[open mingle] close your eyes, feel the present

[revolutionfalcon]

Who: Everyone! This is an open mingle log, so feel free to toplevel and thread between yourselves as much as possible.
When: October 27th
Where: Calico Cat Cafe, somewhere vague in Tokyo. An address was posted on the BBS a day prior.
What: Cat adoption day - come bring some (or a lot of) new friends home, take advantage of the no entry fee to spend a day hanging out with cats, or volunteer to help out the somewhat overloaded staff.

An adoption event needs no small venue, and Cat Cafe Calico provides that much, visible as soon as anyone walks in the front door, pane glass with a little bell to ensure no cats walk out undetected. The area is spacious and welcoming, warmly lit with smooth and modern decor, and of course, plenty of posts for the cats. The cafe area itself is on the lower floor, along with various stools, cushions and lounges for people to sit on and spend some time with the plentiful felines. Most of the adoption services have set up along one wall down here, but it's plenty easy to avoid them and just play around with the cats unless you intend to adopt. They've got plenty of waitstaff available, and the cafe is testing out some new and unusual styles and flavours of tea, coffee and milkshakes, as well as seasonal fruit based cakes and tarts. For those without as much of a sweet tooth, there's savoury snacks as well - or maybe you'd prefer to just buy some snacks for the cats, which is an option too.

Upstairs, there's also a video game area with plenty more seating and plenty more cats...though good luck getting them out of the way of the screens, or occasionally off the consoles themselves. Quite a few of the cats are lounging around by the large window, either between cushions or on an impressively-sized play frame, and some are even up near the roof on mounted walkways. There are no guarantees they won't drop onto the occasional passerby. The upstairs also houses a few enclosed areas for people to socialise with specific cats or groups of them to see which ones they get on with best.

Volunteers will be thanked profusely, and some of the staff may even approach visitors to ask if they might help, offering compensation of food and drink prices or similar. There's a lot of adoption paperwork to be done, and with the waitstaff run off their feet, there's few people left to supervise interactions between visitors and cats to make sure all's friendly. Of course, this is an excellent excuse to just surround oneself with any available cats and let others approach as they please.

There's a steady stream of kittens being let out into the mingling cats throughout the day, most of them kept to enclosed areas under staff supervision. Whenever more come out, it might be possible to catch some whispers from the waitstaff, as if surprised at something - listen closely enough, and it sounds like they're talking about an employee, one who they barely see and rarely talks, yet finishes work promptly and slips away before anyone notices except the cats, who all seem very comfortable around him...

Whatever the reason for being here, there's plenty of cats to go around, plenty of activity, and ample opportunity to take home a new friend! Or two. Or ten, if you can convince the staff you can handle it.

Comments

open to celebs (she wishes, it's ota)

[priforprince]

[ I ]

Hm.



[ Hibiki is sitting in the cafe part of the cat cafe. A clowder has formed around her, watching her eat, but - she isn't ordering anything for them. In fact, she's not interacting with the cats at all. She's just. Having tea. ]

Gracing such a puny business for the sake of one's followers isn't bad, on occasion.

[ "Let something amazing happen so people will come to adopt cats!" A simple prayer. Easily answered. Hibiki is here. That is all one requires. And the cats are all surrounding her, sitting up at attention. She is Prince of Cats. ]

[ II. ]



Denied!

[ Hibiki tries to brush the cat a volunteer is offering her away. The cat paws at her hand. ] Adoption doesn't interest me. Make your appeal to someone else.

[ Taking full advantage of its status as a fuzzy liquid, the cat worms out of the volunteer's grip and parks itself on Hibiki's lap. Afraid of Hibiki, the volunteer retreats. Hibiki looks around until she spots someone. ]

You. Remove this animal.

[ III. ]

[ Careful where you step up here in the gaming room. It may not be obvious, given that the swarm of cats covers up quite a bit of this toy, but....



You know how cats are always drawn to the one person in the room who doesn't want them around? Hibiki is trapped now. Trapped by cat butts. Sitting on her. Lying on her. All looking very playful, and inviting, and innocent if anyone approaches. ]

Rather. Insolent creatures....

[ IV ]

[ And yet. Hibiki is sitting here staring at a cat, now. And the cat is staring back. She'd heard...something...about this one... ]



Are you really....from a line of award-winning purebreeds?

[ The cat yawns and bats at Hibiki's ahoge. Hibiki wrinkles her nose, but permits this. For now. ]

II

[purr_ince]

[Adrien maybe be helping out and he's turning to go rescue a distressed patron only....

Oh it's her.

Of course it's Hibiki - he's pretty sure that if he hears stuff like this; it's gotta be Hibiki. Oh that poor unfortunate kitten.

Adrien swoops in and scoops up the kitten cradling it to his chest.]

Come here, mon chaton. Don't bother the grumpy lady. Let's find you some one nice to play with.

Is there nothing you don't dislike? And please don't break a cup this time or I'll have to tell them to give you plastic.

[priforprince]

[ The thought of plastic teacups so appalls Apollo that she refuses to acknowledge that last sentence even happened, sniffing instead. ] I have discerning tastes. Nothing short of top-class situations can move m...

[ It was on her lap. For fifteen seconds. If that.

WHERE DID ALL THIS SHEDDED HAIR COME FROM ]

[purr_ince]

High class things shouldn't be so carelessly destroyed.

[How could you be so wasteful? He judges her a little bit since such things are meant to be kept for years and passed down through the family he's sure.

