((ooc note: Wwwwwoooooowwwwwwwomongo! I go on Vacation for a few weeks, come back, open up my web-page, and gape at all the hits and messages I have received. Thankyou ever so much for all those wonderful messages, I was sure to look at every one of your pages, and they are all beautiful! And because you people are such adorable souls, I finally got off my Vacationized arse and am finishing it all up for you guys, Bastet Character Creation, Gifts, Rites, Merits/Flaws included!))
"For I will consider my cat, Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him. For he keeps the Lord's watch in the night against the adversary. For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and glaring eyes. For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life. For Having Considered God and himself, he will consider his neighbor. For if he meets another cat he will kiss her in kindess. For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it a chance. For one mouse in seven escapes by his dallying. For he is of the Tribe of the Tiger For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger."
-Christopher Smart, The Jubilate Agno
The woman swings open the door to her log cabin and lets you in. She moves over to the stove as two cats, one a big grey tabby, the other a while, fluffy persian, come to purr and rub up against her. The woman smiles and turns on the stove, patting the cats and looking at them as if they had something interesting to say. "So...you want to learn about me, hmmm? How curious. So answer me a riddle, little mouse, how does one open a box that cannot be opened from outside nor inside? What? Ah, good answer---I'm a were-what?! Are you feeling well or has hot water burned your soul? No no, quite right, you look fine. So, allow me to introduce myself and my...friends..." she motions to the cats which now bath themselves, a mischievious smile on her face...
Let me take you on a trip, Around the world and back, And you wont have to move, You just sit still. Now let your mind do the walking, And let my body do the talking, Let me show you the world in my eyes.-Depeche Mode, "World in My Eyes"
"Little One, I would like to see anyone---prophet, king or god---persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time." ---Neil Gaiman, "A Dream of a Thousand Cats"(from The Sandman)