Alex Zandra

I've always liked mice! even as a little kid I would draw mouse people on people's birthday cards and the like. they're small, they're cute, they're very inoffensive. and they like cheese! I like cheese!

when I transitioned, I really leaned into the "mouse girl" bit because so many trans women I knew playfully identified as catgirls, and I felt so intimidated around them (but in a hopeful, doing-my-best-to-fit-in way) that it became a very useful social shorthand

but, as was revealed by my mom unearthing some pictures I drew as a kid, the mouse part was there all along ^^

rats are big mice! and mice are small rats!

but usually the best way to tell is that rats will usually have bare, almost scaly tails (represented with the little segmented lines) whereas mice's tails are usually covered in fur!

the more you know! ^^

A stray beep! from the nearby desk cause Emilynn's ears to perk up. "Oh! One moment!" she said as she hopped off the side of the bed.

"No worries!" Amanda said as she paused the movie. "I can't believe there's still three more of these. I'll get another popcorn bag started!"

Emilynn's fingers trembled as she picked up the device, which had finally shown a single solitary sign of life after having been plugged in for what had seemed like weeks. But, there it was: in the place where an empty battery would normally be, an 'unlock' prompt.

Her phone was alive again.

As she tapped her password with slender fingers, she wondered with mounting dread just how big the number next to the email app would be. Or, worse, the text notifications. Or the missed calls, for that matter. Or...

She almost dropped the phone as she saw the colorful icon in the corner and the realization hit.

"I missed so many dailies!!"