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Every Day is Best Day Ever

Summary:

A day in the life of Talon, the ship’s cat.

Notes:

To everyone who has professed your undying love for Talon, this fic is for you. And this fic is specifically gifted to Miatah who requested one entirely in Talon’s POV which I am happy to provide.

I have a character and vocab key if you’re confused but left it in the end notes in case anyone wants to read and try to guess who everyone is based off the names Talon has for them. I hope you all enjoy reading this at least half as much as I enjoyed writing it. Cheers! <3

(Title from Home)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Like usual Talon wakes up before all of her two leggeds because two leggeds like to sleep a long long time. Deciding to get some early hunting in, Talon stretches with a yawn and crawls out of the paws of one who makes comfy perch. Following the sounds of little paws because she is a very good hunter Talon wiggles into one of the small spaces some of her two leggeds like to hide to do the cuddling that is not for four leggeds. She pauses and her tail gives an excited flick once Talon spots a yummy snack. Crouching she waits and waits before-

Yes, Talon is a very good hunter. All her two leggeds should be lucky she’s part of their litter now. What would they do without her? She munches happily on her snack before deciding that she should really find a snack for loud one because loud one always appreciates her presents. Licking her paws Talon straightens and twitches her nose until she catches the smell of another yummy snack. Sometimes these tiny four leggeds make her life too easy. It only takes a short time for Talon to find this new snack and wiggle her way back to the litter to find that the only two leggeds that aren’t there anymore is one who smells of yummy things and shouty one.

Talon daintily steps between her littermates before gently dropping her present onto loud one’s chest. There, she’s sure loud one will appreciate that when he wakes up. Deciding to investigate what yummy things one who smells of yummy things and shouty one are making, Talon makes her way towards them, following all the sounds they’re making. Really, how can her two leggeds sleep through it all? When she makes it into the room that smells of yummy things Talon finds shouty one and one who smells of yummy things doing lots of meowing in two legged and waving of pointy things. When shouty one sees Talon he becomes a little shouty but after Talon rubs against one of his legs he goes less shouty. Talon leaps up to where the yummy things are before releasing a displeased yowl when she finds herself plopped back on the floor, one who smells of yummy things shaking a paw at her.

Tilting her nose and tail up, Talon turns her back on her ungrateful two leggeds and stalks away. See if they get any presents in the future! Talon is about to see if pointy one or one who smells like pointy one are awake when loud one makes lots of loud noises. Oh! Loud one found Talon’s present!

Talon trots over to where most of her littermates are and finds loud one still making lots of noises and flailing his paws all through the air while quiet one makes the human sound of happiness and the rest of Talon’s litter shakes their heads and wake up. Talon walks up to loud one, hoping to get some pets because loud one appreciates her gift so much but lets out an unhappy sound when loud one places quiet one in front of her instead. Talon releases a happy purr when quiet one picks her up though. At least someone appreciates Talon.

Soon fluffy one and one who likes soft things and pointy one and one who smells like pointy one all come out and everyone gets busy so Talon winds between legs and hands to get some extra pets. When they all sit down to eat yummy things Talon sits right next to soft one because soft one always slips her yummy treats behind papa talon’s back. Yummy eating time ends quickly like it always does during early light time though so soon Talon follows one with feathered friend up to the thing that moves back and forth because it’s fun to watch. Plus sometimes feathered friend flies down and feathered friend doesn’t blame Talon for trying to eat her once or twice or three times and now they’re friends.

This early light time feathered friend flies right down in front of Talon and gives her a nice peck peck peck so Talon gives her a nice swat swat swat and feathered friend lets Talon chase her around her home that rocks back and forth until she gets tired and decides to plop in a nice warm spot for a little nap.

