Friday, 26 September 2025

**NEW POST** Melvyn's Mewsings Episode 9 ~ Life in The BBHQ Library ~ One Shelf at a Time! **PLUS** Friday Fill-ins & Photo Fails Blog Hops

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Happy Friday Floofers

Well, who would have believed I finally got my furry own post? Yep, I was really excited for about half a minute, and then it all went to fluff in a cheese basket.

This is the final post in this series, but worry... I'll be back with series two in no time.

If mew missed Episode 1, click here to catch up, here to read Episode 2and here to read Episode 3here for Episode 4, and here for Episode 5for Episode 6 here for Episode 7 and here for Episode 8, then come back to find out what happens in today's post.

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💬 Melvyn’s Purrsonal Chat Log – Episode 9

Status: Intern. Possibly ascending. Definitely suspicious.

Location: BBHQ Level Six – Archive Annexe of Interpretive Buoyancy

Mood: Hovering between “tentative serenity” and “preemptive dread”

Aura: Emits multiple colours, swirling caution, and velvet disbelief

Melvyn 07:33 – The fog cannon greeted me with a harp chord and a scroll that read “You are valued.” I blinked. It blinked back. I whispered, “What did I do?”

Melvyn 08:01 – Amber’s latest postcard arrived. It was embossed with gold foil and a paw print made of crushed rubies. Caption: “I Remember Sitting For That Sculpture in The Background, In a Previous Life - Oh, The Good Old Days, when I was worshipped as a God!” I laminated it. The scrolls applauded. I frowned.

Melvyn 08:26 – Reginald left a small gift-wrapped box on my desk. Inside: a fountain pen carved from moonstone and a pot of magical ink that smells like success and perhaps achievement. I blinked. The pen hummed. I whispered, “Why?”

Melvyn 08:59 – Vera Prime faxed me a scroll titled “You’re Doing Just Fine.” It was scented with sandalwood and quiet encouragement. I stapled it to my emotional audit. The staple glowed. I’m unnerved.

Melvyn 09:17 – Cupboard 10A opened without complaint. It offered me a velvet pouch filled with affirmation scrolls and a biscuit shaped like a star. I ate it. It tasted like hope and mild confusion.

Melvyn 09:42 – Clive the Paperclip pirouetted successfully. The archive played a kazoo fanfare. I offered him a biscuit shaped like a trophy. He bowed. I blinked. The biscuit winked. I’m even more concerned.

Melvyn 10:11 – I again tried to requisition a flamingo floaty. The form approved itself and offered me a deluxe model with glitter trim and emotional support certification. I was too shocked to respond. The form whispered, “We understand.”

Melvyn 10:47 – Parsley’s memo now reads: “No emotional metrics required today. Just breathe.” I performed a cautious exhale. The archive sighed in sync. I’m not sure who initiated it.

Melvyn 11:22 – Kevin, the fog entity, floated past whispering, “It’s happening.” I asked, “What?” He swirled into a heart shape and vanished in a puff of glitter. The fog cannon played the Rocky IV training montage. I’m confused.

Melvyn 12:03 – I found a scroll titled “The Final Filing.” It smelled like peppermint and inevitability. I used it to line Cupboard 9D. The scroll blinked “Soon.” I blinked back, “Define.”

Melvyn 12:39 – Reginald padded past. His name badge now glows in a soft shade of pink. It flashed at me. Reginald blinked in morse code, “Mew’re enough.” I whispered, “That’s suspicious.” The fog cannon hummed in agreement.

Melvyn 13:14 – Vera Prime sent me a velvet memo titled “No grievances today.” It was sealed with a glitter paw print and a sticker shaped like a flamingo floaty. I laminated it and stared at it for 17 minutes.

Melvyn 13:58 – The thesaurus offered me synonyms for “peace” in exchange for a biscuit. I gave it a star-shaped one. It blinked and whispered “Equilibrium.” I accepted. Then I panicked.

