The Golden Scarab

The Golden Scarab is a bookshop in New Orleans. Its primary products are books and niche, voodoo-like antiques. The only cat residents are Venus and Sappho.

The Golden Cat
The Golden Scarab is first mentioned by Kiki La Doucette as a favor to send Sealink to in exchange for Sealink finding her lost kittens. Kiki instructs her to meet two cats named Venus and Sappho. According to Kiki, the two hold an important object that Sealink must deliver to Kiki.

When Sealink arrives with Red, they examine the place before Sealink slips in. She looks around a bit before she spots a large russet tabby watching her. Sealink begins to feel dizzy, and when she looks back at the tabby, they are gone. In its place, she sees a vision of her friend,  Pertelot Fitzwilliam with a scarab on her forehead before also disappearing. She spots the tabby again, staring down at her. The tabby asks Sealink her name and business, but Sealink only reveals her work with Kiki. The tabby hisses and leaps down to Sealink, which she remarks that Sealink isn't the type of cat Kiki would usually send. The tabby still leads Sealink into the backroom of the store.

As Sealink is lead between bookshelves, she overhears human voices talking suspiciously talking about traps, a full moon, pest control, Elysian Fields, The Alchemist, Faubourg Marigny, and kittens. Sealink begins to feel dazed as she hears the humans before the tabby interrupts her. Another cat had joined the tabby, an equally large brindled tortoiseshell tabby cat. Sealink wonders if they were both offspring to Kiki, and she notices they both have collars. The two sister housecats confirm again if Sealink is doing business for Kiki, which Sealink retorts that she is not doing errands out of politeness. The two cats insult Sealink for not being a housecat like them, which they believe is superior to stray cats. Sealink notices the brindled tabby's collar, which reads Sappho.

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Notable Residents

 * Sappho
 * Venus