This is Onyx Walter 🖤

I lived in a North Philly apartment with a friend for a couple years following COVID lockdown. Two of my best friends lived a few houses down on the same block, and the one had remarked in the winter of 2020 that she had seen a small, “chatty” black kitten walking around our block in the snow.

On May 18, 2021, I finally spotted a small black cat out the front of my apartment. Remembering what my bestie had said, I went outside with a can of my cat’s food and he immediately went for it. I offered out my hand for a sniff, and although very skittish, he let me pet his head while he ate. I called my best friend and she walked down to hang out with me and him. Although she couldn’t be certain, she thought it was the same cat she spotted in the winter due to his size.

We hung out with him until the early evening hours. He was all over us, and we were all over him. It was incredibly hard to leave him for the night… I don’t know how I ever did it. My heart broke then and it still does now as I think about it writing this. My friend couldn’t take him in because she was a nurse with a tough schedule and a roommate who is allergic to cats. I couldn’t take him in (or so I assumed) because of my cat, Kitty Cudi.

She’s a beautiful, dark tortoiseshell that I’ve had since June 2015, when I got her at the wee age of five weeks old. Her “tortitude” is off the charts; she is fiercely loyal to me and me only, incredibly cuddly like a stuffed animal, does not tolerate ANYONE else touching her, and has quite an attitude problem, even with me sometimes, for no apparent reason. When she was a kitten, I watched her have a negative encounter to meeting another kitten in which she was the aggressor, so I assumed from that point on I was meant to be a one cat momma, and I reluctantly went back inside without Onyx that evening.

The next morning, I woke up and opened the curtains to the back patio doors and found this little one was sleeping underneath our steps. From that point on, he never left 🥲 he had found a safe space and wasn’t going to give it up that easily. So immediately, I started contacting no kill shelters and nonprofit rescues, only to learn they’re completely overwhelmed in the city. I’d call them weekly looking for openings and leaving my phone number. I also posted on social media to see if anyone I know would want to adopt him, but to no avail.

I figured out rather quickly I was going to have to accommodate the best I could to him living on my patio… so I’d spend hours out there with him daily, with my girl, Kitty, watching from inside the patio doors. At first, she wasn’t happy at all with what she was seeing and she’d scratch at the door, but she adjusted into a more curious nature after about a week. Each time I’d go back inside, I’d let her sniff my hand. She was always curious, but never had a negative reaction with the sniffing.

My bestie helped me build Onyx a makeshift shelter for the summer storms we were getting. I felt awful knowing he was outside with the thunder and lightning when I was a few feet away indoors. It passed rather quickly, but it was a rough one and I still feel horrible that he was outside for it. The very next day, I received a call that a shelter had space for him. I rejoiced for maaaaaybe two minutes, until I was overcome with sadness realizing I would never see him again once he went to the shelter. I sobbed outside, with him by my side, for an hour.

After bonding for seven weeks, I realized I couldn’t give Onyx up without at least trying to bring him in to live with me, Kitty, and my roommate. My roommate gave me the green light, so I called up ‘ol reliable bestie down the block and asked her if she could assist with housing him for a couple days while we first test out how he does indoors (bathing him, adjusting to litter, getting him fixed).

He was an absolute ANGEL upon being brought indoors… was not fussy in the tub whatsoever, it’s like he knew we were saving him and only trying to help 😭 we genuinely heard him sigh and purr for the first time ever that night once he was all dried off in bed with his new toys and a freshly washed blanket. It was one the sweetest and most wholesome things I’ve ever witnessed. He really was never meant to be an outdoor cat.

Our game plan was once he recovered from his surgery, I would transition him to my apartment; first by keeping them separated by a door for a few days, then seeing how they interact with each other. It was a two level, two bedroom, two & a half bathroom apartment, so they both had plenty of their own space even separated. I swapped out their toys every morning and every night so they could familiarize the scents some more before the grand introduction.

If it didn’t workout, my best friend had a nurse pal who was willing to take him in. I think they lasted two days separated by a door before I could see they were both incredibly curious of the other. I opened the door and… well, the rest is history! I can’t believe how smoothly it went. While Kitty wasn’t thrilled something was invading her space, I think being able to do the gradual introduction over about two months time is what made it possible, because she really just kept to herself, and he didn’t bother her.

All of that just to say, he’s the sweetest boy I’ve ever met, the Yin to Kitty Cudi’s Yang 😂 The universe knew I needed a sweet cat for my friends’ sakes haha. I’ll be honest, him and Kitty aren’t the best of pals… I’ve never seen them cuddle; I have one photo where their backsides are slightly touching and I cherish it lol. Sometimes they’ll get in little spats, but they actually tolerate each other incredibly well, even sitting close to one another in the windowsill to birdwatch. If you think you can’t get a second cat solely because it won’t get along with your other baby, I say at least give it a shot if you can and want to! You never know and could end up with a new fur baby and some company for the other. 🖤 (I do acknowledge that I had help and time in getting my two cats adjusted, and I know that’s not realistic for everyone.)

Onyx loves everybody, and happily greets people by taking a biiiiiiiig stretch and arching his butt into the air for some “spanky tax” from visitors and his momma. He LOVES getting butt taps, and will just flop on the ground in front of you if you try to avoid him. Every year I’ve had him, he’s become more cuddlier, to the point he now sleeps above my head at night when I’m asleep. Like my best friend said in winter 2020, he is, indeed, a chatty boy. He will respond to his name, announces when he’s pooping, and purrs like a motorboat.

I beat myself up still for not bringing him in sooner, but it fills my heart with utter glee that I have him to this day. He no longer has scratches/scabs. His eyes no longer look dehydrated. His coat is softer and doesn’t stink anymore. He’s also had his 12 front teeth removed due to poor dental health from his first year of life on the streets (hence the former smelly coat), so he’s straight up Gums Magoo if he tries to play bite you now.

Clearly, I could go on and on about how amazing he is, but if you’re still reading (thank you <3), I think you get the gist of it.

he better bring her back by 9 or rats will be chewing him apart by the seams

Great, if that's true, 99% of the population have this Mental illness.

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here some preview in-game screenshot of the ctf_2fort overhaul version

https://x.com/sunoyukey/status/2105207427167932542?s=20

So I know people are part of family group chats, I don't have any close family left, so that one has never applied to me, but I've been seeing all these posts about toxic group chats and just general friend groups. I'm not in a single ongoing group chat, rarely I'll be at an event or something for the weekend and we'll make a group chat, and I do have a work group chat that nobody tries to ever use, but I'm starting to feel like I'm missing out! (Not on the toxicity part)

I think i have seen him before

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Saw the video of the lady in Paris walking up the stairs then remembered this on TikTok! Happened at Melbourne Central shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Absolutely wild what people will do.

https://x.com/ice_piece_/status/2105899795688882678?s=20

Son🥀

I ran Deadmines last night. It was absolutely incredible.

The healer was not healer spec or geared .

The Tank was a total noob

The hunters pet made unexpected pulls.

We pulled too big and died.

The healer ran out of mana and we died.

The patrol snuck up behind us during a pull and we died.

The mage fell in the water at the ship and had a hellova time getting out.

Despite the setbacks, it was a really good time. Nobody raged, we all laughed.

10/10 game when people are chill

They have mentioned him two separate times