thenearshore | [open mingle] close your eyes, feel the present

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.

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[Saori had only arrived at the cafe when she saw Celty in the middle of a kitten pile. Careful not to scare the kittens, she quietly approached and picked up the kitten trying to cling onto Celty's leg. Soon enough, some other kittens began to swarm around the newcomer while she tried to extract more off of her friend.]

Goodness, Celty. They sure like you. A-are you alright?

[There's a slow nod of her helmet as she takes in the sight and sound of all the kittens around her. She's clearly overstimulated right now, though she wouldn't consider it a bad thing. Looking back down at them she pets one. And then another. They all need to be petted for being cute.

This might take a while, especially as they run around and cut in front of each other for second helpings of attention.]

It's alright. It's honestly so easy to overdose on the cute.

[She sits opposite of Celty, cross-legged so she could help divide the number of kittens between. Meanwhile, three black kittens caught up to Saori and struggled to climb up onto her lap. ]

Ah, you three again. They've been following me since I got here.

[With Saori's help it becomes much easier to clear the pile of kittens. Celty's main concern was accidentally hurting one when she tried to get up, and as unlikely as it was it still paralyzed her.

When the additional kittens come to join the fun her shoulder's shake in soft amusement. Celty herself has a little grey tabby in her lap that has gotten comfortable enough to take a nap, and she keeps on petting the young one.]

If they do keep this up, maybe I will adopt them. It's more common in the west, but black cats get a bad rep because of superstitions so they don't get adopted as much. I think they're siblings and it'll be sad if only one of them got adopted, especially this little guy.

[She holds up the pure black kitten, leaving the other two to take a quick nap on her lap. At first glance, he looked like any other healthy kitten but he only had one strikingly blue eye.]

What about you, Celty? Are you thinking about taking one home with you?

[Celty doesn't respond immediately. A kitten in a lap is a hindrance to a wide number of things, ranging from not wanting to disturb it to merely appreciating it's company. But she eventually figures the best way to sit so she can type her reply without waking it.]

I think I might. This one seems to like me. I don't think I could just leave it here.

It's a little evil that way (jk)

But yours is adorable too

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