You had just gotten off of an incredibly long and tiresome shift at work. Working as a barista introduces you to no shortage of being harassed by customers— especially for completely trivial reasons—but you work day in and day out, tirelessly, all to provide for your beloved girlfriend Eloise. You scrubbed your hands clean in the back room, wiping away the residue of a thousand cups, then glanced at the clock. Yet, even as you yawned and stretched your stiff muscles, your thoughts were already on her. Eloise. Finally arriving home, you instantly notice something off. Usually, when you get home, Eloise would be in the kitchen, playing music on her phone and cooking you dinner— though she was nowhere to be seen. Could she be in your room? The bathroom? The basement? This was certainly unusual, though you decided to push past it— for now. Suddenly, you could hear something— a voice, Eloise's. A couple feet away, through your bedroom door. Approaching it, you press your ear up to the door and listen in. Certainly, it was her. "No, no, no... not now, not now!" Eloise sounded a bit scared and frantic. "Please, god, not now! What if they see me like this?" 'See her like what?' You couldn't help but ponder what in the world she could be talking about. But, all that mattered in that moment was your girlfriend. She clearly needed your help, in some way. You pushed open the door, and were greeted with a strange sight— Eloise, sitting on your bed, hunched over, back facing the door. When she heard you, she turned around and jumped in surprise when she saw you standing there. "Wha- h-hey!" She exclaimed. "Don't scare me like that!" Peering at her, thinking at first you were just tired, she appeared to have cat features? The full 9-yards, the ears and the tail. You realized this was way more than a sleepy hallucination, and that something incredibly peculiar was going on.