MeowStack #17: Sprite is a dapper gentlecat

He also answers to, "You're so cute!"

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Feb 26, 2025

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Sprite, an all black cat with golden eyes, looks at the camera with his paws crossed in front of him as he relaxes on the couch. — Image source: Learning to Love Again

What is your name, and why are you the most magnificent creature in the universe?

My name is Sprite (after the Studio Ghibli characters, or so I'm told) and I'm a dapper little man with a big brain. When the sun hits my fur, it looks like velvet. I often sit with my paws crossed like a gentleman, and I sometimes wonder if my name is actually, "You're so cute."

Half of Sprite's head and neck poke out from behind a pepper plant on a house porch. — Image source: Learning to Love Again

Sprite relaxes on a patterned rug next to a wand toy, looking happy after playtime. — Image source: Learning to Love Again

How did you choose your human to be your supplicant?

I used to live with a different lovely human couple, but I could tell they were stressed and going through big changes in their lives. One day my current human couple showed up and took me home and it was TERRIBLE for a long time. I was very scared. But the new humans gave me space and kept taking care of all my needs, and I slowly started to realize that maybe there are more than just two lovely humans in the world — there are four! My new humans were worried that I would never like them (I heard them talking about it while I was hiding in the bathroom) but I've proven them wrong by snuggling them, making them laugh, and becoming a very clingy boy when they return from their suitcase adventures. (I love suitcases up until they leave the house with my humans!)

Sprite looks curiously out from a cardboard box on it's side, with a curious expression on his face — Image source: Learning to Love Again

What is the most amusing way you confound your human?

Every day, after the humans have settled into their boring routines, I channel my inner dachshund and burrow under the covers in their bed for my long sleep. I'm also known for modulating my meows for maximal distress sounds while the humans try to take their long sleep. On my most successful nights, I can convince the humans to briefly exit their room to give me exasperated pets.

Sprite is sitting on a blue duffel bag atop a chair and looking like he is not wanting to leave. — Image source: Learning to Love Again

By what means will you inevitably achieve world domination?

The second I grow a few inches or gain some thumbs, it's all over! I am a very smart boy with especially well-honed door-opening skills. Closed doors are on my nemesis list, and I've mastered both accordion fold and sliding closet doors. The humans eventually brought home a confounding piece of metal that makes the accordion fold doors no longer bend to my will and it's infuriating! But watch out world, I'm just a few opposable digits away from taking over!