Housepets!

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(A Week Later) JFK International Airport Terminal 1, Saturday, November 28 2020, 15:09 PM Three dogs stood side-by-side next to a large conveyor belt, watching differing baggages slowly pass them by. "So close to home now." Xander decided to break a brief silence. "Just a bag away fr...

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'Cats of Queens' Discord Server, Sunday, November 22 2020, 10:44 AM _Ksk_ Today at 10:44 AM uh-huh Reminds me of how it took me years to learn that Reznors from SMB are actually named after Trent Reznor Not even as a joke Like, this is a Japanese game, why are they aware of NIN? To the point of nam...

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"See? You're already strategizing, this is why you always whoops us." He grabbed a ball, checking its weight. "Here goes nothing." Rob launched the ball, which took out the right half of the bowling pins. "Great start!" Brian complimented. "You think you can pull o...

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continuation, yes. Ended up breaking the character limit again with this one, I'll try to at least expedite the rest of the "vacation arc" just so the story doesn't end up in this limbo, "everyone is away" state for so long again. Sapporo Streets, Saturday 8:55 PM A white compac...

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Time flies, huh? For some reason I always assumed that the last chapter was posted about one month ago, even as the weeks went on and on, but it turns out it was posted all the way back in February, sorry about the long inactivity. College Point Streets, Friday 8:58 PM The cat and dog friends conti...

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Tokyo International Airport Terminal 3, Ōta Ward, Japan, Friday 4:35 PM A Beagle sat silently on a mini-suite inside of the airplane, grabbing his laptop computer from a shelf and putting it on his lap while waiting for the time to exit the aircraft. Brian got out of his neighboring seat and leaned...

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Still working on this occasionally! Finally completed a new 'chapter' just as the thread got second page'd. John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport Terminal 1, Jamaica, Queens, Thursday 11:01 AM Walt drove his red compact along the access road to the airport terminal, his two pets sitting on ...

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'Cats of Queens' Discord Server, Monday, November 9 2020, 12:09 AM 鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱 Today at 12:09 AM alright lets get real political in here @everyone how do you pronounce GIF? _Ksk_ Today at 12:09 AM Please don't use at everyone Even if it's not even enabled 鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱鬱 Today at 12:10 AM it's enabled for mods...

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"But there's still one more thing, how exactly would this family be affected by the transformations, being all the way here? There are no reports coming from areas so far away from the temple's ground zero, according to Tarot. Is this household connected to the Great Lakes Region in any way, Ro...

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Really long gap between posts this time. I never really stopped writing, I'm just doing it at a snail's pace recently, the fact that this chapter ended up ballooning to such an extreme length that I'll have to split it between posts also didn't help the wait. College Point Dog Club, Friday 3:24 PM ...

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This chapter was only about 1/4 done when I posted the last one, which means the backlog of already-finished chapters is now gone and I'm posting them as I finish them. I'll try to keep the updates at still around one per week, but mind the possibility of less frequent updates. Sandwich Residence, ...

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Shields Residence, Wednesday 2:15 PM Rob hugged his mother on the living room sofa in his parents' house, as some form of a very long goodbye after getting back from an outing with the two. "I love you, Mom." He finished before just putting an arm around his mother, squeezing her lovingly...

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George Washington Bridge, New York/New Jersey State Border, Saturday 10:35 AM Brian drove his red grand tourer on the suspension bridge's lower deck, facing some heavy but uncongested traffic in the weekend morning. The dog briefly gazed right, taking advantage of the typically slow traffic on the ...

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Sandwich Residence, Wednesday 11:47 AM Peanut rested on his bed, minutes after waking up. He decided to slowly go to the living room eventually, looking for his pet-sister along the way. He saw her sitting on the sofa once he reached his destination, the cat almost falling asleep while doing nothin...

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Xander's a self-taught amateur Japanese speaker with his experience limited to the Internet, video games, and tourist traps in Tokyo. Any minor mistakes he makes can be attributed to that. I even intentionally made him say goodbye to Rob in a very 'un-Japanese' way, but if there are mistakes so grat...

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Flight AA357, Over Brooklyn, New York, Friday 11:17 PM The two traveling dogs again sat on two adjacent seats on the left side, Rob looked at the view from the window intently as the plane approached the airport while Brian just turned his head and tried to make out something from his distance. &qu...

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Sorry about the longer wait. The chapters are mostly done, but I've been recently really procrastinating doing the beta-reading that I do just before posting to check the grammar and overall flow of the dialogue. Harlow Residence, Thursday 10:14 PM Rob used his computer by himself, idly grabbing ha...

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Stevenson Residence, Thursday 2:17 PM Xander sat at his computer desk, playing a computer game, the monitor currently displaying a human running around the streets of a city. Rob sat on a chair placed right next to Xander's, a chair he had taken from another computer desk placed right next to Xande...

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Burbank Residence, Babylon Gardens, River Ridge, Wednesday 11:20 AM A Golden Retriever slowly walked up to the door of her sister's bedroom, opening it and entering after briefly knocking. "Ready, Luna?" Lisa asked, leaning on the room's bed while looking at her sister staring at a large ...