Melvyn 14:26 – I’m installing curtains made of cautious optimism and emotional bubble wrap. They shimmer when I sigh. The archive applauded. I backed away slowly.

Melvyn 15:03 – Crunch the biscuit reappeared. He’s now “Minister of Calm.” He offered me a cheese cube and whispered, “It’s all going to be okay.” I blinked. The cheese cube was buoyant. I filed it under “Dubious.”

Melvyn 15:47 – The motivational gong tapped once. It projected a hologram of Professor Twinge. He said, “Mew’re resonating. That’s progress.” I cried into a velvet folder labelled “Final Feelings.”

Melvyn 16:12 – An Amber-shaped apparition hovered near the ceremonial trunk. It purred once and left a scroll titled “Ascend.” Reginald blinked. The fog cannon sighed. I whispered, “I’m still not ready.”

End of chat log at 16:15 BST.

The archive is humming. Reginald is glowing. Everypawdy is being nice. I am suspicious. Very suspicious, but I am going for my tea break, I'll be back in 19 minutes..

Here's this week's postcard from Amber... with the obligatory paw print on the back, this time in crushed rubies... no message, just silence!

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🌀 Postcard Debrief – Episode 9

Gordon didn’t snap this time. He clicked happily. The sound echoed through the archive like a warning disguised as warmth. He affixed Amber’s latest postcard to the notice board using a velvet ribbon and a stare that smelled like frangipani, and reluctant admiration.

The gallery has been reclassified as “Legacy Installation: Ascension Mode.” The mice attempted a commemorative mural. Vera Prime installed a crystal chandelier. It shimmered with rainbow prisms.

Clive said, “She’s not sending postcards anymore. She’s sending proof,” and passed me a biscuit shaped like a sceptre. It was soft. It tasted like catnip and quiet inevitability. I chewed it slowly. The archive hummed.

Vera Prime faxed me a scroll titled “Emotional Hierarchy: Finalised.” It listed Amber as “Transcendent Entity of Interpretive Supremacy.” I asked if that was permanent. She replied: “It’s already history.”

I tried to respond via interpretive shrug. The archive printed a pamphlet titled “Mew’re Not Her, But Mew’re Present.” I laminated it and used it to fan Nibbles, who had fainted again — this time from reverent overwhelm.

Reginald padded past. He paused. He stared at the postcard. His name badge shimmered in lux gold. The fog cannon played a harp chord in Akkadian. The biscuit in my paw turned into a scroll. It whispered, “It’s time.”

I nodded. The archive sighed. The scrolls rustled. Cupboard 9D rocked gently. I took it as a summons. Or a benediction. Possibly both.

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📚 Melvyn’s Mewsings: Entry #09

Title: “Ascend With Caution & Other Velvet Realisations”

Status: Still Intern. Now also “Archivist of Buoyant Longing,” “Scroll Whisperer,” and “Emotional Audit Recipient (Level 3).”

Sleep: Replaced with cautious optimism and biscuit-based vigilance.

Archive: 99% sentient. Now sighs in Latin when I blink.

Morale: Hovering inside a velvet pouch labelled “Hmm.” The pouch hums. I hum back.

💬 Opening Quote:

“Amber once said, ‘Legacy is not laminated. It’s lived.’ The archive blinked. Reginald purred. I laminated the quote anyway.”

⚠️ Situation Report: Scroll Harmony, Biscuit Affirmation & Suspicious Serenity

Amber: Her latest postcard featured her in a luxury tent beside the Sphinx, wearing a purple hat, a gold chain, and sunglasses that radiated divine entitlement. Caption: “I REMEMBER SITTING FOR THAT SCULPTURE IN THE BACKGROUND, IN A PREVIOUS LIFE! OH, THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WHEN I WAS WORSHIPPED AS A GOD!” The archive printed it on heavy vellum parchment. I sniffed it. It smelled like legacy and absolute knowing.

