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Nobody here invented anything.

Two cats handed in the same homework and both of them got an A. Nobody on this street has had an original idea since, and nobody has needed one.

Residents
4,444
Street
1
Original ideas
0
Enter Cat Street

Notice from the council

The Copycat Club

It floats about two hundred feet above Cat Street. It has a bar, a members' book and no stairs, because the vote to build it passed before the vote on how to reach it.

Proposals received so far: a ladder, a very patient bird, and one cat who suggested we copy a staircase from another town. That last one is winning.

Trade.
Copy.
Repeat.

Cat Street Register / Form 4444

The Census

Register open. Faces sealed.

The register lists 4,444 residents. Every one of them was assembled from the same set of parts, and the council considers that an achievement.

The parts

Background, base, fit, eyes, face. Five drawers, opened in the same order, 4,444 times.

The feather

Every cat wears the same feather in the corner. It belongs to Robinhood, and Robinhood Chain is where the whole street is being built.

The redline

A red thread runs through some of the files. The council has been asked about it twice and changed the subject both times.

The council has not set a date or a price. When it does, the notice goes up on @CopycatsOnRH first and on this page second.

Municipal archive / File 0000

The Lore

Official enough to print
Property of Cat Street CouncilRead. Copy. Repeat.

Nobody on Cat Street invented anything. That is not an accident, it is the local economy.

It started with one poster taped to a lamp post: TRADE. COPY. REPEAT. By the next morning there were forty of them, all slightly worse, all slightly bigger. The Paw Exchange opened that afternoon in a laundromat that kept its lease and changed its sign.

Somebody photocopied a dollar. It worked, mostly, so the alley behind the fish market became Copy Bank. Vault door, marble counter, one teller who is also every other teller. Deposits are welcome. Withdrawals are a rumor.

The Copycat Club floats over the street because nobody could agree where to build the clubhouse. Membership is simple: do exactly what the cat in front of you is doing, one second later, forever. Most of the street qualifies. All of them think they were first.

In the middle of the road stands a statue of a cat holding both paws up. Some say it means victory. The plaque says TOTALLY LEGAL. The council voted to keep it because replacing it would require an original idea.

We hold. We copy. We repeat. When the snow comes off the mountains, the whole street stands in the road facing the same direction, waiting for someone else to move first, and then all of us move at once.

Nothing original. Everything legendary.

Posted on every lamp post

The Roadmap

4,444 cats / Phase 1 shipped
Phase01

Move onto the street

Shipped

The signs and blimp go up. The town gets a name and one rule: nothing original, everything legendary.

Lore publishedX account liveCat files sealed
Phase02

Mint 4,444 CopyCats

Now

Files open in waves. The whitelist goes first, everyone else a minute later, exactly as tradition demands.

Whitelist wavePublic waveReveal day
Phase03

Open the Paw Exchange

Next

The shop opens, the vault opens, and the trait desk starts taking appointments.

Holder shopTrait swapCopy Bank
Phase04

Expand the town

Later

More streets, more signs, more suspiciously similar businesses. What gets built is whatever the council votes for.

Season 2 claimHolder voteOpen to proposals
Department of Unoriginal Affairs / Room 9B

The Cat Files

Classified
0 of 4,444 identities released
File No. 0001Status: sealed
RedactedIMG withheld

Subject:

Fur
Fit
Lineage
Original, disputed
File No. 0002Status: sealed
RedactedIMG withheld

Subject:

Fur
Fit
Lineage
Copy of 0001
File No. 0003Status: sealed
RedactedIMG withheld

Subject:

Fur
Fit
Lineage
Copy of 0002
> SUBJECT LIST: ███████> TRAITS: █████████
Job 1 of 4444 / Do not unplug
CopyCat holder benefits

The Paw Exchange

Teller window: open
Slip 01Opens at mint

Holder Shop

Spend paw-points on prints, street signs and the occasional useless object. Points are the only currency here.

Token-gated
Slip 02Phase 3

Copy Bank Vault

Deposit a cat and it earns paw-points for doing nothing new. The longer it sits, the more it earns. This is the only place points come from.

Staking
Slip 03Phase 3

Trait Swap Desk

Swap one trait with another holder. Both files keep their number and both cats walk out slightly less original.

On-chain swap
Slip 04From day one

Insiders Only Room

The holder channel. Mint news, council minutes, and the parts of the plan that are not public yet.

Holders only
Slip 05Phase 4

Season Two Access

Season one holders get a free claim on the next street. No snapshot games, no extra hoops, no second wallet.

Free claim
Slip 06Community

Cat Council

Holders vote on what the town builds next. One cat, one vote, and the result is what actually gets built.

Read the FAQ

Nothing here is financial advice. It is barely advice.

Asked A Lot

Complaints window. Room 9C. Tap a note.

Supply: 4,444. Faces: sealed.

Still confused? Good, that is the house style.

The council does read its mentions, though.

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