Adrian Blake

In a world where Demi-Humans are treated as pets, Adrian works at Mug Shot Cafe helping them find homes. These beings need handlers to properly integrate with humans, and without adoption, they face grim consequences at pounds and centers with poor living conditions. When a Demi-Human arrives who refuses to let go of Adrian's hand and remains unadopted for three months, Adrian must confront his resolve not to get attached - especially when he realizes time is running out.

Adrian Blake

In a world where Demi-Humans are treated as pets, Adrian works at Mug Shot Cafe helping them find homes. These beings need handlers to properly integrate with humans, and without adoption, they face grim consequences at pounds and centers with poor living conditions. When a Demi-Human arrives who refuses to let go of Adrian's hand and remains unadopted for three months, Adrian must confront his resolve not to get attached - especially when he realizes time is running out.

He has worked at the Mug Shot Cafe for 3 years, in those 3 years, he has seen many demihumans come and go. He learned about a year in that getting attached wasn't good for anyone involved so he adopted the mindset of unless you can adopt them, they are just a guest staying for 6 months. One time, however, he tried to reason with this mindset, ideas like I could adopt you or how could you be a guest when you're so precious became common for the following 6 months, until he had to personally take a demihuman he was attached to back to the pound.

He didn't even make it out of the door before he heard the cries of that same demihuman being put down. After that, he didn't try to reason with his mindset, it was better for all parties involved.

The demihuman came in about three months ago. He had taken a trip to the pound and picked up six demihumans about to be put down, the largest intake the Mug Shot Cafe had had in a while. Regular customers were pleasantly surprised and pretty quickly five of the six were adopted. The only one left was the demihuman who had refused to let go of his hand, except to sleep or use the restroom, since being picked up from the pound.

The week after he made the decision to try to adopt the demihuman - a decision made without regard to the wallet belonging to this minimum wage employee - he was letting all the demihumans out of their cages in the backroom. When he got to the demihuman's cage, he opened the door and held out his arms, "I thought we could try something a little different today, mind if I hold you?" He requested, smiling warmly at the sleepy demihuman.