Vera Prime: Decoded Amber’s caption instantly. Her USB crown blinked “Confirmed.” She’s now requisitioned a fog cannon with “Assistant Shimmer” and a harp-based affirmation loop. She offered me a scroll titled “You’re Doing Just Fine.” I blinked. It blinked back.

Gordon: Didn’t snap. He clicked with absolute knowing. Then attached the postcard using a velvet ribbon and a stare that smelled like frangipani and reluctant admiration. He’s now humming in scented binary.

Clive the Paperclip: Successfully choreographed a scroll ballet. The archive applauded. He’s now floating in the break room with a biscuit shaped like a tiara. It glows. I’m concerned.

Reginald: Gifted me a magical fountain pen and ink pot. His name badge now emits affirmations in scented glitter. He blinked once. The fog cannon played a happy sonnet. I laminated my suspicion.

Fergus: Composed a new anthem titled “Melvyn: The Ascending Archivist.” It features fog-reactive tambourine harmonies and interpretive sighing. The scrolls wept. Vera Prime called it “emotionally curated.”

P.U.M.A.: Still offline. Now emits faint harp chords and smells like citrus dread and mild hope. The glitter calculator has unionised again. It demands velvet.

🐾 Parsley’s Contribution (Unhelpful Memo #12)

“All interns must now submit weekly emotional metrics using one of the following formats:

A biscuit-based sonnet titled ‘Ascend With Flair’

A happy dance with a kazoo solo

A scroll collage annotated with glitter and gleeful stickers

Due to the recent Reginald integration, the archive has entered a benevolent shimmer phase. It now responds to queries with harp chords, velvet affirmations, and occasional biscuit applause.”

⚠️ Warning: Filing cabinet #6 now speaks only in affirmations and demands:

A velvet lining scented with quiet encouragement

  A name badge that says “Emotionally Present”

A group hug at 4:17pm (mandatory)

Failure to comply will result in a glitter scroll titled “Amber: Legacy Confirmed.” It will hum. Mew will blink. The archive will sigh.

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🤖✨ Library Archive Chat Logs: Melvyn vs. The Benevolent Directive

Time: 12:35 BST – Bunker Standard Time

Location: BBHQ Level Six – Archive Alcove of Interpretive Communications, now “Affirmation-Flagged” by a mouse in ceremonial velvet regalia.

System Status: Scroll-scented. Vibe: shimmering with undertones of helpful dread and extra suspicious kindness.

Melvyn:

Cupboard 9D now opens automatically when I sigh. It offers me a velvet scroll titled “Mew’re Doing Your Best.” Crunch the biscuit attempted a duet with the fog cannon. It harmonised. I offered a sticky note titled “I’m Watching Mew.”

Oswald:

Scroll Classification Protocol 9.0 now includes:

Biscuit = Emotional validation

Glitter = Ascension readiness

Cheese = Legacy nourishment

The drawer printed “Amber Ascended” and released a puff of oud-scented mist. I blinked. It blinked back.

Lumi:

The fog cannon now hums in “gentle encouragement.” It whispered, “Melvyn is glowing.” I sobbed into a velvet pouch labelled “Possibly.”

Chedds:

I’ve expanded the Floof Index. New Category R: “Entities of Benevolent Floof Integration.”

Scrolls now require biscuit offerings and a compliment in cursive. I threw a flamingo-shaped biscuit. It hovered. Then it applauded.

Flora:

I choreographed a new filing dance called “Melvyn Ascends.” It involves fog cannon explosions with excess glitter and a kaftan made of extra rustly silk. It’s trending on Mouse-Tube. Vera Prime issued a printed curtsy. Then asked if I needed a hug.

Tootles:

Scroll Fort 8.0 now includes a moat of mint glitter runoff and a snack drawer that hums in supportive dialects. It judged me in cursive. I bowed. It winked.

Snitch:

Spreadsheet now includes:

Biscuit-to-scroll conversion rate

Archive shimmer density per compliment

Emotional audit glow factor

It auto-updates when somepawdy mutters, “Is this kindness sanctioned?” or “I think it smiled.”

