[open/mingle] in which cats reign

[espansivo]

WHO: pretty much anyone, leo, and like twelve cats
WHERE: park
WHEN: 20th-22nd
WHAT: a three day cat concert..! it's just a log about cats (for cats by cats)
WARNINGS: n/a

i.
[the cats are always out and about to greet people before it's time to begin, cute colorful ribbons tied around their neck or tail (depending on which was easiest, frankly), and they... are not actually shy of human contact despite being strays one might's seen around the city.

they will beg for food though. give them food. they will literally mob people if they see them with food, meowing and pleading and getting underfoot. stealing things from picnics and the like as well.]

ii.
[the actual concert performances are conducted by leo and

honestly they sounds like a bunch of cats singing sound.

there is a certain cadence to it that's actually songlike, the cats are actually singing to what leo is playing on his keyboard and they're sitting very nicely on the steps he's got for them too, but their attention spans aren't good enough for performances and, without fail, at some point of time they start to just... wander off... sitting in people's laps or rolling on the ground without a care.

the conductor doesn't seem to mind and just gestures for people to take their places, which can be your character or some npc, and yes he will bean cat treats at whoever is singing as "rewards". complain if you want or try and catch them, laugh at your friends or encourage them to go up and try!!]

iii.
[otherwise, there's apparently plenty to do..! leo has makeshift profiles of all the cats next to their resting spots (the big sign drawing anyone to it says star hall despite there not being a hall in the middle of the park and they're apparently all up for adoption... with papers to show their vaccinations and the like.

there's toys! there's treats! there's a space dubbed the "sleeping corner" where you can curl up with the cats and doze in the afternoon sun! it's a paradise!

play with the cats and enjoy the company of them, they're all named after different flowers and are all kinds of colors and personalities! it's really just a log about cats in the end.]

Comments

[adoringpast]

[ WOW, RUDE... he's scowling at the sight of mia with her phone out so way to go. ]

Of course I'd know how to smile. You've seen my stuff, don't you? And we're not mutuals on Insta for nothing.

[ huffs! the cat squirms in his hand, and he pays attention to that more with a few more gentle strokes of his hand. ]

[lifespanned]

Well, duh, but I meant like that smile! It's so gentle and cute looking, it makes me want to pat your head.

[ Since the other seems like he's going to go back to frowning, she locks her phone and pockets it, satisfied with her somewhat blurry proof shots. She'll crouch down to get closer to his eye-level, quickly interested in the cute cat in his hands. ]

This little guy even looks like you! [ And now she's. Baby talking right to the cat. ] Hi little Mizuki~

[adoringpast]

Please, don't. Your boyfriend already did that on me.

[ they're so alike, it's uncanny. blurry as those photos are, at least he didn't appear like a cryptid in them so he's not going to force her to delete them or anything. what a waste of phone space, though.

the litte gray cat tilts his head at mia, pawing at the air all cutely with a meow~ ♪ ]

He's cute, but I'm not exactly what you call adorable. Grr.

[lifespanned]

Aw, what are you talking about? You're super adorable.

[ She wishes she could have seen him give the model some head pats. It was probably adorable, and very picture worthy. While the cat keeps pawing at the air, she only dangles her fingers in front of it to play, smiling all the more sweetly. ]

I didn't know you and Christian met! Did you guys become friends?

[adoringpast]

Not really...

[ it's too early for them to be friends, mia!! the cat is enticed though, and pads over to her instead for some more attention. ]

But he's a swell enough guy, I've gotta admit. How'd you guys meet?

[lifespanned]

[ She cups the cat's face so she can scratch under it's chin, watching the cat instead of Mizuki himself while she recants the tale. ]

You know how in college, there are those on-campus firefighter people? The ones that are like, training for the real thing and stuff. My sorority house had a little run in with the fire department one time, and he was one of the responders. After then we kept meeting by chance...

[ Which meant, after seeing him, she looked up all his information, found out he was on the football team, and starting going to football games so she could keep having these "chance" encounters. Of course, with the intent to eventually start dating. She's someone who definitely goes after the things she's interested in, by any means necessary - especially when it comes to love. ]

I mean, I knew he was the one when I saw him, so I knew we'd end up together one way or another. Don't you believe in love at first sight?

[adoringpast]

[ oh. you know, their relationship and how they built up to it is pretty cute.

too bad sena's still that one bitter bitch, even if his professional modelface doesn't let it show for mia's sake. it's not like he dislikes them as a couple, he actually finds it sweet... but to the point of having a toothache, really. it's irritating.

but he blinks at mia's question, his face now thoughtful. ]

I mean, I wouldn't know? I've never actually experienced that kind of love before so I'm not really sure. I did date before, but...

