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I never meant to have a team.
Back home, things were simple. Everyone had a role. Everyone knew what they were doing. On Earth, that system collapsed almost immediately. One moment I was minding my own business, and the next I found myself responsible for a cat and a turtle who both seem determined to test the limits of my patience.
Since humans appreciate introductions, I’ll try to explain how this happened.
First, there’s Layla.
Layla is a cat, which already explains most of the situation. He is loud, clingy, and absolutely convinced that anything within eyesight belongs to him. He cries for food constantly, even when he’s just eaten. He scratches furniture with purpose. He climbs things he should not climb. And whenever I speak, he responds by aggressively grooming himself, as if deeply offended by my tone.
To Layla, I am not a companion. I am warmth. I am furniture. I am emotional support. I am also, unfortunately, the only one attempting to keep things under control.
Then there’s Tucker.
Tucker is a turtle, and somehow the most positive being I’ve ever encountered. Everything excites him. Every noise could be the ocean. Every breeze is worth investigating. Every object absolutely must be inspected, preferably by tapping it or biting it.
He falls over constantly. Sometimes there’s a reason. Most of the time, there isn’t. He has fallen onto Layla. He has fallen onto me. He has fallen while doing nothing at all. None of this seems to bother him. If anything, it only makes him more curious.
And then there’s me.
I make the plans. I set the rules. I stop Layla from eating things that will kill him and Tucker from interacting with objects that could end his existence instantly. Whether I wanted the role or not, I am clearly the adult here.
Humans would probably call this a “team.”
I would call it a long-term problem.
Still, this is my reality now. If you keep reading, you’ll find records of these moments exactly as I experience them — frustrating, confusing, and deeply exhausting. You may find them funny. That says more about you than it does about me.
More posts will follow.
Not because I’m excited about it.
But because chaos doesn’t take days off.
— Rogu
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