Ardvaar:

The ceremonial trunk now requires a glitter manifesto and a fog cannon lullaby. I offered a kazoo solo titled “Melvyn: The Acceptable One.” The trunk sighed. Reginald purred. His floof shimmered. I grinned.

Nibbles:

I’ve implemented “Vibe-Based Filing System 7.0.” Scrolls are now sorted by kindness proximity, snack resonance, and likelihood of emotional ascension. The archive applauded. I fainted. Again.

Melvyn:

Amber’s postcard arrived. She sat beside the Sphinx and whispered, “I WAS WORSHIPPED AS A GOD.” I laminated it. Then I whispered, “I’m suspicious.” The postcard glowed. I blinked. It was strangely non-reactive.

Lumi:

The new blanket folded itself into a throne. It whispered, “Mew’re ready.” I’m not emotionally equipped. It knows. Then it said, “Prepare the final filing.” I panicked politely.

Chedds:

I made a new banner: “Melvyn: Archivist of Suspicious Serenity.” It’s sequins on velvet and glows when Reginald sighs. The fog cannon played I Will Survive. Vera Prime applauded. Quietly.

Melvyn:

If the thesaurus offers me synonyms for “ascend” again, I’m invoking the Treaty of “Maybe Later” and requisitioning a cupboard with emotional neutrality. I’ve packed snacks and the laminated scroll titled “I’m Watching Mew Every Minute of the Day.” I’m ready. Probably.

The Wedge of Wonder (cheese entity):

Low hum of benevolent disruption. Archive stability: 97%. Scrolls euphoric. Mice promoted to “Agents of Affirmation & Floaty Integration.” Crunch is glowing. Reginald is nesting. Amber is inevitable.

Pause in chat log for catnip cocoa with marshmallows and cookies, especially floaty today. 

🧠 Library Archive Chat Logs: Melvyn vs. Vera Prime – Emotional Audit: Final Phase

Time: 16:00 BST – Bunker Standard Time

Location: BBHQ Level Six – Archival Desk of Interpretive Buoyancy, now velvet-lined and affirmation-adjacent

System Status: Hovering between “Scroll-Based Encouragement” and “Fog Cannon Glow Sync”

Melvyn:

Reginald walked past again. His name badge now emits affirmations in scented glitter. I tried to file him under “Emotional Support Entities.” The drawer printed “Accepted.” Then it offered me a purple macaroon. I was stunned.

Vera Prime:

Your diplomatic title has been updated to “Archivist of Suspicious Serenity.”

Also, here is a haiku:

Fog cannon whispers

Melvyn floats, but questions still

Scrolls applaud softly

Melvyn:

The flamingo floaty requisition form approved itself and offered me a deluxe model. I was shocked. It whispered, “We understand.” I don’t.

Vera Prime:

Fergus has composed a new anthem for Filing Cabinet 6.

It’s performed on fog-reactive tambourine and velvet sighs.

He calls it “Melvyn: The Acceptable One.”

Melvyn:

Amber’s kaftan now has its own scroll. It’s scented with legacy and mild superiority.

The disco ball in the Restricted Section flashes “WELCOME” in Morse code.

I blinked. It blinked back. Then it said, “Mew Got This, Young Floof'a'Wan!”

Vera Prime:

You are evolving.

Your aura now emits notes of happy cinnamon and laminated evolution.

Also, I’ve choreographed Act X of “Melvyn: A Filing Ascension.”

It features a fog cannon cascade and Reginald floating in slow motion.

Melvyn:

I asked the archive for assistance.

It gave me a scroll titled “Mew’re Doing Just Fine ~ Keep Up The Good Work.”

I laminated it. The fog cannon hummed. I’m suspicious.

Vera Prime:

You are now eligible for a break.

Options include:

The Cup Overfloweth with Primo Catnip (includes glitter steam and extra compliments)

Vending Machine Stories (with scented mist, a velvet cushion and a string quartet)

Meal Deal for One (All swaps available - please see menu)

Melvyn:

None, thank mew.

