pull me out, pull me out alive

[ today in the antics of Demi Goddess and Man With Many Arms, we have...

Cat bathing.

Yes, she who subdues runes (and has been sleeping even longer these days) is currently attempting to scrub an armful of... well, nothing, for the average viewer. But that's what happens when the cat you're bathing just so happens to be a ghost. A ghost who's still capable of smelling. ]

Look, I'm not any happier about this than you are, except you don't hear me shrieking my indignation to the world at large. And you won't, because unlike you, I am a mature and responsible a-- [ pause. ] ... I am an adult.

So just-- stay--

[ and the next instant, there's an unholy feline shriek and a very loud splash. ]