[ IT ENDED. REALLY BADLY. please don't make him remember. ]

[lifespanned]

[ Poor Sena, since this is her absolute favorite topic that she could go on about for hours. But the snowball has already started rolling. ]

The kind of love that I'm talking about... you can't mistake it for anything else when you feel it. Normally I would've just felt some gratitude for whoever saved us, but true love is instantaneous!

[ At least, in her (somewhat warped) opinion. As cutesy as she presents herself, her toxic habits with love have gotten her involved in some pretty bad breakups, but that's not going to stop her from acting like a genuine expert. ]

Don't you have anyone you're pursuing right now? You're at the perfect age to be dating~

[adoringpast]

Wh-- [ uh oh, he's flustered ] Wh-Why are you asking me that?! I don't have time to be pursuing for anything other than the top of my career path!

[ is it bad that his eyes flicker towards leo over there for one millisecond. it doesn't mean anything though. totally. ]

If anything, it's the other way around. Some guy's been trying way too hard to catch my attention for a while now, and it's getting on my nerves. He just couldn't take a damn hint that I'm not interested in something like that right now! Jeez.

[ crosses his arms in a huff, hmph! ]

[lifespanned]

[ You can't slip past her knowing gaze Sena.... as soon as he looks away, she follows his line of sight, immediately grinning. ]

Which one? That one with the orange hair? [ Why would anyone want their hair that color, is her first thought, but she snickers nonetheless. Don't mind the fact that she visibly points to him, not caring at all if she draws attention to the two of them. ] If it's really annoying you so much, I can tell Christian to tell him off for you. He's good at doing that kind of stuff, since weird guys hit on me all the time!

[ But somehow she has a budding feeling that the other wouldn't agree to that request. ]

I mean, I can think of lots of ways to get him to leave you alone for sure. [ All of which are completely legal and not skills honed after years of getting back at her exes!! ] If that's what you really want~

[adoringpast]

D-Don't point at him like that?!

[ grabs her arm and puts it down!!! god. leo probably didn't see that. hopefully. the last thing sena wants is for anyone else to know that he's... interested. ugh. ]

And no thanks. It's not that I appreciate it, but I don't think that guy could take on Christian and make it out alive.

[ christian's like. Large. there's no way leo can take him on, even if he looks like he'd know how to rumble. ]

And besides, it's nothing like that. We just came from the same world in our memories, so of course I'd need to know more about him. [ then he lowers his voice, ] We used to be close, actually.

[lifespanned]

Whaaaaaat? I didn't say he'd beat him up or anything! Just a stern talking to!!!

[ She purses her lips, squinting at the other. No, what she is witnessing is totally, most definitely, a deflection of the topic at hand. It's in her nature to want to dig her nose right into this issue, but she guesses it's more complicated than she originally thought when he brings up the sharing a world thing. ]

But I guess you don't have a choice but to be connected with him if it's like that, huh... it's kinda like fate! [ In a way that's kind of romantic, in her opinion. Not that she feels that way towards the person she thinks she shares a world with too, not at all. ] I mean, like, were you guys a thing in your other world? That would be so weird...

[adoringpast]

[ welp, that's making him turn redder than ever. just like the color of the paintbrush that he'll have next month. even if sena's not a believer of destiny and all that precognitive crap, the cogs turn in his head as he mulls it over. the fact that leo had appeared in his life again, even if he'd become a wholly different person because of some overwrite zee had told him... that should mean something, right?

but er-hem, he clears his throat, brushes that shit under the rug. ]

It's hardly fate if our existences all under some app's control. I wouldn't want to call it that. [ but uh - ] What do you mean weird? You find it odd that we're complete opposites or something? Just because you and your guy are basically the same...

[lifespanned]

[ The blush, the embarrassed, rushed dialogue... yeah, she's definitely on to something. And she's smug about it too, with the way she smiles and puts her chin up, still idly petting the cat in her hands. ]

See, this just goes to show you how naive you are about love~ the reason why Christian and I work together is because we're so different! You can tell just by looking at us.

[ The height difference, the wildly different occupations, the fact that he loved being around children and she would sooner burn her wardrobe than have one of her own... it just all adds up. ]

Which is probably why you have such a thing for that guy, and why he has such a thing for you - because you're opposites! I only said it would be weird because it just sounds like a fairytale. To fall in love with someone all over again in another lifetime... it's like a dream.

[ press f to pay respects to christian ]

[adoringpast]

[ just. makes a face at that. you can tell that sena's not really the romantic kind. ]

That's sucks, when you think about it. What if you want to fall for someone else, huh? I don't want to be held down by some guy you think you'd know so much about him just because you've seen him in his memories, but in the end you're just nothing but strangers to each other.

[ it's getting way too personal though, and it's making sena shift uncomfortably in his seat. ]

He's not that bad of a guy though, I'd have to admit. [ shrug ] Still too annoying for my taste, but I can deal.