When Talon wakes up she releases a happy purr because one with voice like feathered things is giving her nice pats and scratches. She watches with interest as one who uses feather thing that is not toy waves his feather thing in the air which is just not fair. Thinking maybe one who uses feather thing that is not toy will be a bit distracted because furless one is meowing in two legged to him, she begins to creep her way over only to find herself picked up by fluffy one and Talon would be annoyed that she was interrupted but fluffy one is wearing his soft flowy thing so Talon curls up inside of it instead and rubs her face against all of fluffy one's nice fluffiness. Fluffy one carries Talon around for a nice long while as he walks back and forth and meows in two legged to all of her two leggeds and soon Talon finds herself yawning and slipping off into another nap.

She stirs a little when she’s transferred to one who smells like pointy one but one who smells like pointy one makes almost as comfy a perch as one who makes comfy perch so Talon has no complaints. But Talon jumps down with excitement when loud one shakes thing that makes interesting sound and throws it and soon Talon is happily chasing it back and forth back and forth so maybe loud one can be forgiven for not appreciating Talon’s gifts earlier but she still expects lots of pets later.

Talon is nice and happy and tired out and is happily munching on yummy food that papa talon laid out for her when papa talon creeps up to her in a way Talon does not trust. She begins to back up only to find herself grabbed by soft one and brought to thing of tortures. Noooo not again! Don’t these silly two leggeds understand that Talon has a tongue for a reason?? She may love papa talon and soft one but she has no problems with giving them lots of scratches as they torture Talon even if some of the stuff they rub in her fur smells and feels nice. They’re still getting her wet and forgetting that she has a tongue she can use so Talon is still not very happy.

She glares up at them once she’s all wrapped up in a soft thing but her two dumb two leggeds make happy soft noises to her and give her nice rubs even though she scratched them so she can’t be too mad at them. They still owe her lots of treats though.

When Talon is brought back to the rest of her litter it’s dark time and her home that rocks back and forth has stopped rocking. That means it’s almost Talon’s favorite time! First it’s time for more yummy things and this time Talon walks between all her two leggeds and gets lots of yummy snacks snuck to her. Pointy one has put their pointy thing away so Talon happily climbs into their lap and accepts the yummy snacks they sneak her. Pointy one is the best at sneaking her snacks without anyone noticing, even better than soft one.

But then it’s her favorite favorite time where all her two leggeds are piled up together and they meow in two legged holding things that smell of tall things while quiet one walks around and does lots of meowing. Since most of her two leggeds have paws that are busy Talon curls up in one who likes soft things' lap and soaks up the happy noises and smells of all her two leggeds. But soon it's time to sleep and Talon makes one more round for all of her two leggeds to give her all the nice pets before she curls up in a happy pile of her two leggeds.

Talon is a very lucky four legged, even if her two leggeds don’t always appreciate her gifts or let her play with their toys and torture her in thing of tortures. Because they give her yummy things and give her other toys and give her lots of pets and cuddles and give her lots and lots of happy feelings. If mama talon was still here Talon is sure she would be happy for Talon because Talon has a litter of two leggeds who love her just as much as mama talon did. Yes, Talon is a very lucky four legged.

Notes:

Character list in order of appearance:

One who makes comfy perch: Wee John
Loud one: Frenchie
One who smells of yummy things: Roach
Shouty one: Izzy
Pointy one: Jim
One who smells of pointy one: Oluwande
Quiet one: Aviva
Fluffy one: Ed
One who likes soft things: Stede
Soft one: Ivan
Papa Talon: Fang
One with feathered friend: Buttons
Feathered friend: Olivia
One with voice like feathered things: the Swede
One who uses feather thing that is not toy: Lucius
Furless one: Black Pete

Glossary in order of appearance (and this list is ridiculous jfc I’m sorry):

Cuddling that is not for four leggeds: sex (and the spaces Talon is referring to are Stede’s secret passages because I am certain they lead to good hideouts)
Room that smells of yummy things: kitchen
Meowing in two legged: talking
Pointy things: knives
Human sound of happiness: laughter
Early light time: morning
Thing that moves back and forth: helm
Home that rocks back and forth: ship
Soft flowy thing: robe
Thing of tortures: bath tub
Things that smell of tall things: books

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