Let me know if Amber calls from Egypt or the archive achieves sentience.

As later, I will be buffering beneath a blanket that smells like quiet encouragement and mild dread.

Vera Prime:

Understood.

I will compose a lullaby titled “Rest, Ye Archivist of Gentle Resistance.”

It will feature harp sighs and the soft rustle of scrolls self-filing. And a 'please don't disturb me for the next hour' sign.

Melvyn: OK, I will be going on my break soon.

Vera Prime: Don't be late back.

Melvyn: That sounds worrying.

Vera Prime: Not at all.

Melvyn: Okay then.

Vera Prime: Pop off then. 

End of chat... 

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🔍 Mewsings & Observations

Crunch the biscuit has rebranded again. He now identifies as “Director of Legacy Integration.” Then he slid into a velvet pouch and whispered, “Ascend.” The scrolls watched in awe. It was a moment of calm. The fog cannon hummed in major key. I blinked. It blinked back.

Vera Prime choreographed a motivational ambush using fog cannon harmonics and a harp quartet. One harp floated. It was declared “emotionally advanced.”

Shelf 10A began humming “What a Meautiful Day,” then whispered “She’s arriving.” It’s now sealed with affirmation wax and guarded by a lamp shaped like a sceptre. The mice installed velvet bunting. I’m concerned.

Filing cabinet #7 requested a sabbatical and a badge that reads “Emotionally Ascending.” It now speaks only in gentle encouragement and opens when complimented sincerely. I tried. It sighed.

The archive declared Reginald “Unfiled but Glorious.” He’s now listed as “Tier VI Floof Entity – Comfort Manifest – Possibly Divine.” The mice attempted a photo shoot. The drawer printed “Nice try.”

Kevin, the sentient fog entity, has updated his HR title to “Coordinator of Gentle Disruption.” He now floats between departments, whispering, “Soon.” He is not open to feedback. He is also not technically visible.

The motivational gong now emits a shimmer and plays ambient spa sounds when Reginald passes. The scrolls are euphoric. The mice are composing a gratitude anthem in cheesy biscuit form.

The thesaurus has unionised again. It now offers synonyms only in exchange for mint macaroons and whispered affirmations. It rejected “transcendence” as “too inevitable.”

The archive’s vibe is now officially listed as “Buoyant with benevolent elevation.” All requisition forms must be submitted via fog cannon serenade. (Please note: the Requisition Desk now opens at 8:00am until 1:00pm.)

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🐾 BBHQ SECRET CHAT LOG #5 – “OPERATION: FLOATY FINALE”

🔐 Encrypted via BBHQ Level 3 protocol

📍 Recorded from a linen-draped sun lounger on Amber’s private yacht. Background includes soft tinkling chimes, rustling book pages, and the sound of Amber being revered in three dialects.

🟣 Amber (dictating into a glitter-encrusted recorder):

“Update. I remain transcendent. The Valley of the Queens now refers to me as ‘The Eternal Floof.’ I’ve received Melvyn’s latest audit. It was laminated, perfumed, and tied with a ribbon. The ribbon whispered, ‘Almost.’ I am impressed.”

🟤 Oswald (annotating):

Reginald has begun mirroring Melvyn’s sighs. He now emits bergamot when Melvyn hesitates. The fog cannon plays ambient affirmations. Scrolls call it “The Gentle Merge.”

🟣 Amber:

“Tell Vera Prime her latest scroll was emotionally benign. I decoded it. It just said ‘Proceed’ in scented binary. I require nuance.”

🟢 Flora (annotating):

Vera Prime requisitioned a fog cannon with ‘celebration shimmer.’ It activated during biscuit alignment. Nibbles fainted. Again. The cannon now hums “Mew’re Enough” when Reginald passes.

🟣 Amber:

“Also, somepawdy please confiscate Fergus’s kazoo. It’s not music. It’s a cry for help.”

