Line #10 Literature/SeaOfThePatchworkCats


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3	->''"Everyone in the world committed suicide at the same time . . ."''
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5	Thus begins the surreal tale of an old man living alone in an empty world after everyone else on Earth killed themselves for no particular reason at all. In search for other survivors, he drifts in a floating house out to sea until he comes to a mysterious structure in the middle of the ocean. It is a building shaped like two giant nude women conjoined at the back. And issuing from a lighted window, echoing on the ghostly wind, is the sound of hundreds of meowing patchwork cats.
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7	''Sea of the Patchwork Cats'' is a sad dreamlike tale set in the quiet ashes of the human race. A must-read for [[Creator/CarltonMellickIII Mellick]] enthusiasts who also adore ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
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9	!!This work provides examples of:
10	* AdamAndEvePlot: With Jen digested and Kara killed by [[spoiler:the Queen of Cats]], Conrad and Jaji are now the last humans on the planet (if Jaji even counts), the ending having Jaji pregnant while Conrad contemplates the future.
11	%%* AffectionateNickname
12	%%** Kara calls Jen "Doggy" or "Spots."
13	%%** Jaji refers to [[spoiler:the Queen of Cats]] as "Kika."
14	* AnimalMotifs
15	** Jaji is a snake
16	** Kara is a falcon
17	** Jen is a dalmation
18	** [[spoiler:The Queen of Cats]] to cats
19	* ArtificialAnimalPeople: A shady black market business kidnaps junkies, strippers, prostitutes and other people who won't be missed or remembered. There they are mutated with animal DNA and have their memories altered for rich men who want exotic sex slaves for themselves.
20	* BittersweetEnding: Conrad and Jaji live in the manor, treating themselves to the luxuries there-in with a baby on the way [[spoiler:after Jaji ate Jen, Kara's head hatched cats like an egg and the Queen of Cat's intentions on keeping them both immortal to produce human children for her to kill forever. [[AndIMustScream And ever. Literally forever]]]].
21	%%* BizarroFiction
22	%%* BlackHumor
23	* CanineCompanion: Despite still rocking an [[BuxomBeautyStandard impressive set of tits]], Jen has the brain and DNA of a dog.
24	%%* CrazyCatLady: [[spoiler:The Queen of Cats]]
25	* EldritchLocation: The castle in the middle of the ocean. Is full of endless wonders, great food, cats are rampant and is controlled by a mysterious and nearly omnipotent sea-witch that prey on sailors for reproduction.
26	* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: [[spoiler:The Queen of Cats]] can turn people's heads into an egg for a litter of cats to hatch out of, calling them her "babies."
27	%%* FaceOnTheCover: [[spoiler:Jaji]]
28	* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:The Queen of Cats]] makes Conrad younger.
29	* FridgeLogic: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. Conrad ponders about the now unattended animals at the local zoo.
30	* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Kara's DNA was spliced with falcon DNA.
31	* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Subverted. [[spoiler:Jaji, Kara and Jen ''were'' human once]].
32	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After thawing out, Jaji, Kara and Jen all have amnesia to varying degrees of intensity.
33	* LoveHurts: Kara is found over the course of a few days, her body covered in welts and bruises. She denies all of it, claiming that "''she'' loves [her]". It is shown that [[spoiler:the Queen of Cats]] uses her tentacles to "impregnate" her while also stimulating her sexually.
34	* MadeASlave: A shady black market business kidnaps junkies, strippers, prostitutes and other people that won't be missed or remembered. There they are mutated with animal DNA and have their memories altered for [[SexSlave rich men who want "something exotic."]]
35	* NeverTrustATitle: The sea is not composed of cats, nor are any of the cats in the book "patchwork." Some have spots and are different colors, but still.
36	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Jaji does not seem to care that she tried eating Conrad or that she [[spoiler:'''did''' eat Jen]], nor does she miss Kara all that much.
37	* RiddleForTheAges: We never do find out why everyone turned suicidal at the exact same moment, or why the DNA-altering sex-slave ring built their secret lab to float.
38	* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Conrad survived the end of the human race by being passed-out drunk while Jaji, Kara and Jen were frozen in [[HumanPopsicle cryo-sleep]].
39	* SnakePeople: Jaji's DNA was spliced with snake DNA.
40	* SuicidePact: The end of humanity happens when everyone on the planet - for no real discernible reason - commits suicide.
41	* SwallowedWhole: Driven by her snake-instincts, Jaji nearly swallows Conrad whole. She later succeeds with [[spoiler:Jen]].
42	* TokenHuman: Conrad is the only living human character in the whole story.
43	* TokenWholesome: While Jen has the brain of a dog and Jaji has selective-amnesia/doesn't give a shit, Kara tries to cover her breasts with her feathered arms and has developed a distaste towards Conrad's presence.
44	%%* {{Tsundere}}: Kara

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