[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]

I don't blame him for being frustrate about his senpai, though. Even I can admit that the rest of us aren't exactly what you call "knightly".

[ wow, he's being honest about it for once. ]

Age did have something to do with it, yeah? You were a freshman, and I was at least a couple of years older than you - maybe I was in my senior year, and you know how your final year of high school is pretty much the most stressful time of that phase.

[ too bad that's all he can remember, though... it's frustrating. ]

[stressweets]

[ don't tell that to the current junior year student, sena...... ]

...Is it really that stressful?

[ he's thinking about a heavier workload Plus what his parents get him to do Plus Plus his work Plus Plus Plus retrospec bs

he can do it. it's fine. he can handle it. no problem. ]

[adoringpast]

Look, if you can't get through senior year, how are you going to survive college? Just saying.

[ kasa-kun's from a family of teacher's, right? it should be fine. probably. ]

[stressweets]

...Ahaha, well, I guess I've been given university-grade schooling for a while now thanks to my parents, so it should be fine...

[ it... will be... even if he has to sacrifice a little here and there. ]

What was your best subject anyway?

[adoringpast]

In high school? I'd averaged pretty well on almost everything, but I guess it'd be English.

[ shrugs ]

I... wasn't really that special back then anyway, believe it or not. Hell, you could say that I used to look like a nerd. I was the vice captain of the chess club, once upon a time.

[stressweets]

[ sena-senpai? chess club???

tsukasa squints at him for like, a second, before he realizes that's Rude and stops. doing that. ]

...That's kind of charming to hear, senpai. [ eheh. ] Do you still play? Can you teach me? Chess seems boring, but I bet it'd be pretty interesting with you.

[ how are leo and tsukasa related, ]

[adoringpast]

[ the long staring and the comment about chess being boring made sena narrow his eyes at the younger boy, but he's not going to pull his cheeks again thank god. ]

It only seems boring to you because your last two braincells wouldn't know the difference between a draw and a stalemate. [ hmph! ] But I suppose I could teach you the basics. We were knights, after all.

[stressweets]

[ rude he has more than two braincells, he's the overachieving teacher's pet...

but sena agreeing has him blinking and sitting up, uwoah. ]

Really? [ ...huh. ] Thank you, senpai~. Though I don't think chess has anything to do with knights... Allusions aside.

[adoringpast]

I meant our unit, not actual knights.

[ i forgot the capitalize the K im sowwy ]

It's still a pretty good hobby to pick up sometime, though. It lets you strategize, keeps you on your feet as you try to read your opponent's next move. Honestly I haven't been playing much as of late, but if you still want to check it out then by all means.

[ behold, tsukasa. your cool senpai is still a nerd after all these years. please don't tell leo ]

[stressweets]

[ STILL APPLIES, AREN'T THEY KNIGHTS IN THE ROMANTIC MEDIEVAL SENSE... WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CHESS!! ]

Of course I do~! Sena-senpai indulged me with horses, after all ♪ I should return the favor... [ ... ] It's nice to see this side of you, too. It's unexpected.

[ sena... a Nerd... sugoi ]