Community Cats wrote:

cshenk wrote:
It's late afternoon after a long week. It would have been longer
without the help to get all the bamboo back so quickly.

As they look about, the elders are all satified and declare a small
festival type night with stories, music and games. Kittens, puppies
and little 2foots squeal with delight and scamper home to snag
'parti clothes'. It doesn't have to be fancy, just something that
feels like dressed up for a parti.

Others grab musical instruments or small ping-pong balls for a game
of paw-pong, a local favorite.

It's a bit like Jai-Lei but with the paw in a cup shape to hit the
ball about to one another. A sort of handball but with the object
to keep the ball going and matched to each others skill. There is
no point scoring. In the process though, they exercise the paw for
their awesome paw-greetings.

Noticing P2nya working over her books, a dapper middle aged kittah
invites her to share a plate of fingerling fish in fish sauce
graced by just a touch of nip. He's an Australian Mist cat, named
Milo.


[Benni appears though the teleporter and goes looking for Francesca.
Jocko the Diving Cat and Big Mama appear, with Big Mama hanging back
a bit so that Jocko can introduce her to the locals. Having a large
black panther show up in the middle of the village could be a
frightening sight!

The Second World cats also show up, accompanied by GiGi and Pepe, the
friendly Catalina Island skunks. The Second World cats carry trays of
yummy treats.

Big Mama here's some local musicians playing music, and she starts to
dance gracefully and sinuously. ]

Prince sees them and waves them over to the big table.

The locals look a little startled at the skunks but a little girl 2foot
goes 'pretty' and hugs Pepe with no ill effect other than a resigned
look on his face. Ah well, he knows he's really handsome and little
girls have trouble resisting soft black and white furry things. At
least she knows to be gentle. GiGi smirks until another little girl
snags her up for a cuddle. Gigi and Pepe look across and curl tails
across one another. It could be worse. They could be wearing doll
clothes...

The Bamboo Master looks up and sees Big Mama. He smiles and brings her
a bigger chair then settles back to finish some exceptionally fine
binding of bamboo no bigger than thread, to a delicate jewelry box. He
has several mirrors about him centering the light 'just so' for the
work and needs 10 more minutes to finish. He bends to his task and all
else fades away for him for a bit.

Luko who has been setting up with the musicians finishes and they all
come over.

Any new comer is of interest here. While tourists are appreciated,
these are true guests which is rare. They crowd about a bit to hear
about their new friends. they look with anticipation for their
introductions as everyone settles in.