glimpse of the red cat and pauses—because cat. A small number of possibilities run through her mind, all of them entirely possible: • The cat found its way into the building somehow and is just being a cat. • Someone got a cat as a new pet. • Someone got a cat as a new familiar. • The cat itself is a new resident—and quite possibly the same one that had just posted earlier.
And when in doubt, in a place like this, it's probably safe to assume that the most unusual-sounding option is the correct one. Probably. The girl—looking as much like a child as ever, despite her now being another year older—deviates from her intended path and steps into the third floor proper.]
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While she's on her way down from the fourth floor—taking the stairs, of course, because she refuses to set foot in the elevator unless she absolutely must—she catches a glimpse of the red cat and pauses—because cat. A small number of possibilities run through her mind, all of them entirely possible:
• The cat found its way into the building somehow and is just being a cat.
• Someone got a cat as a new pet.
• Someone got a cat as a new familiar.
• The cat itself is a new resident—and quite possibly the same one that had just posted earlier.
And when in doubt, in a place like this, it's probably safe to assume that the most unusual-sounding option is the correct one. Probably. The girl—looking as much like a child as ever, despite her now being another year older—deviates from her intended path and steps into the third floor proper.]
So... Kali, right?