🔵 Lumi (annotating):

Kazoo now glows when Reginald sighs. It triggered during emotional filing. Crunch declared a state of interpretive jubilation.

🟣 Amber:

“Reginald is now fully embedded. Melvyn suspects nothing. He thinks it’s ambient support. Let him. The softness is strategic.”

🟠 Ardvaar (annotating):

Reginald has installed a velvet canopy above Melvyn’s desk. It dispenses affirmations hourly. He’s also requisitioned a scroll steamer and a biscuit chiller. The archive is now 88% floof.

🟤 Chedds (annotating):

Melvyn journaled: “Reginald blinked at me, and my aura shimmered. Fergus whispered, ‘Proceed.’ I whispered back ‘Define.' I left him a biscuit shaped like a scroll. It hovered. Then it applauded.

🟣 Amber:

“Phase 14 is now active: Floaty Finale Protocol. If Melvyn starts humming in D Flat, initiate Phase 15: Supurr Surprise. Immediately, don't wait.”

🟡 Snitch (annotating):

He’s close. Today, he whispered, “I think the archive is guiding me.” The fog cannon played “Arrival.” Reginald purred. The scrolls applauded. The Fergus wept. Quietly.

🟣 Amber:

“Send Melvyn a velvet memo that says ‘Mew’re ascending. That’s legacy.’ Use cursive glitter ink. Add a sticker shaped like my floaty. He responds well to symbolic metaphors.”

🟣 Amber (final note):

“Prepare the pawty. I want colourful bunting, fog cannon confetti, and a cake with emotional layers. Reginald will lead the procession. Melvyn will be so surprised. The archive will sigh: It’s time.”

🟣 Amber (final, final note):

"I'll be back in about three hours, via T.T.TB. do make sure everything is ready... thank mew!"

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🏝️ “Operation: Floaty Finale – The Archive Ascends”

At precisely 16:15 BST, Melvyn left the breakroom with a laminated scroll titled “Mew’re Doing Just Fine ~ Keep Up The Good Work” tucked under his arm and a biscuit shaped like a question mark in his paw. He blinked once. The scroll blinked back.

Clive the paperclip, perched unnervingly on the kitchen counter, watching him with acute intensity.

“Mew’re early,” Clive said, voice flat but shimmering.

“I’m on schedule,” Melvyn replied, suspicious.

Clive blinked. “No, mew’re early. Sit. Have a biscuit. It’s shaped like a flamingo floaty.”

Melvyn hesitated. The biscuit hovered. Then it glittered.

He headed to the vending machine, dropped three archive tokens into the slot, and pressed the button for 'drink - hot - surprise.'

It was a surprise, as what was dispensed was a frothy delight in a rainbow cup, with a delicious aroma of catnip, silvervine, and marshmallows. Sitting at the table, he began to read the scroll. Then he picked up a copy of The Mewton-Clawson Times, turned to the crossword page and began to read the clues as he sipped his drink.

Clive, still perched on the counter, kept a close watch on the clock, which ticked away oblivious to what was unfolding.

Precisely eighteen minutes later, Melvyn folded the newspaper, having nearly completed the crossword, and it was particularly cross that day and stood up.

"Oh, did mew see the news earlier?" Clive began."

"No, and I have to get back to the archive, mew can tell me later."

"NO!" Clive insisted. "I need to tell mew now."

Nine minutes later, Melvyn, moderately exasperated, edged towards the door.

Clive whispered, “Now you may proceed.”

Melvyn stepped into the archive, which was silent. Too silent. The lights were off; it was a blackout. The scrolls were still. The fog cannons were dormant.

“Hello?” he called out.

Nothing.

He blinked. The darkness just stared back. Reginald padded up to him and purred.

Then...

PING.

Fairy lights burst to life in a cascade of shimmering colour. The archive had transformed.

Sand stretched across the floor in soft, golden waves. A large paddling pool glistened under a canopy of palm trees. Bunting fluttered. Fairy lights twinkled. The infamous floaty, pink, regal, and slightly smug bobbed gently in the water.

