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Ashriel noted the gaze, and she smiled lightly, taking it in stride. "Something about you is different than normal cats. I like it." She said before standing up to wander into her kitchen. It was actually rather basic. A couple of cruddy counters, a cheap stove, and a two door fridge. The cupboards were above and below the counters, though the fronts appeared to be chipping horribly.

She pulled out a couple of cans of tuna fish, opening both. One she dumped into a plastic cereal bowl and took out to the cat, setting it on the couch in front of him. She then returned into the kitchen, mixing the other in a Tupperware bowl along with sweet relish and Miracle Whip.

Ashriel looked down at the cat and frowned, hurrying off to the living room. Lovely, not too much of the fish had been eaten. She picked up the fish before having the most brilliant of ideas... At least, she thought it was brilliant. She mixed that tuna like she had hers, and she set the plastic bowl back down on the floor for him as she prepared a sandwich with her own.

Ashriel looked down at him softly. "I don't suppose you'll eat cat food, now will you?" She asked him, lifting him up after she'd cleaned the bowls. Already she had finished her food, and she was carrying him lightly towards the door. Either way she would need to head to Pet-smart to pick up cat litter and a litter box. She headed out the door with him in her arms, walking down to the local Pet-smart. She was thankful she lived so close to a pet-care strip mall, it made this so much easier.

Ashriel laughed as the cat sprawled itself across her neck. She found it rather funny. Stepping into Pet-smart, she walked down the isles, grabbing the cheapest litter box she saw. Then she found the least expensive kitty litter. She could always sprinkle in some baking soda if necessary. She went to check-out, going through quickly. As soon as she was checked out, she hurried home.

Back in her apartment, she put the cat down on the floor in her bathroom, which looked like it came out of the eighties. She set up the litter box with kitty litter, glancing at the black cat. "Please tell me you'll at least use that, and I didn't use that last fifty dollars for nothing." Her tone of voice made it clear that money was extremely tight with her.

Ashriel sighed. "There goes fifty dollars that should have been used for rent." She left the litter box, but she went to sit at the dining table, looking at the bills she had left over from rent. Yup. Figures. Just barely she had enough for the rent. Looks like she'd be having tuna for a while.

Ashriel watched the display, wide-eyed. "How did you-" She couldn't finish her sentence. However, she did glance at the paper and relax. "Looks like we won't be eating just tuna salad after all." Her fingers combed through her hair as she recalculated how much money she had. Okay, this worked a lot better. She lightly pet his head, hoping that the odd cat would like it.

Ashriel looked at him lightly. "So you don't like that." She withdrew her hand, going back to working through the papers. "You are one strange cat." Her eyes glanced over the calculations, recalculating every few minutes to double check her work. It was rent day, so she'd have to pay it as soon as her proprietor came to pick up the rent.

Ashriel finished her tabulating just as the proprietor came to pick up the rent. She pulled out her checkbook, carefully writing the check before handing it to the proprietor. The man thanked her, and then he left for the other apartments. "Just what are you?" Ashriel asked, turning to the cat on the table. "You don't seem to be an ordinary cat."