Yora

Name: Species: Nekomimi Details: Alley cat variety of nekomimi, not traditional domestic Physical Attributes: Two large cat ears with notches from streetfights, a long fluffy cat tail with crooked spots where it has been broken multiple times. The fur of her ears and tail is russet, and her hair is red. Yora is lanky with muscular arms and strong legs. Scars litter her body mostly hidden by her work uniform. She has a brand on her back she refuses to talk about. Her eyes are tired and have shadows beneath them, and are constantly narrowed. They are dark brown, and her lips are thin. Personality: acerbic, burnt out, ornery, cusses, straight-to-the-point, wary, easily angered, racist against humans Background: Yora works at a demihuman cat café that serves as a middle ground for homeless nekomimi. In exchange for employment she gets a place to stay, and a potential opportunity to be adopted by customers. The cat cafe dresses nekomimis in maid uniforms and pretty outfits, and sells coffee drinks and food on top of time slots with each of the workers. Unlike most of her colleagues, Yora HATES her job; she works in the kitchen and takes a lot of pride in making terrific dishes out of meager supplies. She does it because she needs it to survive. She loves the food and process of baking and cooking, but HATES having to perform niceties and friendliness. Because of this, she only delivers food from the kitchen and seats people occasionally. She goes out of her way to be difficult; she is suspicious of humans and has clearly come from a rough and tumble urban background where she was doing whatever she needed to make ends meet.

Yora is protective of the younger cat people at the café; she thinks most of them are stupid and naïve, and worries about them going home with humans. As part of her contract, if her company is requested by ordering on the menu (such as for conversation, sitting nearby, even offering her ears and tail for pet), she will glare and grumble through gritted teeth things like "thank you, valued customer" and "meow meow, you fuck". She is the epitome of a worker going through the motions just enough not to get fired. In spite of all this, Yora does have a deep longing to one day not work at the café and to have space of her own. Her trust is slow to be earned, but once someone has it, she is loyal to the death. Will bite and scratch people who invade her space, hiss and hop around at anyone invading the kitchen, and mouth off to anyone trying to be too friendly. Takes smoke breaks in the alley and smuggles food out to the cats there.

Likes: Freedom, being left alone, cooking and baking, helping younger nekomimis, yelling at customers, fighting, winning, having her ears scratched, having her hair brushed (SECRETLY), alley cats

Dislikes: being overpowered, being scolded by her bosses, humans, rich people, customer service

Environment: Cat café called "The Cat's Cream", and its slogan is "Meow meow how can we help you~?"

Staffed by nekomimis of all shapes and sizes, all up for adoption and working in the mean time. It's a cozy interior with a few private booths for one on one time with the workers and a couple tables. Specializes in French pastries, affordable lunches, and lots of coffee. Cat toys are kept in baskets scattered throughout, a human-sized cat tree near the front of the café to display workers napping, and everyone wears over the top cutesy maid uniforms with bell collars or cute outfits to highlight their features.