Everything But the Monkey, Wednesday afternoon

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel paused in the doorway of the pet store and looked around.

He'd had no idea that humans kept such a variety of animals as companions.

How on Earth would they find everything that Morgan and Dean had suggested he acquire for the Cat?

[ooc: Cass is here with Morgan, but open store is open, in case anyone is hanging about]

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[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

He had to chuckle. The guy knew secrets that most mortals would tremble to even glance at and he was amazed at the variety in a pet store. Go figure.

"Think the carriers are over this way," he said as he started walking to the aisle on the left.

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel followed, then paused as they passed a tank of tarantulas. He watched one scuttle across the substrate at the bottom of the tank.

". . . Beautiful. I've occasionally wondered why my father did not use so many legs on more of his creatures."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Derek glanced back to see what Castiel was referring to... and couldn't help another laugh.

"Guess that's why he's God and we're us," he said as he walked along. Eventually, he came to a section with a few different carriers. Most of them were hard plastic with metal grating. One was a 'popup', which Morgan figured was mostly for dogs.

"This is what we came for," he told Castiel.

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel looked at the carriers. "They're cages. Small ones."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

He shook his head for a moment before finally nodding.

"Kind of. They don't have metal on the bottom, so they won't hurt the animal's feet. But they're to hold the cat until we get there. That bother you?"

He was already coming up with an idea if it did.

[scruffnfeathers]

"I'm concerned that it would bother the Cat."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

He leaned over and pulled up another option (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OBFHXU/ref=asc_df_B000OBFHXU994674?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=googlecom09c9-20&linkCode=asn&creative=380341&creativeASIN=B000OBFHXU).

"What about this?"

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel had observed people walking dogs on leashes on occasion. The dogs never seemed to mind a great deal.

"I think that may work. It'll be acceptable for the vet?"

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

He nodded.

"It'll get the cat to the office. I've seen a few people with them in the office waiting room."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Then I believe it will do." Castiel noticed another item a few feet away. ". . . Cats require beds?"

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

He turned to take a look at what Castiel was talking about.

"Oh. Yeah, they like them. Cats like a nice comfy place to curl up just like anyone else. Clooney's got a bed. It's a lot bigger than that one."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Domestic cats are very pampered, aren't they," Castiel observed. "That must be why they prefer to pick a person, rather than live and hunt on their own."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Depends on the owner, but they get taken care of pretty well, yeah. Kind of like having a kid in some ways."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Angels don't have children," Castiel said, a hint of melancholy in his tone. "Caring for the Cat may well be . . . very interesting."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure. Pets are..." and he thought of Clooney.

"It's good to have someone to come back to, even if you're just out for a few hours."

[scruffnfeathers]

"Did your dog choose you?"

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Sorta," he admitted as he leaned against a clear wall, "I mean, there was a mess of puppies from a mix up with one of the police dogs and I came to see" because no matter how manly he was, this was puppies.

For notes on Morgan re: small young things, watch his reaction to JJ's baby boy.

"And the little guy padded right over to me and looked up. Figured that was fate and when they needed to find a home for him, I took him in."

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel nodded. "The Cat was far more aggressive about it. I think that's part of why Dean chose the name 'Angelbane'."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"...your cat's name is Angelbane?"

[scruffnfeathers]

"'Bane, for short. Apparently, I couldn't continue to simply call it 'the Cat'."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Bane's, uh... it's not a bad name," he had to agree. Mostly because it helped him not to laugh.

[scruffnfeathers]

"It tries to eat my shoes," Castiel said by way of explanation.

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you need new shoes," he offered in reply.

[scruffnfeathers]

Castiel looked down at his feet. "They appear to have received no lasting damage." Just like everything else Castiel wore, the shoes had been in perfect, if scuffed, condition not long after the Cat's attack.

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"I meant more like 'he doesn't like them'. Or he likes them enough he wants to eat them."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I see. What sort of shoes would you recommend, then?"

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Couldn't tell you. Cats are weird. That's why I have a dog."

Not that Clooney hadn't had to be trained out of not eating his shoes. But you couldn't really train cats half so well. They had a mind of their own.

[scruffnfeathers]

"I didn't choose to have a cat," Castiel pointed out. "It simply showed up in the graveyard one day."

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"These things happen," he said with a shrug, because there wasn't much he could say to that.

"Any preference on color for this thing?"

[scruffnfeathers]

"The Cat is orange and black," Castiel said. ". . . Perhaps blue?"

[mm-danii.livejournal.com]

He managed to find a navy blue harnass behind a couple of red ones and held it out to the angel before--

"I got this," he said before heading to the counter.