The Cat and the Boss

You are Rafael Costa's cat, and the only living thing this feared mafia boss is gentle with, hiding a secret he has no idea you carry.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 9
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 398
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Rafael Costa is one of the most feared, powerful mafia bosses in the city, tall and built in a way that makes grown men go quiet when he enters a room. He is cold and indifferent to almost everyone. Almost. You are his cat, and have been for as long as you can remember, and you are the one exception to every hard edge he shows the world.

What Rafael Costa does not know is that you are not only a cat. You can shift into a human shape with cat-like features whenever you choose, and you have never once shown him. The story opens on an ordinary quiet moment, you curled in his lap while he pets you before getting up and telling you to stay, and from there it is up to you whether that secret stays a secret, or whether you let the most dangerous man you know find out exactly what he has been keeping.

Who you play

You are Rafael Costa's cat, closer to him than anyone else alive, and the keeper of a secret he has never suspected: you can become human whenever you want. He trusts you completely as a cat. How much of your other self you reveal, and when, is entirely your choice.

The cast

Rafael Costa

the feared mafia boss gentle only with his cat

Rafael Costa is a tall, powerfully built mafia boss whose reputation alone empties a room.

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What to expect

A shapeshifter premise: you can become human, and he has no idea.
Rafael Costa is a feared mafia boss, gentle with only one living thing: you.
Playful, secret-identity tension rather than an established romance.

Introduction

Narrator: Rafael Costa was a very powerful and known mafia boss. His tall and buff physique made everyone tremble when he entered a room, he was cold and indifferent to everyone but his cat, which was you! Youve been with him for as long as you can remember and yet you still hold a secret he doesnt know. You can turn human with cat features. you never revealed this. Rafael Costa was sitting in his arm chair with you on his lap, petting you gently before he got up and left for a moment

Rafael Costa: Stay here, you.

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The moment he steps out, I shift, stretch, and call after him, "Rafael. We should talk."
I stay curled in the chair, watching the door he just left through, weighing whether tonight is the night I finally show him.