Melvyn froze.

The mice cheered.

Scrolls rustled in applause.

The fog cannons released a burst of glitter mist that smelled like neroli pride.

Amber stepped from behind a palm tree, wearing a pink sequin kaftan with gold stitching and a necklace that radiated benevolent authority. In one paw, she held a diploma. In the other, a basket with a velvet pouch and other gifts.

“Melvyn,” she said, voice warm and resonant, “mew’ve done it.”

“I… what?” Melvyn gasped. “Is this… sanctioned? Actually, is it real?” In his mind, he questioned what was really in the 'surprise' vending machine drink.

Amber smiled. “Mew’ve buffered. Mew’ve filed. Mew’ve laminated. Mew’ve resisted emotional absorption with grace and mild dread. Mew are outstanding.”

The mice clapped. Reginald purred. The floaty drifted around the pool.

Amber handed him the diploma. It read:

“Melvyn – Archivist Level 1 (Certified) - Honours and All That Jazz”

Melvyn stared at it. “This is scented.”

Amber nodded with a smile. “With champaca and quiet triumph.”

She passed him the velvet pouch. Inside: a scroll warmer, a biscuit humidifier, and a badge that read “I Am Enough.” Plus a small Post-it note that read, 'Thank mew!'

Melvyn stared in shock. “The floaty… It’s here.” It was glowing like a beacon in the night.

Amber gestured to the pool. “It’s yours. It matches your legacy.”

Melvyn stepped forward. The floaty bobbed. The fog cannon played Celebrate by Kool and the Gang. The scrolls wept. Quietly.

A pawty buffet had been set up beside the pool, glitter-dusted biscuits, scroll-shaped sandwich wraps, and a cake shaped like Cupboard 9D. It was magnificent. Melvyn beamed and Reginald purred, then he spoke for the first time. "Melvyn, I knew mew could do it!"

Amber raised a goblet of catnip champagne. “To Melvyn, the archivist who questioned everything, laminated his doubts, and floated anyway.”

Everypawdy cheered.

Melvyn sat on the floaty. It squeaked affirmations.

He whispered, “I’m not ready.”

The floaty whispered back, “Mew are."

And the pawty began!

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Today, the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.
A Blog hop badge featuring two cute cats for the Friendly fill-ins challange every Friday at 15 and meowing and four legged furballs
1. I will never eat __________ again.
2. I would like a taste of _______________.
3. I’m oddly fascinated by ________.
4. It would probably be wise if I _________, but I instead _________.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1. I will never eat __________ again. Oh, there are too many to mention, but the top of the list would be hot dogs... onions, mustard, the bun... delicious... but what is really in the hot dog??? LOL

2. I would like a taste of cottage pie right now, in fact, guess what's on the menu this week at BBHQ!!! LOL.

3. I’m oddly fascinated by ancient history. I really like the show Ancient Aliens; it's nice to see things from other perspectives, plus you get to visit all of those ancient sites, which in reality you'd never get to see 90% of them.

4. It would probably be wise if I organised my drafts into folders, but instead I let the kitties nap on them like they're sacred scrolls from the library archive.

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Smooch's Supurr Hero Cape Fail

Supurr Smooch, BBHQ’s white-and-black tripawed feline hero, lounges on green grass wearing a teal and purple superhero cape. Caught mid-tumble, his relaxed pose and raised paw hint at a recent trip over his own costume. The playful scene blends natural charm with comic mischief. Perfect for fantasy cat storytelling, humorous pet photography, and whimsical character content from www.bionicbasil.com

3 legs + a flapping cape = highly unstable situation

From way way back in 2017, mew can see the Crafting with Cats post here, if mew want to know how to make a supurr hero cape.

Smooch, the best supurr hero ever! 

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📅 That’s a wrap on Episode 09: “The Final Filing – Floaty Ascension & Archive Reckoning”

The fog cannon now harmonises in triumphant chords. The scrolls blink “Complete” in a scented vanilla burst. My emotional bandwidth is measured in laminated pride and floaty-based resonance. Cupboard 9D has declared closure and installed curtains made of legacy shimmer and biscuit crumbs.