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College Point Dog Club, Friday 3:05 PM Two Golden Retrievers exited a car that stopped close to the club building, one of them wearing a backpack. Both dogs were still deep into a conversation that started inside the car. "...There's nothing wrong with being the litter's lastborn, Bart!" ...

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New Harlow Residence, Midtown Manhattan, Sunday 2:09 PM The two Golden Retriever brothers arrived at the front door of the new condo, proceeding to wait for Shane, who was lagging behind while trying to find the house keys. "Did we seriously spend one hour in traffic just to cross a river?&quo...

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Glover Residence, Bolton Landing, New York, Friday 10:45 PM The house belonging to Hobart's family had most of its windows lit up in the quiet night. He and his brother were lounging on the lawn next to the house and the family's pickup truck, looking up at the night sky. "Still feeling bad ab...

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Characterization is probably my biggest worry when writing. Being a rather introverted person, I'm always afraid of ending up making a bunch of characters who are just copies of my own personality but with different interests and backstories. I'm glad to get some positive feedback on that. And yeah,...

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Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens, Friday, August 7 2020, 5:29 AM Shane's silver sedan stopped next to a two-story duplex on the street bordering the park, Rob stepping out of the car and closing the door. "Goodbye, Shane!" The dog waved a single time to his owner. "See you on Sunday! Go...

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Sorry about the delay, I'm posting this a few days after I originally intended. I'm not really feeling too good about this one chapter here, but at least it sets things up for what I believe are better ones. At almost 9K words, it's also the longest one thus far, I think. Try to enjoy. College Poin...

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I-95 North, Warwick, Rhode Island, Friday 6:11 PM A silver sedan drove along the eight-lane freeway going through a suburban area, among some relatively light traffic. A human drove the car while a Golden Retriever sat on the other front seat, wagging and panting happily while looking at the scener...

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56th Street, Midtown Manhattan, Thursday 2:07 PM The narrow one-way street in the very central part of the city was packed with slow-moving cars, a red grand tourer with two Golden Retrievers occupying the front seats among them. "For dog's sake!" Brian complained to Luke. "What's wi...

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Harlow Residence, Monday 5:08 PM Rob routinely closed the front doors of his tower block after leaving it, walking along the sidewalk until he reached the nearest crosswalk. He waited for the stoplight and then crossed the avenue facing his residence. "Why the howl am I even doing this?" ...

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Sandwich Residence, Thursday 2:02 PM Grape was playing Peanut's Switch console while lying on the living room sofa, concentrating hard on some kind of action game. Peanut was nearby, drawing on paper sheets while using the dining table as a desk. Many drawing utensils scattered on the table. The do...

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College Point Dogs Club, Saturday 7:37 PM A Beagle and an orange tabby cat were leaning on the part of the wall next to the podium, looking at the movement happening around the club's first floor. All the podium chairs were re-arranged into table sets occupying most of the floor area, some connecte...

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Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, Friday 10:00 AM A red grand tourer approached a typical two-story house in the very suburban area, pulling into the driveway and stopping just before the garage door. A Golden Retriever stepped out of the driver's seat, activating the car alarm and casually walki...

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Here we go again, then. Updates will probably be less frequent compared to before, maybe once a week or so. Chapters are mostly ending up much longer too. Welcome to "Season Two", I guess. Also, really small retcon warning: I changed one of Brian's dialogues in the first chapter. Original...

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Double-posting here instead of writing this as part of the chapter's author notes just for higher visibility. The next chapter starts with a time-skip to July and I'm using that as an excuse to have a small break with the posts here. I tried to keep up my posting balanced with my writing, but in the...

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(19 Years Later - Present Day) 'Cats of Queens' Discord Server, Wednesday, May 27 2020, 9:17 PM 9MinutesJon Today at 9:17 PM I'm nowhere close to getting the new PC You two nerds can stop fighting over processor brands already OldArch Today at 9:18 PM yeah, please move that discussion to DMs if any...

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(19 Years Earlier) Old Stevenson Residence, College Point, Queens, Friday, September 7 2001, 12:49 PM A lone, juvenile Beagle sat on a bed while playing a video game on a large black rectangular game console, the small TV next to the bed displayed a car struggling to stay on a race track at very hi...

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Queens County Civil Court, Jamaica, Queens, Monday 2:07 PM A human and a cat left the court complex from the main doors, making their way to where their car was parked. "And that's all done with now." Walt commented towards the cat. "I'll probably miss them... This all happened so fa...

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"Coming out as a furry" is such an absurd concept. It's a fandom, not a sexual orientation. That's like talking about coming out as a Star Wars fan or as someone interested in football. Keep in mind the overwhelming majority of people have no idea what a "furry" is. They'd react ...

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Peanut: "Thought"? I have! Do you wanna see them? There's Wonderdog! Batdog! Spiderdog! Aquadog! Iron Dog! Grape called them "creatively bankrupt blatant copyright infringement", do you know what that means? To Bino: It looked like almost half of the entire neighborhood was at th...

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You read that in one minute?

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Cornell Residence, Saturday 2:50 PM A Beagle approached the front door of the old house of his house-sharing cat friend. Nervously ringing the doorbell and waiting for an answer. The door opened to an adult man. "Xander? Jon's not here." He informed the dog. "Isn't he spending some t...

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