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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[ Kairi's here as a visitor, but as soon as she sees Adrien working, she has to come over and say hi. ]

Aww, Adrien... is all of this your doing? I tried asking about it on the Network but maybe you were too busy.

[ Then again, she couldn't exactly imagine him being anonymous to post something like this. ]

[Hearing a familiar voice he's looking up to see an equally familiar face and smiles happily.]

Hi, Kairi! Uh?

[A shake of his head.] Nope. I'm just as clueless as you are. I saw the post and since I have such a fondness for cats I thought it would be a good way to spend my time.

[He sits up flashing her a grin.] Did you come to volunteer, cuddle kittens, or take a fluffy little bundle of fur home?

[ She tilts her head in thought. ]

Maybe all of the above?

[ She taps her chin. ]

I kind of miss having animals around. It's been awhile. I don't mind helping out either, and cuddling is always a bonus.

I know that feeling. I came here thinking i'd just help out but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving with two new cats.

[Adrien smiles.]

How about I show you to some of more affectionate and playful cats and kittens? I've been here a lot of the day so I've made good friends with the fluffs.

[ She perks right up at that. ]

Playful and affectionate sounds right up my alley. I don't know how I'll resist them!

[ She laughs a little, hands pressed in front of her at her chest. ]

Go ahead and introduce me, please!

I had a feeling that would definitely be your type.

[Adrien laughed as he started weaving his way through people playing with and picking out cats.]

You mean you'd honestly actually try to resist the pull of the cute? You're braver than I am. I broke in under ten seconds.

I think it was just... being practiced with all of the animals at Artemis' temple, I guess. I can try to resist but... it depends on how nostalgic I'm feeling.

[ She shrugs her shoulders a little. ]

Plus I'm not sure how well cats would take to Davesprite's feathers, or if they'd annoy him too much, cute as they are.

Ah.. Well if you need I have cats at the temple. You're always welcome to come cuddle with them if you'd like. Or maybe you could keep it at Forrest's?

[He smiled gently before wrinkling his nose at the mention of feathers.] Ew... feathers. Just the thought makes me feel like sneezing.

Oh no! Maybe it's better that I come over to visit you instead, then, between you having cats for me to visit with and avoiding Davesprite's feathers, if you're allergic.

[She pats him lightly on the shoulder.]

Yeah, I'm allergic to birds or their feathers or dander or something. I don't get know the science stuff but yeah that might be better.

[He gives her a little grin.]

Plus side you can always get yummy snacks. Marinette is always baking something.

As if I needed another reason to come visit!

[ Kairi laughs. She likes both Adrien and Mari a whole lot, and they've both been great new friends to her, so snacks are just bonus. ]

Have you even met Davesprite? He's hard to miss, but maybe you two haven't had a chance yet... he has giant wings?

[ Among other noticeable traits. ]

I know you don't but hey it'll always be nice!

[He seems to consider for a moment before tilting his head.]

I might have seen him in passing butI don't thik we've ever talked or anything like that? Like I said I'm kind of allergic to birds and feathers so I more than likely steered clear of him

[And the medications for it made him so sleepy.]

Well anyway he and I live in the same temple, so that's why I figured it would definitely be better if I came to your temple.

[ At least she didn't have to explain who he was if Adrien had seen him in passing. ]

Regardless, now I'll be sure to visit since I know you can't come over. Maybe during one of my morning jogs!

Oh! Yeah. That. That might be best. I don't know if it would be difference since he's not like a bird bird or not but -

[Adrien's nose wiggled slightly at the thought before he rubbed at it with the hell of his hand.]

I think that might be the best idea for dealing with it. If you want we can go for runs together for a while.

Sure! I like going anyway, but I'll definitely let you know if I can't find a jogging partner at all.

[ Because it sure as heck won't be Forrest, much as she loves him, going jogging with her if everyone else is busy. ]

That sounds perfect to me! Whenever you need me as long as i'm not wrapped up in other stuff.

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