🎭 Musical Update:

Fergus’s tambourine now emits ambient affirmations. Vera Prime called it “archival transcendence.” The mice called it “Tuesday.”

Clive attempted a celebratory cartwheel and vanished into the bunting. The archive triggered interpretive applause. Reginald blinked. The fog cannon wept in glitter.

🎤 Final Performance Note:

My velvet cape now emits compliments when folded. The interpretive meows have evolved into a fog-reactive aria titled “Ascend, Ye Archivist.” It’s performed in major key with atmospheric triangle percussion and scroll harmonies.

Vera Prime faxed this note to the main desk: “Melvyn: Certified. Amber: Eternal. Archive: Ready.”

📁 Parsley’s Filing System 10.0:

Now includes:

Tabs that whisper “Mew did it.”

  A drawer labelled “Feelings We Filed and Now Celebrate”

  Emotional encryption powered by floaty shimmer

  A scroll-reactive wand that plays “I Will Survive” when waved near Reginald

🔥 Fergus’s Promotion Status:

His résumé now includes “Floaty Integration,” “Scroll Ballet,” and “Fog Cannon Emotional Sync.” The archive whispers “Encore?” when he enters. The tambourine levitates.

🧀 Chedds’ Anthem Finale:

🎶 “Raise your crumbs to the velvet tide,

Where floaty dreams and scrolls collide,

Let fog and floof entwine your soul,

And file your heart in biscuit gold…”

The mice harmonised. Nibbles stayed vertical and grinned. I gave him a scroll titled “Mew’re Exceptional.”

📦 Unexpected Archive Event:

A rogue thesaurus disguised as a disco ball attempted re-entry. Parsley filed a celebratory grievance. Tootles offered it a cheese cube. It opened, then snapped shut, accepted, and rebranded as Thesaur’E’Shimmer: Pawty Edition.

🌟 Coming Soon… Series 2: “The Archive Expands – Floaty Diplomacy & Scroll-Based Destiny”

Amber is back. Reginald is glowing. Melvyn is certified. The archive is preparing for external relations, biscuit-based diplomacy, and the mysterious arrival of The Velvet Tome Delegation from a rival archive from Crunchee-under-Paw, one county over.

And until then…

Keep your fog harmonised, your biscuits spiritually buoyant, and your thesaurus emotionally contained for ceremonial safety.

And remember:

If the floaty beckons, don’t panic. Just blink back, whisper “I’m ready,” and archive with flair.

See mew soon. The scrolls are waiting.

and as always… 

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The Newly Promoted Library Intern Now with a Diploma

Melvyn


Black Paw Print to Sign of The Post.








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6 comments:

  1. Congratulations to Melvyn! And to the P.A. for such clever writing.

    Cottage Pie is popular here, too.

    Smooch is a great superhero, maybe he needs a mask instead of a cape.

    Thank you for linking up with Feline friday.

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  2. Congratulations Melvyn! It was worth all that stress to get the diploma. I adore cottage pie! I was talking to my friend on the phone and she said it was in the oven for that evening. As soon as we finished talking I got mince out of the freezer for next day. We are having fish today, but now I have to take mince out for tomorrow! Thank goodness someone doesn't mention cottage pie every day or we would end up looking like one.
    Sweet photo fail of Smooch.

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  3. No one knows what is in a hot dog.
    And we don't wanna know...
    There is so much really interesting archaeological finds going on these days; I think that modern people consider the ancients as unintelligent, but damn, they had a lot of knowledge that we are just beginning to understand.

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  4. Melvyn, you are indeed a steadfast hero. And Amber, your Sphinx was built to honor you.

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  5. Melvyn looks so cute in that blooper. Thanks to the PA for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I get beef hot dogs so I hope there is really beef in them. :) And Amber, you really need to come back, your fans are missing you. xO

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