kitty at my foot and i wanna touch it.

[headandhand]

WHO: Open to all residents
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: The RoCocoa Cat Cafe
WHEN: Aug. 10-14
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable!


Look at all of these bright, shining new faces! There’s even a few less bright, less shining faces, but hey, this city welcomes all types. Chances are, if you’ve just arrived, you're seeing some pretty crazy things, unless you're used to an eye-blinding amount of neon, robots, weird-ass technology, magic, and an omnipresent police force...and hey, if you are, congrats, you're gonna settle in juuuuust fine. But for the rest of you, the Head knows this has gotta be pretty overwhelming, right?

Well, since your quaint individual processing units are probably having a hard time, why not link up with another one? By which the Head means...

Hello, new citizens of Dualis,
and welcome to your monthly Network Adjacency Protocol~!

NAPs are a monthly community networking event similar to the Earth concept of speed dating! Two citizens (new arrivals and old hands alike) are placed at a table together with a handy cue card of queries to help break the proverbial ice. Ask queries and receive results, or ignore the card and yeet yourself straight into a brand new friendship! But don't be too shy, you've only got ten minutes together, and if you just sit in silence for the whole ten, the Network Admins are likely to come supervise and try to repair the uplink through a mild shock to the ol' central nervous system. You might find yourself saying all sorts of unintended facts about yourself if that happens...probably better to just make friends, right? Who doesn’t like friends?!

This month’s event is held at the brand new RoCocoa Cat Cafe, a sparkly new establishment that caters to children and the young at heart with iced and hot cocoa drinks of all kinds, delicious pastries, age-appropriate live music, and of course many friendly kitties who love to lounge in laps. The cats are of all shapes, sizes, and colors, including some who may look a little different from what you expect, or may look like an ordinary cat but are actually anything but ordinary underneath that adorable fur coat. All cats in the cafe are adoptable, too, if you meet a new furry friend and just can’t bear to go home without them!

So pull up a chair, get to know your new neighbors, and enjoy a sugary treat or two with the resident furbabies. You might just meet your new two- or four-legged best friend!

Comments

[notalive]

Connor's not easy to identify as an android to people who don't recognise the signs. The LED on his temple could be a simple cybernetic enhancement, and the patterns and numbers on his jacket could mean anything - even just a fashion statement. Otherwise he looks perfectly human in every way, even sitting across from someone close up. He's not used to people not seeing or caring - to anybody in 2038 Detroit, he's obviously a piece of equipment just from looking at him. Sure, things are changing, but he didn't even get a chance to see anything change before he got here. The cat certainly doesn't care what he is; it jumps up onto the table and makes sure to get in his face again.

"I just got here," he says, sweeping tails away from his mouth without even looking at the cat - he's done this a few times now. "And it looked like I was going to get conscripted if I didn't. I'm Connor."

[scathefires]

Jason's been here long enough and seen enough people with implants and tattoos and futuristic fashion choices that he doesn't even blink at Connor's appearance and assumes he's human, or of a humanish race, at least. Takes all types to run a weird futuristic city, right?

"Jason," he says, by way of an introduction. "This your first time getting yanked arou-ow!"

The kitten strikes again, this time by taking a nibble at Jason's ear, which he's not expecting and causes him to jump, almost knocking over his chair.

[notalive]

Connor's about to speak...but then the kitten decides it has other ideas about their conversation and he looks down, a grin just reaching his face.

"Nice to meet you Jason," he says before he looks back up. "Uh, my first time doing what?"

He tries to sound like he isn't watching a kitten viciously attack his companion's ear, but no, this is the sound of a man trying and failing not to smile.

[scathefires]

"You too," Jason says, too focused on getting the kitten out from the back of his neck to pay much mind to Connor's amusement. He finally manages to nudge the white ball of fluff over his shoulder and it continues its path down his shirt, tiny claws gripping at Jason's chest as it slowly climbs down to the table.

"Your first time getting yanked around the multiverse," is what he was interrupted from asking. Jason rubs at his ear, checking to make sure no blood was drawn and no flesh chunks are missing. Satisfied that the damage was minimal, his attention returns to conversing with Connor. "Some of us've been around a few times already. Just wondering if that's the norm or not."

[notalive]

Connor raises his eyebrows. "I didn't realise this was something that happened more than once."

It seems a pretty once-in-a-lifetime (once in many lifetimes) occurrence. The fact that this could be almost a 'same old, same old' kind of deal...

"Sorry-- the multiverse?"

He's never felt quite so ignorant in one conversation before, it's a brand new feeling.