Seeing the look of horror on her face Adrien is reaching into the apron he has around his waist and taking out a sticky lint roller.]

Here. You're hopeless. I won't clean the fur off for you but this will save your precious clothes. If you knew you were going to be around cats you should have known not to dress so fancy.

[priforprince]

Does the staff here typically lecture their guests?

[ She'll accept the lint roller, at least. And pause to look at it. Ando...has used these on her before. So. Think back to that...

When she does begin cleaning up the fur, it's with a perfectly haughty expression, as if she's always known how to do this and didn't just have to take five seconds to figure it out. ]

[purr_ince]

Likely not. But I'm not staff I'm just a simple volunteer giving my time to adorable kittens.

[The blond watches her biting back a laugh. This is priceless. Usually he wouldn't laugh at something like this but given how Hibiki has been when she's around him?

He's fairly certain he's earned at least this.]

If you didn't want to play with or adopt a kitten why'd you even come here?

[priforprince]

One of my followers volunteers here.

[ Hibiki gives a calm, human answer, so absorbed is she in administering this lint roller. Like...this? And then, the back of her jacket... ]

[purr_ince]

Well, that makes a lot more sense. It's nice of you to come and be supportive.

[See? It's not so hard is it. Maybe she just needs to be mildly distracted to stay civil.]

[priforprince]

My presence does guarantee a successful event, yes.

[ Hibiki has never said or done a nice thing in her life that she didn't immediately ruin.

This lint roller has accumulated a Mess. She holds it out. ] I'm finished. Reclaim this.

IV

[alchemists]

I can run tests if you want to be sure?

[priforprince]

Do, but only to settle the matter.

[ Hibiki has finished scrutinizing the cat. She nods. ] My sense for the elite never falters. This animal's lineage must stretch to the cats of Priopatra in Pegypt.

[ The descendant of Priopatra's divine felines lifts a leg and licks. ]

[alchemists]

I'm going to need you to hold them for a second while I collect enough samples to run.

[priforprince]

A simple task.

[ Hibiki cups her hands and moves in towards the cat. ] Now, mademoiselle, look only at me. Isn't my beauty captivating?

[ Here come the sparkles. Hibiki is flirting with the cat.

She has not yet, however, managed to grab hold. ]

[alchemists]

It might be better if you use a toy instead?

[ Hibiki please act normal, it's a cat. ]

1/2

[priforprince]

[ What are you talking about? This is normal. Hibiki keeps addressing the cat. ]

Don't be shy. I'll let you cleave to my bosom.

[ Hibiki's hands begin to close around the cat's middle.... ]

2/2

[priforprince]

[ ....And the cat swipes at her.

Hibiki pauses. ] A fickle lady.

[alchemists]

[ Elfnein can't help but let out a small laugh at the cat trying to swipe at Hibiki. Thankfully Elfnein is prepared and has a feather toy ready to go in order to grab the cat's attention. ]

Do you want to play with this?

ok you know what i had to, III

[revolutionfalcon]

[Well, Shun had been on the way up to put a few more kittens out with the older cats, staying fairly well out of sight, but then he hears that voice and can pick out who it is stuck under the pile of cats.

After a short moment, he bends down and deposits his armful of kittens carefully onto the ground.

Enjoy a good dozen kittens charging in to join the pile-on, Hibiki.]

[priforprince]

Ghk!

[ PAWS

MANY TINY PAWS

MANY TINY PAWS, WITH FEELING

Hibiki quakes beneath the pitty-patter of smol beans. Where....What....? Slowly, with great effort, her head begins to turn towards Shun.

She is immediately whapped in the face with a tail. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun, for his part, isn't exactly planning to hang around for conversation with Hibiki, and starts heading back in the direction of the stairs once his work is done. It's definitely still possible to catch sight of him before he goes if she manages to get that tail out of her face, but she'll have to rise to that challenge, because he's not making any sort of remark to identify himself.]

[priforprince]

[ Is that...but it can't be. In a place like this?? With such companions as these? Preposterous! And yet....!

There is a croak behind Shun. ]

....You...?!

[ And then a sputter: tail in mouth. Could - could Kurosaki Shun have been placed here by some cruel whim of fate specifically to torment Shikyoin Hibiki?! The path to revolution is harsh indeed!!

Hibiki begins trying to climb to her feet. Some of the cats sit more firmly. Some sink in claws. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun catches the comment and glances back, though he only slows his pace minutely. Other than the fact that he was probably responsible for the bundle of kittens, there's no particular indication of why he's here or how he's involved in all this from his manner or how he's dressed (in plain black, and only a slight variation on his normal outfit sans his coat).]

You could use the deflating from getting clawed up. [Too bad they're not clawing her head, considering that needs the most deflating, but he'll take this.]

1/2

[priforprince]

Here....

[ This doesn't make sense. This is like seeing a ninja appear in a heartfelt Europaran character drama, or Joshima Ken freshly showered. Kurosaki Shun and a cat cafe are not two things that, genre dictates, should ever be seen together!! ]

2/2

[priforprince]

[ A cat leaps from a nearby play tower and there goes Hibiki's attempts at getting up. She hits the ground with a thud.

There may even be a small crater. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun doesn't respond to the remark on him being here, since he's not in the habit of letting people know why he hangs around here anyway, but he does slow down a little more to watch Hibiki get trashed by the cat that jumps from the tower.

What can he say, it's the most entertaining thing he's ever seen her produce.]