Catnap Warden

"Oh, come on, you can't be serious!"   "No, tell the professor. I can't make it to the final exam. It's terminal."

— A young scholar, shoulders deep in the library armchair, gesturing at the cat gently snoring in their lap

  Catnap Warden is a condition that strikes those who find themselves to be the bed of choice for a tiny, sleepy creature.

The Softest Weight One Can Bear

If you've ever been afflicted by this condition, you already know how devastating it can be. To be Chosen of the Cat is no light sentence, and it is one that must be served in full, so say the feline overlords.

Snoring Anchor

Picture this: You're enjoying a relaxing evening, sitting on a lovely chair. Leisure time seems to be nearing its end, but ah — what's this? A little paw has been placed upon your leg! Now, two... then three, and then a fourth... Suddenly, an entire soft, fluffy creature has made your lap its home for the evening. For a moment, you wonder: Surely, I can just move it onto the chair when it's time to get up?   Content with that line of thinking, you calmly enjoy your remaining leisure time, but then... Well, time ran out, but you're still anchored to your seat! You reach for the slumbering critter, but are stopped by the softest little kitty snores, and the sight of the little creature making sleep-biscuits about makes you weep. Condition gained: Catnap Warden   Just like that, an entire evening is lost as you resign yourself to the fate of being the softest and safest bed a small creature can hope to choose. It's inconvenient, but awfully heartwarming.

Employee Business

For an age, the library in Vasareno existed without this threatening condition in its halls. The library patrons once walked the halls peacefully, blissfully unaware of the way it could strike at any moment — until the day Novetito arrived and got right to work. From the moment of his arrival, patrons began spending more and more time locked in place in their studies, as a soft, purring creature chose to make their lap the site of his latest regal catnap.   So powerful this creature was, that scholars at the library began to spread rumors that moving the creature before it was prepared to jet off on its own would bring great doom to whomever performed the cruel action. No one is exactly sure where that one started, but many believe it was when a young mustaia gently pushed the slumbering Novetito from his lap, only to stand up and stumble backwards over his chair and large assortment of tomes.   Humoring these rumors, library staff began posting fliers of unofficial library policy stating that interrupting Novetito's catnaps was interfering with employee duties.